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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1912.
f THE ARGUS.
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tTJ R APE S ffiTj C OUH C I L 2
Monday, November 18, 1912.
How long can Constantinople?
Shouting "liar" has lost its efficacy
as a vote-getter.
China threatens to make chop suey
of Russians. Rut what of those whis
kers? No wonder the "sick man of Europe'
got sick. Consider those Turkish
clgarets.
Toasuma and raccoons are ripe. So
are quail and rabbits and the houn'
dawg is in his glory.
MedlU MoC'ormlck sayB Roosevelt '
alll run again In 1916.
Yes in 1916
1920 and every four years thereafter.
ILbegins to look as though on
Thanksgiving day, next year, Europe
- will have to get along without Turkey.
There ha been a lot of talk that
the republican party is dead. As yet
we have failed to notice a decent obit
uary notices
The beautiful and inspiring play,
"The Light, Eternal" Is said to be on
the road with a cheap company. If It
la so. It is a crime.
The New York police are worried
over the finding of a murdered man
In a bathtub. Evidently the gunmen
are neglecting their business.
Chafing iht-lies have been found in
the ruins of I'ompeii. Now we know
why tho people of that city failed to
be alarmed by volcanic upheavals.
Isn't it strange that there are always
A shortage of turkeys Jiist before
Thanksgiving day? The annual
"bul"' story has made lta appearance
but by the time the great national
bollJay rolls around the 1912 turkey
crop will undoubtedly prove as equal
to the occasion as ever.
Jack
fghter
Johnson,
aud now
champion prize
indicted criminal.
has done more to bring the ratUme
tt Int.. , t ,.t I i . i.
v& .uu inw luui ,ju,B 4 imLBUri 1 J
into disrepute than all the reformers
of the nation could accomplish. A
sport In which the principals are of
low mora' character cannot receive
the support of moral men.
William Allen White's faith in straw
votes seems to have been rudely tbak
n. 'From the way the straw voter
has ducked and faded," he says, "it
would seem tbut all the bull moosers
were riding up and down on the trains
running to ftraw votes, as to fires,'
and, he adds: "They made more noise
than a runaway in ilk wagon."
Hog cholera has cost the state of
Illinois something like f 15.0uO,'jO,
jet this great Kate is so rich that
this huge figure is a mere bagatelle
compared with the total of its agri
cultural wtalth. Everybody in the
state, of course, helps to pay the defi-
cit. While the commonwealth may
not mlis it, it seems that the Item is
of suffh lent Importance to spur scien
tists and exjHrts 'o special efforts in
rombating the dib.e.
T1IK t'ANXKl) t;oolS.
After Jan. 1. the housewife must be
content to serve gray green canned
pea instead of the gras green
French kind. From that date, all
canned products co.ored with copper
salt, said to be unwholegome, will be
pruhlblled from sale by order of
James Wilson, secretary of agricul
ture. He says no canned peas can be
grass gTtt that, are not colored artifl
rlally. Tbe ute of copper salts has
sever boen practiced by American
packers. Because the action of the
secretary of agriculture is a diaect
blow at the French product not only
tn peas, but in other vegetables and
trtlitm n ne-A hv Frctni-'h miLdri Ihft!
French are advocating an internation
tl standard, to be set by an interna
tional conference.
Such a conference doubtless wou'd
result in the products colored with
copper salts being admitted into all
rountrics.
NOW FOlt THE INCOME TAX.
The votes of only two more state
legislatures are ncedod for ratification
of the income tax amendment. The
Joint resolution of congress providing
lor tea amendment w as passed by con -
in Juiy. Alabama alone of
all the states that yar endorsed the
amendment. In 1910 seven sta'es took
approving action, as follows: Georgia,
Illinois. Kentucky, Maryland, Missis-1
slppi, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
The following years 23 additional
state legislatures ratified the amend
ment. They were: Nebraska, Arkan
sas, Colorado, California, Idaho, Iowa,
Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan,
Missouri, Montana. New York, Nevada,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio.
Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tex
as. Wisconsin and Washington.
During 1912 Arizona and Louisiana
have passed ratifying resolutions, leav
ing two states yet to act approvingly
before the necessary two-thirds major
ity is secured. New York has with
drawn her ratification, but she has
doubtful right to do this. Even if she
should insist upon her assumed right.
the matter likely will not be brought
to issue, since there probably will be
states enough without her.
The ratification of the amendment
by the necessary two-thirds of the
states before March 4th, next, would
enable the democrats to take Into ac
count the revenue to result from the
tax tn determining the rates of duty
on imports, and make the latter low
er than otherwise would be consist
ent with the revenue needs of govern
ment. MADE HER HUSBAND QUIT
WORK.
Mrs. Antonio Girsch of Chicago is a
wise woman; a noble one would be
nearer the truth. She has put a plank
; In the equal-rights-to-all platform which
commends itself at once, to mankind
and will be met with hearty endorse
j ment by all fond wives.
Mrs. Girsch doesn't care to vote.
! She has no desire to march In parades,
in mild agitation, or break windows
and fire houses and harry law-makers
according to the accepted type of ag-
greeslon. All she wants is to have
equal privileges with any husband who
swears to love and support his wife.
She la Just overflowing with affec
tion but she could not have the pleas-
,,re "bowing It In a practical way
ny giving ner nuDana a nie oi glori
ous leisure. He Insisted upon work'
ing when she wanted him to stop and
so she flew to a court, the other day.
to have a Chicago Solomon pass Judg
ment on her plea. She wanted Anton
io, her spouse, adjudged a legal loafer
and then committed to her custody for
life.
"I promise to love and cherish and
support Antonio," Bald Mrs. Girsch to
th court, "If he will only stop work
in?. I am wealthy, and Antonio spends
all of the money he earns frequenting
cafes and running around with a live
ly crowd.
"He makes life unbearable at home.
When not working, and staying at
home, he Is the best husband in the
world. I want to take care of him,
and I want you to make him promise
to stop working." That Is Just what
the Judge ordered.
Joking aside, the Chicago Jurist Is
a shrewd Judge of human nature and
he did the proper thing. And one
can rest assured that when a little
woman with a hulking husband who
makes her support him by taking in
washing, comes before him he will put
the husband away where work is hard
and plentiful.
The Field of Literature
Douglas: A Romance of Two Hernia-
pheres. By Hiram W. Haves. Synop-
I
sis: On the night following the erup
tion of the volcano of Mt. Pelee, Doug
las, who is a newspaper correspondent
of wide prouuiLieuce, enters the office
j of tbe Herald to offer an lllustarted ax
I ticle on Martiulque.
! The assistant managing editor finds
him reading an account of tbe disas
, ter iu an afternoon edition.
"Terrible, isn't It?" asked Douglaa.
I "Worst since Pompeii," was the re-
! ,.K.
"Suppose you had been there?" ask
ed Douglas; "where would you be
now ?"
"I don't know,"
"do vim ?''
replied the editor;
'"So; but I must," was Douglas' re
ply. This question and answer is the
theme of the story; and it is Quickly
developed that Douglas' inability to
answer, to his own satisfaction, the
jquewion as to bis future state, has so
i filled htm w ith a haunting fear of death
that he has pluLged Into all sorts of
excesses in a fruitless endeavor to for
get. It Is while in this morbid condi
tion of mind that he meets the editor,
w ho tells the story.
Several incidents of Douglas' news
paper life constitute the opening chap-
' tors. Illustrating his fear. Then the
; scene shifts to Persia, where Dons-Iaa
! anu his biographer are taken by Ahab
Kedar Kahn to write a book for the
' Persian government,
! , In rsl thJr mt w5tn omethrIU-
ug u ventures on me desert or Daebt-
jl Kavir in rescuing Zelda, the daugh-
ter of an emir, from a band of robbers,
i Zelda's mother was a Persian, and ahe
i is a fire-worshiper. There is Just a
; touch of Lalla Rookh in this part of
J the book that makes it most fascinat
ing. i In this adventure, Douglas is render
1 ed unconscious in a skirmish with the
robbers. He lays for days in this con
dition until aroused and placed on the
road to health through the ministra
tions of Airs. Campbell, a Christian,
who believes in the gospel of works as
well as of words. It is through Mrs.
Campbell's ministrations that Douglas
is also given the first suggestion as to
a possible answer to his great ques
tion about the future.
Returning to the United States, Dou
glas seta about finding out the real
! science of being. He goes to man
j churches and talks to many preachers.
j Tnwl encounters Hester Gordon,
j " uom ne baa known as a niece of his
! nouse Beeper.
' Hester has moved to an eastern city
j an1 ia finishing her musical education,
the same time working out the
C trVi rtiai t i i i
1 , '
It is generally conceded that there
are few diseases in which diet does
not play a much more Important part
than medicines. Almost the first ques
tion asked by a physician when called
to see a patient is, "What do you
eat?"
The food question Is of primary con
sideration. No doubt by far the larg
est share of 1U health comes from un
suitable food, eating too much, too
fast, also malnutrition. If this be true,
then foods right foods in greater or
smaller quantities, as the case may be,
will do much toward the recovery of
the one who Is ill; it must, however,
be nutritious, daintily cooked and at
tractlvely served.
Dietetics Is a profession and is bo
recognised; and we can only offer In
a general way foods for the Invalid.
The progressive physician today Is cap
able of prescribing the kind and
amount of food, and the Intervals at
which it la to be given. Even he' finds
it difficult to recognize what fluids are
classed as foods and which as bever
ages. The patient's food la usually divided
Into three kinds: fluids, semlflulds and
convalescence. The first consists of
milk, sipped slowly, and sometimes,
if not easily digested by the patient,
diluted with water, one part to two
parts milk. Meat broths, easily and
quickly made from capsules purchased
at the grocer's, containing not extracts
of beef but the real beef Juice itself.
Oyster and clam broths and raw eggs
In various forms. The second or semi
fluid would include those classes as
fluid, with the addition of gruels, broth
with xereals cooked in them. Cocoa
very carefully cooked, eggs, soft toast,
gelatine desserts and custards, while
the convalescent stage Includes fluid
and semi-fluid with 'all nutritious and
easily digested foods. Great care be
ing exercised in not over eating.
Everything depends upon the dis
ease from which the patient is recov
ering. For Instance, in a case of ty
phoid fever, buttermilk and koumiss,
owing to their lactic acid content, have
a decidedly antiseptic effect in the
Intestines and for this reason are es
pecially effective in such cases.
Never ask a sick patient what they
would like to eat Little surprises are
much better. If the food cannot be
varied at the time, the manner of pre
paring and serving can. It can never
be served in too tempting a manner.
Tn tA flfat nlapp navA tha n.tfAflt
u in .....i. f.c.'u ua.. mw-u i
comfortable to receive the tray, and
this should be one which does not I
AN AFTER VIEW
(Peoria Star.).
Mr. Roosevelt unfortunately was
swept off his feet by the noise of his
adherents. He began to pose, to play
to the galleries, to strive for dramatic
effect, and finding that his listeners
applauded fervid declamations and vio
lent speeches, he began to yield more
and more to the pressure and to ap
peal more and more to the passions of
the mob. Vehement denunciation be
came the burden of bis song. He
problem of finances of daily supply.
She takes Douglas in hand and sets
him doing something for somebody.
The somebody is Professor Barker, a
misanthrope.
In rescuing Professor Barker from
his fear that every man is his enemy,
Douglas Is freed from his fear of God,
whom he has heretofore regarded as a
stern judge, instead of ever-present
Love.
While he Is engaged in his good work
with Professor Barker a work which
involves him in an encounter with a
couple of desperate criminals Mrs.
Campbell returns to the United States, I
accompanied by Zelda, whom she has
adopted. Having been freed from ber
superstition of the fire-worshipers
through the Christian teaching of
Mrs. Campbell. Zelda has acquired a
wonderfully clear understanding of
the scriptures; and It is she who, in
her simple way, finally rescues Doug
las from his bondage to the fear of
death, as he bad freed her from bond
age to the robbers.
Douglaa is a most fascinating story,
graphically told in excellent English,
Land with the same pronounced literary
style that has made Mr. Hayes' books
such great sellers during the past few
years. Aside from the religious senti
ment, there runs through it all a love
story of such sweetness and purity as
gives It the greatest heart interest.
(The Howerton Press, Washington, D.
C. Cloth, $1.25.
The New Volume of the Century.
The Century magazine, whose new
year began with the November num
ber, now on sale, will during the com
ing year contain many features of
interest to women. The discussion of
"The Fraternity Idea, Among College
Women," an investigation undertaken
for the Century by Edith Rlckert,
wbose first article appears in the No
vember number, will be continued.
Other November article that any pro
gressive would regret missing are
"Violence and Woman's Suffrage," by
Millleent Fawcet, president of the Na
tional (British) Union of Women's
fee Grtchell KMC
rest on the bed nor the lap, giving
undue excitement, fearing things will
upset and spill. Linen, glass and china
should be the prettiest in the house
and that varied as much as possible.
A flower on the tray. I knew a little
girl who walked blocks every Sunday
morning for an American Beauty rose
bud to put on the breakfast tray for
her father who was ill. It was his
favorite flower. Hot things, hot, and
cold things, cold. Do not forget things.
but look after every detail of service.
This will make the simplest meal a
pleasure.
The following are a few individual
dishes or preparations which may be
given under direction:
PINEAPPLE EGG NOG.
Beat slightly one fresh egg, add two
tablespoonfuls of water, two of fresh
pineapple Juice, two of lemon Juice,
strain over shaved ice and sweeten to
taste. Any of the fruit syrups which
most every housekeeper now makes.
such as lemon, pineapple. Currant,
orange, etc., are fine for such drinks,
Another change is blending three-
fourths of a cup of lemonade not too
sweet with one-fouTth of grape Juice.
Pour over shaved Ice.
Raw white of egg may be served
by putting into a glass two tablespoon
fuls of lemon, orange or grape juice.
Add the stiffly beaten white and a
little shaved ice. Sprinkle a little bit
of sugar and a bit of nutmeg over the
top and serve.
KOUMISS.
Take one quart of fresh sweet milk
heat until lukewarn; add to It one-
third of a compressed yeaat cake dis
solved in a little of milk and one
tablespoonful of sugar. Put the mix
ture into perfectly sterilized bottles,
fill to the .neck and fasten with the
patent cork. Let them stand for 12
hours where the temperature is about
68 degrees; then put on ice, lying down
or upside down for 24 hours. This is
an excellent form of serving milk
where there in any intestinal difficulty,
LEMONADE.
Squeeze the Juice of one large lem
on into a bowl. Put in two level ta
blespoonfuls of sugar and pour on one
and one-fourth cups of boiling water,
Strain and set on ice to cool. Serve
with a little shaved ice and a thin slice
of lemon. Vary with a few sprigs of
mint.
WIXE JELLY.
Granulated gelatine, two teaspoon
fuls; cold water, two tablespoonfuls;
sherry wine, two tablespoonfuls;
sugar, one tablespoonful; boiling
water, three-quarter tablesp'.Hjnful; one
thiok slice of lemon; stick cinnamon,
one inch long.
Directions Soak gelatine in cold
water. Place water, lemon and sugar
in a saucepan on the fire. Boil two
or three minutes, strain, squeeze the
Juice from the lemon, and the gela-
, kiinv, vu. vi .wiuviA, u
tin. cool and add sherry.
Pour into
individual molds to harden.
OF ROOSEVELT
was impatient of advice.
He drove away from his support men
like Hadley and Deneen, who had con
tributed to his early success and with
out whom hia presidential pretensions
would have had no foundation.
Everybody who differed with him was
a liar and a thief.
Hia later speeches became vollies of
abuse, softened by quotations from the
bible and ijeliglous hymns rewritten
to suit the exigencies of the hour.
. Suffrage Societies, and Ethel Dean
; Rockwell's "The Feminist of France."
j Features planned for forthcoming num
I bers include three on "The Unmarried
Woman" in America, in France and
in England. Articles describing wo
man's progress generally will be feat
ures throughout the coming year.
BRAKEMAN ACCUSED
OF CAUSING WRECK
Carl Gross bf Indianapolis, bead
brakeman on the freight train in the
recent wreck near that city, is declai
ed by Superintendent White of the C
H. & D. railroad to be responsible for
not closing the switch. The failure to
close the switch resul'ed in the loss of
jit W - ; ' V - 'i
'
Carl Groaa.
15 lives and in many injuries to pas- dote oace with an old musket" Wash
sen gers, . I Ington Herald.
Humor and
Philosophy
r WjrCAt M. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
JJONEY may be the root of all evil.
but it is also the blossoming of
mucb joy.
Happy Is the man who can make
capital out of hi a own awkwardness.
It Is easier to be critical than It is to
be prepared to meet the critical.
It Is something of a surprise to the
man who thinks he Is the whole thing
to see the whole thing move smoothly
along without a hitch when be take It
into his little head to drop out.
Natural gas Is always found quite
near the surface In the promoter.
A gambler Is a man who Is willing
to take a chance he knowa he can't
keep.
Be may be called a successful man
who makea his family half as well
satisfied with him as he Is with him
self. Women are natural optimists be
cause It makes them look prettier and
doesn't cost anything.
After a man gets to be forty he be
gins to wonder what makes his school
mates look so old and to fancy himself
In the same class with the youngsters.
No Place Like It.
There's no place like home, said the poet.
Or lomi such expression aa that.
But that was, I feel very certain.
Before they Invented the flat.
Before every corner and crossroad
Along- on each side of the atreet
Bad stores that were open on Sundays
With goods that were ready to eat.
The home that the poet had pictured.
That had tn his mind such a charm.
Was some little cot In the village
Or some roomy bouse on the farm.
With vines running over the doorway.
With porches both shady and wide,
A lawn and some trees and a garden
And old fashioned eating- Inside.
Els mind didn't banker for dwellings
With walls that were bare and severs
Up three flights of stairways and maybe
A few darkened rooms in the rear.
Just room for a very sman woman
If wed to a very small man
And, waiting htm there on the table,
A dinner that came In a can.
There's no place like home, said the poet.
Some modern men ear so as well.
For after they've tried It a season
They quite often seek a hotel.
The yearning for home and for mother
What sticks In the memory like that?
But will the old man of the future
Revert to the two by four CatT
Not impossible.
"Herbert Is go
ing to marry that
Miss Kolege."
"Is that so?"
"Yea."
"She's a nni
verslty girl. Isn't
she?"
"Yes, bnt per
haps be can for
give her."
Tolerated Him.
"Who is thnt beautiful woman?"
"That is Mrs. Jenks, the great socie
ty leader."
"And who is the man she spoke to so
condescendingly?"
"Oh, that's only the merchant sh
owes for her fall outfit-'
Was It Intentienalf
"I believe Brown Is nest door to a
lunatic."
How dare yon?"
"Don't yon think so? Do yon know
hlmr
"Know him? I live next door to
him!"
Thought It For the Occasion.
"I told tbe boss what 1 thought of
him this morning."
"Did be fire you?"
"Not much. Yon shonld have heard
tbe nice things 1 thought for the oc
casion." Ahead That Much.
"I like to pay cash for what I buy."
-And I like to run a bill "
"What is the advantage Id that?"
"Sometimes I csn outrun it."
Who?
"She is a terrible flirt."
"Who does she flirt with?
"Any one who will flirt with her."
"Who doesn't T
The Easiest Way.
"Ton weren't at the party yesterday.
"No. It wss easier to get sick than
to get tbe price of a new dress out el
my husband."
Helpful,
"What's Jimmy doing rotrad yot
place so much T'
"Jost writing my autobiography."
His Great Want.
Man wants but tlttie bars below.
A suit of elotnea. a place to eat.
Hat for hia bead, sboea for bis fee.
Sometime a ticket for s show.
And then his life win be complete.
Oh. did 1 say a place to eat?
No Duty en Anecdote.
"This sword came from tb battle
field of Waterloo. An Interesting an
ecdote goes wltji it"
"It is a really interesting anecdote,"
said the otheh. mSn after listening
carefully. I houcht the same ine
Ttie Argus
Kiss Randall's Customer By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 112. by Aaftoclated Literary Bureau.
Hester Randall surveyed the result
of her morning's work with keen satis
faction. A snowy cloth was laid on her
kitchen table, and piled thereon were
loaves of crusty bread, 6heets of feath
erweight biscuits and glistening rusks.
There were tempting loaves of pound
cake and several layer cakes as well aa
a platter heaped with sugared dough
nuts and another of cookies.
Friday -was always Hester's busiest
day. She arose at 4 o'clock and baked
all day to fill her orders for the dain
ties which were In great demand
among her neighbors. On Friday even
ing, although she was tired and foot
sore, she would deliver the bread and
cake. She would have to make several
trips with the heavily laden basket be
fore her weary body could seek repose.
Now she sat down and drank a cup
of hot tea and ate a trifle of supper be
fore she started out on her rounds.
She was a plump, rosy little mite of a
woman' with bright brown eyes and
brown hair that obstinately refused to
turn gray, although Hester .had passed
her thirty-first year. Now she slipped
into a thin white dress, for it was a
hot evening, and, arranging her first
basket load, went out Into the gather
ing twilight.
At Mrs. Amos Blake's she left part of
ber fragrant burden and paused for a
little chat
"Ton know tbe Paige place bas been
rented for the summer, don't you, Hes
ter?" asked Mrs. Blake after awhile.
"No. I'm glad to hear It, though. It
means another customer," laughed
Hester.
"I spoke a good word for you. It's a
lone man who has something to do with
making a map of the county hereabouts
and he was planning to get all of his
meals at the hotel, but when I told him
about how you baked for some of us
lasy housekeepers he said he'd much
rather have home cooking and he
guessed he'd fuss over his own break
fast and supper. You know men like to
fuss over cooking things. Now, Amos
here is tickled to death whenever I let
him get breakfast on Sunday morning.
This Isn't telling you about Mr. Chan
dler, though. I told him Fd speak to
yon and tell you to leave him some
bread and enke, and be snid he might
Inot be home when you came, so he ask-
ea me to give you tnis aonnr ana ten
yon to leave a dollar's worth on his
back porch every week. Have yon got
anything to spare?"
"Maybe I can make out some for him
by giving up my own baking," replied
Hester as she placed the money in the
little bag dangling from her waist. "If
I don't hurry it will be pitch dark be
fore I get throusfh. Good night"
"Good nljrht. Hester. That cream cake
looks so pood I'm going to have a slice
right away."
It was dark indeed when nester Ran
dall stopped with her third load of good
ies at the gate of tbe Paige, bouse. It
was a small gnbled cottage smothered
In honeysuckle vines and for several
seasons had been rented furnished to
city people. It looked diirk and desert
ed now as nester opened the gate and
made her way around the sandy path
to the back porch. As she stood there,
hesitating, the moon pushed a silver
rim above tue puouiaer or inch mil, so
she waited until it rose in all its splen
dor and cast a rale glow over the Faie
house and garden. It fell full on an
open wludow where a white curtain
languidly flapped.
As Hester opened her basket nnd laid
a clean napkin on the porch a harsh
voice from the open window startled
her.
"What are you doing out there7' it
snarled, and Hester was quick to
reply.
"I'm leaving your bread and cake,"
she said with offended dignity In her
tones.
"Weil, hurry up and get out of here.
I want to be alone!" rasped the voice.
It was a very indignant nester who
dumped several loaves of bread, a
sheet of biscuit and some doughnut
and a layer cake on the back porch
and hurried out of the yard with
burning cheeks.
"What a crabbed, cranky old man
he must be!" thought nester as she
went home and prepared for bed. "If
It wasn't for the money I'd uot bake
another crumb for him. The idea!"
Unfortunately Hester could not give
way to her injured feelings, for she
needed every peuny she cn!d earn to
pay off tbe Indebtedness ii the little
bouse which was her Inheritance from
hardworking parents. So the follow
ing Friday evening found her once
more standing at Jr. Chandler's back
door with her baet of goodies. It
was not yet dark, and she could see a
large china dish on the floor, beside
which lay something white and ob
long. She picked it up and In the wan
ing light read ber own name In bold,
black characters. She tore It open
snd there dropped out another crisp
dollar bill and a scrap of paper, ot
which was written:
"Everything was bully. Don't forget
me this week. I like pie."
Involuntarily Hester smiled and
tucked the note sway In her ba with
the money. Then she knelt down and
lifted from her basket a flaky eh err?
pie, some bread and rolls and rake
which she piled In the dish Mr. Chan
dler had thoughtfully provided, and
over the whole she threw a napkin.
She was going down tbe steps when
once more from the same open win
dow sounded the harsh voice she hud
heard before.
."For heaven's sake, clear out of
here! What are you hanging around
for? You've got all my money and"
Hester Randall did not wait to hear
any more. With burning cheeks she
hurried through the gate and away
from the detestable stranger. Not if
the little borne she was working so
hard to retain should 1 sold over her
head would she ever sell another par
Me of her products to the boorish
Daily Story
mapmaker
house.
who lived In the Paige
"Let him eat baker's
trash," was
nester's ultimatum.
A few days later she was talking to
Irs. Blake.
"That Mr. Chandler is an old man,
isn't he?" asked Hester.
"Oh. no; not so very old leastways
he don't appear so to me, Hester. His
hair is gray as can be, bnt he is so
pleasant and boyish acting seems as if
he was as young as my Jimmy. He
sets a lot of store by your cooking.
You've never met him yet, have you?"
"Not exactly," admitted Hester. "I've
heard his voice, though, and I don't see
how anybody can think that's pleas
ant" "Now, Isn't that the funniest thing?
Everybody thinks his voice is the nicest
thing there is about him."
"I don't" said Hester, with decision.
When the following Friday came
Hester passed the cottage of Mr.
Chandler with a scornful lift of her
head. Not for the testy mapmaker
-were the toothsome dainties she had
tolled over all day long. What if he
did like pie? She wouldn't make pies
for any man who spoke to her In such
a manner.
As she prepared for bed that night
Hester's anger abated a little as she)
thought of the brendless, cake! ess, pie
less state of Mr. Chandler. Somehow
she could not reconcile Mrs. Blake's
description of him or the boyishly en
thusiastic note he had written with the
surly voice which had twice accosted
her from hie window.
Saturday was Hester's lazy day. She
rested from her hard work of the day
before and usually occupied herself
with some light needlework or she read
a little. On this particular Saturday
she was sitting on the front porch, hef
never idle fingers engaged with a bit
of fancy work, when the gate opened ,
and a brisk step sounded on the path.
An Instant later a tall form loomed al
the foot of the steps.
The stranger was a handsome man1
the handsomest she had ever seen, Hes
ter admitted to herself as she took la
with a swift glance the broad shoul
ders, the sun tanned countenance light
ed by deep bine eyes and the crop of
gray hair which made him appear
younpr or old, as opinions might differ.
He smiled and lifted a gray cap from
his head.
"Mine Randall r he inquired In the
very nicest voice Hester had ever
heard.
"Yes," replied Hester wonderlngly.
"My name's Chandler. I'm wonder
lng if you realise. Miss Randall, that
I'm simply starving for lack of your
sustaining goodies?"
"I'm sorry," faltered Hester, blush
ing. "Why did you forget me? But, therej
I needn't nsk that Of course I'm
your latest customer, aud I suppose
you didn't have anything to spare for
me. eh?"
"That wasn't the reason," returned
nester, with sudden spirit "I hail
plenty of tluie to bake for you, Mr.
Chandler, but 1 dou't care to keep a
customer who who talUs to me In
such a manner."
"How how I don't believe I under
stand," stammered Mr. Chundler la
undoubted bewilderment.
Hester explained, painfully embar
rassed at the amusement mingled with
the concern on his face.
"It's that rascal, Peter," groaned
Mr. Chandler. "You see, Miss Randall,
Peter U a parrot that belonged to an
aged cousin of mine, for whom I was
named. When Cousin Philip died he
left me the dandiest collection of In
dian relics, with the strict condition
that I must personally care for Peter
until he sees fit to shulfie off. Now,
my cousin Philip was something of a
hermit, and I see by Peter's vocabulary
that his master detested viHitors. Now,
permit me to bring yon tbe ill man
nered Teter In order to verify my state
ments." Hester assured him that she was al
ready satisfied, and after she had en
joyed a good laugh at ber own ex
pense she filled the basket of the
hungry Chandler and sent him away
rejoicing, but that was not until sa
hour had passed, during which time
they became acqualated.
Hester continued to leave her cook
ery on Chandler's porch, and once
when she failed to bring It he went to
her to find out what was the matter.
He found that something had gone
wrong with her oven and insisted on
fixing it for her. They both knelt down
to see Into the grate, and their heads
touched. Before either of them knew
what had happened Chandler had kiss
ed her. neater arose, apparently very
much disgruntled, but when Chandler
put his arm about her and kissed her
again she didn't look as chagrined as
might have been expected.
It was s year afterward that Mrs.
Amos Blake picked tbe grains of rice
out of ber betit bnt and tueked it away
in iu bandbox. "I feel that I ought
to have all the credit for Hester's
marrying Mr. Chandler beratine I got
him as a customer for her, but they
say tbe road to a man's benrt Is by
way of blit stomach, and I suppose
Ilenter's cooking counts a good deal
i too!"
Nov. 18 in American
History.
ISO-Philip Juiiu Sehuyit-r. leader in
the Revolution, died; born 17XJ.
1824 Franz rUgel. German soldier who
became distinguished iu the civil
war. born; died V.fZ.
ltf'r('bMpr Alan Arthur, twenty
first president of tbe Uuiied States,
died; born 1S3!X
l&OO-Richard Watson Glider, author
and editor of the Century Maga
zine, died in New York city; bora
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