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PART II—Continued.
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He found a use for that hand pres*
ently, and, having sighed, lifted It to
press It upon his trow, but did not
complete the gesture. As his hand
came within the scope of his gaze, lev
, eled on the unfathomable distance, he
_ observed that the fingers held a sheet
of printed paper; and he remembered
Florence. Instead of pressing hts_
brow he unfolded the journal she had'
thrust upon him. As he began to read,
his eye was lusterless,' his gait slack
and dreary, but soon his whole de
meanor changed; It cannot be said
f tor the better.
THE North END dally ORIOLE
Atwater Sc Co., Owners & Propreltors
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POeMS
My Soul by Florence Atwater
When my hfeart is dreary
Then my soul Is weary
As a bird with a broken wing
Who never again will sing
, Like the sound of a vast amen
That comes from a church of men.
When n^y soul Is dreary
It could never be cheery
But I think of my ideal
And everything seems real
Like the sound of the bright church bells
' vr peal.
Poems by Florence Atwater will be In
the paper each and every Sat.
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NEWS OP ThE CITY
“Miss Florence Atwater of tHIs City
received a mark of 94 In History Ex
amlntion at the concusion of the
school T£rm last June.
"Blue hair ribbons are in style
'again.
“Miss Patty Fairchild of this City
has not been doing as well in Decla
mation lately as formerly.
“MR. Noble Dill of this City Is sel
dom seen on the streets of the cfty
without smoking a clgarrette.
“Miss Julia Atwater of this-City Is
out of the City. .
“The MR. Rayfort family of this
■ - City have been presented with the
present of a new Cat by Geo. the man
employeD by Balf & Co. This cat Is
perfectly baeutlful.
“Miss Julia Atwater of this City is
visiting friends In the Soth. The fam
■ lly have had many letters from her
that are read by each and all In the
famlld.
“Mr. Noble Dill of this City Is In
business with his Father.
“From letters to the family Miss
Julia Atwater of this City Is enjoying
her visit In the south a greade^l.
“Miss Patty Fairchild of the 7 A
of this City, will probably not pass in
ARlthmetiC -nless some Improvement
v ■ takes place before Examination.
“Miss Julia Atwater • of this City
wrote a letter to the family stating
while visiting in the SOuth she has
made an engagement to be married to
MR. Crum of that City. The family
do not know who. this MR. CRum Is
but It Is said he Is a wldwer though
he has been divorced with a great
many children.
“Subscribe Now 25c. Per Year Adv.
45c. up.
"Atwater & Q>. Newspaper Building
25 Cents Per Years.”
. It may be assumed that the last of
the news Items was wasted on Noble
Dill, and that he never knew of the
neighborhood Improvement believed
to be imminent as a result of the final
touches to the ditch at the Mr. Henry
D. Vance backyard. '
PARTJTHREE
Throughout the afternoon- adult
members of the Atwater family con
nection made futile efforts to secure
all the copies of that week’s edition
of the North End Dally ! Oriole. It
could not be done.
It was a trying time for “the fam
ily." Great-aunt Carrie said that she
had the “worst afternoon of any of
’em,” because young .Newland Saun
ders came to her house at two and did
not leave until five; all the time count
ing over, one by one, the hours he’d
spent with Julia since she was seven
teen and turned out, unfortunately,
to be a Beauty. Newland had not re
strained himself, • Aunt Carrie said,
and long before he left she wished
Jnlla had never been born—and as
for Herbert llIIngs\yorth Atwater,
Junior, the only thing to do with him
was to send him to some strict mili
tary school.
Florence’s father telephoned to her
mother from downtown at three, and
said that Mr. George Plum and the
ardent vocalist, Clalrdyce, two of the
suitors, had Just left his office. They
had not called In company, however,
but coincidentally; and each had a
copy of the North End Daily Oriole,
already somewhat worn with folding
and unfolding. Mr. Clairdyce’s condi
tion was one of deSperate calm, Flor
ence’s father said, but Mr. Plum’s agi
tation left him rather unpresentable
for the street, though he had finally
gone forth with his hair Just as he
had rumpled It, and with his hat in
his hand. They wished the truth, they
said: Was it true or was It not true?
Mr. Atwater had told them that he
feared Julia was indeed engaged,
though he knew nothing of her
fiance’s previous marriage or mar
riages, or of the number of his
previous children. They had respond
ed that they cared nothing about that.
This man Crum’s record was a matter
of Indifference to them. All they
wanted to know was whether Julia
was engaged or not—and she was!
“The odd thing to me,” Mr. Atwater
continued, to his wife, “is where on
earth Herbert could have got his story
about this Crum’s being a widower, or
divorced, and with all these children.
Do you know If Julia’s Written any of
the family about these things and they
haven’t told the rest of us?”
r«o, saiu airs. Atwater, "lm sure
she hasn’t. Every letter she’s written,
to any of us has passed all through
the family, and I know I’ve seen every
one of ’em. She’s never said anything
about him at all, except that he was a
lawyer. I’m sure I can’t Imagine
where Herbert got his awful Informa
tion ; I never thought he was the kind
of boy to just make up unpleasant
things.”
Florence, sitting quietly In a chair
nearby, with a copy of “Sesame and
Lilies” in her lap, listened to her
mother’s side of this conversation
with an expression of Impersonal in
terest ; and if she t^ould have realized
how completely her parents had for
gotten (naturally enough) the details
of their first rambling discussion of
Julia’s engagement, she might have
felt as little alnrm as she showed.
“Well,” said Mr. Atwater, “I'm glad
It Isn’t our branch of the family that’s
responsible. That’s a comfort, any
how, especially as people are reading
copies of Herbert’s manifesto all up
and down the town, my clerk says.
He tells me that over at the Cole com
pany, where young Murdock Hawes Is
cashier, they only got hold of one copy,
but typewrote It and multlgraphed It,
and some of ’em have already learned
it by heart to recite to poor young
Hawes. He’s the one who sent Julia
the three five-pound boxes of choco
lates all at the same time, you re
member.”
“Yes,” Mrs. Atwater sighed. “Poor
thing 1”
“Florence Is out among the family,
I suppose?” he Inquired.
“No; she’s right here. .She’s Just
started to read Ruskin this afternoon.
She says she’s going to begin and read
all of him straight through. That's
very nice, don’t you think?"
He seemed to muse before replying.
"I think that’s very nice, at her
age especially," Mrs. Atwater qrged.
“Don’t youT
“Ye—es! Oh, yes! At least, I sup
pose so. ‘ Ah—you don’t think—of
course she hasn't had anything at .all
lo do with this?"
‘ .v-ll- ’ >
“Well, I don't Bee how she could.
You know Aunt Fanny told us how
Herbert decided before them all, only
last Sunday* njght, that Florence
should never have one thing to do with
his printing-press, and said they
wouldn't even let her come near it.”
“Yes, that’s a fact. I’m glad Her
bert made It So clear that she can't be
Implicated.* I suppose the family are
all pretty well down on Unde Jo
seph?” ,■ »
“Uncle Joseph , Is being greatly
blamed,” said Mrs. Atwater primly.
“He really ought to have known better
than to put such an1 Instrument Into
the hands of a boy of tliat age. Of
course It simply encouraged him to
print all kinds of things. We none of
us think Uncle. Joseph ever dreamed
that Herbert would publish anything
like this, and of course Uncle Joseph
says himself he never dreamed such a
thing; he’s said so time and time
again, all afternoon. But ,of course'
he’s greatly blamed.”
“I suppose there’ve been quite a
good many of ’em over there blaming
him?” her husband Inquired.
- “Yes—until he telephoned to a
garage and hired a car and went for
a drive. He said he had plenty of
money with him and didn’t know when
he’d be back."
“Serves him right,” said Mr. Atwa
ter. “Does anybody know where
Herbert Is?” .
“Not yet.”
“Well—” and he returned to a for
mer theme. ; “I am glad we aren't im
plicated. Florence is right there with
you, Is she?”
“Yes,” she said. “She’s right here,
reading. You aren’t worried about
her, are you?” she added.
“Oh, no; I’m sure It’s all right. I
only thought—”
“Only thought what?’'
“Well, It did strike me as curious,”
said Mr. Atwater; “especially after
Aunt Fanny’s telling us how Herbert
declared Florence could never have a
single thing to do with his paper
again—”
“Well?”
“Well, here's her poem right at the
top of It and a very friendly item
about her history mark of last June.
Il
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“Well," Said Mr. Atwater, "I'm Glad
It Isn’t Our Branch'Of the Family
That’s Responsible."
It doesn’t seem like Herbert to be so
complimentary to Florence, all of a
sudden. Just struck me as rather cu
rious; that’s all.”
“Why, yes,” said Mrs. Atwater, “It
does seem a little odd—when you
think of It”
“Have you asked Florence If she
had anything to do with getting out
this week’s Oriole?”
“Why, no; It never occurred to ine,
especially atter what Aunt Fanny told
us,” said Mrs. Atwater. "I’ll ask her
now.”
But she was obliged, to postpone the
intended question. “Sesame and
Lilies” lay sweetly In the chair that
Florence had occupied, but Florence
herself had gone somewhere else.
She had gone for a long, long ram
ble; and pedestrians who encountered
her, and took note of her expression,
were Interested; and, as they went on
their way, several of them Interrupted
the course of their meditations to say
to themselves that she was the most
thoughtful-looking young girl they had
ever seen. There was a touch of wist
fulness about her, too; as of one
whose benevolence must renounce all
hope of comprehension and reward.
Florence, in fact, had about reached
the conclusion that far from the likeli
hood of her receiving praise for her
thoughtful circulation of the news
concerning her aunt Julia, tnere was
a strong probability that dire results,
wordy and otherwise, would ensue.
Hence her extreme thoughtfulness.
Among those who observed Jier un
usual expression was a gentleman of
grdat dimensions disposed in a closed
automobile that labored through mud
holes in an unpaved outsklrt of the
town, fie rapped upon the glass la
front of him, to get the driver’s atten
tion, and a. moment later the car
drew up beside Florence, as she stood
In deep reverie at. the Intersection of
two roads. /•'" "■£ f,: fij
■>.. Uncle Joseph opened the door and
took his cigar from his mouth. "Get
In, Florence,” he said. “I’ll take you
for a ride.” She started violently;
whereupon he restpred the cigar to
his mouth, puffed upon it, breathing
heavily the while, as was his wont;
and added: "I’m not going home. I’m
out for a nicelong ride. Get in.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
cold' in highest altitudes
Why Volume of Heat Decreases as
. One Leaves the Immediate Sur
face of the Earth.
You would have thought that the
nearer you get to the sun, the warmer
the temperature becomes, wouldn’t
you? But this is by no means the
case, for It Is much colder closer to
the sun when the latter Is shining its
brightest than it Is on the earth.
This is proved by the fact that the
highest mountainsi even In tropical
countries, »re perpetually Snow
capped. Were the air there even
of the same temperature as that »of
the plains beneath, the snow would
soon disappear.
You know, too, that the higher an
airman flies the more warmly clad he
must be If he is not to suffer from
cold.
The reason for this strange phe
nomenon is that the rays of sunshine
pierce through the upper layers of
the atmosphere, which offer very little
resistance to them. The earth, on the
other hand, being more solid, cannot
be penetrated, so easily, with the re
sult that we get the full effect of the
warmth, both as the rays strike the
earth and as they rebound from It.
Where America Leads.
According to a writer In the Chi
cago Suaday Tribune, the United
States leads the universe In: Libraries,
jails, universities, blind pigs, news
papers, payroll robberies, automo
biles, bank deposits, Bibles, profiteers,
sneak thieves, divorces, movies, bull
dogs, patent medicines, silk stockings,
labor unions, scented soap, safety ra
zors, safes, safe-blowers, lawyers, me
chanical pianos, mahogany furniture,
diamonds, Imitation diamonds, mur
ders, acquittals, continuances, elec
tions, laws, law-breakers, railroads,
freight rates, souvenir postal cards,
telegrams, billiard tables, opinions,
cabarets, peroxide, safety matches,
dark alleys, taxicabs, office-holders,
descendants of Irish kings, delinquent
messenger boys, skyscrapers, bunko
steerers, pie, counterfeit money, prom
issory notes, collectors, vaudeville ac
tors, horseshoe pins on soft shirts un
der bow ties, parent leather shoes,
electric lights, watermelons, foreign
missionaries, millionaires, Elks, busi
ness women, handbooks, radiators,
home made beer, and good guys.
The Were-Wolf Legend.
Were-wolf Is a man transformed Into
a wolf. The belief in the transforma
tion of men into wolves or other beasts
of prey ha 3 been very widely diffused,
and in many of the rural districts of
France the “loup-garou” Is still an ob
ject of dread. A man who is thus
transformed, or transforms himself,
was believed to become possessed of
all the powers and appetites of a wolf
In addition to bis own, and to have
a remarkable appetite for human flesh.
In the Fifteenth century the belief in
were-wolvea was, throughout the con
tinent of Europe, as general as the
belief In witches, which It had then
come to resemble In many respects. In
Great Britt in, where wolves had early
been exterminated, the were-wolf was
only known by rumors coming from
abroad.
Important. Archeological Finds.
According to cable advices to the
Greek legation at VVashington, news
paper correspondents with the Greek
troops commented bn Important arch
eological discoveries made by the
Greeks In their march through Asia
Minor. Many of tie tombs dating
from the' Greek and Roman epochs
had been demolished by the Turks, it
was stated, who used the stones for
construction work. In the ancient
cemetery near Kutnia columns of blue
marble were discovered, which were
part of a great bitllding dating from
the Roman period. The army brought
home many tablets and inscriptions
picked up on the march. * .
Changed in Transit
A teacher asked her pupils to sug
gest a song to be song by the class imd
1 patriotic little fellow in the rear
-ailed for “My Country, ’Tis of Thee.”
His voice was so weak that the
eacher could n<?t understand and a 1
gangster near Mm sang out: “Ho
vants ‘His Country ‘Tls of Him.’”*—
Boston Transcript.
Keep Them All Busy.
Half the world. Is busy devising rem
edies for this and that, while the other
lalf IS busy inventing antidotes for
die remedies.—Nashville Tennessean.
The Kitchen
Cabinet
[llllliiiiiiiiiimmimmiiiii
Copyright. 2921, 'Western Newspaper Union.
No man is big enough to do a lot of
things and do them well enough to
last. When you take him and spread
him over a lot of surface, he makes a
layer too thin to form any impression.
But if you take him and hammer him
with the sledge of a mighty purpose,
even 1f there is not more than enough
of him to fill a bean-shooter, he will
make an impression when he strikes.—
D. Lu Moody. f
A DESSERT FOR EVERY DAY
Here Is a dessert for each working
day, and on Sunday ice cream and
case or a pie oi
some kind, which
may be prepared
on Saturday, may
be served. On the
busiest' day try:
Fifteen - Minute
Pudding.—Make a
batter, using one
i-uyiui oi nour, one-quarter teaspoon
ful of salt, one teaspoonful of baking
powder and enough good milk or
fresh buttermilk to make a drop bat
ter. Butter custard cups and drop
In a teaspoonful of the batter, then
add two tablespoonfuls of canned
cherries, Juice and all. Add another
tablespoonful of batter and fill all
the cups about half or two^thirds full.
Set In a pan, surround with boiling
water and cover closely. Boil for
fifteen minutes without uncovering. Be
sure there is enough water but hot
enough to boil over Into the cup*.
Serve with cream and sugar.
Lemon Meringue.—Take one pint of
milk, three ounces of sugar, one cup
ful of fine bread crumbs, two eggs, the
Juice and rind of a lemon. Mix all
Ingredients and cook slowly until
well set, baking In a deep pie platen
Set away to cooi, ewer with a me
ringue and serve cold. ,
Edinburgh Pudding.—Take one-half
pound of oatmeal, one cupful of thick
cooked custard flavored with vanilla,
one and one-half pints of water, one
quarter of a cupful of milk, one-half
teaspoonful■ of salt and two ounces of
coconut. Cook the oatmeal, salt and
water until well cooked. Cool, turn
In the custard and pour Into molds.
Serve when molded, sprinkled with
coconut and sugar, with cream.
Snow Jelly.—Make Jellies of pine
apple, raspberry and lemon.. Arrange
In layers the lemon, then raspberry
and when the pineapple Is thickening
whip It until frothy, pile this on top
of the raspberry Jelly. Chill before
serving.
~ , i
The difference between a precious
stone and a common stone is not an
essential difference—not a difference of
substance, but arrangement of the par
ticles—the crystallization. In sub
Btance the coal and the diamond are
one, but in form and effect how widely
they differ. The pearl contains noth
ing that Is not found In the coarsest
oyster shell. Two men have the same
thoughts; they use about the same
words In expressing them; yet with one
the product Is real literature, wit. the
other it Is a platitude_John Bur
roughs. , ...j0 (.* ....
SEASONABLE IDEAS
Cakes and cookies will be more
delicious if they are allowed to age
for a while before using.
Spice Cookies.—Cream
one-third of a cupful of
butter, add one-half cup
ful of sugar, one well
beaten egg and one cup
ful of molasses, in which
has been dissolved one
teaspoonful of soda.
y.nen add three and one
half cupfuls of flour, a little cinnamon,
clove and nutmeg and one-half to a
whole cupful of chopped raisins. A
few chopped nuts make an improve
ment. When well mixed drop by tea
spoonfuls on buttered sheets and
sprinkle with suear; ' 1
Cranberry Cake.—Cream one-half
cupful of butter and one and one-half
cupfuls of light brown sugar, add the
well-beaten yolks of three eggs. Have
ready and sifted two cupfuls of flour,
a teaspoonful of soda, a teaspoonful
each of cinnamon and nutmeg and
one-half teaspoonful of cloves; add to
the sugar and butter. Fold In one
and one-half cupfuls of cranberries
that have been cooked, put through a
rleer and sweetened slightly, then the
stiffly benten whites of the eggs. Bake
In two layers and Ice, using some of
the strained juice of the cranberry
for flavor and color.
Honey Doughnuts.—Doughnuts made
of honey and sour milk or cream
will keep moist a long time. Take
two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
one and one-half cupfuls of honey, one
cupful or sour milk; if sour cream ia
used take half the 'butter, one tea
spoonful of soda, three cupfuls of flour
sifted with two teaspoonfuls of cream
Of tartar. Fry in deep, hot fat.