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That Episode of J. Gordon's I\y Ida M. ShepUnr .Copyright, 1911, l>y Associated IJterary Press.) Ills nuimt, In full, wan Jay Gordon Stanford, but his intimate friends sel dom got further with the name thuu J. Gordon. J. Gordon had seriously contem plated matrimony at the age of 17. Hhortly a ft or he VU brought rudely out of such contemplation by being ?oftJy Informed by the recipient of hJf adolescent affection that her heart was In tho keeping of one much bin senior, ono to whom isbe had been be trothed these many ye are. Many years? Why how old was she really T He afterward learned, some 12 more than hlmnelf. Perhaps It helped him forget her, ' At 26 J. Gordon was actually en gaged. Tho girl, this time, was his own age. Bho was energetlo. Bbe went In for woman's suffrage, for re form of many kinds and J. Gordon smiled indulgently, although after the closo intimacy of engagement days eet In, he did begin to sit up and notice that she had faults worse than want ing to vote. When It came to using ono's handkerchief for a whole week, and wearing soiled shirt waists out in company, he did hint a few wee hlnta of surprise. He also found she had a temper when, after a little lecture from htm upon wearing white slippers on mud dy tramps, she flung his ring io his faco. The relief ho felt at this action upon her part frightened him. Had he been fool enough to promise love to a wom an he had not loved ? It made him cautious. At 80 J. Gordon was still unmar ried, and had taken a suburban resi dence to himself. City noises disturb ed his rest, he told him friends, and he loved to look at growing yegotables, fruits and the like. "It is simply one of the signs of incipient bachelorhood," they told him. And now ho really began to be troubled. Was It a fact that he would not love the right sort of a woman? Qaxlng Upon the Damage. Tho men of his family usually married early In life. Was ho born to live un loved T Ah .long as tho villas on each side Of him hold the kind of children they did, J. Gordon was not sure but that bachelorhood had Its advantages, for these were spoiled children. Hut when the children moved and on ono sldo moved In an elderly gentleman, grouchy and snuffy, aud in tho other, a lovlug young couple took up abodo, his uneasiness returned. Tho first dis gusted him with ii picture of what he might yot bo; tho other ? thero were ?venlngB when they made him feol lonely. Hut ho would forget all this next day through ofhco hours. The young wlfo on iho ono sldo of him was rather pretty In a soft, de mure way And she loved flowers and groen things as well as did J. Gordon, and thuH they sometimes camo close, each across tho dividing fenco from tho other. Sho was very modest He learned only that sho wau Mrs. Mum ford. and it was born In her to love country quiet, or as near as she could got, and digging in tho ground. One morning ho saw her, from her top veranda step, ntoop and klBS her husband goodby. Tho husband at the time was veil ballasted with a big va lla? in each hand. liuslnoss called J. Gordon from his villa during the two days after. Upon his return, gazing with some concern upon the damage done some of his growing things by a groat goose, he waa startled by a cherry laugh from the other aide of the fenco, and look ed up to behold Mrs Mumford, merry eyed, smiling radiant, in pink and white. Never had he seen her so beautiful as now, and so friendly and merry. What a change the doparture of her husband had brought about la her nature. Then she began: -That gooee has eaten all our late atrawberrlee, the hired girl tells me. lant It awfulf We found out why the woman down the avenue keeps it. She's an old maid, and so afraid of burglars, but more afraid of dogs? ?ays they all hare hydrophobia, but geese never da Oist Inoculate them with It In any way. And a gooee, you. auow, aJw ays squawku if anybod> comes In lb# bouse. 8?e? It'at bsr nafeguurd against burglar*. Poor thing, If I w? i o ito afraid of burg lars I'd marry a ? well, a great, big brave mail." Her laugh wait catching, her smile Irresistible, auil J, Gordon found him Helf planning little tricks with her ou i hat goose, to tho vexation of ltd own' or. Over bait the tlioe they held it for ransom, w'hlrih ^aiisoiaj the poor poiuau woyld send by hei^mald. and Which money Mrs. Mumford would soud back. . , And how Hhe sang and how well she played the piano! ICach night J. Gor don went to sleep to sweet tones flout ing In ut hlw open window, and each morning awakened to the same. Ho had not known Mrs Mumford could King. Twice J. Gordon, how, he never could tell watt tolled over to the Mum ford veranda, und each time came away wondering If it were pouwlblo for a man of bit* regulated mind to fall In love with another man's wife. A few more days of this merry sub urban friendship and ho pulled himself together to flee tho spot, for he real lEod JuHt the power she was exorcis ing over him. It was not pretense at love ou his part, now. It was a genu lne caae to be fought out as he would fight it. He would go away. Next morning, after this resolve, be ?aw Mr. Mumford on his veranda. He was home again. Out in the bushes Mrs. Mumford waa silently trimming some small shrubs. Mrs. Mumford, her dress of ?ubdued color, her manner retiring. She raised her eyes to him, then nod ded demurely. Ho spoko to get a look Into her eyes. Tboy had surprised him. He had thought them blue, but they were a dark hazol now. "Mr. Mumford la back." Hhe glanced up and he had an excellent glance Into the changed eyes. In fact tho change that had come into her face was actually start ling. Ho waa glad of it. Hotter could ho forgot hor now. But why the change?" "Yob," she replied, "we came back last night. He went two days before I did. Some buslneBB took him a little out of the way. We had a delightful vacation. Hell says you holped her pass Homo of tho lonely hours; I thank you. She kept bouse for me." -"Bell!" Light was breaking. "Your twin sister?" "Ob, no, I never had a twin Bister. Bell 1b my cousin. They do say we look very much alike." And so they did, lacking the viva city, the bluepesa of eye, the pink of choek and Hps on the part of Mrs. Mumford. These were the cousin's charm. And Hell was not married. With elation J, Qordon guessed it, and guessed right. Bbe was coming along the path humming. Catching Bight of him, she called: "The woman with the gooee aa body guard wasn't an old maid. She was a charming young widow. Yesterday Bbe waa married, and this morning she sends me the goose with her compli ments. What am I to do with It? Will you help ub eat It, If I roast It?" "Come here, very close,'* he called across the fence. When she came, Ignoring tho goose question, he asked: "Why did you al low me to call you Mrs. Mumford? I camo pretty close to falling In love with another man's wife." "Ah. no, you didn't. No danger of that. You simply foil In love with me, and ? " she paused, her eyes allur ing. "Is It all right that I did?" And now, across the fence his right hand was reaching out to her. She nodded, yes. Women Archlteots. Not bo long ago a woman architect was an unknown quantity, but It Is becoming more and more evident that the planning of the house Intended for a home la the legitimate work of the woman architect, and as one newspa per states It, "sho Is getting on to hor Job." The man architect plans the building for the contractor to con struct with little, If any, thought of tho woman who Is expected to spend her life In It. According to all the rules of tho profession, tho planning Is all right, both ns to dignity and beauty, proportions, lines, slopes anad sweeps; but so far as conveniences or "handlness" Is concernod It Is entirely out of tho question and seoms only to bo a menace to health and happiness where tho woman worker comes In. Womon should plan tho Inside ar rangement, at least, of tho houses des tined to bo homos, and for this work those gifted In tho necessary llnoe should mako a profession of It, Just as brother does of his part. How to Cook a Loon. Bill Croxor, a guido for fifty-two years at Charleston I>ake In Ontario, Canada, has a novel receipt for cook ing a loon. Ho was rowing a couple of Somervlllo, N. J., councllmen a few weeks ago and when a loon came In sight tho strangors asked Bill If they were good to eat. BUI replied In a rather ovnslve way, and one of the fishermen then asked Bill how they were cooked. This was what Bill was waiting for and here is the recipe that BUI gavo: "Copk the loon In wator for twolvo hours, at night pour off this water and cook him over night, in tho morning throw In a piece of grindstone and whon you can stick a fork In tho grindstone the loon Is done." ? Fur News. For a Purpose. Reynolds ? Why Is Kutler laying doable floor* In his ten -story apart ment house? TRICKS OF DEBATERS SUBTERFUGES TO WHICH OVER EAQER CONTENDERS RESORT. Deliberate Misquoting of Autherltlfs Sometimes Retorted Penalty for Dishonesty in dofO0^ Dp* ^ bale* It Severe. Debating ha# shortcomings, oven dangers. It U easy, for example, to manufacture evidence with' little like* II hood of detection. However, the penalty of such dishonesty when dis covered 18 most severe, a writer in the Century states. In a debate In 1907 one of the speakers deliberately misquoted an Authority. An unusually shrewd opponent walked over to the desk of bis rival, picked up the book ami read the statement exactly as It had been quoted. Then he continued: "Honorable Judges, the gentlemen read the sentence as If it were punc tuated with a period at this point As a matter of fact the punctuation Is a comma." He then read the final clause, showing the real Intent of the authority, which was exactly opposite to the Interpretation given by his op ponent. The result was disaster for the dishonest debater. There are still more subtle forms of dishonesty. Dozens of requests pour In from colleges and high schools upon every prominent debating team, offering to buy, rent or borrow mate rial. A typical letter read: "Dear Sir: We understand that your university debated the question of commission government last spring. We shall be glad to procure a set of the speeches made and will pay any reasonable price." Unless such dishonesty can be pre vented it will soon bring deserved condemnation to an honorable sport. Reputable institutions are refusing either to sell or buy material. A third form of dishonesty some times arises. Coaches too frequently are far more responsible for the argu ment presented than are the debaters themselves. One debating coach has made a special study of trade unions for ten years. He began in his school debates, followed It out In his college contests, and finally, taking charge of a college team, gave them three care fully prepared speeches to memorise. Thus his students received none of the value which comes of working up a case. They were parrots, nothing more. . For this evil there are two possible remedies. Many colleges, among them Stanford, the University of California and Swarthmore, right ly throw the burden of preparation en tirely upon the debaters, doing away with all coaching and trusting to the honor of their opponents to do like wlee. Still better is reducing the time of preparation from three months to si* weeks. Stanford and California pursue this method in their annual Carnot medal debates, which are models of the best debating in the country. The actual debating deterior ates under shorter preparation, but the exercise becomes far less academ ic and more nearly like the occasions of every day life. Teh debates under this system are contests not of volum inous research but of Individual con structive thinking. Above all, this plan places the men upon their own responsibility, and as far as possible eliminates opportunities for dishon esty. The President Laughed. President Taft, who has difficulty In keoplng his weight down to 800 pounds, often cracks a Joke or gets off a wit ticism about his slife. One afternoon, as he was leaving the White House to take a horseback ride, he met a group of newspaper correspondents, and among them was Matthew Tlghe, an old friend. After greetings had been exchanged, Mr. Taft looked down at his legs en cased In leggings which emphasized the girth of the limbs. He struck his left leg a resounding blow with his riding-crop, and, turning to Tlghe, asked with a smile: "What do you think of that, Matt?" "That," said Tlghe, grinning, "would do credit to any piano ever manufac tured." And the loudest laugh about It came from the president. ? Lippincott's Mag azine. Fishing at Biarritz. In the neighborhood of Biarritz In southwestern France an original meth od of taking fish from the sea has been Invented by the inhabitants along Bhore. Two poles forty or fifty feot tall and placed eight or nine yards apart are erected on the beach. By means of pulleys a continuous line running over the tops of the poles and attached also to the top of an other pole placed BOO Xirds out In the sea can be alternately drawn either shoreward or seaward. 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