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[a f c BY ELLA Mi DDL Author oTSmuggler, \ ALL RIGHTS c . Copyright. :vx> t y .1. K LiFprxc gsCHAPTER VIT. 8 I Continued. I Therefore I made hasty adieux to Mrs. Robinson and boldly ascended the brownstone steps next door. Judging from the address of Nancy's letter, Julia Smith was in private life Miss Julie Schuyler. .It was Miss Schuyler, therefore, to whom I dispatched my card and who came to me in^the ornate drawing-room I had so oftejj heard Starr describe. There - "was. a large portrait of a young girl fcver the mantel. I supposed it was Mildred, and was gazing at it with interest when she came. "Do you think it good?" she inquired. "As I do nr.; know the original, ? cannot say. Have I the pleasure of addressing Miss Schuyler or Miss Smitn?" Julia Smith laughed, thus display- ! ing a hitherto unsuspected dimple. "But for you," she said, "I should have been Mrs. Ferguessou." I collapsed upon the nearest chair. This was indeed news and of a startling nature. I suddenly remembered Ferguesson's agitatiou two nights * . , previous, his interest in the weather, and his restless pacing to and fro , while I watched the clock and waited. So I sat in open-mouthed astonishment, revolving these things in my mind while Julia Smith sat and watched me. "Well?" she said. "Randy?" I gasped. : , "I prefer Randolph, it is so much more dignified. Yes, but far ytfu?" "And but for you," I interrupted, "I too?" She nodded. "I know. It was a strange coincidence. I think"?she smiled meaningly?"that you were very wise to come and talk things over with me. Let us be comfortable." She settled herself in a low chair ' *>nsl tvtif arl mn 4-r\ T\ n T auu tiaucu iwi jiic ucgiii x iuuuu it difficult to do so, but finally plunged desperately. "How did you get out?" "How thoughtful in you to inquire! I suppose you were dreadfully worried about me. By the way, how did you get out?" * Don't you know?" "No, but I have iny suspicions. 1 saw Mr. Casey this morning?in the presence of witnesses." The dimple was again in evidence, i' and I felt most uncomfortable. ' "How was he?" I tried to speak indifferently, but failed abjectly. "He seemed well in body but perturbed in spirit." Julia Smith laughed at some recollection, then became sudde^y serious. "Mr. Leigh," she said/"where is Randolph?" I said most truly that I did not know. "Don't you?" I inquired, for really ' li n h: at a. ^1 l j i v bSCIUCU JLlUiUg LUiil SUU BliUUIU UU informed as to bis movements. "No, I don't?truly. Too see what happened, of course. I thought you were ho, and he thought Miss Welles was me. They must have arrived at the corner shortly after we left it, and got all mixed up, just as we did. You can see from Mi6s Welles' note '(I saw you read it over Mrs. Robinson's shoulder) that when they found their mistake he left her and started back for me. What became of him?" But I was more interested in Nancy than in Ferguesson. "Where did he leave her?" I asked eagerly. "Don't you know?"?there was astonishment and doubt in her voice. "No, I don't." ' Julia Smith stared incredulously, and finally announced her opinion "with startling frankness. "I don't believe you." Nor did my most eloquent appeals move her In the slightest. The story I finally extorted from Julia Bmith was something of this nature: She and Randy had been secretly engaged for some weeks, and had planned to elope, as being more romantic than the usual course of events, az well as more convenient under the circumstances. At first, when everything went wrong, she had determined that she could never return to her aunt's house, no matter what happened, but after a night in the police station she had changed her mind, and telephoned them at home. Her aunt had come to the rescue and taken her av/ay at once. "I'm not exactly free," she confessed, in a frightened whisper, "because of Aunt Harriet. You see, she disappeared the night I did. They? the police?seem to think I know more about her than I will tell, so T'm TT?V.r,f 4V.AV 1 /Mif Ua.'I T4-'~ JL ijjl w uat LAU VJUL im ua ii, n s a horrid feeling." She shuddered, and I felt a creepy sensation about iny own spine. Bail had been refused for me., and that also was a "horrid feeling." "Do you think," I said, "that she ?Miss Schuyler?Starr, you know." "No, I don't. Neither does Aunt Caroline, because?well, I'm not at liberty to say. But where is she, and why doesn't she coine home?" I shook my head ruefully. "Why did not everybody come home? "Tell me about Casey," I said. "I saw bim this morning, and I did not know until then that you had changed places. I don't know how yon managed it. but I can guess. Mr. Casey was evidently very angry and appealed to me to say that lie was not the man who came in the cab with me." "And you raid?" *! said that I had never leolred carefully at the inan into whose cab I gol by mistake, but I could positively identify the prisoner as Mr. Casey .?he having often visited at our OR Q A5LY. .ETON TYBOUT, " "Polcetown People," Etc., D RKSERVEI). ^ orr COMPANY' Philadelphia, Pa. house. This was true, you know? he had, but I never liked him very much. He 'sed to look at Mildred and me in suoh a calculating manner, as though he was comparing our merits. Randolph told me about hunting for a wife for him, and 1 thought it was outrageous." "But why didn't you give away my little game?" "Because," she said, "I had recognized you. You know I often saw you going n?xt>door. And I thought ?well, Mr. Leigh. I thought perhaps you would help me. I was sure you were waiting for Nancy Welles, just as I was waiting for Randolph. When Aunt Caroline came to me early this s I morning, before I saw Mr. Casey, and f told me about the excitement next c door, I knew you would look for her, and I thought Randolph might he with her. Oh. dear!?I wish I knew a where he was." s There was more than a hint of j v tears in her voice, and as she reached | j for her handkerchief I again saw my t I ring upon the third finger of her left r hand. r "May I ask," I said, "where you t got that ring?" * "It is my engagement hing." t "It does not look like a new ring." a "No, it isn't. Randolph is going to r replace it just as soon as lie can find d something good enough for me. Why s are you so interested . in it, may I f ask?" t Even now I would be loyal to r Randy. Had I not often borrowed d his property in an emergency when C I had nothing of my own suitable? "Oh, nothing," I said, "It is un- I usual looking, that is all. You don't a find that pattern everywhere, you v know." li I began to think of my own affairs again. t "Then," I hazarded, "I may trust t you not to betray me? I won't keep 1: tjasey mere long. juhl ai jjibscui, x must have my liberty." li "No," she said; "I -won't say a h word. That is, if you promise to a help And Randolph and Aunt Harriet, t Find him first, please." f "First of all," I remarked.. "I must find Nancy "Welles." s Julia Smith gave me a peculiar * look. s "If I wcr? you," she said, "and t you really don't know where she is, t I should not waste time running around the city. Just go home and i think the matter over quietly. Perhaps I shall think better of it in an a hour and call you up on the telephone to give you her address. You know 2 I have it here. You had better wait t to hear from me." .t CHAPTER VIII. v I went home, not because Julia Smith (as I always thought of her) b had advised it, but because I did nol g know what else to do. h Unmolested, 1 entered the base- d ment hall and sought Mrs. Stubbs. s That worthy woman appeared hot c and uncomfortable looking and very I evidently out of temper. She had v no news' to impart. Yes, the police had been there and searched the rooms again. Yes, they had asked t questions about me, but had not a seemed much interested as to my h whereabouts. No, nothing had been h heard of Miss Harriet Schuyler, or of ti Starr either. For her part she be- S lieved them both dead. Might she b consider us responsible for the rent g of his room if she kept it as it was? h Otherwise she would rent it if she tl had an opportunity, as she was a poor v widow and must live. I pledged myself for a month's rent and ruefully climbed the stairs, c Never before had they seemed so f< long to mc, nor had I been so reluct- a ant to reach the top. For, once in s our rooms, I would be alone for a time, and again a thousand doubts and fears would assail me. Solitude was obnoxious to me just now, and the dingy old rooms were filled with tl memories?unwelcome ghosts of a t long ago that already seemed far s away and a part of another existence, tl I went to my own room and sank 1; into the chair by the window, rest- c ing my head against the shabby, uncomfortable back and giving way to b profound melancholy. It was really o a luxury to revel in it undisturbed, ti so I gave my fancy full play and al- w lowed the little devils of doubt and distrust to enter my heart and hold e high carnival there. li Where were Starr and Fergues- b son? If Randy had really wanted to b marry Julie Cchuyler, why did he not g appear and say so. If Starr were c alive, surely he read the papers. If l; he knew nothing of Miss Harriet Schuyler, why did he not appear and prove an alibi? Above all, where was Nancy? f I turned my head restlessly. A j; faint perfume seemed to emanate " from the old chair, usually saturated with tobacco. I sniffed wonderingly, decided it was imagination, and re- t turned to my unprofitable musings, c By her own showing Nancy had met Ferguesson. In my opinion mortal v man could not be within her spell r and not succumb. Had Randy, by t any chance, deserted his own af- i fianced and returned to Nancy? He was very good-looking?the only one j ) ui ua wuu luuiu icaii) la.y an liuutai i claim to being considered hahdsome, | ? and iie could he very agreeable if be | chose. Could it be possible that! ( N'ancy? I sat suddenly upright; for from j Starr's room came again the rustic I had heard the previous nlglit? , faint but unmistakable. Thisi time) f did not hesitate, but sprang to the ''' door and flung it open. "Who's there?" I demanded. Midway of the floor was a woman's j figure. She stood, skirts gathered in j her hands, as though poised for a' i flight. I stared, iucredulous, then j t ubbed my eyes and stared again, 'he figure hesitated, looked uncerainly at me, then advanced with both lands extended. "Billy?o-oh, Billy!" Then I too looked uncertainly a noment, doubting my own eyes, for t was Nancy's voice that spoke my lame, and Nancy's face that looked it me across the threshold of Starr's oora. Only a moment I hesitated, then ny arms were around her, holding ler close, as my eyes looked down nto hers and through them to her . leart. Ah. Nancy Welles! How mall and trivial appeared my doubts . if a moment past, and how could I ver have permitted them to exist? Jeing a woman, she spoke first. "Oh, my dear, my dear," she be;an, >olding on to the lapel of my oat vith her little white hands, 'where have you been?, How could rou leave me? Oh, Billy! And I hought you were de?.d, or married o another girl?" "No, you didn't,"' I interrupted. 'You knew there was only one girl or me?you knew it." "Yes, I did know it in my heart, >ut then you didn't come, and?oh, iilly!" I drew her gently toward the old irm-cbair. It was quite big enough or .two. and seemed to welcome us ordially. "Tell me all about it, Nancy." So Nancy told me, tut I will not I ittempt to pive her words, for her tory was often interrupted by irreleant remarks on my part. She said that she had gone out hat stormy night, according to agreeneut, and had found, as she had exlected, a man and a cab waiting on he street corner. The man had lastened toward her a:id said somehing beginning "Light oi my life, ,re you waiting there?" She did not emember the rest, but Lad won!ered at the time that [ should be so illy. She was so preoccupied and Tightened at what she was doing hat she did not notice the voice was iot mine. The cabman was told to I Irive to the Little Church Around the s Corner and the cab door slammed. \ "And," said Nancy Welles, "when i heard that door slam I realized how t wful it would be to una out auer ] t te were married that I did not really s ove you." This cheerful idea having occurred o her, she had become so absorbed hat she forgot her companion entire- I > until she heard him entreating her | iot to te frightened. He had called ler "Julio dearest," which surprised : ler so that she had raised her Wl nd looked at him. Just at that ineresting point the cab stopped heore the church. I will omit Nancy's acount of enuing explanations, although it was veil worth recording. Enough to ay that .they returned with all possi- , ile speed to the starting point, only o find the corner empty. "But how did you come here?" I ; quired. | "Well," said Nancy, "I couldn't ,nd wouldn't go back to Aunt Joseihine, and I said so. Then Mr. Fer;uesson, who was in an awful hurry o get rid of me, suggested my comog here. He said you wou:d be sure o drift in here finally, and meanwhile I could stay with Mrs. Stubbs." i "Why"?Nancy's voice was trou- ' led?"I don't know. As soon as we ;ot here Mr. Starr?I don't know iim, but that's who it was?rushed ownst.airs and caught Mr. Fergueson by the arm. He was very exited and seemed to be urging Mr. 'erguesson to do something he didn't rant to." "Could you hear what he said?""MYnn cpp it tnr>!r some time o win Mrs. Stubbs over to our side, nd I was busy trying to convince er I was respectable, so I didn't ear. But"?Nancy's voice dropped o a frightened whisper?"after Mrs. tubbs let me into her parlor, I sat y the window, and I saw Mr. Feruesson r.nd Mr. Starr leave this ouse with a fat old lady between hem. And, oh. Billy, I'm afraid it as Miss Harriet Schuyler." Nancy paused, and I knew she was raiting for me to reassure her. I ould not do so, however, for I too eared it might be Miss Schuyler. So fter a moment she resumed her own tory: To be Continued. A Washington's Birthday Party. At a Washington's Birthday party lie guests should be arranged two by wo to represent the 22d. There hould be a booming of business on lie part of the gentlemen, and the idies "should bang their hair and irculate reports. A cherry tree may be represented y the bows of the guests and the lips f the ladies. A dog might furnish be bark, and also delight the guests ihen he leaves. Hens should be in evidence beause, like Washington, they do not ie, and because they furnish the Ta /?nrrv nut tho atchet idea at the table, serve chops ' ^ ;arnished with Saratoga chips. The ^ onversation should flag frequently.?* ; { >act Table Talk. "Here, August," called the man rom the country they were breaking 11 at the Italian table d'hote dinner. Bring us some more wine." "August," repeated a mystified . 1 ;uest. "What sort of new name is ; ' liat?" Very softly, for the country j 1 nan was doing the treating. I c "Be quiet,'* whispered another who | s ^as being treated. "lie's a little 1 nited just yet on the Italian. It's ; ( jiovanni he means."?New York j ? >rcss. | * i S Eating. | 1 If people eat what they like with- I >ut troubling themselves with the luestion of whether it is good for J hem they will probably live just as ? ong and be a good deal happier. 1 F. S. Weinliold, or Brcoksido. Pa., } ast season raised on twenty-five j ' teres about COOO bushels of ear corn. ' iTany of the ears were over sixteen ' nehes in length. i The revenue from the Swiss alcohol ! nonopoly since 1S77, the date of it3 | istablishment, has teen $24,059,187. E New York City.?The blouse of ;hin material in color to match the ] loat suit is the smartest of all things in < lust now and hei:e is a modiel that ^ ;an be utilized in that way or for the the entire gown as liked, and it will be wjt jqually serviceable put to both uses. n the illustration it is made of mes- &PI :aline and the trimming is heavy laoe vhile the yoke and under-sleeves are nade of net. The lines are excepionally becoming and graceful and ne Diouse is one or tne prettiest pos-1 lible yet absolutely simple. It is :losed invisibly at the back and it can >e finished as illustrated or with a :ollar and without the yoke, making t hall low.. Treated in this way it vould be pretty with a little laoji ucker at the neck edj?e. All materals that are thin enough to be tuckea ire appropriate and the model will ind u:;es without: number. The trimning of buttons is a fashionable and jffective one and for the bands of tb.e leek j.nd sleeves any lace or embroid>ry or fancy material will be approbate, or they can be of plain materal either braided or embroidered. j The blouse is made with front and J jacks, which are tucked on indicated | ines, the wide tucks over the shoul- li lers teing held in place by means of U he trimming buttons. A shaped band j inishcs the neck edge and when the roke is used it is joined tc it. The r sleeves are of moderate fullness, the ucked to match the blouse, and the tun inder sleeves are attached beneath ovc he trimming bands. con Th<! quantity of materia", required 1 or the medium size is two and seven- for iightli yards twenty-four or twenty- one ;even, two and five-eighth yards thir- yar y-twi), one and three-quarter yards i qu? orty-four inches wide with five- thr ightli yard of all-over lace, five- wid .'ightli yard of ret. I thr A very attractive wuite foulard 1 a?n./v ,1 mi; iVilii UJiiUJl inif? uuta, xiaa l yv v viTjep ou* janc'is of black on ths skirt, one at stri he knees and the other as hem. The as 1 leep crushed girdle and cuffs are also wit )f the black silk. kni fea Neck and Sleeves. When the season first opened we ( vere gravely told by the powers that mo jo (hat the Dutch neck would call of or short sleeves and that the high anc :ollfcr would consort strictly with long gen (Jeeves. The rule has been treated ion ike most manifestoes of the knd. as 3ne may have low neck and long ileeveB and low neck and short sleeves, or vice versa, and be in the j style?what more can l.e asked of a flov ashion? mj] The Fasliionable Umbrella ilas a long?very long, handle, and > i great round silver cap; or a severely itsc >lain, hard wood handle. If there is froi xny engraving it is done in Old En*- apr ish letters. Colored taffetas?dark san jIui;, red, green or brown, are almost is t is much in vogue as black. Smooth sea Inished hard woods, inlaid with sil- for /err make elegant handles. Many lien prefer the wooden sick?as bong more substantial and masculine I ooking than the steel rod. Long net ;l1ver handles, slender and tapering, >>ft< )rnamen?- expensive rain sheddcrs. bro : Russian Effects. Russian effects are shown and worn endless variety. One of tho newest , relopments of the peasant idea i3 j , dress fashioned on lines identical 1 t h the coat suit and hardly to be 1 tinguished from it. 1 Sashes in Fashion. 1 Sashes are with us once more. Th? ad belts now so popular are con- 1 ued in soft knots and long ends j en the gown to he ornamented la I j lignt, .summery Lexture. wjuw vered ribbon in pompadour - pat. qs, soft broken plaids of a dainty 5r on wbite, new satin brocade in t self-tones and the ever-beantifui ssalines are all sought by the for?hted girl. Seven Gored Tanic Skirt, The tunic Bkirt takes many varha.? is. This one is exceptionally ceful and attractive. It is lapped the front edges to give the one 3 effect that is so much liked ajad ludes-a full length box pleat at the k. One of the pretty striped lin? is the material illustrated, but skirt will be found appropriate almost all seasonable ones, for the oner silks, such as foulard and igee, and many of the light weight jhable materials are made in such le as well as the heavier linens, , dins and wool fabrics. It can be shed as illustrated-wHh a few but* s or .the tunic portion could be nmed with banding or with braid died over a stamped design. The skirt is made with seven gores, , tunic and the box pleat. The ,ic is cut in one piece and arranged ir the skirt while the box pleat iceals the edges at the hack. The quantity of material required the medium size is twelve and i-half yards twenty-four, nine ds twenty-seven, eight and oneirter yards thirty-two or five and ee-quarter yards forty-four inches le; width of.skirt at lower edge, ee yards. i'liere's a lot of character iO this t of plain and striped pongee. The ipe is sort of an old blue, the same the deep cuffs, and it tones so well h the natural color pongee. The fe pleated collar of net is a new ture. Frills. )f course the "Chactecler" frill is st talked of just now, and all sorts frillings are sold under the name, 1 will be sold under the plain teric title when "Chantecler" fashs have rowed themselves to death, will soon be the case. Flowers Plentiful. n spite of the Chauteclcr vogue vers were never more prominent it linery. RoIk? of Km broidery. Vide embroidered flouncing lends !lf successfully to the lingerie nk of the season. Pin tucka and r iliques are in evidence upon the le garment, but its prevalent note , he use of tliis widest all-over and ' ^ Hoped embroidery for tunics and ^ whole skirts. Heavy Foundations. leavy linen is used with coarse ^ , cloth or silk, while linen crasb i c 3n serves as a foundation for eraldered yokes, guimpes and vesta. ' SOCOfiOteatCSIMtCMMMH* i JOURNALISM AND | I ITS GOLDEN AGE. I 9 soooeacaeBsiteaeateiiiteai* President Taft's little disquisition | an journalism, with its incidental i references to newspapers and news paper men, was rather better than ! iuch things commonly are, but, as usual, remarks the New York Times, I it revealed in several particulars the nability of .the outsider to understand the combination of business trade, md profession which to those inside af it seems to have no mjrsteries at ! all. The President repeated, for in- ; stance, the long-familiar statement that the newspaper of .to-day differs from those of twenty or thirty or fifty years ago in that while now the news receives most attention, then it j was the editorial utterances that made value and reputation. That is right enough, as a mere matter of uninterpreted observation, but as basis for the conclusion drawn by the President and so often reached by other people?that the editors of ! to-day are different from, inferior to, 1 md less influential than their predenessors in the Golden Age of Journalism?is without any foundation in fact. Newspapers always printed all the news their resources and their facilities enabled them to get. The oetter and more prosperous ones get more of it nowadays, because they :an, and that is all there is to the much-lamented change. The supposed superiority of the < J+otmo 1 arMnloc k a TllirP JXU'liiUC CUi-tVliUi Mi. V*V4.VW iw M ^ illusion, with no foundation in fact, ar none except the one fact that when the news supply was scanty the comment on it attained a comparative importance which it now lacks. The best way .to gain freedom from this illusion is to look through the old lies of representative papers printed in the era when editorial giants are supposed to havo abounded. Whojver does so will find some good edi;orial writing and some that is strong, but he will also find that its average yf merit is below rather than above :he editorial writing of the present, md that not a little of it would now jxcite only derisive laughter. The modern editor addresses a pubic larger, better educated, and vastly ess prejudicial, especially in matters political, than did his professional 'orbears. He cannot as safely speak ' ? A r\t*ev Vl i cV? 1n\XT " Q ,U ills I cauci O J. J1UU1 vv :he Frencli say, and he must keep In mind their habit of reading more :han one newspaper and their consejuent possession of the means for :onvicting him of misrepresentation if ae be inclined to indulge in it WORDS OF WISDOM. All the world's a stage, and most >f us are loooking for an angel. Cheap notoriety, is dear at any price. Only the blind swallow flattery, rt's a case of open your mouth and shut your eyes. If you want an encore, don't sing four own praise. The mermaid is a myth. In fact, ;he hasn't any standing at all. Most of us have too much regard 'or the good opinions we have of our elves. Don't overestimate your capacity, ^specially when you are looking for , rouble. j We send a great deal of American ;old to Europe, especially when an leiress marries. A hair on the head is worth two in ;he soup. It doesn't Tequire a magician to nake an automobile turn turtle. It is almost as easy to make a fool j >f one's self as to advise others not I ?' Money burns a hole in a man's I aocket, and in a woman's?er?hos- 1 ery. Homely girls are frequently clever, jut most girls prefer not to be clever it the price. Don't look down on a man just because he's in a hole. It doesnt' require any pull to go on ;he down grade. The best ideas have a habit of ! striking us when we are off our juard. To be born lucky is merely to be )orn with a moderate amount of comnon sense. He who dances must pay the fidller. and usually about ten times as ' nuch as the dance was worth.?From j 'The Dyspeptic Philosopher," in the i 'sew York Times. Modem Housing in the South. There is no better way to gain an T ~ Onufii "hoc* r*rncn?rPfi I C?3> U1 IIU >Y cut." ouuiu juu.o j/4 j n the last dozen years than to look )ut of the window from a moving rain at the houses and grounds' of j vorking men, and think what they ! vere a generation back. Then they vere cabins, flat on the ground, often . vith earth floors, scattered higgletyjiggitv, surrounded with pools, heaps 1 )f filth, wreckage to which the roofs, ; he doors and the fences constantly tdded, gates off the hinges and worn ! >ut pots aud kettles in the front ! 'ards. Now trim rows of neat, well j jainted cottages, on foundations or ! itflts, tight shingles overhead, clean 1 laths to the sidewalks, gardens at the j side, flowers in front. The better : lousing of the working people in the I nanufacturing towns, along the rail- [ oads, must have absorbed hundreds , >f the millions of the money made >y ttie new souxn. uuou uuusius ears up a more healthy and success- j ul race.?New York Press. Exasperating. Beginner (wrathfully)?"Look j .ere. I'm tired of your laughing at j ny game. If I hear any more impu- | lence from you I'll crack you over j he head." Caddie?"All right: but I'll bet yer , lou't know what's the right club to io it with."?Pick-Me-Up. Tests made by army officers indiate that projectiles fired from the leaviest guns when they penetrate l oncrele do so cleanly, not splintering i ir scattering it. ' j ? * i .t'l ' * . Prom the Pnlpit. The unique manner in which a portion of a Missouri county obtained goed roads will be of especial interest in Georgia, with sentiment for that issue at floodtide. ( It is not often that the aid of trie pulpit is invoked in the cause of highway improvement, but that agency has set Jefferson Township, in Nodaway County, to unusual activity, according to the Kansas City Star. ' For several years Rev. Father F. P. Placid, pastor of the Catholic church at th? Benedictine monastery, near Conception, Mo., preached to his people that the building of good roads constituted not only a civic, but a Christian duty. He pointed out in a series of sermons that bad or impassable thoroughfares caused farmers to stay at home on Sundays, which militated strongly against the uniform observance of their religious duties. He did not, however, confine his efforts to oral argument. And this is how our contemporary describee the manner in which the monastery with which he was affiliated set the neari by farmers a practical object lesson: "The monastery owns a section of fine land and several fine draft horses. The fathers didn't purpose to have their horses struggle along bad roads every time they desired to drive to ^ town or to market in the rainy season, or just after a fain in any Reason. The fathers began by gracnng the road from the monastery, t)ld Conception, to Conception, a distance of three miles. Then they chained two pieces of railroad iron together,, and after a rain they dragged the ; road several times. That was several years ago. They hare kept It up consistently ever Bince. The reBult is a road as smooth as a boulevard. Therehave been heavy rains in that section j for a week; the creeks and branches ! are out of their banks and it is not possible for a horse to wade through the mud in some sections of that 1 county or township. It is different with the three miles of road leading, from the monastery to Conception. The week's rain, the heaviest of the year, has had little effect on the roadr and it is possible for a team of horses pulling a loaded wagon to trot along, this superior thoroughfare." '' Such initiative on part of the monastery had its logical effect upon the j landowners of the surrounding terri- B tory. | The roads are now dragged on a? B average of ten times a year, at a tri- B I fling expense after the first* operation. fl The deadly rut has disappeared and B ; from year's end to year's end the B highways are passable to heavy loads M hauled hy one or two mules. The / H j farmers view the movement as one of H the best investments in their exper- 9 ience and the fever has spread to- EB | other sections of the county. H Substantially, the interest of the Bfl clergy of Georgia in good roads ?9 equal to that of the clergy of Missouri. 99 Already many preachers of various HB denominations in this State have spo* ken a good word for the crus&cftsLthat B has so wonderfully inspired the' in- fl dustry of all classes of Georgians B Persistent agitation in' this direction K would not only exert a salutary influ- B ence on religious phases of commu- |D nity life; it would, as well, be reflect* Bi ed in commercial and industrial aspects. And the preachers are citizens as fl| well as?preachers.?Atlanta Consti- B tutlon. ngl , Cost of Neglect. raj It costs for transporting wheat by Wj steamer from New York to Liverpool, 9j 3100 miles, one-sixth less per Dusner than it costs the farmer to haul hi? ^H wheat 9.4 miles. These facts and fig- jjSfl ures show the. vast importance of H9 road improvement and justify the 9U Government of the United States in Q99 experimenting with a view to improv- W ing the roads of the country and SMfj stimulating the interest of farmers in u the work.?Rochester Democrat and HH Chronicle. SB State Control Favored. HE State control of highway building, ,M| the making of surveys, establishing MM grades and maintaining a uniform HE system of roads; the power to enforcethe building of highways in certain HH localities, and the authority to actu- MS ally build them where the whole State fflB would be equally benefited,are among 8HK the twentieth century requirements of ifflH State governments in the movement M for good roads.?Kansas City j^.r. Automobiles Gave Stimulus. HH The automobile is an established M fact, and it must be treated as a iacr and provision made for it. It has giv- KjB en the present great impulse to road b255 .improvement in the United States,. MM and this is a debt that the farmer, the BHE chief enemy of the automobile, owes ffflB to it.?Baltimore Sun. Milwaukee Vacation Schools. Vacation schools offer not a task BH but a privilege to those pupils who at- [9B tend, and that it is so regarded ap- R9B plications and waitiug lists show. Ha More would-be pupils apply than can HS possibly be accommodated. Book HB learning is not the mode at the va cation scdooj, wnere me uiurt- auun; method of oral instruction with den)- Nfl onstratlon takes its place, since en- Rflj tertainmeni as well as instruction >9 the aim, and pu])ils are introduced to UjSH a form of knowledge which will give r.iiem new resources for their leisure hours. Instead of memorizing or i>or- HH ing over figures the eager classes are BH given manual training, cooking MB classes, sewing, gymnastics, and, best |fflB of all, are taken to the parks or the HHB country once a week for nature study, or to vacant lots to learn learn something about flower and hH vegetable gardening. ? Milwaukee UH Free Press. 8^1 Farmers in the vicinity of the State |^H road quarry near Rising Sun (Md.) have been unable to hatch any chick ns because of the heavy blasts. BBSS l -A ?. :W