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jSL Comedy of Youth Foundi Great Play of the 5am From Photograj: Copyright, 1013, by Do< CHAPTER XXIII. The Dance and Its Sequel. 'TWEHRY met Pes at the foot of the - as uciiji icu uti uoi a >v "v. aaR44?e oodcIusIod of tbe last dance. , "*9 wish 1 could make the world one( Sgnsst ballroom for you," said Jerry -?a?roestly.. t -Do Te?" asked Peg tremulously. ? *1 do." you as me partner, dancln' dgrery fcance with me?" . t "*Every one." , ""W-euldn't that be beantiful? An' :sa*9 creepin' back aftber It all like a >-36neC in tbe nlgbtr ? replied .lerry. "Your own tnls*9ess, free to do whatever yon wished." -t(*h,"shp cried impulsively, "wouldn't tJjkatbe wondberful!" Bis mother had come across to say ""^Js&od night" to Teg. -In a few mo * -?-a ' j *1 thrtti I "V2BKZITS nis sisters JUlutru lueuj. iuc;; -caO? ^pressed invitations on P^2 to call -tan TtheTH at Noel's Folly and, with 3?rs. Chlcliester's permission, to stay ??*?? flays. ' Back across the meadows and ftSweugh the lanes. under that marvel-1 vacs moon and with the wild beat of *Se ""Continental Waltz" echoing from SBae ibaUroom. walked Peg and Jerry, j atflJe side. In silence. After a little' ?vbfte Peg whispered: "nierry, what were yon goin' to say1 ?5r ?>e when yer mother came up to jbST' "j " ^Something It wonld be better to say. JSp tbe^dayllght. Peg." " 35n?e, why the daylight? Look at nS?e';a90B so high in the heavens." i "Walt anitil tomorrow." ^T-U -not elape a wink thlnkin* of at! seSbe 'woadterful things that happened WSsfa night Tell me?.Terry?yer moth~?ar*ud yer sisters?they weren't asham-j ?ae, were they?" **Rfcy, -of coarse not They were cSacrraed with yon." "TShaH i ever see them again?" "*l iiope some day you'll see a great them." THley reached the windows leading litafo the living room. *^Good nlgbt. Peg." he said. y; r.vvjaaj a nurry ye are in iu gei nu -&b' a night like this may nev: <nsr ome: a g?ln sSofifisnly a quick flash of jealousy sfiarrtieG ftnwjgh her. ""Are ye goin' back fo the dance! Jbte ye goin' to dance the extra ones ^wouldn't take me back for?" if yon don't wish me to." -"^Btae don't." she pleaded earnestly. " "TZ wouldn't rest aisy If I thought of! ?with yer arm around one of those j . i3za& .ladies' waists as it was around xewce euch a little while ago?an' me 1 sctoae here. Ye won't, will ye?" ""K?, Peg, I will not" He 'bent 4ow3 and kissed her band TTiwerently. JLt the same moment the sound of a ScSgt power automobile was heard In JSbe 'aear distance. -"Take care!" cried Jerry. "Go in. r5ura>e one is coming." 5?eg hurried in and hid just inside fitoe windows and beard every word Sctat followed. A.s Peg disappeared Jerry walked : ?lown the path to meet the visitor. He -anae face to face with Christian -.ftirent ?He41o, 'Brent." he said In surprise. "Why. what in the world"? cried '.fiat astouished gentleman. "The house is asleep." said Jerry ex> ' pstKjntorily. **So i see." and Brent danced up at Tie darkened windows. Jerry reiTssrbed: "Just coming from the dance? I r 133a't see you there." replied the uncomfortable t Assat. "I was restless and Just stroll? s? ;here." KD1>! Let-as go on to the road." ^ttight," said the other man, and ?S*e? malted on. EJgfore they had gone a few steps -stopped abruptly. Right ini c/ftrrrat of him at the gate was a forty ^r&orsepower automobile. 3 path when he saw all the lights -^,7 ?lisappear in the house. They walked across the lawns -*si?L -meadows on that beautiful July EKgfet, with the moou shining down on eaSiesn. "3toce at the great hall his raother put alfiits ^ucbe little Teg at her ease. In"Wraduoed her to the most charming of garatners and saw that everything was afeoe'to minister to her enjoyment. It was a wonderful night for Peg. 33fce<lanced erery dance, she had the ssnarpec one with .Terry, she laughed and 1 iscrsg and romped and was tbe center *aT:ali tbe attention. What might Dave ! aiHpeared boldness in another with Peg! fleas just her innocent, willful, child- j USfce nature. She made a wonderfull 1fiEt2*resslon that night and became a ujajBBersrl favorite. She wanted it to go on on and never to stop. When tbe JKast waltz was played and encored and "ball was really ended Peg felt a regret such as she had not felt Our a long, l<j>ng time. : *?3b. I am so happy, so happy!" she ">ir?a ? I?ai? hontr tn har Quqf peg |: o'my i ie art /J. Hartley Manners! ed by Mr. Manners on His s ie Title?Illustrations f >hs of the Play J i Id, Mead Company ?? t ^Strolled here? "Why, you have your car!" said Jerry. ( "Yes," replied Brent hurriedly. "It's c a bright night for a spin." < The two men went on out of hearing. Peg crept softly upstairs. Just as j she reached the top Ethel appeared < from behind the curtains on her way r down to the room. She was fully dressed and carried a small traveling i hfiff J y Tog looked at her In amazement "Ethel!" she.said in a hoarse whls- ^ per. Tou!" cried Ethel under her breath and glaring at Peg furiously. "Please don't tell any one you've seen me!" begged Peg. "Go down into the room!" Ethel ordered. Peg went down the stairs Into the dark room. Ethel followed her. "What are you doing here?" "I've been to the dance. Oh, ye won't tell me aunt, will ye? She'd send 1 me away, an' 1 don't want to go now, ^ ludade 1 don't" | j "To the dance?" repeated Ethel In- t credulously. Try as she would she could not rid herself of tbe feeling that j Pes was there to watch her. To the dance?" she asked again. "Yes. Mr. Jerry took me." "Jerry took you?" "Yer mother wouldn't let me go. So Jerry came back for me when ye wye all ) bed. an' be took me himself. An' 1 enjoyed It so much. An' 1 don't want yer mother to know about It. fe won't tell her, will ye?" "I shall most certainly see that my mother knows of It." MYe will?" cried poor broken hearted Peg. . | "I shall. Yon had no right to go. i "Why are ye so hard on me, Ethel T' "Because I detest you." "I'm sorry," said Peg simply. "Ye've spoiled all me pleasure now." Poor Peg turned away from Ethel and began to climb the stairs. When she was about balfway up a thougbl Bashed across her. She came back quickly into the room and went straight across to Etbel. "An' what are you dotn' here?al this time o' nigbt? An' dressed like that? An' with that bag? What doed It mane? Wbere are ye goin i "Go to your room!" said Ethel, livid with anger and trying to keep ber voice down and to busb Peg In case ber family were awakened. "Do ye mean to say ye were goln' with"? Ethel covered Peg's month with her hand. "Keep down your voice, you ! little fool!" Peg freed herself. Her temper was up too. The thought of why Etbel was there was uppermost In ber mind as she cried: I 1 "He was here a mliralt ago. an* Mr. Jerry took him away." "He?" said Etbel frigbtenedly. "Mr. Brent," answered Peg. Etbel went quickly to the windows. Peg sprang in front of her and caught her by the wrists. I "Were ye goln' away with him? Answer me!" Insisted Peg. "Yes." replied Ethel vehemently. "And I am." "Xo. ye're not" said tbe Indomitable Peg. holding ber firmly by the wrist "Let me go!" whispered Ethel, struggling to release herself. "Ye're not gola' out o' this house tonight If I have to wake every one In it" "Wake them!" cried Etbel. "Wake them. They couldn't stop me. Nothing can stop me now. I'm sick of this living on charity: sick of meeting you day by day, an Implied insult In your every look ana wora, as mucn as to j say, 'I'm giving you yoor daily bread; i I'm keeping tbe roof over you!' I'm! sick of it And I end it tonight Let j me go, or I'll?I'll"? And she tried In vain to release herself from Peg's grip. Peg held her resolutely: "What d'ye mane by insult? An' yer daily bread? An' kapln' the roof over ye? What are ye ravin'about at all?"i "I'm going." said the distracted girl. | "Ye'd take him from his wife an' 1 her baby?" ! 1 "He hates them, and I hate this! I 1 tell you I'm going"? < "So ye'd break yer mother's heart! an* his wife's Just to satisfy yer own < II 1 "Why do you constantly spray your | throat with that ill-smelling com- 1 pound?" "Greatest discovery of the | age, my boy. My wife never accuses i me of drinking now."?Kansas City | Journal. l Perspiration Stains. ' Perspiration stains may be easily ' removed by a solution of oxalic acid j and water. Use a proportion of one 1 drop of oxalic acid to 20 drops of wa- 1 ter. Sponge the stains carefully with ( this and hang the dress to dry in the air. _ _ elfish pleasure? You'll stay her? an' < ie'11 go back to his home If I have to 1 ell every one an' disgrace ye both." "No. no! You must not do that! fou must not do that!" she cried, ter- a or stricken. "My mother mustn't mow. She mustn't know. Let me go. u le is waiting, and it is past the a ime"? r "Let him wait!" replied Peg firmly. He gave Ms name an' lire to a woman. < in' it's yer duty to protect her an' the ihild she brought him." 4 "I'd kill myself tirst!" answered Eth(1 through her clinched teeth. "No. ye won't. Ye won't kill yer- ? telf at all. Ye might have if ye'd jone with him. Why. that's the kind 1 man that <ires of ye in an hour an' aves ye to sorrow alone. Faith, he'd e ia' made love to me if I'd let him." "What? To you7" cried Ethel In as- ' onishment. c "Yes. to me?here In this room tolay. if ye hadn't come in when ye lid I'd ha' taught Mm a Jesson tie'd ha' * arrted to his grave, so I would!" ! "He tried to make love to you?" re >eated Ethel incredulously, though a 1 :hill came at her heart as she half ealized the truth of Peg's accusation. "Ever since I've been In th?s house.'* , eplied Peg. "An' today he comes to , vard me with his arms stretched out > Kiss an' be frieDds,' sez he, an' in you , talked." ( I CHAPTER XXIV. .Enemies No Longer. ETHEL sank down Into a chair * and covered ber eyes. < "The wretch!" she wailod. 'The wretch!" "That's what he is," said Peg. "An' pe'd give yer life into his kapin' to )lacken so that no dacent man or wo- 1 nan would ever look at ye or spake to 1 ie again." 1 "No! That is over! That is over! I ( late myself!" Ethel cried between her 1 tobs. "Ob, how I' bate myself!" "Ethel acusblal Don't do that! ( Darlin', don't! He's not worth it. Kape per life an' yer beart clane until tbej' >ne man in all the wurrld comes to ye ( with his heart pure, too, an' tben ye'll 1 enow what rale happiness means." | She knelt down beside tbe sobbing jirl and took Etbel in her arms and 1 xied to comfort ber. She helped her cousin up and snpjorted ber. Ethel was on the point of 1 .'ainting, and her body was trembling' svitb the convulsive force of her naif I --j ? ? i! iuppredseu ovua. , | "Come to my room," SaTcf Peg in a svhisper as she helped Ethel over to he stairs. "I'll watch by yer side till Dornln'. Lane on me. Thafs light Put yer weight on me." She picked up the traveling bag, and :ogether the two girls began to ascend :he stairs. Ethel gave a low choking moan. "Don't dear; ye'li- wake up the uouse." cried Peg anxiously. "We've July a little way to go. AJsy now. Vot a sound! S-sh, dear I Not a morjet o' noise!" ' Just as the two girls reached the landing Peg in her anxiety stepped short, missed the top step, lost her foot- [ Ing and fell tbe entire length of the staircase Into the room, smashing a all china flower vase that was repos-j ng on the post at the foot of tbe stairs. | Tbe worst thing that could possibly | jave happened was Just what did bap,>en. Peg instantly made up her mind that' they were not going to know wbyj Etbel was tbere. EtbeJ musr be saved and at any cost ' -Holy mother!" sbe cried. "Tbe 1 whole bouse'll be awake! Give me yer ________________ i yi ( i Peg Fell the Entire Length of the Staircane. , lat! Quick! An' yer cloak, an' yer jag!" Peg began quickly to put on 1 Ethel's hat and cloak- Her own she lung out of sight btsneath the great ' >ak table. "Now renmgjber," she dictated, "ye 1 ?ame here because yo heard me. Ye weren't goln' out o' l:he house at alL 1 Sfe just heard me movln' about In < lere. Stick to that!" 1 o/rnnil nt vnlooft 1n thp distance ! jroke In on them. "They're comin'," said Peg anxously. "Take care, mater?keep back. Let ne deal with them." And Alarlc, with in electric flashlight appeared at the lead of the stairs, followed by his nother and the servant Jarvis. He began a systematic search of the :oom until suddenly tbe reflector from the flashlight shone full on the two jirls. Ethel was sitting buck fainting In a hair, clinging to reg. wno was stand g beside her trembling. "Etbel!" cried Alaric id amazement "Margaret!"' saia Mrs. Chichester In nger. "Well. 1 mean to say!"' ejaculated tbej istounded young uiau as Ue walked j icrusa to tUe switcu i;.nd flooded the oom with ughc. "What does tills mean?'4 asked Mrs. Chichester severely. "Sure Ethel heard me here," answer d Peg. "an* she cucae in. an'"? "What were you doing here?" "1 was g;oin' out, an' Ethel heard me in' came in an' stopped me, an "Where were you going*" persisted he old lady. "Just out?out there." and Peg polnt>d to the open wiudows. Mrs. Chichtiftter had Deen examiniug ?eg minutely. She suddenly ex:lalmed: "Why. ttiat Is Ethel's coat!" "Sure il la." replied Peg, "an' this s her hat Pre got, an here's her bag.'" Peg was striving her utmost to divert Mrs. Chichester's attention from Ethel, vbo was In so tense and nervous a 'ondltlon thai it seemed as If she night faint at any moment She :hrust the dressing bag into the old ady's'band. Mrs. Chichester opened t Immediately and found just inside it Ethel's jewel bos. She toot It out and ield It up aecusing]y before Peg's ;yee. "Her jewel box: Where did you jet this?" ' "1 took It," ?:ald Teg promptly. Mrs. Chichester opened tbe bor. It K-as full. Every Jewel tbat Ethel own?d was In it "Her jewels?Ethel's Jewels!" "Yes, I took them too." "You were stealing i:hem?" , "No, 1 wasn't stealin' them. I just look 'em. I wanted?to wear them," inswered Peg readily. Suddenly Peg jaw a way of escape, and she Jumped juickly al: it "1 wanted ID wear them it the dance." "What dance?" demanded Mrs. ChlJhester. . 1 "Over there?in the Assembly rooms -tonight 1. went over there, an' 1 lanced, an' when I came back 1 made i noise, an' Ethel heard me. an' she ;brew on some clothes, an' she came in here to see who it was, an' it was me. in' we were both goin' up to bed when I slipped au' fell down the stairs, an some noisy thing fell down with me, in' that's all." Alaric called out from the window: "There's some one prowling in the jarden. He's on the path. He's coming here. Don't be. frightened." Alaric pusb'?d ,tyia electric light full Into the visitor's face and fell back. "Good tiesivens, Jerry!" be ejaculated, completely astonished. "1 say. you know," he went on, "what Is happening in this bouse tonight?" Jerry came straight down to Mrs. Chichester. "1 saw jour lights go up. and I came here on the run. 1 guessed something ? ? --a u.. UKe ims nan uappeueu. uuu i w uaiu >n your niiico. Mrs. Chichester. The whole thing; was entirely my fault. i isked her1 to go." Mrs. Chichester looked at hlra stonily. . "Yon took my niece to a dance In spite of my absoldte refusal to allow ber to gt> "He hadl nothln' to do with It." said Peg. "I took him to that dance.' Mrs. Chichester looked steadily at Jerry for a few moments before she fjpoke. VRien she did speak her voice was cold and hard and accusatory. "Surely Sir Gerald Adair Knows better than to take a girl of eighteen to a public ball without her relations' sanction?" "I thought only of the pleasure It would elre ber." he answered. "Please jccept my slncerest apologies.'* Peg looked at him In woDder. "Sir Gerald Adair! Are you Sir Gerald Adair?' "Yes. Peg." , "So ye bare a tlirte. have ye?** Peg felt somehow that she bad been rbeated. Why bad he not told ber? Why did be let ber play and romp and }oke and banter wltb him as though they had been childrea and equals? "I am ashamed of .vou! You have disgraced us ail!" criifd Mrs. Chichester at Peg. "Have I?" screamtjd Pep: fiercely. "I've disgraced ye. have I? Well, none of you can tell me tbi truth. I'm goIn' back to me father." "Go back to your father, and glad we are to be rid of yon!" Before Peg could say anything further Ethel suddenly rose unsteadily and cried out: "Walt, mother! She mustn't go. We bare all been grossly unfair to her. It Is li should go. Tonight she saved me from?she saved me from"? Suddenly Ethel reached the breaking point She slipped from Peg's arms to the chair and on to the floor and lay quite still. Peg knelt down beside her: "She's fainted. Give her air!" Peg loosened Ethel's dress and talked bo her all the while, and Jerry and AJaric hurried out in different direc Hons In quisst of restoratives. Mrs. Chichester came toward Ethel, thoroughly alarmed and upset But Peg would not let her touch Che inanimate girl. "Go away from her!" cried Peg hysterically. "What good do ye think ye :an do her? What do you know about her? You don't know anything about per children. Ye don't know how to raise them. Ye don't know a thought In yer child's mind. Why don't ye sit down beside her sometimes an' and out what she thinks an' who she sees? Tike her hand In yer own an' jet her to open her isoul to ye! Be a mother to her! A lot ye know about motherhood! I want to tell ye me father knows: more about motherhood Lhan any man in the wurrld" Poor Mrs. Chichester fell back, crushid and humiliated from Peg's onslaught In a few moments tbe two men returned with water and salts. After awbiJe Ethfl opened ber eyes and looked up at Peg. Peg. fearful lest she should begin to accuse herself again. 1 helped ber up the stairs to ber own J room and there she sat beside tbe un| strung, hysterical girl until she slept I ber hand locked in both of Peg's. One thing Peg had n?solved?she would not spend another night in tbe Chichester borne. tier little heart was bruised and sore. Tbe night bad begun so happily; it had ended so wretchedly. And to think tbe one person in whom she trusted bad been Just amusing iilmself with her, leading her to believe he was a farmer?"less than "I was goln' out and Ethel stopped , me," said Peg. that." be bad once Mild, and all tbe time be was a man ot breeding and of blrib and of title. Poor i'eR felt *? humiliated that she made up ber mind she would never see bim again. in tbe morning she would go back to the one real affection of her life? to tbe man wbo never hurt or disappointed ber?ber father. , * e We will now ieave Peg for awhile and return to one wbo claimed so mucb of tbe reader's attention In tbe early pages of bis history?O'Connell. It bad nut been a happy month for him. . He felt the Reparation from Peg keenly. At first be was almost In consoiaoie. The days passed slowly until Peg's first letter came. it contained the news of Kingsuortb'8 deutb?Peg's entrance !nto the Chichester family, her discontent, ner longln? to be back once more .In Sew Vork. This was followed by more letters, all more or lens In (be same key. Finally be wrote urging ber 10 give It all up and come back to blm. He would not bave bis little daughter tortured for all tbe advantage* those people could give ber. Tbeo der letters took on a different aspect. Tbey contained a curious balf note or nuppiness in mem. .>u uiure mention of returning. On tbe contrary, Peg appeared to be making tbe best of tbe conditious In wbicb she whs placed. These later letters set O'Connell wondering. Had the great message of life come to bis little Peg? . Although he always felt ft would come some day. now that It seemed almost a very real possibility be dreaded it. There were so few nature* would understand ber. That Peg was developing ber character and her nature during those few weeks was clear to O'Connell. The whole tone of ber letters bad changed But no won] of hers gave bim any clew to tbe real state of her feelings until one day be received a letter almost entirely composed of descriptions of tbe appearance, mode of speech. JnetDoa or tnougm ana expre??iuu ui one Jerry. Tbe description of tbe man appealed to him. he apparently bavins so many things tn common wltb tb<mysterious person who bad so vividly Impressed bimself on Peg. Apparently Peg was balf trying to improve her aeJf. There was a distinct note of seriousness about tbe last letter. He lived entirely alone in tbe same rooms be bad wltb Peg when she was summoned abroad. He was preparing, in bis spare time, a history of tbe Irish movement from twenty years before down to the pres ent day. Jt was fascinating work for him. embodying as it did all be had ever felt and thought or done for the "great canse." 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The result of exploiting the timber without thought of the future is the final disappearance of lumbering - !' , A? J i.1 i" XI ' A * * i . operations ana xnereiore me wundrawal of an important local market ; for farm products.- In addition, forest fires ofte ravage the cut-over lands and thus preclude the development of a new local market by the ' resumption of lumbering; for after fire there is no chance for a new crop of trees. . J, x From> a region where productive * timberland has been converted into ' & barren waste, the farmers usually | have to move out. Thgre ajre parts of the United States in which culti- . vation of the soil has ended with the cessation of local lumbering, or at least shortly afterward, because with the withdrawal of the woods-workers: ift went the farmers' market for meats* vegetables, hay, and grain. There are other regions where the . stability , V5 of local agriculture is absolutely " ' I, bound up with forest protection. $||| This is strikingly true in parts of tfie ^ Appalachian mountains of the East; za. - - i J : it- T it is iiu iesa true in many ?x uie national forest regions of the West. A few years ago, continues the artide, more than a hundred farmers in Montana petitioned against the then proposed elimination of their section from the Kootenai National Forest. Its elimination they knew, from the history of adjacent land outside the forest, would mean that it would at once be taken up by tim- , ^ ber speculators and lumber cotapah- ^ ies to be held for years without development. They knew also that if y this camc about, neighbors could not f* be obtained or roads and schools be,; , developed in the county.as rapidl$ras, if the land remained under goverti- ^ v ment control, by which the portions *.'$ really more suitable for agriculture than for forest purposes would in ' time be entered hv nermnTiflnt.. n?f_ ' tiers under the Forest Homestead * . Act. . * In 1911, an Association- of Colorado farmers, who irrigated their farms .* with water from the North Platte River, seht an urgent request to the government to restrict timber 1 cutting on the North Platte watershed, so that, as far as possible, high spring freshets could be prevented and more water made available for irrigation during the summer months ; jr "when the crops were most in need. They said that they relied upon the national forest, within which the watershed lay, to ensure a steady flow of water for their crops. The national forests, says the article, besides being the American farmer's most valuable source of wood, which is the chief building ma- , ' terial for rural purposes, are also his most valuable source of water/ both for irrigation and domestic use. In the West, they afford him a protracted grazing range for his stock; ' they are the best insurance against flood damage to his fields, his buildings, his bridges, his roads, and the fertility of his soil. The national forests cover the higher portions of w the Rocky Mountain ranges, the Cascades, the Pacific Coast ranges, and a large part of the forested coast and islands of Alaska; some of the hilly regions in Montana and in the Dakotas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, and limited areas in Minnesota^ Michigan, Florida and Porto Rico." In addition, land is now being purchased for national forests in the White Mountains of New England and in the southern Appalachians. In regions so widely scattered, agricultural and forest conditions necessarily differ to a great degree, bringing about corresponding differences in the effect of the national localities. Wherever agriculture can be prac- * ticed, however, the farmer is directly benefited by the existence of national forests and by their proper management. SULLIVAN SENDS IN HIS RESIGNATION H Washington, July 23.?James M. 9 Sullivan, of New York, minister to 9 Santo Domingo, has resigned, the __ B MHSH mW i ghrdlu shrdlu cmfwyri^B resignation being accepted by Presi-?^B dent Wilson. This follows the investigation into the conduct of the B minister, which was made after char- fl ges of misconduct by Senator-Elect VB Phelan, of California. fl