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A Summer's Experiment 1 * * ! ' i By H. IRVING KING ............? (? by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Mary Kelton hail Just >een gradu- ! atetl form Wellosley anil Ralph Cham- 1 berg had just been graduate il from Harvard. All newly-Hedged college grad- ! uates are very old and veiy wise. If you don't believe it just ask one of them. Ralph was all that a Harvard graduate should be; tall, athletic, good-looking and on speaking terms with all the "ologlcs." Mary was all ^ that a graduate of Wellesley should be a..i? ~?/wl 1a/i1? ln,? nn/1 nil ! lilll, llllllcill'i tUVU*>UVa,"f9 ><?u I speaiking terms with "ologies" of every , sort?and very earnest. Together j they made a couple that people turned to look after In the street. They were both orphans, likewise second cousins, and were possessed of a rich greatuncle who had so ordered their lives in advance that all they had to do in his world was to marry each other and inherit his fortune. t "It Is all too utterly absurd," said Mary as she sat on the piazza of her summer hotel with Ralph. "Why, when I we were little children it was, 'Mary, kiss your little husband, and Ilulph, now kiss your little wife.' And it Was been the same thing ever since?with a the kissing omitted." "Not always," Interrupted Ralph. i "Don't he frivolous,'', Continued ' Mary. "We are at u crisis of oifr lives and must take decided and rea- i sonahle action. Ah, Ralph, human hearts are not to he shaped, mylded and controlled by nn old man's wliini. The soaring aspirations of the, souj are not to be confined by sordid considerations of mere money, or the boundless destinies to which'we were born, circumscribed by a preordained course of life." "Quite so," repilfid Ralph, who was not much of an orator, but, nevertheless, able to express hiipself under j _ I If ' \\ Everybody Said Professor Chase Wat Just the Man for Mary. standingly. "Quite so. I agree with you perfectly. 1 don't wtint Uncle Alexander's money. I can make money of my own. I know no end of follows who will see that I get started right. You see, Mary, I want to carve out my own career." Ralph was so pleased with this phrase that lie repeated il. "Yes?that is it; carve out my own career." "It is noble," murmured Mary. "And what was that you said about the heart?" went on Ilalph. "I don't just renn mher the words, hut they were all rights-just the Way I feel about it. Of course you know I like you immensely, Mary?always shall, for that matter. But, you see, there may lie some other girl?you understand." t. "And fur you, Ralph," replied Mary. "I have, and shall always retain, the slncerest regard. But I feel, 1 know, that: " 'I have another life I long to meet, Without which life my life Is incomplete.' " "Same here," said Ralph. And then, after a minute of silence, "You don't suppose that by any chance we have already met?" "No, no, Ralph," Interposed Mary. "Re true to yourself, lie true to your Ideals. We have put our hands to the plow?let there be no turning back." * At this highly original phrase about the plow Ralph scratched his head thoughtfully?a bad hal it of his when in doubt. lie had come to till* interview?arranged by Mary, who had stated beforehand the important subject to be discussed?-fully, even enthusiastically, in accord with the proposed plan of action. Hut row, as he sat there, with the moonlight shining on the flowing river below, the night birds calling now and then from the wooded mountain side which rose behind the hotel, with a pleasant sense of Mary's proximliy and the sound of her voice In his ear, he was beginning to waver. ^ You see. he had not .Mary's strength of character. Mary sepsed the wavering spirit with surprised- dismay, and as became a young lady o) iloclslr-n, took prompt action.' " "7, "There, Ralph,'* said she, rising, "jQgrr hand. We nccf fiends Always. 1 ? ? t : but ilitT mTu's TiT^iTrTwuVuTiu's "as in different paths. Gooil-nlght." "Quite right, quite right. Goodnight," said Iigjpli. The sutnmer days sped on. Ralph threw himself avidly into all the gametics afforded by the hotel life, and j was one of all coaching parties, auto i parties and yachting parties on the river. Mary confined herself to the society of her chaperon?an lir.pecnni- ! otis relative furnished by Uncle Alexander?and to that of such of the 1 guests as she suspected of being "intellectual" and "serious." She and Ralph saw each other every day, sometimes several times a day, hut there ; were no mora moonlight conferences. ( The belle of the hotel was a very young widow, with lots of money and | soulful eyes?an alluring combination, j Ralph, being seen now and then in-her company, "people began to talk," and Mary expressed lior satisfaction flint her dear friend had so soon found Ids sou I mate. Yet she felt it her duty now and then to drop him the warning, | "Ralph, remember, be true to your Ideals." Among the "Intelligentla" at the hotel whose society Mary affected was a Professor Chase?professor from one of the smaller colleges?forty, single, slightly bald and exceedingly erudite. Everybody said Professor Chase was i just the man for Mary. Mary's duenna was a discreet old lady, who never openly interfered or advised. But she kept Uncle Alexander informed by almost daily letters ho* matters stood with his wards. At first t he old man flew into a rage, but on second thought quieted down and said: "Young fools. Well, let 'em ! go ft.*' He was a shrewd person. Ralph now almost snubbed the widow, sought the society of other men, and indulged in long, meditative walks in the woods. The widow did not seem to mind it. Mary begin* to fear that the professor had a sad, worldjy anil merr cennry strain In lilni. She was sure of it when she saw him so often now | by the side of Ralph's neglected widow 1 ?though what the two could find to j talk about in common for her part she ' could not imagine. It was evident that both she and Ralph had yet a long search before tliem before tliey should find their "complementary souls." And now the season drew to its close. Already the guests were beginning to leave the hotel, and the leaves upon the maples were turning to red and gold and bronze. The time had come when, by orders of uncle Alexander, i they were to leave the hotel and any a visit to that estimable relative at his home. Upon the occasion of that visit the young people had arranged they were to announce to the venerable Alexander the fact of their emancipation and the dissolution of all his plans for the future. On the evening before they were to leave Ralph and Mary met by "appointment to formulate their pronunejamento to Uncle Alexander?met | In that same secluded nook of the ho- j tel piazza where had taken place the j great star of destiny conference. "It's j a beautiful night," said Ilplph. "Beautiful," replied Mary. "How ! sweet the moonlight sleeps upon yon bunk." "Don't It?" said Ralph. "Mary, Mary, | have you found that?what did you j . call It?that other life?yet?" "No, Ralph, not yet. One must some! times seek through all the world for that?and you?have you found?how , did you phrase it?'that other girl' ye'tr; "Oltr Mnry," snhl Ralph, "there's only one girl in all the world for me? and you know it." Mary gasped and then, after a moment's silence, laid her hand gently upon Ralph's arm and said, in a low voice: "Well. Ralph, perhaps Uncle Alexander knows best after all." With a cry of delight Ralph?hut , why proceed? The moon itself hid be- j hind a cloud just then. HONORED BY U. S, II ? A.. The United States will honor the veterans of seven European nations who will arrive in New York to attend a peace conferonce of former service men in New Orleans. General Pershing will meet the visitors on their arrival. Photo is of Roger Marie j D'Avigneau, ex-poilu, who comes from Franco as a delegate, ? Germany is now a country of extremes. Th are those who nearly starve and there are others living in , luxury. Tli (I itmin government has j now rie'r. < it ili:. liijjii taxes shall l>c paid hj . who j artake of the r -v tries la the 1 > :!in r?-taurants. The . n v iies prat cding from this tix will I be turned ..wr to the committee f"r the feeding of tin: needy. ? Mote than <5o per cent, of the pnpu- j latioa of New England is of foreign stock. i I THE ROMANCER f jjj By MOLLIE MATHER | tlf), 1922. by Western Newspaper Union.) "There goes that woman again," I'lioebe llew to the window, und the Merry Milkers' club followed in ji body. "Don't it beat all, the way the fellows go to see her? Aud she's not even good looking, in my opinion." "What surprises me," Mrs. Tomkins remarked, "is the way folks will take to a stranger. Mrs. Lew Hampton has her out often in her car, and never any of us, Mrs. Tomkins' old neighbors, asked to ride!" Nettie Wells smiled. "We don't wear the stylish clothes this stranger does," she said significantly. "Where did the girl came from?" Phoebe wanted to know, "and is her name Jewel Joyce, as they say? Sounds made up to me." "Miss Joyce seems real agreeable," a small woman timidly suggested. The others 'aughed. "So the men folks think," they said. The object of conversation passed on her way. Miss Jewel Joyce was iflways provokingly happy. Snubs annoyed her not, ill-natured eoolness passed unnoticed From an office stairway a young man sprang to walk 1. ?t,1A > ill JILT 9IUt. "I saw you from the office window," he said. "I am on my way to meet the 0:30," Jewel (old him, and smiled. The young man's bright expression faded. "Say," he asked aggressively, "how often is that man coming out here, anyway?" , "As often as he can," Jewel replied; as an afterthought she added: "Which man?" "You'd better ask," Nettie Wells' brother sarcastically replied; "foiks here are betting on which fellow comes most." Jewel Joyce stood still and stared at her informer. "You mean to tell me," she indignantly cried, "that the people here are gossiping about me?" "Gossiping?" Jim Wells laughed, "the .men in the stores are guessing as M-iiir ii nf iliose two men from the city will be the winner, and the women say that neither of them Is serious; and my sister thinks you want ine. Coshadded Jim, "I wish you did." Jewel glanced at the boyish face impatiently, then she laughed. "Oh, Mr. Wells," she said, please don't be foolish. So I have come to a town of romancers.'" Her pretty brows drew together in a frown. "Good-by"; she dismissed her new ndntirer, abruptly. The frown had disappeared when she returned from the station, a tall, pleasing man at her side. The men in the store windows gaped, and the little stranger returned their bows of greeting, Hushing, remembering Jim's conversation. "Queer one, that," a shrewd-looking character remarked; "saw her when T was in the -city, and she was at a movie theater with a different man from them two what come out beta? a thick-set, prosperous sort of looking man, and?" the speaker leaned close to his eager audience?"the man was K/-o,ii,,rr iiov tin tut nil thro nclt the nla.v. She passed me going out, and >unlled ns cool /is you please. Know I'd seen her, too, all the time." Lyn Wendell spoke up excitedly. "Young chap, wasn't he? Lightish hair, actorish looking?" The tirst speaker regarded Lyn with interest. "What are you talking about? The man in the theater was middle aged maybe, dark hair, acted us though he owned the girl, engaged to her. you'd thyik?and them other two, coming out here all the time, both paying her steady attention, and knowing nothing, I'll be bound, about this bird in the theater." Lyn Wendell shook his head. "Probably she's waiting to see which one is worth the most money. Our young Jim here ought to be warned. She might even marry Jim and spoil his career at the start. Put what I was talking about was a fellow I saw this Jewel woman with la the city. Light haired, young. She was driving with him, and they stopped for gas at the place I did. 'How do you do?' she says to me. 'Mr. Wendell, this is Mr. Iiruce'?llruce was the name. 'Philip,'. I hoard her call him, and he said right out, 'Yes, dear.'" Lyn Wendell, returning some days Inter from his farm, pnssed an automobile driven by the same light-haired chap he remembered having seen In the City. lue Jewel nvmuu uIia !?.> his side. ' "How do you do?" she again greeted the astonished' Lyn; slio stopped. "This Is my husband, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Wendell. We are driving out to look over the field of my half-brother's now work. You have seen Mr. .ToliAson, my half-brother, here with me often. Ibis a civil engineer. Tlio shorter man, whom you may also remember, Is my husband's brother and Mr. Johnson's business associate." Lyn, meeting toe bride's twinkling eyes, grinned unde^tandingly. "Thanks," ho said. "And now, all that they will want to know i<?who did Dan see you with In the theater?" Tlio young Mr. Bruce smiled. "That must have been your dad, dear," lie said. "It was," agreed Jewel. A Harrowing Memory.?"While in Xow Knglnnd recently," says a Now Vorkcr, "! intended the funeral ?>f a man with wnom I had had some act quaintancc. A somewhat lachrymose old minister officiated; - and, in referring to his long friendship with, the deceased, he said. "Ah, brothers and sisters, many a time I have dandled tills corpse on my knee." ^ IpHTTnrTULX'^ni JiiiiiHMiL'fliuiiaaisnig^^ i QUESTIONS ?*?| j-rj and Bible Answers |j 1^' If Puronli vHII er.eooraprc children to look up ? % and fRcrnorisc the Biblo A n3vvcr?fj| will prove 0 ' |ci a prkclos.s henta^o to thcni in after years, rj V f^Tfr n FT*. L>:^ I How wens the wise men of the Host directed to the birthplace of Jesus? ?Matt. 2: 1-10 j j What did the -vise men of the Host do i when they beheld the young child? Matt. 3: 11, 12 ! What testimony did John the Ifcjptist : give concerning Jesus? Matt. 2: 11, 12 | What weapon did Jesus use to defeat Satan hi the Temptation? Matt. 4: 1. 7, 10 ; How did Jesus begin his great "Sermon on the Mount"? Matt. 5: 3-11 What directions did Jesus give concerning the giving of alms? watt. t>: 1-1 | I What special directions for prayer did Jesus give in Jiia sermon on the mountain? Matt. G: 5-13 ' What did Jesus rny in regard to worthwhile investments and safe hanking? Matt. G: 19-21 What did Jesus say about passing Judgment on others? Matt. 7:1-5 What test did Jesus lay down for detecting false prophets? Matt. 7: 15-20 How did Jesus end his great "Sermon on the Mount"? Matt. 7: 24-27 WINS DETROIT RACE. Lieut. A_ W. Gorton, li. S. N., was awarded the Curtlsa Marine Trophy for winning the big Naval Derby Races held at Detroit on October 7. The race was an elgh* lap affair of twenty miles each, totaling ICO miles. FORMERLY WITH DILLON. Big Men In Recent World's Series Used to Play Ball in This State. In view of the fact that each of the opposing teams carried a former Dillon [ player, Diilonites were particularly ini tsreslcd in the world's series between the Giants and Yankoes played in New York last, week, says the Dillon Ilerald. Jack Scott, who pitched for the Giants Friday and wpjked away with the game, pitched for Dillon In 1914, and Hull McMillan, wno piuycii center field with the Y'ankecs, was shortstop on the Dillon team in the same year. Local baseball fans' will remember Jack Scott as a tall, awkward looking youth who excited some curiosity and no little amusement the first time he walked up <>n the Dillon mound. There were strong pitchers in the old I'ee Dee league and the spirits of local fans fell away down below the freezing point when they gazed upon , the youngster who way to defend Dillon's honors that day against "Old Dock" High. Hut they were agreeably disappointed. Scott pitched a wonderful game and held the visitors down to a few scattered hits. Connie Alack was the man who sent Scott down to Dillon. Judge Jo" Cabell Davis was managing the Dillon team and wired Alack for a good pitcher. Alack wired Judge Davis that lawns sending him a young fellow from , Roanoke ltapids, Vs.. who was better than anything he had in Philadelphia. i Scott's home is in Vance county, North Carolina. Dad Dcthca, now cashier of the farmers and .Merchants bank at Latin, caught Scott that season. Dal was enc of the best players in the league and could have gone up to the big league witli Scott and Hub Mc.Mil- I 1' n if 1 e Ivwl r-nvoil for baseball as a ! profession. liuh .McMillan of Latta, who played with the Yankees, was a youngster not | long out of high school, hut he too, 1 was r star, and early in life showed the ability that carried him on up to the t<?p. | .Manager Met!raw of the Giants gave | ! out the following Interview conccrnjng Smtt's work: The almost perfect control of John Seott. curve ball pitcher, who several months ago was thrown into baseball's discard, was the outstanding feature of the third game of the world's series, according to McGraw and Ilugginr. manager.: of the Giants and Yankees. McGraw, considered, the best judge ' j of pitching ability in baseball, ricked I up Scott, a cast off, in midseason, said I he knew the "deacon" had plenty of stuff, but that his control was a thine i lo marvel at. "Catcher Earl Smith tchl me," sale! McG'viw, "that not once during the go me did S.ott fail to put the hall who. as he wanted it. His curves were breaking perfectly and after a. couple of innings 1 just let him and Smith work as they pleased. "I thought that our team should have counted more runs on their hits, hut with Scott's pitching that didn't matter. Wo won and the credit is all Scott's." Huggins, the Yankee leader, also praised the Giant pitcher's work. "Wo thought," lie said, "that Seott wool 1 lie easy for us, but Ills control was too good." STAR HALFBACK. xv-Wtovw //... ?? *..fcffntfSATiW!'..S*r? ? i I I i Jimmy Brewster, one of the mainstays of the Georgia Tech - * ??0~1,1^^ eleven, me lamuus uuiucu iu?nado," who are again prepared to continue their long list of successes. Disregarded in Yorkville.?In the advertising columns of this'issue of The Lodged will be found a financial statement covering the receipts and disbursements of the city for the first six months of Mayor Jones' administration. Mr. .Tones advises that it was his intention to publish this statement quarterly, but that pressure of business prevented. The Ledger will be perfectly frank .and say that we can sec no good reason why a semi-annual statement should not answer all purposes. Very few people read them, anyway, and about the only good publication docs is to keep the skirts of the administration clear. One of the HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS rr Ll T/nl' KIIMT A U c 1 nri l WM . cvy n 11 w OBS' THIRTY-FO' YEAH OLE , BUT HE LOW PEY CAIN' NO NIG6UH IN PE WORL' EVUH 6 I T EZ UGLY EZ AH IS IN DAT 5HAWT A TjMEf! CgpyrigM, 1921 by McClure Newspiper 9yndl:?tfc DO IT NOW? PAINT YOUR IIOME and SAVE IT, GLIDDEN'S OVER ninety per cent pure lend and zinc, costing you only ?-.7r> or less per gallon. Liberal Terms. Ask for thum. EQUIP YOUR FORD WITH Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup C1ASINOS and TWO-TON TESTED TUP ES. None better. Heating Stoves, Ranges, Rugs and a line of FURNITURE? built for service and at reasonable prices. 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