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STANTON
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By
Eleanor M. Ingram
Author of "The Game
and the Candle." "The
Flying Mercury." etc.
Illustration! iy
Frederic Thornbnrgh
'topyrlgtu ItfU. The Uobbs-Merrill Company
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SYNOPSIS.
At the beginning or great uutomobllo
race the mechanician of the Mercury,
Stanton's inuchtnc, ilmps ilead. Strange
youth. Jesse Floyd. volunteers, ami Is accepted.
In the rest during the twentyfour
hour race Stanton meets a stranger.
Miss Carlisle, who Introduces herself. The
Mercury wins race. Stanton receive s
flowers frotn Miss Carlisle, which ho Ignores.
Stanton meets Miss Carlisle on a
train. They alight to take walk, and
train leaves. Stanton and Miss Carlisle
follow In auto. Accident by which Stanton
Is hurt Is mysterious. Floyd, at lunch
with Stanton, tells of his boyhood. Stanton
ngaln meets Miss Carlisle and they
dine together. Stanton comes to track
sick, but makes race. They have accident.
Floyd hurt, but not seriously. At
dinner Floyd tells Stanton of his twin
later. Jessica. Stanton becomes very 111
and losea consciousness. On recovery, at
his hotel Stanton receives Invitation and
visits Jessica.
rHA9TCD \/ll (C ?: ?IX
"I nm alone In the rrowd, too," he
rejoined. "If I thought Floyd would
not object, or feel that I took advantage
of his absence, 1 should ask If
you would do me so much honor as
to go to the theater with me, this
evening."
Her gray eyes widened, the color
flushed through her transparent skin.
Suddenly and vividly Stanton was reminded
of Floyd's face on the tlrst
night when he Invited the mechanician
to race with him for the s<l\son.
"You nre asking me?" she doubted.
"I would like to do so. 'Hut not if
you think Floyd would refuse to let
me, if he were here. He can't have
much of an opinion of me."
"I wish I might tell you what Jet:
thinks of you," she made grave answer.
"I am quite sure that he would
let me go with you, Mr. Stanton; you
are very good and I thank you from
the bottom of my heart."
The little old Irishwoman in black
silk opened the door for him, beaming
and smiling. Amazed at himself,
f bewildered by a sense of having seen
Floyd and yet not seen him, Stanton
^ x ncut uuwu im.u iiic practical cny
J street.
He spent twy hours in selecting an
irreproachable play and theater; a
task of some delicacy in this his native
town. After which, he ate a per.
functory dinner and went home to
dress. Stanton, whose overbearing
willfulness spared no one, whose
rough tongue hurt his mechanician as
often as they met, would no more
have taken Floyd's sister to dine with
him in, a public restaurant without
Floyd's permission, than he would
have stolen his purse.
It was a dazzling Jessica whom he
found waiting for him, at the appointed
hour. Yet she was simply gowned
In delicate gray, with a demure lace
collar that came up to her round chin,
and long lace sleeves. It was her
vivid, expressive face; the bronze
., a curls massed under the wide gray
hat, the splendid glow and young vitality
of her, that made people look
ind look again. Stnnton approved of
her unreservedly; he had fixed masculine
notions of. what women should
wear in public places.
On her left arm, over the transparent
sleeve, she wore an antique silver
bracelet fully four inches in breadth;
1 singular ornament, set with dull turquoise
matrix. When Stanton assisted
her to remove her cloak, at the
theater, she suddenly winced.
"The bracelet?it caught my arm,"
she explained, before he could question.
"It is too hpavv roollu
wear."
But nevertheless, she did not take
It off, and several times through the
evening touched her gloved finger to
the silver band as if to assure herself
that It was in place. A Bouvenlr,
t perhaps, Stanton idly reflected. He
was too much interested in the wearer
to pay heed to the bracelet. Except
for the hours passed with Floyd, he
had never experienced anything like
this satisfying companionship.
The performance had ended, and
Stanton was carefully piloting his
charge through the slow-moving mass
of people, when he heard his own
name exclaimed. He glanced around,
and saw Valerie Carlisle coming
dpwii the stairs from the boxes, her
laFge, amber eyes fixed upon him.
ITnder the strong light, in her elaborate
pale-green gown, her shoulders
bare and showing satin-white where
her cloak had slipped back, her blonde
hair circled with a wreath of green
enameled and Jeweled leaves, she was
conspicuous enough to draw the
glances of all those passing, as well
as that of the man she called. Stanton
bowed and would have continued
pn his way. but she called a second
time, adding a gesture of summons
"Mr. Stanton!"
Evidently she expected him . to excuse
himself momentarily fpm his
companion, as she had mA&H few
steps from .her father and' the ibrihger
gentle At ati "wiio abcompani&f 'ifer. Bfrt
.Stanton's eyes glinted cold reststanoe
of the attempt at ccinmand. He de- ci
liberately retained Jessica's hand pi
upon his arm and, since he must go. ei
led her with him.
"You called me. Miss Carlisle?" he ni
questioned. "Miss Floyd, let me in- ft
troduce Miss Carlisle."
The two women bowed without effusion.
Valerie Carlisle scrutinizing
Jessica with an acute attention that
seized every detail of her appearance.
"Miss Floyd, have we not met?" she a
puzzled. "Pardon, It seems so to me."
"Probably you have met my twin s<
brother." Jessica suggested, gravely ft
self-possessed. "He is much with "
Mr. Stanton." ci
There was a shock of antagonism g
in their meeting gaze, as there had
n?>en oei ween rioyd and this girl a:
when he had seen her in the railroad
depot on the way to Lowell. Miss g
Carlisle turned to Stanton, enllght- ic
ened. u
"Oh, your mechanician; I remem- a
ber." tl
"My friend and mechanician, yes." ii
he amended. si
"Ah? Hut I am detaining you?I S
merely wished to ask If you had quite o<
recovered from your illness. When
you left us that night, I never imag- Q,
ined you would try to race next morn- c
Uig. And you Bhoul'' ' ,^?ie
so; It resulted in an accident." t
He opened his lips to deny that his f{
illness had caused the Mercury's mis- n
hap, then paused. If he had not felt ^
the average irritability of a strong man c]
sick, would he have quarreled with a
Floyd and taken his car around the
turn at such ruinous speed? lie did K
net know. s]
"I am perfectly well, thank you."
he answered, instead. tl
"Indeed, I am glad. Will you not a
come to see us soon?you owe us a r.
dinner call, you know."
He did not echo her delicately ex- ^
pectant smile, his dark face hard.
"You must believe my appreciation
of the dinner without that formality, ^
Miss Carlisle. I start for Indiana in
a few days," lie regretted.
Her amber eyes also hardened, sud- n
denlv and strangely; she moved a step n
to retire, catahlng up her trailing
lengths of satin and lace. ^
"As you will, of course. Ah; we
found out what car wins when you
V
are taken from a race. Mr. Stanton, *
as at Lowell. And you Judged wrong
?it was not the Duplex, but the Atalanta.
flood night."
Stanton looked after her, amazed,
then abruptly turned his eyes to the
frank, steadfast face of Jessica Floyd. K
"Come out in the fresh air," he re- e
quested. "That perfume she wears
smothers one." ci
"Sandalwood," Interpreted Jessica, "
turning; she had her brother's habit
of instantly obeying a suggestion.
And as they emerged: "May I say o
somefting Interfering and impertinent?"
a
"What right have I to object to any- h
thing said to me? I show smntl grace
to others." o
"Then, pray do not go near Miss
Carlisle just before a race." F
He stopped short on the sidewalk. ti
"You know?you think?"
"I know only what Jes knows," she ci
declared. "Hut I think that Miss Carlisle
is not good for your racing. Some \v
people are naturally unlucky influences,
perhaps." d
Stanton shook his head, unbeguiled t<
by the pleasantry. r<
"I understand whs.t Floyd believes, h
but it Is impossib'.*, absurd. Besides, di
x v> \ \ \o ol
\v; :
"Mias Floyd, Let Me Introduce Miss
Carlisle."
I er
I "
It is to her interest for me to win; tl
the Mercury uses her father's tires." p
"Yes," agreed Jessica impersonally, li
When hw left her, in the faintly light- n
ed hall before the door of her apart- a
ment, she drew off her glove with a e
swift movement. o
"My father used to say that one n
only offered a covered hand to an en- I;
eray," she said half playful, half serl- Ji
ous. "Good night." i
There was a tinkling crash, before t
he could reply. Stanton bent and re- p
covered her wide silver bracelet, shak- t
en loose by her rapid gesture of the o
previous moment. h
"May I put It on?" he asked. t
But she held out her hand for the v
trinket; in the dim light he could b
have Imagined that she had become
suddenly agitated and hurried.
"No, It 1s too heavy," she declined.
"Good night, I have enjoyed this eve- n
nlng very much." t
In his own hotel apartment, when o
he drew ofT his gloves, Stanton was f
puzzled io find his right fingers slight- ii
ly stained with crimson. Slowly mem- t!
ory brought back the fact, unnoticed t]
at the time, that Jessica's bracelet h
had been warm and damp to the touch s
when he picked it up. It had cut her h
trm, then, in falling, he deduced. And o
she had not spoken of the hurt or s
-led out! Stanton laughed In aproving
admiration, she had her brothr's
pluck. He hated whining people.
Only he wished that her eyes were |
ot ao exactly like Floyd's; It con- |
iscd him. ^
CHAPTER VIII.
T cam-Mated.
Floyd returned Stanton's call after ^
fashion of his own. sotnc days later.
"There's a gentleman down-stairs to
je you. sir," the bell-boy brought In- ?
nutation to the latter, one afternoon
He won't come up because he says he
tin't leave his automobile, but he'd be
lad If you'd come down, sir."
Stanton looked at the card presented,
nd rose with alacrity. I
His mechanician wjs in the hall,
axing across the wl ie windows at a
>w-swung. long-bo .meted, dull gray
lotorcar that stoo>. by the curbstone;
car stripped as oare of every super- >
uous belongings as a pugilist enter- p
lg the ring. At the hiss of the de h
trending ele' ator he turned to meet 0
tanton wP ? his smile of sun-shot t
ordlallty I
"I w* j afraid to let your machine t
.? my sight." he exclaimed. "She c
> going on to Indiana, to-night, and I
le chief wanted you to see her first o
here wasn't time to get you out to the ?
ictory, after fixing her steering busi- c
ess the way you wanted, so they sent B
er down for you to look over. Tho v
hlef sent word for you to try her out r
nywhere you liked and he would pay t
le cost if you got in trouble, but to j
et her shipped west to-night unless v
tie had to go back to the factory, for f
lere were rumors of a strike among ^
te train men and we might not bo c
hie to get her through In time for the
ice."
"Who drove her down here?" Stan- , t
in demanded, casting a jealous c
lance out the window, but accepting 1
le facts more amiably than could t
ave been expected. i
"The chief, until he left me at the a
venue corner, just now. He said? t
ever mind."
"Oh, go ahead." 1
"Well, he said he had been a racing j
river himself and knew how you t
ould feel about having your car
anked thirty miles across country t
aads by another driver; and. er?that t
e guessed that he was the only man i
1 the shops who'd care to tell you ho (
ad done It." j
"I'll get some driving things." sug- t
ested Stanton, and went back to tho 1
levator.
When he joined Floyd beside the big 1
nr. he stood for a moment busied with 1
le clasp of his gauntlet, before atimpting
to start. 1
"Miss Floyd told you of my call, the I
ther day?" he queried
"Yes. of course. I was sorry to be i
way; I had never thought, of your I
anting mo up." *
"You did not object to my taking her
ut? There was no way of asking you." *
This from the self-willed Stanton!
loyd's eyes glinted with an apprecia- ^
on at once humorous and touched. 1
"Object? Why? You could take 8
ure of her." he countered.
"Fix the spark." bade Stanton, and *
ent front to crank his motor.
"We'll not get half a block without
rawing every mount, d policeman for 1
?n miles," Floyd callt d. above the *
>ar of the exhausts. "We ought, to ?
ave made ready by putting on a few <
Dzen mufflers." j t
"What time must she be shipped?"
"We must have her at the Mercury ?
[lice by six o'clock, unless you say sho *
as to go back to the factory." i
"It is after four, now. No time to (
y the I.ong Island course, and there i
i a motor-cycle race on the Hench >
aek. Oet into your seat; we'll take ]
elham Parkway." i
"Pelham Parkway! Why?"
"Have you anything better to pro- > i
ose?" >
"It's a first offense." Floyd resigned c
imself. "They can't do worse than 1
ne you." t
Stanton shrugged his shoulders, and *
ie car rolled forward.
The Mercury glided through the
joining. congested streets, and left a ]
lultless record behind her. Not a t
afllc officer's slightest signal was dls- j f
Bgarded, no speed regulations were | r
taterially fractured; Stanton drove j
Ke a mw-aoiuing cnauneur rrnm trie ^
uburbs, and until they were In the (
ark. i c
(TO BE CONTINUED.) I t
Imagination. : .
The faculty of imagination Is the
real spring of human activity, and %
ho principal source of human lm- i s
rovement. As It delights In present- 1
tig to the mind scenes and characters
lore perfect than those which we are 1
cqualnted with, It prevents us from 11
vcr being completely satisfied with c
ur present condition, or with our past 8
ttalnments, and engages us continual '
y In tho pursuit of somo untried en- 8
oyment, or of some Ideal excellence,
lence tho nrdor of the seltlsh to bet- r
er their fortunes, and to add to their *
lersonal accomplishments, and hence s
he zeal of the patriot and the phllos- r
ipher to advance the virtue and the 1'
lapplness of tho human race. Destroy <1
his faculty, and tho condition of man .1
rill become as stationary na that of c
irutes.?Dugnld Stewart
Only Problem of Happiness. r
"Real happiness Is so simple that a
lost people do not recognize It They J
blnk it comes from doing something c
n n big %eale. from n big fortuue. or I
rom so.do great achievement, when, r
n fact. It Is derived from tho simplest, i
he quietest, the most unprete ltlous c
hlngs In the world. Our great prob- i
8m Is to fill each day so full of sun- t
hlne. of plain living and high think- t
ig. that there can be nc commonness j,
r unhapplness In our lives."?Orison j
weet Nlarden. ; .
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0
irnmoioNAL
SiiNnarscnooL
Lesson
Ry K. O. SKLLEItS, Director of Evening
1 Apartment, Tho Moody ltlblo Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JUNE 29
THE VICTORIES OF FAITH.
READING LESSON?Acts 7:3-16:
lob. 11:20-22.
GOLDEN TEXT?"This Is tho victory
hat hath overcome tho world, even our
tilth." I John 6:4.
Tho rending lessons for today are a
few Testament commentary upon tho
mat quarter's work. The first lesson
s taken from that marvelous defense
it Stephen tho first martyr. As ho
races tho history of the people of
srael. he shows f!orl's rnnllnii.J <tr.
lvities and purposes from the hour ho
ailed Abraham until the holy one of
srael came to fill to their fulness all
f these same activities and purposes,
itephen also shows us that alongside
lod's activities was tlio equally peristent
disobedience of the people
vhlch culminated in the betrayal and
nurder of that holy one. In the porion
selected he sets beforo us how
oseph is sold into Egypt, yet God was
kitli him and delivered him; how the
amine came and Jacob is thereby
rough t into Egypt only later to be
arrled back into the land of promise.
Teach Faith.
The Becond lesson is taken from
hat great catalogue of heroes as relorded
in the Epistle to the Hebrews,
lero we have set beforo us the fact
hat God's eternal purpose with man
s ever that of faith. Isaac, Jacob
md Joseph are here mentioned and
he faith of each set beforo us.
Leaving out the Easter lesson we
ta^'o covered a period of about 50
rears, eight lessons dealing with Joseph.
and four with Jacob.
Attention has been called to Joloph
as one of the most remarkable
ypes of Christ to bo found in the Old
Testament (see comments 011 lesson
>f April 27). As we have also suggested
Jacob is not so grand a charicter
as Abraham yet is much more
ike the average man.
It is interesting to go over these
essons and follow God's purposes and
o observe how like Christ Joseph was.
In LESSON I. we behold Jacob at the
nstlgation of his mother deceiving his
>oor old father and being compelled
0 fly that lie might save his life. Itelekah
thought she could execute God's
mrposes; but it is never right to do
svil that good may result.
lu LESSON II. Jehovah appeared beore
this conscience smitten refugee
md again promised tha h?- blessing,
res, his own divine purpose, would
ie worked out in Jacob's life. This is
1 lesson 011 the grace of God.
LESSON III. sets Jacob beforo us
ifter twenty-one years' service and
teparation from his brother Esau,
rhis is a groat lesson on God's desire
ind transforming power. Ho trans
arms Jacob to Israel a "prince" and
toftened the heart of Esau. Faith
ivercame and is strengthened and
lonflrmed.
In LESSON IV. wo first behold Jo
teph particularly loved and favored
iml as bitterly hated; he was thrown
nto a pit to die but is taken up
[typical of the resurrection) and sold
nto slavery. The development of en
ry and the persistent, delivering pur
;iose of God aro hero presented in
strong contrast.
LESSON V. shows Joseph's enter
ng that dark maze beyond which God
vas to highly exalt him. lly faith ht
ivercame that fierce temptation and
lis treatment of his fellow prisonei
vas God's useful agency though il
teemed accidental and insignificant.
God's Continued Purpose.
LESSON VI. is the completion ol
josson V. and in it we seo Joseph
leated in the place of power, able tc
lave the country and also his broth
en.
LESSON VII. shows us God's con
inued purpose and the beginning ol
ho fulfillment of his word that the
lescendants of Abraham were tc
lwell in cantlvltv lllon
LESSON VIII. is a continuation ol
Foseph's dealings with his brothers in
vhich their guilty consciences are
itill further pricked and God reveals
o us his immutable purpose.
LESSON IX. is a tender ono of the
neeting of Joseph and Benjamin while
it the same time it suggests to us the
:ertainty of the fact that we may "be
ure your sin will ilnd you out." Urn
ess covered by his forgiving blood our
in is mercilessly upon our track.
In LESSON X. we behold Joseph
nade known to his brethren and those
n fear are urged to draw near. Joeph's
faith in God saved him from arogance
and retaliation and Inclined
lis heart to tenderness and love in his
lealings with his brothers. Even as
oseph revealed himself to his broth
;rs so will Christ reveal himself.
Jeseph'8 provision for his fathers
ind his brethren, LESSON XI., is a
ich suggestion of our father's bounty
ind care for all who are "in Christ
osus." lty faith Joseph who had be^
:ome great in a strange land, identi
led with all of its power and splendor
nakes provision that when God's pur
>ose shall be executed and the sons
if Israel shall be delivered from
Egypt, his bones shall be carried intc
he land of the people to whom ht
lelonged and from whom he has so
ong been separated. Faith is the se
ret of victory. Joseph as a typt
eaches us the lesson of faith.
1 / V.' \
MsniNGif
Motor Trucks Displacing
I
WASHINGTON.?"The motor truck
is hound to mark the passing
ot' the army mule, just ns it has begun
to oust that animal's shorter-eared
half-brother, the horse, from the trans- '
portal ion scheme of civil life." said an :
army officer on his return from an ex- I
tended European tour. "It is only a
matter of a short time before that (
picturesque and faithful adjunct of ,
our military force is relegated to the j
much more prosaic life of the farm.
"What has been and is being ac- ;
complished by European governments
in the matter of army transportation
can be accomplished in our
own country. And abroad the motor
truck is being put to every conceivable
test as to its fitness and capability
in military maneuvers.
"The possibilities of the truck In
J our own army schemes are made evident
in the report recently made by
high army officials to the war depart- j
ment. According to this report the
total weight of supplies and impedl- i
William F. McCombs Is V(
WILLIAM F. M'COMHS, the Democratic
national chairman, has a
decided penchant for the society of
men of mountainous build. He himself
does not tip the beam at even welterweight
figures, but he lives with
men of the white hope caliber when it
comes to size and strength. When
he was an undergraduate at Princeton
his tastes were decidedly literary.
McCombs, when it came to the club
elections, took an election to the
"foot ball club," as one of the leadi
ing clubs there is accurately de- j
scribed, and among his intimates In
bis class were such old football stars
as "Garry" Cochran. "Ad" Kelly, "Hill"
Hannard and "Sport" Armstrong.
I When McCombs left Princeton to enter
the Harvard Law school none of ,
his athletic friends went up to Cam- |
bridge with him. He solved the prob- ;
lem by living through his three years' j
; course with the man who had j
broken all the strength records of liar |
vard.
His new chum was Henry F. Coch- I
> "to, .?us# iiuu tumo io narvaru witn
tli?? reputation of being one of the
best football stars in the west. Coch;
ems had played four years In the University
of Wisconsin backfield, and
was ineligible, but he would have
proved a tower of strength to the
Crimson.
An Interesting Grove of
IF you are interested in lofty, I
broad, noble and venerable oaks the
I ! writer will point you to a stately
, grove.
, In going eastward along the Hunker
, Hill road turn to the right at the ,
crossing of Queen's Chapel road and
, near midway between the Hunker Hill
[ road and Rhode Island avenue you will
, see on the left of the way the oak
, grove indicated. Under the boughs
of the great trees is a frame house
[ with flower beds and flower-planted
| j tubs in front and on the sides. The
j writer's first idea was that some grand
( mansion must once have stood in that
grove of high oaks, but this idea, like
t so many other first ideas, proved on
( Investigation, to be wrong.
. The present happy tenants of that j
, cot among the oaks are Mr. and Mrs. j
Christopher Columbus Murphy. Mr.
. Murphy is seventy-one years old, son '
I Here Is a Man Who Eat
THK national capital boasts at least
one sand eating man. HIh name
i is Julian Gmmons and he is a door
i hi me nuuHH or represents- '
tires. Kmmons hails from Nobles- '
: vllle, Ind., and came to Washington j
with the Democratic regime in the
house more than two years ago. lie ;
Is slxty-flve years of age, hale and
hearty.
Hmmons swallows a teaspoonful of \
sand after each meal He never
leaves home in the morning without |
a phial of coarse sand. Ho says he
was troubled constantly with sour
stomach, heartburn, indigestion and
kindred ills until he started the "sand
cure." Now he asserts that he is
never troubled at all, jellshes his
food, sleeps like a baby and enjoys
life to the full.
He has one remedy for all ills. It [
????wmm
Mules in Army Service
menta that must be carried with an
army division of 20,000 men is 2,883,000
pounds, or a full load for 961 of
such army wagons as are now used.
"These figures in road space alone
show that there is a great waste with
present methods. That number of
wagons require a space of approximately
eleven miles on a twenty-yard
road, a column that is vastly too large
to bo economically handled. And, besides,
with eleven miles of wagons
occupying the roads, there is no space
lnff iiuIaou If lo u-ui.. J *u
V&V, uuivoo AC in UU1UI o ur uciuuu UIO
column, for the troops.
"With mule and wagon transportation
the troops are confined to a
movement of only tbout 24 miles per
day. for this Is the limit of distance
which mules or horses can cover In
a day without injury.
"With truck transportation this
handicap Is entirely eliminated. Not
only cnn the supplies be moved with
one-half to four-fifths fewer vehicles?
for a motor truck will carry from two
to five times as large a load as a
mule wagon?thereby working a great
economy in road space, but the truck
can travel at a vastly greater speed
than the men. Where three to five
miles an hour is considered good
speed for a heavily laden mule wagon.
the truck can travel at the rate of
ten to twenty miles an hour, and can
keep it up twenty-four hours a day
If necessary without tiring."
;ry Partial to Big Men
(Will) zTTFTverV^)
v\pOMO OF
After McCombs went to New York
to establish himself in law he naturally
looked around for another strong
man to share his apartment. He
found him In Big Bill Edwards, now
the Btreet commissioner of New
York, who was a freshman at Princeton
when McCombs was a junior. According
to Tom Reed's definition that
no man is a gentleman who weighs
over 200 pounds, that New York apartment
housed a gentleman in the person
of McCombs.
i^unaiuo MJitJItCU lilt) Dig IOOIDCU1
games for years with great success until
one day, when Pennsylvania was
playing the Indians, a facetious undergraduate
sang out:
"Hev, Bill Edwards, get. off the field
so we can see the game!"
Next to big men, McCombs is equally
fond of big cigars, the thick black
ones that "Uncle Joe" Cannon made
famous.
Venerable Oak Trees
of Thomas Murphy, waa born within
300 yards of where he lives today, and
his life's experience has been confined
to that pretty and romantic seclion
of the District.
Mr Murphy said that when he was
a little boy the land around there belonged
to John Hqover and then to
Walter Scott. Much of it later passed
Into the possession of John Britton,
who kept a stofe on Seventh street,
and a little, later -it passed to John B.
Kibbs, who subdivided the big tract
into small holdings. The Murphy place
three generations ago belonged to Tobias
Talbert and th? Murphy house
was built about 50 years ago by a
man remembered as Knight.
"All this country was grown over
with oak trees like those," continued
Mr. Murphy, "and the grove of 20 is
about all that remains of the wide
forest." '?
It is worth a trip out that way to
HUB t h A kirwl r\f tlmhof
W? %tu?i/bi i not WllWO UUffired
the wooded sections of the District
of Columbia. The Murphys constructed
a rustic bench under one of
the big trees. It was built so long
ago that it is a very old bench now.
When this reaches print it may be
that these old oaks will be in leaf,
and If you pass that .way you should
take a rest in the shade of the glorious
trees.
s Sand for All His Ills
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?- (THIS 3AH0
Is sand. If a dark brown taste is
present upon arising in the morning,
do not fall to reach for the sand bottla
lie urges coarse sand, not too
sharp, and forswears the fine white
variety because) he says, it dissolves
in the intestinal processes and is of
no value as an aid to tns functions ol
digestion.