Record and Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 71, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 5, 1912 Page: 2 of 4
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ID CHROMOUS COMPANY
R. J. EDWARDS, Business
THE AMSOtlATXD PREW.
nes (Old aiyl New) «4. a
The Denton county exhibit at the -<= <u
Waco Cotton Palace is attracting de- , nature, and it is condemned in the
served attention, and a lot of good ^J'iptureg in a class with 1.,,
I which generally existed with
lamto beside whose prices 175,
aQdXulOO asked for Denton county
lands look small, esitecally
they are fully as desirable as those
which bring >100, $125 and |150 in
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the
< tn Timothy.
C. M. HALL.
VELTN had been saving her favorite nursery rime—the one about little
Boy Blue.
Jack helped Evelyn out by showing bow tbe little boy blew bis
burn. •
"Boys don’t have to mind the sheep in the country nowadays.” daddy told
them. "Sheep dogs have been found n good deal more useful.
“Last week I went out to visit at » farm where there is a large flock of
beautiful wjiits sheep.
He th 1 “K**? spring the sheep are washed very carefully tn tbe brook.
* "Bobbie, the big,collie who helps mind tbe sheep, then Is quite busy keep-
ing bls stupid sheep'in order
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DAILY DIET AND
HEALTH HINTS
By na. T. 1. ALLEN
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sandman I
Won't
advertising is made the more valua
bie by tbe fact that Waco is the
center of a rich section from which
Denton county has already drawn
many valuable citizens, and further
right
every
-Y-- Try our bread and get the
satisfaction In bread that your neigh
troubles but none that we ean recom-
mend ae highly as thia for we know that
D.D.D. stops the Itch at once. We can
give you a trial size bottle for 25 cents
that wtu be enough to prove it.
Of course all other drugaista have
D.D.D. Prescription—go to tbetn it you
can't come to us—but don't accept aomo
big profit substitute.
Put If you come to our store, we are
so certain of what D.D.D. will do for you
that we offer you a full also bottle on
thin guarantee:—If you do not find that
It lakes away tip Itch AT ONCE, it
enets you not a cent.
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•My entered as secon | class mai I matter at postoffice at Denton,
Mas, under act of Congress Ma rch b, 1873.
[W entered as second class mail matter Aug. 23, 1903, at the post
(fflce at Denton, Texas, under act of Congress, March 3, 1873.
subscriptions to the Weekly Rec ord and Chronicle discontinued at
aptratton
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’’I'm not gure whether it Is really
Important to me. I do not like tbe
things It buys. But even more 1 like
to think of the power It represents.
It’s that and tbe game of getting It
that makes men want money in large
gnantltles. Don’t yon think so?”
He remembered certain rumors b*
nad heard concerning Stephen Hamp-
den’s rise to wealth abd be put a guard
I
"8o the old order chang
etk The world of fashion and finance
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The many expressions of eticour*
agement received reka.'d;.JK th
suggestion of a county fair lead us
to hope that perhaps the fall of next
year will see the consummate i
“You needn’t be so surprise,!." she re- t places.
”1 was always rather present- Y0'* have a big future.
Mental influence, by sugges-
tion scientifically applied or
through a cult, is often remark-
ably effective, but it can not al-
ways be so. Mental stimulation
will revive digestion and elimin-
ation, restoring nutrition, thus
affecting all functional diseases,
but It can never set a broken
bene ^r supply lime to form new
, bone. Life Is the continuous
adaptation Of Internal to exter-
nal relations, and so long as we
Hue in a material world we must
^••nform to physical law. Rec-
ognition of physical conditions
•nd dependence upon them is a
prime means of suggestion.
Faith is the condition of effec-
tive suggestion, and there
should never be a lack of faith
In the laws of nature. The
knowledge that wheat or nuts or
unpolished rice will supply when
properly digested the elements
needed by the blood to mend
the broken bone will furnish a
favorable mental condition for
the accomplishment of the work.
Scientific suggestion is. there-
fore, more effective than cultlsm,
especially as knowledge Is so
widely prevalent and tending to
upset superstitions.
We can serve you snort o
flay or night, and you will Ill
■trie of cooking and service.
In and see us.
eMITO’S restaura
somethin qc
me into this.
have the feeling that 1 am facing j
something to which I perhaps may not
be equal. Senator Mtircbell. I ask '
you to tell me truly, is there any rea- !
son why a man who wants to come
ny.
| "I’ve got to.
Minnis* Drug Store for
$1, give It a thorough tri-
al, then Iff It does not
prove as good as a high-
er priced pen, and give
you as much satisfac-
tion, return It and
your money.
ties of this world.
I Thomas lived just long enough to
Install himself in the new bouse Then
he died in an apoplectic fit following
a choleric denunciation of Andrew
Jackson. The title to the bouse de-
scended to the pioneer’s son. Robert, a
gentleman of parts, who. as founder
of the flour mills, brought commercial
consequence and as congressman for
one term the honors of statesmanship
to the town of his nativity. Hie son
was Hugh, the soldier and later the
judge of the bouse of Dnnmeade.
| Miss Roberta and John were sitting
under a tree In the front yard. It was
Sabbath afternoon in New <Tw>lsea.
i “I wonder." mused Miss Roberta.
' "how Steve' Hampden liked tbe ser
mon 7”
“He probably w-nsn’t listening.”
“Warren Blake walked home from
church with Kntheriije." she remarks!
significantly.
"She'was there, then?”
"Didn’t you see her’" ,
not altogether happy in the Sunday
splendor of best black Mik and bon»
net Mrs Hampden said Newport
would be deprived of the Hampdena’
presence that summer.' tiecause she
bad tbe new bouse to open and, more-
over, preferred to remain with her
husband, who hnd Important buslneaa
matters to oversee.
"She means." Katherine whispered.
\5
Intelligent. She was pleased to com
mend hfs interest.
"On^could almost believe you hnd
been there. You would enjoy these
places. I know Not every one does.
I I'd love to visit, not do. them with you
sometime.” <
“I'd like to reFy much. But." he an
swered simply. "I’m afraid it will be n
long, long time before I can afford it" 1
She turner) and surveyed him thought-
fully "Now. 1 like that—tbe way you
said it. I mean You speak of It In
such a matter of fact way. as though
the lack or possession of money were
really of ho great Importance to you.”
“It -Upped out." be confessed. ”1
don’t like to seem to pose 1 make
, enough for ,my immediate heeds, of
J course, nnd some day' I expect to have
Since tbe old-fashioned theory of cur-
ing ecxema through the blood has been
given up by scientists, many different
salves have been tried for skin diseases.
But it has been found that these salves
only,clog the pores and cannot penetrate
where the ecsema germa are lodged.
co,a|.v I This—tne quality Of penetrating—
Suddenly the dondv broke away. She probably explains the tremendous suc-
cess of the well known liquid eczema
■emedy, oil of Wintergreen, thymol, gly-
'crine. etc., as compounded in D.D.D.
. f re-crlptlnn. . \
j V<e have sold other remedies for skin
J. P RALEY A CO.
I common, indeed, that
11.al ft is the section of. high-prited
|90 ■ social law.
In politics the ring, the combine
and personal influenve is used to
U!e Jimit in boosting the favorite.
i are
If a man of merit
which
a
of the
crowds
believe
be
: ' I
I>*t me see." he ; “Oh. you won't take me seriously'
Dad says I have the mo«t intrusively
maintaining the exhibit.
a great county. It is well that it
should let the citizens of Taxaa know
Its diversity of products and the ex- 1
Cellenee of its soil aid other attrac-
tions.
learned how to travel." 1
the most of his limited leisure. She
knew places not starred in Baedeker-
quaint. obscure coruers of tbe earth,
full of color. John helped out this part
of the talk with questions more or less .
pointing fact."
I “Did you plan that?" He pointed to
, a grove of trees on the crest of East
ridge, through Which gleamed the
wfilte stucco walls of that palatial resl-
4dence so frequently mentioned In the
Globe.
I “Yes.
Ret
«ng
' .■
•ter of sixty whose can
tried, not always anecMsfi
the kindly impulses^trf her
was a indy of many viol
and a few equally violent <
Later In the evening 4be
alone on the western porch staring up
Into the sky. The prophecy of tbe
morning's red sunrise was about to be
fulfilled: it was evident that a storm
was brewing
“Steve Jlampden." Miss Roberts re-
marked In a carefully casual tofie. "is
borne. And Katherine.” sbe added.
“Yes?" negligently.
"You go and call on
night"
“Can’t I have"-be
appointment with tbe
lidn’r sleep rnitcm last night,
she keep? She seemed healthy enough
the last time 1 saw her. Regular lit-
tle red beaded tomboy, sbe was.”
“She mightn't stay long.” Miss
Roberta’s done implied that thia con-
tingency would be little short of ca-
lamitous. "Ahd Warren Blake is danc-
ing after her already."
"Dear Aunt Roberta. Warren never
in his life did anything so frivolous as
dancing. Why are you in such a bur-
ry to have me fall in love?”
"I don’t want you to grow old and
crabbed and—and lonesome—like me."
“Why—why, Annt Roberta, 1 didn’t
know you felt that way. You musn’t.
you know,” he said gravely, and pat-
ted her hand affectionately, from
- which unwonted demonstration she
hastily snatched it away.,
He laughed. "There’s time enough
for mating anyhow. I’m only thirty:'
i and, besides, what-could I 'offer a girl,
jeven if I were so reckless as to fall in
love?’ \
"Yourself." Miss Roberta could not
entirely repress a hint of pride.
| "Those spectacles you’re always tos
- | Ing must be rose colored. I’d want to
used "It sounds absurd, I know, but ’
seems calling, compelling
And I'm—I'm afraid. 1
am
t'» " r' '"’mwthy needed such e
ih.'i’re there is e-£i srnatsr danger
to those In our day who have the
rcsponsibllty of judging brethren.
Fraternities may be abovd reproach.
forted
able in spite of the freckles, only you
wouldn’t condescend to notice it. You
rffdn't like me."
“But you were such a pesky little laughed,
nuisance, you know 1
'added reflectively, "that was—yes. It's
been ten years since I last saw you. j
Not counting the other morning, of I
course."
"No, eight,” she corrected him. "You
snw me after the big game, the time j
you saved tbe day. You walked right
by me. looking straight into my eyes, j
I
CHARTER Lil.
8uneet. \
BUTLER answered John's
ring and ou inquiry Informed
him that tbe ladies of the
Hampden family were not at
I
. .....,. .... ■- - .... ,
"1 beard the stir when she came In;
but. strange t<> relate. I was more in
terested in. the service, nnd I forgot to
look h«>r up after church "
I "Why won't yon go to see her?"
i John rose with n sigh of resignation
“Annt Rolierta. yon are n womnn of
one idea. I sec I shall have no pence-
of mind until I’ve paid my respects to
this gilded lady. I A"’
He could never repress a smile when
be saw tbe Hampden place. Almost
within the span of bls memory Its evo
intlon-It was always called a “place"
—keeping pnee with its owner's for-
tune. had been wrought. The first
house on that site hnd been n five
room frame cottage, built just before
the war when Stephen Hampden was
manager of the Dnnmeade mills. It
is said that he laid the foundation of
his fortune In n certain contract for
army horseshoes In the seventies.
Are you depending on them to make i>elng then owner of Plumville's lar
gest Iron foundry, he Inaugurated the
custom of returning to New Chelsea
for the hot months. The little cottage
was torn down. In Its place was roar
ed a red brick house, liberally adorned
with turrets nnd scroll work In the
style of thnt period.
Tbe foundry grew—ever? ontgrow Its
owner, whoso taste. If not his talents,
ran to speculation rather than to pro-
duction He sold out and wont to the
Rteel city to pursue fortune via the
bourse nnd the real estate mnrkotj In
those days Now Chelsen snw him nnd
ids family only somloccaslonnlly. The _____ .
bonne with the turrets hnd nttnlnod the j more—though not wealth as you prob-
Then ably measure it."
N'DTiCK TO T HK PUBLIC.
erroneous reflection upon th e character, reputation or standing
!>t any firm, individual or corporat ion which may appear in the col-
j un ns of the Record and Chronicle will be gladly corrected upon being
f ca.led to the attention of >ae publishers.
returned to him with a laugh. “Oh. I
enn't ktep It up But where did you
get yoijr courage? You weren't nearly
so brave tbe other morning. I've been
here six days Why haven't you come
to sen me?" she demanded
“Weil, you see." he began lamely to
explain. “I've had a good many impof- j
tant things to think about and" —
"And I was mdtber important nor in
foresting. Yoh uceil practice, ,1 see ”
"But yon are."
"You really find me interesting?
You know. I've worked hard, very
hard, to earn the involuntary, generous
compliment I am about to receive."
THE EVILS OF LYING ANll'PAR-
TIALITY.
To the Record and Chronicle
Lying, and partiality are two of
the worst evils of the day. They are
He pointed to the sleepy square. “Yoii
won't want to sit here looking out at
thnt all your life. If you’re the man I
take you for. You’ll want to go out
and make your place—a big place—in
the life of men.
stop to hit every ugly bead that pops
up in your path
make use of the materials you find
Leave the things that don't lank right
alone. They’ll work themselves out In
the end They always have And be
Impersonal. Make use Of enemies and
Mends alike?'------*---------------
Counsel to Laertes from an expert
j> life!
“Even your friendship?" John Inter-
rupted quickly, smiling.
"You'd be a fool if yon didn’t,'
lonlus replied consistently.
"I’m afraid," John sigbed—"I’m
afraid I'm that kind of fool. I sup-
pose." be went'on, “I’m going to take
tbe Domination. I do want to make a !
place for myself In the big life of men.
But I want to earn it, not seize it be-
cause I am strong enough or have it
given to me by some other who is
strong" He hesitated, then contin-
i) valley is to be exploited."
t you see tbe world moving
w Chelsea with It?”
raa.Bot looking at the snsnow
■ Si a• *'Atl
meet with success. Denton county,
few now know, (ontributed 1200
fighting men to the Confederacy
from a population that in 1861 pos-
. aihly. dltLJwt exceed jjjuimdL lold.
Almost every able-bodied citizen of
the county in that day shouldered
his musket and went out to fight for
his principles, leaving few at home
but the old and the weak. Such pa-
triotism as that deserves a
spot in our memories than many of
us have. The proposed monument
would be an everlasting reminder of
the great patriotism and unselfish
.loyalty that marked Denton county
of that time. More than that, it
"•ottld be a just tribute to/ the men
who pioneered the way and made
Itossible the civilization of which we
of today boast, many of u8 perhaps
without considering the events that
made it possible. Denton county
should honor its Cofederates, living
and dead, and the proposed monu-
ment is the best means of expression
at hand.
through clean should not go into poli-
tics ?"
“Absolutely none.”
swered promptly, c.
cerely. with a pertinence the Scope.of
which be did not comprehend, "if
there were more clean men in politics
there would be less room for the ras- ■
cals." j One might, by a stretch of the Im-
So William Murchell, as he thought 'Agination, have called tbe sound.Mies
bound his young friend. John Dun- j Rui»ertft emitted a jaugh.
meade, to the wheels of his organiza- I
tion.
News travels swiftly and by qi.vste- !
.Sier’s famous speech, the"
aomething*to do with that"
- — -- - *
you a justice?" It was an open se-
cret In the Dunmeade family that -tbe
judge aspired to end bis days on tbe
supreme bench of the state
He treated the jibe to the silence it
deserved, nnd Miss Roberta, who did
not ignore the value Of the last word
in a tilt, triumphantly rose from the
table and left the room. "
meade was held by his neighbora and
hitherto bad been accounted . by bls
eon a good-mnn. n just judge and an
exetpplary citizen. His dicta, judicial
and private, carried great weight In the
community. And he seemed troubled
by no questions of—not having formu-
lated the disturbing doubt, John called
It propriety.
“I hope." Judge Dunmeade contin-
ued, “you aren’t falllng,tntoyooraunt a
habit of looking a gift horse tn the
mouth."
“Then It—this nomination—will be •
gift from Murcbelll^’ />
“Yon couldn’t bavfi it othgfwiae.’’
“And you see nothing wrong In
that?"
“I myself should be glad to have bls
support for any office I might seek."
Tbe Judge regarded this answer as
sufficient. “I'm glad you have it. It
shows bis friendship for na continnes.
And." be cleared bls throat signifi-
cantly. "it augnra well for other bon
Do you like it?" ,
“1 haven't seen it except at a dis
tance. But why in New Chelsea?” K
"Why not?” sbe argued, with spirit
"Aren't our hills as beautiful ns tbe
Berkshire* and the air as fine? Why
shouldn't we enjoy the place tbe money
comes from? Dad says a lot of money’
is to come from this valley in the next
few years ” '
His face became suddenly grave
Thinking of her last words, be looked
down at the quaint. - old fashioned,
drowsing town that lay at the foot of
the knob Far away across the hills
hovered a perennial cloud, smoke of
Plumville's mills. Already it was be
ing whispered that the sudden return
of tbe captain of finance, the building
of the big house with Its air of permn
nepce. were not without commercial
significance. John was a young man
given to sentiment.
“1 was thinking of New Chelsea.” be
Mddflryiy
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"I don't know much about It, I fear." cornea a-knocklng at our door.
“After col- .,i
lege 1 wont to law eCbool, then settbs)
---- The family name and father s t
.Joed ma td a quick’
J
1
nnd never recognized me. You were
too anxious to reach Adele Whitting
ton and be made a hero of by ber. She
was as proud as—as I'd have been if
I'd bad the chance—to exhibit you.”
“How is Adele?'
"Oh. she's dreading thirty, is fighting
down a tendency to fnt. has begun to
paint and often asks about you Are
you still in love with ber? And am 1 a
cat to talk so about her? And has she,
had many successors?” <
“No to all three questions Sbe gtlve
me a bad three months, though."
“I'm glad of it." site declared venge- [
fully ''Didn’t you know 1 was terribly (
in love with you? That's what made
me sm h a pesky little nuisance Oh. I
yon needn't look so shocked siuee it
was only calf love'and I have quite re
r-Avpro/l Otv j ro”*
So while the golden afternoon waned
they exchanged pleasant nonsense. His
spirits rose unaccountably He was
very boyish, very gay. Sometimes they |
rose to half serious discussion that [
skipped lightly and audaciously nlwmt '
front peak to peak of human knowl-1
edge. She had traveled much with her
father, who. it appeared, had "really Together They Went Slowly Down into
' having to make the Valley. ,
executive mind be ever met He is
very nice about it He often asks me “that dad caught a tartar In Wall
what I tttlnk of things and men”—'
"And then forms bis own opinions?”
"That." sbe sighed, "is tbe disap ren with aurprising tact covering tha
awkwardness of his mother’s fare-
wells. and then, unostentatiously gen-
tle. eerArting her away.
Hamiaien caught his wife yawning
daintily. "Well. Maria, since you’re so
tired, we might as well go In and leave
these young people to themeelves. Tbe
chaperon has no standing In New Chel-
sea ' ’
After a languid good night to John
Mrs. Hampden went, with an air of
fitter weariness. Into the bouse.
Hnmpden, however, for the space of
one cigar, remained on tbe terrace.-
chatting pleasantly, during Which time
John discovered that even Steve Hamp-
den. hard driver of men and dating .
apecuiotor. had a very likable s'do
and took a mighty pride tn bls daugh-
ter. Whe.n the .cigar had been tossed
away Hampden rose, shaking hnnd-
mrdtxllv with tnkn____________. ■’
•(To be eontinuad.)
the worst evils of the day.
worse than thieving or robbery, for
I would rather a man would g0 to
my barn and steal my horse or niule
than to speak untruths of me in my
I absence. They are only what some
icalied refined methods of stealing
| because partiality gives to one that
which by right should, or might be-
long to another, and the immoral
quality of the act Is not removed by
the fact that the k-tter of the law-
lias bee evaded,-and the effect on
society is not different from that of
a more flagrant violation of property
rights. It is always selfish in its
Bread that tanas right, la
sad your1 money’s worth in
loaf.
dignify of h "country place."
New Chelsen heard thnt Steve Hnmp
den hnd been admitted Into the envl
able end exclusive circle of million
strew. With wealth nnd travel entne
taste. The "country house" was gp
modeled The turrets were razed:
wings were added to the house: the
Iron picket fence was removed and a
hedge plnntcd tn Its ateed. Not all the
architect's devices could make of the
house a thing of beauty, no ivy zwns upon his lipa ' : '
mm ii« i-iimu min nW | '*" “ -
A few years with nn , which was entirely true
- — — Ivbv
er, and tbe transformation was com i,ere Tlle
- ’ ‘ being a judge bel
ing must be rose colored.
■ i offer something more than myself.
” Aunt Roberta—something of achieve-
ment that would prove my worth. 1
~ | couldn’t love a woman who could care
for a little, futile man.
done something, then"—
“I know what you’re thinking. John-
Don’t go into politics."
1 don’t want to go all
i my life as 1 have done, drudging along
And he added sin-i for a litt,e drying up in the
routine, my outlook narrowing. I’d
have nothing to show In justification
of my Hying. Why. I’d be no' better
than Warren Blake. Annt Roberta.”
Across Main' street from the court-
hriiisc square—scene of Daniel Web-
war time
demcnstrations and the annual rally—
stands a red brick, white porticoed
mansion in the style we distinguish as
colonial. This house was built in the
early thirties by Thomas Dnnmeade.
founder of New Chelsea, then in bis
( eightieth year, a period of life wjien
■ heart She wbo it iwped will be often In out
’ ..... .■riflet "
_L. - - - - ' . -i ...
“You can't ztop to hit every ugly head
that pops up.” •>,
pulling chestnuts out of the coals for
Pussy Murchell? You better keep out
of politics, John. There'll be trouble.
I feel it in my l>oues."
“Roberta,” chided the judge, "it
doesn't He in a Dunmeade's mouth to
speak disparagingly of one who has
placed our family under such obliga-
tions as has William Murchell."
“Meaning your judgeship. I
pose.” r- v -
Tbe judge stiffened visibly. “I trust
my own character and ability hud
paid enormous dividends by the in-
crease, in business consequent upon
tha meeting.
is much more thickly
than it was in the late 90s,
•aw the last effort to maintain
county fair. The success
trades days and the good
they have drawn make us
that equally as good crowds could I
be secured for a county fair of two
And the
among the
agricultural and livestock interests
would result inevitably in better
farming and better livestock. We
would like very rftueh to see an or-
ganited effort put forth to secure
the fair, and no organization, we al
ao balieva. can do as well with the
project as the Chamber of Com-1
........ O'-----—
The local chapter of tbe Daughters
Of the Confederacy haB decided to
renew Ito efforts looking to the < r*' -
tion Of a handsonte monument to the
Confederates of Denton county The
movement has been begun before
•OW, but was Stopped t fact
that there was little choice fOr plac-
ing the monument The promise
now given that Denton will soon
have a alty park has answered that
quaetlOB satisfactorily, and we hope
and better, the loyal Daughter, will
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rious avenues in New Chelsea. That
evening at supper Judge Dunmeade
congratulated bis son.
“I am glad,” l>e said ponderously. -
"that you have entered the service af
your party.” I
Miss Roberta, the judge's sister,
sniffed disdainfully. “Dovp thnt mean
pecially strong is the encouragement' j
from among possible exhibitors, and hig
more than a few Dei on business against it;
men have promised substantial en-
couragement to the idea Noire
doubt, we suppose, the
accruing both to town and
from a county fair. Most people be-
lieve, indeed, that the fair could be
•tlf-aupporting from the start. And
a fair that sustains itself has alreadv but they are not above temptation,
1 and the dangers along this line were
never greater than at present, for
they must set the world an example
Denton county today of absolute justice between man and
When the Titanic went down the
officers of the ill-fated steamer did
not prefer one man before another,
but true to their duty and the law,
they were sternly impartial,
millionaire, the doctor, and
scholar stood on the same
with the humblest man aboard, *'*
it was a question of life and death,
and one man had just n« much right
to live aa another. Such loyalty to
duty and to law should pu' to ever-
lasting shame the miserable favorit-
ism in manv of the pretentious walks
of life. Their »-♦- reflected
somewhat stern command of
text which Paul gr
start, 1 suppose. Mnce thet^ t ha ve' \but at ber, silhouetted against tbe skyv
done about aw well as tbe average '**“ “■ “
young lawyer In a small town. That
is nil. It t* very commonplace ”
“That doesn't explain why you are
wanted by a whole county. It’s your
chance to escape the commonplace.
Isn’t It? Popularity means power and
I power Is splendid always—I'm priml
"J d<»~ KtirpriMtugty so." he responded ’ tive. you see.
promptly
•trong with the strength of women
whose fathers have toiled clone to tbe
soil, eager, palpitating with life, for
life. He wondered curiously what
manner woman she was. what lay
under the precocious hardness that
could see only tbs picturesque in a
ramshackle. i«overty stricken Italian
village and could dismiss with • care
less laugh the fate of a eblek in a
hawk's clutches
The line of shadow passed the sum-
mit of East ridge Tbe vs»^>Jqv tn
twilight They watched until TbeTiffn '—
sank
“Shall we go down??
Together they went slowly down Into
the valley snd Ito twilight to ber home
j "We Uavi now seen.** sbe said, "a
sunrise and a sunset together “
“'And tbe evening and tbe tnorufag
were tbe first day.*" he quoted aroll
ingly
1 "1 wonder wbat the next day bolds "
, "Annt Roberta.” be laughed, "bops*
that I’ll fail In love with you."
“How perfectly absurd! Although it
might redress tbe balance, unless." she
added demurely. “I should suffer a re
turn of tny youthful malady.”
“Which would be donbly absurd. It'S
like chickenpox. Having had one at-
tack. you are thereafter Itnumne."
They tflughed gayly
On tbe terrace little tables were sat
snd John renewed Ids acquaintance
j with Stephen Hampden., n short.
Stocky, pleasant voiced map. wtx» in
no way resembled the marauding pi
rate thsit rumor hnd him Also with
Mrs. Hampden, a lady who tolled not
nor spun, but was always tired and
talked in a languid, honeyed voice.
There were also Warren Blake, sol
emn and handsome, and his mother.
a shy, faded old woman, frightened Rt
the preeease of ’so<iety folk." and
It is always selfish in
Scriptures in a class with
are
. .. r----r_ no-
1 where else in world are its effects so
baneful. The lodge “ring" is not
home.
“Will you wait, sir?”
“No.” And John turned away. He-
wn Iked out into the country across the
bridge at the’ confluence of North'
Branch and South Branch, where rises
Grant’s KnoB. 1
that lends, corkscrew fashion, to the
crest of the knob, and there. In the ,
thick of the shade of a big walnut, j
leaning against an old bowlder that
had crowned the knob longer than John .
conld remember, sat the object Of bis
quest.
He hnd nn instant to look at her be-,
fore she observed him. and smilingly
h<> availed himself of it. And very
charming, very alluring she wns to his
eyes in ber light summery gown and
the big. soft leghorn hat with Its flow-
ers and leaves dancing in t|>e breeze. ggy some of them would meelfly bnn an answer.
“At last Hainmie seemed to have made up his miud to do something des-
perate. Putting down hie bead, be rushed fiercey at tbe fence.
•* A fc. 1. 2. 1__11 2 _ _• s a' ""’1'__
hills that marched away into the blue
distance
He took a step toward her.
beard hi tn and looked up.
"Hello!" he said
“Good afternoon."
was very cool indeed
"Of course if you don't want me to
stay’’—
"It isn't my hill."
He langlted outright. “Her t/ctics
never wary. It seems." he remarked barklnt.. h(irr)ed t„ he(p..
“Effective, though. Queer, Isn’t it.
how attractive a girl becomes when
she puts on that frigid, speak to me If
you dare manner?" ’
“You were very stupid not to know
me the other day ”
“But I remembered you"—
"You mean .ion forgot®aII about me."
—“ns nn Impudent, long legged, frec-
kled tombof with red hair while you"—
He paused deliberately
"My hnir was never red." she replied to the inner nkln below the epld.-rm’*
where the gr------' "—*
[ This—tne quality
."Every spring the sheep are washed very carefully in the brook.
"Bobbie, the big colMe who helps mind tbe sheep, then is quite busy keep-
* •* * • « • • a
uia atupiu ancrp tn viuri
"'There la one old ram who loves to get his companions into mischief-
“This big ram. which is named Suiumto, was the last to be washed this
year.
"It was all very well as long as fiammie was not with the flock, but when
Sammle was cleaned and put into tile meadow with tbe others ft was a dif-
ferent matter. ■- !
"Ouce they were all washed and back in their field the farmer thought the
sheep were perfectly safe and went off to look after something else.
I “Bobbie was not so well satisfied He knew Sammle, and be bung about
tbe field to keep an eye on him. 1
| “Sammle kept rushing up and down, baaing angrily. Tbe other sheep put
their beads first to one side, then to the other, as if listening to what he had
An open book lay in her lap. but she
wns not reading. Through half closed
***. *<l1' y*1?8* dltauilly al the | h„g a.strong bead, and Sammle hnd found the very weakest place
to bit the fence. Tttne after time he struck the frail wood until It gave way.
and then he darted out. followed by r 11 tba other sheen
I “Through busbee, up dusty banks, went ti’e flock, never paying any atten-
1 tion to the barking of the dog. who wished to get them brek in tbe field. Soon
their nice clean wool was full of brier* and covered with dart Sammle was
tier salutation , indignant. , He knew all those sheep would have to be washed over again,
making him more trouble
“Bobble at last made up bls mind If be stopped tbe sheep from running
away Sammle was the one he hnd to deal with. '.Vanid yoi believe R. by
worrying and chasing Satnmie he got tbe flock back to th* road and beaded fur
borne just ns the farmer found ont they were missing unU. guided by the dug's
hypocrisy
... -------it. In
the book of James la described the
wisdom coming from above as being
without hypocrisy and partiality. ’
LUy ,c0,!im?n ln our day; 80
“ “_i many well-
meaning men seem to think It no
longer a sin or a crime against the
I
when
The hateful effects of favoritism
seen everywhere, if • of
that great Central Texas black-belt, ,8 turned down to make room for the
see^ur, Roarh, (. Sif
the exhibit at Waco, feels confident justice has miscarried
that it will win first prize probably
or second prize certainly, In which
event the prize will pay the cost of I
Denton is <ommon, but it is feared "tha’t“ there
are occasional inner circles of very
i bosom friends who are sometimes
I slow in discovering the faults of
their intimates and do not investi-
gate Partiality is often effective in
destroying confidant in lodges and
in true fellowship among brethren.
Where it is practised eveti to the
least degree in the lodge: the effects
v j are disastrous to that fraternity. It
* , Is absolutely inconsistent with the
spirit of fratematism and it is
‘ 4 ot j temptation and a danger that
our fond hope8 along that line. Es 1
----„------ » jn the gospel, Paul gave Timothy
s son. .a most solemn warning
I charge thee before
j Goq and the Lord Jeffus Christ and
i ibe elect angels that thou ohser.’^
; th<«e things without preferring one
advantages • eforc another, doitr.; nothing by pj”
county
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