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Show PUBLIC OPINION EBONY WATERS f McClure Sholl Copyrlh by W. O. Chopra WKU Mrylci SYNOPSIS On her way to k poaitlon In Lost-lan- d Academy, Janet Mercer, young professor of English literature and rhetoric, meets on the train a young man, Arthur Fleming, also on hie way to the Academy, as professor of mathematics and chemistry. They reach the railroad station, they meet Mra Denver, engaged as matron of the Academy. At the school the group Is struck by an air of mystery pervading the lonely place. Gordon Haskell, the proprietor, welcomes them. Wilton Payne, teacher of psychology, completes the faculty. CHAPTER I Continued "Danger mystery the unknown ; the untried." Precisely. What are the manifestations of fear? Intense silence or wild rancous sound? Oh, I am Jesting, of course but I do prefer deep silence to shrill noises. Miss Mercer, will you have French or Russian dressing on your salad?" "May we see the establishment after dinner, eir?" "Weil, really, I'd much prefer your pupils should think of you as far-of- f Olympians. "At ease on rarnassus slopes," Tayne remarked with a lifting of his eyebrows. Haskell had drawn up a chair next to Janet's. She looked lovely, Arthur thought. In his heart he had already constituted himself her protector, and he resented with all the ardor of a fiery nature the cold, creeping courtesy of this strange schoolmaster guarding so jealously the almost inhuman discipline of bis establishment Miss Mercer, your pupils will love you, Haskell was saying In his soft, voice. think It Is so much more purring 1 im- portant that they should love the subjects I teach," she answered crisply, shrinking back from his too close proximity. "They will love both." Tie rose, fixed them with a queer, Intense glare I recommend you all to of s glance. go to your rooms. The work will begin In earnest tomorrow." They heard his footsteps eclioing down an apparently endless corridor. Mrs. Denver folded up her napkin, and taking a pin from her dress pinned it carefully. Payne was staring at the tablecloth. Janet's fair face seemed like a gleam of summer In the soft light of the candles and her eyes, wistful, half fearful, drew Arthur's heart to that shadowy region where love begins. lie stepped to the door. "They keep this place very dark. "Come In out of that corridor, Mr. Fleming, Payne commanded "and lets talk." Arthur turned back. The two women were sitting in a listening attitude. "I thought 1 heard s voice," Mrs. Denver said. So did I, Janet echoed. I want to muke a pact, Payne announced. "One doesn't have to tench psychology to know when a situation rings strange. Let us hold together here, whatever happens. They looked in each other's faces solemnly. Janet reached out her left hand, and Arthur took It. They made a ring. Far off a bell struck. "There, at last I've heard a bell, Mrs. Denver sighed. "I don't think I could have slept tonight if 1 hadn't beard Just one belL CHAPTER II When Janet had said good night to Mrs. Denver, she bolted her door and wondered whether she would be able to sleep. Ready for bed, she put out her light, and, raising the shades at her windows saw that the rain was over, and the moon, a little past the full, had risen and was Illuminating the gardens, casting long rugged shadows of the pines across the unkempt lawns. While she looked and mused over the strange situation, two figures emerged from the gloom of the trees in one of them she recognised the principal of the school; but the other was a man fully six feet three Inches tall; and with long arms like a gorilla. Ills broad, whitish face was bored into by black eyes, and slashed rather than featured by a great, red mouth. Ills appearance was so terrifying she sank on her knees and drew the lace window curtains between her fuce and the window. Who was he? A ' Whatever he was, he was in the confidence of his master. They advanced At slowly, in earnest conversation. last they paused beneath her window, ceased talking, and gazed up steadily for about two minutes. Her heart lent so violently that she felt they must hear 1L All at once the nmon went under a cloud, and their scrutiny censed. She stole into hed, and, in sidle of her fears, was soon asleep. How long she had slept she did not know when she found herself all at once wide awake, silting up In hed, sound of and wondering if a far-of- f feet laid been actual or pnrt of a dream. Nut hearing It ngain, she lay buck on her pillow und went over the the day. her mind now ulert events and active. Fear gave way to curiosity. Why had Haskell segregated Ills four teachers on this Hour? Why had tie wished to keep them away from the scholars? Her curiosity strengthening with 'f every moment, she resolved at last on bold more. This strange principal had probably gone to bed. She would creep down and explore the ground floor of the academy and probably find some clue to the mystery. Acting at once on this resolve, she put on her clothes, and softly stepped out Into the corridor and made her way down the curved staircase to the central hall. There she stood for a moment In uncertainty, but started at last toward a door, to reach which she had to pass the glass door of the study room where the scholars had been so Industriously bent over their books. As she went by she Instinctively glanced In. The room was flooded with moonlight. And to tier horror she saw the four forms still leaning their heads over their desks, absolutely motion- SEVEN EVER A MYSTIC NUMBER Of Particular Significance in All History. The figure seven reems to stund out prominently muung Its monosyllabic companions. Is It because It is the only numeral tlmt has two Whatever the explanasyllables? tion, It la certain tlmt seven Is regarded as a mystic number, and lias always had a peculiar attraction for us. In the Drat place we have the "Seven Wonders of the World: The Egyptian Pyramids. The Mausoleum erected by Artemisia at Halicarnassus. The Temple of Artemis at Kplie- IIS. The Walls and Hanging Cardens st Babylon. less. The Colossus of Rhodes. For a moment she wanted to scream ; The Statue of Zeus, by Ihidlas, in to run In terror from this house. Were, they still forms of the dead or were the great temple of Olympln. And the Pharos, or Lighthouse, at they dummies put there for what Alexandria. purpose? Secondly, the Seven Wonders of Very softly she tried the dour; it the Middle Ages: was unlocked; and she entered, closThe Coliseum at Romp. ing the door behind her and calculatThe Great Wall of Chinn. ing the amount of courage It would reThe Catacombs of Alexandria. quire to approach the nearest figure, The Ruins of Stonehenge. which was that of a young boy. Ills The Porcelain Tower of Nanking. head, covered with thick brown hair, The Mosque of St. Sophia, ut Conwas supiiorted In bands which hud a waxy look; and he was hunched In s stantinople. lifelike manner over his book. Very The seven wonders of the New world are: Yellowstone Park. The Garden of the Gods, Niagara Falls, Natural Bridge, Vow-mit- e Valley. Mammoth Cave, and Giant Trees. The seven virtues are: Faith, Iloe, Charity, Prudence, Temperance, Justice, ami Fortitude; the seven deadly sins. Pride, Envy, Anger, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony and IVivetoiisness ; the seven champions of Christendom, St. George (England), St. Andrew (Scotland), St. David (Wales), St. lutrirk (Ireland), St. Denis (France), St. James (Spain), and St. Anthony (Italy) ; while the sevpn Sages of Greece (the Seven Wise Slea) wers Si Ion of Athens, Tlmles of Miletus, Periuuder of Corinth, Piiterus of Mitylenc, Clenliulas of Lidas, Bias of Prieae, and Chilon of Sparta. The Seven Hills of Rome are the Palatine, Capitoline, Qiilrinal. Aven-line- , Cueliun, Ksqulllno, and Vimlnal. The Seen sleepers of Ephesus wen-saito he Seven Christian youths who fell asleep in a cave and did not awake till two or three hundred years Inter. The Seven Seas are North und South Atluntic, North and South Paeitie, the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Indian ocean; and the Seven Stars (or plunets), the Sun. the JIihiii, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. Then- - are also the Seven Ages, Seven Liberal Arts, the Seven lsulnis und the Seven Great Hymns. Montreal Family Herald. fondling tin cord attached to the whistle, pulling down the lliroilie. A glamorous figure, the railroad engineer always has been -- Htul pinli-uhlalways will be- -a hero to the growing hoy. There Is a reason, flu- - man who rniitrols a railroad engine has in his bunds the Miwer to move worlds. A train, gliding over the countryside in the twilight or the early dawn of day, has aboard all the hoy hood fancies. (in the side of the roud. whether he be vtumling in a corn field or ou a sidewalk wutchlng a train go hy, the average tioy dreams of places where the train la go d ing. As It Iron engine sHeils away the mighty a. mythical mes- senger currying his thoughts. So the engine has become symbolic of mighty deeds and great adventures in the heart of American From lime liiiiiieiuorutile boyhood. American Imys have becii stirred by tin- - heroism of railroad engineers, who stopped their trains on the very verge of illsnster, and of trackmen who went nut of their way t save lives, hut always it has been the engineer and ttie engine that occupy first thoughts with the boys. Always the engine will be in a country that the engine helped cultivate. Washington Post. LOCOMOTIVE EVER THE CENTER OF BOYHOOD DREAMS In the lexicon of youth there la tie word that fires the linugiuntiun locomotive. Even though the airplane 1ms come to capture the fancy of youth, the railroad engine still maintains its in the u flections of young boys. Love of Hie railroad engine goes hack to tin- - dim past of tills country. Then- - is hardly a hoy la America who. at some time, lias not looked witli imtneiiMuralile pride on a railroad engine, whether it Ik- - standing in the yards or in a railroad station it plowing its way across country. 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Peering out of her shadow she perceived two heads close together, their white faces star-bi- g steadily through the glass door Into the schoolroom. She recognized the immense gorilla-lik- e man she had seen on the campus, and Gordon Haskell. She shook like a leaf In her hiding place, praying fervently that they would not enter the room. To her Intense relief, they turned away, and she heard their retreating footsteps. A faintness had nearly overcome her; but a rush of the old fighting spirit, when she found herself again comparatively safe, brought her to full consciousness. The waxen boy drew her eyes again, half fearfully, half curiously she crept nearer to him. Ills face was noble, absorbed, a slight smile on the firm lips and In the deep, studious eyes over which his long lashes curled. She did not dare rise yet, but she reached up her hand and touched the waxen band laid with such resolution on the desk. Why did he seem so alive! so vibrant! why did he smile as If he had something to tell herl She noticed that all four figures bore a kind of family resemblance to each other; and on all four faces was a look of gentle resignation, as If they had something to communicate when their hour should come. Whoever had made these figures had been a true artist. They were as far drawbeyond waxwork as a ing Is beyond the efforts of a schoolgirl: grief, amazement, exquisite tenderness, seemed by turn to have guided their composition. The two girls a little younger than their "brothers were of a workmanship as subtly calculated to envisage beauty and innocence as was possible. Their lovely eyes In the moonlight were bent upon their books ; their curls fell thick about their slender necks columns fit to adorn some little circular temple of Eros. Terror of these figures began to stir In her terror of them In their Immobile beauty; their everlasting pursuit of an education that would never be finished; their half wistful, secretive smiles as over some inexplicable memory. She began to move from them, dragging her feet as la a nightmare, and turning her head constantly to look at them lest one of them should rise anl follow her and try to detain her. This horrid fancy faded; and as she neared the door a great pity and gentleness replaced the fear. It was foolish 1 They knew nothing, yet she must step softly not to awaken them from their trance of study. FIRESTONE d HUE HIM NON-SKI- ANNOUNCING 12 MONTHS1 GUARANTEE AGAINST AIL VnpaiaiMed STAMINA FIRESTONE a ROAD HAZARDS Effective fW-mi- to HIGH SPEED TIRES IrutianupoU Kara-THI- S MOTICTION MEANS I10W0UT mumliro yaura jl per erfitAa ham an Karins Fikn fra lip meant dralh. TNII MEAN! Mara x Far Ihrra rwnerratira vmr fcnia an h SS - L.) 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