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Show gBrJM-t- . k THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH. UTAH The Good Ship Mabel By MARTHA M. WILLIAMS (3), 1922, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Tucker, sing for your supper breakfast, rather, Mabel said, leaning from her open window to throw a handful of flies, freshly swatted, upon the window ledge lower down. Tommy Tucker, being a mocker, in full flood of May morning song, yet heeded a fly or so, then filled his beak and flew away to his mate brooding precious eggs in the honeysuckle arbor beyond the garden gate. He knew Mabel for a friend. Now for three years he had had the freedom of the Weir place, and the protection of its human occupants. Cats were taboo there Snip, the alert black and tan terrier, accounted for any rat bold enough to intrude. Snip was as friendly as his owners even if a nestling fluttered prematurely from the nest, he merely watched them gravely, never offering them harm. Mabel humored the birds shamefully, not grudging them the first and best strawberries, nor forgetting treats of eggyolk when the babies were very new. Liberal, too, in the matter of crumbs and snippets of fat. Indeed, it is rather a wonder that the mockers did not come to depend wholly upon her largesse. In return for it she had floods of Silver melody throughout the day. Aunt Persia grumbled sourly the bird she was sure gave her bad dreams she never bad them except when he was so loud. But Mable only laughed at her as she laughed at everything now that she was so happy. Joy had come with spring mornings after a dreary winter of waiting, of agonized suspense. Existence had been reasonably sunshiny Indeed she had called herself fortunate and happy before she knew. Now all the years behind seemed but agreeably drab, beside the glorious rainbow-shinin- g of the new present. Love had come and gone, like a sun gleam betwixt storm clouds there had been no word, no sign, only those things eyes may speak to eyes, to feed her hungry heart through the years of Peytons absence. Two interminable years of unbroken silence then the letter, all too brief, saying, I have slain the lions in my path, and am coming to claim my own. Three days more of waiting? She was not impatient they would run on racing feet And they would be so full all the place must be in festival array. The happiness of making It so almost frightened her. If anything should happen bravely she refused to think anything could. Looking after her winged pensioner, she gave thanks he had helped her to wake through the brief night, filled every second with thrilling joy. She had pul! by all thought of the lions, knowing well they must have been savage and fearful to make Peyton hesitate in claiming her. Enough that he loved her, was coming to her whether for an hour or forever did not greatly matter. He had but to say Follow me, and she would go with him to the worlds end, forsaking all things else in cleaving only to him. The wide house stood open to sweet morning airs as she ran down the great stairway. Aunt Persia was coming up the gray stone steps her flat basket heaped with royal red roses Her mood was gemmed with dew. not however rosy,. She dropped her basket saying fretfully: I do wish there were no telephones then we neednt know of troubles until they Come, Tommy , hard-boile- d , came. Whos troubling who this heavenly morning? Mabel asked gayly. Her aunt looked down, answering in a hard voice: Long distance has just told me John Bassett is coming, the same day, likely on the same train, as Royal Peyton. I cant be glad to see him, Mabel shot back truthfully: Any outsider must be unwelcome just then. Did you tell John why be had better stay away at least until after No need when I said Roy was coming he growled: I know It that is whats bringing me. And rung off right there not telling me where I could reach him you know he is most always some place he ought not to be. Aunt Persia interrupted. Mabel turned away, with a faint shudder John Bassett was, she knew, another naina for trouble. Nephew and heir to Gardner, who had been Aunt Persis husband, that ladys plan and hope had been to see him Mabels husband. He was college-bred- , rich, fairYou are the looking and dominant. only thing I want and have not been able to get," he had said to Mabel after a third refusal, six months back. But dont think Im giving you up youll wake up in your right senses by and by. Recaliing his set mouth, his burning eyes, Mabels heart sank almost instantly it rebounded, singing for joy. She was alone, her own mistress, free of everything but the love bond, a chain that not even the hottest fires could melt. With a soft smile she led her aunt into breakfast, saying clearly : ' I dont hate the phone but for It how should I ever manage to have enough for two hungry men rather than one? Royal Peyton did not come by train. Instead In a swift motor, with a racing driver at the wheel, a minister snug Inside, and for luggage only a brie' case and box after box of the costliest 'flowers.' He began at once, setting them here, there, everywhere. We must be married in two hours, he said, smiling down at Mabel, whom he had taken openly in his arms upon the steps. You will not ask explanations I read that in your eyes. We want no crowd only witnesses and two or three guests. Send for them wherever you choose. My chauffeur is a wizard at finding places and people. They must make haste; we shall go straight back to the port A yacht waits there for us the good ship Mabel, soon to be doubly mine." As in a dream Mabel obeyed him. She had never any clear memory of what came to pass before she stood beside Peyton with the minister fronting them, book in hand. Aunt Persis, sniffing audibly under the family portraits, and good Judge Hardin, her sometime guardian, ready to place her hand in that of her chosen mate. Through the hushed room Tommy Tuckers morning carol came like a benediction. It roused Mabel as no clarion could. She was suddenly vividly awake to everything. Every word of the opening service sank like molten metal into her consciousness. At the question of any lawful Impediment she felt her heart swell suffocatingly. Impediment was unthinkable; yet sharp from the halL came John Bassetts cry: Ask Convict 7,099 why he is here trying to marry a gentlewoman instead of in his cell? So as to leave room in the penitentiary for you, Mr. Bassett, Royal Peyton said evenly, turning to Mabel questioning eyes. She put her hand In his, and said clearly, Judge Hardin,, please ask the minister to go on with the ceremony. John Bassett made a tiger leap forward. The chauffeur, lurking in the door, tripped him and held him dowa Aunt Persis promptly fainted, but had to come to unaided; all were too intent on the drama before them to think of her. Briefly but efficiently the minister did his office his only prayer God bless and protect you both. Peyton wrung his hand. Mabel gave him a melting glance. Then, in a voiee of steel, Peyton explained: He had been falsely accused of murder all but convicted on perjured testimony by way of getting him silenced concerning a crook deal involvJohn Bassett had ing high financiers. been their secret agent. At the lasj minute his scheme had gone wrong. But he had hoped to brazen it through, delay the wedding and possibly mar,y Mabel In her horror and revulsion After the scandal. Which shows how little he knew a womans heart. As to a mans mind, he was better acquainted, seeing his own led him to vanish utterly, leaving the Peytons to their happiness. SECRET ORDERS OF ANCIENTS Practically From the Beginning of History, Men Have Banded Together, for Good or Evil. Do you notice what an increase there has been in the wearing of emblem and fraternity pins, these days? asked Jones. I suppose you think that is just an fad, dont you? returned his friend of antiquarian bent. Well, let me tell you, it is not. Watch charms were Invented at least five thousand years before watches, and fraternity badges equally long , ago. The very same symbols which the joiners are wearing In their lapels and on their fobs today are survivals of forms which were in popular use for the same purpose when Nebuchadnezzar was a kid in school. You see, it was like this: In the days when kings could seldom write their own Jiames and their subjects attributed every natural phenomenon to one of their multifarious gods or devils, there were always a few at least who knew some of the truth. Glimmerings of a true science were beginning to dawn on mankind, but humanity was too close to barbarism for such a thing as a law of nature to be understood. When it was perceived that certain laws did exist they were set down to the will and desire of one or another divinity, and when taught to a selected few. were hedged about with secrets of the gods to the profane a word which originally meant Outside the Temple. Architecture, geometry, arithmetic, music, astronomy, the alphabet and the decimal system were once called mysteries, and the process of solemnstudent ly scaring the prospective nearly if not quite to death as a warning to silence before letting him in on the secrets was the preliminary to all education. And each order has its symbol, or pin. Costly Easter Eggs. A London Jeweler once made an Easter egg, a foot high, of the choicest Ivory. Before the contents were added, the egg was sent to Calcutta, where native carvers engraved on It a series of pictures representing the various scenes of the crucifixion and resurrection. This work alone occupied four months. The egg was then filled with jewelry, diamond bracelets, necklaces, and so on. The present was intended for a lucky Easter bride and represented an outlay of about $100,000. SOLILOQUY By CLINTON BANCROFT I dn bfind giant incomprehensiHa mind of tk muvcne. I sm the man who fint conceived theor plow. wood and with it turned die rod. My hand fashioned its rude aharee the world. I raise the grain diet feeds die armies of the land seeking a Master. And i walk to and fco throughout I aa s put of tka The Muter rubs the Lamp. I build factories and mills and Mr children toil and sweat in palaces for him. nis service; we live in t hut. I delve deep in the earth and mine the coal and iron that give mankind dominion ' over brutee. I build mads of stone and steel, and bridge the torrents and chasms that divide the mountain. I NfAl great ship. and sail them oer the seas, then bring them safely ihto port laden with treasure and meekly lay it at the Masters feet. Without my loyalty to Mastership, ignorance and poverty would vanish from tha earth. And still I fed the goad needs and bend beneath my load. Of Tha Mister tubs the Ring. I fight the battles of the king. At ms command, I wound and slay my fellow worker without earn. the watety of the sea and rink and destroy that which I have built I dive Tha fabled powers of Jove are mine; tha zephyr, my easy pathway to tha skill. and mount abovt the stoma. I drive my car among the clouds Beside me the grim reaper tits and grins As I hurl thunderbolts of death sna fire Upon the children of the land for hire. Then back on earth, creeping and cmwiing By dyke and trench, a thing of filth and slimes I wa-- t the dreaded hour to sally forth and kilL Sated with scenes of carnage and sufPring the tormems of the demnn I envy the felon hit prison life and may death. "rh I am a creature who feels Upon his neck the crush of iron heels. I have made the lightning my messenger and conquered tune and space. I fplr across com"" and seas with tongues of fire and herald I'm Pentecost of War. listen! a massage to you, O Mow workingman! Thy brothers Mood crieth unto me from the ground. Listen! e message to you, ye tulets of the woddl Thou shaft not kiH. And above the awful raging of the storm of war and battle, I hear voices saying, Peace, be stilL Tis the weeping of the Mothers and die children; sisters crying peace; Tis the But when I speak the word, war shall forever cease. broken-hearte- d The scales are felling from my eyes; I think I sea a light arise. 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Plnkbam Medicine Co., Lynn, Massachusetts. This book contains valuable information. New Excuse. No Help. Dtnvtt lam Bmetm, I feel blue." Look at the sky. Thats bluer." al diseases. Missouri passed a new act to replace the one repealed by referendum, but It Is suspended, until November 1922, by a new referendum The federal vocational repetition. BY habilitation act was accepted by 22 states, bringing the total number of states having accepted the act, to 30, The Sheppard-Towne- r act was passed by congress, creating a board of ma temity and infant hygiene and appro money for state and federal priating We asked many women. One said: Annual Summary by Labor Law use. Six states have accepted the act Because a man who thinks things Safety and Health. Association Shows Continued out, does them and goes all the way New Mexico enacted child-labo- r legwith anything he starts genof Safety and islation for the first time and school throughsmokes Extension a pipe if he smokes at erally Health Measures in the - In- attendance and minimum work age re- all and nearly alwayshe does smoke. quirements were extended in 13 states Another replied: A pipe smoker ia terest of the Workers. and Porto Rico. The lifting by women more of a home man, it seems to me. of receptacles weighing 75 pounds or There is no better picture of contentNew labor laws enacted by con- over was forbidden by California; a ment than a man smoking a pipe in Illinois; his home after the days work is done. gress and more than forty states shew mining code was created in tenement continued gains in the protection of and? a new law regulating He is more honest, more reliable, Wiscon the safety and health of wage earn- manufacture was enacted in more manly, said another but she sin. on issue of the pressing ers, although was rather young. Hours. unemployment the legislative record are not so Jumpy Womens hours were restricted for is practically blank, according to a and so nervous as fidgety, r eight-houNew in labor first the of time the year's legisla- the Mexico, summary Theyre more easily contented, tion issued by the American Assocday being extended to factories, and was the opinion of one woman. iation for Labor Legislation. , laundries, hotels, restaurants There were many reasons given by amusements. and Hours of OX particular import Is the progplaces ress made during the year In federal-stat- e standard working conditions for wom- the fair ladies; some of them not very powerful from a logical viewpoint. for maternity pro- en determined by the industrial welof the questection and for vocational rehabilita- fare commission of California were The significant feature tionnaire was that the great majority tion of industrial cripples, says Sec- made legal requirements for all indusof the women admitted that they do retary John B. Andrews. Passing by tries. like pipe smokers. bill Employment. congress of the Sheppard-Towne- r And just to show that woman is not Free employment services were crefor maternity and infancy protection, inated for the first time in Nebraska, the only illogical of the two sexes, we crowning for victory a tbree-yea- r asked a number of men why they tensive campaign, found six states pre- North Carolina and North Dakota; liked the tobacco they smoked. One acimmediate were in for Illinois extended to having and action, they pared The California said it was strong enough for him. cepted in advance the federal aid now towns and villages. This advance acceptance state board of control was directed to Another said it was mild enough for available. of the federal act is in several in- arrange for the extension of public him and they were smoking the stances based upon the bill for state works to relieve unemployment ia same brandy All of them had some indefinite reason for likaction prepared by the Association for times of emergency. ing a certain tobacco, but putting that adLabor Legislation. Twenty-thre- e Immigration. feeling into words ditional states In 1921 enacted legiswas restricted by conwas difficult. Even Immigration lation accepting the new federal act in a law limiting the number of our old Edgeworth gress a vocational making rehabilitation, for who may be aliens of smokers our best any nationality total of 30 that have adopted this admitted to the United States in any friends have difdevelopment In workmen's year to 3 per cent of the number of ficulty m telling compensation legislation. of that -- nationality foreign-bopersons why they like Edge-wort- h. .Acute unemployment continued resident of the United States, acIt is a friend-makithroughout the year, he states, yet cording to the census of 1910. friendly, states congress and more than forty tobacco AdminUtraition. .r met in legislative session and adthat just suits Departments of labor and industrial journed with apparent indifference to relations were created, and the varime, was the a the immediate need for adopting best answer we ous and bureaus commissions existing constructive program of legislation for could get. Just Califorin or consolidated abolished, suits tnc.'Theres permanently combating the disastrous nia, Ohio and Montana, Minnesota, Calresults of Industrial depression. the whole thing. Washington. The New York labor ifornia, alone, took a forward step in law suit everywas doesnt But Edgeworth recodified, completely advance enacting a law for long-tim- e hundred of Out labor. of the every body. department state planning of public works by the there may be one or two who to help in preventing unemployment couldnt get supreme satisfaction out to aimed in congress, 'The Kenyon bill, of Edgeworth. a set the federal government upon Every advance of labor marks similar course of distributing public Nevertheless, we would like to send advance in the education of an free samples of Edge-wort- h, works Intelligently. The nation-wid- e any employers. and we are sincere when we say Interest In this legislation, as reflected The constructive ability of 1b the press, gives promise of state actha movement is called upon to that we would rather send samples to the utmost to bring the full a man who thinks he will not like tion that may open the door to an flood of life back to our indusera of statesmanship in America in Edgeworth for he may find he is freeconditions of under tries mistaken and then he will be the best with unemployment. dealing dom, with the democratic ideal friend for Edgeworth that a smoker The 'Presidents conference on undominating everywhere. could be. to in the referred is employment We will not he driven back. official If you will send us your name and as the statement outstanding Wa will go forward. The light address on a postcard, we will forward that has come into the life and development of the year in relation samples of Edgeworth, Ready-Rubbto unemployment Emphasis is placed work of ouy people can never and Plug Slice. The samples are be shut away from them. There upon the importance of the conference free and postpaid. If youll add must be more, and more, and In setting unemployment before the the name and address of your totothan more tomorrow more as official primarily an in way country bacco dealer, wed appreciate the tothan the more next day, day Its program a problem of Industry. Address your card to courtesy. for and more morrow, in every of emergency relief, it is stated, is & Brother Company, 50 Laras tomorrow. coming line with and strongly reinforces the South 21st Street, Richmond, Va. The times of today are seStandard Recommendations as forof not are If verely They trying. To Retail Tobacco Merchants: mulated by the Association for Labor our making, but they are for jobber cannot supply you with your the 1915 with in our redemption. Legislation Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Comof more than 300 organizations repany will gladly send you prepaid by in 115 different communities and carton post a one- - or parcel affirmed and republished, together Years Old. A F. of L. Forty-On- e of any size of Plug Slice or Ready-Rubbassociations the of with the results The American Federation of Laboi for the same price you would unemployment survey of 1921, in the dates from November, 1881, when the pay the jobber. American Legislative Review. Federation of Organized Trades and Social Insurance. Labor Unions of the United States and PARKERS HAIR BALSAM states and congress Canada was formed. The American Thirty-on- e Removes Federation of Labor as such did not Emended the existing compensation Restores Color and come into existence until 1886, but in to Grey end Faded Han Beauty laws, extending the acts to cover more 40c. end $1 00 et Druggists. 1889 it acknowledged the Wfcs. Patchogoe.y. Y. the wait Chem. Htscnx continuity reduce and Injuries, persons of its existence by dating the proceedRemoves Corns, Cal- Ing period, increase benefits, and, in HINDERCORNS I (ousel, eta, stopf all pain, ensnree comfort to the the case of Ohio, to cover occupation ings to 1831. feet, makes walking easy. 14a by mall or at Drue WAGE EARNERS BENEFITED Why do women like LAWS ENACTED pipe smokers? Pipe-smoker- s s. more-or-Le- was almost an hour past Franks bedtime, but mothers attempts t send him to bed were useless. Like all small boys, he disliked to go to bed, and each time he madfe a new excuse. 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