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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH annXrauuxBSn) - "My son, this is Miss Weeks of our It la her twenty-fir- office, you know. Her Birthday Party By RUBY DOUGLAS i by McClure Nmyiyw Sjrnuicate.7 ' Bosana Week had worked In the office of Turbell & Co. for four yean and she felt as If her place were enough to permit of her Committing the somewhat Unbusinesslike sin of having a party at her desk. It Is my twenty-fin- t birthday, she explained to one of the girls who filed papers near Roaana all day long, and J have not had a party nor a cake since I was eleven. Do you suppose Mr. Turbell will care If he Is here and knows about It? The other girl was a frightened little person who just naturally presupposed that any one of the lords of creation who happened to be over her In point of office precedence would undoubtedly care. "11 hope not, she said, looking around. Well, Im going to do It anyway if 1 lose my job for It, declared I hate the boarding Kosaua, gayly. house where 1 live. I love It down here where I work. I love you all who work with me. 1 hate all the old sisters who sit and rock In the parlor at home. Therefore, this is the logical place to have my party, and here I am going to have It, candles and all. The pale little person looked at her Jin' awe, Think of anyone having so ae-cu- much courage. And you're Invited you and Grace and the office boy who Just arrived this morning, and Joe the shipping clerk and Miss Nancy and yes, I believe I shall invite Mr. Turbell himself. Bosana was waxing enthusiastic as the gala thought of a birthday party grew in her mind. When is it? asked the pale little ' pefson softly. almost shouted Today, of course And its this afternoon at Rosana. 4 oclock that were going to have the party right here on my desk. Im g st birthday and " The lad shook hands with Rosana. "I I understand," be said, looking from hls mothers countenance to hls fathers. Helen would have been the same age today. Im three years older, he announced proudly. . Dinner was merry and Rosana felt as if she had never had so wonderful a birthday in her life. My father and mother would would be glad, she tried to say, but she was too full of joy of being in the home with really genuine folks on this day. She could not speak. We, alone, know how glad, said Mr. Turbell. You havent a corner on all the And I'm Joy, laughed Ned Turbell. going to add to mine by being permitted to take Miss Weeks home. Am I not, dad? Ned did take Rosana home What they talked about was Inconsequential What they thought about would make more Interesting data. At breakfast the following morning, the young man looked at his father rather diffidently. ' Did you say you thought youd be able to find a place for me In your office, Dad, for the summer holidays? The father laughed. "Bad as that? Ned was only temporarily discouraged. He found occasion to talk to Rosana on the telephone on the following day. He found further necessity for calling at hls fathers office on Saturday at lunch time. In fact, he found that he had only begun to live on the day on which Rosana Weeks b'rth-dabad celebrated her twenty-first y. i ''Mother and father have both said, when I explained to them how it was, dear, he found himself saying to Rosana not many months later, that they could think of nothing nappler than to have' you in the family to be their daughter. Could you? Would you be their daughter, Rosana? Rosana decided that she could. to get the cake and the candles and paper cups for the hot chocolate Chocolate?" gasped the little one. Yes, chocolate. The scrub woman has an old burner in her cleaning closet and shes going to help me make It and Im going to give her a piece of cake. Oh, it is all planned and I am twenty-one- ! Rosanas spirits on this, her natal day, were soaring high. In the eves of the world, she had little to be cheery about. Her father and mother had long since passed along Into the eternal pathway and she had been supporting herself and living in a hall bedroom, more or less, for the past few years. But she had health and spirits; she was pretty and proud of her ability to 'be independent. She had many beaux, Lat not one for whom she cared more than another. At 4 oclock she appeared at the door of Mr. Turbells private office. He happened to be lingering later than usual at hls desk. Mr. Turbell, she began, this Is ' ' my birthday Rosana thought he started and she was taken aback a moment Was he displeased? She went on. . I havent had a birthday party for so long that I thought I should like to have one here at my desk that I love so well I I have a cake and of them and, oh, candles twenty-on- e I wish you and Miss Nancy would come to it." Mr. Turbells eyes had filled with tears. Miss Nancy, his secretary smiled at Rosana. I should love to come, she hastened to assure her. It Is ready? Thats what the children say, isnt it? Rosana was still looking at her employers face. He had not spoken. And yet she felt that his emotion was not of displeasure. Miss Weeks, he said, Ill be there In a moment. Tm glad to see so human an act in this cold office of ours. And today woqjd have been my own birthday, daughter Helens twenty-firs- t too. His voice broke and Rosana would have gone to him if she had dared. That is why I am loitering at I havent the courage to go . my desk. home to my wile I know how she is ' . feeling. Im sorry If Ive stirred Up your sorrow, Mrr Turbell, she said. Miss Nancy had left the room. Oh, no, dofit say that. Perhaps I can help you to make your birthday brighter by Joining In your festivities. Come." The little office force of Turbell & Co. bad never come so close together In the years they had worked side by side. Archy, the new office boy de- ' cided that this was a peach of an office to work in cake and candles and everything. There was no more work done that day and Rosana did not forget to wrap up a piece of cake for Mrs. Brady, the ' cleaning woman. She was about to leave when Mr. Turbell stepped up to her. I wonder If you wouldnt like to come Along home with me and and help me to cheer up Mrs. Turbell. W ell tell her all about it your party and all. Would you come?" Rosana could not refuse and It was not long before She was being welcomed by the wife of her employer. Tears came to the mothers eyes when she heard the story, but she quickly had a place made for Rosana at the family table and tried to make her feel at home. Just before the maid announced dinner a tall young man strode into the room. Hello, mother; To dad, he said. Then he stopped at the sight of Rosana. , By Charles Tenney Jackson Coprdsfar hr Tin Butfce Merrill Cnmpanr THE CAPTAIN JEANl TOO BUSY FOR OWN AFFAIRS Is All Right, but This Man Is Proof That It Can Be Overdone. Hustling One of the first jobs I ever had was as assistant to a middle-age- d bookkeeper whose activities made those of an electron look like absolute repose. He hustled all the time. When we walked down the street I with such demoniac fury did hls legs quiver. He always ran upstairs. Never had time to wait for the elevator. I have never seen so energetic a man, I said, after I knew him well enough to talk to him. This In a tone that suggested that I admired him beyond words. It was an utterly false suggestion. I thought he was a nut. One must hustle if he is to get ahead, said the virtuous bookkeeper. He is still hustling. I met him the other day, still in high speed. He can go through a mass of books like lightning through an egg. But I cannot see that he has got ahead. He Is a salaried man, owns hls own home, and has the finest set of dyspepsia I have ever listened to. When he has hurried into his grave hls wife will take in roomers in order to live. That sort of hustling does not get If he had made it anyone anywhere. a rule to sit down for two hours each week, smoke a meditative pipe, and try to discover where he was going and why, he might not be on salary today. He might own the business. He certainly knows more about It than the man who does. When any information is wanted by anyone in the plant, they look up the head bookkeeper. But he has been so busy hurrying that he has never made use of his own assets. But a frenetic agitation of the mus- cular system Is not the surest way to success. Unless one plans to be a Juggler. Boston Herald. Interest in Extinct Mammal. JThe famous cave of Ultima Espe-ranz- In the Magelllan canals, Patagonia, belongs to the haunts of the "Grisly Folk." It was here that the mylodon was discovered about fifteen years ago a find which caused a sensation in the whole civilized world, because the mylodon, a giant extinct mammal of the class of the ground-slothpossessed the peculiarity of having Its skin covered with small bones, something never observed before In any other archaic or living species, and, according to the scientific sent out from various commissions countries, might have survived until rather recent times, as there was still dry flesh and reddish hair clinging to s, it Men Have Own Language. The Yana language of northern California represents a distinct linguistic stock and had formerly three dialects, one of which Is now extinct It possesses two forms of speech, one of which Is employed by men speaking to men, while the other Is used hi all other cases. Practically the language has only nouns and verbs, the adjectives, adverbs, numerals, interrogative pronouns and conjunctions being formed from the verbs. Washington Star. 8YNOP8IB Dndor tho name of "Captain Basarae, and disguised. Jean Lafltte, formar fraabootsr of Baratar la, proscribed, return to the city of New Orleans. He la recognised by two of bla old companion!, Alderman Domlnlquo and Beluche. At the gaming tables Basarao has won much money from Colonel Carr. British officer. John Jarvis, the city first bohemian of th nrto and friend of La letters, an old-tiflue, tells of a womans face and mile. community papers, devoted entirely to news and advertisements of certain sections. Students in the reporting class In the University of Washington handle assignments for the community paper weekly nearest the university. Those living in the district are also required to dig up and turn In news Items suitable without assignments. LOSES TERRORS For Women Who Rely upon Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound -- be seemed like one conscious that the eyes of all New Orleans men of affairs were upon him. Just outside the door he stopped abruptly. In the shadow of the arched courtway of St Louis street two squat, short figures, their heads together. their arms gesticulating wildly, were vainly trying each to qnlet the other. , You know it 1st gasped the worthy alderman, holding hie site. By the Lord I I am not fooled no, not Shaven as a priest, hls hair whited as an English squires muffled by stock and peruke no, nothing deceives these old eyes of mine!" "Thou d d fool silencer whispered the swarthy admiral of Cartagena. Is there not still a price upon hls head an added price since be renounced the President's pardon, and involved himself in that affair of Galveston Island? Spanish, English the Americans, too they would hound him to the gallows I" The tall cloaked figure was passing. Twenty paces away, the entrance to La Bourse de la Maspero was filled with watching burghers. And from them all a young man had In hls advanced smilingly. green coat and shining white breeches held within hls polished Hes-glq-n boots, the young Count de Almonaster bowed gracefully and extended The Captain Sazarac was laughing hand all but hidden by hls beraffled In turn. Hls old lieutenants seized cuff. hls hands, stroked hls sleeve, crying At the green room of Masperos, ont brokenly. Sazarac glanced keenly sir, none play save those to whom at ydung Almonaster. New Orleans extends Its hospitality. No fear, mumbled the alderman. If, perchance, at any time, the name I have heard this young gallant say of a gentleman could serve in a pos- but yesterday that be would draw sible affair, I am the grandson of Don sword In any affair If Lafltte was to Almonaster y Roxas. command The I thank you. Monsieur. Aye, for the emperor I growled I am Beluche. stranger extended hls own. The clipper, Jean! Did Captain Gaspar Sazarac, recently on you ever see a finer? Monsieur Glrod service with the United States explo- brought her from Charleston new rations In the West. He shrugged from the ways! The finest teak smilingly: T thank you. Monsieur. lacquer tables, tapestries - smuggled He turned and met again two eld- from Bllboal All for the fallen emerly men who stared unbelievingly. peror! Perhaps you have heard, my d Then the admiral of Car- captain? tagena placed hand upon hls shoulder. We were saying who so worthy to "Behold us I he whispered. I command as Captain Lafltte?" fumed Beluche and this, old Dominique! old Dominique, eager .as a boy, did Dogs of old days and green seas! we not, young sir? j And you the Captain Jean! Sazarac smiled. Raoul Interposed: the plot I The plot I Ah, yes The stranger gazed at them It may be, he mnsed, that They have built a mansion for him after the heat Is done, I shall take the In the rue Chartres1" protested Domi"Financed the ship not a air npon the levee by the old Fort St. nique. Louis. The gentry do not promenade first family In all Louisiana that will not have at least a midshipman Just there, I believe." But old Bosslere to comBefore the eyes of the watching aboard burghers at the coffee house he saun- mand baht I would balk at It If I tered down the cobbles of the me had a skin to risk I You might well with the English Chartres. The fat. and honest aider-ma- n mattered; and then, at a laugh ring of ships around St Helena, said from the young count, he turned to Sazarac gravely. Well, I am Lafltte. stare fiercely at him. I am at your mercy, Monsieur I "I shall take the air upon the levee The restless eyes of Beluche were myself, , sirs," smiled Raoul "Ho, upon a trio of officers from the Dominique I Do not fall your cap- American garrison who came slowly Too much tain I" along the promenade. Since that old talk! he muttered. affair of yours, Jean the seizure of CHAPTER II Galveston Island, despite the PresiA Ship for a Pirate's Eye. dents pardon, you have long been As to this emperor the devil It was dusk when Raoul de Almonaster sauntered along the molderlng with him! The Seraphlne look at brick parapet of the little pentagonal her nowl Is she a toy for the danfort that marked the upper river Junc- dies of this town to play with? A tion of the dismantled city wall with ship Jean, and a good ship? Eh? put In Alderman Dominique: d the moat built to defend the landward side. Along the Robber, whats In your mind? retorted The American officers Inner levee face he presently saw what Let us be on. he had come to see. Dominique, the the admiral. murmured SazaThe Yankees honorable councilor of the city, and the resplendent admiral of the re- rac, throwing hls silken neck scarf public of Cartagena, even now fight- higher as the meeting groups saluted ing for Its life against the king o courteously. When will Louisiana be Spains men across the Caribbean sea. done with this Idea that she Is a prinThe small carronade which marked cipality aloof from the Washington the hour of retreat eight oclock government? The , Yankees, gentlebarked at the city halL At once, men, are here taking your little Paris. slaves and children, soldiers and They might better have left their sailors, must be off the streets of the manners In the Kentucky woods, said And cease meddling VIeux Carre. The lazy boom of a war- De Almonaster. ship down the crescent bend of the In the affairs of Spain across the SaMississippi answered; and, following bine. You, yourself, sir what Is the the sound Idly, the counts eye noted, feeling In the West? Sazarac stopped to look over the before the plaza, a long, black, rakish clipper with shining yellow masts, new darkening river. It Is a far road to sails glistening as they hung to dry, Washington. In the Ohlos there is and untenanted decks, sweet and clean gossip. A new republic to be carved from the wilderness, the Spanish as a ballroom floor. A beauty, that Seraphinel he provinces to be seized ; and among the The latest Yankee, out from discontented spirits are the exiled Tomused. Boston, cannot match her. Ho, Be- ries from the Canadas and the agents luche I She must make old blood stir of Hls British Majesty ever watching In you two adventurers Aye, turn with jealous eyes. You sav, sir, the affair of yesterday at Masperos? your envious eyes aside! Colonel Carr, who came with you He started at a step on the levee. I cannot make hls misThe gamester of. the Bourse de la down-river- ? Maspero had come along the dis- sion ont as I might wish. Nor I. Now and then, on the mantled rampart of the fort Sazarac bowed with a recognizing smile. The packet, he boasted of curious things. bronzed cheeks looked even darker I recall, one night, a lady warned him below the whited wig; hls eyes had to silence! "The lady? De Almonaster smiled. the level thoughtful humor of the man who langhs behind unreadable reserve. "You may well say. Monsieur de Almonaster. I have not seen In years a hull so cleanly lined. De Almonaster glanced at the hand drinking-roo- m 1 I CHAPTER " Continued. 2 i The strangers face waa all but averted. The profile gave the Impression of utter obllvlousness to the Hls English smallcrowded room. clothes were rather passe for the period; and the powdered hair above coat of blue broadcloth, hls buff breeches, and silk stockings thrust shoes gave a d Into low tall figure. bis to distinction quaint The two young men watched hls bronzed hand turning a card under the ruby light After a monier Jarvis yawned audibly ; and then a nudge camn between him and the Count de Almonaster. They looked down upon the short, stout form of Dominique, Behind him peered tlie alderman. CarBeiBQbe, the restless seaman of tagena. The Brtist strolled again to the Not even the buzz of Interest that followed a violent exclamation In the cardroom lured him again from bis cognac. But Dominique, the aider-mahad started to hls tiptoes with a curious glance at hls A voice? he whispered, and stared past the onlookers. The British officer, flushed with drink and chagrin, had leaned closer to hls opponent Do yon question my word, sir, as to the worth of the wench? Put her upon the block at the Rotunda tomorrow I She would fetch three thousand dollars at Charleston; and In this town, sir. If or you will find a fairer one slave, free woman of color or even among Its reputed beauties " There was a stir ; the Creole gentleanother darkling. men glanced at Langhome, the consul raised hls hand, but Sazarac had answered silver-buckle- bar-roo- slowly : Your pardon, sir, I did not know the the she was a chattel. I own no slaves, sir, nor do I care to wager for ope." You shall play on, sir. You have ruined my fortunes on this river voyage, and In last nights play I I demand my chance at retrieving. You have Just accepted my two horses In pledge. Now, then thlB San Domingo girl, upon the card, sir? Sazarac gathered the long rough surtout about hls shoulders as if to arise. The consul whispered to the d Carr. The dealer sat back with a glance at the circle of faces. Carr cried You cannot leave! He turned to those behind hoarsely. Is It customary, him: Gentlemen hr New Orleans, for a loser to be refused any legitimate wager that may reinstate him? There was a murmur; it was the code at Masperos. The stranger must know. De Martgny whispered: He has Sazarac there. The stranger must play! The stranger glanced about Carr struck the table violently. It Is my privilege, gentlemen I A card, sir! The turn of one card. Instead of running the deal I No chance, then, for trickery I The stillness became acute. It was a bad word at Masperos. De Martgny expected the next Instant to see the unknown gamester fling his glove Into Carrs face. But the quiet profile did not change. Langhorne clucked In hls throat as If the situation were Intolerable as If, Indeed, more portentous things than a slave girl bung on tho turn of the card. The card, then " Sazarac went on Three thousand dollars on slowly. the red against the bond girl. The black Carr bowed. Taken will turn, gentlemen I" The dealer threw the cards In a semicircle across the cloth. Deliberately. but with a flash of hls white fingers. he picked one at random and turned It np. It was the ace of hearts. The groups watched It curiously. Captain Sazarac arose, threw hls cloak higher about hls face, although the day was warm, and turned to go. The dealer, at a gesture from him, swept the notes and gold upon the doth. Into a leather bag. The groups broke np with a comment here and there; the gentlemen by the door gave away to the stranger as he advanced. Colonel Carr had started sullenly at this abrupt dismissal by hls victorious opponent Whatever wild word was upon the rained mans Ups was checked by the consuls muttered red-face- 1 Babies. Offered 960 Blue-EyeMrs. Alan When Scotland. Glasgow, d Reports In Embryo. Seattle has a number of But Carr, too, arose, folwarning. lowing a pace to growl over the crowd at the door. "The girl sir, will be at your disposal at the hotel at whatever hoar you, claim your property I The stranger bowed. Oat hr the -- fellow-buccanee- r. 1 go-la- Captain Sazarac CHANGE OF LIFE upon the silver sword hilt The two. rotund respectables had seen the tall man in buff and broadcloth, and were hastening. I see, Monsieur," retorted he, that despite your services with the American explorations In the West yon know a ship?" I have' seen the sea. Monsieur." Sazarac bowed with a searching And glance at the younger man. you an eye for a ship is an eye for a woman. .. . . I did not expect to meet the Count de Almonaster so far from the fashionable promenade? Nor I. .to find Captain Lafltte so near again to the Place dArmest Sazarac studied him gravely: Your pardon, sir! I think Raoul snapped bis fingers laughingly at old Dominique puffing np the levee. Admiral Beluche bad drawn a cutlass in fervent salute to hit captain. "Come come, gentlemen 1 Sesa me's voice raised sharply. Thou Jean whispered Dominique In the Acadian patois of the coast. Lafltte of Barataria. Come, yon slrl Did yon think you could tread these streets and not be recognized? murmured De Almonaster. The two old adventurers crowded around the stranger. Now, I am a man again, chuckled Dominique. "And not a clerk drooling over city affairs And suddenly, with an affectionate gesture, he lifted slightly the whited peruke above Sazaracs ear. Raven black the hair, tinged with gray. The beard shaven, droned on old DomiThe cutlass scar concealed nique. which yon got from the Spaniard at Trinidad I And these arms caught yon as you fell! "And this cut the fellow down!" erfbd Beluche. Jean, cease this fool- - r'arquhar, a childless Canadian 1 full-sklrt- I was down in bed gold-lace- ... qnee-tlonl- 1 I when started to take it and weighed 96 pounds. 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