Midvale Journal Sentinel | 1925-12-31 | Page 4

• THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE.UTAB bird. But the descent was steeper than she thought; her momentum over· balanced her, and iD an Iustunt I eaw her careering wildly down the slope, her arms outstretched, her hair ftylng 1 • loose from under the rim ot her cap. , Near the foot she disappeared l'ntirely. ~--------------------------------~--------·----------------@ Perhaps I should have rushed ufter :'1 "hlch I recorded In the :Jilenlng lines her, but I didn't. I :sat down lelsurC'!y Author of "The Cow Puncher,'' 'qhe Homesteaders" CHAPTER XIII ~''j of this l'll:l(ltE"r. 1 would have it out nt the tot of the hill and wultetl for -12WNUServlce \\ uh .1£ an. I wc.uld put up another Copyright by Robert Stead loe1· to rear.rear. Pn'!'elltly a mlttened f had given Jean up, under protf'~t. llght fur· all 1ILt t tnalle life worth the hand came up ovl'r the crt•st which '~ J8 the only thing to do. But ba,·!n~ II\ mg. I '' ould not aet'PIJt m.r fo1 te; nt WUl'de my protest I meant to accevt hid her fwm ,·iew; tlwn somethlug ticulnrly J"an's l<~ngllsh. It she wants fore me. It once had b~>Pn owned hy 1:-ast, I woulcl nut uc<'ept the fute to S!lliWIIJing round and furry, !Ike 11 m1 fate with dignity; I would tnke me now she'll ha ,.e tn say so.'' .Jack's fntller; the tlt·st page~ were I• hit'h Jenu had resigned me. She ::;h•epin~ kitten; th~·1 a forehead, m,y senten<'e like a man, and serve it two "Oh, ~et otT your hizh horse. Tie's hlll'!l "itJ. items whlrh uppal'enlly had would :<ee I • . • eyes, antl a glimpse of cheeks. without ,\·hin!ng. ~ a lame nag, an~·way! Jenn thinks she to do with the punhnsp of tl1e Lane Uut this was u battle whll'h could I bad bt>"l\ long In going to slf'ep, "A rpn't you coming do\\ n-to help ~ loves Rpoof, but ~he doesn't. She'R form, nllll with Mr. Lnne's ~1-'f\'l! es In not I.Je fought In puhlll', and I r.teked me?'' :-he l'alll'd. , and as a consequence hnd nwnkened ]'1St Infatuated with him. She'll grow the \\OOil'll mill. I gluueed U\'t•r !hem IllY wits for some wuy In whkh I ~c'''' I had meant to stand on my late. The shack '''US hlttPrly cold; the ', out of that. llut you might !Jelp her wll h c·n~ual interest and as I did so miglJt lay siege to Jean-alone. I rights; to tell Jean that she had gone l on11 <'OUJfort lay under my !wavy ulong a little." hnrdly 11 loose sli(J fell from t11e pages. could ask Jack and ~larjorie to I dol\tl tile hill on her own accord, nrHl blankets. As the light Increased I .. l'n1 not so sure. f:lpoof's a prPtty pit'kt>d tl up from the !lour and found get out of lh~ir own house '1\lllle I nu;;ht come back In the same way; counted the knolls of frost that had deeent chap," 1 suld. Inwardly ~lving a HUmher of lines In Jean's hunl.lwrit· subjected Jean to the m:un drhe which perhaps to p Jl>e some quiet mirth at fonued on the ends of the nnils that my~:;elf credit for amazing magnanimwas to brealt do\\ n her res!stunce; ller en·orts tu scrnmble up the sliping: eame through the roof. I hnd never lty. much less could I Invite Jean to !lour- pery drl!t. When a man contemplate~ noticed that so many nulls had missed through the ltv.,long day I sigh "Ot course he Is," Jack agreed. When teen for the same purpc1se. 'l'he 111atrimony he may as well settle at And ponder on my snd estate, the raftel'!l. We were ruther had cur· somewhat too readily, ns It seemed to I would my Nemesis defy prtlir!es, with all their vast spaces, re- once who's w •o, and why. Now was penters. My mind leaped back to the And burst the bounding cords of Fate. fused me jul<t thut one little niche of me. "But that hns nothing to do wltll my tl me to be firm. time when we built the shnclc, clear· it. Jt•an Isn't putting you and Spoof pr1 vary I necd.,d. As I turned I he ":\o, rm not coming,'' I said. lng all the eVt•nts crowded between. :-<ow would I tear t'nch bond away: under the mugn!fying gl11ss, so to !\ow would I risk your sad rt'proof; muller over In roy mind a clever plnn Jean looked at me for a moment, In as the vision leaps from height to S(leak, and studying out which ts the Con.e, let us live and love who may: unfolded Itself before me. 1 would sur·pr·1se; then uttered nut another height across great valleys In the Come to me. . , • Spoof. more decent chap. It (!'n't done th·1t make a sled and Invite Jean to go 1\ or d. But fro:l1 h"r hand she drew prairies. llow unreal and far nwny It way. And to save her II fe she couldn't co11sting some\\ here along the b:mk" her woolen mitten. und r.ti~ed her fine, ··~o It hns come to that,'' 1 !'aid to all SO""''ed! But nnollwr leap carried !ell you why, today, she thlnkl! she my-el t. or the g11lly. ThPn we would wander Hrrn ting-Prs in the air. One of those "Lo> e-siclt dog-gerel !" I me to the bunk of a river, and little loves f;poof, 11nd why, tomorrow, she c·ru~hed the sheet of paper on and on, the further the better. In my hand lingers <'l'ooked, with the knuckle bent children playmg in the sand. nnd a will know she lo\es yon. Hea~;on m 11 r.1:;-e, even l•'ortunately :<OLlie boards remaina·! while u hot flu;;h of &low-pacing water wheel that sprn~·et1 to\\ u rd me, and the finger pomtmg to dol'!m't enter Into the;::e things nt all.'' l'nlor ran up m,v face at the realization of the tuhle whieh had supported th£• her fac·e; then, with a little seducti\e Us mist of d;amond:l In the sunshine. "Thnt doesn't make It any easier for of the faet that I had read sornPthlng wrdding feast, und I went to work llickl'r, she bPl'koned me to her. , . . I saw her little calico dress, her littl~> rne." ne1 L'r intended for other eyes-for my with a will. The reaction from in· It wns too much. I sprang on my brown hare frrt, the rin:.:IPts of yel"Maybe not,'" Jack admitted. "And, Pyes least of nil. Ro she could tenr activity \\as In it :self a tonic to my sled and shot like an an-ow to Its low hnlr hung about ller elteel,s. That as I have urgupd that reason doesn'l th!' hond~ away; S!ll' coulcl risl( his spirits. and r found mysc·lf whi:;lling tnrgPt. was Jean. • • . •nter Into the cQn:sider·ation, I suppos<• "sad n proof'; si1e could do unytllin,: an 1m pro\ iscd tunc which I fitted to The clock l•ad stopped! It was with "Isn't It wonderful, wonderful!" she it Is of no use to reasoa about it hut fin!] wonls to 1111 out the feet of ·•rn·•m· suudenness thnt I rPnllzed tiH• exclalnJed. "All thi& wlute wilderness Then let us get onto ground ~ ou <·an !lie ln!'>t llne. "Come to me. clock bad stopped and In my harrPn to play in, to shotrt in-Lh;ten I" And nrHIPrstand. Com~> on over for sup Spoof!'' With a SLHirlPn stubbing at 8huoty was the silence of the tomh. she )Jelloed at the top of her voice. per." my Lf'art the question lnterroguted me, Its roun<:J, glu~sy face grinned an im· Only un echo, beating back from the l accepted with more alacrity tlwn Could .Jean br ingenuous enough to becile .:rio at me from Its plnre on n banks of the gully, answered. See, we might he ex)lr<'INI of a young man use lhnse dots. Tor·onto yacht,men in! Iude 400 O\\ nafter the manm•J' of shelf on the wall. Its hands showP!l are all alone-noone In all the world. who wus resolved thut although tlecl •nr Juodern ers of fourteen-foot tlinghies. writers, to suggpst some· a quarter to four. • • • Well, thert> Why didn't you I.Jring me out here beto the srake he would not thrust his thing which :::he shrank frow saying in was notblllg very mysterious ai.Jout fore?" American BO\\ ling association was feet In the fire. Marjorie ltissed llll' )'lain Engl1sh? that. In the ~>xeitement of the wed "Are you glad to he alone with me, wh!'n I went In-n ktss for her dear· organized at J er~ey City in 1880. party I had merely forgotten to .Jean?" 1 nsked, drawing her hand Into old bachelor Ju·other, she said, obvious t.'.i-tJlnlf the clock. Only an overwrought mine. "Are you,glad to be here, alone, I resolved to have It out with Jean. lhll McCorry will manage the AI· ly in fun, but I think there wa!i a lienoo.11 system could discern anything There w,Jth me?" wns no sense , In lettin~ things 1111ng of deep sisterly sympathy underbally teum of the Ea., tern league again nneuuy In tba t. 1 reasoned all this ~o on hlte this. "Why, yes. You are roy friend." .Jean had happ!Iwss next season. out, with absurd deliberation, as I neath. Jean was calm, poised. ~elf within her gr.1<~p, for the tnk!ng, but "Only your friend?" rubbed my eyes and wondered why control lee!; her eyes seemed !urger ~f•p pnrs!sted In writing moonstnJ!'k "Oh, see, there's a place where pei'· thun usual, and the wlnte of them Gene ~IcCann has been re-engagt'd clock had stopped. Or perhaps doggerel to a man who npparentl'' haps we can slide right over the pitch I showed that clear blue tinge thut is as manager of the Spnngfield team of frost had stopped lt. Let's I" en1·ell no more for her than for tlltl the Eastern league. founcl in !'Ollie kinds or delicate chiha post that mnrkecl the corner of h1s She was on tlle sled In an instant, lly watch had fured better, and Either the lump light wns pecu• I drew It from my pocket OJl ~eetlon. and I behind her. 1 kicked It loose. Spoofs conllnued and delib· liarly yellow or Jean's complexion was Edward S. Stimpson II of Chestnut \\'ith a gent! crunching sound the the corner of the hed thP frlentlh· helow 'rate ne::leet-1 ralll'd it n!'gi<'Ct nowHill has been elected caplaln of the the mark. She chnttPd freply runners started scraJllng through tlv> of Its ticking was reassuring to admlttell no othPr explanuuon. almost too fr·ee!y, and laughed Ullon llanard golf team . my eor, I could hear the l'ompunlon· ,.,now; then, as the speed Increased, the I ~Jll'llt a wakpful night thinking occasion, but there was no ring iu sound rose to a whine which mingled c11nter of Its bnlanee wheel gal· ahout this, und toward morning I got her lnughtl'r'. Twentl·six Notre Dame players down the road of life I.Jy my with the rush of air in our enrol and have been awarded monogr.nns for Alto;.:etlwr, It wns ruther a dtfftcult up nnd rl'trieved the crumple<! bit of Bide. "Next to u dog," I said to mythe svrLI:V of sno~ in our faces. Jean's l !he 1()~5 fombnll season. ,.venlng. We played !'urd:,; after sup· paper· \\ hkh I hatl thrown Into a cor· lelf, "a watch Is the best friend a heels were just above the S!;t)W sur- ' per, and trierl, ns so runny others h:n l' ner of the kitchen. l spread ft out m!ln can ha ,.e." face, and whEn, ns hnpper..ed once or clone, to forget our trpuhles In thl' tllld r!.'ad the lines n~aln A night of John S. l•enton of Houghton has twlc!', they dropped too low, they That set me thinking about dogs. <'lwnce of a luelty hand. been named Aiichigan foollmll manEven the rPli~"'<'tion hud worn the ('dgl' frnm 1'1.\ showered us with fi:-rlng ley C!?''tli!o;. I wonrlered why In a II thPSI' curtis were agninst 111e. .J!'un uger for ID!!O. and I itH1i~nnt:0n, uucl I adnnttl'd th.lt, fro n Theu, jnst ut the o.'t, one heel trove months I had ne~lerted to provide my hacl HIWll~ s pl.lY"'d togethPr, lmt to :m ::rti tic pomt of \ le,,, tlle \'tor<;('>; In mueh too deep-t~o deep to he nc· with a dog. As u sort of insur night Jaclt Insisted th.Lt It was not ''ere 1 erll tps not so hopele~ as I ha1l The first Ynle-Princeton fnotha11 l'idt"ntnl-th!' sled trembled, turned I grimly reflected. One always 1ue t thnl n man should have his w;re t I111Ugll t them. Indeed, the~· sn.:c:c~, ec' ~ame was in 11>13, awl was won by sidewa:~•s, am1 went over. fall hnek on a dog. for u partuer nt cards. so our comhl n c rtuln germ or poetic a hi!. ty. A Princeton, 3 gon.l; to 0. \\'e llisentnnglrd out·selns, lam;hlng, 'l'he hands of the wateh snld half-past uallon wns hl'ukcn. r mny ha,·e h.1d n IJttT!' llf'\ II of conscience he ~au an In * * t. and I suddenly remembered ~uhronsc!ous anti di:;;turhing feelm;; HUrrP• tion In my sense of fair pla), But the Descent Was Steeper Than but we d•d not lmmechately redimb the 'Valter !<!arks, junior class presi· She Thought; Her 1\lomentum Ovcrltill, I fount! a slleltere1l spot In the thl•re were cattle to feed. It thnt Jean's hnnll, to my left, w·outd t 1emuntling to l>nnw if I eou'c.J wr1te a~ b.alanced Her, and in an Instant I pitch where we might slt on the sled 1 dent, has been elected c.1ptulll of the he a dect>nt thing to get up anLI have m:Hh• better lloldin~ than !Ill\· \\Ell mysrlf. But I am no pl)et. l Saw Her Careentng Wildly Down \\ith our backs to thc gt·eut drift while Ht!G football team at the Un~v(.rsity do all the chores that morning, If t!Jey thing f COUld hope to dl'aW from tilt• tnok n peneil anti put down the word of Ch!c:.t;;o. the Slope, our fuc·es caught the slanting warmth ,.ere nut already done. So I drew lll) deck. At uny rate I pluyed abomi· Jean. and thC'n set nhout hunting for * • • Jlt~ mes for It, hut I could think of from beneath my tJillow. nuhly nnrl went home early. the words, "When I am old and very of the sun and our eyes could range Frnnk IT. RiiJll'y of Gat·y, Incl., has sprang from the friendly shelter A ntl so the days drag,;ed on. I kept only t\\ o-"lenu" and "bc•un." NPltllel' tull, etc." Hope rl'I.JOllllllec.l. as hc•[J,• the field of tiny· ralnhow s!gnals been elected to captam the 1D:.!G !'orof these !'eenwd to lt>nd 1tself to poet!• will, from its tli[l Into Lit SJ!air, nnd I thrO\\ n nv trom the ripple at our feet. due football team. tlibley plays left the blankets. H corner of my south .,, indmv rub\H:>d J enn hroJ,e up the crusted snow\\ ith eud. I hnrrlet!IY started a fire; watched ,·Jeur of frost so that I might main· trt•atment hl'g.t n to ph:tm·e the ~lwei\ on Four Ruddt'llly a whiff of memory rushin~ teen u~ it woulcl I.Je uu'der the loving the l1eel of her O\'ershoe; then buried ontll It had a proper draft; tumed tain a lookout for a \ lslt from Spoof. * damper In the pipe to guard for although he wns my rival. or Ill'· in fru·n somewhere sent m~> :<cultllng- •·are o( "~lt·s. llall," and the joy that her fuH in the !lOWdery mound. PresThe German HJ•orts l'nlon lias supernst Its getting beyond control after ('1\Use hr was my rival, I felt that I amon;; ole! school books at the bottom 1\ e would lind in Its setlusio!l. 'l'he ently a toe came wig~;ling Ull through vision o\er .til ~ports 'In tl1U country, It. . . left it. 'fhen. after dr·awlug on my lmd '' ith Spoof ~onJPtliing \cry muC'h of my t ruuk. Jt was a wlum of min ltll hc:td!]uarters are located .vintrr montlt!l, '' hlch h.ul hcen dra::! in "Je!ln, don't" r cried. "You take me lllunich. to kPl'Jl my old sebool bool,s, If on!~ ;mg so uuuttt."!rul.Jiy, suduenly thrent· cap und mitts, I set out for In <·ornnwn. But SJJouf seemed sud haek to th •qe CJid days! We undC'r· stables. The morning was gray. denly to ha,·e clisc•ontrnue!l Ills visit>< ll!ltt In 11fler ye:lr.; I might read unci ned to I.e all too ~llo1·t. n scattered sifting or smull snow I completed my sleigh anrl pre~entecl stood e\ erything then; then ever~ ttun.,: Golf teams nrc to he o:-gnn:Zl'11 In to [·'ourtcer~ und Tweut~·-two, nud for npprrclatp the little ge:ns of llter.ltUr£• '"'"·"'"'"· but the nip to the u!r was tlll t lhe first time In th.Lt winter the trnll \\hi!'h, '' itl1 the us:<i~tance of a p!lfpg. Ill ~<'If at the door of T\1 ent)'·two w.1s sU)l]Jo~ed to be settled.'' e-n< h of the n, e high ~e!.oo!s of D:tl· The !()e settled to stillness In Its I Ins, Texa><, by the nnmic·Jpal golf tomso uncomfortaiJle as It seemed to his ~<hack was entirely overiJicm u matlc te.lf'hcr, I cortllnlly l1:1ted whe· Jack lookecl upon the veh!t.le wltlt e1 i a ehlld. IIere It ,,·us--tm ull.l Ontnrin ltlll mrs [\ iug. L mny h:11 c lmilt It J,unuwlng; .le.'m's sensitive lip, too, mission of that dty. contemplated from under th,, nnd ohJltPrnted in a \\'USte Of SHOW. blanltets. I reflected that com .ttttel' ~toutl~-, hut tl1at \\as nl! l'eason settl£d to a stiiilll's:; lirm and B.ld . .Tack c.Hne over every U•lY. and ~Iar· reader with a Rens.ttlonnl f<tm·y ubou1 • nn rndian woman and hap(uness are lai·ge!y n mat who klllPrl "'!'ell uw..1l'all," I pressed Lit length ; n hen• why he ::;lwuld suggest that I hath au jorie nml ,J enn came two or threl' During the la"t hn ·ehnll J"ea~on .• ,, hy e:,n't we go budt; '' hy cun'L we Simmons, of t11e PJ,Jiaclelphia Ath· of the point of \'h•w But thai times a week and gave my shack the with a butehl'r knife, or some sneh IIX tO (1. IIN:•..n't help when the bottom has ful weapon. .My s_vmpnthy, I retnemher start u1er· ug::tin-like that 'i" "An ox!" I retorted. "This Is built Ietlc,, mali£' more hits than nny other hnd nlwnys been with the hear. donbt "\\' out of y01::r particular unlvers.!. e it:l\ e a(WH.}S U~ell good friends,'' major lea;,;ue player. for· f;JJced I am going to a:sk J l'au to less beennse of the picture which w.t~ 10 co .. lsting.'' she munoJurecl. The stove lids were red hut and the mnde to represent the lndian "( <ood friends-yes. Must It stop at wom.m "Ahn !" s.tid .Jacl,, sigui!lrantly. "I ··~··tt'"' was belching forth n small gey Golf teams are to he organlzet1 In I hail reatl this that?" story ng.1ln ancl again ,, i~h you ull pos~lhl~slll'ed." or steam when I got back to the each of tht> lh e high sehools of ll.lll.l,, "hen nil other pas;;ag€':; !n the I.Joo!t "And nPi;;hbors,'' she contlnuecL 'l'exn«, !.Jy the mu:ticipal gulf com· My search for remnants from Jean shol\ eu no reluctance about go· had failed to lntcncst me, nnd sonll feast of the night before was a' ng. ~he lire\\ on n woolen swc.1ter "\\'e ha\ e nlwnys heen good neigh· mission of that elt.1. llttle Jon~ for·gottt'll cell of memor·~ ,tnd a lSho1·t, cloth winter co.tt, wrth a hor:s. l'erhaps that Is the troullle." lngly fruitless, until I remem said I \\ ould find a fragment of pt'Jli'I "!low-the trouble?" that the young Hansens hue! ollar of sollle tlulfy kind of fur which M njor Louis Heard, former officer tu!'ked b«>tween thPse pag~>s. Sur turned loose upon the left-overs "Wl'll, it's Iii'~. this," she snid, and of the t:nit('(l Rtates nrmy, has het>n l:ld originally gro\\ n on a cat. She Pnou~h. thE>re It was l I drew It out 111d a little fur cap of the same mu· again the toe begun to gyrate In the engnged by Harry Payne Wh.tney I eoolt< d a mixture of oatmeal and to Pagerly, hut tenderly and almost re\ whkh I culled porridge, bollel.l er·ial, whkh she tmlled do'' n snugly :-;now. "\Ve',·e known each other so take charge of his stable:; in Ken· erl'ntiy, and held It under the lamp fresh eggs, thawed out purt of a well, and so long, there Isn't anything tucky. m her head, und '' e were off. How that t~trunge, childish sera wl of brettd, melled a ple<:e of butter We followed the crest of the gully -mu1·h-lrft to know, Is there? Could ~eemect to run ull over my hPart and sat down to a menl that was hardfor some llistunce in the direction of you stand the boredom of a person Finns for a world m!tldlewelgltt pucl;er It luto little gasping porkets! "'neezlt's farm, l)Stensibly cal('ulnted to make me rejoice In In seureh of '' ho h!ls no new thoughts, no strange championship bout bel\\ et>n Harry I <·ou It! feel a thumping bet wePn 111~ single blessedness. L good coasting spot, but actually mud1 ideas, no "ltims-nothing that you GrPh, the titil'holder, and Dtn e Shade, lungs nnd the hurd beating of m~ Aft•~r breukfast I washed my few ·nguged with our thou;;hts and the real ha' e11't :tlready seen and known a hun- Callfornia \\ £'1 ten\ e1ght unrl ('On· pulse weut throbhing through the pn· purpose •<J! our outing. 'fhat Jean tlrl'd tunes T' J1111,ne.s, swept the floor, made my bed. queror of Junmr Hlattery, fell through per in my fingers. generally set the house In order. "The1·e never could be boredom with when Greb refused the terms. undt•rstood it pprfectly I was conthen lt was only ten o'clock. ' inecd, and under sueh clreumst:lUces you, dear. Just to ha\·e you with me, When I am old nothing more to do until noon. And very tall 1he fact that she had so readily ac· to feast on you, to know you were Vlears G1ass Cage I hope my name noon there would he a repetition eepted wy lm ito lion was ut least a mil1e, would be enough for me." Will be Mrs. Hall. the routine, and then nothing to do topeful omen. "Fo1· nbout a \\eek. You'd soon tire night. At night there would be Walkiug on the untl'llf'ked snow In of a feast \\ ith no flavor to It. I A ml~t cnme up out of the p~st und and the even!nrchores. aml blurred the scrawly letters until the) lllldl\'lntL'r Is un uncertain business, \\ ouhl, at uny rate. . • . Oh, I see more to do nntll morning. swam llefore my pyes :mcl.fade<l out of .md the prairie people rarely make use it workin~ out nlrendy. I don't want the next day the ssme, and the sight. They hud carried Ill!' hack tc• of snO\\ shoe~. For the mo~t IHII't to gosslp, and Jaclt nnd Marjorie h.1ve and the !':11111', the dC'ar dead days of rhlltlltood- there \\as frozen crust that bore our been C\ erythlng they could to me, but Tl'llS mi•l·afl<>rnoon when Jack that Eden of life \\ hlch <'Ollll',.; urfon wc•1ght, but this crust has au unfor· nll·eatly I can see them ~ettling down ) in upon me. "\\'ell, old Robin "So It Has Come to That," I Said to til\~ db;illus!onment which Is the Full. tunate habit of gi\lng way nt unex- to the routine-the deadly routine. Cru. oe, how goes '<llltuue ?" he 'fhe years hetwecu llad gone out with pected moments, particularly when one Bad enough an~'\\ here, lmt on these Myself. "Love-Sick Doggerel!" OAtnnncled. a gulp that filled my throat, and again hns just t:1ken 11 big stride forwarcl. pr:!iries, with their isolation, their im· "ltotteu," said I, "but I ean alway" womanly touches of which It wus be· \\e \\ere little childt·en playing to There is an effect very much lllw nwns1ty- uuhcarui.Jle. I couldn't my mind tf I want to." .;inning to liltand In need, hut Jean gether, so!er.mly mating ourselves for coming upon the head of the stairs in stnntl It.'' "Aha!" he exclahned, In return, never cume alone. I began to undcr- the future under the wltne"sing mur- the darkness when you think ) on are I studled her for a moment in sl· ~ela.sp!ng hlwselt' about the middle. stnnd that the prairies gl\·e solitude mur or the great pine. 'fhut had been sl ill safely wall,ing along the hull. It lence. Jenn might know all about me; hlow in the fifth rib ! A suutle '' itlwut pr!vncy; If one seeks privac~· one of the 1-(reat duys ln my life, and precipitu tes one for·ward with great I might hu ve no new thoughts, new lie goes to the city for it. under the fifth rlh !" l had not known It then. I wondrr how suddl'nness. but fortunately snow Is Ideas. new whims, but It was quite In this W:.!Y u couple of weeks bad often we !mow the ~:reat day when it 'I good thing to fall ln. \\'e scramlllell plain I didn't know all ahout her. Jack was ob\ lous!y In great spirits. with a sudden soberness he sat passed when one evening It occurred Is actually upon us? But In that day to our feet, laughing and In high "~till, there are many couples on t(} me that I could kill a dull hour or I hud drunk In som<'th!ng which had sph·its. lt was a wonderful thing to these Jlrnlrles 11\Jng happily, 1 sup· 11 ues!ue me, and I felt his hand pose," I ventured. '"Y knee. "It's not quite the thing two, und dlsl'hnrge n somewhat neg· become part of my syst<'UJ; part of my laugh again, and mean It. (TO BE CONTINUED ) chap," he said, "to cut us dead l~cted lllin! duty, by writing a letter (!psh and bone and brain; part ot my At last we round a place where the beca1-e we're married-that Is. to my futher. Investigation proved llope, my uspiration, my life. And snow had curved ln u great white Old Geographical Term that I bad no writing paper, so I went now would r give It up? Never- plume over the bank of tne gully. For cut you," I retorted. over to Jack's to uorrow some. They never I I pressed the precious missive fifty or sixty feet It dropp<'d away In theria \\as the name given by the me time." hud none, e!ther, but .J:1ck produced to my Ups and sucldenly the dam of an ab~olutely smooth descent; U•en nnclent Greeks to the territory lnclud· know It's a raw rleal for you,'' un old account hook with some u!ank my ovenvrought nenes gave way, and came a suduen plt{.h, as though a !:reat ln!r 8pn!n, Portugal, and southwestern went on. disregarding my Inter· sheets In it, which we dec!dPCI -~·ould tours rushed down upon me. With 11 ladle had scooped out the drift; then a li'rancP.; but It Is now userl as poetic Carl Wolfe, ~hown in the photo· "nnd I'd glv~l'd glv~half do quite well. In those dars we man's shame I would hn,·e chl'cked succession of little billows whippet! te~ for Spain only. The worrl graph, ::-uhstitute half bJck for fDJ~;'IJappltws;s, If y:m like, if I could weren't pnrt!culur about stntionery. them If I could, but the flood would up by the cross currents at the fl•Ot of "lberia" was slso emDioyea by the Hutgers and stnr drop-kicl·er of the Greeks and Romans to designate the lt'a a little embarrassing ,JPan wns In hl'r roor11 while l wns not be stopped-and there was none the hill. "It looks good," said .Jean. "Let me southern part of Georgia. R countrv ID squad, Is compelled to wear gla,ses But cton't you think Jean I there, and did not come out, so In n to sc~. I fell on my bed and let tbe llDd consequently has had a cage bullt see It it Is tlrm." Asia, south of tile Cnucasus mountatn.e. h a llgbt-a little more ftgbt few minutes I returned to FCJurteen. storm sweep over me. to protect him. He ls thought to be With that she ran out upon the arlft. between the Black a.Dd th11 llupJu ._.. t.ave made!" There I set the lamp on ~he tahle und After a while came calmness, and the only player in the game weareu...-ttntlld En~tllsb," 1 said, "par- spread the ole\ account bouk out be- 1\ltb that ~almness th.. resolution her dulnty feet trlppiJli down it llke a 1aeaa. Ina such a device. Woman Pocket Billiard Chan1pion !9 t:il !' By ROBERT STEAD I lU ' 'i i ~ort Notes "Womnn rl1nmplon pocltet billiard player of America.'' That's what Miss Helen Glassburner, twentyone, of Pittsburgh, Pn., and her friend~ rlnlm. This fair cne ex:p!>rt nnnouncl's ~he IR really for all comers. from nn 8-point to a 1(},. 000 point game. Her high run in a regulation game Is 21 l.lalls. Crowe at Basket Ball • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • l . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 I l'hotO'Tuph sllo\\:; Clc 11 l't·owe ot I,afayet te, In•!., who eapt linl'd tlle Notre Dnme fol)•h::~ll sqn •d tlurln ~ tho past seus• n, nntl who \\111 plnl for\\·ard on the1r has ·et hall team this yc t'. Yale Again Holds Lead in All Athletic Sports Yale rptains !ts gl'ip on tht' l:la,lor stare of eastern ln•e:!·o! l • i.tte ath· lctk laurels fnr lP2~~ by ·; m1r1·ow m::..rgin. It holds or slr:~t·es se\'C•n c•h, 'lJ')i <•ns:h!ps. •n,e N:.vy is satmL with a gra ~Il on :;!x. Y~cle',; l1<>n\·icst scth,.d;s till!! ;venr came in trar·k nnd foot! tll. Imlivi£1· u.d titles '' c:c lost In golf and C'ro. ~;­ countr~· rm r ing Yale's rcwingo m.•d1inr kept up It;:; Yidorlous stn~.\1,, "'h!le it" 0 WI•nt.Jln~.; .1nd golf tr.tm· t'Pgainul <·Lall1pionship hei~hts Ilor·Lcy, inti >or J•Olo anrl ~ '·nter polo hon H s nl o "ere g tlwred !l ngaln, '' hile Yt le II' en sh.1rcJ fenctng lalll PIS With tltC' • '• \ Y. Sonl11ern <..' 1llfornl.1 r!'placed Yat ~ as trn~'k <llnlilP'On. li'r·ed Lanprpc• of 'l'ntllle c: J'e up f1·om tlw South tah:e the gc If erown wh ch Dexter <'umrning,; of Yalt' ltr t1 \\ o•·a fell' t vo "easons. Yule's foothall IE m was lwaten by l'enu and Prin<'•'ton. 'J he Xuvy regninetl rowm~ pre!'tige fo1· tlw 1•'nst hy c·•mquern g the l''ll· verslty of Wn<:h!ngton lmslde~. Tb" ·a\'~ won the hoxin::; title from l,'(n ~tnte antl retu'ned grJ'IDastk :111d rille-;:hooting d1amplonsh!ps, he~ des ><ha J'ill!!" the Jlrincipnl fe1clng nntl swimming hono1·s with Yale. Constant Punching Will Soften Toughest Jaw The lmoekout n! Pal Moran, \'€'!Pr>Ul New Ol'lean" lightweight, by ".Mushv" Cnllnhnn, In Los Angeles wm; jn!'t ~­ otlwr !':tse of the pttl'her going to t11e \\'l'll once too often • Moran always p:hled h!m~('!f upon tW"'"esi<ing the tl)ughel:'t chin In the light\\ <'ight dh i ·LJn. lie had taken the hest thnt B!'llDy Leonar·d. C'hnrlie \\'"l,itl', P 11key l\lltchell, Bohhy l!.,r· rett, Lew 'l'encller and Luis \'lcentini, all eras!• in' hittc r~, had to ol'fl'r \\ ith· out folthng up. nut the wallops ea<'h of thene deroslfl'd on hi·> ch.n b<>lp 'tl the t \\ ent,r ~enr oltl Los Angde~ newshoy to In~· ~forall ' 1. Constnut dt'illl i.. ,: wate1· \\'eat"'; away stonE', :ttHl eon>:taut pnnchlr.g softens the toughest j.1w. Fighter Jimmy McLarnin Fast Taking on \V eight The rapid phy,ll'nl gr·owth of .Timmy l\IcLarnm r!'mO\es u big b0\1 lcler from the 1111th of Fidel Lu Barba, tlyweigh . dmmplon. Last ~ enl' :McLarnin was not much , bigger tlwn 11 good-sized drink of water. \\'hen stood alongside La Harha It \> ould haye tnke11 a lu;cn judge of phy;;!cal dimensions to tell \\ hlrh was the big~er, nltl•ough as matter of fact ~lcLarnln had a fe\V pounds on the flyweight kin;.:. .1a) lJe thnt wus '' hy the Scotch Yank beat La Barhn the two t;meif they met. Since then Mei.m·nln 1liLI b<'en steadily grOwlni tcm a rd the aldermanic l'lass.