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Show fsERIALT J STORY CyJ 1HERI I INFINITE 1 1 VARIETY ! & By Brand Whitlock (W) So - x .tluslrallons by Ray Wallers SB (Uilirihl, out, tj Uvbla urrlll Uu.) SYNOPSIS. Bermtnr Murl'y V.m.ui's visit Willi his P'"" " Hii. 1 rupl. .1 l.y ii . .ill ft. .mi III" p.itltl.il I..... hi ,.. , ., ,, t I : ll.ith niiMliil ii. Hi- Kill ln..f Hum h... I l'"'lii i,. I,,l iirnm.t.-,l to nli.ii.l ii I dinner tti.it evening with him Hli sail I h v. urn. .1 f.ir a nnll.iti.il .,tll.- t..r l.lm On V.in.,i, . ,1.-1. m n. nt,. l. f.,i,i r.-.l r...-. ,i. . . .ii,, ,i,i. . I hy it .l, ,i t,.r suffrage fur oiitii.ii II.. niel Hi.- until.,!..., un-til.,!..., lir.ltv Mi.a Maria llr-.np .if I'll'"". kli" I'fl I l cm.rt Il i.. Int.. v,.tln for h.i,i... r.sntiitl.iii Xn. I Mim ilre.-t... a... ur.-d Vrrtniit'ii promise In V I.ir II,.. mni ik.. lvm.liitl.iti. II" "l" l.t.il li.r liv n.liMtii IIIK .itliors He l"nk Using t.i II,- fair mirfiiiu.'llf Minn (lr.-.n ,,.,ill,..l win, ll,.. Ii..,n. mint Kov- ern..r V..rii.ni H.linltt. .1 In 1,11 If Hint tli- iif?r,iK.tte liinl l!ir. .1 n MtriiitK- f-.-l-li,K wltblii I, im II" r T.it t.i r.ii.l l,i fl,.ti". "- l"tt. r V. rn. n tnn.lf ii r..,il HI "h In f.iv.ir nf suffrage. l,, ,1 by glumes (mm Mi., llr.-. no. I CHAPTER V. Conllnutd. J When hi- hii'l done. IhtTci was moment's atlllncsa; then rnmc the long weep of applause Hint runic tlirntiKh the chamber, unit while lhi lla-titt-nniil governor rapped fur order, men crowded around Vernon and wrung 111" hand, m bo wl.il hi forehead with hla hnndkorchli f. Ami then Iho rnll i, wan cnlli'il. It hnd nut proceeded (nr when thorn wna thill mint Mo chnngn In thn nlninphiTi whlrli la an easily roc-ogtilxod roc-ogtilxod hy those who hnvo acquired t tho sense of pnlltlrnl aornsropay: the I change Ihnt betoken ionic now, un exitcctcd anil dungoroua maneuver. ) Itrnldwood hail romn ovor from the house. Ilia fiiro. framed In Ha ilurk i board, wna atom mill aorlnna. Ilo ' whluired an Instnnt lo Porter, tho entile loiulor. Porter rose. ( "'Mr. President," ho until. I Tho lieutenant governor wna looking 3 at hi in expectantly. "The gentleman from Cook," the lloulununt governor anld. "Mr Prealdent," anld Bonnlor Por- , tor. "I niovo you, air. ihnt the Itirlhor ' discussion of tho resolution bo post- j A Mjtfitiod iititlt, Wndneaday morning, ono week" fi out lo-morrow, and that It bo i mailo aporlnl ordor linniodlaioly (ol- lowlnx tho rondliiK of tho Journal." l "If thorn are no onjoctlona It will be ao ordered," auld the llouionnnt J Kovornor. Hull llurna ahoutod a prompt and hciiimn "Ohjooi!" . Hut thn lli'iitonunt Kovornor calmly 1 aal.l: ' "And It la ao ordered." The gnvol fell. ! CHAPTER VI. After tho adjournment Vernon otiKht out Jklmln (iieeno and wulkeil with lior tin ii Capitol uvenuo townrtl - lm hotel. He wua propnred to enjoy her cotiKnittilHtlotia, hut alio wna allent for a while, and hoforn they apoke axnln "I)oo" Anioa, atrltlliiK rapidly, hnd ruiixht up with them. Ho wua atlll arowllim. "I wua aorry you didn't H n I h h your apenrh an you Intontleil, air," ho anld. with nmothlim of tho ncorlilfy of a : reproach. "Why," bt'Kun Vernon, looking at him. "I" "You laid out very broad anil com-ltrehenKlvo com-ltrehenKlvo ground for yournnlf," tho old mnn ronilntied, "hut uu'oriiinnioly you did not cover It. You ahould hnvo developed your auhjoet ItiKlrally, aa I had hopea, Indeed, In tho beginning, you were going to do. An argument bnned on principle would have boon mora to tho point tliun an appeal to tho piumlona. I think Mlaa Hreonn will agreo with me. I am aorry you dltl not aetiuuliit tun with your Intention of ddreaalng the aennte on thla linpor tnnt niouauro; I would very mui h hnve liked to confer with you about what you were going to any. It la not contemplated con-templated by I hone In tho reform , movement that the chnrma of woman nhnll bu advanced aa the roanoii for her right to euunl auffruge with man. It la purely a matter of cold, abut root JiiHllro. Now, for Inaliineo," Iho doctor laid hla finger In hla palm, and begun to apeuk (lldnclleally, "aa I have pointed out to tho houao, whatever the power or tho principle Hint glvea to man hla right to niako tho Inw thai govorna him. to woman It glvea tho anme right. In 37 alntea the married niol her hna no right to her children; lu 16 tho wife hna no right lo her own onrnlnna; In eight aha him no aepurute right to her property; In Bevon " Vernon looked nt Mlna (ireeno help iNxaly, but tho wna nodding hor head In Hcquleiicence to ench point thn doctor doc-tor laid down In hla hurah pulm with tliut long foielluger. Vernon bud no chunce to apeuk until I hoy reached the hotel, title wua to lake the midday train buck to Chicago, and Vernon hnd Inalated on going to the titllon with her. Juat aa alio wna about to leave blin to go up to hor room ahe anld, aa on a audden Impulse: "Do yvu know that the women of America, yea, the people of America, owe you a debt?" Vernon nvs'imid a must modest at-1 tl'llde "If wo ure am oeisfnl," alio wont on. "the a lo,-ate ,,( rniia) nurfnige all ovor the l nlto, State will bp greatly I enriMinin.l: the reform movement evert where will receive a genuine Im pet tin." ' You will ho down net Wednimlay when the ro-oiltitlon cornea up again, won't you?" nked Vernon. "Indeed, I shall. " nhe said. "Do you have any hopes now?" "Hopes?" Inughed Vernon. "Why. certainly; well adopt It. I ll give my whole time to It between now and then. If ihey don'l'adopt that resolution resolu-tion III block every other piece of legislation this aesnion. appropriations and nil. I guess that will bring them lo tlmo'" "You're very good." she snld. "Hut I fear Mr. porter a Influence." "nil. I'll take rare of him. You trim It to me. The women will he vol lug In this suite next yonr." "And you shnll bo their candidate for aovernbr!" sho cried, clasping her hands Vernnu colored; ho felt a warm thrill course through him. hut ho waved the nomlmiilon aside with his hand. He was about to any something more, hut ho rouhl not think of anything any-thing quickly enough. W l.lle he hesitated. hesi-tated. Miss Greene looked at her wulrh. "I've missed my train," alio said, quietly. Vernon grow red with confusion. "I beg a thousand pardons!" he anld. "It was all my fault and It was certainly certain-ly very stupid of me." "It'a of no Importance. Where must I go to reserve apnro on the night train?" auld Mlsa (Ireono. Vernon told her, nnd proffered hla services. o was now delighted at the philosophical way In which she accepted ac-cepted the all nation II would hnve brought tho averngo wotnnn, he reflected, re-flected, to tenra and then ho went on to picture lo himself the practical results re-sults In Improving women's chnrnctcrs that his new measure, aa bo hnd already al-ready come to regurd It, would bring about. CHAPTER VII. Maria Oreene would not let Vernon attend to hor tickets; alio said It wna a mutter of prlnrlplo with her; but Into In the afternoon, when they hnd hnd luncheon, nnd ahe bnd got the tickets herself, sho did necept hla Invitation In-vitation to drive. The afternoon hnd Justllleil nil the mornlng'a promise of a tine spring day. nnd as Ihey loft I lit; etlgea of tho town and turned Into th road tli lit stretched away over tho low mm "Did You Evar Live In the Country 7" undulations of ground they call hills In Illinois, and lost Haelf mysteriously In the country fur beyond, Mlsa U roene became enthusiastic. "Isn't It glorious!" nlie cried. "And to think I lint when I left Chicago Inst night It wua atlll winter!" Hlie shuddered, shud-dered, aa If sho would shnko off the mumory of the city's uullnesa. Her fuce wna flushed and alio Inhaled the aweot ulr eagerly. "To be In the country once morel ahe went ou. "Did you ever live In the country?" Vernon naked. "Once," alio snld, and then after a grave pause, ahe added; "A long tlmo ago." The road Ihey had turned Into wna aa sod and aa smooth aa velvet now that the spring had released It from the thrall of winter's mud. It led hostile ho-stile a golf links, and the new greens woro already dotted with golfers, who pluyed Willi Iho test Ihey hud ttccumu-luled ttccumu-luled In tho forbidding winter metitha. They alicwcd their enthusiasm by playing play-ing bare armed, aa If already It were the height of aunimor. Aa the buggy rolled noiselessly along, Vernon nnd Mlaa (Ireeno were allent; al-lent; thn apell of Ihe spring wua on them. To their right rolled the prai ries, that never cm le.i:.; met Hi lda, however much ihey be I Hied or fenced. The brown eanh, Tn lis Huge of ytcit.a green In re and there, or Its newly plowed clods glistening and steaming In the sun. rolled away like the sea h'nr off. stun, ling out Win!, nnd for!, Idling ngalnst the hurl-run. hurl-run. t'-ey could see tho ui'ly buildings of a coal abaft; behind, above the tries that grew for ihe city's ahndo. the convent lifted Its lower, and. above nil. the grnv dome of the State House renrod Itself dominating the whole scone. The nlr shimmered In the hno of spring. Hlnls were chirping In the hedges; now nnd then a meadow lurk sprang lr.ro the nlr and lied, crying out its arntmo stnecato song as It skimmed the surfuro of tho prnltta. Vernon Idly snapped tho whip ns he drove along; neither of them seemed to rnre to apeak. Suddenly Ihey heard a dls'nnt. hint) thud. Tho earth trembled slightly. "Whnl's Hint?" aald Miss (Ireeno, In some nltirm. "It couldn't have boon I bunder." "No." anld Vernon, "ll waa Iho minora, min-ora, blasting." "Where?" "Down In thn ground underneath us " She gnvo him a strange look which he did not comprehend. Then ah turned ami glanced quickly nt tho blnck breakers of Hie ronl shnfi, half a mile nwat; then nt the golf pluyers. "lo iho mines run under Ibis ground?" slip asked, aw-eoplng her bund nbout and Including the links In her gesluro. "Yes, nil over here, or ruthor undet here." Vernon said, lie wna proud of his knowledge of tho locality. He llioiichl II argued well Hint a legislate! I should bo Informed on nil queailona I Marin thought a moment, then she snld ; "The golfers above, the minora below." be-low." Vernon looked at hor In surprise. The pleasure of Hie spring hnd gone out of her eyea. "Ilrlvn on ease." she snld. "Tl.eio" dinger." anld Vernon rons-urltiK.. . lucking nl hla horse ami tho benst flung up Its head In a spasmodic burst of speed, as livery-stable livery-stable horses will. The horse did not hnve lo trot very fur to hour I hem nwny from tho rrark of the golf balls nnd the dull auhteriuuenn echoea ol Iho- miners' blasts, but Vernon fell Hint ii cloud hnd flonled all at oner ovor this first spring day. The woman sitting there beside lilin seomeM to wlihdrow herself to nn Inllulte ills tnneo. "You lovo Ihe country?" ho aaked, feeling thn need of speech. "Yea," ahe aald. but ahe went no further. "And you once lived there?" "Yea," ahe said agnln, but ahe Touch aafed no more. Vernon found a deep curiosity springing within him: ho longed to know morn about thla young woman who In all outward waya seemed to be Juat like tho women he knew, and yet waa ao essentially dlf ferent from them. Hut though he tried, he could not move her to apenk of her own llfo or Its affaire. At thn Inst he anld boldly: "Toll me. how did you come to be a lawyer?" Mlsn (ireeno turned lo n t hla Inquisitive In-quisitive gate. "How did you?" ahe asked. Vernon cracked hla whip at the road. "Well" ho ainmmoicd. "I don't know. I had lo do something." "Ho did I," alio replied. Vernon cut tho luiy horse with Ilia whip, and Ibo horae Jerked tho huggy aa It made Its professional fuiul nl Hotting. (TO UK CONTIN'tlKD.) Surnames In Boanla. Hnsnla la a land whern a man'a surname very often vnrlea arcnrdlng to hla religion. In the old days families fami-lies often divided their members between be-tween Christianity nnd Islam, ao aa ti he certain to hnvo friends on Ihe winning side, much aa old Scottish families In aouie casea deliberately divided themselves between Jacobite and Hanoverian. In such lloanian eusea. Sir Charles Kllot explains, all representatives of tho original fnmlly recognize each other aa rclntlvea, but generally they use different nnmoi for the Iwn brunt lies, convoying the auine meaning In Slavonic and Turk Ish respectively. For example, therr nrn the iinmt-a Itnlknvleh and Jimotlcb I "llul" and "Jennnt" both meaning puradisel. and Si.kollch nnd Hhnhln nglch ("Hokol" and "Hhahln" both meaning falcon). |