,the ,silica ,gel ,pseudomorph ,and ,other ,stories ------- ,,by ,,edward ,,hart1 ,author of 8,our ,farm in ,cedar ,valley40 ,,easton1 ,,pa4 ,,the ,,chemical ,,publishing ,,co4 #aibd ,,london1 ,,england3 ,,williams ,,norgate #ad ,,henrietta ,,street1 ,,covent ,,garden1 ,w4 ,c4 ,,tokyo1 ,,japan3 ,,maruzen ,,company1 ,,ltd4 #aa-af ,,nihonbashi ,,tori-,,sanchome4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,copyright1 #aibd1 ,,by ,,edward ,,hart ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,to ,harvey ,washington ,wiley1 ,scholar1 ,teacher1 ,poet1 ,writer and ,speaker1 ,fearless ,publicist1 ,lifelong ,friend4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,i have a boy who loves to have me tell him stories4 ,true stories usually need modification and adornment if they are to remain interesting1 and so many stories told him were embellished4 ,these stories have been written for my own amusement at night while others were sleeping or as a rest between more serious tasks4 ,some of these are true1 some partly true and some are products of the imagination4 ,edward ,hart4 ,october #a1 #aibd ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,contents ,,page ,,the ,,silica ,,gel ,,pseudomorph #a ,,peep-,,chick ,,mountain #ab ,,round ,,valley #af ,,mont ,l',,hery #bb ,,death ,,valley #ca ,,the ,,professor',s ,,story #da ,,my ,,friend ,,zahn #eb ,,just ,,samuel ,,jones #fg ,,fat ,,and ,,lean #hc ,,woozy #ij ,,the ,,hermit #ic ,,sandy',s ,,story #if ,,the ,,hoboes #ii ,,jumping ,,steel #ajc ,,all ,,the ,,way ,,from ,,melbourne #ajh ,a ,,defense ,,of ,,the ,,wealthy #aac ,,the ,,skin ,,of ,,the ,,bear #aai ,a ,,visit ,,from ,,the ,,wileys #abd ,,in ,,the ,,days ,,of ,,the ,,roses #acc ,,the ,,red ,,devil #aea ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,the ,silica ,gel ,pseudomorph ------- ,south ,jersey is a very sandy country4 ,there are miles and miles of sand there4 ,some of it is very pure white sand used for making glass and for molding sand4 ,some of this sand has sharp edges but most of it is rounded as if the grains had rolled around until the edges were worn away4 ,mr4 ,kummel has written a paper about this sand in the ,report of the ,new ,jersey ,state ,geological ,survey for #aijf4 ,his paper is entitled 8,the ,glass ,sand ,industry of ,new ,jersey40 ,it is a very interesting paper though you might not think so from the title4 ,there are also very large beds of green and red sand4 ,the green sand is especially interesting because it contains such immense amounts of alumina1 iron and potash4 ,if our chemists can only find cheap methods for extracting these substances we shall have enough to last us forever4 ,the most curious thing about this green sand is that it is still forming in the water along our coasts4 ,here the limestone shells of dead foraminifera are slowly filling up with the green substance as their bodies decay4 ,the shells are slowly dissolved by the sea water at the same time1 so that the green sand grains give a perfect cast of the inside of the shells4 ,i became interested in this sand while ,i was in college4 ,the professor sent me down to ,mullica ,hill to get a load of it to experiment with4 ,he wanted to find a way to work it4 ,at ,mullica ,hill ,i heard that a farmer by the name of ,peter ,norman had a pit on his farm4 ,one of the loafers there offered to go along and show me the way4 ,i told him he might go if he would get the farmer to let me have a load of sand for nothing and help me load4 ,this he promised to do4 ,on the way he informed me that ,norman's daughter1 ,euphemia1 had taken a notion to him and that probably they would jine up4 ,i said ,i was looking for a wife myself and if ,i liked her looks ,i would take her along1 but ,i must be sure first that she was a good cook4 ,he looked me over as if ,i were some kind of an insect and asked me how much ,i weighed4 ,i told him all of fifty tons4 ,when we got to the house ,euphemia came to the door herself4 ,i must say she was a fine looking girl with very mischievous eyes4 ,she said her father was down at the other end of the farm and my friend had better go and get him4 ,then she giggled4 ,when he had gone she looked at me and giggled some more4 ,said ,i might go ahead and take all the sand ,i wanted4 ,i asked her if she was sure her father would be willing and she said3 ,sure6 ,she said she would show me the pit and got on the seat beside me4 ,as we drove along she told me that one of her girl friends had told ,sim she was gone on him4 ,i said1 8yes1 so he told me40 8,did he80 says she1 8the poor simp60 8,if you go about breaking hearts like that10 said ,i1 8you'll get in jail next4 ,i understand that the sheriff has been instructed to jug all the flappers40 ,this made her giggle some more4 ,she stood by the side of the pit while ,i threw the sand into the truck4 ,after ,i had been digging a bit my shovel struck something that felt like rubber4 ,it was round like a rubber ball as ,i uncovered it and larger than a canteloupe4 ,i tried to throw it out1 but it seemed to be fastened to something at one side4 ,i went on digging and was getting interested when ,i heard some one shouting1 and there was the farmer coming as fast as he could1 waving his arms and shouting with all the breath he had left4 ,when he reached the pit he was puffing and blowing so he could hardly speak1 but he made it plain that he was cross because ,i had dug without permission1 said ,i had no business to do it1 it was trespass1 and he had a great mind to have me arrested4 ,i said that his daughter had allowed me to dig but this did not seem to satisfy him4 ,euphemia told him ,i wasn't hurting anything and he needn't make a goose of himself1 so he quieted down4 ,asked what the round ball was8 ,i told him ,i didn't know and he got a shovel and dug too4 ,after awhile the girl said3 8,why it looks like a man60 ,it did1 too4 ,we went on digging and uncovered his legs and then his feet4 ,they were feet all right1 but he was the queerest looking thing you ever saw4 ,after he was uncovered we turned him over and ,i declare he had a nose1 mouth and ears2 it was a man6 ,but the oddest looking man you ever saw4 ,his body was nearly transparent2 like cloudy glass4 ,you could see all his bones through this4 ,he looked like stiff jelly with pieces of cotton in it4 ,we looked at him and then at one another4 8,well1 ,i vum10 said ,papa4 8,did you ever10 said ,phemy4 8,geewhitakers10 said ,sim4 ,the farmer brought out a wide board and we rolled him on it4 ,then ,i nailed narrow boards on the side1 so that he was in a kind of a trough4 ,there he lay1 glistening in the sunlight4 ,when ,i looked up ,i saw that ,euphemia was giggling again4 8,why the laugh80 said ,i4 8,don't you think he looks funny8 ,i never expected to see a man's bones like that40 ,it hadn't struck me that way before but it was funny1 and ,i had to laugh too4 ,just then the man sneezed4 ,euphemia gathered up her skirts1 for she had on a long dress1 not one of the bathing suits the flappers wear on the streets nowadays1 and made a bee line for the house4 ,i felt kind of scary myself4 ,it isn't every day1 ,i can tell you1 that you dig up a jelly corpse and have him sneeze just as life-like6 ,pop ,norman by this time was as white as a sheet4 ,but what the corpse did next certainly made me stare4 ,he opened one eye1 and after looking around a bit1 confused-like1 he looked at me1 and winked4 ,i certainly was flabbergasted4 ,then he opened the other eye and sat up4 ,then the farmer scooted4 ,the corpse began to talk to himself in some kind of outlandish jabber4 ,i thought it sounded like ,spanish but it came out like lightning and ,i couldn't get it4 ,i had studied ,spanish at college but ,i was not very well acquainted with it4 ,after saying the same thing over three or four times he turned to me and said it again--slowly1 and quite imperiously4 ,he was asking where his clothes were4 ,i said ,i didn't know but would enquire4 ,i went to the house and found ,euphemia very badly scared and the old man drinking blackberry brandy4 ,he called it a cordial4 ,i insisted that he get some clothes for the stranger and we picked out an old suit ,i thought might fit4 ,i took these out to the ,spaniard but he was much displeased with them and said he was not accustomed to such garb4 ,i told him it was that or nothing and the girl was coming so finally he put them on4 ,he seemed to be about as spry as ordinary people1 and his manner was very polite4 ,euphemia got over her fright after awhile and came downstairs but she seemed quite shook up4 ,after awhile the ,spaniard tried to talk to her but of course she couldn't understand until ,i translated for her4 ,after awhile she seemed to like to hear what he said4 ,his talk was quite high-flown1 and after every few words he would put his hand on his chest and make a low bow4 ,this seemed to suit ,euphemia4 ,it was getting on towards evening and ,i was obliged to leave but ,i asked ,euphemia to take care of him and ,i promised to bring a ,spanish book so she could make out what he said1 and ,i told him to stay here until ,i got back4 ,he promised to do so and ,i went away4 ,when ,i told the professor about my glass man he smiled and smiled4 ,he said the ,spaniard must be a silica gel pseudomorph1 and he was surprised and delighted he or it could talk ,spanish1 and when he said this he grinned like a ,cheshire cat4 ,i got a ,spanish dictionary and phrase book at the college bookstore and went back next day4 ,i found he was trying to explain the difference between ser and estar4 ,it struck me that was a funny thing to do1 but he seemed rather touchy1 so ,i gave her the books and went back to college4 ,i was very busy the rest of the term and couldn't get away1 but as soon as possible ,i went back4 ,they were out riding the old man said1 and he seemed rather put out4 ,when they came back ,i tried to tell her about the green sand1 but she didn't seem to be interested and he yawned2 so1 after talking to the old man for awhile ,i came away4 ,she didn't ask me to come again4 ,he was polite but quite formal4 ,i saw no more of the ,normans nor of my ,spanish friend for a month4 ,i was in ,trenton one afternoon and was walking on the street when who should ,i run into but the ,normans4 ,they were staying with an aunt of hers and ,i went with them4 ,we sat up pretty late that night while ,euphemia told me about the ,spaniard4 ,she said she wondered ,i hadn't heard about it2 part of it1 it seemed1 had got into the newspapers4 ,she told me she soon got so she could talk ,spanish pretty well4 ,it was not difficult except that miserable ser and estar4 ,they both meant the same thing and you were pretty sure to use the wrong one4 ,i told her it was like the old lady who knew the difference between soldier and shoulder but never could tell which was which4 ,she said the ,spaniard talked all the time4 ,he was so polite that at first she liked him pretty well1 but he never seemed to like her father and didn't treat him very well4 ,he claimed to be a hidalgo1 which appeared to be some kind of a nobleman4 ,he was terribly stuck on himself4 ,he was a ferocious eater and kept her cooking most of the time4 ,he was always asking for dos huevos fritas or carne de vaca4 8,he kept me fryin eggs or ,dad runnin to town for meat all the time4 ,i believe he could eat a gallon of soup1 and it took so much butter to fry the papa fritas that we had none left for anything else4 ,he was fond of fish1 too1 and was always askin for them4 ,this got so bad that ,dad and ,i concluded we had better take him down to the shore where fish don't cost so much4 ,by this time something got the matter with him4 ,it had been rather cool and moist up to this time but by the time we were ready to start there was a hot dry spell4 ,before this you could see everything inside his head except where the bones were in the way4 ,but now white patches like snow began to grow on his face1 and pretty soon he began to look like a snow man4 ,his face was perfectly white without a trace of color4 ,it was frightful4 ,i kinda liked his looks before that4 ,you needn't laugh2 you like the good lookin women best1 and ,i don't see any reason why we shouldn't like the good lookin men40 8,if he didn't get what he wanted at once he flew into an awful rage1 and it was pretty fierce1 ,i can tell you1 to have ,snow ,white rampagin around4 ,so we took him to the shore1 or at least we started for the shore4 ,he had a sword that the blacksmith had made for him out of an old scythe of ,dad's and belt around him to hold it4 ,i said we might be arrested for carrying such things around1 but ,dad said you could not carry concealed weapons1 but nothing was said about other kinds1 and there was nothing concealed about that sword4 ,so we started off in the wagon1 and he sat in the front seat with ,dad4 ,pretty soon ,i noticed that little white scales was driftin down from him on the floor4 ,it was hot that day but he didn't seem to feel it in any other way1 but all the time those little white scales kept siftin down 'till the floor was all white4 ,i didn't like to say anything for fear of hurtin his feelings but ,i got mighty nervous4 8,we had been on the way about an hour when he spied some oranges in a store we was passin1 and he got out1 went in and took them4 ,didn't stop to pay1 just took them and came out4 ,the store keeper came out and said1 politely1 that he had forgotten to pay1 but ,snow ,white flew into a rage and began to swear frightful4 ,he pulled out his sword and chased the store keeper into his store4 ,then we drove on1 but by this time ,dad and ,i were scared stiff4 ,about an hour later we passed through ,swedesboro when a little fellow with a star on his coat came up and told us we were his prisoners4 ,the ,spaniard jumped out and ran at him with the sword4 ,the constable was plucky2 he pulled out a pistol and fired at the ,spaniard1 but he didn't hit him1 and the ,spaniard chased him a ways down the road4 ,we drove on then but more scared than before4 ,i asked the ,spaniard if he wasn't afraid of being put in jail but he said no1 they wouldn't dare touch a hidalgo4 8,pretty soon we came to a cross road and somebody yelled at us from a clump of bushes #8,surrender in the name of the law4' ,but that didn't frighten him4 ,he just jumped out and charged that clump and drove the two men in it down the road4 ,by this time we were almost to ,pennsgrove4 ,i was so scared that ,i got off and ran down a side street and ,dad after me4 ,we didn't see any more of him but we was told he drove in as large as life and met the ,sheriff1 with two deputies4 ,he chased them and cut one of them pretty bad4 ,then he ran to the wharf1 jumped on a fishing boat1 cut the cable and started down the river4 ,the revenue cutter got after him and they fired a shot at the boat4 ,this made her fill and she went down but they managed to pull him out4 ,of course he got very wet4 ,they took him to the jail1 gave him some dry clothes and put him in a cell4 ,they captured ,dad and me too1 but after they had asked us a lot of questions they concluded we wasn't to blame and let us go4 ,i went to see the ,spaniard next day and1 say1 he was a sight6 ,all the white scales was gone but they had been thicker in some places than in others1 and where they had been thickest there was a kind of a pit on his face like a man who had small pox4 ,he looked fierce1 but the water had made him look like glass again4 ,there was no snow white stuff on him at all4 8,they took him before a ,j4 ,p4 that day and he told them he was a ,spanish nobleman who was willing to die for ,spain4 ,he said he had sunk many ,english ships and killed many ,english and that he was going to do it some more40 8,now1 ,i don't know what you think10 ,euphemia said to me1 8but ,i think that fellow had been thrown overboard from some ship and was petrified on the bottom of the sea and covered with sand4 ,when you dug him up he just came to life again4 ,he must have been a bird when he was alive1 and so he just went on being a bird when he came back to life40 8,well1 the ,justice of the ,peace thought he must be crazy so he sent him to the asylum4 ,but he didn't stay there long4 ,he broke loose one night1 made for the shore1 killed two men who was sleepin in a small vessel1 pulled up the anchor and put to sea and hasn't been heard of since40 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,peep-,chick ,mountain ------- ,over in that funny state called ,new ,jersey there is a mountain called ,peep-,chick ,mountain1 or something like that1 and this is the story of how it got the name3 ,there was once a band of robbers who lived in a cave on the side of this big mountain4 ,they stole sheep and pigs and chickens from the farmers who lived in the valley4 ,once they had no bread1 and the chief robber said3 8,go and steal all the eggs you can find and we will trade them for bread at the store40 ,so they all went out to steal eggs except one4 ,he was a red-headed robber and he said3 8,i think ,i am for ,direct ,action4 ,i don't believe in this roundabout business of stealing eggs and then trading them for bread4 ,besides ,i should like to have some pie and cake also40 ,so he went down to the road and hid in some bushes4 ,pretty soon a big automobile came whishing by4 8,go along whisher60 said the robber1 8,i can't eat you40 ,then a truck came rumbling by4 8,get along1 rumble bumble10 said ,red ,head4 ,then along came a baker's cart4 8,hi60 said ,reddy1 8,here's the ,staff of ,life60 ,so saying1 he pulled out his pistol and fired at the tire4 ,there was a bang and rattle1 just as if a pane of glass had fallen on the sidewalk1 and the baker's cart began to wabble and pound on the road4 8,ho60 said the baker's boy who was driving1 8there goes a tire40 ,he got down and went around the car4 ,just then ,reddy came rushing up4 8,hands up for pie60 said he4 ,the baker's boy was so frightened that he ran and jumped into the canal1 swam across and hid behind some trees4 ,the robber fired several shots after him but they only splashed the water and scared the boy4 ,then ,reddy unfastened a bag which had been wrapped around him and shoved in pies1 cakes1 loaves of bread and doughnuts as fast as he could4 ,when this was full he filled another bag4 ,then he tied the two together1 flung them over his back and made off as fast as he could4 ,presently the watchman spied ,red ,head coming up the hill with his bags of pies1 bread1 cake and doughnuts4 ,it was misty and he loomed through the fog like a donkey carrying sacks4 8,hey1 ,jack60 called the watch1 8,ohe1 ,ohe60 8,ohe yourself60 said ,red ,head fetching him a slap over the head4 ,but he struck hard and lost his balance1 fell and rolled down the hill4 ,the other robbers rushed out and grabbed him1 but soon discovered that it was ,red ,head and let him go4 8,i know what your eggs will look like10 said the chief4 ,when they turned the bags inside out they found the pies1 cake1 doughnuts and bread all mashed together4 ,there was blackberry pie making a red streak and lemon custard making a yellow streak1 with doughnuts flattened out and loaves of bread between4 ,the juice of the pies had been soaked up by the bread and cake4 8,hey60 said the chief1 8,what have we here80 8,that10 said ,reddy1 8is pie-cake-doughnut-bread40 8,it looks it10 said the chief1 8but ,i believe we can eat it40 ,so they sat down and ate some2 and1 sure enough1 it was good4 ,in the meantime the other robbers who had gone out had stolen all the eggs they could find and put them in another cave near by4 ,there were #ejc dozen in all4 ,now it happened that there was a hot spring in one corner of the cave where the eggs were stored and after they had lain there long enough they began to hatch out4 ,one morning when the robbers came out of their cave they heard a great rustling and peeping all over the hillside4 ,there were #egih peeps moving through the grass and among the trees and crying3 8peep6 peep60 8,goodness60 said the robber chief1 8look at our eggs6 they are hungry40 ,that night they stole a feed grinder from a farmer in the valley and several bags of corn4 ,three robbers shelled corn1 three drove the mill1 three fed the corn and three made mush of the meal and fed it to the peeps4 ,the other robbers stole the corn and carried it up the mountain4 ,in about two weeks they were tired out4 8,we are not robbers any longer10 they said1 8this is work60 so they all ran away4 ,by this time the peeps had become chicks and begun to eat grasshoppers and crickets and were able to take some care of themselves2 but the foxes1 weasels1 skunks and minks had a fine time eating them as they scattered over the mountain side4 ,bye and bye the farmers caught them until there were no more left2 but the mountain is called ,peep-,chick1 or something like that1 to this day4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,round ,valley ------- ,they called it ,round ,valley because it really was round1 hemmed in by very high hills1 except on the west2 here there was an opening through the hills1 down the middle of which flowed a mill stream which drained the valley4 ,part way down the gap between the hills was a mill dam2 and a short distance below the dam was the mill4 ,the miller was a little ,gnome who lived in the mill with his wife and daughter4 ,the mother had once been beautiful1 but hard work had made her old before her time4 ,her face was wrinkled2 there were crow's feet in the corners of her eyes2 her steps were slow and feeble and her hair was growing gray4 ,the daughter was a very beautiful and charming girl2 she was happy-hearted4 ,she moved around quickly1 helping her mother wash the dishes1 sweep the floor1 put wood on the fire1 take up the ashes1 milk the cow and feed the pigs and chickens4 ,as she did these things she often smiled1 and anyone who took the trouble to watch her could easily see that she had happy thoughts4 ,there were many ,little ,people living in this valley4 ,you seldom saw them but often heard them4 ,in one place below the mill the water fell over some rocks1 and here1 if you listened1 you could hear some of them saying3 8,urgle1 urgle1 urgle10 just as plain6 ,some lived in the branches of the pines and cooed3 8,whoo1 whoo1 whoo10 and others called from the dry grass3 8z-z-z40 ,everywhere their voices could be heard1 but very soft and low--for they were ,little ,people4 ,every day the ,gnome worked in the mill--pouring grain into the hopper1 tying up the bags of flour and writing in a big book in one corner of the mill4 ,his clothes were always full of flour1 and though he banged them with his hands and shook himself before going into the house1 he was always gray or white4 ,he was always busy1 and seldom came into the house except for meals2 but he appeared to be interested in his work and quite cheerful4 ,one evening the sky became dark earlier than usual1 and a mist fell over the valley2 then the wind rose and the rain began to fall4 ,it was a dismal night out of doors1 but within the miller's house it was bright and cheerful4 ,the window panes shone in the light from the bright fire burning in the fireplace2 the curtains over the windows drooped gracefully and were clean and white2 there was a bookshelf filled with new books with golden titles and a shelf filled with flowers in pots in one of the windows4 ,the room was clean and dry and warm as the miller and his wife and daughter sat down to their evening meal4 ,as they sat eating and talking there came a knock at the door and the daughter went to open it4 ,a dark-eyed ,stranger was standing on the threshold4 8,come in quickly10 said the girl1 8the wind is driving the dead leaves and the rain into the house4 ,you are very welcome2 come and share our meal60 ,the ,stranger muttered his thanks and drew a chair to the fire4 ,the mother went upstairs and presently came down again4 8,you are very wet10 said she4 8,i have laid out a suit of my husband's in the room above4 ,go up and put it on6 ,it will keep you warm and dry until your own is ready40 ,so saying she opened the door of the stairway and stood aside to allow the ,stranger to pass4 ,in a short time he came down and ate a hearty meal2 but his face was far from cheerful4 ,he appeared to be gloomy and glum2 he said little and looked at no one4 8,he is tired10 said the mother to her husband1 8take him up to the guest room60 ,in the morning the visitor appeared to be more cheerful than before4 ,he was still gloomy and glum1 however1 as he ate his breakfast4 ,he had come down late and the miller had gone to his work in the mill4 ,the mother was in the kitchen1 and the daughter sang as she waited on him1 poured water on the flowers and drew back the curtains to let more light into the room4 8,why are you sad80 said she1 8see what a beautiful morning6 ,the fleecy clouds are sailing over the hills2 the mill stream is shouting for joy and the birds are singing40 8,why should ,i be happy80 said he1 8,my wife and child are dead2 ,i am not well and ,i have lost my money4 ,why should ,i rejoice80 ,so saying he looked gloomier and glummer than before4 8,oh1 you poor man10 said the girl1 8,i am so sorry40 ,so saying she brought in another plateful of hot cakes and put a jugful of maple syrup on the table2 but still she kept on singing1 for her heart was filled with joy4 8,it is very pleasant here10 said the ,stranger4 8,if you do not mind ,i will stay a few days4 ,i have enough money left to pay my board40 8,you must settle that with my mother10 said the girl4 8,it is rather lonesome here sometimes1 but you will be very welcome to stay as long as you like40 ,so saying she ran off to tell her mother4 8,oh1 mother60 said she1 8,i think it will be splendid to have him here2 he is so sad2 and he has lost his wife and child and his money2 and his health is poor1 too4 ,i am so sorry for him40 8,that is too bad10 said her mother1 8,we must be good to him and perhaps he will become more cheerful40 ,at first the ,stranger wandered up and down the stream1 hunting in the woods or fishing in the brook4 ,presently he tired of this and began to help the miller4 ,very soon he spent most of his time in the mill4 ,in the evening he and the daughter would sometimes take a walk through the woods or over the hills4 ,as he worked in the mill and grew tired and hungry1 and slept in the clean1 sweet country air1 lulled by the voices of the ,little ,people1 he grew stronger and happier2 the frown left his brow2 he began to smile1 and presently to hum a tune4 ,one day the miller did not feel very well1 and he went to lie down on his bed1 leaving the mill in charge of the ,stranger4 ,a few days later this happened again4 ,presently the ,gnome laid down every day1 and then he became so weak that he must stay in bed all day1 while the ,stranger took care of the mill alone4 ,they sent for the ,doctor who said he must stay in bed until he got better4 ,but he got no better2 he grew worse each day4 ,one day he called the ,stranger to him and said3 8,i feel very sick1 and ,i believe ,i shall soon be going to a far country2 will you take care of my wife and daughter when ,i am gone80 8,yes10 said the ,stranger1 8,i will do all ,i can4 ,you have all been good to me and ,i will do my best to return your kindness40 ,then the old miller turned his face to the wall and died4 ,and they buried him beneath the whispering pines4 ,and the daughter said3 8,oh1 what shall ,i do8 ,what shall ,i do80 8,let me help you bear it10 said he4 ,then she looked at him and smiled through her tears4 ,after the miller died the mother was very lonely1 and she often said that she would like to go to him4 ,presently she1 too1 sickened4 ,every day she grew worse1 and finally she died and was laid to rest beneath the spreading pines beside her man4 ,after the funeral they sat before the fireplace4 ,she was crying and his eyes were wet4 8,what can ,i do80 said she1 8,i have no one to love me and care for me40 8,yes you have10 said he1 8,i promised your father ,i would take care of you1 and ,i love you very much4 ,it will not be hard work for me to love you and care for you40 8,oh10 said she1 8,i am so glad you love me1 ,i have loved you for a long time40 ,then she kissed him1 shyly4 ,in a few days they were married4 ,she cared for the house and he ran the mill4 ,she is a good housewife and sings as she works and he is a good miller and sings as he runs the mill4 ,they often kiss4 ,i have noticed that when he kisses her he grows younger but as she kisses him she grows older4 ,they grow happier every day4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,mont ,l',hery ------- ,to ,angelo ,catto1 ,archbishop of ,vienna1 from ,philip de ,comines1 ,lord of ,argenton3-- ,in the ,memoirs which ,i have written1 my good ,lord ,archbishop1 at your desire1 ,i have spoken of an occurrence of little importance1 it may appear1 and which was of small note among the great and mighty events which took place then and thereafter4 ,none the less1 though ,i have there written but a few words1 7as thinking the relation of my own small affairs of little value7 matters of great import to me and mine transpired which ,i shall here set forth1 that you may1 if you see fit1 relate them to my dear daughter1 ,joan1 when ,i am no more4 ,in these ,memoirs ,i have related that after the battle of ,mont l',hery the horse ,i bestrode was old and tired1 which thrusting by accident his head into a bucket of wine1 drank it and was thereby become lustier and more serviceable than he was before4 ,i have also there set down that on the third day after the battle we took up our quarters in the village of ,mont l',hery and that the inhabitants were in such consternation at our approach that they fled1 some into the church steeple1 and some into the castle1 which held out against us and was not taken4 ,i have not set down the events of the first and second days after the battle because1 as you shall see1 ,i could not know much of them1 being away on my own affairs4 ,after ,i had mounted this old1 tired horse which ,i had ridden for several days1 ,i laid the reins upon his neck as was my wont4 ,straightway he began to gallop1 and when ,i sought to rein him in ,i found the bit between his teeth1 and he on a mad run4 ,we burst through the ranks of the men-at-arms1 whereat ,i suffered not a little1 being without armour at the time1 and galloped hard into the village4 ,as we turned at the church my old horse stumbled and fell and ,i was thrown violently into a meadow at one side of the way4 ,of what happened next ,i know only as it was related to me thereafter4 ,for a long time1 it appeared1 my wits were wandering4 ,then ,i opened my eyes to look into the eyes of a young maid bending over me anxiously4 ,she smiled and said3 8,i am glad1 good sir4 ,you were as one dead4 ,it was an ugly fall40 8,where am ,i80 ,i asked4 8,you are in the house of my aunt's nurse10 she replied4 8,she lies sick in the room above4 ,i had come to visit her and saw you fall4 ,i fear some of the ,king's men saw you also and will do you a mischief40 ,with that there came a knocking at the door and hoarse voices shouting3 8,open in the ,king's name60 ,she opened the door and ,i heard loud voices talking4 ,three archers were there1 sent1 they said1 to bring me to the ,castle1 but the maid denied them4 ,she averred ,i was in great pain and unfit to be moved4 ,there was much said that ,i did not fully hear 7my wits not yet being fully returned71 but presently she closed the door and came back4 8,i have staved them off for awhile10 she said1 8but you must get back your wits as soon as may be1 for they will come again40 ,but ,i was in a maze at the beauty of her and said no word4 ,she seemed like an angel to my sleepy eyes2 for by now ,i felt dead tired and of a mind to sleep4 ,this she saw and said3 8,sleep1 fair ,sir6 ,i will fend them from you40 ,at which ,i dropped off to sleep to dream of yellow-haired angels singing2 and when ,i awoke1 of a truth she was singing in the chamber above4 ,in a few minutes she returned quietly and1 seeing ,i was awake1 said3 8,i have now two patients1 fair ,sir1 ,i pray you tell me how you do80 8,i am stronger10 ,i replied 8but my arm pains me1 and methinks a bone may perchance be broken40 8,not so10 said she1 8but it is much bruised40 ,again there was a knocking at the door1 and when she opened a rough voice enquiring for me4 8,he has been sleeping and is better1 but he has been much bruised and must stay the night40 8,nay1 ,nay60 said the archer1 8that must not be4 ,i am bidden to bring him straight to the ,castle40 8,he is my patient10 she replied1 8and ,i tell thee ,i will not have him moved1 ,count or no ,count40 8,you must even have your way1 ,lady10 said he1 8,but ,i see a heavy reckoning to be paid if he come not soon40 8,i will answer10 said she4 ,when she returned3 8,i am beholden to you1 ,lady10 ,i said1 8for your too great kindness4 ,but ,i must not lead you into danger4 ,that would be a poor return4 ,let me be led to the ,count40 8,how say you80 she replied1 8would you put your head in the noose8 ,i tell you the ,count is bitterly angry with the ,count de ,charolois and will hang all his men40 8,i care not10 said ,i1 8,i will not see you led into danger through my fault20 so saying1 ,i sought to rise but fell back almost fainting4 8,see10 said she1 8was ,i not right8 ,you are unfit to go1 and ,i will not have you go until you are fit60 ,here her eyes flashed and she stamped her little foot fiercely4 ,i slept but poorly that night and a fierce fever consumed me4 ,in the morning she was much distressed and vowed again ,i should not be moved4 ,shortly there came another knock and a voice saying3 8,you little vixen6 ,what matter if he die of a fever or be hanged80 8,hanged he may be10 she replied1 8and you will1 but he must come to his trial well4 ,and you do force him to it ,i shall have your own head sooner or later1 and that ,i vow60 8,i warn you the ,king shall hear of this60 he said4 8,let him10 she said1 8and let him do his worst4 ,i have cared for many wounded1 and ,i have yet to ask whether they be rich or poor1 or of high or low degree40 ',tis said the ,count was in awe of his ,countess and of her niece1 my nurse4 ,however this may be ,i know not4 ,i do know that ,i was not more disturbed that day4 ,on the morrow ,i was still feverish having passed but a poor night4 ,in the morning she visited me again1 saying3 8,fair ,sir1 ,i see but one way by which ,i may save you from that murderer at the ,castle4 ,he is my uncle1 and were you but husband of mine he dare not touch you4 ,have you a mind to wed80 ,verily1 this ,i had not thought of1 but the thought left me warm and not cold4 ,and yet ,i must hesitate for her sake4 ,i dare not lest she regret4 ,so ,i said3 8,truly1 my ,lady1 the honor you speak of is far beyond my just deserts4 ,did ,i think you truly willing ,i should hurry on the match4 ,but should you regret1 nothing would be left for me but death4 ,let me therefore die the death at the hand of this dread ,count rather than you should grant so great a boon and then repent40 8,say no more10 said she4 8,i have said you shall not be harmed1 and by ,god's word no harm shall befall you40 ,so saying1 without more ado1 she sent for the priest who said mass and married us4 ,great was the wrath of the ,count1 her uncle4 ,but what was done could not be undone4 ,when he was gone she turned her face to me in shame4 8,what must you think of me80 she said4 8,if you will but trust me10 said ,i1 8you will see that ,i think well of you4 ,before that you thus sacrificed your future for me ,i thought you an angel4 ,my life shall be devoted to winning and keeping your love40 8,how do you know ,i do not love you now80 said she--and fled4 ,when our army came up and ,i was well again she had disappeared4 ,i saw her no more for months1 being detained from pursuing her by the war which came to an end but slowly4 ,after that ,i had served ,king ,louis at ,peronne and had been taken into his service ,i heard much of her1 but do what ,i would1 could never come near her4 ,at last1 despairing1 ,i went to the ,king and confessed my plight and sought his ,majesty's assistance4 8,what would you80 said the ,king4 8,do but let me see her1 your ,majesty10 said ,i1 8that ,i may at least have speech of her40 8,that ,i will do right gladly10 said he4 ,about a week thereafter ,i was sent for to the ,royal ,cabinet and entering found the ,king with my wife4 8,did ,i not promise to bring you together80 said the ,king4 8,take now thy wife1 de ,comines and teach her her duty4 ,you may withdraw60 ,i offered my hand to my ,lady and we withdrew to an antechamber4 ,here she would fain have left me1 but ,i said3 8,lady ,i am your humble slave4 ,will you not listen to me80 8,nay10 said she1 8,i have said and done unmaidenly things and ,i am ashamed4 ,let me withdraw40 8,not so10 said ,i1 8your acts were acts only of pity which ,i would fain turn into acts of love if you will only listen40 8,men speak well of you10 said she1 8they tell me you are kind of heart and merciful and will spare my shame4 ,but ,i ask not for pity4 ,i will not be companion to a man who does not love me without pity1 that ,i may be triumphant and without shame40 8,that you may well be10 said ,i1 8if you will but listen40 8,it is not ears but eyes shall convince me10 said she4 8,set me any task10 said ,i4 8,nay10 she replied1 8let me but see you4 ,do not pursue me4 ,let me see you in your daily work4 ,i am to be ,lady in ,waiting to the ,queen1 and ,i may see you thus40 8,you are harsh10 said ,i1 8,what have ,i done to be treated so unkindly80 8,i will not listen10 said she1 stopping her ears with her fingers and running away4 ,for weeks thereafter ,i was condemned to see her daily but scarcely to speak to her4 ,the ,king and ,queen sought to throw us together but failed because she would not4 ,at last ,i despaired4 ,i went to the ,king and asked that ,i might be allowed to depart to my estate in ,flanders so that ,i need no longer be on the rack4 ,to this the ,king replied3 8,do but let me speak to her again60 to which ,i gave consent4 ,the next day ,i was sent for again to the ,king's ,cabinet1 and entering found her again4 8,why will you not put an end to this severity80 said the ,king1 turning to her4 8,the poor fool pines daily4 ,he loses flesh4 ,he sulks4 ,he is as one distraught4 ,mend him or break him1 but torture him no longer40 8,he is my own husband10 said she1 her eyes flashing defiance4 8,surely10 said the ,king1 8treat him therefore as a man and not as a dog4 ,now leave me4 ,i am weary of your quarrel40 ,again we departed2 as we reached the anteroom she whispered3 8,may ,i not do as ,i please with you80 8,you may indeed10 said ,i1 8but trample no longer upon my heart1 ,i beseech you40 8,thou art but a poor fool10 said she1 8why not make me be good since ,i have loved thee from the first8 ,do ,i not love thy eyes and thy curly hair and thy straight back and even thy coat and hat4 ,surely ,i love thee1 thou blind goose60--and fled again4 ,but this time ,i was too quick4 ,i caught her and ,i have held her ever since1 and with her good will as she declares and ,i believe4 ,she has been my willing slave and ,i hers4 ,hath any man ever had a more devoted mate8 ,did she not visit me each day ,i spent in the iron cage at ,loches8 ,in rain1 in fog1 in sleet1 in sunshine2 still she came1 and she is mine and ,i am hers1 forever4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,death ,valley ------- ,away out in ,california1 near the ,nevada line1 lies a lonely valley4 ,no one lives in this valley very long2 it is a very lonesome place4 ,in the winter the thermometer goes down below freezing point at night and rises to eighty degrees during the day4 ,this is the pleasant time of year4 ,in the spring and fall violent wind storms sweep over the desert1 for it is a desert--the ,mohave ,desert--and in the summer the hot wind blows1 drying up every drop of moisture and baking the country as if it had been placed in a baker's oven4 ,the few who must stay there get a leather-like skin from the heated wind and the glaring sun1 with never a cloud to hide its pitiless rays4 ,sagebrush and greasewood are found here and there1 and in the infrequent river bottoms a few willows are seen4 ,fissure springs1 from deep faults in the earth's crust let out small streams of water from sources far remote2 sometimes fit to drink2 sometimes loaded with salts in solution and sometimes hot4 ,such a spring is that which gives rise to ,willow ,creek which rises among the niter hills of the ,great ,basin and empties into the ,amargosa ,river a short distance below its source4 ,alas for the name6 ,the ,amargosa 8,river0 turns out on examination to be a stream scarce large enough to turn a mill4 ,after a run of less than #be miles it sinks into the sands to rise no more4 ,shortly below this place we find ,saratoga ,springs and 8,lakes40 ,these 8,lakes0 are perhaps #aj feet in diameter4 ,all along the banks of the ,amargosa the water as it evaporates rapidly in this thirsty land leaves a white crust of salt1 soda and borax4 ,in many places1 scattered over the desert1 deposits of mixed salts have been left by evaporated water which glisten in the sun from a distance4 ,as the weary traveler walks through them the alkali rises in fine white clouds burning throat and nostril and biting the skin into sores4 ,over this desert roams the dismal coyote--always hungry1 an ,ishmaelite4 ,kangaroo rats swarm in rocky spots2 the side-winder threads his snaky way2 and lizards and tarantulas scuttle to their holes to escape the traveler4 ,in #ahdi the ,bennett family wandered into this valley and perished1 giving to the valley its name4 ,all along the wagon tracks--for there are no roads--bottles1 tin cans and the skeletons of abandoned animals mark the progress of civilization and the survival of the fittest4 ,it is a weary land2 over #djj feet below sea level2 bounded by the black rocks of the ,funeral ,range on the northeast1 the ,kingston ,range on the north1 the ,shadow ,mountains on the southeast1 the ,avawatz ,mountains on the south and the ,telescope ,range on the west4 ,these mountains rise in some places to a height of #aj1jjj feet4 ,the springs are far apart1 from #cj to #ij miles1 often with a very small flow and hard to find4 ,at ,cave ,wells1 for example1 the traveler in search of water goes into a hole in the side of a cliff and descends a few steps to the margin of a shallow pool with no apparent overflow4 99 99 99 99 99 8,when does your uncle come for you1 ,jack80 said her friend4 8,to-morrow morning10 ,jack replied4 ,next morning her friend was getting breakfast when a knock sounded on the door4 ,when the door was opened1 a wiry1 pale-faced man stood in front of her4 8,where is ,jack's kid80 he enquired4 8,upstairs in bed10 was the reply4 ,without a word he brushed by her1 mounted the stairs1 opened the door1 bent over the half-awakened girl1 put his arms around her and kissed her4 8,is your name ,jack1 too80 he enquired4 8,you are a mighty nice-looking boy and ,i will love you and look after you for his sake4 ,now ,i must go4 ,we will leave for the west at #aj to-morrow morning4 ,i am ordered to the desert to spend the winter there in the out of doors for the sake of my health4 ,get yourself a corduroy suit with high-laced boots4 ,here is some money4 ,i will be here for you at nine-thirty4 ,good bye till then60 ,so saying1 he turned1 rushed down the stairs and out of the house4 8,did you ever see such a whirlwind80 said ,jacqueline4 8,he thinks ,i am a boy1 and he will be disappointed and not let me go4 ,what shall ,i do80 8,go as a boy10 said her friend4 8,you are slim and can easily pass as a boy4 ,i will help you get ready4 ,come along60 ,next morning when ,uncle appeared ,jack was ready1 dressed in corduroy knickers1 stout1 high-laced shoes1 short1 thick corduroy coat and felt hat4 8,well1 come along60 said ,uncle1 8,we have just time to make the train40 ,at ,salt ,lake ,city they outfitted for the desert4 ,five burros were bought1 two for riding and three for packing4 ,jack's burro was called ,jenny4 ,jenny was a canny animal4 ,she grunted at every step4 ,her progress might in some measure be likened to that of a drove of pigs1 except that her grunts lacked the solidity and conviction which characterize the grunt of the real porker4 ,mexico is the real land of the burro4 ,here they are used to such an extent as freighters as to threaten the existence of the railroads4 ,the ,mexican will load his burros to their full capacity and at the stopping places let them graze4 ,no food is provided except what they can pick up4 ,if there should be no food and the animal starves he buys another since this is the cheapest plan4 ,they carried a light rifle and two ,colt's revolvers1 or 8,guns0 as they are called in the west4 ,there was a tent1 two blankets1 a bucket1 a frying pan1 two large canteens1 a spade1 pick1 axe1 plenty of coffee and tea1 canned baked beans1 hard bread1 bacon1 butter and lard1 some flour and feed for the burros4 ,neither one could bake or shoot but ,uncle remarked that there would be time enough to learn and plenty of teachers4 ,notwithstanding his quick and sometimes almost rough manner1 ,jack soon discovered that ,uncle was growing fond of her and was really very kind4 ,at first she was very tired as night drew near after a hard day's riding over the rough trails4 ,they went slowly of necessity1 for the burro is not a fast goer and dislikes hurry to an extreme4 ,as the days went by she found her strength growing4 ,he1 too1 appeared to benefit4 ,they ate plain food1 drank nothing but water1 and coffee or tea1 and retired early and slept soundly4 ,occasionally they stopped at a settlement1 ate a square meal1 renewed supplies1 had a bath and made ready for another trip4 ,in this way the winter passed rapidly4 ,jack learned to shoot1 and1 profiting from the directions of a good-natured miner1 after several failures1 they learned to make fair bread4 ,jack's greatest trouble was her cowardice1 because she felt sure her ,uncle would detest in a boy what he might condone knowing her to be a girl4 ,she made desperate efforts and finally succeeded in controlling her fears moderately well4 ,the dislike she had for shooting was never overcome4 ,most of all she enjoyed the evenings by the camp fire when the exertions of the day had not been so great as to compel early hours4 ,here she looked into his heart and found it clean and good4 ,there were plenty of indications that all the men one might meet were not of his kind4 ,bottles innumerable left along the way testified to the fact that though the desert might be dry the travelers were not4 ,they traveled down the post road from ,milford to ,delmar and from there struck across country1 intending to cross the ,hiko1 ,paranaga and ,belted ,ranges and strike the ,amargosa ,desert to the south4 ,these ranges cover a very rough and broken country1 and progress was slow and difficult4 ,several times they were lost1 and only the compass finally enabled them to escape from the mountain tangle4 ,the greatest difficulty was in the supply of water for the burros4 ,their own supply could easily be carried4 ,several times the burros were saved from death by the finding of one or two barrel cactus which were cut up and fed to them as both food and drink4 ,with all his good nature ,uncle made her toe the mark4 ,he did not believe in spoiling boys4 ,they were generally lazy and he was determined ,jack should do her full share of the work1 but he did not always remember this4 ,being naturally lazy she resented being driven4 ,she much preferred to lie around and read1 or to lie abed and see him get breakfast1 but he usually routed her out4 ,he was anxious that she should grow strong and made her work in order that she might do so but uncomplainingly and as a matter of course he shouldered the heaviest part of the load4 ,it may be imagined1 therefore1 that her regard for ,uncle grew greater day by day4 ,there was bread to make and he made it2 the water grew short and he went without2 the burros strayed and he went after them1--not grudgingly but without complaint4 ,she had heard of him through her father's talks many and many a time4 ,she had learned of his goodness to her father2 and here he was1 unselfishly giving to her all he could give1 freely and as a matter of course4 ,such conduct makes a friend of any generous-minded soul4 ,it slowly converted her regard into devotion4 ,she began to look for opportunities to serve him4 ,to do anything for him became a joy4 ,they were nearing the ,amargosa and were sitting at the camp fire one evening when he said3 8,jack1 you are the very nicest boy ,i ever knew4 ,i thought your father was the finest man on earth but ,i have lost him forever4 ,i have found you instead4 ,i am selfish and ,i would like to have you both2 but1 oh1 my dear boy6 ,i am so glad to have found you40 ,jack said nothing but she turned her face to conceal the tears4 ,they had been many days on the road4 ,that afternoon they crossed the ,funeral ,range into ,death ,valley4 ,the rocks of this range are black1 rough1 crumbly and forbidding4 ,it is a bad climbing ground for the rocks are rotten and afford very insecure support4 ,as they were slowly and painfully groping their way down into the valley a rock upon which he was standing gave way and he came sliding down in an avalanche of stones and dirt4 ,she saw at a glance that he was headed for a precipice and without hesitating a second threw herself in the way4 ,he was stopped but she slid many feet1 turning over and over and landed against another rock1 just on the edge of the precipice1 covered with stones and dirt4 ,hastily he tore the spade from the pack1 rushed down and uncovered her4 ,her coat was torn and her shirt in rags4 ,she was unconscious as he laid her on the ground and cleaned the dirt from hands and face and gave her water to drink4 ,slowly she came out of the daze to find him anxiously bending over her4 8,were you hurt80 said she4 8,no10 he replied1 8see whether any of your bones are broken40 ,they camped at ,saratoga ,springs and from there traveled by easy stages to ,daggett and thence to ,los ,angeles4 ,all the way he was quiet1 and she viewed him with apprehension4 ,on the way east he sat beside her in the ,pullman4 8,why did you not tell me you were a woman80 said he4 8,i was afraid you would not take me1 and ,i wanted to go40 8,well1 it's too bad4 ,i suppose now ,i must send you off to live with some one else40 8,please don't do that ,uncle1 ,i couldn't bear it40 8,what can ,i do then8 ,get my sister to live with us80 8,why yes1 ,i suppose so4 ,there are evil tongues4 ,we must have some one40 ,his sister saw at once that she must play the rle of huckleberry1 and felt no great eagerness1 but good-naturedly consented at last1 firmly resolved to aid fate as much as possible so that she might go back to her own work4 ,the play began with taking them to the theatre twice a week when sister was careful that ,jack should sit next to brother4 ,it continued by taking them to the country for the summer4 ,then they came back to the city again and missed the long walks and the pleasant companionship of the afternoons with nothing to do but exchange ideas4 ,then ,uncle was called to ,chicago on business for a week4 ,this lengthened to two weeks4 ,on returning he was so glad to see her that he kissed her and she impulsively returned the kiss and fled4 ,how could a lonesome bachelor long resist such a combination of youth1 beauty and love4 ,there was a quiet wedding soon in which two hearts as well as two hands were united4 ,they are not lovers1 they are chums4 ,he knows her thoughts and she his--they like each other4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,the ,professor's ,story ------- ,when ,i was in college one of my professors was a rather old man who was fond of telling about his travels4 ,he told me about several trips he had taken4 ,some of these stories were very interesting1 for he had gone into many places outside the tourist's ordinary routes in order to study subjects in which he was particularly interested4 ,one of these trips was a visit to ,rome4 ,it was taken to attend a ,congress of ,chemists that assembled there in the ,palace of ,justice1 or ,palazzo de ,giustitia as the ,italians call it1 located on the right bank of the ,tiber near the ,castel de ,st4 ,angelo4 ,his daughter1 a beautiful girl of #ba1 accompanied him on the trip4 ,they traveled on the ,red ,star ,line to ,vlissingen1 or ,flushing1 and up the ,scheldt to ,antwerp4 ,the ,congress was held in term time and he was limited to an absence of six weeks4 ,there were two things which he particularly wished to see during this time4 ,one of them was the iron mines of ,elba4 ,the ores found in these mines are hematites and contain some of the finest crystals of hematite that have ever been discovered4 ,elba was also1 you will remember1 the home of ,bonaparte after he had been expelled from ,france for the first time4 ,here he ruled in petty state from the fifth of ,may1 #ahad1 to the twenty sixth of ,february1 #ahae4 ,the second1 and indeed the chief1 object of his trip was to see the boracic acid soffioni at ,lardrello4 ,here1 it had been stated1 jets of steam break forth from the earth in which small amounts of boracic acid are contained4 ,this steam is carried into water1 the boracic acid condensed with the steam1 and the dilute solution thus obtained evaporated at a low temperature so as not to again volatilize it4 ,ammonia and sulfureted hydrogen are also present and considerable amounts of ammonium sulfate come into commerce from this source4 ,these statements which were so varied in character as to cause some suspicion of exaggeration had aroused his curiosity1 only to be completely satisfied by first-hand information such as could be best obtained by a visit4 ,from ,antwerp they traveled to ,brussels and from there to ,rome by express1 by way of ,milan4 ,they expected to find it warm in ,italy and left their heavy clothing at ,antwerp to await their return4 ,they traveled through the ,italian ,alps1 however1 and suffered from the cold until ,rome was reached4 ,the journey from ,brussels was begun in the evening and the second night was passed on the way from ,milan to ,rome4 ,no seats together were to be had in the train from ,milan4 ,the daughter found a good seat in the compartment reserved for women where there was room also for her father and where he joined her4 ,whenever the conductor came around he remonstrated with the ,professor2 but as the latter was comfortably established this was met by a stare of no comprehension and the slipping of a lira into the conductor's hand which ended the argument until the next conductor came around when the process must be repeated4 ,it was1 however1 uniformly successful4 ,they approached ,rome on the afternoon of a beautiful day in ,may4 ,the whole surroundings were picturesque in the extreme4 ,black masses of masonry perched upon the hilltops1 marking the sites of cities and towns1 spoke eloquently of the reign of lawlessness only just passing away4 ,they passed remains of tombs and caverns excavated in the hillsides--the marks of past civilizations4 ,everywhere1 inside and outside of ,rome1 were foundations of buildings of the oldest masonry upon which a second structure had been erected1 to be in turn destroyed and serve as the foundation of another erection1 but still leaving visible remains4 ,this was the country and these the places where ,julius and ,augustus ,caesar lived and reigned1 where ,cicero spoke1 where ,cataline conspired1 over which ,hannibal roamed at will and where ,fabian tactics were born4 ,this was the land of the two ,plinies1 of ,scipio the conqueror of ,carthage1 of ,dante and ,virgil2 the sense of its antiquity grew and became overpowering4 ,they thought ,italy the most beautiful country they had ever seen1 8,why10 said the ,professor1 8,as we traveled along ,i saw ,narcissus ,poeticus growing in the fields40 ,they stopped at the ,royal ,hotel and were visited by a valet who proposed that he should take care of them during their stay1 to which they assented4 ,they occupied three rooms1 two bedrooms and a sitting room4 ,in the sitting room of a morning breakfast was prepared by the valet while they were dressing4 ,then they sat down to breakfast1 the valet waiting on them4 ,lunch was served downstairs1 but dinner was the great event of hotel life4 ,the guests were expected to be on time but if delayed they murmured a perfunctory excuse to the ,major ,domo which was smilingly accepted4 ,the cooking here was elevated to the dignity of a fine art4 ,it was marvelous and sometimes spectacular2 as when at the conclusion of a meal an ice was placed in a dish and this in another larger dish held high upon the waiter's outstretched hand1 came in surrounded by blue flames1 produced by pouring a little strong liquor into the outer vessel and setting fire to it4 ,upon another evening1 after dinner1 the guests were entertained with a very wonderful musical performance carried out by two men and a woman1 the latter a very beautiful and accomplished ,italian4 ,it soon dawns upon the traveler that the modern ,italian is descended from widely differing tribes1 few of whom even look alike4 ,those we know best are swarthy1 with black hair and wonderful eyes4 ,there are many types beside this1 and not a few light skins and blue eyes4 ,the ,congress was divided into sections4 ,the presiding officer of each section had been selected because of his accomplishments as a linguist4 ,this was necessary1 because there were four official languages in which papers might be presented and discussed3 ,italian1 ,french1 ,german and ,english4 ,two of the presiding officers were ,germans3 ,georg ,lunge1 an accomplished technical chemist1 who had been petted until his sense of proportion had been lost and he had become arrogant1 and ,wilhelm ,ostwald1 an equally accomplished and much more learned man and a great physical chemist1 who was always polite and never was able to forget that he was a gentleman1 first4 ,but the sessions were found uninteresting by comparison4 ,rome itself was so absorbing4 ,they soon gave up the sessions entirely and devoted all their time to exploring the city4 ,the first trip was to the ,colosseum4 ,here they secured a guide--quite an old man1 with an ,english all his own--who declared that3 8,he was a ,roman citizen and p-r-r-r-oud of it40 ,the ,professor did not blame him in the least for this feeling4 ,the old man proved to be a wonderful mine of information1 most of it apparently accurate4 ,he explained how the naval battles and other water scenes were managed1 how the crowds were protected from the sun and from rains1 how the various orders of ,romans came in and reached their seats1 and showed them the dens where wild beasts were kept4 ,in answer to a question as to how the stones of the amphitheatre were joined without mortar1 he took them to a place where a broken corner showed the method of joining by means of a short iron rod leaded into both stones4 ,while they were talking and the ,professor was sketching he turned his head and found a policeman with sword and musket overlooking the performance1 and especially the sketching1 which it seemed was forbidden4 ,but the guide set them at ease by remarking1 pointing to the policeman3 8a friend of mine40 ,another afternoon was devoted to the famous ,forum ,romanum1 the scene of so many speeches and so many triumphs1 and1 especially remembered1 the speech of ,antony over ,caesar's dead body1 reported by ,shakespeare1 and repeated and varied in interpretation by so many of the masters of the tragic art4 ,a third excursion was to the catacombs on the ,appian ,way4 ,they were greeted here by a priestly-looking crowd of men one of whom enquired1 pointing at them3 8,english80 ,answered in the affirmative they were motioned aside until enough ,english had accumulated to make up a party and the burly and not over clean guide led them around4 ,the catacombs were disappointing4 ,the galleries are narrow1 tortuous and unattractive4 ,the remains of the art of that period though no doubt interesting as showing how art arose decayed and died1 were not interesting to a modern4 ,the conclusion was still more unattractive2 for1 on trying to find their conveyance they discovered that it had disappeared and they must find their way back afoot4 ,but it was evening2 they were walking over the road so many conquerors had trodden2 under the soft ,roman twilight with the monuments of the great dead on both sides of the way2 they were glad the driver had fled and left them to walk4 ,one day was stolen for a swift excursion to ,naples to see the museum4 ,here they stopped at ,bertolini's ,hotel1 which is situated on the side of a hill far above the city level1 with a splendid view4 ,this is reached by going through a doorway into a tunnel at the end of which is a lift4 ,at the top a splendid hotel with this superb view of the bay and of ,vesuvius4 ,there was not time for a thorough examination of the treasures of the museum1 but enough was seen to verify and enlarge some statements the ,professor had made in a history he was then writing4 ,the examples of metal working were very illuminating1 showing as they did in some magnificent examples from ,pompeii how little modern art excelled the art of that day except in speed and cheapness of working4 ,returning to ,rome they discovered that the trip to ,elba and to ,lardrello had been abandoned because of a strike among the employes on the railway and steamboat2 but the ,professor declared that he had come to see ,lardrello and he would walk there if necessary4 ,the next day they started for ,pisa4 ,most of the route lay along the rocky coast of the ,mediterranean through the most beautiful scenery in the world4 ,the road runs along a shelf on the rocks with many tunnels4 ,and the smoke6 ,ah1 the smoke6 ,oh1 the smoke6 ,it gets into the eyes1 the nose1 the mouth1 the ears1 over the face and down the back4 ,there is no avoiding it and no escape is possible4 ,they arrived at ,pisa about #aa ,p4 ,m4 and were met at the hotel by the proprietor with the question3 8,you would like a room80 8,yes1 two rooms40 ,a shrug1 and then3 8,i do not know what ,i shall do2 we have but two rooms2 one has three beds and the other four beds40 8,the answer is easy10 said the ,professor1 8,my daughter will take the room with three beds1 ,i will take the room with four beds40 ,when they were escorted to the rooms by the proprietor1 the head porter1 the maid and the facchini or porters and the doors were opened on the overflowing hospitality of seven beds for two travelers1 a hearty laugh broke from every throat2 a laugh is the same in all languages4 ,pisa is not very inspiring4 ,the famous leaning tower leans because the foundations were poor1 and the ,baptistery is built of old tombstones and other stolen pieces of marble from which the thieves had not decency enough to chisel away the inscriptions4 ,this thievery seems to have been a habit in the days which we see through the fogs of romance4 ,the next day they turned back and retraced their steps for part of the way to ,cecina where they transferred to the road to ,volterra4 ,this town is situated on the frowning heights above the railway station1 where a crowd of people2 drivers1 porters and others was assembled4 ,the ,professor accosted a hack driver in ,english4 ,to this there was no reply but a shrug of the shoulders4 ,then he tried ,german1 ,french and ,latin in succession1 all in vain4 ,as they were about giving up in despair a voice from behind them1 or from ,heaven1 said3 8,you would like to go to ,lardrello8 ,you are interested in boracic acid80 8,i have come all the way from ,america to see it10 said the ,professor1 8so you may judge whether ,i am interested40 ,introductions followed and cards were exchanged4 ,their friend was ,prince ,conti1 son-in-law of ,count ,lardrello and the manager of the works4 ,he told the driver what was required2 gave him instructions where to take the travelers for the night and what they would like to eat and promised to meet them at the works next day4 ,he too1 it seemed1 had been attending the ,congress and was just returning4 ,they traveled over a beautiful country covered with olive orchards1 with pale yellowish-green foliage1 to a country inn4 ,here everything was primitive and old-fashioned to the last degree1 but clean4 ,there were tile floors and the beds were of wrought iron in filagree1--beautiful pieces of workmanship4 ,next morning they reached the works in a desolate valley over which clouds of steam hovered4 ,they were met and welcomed by the ,prince who apologized for not being able to open the ,palace for them as the family were away and the servants dispersed for the summer4 ,the natural soffioni1 they discovered1 had failed to give a sufficient yield and were now supplemented by wells sunk as are petroleum wells in ,pennsylvania4 ,one of the new developments had been the striking of steam at a pressure of sixty pounds in some of the wells4 ,these wells were capped and the steam led through a boiler containing a purifying agent to remove the sulfureted hydrogen1 after which it was used to run a steam engine which in turn actuated mills to grind the boracic acid and borax produced4 ,after going through the works the ,prince was good enough to present the young lady with a bouquet of flowers and they said good-bye4 ,the use of steam from ,mother ,earth to run a steam engine was1 the ,professor said1 an entirely new idea not used1 so far as he knew1 anywhere else in the world1 and suggested a possible method of keeping alive in those times we may possibly expect as our fuels disappear4 ,it may then be necessary to drive deep wells to tap the supply of heat now lying far below the surface in most places and only reaching through the crust in a few4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,my ,friend ,zahn ------- ,i am a very ordinary person with some rather remarkable acquaintances4 ,it is my purpose to give here some account of these men and women--for they are of both sexes--and incidentally to describe some of the remarkable discoveries they have made4 ,it was my good fortune to become well acquainted with several of these personages--for they are remarkable enough to be so called--while ,i was a student in a mid-western college for both sexes4 ,being a man of sufficient means and a bachelor with a taste for scientific studies1 ,i have had leisure to attend many scientific conventions2 and here ,i have been able to make the acquaintance of many other persons of brain power and industry sufficient to lead them to eminence4 ,i flatter myself that ,i have1 by reason of an agreeable personality1 obtained an unusual knowledge of the work they have accomplished4 ,i will admit that some of these men and women have a very limited supply of polished manners1 and one or two are almost without any of the qualifications necessary in a member of polite society4--,but this will develop as the story progresses4 ,i first met ,samuel ,zahn as a fellow freshman4 ,his was a most engaging personality1 for he is kind1 witty and brainy4 ,he took the lead in the class from the first day in college and was the most popular member4 ,needless to say he was at once chosen ,president of the class1 and ,president he remains to this day4 ,he is over six feet tall1 with large limbs and a big head2 since leaving college he has gained weight and improved in appearance4 ,i visited him at his home in a large western city five years ago and we spent several days together1 talking far into the nights2 and during this time he had much to say about various phases of his work in biology1 of which he is an enthusiastic student4 8,why is it ,brown10 he enquired1 8that all living beings must grow old and die8 ,this is true of all plants and all animals4 ,there must be some chemical reason for this universal fact4 8,before following out my line of reasoning1 ,brown1 perhaps ,i should first recall your attention to the method of scientific discovery4 ,we are accustomed1 as you are aware1 when traveling into new ground to form first an hypothesis as an explanation of the facts known to us4 ,beginning with this hypothesis1 we first reason out the consequences which must follow if the hypothesis should be the real explanation4 ,we then proceed to test these consequences by experiment4 ,we then reason out other necessary consequences of the hypothesis and proceed further with our tests4 ,if the results of our tests confirm the hypothesis it presently becomes a theory and in course of time a law4 8,i have formed a great many hypotheses to account for the ageing of plants and animals1 but under the test of experiment these have all broken down one after another4 ,recently1 however1 it occurred to me that perhaps the ageing might be due to the formation of resinous substances in the tissues by the combination of two substances one contained in the food the other in the tissues4 ,you will remember that the insoluble resin1 bakelite1 is formed by the union of an aldehyde and a phenol under suitable temperature conditions4 ,if1 now1 the aldehyde like body formed part of the tissue1 and the phenol were contained in the food and passed unchanged into the circulation1 we should have slow combination and the formation of hard material--perhaps also material in the form of fibers and therefore flexible--within the tissues1 which would cause them to harden and stiffen1 inducing the other changes we ascribe to old age4 8,if now these phenol bodies are contained in the plant and animal juices constituting our foods they must be contained in those that are short lived in largest amount1 and it should be possible to bring on old age much more rapidly by feeding short lived plants4 ,for this purpose ,i used first oat straw1 but ,i found this did not produce the desired effect4 ,on further consideration it seemed unlikely that it should3 for the ripe1 and therefore dead1 straw would contain only the resin and neither aldehyde nor phenol4 ,i therefore used green oat straw and found that this brought on old age rapidly when fed to dairy cows with no other food4 ,i then tried various additions to the green oat straw with the object of finding some substance capable of uniting with and destroying the phenol4 ,this ,i have at last succeeded in finding2 and ,i am now in possession of a reagent which will so far destroy any of these phenols contained in food1 that old age is indefinitely arrested4 ,this as you will see places a dreadful responsibility in my hands4 ,this is not the ,secret of ,perpetual ,youth exactly1 for ,i cannot so far restore youth to the aged--,i can only arrest decay4 ,by feeding this antidote to a baby it may remain a baby forever4 ,or it may be allowed to reach any desired age and then forced to cease developing indefinitely4 ,i will confess to you that ,i feel dismayed by this heavy responsibility4 ,what do you think ,i should do8 ,what is my duty80 8,this is such an extraordinary story1 ,zahn10 ,i replied1 8that ,i think1 in fairness1 you should first give some proof that you are not in error in thinking your discovery a real one2 and since considerable time must necessarily pass before any satisfactory demonstration of this kind can be made perhaps we had better not further discuss the matter at present40 8,spoken with your usual clearheadedness10 he rejoined4 8,i must confess1 however to a certain amount of disappointment in your lack of faith in accepting my conclusions40 ,to this ,i made no rejoinder1 thinking that the less the subject was discussed the better4 ,he then informed me that he had invited two friends to lunch with us4 8,i am much interested in them10 he said1 8because ,i believe they are much interested in each other4 ,they are very interesting people1 and ,i want you to know them40 ,shortly before one they arrived4 ,the man was approximately about fifty years of age and rather above the medium height2 he was well-built and walked like a soldier4 ,his hair was only slightly gray2 his nose was straight and well-formed4 ,there was about him a certain air of gentility1 and his manner was pleasant and courteous4 ,the lady was at least twenty years younger4 ,she was the most beautiful creature ,i had ever met1 and her manner was alert and full of charm4 ,they came in together1 and there was no possibility of doubting their interest in each other4 ,but they were both so genuinely interested in their host and in me that this mutual understanding seemed pleasant to both of us4 ,he was introduced as ,john ,valient1 a successful lawyer and she as ,helen ,henderson4 ,at table we were waited on by ,mrs4 ,frains1 ,sam's housekeeper1 a dear1 motherly old lady with white hair1 kind eyes and a fair complexion4 ,sam introduced her to us1 and treated her as in every way an equal4 ,miss ,henderson sat at his right1 ,valient at his left and ,i opposite4 ,during the meal ,sam informed us that he had recently given some attention to nutrition and had come to the conclusion that condiments played a much more important rle than had hitherto been assigned to them4 ,he had studied these therefore with some attention and had compounded one which he thought we would find very agreeable4 ,he proceeded to extract a bottle from a near by closet2 from a medicine dropper inserted through the cork he dropped a single drop upon our fish4 8,it is very strong10 he remarked1 8and more than a single drop would be too much4 ,if you wish ,i will give a bottle of it to each one of you provided you will promise to use a single drop at each meal until it is all used4 ,according to my calculations this will take a little over nine years1 for there are #ejj cubic centimeters in the bottle and each cubic centimeter is equal to twenty drops40 ,after eating the fish1 which was delicious1 we readily promised and received each a bottle4 ,i may remark here that ,i became very fond of the relish1 and now1 after the lapse of five years1 the bottle is nearly half full1 thus showing how accurate were his calculations4 8,i wish10 said ,miss ,henderson to ,zahn1 8that you would tell ,mr4 ,brown about your agricultural catalysts4 ,i think this a very entertaining story40 8,why certainly10 he replied1 8,i shall be delighted40 8,you must know1 ,brown10 he said1 addressing me1 8that there are a large number of chemical substances which are called catalysts4 ,i can best illustrate what this means by giving two examples4 ,if potassium chlorate be heated it melts and begins to give off bubbles of oxygen gas4 ,if1 however1 we first pulverize the chlorate and add to it a mere pinch of very finely powdered manganese dioxid and mix the two very thoroughly and then heat the mixture1 oxygen will again come off but at so low a temperature that the chlorate does not even melt1 and much more rapidly4 8,in the manufacture of #8,crisco' and other lard substitutes from liquid oils by pumping hydrogen through the oil in closed vessels1 so long as only these two substances are present no combination takes place and the pressure increases4 ,but if a small amount of finely divided nickel be added combination at once begins1 the melting point of the oil rises and the pressure falls4 8,we once supposed that many chemical substances found in minute amount in the ashes of plants were not of importance1 but it has lately been asserted that this is not true and that manganese in particular plays an important part in plant economy1 acting as a catalyst4 ,i have verified this fact and have proceeded to examine the action of different manganese compounds in order to determine which is most active4 ,the acetate functions well1 the hydrosol better but colloidal manganese is by far the best4 ,in any considerable amount this acts as a violent poison but in homeopathic doses it functions as a vigorous stimulant4 ,using this reagent as a hypodermic ,i have obtained astonishing results4 ,i have one stalk of ,indian corn on my farm treated in this way which measures forty feet in height and has seven ears1 each over a foot long and perfectly set1 with grains well on toward ripeness4 ,watermelons the size of hogsheads are readily produced and we have canteloupes1 cucumbers and tomatoes as large as nail kegs4 ,i have used the kohl rabi for several years as a source of winter forage for my cattle1 slicing them before feeding4 ,treated in this way heads as large as barrels are readily grown1 as much as forty tons per acre being an ordinary yield4 ,i have in consequence been able to quadruple the size of my herd without devoting more acreage to the growing of forage4 ,i have not entirely succeeded in increasing the oat and wheat crop because of the difficulties in the way of successful wholesale hypodermic injection4 ,i have made a somewhat promising beginning1 however1 by successfully inoculating chrysanthemum with the aid of the aphis which preys on them4 ,you know that this aphis punctures the outer cuticle with his proboscis and drinks the sap4 ,acting on this knowledge ,i have first sprayed the aphis with a dilute colloidal manganese and dried them rapidly with a current of warm air4 ,the colloid adheres to the outside of their beaks and gently stimulates4 ,when the beak is inserted the plant at once is inoculated4 ,the aphis is then destroyed by the application of whale oil soap or other appropriate insecticide and the plant develops to an enormous size producing blossoms as large as a lady's summer straw hat4 ,they are indeed marvelous4 8,i have also begun some experiments upon animals but the effect here seems to be even more poisonous4 ,another idea has1 however1 occurred to me which gives promise of a very great success4 ,you know that caffein is a mild stimulant to the human race1 and acting on this lead ,i have tried a number of stimulants1 winding up with virulent poisons4 ,one of these containing arsenic combined with strychnine1 cocaine and selenium has been injected into calves from my herd which are now1 at six weeks1 as large as their mothers4 ,unfortunately this growth has been accompanied by the development of a disagreeable odor which makes them unpleasant neighbors4 ,i fear ,i shall be forced to find a substitute for the selenium in order to avoid this but ,i have no doubt of final success40 ,during this recital any conversation had become impossible2 in fact we were reduced to a state of coma and walked from the table like well-trained somnambulists without uttering a word4 ,in the evening ,i accompanied ,zahn to a lecture he was to deliver before the ,society of ,facultative ,anaerobists4 ,it appeared that these people had associated themselves for the purpose of further studying those organisms which develop either in an atmosphere of oxygen or of one devoid of it4 ,in the latter case they decompose some substance contained in the solution and assimilate the oxygen it contains4 ,the lecture was to be delivered at the society headquarters over a grocery store4 ,the entrance was on a side street in the rear4 ,there was a light over the entrance and the hall was gained by mounting a steep pair of stairs4 ,we found the assembled anaerobists busily at work under the chairmanship of a lanky individual in corduroy trousers4 ,upon our entrance the proceedings were at once suspended to allow the lecture to proceed4 ,zahn was escorted to the platform with much deference and began as follows3 8,fellow ,truthseekers3--,it is with some hesitation that ,i venture to appear before you to make my small contribution to your proceedings4 ,i am well aware of the labors of some members of this illustrious society1 and feel considerable diffidence in appearing before you4 ,i shall confine my remarks to two themes3 ,the first will be a contribution to the technology of inoculation4 ,i have had considerable experience of the difficulty and danger of inoculating savage animals1 and the first part of my paper merely describes the technique which ,i have found successful in such cases4 ,i have here an inconspicuous gun which enables us to effect inoculation at a distance and with ease and certainty4 ,the projectile consists of a hollow needle with two sheet metal flanges surrounding it acting like a piston in the cylinder of the gun4 ,the inoculating liquid is sucked into the needle by its capillarity4 ,on inserting a metal sphere filled with liquefied carbon dioxid into this cylinder and pressing this trigger1 a needle penetrates the capsule1 liberates the carbon dioxid1 which instantly is converted into gas and drives the projectile from the gun4 ,the needle has sufficient force to penetrate the skin until the first of the flanges is reached4 ,this instantly stops it and the shock forces the liquid into the wound4 ,the outside of the needle should first be coated with an antiseptic to prevent the entrance of skin bacteria40 ,this contribution was greeted with great applause and the gun was seized by a female with a black eye which she declared had been due to the hoof of a mule--fortunately unshod4 ,after the confusion had partly subsided the chairman rapped for order and ,zahn proceeded to read his second paper3 8,you are of course aware10 he began1 8that during the world war the supply of glycerin became insufficient and that it was discovered that the addition of some sodium sulfite to a sugar solution which was seeded with the yeast plant altered the direction of the fermentation and caused the formation of large amounts of glycerin--sometimes as much as #cj per cent of the product4 ,no careful study of the effect of this addition upon the yeast plant itself seems to have been made4 ,i have now taken up this study and have reached some startling conclusions4 ,such organisms so produced seem to have lost many of their original characteristics4 ,ordinary saccharomyces cerevisae1 for example1 grown under these abnormal conditions will no longer produce normal yeast fermentation4 ,the progeny of the original cells break1 and we have the same sort of variation that is ordinarily obtained in raising plants from seed4 ,by varying the nature of the disturbing substance2 that is by replacing the sodium sulfite by other reagents1 ,i have succeeded in producing still other modifications which have interesting properties economically important4 8,on this slide1 which we will now project by the lantern1 we have a photograph of an organism capable of turning waste molasses into ethyl chloride which is much used as a local anaesthetic and may be used instead of ether4 ,it is necessary to add sufficient salt to the solution to supply the chlorin and the sodium remains behind as sodium carbonate supplying that necessary product of the chemical industry at a price defying competition4 8,here we have the photograph of another modified organism capable of absorbing carbon dioxid from mixed gases containing it and building up starch in sunlight much after the manner of chlorophyl in the plant4 ,the synthetic starch so produced differs in no particular from that found in plants and is obtained in large amount very cheaply from the waste gases given off by our stoves and furnaces4 ,the supply of such material is very large and the starchy food that in this way may become available destroys at once all possibility of future famine and all necessity of raising wheat1 oats1 barley1 potatoes or other starchy foods4 ,i hope before long to be able to announce the discovery of other forms able to produce albumen and other proteids directly from the atmospheric nitrogen1 so as to solve for all time the possibility of future starvation40 ,this paper was greeted by cheering and immense enthusiasm4 ,the chairman in proposing a vote of thanks said that the society had now amply justified the hopes of its founders and that this would long be marked as a red letter day in its history4 ,i walked home with ,zahn tired with so many wonders4 ,the next morning ,i overslept and was late for my train so that there was no opportunity for any further conversation4 ,i have not seen my host since that time until last week4 ,i then made a singular and most distressing discovery4 ,i had noticed that most of my shirts were frayed at the wristbands4 ,i needed some new shirts and proceeded to select them4 ,judge my surprise when ,i discovered that my old friend ,zahn was waiting on me6 ,i of course accosted him by name1 only to be met by a blank stare and a firm denial of acquaintance4 ,he assured me that his name was ,smith and that he knew no one by the name of ,zahn4 ,i asked for the proprietor of the store and told him my story only to be greeted by an incredulous stare4 ,the proprietor assured me that ,smith came to the store under that name with fine recommendations from previous employers1 and that they had no doubt whatever that he was as represented4 ,i can only suppose that ,zahn had lost his mind through overstudy and with it his memory4 ,i have noticed that neither ,i myself nor either of the other participants in that famous lunch1 now five years ago1 appears a day older1 and ,i am dreading the exhaustion of my bottle and the slow onset of old age4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,just ,samuel ,jones ------- ,samuel ,jones was an energetic as well as a very careful young man4 ,he had inherited a small sum of money from his father4 ,it was his purpose to use so much of this as was necessary in completing his education2 the remainder was to be carefully invested as a nest egg for the reserve he intended to create which he spoke and thought of as ,the ,dam4 ,the idea back of this name was that if the ,dam were big enough and were full it would keep the mill going for some time should the springs run dry4 ,sam was careful in other ways also4 ,he laid careful plans each morning so that no time need be wasted4 ,if the day was cool he put on a heavy suit2 if cloudy he wore rubbers and carried an umbrella4 ,if the temperature rose suddenly after such a beginning and the sun shone brightly1 he had at least done his part and this consoled him for the suffering he must endure4 ,this disposition subjected ,sam to the ridicule of his unmarried sister1 ,tilly1 who acted as his housekeeper4 ,tilly was of a very different build4 ,no one ventured to call ,tilly careful--she was conspicuously careless4 ,she had a pretty foot and loved to buy new shoes1 but she often dressed in a hurry1 and her shoes1 having been discarded in a hurry1 were not readily matched4 ,in consequence1 she sometimes appeared at breakfast with a shoe upon the right foot and a slipper on the left4 ,this impropriety filled ,sam with anguish4 ,perhaps this difference in disposition was one of the reasons for their affection1 for they were very fond of each other and they led a very happy life4 ,sam had a poor opinion of college men4 ,part of this low rating was no doubt prejudice and part was due to the fact that he was not a college man himself4 ,he saw very clearly1 however1 that many college men acquire only a fine polish4 ,the process fails to get enough paint on the rough wood of the foundation to hide the coarse grain which shows through in all its crudity4 ,he had also taken note of his own rather brusque manner1 and laid it1 correctly1 to the lack of those opportunities which come to the college man unsought4 ,anxious to repair this defect he became precise and a trifle stilted4 ,this ,tilly was not slow to notice and criticize4 ,tilly loved college boys and their ways4 ,she listened with attention to their songs and was up on all their pranks4 ,their escapades amused her and she forgave their faults4 ,she knew them well for they lived in a college town4 ,back of all ,sam's spur to action was a love of chemistry4 ,he became enamoured of it in ,high ,school where ,steele's ,fourteen ,weeks was the text-book4 ,beginning by pouring vinegar on baking soda in his mother's kitchen1 he had managed to study carefully a good many chemical substances so that his knowledge was much broader and deeper than that obtained by most college students4 ,as the lumberman notices all the straight trees large enough for sawing so ,sam tagged all objects with formulae4 ,water was ,h#b,o2 vinegar ,c#b;,h#d,o#b2 ,cream of tartar 7,,choh ,,cooh1 ,,choh ,,cook72 and sugar ,c#ab;,h#bb,o#aa4 ,after the death of their mother ,sam had fitted up a laboratory in the attic and hung out the shingle of an analytical chemist4 ,the income obtained in this way being too small he conceived the idea of adding to it by the concoction of various specialties1 and ,jones' ,talcum ,powder1 ,jones' ,velvet ,cream and ,jones' ,tooth ,paste made their appearance on the shelves of neighboring druggists and were spoken of in terms of praise by those who had used them4 ,these had been supplemented by various perfumes which found favor with the weaker sex and became the foundations of a business which was steadily increasing4 ,into this scene of happiness and peaceful prosperity ,fate dropped several bombs4 ,,bomb ,,the ,,first ,sam and ,tilly loved the movies4 ,they formed a background of romance to their prosaic lives4 ,they read1 eagerly1 all they could find in print about the stars of moviedom and were well acquainted with the features of the prominent actors4 ,twice a week they attended1 rain or shine4 ,as this involved long walks in bad weather they had1 with the dawn of prosperity1 invested in a ,ford4 ,it was a windy night in ,october4 ,there was a threat of rain in the air as the sullen clouds drifted past over the moon4 ,as they returned to the car1 which had been left in a side street1 a tiny muffled wail greeted them3 8,gracious6 it's a cat10 said ,tilly4 8,good ,lord6 it's a baby60 ,it was wrapped in an old1 frayed1 woolen blanket4 ,they took it home--what else could they do8--and ,tilly unwrapped it in her warm room4 ,it was clean and warm and dry1 and its clothing1 though of the plainest material and somewhat worn1 was also clean4 ,tilly declared it was a darling4 ,she sent ,sam for a bottle and some of the best milk1 fed the child and covered her warmly in a large arm chair which was pushed against the bed so that she might hear the little one move in the night4 ,tilly declared the little girl had aristocratic features4 ,she fell violently in love with her and declared she would not give her up4 ,sam smiled and agreed4 ,he seldom opposed ,tilly1 though he felt somewhat doubtful of the propriety of keeping the baby4 ,the little one grew apace4 ,she soon became the central sun of the household about which ,sam and ,tilly revolved--two obedient satellites4 ,the household duties soon became too great for ,tilly1 and ,elizabeth ,tillicum was sent for4 ,elizabeth was a ,new ,jersey product1 redolent of the hills that border the ,delaware4 ,her hair was sandy--the color of ,new ,jersey sand4 ,her eyes were blue--the color of the blue water of the ,atlantic which rolls over the ,new ,jersey sand beaches1 though this water is often green2 and her freckles were--just plain brown freckles4 ,i am not saying ,elizabeth was beautiful--she was not4 ,she agreed with everyone2 she was quite unable to contradict2 indeed her acquiescence was almost slavish4 ,in size she was opulent4 ,it seemed doubtful when she sat down whether some portion of her anatomy might not spill over on the floor but this never actually happened4 ,with all her disposition to conciliate she persisted in moving slowly1 and all the alleged work that she performed was performed at a uniform slow speed4 ,some critics averred that she did not work--she lolloped4 ,they said that when she did do work it was so poorly done that it must first be undone and then done over again4 ,however this may be1 ,elizabeth steadfastly1 slowly and pleasantly pushed her way through the world4 ,but she was not a bomb1 she was not even a torpedo4 ,very few people can be reformed by preaching at them1 object lessons are more effective4 ,her own carelessness was well known to ,tilly and made her secretly admire ,sam's precision and half despise ,elizabeth's sloppy work4 ,the coming of the baby brought a change4 ,tilly read up on the care of babies in a volume entitled 8,the ,feeding and ,care of ,children40 ,this learned work explained the overwhelming importance of cleanliness4 ,it detailed the various minute bugs which lurk in the air1 water and soil ready to seize and carry off the unsuspecting child4 ,from a heedless maiden1 ,tilly was rapidly transformed into the veriest martinet1 watching for the least speck of impurity to pounce upon and destroy it4 ,everything the baby ate was sterilized1 and the bottles1 spoons and plates scalded assiduously4 ,toward this campaign of cleanliness the baby herself manifested a cynical indifference4 ,she threw the bottle on the floor4 ,she drew her spoon through her hair1 and after crawling through all the dirt attainable1 rubbed her grimy hands over her half-cleared plate and then thrust the chubby paws down her throat4 ,such behaviour was anathema maranatha and filled ,tilly with despair4 ,sam was at first far from being charmed by the dirt and disorder which the child insisted upon1 but she soon vanquished him4 ,her velvet skin1 lovely color and wide open smile would have melted a stone1 and ,sam soon became her slave4 ,in return she manifested an ardent preference for his society2 crowed when he came home1 howled when he left1 insisted on sitting in his lap1 thrust her fingers into his eyes1 nose and ears1 pulled his hair and showed not the slightest regard for his privacy or the ordinary courtesies of life4 ,sam was reformed in spite of himself4 ,for the sake of peace he put up with rumpled hair1 moist and slimy kisses and greasy fingerprints on his coat4 ,such is the mollifying discipline babies hand around in humanizing their elders4 ,the naming of the baby had been a dreadful ordeal1 and nearly ended in a rupture between ,sam and ,tilly4 8,we do not know her name10 said ,sam1 8so we had better give her one which is merely descriptive2 then when her real name is divulged there will be less temptation to ignore it4 ,i propose to call her ,monday ,october ,jones until we discover her real name4 ,this is descriptive of the day of the week and the month she came to us40 8,she shall have no such barbarous name10 said ,tilly4 8,you may as well call her ,man ,friday at once4 ,i will not have any such name4 ,she is going to have a pretty name4 ,monday ,october ,jones3 the idea6 ,i shall call her ,arma3 ,arma virumque cano ,trojae qui primus ab oris ,don't you remember that pretty verse ,jimmy ,case sings80 ,tilly's words had an air of finality4 ,she had been a bit uncertain herself until ,sam put in an oar4 ,there was another rhyme which sang through her consciousness making her undecided4 ,it was3 ,gaudeamus igitur ,juvenes dum sumus that she had heard the college boys sing4 ,but on the whole she inclined toward ,arma1 for ,gaudeamus did not sound like a female4 ,so the baby was named ,arma ,virumque ,jones4 ,arma was a romantic little soul4 ,she thirsted for the unusual and wonderful4 ,as she grew to girlhood she invested those dear to her with imaginary virtues4 ,tilly was a lovely and stately lady and ,sam the personification of all that was noble and good4 ,she was a beautiful girl1 with curly brown hair and a clean mind4 ,with her twelfth birthday began her affairs of the heart4 ,her first flame was a beautiful ,italian boy who dwelt in an old house in the alley4 ,this flame was quenched when she encountered him after he had consumed a larger ration of garlic than was usual4 ,the next conflagration was started by the grocer's boy1 but this was quenched when she overheard him swear4 ,this was followed by a passion for a young and rather dull divine who never dreamed of his conquest1 so that it died of inanition4 ,,bomb ,,the ,,second ,the three were sitting in the living room one evening in ,june4 ,sam and ,tilly were reading and ,arma was getting out her lessons1 when a resounding knock on the door was heard1 and a great big1 strong1 jolly man burst in1 shook hands with ,sam and noisily proclaimed how glad he was to see 8this darn old fraud0 once more4 ,sam's face lighted with pleasure as he welcomed him and introduced him as 8,billy ,gesundheit1 my old friend and comrade in ,pittsburgh40 8,my word1 what a name60 thought ,tilly1 8,but what a fine looking man4 ,he seems too good to be true40 ,this was during her trip upstairs to inspect the guest room where he was to spend the night4 ,sam had lived two years in the smokehouse city as chemist to a young struggling steel plant4 ,before he left this puny infant industry had begun putting on the seven league boots of manhood4 ,at this time ,gesundheit was a hearty young workman to whom ,sam took a fancy4 ,this was vigorously reciprocated2 ,sam was carried off to ,billy's home and introduced to his widowed mother who was a wonderful housekeeper4 ,she became interested in ,sam at once--for was he not a friend of her ,billy8--sewed on his buttons1 darned his socks1 and wound up by taking complete possession4 ,sam soon moved into their spare room and1 as the homely phrase has it1 8she ate him and slept him40 ,billy informed them that he had risen in rank considerably since ,sam's departure and was now acting as manager of the works4 ,he had come to ,new ,york on business and must soon leave for home2 he expected to make frequent visits1 however1 and here he looked at ,tilly1 and he would not fail to visit them as often as possible4 ,he also informed them that to-morrow was a holiday for them2 he was to take entire charge1 manage all details and pay all expenses2 all they need do was to enjoy themselves as much as possible4 ,after breakfast next morning ,billy produced a map of the city for each member of the party4 8,a taxicab is coming at eight10 he began1 8to take us to the place where our excursion starts4 ,i'm going to walk part of the way2 the rest of you may do so or ride1 just as you please40 8,where are we going80 said ,tilly4 8,we are going to circumnavigate the city10 said ,billy4 8,i doubt whether you know your own town4 ,most people do not4 ,if we first go around it1 and then go through all the streets and alleys you will know it on the outside at least4 ,after we get through we will quiz one another on the names of the streets and alleys and their location4 ,it is good fun and has a use beside40 ,for about a mile the city line ran along the middle of a highway4 ,it was not a well paved highway4 ,there were stones1 tin cans and piles of rubbish to be dodged4 ,then the line led through an orchard4 ,here ,billy got out1 inviting the others to go with him1 but only ,tilly accepted the invitation4 ,the others followed the road1 agreeing to wait for the pedestrians at a point further along1 while the foot passengers gracefully climbed the fence4 ,they had not gone more than a few hundred feet among the trees1 which were old and decayed1 before they caught sight of a house ahead4 ,sitting on the back porch in a hickory rocking chair was an ancient lady1 clad in calico1 rocking gently to and fro while knitting a pair of socks4 ,as the travelers drew near1 she looked up and said3 8,i'm knitting these socks for my son4 ,he don't like wool next his skin1 so ,i use cotton1 but ,i have an awful time getting the right kind of thread4 ,if the thread is too coarse1 he says they look like gunny bags and if it is too fine the socks are not warm enough4 ,he is very pertickler1 my son is4 ,maybe you know him2 his name is ,winterbottom2 first name ,jeremiah1 after his father4 ,he's well known in ,wilmington4 ,don't you know him80 8,no10 said ,billy1 sitting down on the edge of the porch and making room for ,tilly beside him1 8,i don't know him but ,i hear he is a very fine man4 ,i hope you will tell us more about him4 ,what is his business80 8,making flat irons4 ,what's yours80 8,i make iron and steel40 8,i don't see then why you don't know him4 ,you got a nice lookin wife40 8,thank you1 ,i think so too10 said ,billy1 while ,tilly blushed4 8,why did you let her think we were married80 said ,tilly1 after they had left the old lady behind4 8,well ,i kinda wish we were1 and ,i hoped she only had the news a little ahead of time40 8,you are certainly a fast worker40 8,sure1 ,i no sooner saw you than ,i picked you4 ,i can always make up my mind quickly1 and ,i'm after you from now on40 ,this made ,tilly laugh1 but she did not seem displeased4 ,they picnicked in a grove near the edge of town and then finished the circuit4 ,then they navigated all the streets and alleys and returned home to quiz one another all that evening4 ,they were all surprised to find how much they had learned about the city4 ,billy's visits followed one another in quick succession4 ,he knew his own mind1 as he had said1 and ,tilly's inclined to him more and more4 ,when ,sam awoke to the state of affairs he knew the second bomb had fallen and might burst at any minute4 ,,bomb ,,the ,,third ,arma's first loves were merely fancies4 ,having no substantial foundation they died as soon as born4 ,sam and ,tilly had made no secret of her origin and she was spared a shock when she learned it of those pests of society whom1 like the poor and ,congress1 we have always with us4 ,she was a great reader and devoured all the books she could obtain4 ,among these was ,charlotte ,bronte's story of 8,the ,professor40 ,with the reading of this story a new point of view dawned upon her4 ,she had before this looked upon ,sam as immeasurably older and belonging to a disappearing age4 ,but it appeared that a difference of ages was not so important as she had imagined1 indeed might be an advantage from many points of view4 ,her previous flames had been boys1 except for the divine1 and he was a man of no perception--not worth considering4 ,besides1 ,sam had money--almost always a consideration with girls1 who are nearly always full of worldly wisdom4 ,sam had become a possibility4 ,as she studied him further he became a probability4 ,she grew shy and a trifle coquettish4 ,but ,sam for a long time took no notice4 ,he was absorbed in other matters4 ,arma was1 of course1 very much interested in ,tilly's love affair as it developed4 ,she viewed it with much favor4 ,the same worldly wisdom which told her that ,sam was desirable from a matrimonial point of view1 told her also that if ,tilly should go to ,pittsburgh ,sam must more fully depend upon her4 ,she became interested in cooking and studied all ,sam's needs4 ,tilly was studying ,billy at the same time4 ,arma secretly began to resent any interference with ,sam--he was her property4 ,she pampered him like a born mother--which she was4 ,gradually but unconsciously ,arma revealed her new set of ideas to ,tilly who was not lacking in perception2 but ,tilly made no sign--she was relieved4 ,for ,sam's welfare was dear to her1 and here were other hands to take up the tasks she must lay down4 ,she became ,arma's co-conspirator1 gradually resigning to her the primacy in ,sam's affairs which she had hitherto kept as her own4 ,as ,arma became absorbed in ,sam1 she began to manifest an interest in his work and asked many questions4 ,it was pleasant to teach a pupil so bright1 so much interested and so beautiful--for ,sam could not help but notice her beauty4 ,there were others who saw it also4 ,the young men began to call and she was not annoyed at first2 but few of them interested her very long4 ,they knew so little4 ,one day she betrayed herself4 ,one of these boys had bored her for an hour before he departed and she met ,sam in the passage4 8,well1 has he gone80 said ,sam4 8,yes1 he has10 she replied1 8and ,i am so glad1 ,i like you much better40 ,and these words were accompanied by a look which would have awakened and galvanized an anchorite1 and then she blushed a rosy red and fled4 ,there are really two bombs in this chapter4 ,arma's bomb was a copy of 8,the ,professor10 ,sam's bomb was the look ,arma gave him when she blushed4 ,,bomb ,,the ,,fourth ,,and ,,last ,it came the next morning while ,arma was concocting a tapioca pudding--one of ,sam's favorites4 ,there was a ring at the front door and a well-dressed lady entered and asked3 8,does ,samuel ,jones live here80 8,yes10 said ,arma4 8,are you the little girl they found in their auto80 8,yes10 said ,arma1 wonderingly4 8,then ,i am your mother40 8,why did you give me away80 8,your father deserted me and ,i was penniless4 ,i have been poor ever since until quite recently1 too poor to claim you4 ,an uncle in ,california died last month and left me his money4 ,i have been out settling his estate and ,i am just back4 ,i want you to go with me40 8,no10 said ,arma1 8,i cannot go with you but ,i can see you very often1 and ,i am so glad ,i have a mother to love40 ,then they fell into each others arms in tears4 ,when ,arma told her story at lunch the others gasped4 ,she continued3 8,i think ,i must go to her40 ,then ,sam gasped3 8,my ,god6 ,i'll be all alone4 ,get her to come here1 ,arma1 ,i can't bear to have you go40 ,now wasn't ,arma a sly puss8 ,and she did not go1 ,sam went to her4 ,he told her how much he loved her4 ,she listened sagely and said3 8yes1 she liked him pretty well4 ,she thought she might like to stay with him40 ,and she did4 ,and after awhile ,sam discovered that she had been madly in love with him all the time--but he did not discover this for a long time1 she was a woman and did not tell all she knew for awhile4 ,she grew more fond of ,sam every day and now she tells him everything--almost4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,fat and ,lean ------- ,this story was told by lame ,lewellyn ,sangster to his aunt ,margaret1 uncle ,fred1 cousin ,anita and ,sam the hired man4 ,nan ,heberlein and ,lula ,manting were fast friends4 ,they were fond of meeting at each others' homes and pretending to sew2 sometimes they did sew2 sometimes they promptly adjourned and went to the movies2 sometimes they called in their lady friends who were of the same order of busy1 and played #ejj1 or bridge1 or some other game2 but always they talked2 and laughed2 and ate4 ,they were not singular people3 they fitly represented the average ,american lady who does most of her own work1 feeds and dresses her children and sends them to school1 and in the afternoon finds an hour or more to relax4 ,nan was tall and slim1 ,lula was getting plump--at least so her friends called it2 her unfriends said she was pursey4 ,but no one was so conscious of her too great rotundity as ,lula herself4 ,it was constantly in the back of her mind and frequently in a front pew4 ,she liked to discuss it with her friends and her husband--complainingly1 anxiously1 plaintively1 contemplatively1 suggestively and in various other ways4 ,jake listened and grunted2 sometimes he forgot to listen and grunt while his mind was dwelling on the quantity of sugar1 or molasses1 or something else needed in the store4 ,she occasionally noted this lack of attention on ,jake's part but did not really resent it1 for1 she thought2 if he doesn't pay much attention to it he probably still likes me all right4 ,but if he should notice much1 or if it should increase1 ,i must certainly do something4 ,but this something1 what should it be8 ,what method must be adopted8 ,she consulted the doctor on his next visit4 ,that much harassed and suffering servant of humanity suggested more exercise and careful avoidance of fat and sugar in the diet4 ,he also suggested that it would be well to eat very sparingly and always leave the table hungry4 ,this gave her something to do1 and she straightway began a course of sprouts with herself4 ,it was a sore trial to eat too little1 but she did it4 ,was it not worth something to retain ,jake's admiration and desolation to lose it8 ,this whole matter was duly discussed and thoroughly considered1 forwards1 backwards and sideways1 when she and ,nan next met4 ,after which ,nan trotted out her trouble4 ,it was necessary1 she said1 that she should gain weight4 ,tom had commented on her slimness1 compared her to a rail and several other articles more noted for length than breadth4 ,nan only weighed #aae4 ,she should weigh at least #adj4 ,how could she increase her weight8 ,lula had been reading up about such matters in a book recommended by ,dr4 ,dash1 and she would see what he said and report4 ,this was done and ,nan was recommended to eat plenty of raw eggs every day4 ,a dozen a day would not be too many4 ,if she could not afford so many eat as many as she thought she could afford2 and drink lots of milk4 ,if this would not make her fat nothing would4 ,it was necessary1 too1 to take lots of exercise4 ,the doctors say that exercise is necessary to health1 and whether you are to get thin or fat exercise is of first importance4 ,after two weeks of self denial and exercise to excess1 as she thought1 ,lula1 who had weighed #afj1 found her net reduced to #aee4 ,this seemed to her hard lines4 ,the game was not worth the candle4 ,but she persevered and at the end of two weeks more had fallen to #aej4 ,this was encouraging1 but she began to fear she would not be able to hold out forever4 ,she was so desperately hungry6 ,her dreams began to be haunted by luscious feasts4 ,she woke up in the night1 ravenous4 ,she told ,jake that if she were not desperately fond of him she would bite him4 ,at this1 ,jake only grunted4 ,the worst deprivation was candy4 ,she was extravagantly fond of it1 but the doctor sternly forbade it4 ,candy1 fat and sugar1 as well as starchy foods were to be eschewed2 even potatoes were forbidden4 ,nan1 on the contrary1 had eaten raw eggs and milk until she gagged every time she undertook to eat a raw egg in milk4 ,lula suggested using a little brandy to give a flavor1 but this soon palled4 ,she did manage to reach #aah but halted there4 ,lula halted1 too1 on the downward path1 at #aej4 ,no amount of fasting or exercise seemed to avail4 ,about this time she discovered that her skin was getting wrinkled and that1 worst of all1 wrinkles were forming on her face4 ,after much consultation it was decided that a visit to a beauty doctor might possibly remedy this4 ,instead of one visit several were required4 ,all this time her appetite was growing mightier and mightier4 ,finally she fell4 ,they had been shopping together4 ,she had seen candy displayed until she was reckless4 ,in this mood1 after leaving ,nan1 she hurried into a candy shop with the air of a criminal1 bought and ate half a pound4 ,nothing serious happened immediately1 so in a few days she bought and ate again--clandestinely4 ,made reckless by lack of immediate results she resumed her old habits and presently found her weight increasing rapidly--more rapidly than it had gone down4 ,nan had become discouraged4 ,she felt well--better than she had felt for a long time4 ,she had1 in fact1 before this been eating too little4 ,too many meals had been passed with nothing eaten but tea and toast--now she was really nourished for the first time in years4 ,about this time she heard some one remark that yeast was a very fattening food1 and that she herself had put on twenty pounds by eating a cake daily for three months4 ,so ,nan bought a cake and ate it with many qualms4 ,it was certainly not very agreeable to the taste4 ,she persevered1 however1 and after two weeks discovered that she was indeed gaining4 ,in fact she began to get fat4 ,slowly but steadily she put on weight until she became alarmed4 ,she was obliged to buy an entire new outfit and although she stopped the yeast cakes she still swelled4 ,now in despair she began1 like ,lula1 to diet4 ,but imagine if you can all the discussions1 the visits to and fro1 the consultations without end to which these fluctuations led4 ,in mercy ,i have not recounted them--but they took place4 ,lula did her own washing1 rolled on the floor every morning1 practised calisthenics4 ,wonderful to relate1 she began to lose flesh steadily2 her skin wrinkled and her color faded4 ,she became alarmed and consulted the doctor who failed to find anything wrong4 ,now ,lula is desperately trying to lay on flesh while ,nan is just as determinedly reducing4 99 99 99 99 99 8,i never realized before10 said ,lewellyn1 8what an awful thing it must be to be a woman40 8,it is indeed piteous10 said ,sam4 8,the poor things have to wear skirts2 they are not allowed to put their feet on the table or spit tobacco juice on the stove4 ,but then they are freely allowed to do the washing and such light work as taking care of ten or twelve children40 8,you must remember the disabilities she suffers10 said ,fred4 8,she is not allowed to go to war1 nor is she expected to haul out manure in the hot weather4 ,when the time comes for putting in wheat ,i know of nothing more enjoyable than hauling out manure and spreading it on the field4 ,the smell is appetizing1 and like most perfume1 it clings4 ,the flies are active and make the horses playful4 ,i seldom enjoy life so much as then2 and it worries me that the dear ladies are not privileged to participate40 8,sam is right10 said ,anita1 8,the women are privileged to bring up the children4 ,they bear the brunt of their childish impatience1 recklessness and disobedience4 ,they stay up with them nights when they are sick and they are expected to be patient and long suffering with husbands and children when they can scarcely drag one foot after the other4 ,i have known of cases10 she continued1 8where the women hauled coal out of the cellars habitually1 and cases are known where women plow1 haul manure1 clean out dirty stables and help in the field4 ,i don't really think the women need complain that their work is lacking either in quality1 quantity or variety40 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,woozy ------- ,woozy opened his eyes for the first time and looked up4 ,there was a little boy1 and in his hand was a saucer in which was some white stuff4 ,the boy smiled at him4 ,woozy was interested in the white stuff2 it looked good4 ,he licked some with his tongue4 ,it tasted good but it was very cold4 ,woozy licked it again but pretty soon his tongue got so cold he would have to stop licking for awhile4 ,but he went on licking and after awhile it was all gone and the dish was licked clean4 ,then he looked up at the boy and said3 8,woof60 ,but it was a very small woof1 for ,woozy was a very small1 round1 roly poly puppy4 ,he said woof1 three or four times but the boy only smiled for he had no more of the white stuff4 ,he would have given more to ,woozy if he had had it but he could not give more if he did not have it4 ,pretty soon the door opened and a monstrous big dog came in4 ,she went over and tried to lick the boy's face4 ,then she laid down beside him4 ,then the boy took a ball of cord and rolled it into a corner and ,woozy trotted after it4 ,he grabbed it and worried it1 and growled--frightfully4 ,pretty soon his mother went over to him1 took him by the back of the neck and carried him over to the boy and laid him down1 as much as to say3 8,i think he is naughty1 and you had better make him behave40 ,but the boy just smiled and stroked the dogs with his hand4 ,first he would stroke the mother and then he would stroke ,woozy4 ,the mother would lick his hand but ,woozy pinched it with his sharp little teeth4 ,woozy and the boy grew up together4 ,they both got bigger every day until the boy was nearly as big as his father and ,woozy nearly as big as his mother4 ,woozy thought the boy was perfect4 ,he followed him everywhere4 ,if you saw the boy anywhere you might know that ,woozy was around1 and if you saw ,woozy you might know that the boy was not far off4 ,sometimes they took long walks together in the woods4 ,woozy would run off among the trees but pretty soon he would come back to the boy and look up in his face and say3 8woof10 which meant why don't you come along and have some fun8 ,once robbers tried to steal the boy1 but ,woozy growled and showed his teeth until the robbers ran away4 ,one day the boy was crossing a pasture field4 ,there was a cross bull there lying down behind some bushes4 ,when he saw the boy he began pawing the dirt and then he ran after him4 ,woozy grabbed the bull's tail and held on till the bull turned around4 ,then he fell off and rolled over and over4 ,the bull ran after him and stuck one horn through his poor body4 ,the boy had climbed over the fence and he screamed and cried with all his might4 ,then the bull threw up his head and poor ,woozy's dead body flew over the fence4 ,oh1 how mad the boy was and how he cried6 ,his mamma said1 8,never mind dear1 ,woozy was willing to give his life for you40 ,but the boy was lonely1 and he cried as hard as he could cry when they buried ,woozy in the garden4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,the ,hermit ------- ,in a cave on the south side of the mountain there once lived a hermit4 ,he was only middle aged but his hair was white4 ,he was kind of manner and speech but he often sighed as one bereft of hope4 ,he worked for the farmers round about1 who paid him with potatoes or other produce or sometimes with money when they could spare it4 ,he lived a lonely life on the mountainside with no one to share it4 ,here he snared rabbits and caught skunks and foxes and sold their skins4 ,in a space before the cave he built a rough cabin which concealed the entrance4 ,to one side of this he built a shack to house his chickens and on the other side he planted apples1 pears and peaches4 ,grapes he shunned as open to misconstruction4 ,he gathered firewood in the forest and no one molested him4 ,the water for drinking and cooking came from a spring on the mountainside not far from his door4 ,he was kind to the children and often gave them candy4 ,the path to and from the schoolhouse led past his door and he often saw the school teacher passing4 ,she was a lady who had begun to teach several years before this story opens4 ,she had been very beautiful as a girl but now some of her fresh complexion had gone where the good complexions go1 and she was using a powder puff instead4 ,her nose was a little sharper and she was rather more positive in some of her ideas than she had been as a young girl4 ,the children always spoke to the hermit and in this way she got to know him4 ,at ,christmas time she had a two-weeks vacation4 ,there was a heavy fall of snow which drifted1 so that all the roads were closed4 ,she said to her mother3 8,i wonder how my poor hermit is getting along in this snow1 all alone on the mountainside40 8,it is too bad10 said her mother1 who did and said pretty much as ,anna-,bell wished her4 ,when school opened again she stopped at his house to enquire4 ,the hermit said he was getting along pretty well1 thank you1 but she looked around the room with distaste4 ,there was much dirt in the corners1 the windows needed cleaning and dirty dishes were standing on the table4 8,don't you ever go to town80 said she4 8,yes10 he replied1 8,i am going this afternoon and shall not get home until after dark40 ,she made no reply but a light came into her eyes4 ,after school she hurried to the cottage1 pinned a towel around her and began to sweep and scrub4 ,then she closed the door carefully and went home4 ,when he came home it seemed more cheerful but he noticed nothing more4 ,the next morning he only said3 8,good ,morning10 though she seemed to expect something more4 ,that afternoon on her way home she asked him for a drink of water4 ,then she said to him3 8,where are you from80 8,my home was in ,new ,york10 said he4 8,what did you do80 she asked4 8,i was in the commission business10 he replied1 8but ,i grew ashamed40 8,you deserve a reward10 said she1 8choose one60 8,i need a cook10 said he1 8come and cook for me as soon as you can learn40 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,sandy's ,story ------- ,i used to live in ,new ,jersey when ,i was young1 in a place called ,lopatcong ,mills4 ,i was workin in the mills4 ,there was two other fellers workin there with me and we was about the same age1 size and build1 as you might say4 ,one of the fellers was ,sam ,harkness and the other ,enos ,kerber4 ,enos was all for gittin married4 ,he was e'enamost crazy about gals1 and ,i guess he pestered 'em some4 ,anyhow he didn't seem to get along very fast gittin married4 ,i aint very keen about gals myself1 and ,i wasn't then2 but1 as ,i said1 ,enos liked to be with 'em4 ,he spent most all his wages buyin ice cream fer 'em4 ,he said he kinda liked to see 'em lickin it up like nice little pussy cats4 8,yes10 ,i says1 8,i guess you would like to be a mouse10 says ,i1 8and listen to what they says40 8,no10 says he1 8but they use me like the cat would a mouse40 ,well1 he was always talkin about the gals and about gittin married 'till ,i got e'enamost worn out4 ,so one day ,i says3 8,enos10 says ,i1 8why don't you advertise80 8,advertise fer what80 says he4 8,why1 fer a wife10 says ,i4 8,sure10 says he1 8where can ,i do it80 ,sam ,harkness and me put our heads together1 as you might say1 and we wrote an 8ad0 like this3 8,advertiser wants to marry nice-looking girl about #bj4 ,address with photo1 ,box #bh1 ,phillipsburg1 ,n4 ,j40 ,we sent this with #e4jj to a paper in ,chicago that we had seen1 and pretty soon ,enos began to git letters and photos4 ,the photos was all good lookin2 and to some of the best lookers ,enos sent hisn4 ,now1 hisn was what you might call a side face1 kinda sickly smilin1 as if the man that took it had said3 8,now look smilin60 ,enos wasn't a bad looker1 himself1 nor he wasn't no beauty neither4 ,one day ,i took the bosses wife to the train2 and ,i was standin on the platform1 when a middle aged female comes up to me and flung her arms around me4 8,hello6 ,sandy10 says she1 8here ,i am4 ,aint ye glad8 ,why10 she says1 8you're better lookin than yer picture4 ,i just took such a fancy to it that ,i got right on the train and come right on1 and here ,i am40 8,who are you lookin fer80 says ,i1 gittin flustered1 8,i don't know nothing about this4 ,what do you mean1 anyhow80 8,young man10 says she1 8is this you8 and is this your handwritin80 so sayin1 she pulls out a picture of me and a letter which ,i had written fer ,enos in lead pencil2 but his name was rubbed out and mine signed4 8,well1 that's my picture10 says ,i1 8but that letter's a forgery1 as you might say40 ,well1 she bust out a cryin and a crowd begun to form1 so ,i put her in the wagon and took her to the mill fer dinner4 ,then ,i brought her back and put her on the train1 her crying most of the time4 ,i paid her fare both ways and she said ,i was real kind and must come to see her1 but ,i aint been yet4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,the ,hoboes ------- ,after the close of the ,civil ,war1 from #ahfe to a much later date1 a great many men had been soldiers and were discharged1 had grown fond of a wandering life and were unable to resist its charms4 ,it was about this time that the army of tramps gained so many recruits as to become a great national nuisance4 ,many of these men were still clad1 in whole or in part1 in army blue uniforms2 and some of the army overcoats survived several winters4 ,there were many of these hoboes on the road1 moving from place to place1 sometimes afoot1 sometimes beating their way on the railroads1 where they finally became a menace to the trainmen and to the communities along the right of way4 ,most of the subsistence of these tramps was lifted from the charitable by the process known as 8slamming gates40 ,not a few of the tramps were very soft spoken when men or cross dogs were about but became bold and saucy when the women folks were alone4 ,the food gained by begging was supplemented by petty thefts of chickens1 eggs1 green corn and other produce and the snaring of rabbits and other small game4 ,just above ,milford1 ,new ,jersey1 the ,delaware ,river breaks through a ridge of ,new ,red ,sandstone1 forming a cliff of red rock1 the color of which is due to peroxid of iron1 facing the south4 ,along these cliffs there are many ledges2 and in the winter1 as the sun beats against these ledges1 it heats the rocks and creates an atmosphere several degrees warmer than that of the surrounding country4 ,on one of these ledges overhanging the railroad1 which follows the ,new ,jersey shore of the river1 a band of hoboes had established their camp4 ,there had been a heavy fall of snow the night before as two tramps were released from the county prison at ,flemington where they had been spending a sad week breaking stone4 8,better not come this way again10 said the ,sheriff as he released them2 8we've got your numbers here1 and next time you'll get a heavy dose40 8,i'm going to head for ,milford camp10 said ,harvard ,jim to ,deadwood ,ike1 his companion1 8,i am getting tired of ,jersey40 8,this here beats cock fightin10 replied ,ike4 8,every darn muscle in my body aches to beat the band1 and here we're turned out in the snow4 ,lucky we had breakfast40 ,all day they plodded doggedly along toward ,milford1 cold and with wet feet4 ,at noon they had several 8hand outs0 which fended off starvation1 and that night they camped in a wood where the bushes sheltered them and their fire4 ,the next day was warmer and the sun shone1 melting the snow4 ,they reached the camp with wet feet1 tired and hungry and were greeted with jeers and laughter4 ,the pot was boiling over a wood fire and they were soon fed and warmed4 ,the ground was bare and not too dry as they hunted a place to rest4 ,finally1 ,ike curled down and tried to go to sleep1 but was kept awake by an intolerable prickling sensation in his back4 ,this grew worse until it became intolerable4 8,say boys60 said he1 8,something's the matter with my back40 ,so saying1 he started to strip off his coat4 8,wait a minute10 said ,harvard ,jim1 8you have something hanging to your coat40 ,so saying1 he pulled it off but immediately began to dance and swear4 8,that's a cactus10 said another tramp4 8,i forgot to tell you they're thick around here40 ,the best part of an hour was spent in picking spines from their respective hides1 and then they once more went to rest1 this time carefully inspecting the premises to avoid the cactus4 ,next morning they started for the ,milford ,bridge resolved to quit ,jersey forever2 but at the bridge they were met by the toll-keeper who declined to allow them to pass without the customary two cents each4 ,this they did not have but were forced to beg with poor success--plenty to eat but no money4 ,just at this point they were stopped by the constable who put them under arrest for begging4 8,say1 friend10 said ,harvard ,jim1 8if you will find us a place where we can saw some wood for a quarter we will pay our way over the bridge and stay away from ,jersey40 8,all right10 said the constable1 8,i have some wood myself40 ,for two hours they toiled1 one with the saw1 the other with the axe1 sawing and splitting a huge pile of firewood1 inspected meanwhile by the constable4 ,at the end of this time they struck work and were offered ten cents each4 8,have a heart1 brother10 said ,ike1 8that's no way to treat us40 8,beat it1 or ,i'll put you in the jug10 said he1 8and none of your lip1 either40 ,they were silent until they reached the middle of the bridge2 then ,ike shook his fist at ,jersey and swore furiously4 8,breakin stone1 trampin in snow1 sleepin on cactus1 sawin wood1 an cheatin constables4 ,damn such a ,state60 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,jumping ,steel ------- 8,i suppose you know10 said ,sam 8that there are a great many kinds of steel in the market nowadays1 such as high carbon steel1 low carbon steel1 manganese steel1 tungsten steel1 nickel steel44440 8,yes10 said ,lewellyn1 8and ,wildcat oil steal and ,wall ,street steals44440 8,now1 ,lewellyn10 said aunt ,margaret1 8this is ,sam's story1 not yours40 8,all right10 said ,lewellyn1 8,i guess ,i can stand it if you can40 8,there are a great many ways of treating steel1 too10 continued ,sam1 8for giving it desired properties1 some of which have been very successful40 8,i knew a fellow in the ,bethlehem ,steel ,company several years ago who was a nut on steel treating4 ,he said that by selecting the proper kind of steel1 such as nickel steel or chrome steel or some other sort1 it was possible to get any desired properties if you gave the steel proper heat treatment4 ,he was my roommate for a year and he talked about this so much that ,i got all worn out--and mad4 8,first ,i told him that ,i wanted a steal that could not be found out but he paid no attention4 ,then ,i asked whether it would be possible to make a steel for springs that could be pushed down two inches and come back four4 ,i found ,i had given him something to think about4 ,he shut up right away and began to think4 ,i could always tell when he was thinking by the fishy stare that came into his eye2 like the eye of a fresh fish that is ten days old4 8,he studied on this for nearly a week and ,i had a blessed rest4 ,i began to hope it would keep him quiet forever2 but at the end of the week he said he thought he could do it4 ,his eyes had lost the fishy stare and a smile spread over his face and stayed there4 ,i forget what the steel was to have in it but ,i remember it was to contain molybdenum4 8,he went up to ,bethlehem the very next day and ,i saw no more of him for a week4 ,when he came back he said he had been working hard and thought he was on the track but the darn stuff was brittle4 ,still he thought he might be able to overcome that if he had time enough4 ,i told him he could have all the time that was coming but he paid no attention4 ,every time he came back after that he would sit and stare and the fishy look would come back3 then he would slap his leg and hurry back to ,bethlehem4 8,about a month after ,i had put the idea into his head he came back one day and said he had the kind of steel ,i wanted4 8,i told him to make me two coiled springs two inches wide and four inches long1 with a steel plate fastened to either end4 ,one of these plates was to have four holes in for screws1 so it could be fastened to the heel of a shoe4 ,i said that on second thought he had better make three springs1 so that if one broke we might still have enough4 8,yes1 he thought that might be wise1 because springs were apt to break4 ,when he came back next time he had a dozen springs in a box4 ,they were beautifully made and were silver plated1 too4 8,then we couldn't agree at first who should put them on and see how they worked4 ,he said ,i had started the idea1 and it would not be fair that he should have the honor of first trying them4 ,but ,i said the idea was not worth much2 he had made the right kind of steel and the way to heat treat it2 that was two to my one4 ,i was really afraid to try the darn things myself1 and when you hear what happened you won't wonder4 8,we fastened one spring to each of a pair of his shoes4 ,he did not put them on but carried them and wore another pair to the end of ,bushkill ,street where we planned to try them out4 ,there isn't much traffic there1 and we wanted a quiet place for our experiment4 ,he put on the spring shoes at ,green ,street and jumped towards the river4 ,the first jump was two feet1 the second four1 the third eight and the fourth sixteen4 ,by the time he got to the river he was jumping sixty-four feet at a clip4 ,then the spring on his left foot broke with a loud crack and he turned half around and struck the water horizontally at thirty miles an hour4 ,he went under and came up a little further on1 came around in a circle and shot out on the sand4 ,he was stunned at first1 but as soon as he felt a little better he asked me to get his other shoes and take these off1 which ,i did4 8,after that we walked home and he sat thinking for quite awhile4 ,after he came out of this trance he said it seemed easy enough to go1 the problem was1 how were we to stop8 ,he thought it would be easy to steer1 too1 by holding one foot out a little further than the other4 ,we could learn to do that easy enough4 ,the best way to stop1 he thought1 would be to have a spring on the end of a stick4 ,by holding this so it would strike the ground first it would send you back and then you would stop4 8,so he got a stick1 or rather two sticks--one for each hand--and put a spring on each4 ,we had our next jumpin match on the ,twelfth ,street lot about midnight of a moonlight night4 ,he jumped two feet and came back four2 jumped eight feet and came back sixteen4 ,by the time he was up to sixty-four feet he struck the roof of a house1 went through and landed in a bed4 ,it was lucky he did3 he might have been killed if he had landed anywhere else4 ,it was a slate roof1 and he was pretty badly scratched when he came down in his stocking feet4 ,he was afraid to keep his shoes on for fear he might get started again4 ,the man who owned the house was with him1 looking pretty mad4 8,it cost him quite a little to mend the roof and pacify the man1 but he finally got it fixed up4 ,i told him he wanted to be more careful2 next time he might land in a bed with some girl or the old woman and that would cost him more yet4 8,i got so nervous about this time that ,i moved into another room4 ,i was afraid if ,i went on going out with him the police might manage to stay awake long enough to pinch us4 ,the last time ,i saw him he told me they had made some bed springs out of this steel by mistake and some of them were sent out and used4 ,he heard of a man who had a cot in his summer tent4 ,he came in one afternoon very tired and threw himself on the cot and the next thing he knew he flew through the top of the tent fell back and broke through and landed on the floor with an awful jolt4 ,he told me he was sure that steel would be a money maker as soon as he learned how to control it40 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,all the ,way from ,melbourne ------- ,a college teacher learns much about far away places if he cares to do so4 ,this knowledge is also very intimate and very accurate4 ,it is the kind of knowledge that cannot be drawn from books of travel or from encyclopedias4 ,it is first-hand information given by people who have lived there4 ,it is obtained from his students4 ,most of those he is called upon to teach come1 probably1 from within a radius of fifty or a hundred miles4 ,there is always a sprinkling1 however1 of boys from far off places4 ,rochambeau ,college always has a few such4 ,i can remember among them several from ,japan1 from ,china1 ,india1 ,south ,america1 and one from ,siam4 ,we sometimes hear from these boys after they have returned to their homes and once in a great while we are rich enough to visit them4 ,what a fuss they make when we do and how glad they seem to be to see us4 ,i have been something of a traveler in a small way and everywhere ,i have gone1 and been able to turn aside to visit the boys1 ,i have met the most cordial welcome4 ,this is one of the rewards that come to the teacher who has tried to do his best4 ,sometimes he comes in contact with people from distant lands in strange ways2 and it is about one of these strange happenings that ,i am about to tell4 ,after ,i had been teaching for several years ,i married ,sally ,lunn1 the daughter of a local baker4 ,we had two sons and a daughter to bless our union4 ,i noticed as the years passed that my surplus cash was waning rather than waxing4 ,this led me to make a careful review of the situation4 ,my salary was scarcely opulent and was not mounting with great rapidity4 ,it was evident that if ,providence saw fit to endow us with a continued shower of childish blessings ,i must either find more income or breakfast1 lunch and dine on corn mush--and ,i was not fond of mush4 ,among my early investments had been the purchase of a printing press4 ,the outfit was a small one but it was complete and such as enabled me to make a beginning as a printer in a small way4 ,as ,i practised the art ,i became constantly more skilful and could now print a very fair job4 ,this seemed to furnish an opening and ,i went to work4 ,the venture was moderately successful and led to a decided1 though moderate1 increase in my income4 ,presently ,i was able to buy a larger press and more type and to rent a room in the town in which to install it4 ,here ,i employed a competent foreman and began my commercial career4 ,i had written a text book for my pupils in the meantime and this ,i printed and published4 ,then ,i started a journal in which my book was advertised1 leading to orders from abroad and the influx of manuscripts from my friends4 ,in a few years ,i had a prosperous business on my hands and all my spare time was usefully employed4 ,it soon became necessary to arrange for agents for the sale of my publications abroad4 ,this was easily arranged in ,london and ,tokio but more difficult in other places4 ,i wrote to ,secretary of ,commerce ,hoover for the name of an agent in ,melbourne and he sent me the names of about fifty firms1 dealers in books in that place4 ,i immediately aimed at the flock and fired four letters at random1 but brought down no birds4 ,weeks and months passed on without a response4 ,i am a late riser by preference and an early one only under compulsion4 ,i was finishing my breakfast at a moderate rate one morning when word came that a gentleman had called and was waiting for me4 ,my visitor was a middle aged man1 plainly dressed in tweed with a cloth cap4 ,he informed me that he was traveling for pleasure and had undertaken to go from ,new ,york to ,san ,francisco by auto4 ,he had stopped for the night at our local hotel and in descending a dark stairway had fallen and broken his arm4 ,he was admitted to the hospital1 permitted the setting of the arm and submitted to the necessary delay--for it was impossible to drive with one arm4 ,he found himself doomed to inaction1 for his daily occupation was confined to a visit to the hospital to have his arm dressed1 and time hung heavy on his hands4 ,in this dilemma he inquired of ,dr4 ,kuhlmann1 his attendant and one of my old students1 whether there was not some one else in the place with a taste for science4 ,dr4 ,kuhlmann had referred him to me4 ,i told ,mr4 ,humphreys that ,i was very glad to meet him and would do my best to help him pass the time pleasantly during his enforced delay4 ,i found he was posted on his own country1 ,australia4 ,he knew something about its geology and about its politics also4 ,i announced that we would have an evening together with our professors of geology and economics in a day or two1 as soon as it could be arranged4 ,in the meantime ,i asked him whether he liked to dance8 ,he said he did1 and my wife1 who had met him by this time1 invited him to spend that very evening with us--we expected some young people in to dance and thought it might amuse him4 ,he came and was much liked by the young folks4 ,a few evenings later he came to tea with us and spent the evening with the two professors and their wives4 ,of course they pumped him for first-hand information and obtained it4 ,we spent a delightful and very profitable evening together4 ,the next morning ,i proposed to take him over my publishing house4 ,we met there and made the rounds4 ,i showed him some of our books and he appeared to be more than ordinarily interested in them4 ,as he was leaving he informed me that he was starting for the ,west in the morning after4 8,i don't see why10 he said1 8,i might not sell some of your books myself4 ,i am a scientific bookseller in ,melbourne1 and ,i shall take great pleasure in selling as many of your books as ,i can40 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,a ,defense of the ,wealthy ------- ,contrary to a generally held opinion1 there are some wealthy people who may be successfully defended4 ,there are not so many of them1 however1 that any serious disturbance need be created4 ,there is1 perhaps1 some danger that these may be overlooked in the universal damnation that is being handed out to the malefactors of great wealth4 ,the first exception to be noted is that of the inventor4 ,quite a few of these men have lightened our tasks to a very considerable extent4 ,they have in a few cases amassed a competence by taxing us for their inventions for seventeen years4 ,after that their work is free for all1 at least in theory4 ,a great many of these men have had no benefit from their inventions and might well be pensioned from public funds4 ,in not a few cases the profits that should have gone to them have been filched by men who had money to lend4 ,such cases should be overhauled and the ill-gotten gains of the banker folks restored to their proper owners4 ,it would be well also to give the bankers the spanking they need1 thus making one job of the whole business4 ,when we think that ,whitney1 who invented the cotton gin2 ,steinmetz1 the electrical wizard2 ,pupin1 who perfected the telephone2 ,edison1 ,gray1 ,acheson1 ,morse1 ,mc,cormick and thousands of others1 some as well1 others less well known belong to this class1 we realize how greatly we are indebted to them1 and how cheaply we get off by allowing them to profit by their inventions for seventeen short years4 ,then there are some school teachers and college professors who might be excepted and a few ministers4 ,some of these fellows married money1 and we will not except these2 some of them inherited money1 and we will not except these2 a few of them stole money1 and these must be spanked4 ,after these exceptions have been made there will be a few left and they have lived such a deuce of a life that we will let them go4 ,there does not seem to be any great harm in the man who saved in order that he might keep out of the almshouse when he grew too old to work4 ,we should not tax these people1 either1 if they have only moderate means4 ,our wise legislators1 however1 do not seem to think so4 ,many cases of this kind have been heard of during and since the late unpleasantness where the poor souls had a hard time keeping body and spirit together after the tax collector was through with them4 ,all farmers who have made money should be let off1 provided they made money by real farming and not by selling fancy cattle1 poultry1 etc41 at startling prices4 ,real farming is a man's job1 and those who succeed at it deserve to be patted on the back4 ,the fellows who sell the blooded stock belong in about the same class as the bond salesman--we will come to these later on4 ,the married couples who bring up and properly educate1 say four or more children1 are also deserving4 ,if their children are grateful so much the better2 if they chip in and support their father and mother--fine6 ,in the last case we might safely except everybody concerned4 ,of course we must except the lame1 the halt and the blind2 and perhaps a few others have been unintentionally skipped1 but there seem to be few others4 ,now we come to those who need punishment of some kind4 ,first among these are the office-holders4 ,there are a few among them who really earn all they get--but not many4 ,office holding ought to be made a dangerous business1 and running for the ,presidency punished with death4 ,bankers ought to be periodically inspected and made to give an account of themselves1 so should lawyers1 and real-estate agents4 ,the doctors1 some of them1 need watching4 ,they are a frightfully jealous lot and outside testimony only1 can be relied on4 ,if a good one is found he should be patted on the back4 ,there are a lot of these but most of them live in the country where the air is good4 ,those who live in the city and have hospitals where they charge #ajj4jj for opening a pimple and #be4jj for giving you four ounces of ether should be heavily docked and then fined4 ,there are far too many wholesale and retail merchants and too few farmers4 ,we might well cut out half of the merchants for a start and make them move out on farms where they could be really useful4 ,if they commit suicide instead of farming1 so much the better4 ,there are also too many book agents and bond salesmen and brokers and clerks in stores4 ,too many newspapers are published and too much paper wasted in doing it4 ,this needs regulating4 ,the best way to do it is to tax these things and let the farmers alone for the present1 until they have #e4jj ahead4 ,and the fellows who are loafing around waiting for a bonus should be put to a painless death4 ,they will never be of any real use4 ,the labor agitators and strike leaders are in the way1 too4 ,anybody who spends his time loafing or playing golf should be stopped1 questioned and put to work4 ,if he refuses he should be shipped off to an island set apart for the purpose where he must work or starve4 ,all such wealthy ones should be treated as indicated and some of those not wealthy but who belong to the same classes need much the same treatment4 ,while we are about it we may perhaps just as well do a little more regulating4 ,the ,germans1 for example1 have too many children and the ,french too few4 ,we should take warning and govern ourselves accordingly4 ,of course some people claim that these things are regulated by ,providence but it seems probable that there are other forces at work4 ,four children to a family seems to be about right and it is suggested that a committee1 all the members of which have done their full duty and are from ,missouri1 be appointed to see that there are no slackers4 ,this is a species of wealth that needs regulating as well as other kinds4 ,the old maids and old bachelors should be heavily taxed unless they can satisfy a ,missouri committee that they have made determined efforts to commit matrimony4 ,in that case they should have assistance4 ,all would-be voters should be carefully examined before it is allowed and the recall and repeal should be in order4 ,every voter should be able to spell his or her name1 tell what rivers run through and by ,easton1 where the ,atlantic is situated and what ,sing ,sing is noted for4 ,after all are educated up to this point1 the tests should gradually be toughened until only those really fit can vote4 ,they should be made to vote every time4 ,gradually1 in this way1 every man can learn how to milk cows1 husk corn1 run a plow and chase the pigs out of the oats4 ,the women will be able to darn stockings1 bake bread1 sew shirts and run a bridge party4 ,by the time these ideas are put to work the millennium will be close at hand and we need no longer flee from the tax gatherer or hide from the bond salesman4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,the ,skin of the ,bear ------- ,this story1 according to ,de ,comines1 was told by the ,emperor ,frederick ,,iii of ,germany to an emissary of ,king ,louis ,,xi of ,france who wished him to conspire against the ,duke of ,burgundy to their mutual advantage3 ,two ne'er-do-wells living in the interior of ,germany had patronized the local inn keeper without paying his bill until the latter became weary4 ,he finally told them that he would give them no more credit4 ,they soon became hungry1 thirsty and desperate1 and consulted together as to how they might once more establish their credit4 ,while engaged in thus scheming their hunger and thirst steadily increased until it became overpowering4 ,now you must know that the villagers had been greatly harried by a monstrous big black bear who1 from the adjoining forest1 ravaged their flocks and their gardens4 ,he was especially fond of sheep and almost nightly carried off and devoured them4 ,nothing was any longer safe in the village night or day and large rewards were offered to anyone who would kill him and thus save them from loss4 ,this was known to the two bums who proceeded to make use of it with the good natured landlord4 ,they told him if he would only give them enough to eat and drink to appease their hunger and thirst they would at once go in search of the bear and proceed to kill him and take off his hide4 ,this1 they assured the inn keeper1 was an enormous hide and its sale would yield a large sum which they proposed to use in extinguishing their debt and any future advances he might see fit to make4 ,this was not all2 with the rewards they would collect they should become opulent1 and they promised to spend this at his house1 so that all this money would in the long run come to him alone4 ,the tavern keeper was of an optimistic turn of mind and listened to their tale with renewed hope1 finally agreeing to do as they asked4 ,the two conspirators1 as soon as they had filled their bellies started out in quest of the bear4 ,now it happened that bruin had become hungry earlier than usual that evening and that he had started to forage earlier4 ,after eating several ears of corn which he took from a field alongside the road he hurried along in the gathering dusk toward the village4 ,the adventurers were headed in the opposite direction on the same road and they rapidly drew together4 ,the bear was the first to detect their approach with a loud ,whoof6 ,this startled the bums and frightened them very badly4 ,without the least delay1 the eldest promptly took to a tree which1 fortunately for him1 spread its branches close by the road4 ,the second loafer was so badly frightened that he fell down in a dead faint and lay upon the ground without motion4 ,without hesitating the bear trotted up and smelled the man by putting his nose to the latter's ear4 ,finding no motion1 and thinking the man dead1 the bear1 after taking several sniffs and turning the fellow over with a thrust of its paw1 proceeded on its way4 ,after a short time the tree climber descended and ran off as fast as his legs could carry him4 ,the man who had fainted presently recovered and proceeded to do likewise4 ,seeing his friend scampering along at a great pace some distance ahead he hailed him and his friend stopped and allowed him to come up4 ,together they proceeded toward the town and related their tale to the landlord1 not without much embellishment4 ,the tavern keeper finally agreed1 in consideration of the difficulty of their task1 to give a further extension of credit4 ,but the tree climber was dissatisfied and proceeded to question his fellow bum4 8,what did the bear ask you10 said he1 8when he whispered in your ear80 ,his mate replied3 8,he did not whisper to me40 8,yes he did10 said the first1 8he whispered in your ear for some time4 ,did ,i not see him do it8 ,try not to deceive me1 it will be in vain40 ,now the faint-hearted one was also a wit and he1 therefore1 hesitated and finally confessed that something had passed1 but declared he was not obliged to divulge it4 ,this made the first bum angry and he assailed his fellow with threats and reproaches4 ,but still the latter declined to divulge the secret4 ,this led to renewed threats and finally to blows4 ,the possessor of the secret was vanquished and finally agreed to tell it to his fellow1 but only in the presence of the landlord and the village magistrate4 ,it was also agreed that after telling the secret he should be allowed to go free without further molestation4 ,to this clause the landlord1 whose curiosity had been aroused1 also agreed2 further1 he promised to protect the possessor of the secret4 ,these details having been arranged the parties met one morning in the house of the magistrate4 ,the second vagabond first recited the agreement and having procured the assent of all parties began as follows3 8,when ,bruin appeared ,i was frightened and fell in a faint4 ,from this ,i was awakened by a rough tongue licking my cheek and a bearish voice whispering in my ear4 ,it said3 #8,you were to kill me were you not1 and to take off my hide and sell it8 ,and you were to collect the money offered as rewards1 and having thus acquired much money you agreed1 did you not1 to pay the account of the landlord and stay with him until your money was exhausted8' 8,i was badly frightened and1 thinking my time had come and resolving to endanger my hope of salvation by no more lies1 ,i nodded my head in assent4 ,the bear then said3 8#8,very well1 you are properly punished4 ,as for the rascal in the tree the inn keeper has made no agreement with him such as that he will make with you2 and when you have escaped his wrath ,i advise him to clap him in jail4 ,in the meantime ,i will advise you both never in future to sell the hide of a bear before you have killed it1 nor would ,i collect rewards for its death before the death takes place4' ,as for the ,judge1 he is a rascal anyhow and at all times1 and is well able to take care of himself40 ,with this the vagabond darted from the room and ran up the street pursued by all three who had forgotten their promises in their resentment4 ,he however made good his escape4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,a ,visit from the ,wileys ------- ,many years ago1 shortly after ,i began teaching at ,lafayette ,college1 ,i determined to join ,the ,american ,association for the ,advancement of ,science4 ,this long-winded name was given by themselves to a collection of bookworms who every year assembled in some good-sized city1 after having collected some thousands of dollars for expenses of the local merchants1 and held as many as a dozen pow wows in as many different rooms4 ,in one of these rooms a learned discussion on one or more mathematical questions was kept up during most of the hours of daylight2 in a second1 subjects in physics were undergoing examination2 a third room was occupied by the chemists1 a fourth by the biologists2 everywhere there was a sprinkling of 8nuts0 who were in danger of breaking out and must be sat upon in order not to discredit the serious minded4 ,the discussions sometimes dropped into a burst of self-admiration by some savant devoted to the holy cause of science who was keeping the lamp of knowledge burning in poverty and distress4 ,these wails were occasionally broken in upon by another wholesome-minded soul1 like the great ,cope1 who boldly declared that he was not suffering but having a good time and could be happy in no other way4 ,in the evenings some of us put on our best clothes and attended a garden party given by a local magnate where we met the money bags of the neighborhood and for an hour breathed the unaccustomed air of luxury2 or we attended an evening lecture given by some member of the attending band of scientists in compliment to the hosts2 a chosen few assembled at a room where good beer was to be had1 in ordinary dress1 drank a little beer and listened to stories and discussions straight from the shoulder and worth while4 ,it was in these evening discussions and in daylight visits to points of geological or other interest that we became acquainted and learned to enjoy the great week of the year4 ,it was here that ,i first met ,le ,conte1 ,cope1 ,major ,powell1 the one-armed explorer of the ,colorado canyon1 ,brashear1 who made his first lenses from tumbler bottoms and ,wiley1 the jolly farmer giant1 facile princeps among men4 ,i believe ,i first met ,wiley at ,buffalo in ,august1 #ahhf4 ,we visited ,niagara together as part of a jolly crowd and had a happy day4 ,nearly every year for many years after ,i met ,wiley at these meetings4 ,i also met him elsewhere4 ,he came to ,easton nearly every year for awhile to lecture to my students4 ,the lecture room was large enough to hold the audience at first1 but as he became better known we moved over to ,pardee ,hall into a room large enough to hold the crowd that came to enjoy the treat4 ,presently the 8old man10 as we called him1 was asked to go to ,lehigh whenever he came to ,lafayette4 ,i always went up with him and listened again4 ,his lectures were always new1 never twice the same4 ,on one occasion he wrote me asking whether he might spend an extra day with me and ,i gladly acceded4 ,we rode all day through the hills and woods over ,scott's ,mountain and had a jolly day4 ,when the attempt to pass pure food legislation became strenuous ,frear and ,i conspired in its behalf and carried our point4 ,when he became ,president of the ,american ,chemical ,society he chose me as editor and we toiled together at the heavy task4 ,afterwards ,i printed and published his great work on ,agricultural ,chemical ,analysis4 ,in all this work and play he was the kind1 indulgent older brother4 ,for many years he led the lonely imperfect life of a bachelor until he had reached the ripe age of #fb when his love of many years yielded to his wishes and they were married4 ,i shall never forget the glad smile on his face as my wife and ,i came up to congratulate them and he realized that we had traveled all the way from ,easton to wish him joy4 ,upon a later occasion we visited ,washington with a large party of chemists and1 with many others were the guests of ,dr4 and ,mrs4 ,wiley at a dinner at the ,raleigh4 ,but we had the advantage of most of the other guests1 for we were admitted behind the scenes before the dinner came off4 ,mrs4 ,wiley and ,nan ,pierce1 ,dr4 ,wiley's ,secretary1 told us about some of the funny things that had occurred4 ,dr4 ,wiley was away from home and they were forced to make all the arrangements4 ,they knew only a few of his friends and succeeded in inviting several dead people to the feast4 ,upon another occasion we were in ,washington with a party of ,rotarians and the ,wileys invited us to dinner at their home in ,ashmead ,place4 ,here we met the ,wiley boys1 ,harvey ,jr4 and ,john1 for the first time1 while my wife told us1 to our great joy1 how1 by a series of amusing misunderstandings1 she had narrowly escaped being a guest at one of ,mrs4 ,harding's private parties4 ,in the evening we attended a literary soiree with ,dr4 and ,mrs4 ,wiley and greatly enjoyed the papers read and the chaff that formed a part4 ,it was a real literary treat4 ,then we learned that his eyesight was failing and that he was soon to be operated upon for cataract4 ,the day of the operation passed and we had no news4 ,we dare not telegraph for fear the operation had not succeeded4 ,thus a week passed4 ,at last we learned that he saw once more though not so well as of old4 ,we saw ,dr4 ,wiley again at the ,golden ,wedding of ,dr4 and ,mrs4 ,w4 ,h4 ,nichols at ,sherry's last winter4 ,dr4 ,wiley seemed well and in good spirits4 ,we saw comparatively little of him here because so many of his friends were present and each claimed a share of his time4 ,several months later a letter arrived telling us that the family expected to start for ,cambridge1 ,mass41 shortly1 where ,wiley was to attend the fiftieth reunion of his class at ,harvard4 ,they would arrive in ,easton in the evening by auto and would spend the night with us4 ,i immediately replied that the road up ,college ,hill was closed for repairs and that they must telephone me on arrival and allow me to join and pilot them4 ,accordingly1 at #h ,p4 ,m4 the telephone rang and ,mrs4 ,wiley's voice announced their arrival4 ,they were dusty and tired and soon after dinner retired to rest4 ,we have quite a good-sized house but the family is large and only two extra rooms were available4 ,one of these contained a large wooden bedstead heavy and strong enough to support a hippopotamus2 this was dedicated to ,dr4 and ,mrs4 ,wiley4 ,the other room had a large brass bedstead which had been used for many years4 ,originally it had been well and strong2 but long continued use by our four stocky boys as a spring-board and general exercise ground had weakened our confidence in its ability to sustain heavy weights4 ,we thought1 however1 it would surely sustain the two boys4 ,after they had all retired and it was too late to interfere1 from sundry movements and murmurings overhead1 it became evident that a readjustment had taken place and that ,dr4 ,wiley and his huskiest son were in the weak bed while ,nan and the younger boy occupied the bed for elephants4 ,we listened in dreadful suspense for a breakdown4 ,fortunately none came and the extra weight was safely carried4 ,for ten days we heard nothing of the ,wileys and then they drove up on their way home4 ,they had had a wonderful time at ,harvard and on the way home4 ,on the way they stopped at a country hotel and ,john had climbed up to the peak of the roof and was unable to get down4 ,then he called to his father for help and that hard-hearted parent refused to assist him for some time but finally relented4 ,mrs4 ,hart had no help in the kitchen and the ,doctor thought they had better not stop but ,i persuaded him otherwise4 ,i said3 8,we want you to stay4 ,we will let you help us and will dispense with all frills4 ,i have so arranged that ,mrs4 ,hart shall not be overworked and shall be able to enjoy your visit40 ,on that understanding they consented to stay4 ,the next day was ,thursday1 the meeting day of our ,rotary ,club1 and the ,doctor1 the ,wiley boys and my own four boys were my guests at the ,rotary lunch4 ,they made quite an array1 and there was much quiet amusement as they filed in and sat down4 ,after the lunch ,dr4 ,wiley was called upon to speak and made us a short address--such a happy talk as only ,wiley can make4 ,in the meantime ,mrs4 ,wiley and ,dr4 ,kate ,de ,witt ,miesse1 our family physician and a friend of ,mrs4 ,wiley1 and my wife1 were dining at the ,pomfret ,club1 guests of my wife4 ,behind the curtains that night ,i heard the story from my wife of how her two guests discoursed on woman's rights while she sat and listened and enjoyed the fun4 ,that night at dinner we had ice cream and cake for dessert1 and the boys brought in the towering piece of cream fresh from the can4 ,it towered above my wife as she sliced off the portions and finally toppled over on the platter4 ,mrs4 ,wiley had been watching it in nervous terror1 and as it went over she screamed and shouted3 8,my soul and body60 much to our amusement4 ,the ,doctor informed us that for a moderate surprise she called3 8,my soul60 but great occasions called for3 8,my soul and body60 ,the next day was raining and we were not able to visit the farm as we had planned but spent the day at home resting4 ,the following day was beautiful and we had an early breakfast that they might be soon on the road4 ,the topic somehow shifted to the question of woman's rights and the ,doctor proceeded to tell us how1 in pursuit of these rights1 his wife had become a criminal and been hustled to the gaol while her devoted family were scouring the country to find her4 ,they had been persecuting ,mr4 ,wilson1 he said1 and merited their sad fate but he thought she had no business to leave three hopeless orphans stranded as she had4 ,we all laughed and almost screamed with delight as the story proceeded4 ,after breakfast the ,doctor begged us to go part way with them4 ,they expected to stop at ,valley ,forge and they wanted us to go too4 ,we finally agreed to go4 ,at ,doylestown my auto shed a tire and we sent for the garage man while we lunched in the shade of the trees4 ,it was determined to leave my machine while ,i was to ride with my wife or with the ,wileys4 ,then ,mrs4 ,wiley cornered me and said ,i must not strike or push a lady while the ,doctor paid the garage man4 ,when ,i tried to get in my wife's car ,i found all the boys there2 of course they wanted to be together1 so ,i got in with the ,wileys4 ,we drove around ,valley ,forge ,park and enjoyed the beauty of the spot and reminded ourselves of the poor soldiers1 freezing and starving the winter away1 and proceeded to climb the tower4 ,john went ahead and reached the very top before his mother spied him and then she once more screamed3 8,my soul and body60 ,my boys were very fond of ,mrs4 ,wiley4 ,so was ,i until ,i became aware of the disaffection she had stirred up4 ,previous to this visit my wife had been obedient1 as all wives should be1 but now she began to speak up4 ,she told us ,mrs4 ,wiley said that every wife who took care of her man and his children was self supporting and had a right to share his wealth if he had any4 ,this is dreadful doctrine as all but the depraved must agree4 ,i am wondering whether we had better have ,mrs4 ,wiley again8 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,in the ,days of the ,roses ------- ,in the days of good ,king ,harry the ,sixth there was bitter strife in all the land between the houses of ,york and ,lancaster4 ,the adherents of one house oppressed1 robbed and even murdered the adherents of the other4 ,political hatred grew apace and filled the land with civil wars4 ,houses were burned1 churches were robbed and cattle were lifted4 ,no one was sure of his life or property4 ,landless men were organized as bands of robbers making the highways unsafe4 ,as a direct consequence of this waste of life and treasure the ,french lands won by ,edward the ,third1 his son1 the ,black ,prince1 and ,harry the ,fifth were rapidly lost by the incapable ,duke of ,suffolk until only ,calais and a strip of territory in the south of ,france remained4 ,with all his goodness the sixth ,henry was but a feeble king1 not ruling but ruled by his imperious wife and rugged1 warlike barons4 ,these were the days in which printing was invented1 when armor was becoming useless before the advance of gunpowder and the introduction of firearms4 ,the feudal system had entered upon its decay2 superstition reigned but ,lollardism under ,wyckliffe had begun to undermine ,roman ,catholicism4 ,the results of that terrible scourge1 ,the ,black ,death1 which swept ,europe in #acdg carrying off a third of the population1 were still felt in the scarcity of labor and higher wages4 ,twenty miles northwest of ,london in the little town of ,st4 ,albans a fire broke out one day in ,june1 #addj1 in an old house in ,dagnal ,lane4 ,it was a poor quarter and there was a loud outcry as the inhabitants began carrying their scanty belongings to safer places4 ,the watch came clattering down the street with their leather fire buckets and formed a line to the nearest well which was soon bailed dry4 ,no attempt was made to save the burning house2 efforts were confined to keeping the fire from spreading4 ,suddenly a woman screamed3 8there are children in the house60 8,body o' me10 said ,jed ,fenchurch to his wife1 8gie me thy apron60 ,wrapping it around his face he dashed through the half open door1 out of which smoke was pouring and presently emerged1 choking1 panting and cursing with a child on each arm1 both unconscious4 8,thou art surely a brave one10 said his wife1 ,lisbeth1 proudly4 8,pook1 woman60 said ,jed1 8should ,i let un die8 ,body o' me60 ,but she was busy with the children1 washing their faces with her apron and giving them water to drink4 ,presently the children struggled back to consciousness and began to cry1 first the boy1 then the girl4 ,he might be three years old1 but the girl was only a baby4 8,i wanth mine nurth10 sobbed the boy4 8,he hath no hurt10 said ,lisbeth1 8but1 oh ,jed1 thy poor hands60 ,they were1 indeed1 badly scorched and painful4 ,his hair was singed1 his eyebrows gone and his ears blistered but no serious harm had been suffered4 ,when ,lisbeth had attended to his burns she picked up the children and carried them to her house hard by4 ,on the morrow1 when the ashes were raked the bones of a woman were discovered4 ,the landlord of the ,checquers said he had let the house but the day before to one ,mary ,smith who had paid a month's rent in advance4 ,he knew nothing of her nor whence she came4 ,jed and ,lisbeth kept the children2 they were childless and well to do4 ,there was no formal adoption4 ,the children were supposed to be brother and sister4 ,he said his name was ,don1 which was interpreted as ,john1 and that her name was ,banch1 which was interpreted as ,blanche4 ,jed ,fenchurch was an armorer1 which a writer of that day has called the least mean of mean occupations4 ,his shop at the back of the house1 in a building entered by a passage way alongside4 ,here the children delighted to play and ,john helped as he was able as he grew stronger4 ,both attended the ,abbey school and were well educated for those days1 when the scholar was a man who could read and write4 ,john naturally heard much about feats of arms and was taught at first hand the uses of arms and armor4 ,he learned to use the long bow1 and as he developed into young manhood1 and his arm grew long and his muscles tough and strong1 he drew his arrows to the nock4 ,this weapon was then the arm of most reliance and its development1 together with the use of dismounted cavalry1 developed by ,edward ,,iii and the ,black ,prince1 the cause of the ,english strength4 ,neither was ,blanche neglected4 ,her foster mother1 ,lisbeth1 had also been foster mother to the great ,earl of ,warwick and had learned much of gentle ways in the great castle4 ,many of these she imparted to ,blanche1 and was much blamed by her gossips for raising the child in ways above her station4 ,there came a day when the great ,earl visited his foster mother4 ,his visit was marked by festivities given by the holy fathers of the ,abbey in his honor1 where barrels of beer were broached and beeves were roasted whole4 ,the ,earl was a tall1 well-built man of handsome presence and kindly mien1 much beloved by gentle and common4 ,he first greeted and kissed his old nurse2 the children were then presented4 ,john's height and reach of arm earned his commendation4 8,i will even take him into my service1 an you wish10 said he4 8,right gladly will he come1 your highness10 said ,lisbeth1 8you are good to your old nurse and her ward2 ,god will reward you40 8,not so10 said the ,earl1 8,i but find a fine bowman40 8',tis a fine deed1 natheless1 ,john10 said ,lisbeth when the ,earl had departed1 8and but shows the kind heart2 but thou art the lucky boy6 ,in all ,england lives no greater2 and he will watch and guard thee2 thou art indeed fortunate4 ,do ,i not know and love him80 8,surely10 said ,john1 8,i must do my best1 more ,i cannot4 ,truly1 thou art good to me40 8,alas1 and shall ,i see thee no more8 ,wilt thou indeed leave us80 said ,blanche1 tears filling her eyes4 8,not so1 sweetheart10 ,john replied1 8when ,i go ,i shall soon return4 ,how could ,i forsake thee1 silly80 ,the summons to arms was not long delayed4 ,one evening in early ,may an express arrived at the ,checquers and enquired for ,jed ,fenchurch4 ,he was directed to the house on ,dagnal ,lane and informed ,jed that he came from ,warwick with directions to the bowmen1 spearmen and men at arms to assemble at ,royston and there await the arrival of the ,duke of ,york and his own men4 ,there were but few ,yorkists in ,st4 ,albans1 but a party of bowmen1 including ,jed1 ,john and three others were on their way afoot early the next morning1 while the messenger continued his journey towards ,london4 8',tis thretty good mile10 said fat ,steve ,balderstone in a thin voice1 8,i mind me when ,i walked as much in a day with good ,king ,harry the ,fift1 but ,i were young then and light of foot4 ,truly the ,duke moveth but slowly and we needs must wait at ,royston4 ,why then shall we go apace80 8,pook1 thou elephant6 the duke moveth at the gallop and the ,earl also4 ,tarry not or ye may rue it10 said ,jed4 8,listen not to this squeaker4 ,body o' me6 we mun go apace40 8,i will blow thee to ,york with one puff1 thou pot mender10 squeaked ,steve4 8,truly1 thou art a fine blower10 said ,jed4 8,tarry a bit60 said ,john to ,jabez ,stout in a whisper1 8see but the birds40 ,and1 in truth1 over a wood to the right the birds were wheeling as the boys fell back and fitted an arrow to the string4 ,from the wood three men on horseback drove rapidly into the road and galloped toward them4 8,they are robbers10 said ,john1 8take thou the one on the left0 and their bows twanged and the arrows whistled4 ,the horseman on the right was transfixed by ,john's shaft which pierced his right shoulder1 and he fell from his horse which turned and fled4 ,jabez was not so fortunate2 his shaft flew not so truly1 but it caught the skin of the left leg of the rider and imbedded itself in the horse beneath which screamed and lashed out in agony1 throwing the rider4 ,the third horseman turned and galloped away4 ,the rider of the stricken horse crawled into the bushes from which he was quickly hauled and despatched1 after which the men gathered around the man desperately wounded4 8,mercy6 mercy6 ,sir ,john10 shrieked the stricken man looking at ,john1 8,spare me6 spare me6 ,i am not fit to die60 8,thou wilt die1 sure enough10 said ,steve1 8thy right lung is shot through1 but why call him ,sir ,john8 ',tis but ,john ,fenchurch40 8',tis the ghost of ,sir ,john ,jernyngan whom ,i stabbed at ,bordeaux4 ,mercy6 mercy60 8,he raves10 said ,steve1 8get along1 ,john1 out of his sight40 8,leave him with me10 said ,jed4 8,i would speak with him further40 8',tis as he told thee10 said ,jed to the dying man when they were alone4 8,it was ,john ,fenchurch40 8,i tell thee no60 he replied4 8',twas ,sir ,john ,jernyngan or his ghost4 ,thinkest thou ,i know not mine old enemy who stole my honors and my bride8 ,did ,i not see the old ,duke of ,warwick knight him at ,savignies80 ,this was followed by a gush of blood as his spirit fled4 ,jed dragged the body to the roadside1 rifled the pockets and followed the others1 deep in thought4 ,,ii4 ,,in ,,the ,,forest ,they camped with others at ,royston until the arrival of the three ,richards3 ,richard of ,york1 ,richard of ,warwick and ,richard of ,salisbury1 on ,may #bj4 ,two days later found the ,yorkists encamped outside ,st4 ,albans1 with the ,lancastrians in the town4 ,after much parleying the ,yorkists advanced to the attack4 ,the ,duke of ,york led on one wing1 the ,earl of ,salisbury on the other1 while ,john was with the ,earl of ,warwick in the center4 ,the palisades at this point were old and rotten and the ditch dry4 ,they were soon passed and the defenders driven back or killed4 8,come with me1 ,jabez10 said ,john as they advanced1 8,i know a way40 8,surely1 at the side of the house next the ,checquers1 the side door at the stairway where we met ,rhoda10 said ,jabez4 8,aye10 said ,john1 8but go quietly along by the bushes that we be not seen40 ,but they were seen1 and an arrow found lodging in ,jabez' breast1 who fell1 while ,john reached and passed behind a projecting buttress that hid a small doorway4 ,this opened on a stair1 up which he passed to a window fronting on ,checquers ,street where he posted himself and began shooting at the ,lancastrians in the street below4 ,he had been closely followed by numerous archers and several men at arms4 ,the archers posted themselves at the other windows while the men at arms broke into the rooms below1 killed those posted there and issued forth into the street from the doorway4 ,presently ,richard of ,warwick issued forth into the street and led the fighting while other ,yorkist archers broke into the houses on the other side of the street and shot from the windows1 all the while shouting3 8,a ,warwick6 a ,warwick60 ,here you saw one fall with his brains dashed out1 there another with a broken arm1 a third with a cut throat and a fourth with a pierced chest1 and the whole street was full of dead corpses4#a ,as the ,lancastrians broke and fled in confusion1 ,john remembered ,lisbeth and ,blanche1 unprotected4 ,there was his place of duty4 ,straightway he descended and pushed his way along the crowded road to the house in ,dagnal ,lane in time to head the rabble who1 crazed with blood and drink1 had begun to sack the town4 8,come with me60 he called to the frightened pair1 bursting in at the door1 8but bring warm clothing2 we must even sleep afield this night40 ,so saying he hurriedly filled a basket1 caught up some wraps and started northward toward an angle of the palisade and ditch4 ,the flight of the vanquished was in three directions3 ,northwest toward ,dunstable1 along ,watling ,street1 ,north toward ,harpenden and southwest toward ,watford4 ,breaking down some palisades1 ,john helped the women over the ditch and the three ran toward the shelter of the forest4 ,this gained1 he helped them climb into the arms of an ancient beech1 where they lay concealed while the pursued and pursuers thundered by down the road on either side1 and a scattering few stole through the underbrush below and around them4 ,as the night fell it grew colder1 and ,blanche crept into his arms1 laid her head confidingly against his shoulder and slept4 ,the sleep of all three was1 however1 somewhat broken by the noises made by the peasantry searching with torches for the bodies of the slain4 ,in the morning1 all danger having passed1 ,john helped the women down and the three returned to their home which was in great disorder and bare of everything of value4 ,it was a sad homecoming for the women1 but it was useless to repine1 so they set to work to clean the house and put it in order4 ,john was informed that the ,earl of ,warwick desired his immediate attendance4 8,is it true10 the ,earl demanded1 8that you led the archers up the stairway80 8,yes1 your ,lordship10 said ,john1 8,i knew of the door and the stairway of old40 8,it was a great deed and shall not be forgotten1 choose thy reward60 8,to serve your ,lordship10 said ,john4 8,well said10 returned the ,earl1 8thou shalt be my page40 8,an your ,lordship please1 ,i would first bury ,jabez ,short who was killed beside me40 8,so do10 replied the ,earl1 8,i will send for thee anon40 ,john encountered ,jed on his return2 8do thou look after the women folk10 said ,jed1 8,i must straight to ,london with the ,earl40 ,that morning the ,duke of ,norfolk marched into ,st4 ,albans with #f1jjj men and the army started for ,london with the wounded ,king1 who had been struck on the neck with an arrow4 ,several days passed by before ,jed could reach the ,earl who was much engaged4 ,in the meantime he was able to reach the ,countess1 ,anne ,beauchamp1 who was the daughter of ,richard ,beauchamp1 the former ,duke1 and sister of ,henry1 ,duke of ,warwick1 from whom she had inherited4 ,the ,countess informed ,jed that she remembered ,sir ,john ,jernyngan1 who was still living and well4 ,he was a fine1 upstanding man1 tall1 straight1 with dark1 somewhat curly hair and blue eyes4 ,she remembered well how her father1 who was the very flower of chivalry1 and a gallant soldier1 had knighted him for his gallant deeds on the field at ,savignies4 ,lady ,jernyngan was the daughter of ,sir ,everard ,herbert of ,bromhill in ,hereford4 ,her hand had also been sought by one ,victor ,bozen1 a soldier of fortune whose description was identical with that of the dead robber4 ,it was true that he had the assurance to demand her hand in marriage1 but the lady had openly scorned him1 and in revenge he had stabbed her successful suitor who had never harmed him4 ,she rejoiced that his son--for she doubted not ,john was his son--had unknowingly revenged the foul deed4 ,romance1 then as now1 greatly appeals to the gentle mind4 ,anne became greatly interested in ,john and took him under her special protection4 ,she became his advocate with the ,earl1 where he needed no advocate1 and shielded him from the jibes and petty tyrannies of the pages at ,warwick--her own castle--where he spent eighteen months perfecting himself in arms and chivalry4 ,on his first visit home after a six months' absence1 ,blanche flew at him1 threw herself into his arms and kissed him4 8,i have news for thee1 sweetheart10 said ,john1 8my ,lady has discovered0-- 8,well10 said ,blanche1 8what hath she discovered80 8,i had better not tell thee1 'twill make thee unhappy40 8,nay1 tell me60 8,give me first six kisses60 8,there then1 thou silly4 ,now tell me60 8,my1 thy lips are sweet6 ,she thinks thou art no sister of mine40 8,oh ,john1 how dreadful60 8,so ,i thought at first1 but not now4 ,we may wed40 8,oh no6 ,how could we80 8,we may and will4 ,now give me some more kisses40 8,not so4 ,if ,i am no sister why kiss8 ,too many have ,i given thee already40 8,my ,lady says thou art ,blanche ,wychyngham1 the daughter of ,sir ,edmund ,wychyngham of ,norfolk1 and that we were stolen and carried off by my nurse who was a sister of that ,victor ,bozen ,i slew on the way to ,royston4 ,he had a grudge against thy father also40 8,oh ,john6 how dreadful4 ,i cannot bear it40 ,and she ran off to her foster mother in tears4 ,,iii4 ,,the ,,warrior ,,and ,,lover ,on the morrow came a letter bidding ,john join the ,earl at ,calais4 ,shortly thereafter ,blanche left ,st4 ,albans to visit her father and sisters4 ,among the ,paston ,letters is one from ,john ,jernyngan to his cousin1 ,margaret ,paston1 which is here reproduced with all the quaint spelling of those days3 ,unto my ryght wurchipfell ,cosyn1 ,marget ,paston1 this lettre be delyvered in haste4 ,ryght wurchipful and my moste beste beloved maystres and cosyn1 ,i recommaund me unto you as lowly as ,i may1 evermor desyring to here of your gode welfar2 the whiche ,i beseche ,almyzthy ,jesus to preserve you and kepe you to his plesur1 and to your gracious herts desyre4 ,and yf it plese you to here of my welfar1 ,i was in gode hele at the makyng of this lettre1 blessed be ,god4 ,praying you that it plese you for to send me word yf my fadyr wer at ,norwiche with you at this ,trenite ,masse or no1 and how the matyr doth betwene my ,maystres ,blawnche ,wychynham and me1 and yf ze supose that it shall be brought a bowte or no2 and how ze fele my fadyr1 yf he be wele wyllyng thereto or no2 praying you lowly that ,i may be recomaund lowly unto my maystres ,arblastres wyfe1 and unto my ,maystres ,blawnche1 her dowzther1 specially4 ,ryght wurchipfull cosyn1 yf it please you for to her of suche tydings as we have her1 the basset embassay of ,burgoyne schall come to ,calleys the ,saturday#b eftyr ,corpus ,christi day1 as men say v4 hondred horse of hem4 ,moreover on ,trenite ,sonday1#c in the mornyng1 came tydings unto my ,lord of ,warwyke that ther were xxviijte sayle of ,spanyards on the se1 and wherof ther was xvj4 grete schippis of forecastell2 and then my ,lord went and manned fyve schippis of forecastell1 and iii4 carvells1 and iiij4 spynnes pinnaces1 and on the ,monday1#d on the mornyng eftyr ,trenite ,sonday1 we met to gedyr afore ,caleis1 at iiij4 at the clokke in the mornyng1 and fawz thet gedyr till x4 at the clokke2 and ther we toke vj4 of her their schippis1 and they slowe of oure men about iiijxx four score and hurt a ij4 hondred of us ryght sore2 and ther wer slayne on theyr parte abowte xijxx twelve score1 and hurt a v4 hondred of them4 ,and haped me1 at the fyrste abordyng of us1 we toke a schippe of iijc #cjj ton1 and ,i was lefte therin and xxiij4 men with me2 and thei fawzthe so sor#e that our men wer fayne to leve hem1#f and then come they and aborded the schippe that ,i was in1 and ther ,i was taken1 and was a prisoner with them vj houris1 and was delyvered agayne for theyr men that wer taken beforne4 ,and as men sayne1 ther was not so gret a batayle upon the se this xl4 wyntyr4 ,and for sothe1 we wer wele and trewly bette2 and my ,lord hathe sent for mor scheppis1 and lyke to fyzthe to gedyr agayne in haste4 ,nomor ,i write unto you at this time1 but that it please you for to recomaund me unto my ryght reverent and wurchipfull cosyn your husband1 and myn ownkll ,gournay1 and to myn awnte his wyfe1 and to alle gode maysters and frends where it schall plese yow2 and eftyr the writyng ,i have from you1 ,i schall be at you in alle haste4 ,wretyn on ,corpus ,christi day in gret haste1 be your owne umble servant and cosyn1 ,,john ,,jernyngan4 ,the engagement with the ,spaniards related in this letter was looked upon as a victory by the ,english4 ,the next year there was another naval battle in which after a running two days' chase three out of five ,genoese and ,spanish ships were captured and brought into ,calais1 and ,warwick became a naval hero to his countrymen4 ,on ,june #bd1 #adfj1 with ,salisbury and ,march1 ,warwick landed at ,sandwich1 which ,fauconberg had previously captured and held for the ,duke of ,york4 ,john ,jernyngan1 as we must now call him1 was of course of the party4 ,on ,july #b they were in ,london1 and on the #ajth their army faced the army of the ,red ,rose in the meadows near ,northampton4 ,the ,king's position was well protected by the crude artillery of that day1 but there was a heavy rain storm and the pieces could not be discharged4 ,the ,lord ,grey of ,ruthven turned traitor to the ,king and assisted the advance of the young ,earl of ,march who soon opened the way for the ,yorkists4 ,buckingham1 ,shrewsbury1 ,beaumont1 ,egremont and ,sir ,william ,lucy with three hundred other ,lords1 knights and squires were killed and ,henry was captured and taken to ,london4 ,in #adfa1 ,john was present at the rout of the ,yorkists at the second battle of ,st4 ,albans and escaped with difficulty4 ,in ,march of the same year he also took part in the decisive battle of ,towton where the hopes of ,henry the sixth and his ,queen found their grave4 ,this was a fiercely fought field where the mallets of lead crushed many a skull4 ,in the nick of time the troops of the ,duke of ,norfolk arrived and the ,lancastrians broke and fled4 ,john had been in the front of the fighting1 towering above the heads of the other knights and esquires with the exception of the new ,king ,edward ,,iv who was a mighty man and handsome4 ,the slaughter was terrible4 8,no ,quarter60 was the order1 and most of those captured were promptly beheaded4 ,after the pursuit was at an end ,john returned to ,saxton where he found the ,king who said3 8,thou art a valiant soldier4 ,kneel60 ,then he smote ,john gently on the back with his sword and said3 8,rise1 ,sir ,john ,jernyngan6 ,the field is won4 ,go now to thy people in ,norfolk40 ,it may be imagined that this command of the ,king was promptly obeyed4 ,when ,john arrived he discovered that the news of his new honor had preceded him4 ,there were great rejoicings in which ,blanche participated4 ,to her he seemed a different man--older1 more sedate1 of greater knowledge1 more to be admired and respected4 ,she began to wonder what were his thoughts8 and above all what he thought of her1 but he gave at first no sign4 ,in fact the slaughter after the battle had sobered him4 ,it was borne in upon him that the ,king was cruel and that trouble must come4 ,from boy he had become a man1 accustomed to command and self-reliant4 ,like the moth near the flame ,blanche was attracted and then repelled4 ,she began to dream1 and he figured in her dreams4 ,she was a beautiful girl1 much courted and a trifle spoiled1 but ,john seemed to her stronger1 handsomer and better than her other men friends4 ,he never wavered in kindness but said little4 ,she became bolder and he met her advances4 ,soon she found herself hopelessly in love4 ,in those days love was not alone the concern of the lovers4 ,fathers and mothers1 often overlords1 and even sometimes the ,king1 must be consulted4 ,when all these tedious matters had been arranged there was a great wedding at ,warwick ,castle1 where ,anne insisted the ceremony must be performed4 ,the ,bishop of ,canterbury said mass and married the couple in the presence of the ,king1 the ,earl of ,warwick and many of the nobility4 ,after their marriage several years of peace followed4 ,then more strife and blood with the struggle between ,edward and ,warwick1 the return of ,henry for a brief period1 the fight at ,barnet and the death of ,warwick1 the accession of ,richard ,,iii and his brief and bloody career ending in the fight and his death on ,bosworth ,field4 ,with the accession of ,henry ,,vii1 the wars of the roses were at an end2 peace returned and our story ends4 ----- ,footnote #a3 ,whethamstede1 quoted by ,m4 ,e4 ,christie in 8,henry ,,vi40 ,footnote #b3 ,june #crd4 ,footnote #c3 ,may #bhth4 ,footnote #d3 ,may #bith4 ,footnote #e3 8,for0 in ,fenn2 seemingly a printer's error1 as the word is 8sore0 in the modern version4 ,footnote #f3 ,here1 according to ,fenn1 the words 8and go the0 occur in the original1 struck out4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,the ,red ,devil ------- ,in the year #aijc ,i bought my first automobile4 ,it was a ,ford4 ,even as early as that the inimitable ,henry was at work2 but this car was quite unlike the modern ,ford4 ,it had double opposed cylinders placed horizontally on either side of the crankshaft which was in the middle and in the fore and aft axis of the machine4 ,the engine was said to develop eight horsepower--perhaps it did4 ,there was a front seat for two passengers and two corner seats for two more in the small tonneau back of it4 ,the tonneau was entered by a narrow door in the middle of the back2 below it was a step to enable the passengers to get up and down4 ,there was no cover4 ,the car was painted a brilliant red4 ,i was very much elated over my new car which had been carefully tested before ,i bought it4 ,the salesman1 who was also the mechanic1 drove me over all the rough roads and steep hills in the vicinity4 ,i drove it down one of these steep hills myself to test the brakes4 ,under all these tests the car behaved very well1 but ,i soon found that a good-sized repair bill was a necessary part of the program4 ,i also found myself gaining a profound respect for the mechanic1 that is for some mechanics4 ,i also discovered that it was necessary to spend three hours looking for the source of any trouble and but three minutes in fixing it4 ,there was a beautiful drive along the river4 ,every evening after my working day was over and ,i had had supper 7we did not call it dinner7 ,i was in the habit of driving several miles down the river and back before the night shut in4 ,in case ,i lingered and the darkness overtook me there was a brilliant headlight in the front of the car making the pathway as light as day4 ,usually some young lady of my acquaintance accompanied me on these drives4 ,i was also fond of riding on ,sunday afternoons4 ,i asked ,mrs4 ,henry to go with me one ,sunday afternoon but she refused--she said it was wicked to take rides on ,sunday4 8,you might say that if ,i were driving a horse or an ass or anything that was my neighbor's1 ,mrs4 ,henry10 said ,i1 8but ,i am driving a soulless machine and it belongs to me40 8,well1 ,i don't know very well just what the ins and outs are10 she replied1 8but ,i don't feel right when ,i go out driving on ,sunday40 ,mr4 ,henry smiled--,i knew he did not feel that much respect for ,sunday--but when ,i asked him to go he declined2 said he had a lot of writing to do1 but ,i thought he was afraid4 ,i was determined to go and did not want to go alone4 ,there was a baker's daughter living on the same street4 ,she was a very pretty girl1 with a beautiful complexion and wonderful eyes4 ,she had a smile and a kind word for everybody4 ,when ,i asked her whether she would like to go she said3 8yes she would1 very much40 ,now1 that is what ,i like in a girl2 ,i like a girl who knows her own mind4 ,sally was a quiet girl1 usually1 but that afternoon she had a great deal to say4 ,when she spoke she smiled at me1 and she did not say a single unkind thing during the ride4 ,i was very much pleased with ,sally4 ,i thought it would be nice to have her around all the time4 ,i determined to take her again that evening2 her mother told me1 however1 that she had gone to church with ,jim ,barkley4 ,jim was a bank cashier4 ,he was getting a good salary and dressed very well4 ,i looked at ,mrs4 ,lunn with considerable interest4 ,she was a very nice woman and her complexion was good1 for she lived over a bakery1 and spent much of her time in it4 ,i had noticed that bakers and singers always had good complexions and were fat4 ,mrs4 ,lunn was fat1 too--very fat4 ,as ,i looked at her ,i said to myself3 8that is how ,sally will look in a few years10 and a chill stole over me4 ,i was living at a boarding house at this time4 ,several other members of the college faculty also boarded there4 ,the food was pretty good but we were not very well satisfied4 ,the dining table was rather small and was so full of dishes that the coffee pot was placed on the floor alongside of the hostess4 ,we had pie at every meal--a fresh pie at lunch and supper1 and pieces of left-over pie for breakfast4 ,of course we need not eat pie1 but so much pie was disconcerting4 ,that coffee pot on the floor was disconcerting also4 ,one of the boarders disturbed us1 too4 ,he was a minister and a very good young man1 but when he wanted a piece of pie he looked straight at it1 like a pointer dog1 until some one asked him to have a piece4 ,i had boarded for two years and ,i was growing tired of boarding4 ,my position as a teacher in ,rochambeau ,college was pleasant but ,i was growing restless4 ,the next ,saturday ,i started to drive my car to ,trenton4 ,i was fond of reading1 and it was my custom to visit ,traver's bookstore in ,trenton or ,leary's in ,philadelphia and purchase several books at a time4 ,these second hand books answered my purpose perfectly and were much cheaper than new books4 ,sometimes ,i also attended vendues in the country and bought books1 but this was not usually very satisfactory4 ,i had driven about a mile down the river when ,i overtook two girls traveling afoot in the same direction4 ,one of them was very pretty4 ,i asked them to get in4 ,they looked doubtfully at each other but finally accepted my invitation4 ,the oldest one told me her name was ,fanny ,hilltop and the pretty girl was her younger sister1 ,mary4 ,mary was rather quiet but seemed very pleasant4 ,she smiled very often and when she smiled she showed a very pretty set of very white teeth4 ,i had always admired white teeth and pretty girls and ,mary seemed very nice4 ,we came to a cross road very soon and the girls said they must get down there1 they lived about a mile up the side road4 ,i told them ,i was out for a ride1 which was true enough1 and that ,i might as well take them home1 but they warned me the road was rough and hilly4 ,i turned into the by-road and though it was rough and rocky got along very well for over half a mile2 then we came to a short1 very steep hill4 ,the car snorted and puffed and finally stopped4 ,i let it back down1 put on full speed and went at it again4 ,it stuck fast again4 ,by this time the girls had grown nervous backing down the hill1 so ,i pulled the car to one side of the road and we walked to their house up several hills and directly on top of a mountain overlooking two beautiful valleys1 one on either side4 ,their house was a very pretty one painted white4 ,i told ,mary that they had a right to the name of ,hilltop but she said ,i had misunderstood1 it was ,hillpot4 8,oh10 said ,i1 8that must be a mistake4 ,i believe one of your ancestors was a poor speller and twisted the spelling40 ,the girls invited me to come in and rest or at least to sit down on the porch awhile4 ,i chose the latter4 ,the mother came out after awhile and ,i was introduced4 ,she was a pleasant-looking1 motherly soul1 quick-motioned and rather thin4 ,her face was seamed with fine wrinkles and her hands showed signs of hard usage4 ,i liked her looks and ,i liked ,mary1 too4 ,they invited me to stay to dinner and ,i accepted4 ,fanny went to help her mother with the dinner while ,mary entertained me4 ,the father and a half grown boy came in after awhile4 ,old man ,hillpot looked me over pretty sharply1 and ,i thought ,i knew just what he was thinking1 but ,i wasn't thinking that at all4 ,the boy looked at ,mary and then at me and then he grinned and ,mary's eyes snapped4 ,i knew what he thought and what she thought4 ,the old lady had a pleasant smile on her face as if she never thought at all1 but ,i knew that she was doing a heap more thinking than all the others put together2 for she was figuring out what each one thought and then what she should do herself so that everything should come out all right4 ,i was getting to like the old lady4 ,after dinner ,mary and ,i went out on the porch4 ,the old lady and ,fanny washed the dishes4 ,the old man and the boy went off to milk the cows but the boy winked at ,mary before he started and her eyes snapped again4 ,after we had talked awhile ,i excused myself to get a drink in the kitchen4 ,the old lady was washing the dishes4 ,she had a dish pan full of soapy water and a dish cloth4 ,first she scraped all the dishes as clean as possible2 then she put them in the soapy water and rubbed them with the cloth2 then she put them into another pan full of very hot water1 took them out and laid them on the table4 ,i got a towel and wiped them for her4 ,she said3 8,this isn't the first time you wiped dishes40 8,how do you know80 ,i replied4 8,because you washed your hands first1 and you don't touch the dishes with your hands40 8,yes10 ,i said1 8,i used to help my mother40 8,is your mother living80 she asked4 8,no10 ,i answered1 8she died two years ago40 8,oh1 you poor boy10 she said2 and she looked at me very sorrowfully4 ,mary had come into the kitchen by this time but ,i thought she seemed somewhat bored4 ,pretty soon the old man and the boy came back and we all went out on the porch and had a real folksy talk4 ,the boy was very much interested in the college and asked me a great many questions about it4 ,he said he thought of going to college if it didn't cost too much4 ,i told him it would be all right to go to college but ,i hoped after he got out he would come back and help his father farm4 ,he said he didn't know about that and grinned at the old man2 but the old man seemed very quiet2 he just sat and listened2 sometimes ,i thought he seemed a little sad4 ,he appeared to be very fond of ,fanny2 he often looked at her1 and when he did a pleasant look came over his face4 ,the old lady asked me to come again1 real cordially1 and then we all shook hands and ,i started off4 ,it was beginning to get dark when ,i reached the car4 ,i was just ready to turn the crank when ,i heard some one say3 8,get up ,billy40 ,i looked up and found a pretty girl in a falling top was trying to make her horse pass the machine4 ,he was frightened and wouldn't go and the girl seemed to be frightened too4 ,it was the law in those days that when a person driving a horse met an auto and held up a hand1 the auto driver must drive to the side of the road1 stop his car and lead the horse past the machine4 ,so ,i went to the horse's head and led him past the machine4 ,when we had gone a short distance up the road ,i asked the girl whether she could drive him now8 ,she said she was afraid of him1 he might run away4 ,she didn't like to drive anyhow but there was no one to drive her that afternoon so she had hitched up the horse herself4 ,i told her ,i would drive her home if it was not too far4 ,she said her house was only half a mile up the road1 so ,i got in and took the reins4 ,the horse was old and stiff1 but as his nose was pointed toward home and oats he made steady progress and we soon arrived4 ,i had introduced myself to the lady who informed me that her name was ,horner1 that she taught school in the neighborhood and boarded at the farm house to which we were going4 ,i remarked that ,horner was a rural name and smelled of the dairy at which she managed to crack a smile4 ,we had come by a side road at the last1 down into a valley1 over a bridge and up the other side to the farm house4 ,the farmer came out and held the horse while ,i helped the lady out4 ,by this time the mother and her two daughters1 ,sarah and ,jane ,oldit1 had come out and been introduced4 ,we sat on the porch for awhile and then ,i started for home once more murmuring3 ,hilltop1 ,hillpot1 ,horner1 ,oldit6 ,,ii ,rochambeau ,college was denominational and of the blue ,presbyterian order1 under the care of the ,synod4 ,this connection was1 however1 almost purely theoretical and we were very much left alone to our own devices so long as no attempt was made by the ,president or members of the ,faculty to blow loud heretical trumpets4 ,most of the members of the ,board of ,trustees were good fellows1 mildly interested in the church and very much interested in educating young men4 ,this real interest was manifested in an unmistakeable manner by their steady contributions to the ,college finances which at this time were not in too flourishing a condition4 ,not a few of the ,trustees were depriving themselves of luxuries and even necessities in order that the ,faculty might have decent living conditions4 ,not all the members of the ,faculty appreciated this1 but ,i did4 ,most of the members of our ,board were earnest men worthy of respect and ,i1 for one1 did thoroughly respect them4 ,the ,president1 ,dr4 ,camden1 was a genial old chap1 prone to discover all sorts of excellencies in the members of his ,faculty and active in proclaiming them to the ,board and to the world4 ,he used the same methods with the students and was able to rule without despotism4 ,some of his methods were1 however quite near the border line which divides the good from the bad1 and aroused the condemnation of some more rigid members of the ,faculty who were rich enough to be independent4 ,in most cases his makeshift measures were made necessary by lack of funds1 and were1 therefore1 forgivable4 ,on my return home ,i found a letter awaiting me1 and next morning1 after my first class had recited ,i went to see the ,president4 ,he came peering into the room with a frown on his face4 ,on recognizing me his face lighted up and he advanced with both hands open and a beaming face4 8,my dear ,brown6 ,i am so glad to see you40 8,i came over1 ,doctor10 said ,i1 8to see whether you would be so good as to advise me8 ,i have just had an offer from ,ashton ,university1 and am undecided what ,i had better do4 ,i like my work very much here but they have offered me more money40 8,it is very good of you1 ,brown1 to come to me at once and ,i appreciate it4 ,i should be very sorry to have you leave1 and if you will tell me whether a small addition to your salary will induce you to stay ,i will ask the ,trustees to add1 let us say1 #bjj4jj to your allowance4 ,but now1 my dear fellow ,i must ask you to do me a favor4 ,you know that ,professor ,last is to leave us at the end of the year and ,i want you to teach ,metallurgy4 ,only two lectures a week for one term1 you know80 8,but1 ,doctor1 ,i am not posted on ,metallurgy40 8,oh1 but ,i feel sure you can do excellently well4 ,it is very simple4 ,you put the ore and fuel into a furnace1 light the fire and there you are4 ,and ,brown6 now we have settled that1 ,i want you to take tea with me to-morrow evening4 ,i must try to see more of you4 ,i must see that you are taken care of40 ,i laughed1 thanked the ,doctor1 said ,i would come1 and took my leave4 ,the next evening six people sat down at the ,president's table3 the ,doctor and his wife1 his niece1 ,kitty ,camden and her brother ,searles1 ,miss ,hetty ,poiret and myself4 ,kitty ,camden was tall and stately while ,hetty ,poiret was quite small1 with a rather shy manner and a sweet smile4 ,searles was younger than his sister1 rather boyish in manner but a nice ingenuous lad4 ,he was tall like his sister and nervous2 his hands twitched1 and he threw out his head from time to time as if his collar hurt him4 8,there are several ages represented here10 said the ,doctor1 8,i think ,i must tell my frog story40 8,oh1 no1 ,henry60 said his wife4 8,do1 ,doctor60 ,i broke in1 8,i have never heard it1 and ,i like your stories40 8,there1 ,helen10 said the ,doctor1 8you see one person likes my stories40 8,we all like them1 ,doctor10 said ,hetty ,poiret4 8,well10 he began1 8there is a place down below ,philadelphia where the ,schuylkill empties into the ,delaware4 ,the shores are low1 flat and marshy4 ,tall grass grows down to the river's edge2 and here the tiny little frogs gather in the shallows as evening falls and peep shrilly3 ,schuyl--kill6 ,schuyl--kill6 ,schuyl--kill6 8,further up the river a creek flows in4 ,there are trees along the bank4 ,there is a very narrow beach with the banks rising abruptly and prevented from falling in by the tree roots4 ,here the middle-sized frogs gather in the evenings and call in middle-sized voices3 ,wis--sa--he--con6 ,wis--sa--he--con6 ,wis--sa--he--con6 8,further up1 the stream is deeper4 ,there are high banks which shelve off rapidly into deeper water4 ,along the edges solemn shadows form as the sun sets1 and here the big bullies gather and croak in solemn tones3 ,man--yunk6 ,man--yunk6 ,man--yunk60 8,i like that story10 said ,helen1 8it is cute40 8,yes1 ,i like it1 ,doctor1 that's a good one10 ,i said4 8,you never told me that one before10 said ,kitty ,camden1 reproachfully4 ,the ,doctor laughed4 ,then he began telling us about his travels4 ,his wife had accompanied him1 and occasionally she broke into the narrative to remind him of something he had forgotten4 ,i have forgotten most of what he told us but ,i remember one part clearly4 ,he said they had traveled over the ,splugen on the ,via ,mala in a one-horse victoria driven by a black-browed1 surly ,italian4 ,coming down the southern slopes they passed through great groves of giant chestnuts4 ,nothing else would grow there1 for immense rocks covered the surface and made cultivation impossible4 ,these trees bore crops of the large ,italian chestnuts with which we are familiar from seeing them on our fruit stands4 ,these are gathered by the peasants and stored in bags in the lofts overhead until they are well dried4 ,they are then taken down and beaten with sticks4 ,this breaks the hulls which are winnowed out4 ,the meat is then beaten to flour in mortars and polenta or mush made of it which forms almost the only food of the peasants4 ,,iii ,as ,trenton had not been reached the preceding ,saturday1 ,i determined to try again and to take ,sally with me4 ,sally said she would be delighted to go4 ,next morning at about eight we were ready for the trip4 ,it was a beautiful morning and ,sally was as sparklingly pretty as a morning daisy4 ,it was a pleasure to look at her4 ,she had a parcel done up in paper which ,i stored in the tonneau4 ,when ,i turned the crank nothing happened4 ,i turned the crank again--still nothing happened4 ,at the third turn there were two explosions and then silence4 ,fourth turn1 ditto4 ,fifth turn1 the engine ran for some time and just as we were ready to move stopped again4 ,by this time my patience had a very thin edge1 but1 fortunately1 the next turn gave the desired result and we were off4 ,my car had a serious defect3 the radiator was too small and the water grew hot and boiled about every three miles4 ,if there was much climbing the distance traveled before this happened was less4 ,in consequence it was necessary to let the boiling water escape and provide a fresh charge1 which required frequent running to the pump with a collapsible bucket4 ,about three miles from our starting place we reached a roadside spring and ,i replaced the water and plied the oil can4 ,not many yards below the spring we overtook a young lady walking in the direction we were going4 ,it was ,miss ,horner on her way to the village just below4 ,we stopped and asked her to ride with us4 ,she was on her way to her school for some books which had been forgotten4 ,on reaching the school we were invited to inspect it4 ,it was an old-fashioned place1 painted yellow outside1 with a large coal stove at one side and blackboards surrounding the room on all the available wall space4 ,there was a bench before the teacher's desk on which the lazy or naughty pupils stood during the noon or recess periods4 ,after we left her ,sally was very inquisitive4 ,she wanted to know who she was1 where she came from1 how and where ,i had met her4 ,satisfied on these points we proceeded happily on our way4 ,presently the car began to steam and ,i to look for a watering place4 ,the canal was close to the road1 and after considerable searching ,i found a place where it was possible to reach the water with my bucket4 ,i succeeded in doing so after some stretching but in lifting the bucket the weight of the water overbalanced me and down into the water ,i slid4 ,sally cried out in alarm but wasted no time in thrusting a stick from the roadside into my hands4 ,then ,i was slowly and carefully pulled in and helped up the bank4 ,i was in a pretty pickle4 ,wet from head to foot2 my collar and shirt in collapse2 my shoes filled with water1 and my hat gone4 ,i told ,sally it did not matter4 ,it was warm and ,i would soon dry off4 ,as for my hat and collar ,i could replace them at the next country store4 ,she said ,i was very brave and she was proud of me2 and as she said this her eyes sparkled and her cheeks were full of rosy color4 ,i had been very much surprised at her prompt1 vigorous action in helping me and also at the strength she displayed4 ,with her permission ,i removed my coat and shoes and laid them to dry in the tonneau4 ,then with a considerable increase in cordiality we once more took the road4 ,at frequent intervals we were obliged to water the car and might fairly be said to have worked our passage4 ,at ,lehnenburg or ,monroe we entered the red shale country which extends to ,trenton and below4 ,in many places this shale is covered with river sand or is replaced by sandstone rock belonging to the same formation but less strongly colored with iron oxide4 ,over roads varying in character but mostly bad we proceeded4 ,from ,erwinna to ,point ,pleasant the road was especially bad1 being both rocky and muddy4 ,by careful driving ,i managed to avoid splashing the car very badly4 ,at ,new ,hope we crossed the river and proceeded toward ,trenton4 ,it was now time for lunch and we drew up by the roadside under a maple and ,sally produced her package which contained a lunch fit for kings4 ,this we discussed amid a cheerful rain of jokes and chaff4 ,after lunch we proceeded and soon entered ,state ,street and turned down ,south ,broad4 ,there were few cars in those days and no traffic policemen so that we could turn the car on ,south ,broad and draw up before the bookstore4 ,i was a great admirer of ,stockton and ,stevenson and so ,i found was ,sally4 ,in the stock of second hand books by these authors we found copies of 8,the ,lady and the ,tiger10 8,the ,casting ,away of ,mrs4 ,lecks and ,mrs4 ,aleshine10 8,the ,christmas ,wreck0 and 8,amos ,kilbright0 by ,stockton and 8,the ,black ,arrow10 8,kidnapped0 and 8,the ,strange ,case of ,mr4 ,jekyll and ,mr4 ,hyde0 by ,stephenson4 ,these we considered a great find and the price was very reasonable4 ,they were stowed in the tonneau and ,sally took her seat while ,i turned the crank4 ,this time we started off without trouble4 ,we had got as far as ,lambertville on the return when trouble with the car began to develop4 ,the engine would run properly for awhile and then it would slow down and almost stop1 then it would start running properly again4 ,this continued until we were several miles above ,new ,hope4 ,here the engine gave out completely4 ,after trying in vain to start it again ,i abandoned hope and ,sally and ,i pushed the car to the roadside and started off for help4 ,we walked nearly a mile before we came to a house4 ,i knocked at the door which was opened by a nice-looking boy of about ten years4 ,in answer to my enquiry he said his ,pop was at the barn and if we would sit down he would go after him4 ,presently the boy's mother came in and we told her the car had broken down4 ,she thought we had better spend the night there and go on in the morning4 ,she had a spare room which we might use4 ,i thought further explanations were in order and the old lady said if ,i would be content with a cot the young lady might have the spare room and ,i could sleep in the attic4 ,i thanked her and1 after consulting ,sally1 accepted4 ,when the farmer came in we found nothing else could be done4 ,he promised to drive me to ,new ,hope in the morning and get a mechanic4 ,i lay awake for a long time wondering what could be the matter4 ,finally it occurred to me that the gasoline might have given out4 ,the next morning we had an early breakfast and the farmer and ,i drove to the car4 ,sure enough we found the tank as dry as a bone4 ,then we went on to ,new ,hope and after some searching found gasoline and partly filled the tank4 ,after turning the engine over several times it caught and we drove up to the house4 ,sally seemed to be worried but she said very little4 ,on the way home she said she was afraid her mother might worry and wished there were some way to get word to her4 ,i suggested that we telegraph but we found all the offices closed4 ,about #aa o'clock we reached home4 ,i went in with ,sally4 ,her mother seemed worried4 ,she said she had been very much distressed by our non-arrival the night before and looked at me searchingly4 ,i told her ,i had been very stupid but she must remember ,i had run a car only a short time and was not very experienced4 ,sally said she was sure ,i was not to blame4 ,the next day ,i needed some money and went to the bank4 ,jim ,barkley waited on me and after he had cashed the check said3 8,i hear you were stalled the other day because you had no gasoline8 ,pretty slick excuse40 8,no10 ,i said1 8do you think so80 8,ho1 ho10 he said1 8ho1 ho60 8,he1 he10 ,i said1 8he1 he60 ,he looked pretty black at this but said nothing more4 ,i went to call on ,sally that evening and she greeted me with smiles4 ,she wanted to know whether ,i had caught cold8 ,i said no1 ,i had not4 ,she told me she thought ,jim ,barkley was very disagreeable4 ,he had been making nasty remarks about me4 ,he had told ,hetty ,poiret that ,i was a prig4 ,she thought he was very ugly-tempered and very stupid4 ,before ,i left she asked me whether ,i often took cold4 ,i said ,i did4 ,she advised me if ,i felt ,i was taking cold to soak my feet in hot water in a wooden bucket1 the water should be very hot and contain a teaspoonful of soda4 ,then ,i must wipe my feet with a dry1 hot towel and get into bed4 ,she did not say retire1 she said get into bed4 ,i had not had such advice since my mother died two years before4 ,she looked very earnest and very much concerned as she said it4 ,it was not a romantic speech but somehow ,i liked to have her say it4 ,,iv ,the following ,saturday ,i planned to take a trip to ,doylestown4 ,i had some relatives there whom ,i had not seen for some time and ,fanny and ,mary ,hillpot had agreed to go with me4 ,their cousin lived there4 ,i was doubtful about my ability to drive my car to the ,hillpot house and experiment proved my doubt to be well founded4 ,by making a strong spurt ,i succeeded in getting up the first hill but stuck fast on the second4 ,i climbed the rest of the hill afoot4 ,mary was as pretty as a picture and ,i admired her very much4 ,she certainly had beautiful teeth and was all smiles when ,i arrived4 ,the girls were soon ready and we walked to the car and started4 ,mary was beside me and ,fanny in the tonneau with some wraps1 two umbrellas and some lunch4 ,we were nearing ,kintnersville when dark clouds began to pile up on the horizon and presently it began to rain4 ,the girls were in the tonneau each with an umbrella and ,i was on the front seat with a rubber coat and hat4 ,the rain came down in bucketfuls and then began to blow4 ,the water collected in a pool on the front seat and ran down my leg into my shoe4 ,the girls' feet and skirts got wet and ,mary began to cry4 ,fanny was just as wet but she laughed and seemed to be enjoying herself4 ,i drove as rapidly as possible and got under a shed at ,ferndale4 ,mary was as cross as a wet hen4 ,her hair had lost its curl1 her hat was awry and she showed neither smile nor white teeth4 ,the girls went into the hotel and after quite a long stay came out somewhat drier and ready to proceed4 ,but ,mary was sulky and disagreeable4 ,after the shower passed over we started again1 but now there was mud everywhere--thin splashy red mud that flew over everything4 ,at ,pipersville ,hill it was necessary for the girls to walk up the hill and their feet were very muddy and wet4 ,between ,pipersville and ,plumstedville there was a swampy spot where the car stuck fast4 ,fanny helped me get stones to put under the wheels while ,mary sat on the fence and glowered at us4 ,finally we got started again and reached ,doylestown4 ,here we separated4 ,while ,i was visiting my cousins a hostler washed the car and after it was ready ,i drove around1 took the girls in and started for home4 ,we got back without accident and then ,i visited the ,oldit place4 ,sarah and ,jane were at home but ,miss ,horner had not arrived4 ,we sat on the front porch and the girls raked over the characters of all the neighbors4 ,i found they had had a disagreement also with ,miss ,horner4 ,there were several vicious digs given after she arrived and ,i departed somewhat depressed4 ,the next evening ,i took ,sally to ,dr4 ,camden's to call on the young visitors4 ,we found ,jim ,barkley there4 ,he paid marked attention to ,hetty ,poiret all the evening4 ,occasionally he glanced at ,sally or me but we avoided him as much as possible4 ,we did not have a very pleasant evening4 ,searles and ,kitty had been quarreling and were still skirmishing4 ,we left early and walked home in the moonlight4 ,the next morning people who met me looked unusually pleasant and seemed amused4 ,i could not understand it until ,i reached ,sally's house again4 ,she met me at the door and called to her mother as ,i came in3 8,here he is mother6 ,now we shall see60 8,did you know10 she said turning to me1 8that ,jim ,barkley says that you were in ,doylestown yesterday driving two girls in a red devil as drunk as a lord80 8,no10 ,i replied1 8,i did not4 ,i was in ,doylestown driving my red car and ,fanny and ,mary ,hillpot were with me but ,i was not drunk4 ,i had had nothing at all to drink40 8,there1 ,mother10 said ,sally1 8,i told you he did not drink40 8,and did you know10 she continued1 8that he says we stayed at a farm house together on ,saturday night1 and then he winks40 8,the dirty dog10 ,i said1 8,i think ,i can stop his mouth40 ,sally and her mother were both in tears but ,i comforted them by telling them that ,i would bring the farmer and his wife up next day4 ,i did so and drove around to ,dr4 ,camden's house4 ,i told the ,doctor my story and asked him to question the farmer and his wife4 ,he agreed to this and did so4 ,then ,i drove them to the bank and asked ,mr4 ,davis1 the ,president of the bank to listen to them in ,jim ,barkley's presence4 ,jim declared that he had been misquoted but ,i brought ,hetty ,poiret to the bank to contradict him4 ,then ,i took the farmer and his wife back home after warmly thanking them4 ,that evening ,i went again to see ,sally4 ,she blushed beautifully as she opened the door4 8,sally60 ,i said1 8,i came here to tell you that you are the dearest1 sweetest1 prettiest1 smartest1 nicest girl in the world1 and that ,i love you1 love you1 love you40 8,oh1 do you80 said ,sally1 8,i am so glad40 8,did you ever hear of the young man whose ecstasy was so great under similar conditions that he broke the poor girl's ribs80 ,i did not break ,sally's ribs but ,i held her tight and she laughed and her eyes sparkled and then she cried a little4 ,presently she said she must tell her father and mother4 ,they all came in presently and shook hands with me and her mother kissed me4 8,if ,sally loves you ,i must too10 she said1 and then she wiped her eyes4 ,they both looked sad4 8,you know1 she is our baby10 her father said1 8and it is pretty hard to lose her4 ,please be good to her40 ,i said3 8,i don't think ,i am much account1 but ,sally says she loves me and ,i'm sure ,i love her1 and ,i will promise you to be good to her and try to be a better man every day40 ,well1 we had a fashionable wedding in a month from that time4 ,jim ,barkley was not present because he was looking for another job in ,new ,york4 ,sally and ,i have been married now for twenty years and have two fine boys in college4 ,sally is getting as round as a dumpling1 but ,i like her so much ,i never notice what she looks like4 ,neither do the boys4 ,so much kindness shines from her eyes when she looks at us that we see nothing else4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,scientific ,,books ,,published ,,by ,,the ,,chemical ,,publishing ,,company1 ,,easton1 ,,penna4 ---------------------------------------- ---------- ,,arndt-,,katz--,a ,popular ,treatise on the ,colloids in the ,industrial ,arts4 ,translated from the ,second ,enlarged ,edition4 #abmo4 ,pages ,,vi #gc4 ,,arnold--,the ,motor and the ,dynamo4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,vi #agh4 #aff ,figures4 ,,benedict--,elementary ,organic ,analysis4 ,small #hvo4 ,pages ,,vi #hb4 #ae ,illustrations4 ,,bergey--,handbook of ,practical ,hygiene4 ,small #hvo4 ,pages #afd4 ,,biltz--,practical ,methods for ,determining ,molecular ,weights4 7,translated by ,jones74 ,small #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #bde4 #dd ,illustrations4 ,,bolton--,history of the ,thermometer4 #abmo4 ,pages #if4 #f ,illustrations4 ,,bryden ,,and ,,dickey--,a ,text ,book of ,filtration4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xii #cgf4 #bfd ,illustrations4 ,,burgess--,soil ,bacteriology ,laboratory ,manual4 #abmo4 ,pages ,,viii #abc4 #c ,illustrations4 ,,cameron--,the ,soil ,solution1 or the ,nutrient ,medium for ,plant ,growth4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,vi #acf4 #c ,illustrations4 ,,clinton--,further ,light on the ,theory of the ,conductivity of ,solutions4 ,pages #ae4 ,paper ,cover4 ,,craig--,notes on ,chemical ,analysis4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,iv #afb4 #af ,illustrations4 ,,dolt--,chemical ,french4 #bnd ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #dac4 ,,emery--,elementary ,chemistry4 #abmo4 ,pages ,,xiv #fff4 #aia ,illustrations4 ,,engelhardt--,the ,electrolysis of ,water4 #hvo4 ,pages ,x #adj4 #ij ,illustrations4 ,,fraps--,principles of ,agricultural ,chemistry4 #hvo4 #bnd ,edition4 ,pages ,,vi #eja4 #id ,illustrations4 ,,gilman--,a ,laboratory ,outline for ,determination in ,quantitative ,chemical ,analysis4 ,pages #hh4 ,,guild--,the ,mineralogy of ,arizona4 ,small #abmo4 ,pages #ajd4 ,illustrated4 ,,halligan--,elementary ,treatise on ,stock ,feeds and ,feeding4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,vi #cjb4 #bd ,figures4 ,,halligan--,fertility and ,fertilizer ,hints4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #aef4 #ab ,figures4 ,,halligan--,soil ,fertility and ,fertilizers4 #hvo4 ,pages ,x #cih4 #bc ,figures4 ,,hardy--,infinitesimals and ,limits4 ,small #abmo4 ,paper4 ,pages #bb4 #f ,figures4 ,,hart--,text ,book of ,chemical ,engineering4 #bnd ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xiv #bcf4 #bbi ,illustrations4 ,,hart--,chemistry for ,beginners4 ,small #abmo4 ,vol4 ,i4 ,inorganic4 ,pages ,,viii #bad4 #ee ,illustrations1 #b ,plates4 ,,hart--,second ,year ,chemistry4 ,small #abmo4 ,pages #afe4 #ca ,illustrations4 ,,hart1 ,r4 ,n4--,leavening ,agents4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,iv4 #ij4 #ac ,illustrations4 ,,heess--,practical ,methods for the ,iron and ,steel ,works ,chemist4 #hvo4 ,pages #fj4 ,,hill--,a ,brief ,laboratory ,guide for ,qualitative ,analysis4 #crd ,edition4 #abmo4 ,pages ,,viii #ajd4 ,,hinds--,qualitative ,chemical ,analysis4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #bff4 ,,howe--,inorganic ,chemistry for ,schools and ,colleges4 #hvo4 #crd ,edition4 ,pages ,,viii #ddc4 ,,jones--,the ,freezing ,point1 ,boiling ,point and ,conductivity ,methods4 ,pages ,,viii #gf4 #bnd ,edition1 completely revised4 ,,krayer--,the ,use and ,care of a ,balance4 ,small #abmo4 ,pages ,,iv #db4 #ah ,illustrations4 ,,landolt--,the ,optical ,rotating ,power of ,organic ,substances and ,its ,practical ,applications4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xxi #gea4 #hc ,illustrations4 ,,leavenworth--,inorganic ,qualitative ,chemical ,analysis4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,vi #aec4 ,,le ,,blanc--,the ,production of ,chromium and ,its ,compounds by the ,aid of the ,electric ,current4 #hvo4 ,pages #abb4 ,,lockhart--,american ,lubricants4 #bnd ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xii #cda4 ,illustrated4 ,,mason--,notes on ,qualitative ,analysis4 #hth ,edition4 ,small #abmo4 ,pages #eh4 ,,meade--,chemists' ,pocket ,manual4 #abmo4 #crd ,edition4 ,pages ,,iv #ecj4 #db ,figures4 ,,meade--,portland ,cement4 #bnd ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,x #eab4 #afi ,illustrations4 ,,moeller-,,krause--,practical ,handbook for ,beet-,sugar ,chemists4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #acb4 #ai ,illustrations4 ,,moissan--,the ,electric ,furnace4 #bnd ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xvi #cac4 #db ,illustrations4 ,,nikaido--,beet-,sugar ,making and ,its ,chemical ,control4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xii #ced4 #fe ,illustrations4 ,,nissenson--,the ,arrangement of ,electrolytic ,laboratories4 #hvo4 ,pages #ha4 #eb ,illustrations4 ,,noyes--,organic ,chemistry for the ,laboratory4 #dth ,edition1 revised4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xii #bic4 #da ,illustrations4 ,,noyes ,,and ,,mulliken--,laboratory ,experiments on ,class ,reactions and ,identification of ,organic ,substances4 #hvo4 ,pages #ha4 ,,parsons--,the ,chemistry and ,literature of ,beryllium4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,vi #ahj4 ,,pfanhauser--,production of ,metallic ,objects ,electrolytically4 #hvo4 ,pages #afb4 #ajj ,illustrations4 ,,phillips--,chemical ,german4 #bnd ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #beb4 ,,phillips--,method for the ,analysis of ,ores1 ,pig ,iron and ,steel4 #bnd ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #agj4 #c ,illustrations4 ,,pranke--,cyanamid 7,manufacture1 ,chemistry and ,uses74 #hvo4 ,pages ,,vi #aab4 #h ,figures4 ,,pulsifer--,the ,determination of ,sulphur in ,iron and ,steel--,with a ,bibliography #agig-aiba4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,vi #afj4 #g ,illustrations4 ,,pulsifer--,structural ,metallography4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #baj4 #adf ,illustrations4 ,,seger--,collected ,writings of ,herman ,august ,segar4 ,papers on ,manufacture of ,pottery4 #b ,vols4 ,large #hvo4 ,,stillman--,briquetting4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xi #dff4 #aei ,illustrations4 ,,stillman--,engineering ,chemistry4 #eth ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,viii #gfj4 #aej illustrations4 ,,stillman--,examination of ,lubricating ,oils4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,iv #abe4 #ce ,illustrations4 ,,tower--,the ,conductivity of ,liquids4 #hvo4 ,pages #hb4 #bj ,illustrations4 ,van ,,klooster--,lecture ,demonstrations in ,physical ,chemistry4 #abmo4 ,pages ,,vi #aif4 #hc ,figures4 ,,venable--,the ,study of the ,atom4 #abmo4 ,pages ,,vi #bij4 ,,vulte--,household ,chemistry4 #abmo4 #crd ,edition4 ,pages ,,vi #bdc4 ,,vulte ,,and ,,vanderbilt--,food ,industries--,an ,elementary ,text-book on the ,production and ,manufacture of ,staple ,foods4 #dth ,edition4 #hvo4 ,pages ,x #cbe4 #hb ,illustrations4 ,,wiley--,principles and ,practice of ,agricultural ,analysis4 ,vol4 ,i--,soils4 ,pages ,,xii #fcf4 #ib ,illustrations4 ,,wiley--,principles and ,practice of ,agricultural ,analysis4 ,vol4 ,,ii--,fertilizers and ,insecticides4 ,pages #fhd4 #dj ,illustrations1 #g ,plates4 ,,wiley--,principles and ,practice of ,agricultural ,analysis4 ,vol4 ,,iii--,agricultural ,products4 ,pages ,,xvi #hdf4 #abg ,illustrations4 ,,winston--,laboratory ,leaflets for ,qualitative ,analysis4 #h x #aj4 #aj pages ,reactions with #ba sets of #d pages each of ,analysis ,sheets4 ,,wysor--,analysis of ,metallurgical and ,engineering ,materials--a ,systematic ,arrangement of ,laboratory ,methods4 ,size #h x #aj4 ,pages #hb4 ,illustrated4 ,blank ,pages for ,notes4 ,,wysor--,metallurgy--a ,condensed ,treatise for the ,use of ,college ,students and ,any ,desiring a ,general ,knowledge of the ,subject4 #bnd ,edition1 revised and enlarged4 #hvo4 ,pages ,,xiv #cia4 #aid ,illustrations4 ,,ziegel--,brief ,course in ,metallurgical ,analysis4 ,pages ,,vi #gb4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,bardorf--,the ,story of ,sugar4 #abmo4 ,pages ,,ix #aia4 ,,bowen--,the ,story of the ,oak ,tree4 #abmo4 ,pages #abg4 ,illustrated4 ,,clyde--,a ,drop of ,water4 #abmo4 ,pages #agb4 ,illustrated4 ,,davis--,roger ,bacon's ,letter--,concerning the ,marvelous ,power of ,art and of ,nature and ,concerning the ,nullity of ,magic4 ,pages #gf4 ,,hart--,our ,farm in ,cedar ,valley4 #abmo4 ,pages #bej4 ,illustrated4 ,,russell--,the ,romance of the ,holes in ,bread4 #abmo4 ,pages ,,vii #aef4 ,illustrated4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,transcriber's ,notes ,superscripted characters are preceded by a caret character 7te7 and subscripted characters are preceded by an underscore 7,h#b,o74 ,note3 ,the transcriber has corrected what were deemed to be obvious printer's errors and normalized hyphenation where a predominant variant could be found4 ,archaic spellings have been retained4 ,changes to the text are listed below3 ,pg4 iii3 ,added missing comma3 #8,writer and ,speaker ,fearless ,publicist' to #8,writer and ,speaker1 ,fearless ,publicist' ,pg4 #ab3 ,missing close-quote inserted3 #8for bread at the store4' to #8for bread at the store40' ,pg4 #ab3 ,missing close-quote inserted3 #88,hi6 said ,reddy' to #88,hi60 said ,reddy' ,pg4 #ad3 ,corrected typo3 #8loaves of bred' to #8loaves of bread' ,pg4 #af3 ,corrected typo3 #8crows feet' to #8crow's feet' ,pg4 #ag3 ,missing open-quote inserted3 #8z-z-z40' to #88z-z-z40' ,pg4 #bc3 ,corrected typo3 #8there came a knockiing' to #8there came a knocking' ,pg4 #bd3 ,missing open-quote inserted3 #8said the archer1 that must' to #8said the archer1 8that must' ,pg4 #be3 ,missing open-quote inserted3 #8she replied1 and you will' to #8she replied1 8and you will' ,pg4 #bi3 ,missing open-quote inserted3 #8 said ,i1 but trample' to #8 said ,i1 8but trample' ,pg4 #cb3 ,corrected capitalization3 #8ishmaelite' to #8,ishmaelite' ,pg4 #ci3 ,normalized hyphenation4 ,predominantly spaced3 #8with some-one else' to #8with some one else' ,pg4 #da3 ,added missing period to contraction3 #8,castel de ,st ,angelo' to #8,castel de ,st4 ,angelo' ,pg4 #db3 ,normalized hyphenation4 ,hyphenated elsewhere3 #8first hand information' to #8first-hand information' ,pg4 #df3 ,fixed word mix-up3 #8pointing to the guide' to #8pointing to the policeman' ,pg4 #di3 ,corrected typo3 #8,baptisery' to #8,baptistery' ,pg4 #fa3 ,corrected typo3 #8the assembled anaeobists' to #8the assembled anaerobists' ,pg4 #fe3 ,missing word added3 #8a blank stare a' to #8a blank stare and a' ,pg4 #gf3 ,added missing punctuation3 #8part of the way the rest' to #8part of the way2 the rest' ,pg4 #hd3 ,corrected typo3 #8should weight at least' to #8should weigh at least' ,pg4 #id3 ,moved wrongly placed quote marks3 #88,it is too bad said her mother10' to #88,it is too bad10 said her mother1' ,pg4 #ig3 ,added hyphen for consistency4 ,hyphenated elsewhere3 #8nice looking' to #8nice-looking' ,pg4 #ig3 ,removed two extra periods3 #8with photo41 ,box4 #bh' to #8with photo1 ,box #bh' ,pg4 #ajc3 ,added missing comma at quote close3 #8 you know0 said ,sam' to #8 you know10 said ,sam' ,pg4 #ajg3 ,missing close-quote inserted at para end3 #8how to control it4' to #8how to control it40' ,pg4 #aaj3 ,corrected typo3 #8a dark stirway' to #8a dark stairway' ,pg4 #aah3 ,corrected typo3 #8millenium' to #8millennium' ,pg4 #abc3 ,changed upper case to lower after comma3 #8,very well1 ,you are' to #8,very well1 you are' ,pg4 #ach3 ,corrected spacing for consistency4 ,spaced out elsewhere3 #8,body o'me6' to #8,body o' me6' ,pg4 #ach3 ,note3 ,named ,jabez ,short later in the text ,pg4 #aci3 ,corrected typo3 #8,the horesman on the right' to #8,the horseman on the right' ,pg4 #aci3 ,added missing open-quote3 #8,thou wilt die' to #88,thou wilt die' ,pg4 #adj3 ,removed extra close-quote3 #8or his ghost40 ,thinkest thou' to #8or his ghost4 ,thinkest thou' ,pg4 #ada3 ,changed upper to lower case after comma3 #8,whethamstede1 ,quoted by' to #8,whethamstede1 quoted by' ,pg4 #adg3 ,removed duplicate word3 #8and and myn ownkll' to #8and myn ownkll' ,pg4 #aeb3 ,added missing apostrophe3 #8that was my neighbors' to #8that was my neighbor's' ,pg4 #aed3 ,normalized hyphenation4 ,predominantly spaced3 #8until someone asked him' to #8until some one asked him' ,pg4 #aed3 ,normalized spacing2 unspaced elsewhere3 #8,traver's book store' to #8,traver's bookstore' ,pg4 #aeg3 ,missing close-quote inserted3 #88,yes1 ,i said1' to #88,yes10 ,i said1' ,pg4 #afa3 ,removed extra open-quote3 #88,i laughed' to #8,i laughed' ,pg4 #afb3 ,removed extra close-quote3 #8said ,hetty ,poiret40' to #8said ,hetty ,poiret4' ,pg4 #afc3 ,added missing comma at quote close3 #8like that story0 said ,helen' to #8like that story10 said ,helen' ,pg4 #agc3 ,added missing comma1 open-quote and corrected typo3 #8she continued that he says we stayed at a farm house together on ,saturady' to #8she continued1 8that he says we stayed at a farm house together on ,saturday' ,pg4 #agc3 ,removed extra open-quote at para start3 #88,sally and her mother' to #8,sally and her mother' ,pg4 #agd3 ,missing close-quote inserted3 #8poor girl's ribs8' to #8poor girl's ribs80'