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CHAPTER II.
That homely little spinster, Deborah
Larrabee, slipped impudently into the
elbow of the piano --into the place still
warns from the presence of PameIa—
and she railed at the sorrow of he
schoolmates, Josie and Birdaline. Her
voice, was as sharp as the old pian
strings:
"That song's all wrong, seems to
me, girls. Pretty toon and nice words
but I can't make out why ever'body
feels sorry for the last rose of sum-
mer. It's the luckiest rose in the
world. The rest of 'em have bloomed
too soon or just when all the other
roses are blooming, or when people are
sort of tared of roses. But this one
is saved up till the last. And then
when the garden is all dying out and
the bushes are just dead stalks and
the other roses are wilted -and brown
and folks say, 'I'd give anything for
the sight of a rose,' along comes this
rose and—blooms alone!
"It's that way in my little yard.
There's always a last rose that comes
when the rest have gone to seed, and
thatthe one I prize. Seems to. me
.it has the laugh on all the rest. The
sang's all wrong, I tell your girls!"
As Deborah turned away, triumph-
ant, to repeat what she had just said to
Mr. Maugans, she overheard Birdaline
murmur to Josie in a kinship of con-
tempt, "Poor old Debby!"
And Josie consented: "She can't
understand! She never was a rose."
It was as if Birdaline and Josie had
slipped a knife under Deborah's left
shoulder blade and pushed it into her
heart. She felt a mortal wound. She
clung to the piano and remembered
something she had overheard Birdaline
say in exactly that tone far back in
that primeval epoch when Debby had
been sixteen—as sweetless a sixteen
as a girl ever endured.
Deborah had not been pretty then,
or ever before, or since. But she had
been a girl, and had expected to have
lovers to select a husband from.
Yet lovers were denied to Deborah.
The boys had been fond of her and
nice to her. For Deborah was a good'
fellow; she was never jealous or exact-
ing. She was jolly, understood a joke,'
laughed a lot, and danced well enough.
She never whined or threatened if a
fellow neglected her or forgot to call
for his dance or pay a party call—
or anything.
On that memorable night Josie had
given a party and Deborah had gone.
No fellow had taken her; but, then,ti
Josie lived just across the sheet from
the Larrabees, and Debby could run
right over unnoticed and run home
alone safely afterward. Debby was
safe anywhere where it was not too
dark to ree her. Her face was her
chaperon.
Asaph i hillaber took Birdaline to
Josie's party that night, and he danced
three times with Debby. Each time--
as she knew and pretended not to
know—he had come to her because of.
a !nix -up in the prigram or because
she was the only girl left without a
partner. But a dance was a dance,
and Asaph was awful light on his feet,
for all he was so big.
After she had danced the third time
with him he led her hastily to a chair
against the stairway, deposited her
like an umbrella, and Ieft her. She
did not mind this desertion, but rat
panting with the breathlessness of the 1
dance and with the ,:ay of having been
in Asaph's arme. Then sha heard low
voices on the stairway, voices back of
her, just above her head. She knew 1
them perfectly.
Asaph was quarreling with Bird- 1
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aline. Birdaline was attacking Asaph
because he had danced three times
with Josie,
"But she's the hostess!" Asaph had
retorted, and Birdaline snapped back,
r "Then why don't she dance with
some -of the other fellas, then? Every-
body'so noticing how you honey -pie
round her,
"Well, I danced with Deb Larrabee
three times, too," Asaph pleaded.
"Why don't you fuss about that?"
Deborah perked an anxious ear to
hear how Birdaline would accept this
rivalry, and Birdaline's answer fell
into her ear like poison:
"Deb Larrabee! Humph! You can
dance with that old .;ping till the cows
, come home, and I won't mind. But
you can't take me to a party and
dance three times with Josie Barlow
You can't, and that's all. So there!"
Asaph had a fierce way with women.
He talked back to them as if they
were men. And new he rounded on
Birdaline: "I'll take who I please, and
I'll dance with who I please after I
get there, and if you don't like it you
can lump it!"
Deborah did not linger to hear the
result of the war that was sure to be
waged. There was no strength for
curiosity in her hurt soul. She wanted
to crawl off into a cellar and cower
in the rubbish like a sack cat. Bird-
aline's opinion of her was a ferocious
, condemnation for any woman -thing to
hear. It was her epitaph. It damned
her, past, present and future. She
sneaked home without telling anybody
good-bye.
She had the next dance booked with
Phineas Duddy, but she felt that he
would not remember her if he did not
see her. And since on the next day
nobody—not even Phineas—ever men-
tioned her flight, she knew that she
had not been missed.
She cried and cried and cried. She
told her mother that she had a bad
cold, to excuse her eyes that would not
stop streaming. She cried herself out,
as mourners do; then gradually ac-
cepted life, as mourners do.
That was long ago, and now, after
all these years—years that had proved
the truth of Birdaline's estimate of
her; years in which Birdaline had
married Asaph out of Josie's arms,
and Josie had married Phineas out of
Birdaline's private graveyard, and
both of them had borne children and
endured their consequences—even now
Deborah must hear again the sante
relentless verdict as before. Time had
not improved her or brought her Iuck
or lover, husband or Child.
She had thought that she had grown
used to herself and her charmless lot,
but the wound began to bleed afresh.
She had the same impulse to take
fiight—to play the cat in the cellar—
again. But her escape was checked
by a little excitement.
Close upon the heels of Birdaline's
unconscious affront to Deborah, Bird -
aline herself received an unconscious
affront.
Asaph, desiring to be hospitable and
to pay beauty its due, came forward
at the end of the song to where Pam-
ela stood, receiving Carthage's homage
with all the gracious condescension of
Peoria. And Asaph roared out in the
easy hearing of both his own wife and
of Pamela's mother:
"Well, Miss Pamela, you sang grand.
got no ear for music, but you suit
me right down to the ground. And
you're so dog -on pretty! I wouldn't
care if you sang like all -get -out. You
oak like your mother did when she
was your age. You might not think
t to look at your ma now, but in her
at are at 60 Degree5 Bekow
At 50 degrees below every stovepipe
throws out a great white cloud of
smoke and vapor, resembling a steam-
boat is it,; whiteness, and this cloud
streams away for from 50 to 100 feet,
nhi :gding with the other white -gray
mist o1• haze that remains permanent
in the atmosphere of the town like a
great fog when it is 40 degrees or
more below zero, This white -gray fog
is not fog as we know it, but is frozen
fog. and every man, woman, child,
annual and even the fire that burns is
throwing out moisture into the air,
which is immediately turned into a j
Cloud of frozen vapor that floats away
and remains visibly suspended in the
air. Very slowly this settles to earth, I
and in the morning, about the steps I
and any protected place, one can see
'6: vel-- f "a fit- of iknttrttire ,lata;; Aq_
posited, which is composed of frozen
vapor.
1'417' .. Freeze in a Block.
Exposed ears, hands and noses I
freeze at this temperature in going
the distance of about one city square. I
The breath roars like a mild jet, of
steam, while a clipper of b0ilriister
thrownout into the air el
.ts ape- ,
cult t' v:, Biel* line its drops circle
h t fro t atmos p here.
throng the s y p
Prospectors, attempting to 'boll a
dish of rice or beans upon a camp fire I
unprotected from the Weather, find
that the side of the dieb that is in the
fire; will boil', while the part of the dish
exposed to the weather has frozen. Tel
ra,,eay this the dish is set completely
bits the the. Edged tools subjected
to this temperature become as hard
and brittle as glass and will break
readily under strain. A11 vegetables,
potatoes, apples, fruit, eggs and the
like can be allowed to freeze until
they become like bullets. To slake
ready for use place them in cold water
half a day before using, and the frost
will slowly withdraw without injury to
the foot. To attempt to thaw them out
by the more rapid process of fire or hot
water spoils thein for use.
Some remarkable tales are told of
thawing out a frozen foot, ear or hand
by immersing the member in coal oil
for some time—often for several
hours.
Cold That Burns,
In such temperatures one must be
very careful about touching things
with unnretecterd tlln arta. it ilac3-anger-
ons to take cold of a eloornob when it
is 60 degrees below zero or there-
abouts with the uncovered hand, ur}.
Tess one Is careful instantly to reIeasb
his hold, for If he does show this care-
lessness the inner paint of his hand
will be frozen in flye seconds. The re-
sult is the s tnre as though he had
'touched
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Coal oil begins to thicken at 40 de-
grees below, and at 60 and 70 degrees
below beeomes as thick as lard and
looks very roue!. like that substance,
only a little darker. it can then be cut
out of the can with a knife in the same
way that one cuts lard or butter. A
lighted Ianip or lantern left exposed
in this temperature will freeze up and
go out in about -80 minutes.
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day she was one of the best lookers
in this whole town; same color eyes
as you—and hair --and, oh, a regular
heart -breaker,"
Asaph's memory of Birdaline's eyes
and hair was wrong, as a man's usu-
ally is. His praise was a two-edged
sword of tactlessness.
He slashed Birdaline by forgetting
her color and by implying that she re-
tained no traces of her beauty, and he
gashed Josie because he implied a
livelier memory of Birdaline's early
graces than a husband has any right
to cherish.
Asaph had counted on doing a very
gracious thing. When he had finished
his little oration he glanced. at Bird-
aline for recompense and received a
glare of anger; he turned away to
Josie and received from her eyes a
buffet of wrath. He felt that he had
made a fool of himself again, and his
ready temper was up at once. Ile
crossed glares with his wife, and
everybody in eyeshot instantly felt a
duel begun. It was not going to be
so dull an evening, after all. Even
Deibby lingered to see what the result
of the •Shillaber conflict would be. She
was also checked by the evidences that
refreshments were about to be served.
Chicken salad and ice cream were not
frequent enough in her life to be over-
looked. Disparagement and derision
were her everyday porridge. Ice cream
was a party. So she lingered.
The Shillaber's hired girl, in a clean
apron and a complete armor of blush-
es, appeared at the dining room door
and beckoned. Josie summoned her
more than willing children to pass the
plates. She nodded to Asaph to come
and roll the ,ice-cream freezer into
place and serape off the salty ice.
Then she waylaid him in the kitchen,
and their wrangle reached the speed-
ily overcrowded dining room in Iittle
tantalizing slices as the swinging door
opened to admit or emit one of the
children. But it always swung shut at
once. It was like an exciting serial
with most of the instalments omitted.
(To be continued next issue.)
When Knighthood Was
in Flower.
In courtly days of old,
Wheu knights and maidens fair
Swept over "fields of gold,"
All gay and debonair.
And through the weikin's sound,
The clarion's silver tone,
As steed and palfray bound
Swift o'er the tented zone.
While martial music rolled,
O'er hill and verdant vale,
And minstrels. proudly told
The troubadour's sweet tale.
Brave knights in armor dressed,
Proud lords in bright array,
Sweet dances their steeds caressed,
In silk and satin gay.
From tent and turret's height
Floated in azure air,
Bright in the morning's light,
Pennon and banner fair.
Brave trials of skill and play
Beguiled each blithesome hour,
As passed each happy day
"When Knighthood was in flower."
Past are those courtly days,
Those 'quaint old tines of yore,
No more are warlike lays
Sung by proud troubadour.
But men are still as brave,
And maidens quite as gay,
As in the days of old,
When minstrels thrilled their lay.
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English Oak Most Durable.
The durability of English oak is the
greatest of any known forest timber,'
discoveries having been made that it
is preserved almost as well under
water through centuries as it is when
shielded by roofs in ancient castles,
Prof. Burnett, of London, possessed
a piece of English oak from King
John's palace at Pathan, perfectly
sound and strong, which can be traced
back for more than 500 years, The
oaken shrine of Edward the Confessor
is more than 800 years old. One of the
oaken coronation chairs in Westmin-
ster Abbey has been there for more
than five centuries.
In Gloucester Cathedral there are
31 stalls of rich tabernacle work exe-
cnted-irll oak ii .tile reign,of Ewerd
lIl„
and beautifully lierfect. Whehi
the foundations of the old Savoy Palncl
ace in Loony Unfit 700 years pre-
viously, wee torn cltirill, the plies,
many of which were of oak were found
in a state of perfect soundness. A yes-
sel found in the River Renter in Bent,
said to date back to the time of King
Alfred,was found to b
sound, oun
rl, despitee
the fact that its oaken keel had been
buried in the laud. An oalc boat wits
also found near ]3rigg in an almost
perfect condition, despite the fact it
was nearly 200 year's old.
When we begin to doubt, we begin
to lose.
Minard's Liniment used by Phyeiotana
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WILL WATER WASH KING
COAL FROM THRONE?
High Cost of Coal Has Turned
Scientist's Attention to Other
Power -Producing Agents.
"The present generation will be the
last to acknowledge coal!as ling," said
well-known scientist the other day.
He was referring to the wonderful
strides made of late in. perfecting tur-
bines and other machinery for obtain-
ing cheap power from waterfalls and
lakes, rivers and tides.
The high cost of coal has turned the
scientist's attention to other power -
generating agents, and the cheapest
of them all is water.
Niagara was the first of the great
falls to be conquered in this way.
From its five power stations electrical
energy equal to 580,000 horse -power
is obtained.
One horse -power represents the la-
bor of at least ten men, so that the
Niagara development seems, at first
glance, to represent the energy of 5,:
800,000 men. But man has elected to
work no more than eight, hours a day,
while Niagara gives out its power
from sunrise to sunrise. The Niagara
development, therefore, stands for the
force of 17;400,000 able-bodied men,
Towne sixty and eighty miles away
from the falis...have found it cheaper
to use this power.
This electrical energy is obtained by
diverting water from above the falls
so that it falls upon turbines set 170
feet to 100 feet below the surface of
the river. A turbine is composed of a
number of vanes set spoke -wise round
an axis, and enclosed in a cylinder in
such a fashion that all water passing
through the cylinder must push the
vanes aside in its course, imparting to
them, and, therefore, to their axis, a
circular motion. Attached to the tur-
bines are revolving shafts of steel,
reaching up to the generators in the
power -house, which operate the dyna-
mos and thus produce electrical ener-
gy.
A Perilous Task.
After the water has accomplished its
work in turning the turbines, it flows
through specially -constructed tunnels
back again into the river. When the
last of the Niagara power -houses was
built it was found necessary to pierce
the reeky cliff in the rear of the
Iiorseshoe Fall by dynamite to pro-
vide a suitable outlet. When at last
an opening was made the water pour-
ed-through
oured'through it in such a tremendous
volume that the tunnel was flooded.
A boat was lowered down the shaft.
Three men entered it, carrying four
boxes of dynaliiite. Lying o11 their
backs in the craft, they worked their
way along with hands and feet to the
hale that opened into the gorge behind
the waterfall. Crawling through the
aperture they placed the dynamite
where the explosion would be likely
to da the most good. But even this
was not sufficient, and'once again the
men had to navigate the dark tunnel,
make their way along a ledge behind
the sheet of tumbling water, and place
the dynamite at a more vulnerable
spot,
The tunnel has become one of the
side-shows of Niagara. Hanging from
its roof is a gallery, along which, 15Sft.
beneath the river bed, yet all the while
overlooking a torrent of mighty water,
the traveller may make his was- to the
interior of the falls.
Then came the harnessing of the
Mississippi River at Koebub, where
eve find the largest of power stations,
his single plant generating 300,000
mise -power. It was built by British
ngineers, and its erection was a not-
a
fb19 engineering feat.
To secure the foundations of the
lower -house which stands in the river
nd through which the water rushes
o drive the turbines, a coffer -darn was
Wit of heavy timbers strengthened by
teal plates. This great box, without
op or bottom, had a precarious exist -
nee when the ice broke up in the
Pring. The ice piled up against the
ides until the frozen blocks towered
igh above it, threatening to crush and
overwhelm it. When that danger had
as-sedanother appeared in the form
f floods. The river rose to such a
height that the engineers had to con-
truet a wall of ,dandbags upon the
arapet of, the coffer -clam to save the
v-nrk,s from being swamped.
Vo -day towns over MO miles away
se power from that station for driv-
ig their street cars, lighting their
treets, and operating Vie machines in
heir factories.
The success of the MississippiMississippiC ,.t_
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oft has demonstrated that turbines
an be devised for use in streams
Isere the fall of water is but a few
et. But in Scotland and Wales there
re quite deep falls which could easily
e harnessed. Already the famous
Palls of Foyers, have been tapped and
lade to supply power for the menu
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gy representing 153,000 horse -power
could be obtained. This would be suf-
ficient to meet all Scotland's needs,
and save 806,000 tons of coal a year,
Prom the falls of Wales 4,400 horse-
power could be generated, while the
Lake District of England should be
capable of driving snare than one Lan-
cashire mill. In many parts of the
country water could be stored by the
erection of clams and used for driving
turbines, thus securing a cheap and
plentiful supply of power for a variety
of purposes.
In the near future we shall learn
something about power from the tides.
Already a scheme has been proposed
for harnessing the tidal waters of the
Severn at an initial cost of $45,000,-
000. There are many ways in which
the tides can be controlled. The most
feasible, perhaps, is the construction
of reservoirs near the coast, which
would fill and empty. themselves auto-
matically as the tide rose and fell. In
the channels giving entry and exit
would be installed turbines which the
flowing tide would operate, It is com-
puted that if this were done power
could be supplied in almost any quanti-
ty at less than a cent per horse-
power.
Keep Minard's Liniment In the house.
The Dedication of a Home.
These stones' are not a hearth until
they know
The red and kindly miracle of flame,
Nor is this house home until love
makes it so,
House for good report or dubious
fame.
Take on the aspect of their tenants'
minds,
The thoughts that seemed deep -hid-
den in the brain,
Shall shine forth from the very eaves
and blinds,
Joy, sorrow, service, sacrifice and
pain.
Nor door can bar the sorrow out, nor
dread,
And these expectant empty rooms
await
The soul, new-born, the body, newly -
dead,
R.aptureand grief and all the gifts
of fate.'
But when a hundred human years are
gone,
Here o11 this south and sunward -
looking slope,
God grant this homely fortress fronts
the dawn
With still unconquered kindness and
hope.
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TRY THESE BRAIN
TEASERS
A. series of tests for the purpose of
discovering children who are bade-
ward and unintelligent is being carried
out in the L.G.C, schools.
Scientists have for years been seek-
ing a reliable method of discriminating
between the genius and the dullard.
They look for shall or badly -shaped
skulls; for broad noses; for V-shaped
palates and low forehead, holding
that where these defects aro present
the mentality must be correspondingly
defective•, -
That this system is unreliable is
proved by the exhaustive tests carried
out by Binet, the French psychologist,
who points out that none of us has a
perfect skull or a perfect face.
The scientific method of judging ac-
curately a person's intellectual powers
is...to apply tests—simple, standardized
mental exercises, the answering of
which demands intelligence and rea-
soning.
How intelligence is Measured.
The intellect of a child is measured
in terms of "mental age." By the
calendar a child may be ten years old;
mentally, however, 11e may have
reached the normal level of a child of
only seven,
A child who is backward by this
amount or more is considered mental-
ly deficient; if he is backward by less
he is considered normal. If, at the age
of ten, he has reached the mental level
of a child of thirteen, he is regarded
as a precocious genius-.
The tests are conducted in the ma
ner of a conversation. The examine
Inquires: "What is your name?" "H
old are you?" Are you a little boy orlittle girl?" and from the answers eve
to such simple questions as these h
learns something of the pupil's me
tality, for an average child shoul
answer the first question at the age o
three, the second at four, and the thir
at five.
Here is a selection from the test
used:—
For children of seven years of age.
Tom runs faster .than Jim; Jac
runs slower than Jim. Who is th
slowest—Jim, Jack, or Tom?
It is Sunday, and on Sunday after
noon Ada usually takes the baby ou
or goes by herself to the pictures, o
walks over to see her aunt, or els
goes by car to the church. To -da
however, she has no money with her
and the baby is asleep upstairs. Whe
do you think she has probably gone?
For children of eight years of age:
Ethel has twice as many apples
John; Lucy has half as many as John
Lucy has ten. I•low many has Ethel?
For children of nine years of age:
C is smaller than B; and B is small
er than A. Is A bigger than C?
A burglar entered my room at the
hotel last night. The 'windows wer
securely fastened on the inside, an
the fastenings and the window -pane
were undisturbed. The opening u
the chimney la only nine inches wide
The door opening into the main corri-
dor was locked, and the key left on
the outside. The ceiling, walls, and
floor have no openings, either secret
or forced, through which the burglar
cculd have entered. How did he get
in?
On oneside of my street the houses
have odd numbers, beginning with the
grbter's, which la number 1. On the
other side the numbers are even, num-
ber two, the baker's, being opposite
number one. My house is number 16.
Walter is my next-door neighbor; you
pass his Iron a as you come frons the
baker's just before you get to mine.
what is'the number of his house?
For children of ten years of age:
There are four roads here, I havecome from the South and want to go
to Melton. The road to, the right leads
elsewhere; straight ahead it leads
only to a farm. In which direction is
Melton—North, South, East, or West?
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Meek Twain as a Life -Saver.
It is said that Mark Twain once sat
in the smoking room of a steamer and
listened for an hour to some remarks
able stories. Then lie drawled, "Boys,
these:, feats of yours that you've been'
telling about recall an adventure of
my own in Hannibal, There was a
fire in Hannibal one night, and Old
Man Han]cinson got caught in the
fourth story of the burning house. It
looked as ii' he was a goner, None of
the ladders was long enough to reach
him. The crowd stared at one an-
other with awed eyes. Nobody could..
think of anything to do. •
"Then all of a sudden, boys, an idea.
occurred to me, '.Fetch a rope!' I'
yelled.
"Somebody fetched a rope, and with
great presence of mind I flung the end
n
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of it up to the old man. 'Tie her round
your waist!' 1 yelled. Old man Han-
kinsoil did ro and I pulled him down,"
Every lifo is four-square: physical,
mental, spiritual and social: The
physical is the platform upon which
all the other qualities depend. A back.
ward pupil is often hampered because
of a defective platform.
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