The Clinton News Record, 1923-7-5, Page 6he Qift Of The Gods
13Y PEARL FOLEY.
(Copyright.)
CHAPTER VIII. then to monthlyr and now, aloe, to rd I
avid, when we leave this mesh- I only know the creature • exists.
of•a Pekin thoroughfare I'm go- through Mabel Hespeler, who pereists
give full rein to my Mongol. If in leoturing mo about his > broke 1
't, by the thrte'we reach' Gulver'e heart, It's, terrible to be disillusion,
le in the hills every ,ounce, of self, ed, Davey dear• Graces dimples
lance will have evaporated, showed bravely, nay, tougishly, but
e's nothing like stony eilonce to David wtt s not deceived,
bre the creeps, "This is the part`of China one hopes
beg your pardon, Grace," David i will clever change: the mountains, the
,ged to navigate his pony through valleys, and the temples. I wonder;
edley of carts, a lunch vendor's David, if•tlte Culvers have taken the
,menti, and, a couple of rickshaws, sante temple where their child died
teach his Cousins, side, "I won- Years ago?" -
that would happen if some of the "I hardly thinly so. No; h fact I
Werid energy were to etuldenTy new recall': Uncle . Chces writing that
in half the population of that temple had been removed," •
a?" • "How strange! I didn't think then
eadlong and sidelong collision; no Chinese evere did
tai away
wihDthei
t, Right of way being unknown, temples, 6-
i 'avid,
would ' be a general smash -nit, Isn't that -lovely?" Greco pointed ex-
Peking would gasp out its last citedly to the grove at the top of the
sown streets. Look, would you! hill, through the green of which glirn
t do you think of that -for non- mered a red -tiled roof with:uptuf•ned
int stupidity?—if there could be corners. "How I wish mother would
a thing?" take 0 temple for the summer months;
vid followed his`companion's getze. but she says she`is fax enough remov-
e donkey riders and half a dcsieu ed' from c vtlization lie it is, through
1,, evertopped by two camels, had me ap'if it wish to be banished
from four directions: ;AS no right
way regulation 'existed, no one
ght of allowing the ether to pass,
equently:- the• medley were all
riding closer and closer and making
a inevitable a hopeless tangle, But
it and dignity saved the day. The
els moved -forward stately and in-
ihle," The others'. stepped aside
behold, a way was cleared.
C1iroe cheers for: the kings of the
rt!" laughed Grace, as her pony
her through the clearing made
he carrels, "Poor old china," she
mented as David reached her side
'n, "she finds the Old \Vorldeehains
to break."
nd yet her people aren't so dif-
nt from"us," replied David remix-
tleist n to the boy! I won't deny
have muscles, a tongue, and even
but so have monkeys. But even;
keys have a little sense of clean
ere
,vic4 i i1 lin o
tx, i
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�, \oatr
HAVING A JOB
''My task, it Is luateful;" you plaintively sob; you ought to hs.
grateful that you have a job: You ought to be thankful; w Len
pay'dey miriade, you'll have a tin bank full of X's acid fives,. The
wood T ata jawing 18 too totigh to burn; :the wage I ant drawing'
is 'half'Whet I earn; the ax and the wedges my shoulders leave
lamed; no wonder man hedges when labor is nainetl, I'd like to
celiac, splittleg and sawing the logs; ,I'd cttt out my knitting and
play with the doge- I hear you Complaining, you're weary of
toil; oe striving and straining and digging the soil. But when
you deliver the honest old sweat, you ride In your flivver, end
you're cut, of debt, Your wife has a mantel, a lid that is new, on
payday your'aunt'll be wearing' one, too, Yoitt lade' aro all flossy
in -worsted and silk, your brindled cow, Bossy; is furnishing -milk.
Your (tome is a haven where you may repose; why croak like a
raven and catalogue woes? • Justloso'th'e omj lgynient that Wor-
ries your heart, and all the enjoyment .of life'will dePart. Yon
ought to be grinning since you have a job; heave smiles' that are
winning and .cut out the sob,
to hmathmeican for the sake of empty'
romance -Why, David, there's a man! To l.4 4AI atter, K: n.#
^
-he looks as though waiting for us." Betting fire to a stick of wood•- by
• "Well, :my- dear, there is. noticing When I Shall conte to'die, 141 putting it into to a founds like Alice
strange in that, as Dr. Culver and I trust 1 maty exclaim, ql.
iJitcle Chess beth happen to bo Melee." As did a'iittle lad one day, in Woudmrland_ or thei strange ativen-
"Ourse." Grace relaxed In h'er Who in my yard•had heen at play tures' to which' one isetimes site -
f. cosaddle. "How', foolish of me. I thought' 'in lin'e'xciting game. jest from retiring too• soon after a
for a moment it might ght be—"-ButBid h n leaving mo Yet it
ow, now, dear girl, you are leav
out the soul part:"
heir souls are so' covered up with
rs of antiquity one seldom gets' a
pse of. them."
hat may be the case with some;
even` China has her /shining ex -
les of: humanity. Mr. Weng Toy,
instance; - a more intelligent, re-
d gentleman would be hard to find
in '•Etlrope"or America."
ndeed !" A dimple shovoecl ,in
ccs cheek. Turning -her'' head she
'me suddenly interested in the
r side of the street.
yeti' haven't met him, of . course,"
'Hued David,
have his niece, though."
avid.
straightened in his saddle.
iefelt indignant eyes boring into.
back of her,head and the dimple
eased to two.°
erhaps"—David's voice was do-
,cool—"I mistake the'meaning
our words',and.<tone, Grace. Un -
my memory is decidedly unreli
, not long ago I heard you sing
berat%t•praises of Miss Weng Toy."
Well)" Grace's tone .was, tuntaliz-.
"can't one's' mind ' change? T
en't seen her since, and I'm 'be-'
ting•to think that in my first judg-
t I was mistalken,"
No, you weren't,"- denied David,
redly. "She is. the ,fairest thing
na or any other country could pro
e, a pure lotus lily."
race turned quickly. The dimples
sa
explanatio)t wagleft unfinished, for. ' ut her large piece of. hot mince pie
"To quit: this ilio I'm sorry;: can 'happen. The experiment was
at that instant a cheery halloo floated I've had a lovely time; old man,
actually performed in the wonderful
down to''them I ) Valley of the Teri Thusand Smokes, n
let I hall plan
1
is oyesflashing'.mi chic'' 1 Citi Ala•
ska by. Dr.
David, h mischief t And if. you
e me s South Robert F.
h' ' f I3 i T come again to-mot•ry l � "
watched 7s companion's
gee. u o
Grace had apparently forgotten hist i a>. Griggs, leader of- the 'expioratlon party
eta, }
very existence. As the clear, long When I shall come to die ��Fi sent there by the National doUt ephd-
drawn notes continued, '.unbelief, sur- May I have grace to say ter the tremendous erup-
cal Society of
ptise, pleasure, and hesitation corn- To Mini Who is the Aost of Life, tion of Mt. Katmai in 1012:
hovvevetmingled on": her flushed:face. The last;' Whg superintends each "nohlo etrlle, The only nest. o 'Y icjuallficatious of
work disappeared almost as and play: this astonishing statement, which le
denly ae it had come and she urged And plans our
her a Chinese
a gait that isan1 v 3 a lovely i
nen to a beast, especially',- relatingthe several explorations,' is
when e roadwinds up a none the And'very Pleasant playmates, too, -that the stick was thrust into. steam,.
she gained
1 would; meet toauorry." which,- while. nothing but water, .is not
water In the liquid state.
When I' shall come to die, , The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Oh, may I grateful be' is little more than a huge lid laid over
For every day; hotly worst and best, an immense red+bot caldron of vol-
canic fires lying at the. foot, of Mt Ra-
mat, the volcano ,which blew its head
off in the terrific eruption of 1912. The
valley is h' -shaped; about nine miles
long and from ane to two miles wide,
The floor `of tb!e valley, w•ltich is, the
A chance to live to -merry:" lid of- the caldron, has been pertoiate'
pp time; made in the recently Published volume
i It h t Some days were fringed with
glory,
1 th d t
gently -sloping hillside, As g ' d
tlie..top she Was caught in a' pair of
strong young armta.in fact so strong
that they were' not in the least hurry
M get rid of their burden. '
"You may hold- me just another every vto
ee
Por etest and every zest
second, Rowe,", came a smothered ForThaevy sent tomer
But David had discreetly taken an -
voice, "David will be here then." And may I say with hopeful heart;
other path "'Po quit this game I'm sorry;
The moon beams ,dowe inthe,same, And if, 0 Father, you'll agree, -
silvpry,way. oh. China as on America, •Ploaee give a little lad like me
The same fatal or rather 'fateful,con=
sequences follow in its wake, also, but
the happy word bliss 11510 predominant
to -night;
"Say it again,'sweetheart. It is so
wonderful to hear it coming from you
-yeti whom I thought Fate had ruth-
lessly put out of my reach forever."
"It's surprising what a teacher dis-
'tance is,; almost as effieient.as experi-
ence." And the girl, : sighed happily.
"When did you discover you couldn't
live without me, Rowe?" •
"The ,instant.I laid eyes] on you,"
was the prompt reply, I won't ask
you that fl1esliop,. dearest, for I had
nothingto attract ,you'but my love."
"Shl The gsrllaid her fingers ori
the boy's lips L•:won'b have you dis-
parage yourself. The -germ, was there,
the bud I mean, but 'mamma nastily
frozi1it to death until I—well, I:al-
most felt I had no,•heart at all. But
oh! let's forget all "'that now. I. don't
want to even think, this wonderful
)avid flushed as he ;net the goate.
stion in his cousin's eyes. 'Well?"
re was a noteof defiance 'irf"ahis
What's that?" questioned the boy,
as the sound of a man singing floated
out to them.
"It's,. David, the . wretch," laughed.
Grace. "He has the victrola on the
edge of` the verandah for our benefit."
:race's eyes grew soft as sae no- ' Clear, resonant, the music poured
d the tense lines in his face. - "1 forth, , drowning the silver notes of
t e temple bells:' e -
" Oh,, was there ever -a night like
peeteti, this, David, and was going
cit you tobe fair to the girl lint I.
you, too, ate going to suffer",
Suffer? Why Should either of us
er?>' David's ;,voice was almost
table.'
You would Marry her, then?"
Why not,":f-she loves me?"
Yes, love is a great power, a great
acea in most woml'n's lives; but
give me, David, I don't think even
r love ;would snake little To Hee
py. What is more, I know you
ee with me, David."
s avid's,' head area beat. Grace grew
omfortable at the silence" that en-
d. Had she said too much?--pge
od on her teationrltip and friend -
p? Had she proclaimed her con-
done without tact? A little
thtened, she turned. She must say
iething to break this hor•., _;;le siI-
.e; David was gazing straight
ead, his lips set in .hard, firm lines.
aching, out a hand she laid it rather
idly on his saddle. '
�IiO 11 ooket :iii your
peoket for ever -ready
O'etreSb3I10L
14$, dig ertlan.
tG illi thirot.'
$eotigis the thr Sgt.
For Qtallly, rkIvt?1 entad
the baled Pl?citogoi
get
When all the world seems a song of
bliss!' "
"That's a clarion call," laughed•
Grace.` . -
"Hang, it all. I can't have you to
myself forfive minutes-"''
"Time flies, I know, Rowe dear, but
my wrist watch tells ,ne we have been
out here exactly forty-five , minutes."
As the boy and girl walked towards
the lantern -lit verandah Grace pressed
her companion's: aim, •"0 Rove, I'm being"on edge" and of.pep • Tho'
so glad " e" and"f
you came, I was so desperate; this in a tin lid or 9na11 saucer, and
yes, despe 'ate enough to fall in love animal that is en edge exerts itself ex- put it in the case of the clods, under
David!" � cessive11 without urging,; but It is not
The boy's eyes sought her face a healthy behavior. the works. In a day or two ib willhave attracted all the dust which has
jealously. I A restripted `diet of only ane food,
Grace laughed. "You needn't have ehowever good, that food may be, lacks
the tiniest twinge of that green mal some • et tire, necessary elements tor
ady, Rowe deal. David has •t sons -complete nutrition- and lacks many of
ance, but,' and. Grace's voice Became
grave,:"poor David, I'm afraid' -there 'them. In proPer'.,prolitirtion. Thia`re-
is no living happy, ever, eater attached sults: in a condition' of malnutrition
not but �is�
-Dr. Byron Stauffer. by the imprisoned forces in eountiese.
Neither
Safe Nor Sane:
' _
Both= -"We'll still ba needed!"
'Ile Horse and lois Oats
A Worn Out Horse.
I know I'm old, I can't (perp that, its
p[trt of Nature's plan, '
That I. should grow more weary now
than when I first began, •
My stable lots in all'tlue rain, I'm cold;
what can I`do?
I never -get enough to eat, I fear I'm
• nearly 'through.
thousands of places through Which hot.
steam and. other gases ate continuous
ly esoaping, giving the valley its des.
-militate name.`- It is something like a-.
cafeteria or lunch' counter "s'teaui
table" on a gigantic abate.
Doctor Griggs and aids .compaaione
made use of this gigantic steam kettle
They've worked ole ;hard my whole
life long, no holidays I've hiad-
Some masters have been kind to me,
while others have been hall:
I'd like a little comfort now, and rest
thy weary frame,;
But all I get aro kicks and knocks, For
what am I'to blame? .
If people would be kind .to us fine ser-
vice we -could give,
See that we have our food and rest,
and proper place to live,
If they would do this, le would help, as.
-vie draw neat the end,`'
For horses, al yob now 'tante well, are
man's most noble friend.
—Samuel B. Ilerbert,,
as a. cook -stove during their explore -
tions of the valley, but'they found
some of the blowholes' were altogether
too hot. They would corrode tike cook-
ing,
look
Ing. utensils, although nothing was
coming out of them in most cas'as: but
pure, dry steam; l;t oocur'ied to Doctor
e Griggs to see if it were n -e t possibTe"to
set' fire:to.a stick of ,wood by piittiug
As all stockmen know, a horse Led' it in the steam,' which 01 course ?s
Me a heavy diet of oat: alias an insup-
nothing but pure water in a gaseous•pressible deeire to stand on' hit' hind state,: ,
Legs:itnd otherwise conduct himself so •.Toe end of a walking stick was cut
ae''to stow the world the spirits. that Into a. brush oe''s'havings, and thrust
are in him. We would think, of course, into a funiarole, It soon began to.
that he was,;merely letting off an- me smoke and to char, indicating a' thine grapes from-
„that little patch areae
cess; of energy derived from his highly perature nearly If not quite that, of served for certain "cabinet" wines;
nutritious diet, but en,tliegather hand red beat. But wood Rail' not burn •10 the grapes from this patch' are less
valuable. In this relation special re-
ference is made to the Schloss Joha.u-
isberger vineyards in Germany.
In China,; "too, thei•e'is found tills
exact knowFedge of thsavalue of every
foot of soil; but in -'the' Orient the
knowledge •comeety;trbdltion and ons
tom rather. than by ''laboratory analy-
sis,- ,
naly-sis,-, as is the case in Europe and
BANGI
Torpedo—"You Iodic fine today, Mr:
FlrecrackeI."
Qracleet--"Yea. I'm all right to -day,
but I will soon be shot to pieces:"
(Knowledge of the'Soil.
An expert: of the United States Lie
partment-of: Agriculture avers that
there are lands in, the old world, Dar-
ticuilarly.In Europe, where the soil is
platted and analyzed to the last square
meter. This (meter Is worth so much; .
that meter is -worth so much more; rho,
it may well be that his.obstreperous-
ness 1s'"only an attack of nerves.
Pref. E. V. McCollum,' the nutrition
expert of Johns 'Hopkins University,
inclines to the latter view:. He thinks,
that the horse which "feels his oats" is
displaying pathological irritability and
apprehensiveness• ritther, than healthy
Professor McCollum observed thio
condition in connection with the diet-
ary experiments on rats. When the
rats were fed on, a restricted diet—for
example, one kind of, grain only -they
became restless, irritable and appre-
hensive, It is the difference between
steam, All needs' oxygen for combus-
tion, and so the smoking and pharred
stick was quickly pulled out into the
air. It immediately .burst into frame,
Since it had, been lieated 'to' about the
temperature,of combustion ,and there -
tore; needed, only oxygen to bttrn But
'twee the eteam that really, kindled.
the fire, and, so Doctor Griggs' may
truthfully•state that dile started a bon-
fire by putting the kindling wood into
water:
It not:aiways necessary to take'a
clock to pieces to clean it. Soak a
piece of .cotton -wool in paraffin,' place
David looked at her, then ,overing to rt." - which: inav be serious
r hand with,his.own, he said: "Yon "It's not a painted Chinese lady, wonted.
o right, Grace„ c0 I''have argued with T hope?" , You cannotbuild a hawse nut, of
yself'until I have almost broken my Grace nodded, bricks alone, and it is equally true that
n will, hut, than]. heaven, niy love "I-lhm, risky business, playing in the you cannot bujld a horse, out of oats.
r her is too great to let me see my celestial region. I. tliought Dave was Varlous foods are siliiplentelitary to
vh shadow where her .happiness is more level=headed:' cue antral ee and must be'.atixed in pro
n eined." "It's not playing Rowe:'5 ',One
io orl.ions for, an optimum; diet;
"Iiasure sheds as mach Western. "Good heavens!' 2i t�1 slopped up (5: r either man or animal..
Eastern in her crake -tip. Iter eves short. You don't mean to Say .lie's
o lain that." Grace seemed to 116 tlunlntig 6f marring a eChiT se—a l "i
arching. for • a loophole,' for her yellow -shin?" y Keep Mustard Covered.
,usin. ""But .against her Eastern .(To be continued.1 If a mustard oup be left open the
ticatioli and het love for her oven `" mtistaird soon loses' its: power, The
ogle, I'ni afraid the Western strain The destruction, of a forest 1e a reason le popularly supposed to be
ould we to nothing," direct lofts to thti public. A spark from that the strengthf-is evaporated in rho
David',dld not reply, but words werebut a French scieatiet has shown
nese, sal v , The shadow on his faceffirniepaSsmg "engine, or the ,dropping of ah,
t lighted match (nay cause the loss. of allot change 15 due to two kinds of
-9fechcn lie ay dl'1d with her,
-Mechaiii4a11� Grace guided her pony public is thus, deprived of lumber for bacilliinhabiting the mustard, For-
am, a hi'eek.in ;the road, as she pon building or construction purposes. '`tt ttusately they are aerobic, that 10, they
ted oyer• the cruel prongs of fate. takes from seventy-five to a hundred inust'have air, consequently .they are
years' or more for trees in lie forest to not active if the mustard cup is kept
grow to maturity closed.-
ar-woaiy and battle -scarred, the
an at; her side 'eves yet" destined for
ounds;'afor David, Grace knew, was
1e ofrthe Shen who love well once in
lifetime Why; she asked herself,
id life' Make .such a hopeless scrawl
some ]+,peri'? She sighed heavily,.
li`Wllat't this I hear?" David forced
is voice •.to is bahtti'r '"Yotte friend-
sip, nay, kinship, is the boon of my
fe•—my salvation. With that. I -am.
ortnnate Teeth' ' No, 2, so don't
este yam heaves of regret on'me,
air lady, Ay the xray, I have a little
eoret tip my, left sjoeve,' which I'll
egei'",;you a box of Ma-Hi's confec-.
entry you can't guest"
They were rtow ascending a hill,
nd Grace, who was ahead on the nate
ow path, trusted' fully 16 her .hos'e's
nstinct for life ;'and limb, =- -.while slit
urned to; glimpse -iter ceusil's face,
'Might have ltltown ` I could gain,
lathing ; irons. your crinkle, twhikly
efOlt," She pentad 'lint let pie see---
t ssevg he saysv h'ni, What's on the
elf? A heart 'Yogi box,or sweets is
Ants, Davey den'. I know of iib tiling
t1 111, him that emu )'csck;my, heats,
¶;en• Rowe, wan v,woie' fre.+,4bulel drill
)oagh the atone;given lip' °1101
Svhile 'he did honor me with weekly
rpieties whieh tlwintlled to fortnighti1,
impeded the movement of the Cloak.
MEMORIAL. CHAPSL FOR RIDt.k'Y 01„0 BOYS
2?idiev College Manioc hal Chapel, tiro. gift of Ridley 01d I1bys, dodipaled
on 'Sund'r'y, Jane 17,',at•8t, Oatlierlhes. TThe hatideome att•utture form's 0
0115101 addition to the solltgs hu'ildingl and represenis 10 outlay of $126,000,'
051110ly t ibeallatto'1 by fosi'aer itidloy College sludente,
In the United' States' the work of
platting soil -has been. but recently un-
dertaken, and the unit of measurement
is much more likely' to be an'acre 00 5i
ten -acre field' than a square yard.:
Just as a boy is -drawn to wrong by
the presentation of ,wrong, . so is he
drawn 'to, goodby the presentation of
good.—Lord Mayor, of Leeds.
Lifebuoy may be safely used
OIa the tenderest skin
It is -$,wonderrfuil' cleansing'
for little hands, faces, and
bodies.
It leaves a delightful fresh
nehs and softness.
iliiebuoy; babies have beautiful
heal hi' skins.
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