Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1911 — Page 3

AT THE WHEEL

Eula Gardiner stood on the hotel veranda in a trig brown linen frock and a white felt hat • 7 JSj7 ’ 7 ~ “Do you mean to say thht you are going oh the Water this morning?” asked a dozen girls. “I most assuredly am,” answered ’ Eula, glancing out to where crisp little waves flashed saucily on the surface of the bay. “But consider—the great Fenmore has arrived; we beheld him with our own eyes. And, oh, Eula, but he is fine to look at!” ‘ . -.J;-.. r.'TT* ' " :> 'r < “Glad to hear it,” she replied brightly, “but what can be gained by sitting out a day like this on this veranda?" “Think of your complexion, careless child! How will you look in the parlors this evening to the critical eye of an artist, with your face sunburned and your golden curls wind-rough-ened?" “One day will not suffice to restore to me my former beauty. I therefore generously leave the coast clear for the rest of you, and continue to en-Joy-myself !’• " With a laugh, she ran down to the pier where her finy motor boat was tied ready for her. .7 77’ 'J J. ‘■She is certainly a wonder with a boat,” observed the girls who watched her puff jauntily away. “She is right when she says she leaves the coast clear for the rest of us, though. Thebe capable, independent sort of girls are never popular with men of artistic temperaments.” And each girl t>egan secretly to wonder In which particular gown she would most resemble the wonderful creations of the great Fenmore’s magic brush. f ' J lUgjrhe little white boat with the girl at the wheel sped from one favorite point of the bay to another. ■“There’s something wrong this morning/’ said Eula, listening to the beat of the engine. 'J" 77/' She headed out into the center of the bay, which chanced to be clear of boats at that hour, and knelt down with her back toward the box to find the trouble. The skipping became more and more frequent, and the girl’s brows were pressed into wrinkles of annoyance. Suddenly a crash and a cry brought her to her feet She was headed toward shore, and a little astern lay an overturned skiff, with a man clinging tolt , - •• . * “Oh,” cried the girl, motionless with horror, “what can I do? Hang on, hang on!” she screamed, her presence of mind returning, and she swept-back in a big curve toward him. “Oh,” she sobbed, “it is all my fault! If the engine only holds out!” ' As she fan up dose on the opposite side of. the skiff she flung out a lite preserver. “Can you swim?” she called. ’ “Yes—yes,” he nodded back. She took another circle while the man put on the jacket with one hand, clinging to the boat with the other. She did not dare stop the engine for fear she could not start it again in its present condition. “I must tow him ashore,” she thought ‘There is no use in attempting to get him into the boat —I am too weak, and the boat Is tbo small!” When she came up the second time she flung out the tow rope, and slowed down the engine as much as she dared. The man caught the rope with difficulty. All his motions were strangely slow and labored. With the utmost difficulty she drew him to the side of her craft “Do you think you can hang on until we get ashore F’ she asked anxiously. “I’ll try,” he smiled with a look that made Eula sob. With one hand she clung to his coat. The other outsretched as far as possible, just reached the wheel. They entered quiet water under shelter of the point, and Eula loosening her grasp upon the exhausted man, turned off the switch. "jAs the little boat grounded upon the beach the girl was out over the side, helping the staggering man to dry landHe sank senseless upon the warm sand. * “0h,.1 don’t know what to do,” the poor girl cried, frantically removing the cork jacket and his water-filled coat and shoes. 7The grating of the boat’s bow reminded her to secure it, and also to get the flask she always kept tn the locker. , ■ ~ ■ “Did I faint F’ he asked in a dazed ■WAV ''J-'*'*-“1 thought you were dead,” she “Why, don’t worry like this, child; 1 was not in the water long enough. But some way in going over I hit my head and left hand. That bothered me about holding on. and after awhile wiw hMd felt an cor H _ “Do Hot talk,” ordered Eula, brusque sortable with boat cushions. "I must go *but after your boat if y °Vh* don’t be long.” he cautioned. Presently she came back; triumph antly ■■» «■ 7/ You-re a girl Richards —I just came to the hotel this mornlug. - ; f

By SUSANNE GLENN

' “You are making sport of me," cried Eula blushing furiously. .“I really never did such a thing before in all my boating experience.” . 7-,.. ’ j T am wondering,” ignoring her interruption', “if you can possibly ,be the sister of whom Dick Gardner is so proud?” -J*. J- 7 ‘’7/?-' 7. : - ' “That is my brother’s “name,” she admitted. 7 7 “Then we are old acquaintances. Dick is' coming down this afternoon—he’ll tell you about me.” The young man seemed to be recoving very* rapidly. . 7.. : / 7 ‘l’m hungry as a bear,” he admitted. • ‘That Is a good indication, isn’t it. Miss Gardiner?” V _. J With much merriment Richards built a Are of the sticks Eula gathered. He opened cans from the tinned provi : sipns with which the locker was stocked and made coffee over the coals. .- 7 ■'J Jjj-777 ; When they returned to the hotel under the breathless heat of the afternoon sun, the piazza was deserted. “Look, look,” breathed the dainty, charming girls gathered In the parlors that evening. “There he comes. Isn’t he stunning in evening clothes?" “I wonder now If Eula doesn’t regret her ride? She seems.to have burned worse than usual.” Someone led the distinguished young artist forward. He greeted each girl with a kindly, sweeping look that she idlt.took in every detail Of her appearance. ' , “Miss Gardiner,” he said, his eyes twinkling; “I believe we_have met before!” -■ ? ,.,,7

Eula’s flushed face grew a little pale. r . "Come out on the veranda,” he begged. “I must plead my cause right away. My name is Richards—but that doesn’t happen to be all there is of it Indeed I did not mean to deceive you —only, I get tired of being Fenmore the artist, and like to be just a young man whom no one ever heard of!" Eula smiled as she'walked away. “Do you receive so much attention?” she asked audaciously. “Everything seems to come my way —l’m not even safe upon the boundless deep!” 775 3 .. "Oh, I say, thank Heaven Fen la - out of the way,” observed Dick Gardiner cheerfully, .seeing Fenmore and his sister leaving the room. “Now there’s some chance for the rest of us poor chaps!” Fenmore moved some chairs into the moonlight “Miss Eula,” he said, “will you take me qn the water in the morning? It is absolutely unsafe for me* to go alone, and I must get some sketches. In fact. I’d like- to charter your boat ' for the season!” ■. , 7

“But my boat is out of order, Mr. Fenmore. It is liable to stop at any moment” “Then we’ll stock up that locker and take plenty of sketching materials.” ’ ? "But my aunt objects to the water,” murmured "Eula, suggestively. The young man was silent for a moment, looking at her intently. "Miss Eula,” he said softly, leaning toward her, ’Til bribe Dick into going with us for a week. I’ll give you seven days to—to care as much as I do! Then we will qualify ourselves to dispense with a third person!” Eula gasped. “Do I take your breath? Well, you deprived me of mine this morning! Eula, I’ve adored you for months. 1 adored- you this morning when you ran me down—you never did a cleverer thing! I’m so tired of my lonely little craft—l want you at the wheeldear.” "I shall doubtless run over you every day,” observed the girl softly. "I have no doubt you will," answered Fenmore with conviction, but joyously.

The accuracy of sailing in the palmy days of the clipper ships is indicated by the statement that offTFlfinety-ntne days’ race between five clipper ships In 1866 three went into port at the end of their voyage on the same tide, the Taeping beating the Ariel by only twelve minutes and the Series by little over four hours. The other two ships in this race, the Fiery Cross and the Taitsing, came in two days later. The Red Jacket on her first voyage went from Sandy Hook to the Rock light, Liverpool, in 13 days 1 hour, and the fastest British built clipper, the Melbourne, made when running her easting down 5,100 miles in seventeen days. We ought never to have lost the position we then held upon the ocean, when Donald McKay and Samuel Hall led the. world in the building of fast ships. It is humiliating to think of the change that has come over our mercantile marine since their day.—Army and Navy, Journal.

Bessie —Why are you so sorry you refused him? f Jessie—He acted with such utter indifference. instead of terowing a fit and threatening suicide In the pubens* Room. Artist's Wife—Look, Frits, why don't you paint something like that now ?—Fllegende Blsetter.*

Race Between Clipper Ships.

Her Sorrow

LONDON. —The people of London have been much interested lately in the large band of Galician Gypsies that has been encamped in East Putney. These visitors are on their way to America and are taking their time about getting there, having been fifteen years on the road already. They are wealthy and are of ancient lineage, with all the pride of royal ancestry. Unlike the of wandering tribes, they are not beggars and thieves, but skilled workers in metal. Tradition has it that they have inherited their cunning in this direction from Samer, the goldsmith who made the image of the golden calf in the wilderness. They are a handsome people, large of stature, with a Greek regularity of feature. Their hair and beards are jet black; In their flashing black eyes lurks the melancholy shadow of a wandering race. ' >

TRAMP BEGS OF OWN MOTHER

Wealthy Oregon Woman Identifies as Her Son Mendicant Who Pleads '« With Her for Food and Lodging. Seattle, Wash. —The strange case of the lost identity of S. Chandler Rogers of New York city which came to light here a fortnight ago, has a remarkable parallel in that of Bernard Marvin, a graduate engineer of the University of California. 4 ♦. Mr. Marvin, as a tramp, applied to his own Another, Mrs. C. E. Leiberg, now the widow of a wealthy physician of Eugene, Ore., for food and lodging. He did not recognize her, but she recognized in him her long missing sou, Bernard Marvin. He insisted that his mother was dead. Mrs. Leiberg proved the tramp to be her son by birth marks found on his arms and neck. He ran away* from her, but was caught by the authorities, and is now in a hospital for observation. His mother thinks that naaybe a blow on the head may be responsible

DOG ROBS MANY HEN ROOSTS

Animal Had Been Agent of Band of Thieves in Stealing Chickens, Turkeys and Other Poultry. ■■ <• Hempstead, L. I.—One of the boldest thieves ever encountered by the police of Valley Stream,JU L, was* captured after a consultation among officers, was tldd to a stake outside the station and shot dead. He was a log known as “Black Fox.”, According to reports the animal had been the agent of a band of thieves In stealing several thousand ehlckens, ducks and turkeys. . ; 7 Policeman Ryan saw the dog go to one chicken yard eight times and each time leave with a fat chicken in its mouth. Tracing the dog’s footprints through the mud to a elump of woods, Ryan found two large gunnysacks flllsd with 40 chickens. The owner of the dog had disappeared.

Carries Home With Him.

New York.—Nathaniel Pearce, a carpenter, carries with him his home, a tool house, wherever be goes, and the other day his manner of living nearly brought him into court on a charge of illegal registration. Pearee registered from 640 Fifth avenne, the home of H. C. Frick, the steel million alre. "I Hve in this tool house,” said Pearce. ”1 take .it with me on every |ob I get" A warrant for Peirce’s arrest, asked by the police, was refused.

Had Living Coming

New York.—"l had to live some place, so I went to the Waldorf,” explained Alfred Attwater. ex-grocer slerk of Pittsfield, Mass., when arregt•d far ignoring a bill for <146.10 for three days st the hotel. -

GYPSY BARONS VISITING IN ENGLAND

I - for Mr. Marvin’s condition. He cannot remember back any further than the Russo-Japanese war. The surgeons who are observing Marvin are confident this is another case of aphasia, such as Mr. Rogers bad for 14 years, and they are hopeful that an operation may restore his identity.

Pellagra Spread by Flies.

Topeka, Kan.—lt is- believed the manner of infection of pellagra has been discovered and that the disease is carried by sand flies. A case of pellagra was found near Oswego. Sand files were discovered in the same neighborhood. Two monkeys were placed in cages. With one was imprisoned infected flies and with the other flies that had not come in contact with the patient. The monkey in the cage with the Infected flies became ill. It will be examined at the University of Kansas hospital.

Young German Girl Forfeits Right to Fortune to Marry Man of Her Choice—Met Him by Accident. , Galveston, Tex.—lsabella Koenig, a winsome girl of 20, gave up a fortune estimated to be worth about 1400,000 for the love of a young man she met while on her way from her home In Germany to join an aunt who bad selected her as an heir. The aunt, Mrs. George Elsberg, Is a wealthy widow without children residing near Fredericksburg, Tex,, and owns several farms and landed interests. She is 70 years old and has selected her favorite niece, the youngest daughter of her sister, llvHanover, Germany, the heir to her estate, and arrangements were made for the girl to come over and make her home with her wealthy relative and become acquainted with the estate of which she would become owner upon the death of her aunt At Bremen tee young heiress met and fell in love with Wendon Phillips, whose home is la Los Angeles, and who is employed In the real estate office of his father. Phillips was returning from a vacation trip and had engaged passage. in the steamship Hanover, bound for Galveston. It appeared to be love at first sight for both the iovers. Upon returning here it was found that the aunt seriously objected to the marriage. The niece and her fiance visited the aged lady and bad a tong Interview, but she declared she would disown the girl and cut

$400,000 FOR HER HUSBAND

Raise Price of Shaving.

London.—There wll be a host ot new recruits to the ranks of those pains-taking individuals who shave at home if a proposed general advance in barbers’ prices is carried Into effect The executive committee of the London and Suburban Master Hairdressers* association is taking steps to ascertain what support raising the charges by 50 per cent., so that six cents would be charged, would receive from its members. Many individual hairdressers have expressed themselves in favor of the higher price, for they find the increased cost of living demands an increased cost of shaving.

Opals From Silicia.

Kansas City, Mo.—After working patiently for 15 years, never for a moment forgetting his cherished ambition, Wiliam Rose, a lawyer of Independence, Mo., has discovered a secret process of manufacturing opals of the precious variety. About all he will tell is that the opals are made of silicia.

her off without a cent in her will if she married within five years, so the heiress made the sacrifice and ths cermony was performed; but the aunt did not attend and did not relent, and the newly wedded couple took their departure for California without receiving her blessings.

CHEAPER TO REMAIN SINGLE

Bridegroom to Have Been Balks on Wedding When He Learns That ---■ License Will Cost Him MAO. - Spokane, Wash.—There Is a second band marriage license at the county auditor's office that some couple might get at a bargain. The license was issued to William Kelly, aged 37, and Alpbona Mallett, aged 40. both of Spokane, who appeared together. Kelly, after being told that tbe*prlce was 34. W, searched la his pockets and then paused. “Does that Include the price of tbs marriage, tooF* asked Kelly. “No. that will be $3 50 more,” said Deputy Auditor Skaden. “Well, I guess I won’t take it," replied Kelly, “i believe It Is cheaper to be single than married and will continue as 1 am." The couple then walked out.

Dirty Faced Women.

New York.—Only one woman In 100 In New York has a clean face, according to a beauty specialist who told 500 women attending ber fectuiw to go home and get busy with'hot soag and water.

FACTS ABOUT SUICIDE

SAXONY LEADS IN NUMBER ANl> IRELAND JS LAST.-7 77? Seff-Murdfcr Far More Prevalent Among Men Than Among Women -■■ —Former Seem to Prefer Hanging and Latter Drowning, 7 ■ - ■■■• ____ Modern conditions in all countries are such that the subject of suicide must occasionally come under discussion in every community of any size. Not that suicide is of modern origin, for history shows that it occurred In very ancient times, but those who have made a study of the subject maintain, any probably with reason/ that the highly organized conditions of" modern society and the social abnormalities and nerve disturbances incident thereto, promote and strengthen the suicidal tendency. Thia may be mere theory, but statistics do show* that it is more prevalent in some countries than In others. Statistics covering a term of years show that during the entire period of observation Ireland had the fewest annual number of suicides, seventeen to the million of inhabitants, and Saxony, the' largest number, 392 to the million; Denmark showed 251 per annual to the million inhabitants; Switzerland, 239, France 180, Beligium 100, England and Wales 75. The Swiss people are commonly supposed to be happy and comparatively free from care, and it seems strange that the average suicide rate should be several hundred per cent, greater in Switzerland than in Ireland. On another point statistics are more conclusive, for they show that in all countries the ijroportion of suicides is three or four men to one woman, and that this proportion continues from year to year. The fair inference would seem to be either that men are more subject to the suicidal tendency than women or else that they yield to it more readily. Either supposition opens a field for biological and metaphysical speculation. Anther curious fact* disclosed by the statistics is that* suicide is much more common among Protestant than amongst Roman Catholic communities, while Jews have a smaller suicide rate than Roman Catholics. It is also demonstrated that self-mur-der, as suicide is styled by Christian ethics and law, is more common among the educated than the illiterate classes, and more prevalent in city than in rural districts. These facts might be acounted for on the theory that educated people are more sensitive to misfortune than the illiterate, and the nervous strain of city life greater than that of country life. The suicide rat© is higher in certain occupations and, professions than in others. It is high among soldiers and doctors. As to the modes of suicide they are found to vary but slightly in different countries. Hanging is the most common among males; then drowning,, firearms, knife cuts and poison, in the order named. With women a different order prevails, viz., first drowning, then poison, hanging and knife cuts and firearms. ’

Too Deep for Men.

The fact is that Women are uncomfortable if they are not fashionably dressed, relates Katherine T. Gerould in Atlantic. Mo m»n under-; stands the subtle and complex significance of the-phrase "nothing to wear"—witness the distressed but utterly puzzled expression that overspreads a man’s face at the'Words.' He knows that his wife or his sister looks charming In "the blue orfe,” or "the lace one,” or "the one with the jet.” She has looked charming in it' often enough for him at last to identify it—and that, unless he is an ex-> ception to his sex, is very often, He: is cheerfully getting Into his evening, coat for the fiftieth time. Mb won-; der he does not realize that' some' frock which, the first- time 4t was worn, made for triumph, should, the tenth time, make for humiliation. But the most strong-minded woman—the woman who will, if necessary go to the opera on a gala night in a coat and skirt—at heart exonerates the woman who so foolishly, for the reason mention ed, stops at home.

Strong Man Story.

"You may talk about Gotch being a strong man,** said a gentleman from Butte, Mont., who is visiting in the city, “but I mft a fellow In Minneapolis who had i the prize strong man champton of the world story. . “It came out in a discussion of the Gotch-Hackenschmidt wrestling, bout; One man made the assertem that Gotch was about as strong’ a man "as there Is in the country or the wbrtd. The Norwegian was quiet for a moment, then interposed: “Ay got bruder in woods, he ban better man than Gotch.** “Better than Gotch? How do you make that out?” ‘ “Well, my brudder he drive team. One day team he balk And my brudder,he got so mad he tak’ one log 'bout ten foot long and three foot thick in one hand, and he tak* nodder log ‘bout ten foot tong and three foot think in odder hand and be smash dem together until all is lef is sawdust.’’ • .

Judging Character.

"That man Mehltabel married has a lot of foresight,” said Farmer Comtosael. “He looked kind of worried an* scared at the weddin’,* replied hta wife. . “That’s what makes ma think h*| has