Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 242, 24 July 1919 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AMD SUN-TELEGRAM

liculty. Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one or all, on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world. With her then we should the most

sedulously cherish a cordial friendship, and noth

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rauaaium Building, North Ninth and sailor aireem , . iiT nnr offprtinns than Enured at the Post Office at Richmond. Indiana. a See "lg would tend more to knit our aliecuons tnan ond Class Mail Matter. to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same ' " I

MRHnrn Am Trrm nnriiTV.n PREJ1 Itrtuae

feriors. Toward this spirit John Halifax bore himself respectfully but manfully, exciting the hatred of his opponents by defeating their ends. A combination of circumstances brought him in the long run into closer connection with both than either he or they cared to recognize. When I was twenty-three and John Halifax twenty we took our first holiday together, lodging at a farmhouse in the neighboring hills, where also

, , . .j v iLi.isome cousins ot tucnara eninwooa,

Th Auocuted Pre l. xciusively entitled to thm u I xne iuonroe uucuiuc came mt 'Mt. March and his daughter. Ursula, for republication of all news dtcpatchea credited to It !,visp. TVi Hoi v Alliance incllldinST Prussia, Aus- were making a temporary residence, not other !., credited In this paper and alao toa loca j WSe . ine HOiy AlhdnLe, HiUUUlHi, luaoia, 1 The father belne an invalid and crowwa published heroin. All rlhta of republication ot ap f - . rnnsidfired takinc SL hand in 1 5 t 1.A ?v i & fJI

i South America, following the successful rebellion j John Halifax was able to perform val-

of several Spanish dominions there. Through j the time the father died John and

olal dispatches henla are also reserved.

i The Clean Up Campaign If tangible results have followed the campaign cf the board of works to prevent the throwing of paper and rubbish in the alleys, the city has made a step forward in civic improvement. The board of works expressed its satisfaction on the results seen when the members made an inspection. The development of a sense of personal responsibility will quickly put an end to the throwing of waste paper on the streets and alleys. Too many persons thoughtlessly throw bits of paper on the street or sidewalks, forgetting that a day's accumulation of this rubbish is sufficient to make the city look untidy. Pedestrian Trips The joys of walking have been lost in the general use to which the automobile is put. Pedes-

mi nmhrlnr. Rir.h.ird Rush, the British for-j Miss March were in love. The diffi

' culties to their marriage were or a eign office urged President Monroe to declare , n oniy to be solved by overriding that the United States would not tolerate any for-j; eign meddling in the Americas. Monroe consult- j and an heiress, when he would have , vt ... ric,Asm oti rloaimriil-' retired it was she who, with the ined many public men on the wisdom and desiraon-, tinctg of a Wg and nobe heart took ity of this course, among them Jefferson. In the ! matters into her own hands. She did , , ... , ,, K,r rr-oot this the more bravely, owing to the end, he followed the course suggested by Great faet that Richard Brlthwood, ner guar. Britain. dian, had the power to withhold her , v mm , i4.4. income, which he did for years. What may we draw from Jefferson s letter, Ther marria,e- was therefore in part of which is quoted above, and what applica- modest conditions, but none the less 1 . , . . i happy for that. Their first sorrow tion may we make of his suggestions to present-j may be sald t0 have corae when their rlav nrnhlems? eldest child. Muriel, proved to have aay prooiems. !been born bHnd Aimost the last act Jefferson held that we would be wise to keep : 0f my stern old father wa3 to bless

out of entanglements with European despots.

He also declared that we would do well to ac

than for David, "passing the love of women," in an unusual fit of pain. He had been so strong and well throughout all the years in which we had lived together as brothers that the thought of his suffering was new and strange to me. It became stranger if not newer when the paroxysms were repeated. This was only at long intervals, so

time from Boston. For some reason not explained the letter was already two months old. Had they really tak

en the ship Guy named they should have been in England some weeks ago. Inquiry at Lloyd's revealed no such ship as having crossed the Atlantic, though a small vessel ot that name had foundered in the West Indies. Had

that we were able to keep the secret Guy and hIs Partner sailed for England to ourselves. Evn TTri. ma iby this round-about route, it was still

know, and John bound me to 6ilence ! Possible that they had been rescued.

till he himself spoke. It was not till Guy had been some years In America,

the babe and proclaim her the child of peace. Next to his wife this little blind

.l iv. r-vo-i- cfr,; iry tViivnrt- Kirl was the object of her father's

cepi me tu-upciauun -- i dearest i

ing the ambitious schemes of the plotters ot tne Holy Alliance.

Jefferson thought that promulgation of the

trian trips along the creeks and over the hills of j Monroe doctrine might bring on war, in which the Wayne county used to be one of the pleasures United states and Britain would be allies. He of the season, but now one seldom sees a group j favore(j the strong stand, in spite of dangers, along the winding paths that follow the streams and ventured the belief that England and and traverse the hills. AmfiQ mio-fcf ha rirsiwn more closelv together

miia w w

beauties. Rolling lands alternate with flat stretches, and meandering streams cut through her confines. Woods still crown many of her hills or cover the valley sides.

by fighting side by side in a common cause. There is ammunition for both sides in the peace league debate in this letter of Jefferson's. We are told on the one hand that it would be wise

to avoid broils. On the other, we are counseled

The real beauty of the county is appreciated i to weicome British assistance in keeping the

must be settled in the light of modern conditions.

only by those who have made pedestrian trips

along its valleys and over its hills. Jefferson on Entanglements Whether we are to have a peace league or not, we shall certainly hold fast to the Monroe doctrine. Interesting light on how this famous principle came into being is shed by a letter which

Thomas Jefferson wrote to President Monroe on j 1,000,000 bushels larger than last year.

October 26, 1823, when asked his opinion on in

ternational developments of the time. Jefferson said: "The question presented by the letters you have sent me, is the most momentous which has been ever offered to my contemplation since that of Independence, that made us a nation. This sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time opening on

affections. Three boys, Guy,

Edwin and Walter, were born after h3r, and lastly another little girl; but to none did the heart of John Halifax go out with the tenderness called forth by the little one who never seemed afflicted because of her sweet happiness. When at the age of eleven she was taken from them the father's youth forsook him and middle age began to draw on. I now made my home with them, as a brother to the parents and an uncle to the children. The fulnes3 of affection they showed each other was always shared with me. So too I share in all the subsequent years of mingled prosperity and care.

and a little daughter had been born to Edwin and Louise, that John told me the doctor's verdict concerning him. He might live to an old age, or he might go at any minute. With the knowledge of this possibility my own death seemed to begin. Nevertheless more years went by with no greater disturbance to the current of our lives than a sudden perplexity with regard to Maud. It was not only with regard to Maud, but with regard to Lord Ravenel. Why neither John nor Ursula had foreseen

what might happen there I never understood, for to me such a possibility had long been evident. Maud was now eighteen; Lord Ravenel .a romantic, somewhat Rvrnniiv fl

thirtv-seven. To hPr narnto tho Hif. 'who was now known as William Rav

ference in age precluded love; to me enel- For John and Ursula u was the love knew no such limitations When Jv whicn lets the servant depart in therefore Ravenel came to us asking Peace. Guy having outlived his boyish permission to try to win the child her Passion for Louise d'Argent. he and parents refused. While nothing was Edwin met as friends. Maud and Wilsaid to Maud the disappearance of her llam Ravenel found each other ia that lover he was almost that left her happiness in which a difference of wounded and wondering. It was not twenty years does not count, only the difference in age which had We went one day into the old beech dictated the course of John and Ursula woods at Enderley, where thirty-three but lack of confidence in the stability years earlier John and Ursula had

So for more months we waited In a hope that gradually became no hope. For the first time in my knowledge of her the strong, competent Ursula began to have days of not coming downstairs. She never complained; she never spoke of Guy; she was only tired. John with his secret and she with hers seemed to withdraw each into a still place where they were alone with God. It was a quiet time, even if a sad time; but to me it was the end. Then one day a stranger appeared.

tall, bearded, tanned. It was Maud put his legs in the air, and move them who saw him' first. Begging him to las if ha were riding a bicycle." he ex-

j Dinner Stories

Two sailors, an Irishman and a Scotchman, could never agree and the rest of the crew had become adepts in starting them on an argument. One day "patron 6aints" was the subject, of which the Scotchman knew nothing and the Irishman just a little. "Who was the patron saint of Ireland?" said Jock. "Do you mean to say you don't know?" said Pat. "Why the holy St. Patrick." "Well," said Jock in deliberate tones -hang your St. Patrick." In a towering rage the Irishman hesitated a second while he thought of something equally offensive, and then Durst out with, "And hang your Harry Lauder." An officer on board a warship was drilling his men.

"I want every man to lie on his back

be seated, she tcld him she would send

her father. "But Maud, don't you I know me? I'm Guy."

He had come back with his partner.

of the young man's character.

vowed themselves to each other. John

terloo, of England's first great indus

trial expansion. John Halifax became . , .1 C 1- Vl.L .1 1

. , . j4- uiie mo lie w uuuiiiuy which lutu ueAmericas free from the influence of despots. gan tQ bq & tQ gupplant The views of Washington and Jefferson were; the old, the nobility of commerce. His j ai j j fovocti'nrr rrw Vinf Progressive mind was always looking sound in their day, and are interesting now, Dutjfor cew oulletg t0 h!s eneries which times have changed and present-day problems : were also to include new phases of

Two Pecks of Peanuts Per Capita The South's peanut crop this year will be

Fore-

Lasts yJi. liic uuy, mmuuuwu j - -

That was soon to be tested Within ;had come vvlth U9; Ursula kept her a short time after he had left us with room- Not even the bIIss of Guy'3 rethe understanding that he was not to turn gave her back her 8trength. It return, the Earl, his father, died leav-: was a Pleasant afternoon with the ing a large entailed property, but oth-! yunE people all about us. John lay erwise nothing but debts. To paydown upon tbe &rass' his ha pulled these debts, for which the law held the ' over his eyes- "How cold it has new Earl in no wav rpsnrmoihi t?. Brown," Maud said, towards sunset.

enel, now Lord Luxmore, renounced i"1 thlnk vre ought to wake father." his rights of inheritance. He himself i But John dld not wake- vrhne was left with the smallest income on BleePinS he had beei called. I went which a man of his rank could live. jhome to te11 hIs wIfeTo John and Ursula this unexpected j w carried him into the old farmforce of character brought mingled house where he and Ursula had met. satisfaction and regret. The more There at ten that night she came to thev reioicpd In tha tiH1Hf v Tilm Hnw slin rnmo T fin nn Trnnw

They were the years, following Wa-, the more deep their anxiety lest they How she who had not walked for

snouia nave intervened to the injury ,v-eeKs had round her way hither, what of two whom they loved. (strength helped her to stand there as And still more years went by. Ed- ishe dld stand- upright and calm, I do win was now relieving his father of not know- AH I can say is that she some of the cares of business; Wal- came' tnat she talked t0 her children, ter was preparing to go out into the bade them never forget their father, world; Maud was growine staid Al- and asl?ed them to leave her for a Lit-

ready prominent in public affairs John ltle whlIe alcne with him

declined to stand for parliament because, to some degree, the heart had gone out of him. There was no out-

plained. "Now commence.'

After a short effort, one of the men stopped. "Why have you stopped, Murphy?" asked the officer.

"If yc plaze, sir," was the answer, Oi'm coasting."

Good Evening BY ROY K. MOULTON

WE DID ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO Dear R. K. M.: It seems so appropriate for every point of view, I wonder that you have not classified the "central powers" as the Assassinations. G. D. H. Dear old Euripides once declared: "My tongue took an oath, but my mind is unsworn." Euripides talked almost

like a modern American saloon keeper.

WHY WE LIKE WASHDAY "Yes, Missus, I'm that tired I jest can't do nothin. I w.orked till 12 o'clock last night on my girl's party dress. An' tonight she's goin' to the theatre. Eh what? Oh my yes, she's gettln' to be quite a socialist." Reported verbatim. Some commit suicide and others change seats In a canoe.

prosperity to the people roundabout, who more and more looked to him as

leader. In addition to the business of which my lather's death had made him master, he took over the old cloth mills at Enderley. Here Lord Luxmcre was the proprietor, and to ruin the mills, and so ruin John, he deflected the stream on the pretext of needing the water to supply his own fountains. John Halifax was equal to the occasion. He had already been in touch with Arkwright, who first used steam in the mills at Manchester.

of Agriculture, show a bumper yield of 55,531,000 bushels, or about two pecks per person.

Formerly accepted as the accompaniment of I steam was therefore introduced at , . j-i. i. j. j -u i Enderley, the income of the mill-own-shows and baseball games the peanut today nasier doubling and trebling with each

become one of the important items in the agri

cultural wealth of the nation

We closed the door, sitting on the

stairs outside It might have been for minutes, it might have been for hours.

year. From the small house in town .T nVl n and TTranla Wallfav Tnrirec? tn a

It is worked up j modest estate in the country, moving

t T.MPta fVmf aro noorf nr. ftnr!from tnat ln the course of time to one

u,w w.-v ., of the sreat houses of the county, ex-

tables or utilized m tne preparation oi eaioies.

ward change beyond more gray in the ! It; was Guy who at last went In.

. ana more gravity in the expres- She was still in the same place by sion, but pain borne in secret was be- j the bedside, but half lying on the bed ginning to tell on him. The knowl- Her arm was round her husband's edge that Guy was so far away and ; neck, her face nestled close to his Maud not happy had its effect on hair. They might have been asleep Ursula. Growing old myself I was j One of her children called her. but she obliged to stand by and watch the two i neither stirred nor answered. Guv

x iuicu ucsu uu earifl growing om even tinted her up very tenderly his moth

There came a day when there was no more news from Guy. Our fears increased with the weeks. Then we received a letter saying that he and hu partner were to sail in a few days'

er a widow

But she was not a widow now. Copyright, 1919, by Post Publishing Co. (The Boston Post). Published by special arrangement

While some men serve life sentences in Sing Sing others get married.

Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Yean Ago Today

Two boys riding from Chicago to New York on bicycles, stopped in Richmond for the night.

"Richmond Panic Proof was the slogan selected for the fall festival. The proposition of the Wayne County Eoard of Commissioners to sell 124 acres of the poor farm for $3,000 was accepted by the Pennsylvania rail road, after a long controversy. MgM ii uu iiMmna cam

Alabama leads as a producer, growing more

us, and never could we embark on it under cir-ithan one-quarter of the country's output, but her

at.:- 1 t 1 tCr U ''"""it

CUmstances mOle auspicious. ;crup liiis jeui snuws uccicaoc ui uu- Muriel's death

erting with each change a widening

influence for good which in the Regent's days was rare. But prosperity brought them no im-

"Our first and fundamental maxim should be

never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe ; our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from

was the first blow.

shels from last year's. All the other peanut-; ether blows followed soon. The boys . , . . ,, , ,. ... , . ' grew up to be young men. With their growing states east of the Mississippi, excepting . fove aairs Cfrae the ft real disFlorida, also show smaller crops this year, while. corris in the family. . , , , , rr t. i They began with the appearance of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas show increases, i a governess for little Maud. She gave Texas, with an increase of almost 5,000,000 bu-'her name Miss silver. Beautiful,

those of Europe, and particularly her own. She shels, makes this year's total crop for the country j peiied Ursula's motherly svmpathies should therefore have a system of her own, sepa- larger than las year's. ' j 5fOTaedcoltd0neabe ToJTlrge tne rate and apart from that of Europe. While the The country's peanut acreage this year is ' daughter of a notorious French deputy

last is laboring to become the domicile of despot-! 1,738,400 acres, a decrease of 23 per cent fromuhact

Arkansas was the only j since Guy, the eldest son, was in love

state showing an increase in acreage. cjS and Ursula" nluProduction forecasts of the various states! fax a struggle, it was a surprise to

Virm'nio A 7C. OOO cfcolc Vnrf V, m.!1"' inereiore, tnat uuy snouia De

ism. our endeavor should surely be to make our j the acreage of last year,

hemisphere that of freedom. One nation, most of all, could disturb us in

this pursuit; she now offers to lead, aid and ac-! follow:

company us in it. By acceding to her proposi- j Ima, 5,4y,(JUU ; bouth Carolina, bJy,UUU ; Georgia, i ver, was in love with another man. " j. i.u uj r j t .ui7onnn.i7inv Kcnnn.TM,nn nnn I There was no relief in this, however,

vion, we ueiacn ner jrorn nit; uunu ui uesputs, j ,vw , i iwiuo, c,j.v,wv , icuucMtc, ivu,vuu, bring her mighty weight into the scale of free I Alabama, 14,708,000; Mississippi, 117,000; Loui'ovemment, and emancipate a continent at one ; isiana, 81,000 ; Texas, 12,478,000 ; Oklahoma, 556,-

I refused on the ground that Miss Sil-

which might linger long in doubt and dif-i000, and Arkansas, S36,000.

Condensed Classics of Famous Authors

MULOCK

DINAH MAKU MULOCK (Mrs. Cralk), 1S2C-1S8:. The child in the picture Is her granddaughter.

Dinah Maria Mulock was born at Stoke-upon-Trent on April 20, 1R26, the daughter of a minister. Sho died October 12. 1S7. Miss Mulock picked up a good education despite the unsettled fortunes of her father. When she was but 20 years old she bravely started for Iondon, whither eo all English people to try their fortunes, since Pick Whittlngton has shown the place There she was greatly helped by her own pergonal charm, and by the friendship of two men whose names are Intimately connected with the hook trade, Alexander Macmillan and Charles Edward Mudle. (She later married a member of the firm of Macmillan, G. L. Cralk.) She began her literary ventures with stories for young people, but early won success with "The Ogrllvles;" a delightful fairy story, "Alice Learmont." lollowed soon, as did novels, short stories axid various other forms of expression. But she will always be remembered by one book, though her popularity in her tima extended to many others. "John Halifax, Gentleman," published in 1S57, Is read today, as it was then, anJ will not fade as have the other works of Its author.

JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN BY MRS. MULOCK Condensation by Basil King

Though a boy of sixteen I was too ill and crippled to walk. Owing to the rain my lather pushed my hand carriage under an archway. Taking shelter there we found a handsome boy of thirteen, well built, strong and looking more than his age. Fearing to lose time from work in his tannery my father engaged this boy to push me home when the rain ceased. Arrived at our house I asked him in for a meal. After his dinner in the kitchen ha joined me in the din-iag-room, telling me something of hi3

history. His name was John Halifax, an orphan, without home, relatives, or money, and so obliged to roam the country looking for work. His one treasure was a Greek Testament, on the fly-leaf of which was written the name of Guy Halifax. In addition there were the entries of the marriage of Guy Halifax, gentleman, to Muriel Joyce, spinster. In the year 1779; of the birth of John Halifax in 1780; and of the death of Guy Halifax in 17S1. Being unable to write the lad asked me to make the additional entry.

"Muriel Halifax, died January 1st, 1791." Never having had a companion I took to this boy as a friend, inducing

i my Tatner, Abel Fletcher, to give him I work in the tanyard. It was humble ! work, at a pittance a week, and the I boy took such care of himself as he j could, sleeping in or on a pile of tanjbark, and eating no more than enough , to keep him alive. Faithful and industrious however, he won his master's confidence, being gradually promoted to better posts, thousth still

earning no more than a bare main

tenance. Those were the days of hard times incidental to the Napoleonic wars, with scarcity both of work and food. As I was helpless it meant much to my father to have growing up under his eye a lad to whom his master's interests were his own. In a measure John Halifax took my place in the tannery, and during the labor riots from which my father suffered, as did most employers of the time, my friend was always on hand to soothe the workmen and protect my father's property. In proportion as Abel Fletcher crew

old and infirm a greater measure of responsibility fell on the younger man's shoulders. By the time he was twenty-one my father was willing to take him into partnership, promoting him thus from the standing of a waif, which was that which he held in the eyes of our conservative fellow-townsmen in Norton Bury, in Gloucestershire, to that of solid citizen. No young man ever deserved good fortune more. Developing, too, a force of character which could not but be progressive, he more than once found himself at odds with the old Tory elements that had long held our townspeople in submission and contempt. Chief among the petty tyrants of the aristocratic class were the Earl of Luxmore and his son-in-law, Richard Brithwood, the important landowners of our neighborhood. Hard-drinking, hard-riding and profligate, they made use to the full of these privileges of birth and position which in those days allowed the nobility to be overbearing to all whom they regarded as In-

since the other man proved to be the second son, Edwin, who was also in love with her. Of this difficult situation the animosity between the two brothers was not the least of the trials the parents had to undergo. In a household where love had been the watchword the hatred of brothers was the harder to bear. Before Edwin was married Guy had gone abroad, nominally on business for his father, but really to be away from the sight of Edwin's happiness. While this change eased the situation it was also the source of new anxieties. Disquieting reports wore brought from Paris by the Earl of Luxmore's ron, Lord Ravenel. From boyhood young Ravenel had entertained an admiration for his father's

opponent, John Halifax, which had

grown with time. The kindness al ways shown by Mr. and Mrs. Halifax

to Lord Ravenels siater. Lady Caro- j line Brithwood, whom her husband, i $3

Kicnara urunwooa, had divorced.

strengthened the attachment of a

young man neglected by his father, to those who could take a stand of their

own. Each time he returned to Luxmore Park young Ravenel made a refuge of the Halifax home. From Paris he brought news that Guy had come into the circle of the aged reprobate. Lord Luxmore, with little advantage to himself. Graver news followed that. A letter in Guy's own hand informed his parents that being drunk in a gambling house he had quarreled with Sir Gerard Vermilye, who years before had induced Lady Caroline to elope with Lim, had struck the man, and possibly killed him. He how now to flee from France. By the time the letter reached his parents he would have sailed for America. If Muriel's death had ended John's youth Guy's disgrace did the same for his mother's. I first noticed then that Ursula was beginning to grow old. Up to that time she had been a matron, ripening with serenity. More than maturity came into her beauty now, a sadness, a depression, which she rarely threw off. Though peaceful years came with the news that Guy had settled In Boston, where the business of which he had become the head was prospering, the light-heartedness went out of our home forever. In my case that was the aiore true owing to the fact that on the day when Edwin was married I had surprised John, for whom my affection was that of Jona-

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