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WALKERTON INDEPENDENT | = — — — — - - I Published Every Thursday by THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS CO. Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPENDENT NORTH IdRERTY NEWS LAKEVILLE STANDARD , THE ST. JOSEPH CO. WEEKIJE^ I Clem DeCoudrea. UuafDeaa Manager W. A. Endley, Editor _ ■ SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year *l-60 Six Months W Three Months 60 TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the post office at Walkerton, Ind., as second-class matter. iiniiiiiniiiiiiimiiiiHnminiiiiiiiiimng INDIANA I [| NEWS || niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiuiiiiiiiin Indianapolis.—Machinery of state departments was put In operation to carry out the provisions of the more important measures passed by the second special session- of the general assembly. Post assembly developments In the statehouse included the following: 1. The reappointment of Jesse E. Eschbamjy M'^sFate examiner of the ^__JxU«HW-of accounts, from which he resigned July 12 to resume the speakership of the house of representatives. 2. Governor Goodrich signed three of the major acts passed by the assembly—the Johnson home rule tax act, the Tuthill-Kiper curative tax act and the coal and food commission act. The governor also signed the state war memorial measure. 3. The coal and food commission ■was formally organized. The commission is composed of Mr. Eschbach. Governor Goodrich and Otto L. Klauss, auditor of state. Under the terms of the act the accounts board serve as the coal commission. 4. It became known that Charles Fox, president of the Indiana State Federation of Labor, would be appointed by Governor Goodrich as the fifth member of the state industrial board. The place has not been filled because of a lack of funds, but the legislature provided more funds for the board. 5. The state board of tax commissioners began the preparation of 1919 assessment data to be certified to local taxing officials in accordance with the Tuthill-Kiper bill. 6. After careful study of the curative tax bill the governor and the ’members of the tax board and other state officials were of the opinion that the measure will relieve the tax mess effectually and that the net result of the application of the act will be the legalization of the horieontal increases in assessments in virtually every taxing unit in the state. At the meeting of the coal commission Mr. Eschbach was given full authority to administer the act and to employ a fuel director, counsel to the commission and other employees. Another meeting of the commission will be held to consider organization plans further. One of the first acts of this new de- • partment will be to compile a directory of all coal dealers, jobbers and operators in the state. Every dealer in coal will be required to obtain a license. The license fees are: Dealers. $5; wholesalers. .$lO and operators, $25. There is also provided a tax of 1 cent a ton on all coal mined. Connersville. — Clarence Edwards, president of the Fayette county unit of the Farmers’ federation, will call a meeting of the members within a few days to discuss wheat sowing. He says he is Informed that many farmers in the county, discouraged by the high price of commercial fertilizers and disturbed by the uncertainty of the wheat market, are planning to sow rye instead of wheat. Rye, he says, is a less favorable crop for clover than wheat, and a poorer crop in food value. He says the federation will do its utmost to keep the county’s wheat acreage up to its usual total, which is near 25.000 acres. Indianapolis.—Mrs. Warren G. Harding. wife of the Republican candidate for president, will be a guest of honor at the Indiana state fair on Wednesday, September 8, which will be observed as “Indianapolis day.” A state c<wmittee of 60 women is being organized. Following a visit to the fair, a public reception is being planned for the wife of the Republican presidential nominee. The reception will be held in the women’s building at the fair grounds. The visit of Mrs. Harding, it is said, will be a nonpartisan affair, as the committee of 60 women will be made up without regard to political faith. priations bill, which was among the first of the measures passed at the special session of Indiana's general assembly to be signed by Governor Goodrich, appropriates a total of sl,168,114.62. of which $876,995.69 is to go to state institutions and departments for their future use. and the auditor of state is now making warrants for the various amounts. A total of $291,118.93, which was advanced by Otto Klauss, auditor of state, out of the general fund, to keep the institutions going, is appropriated to reimburse the general fund. Hartford City.—Farmers in Black- [ ford county believe there will be a bumper oats crop threshed. In many parts of the cdunty the yield, it is estimated, will be as high as 75 to 80 bushels an acre. The average yield I in the countv is about 50 bushels. Indianapolis.—His whereabouts unknown to the members of his family for 45 years. John Pugh. a cousin of Marshall Pugh, wealthy Indianapolis land owner, who died last year, has appeared as a claimant for a share of the estate of Marshall Pugh. The appearance of John Pugh, believed by relatives to have been dead for many years, made necessary the changing of c decree made by Judge Louis B. Ew- I bank in circuit court last week nam I Ing the 24 first cousins of Marshal’ I Pugh who should share in the estate |

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CHAPTER Vlll.—Continued. —ll—- — the girl knelt and drew her purple veil about her, losing herself within a poison that was scented like cinnamon and musty wine, an aged slave arose from the bower and caine before the monzoul, although the monarch probably could not sec him for a cloud of lilac butterflies. The slave bore a silver jar in his hands, and over his gaunt shoulder was a square of white satin. He spread the satin upon the stones before the palanquin, and then deftly set spinning upon upraised finger the jar of dull sliver. Faster it spun, until its very stillness blent with the monotony of the drug, Levlngton knew that he should go away from the gate if he wished to keep from dreaming, but he was too curious to leave. The odor from the yellow bowl touched a sheaf of memories in him and this pain was more real than the grace of the brown-limbed maid. But the silver jar stood motionless on the poised gray finder. The Juggler withdrew his arm, and the Jar remained suspended near the monzoul. Silence was heavy, and the spicy perfume overspread the white man at the gate. Con tried to retain the solid world, to remember that this drug had been sold in Dory street, that It had killed his own father, and he breathed hard, with the old anger sharpened In his heart. He swore to settle this matter. either privately or for his government. But the moment he let go that thought he could not avoid seeing the Juggler as he plucked the magic jar down to his bosom, and began to pour purple wine upon the square of satin. But the white cloth remained spotless and dry. At this conclusion, the gaunt performer dipped into the bowl and pressed the soul (lark upon his own sunken eyes. Swift, strong hands had found Levington. They came out of the world he had been unable to hold. The rudeness of the hands was satisfying to him. It aided greatly in throwing off the effects of koresh. They placed him upon his roof again and left a guard at the bead of the stairs. Con cursed himself for having wasted his only chance to seek h way to liberty. He trod about the high Inclosure, unmindful of the sun, picking his way mentally between doubt and evidence. It was depressing to remember that long-ago hour of his departure from the March house. He longed to find March now and talk things out with him. Their best possibility was to find friends, somehow, by whatever policy. They would need to co-operate in such a plan, to play it exactly together. Chee Ming had no heart, but he possessed a brain. The monzoul himself had not a clean thread of nerve anywhere. by which he might consider an appeal. And so Levlngton sought and sought. Before noon a stranger appeared at the top of the stairway, with a curt bow and greeting for the prisoner. He was perhaps a slave, and yet a person of privilege—a wizened man with narrow shoulders. Chinese, his face a desert yellow and furrowed, cheeks like fruit that has never fallen. He was noticeably clean, his tunic giving off the faint smell of recent laundering. The veins In his old hands stood out, blue cords, as he again signified Levfngton’s superiority over all living men. This slow salaam was merely the Tau Kuanlan command to follow. A double scar was crossed upon the servant’s neck suggesting the strokes of two swords on a single errand. Now the ancient lips formed the English word: “Come.” There was nothing to lose, so Levlngton was willing. It might be an opportunity. though he rather feared It was connected with his delinquency in the matter of race-blending. They proceeded through the inner corridors, past the ever-burning lamps of alabaster, but did not turn In beneath the darkened arch of the throne room. Instead, they went on to the end of the passage. The old Chinese paused. Through a closed door Con heard the voice of Andrew March. He opened the door and entered. A victrola stood beside a long mission table, on which were books and a yellow lamp. An American college pennant was pinned above a brown mission couch. There were sofa pillows and a shelf of books. A kodak and a ridingcrop hung from a dagger stuck in the wall. A morris chair was set before one of the windows. March sat upon the arm of the chair, fingering the lace curtain. Con stood still. Near March was a young girl who seemed subtly afraid of something—of Levlngton himself. She wore a silken blouse, open at the throat, and a skirt of the smartly defined mode of American avenues, following the line of her slender body. Her timidity was nevertheless brightened with pleasure. The face was sun-tanned, the eyes held a diamond light. Here was the lovely golden-brown hair that had flown free upon the gray cloak of the rider, the same that the princess of yesterday had bound up high in court fashion. She was looking at him again. It was March who spoke first, and the young man saw that he had tears in his eyes. His voice was unreliable Just now: “I have found my little girl.” Lovington bowed, struggling with an inner tidal wave. Andrew March seized the girl’s hands, and she turned to him frankly. He was saying: “But I our little mother —Elthna —” He kissed I her hair, and she placed her hand upon his arm as if to ease his pain. She was I frail beside the veteran of the sands. I She did not embrace him, and March I seemed not to expect any demonstraI tlou of sentiment. He regained selfi

control and faced Con with an effort to smile. “This is Con Levlngton.” he said to the girl. To Con: “My daughter, Helen.” Her name leaped in Con's heart. He bowed over her hand and found him- | self murmuring, “Princess.” In the . blur of his Inward excitement her voice was like sunlight as It falls rich and mellow across an oaken staircase. He j was strongly affected by it. There was an embarrassed moment during which Con glanced out at the window at the movhyi branches of the white oaks. Quick ; he swung back, to add: "It is a gn -t privilege to be summoned.” ,• । Helen said Uimply: “I am not sure how to spetfit I never saw a white man up to this hour.” She Intended this to be a compliment, for she was smiling; yet he could not forget the fact that sho was the royal creature who had glanced across the throne-room yesterday. “Why have they been so extremely careful to keep us away?” he wondered aloud. "It is Asin,” she replied and, truly, he had forgotten that. There was no mistaking the grandchild of the aged Stephen March. She was the embodiment of all that men hold dear. Her eyes made bold to tell all that In another would have been held secret. It was the old story of Asia. Perhaps her days in this desert fastness had boon a monotony of innocence, but they had not made her s-mile a blank. Con could not estimate anything beyond the fact that when she swayed slightly beside her father, deeply searching for the right word, her young grace was matchless. "Do not be sorrowful,” she whispered to her father. March nodded. “Yes. that Is right,” and his face brightened as he regarded her. She crossed the room, lightly, a rap- । Id tilting gait that somehow expressed the far Eastern feminine. Yet the clean whip of the West was there also, and through her personality these qualities were a smooth, soft madness to Levlngton. He was aware that all the Journeys of his life had either ended here or Just begun. All the alluring intimations that had troubled the lad Stephen March, when he had crossed America before the days of railroads, were ensouled In Helen, the same that had <’rawn him against the winds of the Pacific so long ago, the kingly unrest that had led him deef^mln "Cathay, beyond the Tartar wall, to the sands of mystery and death. Perhaps in some dim way he had foresensed this daughter of his line, with her shining fatal dominion, a princess in the Gobi. "It is most delightful—you—coming here,” she said to Con. "I think I've always headed this way,” he said, because he believed it. “I cannot Imagine the courage that brought you,” said the princess. “Sha Mo Is very—confusing.” “Yes. It might have been simpler If I had known.” replied Levlngton. And March was smiling broadly now. She had finished rearranging the tawny lilies on the table and, with a courteous Oriental movement of the arm, she Indicated a deep chair for her younger guest. Levlngton went to It. turned It from the window and offered it to her. He felt nearly royal himself as she accepted. Andrew March sat In the window-seat and Levlngton contented himself with the leather sofa that had been brought in pieces, like the mission furniture, from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The college pennant was over his head. “I have learned,” said Helen, “that ' .vhlte men are really white. How ?” “We are a bit tanned,” admitted her father, “but for that matter, so are you. White people usually stay under cover when the sun shines.” “That Is a part of tradition I had not known,” she said. “I shall tell Chee Ming.” “Why trouble?” asked Levlngton. “He knows.’’ “But it is not written, and all the tradition of the world is written here, since the days of the Tower of Folly. You know that Tau Kuan is to be the school for the perfect age. Chee Ming says tradition Is the treasure of life.” “Rather an Oriental statement,” sug- ' gested March. 1 “Yes,” rejoined Con, “I could mention one or two things to be written into his library.” “You are Ja)ighlng at me,” said ( | Helen, sternly. ’ “Not at all!’ replied Con hastily. “Only the world Is such a large place.” ; “I understand,” said the princess, conciliated. “I did not suppose.” her father said, “that anyone considered Chee Ming as seriously as you do.” “Do I speak the English?” she asked, ignoring the words of her father. ' “You do,” assured Lovington, “beau--1 tifully.” “Counting the warriors who live beyond the walls, in the rock caves to ‘ the south, as well ns the workers In 1 the pits eastward, and those who de- “ liver the vines of their fruit” —Helen paused to align her English, then pro--1 ceeded —“west of the city, and the ’ warriors who dwell within the walls, ' the caste of merchants, too, and the women of the palace who belong to the monzoul, there are many, many 1 souls in the keeping of Chee Ming.” 1 “Including your own?” asked Lev--1 ington. The princess fplt the trouble In 1 Con’s heart, and did not know how to 1 reply properly, so merely nodded. “I ’ am the only white person, at court or • elsewhere. They say that once an । Englishman came. I did not see him. • He died before he could be married and begin his family.”

Con began to realize afresh how dlf- i ferent h< r training had been, to speak calmly of these matters. In America, j the subject of breeding is with propriety discussed beforehand only in i regard to cattle and pups, but concerning human beings never until afterward, when too late. Levlngton . said drily: “You have no difficulty with the English speech.” Helen’s intuitions were bridging the gaps of lonely years In her life. She was catching up with the world of her i fathers, and this was a breathless ! business before strangers. She was ; meeting the unknown in Levlngton. The quality of him, the way he talked j and moved, were matters new' and I I stimulating. She openly studied his । face, and beneath her calm of the : Orient was a warm confusion. According to her studies, they had no ’ princes in America. I Trusting to alter the direction of , their conversation, the father ob- ' served: “All these things seem to j have come from the United States.” , "Yes, Sir Father, the music machine only a week since. I cannot comprehend ft; it may be a devil, but what of that? Chee Ming learned In San Francisco to produce sweet singing ' from it.” j Con rose to meet this occasion, api proached the “music machine,” and j chose a record. He glanced back at the princess, who was awaiting with pure Interest the result of his activity. She had quite naturally crossed her ankles as a white woman should, but her eyebrows had a deceptive upward slant—the Mongol mark tl at chilled Con unreasonably. Her hands became ; idle. He set the record going, and into his own emotions came the hothouse sentiments of the bi j American tenor, who sang strenuously. Con was glad for this further touch ot home, and Helen was pleased; yet neither was moved by the singing. They were pitched more intensely than the music. And for the girl, there was a yellow web of tradition between the Western song and herself. She found i 1 I IS This Seemed to Give a New Pleasure to the Princess. this merely a wonder-toy, part of the American tradition that had been brought to her, three costly trunkfuls, across two continents and the largest ocean, over deserts and mountains, deep into the wilderness of Sha Mo. She thanked Levlngton for his courtesy, and her small hands came to life again as she talked to “Sir Father.” Sunshine flickered through the leaves ■ of the white oaks at the window, trees that had been transplanted at । heaven-knew-what Inhuman cost elghti een years before, when she was a babe , 'at Eithna’s breast. The oaks had been . I imported also to sustain North American tradition. Chee Ming, as vizir to the monarch, was a man of perfection : In details. In at the window’ bounded a tiny fig- ■ ure, the pale-faced monkey. Helen > made soft noises with her lips, and • ; leaned forward. Each of the three । persons In the room received the monI ' key’s quick consideration. Then he I ’ dropped down to the rug, crossed soberly to Levlngton, and glanced up lat him for permission, which was given. lie leapt, and Con held him on . his shoulder. This seemed to give a I new’ pleasure to the princess. “Besur has made a friend,” said she. > ! “He has otherwise nothing but ener ndes —and myself.” ’ | “Does he keep you from being lone- - ly?” asked Levlngton. “Not at all times. But that Is not • his fault.” 1 Besur glanced at her and started to say something, but forgot, and turned I instead to comb Con’s hair with bls ! small nails. t • “You have done well to grow up In such excellent health,” said Andrew ’ March. “T could not have avoided it,” Helen • replied. “Besides, the sick are put to 4 । death. They encumber the state.” “No doubt.” mused her father. ’ j “Have you no doctors?” asked Con. “Oh, yes! Chee Ming.” Besur hid ‘; an acorn under Lovington’s collar. । “This Is far better than pretending to ” ; speak English with Chee Ming,” con- } i tinned the princess. “He is full of 1 hesitation and rules. I do not like to ‘ be corrected when he is wrong. I 1 j have tried to speak English with * Besur. Then there are no corrections. 5 i I have tried it also with Prince Yeku- • ' tol, but he will never master it. He 8 prefers to practice with his arrows. 3 He is pure Mongol.” Con remembered that this was her first social moment in white company. ■ Her father endeavored again to change the subject. 1 “Does Chee Ming make many jour--1 , neys to the United States?” I Sho shook her head. “He has gone r ! but three times within my memory, i | Also he has gone to Egypt and Rome i. two times, and one time to Paris. I I have the map.” ; Helen arose and passed to the book-

shelf. Con had never guessed that plain American garments could express such subtle intimacies of the feminine. She did not lose her shyness, although it was never a shadow upon her charm. “I have read these and these,” she announced. He understood that the books were her real treasures, a bond with her own world, white tradition. He examined them wonderingly. There was a marked copy, original edition, of the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus; Edgar Allan Poe complete in two worn gray volumes (and by the appearance of certain pages, Levington Judged that “The Fall of the House of Usher” had been memorized by the ■ aid of candied fingers early in life) ; also two novels by Will Comfort; Chicago Dally News almanacs for three years; a fat, ragged dictionary, and a fine-print anthology of Emerson, Carlyle and Aurelius. There were nc candy marks In the anthology. “In Tokyo,” she was explaining, “Chee Ming made acquaintance with the writer Mr. Comfort, and was told new books to bring me. Chee Ming says that Mr. Comfort is the Root of Islam.” “I suppose,” said Con, “you would need to have Chee Ming’s mind to know what that means.” But March only said to Levlngton: “Imagine if we had missed the old devil on this last trip!” “Is Chee Ming an old devil?” Both men turned to look at the princess as she uttered the question. Levlngton found It wonderful to be so near those eyes. He could not fathom her. Perhaps she really did not know what was meant concerning her teacher and doctor; yet the light in her eyes was almost provocative. Possibly she was laughing at them. But to March she was only his misguided child. “That Is difficult to answer—to you,” said he. “Perhhps he is not a devil in the sense of cryptic hierarchy. To do him justice, I must say that he has | shown some taste In your education. He has given you the highest mode of life In his kingdom. Also he has risked a groat deal in trying to bring America to you. It was thoughtful of him to converse with you in English, so you would not lose the mother tongue. His plan to blend the races of all mankind into a perfect empire is founded upon a deep spiritual law. But he does not understand that idea properly. He does violence to the hearts of his people. If you were a little older, you would see at once what I mean. It does not matter that Tau Kuan did not participate in the building of Babel, if that be a true story. Tau Kuan is false now, and Chee Ming’s notion of blending Is cold and outrageous. He may be chaste and obedient to his gods, but he is terrible. He I is not human. He may not see himself as a devil, and there Is none to stop him. but—” March paused, and Helen reflected a moment, her eyes shadowed. She glanced at Levlngton. but turned away hastily, as if he would divine something too personal. She carefully replied: “When Tau Kuan had woven every human element, and has become balanced, and a perfect race of men has arisen, they will go forth to the four quarters, carrying new life and pure tradition to all the world.” "Splendid !” said Levlngton, “but the United States of America is doing that now, has been making a success of that idea for a hundred years, with a i hundred million people.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) UNIQUE FEATURE OF WEDDING Javanese Couple, at End of Ceremony, Kiss the Feet of All Their Relatives. A festival procession through the village, headed by two monstrous figures with arms and legs agitated by men hiding inside, forms part of the marriage ceremony in the Island of Java. The music In the procession is supplied by the gameion, the national i orchestra, consisting of drums, bells | end other noisy instruments, while । an additional noise is made by a group । of men on horseback striking with all , their might in the native “angkoeng,” : which is something like a tambourine, made of bamboo. • The women, their hands filled with paper birds, flowers and feather fans made of peacock plumes, follow on foot, and are in turn followed by the priests. solemnly singing their . prayers. The bride s carried by four men as she site on a w’ooden platform surrounded by a few girl friends. After the procession goes around the village twice, it finally stops before the hou.«e of the groom, j and the bride is carried into the house I tn the arms of her father-in-law. The whole family then assembles i in a circle and the young couple, bend- | Ing on their knees, kiss the feet of all the relatives. The kissing of the feet marks the end of the ceremony. The feast lasts late into the night but women and men celebrate separatek ly, only the young couple being allowed to eat together.— Detroit News. Life’s Failures. Many think that fortune and luck ' give all the plums to the favorites. So they make no effort to get ahead. Their philosophy gives them no vision ; and life holds out to them no promises. It’s no wonder they just peter along complaining as they go. They 1 । pour their woes into every idle ear that has nothing to do but listen. Sometimes they even rant at length against the very agencies that make possible their poor existence. They may be true in ; ascribing their existence to luck and their continuance of life to fortune, but as to getting along among others —• that’s neither luck nor fortune. To move up demands pluck and energy. —Exchange. A Word for the Dogs. ‘ Jud Tunkins says the affection of a dog for a man is beautiful and it’s a shame the way many a person fools । the dog. 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