THE WILL
THAT TURNED
THE SCALE
♦ ,
By H. M. EGBERT
«e> w Mt»rn tfwsptper Unloh )
ANXA FOCLKES was tlilrty
nine, and her boy, lite apple of
| her • eye. was twelve. Her
worthless husband had aban
doned her seven years before Anna's
friends and acquaintances had con
gratulated her when six years of mar
ried life ended' in her freedom. She
would not get a divorce, hut then she
did not want to uiarry again.
Curtln having run through all her
money, had departed. At first Anna
dared only hope his decision not to
return was true; then she d-.red to
believe; tftiaily convict ion became cer
tainty. She left tin- neighborhood and
took ap Iter residence In a different
City.
Anna's folks had' been gentle. The
boy was to go to an expensive* pre
paratory school. For this she had
toiled and scraped in the office where
she was employed its a stenographer.
The hard-earned money had been gath
ered tosrthei). In three Char
lie was to enter Gruntwlch.
And then—Curtln mine hack.
Anna found him leaning against the
gate of her lUtie cattage on the out
skirts of the town He vrtis In rugs
bat aober. ne wan thin and wasted
and deadly pale. Instinctively the
woman shrank away from him as site
saw and recognized her bus!iund.
•"Curtln!" she whispered. "Why
have yoa route hack?"
"HI tell you. Anna," he answered.
"May I tome to 7*
"Ten tt'a your right," she answered.
"But—-
"Ob, 700 needn't be afraid that I'll
do any harm to the boy," he answered.
"Ton" needn't a*—"
Thai Is his right, Curtln," she an
ewered She coiled Charlie from the
tardea. "This la your father," she
asld
The lYank-eyed boy gazed with nat
aral repugnance at the wretched
» tramp before blm.
"Yoa didn't know that he was liv
ing. toy dear."' she said to her aon.
-But—"
"I knew all about him. mother," the
bey answered.
"Near lH tell you why I've come
back. A ana," aald Curtln Foulkes. "I'm
dying. I've got Just two months to
■ht. It'a aoinethlng that can't be
carrd. Ton needn't -be afraid of me
any more. I've bee a a bud lot. but
even a dog *•niea home to die. and 1
wast to die here, Anna."
86e took him In and the next day
gave np her poaMion 10 take care of.
blm. Tbear wan money enough for
tbe bay> bat term at Grnntwlch, and
at tbe *«d mf the two months
biyi to be able to go back to the
•flee
Tbe sick man grew neither better
aor arorae. The doctor confirmed his
atatanwut. but be extended the period
•f saHfiag to three months. Before
~«ha flm month wna ended there was
ne mare money In the bank. Anna
was confronted with the alternative
af sacrificing her boy's school career
asd aacrtftciag ber husband. She sac
rlficed tbe buy-
At least, she meant to. But Curtln'
FOolkea made a move which was even
jyame Aiamaftr thna his renppean?tjjp,
"Jkimm," be aald. the evening before
riha wan to write that letter to the
head maater of Grantwlch, "I want to
teM you aomethlng. They say the
-wwraf aan baa a streak of good In
blm. Do yon remember that Insur
ance policy for a thousand dollars 1
took eat when we were married? I've
ha* « np-for yoo. I've borrowed to I
tbe limit on It. hut there will still be
aewn hundred for you and Charlie,
after —T* gone."
IV letter waa never written. The
tradaMea. clamoring for payment,
ware told tbe circumstances. The doc
tar raafl rated Anna's statement.
Thenceforward U was a race with
The batcher, the baker, the grocer,
(he phgrsfeiaa, and, laat of all, the un
dertaker looked forward, each ahd all.
to the death of Curtln Foulkea, that
they aright get their money. And the
Mwv of Charlie Foulkea depended
apaa his father's death likewise. If
ever a man aroold be well out of the
■arid Cartta would, blackguard that
he bad bsea.
had. at range to aay,. as he lay there
Ihioagh thoae weeks, humbled, re
paataal. a ahadow of her former love
taps to grow In Anna's heart. And
esse day ahe kaeeled down and prayed
Chat he aright Uve.
lherr aeeased no Thance of thai.
, The doctors all agreed hla case was
hSfnltaa. V aoemcd the _ height of
Irainy that tbe wl: had rulne.
Ma wifr*a life should have come back
, to rata hla aaa'a career.
If ever wlahea fought, Anna'a wlah
wna Igbtlag the determination of the
tfihamia. af tbe aick man himself
It waa wOl against will, pitted In
todj struggle—a doten to one. If
wfll eaaata far aaythlng In tbe affair*
af mea. Aad tbe boy's future, against
the hashaatTi life, with no poaalblllty
at mm tsssprnailael
Aana had reckoned that If her hus
haad Hred the three months there
mM ha Jaat two hand red dollars re
aaMc with which to face the world
«aaw. If be llrod the toUl debt woald
II waa at the befhrahig of the third
MM* that the physician came to the
I«at tMth a yoaagiah. keen-eyed man.
this la Doctor Ste-
vens," he said. "He IK the greatest
authority In the world on such cases
as your husband'a. I was speaking of
it to him last week, and be wlshea to
make an examination."
Half an hour after the doctors came
out of the sick man's room to the
woman, who had risen hastily from
, her knees. She had been praying that
Curtln might live. Tbe prayer was to
be heard. •
"Doctor Stevens thinks that there
is n chance to cure your husband,"
said the physician. "It will necessi
tate an operation." He hemmed a lit
tle. "Of course Doctor Stevens' fees
are high, much higher than those of
an ordinary practitioner," he contin
ued.
"Never mind the cost," said Anna
Koulkes. "(Jive me back my husband."
"Excuse me, doctor." said the physi
cian, und the great man withdrew a
little way across the room. "It Is
necessary to be businesslike, Mrs.
Koulkes." her doctor continued. "He
will operate for two hundred dollars."
Two hundred dollars.! If Curtln died
that would be the last of the Insur
ance money. Hut if he llveH —what
years of toll! And the Idea of Orant
wlch would have become ludicrously
absurd. Anna did not waver.
"Well. It must be done, of course,"
she suid. "When can Doctor Stevens
operate?"
"Now." answered the physician. "In
fact, the sooner the better. To be
."rank with you, Mrs. Foulkes, I
brought him here for that purpose."
If he hud been franker he would
have added that Doctor Stevens would
have been glad to have operated for
nothing. It was an unusual case, and
much wus to be learned from It. As
a matter of fact, he would have paid
two hundred dollars for the experi
ence. But of course Anna could not
know anything about that.
"Get tbe table scrubbed," continued
the physician. "And take down the
curtains. I have telephoned to the
hospital for a nurse."
An hour later the fumes of ether
began to permeate the cottage. The
white-robed doctor and nurse were
working busily Inside the parlor. Out
side Anna prayed.
She thought of her life with Curtln,
of those miserable years, his drunk
enness, his dishonesty, the total wreck
of their happlneas that they had made.
It waa partly her fault; Curtln had
been an average aort of man. But
she had high Ideala, and. In fixing ber
gaze on them she had forgotten to be
tolerant of human fallings.
As she kneeled there It seemed to
her aa tnough her single will were
lighting a lost battle against the will
of all, these men, the united wills of
tradesmen, of the undertaker, of the
physician and surgeon, even. As In
a vision sbo saw tfie terrific battle.
And there waa one thing that ll
depended on.
That was Charlie. His will, added
to either side, would change the sltu
ntim* If he were againat her, then
there was no hope.
A shadow fell acroas the floor. Bhe
looked up, to see the white face of
the boy. An agonising lovp rushed
Into her heart. How like a little man
he was! And he had alwaya known
about hla father, and never told her!
She roae and put ber arma around
him.
"Charlie, dear, I want you to under
stand," ahe said. "If your father dies,
ills Insurance money will take you to
Granfwlch and give you an education.
It will pay the bills of the tradesmen
and the doctors, too, and the funeral
expensea. But If he Uvea—why, my
dear boy, there will be no more school
fur you. It will be Just ©Be JUang a&4
dreadful' battle for the rest of our
lives. Yotf and I will have to work as
hsrd aa we can work. What do you
want to happen, Charlie?"
The boy's Hps quivered. "I want
my father," he answered.
"in spite of all you must give up,
dear?"
"Yea, mother," he' answered.
Then, In that Instant.) Anna Foulkea
felt a sudden uplifting of her heart.
The hoy'a will had turned the acale.
She felt It: ahe knew the devll'a
legions of tradesmen, doctors and all
the rabble rout were beaten.
Her heart went out to Curtln with
all the love of old time. She would
make a man of him yet Their Uvea
should begin again together, from that
day forward.
There waa a atlr within the operat
ing room. The surgeon came to the
door.
"Your husband will Ure, Mrs.
Foulkea," he said. "There la no doubt
of It."
The nurae and the physician were
wheeling the unconacloua man Into
the bedroom, on the table. Anna
foulkes looked after him •with eyes
that awam with teara. Her prayer
was answered.
Forotoot Wood Shortage
A German Interested In the lumber
trade, Ernest Wlche of Bremen, haa
oubrtsWe* Wt . weal paper a. note of
yarning. .y*f Europe la wasting
Its lumber supplies In meeting the
•norniously increased demand since
•he -war. AH the wooded areaa of Eu
rope. including Ruaala and Scandi
navia. amount to 158.000.000 acres,
and these are being cleared ao rapid
ly, according to Mr. Wlcha. that In the
yeara to come Europe will bare to
Import wood.
"Whito CoaP In Franc*
The French ministry of public
work* haa announced thai on January
I. 1924. tbe hydraulic electric power
hameaaed In France amounted to 2,-
400.000 horse power. Of thla amount.
2.250,000 horse power operatea electric
reoeratore; 87 per cent of that total,
or SBOuOQO bona power, la used by elec
trochemical and electrometallurgtcal
Industries.
WINSOME CLOTHES FOR GIRI.S;
SMALL BUT BRILLIANT HATS
I~\ IKFICULT," and even "awk
ward," have been applied "to
the age of the youni* miss who hus
passed eleven and is still on her way
to seventeen, and sometimes "diffi
cult," at least, Is merited. But those
wio make It a business to create
clothes for the young have turned out
such winsome things for this between
times period that charm replaces awk
wardness and difficulties disappear.
To begin at the beginning, they start
out with carefully selected patterns In
popular materials. This season they
ore giving much attention to- plain and
striped 'flannels, twills, velveteen, vel
vet and many dependable woolens.
After fabric they consider color, which
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MMQB* ;•«
Plain, Straight Ov»r-Blou»«.
must contribute a cheerful note to the
little maid's winter garb. Plaids In
many color combinations, red and
gold (or silver) embroidery on dark,
pluln backgrounds, and other colorful
embroideries, sparingly used, tone up
tli% day frocks. The elements of neat
ness and, above atl, simplicity are
never forgotten when chlldren'a clothes
are considered. Collars and cuffa
which may be kept fresh are every
where present.
Simple one-piece straight dreaaes In
brilliant plalda usually fasten to one
side and are bound at the edges with
black braid. Narrow black leather
belta are worn with thlm. Plaid
aklrts with plain bodlcea worn with
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S«m MUllMry.
velveteen Jacketa make a fine combi
nation for girla In tbetr teens and
plain, round linen collars Contribute
tbe neck treatment On younger girls
fining aklrta of vci.eteen, buttoned to
long blouses of coir rod linen (finished
with collar la the ai.me material) are
found to be becoming. Plain straight
overblonaea. In many patterns and
cheerful colors, like the one pictured,
vary the wardrobe of Mies Earljrteeua
THE ALA MANGE GLEANEB, GRAHASf. N. 0. ,
and are worn with linen collars and
cuffs an a finish.
"When she will she will, and when
she won't she won't-'-and she nas
signified her intention of wearing
small, 6r at most small to medlutu-
SIJIHII, hats, with # her winter furs.
Therefore designers of headwenr
are busy with these amall but Im
portant affairs, making brilliant gems
of millinery, as full of life and sparkle
as Jewels Their task Is to take the
popular, be-.roming shapes and vary
them endlessly, by means of materials
and trimmings, so that "age cannot
wither nor custom stale" their infinite
variety.
It seems a little absurd to speak of
ige In reference to anything so brief
is the career of a dress hat for mld
vlnter. But, as things are, It does Its
>lt for two or threu months, before
ipring turns all headii away from win
:er. A group of new models. Just
aunched, is shown here. The shapes
ire almost Identical, but each hat has
in Individuality that gives It dlstlnc
lon. At the top a brilliant satin clle
n black makes a background for a
ihnped band of leopard skin brocade,
>nding at the sides In metallic ribbon
lands that terminate in hanging loops,
rhls is certainly a very original con
ception and most becoming to certain
types of faces.
The bit of splendor at the left is
made of velvet, with an aimless pat
tern of gold braid making a tracery
iver it. Colored jewels are scattered
ibout in ths pattern and, just to show
that there Is no end to Its affluence, a
long ostrich fancy falls like a scarf
from one side. One can imagine this
tint in the rich fuchsia shade, or any
3ther of the season's favorites.
A pretty little hat at the right la
ronde of velvet, embroidered with aUk
ZSj ( 73p|0|c
and metallic threads—and thereby
hangs s tsle. In this Instance several
talis of brown fur are posed st each
side, where two or three of them
snaggle agnlnst the puff of hair that
peeps from under tbe turban.
A very regal looking affair occupies
the center of the group, made of satin,
with aectional crown 'and rich em
broidery of colored silk. which proba
bly reveals the glint of metal threads.
A close-fitting turban flniahes the
group, with embroidered crown and
facing of metal tissue, which makes a
background for ornaments of em
broidery and fur. »
Tli* all-fur hat la, so fsr. conspicu
ous by Its absence, but bands, fringes,
ornaments and tiny pelts are plentiful
la trimmings, which Include furs dyad
In pastel colors.
JULIA BOTTOkLBT.
(4 ISS«. Warns Kwiudii Dskal
HOW TO KEEP
WELL
Dr. Frederick R. Green,
Editor of "Health."
((g). 1924. WMtero Newapaptr Union.)
SIDE-SHOW FREAKS
r WENT to the circus the other day.
After the circus I went |nto the side
show. • The jostling and
crowd was only moved by curiosity
to see these unfortunates. - But it was
evident, to the trained eye, that prac
tlcally every one of tlihi "world's
greatest collection of human ■ curiosi
ties" was sick.
Let us go down the line and see
what alls them. First, "the tallest
man In th£_ world." Giantism, or
growth beyond normal Is generally
due to disease of the pituitary body, a
small gland at the base of the brain
which regulates growth. These giants
have normal trunks, the excessive
growth being in.the long bones of the
legs and arms. • They generally die
young.
Dwarfs have always had a great' at
traction' for the public. For centuries
every royal or noble household had
a dwarf as an attendant. There are
two kinds of dwarfs. One is born
very small and Is always under nor
mal size, probably due to lack of some
essential part of their body machinery.
Others are normal at birth but be
come stunted through some disease,
such as cretinism, rickets or water on
the brain. Some dwarfs havfe ; keen
minds, but most of those ueen In side
shows are feeble-minded.
The rubber-skiniled mm owes Wis
place to the fact that his skin Id
loose from the disappentance of all
fat and that It has an atwiormal elas
tic quaHty.
The living skeleton Is, of course, the
victim of one of half a doxen diseases
which cause extreme emuciatlon; on
the other hand, the fat woman Is usu
ally suffering from disease of the thy
roid gland.
The blue man has an ahaormal con
nection, either In his hemt or large
blood vessels, between the venous and
the arterial systems, so tfc«t the blue
blood from the veins ts not pumped
through the lungs, where It would be
come red. but goes back lato the af
terles without change.
Bearded women are sometimes men
disguised and sometimes women with
abnormal growth of telr on the fac«.
The ossified man has what doctors
call "artbrltls deformans," or In
flammation of the joints, all of which
are locked tight by lime deposits.
Tattooed men and women are prod
ucts of Intention and uot of nature.
Most freaks, like mo 8.: deformed
persons, are short lived, • They be
long in hospitals and asyljms, rather
than In public exhibitions. Some day
we will be sufficiently civilized and
Intelligent not fo regard deformity
and misfortune as a sour :e of enter
tainment. \
WHY ATHLETES DIE
YOUNG
FRANK CHANCE Is dead at forty
seven. The peerless leader, the
captain of the Chicago Cubs, the win
ner of National league mnd world's
championships, one of the greatest
first basemen In the history of the
game. He Is dead when he should be
tn hit prime. /
Looking over a Ust«f champion run
ners, football and baseball players re-,
cently, I was astonished to find how
many of the athletic heroes of twenty
years ago ar# dead. Most of them die
In their early forties. I knew many
of the star runners of the early nine
ties. I only know one who Is still
living. Why Is It that thewe men who
are Ideals of physical strength and
athletic ability In their youth, seldom,
us the Irish say, "make old bones?"
Because In becoming the stnr per
formers that they are, they develop
tlielr heart Tfmuscle far beyond the
needs of everyday life. The football
player who can go through the long
and hard-fought games, the rutyier
who can stand the strain of the four
mile race, the baseball player who can
beat the ball to the plat®. and espe
cially the sprinter who can do 100
yards tn ten seconds flat, n.ust have s
heart which is far stronger and larger
than that of the ordinary man.
This I* aU right a* long as the ath
let# Is young and keeps up his game.
But bj the time he Is tbirty-flve or
forty, be has passed his prime.
Younger men take his piece or break
his records, as he himself won fame
by surpassing his predecessors. He
goes Into business. Thli generally
means fitting at a desk eight hours a
day. He. goes on eatldg as he did
when be was in active sports. Fat
accumulates In his muscles and around
Ms irttlst. His heart Is much larger
than he need* for his present work.
Wben any organ In tbe body Is not
worked 10 Its limit. It begins to degen
erate, so what was once the athlete's
greatest asset becomes now his greater
danger. His heart becomes flabby and
soft. Pneumonia, bronchitis or asthma
throw an Increased burden on a weak
ened heart muscle snd the once vigor
ous man dies, sppsrentiy of the dis
ease but really, of an overdeveloped
and degenerated heart.
Sports snd games are of great value
In developing and training tbe body.
But they should be chosen so as to
produce tin soundest and best-tra'ned
xxljr pomdnle. for the longest and
healthiest life possible. Games whim
develop the whole body rather tfcan ■
part and which do not overdevelop any
oae organ at the expense of the MDm
ua, la the end. tbe meat valnsbla.
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Walk, if you would live long, say
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ings.
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t —————
If Olzry, Headachy or Btomach la
Bour, Clean the Bowels.
- To clean your
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v headache, dlgpl
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=* ' sour upset stom
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A good brain can tell you quicker
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ASPIRIN
1 SAY "BAYER "ASPIRIN" "and INSISTI "
Unless you see the . "Bayer Cross" on tablets you are
not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe,
by millions and prescribed by physicians 24 years for
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♦Accept only '*Baycr" package which contains proven directions.
Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets—Also bottles of 24 and 100-l-Druggists.
Avtrta la flu trad* auk at Bayer Maaataetar* ot MoaoaeMlcaddaatar ot
Study of the migration of English A single London fog, according to
sparrows is now being conducted by a recent estimate' costs the resident*
the zoology department of the Unl- as much as 55.000.000 In damages to
verstty of Wisconsin. fabrics and laundering.
Children Corfa^
MOTHER:- Fletcher's /
Castoria is especially prepared /
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Children adages of Coostipa
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Httle boyi and make my garden. I
feel fine and I tell othere what the
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ia the beat medicinealn the world for
women."—Mr*. THOMAS GRINDLB,
Volga City, lowa. ,
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Fouke, Arkansas. —"I had the 'Flo'
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No. 2, Fouke, Arkansas.
Over 100,000 women have ao far
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98 per cent of these replies ara
"Yea."
This shows that 98 out of every 100
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This goes to prove that a medicine
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An Expert
A—"She's Just like a chess game."
B—"Yesr A—"Plays with 32 men at
once."—Williams Purple Cow.
Cutlcura for Sore Hands.'
Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cutlcura Soap, dry and rub in Ota*
tlcura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. Tills la
only one of the things Cutlcura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes.—Advertisement.
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"How's the new baby?"
"It's a scream," aesponded the flap
per aunt In correct partance of the
day.
Many paopl* Imagine that Worm* or
Tapeworm cannot be expelled entirely. A
■fncle doee of "Dead Shot" prove* that they
ean. >7l Pearl St.. N. T. Adv.
t)eep Affair
Aeptune— Where are the mermaids?
Davy Jones—Out parking with the
bell buoys.—Alston Recorder.