A Noble
By£~W.
i« • *n*1a day that marked tha
I point la bla whole llf*; ha mat
and inventor,
rieltlraMi It
young lady be had
Man*.
worn kaeuumt young Pmrcall waa a
ia«rhaat«Bl milnwr, aoinerhlng at a*
Inwninf Himself and a awfnher af a
city fi ehalral ( Into, that It* her* ma ac
quainted with tba old man. Tba la(
lar Invited bin ta hi* Iwima, a quaint,
hamhla cottage. bat aurrounded by a
tartan that compel eed • reritabla
■oral pandlaa.
Ia tba faldat of It. aoggeatlng a fairy
40ren of rnaaa. and perfumee, and
aweetaeaa, at«od tba Inealy Jnnlca,
framad In a background at bewildering
color. Parr all for a moment atood riv
al ad, aa one Id a trance. Than ha wa*
ennaciona that Ma boat bad proraadad
anma dlataiwa In adeanre and rejoined
Mm.
"Thla la my worfcahop," aald Marah,
aa thay antarad a llttla aqtiara many
bnlldlng at tha raar of iba
"And thla la tha machine I told yea
about." and proudly iba old Inaantor
daalfnatad a huge, Intricate maw at
apringa, levera, roda and piping aat
apon a haavy platform. "Tha modal
will bo aaatar to anderatand." and ha
moved towarda a banrb on which waa
a duplicate la mlalatnra of tba larga
If I can perfect thla Inrentoo." cam
Buaad Marah with tha glowing ayaa of
a dreamer and enthuataat, "I ahall ba
rich, famona and content, ft la a ma
china that will do away with baJf a
dozen machlnea now oaed In the roana
far-ture at print paper"
, Pnrcall ottered a quickly «nppraaaad
ajamlatlon. Bla faea had paled, a
JayeCfylng expreaeion came Into Ma
aya. Ha ataadied Mmaatf with aa at
fort.
working aa thla laawitlea barer ba
aaked In a hanky tone of t»ico.
"Bight yearn," replied Mr. Marah.
"Oh. I moat aot fall now, aa amcb ta
ta vol aad. A larga papar mill baa at
I aa flfty thonaand dollara ta pro
-aim ritl is tne iMachina.
the macliln« I have thought oat
fend nearly worked out. A clr.se friend
ha* inv.-st^d several thousand dollar*
In financ ing me through ibe years. It
•would grieve me to death If I could
not repay him the geoerou* louu. Oh
perve," Mr. Marsh added, "when I turn
this wheel the mechanism works per
fectly."
"Tea, I Bee." nodded Verne Id an ab
stracted way.
"But I mlaa aotna connection to keep
up the power. I know 1 shall jret flud
It Then r— HIa eyea sparkled with
^opa. A doll misery now haunted
*hos«» of Verne. Be was glad to be
lalooe. to think, to recover from a
■bock, whan his host aald. "You'll bars
Ma with ns and I will go and tell
IIibIn to have It la the girden."
Verve leaned heavily on the work
biach when the Inveotor had gone.
'He viewed the model with gloomy eyea.
The glance waa not unfriendly, rather
■ppolnted. tboogh Intense. The
nth waa that he had been working
along the same line for the pnst two
ira. He had to admit to himself thnt
arah had precedence as to the ortgl
al Idea and that be hnd worked oat
1 mechanical problem far In advance
! hla own conception. Tet It was hard
surrender oat of bis own fond
■ ma of sorcesa.
"He lacks the aee element I bava
|fot " murmured Varne. Then he added
So a more gentle toae: It would break
pla heart |A fall*
He fi;got the battle of his emotiona
h*aa be waa Introduced to the inven
|tar*a dao^btar. Xba labia ba4
_ _ «»l
by Mawelf.
rtflce won is
glo be
bns working no
nlMB of the lareatoe*B
«•»* apofee nf || to Hank aor to Jan- \
Ire, for be daelgnod • rm*t i
the former, aad ae to Ja
la • rnna«sat daae of delight whoa la
fear rniflpanr.
Ho found bar alone la the g»rrt»n
mo afternoon whan bo nlM Thar*
»»r» tnirra nf taora la bar »jm an<l
•ha lonkad anrri>wfal in) anxtnn«
rvfrty ha rtraw from Jenlra I bat aba
waa wnrrlort about bar fatbar.
"Ha la growing thla ami rttatractart
•ear bla tmubloa," aba ioallf arknnwl
rd*»rt fa Varaa. "Ha oftaa rlaoo at
day bran It nnrt •bnl» Minarlf Into bla
worhabnp ami iwarraljr raeto to oat
uatll nightfall, faibor aaya there la
nam llttla plara nf marbaalMO that will
put tbo Atilahlng tmirh to tbo ma
ehlna."
"And bo cannot And ItT" eaggfetort
▼erne.
"Ha Inaleta ba rtramma It. bat than
whan ha wnrta ba cannot rrprodnca It.
Ha kaap* tha blueprint on tba worfc
ahop tabla all tba tlroa. hoping tha
mlaalng link will miw to bin mind. Oh.
I bnpa ba wlU not fall to eavplete tha
machlna r
"Ha ahall complote ItT erdently
braathad Varna to hlrnaalf, and bo waa
ao attentive and aympathetlc all that
evening that whoa ho loft and Janice
returned to bar rnntn, aba aat at It*
open window la tha dark, thinking nf
Mm. aad fall Into alambar anawaraa.
Janice awoka with a at art aa aha no
ticed a light In tha workifcop. Strain
lag bar rasa, aba rorngnlsod anmaona
banding orar the work tabla whara tha
blaaprlnt lay. ftbo garo a gnat gaap.
It waa Vera* Purcell.
Tba light waa rxtlngulabad aad
▼orna atoie acroee tha gardaa aad dla
appeared. Tha baart of Janice aank.
Why thla clandaatlne and myatertoua
elattT Waa Terne PnreeU not what bo
aeareodT Waa be bant on ataallog bar
father* Invention? Tbo flrat Uapoiae
of Janlr* waa to amoae bar fatbar
aad tell him of the Incident. Thea bar
faith la Taraooramimo bar anaplelona.
■be waa preparing braakfaat the
next morning when bar father ram*
rnablag Into the room la • frantic
auto of i
"lontar ha abontad. "Oh. Janlra,
my child ( I have aucc»ded. I bar*
bMB half mad with despair ud 41a
eamrvgameat. Now I am lifted to tha
twry heigbta. I bar* found tba etm
neetlng link—Chink of It—am tha blue
print! I moat have drawn It when
half dainl. tba who of my draam r
Ha and hia modal laft tba booaa aa
hour la tar. Janice vialt.,1 tba woat
ahnp. A deep thooghtfulneaa aattlad
dawn aver bar aa ah# rxandnrd tha
blueprint and picked ap a pencil from
tha floor.
flh<- received a brief nota from Tarfn
that afternooo. Tlaaae tall Mr. Mar*
that I am called away from tha elty
for a day or two." It ran, and tha day
following there came a telegram to
Janice from her father: "Model ae
•■epted. Money paid and royalties dur
ing Ufa of potent."
The heart of Janice flattered etrange
ly ■* Verne Pnrrell put In an appear
ance two evenlnga later. She handed
him the telegram aha had receive^
from ber father.
"Grand! Olorloua'" exuberated
Verne, and allghtly atarted. "What la
this?" be Inquired.
"The pencil y« u dropped In my fa
ther'a workshop the night you placed
on the hlneprlnt the connecting eug
geatlon of the machine. Why thla
great sacrifice?"
"Yon aak V at Id Verne, with emo
tion, "wbeo It n eana the lifelong bale
plneaa of your dear father? Mlaa
M»t>l>—Janice, you abur*- tuy secret—
be muat never know. It would crush
hla pride, hi* ambition. HI a waa tha
Invention Drat. It la Juat that I aboold
atcp aalde."
"It la nobl-r cried Janice, with
ahinlng eye*. "Oh, my friend!—''
She placed her trembling banda with
in hla own. and Verne Parcel I knew
that there waa a reward In at ore for
him, ber undying love, for the ««Hng
Thought "Lieutenant" Firat Name.
When Geo era I Slbert. now la
Prance with General Pershing, waa
grodaatad from Weat Point aa a eee»
oad lieutenant many yeara ago, ha
want back to hla boyhood home la
Keatucky aal for a vacation took a
anting trip etth an old fellow known
aa ooe of tba beat hnntera In the
state. Teara paaaed and Lieutenant
Albert waa promoted through Interme
diate ranka until ha reached tha grada
of major general. Again be went to
his !•<>]> tiooO home nnd humeri up hla
old friend who had hantod with him
/vara before,
The two bad a flue time, bat Geo
ernl Albert noticed that the hunter per
Med In calling him lieutenant.'
It Anally got on the general'a nervaa,
aad be blurted out: "Say. I like yog a
whole lot bat why do yoa keep on
calling roe llentenantf
The old fellow wan abashed, bat ha
didn't loo- hla nerve.
"Why, ain't that f«w tmt nataaP
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MAIN STREET
MOUNT AIRY. N. C.
America* Indian Aidmd Muck.
In Winning War.
Waahington, Dee. 14*—'The Ameri
can. Indian, by eninUing in the army
•nil navy, l>y atibmcrihing liberally to
the liberty loan*, by increaaing til*
production* of foodstuff* on Indian
lamia, and by contribution* to relief
agnnrlet, greatly a«M the United
.State* and the alliei m winning the
war, 'tar la red f'ato Helta, commi--.toner
of Indian affair*, today In hta annual
report*.
Mr. Hell* naid that out nf XI/hhi
eligible for military duty, more than
Indian* entered the army, 1,000
enliated in the navy, <"ommi*»ioner
HelU said that Indiana now hold the
equivalent of one $W) liberty bond for
every man, woman and child of their
rare in the nation.
» Through it all, ''ommi»«ioner Hell*
declared, a new view of life and re
«pon«ihilitie» ia coming to the Tndian.
"In the midat of the moat decisive and
ex pen live achievement* of history",
aaid the report, "he ia learner of the
eternal principle* involved. He ia a
student of the right* of individual*,
of nation* and of international ethic*.
It i« *omething to challenge attention
whan eight or ten thouaand of a race,
which within the memory of living
men knew little beyond the restraint*
of barbarism, croa* the' ocean a* crn
sader* of democracy and civilization."
The policy 'adopted in 1917 of giv
ing control of their jwn affair* to aa
many of the Indiana aa ponaible haa
proven aucceaaful and fully juatfled
the report derlared.
Many Berlin WorWi
[Wid Higher WtfM.
Berlin, Dec. 13.—The Zeitung Am
Mittag and the afternoon edition* of
the Taglebatt and Vonmchie Zeitung
were not published today because of a
strike a riling from wage demands
made by the men in the composing
room.
Skilled workerr receive good wage*.
The fact that the members of the sol
diem' and workmen's councils are
drawing pay on the time .vale has
stimulated employes in many branches
to accept that figure as the standard
of pay.
The Weerthuim department store
shut down t«.day as the result of the
firm's refusal to meet the demand of
the women employes for an extra war
allowance rar.gmg from 1<K> to 1,000
marks each. The amount involved
would total 1/.GO,000 marl %.
That the labor situation in many of
the big industrial plants in Berlin is
rapidly becoming acute is evidenced
MOUNT AIRY MANS LUCKY
FIND.
'Vill Interest Readers of the
New*.
Those having the misfortune to suf
fer from backache, urinary disorders,
gravel, dropsical swellings, rheumatic
pains or other kidney and bladder
di.-orfers, will read with gratifica
tion phis encouraging statement by
a Mount Airy man.
Dick Roberts, prop. ef furniture
store, 148 Haymore street, says: "I
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glad to recommend tkem. Doan's en
tirely cured me in a short time of an
attack of backache and kidney trou
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and on hearing of fl>»an'* I got a sup
ply. I took less than one box and I
have had no trouble from my kidneys
since." (Statement given Itecemlier
2S. 11)07).
Oh July I&, 11*1 Mr. Roberts said:
"I haven't uwd Doan's Kidney Pills
for some time. I believe the cure
they gave n> is permanent and glad
ly give this endorsement."
Price 00c. at all dualvrs. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
l*oan*s iKdnry Pitla—the sum* that
Mr. Roberta had. Koeter-Milbum Co.,
Mfgr*„ Buffalo, N. Y. 1!-1»
by iht peremptory demand* nudt by
the workman and clerical forcea in iIm I
Siamawa and Haltke! electrical work* '
and the allied fliemens-Vhutkart plant i
•t Hpandau. The wurt <-h».tnl«« with 1
which the iMnifmr'.l in con
fronted by rail for increase* amount- '
inn to 124,000.000 mark* annually.
HO MR WOt'NDKD HMCJTD
WKKKM IN HATH TLM.H
fsmdon, Nov. H0 A miring pw
t'lre audlnirt in hath tnh* through
which warm water flow* ia the enter
tainment utirfity provided in film showa
by the American Y M. C. A. at the
boaptial under tha thalow* of King's
college riml.ridge, where Wounded
Mn from Kram-e are treated. In.
one ward rartian of tie patient* who
hava hail vary aariouii, septic wound*
ara having tha watar treatment.
To look at these men you might
think the ywera lying cunfoi tabiy in
bad. propped up with pillow*. They
are really sitting in l.aUl tuba in wa
tar to their wai*t*. A constant stream
of water with a temperature uf9H ia
kept running through the tub, purify- <
ing and cleaning the wound*, whirh
have no other draining. A kind of
magnified lap-board 'own »he top
of tha tub. and i* In turn covered by
a long bright patch quilt. And there
the men ait on air cushion*, leaning
against air pilow*, day and night,
(ometime for weak* at a time. Only
the moot *eriou* caaes are put into
these bath*, men who otherwise have
little chance* of recovery and none
without the amputation of a limb.
But never yet ha* a case *o treated j
been (net.
"It'a beastly uncomfortable the
first week," said the record caee of
the ward, a Britiah ".ummy who wan
for 11 week* in the bath. "Your leg*
ache, and you have the water ra*h.
But in a week, jf. moot, you get over
that and, then it ia more comfortable
than being in lied. In fact after they
pot. you in bed you can't sleep for a
while, it'* *o hard.
The American Y. M. C. A. ha* been
■ending these men "movie*" twice a
week. A screen ha* been arranged at
one end of the hut and there all the
screen favorite* play their parts while
the men ait comfortable in their warm
tubs. And when the show is over all
they have to do i* turn out the lighta
and go to sleep.
Stomach Trouble.
"Before I uaad Chamberlain'* Tab
let* f doctored n preat deal for *tom
i»i-h '.rouble and felt nervour ami tireil
all the time. These tablets helped
me from the ftr*t. and inside of a
week', t'p^e I had improved in every
way." writes Mr«. L. A. Drinkard,
Jenemon City, Mo.
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