ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C.
Legion
Copy for This Department
Supplied by National Headquarter!
of the American Legion
POILUS ASK AID IN DEFENSE
Warriors of France Fear Those Who
Did Not See May Not
Understand.
LpiiiupI Rolles, national adjuiant of
the American Legion, has ie oivcd the
following message from the French
war veterans, an organization of ex
service men in Prance. Tho letter was
transmitted through ti e N,.w York of- I
f.o of the organization, and nails 111
part as follows:
"To Our American Rnthors-In-Arms :
"COMUAIIES:
"Tho I'nilus of Franco make this ap
peal through 1s to tlit-ir American
brother lb-arms ami say tn them In the
name of tlint Justice for which they
fought together, never forgot what you
came to do amongst ns. By tin1 blood
lilch wits shed hy us together, In tho
name of our dt'inl who lie ship hy side,
In the name of all tlip brave men who
(tear on their bodies the glorious marks
of desperate hnttlps, in the name of
nil the heroes whom our nations have
produced, lot us not forget, lot us
continue together their sacred work,
Jet us unite our eoiintrips as our hearts
were In the face of death, let us not
lose the fruits of such generous efforts,
of so many willing sacrifices, let us
look clearly Into the future and con
tinue for the maintenance of our lib
erty and for the honor of our nice
the battle to which our duty calls us.
"America has pained through her
sons In this war the right to Immor
tality. Nations looked on with admi
ration at the spectacle of millions of
young American heroes arriving on the
noil of France, to defend the sacred
principles of honor and liberty In
scribed In tlip American Constitution.
"Victory has crowned their banners
that and the blood shed for a Just
cause, that is a past which future
generations will he proud to claim as
a heritage. But the sons of America
have not finished their work, our com
mon enemy lines not acknowledge his
defeat, he hopes when he will have
succeeded in sowing tho seeds of dis
cord amongst us to renew the tight
which he lost, thanks to you. We know
that calumny will have no effect on
you who have seen with your own
eyes what you saw, yon who know us
and know what we are, but we fear
that those who have not seen like
you may come to doubt us and that
Is why we send out this appeal to
you, comrades, that you may take
part in our defense.
"Our cause Is yours also, yon cannot
go hack on us, you saw us In action
and you know that we do not need any
other proofs than our past records to
prove to all men of worth that If we
fought this war with so much heroism
It was because we were defending not
only our soil, but the entire world,
"We held back and stemmed the
formidable wave of Goto win invasion,
almost alone for four years, from the
Sommp river to Alsace, bearing the
brunt of the r.ardpt shucks, our brave
men leaving their lifeless bodies by
the hundreds of thousands on tlu
fields of battle, without one word of
complaint or without asking for quar
ter, because they knew that If France
were vanquished, tlip principles of the
(front Revolution were doomed forever
the declaration of the rights of man
anl the citizen would have been de
stroyed and trampled on, the poor and
humble would have been forced back
under the iron rule of lords, might
would have prevailed over right, crime
and dishonor would have been written
as the very heading of fundamental
laws of modern tuitions.
"It must not come to pass that our
brave men died in vnls, we owe it and
you owe It to their memory. Tho sur
vivors must not sleep on their laurels
in false security. Von must not Im
ngine that It as we rlonp whom you
helped, yon must understand that your
lllierty was threatened just as much
as ours; nil nations are more or less
dependent on each other. As for its.
Pollius, we shall never believe tlat It
was from pity, nor even out of grati
tude for belp given by us to you In
former times, that you came to our
id.
"France dead would "have meant the
condemnation of the whole world find
France would have died rather than
go back on her principles. Do not
therefore let anyone say yon have
done enough for her; It was not she
whom you helped, ft was the Ideals
and principles for which she always
Mood and without the1 Ideals of Jus
tice flr.d liberty s free nation cannot
exist.
"France Is still bleeding and will
Kiiffer for a long time from the wounds
which she received, her young sons
cut off In their youth, her lands dev
astated, her commerce destroyed, her
credit diminished. Put what makes the
greatness of a people Is not alone Its
prosperity, it Is keeping Its honor nn
nilllpd. As long as this sentiment re
mains Hi a nation, that nation will live
In spite of all oppression.
"Long live America, long live France,
united by the blood of their twins.
"Oil. BOfKNEZ,"
"General Secretary."
TESTING THE TEMPERATURE.
Aunt Mllda w as visiting her nephew.
Jack, who had just returned from the
arctic hreer.es of north Kussia.
"It was awfully cold, wasn't ltr
she asked.
"It was Sometimes we couldn t
mn (to out, it was so cold."
"How could yon tell w hen It w-aa so
cold, unless you went out first?"
"We used to atlck the point of the
hayonet through the keyhole and If
H froze oft we stayed tadoors."
LEGION ASKS FOR NO BONUS
Service Men Merely Seek Assistance
From Government in Overcoming
Financial Disadvantages.
One of the biggest legislative quos
tieiis now occupying the alieniion of
the American Legion has to do with
the adjustment of compensation of the
ex-service man, and nil the member
throughout the country have been ask
ed to aid through their congressional
representatives In seeming the enact
ment of the legion's hill.
The hill which the legion Is Indors
ing embraces: land settlement, where
by former service men and women
receive Jl.fiO fnr each day of service,
to apply on the purchase of land and
government projects or loans for buy
ing equipment; home aid. with $2 for
each day of service to apply on the
purchase of n borne or farm; voca
tional training with $l.,"i() for each day
of Service to be paid as long as the
recipients are obtaining education
from the pox eminent ; or, a cash com
pensation of .SI.:) for each day of
service, to he paid within a year nfter
the approval of the bill.
Speaking In connection with what
the national incentive committer of
the American Legion regards as a fair
Irciitincnt for ex-service men as above
outlined. Franklin D'Olicr, national
commander of the American Legion,
said:
"The overwhelming majority of ex
service men feel strongly that this gov
ernment owes an obligation to all
persons who were handicapped pillar
bodily or financially because of mili
tary or naval service during the recent
war.
"The American Legion, representing
over one itiil!ioi ex-service men and
women spoke veryplain1y on this point
at Its national convention last No
vember. "Although this obligation to the dis
abled men, handicapped bodily, was
universally acknowledged, It required
a special meeting of the American Le
gion in Washington during December,
over a year after the signing of the
armistice, to secure satisfactory ac
tion by congress for the disabled man
to the end that he would no longer he
an object of private charily but could
live on ids increased compensation al
lowances "The average nuM has been out of
the service one year, and outside of
the sixty dollars which hardly bought
him a civilian outfit, he has received
no aid from his government in over
coming the handicap incidental to his
service.
"The American Legion asks for no
bonus wants no bonus. That sounds
loo much like a gift or a present from
the government. It merely u-is the
goveniniint to assist the ex-service
ncin in overcoming some of the finan
cial disadvantages Incidental to his
military or naval service.
"It asks that each of the four fea
tures suggested shall only be as lib
eral ns is consistent with the welfare
of the whole country. Tho American
Legion asks nothing In Its selfish in
terests at the expense of the country,
hut at the same time does not feel
that this obligation to ex-service men
and women should be altogether pass
ed hy at this time and nil economiz
ing done at the expense of the ex-service,
men.
"If legislation Is wisely framed cov
ering bind sell lenient, home aid and
vocational training, every dollar in
vested by the government will bring
ultimately great returns to the country
hy making the ex service man a bettor
citizen and greater producer and will
increase the wealth of the nation.
"Having waited over n year, it Is
net unreasonable to now expect some
action showing that the interests of
the ex service men have not been al
together forgotten.
"All that the American T.eglon asks
is as liberal treatment as is consist
ent with the welfare of tho whole
country legislation that is fair to the
ex-service man and at the same time
Jut as fair to the entire nation as
well."
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A
HENRY D. LINDSLEY.
Upon Whom the Minneapolis Con
vention of the American Legion Con.
ferred the Title of Paot National Com
mander. To Decorate Graves.
Rarren County post, No. 28, Glas
gow, Ky., was the first to send m Its
$." contribution towaM the decoration
of the graves of Americans wno are
buried abroad.
AIDING THE SERVICE MEN.
In Tortland, Ore., the Central Labor
coim'-il has recommended that all for
mer service men who desire to Join la
bor unions be allowed to do so with
out the payment of the usual Initiation
fee. The council further called on
local unions to plve every assistance
to ex-service men seeking employ
ment, as organised labor's contribu
tlon to the peneral task of finding a
pay roll for every man who served his
country In the war with Germany.
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BOY
iCOUTS
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(Conducted by National Council of th
IMy Scout, (.f AniftiOi, )
OKLAHOMA'S PIONEER SCOUTS
There are two pioneer scouts In
Choctaw, Okhi. One wants to bp a
w irchHs expert and the other a breeder
of fine horses. Being scouts both will
undoubtedly achieve success.
"1 think more of the scouts every
day." writes a Delaware (kla.) pto
noer scout who w ill become a veteran
In two and one-half years by complet
ing five years of scout service.
A Depew pioneer scout made a three
day hike, lie also enjoys fishing trips
An Indian orphan in Haitshorne Is
a pioneer scout. lie Is preparing to he
an engineer.
Mikes and printing are the hohlf cs
of a pioneer scout in Mollis.
Two out of three pioneer scouis In
Manchester expect to remain on the
farm. One In Okarohc Is nn enthusi
astic member of a sheep club. Another
In Row says. "Scouting has taught me
to do many things around the fann
that T never knew before."
Does this make your mouth water?
A pioneer scout In Oklahoma says Ids
favorite sport Is building tires along
the creek, hoiling eggs and roasting
rabbits.
A Sawyer scout, member of the pio
neer division for farm boys can dem
onstrate the breast, crawl, side and
back swimming strokes and dive from
a board or from the surface of the wa
ter. Hoy Scouts are pood students, but
how many can beat Ibis pioneer scout
In Splro. Okin.? One of the questions
on the application blank is, "What
studies give you most trouble?" lie
answered, "Don't have any trouble."
HIS OWN COOKING SUITS HIM.
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Scout J. F. Hunt of Troop 2, of
Portland, Me., Testing the Rations.
SCOUTS SLEEP FINE OUTDOORS.
The scouts find camping out so ben
eficial that many of them want to
sleep outdoors the year round.
An authority on this subject de
clares It Is the hvalthful thing to do.
Col. Ernest K. Coulter, general man
ager of the New Vill'k Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children
says :
"As to the practice of sleeping out
of oViors under proper covering and
with adequate safeguards against rain
or, perhaps, having one's ears, nose or
i other members frosted, the benefits are
so great that no one can question the
advisability of this course in many
cases.
' "More and more people are sleeping
out of doors all the time and in all
seasons of the year, and I, personally,
feel that this practice should he en
couraged In every possible way of
course, under proper conditions."
SCOUTS AIDING CONSERVATION.
With so much interest being taken
all over our country In the study of
forestry and preservation of our for
ests, the work now being done by boy
scouts along the lines of "tree study"
Is worthy of special notice.
This work Is being pushed by scout
masters, and the boys are, as usual,
coming to the front acquainting
themselves with the nature and growth
of the different, trees In their various
communities. In the same way scouts
have always "corue to the front" In
mutters of public welfare.
LASSO EXPERT HELPS SCOUTS.
Boy Scouts at State College, Tenn.,
are highly favored In being able to re
ceive instruction In throwing the las
so, rough riding and other Interest
ing fonts from "Ruck" Taylor, who
was for many years w ith Ruffalo Bill's
wild west show.
"Ruck" Taylor has a tract of land
near State College, where ho plans to
have a stock farm.
He Is very kind to the scouts and
freely gives his time to help them.
Develops Personal Efficiency.
The Boy Scout movement neilher
promotes nor discourages military
training, its chief concern being the de
velopment of character and personal
efficiency of 'teen-age boys The uni
form, the patrol, the troop, the special
scout drills and activities are not for
military tactics, nor can they be fairly
considered as military training when
these terms are correctly used. They
are for the onlformfty, the harmony
and rhythm of spirit which boys lean
in Rcontlne.
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BUILDING CONCRETE CULVERT
Plan Outlined to Do Awsy With Con
struction of Forms Remedy
for Undermining.
Instead of polng to the trouble and
expense of milking forms for the con
Crete culverts If be ditch is temporar
ily tilled with earth and tamped, these
may be made with no forms at all.
One such culvert was made several
years ago that lias withstood time and
frequent use and Is still without any
cracks.
The Illustration shows how this type
of culvert or bridge 1 constructed.
writes Dale U. Van Horn in .mism-.u.
and Kansas Farmer. If V f j
hind Is to be drainen. im. '.'
How Culvert Is Constructed.
built first nr.d the ditch dug afterward.
If an old ditch Is to be bridged, the
fill may be made for the time being
and later removed. T'ic concrete Is
mixed In the right proportions and
laid on the rounding surface to the
proper thickness, and with suitable re
onforoing. Trenches should be dug
at either side to make a good footing
to hold the culvert rigid an 1 to take
the weight of loads passing over It.
Many concrete bridges fall to stand
the test of high waters. If the foot
ing is too shallow, they undermine
Remedy for Undermining.
during a flood, and either crumble or
are made unsafe. A simple remedy
for this is to provide a shallow wall
running across the upstream side of
the opening, and a part of the bridge.
This should extend to the bottom of
the side walls and should not be over
five or six inches above the low wa
ter level. This checks any tendency
toward undermining and prevents
debris from wedging tn the bridge.
GOOD ROADS INDISPENSABLE
Highway Improvement Is a Business
Proposition With Farmer and
City Dweller.
When it takes four horses to pull
an empty wagon to town and wheat Is
polng off In price each day; when Ihe
mall carrier gives up in despair, and
the children cannot get to school, tlip
farmer cannot help wondering how
much this condition Is costing him
each day.
Figure as he may, he cannot get
away from the fact fhat good roads
are Indispensable to agricultural pros
perity. The city dweller is alike concerned.
The farm on a good road has sres
of possibilities for the development of
Its resources 1o every one open to the
farm on a poor road. Increased ex
penditures grealer- buying powers.
In the early days of poverty many n
county bonded itself for hundreds o'
thousands of dollars to secure rail
roads to promote agricultural develop
ment. Three-fourths of all the freight
the railroads haul must sooner or later
move over the public highways, and
every ton so moved is costing at an
average rate of 2o cents per mile.
Verily, road Improvement is a busi
ness proposition a matter of dollars
and cents.
PENNSYLVANIA NOW LEADING
Keystone State Led Nation in 1919 In
Mileage of Contracts Let for
Road Building.
Pennsylvania led the nation 1n 1019
In mileage (if contracts let for road
construction, according to the state
highway department. Up to January
1 the state awarded contracts for
the building of 69-6 miles of du
rable highways. Its nearest competi
tor was Illinois, which contracted fot
610.70 miles.
Pennsylvania's 1020 program calls
for the construction of approximately
800 miles of roads. The deiiartment
says that Pennsylvania Is far ahead
of other mates In the organisation
It has perfected to bnild durable high
ways.
BETTER SCHOOL ADVANTAGES
Average of School Vear Is 180 Days ;
In Five States Having Best j
Road Systems.
Oood roads make It possible to have
better school advantages. In the fiv j
states of the Union which have th i
best ss'stem of public highways the
average length of school year is lso
daj-s. In the five stales that have
given the least attention to road im
provements the school year is less
than half that long.
Mudholes Are Developed.
Trees that shade a dirt road also
aid In retnlnlng the moisture after a
heavy rain to such an extent that mud
holes often develop.
Thorough Test for CetiwL
All cement for road purposes should
be given thorough testing by reliable
engineers.
Colorado Improved Roads. .
Colorado has spent on an avrra? of
t25,0OO to $30,000 per mile on concrete
roads.
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WORSE THAN APPENDICITIS, j
"What s the mailer idd top? Von j
look sick." I
"I've just undergone a serious opera- j
tion." ,
"Appendicitis?" !
"Worse than that. I had my allow
ance (l;t off." :
His Guess.
rurrows By the way. what was t!u
denomination of that bill ou loaned
me?
Lenders Episcopalian, I Imagine
it keeps Lent so Weil.
Choice cf Abodes.
"1 srottfi hnvo a pl;uv to livo.
"t nnilrrsiinvl," snhl tho tvnl ostnte i
man, "and tniiylx I run fix j-( 11
Now, xvhirh wotild vou prrfrr, a port- i
alU shod r a trnt?"
Not vluilty.
Colonel Sontherland Well, Hastiis,
did the Judge find you guilty of steal
ing chickens?
liastus No, sub, colonel ; I w as re
leased on s'pieion.
Up in the Air.
The Magistrate What's the charge
against his man, officer?
The Air Cop lie was speeding in R
high-po ,er racing plane and ran down
a child's popiane.
Little Use.
"lie was much affected when I made
him a loan. When 1 looked nt him
his face was wording."
"Yes. that is the way he saves his
hands."
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A Je -V
MlSAXTHROPir.
"When Brown Is happy he tries to
King."
"Yes. Some of us don't care how
miserable we make others, so Ions
As we're comfortable.
Cross-Examination.
The lawyer lo the witness clinRrs
With questions defl!v wrnupliT,
And makes him say a lot of things
He never knew he thouplit.
The Impossible.
"It's such a nice place where
mexed, 1 hope you'll like your
you
new
iioui bors."
"Ii:i .inst sure I won't. They all
nwa cheap cars." Browning's Maga
zine. The Menu.
"She certainly has a way of talking
you down with cold sarcasm."
"Yes; a course, of tongue, as it
were, served with chilly sauce."
His Status.
knew a man once who ate a
ten-pound turkey with trimmings on
a bet.
"He must have been a man of con
suming ambition."
Cautious.
Post I say, old man, will you join
our Kie Brother club?
Parker Let's see the girl I'm to bp
fraternal to first. Judge.
Showing It.
"Bibbs is a live wire."
"I know he 1s. He touched me
for ten dollars this morning and I was
shocked."
Professional Duty.
"Why did you leave the dentist, yon
have been going to so long?"
"I found be was petting on my
nerves,"
True.
"Pa, what's a scientific salesman?"
"A scientific salesman Is a follow
who knows when to quit annoying
yon."
Odious.
H'll McShorfp has sold a poem to
Scribblers, entitled an "Ode to a Fair
Lady."
Hulls Was he? Well, he Is more
competent to write verses entitled
"Owed to a Landlady." London Tit
Bits. One Flaw.
"She acts as though she thought
she was the oueen of Sheha."
"Oh, no. She would never think
she was anybody who had to go to
somebody else for wisdom.
The Boss Was There Before.
She What did your boss say when
yon tld him you took me to the foot
ball game.
He Gave me his sympathy when I
told him I had to explain all the playa
to you.
He Should Know.
Village Fire Marshal I was Just
readin' In this history about the burn
In' of Rome.
, Head Pipeman What started It
chief; crossed wires or a lighted cigarette?
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CONDENSED
CLASSICS
THE HEART OF
MIDLOTHIAN
if
Br sir Walter scott
CnrnMfrofi
T. L Hoed tird tntenfifcl
Walter Sott was
born In Kwinburpti
on Aujt. 15. 1771.
His f;tthpr was a
l:)WViT. tVp first
of the Scott line
to tpave tho oprn
country for the
town.
l"or a man whi
wrote such n rr
diiTiiius amount,
vntt t.irpri!
Imrly la to in k t
tmn Pt irti .1. Mi
was 34 y-ars oM
nhon his tfrst
irr:innl work ap-poart-d,
''Tho Tjty
of the 1-..M Min
fttroi. Krom tht
nvin.nt nnt.l his
ii :th. on S pt. 21.
iv;,2. hf1 was. Wltl
f is
TV
tl e pi"e-jlO(.
rvroptiin of Ivron, tho
tuest popular wril
tn KnirltMi.
When th public seemed to b tirint?
of his ten romances In vtsc, he
turned to novel writing, and In ISM.
when he w.in 4;i, he c.ine Int his
enreir of preatnexs with "Aaerloy.''
Kor IS years novel after novel fol
b'twed in rapid sure tsion. stirring ro
mance of history or colorful tal s of
I Scottish life. Thev were r.l) published
nnonynmuslv until the financial dis
: sster of made It seem wise to
reveal the author's name.
I Fully a dozen of the Waverley
! Novels, if not more, mipht be Included
! In any list of 100 novels nr.d ninny
j loyal lovers of Scott wonlt even then
, think that one or two more mifrht be
ftihied. lie was. as Stevenson re
marked, "thi kina: of the r . mantles. "
"Wavprley." "Ivanhoe." "The Heart
of Midlothian. " a.id "K'enllworth" are
representati -c of Scott at his best.
But "Old Mortality." "Qnentin Par
want" "The Talisman," "Guy Manner
inff." "The Fortunes of NMc-el." "The
Antiquary." "St. Ronan's Well," "Roh
Roy." and Indeed others have all been
ranked as favorites pmong 1 he In
numerable admirers nf the romances
written by "the Wisard of the North."
T
HE Heart of Midlothian, by
many called the finest of the
Wavorlev Novels, was pub
lished anonymously in ISIS. It takes
Its name from the Tolhooih. or old city
Jail, in LYiinhiirg (pulled down In
IM5), the "stony heart" of Midlothian,
which reared its ancient front in the
very middle of the High street of the
city.
On the afternoon of September 8,
lTHt, Ivouhen fVntler, assistant-master
of the school at Libberton. and licensed
minister of the gospel, found himself
in unexpected trouble. First of all.
he had become entangled with the
crowd of pood citizens of Kdinhurg
i In the Cmssinarket, murmuring nt the
postponement of the execution of Cap
tain John rortoous of 1he City Onard.
They were still in the heat of anger
from the events of the preceding day.
when rorlonus bad ordered 'bis men
to fire, and bad fired himself, upon
the crowd, some of whom were at
tempting to cut down the body of
j "Scotch Wilson, the famous smuggler.
Several Innocent citizens had been
! killed. Now that the chief offender
j seemed likely to escape, there was no
knowing what the mob might do. The
' quiet young pedagogue would gladly
have returned to Lihbetion. Then, to
his consternation, he learned that Kllie
TVffVis, the younger and more charming
sister of his sweetheart Jennie Peans.
was Imprisoned in ihe Tolbooth.
When be had last seen Mi p. more
than a year before, she bad been a
beautiful and blooming girl, the lily
of Saint Leonard's. Many n traveler
past her father's cottay had stopped
his horse on the eve of entering F.din-
burg, to ga-e nt her as she tripped by
him. with her milk-pail poised on her
j bead, bearing herself so erect, and
; stepping so light and free under her
! burden that It seemed rather an ornn
j incut than an erif umbranco. ov the
poor girl, scarce eighteen years of ago.
lay in the Tolbooth, charged with cliild
mnrder. The facts were that after working
for a time in a shop in Kiliriliiirg. the
unhappy prisoner had disappeared for
the space of a week, and then made
her appearance before her siter at
Saint Leonard's In a state that had
rendered Joan to only too certain of
her misfortune. But to all questions
she had remained mute as Ihp grave,
until the officers of justice bad come
to apprehend her.
Before Reuben Butler could see her
the Tolhooih was closed; and before
he could escape from the city a crowd
of rioters compelled him to return with
them to the Jail and administer the
last rites to Porteons, whom they
dragged forth to death.
The lender of the mob, a young man
disguised In woman's clothes, seized
a moment In the midst of the turmoil
tf fh 4fli to Vpf KrtSp to ctrw "For
Cod's snke for your own sake for
my sake flee, or they'll take your
life." was all that he had time to say.
The girl gazed aftpr him for a mo
ment, and then, faintly muttering.
''Belter tyne life, since lint Is guile
fame," she sunk her head upon her
hand, and remained, seemingly, as un
conscious as a statue, of the noise and
tumult w hich passed around her.
In the morning, on his way to see
Jennie and her father at Saint Leon
ard's. Butler encountered in the King's
park a young man of noble bearing,
but strangely agitated, who bade him
EMPIRE STATE'S RESERVATIONS,
There are Indian reservations at
Erie, Cattaraugus county; Oneida res
ervation at Oneida; Onondaga reser
vation, Syracuse; St. Regis reserva
tion. Franklin county; Shinnecock res
ervation, Southampton, L, I.; Tona
wanda reservation in conntips of Erie
Dd Genessee, and the Tuscarora reser
vation in Niagara county. Some of
these reservations are quite large,
running np to 7,300 acres. They are
open to visitors almost any time.
"tell Jeauie De.ms tliat, wVn th nrvm
1 rUc-a. i t'.fu, :ircet 1) meet lor at
Vlcol Muschar's Cairn, buieatb Satt
Anthony s (impel."
After attempting in vain to tndwe
Jennie to explain the message, he re
lurniTi to isit Lttio again, iu the Tot
hooth. only to he compelled, on his ar
rival thi re. to toil the whole siory.
lest he be convicted of guilt In the.
I'ortoous afl'iir. And then he was sent
home, undel ball not to leave Libber
ton, nor b communicate with liny
member of the family of F.flle IVans.
But If his experiences were to l-'ne
incomprehensible they were by no
means so to the authorities. By piec
ing together his testimony with thi
of others, they rightly determined that
the stranger in the king's park. Ihe
leader of the Porteons mob, and the
father of Ktfio's child were one and
the same person ; namely, Oeordie
Robertson, comrade of Wilson the
smuggler, and but lately escaped from
the very prison in which Ftlie IViuis
was now confined. Accordingly, they
planned to capture him that night at
Mnsohat's Cairn. But before they
could reach that place, Robertson luid
time to beg Jeanle to save her sister
at the trial by testifying that F.uV had
disclosed to her her condition. Then
he escaped.
Merely that slight falsehood would
have removed the case of F.mV IVans
from under the letter of the cruel
Sititch statute. But Jeanle, steadfast
ly, devoutly truthful, was utterly on
able lo placate her conscience in bear
ing false witness. Nor rouhl the dis
appointment of l:m henself, whom she
was at last permitted, to visit In the
strong-room of the prison, alter her
resolution. "He wanted that I suit!
be mnnsworn," she said. "I told him
that I dsiurna swear to an untruth."
At th trial, when Jeanle was
brought in to testify. Eflle, In human
we.kness. cried, "O Jeanle, Jennie,
save me!" Km when the solemn oath,
"the truth to fell, and no truth to
conceal, as far as she knew or was
asked," was administered "in the nniae
of Cod. and as the witness should an
swer to God nt the great day of Judg
ment." Jennie, educated in deep rever
ence for the name of the deity, was
elevated above all considerations saw
those which she could, with a clear
conscience, call Him to witness. And
when the advocate came at length to
the point of asking her. "what your
sister said ailed her when you In
quired?" Jeanle could only answer,
"nothing." When the sentence wr
pronounced by the oomsman. Eflie's
own eyes were the only dry ones In
the court. "Cod forgive ye. my lords,"
she said, "and dinna bp angry wi' me
for wisbin' it we a' need forgiveness.
The next morning found Jesnie
IVnns traveling alone and afoot on
the long road to London "to see the
Queen's face that gives grace," and
beg for her sister's pardon. Iter tar
tan screen served nil the purposes of
a riding habit, and of nn umbrella; a
small bundle contained such changes
of linen as were absolutely necessary.
She had a few guineas, and a letter
from Reuben Butler to the Puke of
Argylp, whose grandfather had bee
under obligations of the deepest tn
Ihe famous Bible Butler, grandfather
of the poor assistant-schoolmaster, now
sick nt Libberton.
She passed luckily, on the whole,
through so weary and dangerous a
journey, and at length, through the
Intercession of the duke, secured the
pnidon which she sought.
Before she reached Scotland again,
Kflio had el-oped with her lover. vh
was In reality George Staunton, son
of an English nobleman. The sisters,
who had last met when Effie was sit
ting on the bench of the condemned,
did md meet again for many yers,
though Lady Staunton wrote some
times to Jeanie now Mrs. Butler,
wife of Mr. Reuben Butler, pastor of
Knocktarlitie.
Finally, by chance. Sir Geo to
learned that Meg Murdockson, who had
all ended Eflie in her Illness, had not
murdered the child, as they had al
ways supposed. He traced the boy t
a certain troop of vagabonds, of which
Black lVmuld was the chief. In
fiffray with Black Donald's men. Sir
George was shot by a young lad called
"the Whistler." who proved to r,e the
lost son. The lad disappeared, ar.4
escaped to America. Lady Staunton,
overcome by the tragedy, after vain
efforts to drown her grief In society,
retired to a convent in France. Al
though she took no vows, shp romaine
liiere until her death. But her w
fl nonce at court accomplished mnch
for the children of her sister Jeanle,
who lived happily on In the good pr
ih with which the bounty of tb
Duke of Argyle had provided her net
band. The Heart of Midlothian Is notM
for having rather fewer imponaist
characters, a smaller variety of inci
dents, and less description of scenery
than most of Scott's novels. One of
tap most remarkable scenes In all fic
tion is the meeting of the two sister
In prison under the eyes of the jailer
Ratcliffe. The interview of Jeanie,
w ith Queen Caroline is also most note
worthy. There is much hnmor at the
evpenxe of the Cnmeronlan wing of rt
Presbyterian faith in Scotland. In til
work lo Aopears the stranee charac
ter of Madge Wildfire, daughter of the
old crone, Meg Murdockson. Into her
mouth Is rut the famous song, "Proud
Malsle Is In ihe wood."
Copyright, W. hy the Post Publisher 0.
(The Boston Post).
Seemed an Apollo Then.
Maud So that's the young felkiw
you were raving about I thought yo
said he was handsome.
El hoi 1 I thought he was. Tnttt
see, 1 met him at Exclusive beach an
he -w as the only man there. Bostoa
Transcript
TO PRESERVE FERNS.
Tii ere are at least two very satis
factory ways to ..preserve tnaiden-haSf
ferns. One is lo dip the ferns k
cs gathered in perfectly limpid gum
water. This should he done very care
fully. After allowing them to drl
for two or three minutes, arrange is
vase to dry. Another very good vay
is to put the ferns, when first gathered,
between two clean sheets of blotting
paper. Lay between hoards and pros
for a week or so.