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VOL. 18. NO. 22

Recruits in the tfaify.

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A N HOUR a lmost any day spent in the nava l recruit ing rendez-vous on lower Market street, near the water front, in San Francisco, will be Interesting. With the great expansion of the United States navy there is an increasing de-mand for sai lor boys .

San Francisco's recruit ing rendezvous is typical of m a n y s tat ions a long our A t -lant ic and Pacific coats . Whi le the academy at Annapol is and the w a r col-lege a t Newport train American youths for naval order givers, the recruiting s ta -t ions procure the brawn, heart and cour-a g e that are the nation's reliance in d a y s of s truggle . The man behind the gun in these days of scientific warfare is a per-son to be reekoned with .

, . While there ts endless red tape about entering the''offices of the higher autbori-

" " l i e s ' o f ' t h e ^ a v y "department, thendotrr of the recruit ing office swings wide open. One goes up unkempt stairs, past paper s igns on t h e wal l s : "Wanted, Men for the N a v y of the United States ," etc. , into a room in which there are a few chairs, a bench and a table l ittered i wi th papers and wri t ing material . Very l ikely there may be a half-dozen men in the oeffle s i t t ing about, and a l w a y s an officer of t h e navy, dressed scrupulously in bright uniform* There are l i tt le rooms leading off from those for use in examining appli-cants for Uncla Sam's service.

Oh, it is*a very e a s y ' t h i n g to ge t into the navy , providing you have a good con-st i tut ion, hard muscles and average char-acter .

However , if one has any thmking to do concerning enl istment in the navy, he should do it all before he goes into the recruit ing officer's office and s igns his name in any of the blank books. The moment the recruit puts his s ignature there Uncle Samuel does all the th inking for him. You will do wel l t o think as -siduously, my patriotic friend, before y o u apply at a nava l rendezvous—that * is, whi le you walk the s treets penniless , whi le you dig in the ground, work at the for«?e, carry brick and mortar or Idle a t home on the farm—but w h e n you have s igned U n d o "Sam's naval rolls, that e m blematic old gent leman s tarts your pay at a f ew cents a day, will feed and house you and wil l do all your pondering for you.

Among the sturdy y o u n g men w h o came to enlist in the navy one morning, w a s a chap w h o m we shall call Job Budd—a happy bright-eyed, short but wel l-built man of twenty- three years . There were several appl icants for enl istment in the offices when Joe arrived. H e w a s told to be seated. Three of the applicants had not come up to t h e physical requirements of t h e service, and wi th a curt, "You're not wanted, sir," by the l ieutenant, each man snatched his hat and went out and down the stairs stil l a free man.

A t length the l ieutenant approached Joe Budd. "What do you w a n t t o enlist for?" said the officer.

"To be seaman; I've served some at sea ." ,

"Where were you born?" "fn N e w York, but I've lived most of

my life in Los Ange les ." "Can you prove i t?" said the officer,

whi le he looked the lad over and over. "Very easi ly ."

- "Go- in^there—and t a k e - your—examina-tion," said the l ieutenant , af ter a mo-ment 's deliberation. ' * ' •

Then Joe went into an adjoining depart-ment, where he stripjied to the skin, w a s weighed, measured, thumped.made to s h o w his teeth, read letters across the room, name colors and let the surgeon record, every identifying mark and certify that he w a s up to the unrelenting s tand-ard of a lmost perfect physical manhood, that measures every last man that rides the sea in a man-of-war.

W h e n Joe 'came out another m a n asked him rapidly a lot of quest ions to tes t his knowledge of primary th ings aboard ship. "What ' s a topgal lant m'st?" "What's the opposite of east by south?'A minute of such quest ioning-And Joe sat down and reeved a purchase and tied s trange knots that bind where the salt spray flies and then he picked, up' a marlin spike and spliced two cable ends wi th a mastery t h a t backed up h i s account of h i s s e a experiences .

A clerk came in from another room w i t h a bundle of papers. They were the en-l istment papers of the eight m e n who had applied for admission to the navy tha t morning. Joe Budd's w a s a m o n g them, t h e l ieutenant called out, "All hands ;ome to the table ," and the e ight men »n the bench w e n t meekly forward, hat Vi hand. In a monotone the clerk per-functorily read aloud the long detailed ar-ticles of agreement between t h e United S ta tes and the enlisted man in t h e nava l service. B a c h m a h fastened a s seriously as if to h is death sentence. W h e n the reading 'finished. tBe clerk sa id: "Josenh

JUUQ wiii s ign nrst, ^-ut your name there ." The lad s igned laboriously.

" N o w s ign here in th i s book, and also In this book." .

"I didn't ge t that quite on the l ine," rays Budd, apologet ical ly , a s the Job end-ed in the regis ter so full of ruled col-umns.

"That 's all right, Budd. You belong t o Uncle Sam now, and you've got a day ' s pay coming to you ," s a y s the clerk. "Be here a t 3 o'clock to go to Mare Is land."

And so a bunch of e ight defenders were added to our naval force and eo rapid, de-cis ive routine of acceptance and reject-ment of men w e n t on throughout the day.

Seamen and coal* passers are quickly examined and accepted or rejected a t t h e rendezvous. The n a v y w a n t s skil led la-bor these days . . It w a n t s machints t s , boile: makers , b lacksmiths , etc. , for the fightirig machine of to -day i s a b ig m a -chine shop, supplied wi th everyth ing but b ig shop machinery. And it w a n t s engi-neers and firemen a s wel l as s eamen and coal heavers .

An engineer is a t the rendezvous to ex -- a m i n e ski l led laborers, and w h e n they

jr-ass th i s and the rigid m e d i c a l . e x a m i n a -t ions t h e y are sent t o the shops a t Mare I s land for, another examinat ion by fore-m e n and engineers there, for Uncle Sam w a n t s none not masters of trades. Of course t h e skil led labor enlisted is ail for ships . The men in the n a v y yard shops are mere ly hired a s civi l ians.

The government s teamer left for Mars Is land ^ t 4 p. m., and t w e n t y men. were marched from the rendezvous t o board her, s o m e wi th in a n hour after pass ing a n . e x a m i n a t i o n . A t the wharf a middle-aged l i tt le w o m a n had a chanoe to give Joe Budd a tearful hug. E i g h t e e n hours later Joe w a s , tr igged o u t in his uniform on the receiving sh ip a t the n a v y yard and lined up wi th a squad of recruits in front of the drill sergeant .

. . The nex t morning Joe w a s g iven a suit of blue clothes, cons is t ing of a shirt o r jumper, and trousers, t w o su i t s of white

;t duck overal ls , t w o su i t s of l ight-blue m > „ vderwear^^pne knitted cap , for I common f- | ;wear and a typical; flat-top^e'd' sai»>r ear. •Ijfor shore wear , socks, shoes , a bj'ack silk

Mj ieckt i e , wh i t e tape for fetetmj'up. the ^Jphlrt, a j e n i f e , brown canvas leggingsTfoi

l a r e s i s - w « r , a hammock t o s l eep i n , - t w o ;; {blankets, a mat tres s cover and a clothes

ibag. ;::• .'.,,.••.• - • • ';. • .]i'-ii:. : ; ' U | ' j F o r threeL m o n t h s Joseph•'-; Bildd .'%»« (drilled thr ice a day in a thousand and one M o v e m e n t s for developing t h e seaman's tonuscHSft h i s dexter i ty wi th cut lass and pire&rxcuvjtt b e c a m e tediouB after a-.•while, law! the* o t h e r recruits murmured,u-but

l a i d i d fco good. T h e drill mas ter had leard s imi tar complaints for y e a r s . P i -

tfly> J o f t r B u d d ^ a e transferred t o JBL batT sship,j fend b e c a m e a m a n behind the

j | f j a t h » s e r v i c e of h i s country.. ~ smoke and the somewhat elaborate "policing" of himself' and ^dresing up for quarters within the space o f an hour. "Quarters," which is the first roll call of the day on a w a r ship, is sounded in t h e United S ta te s navy a t 8:30 a. m. The men for-ward, bluejackets and .marines, don't put on their best uniforms for-- ordinary

•quarters, but they must look neat and clean to stand their division officer's in-spection.

The chief pet ty officers attached t̂o divisions, above a*nd below, call the

roll and report to the division officers,,' w h o in turn report to the execut ive offi-cer. Final ly the execut ive officer reports to the commanding officer, w h e s tands at the cabin door. In port there are al-ways men reported "absent ashore wi th-out leave"—"iberty breakers," these men (who suffer for it upon the ir , return) are called. The man w h o is aboard the ship and misses quarters is haled to the stick by the chief master-at -arms, and the derelict is in luck if he does not g e t a dose of "extra duty" for his remissness .

Immediate ly upon the dismissal of mv.~.« from quarters the marine and ship'.-? bu-glers in unison sound "drill call ." There is a iound of drills to fit all hajids, in all the ship's departments , for every day. in the week. Often several different drills are in progress on the same deck. All of the men join in the sefciirg-up e x e r c i s e -cal isthenics of a sort by no means adapt-ed to kindergartens . Most o f the m-en come in for s ingle-st ick drill—a. rather antiquated drill this , when it is considered how remote the probability is of modern msri-o'-war get t ing sufficiently close to-gether for cut lass to be of use. All hands also have zo master, t h s use of. the rifle W h e n a man-o' -war is t ied up at a navy yard every one ge t s a dal ly dose of bat-talion drill in infantry formation ashore in the yard on tha marines' parade ground. The other drills aboard ship are too numerous to be specified—drills with the great guns ; knott ing and splicing, which- means a mastery of all knots used on rhiplioard; exercise wi th scientific in-s truments ; "arm and a w a y , " a hurry af-fair, requiring extreme alertness in man-ning the boats ; •'repelling boarders," an-other antiquated but exceedingly athletic drill; "abandon ship," w h e n .all hands hast i ly provision the boats and sheer off in them, often in midocean, w h e n the sea is smooth : "collision quarters ," a l ight-nlng-i ike c los ing of the doors of the wa-ter-t ight compartments ; "fire quarters," a hust l ing bit of hosa-stretohing work; target practice, w i t h rifles and revolvers, and drills a-plenty, besides, too tech-nical to be referred ~o here.

The drills of t h e morning ordinarily last for a n hour and a half, or until 10 o'clock, w h e n the men are dismissed to indulge in another smoke. After half an hour's smoking, "Turn to" is sounded, and the m e n put finishing touches to their clean-ing work of the morning. "Knock off!" Is sounded at 11:45, when they Wash up for dinner. About five minutes before this meal, the m e n begin t o form the beer line. The chief master-at -arms at the main mast serves out beer (for which , the men pay the bumboatmen.)

At 1 o'clock'"Turn to" goes -aga in , and "then-for three or four hours the men for-ward put in the heavy work of t h e , d a y . 'The chief bo'sun's mate a l w a y s knows i'where to find work for the bluejackets . .There .is a l w a y s a paymaster 's store room to be "broken out" and restowed; a l w a y s a magazine that needs ovehaul ing; al-

jways ashes to be hauled up on e levators !from the fire rooms, anchors to be re-painted, ammunit ion boxes to be red-leaded, ship's s ides to be scraped or

jscrubbed to a dazzl ing whiteness—in brief, the bo'sun's mate of a modern man-o'-war

jis never a t a loss for ideas, and one of the ;requirements of his rate is t h a t - h e must ' a lways be able to find lahor for four itimes the number of the ship's company. • W h e n the men finally "knock off" at ;:4 or 5 o'clock, the only remaining duty

:i>v t h e call to evening's quarters * about> Istrndown. T h e m e s s - g e a r f o r v supper is • piped, and w h e n the m ea l i s over all i h a n d s , sh i f t into . the s louchiest clothes •they posses In' their .dirty bags , and set-itle down for ari evening of comfort. The Istudious go to the library, b u t - t h e li-jbraTy i s never - overcrowded*, w i t h men. (There i s a l w a y s too much go ing o n on !the deck t o m a k e , r e a d i n g or. letter-writ-

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ST. PATH AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. SATURDAY.MAY 81. 1902. $2.40 PEE YEAE. t ies of admirers, the yarn spinners ga th -er their cl ienteles about them, and from Immediately after supper until "ham-mocks" i3 sounded at 7:30 o'clock—when the s leepy men may turn in if they s o elect—there fs life and movement on deck. The men must remain a bit quiet-er after hammocks . After "pipe down" Js sounded—"pipe down" being the taps of the army—all l ights , except the s tand-ing ones, are ext inguished, and the man-o'-war day officially ends a t 9:30 p. m.— 'Stanley Raymond, In Los Angeles Times .

IXCOXGRUOUS TO B E S U R E .

C o l o r e d M a n W i t hi Irimb. N a m e S p o k e G e r m a n F l u e n t l y .

"I had an amus ing experience t h e other Jday,_which convinced > me that one can-jnot a l w a y s depend upon- n a m e s and ap-pearances ," said a bureau chief in one of the government departments .

"Being, in need of a new clerk w h o spoke German, I /Tequested that one be supplied me,, s ta t ing that I preferred a clerk of ^German* extract ion, as the work I had for hjm to do reQMfed*a "good knowledge of t h a t language . The follow-ing day the messenger entered m y room and informed m e that, the new c lerk-was i n . t h e anteroom.

"What i s h i s name?" I asked. " 'Patrick Delahantyj ' w a s the reply. " ' W h y , I w a n t a German, not ah Irish-

man,' I said. " 'Well, sir,' the messenger answered,

wi th a peculiar expression, 'that w a s t h e n a m e he g a v e me.'

"I told the messenger t o show the n e w clerk in. Imagine my amazement when in walked a man whose color and features were emphatical ly African. H e smiled and waited for me to recover m y breath and speech. •

" ' I s your true name Patr ick De lahan-ty?' I asked.

" 'Ye's, suV * " 'But you are colored.' " 'There ' s no doubt about that , sir.' " 'And y o u speak German, wi th an

Irish name in the bargain?' " 'Perfectly.' " 'In w h a t part of the South were you

born and raised?' " 'I w a s not born and raised in the

South a t all, sir.' " 'Whereabouts?' ' •

GREAT POlfP OF CIRCUMSTANCE • - ^ — ^ } _ . . .

E D W A R D NOW K S O W S J U S T . H O W H E W A N T S TO BEJ C R O W N E D . ,

l i r W» R i t w n l o f t l i e A f f a i r fy A l l P r e p a r e d , F r o m t h e E n t r a n c e I n t o t l i e C a -

^ t u e d r a l , T h r o u g h - t h e A n n d l n t -1 w e n t a n d So t o t h e . End—Seatrf a t

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London , . • - ^ .—Permanent residents o f 'London are suffering from the efforts being made by the^ citfr for the ..corona-tion. There Js^searcel* u street through which 'the -profess ion '# f l l pass but has been torn up. TJje. p j & a t e houses , res-taurants and public bui|dlngs are, for the most part, practically fewned by -decora-tors and are permeated by the smell of fresh paints, which is g iving London its new coat for the new r^ign.

The newspapers, both here and in America, are full of miss'tatements con-cerning the cost of seats to v iew the coronation processions,, and as to %'hat the hotels will charge visitors.. Specula-tors and those having^ sea t s to. sell are g iv ing the impression that there is a tre-mendous demand on the part of rich Americans ajid other foreigners', who are said to be paying any price asked in or-der to see tlie show, t i t id iculous s ta te -ments as to the price of~a certain window or seat in Piccadil ly o> elsewhere have been, constantly published. To get ac-curate Information on these, points a rep-resentat ive of the Associated Press made a careful canvass , - induiring" at various points a long the routed He ascertained that s e a t s in the best posit ions

1 H P l c e a d j H l v . the 5rnost sought after* situations, could ye s t erday be had for from elsrht to twen-ty guineas., according to the row. This wa«s for the tlrst d.iv'g orocession. 'For

Then the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Frederick Temple; the lord high ch^ice-llor. Earl Halsbury; the lord g^eat, cnamberlain, the marquis of Cholmondeh-jy, and the garter knight of arms. Sir Albert Woods, each in turn, will formally present the king, the lords carrying the" regalia will^step up anAjthe dean of Westminster , the Very Reverend George Granville Bradley, will place the regal ia on "the a l tar . The abbreviated l i tany and part of the communion service will follow. Then the archbishops will recite the Nicene creed and the bishop of London, the Right Reverend Arthur Win-nington-Ingraham, will preach a short sermon. Just before the sermon the icing, who up to that s tage of the ceremony wil l have been uncovered, will put on a cap of crimson, a veil, tr immed wi th ermine. Then comes the oath-taking, aft-er which t h e k ing wil l be ahnoihted. Then the shouts of the Tang's scholars of Weft- , l enjoyed and four garter knights will hold over him a rich pall of silk and cloth of gold; the dean df Westminster will pour oil into a spoon and the archbishop of Canterbury will annoint the king, making the s ign of the cross on the top of his majesty 's head, thus consecrat ing him "king over this people w h o m the Lord, your God, >hath given you to rule .and govern." ' . , . . " '

The king will then kneel and the dean of Westminster will invest him with

T h e S u p e r T u n i c a . Next' will come the ceremonies which

caused so much discussion, including the presentation of the sword of s tate , the standards and then the orb will be placed in tlie king's r ight hand, he will be again d ivfs ted of the- crimson robe and will be enveloped in a purple robe of s ta te and the archbishop of Canterbury wil l g ive the sceptre to the king, while the lord of the manor of Worksop supports the king's right hand and a ring i s placed on his majes ty ' s fourth finger.

Then will come the actual crowning. The primate will take t h e , c r o w n from the altar and place it on King Edward's head, a fanfare of trumpets wil l be founded and guns will fire sa lutes . The archbishop of Canterbury will nex t - ad-dross the king, exhort ing him to be s trong and of good courage, to that he may receive the crown of r ighteousness;

toms or municipal negiect or in treatment. Indeed, since the days of Secretary oi Agriculture Morton, who established "Ar-bor day," there has been a regular cam-paign of education in favor of city trees. The direct effect of thfe work has been the creation of the "tree doctor."

The "tree doctop" i s , n o t necessari ly a practical landscape architect or gardener, though he very1 often stands high in that profession. More than one of the really successful men in this new occupation ac-tual ly k n e w very little about trees until a few years ago. Many of them were am-ateurs who became in teres ted in the sub-ject and took it up a s an amusement. At that t ime there were few facil it ies fo/ the acquisit ion of tree knowledge, but (a recent years it h a s not been hard for in-tending doctors of trees to gather knowl-edge of the best methods of arboriculture —Brooklyn Eagle . : :

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A p p l e Tre t ' s foi- Ift-nnty tinil F r u i t . Apple trees aro so .beautiful, even when

bare of bloom and f-- :"t. t - -t t cy s'-joulj hf» ecrn-".m fri Titoa1- ». l l a c s and laburnums. Tennyson speaks of or-chard lawns, and there is no reason ex-cept bad tas te w h y they should not have a real existence. The gloom o f the fir tree, magnificent no doubt In its own Northern forest, IJK mere incongruous dreariness when it is dotted about a sub-urban lawn. N o t h i n g wil l thrive undei it, and often it will not thrive itself, but the apple, w k h all the associated beauty or the countryside, g ives us fruit and blossom and grateful shade. In the grass under it will grow daffodils, columbines, irises and m a n y other plants. Or i t may be trained as a hedge to divide orie part of the garden from another, and with all these uses m a y still produce great crops of fruit. It would be a pleasant task for the suburban gardener with his half-acre of ground to grow three or four choice apple trees wi th the care that others give tduoses .—London SDeaker.

P R E S E R V E OUR W I L D F L O W E R * .

T h e . W e s t S h o u t u T a k e W a V n i n g F r o n t t h e E a s t .

Considering that the American people spend over $18,000,000 a year on roses, violets and other hothouse products, raised by 6,000 flor-Ists-of this country, irrespective of the prob-ibly largar sums that are paid to seedsmen« ind plant growers for public and private gar-dens, it is evident that an interest is felt in flowers. Whether It Is interest or the lack of It that leads vandals' to destroy them, when-e'\ er they find them, Is open to argument. A Ccndness for these pretty nectaries that leads to the snipping of blossoms from the plant is comprehensible enough; but in their eager-ness or indifference many tear the whole plant aut of the earth.

The result of this has been to almost ex-teimiriate, certain of the wild flowers that used to make'the upper end of Manhattan gajr. and that- were not unknown on the edge of Brooklyn. The Dutchman'^ breeches, that served as reminders of the original settlers hereabout, are now coj^fpicuously absent; wild loses no longer perfume the air; the inde-structible daisy is passing under legal ban, along With-the thistle; the buttercup has been plowed out and 'hacked and broken; even tho dandelion has to lie low.. Where flowers and fragrance once made the spring day glad, theie now are barrenness and ragweed.

These facts have prompted the Misses Phelps-Stokes to give. |3.00Q to the New York botanical garden for. I.vestigation -

jrated his seventieth birthday on April 20. 'He-has been one of the leaders in the fight against cancer and tuberculosis, and it Is largely due to his efforts _that more than a hundred sana-toria for consumptives have been built in Ger-

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the second day, the prices asked were from three guineas to seven guineas. In Pal l Mall, where the buildings are most ly clubs and very few windows are to let , the prices are s l ightly higher. For the second day's procession along the Strand seats cost four guineas to seven guineas .

A t St. Paul ' s four huge s tands will be erected, and the prices are three to seven guineas. On the south side of the river the best s ea t s cost five to seven guineas . In all cases lower prices are predicted before long, as comparatively f e w sea t s have been taken.

The hotel,question^JiQwever, is l e s s eri--coimiging for the intendvns'Yisitors. The manager of the Cecil, Carlte-n, Savoy and U« rklcy all .«aid yesterdav that they -lid not have a s ingle room v a c a n t for. coro* nation week. :On the other hand t h e board-ii-w l i ' t i«-s are not r^fuiiig l l v n a ' \ . M they expected. . . f '

Throughout the country .preparations are rapidly nearing completion for every large and litt le city, town or v i l lage t c celebrate in i t s Own particular way. Quaint ceremonies are being revived and ancient records and costumes long s ince out of use have been careful ly searched.

Thank?, perhaps, to the king's example, the roor are not being forgotten. The residents of Parrington have supple-mented the royal dinner t o - t h e poor of that sect ion of London by arranging a dinner for

T w e n t y - T w o T h o u s a n d C h i l d r e n resident in that, borough, arid in many places members of t h e aristocracy are of-fering to similarly entertain the poor of •the vic in | ty of their country places . '

The pope h a s granted t h e Catholics of the Brit ish empire a dispensation front abst inence on the Friday. June 27. (the day after the coronation), and also on Saturday. June 28. which i s the vigil of a saint 's day, in order that they m a y par-ticipate i n , t h e national rejoicings. Car-dinal Vaughan h a s been directed t o pre -scribe special coronation prayers. _ - ' f.

The form of the coronation service; a s finally amended and approved by the king, w a s announced* to-day. I t cons is ts of twenty- s ix dist inct sect ions

The k ing and queen wil l enter the great west—-door of "Westminster Abbey, to which a large, canopied approach i s -al-ready being erected.- They will be m e t by the s h o u t s of t h e kine's cholars of W e s t -minster school, and by "the anthem "I W a s Glad W h e n They Said Unto Me, W e Wil l Go t o the House of t h e Lord." In -s tead of .going direct to the ir thrones the royal pair will kneel* ". ^ g '"*%%

I n P r f v a i e F m t y e * &*" •-': . on fnotstoalfi i n . f r o n t of '.their chairs . i

t h « y e o p i e win put on tneir coronets ana, the presentation of the Bible hav ing been made> the k ing will ' be enthroned by leading him to the hitherto unoccupied throne, ^ . n o t h e r solemn adminition of the archbishop of Canterbury will be fo l lowed'by

Mar ie s o f H o m a g e •by. the archbishops, bishops and people. After t h i s ceremony is^ completed, the queen will be crowned. She wil l be an-nointed oh the head, four peeresses hold-ing a magnificent,.pall over her, the king; will put a ring on her finger, the arch-! bishop of York, the Most Kev. Wil l iam; JJalrymple McLagajai will p lace the; crown on her head jjj.nd the sceptre andf ivory ro»d and dove will be placed in her hands. . . ' " • '

Prayers wil l be delivered, the peereses will put on their coronets and- the serv-j ices wil l end wi th the celebration of; communion,' the k ing and hat—"I mean of George Glazier."

"Yes, sir, but he. is riot at home. H e will not be a t home until 0."

"I have come s o m e . distance to s ee him," said the gray-haired man.

She looked at h)m with a new Interest. H e w a s an old man, and she fancied he looked tired.

"Will you come in and rest?" s h e asked in her gent le voice. "Perhaps y o u can l eave a*message."

"Thank you," he said, and followed her into the pleasant little* parlor. H 1 B keen gray eyes traveled about the room and returned to the woman. "I beg your .pardon," he said, "but .Would y o u mind g iv ing me a l itt le of your t ime?"

She looked a t him wonderingly and theri seated herself. '

"You can't really be happy here," he said abruptly.

Sne started a t the * suddenness of the remark.

"I do not know what you mean," she said.

"I mean tha t th is l itt le house, th is lonesome neighborhood, the lack of nice clothes, the fact that your husband is but a poorly paid employe, the desire for those th ings tha t jus t a little money would secure, must make you. discontent-ed a t t imes .

Her color rose. She held her dimpled chin a l i tt le higher.

"Do. I look discontented?" she asked. "Could I be discontented wi th s o much to be thankful for? W e have our health, we ha"ve a cosy home, w e have little Stephen."

"Eh!" cried the old man. "You hav«i what?" /

"Our boy, our baby boy. H i s name is Stephen."

"His name is Stephen," the old man repeated^ and w a s si lent for a moment. Then he gent ly added, "May I see h im?"

"He is as leep," replied the young moth-er. They she. looked a t the gray-haired m a n a l itt le severely. "I trust ," she said, "that you business with George is not planned to make him discontented. I think y o u wil l fail. W e are both agreed that George Isnit appreciated a t his true worth—at least I have tried to make him think so. But he is doing the best he can. W h a t could he expect? H e came out of college without the s l ightest knowledge-of w h a t earning a l iv ing meant, and t h e n he met me. Perhaps w e were wrong, but w e were young; and George braved h i s father to marry me . "Well, i t w a s s o m e -thing of a struggle, but w e met i t w i t h eourajgre^ and w e never despaired."

She' threw a defiant l itt le look a t h im a s she uttered t h e las t words. « " I had no desire t o hurt your pride,'* MM t h e gray-haired stranger. "If I did I beg your pardon. Lonely old men1

grow peculiar, y o u know. B u t here, I fancy I can explain a l itt le of the busi-ness that brought me to your home. I came to t h e c i ty to buy a controlling in-terest in the .company t h a t employes your husband.' I * h a v e been look ing over t h e property:, and in doing so ran. across him-

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