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KKKP ROOSTI.VC
By WALT .MASON*
TI e*» no r .•! In roosting tike
owls on a limb: there's more sense
in boosting with ardor anil vim.
T'v r s no u?o i' viewing all things
with may: far ? tor be hewing
>01:10 1 a ev.-ry «I . There always
are knockers e: igh in a town: the
cro'.n ol.l t. ". r» run everything
ilowr '>• VI it we're growing,
they . if we're not. wet blankets
they'r t' rowing till everyone's hot.
S-v.r. rs who knock j
by r e y r. They're whiskered and
trow , t "ra r t i::> to date, they
-
t
I let. t ■ b :. - i their backs.
The of knocking, if given
.
• ' > > 1 a winner, what
.
i'. > - .1 .. ■ :i.| croaking like
.
d
1 spr; .1 pa> kage of hope.
—I' li.itelio Tribune.
I HI IM»'| ; ! . :l i it KE.UTACY
•i i'i«» start of the
NV. Y • I' t tells of ;i
! ; i . university
jtrvf <i>r v:i , !"> that he be
i of a great
r . • > inquired
. t ■ ;t:iU how
■
n. ;«_ h .i i w > iUi cost you
.
ti ■>. Uuf. o-i • O'her hand, by
.
r lime you may
i- «l in i ■ Once there
. .
. :ho great rail
e touutry."
the story is
t is worth his
r lit may be. But
i vf t-.o mental atti
t :d • s Congress, the
:f i r:■ e truth and
wui i' . an erroneous
ii-it r : ' .i ir r epresentatives
- :i. i.. ::-)t he fruitful of
n ' • t • :'C can never be
! . dissemination of,
i2?!rr tin; rcsslurs.
• 1 reluctantly and
>• every atti mpt to Impose
i'i-'itrol over private
. t-j v is agitation for
; • in of tho rail
d ; ..rs before con
finally enacted the laws which
1 t 1 crstato Commerce
i T.. > 1 islation was en
• • •() public demand
—i igh any assumption of su-1
rii r ability ou the part of mem
bers of Congress.
During the Wilson administration
there wus much legislatioa giving
the government control over private
business, but this (lid not originate
with congress. The original propos
als came from the executive depart
ments, or from the President and
congress acceded to the demand of
the bureaucrats for control ove>" pr'
vate enterprise. It is undoubtedly
true that bureaucreoy feels itself
competent to direct uot one but
practically all the businesses of the
country. There is scarcely a bureau
in any government department but
is asking congress for more power
over the lives of activities of the cit
izens of the republic. Scarcely ever
if ever, has a bureMt suggested that
it be relieved of any of its power or
that its duties bo abolished.
It was the President not congress,
that wanted the railroad admiamtra
tiou established. It was Mr. Me,
Adoo, not congress, that scrambled!
the railroads. It was the bureau
crats. not congress, that increased
rail load expenses out of all p;-opor-i
tiou to the increase in freight han
dled and out of all portion to the1
increase in revenue. The same will
be found to be true in almost everyj
governmental hindrance. It is true
that congress enacts the laws wl.icn
give the bureaucrats their power but
this is brought about not through
the initiative of congress, but at the
request of the executive or in re
sponse to public demand.
Tin: 111'IKE
Tho immediate future of the Yit-I
kon Territory appears more rosj I
than it lias for many years an.l this
is due principally to the recent im
petus in r.uartz mining. Quite a few
people here do not seem to realize
that the .Mayo silver camp is loom
ins: up as one of the greatest silver
producers that Canada has known.
Even the Canadian Pacific railway
seems convinced, as recent articiej
iu coast papers prove. The vastness
of the Mayo camp will soon be
known to the outside world and the
other camp* in the territory will nat
urally recei.e attention by tl.oso who
are unable to locate in Mayo. South
ern Yukon should never lose an op
portunity of putting forth every en
deavor to interest capital and miners
iii the Wheaton district, a region
unsurpassed in the N'orthlard for its
sold and silver possibilities.—S; c.
SlOtiESTlONS WELCOMED
The editor is willing and anxious
that the paper please as many read
ers as possible and. realizing that
constructive suggestions are very
helpful in any work, would welcome
such. Some article in the paper
may not just please your view but
you must realize that you are not
the only reader and the paper is
printed for the general public and
therefore must necessarily cross the
individual views at times.—Star.
NOTE A\'» COMMENT
"The young man who does not
read t!ie newspapers intelligently has
little interest in things worth while,"
said Thomas A. Eoison the other
day. "This failure to be interested
indicates that the r.iiml is not func
tioning properly, that the brain is
atrophied." Fortunately for the
world's progress, there are mighty
few of them.—Ex.
T!:!» <w.; - limy vet see the late /all
of II. C. L.
It taki-s more tlmii tin- open mouth
to beat tlif open shop.
The t! '-i *vli» puts mii airs knows he
can't aiYor.l ti> be nutiiriil.
Sortie pr»<|.|»' who claim to be in
lluent :il are only tluenthil.
It that 1'ana tun makes hats.
Imt flii-Mi't talk through thein.
Kverybmly is entitled to Justice, but
everybody wants something more.
A few pnicthe swings with the rake
and hoe "ill improve your garden eye.
It Is just as easy to banish jazz i\s
to change [lie style of women's clothes.
^ „
Illustrated kg IrvinAiyex-.v CopyrigM by&orqe HDoranC
••It WHS nothing serious or Important.
doctor." she said. "I ll no. ■»* l'm*
was pleusnnt or tl.nl I Uked H.»
hail no significance. -led* 1 fa "
ud Invaluable servant. Ho hn* « J«|
for which he Is not responsible. 11
wn« n perfectly sober man when In
came to us. and If I"' txn't •.«'«. It Is
our own fault. My husband corrupted
hint without Intending to do so. >lj
husband. when ho was well and strong ,
loved lo drink wine, lie drunk It tn j
urea, quantities and without «n> lis- ,
i ,i' ii«< mihriiuv or jfodil nn :
turbance of ins si«»iui.» i
e 1. mellowed and at the time in- ,
ncl life for him. He cannot use
rSS i account Of Ids health..^
he enjoys seeing the use «f it. and
Jed litis heen made the \lulm f •
«idnev's vicarious enjoyment, -led Is
^ always considerate of his position
when he Is not sober, hut he ™er Is .
dangerous, not even when. Ike last
night, he Is Unu-ly annoying. |
i ad the lady's resolnt.on and j
fortitude. I'M 1 did not ! M.» • i j
telling the truth not all of ».
"That wits the tlrsi - tiiiM- anything I
KSSJ » 'vasuot^ nn.1
t J i , , •!< reipt< >; to IIWKC. I
.When e l,is MH-n. sueh - evening
With Mr. Sidney. to !
WmeeWcd'as » met.d.er of the fan. '
,,y»l have had sotnelhlnw to do with j
situation J IK- \
pride was hurting lu, „e ,
wa's like n child' II" rem,.titrated with J
i . i io important as m.. • >
me*. .V IO l>e meivlv our servant:
- h
forgot himself , ..•! grji.-y -I <»"
W.rlst' ! r^'ore'',hlsrcominon sense, j
Then 'V l.eea'mo indignant, and you j
my vo«ce. i-v^115^1
shrill, hut 1 was n«t nlarnu I. • ■
merely indignant. ei,i„ov" I
••You speak of .led. Mis. Sidney. I !
...irt "-is if he were merely at. ant.oj
. , rive a free hand when he makes
t'l„. disturhance. I do not like l-c "S :
i>u-ked it. "iy room.'
-I, is outrageous." said the lady ner- i
vousiv "I did not know that it was
done. I shall see that It Is not re
''"•'•Tan. not so sure yon can." I said. I
••and 1 wish you would not try. I hi. c ,
protected myself against it. and I d
n,her .led did not give me any more
aJl-ht that, he thinks Is necessary
sure, doctor." said Mrs Sid
nov "that vou will stand .T, «l :«n«.
for him. He did everythlns he couU1
for us whil. « »" ac,lv0- nn .,
thoughts wo ueflt^us. he VOUld |
be working fo. now.
Mrs. Sidney was determined to Pr<v |
tec. .he secret of the situation. amM
had no right to cross examine lur.
nest time I went to town I bought mj
self a forty-five caliber pistol.
Altlimjch I was prepared for recur- :
rent disturbances, there wore none. '
Within n week I hud found my way ;
Into a pleasant routine. Jed seemed
to be conscious that he had over
stepped his bounds. He was not ap
parently contrite, but he was cautious.
A week was without Incident. Then I
Miss Sidney wont away to make a visit, j
Her absence was a spiritual disaster. |
Ecstatic and morose youth! The beau
ty of Hartley house became a hollow
and dark melancholy, making sad
sounds. Vibrant life hud gone from it.
Its iii rfunie was lost.
i cannot now toll quite what It was
I hut made Hartley house, a plnce so
comfortable and genial, at the same
time a place so threatened. The threat
could not he Ignored: It wns there. The
story of the ghost at the huunted pool
could have nothing to do with It. The ,
threat had tangible aspects. Mrs. Sid
ney's worry, unspoken but grnven In I
her resolutely Roman face, was one I
evidence. The extraordinary behavior !
of Jed was another. The atmosphere I
of the place was one of mystery. !
(Hiring the pleasant, peaceful, odor- j
ous summer months, when our life was
one of undisturbed routine, I never es
caped the sense of dread. I hoped the
Intangible would take shape; surely
something intangible that would be em
bodied, hung over the house.
I may not be able to make this cer
tainty appear so vividly to you as It
did to me. It permeated; It was in the
atmosphere; It hung over the woods; I
It filled the house. It came with the '
odors of blossoms; It was expressed In ;
the summer winds; It was threatened j
in the lightning which flashed over the
river. I could not reconcile this effect |
to such a cause as that feeble ghost
story of the pool. I could not dread
that ghost or feel Its- presence. It j
wns a benevolent ghost needed for !
decoration. |
I n«ked the people of the house, the \
servants, nnd found that for them It 1
was largely 11 superstition. They nil j
hml been I.-ought from the city, nnd
only n few, such ns Jed, n gardener, the
housekeeper and the conk had been j
Ions enough In the house really to be |
associated with It.
.Ted was the only one that willingly !
would be In the vicinity of the pool at |
night. The others might laugh nt the |
suggestion of terror, but they would j
not willingly test their superiority to I
superstition. If they had been really !
frightened, they could not have been j
kept In service. They were not. The j
place was large, comfortably Inhabited i
and genial. There was a touch of J
dread at one spot. They avoided the
spot, and It was negligible so long as ;
they did avoid It.
In the small town of Hartley there j
was more of the legend than there was j
at Hartley house. To the people who ■
lived at a distance and came In con
tact with the place only on occasions, i
It hail an alien, exotic air. Mr. nnd |
Mrs. Sidney had conin from South j
America, from Montevideo, \vhere they |
bad lived many years. The circum
stances of their selection and purchase !
of the place were normal, but the vll- j
lagers spiced a great deal of gossip
with notions of the alienism, wealth,
aloofness and odd habits, concerning
which gossip ran from our servants to
the Hartley householders.
I have mentioned that my first morn
ing at Hartley house a gardener asked |
me to gee one of his children, which i
hs'd a bail cough. The man had a
good deal of sickness in 111 > family In
the text few months, mill 1 was of
considerable service.
Tin1 gardener's name was William- ;
son. He Mail boon on the place almost
from the ilmo of Mr. Sidney's purchase
of It. II" wns attached to It. proud of
his work and fond of It and its results,
lie had a neat little cottage beyond
the gardens. Ills wfe was very pleas
ant and thought too much of my serv
ices. Williamson himself was a fine
man. and I am Interested In gardening.
Consequently, having to visit the fam
ily every day or every other day, I
formed a habit of talking with him.
When. Ny chance, I spoke of the
ghost story to Williamson, with no
more purpose than I ever had had In
these In piirles. I noticed that he was
a bit embarrassed.
"I take no stock in the stories about
(lie pool." he said. "I'd Just as lief
pass It at midnight as midday—al
most."
"lie honest, Williamson," I suggested
laughingly.
"Almost, I said," he replied. "Hut 1
did see something r.t the pool."
(Continued on Thursday)
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