CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES. SEA ISLE CITY. N. J.

Tkc COW PONCHER By Robert J.C.Stead Gutfiorqf . i kiUheiMr. End other poem*'

Jn»*rd jiBUSod to speek to Lent I avinR the hou*e. I o» “ you my r»°d wUhes." he \ “And I Rive them mo«!t frankly, jourfi perhaps with more difficulty p you suppose.” yon ere *ery good, Mr. Coaward, eckn iwledRed. i con d not wish you anythlnR but , 1 lplne>«. N he returned. ”And had 1 l^n so fortunate as Elden. In making i.er no uatntanee flrst. I might have ftt to contribute to your happiness «* dlrnrtly than 1 can under the n. -sent ctrcnn-stancvs.” He was king In Ms low. sedulous notes, his words s'-nt the *tH*« blood a strange mixture of icratlitlon «ind anp , r. The tribute he lied--that he himself would have gb d to have been her suitor— ski Ifully planned to appeal to ran nr. and her ant< r was due to -ess. She told herself she Jl.e~ no ; listen to such words; she .lamld bate :? hear su<-h word*. And , t she listened ... fh in. and was not >t rc that she hated them. She could

Sy ssy:

fVou are very good. Mr. Oouwanl. lie pressed her hand at lha door, id uguln tbu. strange mixture cf

potions surged through her.

Con ward proceeded to the business ction of the town, well pleased with ,e evening's events. He found his nv impeded by crowds In front of the •wspaper offices. He had paid little tentlon to the progress of the war are. attributing It to the skillful pnb'ty of Interest* connected with the anufactnre of annnmeat*. To the J. , he had cot believed that war was

vbsslble.

“Nobody wants to fighi.” he had nv irod his business acquaintances. K\-cn the ancanient people doj't -ant to fight, 'd they want Is to -Iphten more money ont of the taxi uyora of Europe.” To Coaward this kplanatlaa seemed very complete. It irered the whole ground and left

■ •thing to be said.

Hut tonight he was aware of a cner tension In the crowd atmos•here. They Were good-natured nnvda, to be sure, laughing and heerlng and making sallies ..f h»avy it; hut they were In some wey more hiteuss tlian he had ever seen before, rto-re was no fear of war; there was. -ather. an adventurous spirit which -cemed to fear that the affair woul I il.iw over, as had so many affairs 1= he past, and all the excitement go for nothing. That war. If tt came to • ar. could last no one dreamed; It would I* a matter of a few weeks, a few months, at the most, until a thor.ugldy whlp.M-d Germany would retire ehlnd the Rhine to plan ways of mU:ue the Indemnity which outraged clviUtutlon would demand. Con ward elbowed his way through the crowds, smiting. In his superior knowledge, over their excitement. Newspapers must have headlines. At Ids office Con ward used a trie Rhone. Then he walked to a restaurant. where, after a few minutes, he was Joined by a young woman. They took o table In a box. Supper v posed of. and the young woman began

to grow Impatient.

"Well, you brought me here.' laid, at last. “You've fed me. jnd you don’t feed anybody. Conward. without a purpose. What's the consideration?" “I'm palling off a little Joke, and I want you to help me. You know Eldi

—Dave Klden?

"Sure. I've known him ever since Hint Jolt put him out of business up In your rooms, ever so many years ago. He was too rural for that mixture." “1 want you to get him down to your plan- »one night to be agreed upon—I'll fix the date later—and keep him there until I call for him. with

hla fisncee."

• Some Joke.” she said, and there was disjput In her voice. "Who 1* it Klden. me. or the glriT” “Never mind who tt% on.” Con ward returner!. “I'm poyiag for it. Her* eumethlng on account, and if you wal a good Job *.f U 1 won't be stingy." He handed her *t bUl. which she klso-d and put to her purse. *1 need the n. -ney. Onward, or X wouidn"

Tbe fart ttut the nation was now at war probably bad an influence in speeding up the plot. Everything was under high tension; powerful currents of th >nght were waring the masses along unaccustomed channels; society Itself was In a state of flux. If he strike at all let the blow fall at once. On this early Angust night he aacer talned that Dave was working alone his office. Then he called r number on a telephone. “This is the night" he explained. “You will find him alone In his office. I will be waiting to hear from you rt—" he quoted Mrs. Hardy's telephone number. Then he drove his car to the Hardy home, exchanged a few words with Irene, and sat down to a hand of crlbbage with her mother. Poring over his correspondence. Dave, with hi* ear cocked for the cry of the latest extra, spent the evening hours In a valiant effort at concentra-

tion

There came a timid knock at the door. “Come la." be called. No one entered, but presently he heard the knock again. He rose and walked to the door. Outside stood a young woman. “If you please." she at'.d. “excuse me. but—you are Mr. Elden, aren'

your*

“Yes. Can I help iou In any way? The woman Uttered a moment, but resumed soberly: “You will wonder at me coming to you, but I'm from the country. Did you think that?" “1 suspected It." said Dave with a smile. "You knocked—" He paused.

■ Yes?"

“Like a country girl." he salo. boldly. She tittered again. "Well. I'm lost." she confessed. "I got off the train a short time ago. My aunt was to meet me. but there are such crowds In the street. I must have ml«*ed her. And 1 saw your name on the window and I had heard of you. So 1 Just t iougbt that Td ask—If you wouldn't mindshowing me to thi* address." She fumbled In her pocket, and Dave invited her Into the office. There she produced a torn piece of paper with

an address.

••Why. that's just a few blocks, said Dave. “IT walk around with you." He turned for his bat, but at that moment there was another tUnld knock on the door. He opened It A boy of eight or ten years stood outside. “What Is it. son?" The lad looked shyly about the of- j flee. It was evident be was .mpressed ' with Its magnificence. “Are you Mr. Elden that sells lots?" • Yes. Were you thinking of buying

few lots?"

“Did you sell lots to my father?" "Well. If I knew your father's name perhaps I could tell you. Who is your

father?"

Tie's Mr. Merton. I’m his son. And he said to me. before he got so had. b» Mild, There's Just one honest man in this clt,. and that's Mr. Elden.’ Is that you. Mr. Elden?" “Well. I hope it l*. but I won't claim _j C h a d'stlnctlon. I remember your father very welL Did he send you to

impulse TTjss to temedUltdy confront Ounward, force a confes-Ion. and deal with him as the occasion might seem to require. But hi* eye fell on the boy, with his shock ot brown hair and wistful. half-frightened face. TU go with you iiiKt." he sal J. with quick decision. Then to the girl, ".Sorry I must turn yon out. but this case la “That's all right.” she said *Tm used to being tui ned out." And before he knew It she was In the street “All right, son. said Dare, taking up the matter now to band. “What's your name—your first name?"

“Charlie.'

“And your address?" The boy mentioned a distant sub-

division.

“That is out. Isn’t It? Well, we’ll take tie car. I guess Fd belter call a doctor at once." He went to the telephone ana gave some directions. Tnen be and the boy walked to a garage and tn a few momenta were bumming along the bystreets Into the country. l>ave had 1 ready become engrossed in hi* errand of mercy and hi* rage at Conward. If net forgotten, was tempo--arily dismissed from bis tn'nd. He chatted with the boy. “You go to school?" “Not this year, bather has been too sick. Of course, these are holidays, and he says he'll be all right before they're over. Dave smiled grimly. “The incurable optimism ot It.” he murmured to himself. Then outwardly: "Of course ne will. We'll fix him up In no time with a good doctor and a good nurse. They drove on through the calm night, leaving the city streets behind and following what was little more than a country trail. Here and there they bumped over piece* of graded street. Infinitely rougher than the natural prairie; once Dave dropped bis front wheels into a collapsing water trench; once he Just graxed an Isolated hydrant. "And this is -.ne of our ‘choice residential subdivisions.'" said Dave to himself. “Fine business! Fine busi-

ness!"

As the Journey continued the sense of self-reproach which had be-o

RESTORATION OF SULGRAVEMANOR People of Promirsnce o? Bolh England and America Are Identified Y/ith th 1 ? Undertaking. ^ EKLINOS of nations, as of Individuals. change with the passing of time and the animosities of yesterday are buried In the bonds of friendship and close alllau.v today. This Is strikingly il’ustrated in the present altitude of England to ward the United States. !*ubllc men and newspapers are inalstlng that the events leading up to Tie Revolution and tt War of JSU! did not reflect the spirit of the British people, but were due to the influence of England's German kings and that whatever prejudices btve exlsteo since have been the result of misunderstanding <-aused by difference* In customs and environ-

ment.

The reconciliation movement began before the outbreak of the Eur*»i>ean war. lu first noticeable manifestation wbk a projected celebration of the cenT-nnial of peace between Engtishapeakiug nations. It was given 1m-

re. \fehiM|foiy

f •Sleeps .. . a... . «- i

Where the lordly Potomac thro- tristTVOf beauty

Sweepa wKh a song to the faraway sea,

America's chieftain, the hero of du‘y,

WASHINGTON. «sU in the ahadc of the

Hu fame is still bright, tho' ths cycles hiv* vanished. r ^ His valor is written in Liberty's tome; .. Hi* name is immortal and ne’er can be banished Foreverroora cherished'in heart and in home.

. < He sleeps 'mid the scene* that he loved in Tils childhood,

Spring stovers the ground with her blossoms so fair, He^ireams where he play'd as a boy in tho Wildwood,

^o^X^free^as th# eagle from sorrow and care; L. ^Let^trenton and Princeton weave chaplets eternal, ]

.vAnd Brandywine ting of his unclouded fame;

t0 the height of a patriot «up*mM.

jfnd Yorktown adds splendor to WASHINGTONS nan.a. The'-ture ihrt their lijht wher, he c.mpe ih hit fiery.

Adored everywhere where his actions are told. / 1

And millions to come will rejoice when the story

Is lisped of our wonderful struggle of old; , \ - i. Whole-eould and great hearted he rode to the battle. N^W'V

Righfs paladin, armed in a cause *** w “ 7-

Undaunted he stood 'mid the roar and j AC”

Forever beloved, tho' his body is dust. ^ ; \ • fv* \ “** Mount Vernon will guard tne great soldier forever.

America's Mecca and Liberty's shrine.

fret men will flock to his tomb by the river,-^

-f- A

Exterior of Brinqtor. Church. Wc*r» there ar* memorials ot the Wash-

tnxuma

pet us by thb stress of war and the

static In him for many months became , e of Great Britain for American

in the struggle against Germany. To Make Friendship Visible. But the thing that will make the

friendship between the two natl-in* visible, as It were, ti the people of j both sides has been ."fopj-ed by the ; London Telegraph. It 1s the restora- ! j Mon, equipment and maintenance of j Snlgrave manor, the ancestral home of the Washington family, as a museum and depository of documentary. I pictorial and other records of Angloi American relations. It is Intended i also that it shall be x rendezvous for all Americans visiting Europe—a sort 1 of unoffliial clearing house for lour- ' Ists. with the added attraction of sen- ' tlment, such aa attaches to the grave | of Washington at Mount Vernon or | the home of Shakespeare at Stratford. ' The Telegraph has started a fund of 1 *12o.000 to carry - out its plan. The first subscription received was for *500 from King George and the list Includes many of the best-known names in England and America. For legs!

purposes a holding company, to be ward Into his mind sent the blood to ! known t h e Sulgruve Institution, ha* his head, but at that moment his re j oull( j,d. The board of goverflectlons were cut short by the boy. nors _ «tilch ha* charge of the Wash“Wc will have to get out here.’ he mg-on manor house. Is constituted as

said. "The bridge Is down." ] follows:

Investigation proved him to be John W. Davis. American right. A bridge over a small stream (j cr t0 Great Britain, chairman; I«ord had collapsed and was slowly dlsln-, Weardale. treasurer: H. S. Perris, tegrating amid its own wreckage. , notary: the Marquis of Crewe, Earl

Dave ran the car a little to one side , Curzon of Kedlexti

w»nd kneel in the sunburst of glory divine; . !nd brighter each day grows the name that we^cherish, "As the firs! in our hearts it will ever Imdyoom,A » Fame's caned it on high so it never can- perish. JJfj And Love lays her wreath upon WASHINGTON’S .tMm

^

Sleep?*^harti|5lon of Freedom, beside the loved rivetv^ J ~ Thy^requiem ’twill sing to the ending qf Time;^ *

Thy soul's in the care of Our Father, its giver, — Thy glory as lasting as Liberty's clime;

The morn as it bursts in its beauty discloses^..-— ,, ,|i 1

The Banner that floats where thy slumber is'.deep, J Thy sword we will laurel with ..summertime’s roses. Beloved by the Nation, sleep' WASHINGTON, s’ecp.

(Capjrichl. XSIS. W-it-rn N-w,p,i>»rfn1oD)

MARYUND FIRST IN FIELD JNEW YORK’S FINE MEMORIAL

Dave's Blood Went to Hia Head. “Ths

Scoundrell’' He Cried,

e Insistent Th< Intrusion of Con-

“No. sir. He's too rick. He don't know anybedy now. He didn't know me tonight.' The boy's voice went thick snd be stopped and swallowed "And then I remembered wL t be said about you. and I just came." ••Have you help — a doctor — a

nurse T"

"No, sir. We haven't any mone. My father spent It all for the lots tha.

* boucht from yon."

Dave winced. Then, turning to. the

yuung woman:

This part of hi* trap set. Oonwsrd i wiited a kuHutilc opportunity to •Siring lu In the meantime he took Mrs. H:.rdy partially Into bU -onfideaee. He allowed n.*r to believe, bow- • »er. that Elden'* hab'ts would stand •iirrectlon and be had merely arranged t‘> trap him m one of his favorite

i much shocked 1 dog'

afraid this Is a more urgent case than yours. I'll OtH a taxi to take you to your address. To his surprise, his visitor broke < a ribald laugb. She had seated herself on a desk and was swinging one

foot Jauntily.

I off." she said. "Sey. Dave,

you couldn't lose me In this bur*.

iaT remember m«. do you? Well,

all the better. I'm rattier glad X broke down on ttu. Job. I used lo be something of an actress, and I d have put It over if It hadn't t*ccn for the kid. The fact is. Dave." she continued. "I grut up h-re to decoy you. xt *a*u't tstr fighting, and 1 didn't like It. but money bus been mighty sow Of I-lie. I wonder—how much youd

give to know who sent me?"

Dave pulled some bills from bis pocket end field th- m before fier. She

took them froi i bis band.

•'('onward." she said.

Dave's blood went to bis fi^'d- ^ hc scoundrel'." he cried. "The low-down There's more in this ibau ap

is very dreadful, but I pears on the “urfiicv." .^uere's

” 1 -sure there Is." she said.

ther w oaias. There

of the road, locked the switch an-*-

walked on with u e 1 oy.

“Fine business!" Dave repexted to ; himself. "And this Is how our big ; success was mad*. Well, the ‘sn< v j cess’ has vanished as quickly us It , came. I suppose there Is a Uw some- j

where tha: is not mocked."

They were passing through a set- i tlemen' of crude house*, dimly visible j In the itariight and by occasional yel- • low blurs from their windows. Before j one of the meanest of these the boy | at last stopped, pulled the door open J and Dave eutere'k At first be was • conscious of a very »mn.l and stuffy j room, with a peculiar odor which he j attributed to an oil lamp burning on j a box. He walked over un-1 lurned | the lamp up. but the oil was consumed: a red. sullen, smoking wick was its only response. Then tie felt In his pocket and struck a match. The light revealed the dlnginess of the little room. There was a bed covered with musty, race*-! clothing; a table Uttered with broken and dirty dishes and pieces of stale food; a stove cracked and greasy, and one or two hare boxes serving as articles of furniture. But It was to the bed Dave turned, and with another mutch bent over the shrunken fora that lay almost concealed amid the coara# coverings. He brought his face down

Earl Spencer.

Residents of Bocnsboro, In that State, Built Memorisl to Georqe A/ash'ngton In 1827.

On the summit of South mountain, above Boonsboro. Wasnington county. Maryland, stands an Interesting memorial to George Washington, which is. moreover, the first monument actually erected to his memory In this country, according to the Youth's Companion. Although work was begun o.. the monument In Mount Vernon place. Baltimore, some years earlier, that shaft was not completed until 11129. but the one on South mountain wav virtually built In oue day. the Fourth

of July. 1827.

At 11 o'clock on the morning of that | ■ v all tl.e ncoulc of the little aettle-

For Merit of Design, the Washingt®# Arch in That City Has Beam Given Universal Praise.

Of American arches already standing In prrttm ncDt construction, the Washington erch In New York has widest recognition for merit of design. It had Its beginning In Stanford White’s tern; orary structure foe the Washington centennial Ip 1888. Just 100 years after Boston had bulll Bulfnch'a arch of lumber and canopy fabric beside 'he old state house. Four years later it stood In mellow marhla nt the foot of Fifth avenue. In straightforward construction, with no columns or gables rpptled 'n merely decoratlva

^ .... uses, this centennial arch attests It* day nil the people of the little settle- 1 designer's courage In breaking^ with of Boonsboro—two yean, later tt j almost universal precedents. Except

contained only twenty-nine bousesweut In a body to the point then known us Blue Rocks. Some of the men had fought under Washington In the War of the Revolution. The result of the day'?- labor was a monument built of th- stones found on the mountain It measured fifty-four feet tn circumference and was raised

for an occasional ancient arch Uka

* j the height of fifteen f-et that day. * Tradition says that that height was increased to fifty feet in the next few

dnys.

A cortral stairway leads to the summi*. Ttu* outlook W over three countie* . it includes part of the route of Washington's historic trip up the Potomac, the scene of the John Brown tragedy, the Anttetam battlefield and a part of the old National road. A wHte marble tablet was originally set in the side of the monument, on which was the Inscription. "Erected to the memory of Washington. July 4. 1827. by the citizens of Boonsboro." The slab has disappeared and all effort*

F.ra Mm. .< .h. to tr,,-. It O™ '»

In the course of half ■ cen.ury me

Kdgvsvs SUoor. Nortbaats. fell into decay. In 1882 it Viscount Bryce. Viscount Cowdray. wa s rebuilt by residents of Boonsboro;

Sir William Mather. Sir Sidney lute. bllt a stroke of lightning has torn w ., h ,„ 0tO o Arch. New York City.

Sir Sam Fay, Sir Harry Brittain. Rob- . aW ay a part of tt. The people of I

ert P. Skinner. United States consul ! Washington county believe that It , Trajan's on the Alcontara br'Jge. and general; the Rev Dr. J. Fort Newton. , won u t* a fitting tribute from the uu rvPB rarer modern example Ilk# the mayor of Northampton. Robert p^.pie of the whole country - to restore tll>l of ' the colossal An- de I'Etolle Bacon, former American ambassador | i t> an d tbe matter has been brought j „ whose architects indeed

to France: Joeeph G. Butler. Jr.. W. I be fore congress by the representatives Curtis Demurest. J. Pierpont Morgan, j of ,i ie 4th Maryland district. The fact

*

Gen T. Coleman du Pont. John A. : ,(,at It I* th« Stewart, u member of the American , ment peace centenary committee; MaJ. Geo. j parts-

■ first completed roouu-

Leonrid Wood. Robert Donald. J Garvin. John Blair Macafoe. Mrs. John Davis. LMlj Arthur Herbert. I-ady

save Irene.

: another part of hi

•n«arJ was e Hardy. He

know that he n

* frank

. give failure at least

Fro

Ljden walked to his desk

drawer be took a revolver, toyed witn It a moment .o bis hands, broke » open, crushed tt full of cartridges, and

thrust tt in his pocket.

The girl watched with friendly o-rer,-M. •'Believe me. Dove, rh-- '*“»• ••if Col ward turns up missing 1 won > • • a thing—n<rt a d thing." * For * moment be stood irresolute.

h, coow ««■»

plan had been, but tnat tt

diabolical and cowardly and that It concerned Irene, he had no doubt HI*

close, then straightened up and stead- [ j.p* 0 f Fareham. Mrs. WoOdhuil Marled himself for a moment. ! tin. lady Paget and Dr. C. Stewart

(TO BB CONTINUED.) 1 Davison.

— On Site of Old r '>K'>ry. The Almighty Dollar. n,, manor house at Sulgrave. Brffiery has been the downfall or , »{ or ,i iatn pion. stands on the sire of a

many j-ublle men dating the course j pre .Reformatlor. prion' of the Monks of history. Francis Buccn. the pcatest | of St Andn .w. In 1538 the p •ijerty

granted by King Henry *

thinker of hi* age. was ruined by hla , upldity. 1-ord Chancellor Macclcsfielu and Wate-'onry were destroyed by the Faroe vice. Benedict Arnold sold a fort In New York to the enemy for $31,573. For Mils same sin Gorge: betrayed Austria. Ahttbopri forsook -David and

Jodns delivered up Christ

Standard for Radium. Scientists In Europe are trying to daiermine and agree upon an laiernnUonsi standard of aueagth ana parIts for nultnm.

Washington, mayor of those great-grandson Is e been the great-grand

Cause of Washington’a Death.

eled and wavered on this very point, the standard designs make use of pilasters and columns, engaged or detached. and tarrying more or lesa orately broken entablatures. Stanford White's design shows two tnasxlva piers carrying with the help of a

erg-- i ^ratS'friend crewne^ diphtheria, instead of acute laryngitis. whose broad wall

^ ™— ■*

Dr Hemenway outlined briefly the : airipjona. means used to cure Ills during the time ^ ^ ^ wh|ta Hou ^ S 0f "h”? l prebab)e that Washington's j Tt.e site for the preslde..t'* l«Ur^ |If,, was cut short more by excess of J a. the first map* name It. treatment tliaa by disease. ' the article J by PrcUdent Mashlngtor

l s -it is sometimes said that he , L'Knfnnt "died of acute laryngitis, but we believe eral city ! • that it 1* now generally agreed his dls- have the j.

a they laid c

ad tin- cap-

Prominent In Many Thlnna

| A close study of the life, letters and ! documents of Washington will show ; that he was prominent also a.- a bnai- ! tons men. a fanner, a philosopher and j a statesman and In hi* hnowledf

• human nuturq

ban, a native of Dub'ui-