Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1921, Page 63

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 13, 1921-PART 4 -8 e A€ : ‘M ‘l‘ 'HE RAMBLER REVIEWS AN OLD STORY . . By Sewell Ford Y- ” P{4 ND Torchy,” says Mr. Rob- ert, here Saturday noon as pounded of two Greek words, “Koros.” | Alexandria. One need not doubt that |Capt. John L. Naylor offers for sale e e 3 ite, and is Mr 4son biushed and made a curt- 'n excelient scow 38 feet long by 11 description of the natural features of that she w 2 1] | @ particular region. and especially that a stra ertten by Dav1d: the identification of places mentioned David B. Warden toid wide. and lined throughout with 2 so youthfui in ap nch plapk w sible pur- ager might readily |chasers may inspect at Dyer's ferry of her | That wa > doubt ohe of the ferry away for Harbor Hills, “try once more to call up Garry Bliss He ought to be awake by this time her to the siste Tell him he needn’t come out until e by ancient writers, r than her mother™ | boats A k wents to, 2 d d, Last week the ter told that Dave. that was a fine speech ¥ the 3:15 tomorrow unless he e K Balllle War €N aANA | the little book, wi big title. was then, but it's old stuffl now, even g Manogue told the Rambler a - but that Mrs. Ellins is counting {on his table. Lt still here. Mr. | though mothers fall for it just as they S s aboit ona or the Ans-i N him for supper. And if he balks just p e d o p 2o o | Warden was entertained by Mrs. Cus- did a hundred scars ago! i) i S A sy mentiont that he's expected to escort rinted 1n F’aris 1n s evdents Mre Custis of Ariing %ok x un lsland gerry L e feai ton. was introduced by her to many of to the civil war 5 ot il The Rambler will here sidet 1816—0ccupants of st St et it & Bter he save that Ghe|WHrden's e book for was even pleased to a mpany him Ments o tell someth the Island a Hun-ll"\'p.f?‘"{ vears prior an Island became a pe Miss Bolton back to town Saturday night.” “Sort of save her up, eh?” says I “I get you.” ' Se I did it that way. and when ar - of ante-bellum . which was condu picnic re under the mana about ¥ boats. You read a bove, though you of his excursions—-mear time 1S to interesting places in known v i - District. That Mr. Warden thought Rans w d Tony . o Garry finally answers the ring I r | » " R : : ds him that he's been asked out d d A fwell of the lady is indicated by this e & Foor. Poor for ma rior 10 | e Mobert Ellinses and hasn't sig- red Years 00. |Pather nouriuhios contlumion. fo: Hia el Poor. Boor for e : wn construction taurant on what an oar placed at That is not quite clear to \ o, and r. but some centenarians v the Chesapeake and Oh readers may understand ¥ < place was as celes a hoat b ove by an s dedr Concerni ng (@O d s v fod et niou Ferry Lines— Al tmous e piaces visitea vy e Warden Analostan Island and WKW Famous Picnic|tere ne was entertaine by Gen. ana | Louid b Ground. «tory note: “Aceent, madam, the nified yet whether he’ll be there or not. 1 could hear him yawn over the phone. He's the yawnin' kind, Garry Rliss. 1 expect he thinks it's the clever m!‘rz)‘h.loldn':y now,” he drawls. “Spend Sunday In_the suburbs! ~What a dreary idea! Why does Bob pick oa Hancock nia avenue, by th Auys ns wag the aurant. on 1 nightly was fre proninent men oar the stern it sviv over, but what |quen nd “It's past me. Garry." says I “Only that's the word he left. Want to show up in time for Suppel “Oh. bother® protests Garry. B 'uuppon they’ll have a lot of their Stupld commuting neighbors in, and 1 Shall be bored stiff. Talk about life in Gopher Prairie! Why, that would be exciting compared to exist- ence in a New York suburb. Of HIS is still the story of Analos- tan Is The Rambler re- grets that he has not the time L rt, and all rets t H ::::{S;hil"'“,;“{‘:.‘“t:‘;“_ to hunt out that ancestral “Miss Bolton is to be there” I home of yours which, during the American revolution, or in some other remot: age, stood embowered in a e on a tract of 10.000 acres that was a royal warrant from King Charles to the great-great-grandfa- ther of your grandfather. That will come, and then you can cut the article from the paper and send it to those B " says he. “Sally Eoltent Now that is different. She will leaven the lump. I'm sure. All Fight, Torchy. ‘em I'll be on ban T e aya T't6 myselt as I hangs Tankuar “p"nr of all Mr. Robert's freak friends Tll I think 1 care least for this bird. He's a fat artist, for one thing, and ““"2) what right has an artist to be fat? Course, Garry don't make a living by his art. Painting them things he turns out seems to be just a fad of friends who smiled when you told And when I'd cut the strings and | them you were of noble blood | taken off the heavy wrappin' paper,| Some of you yawn as vou lea his, an excuse for leading the studio and undone the ocardboard carton, | from the headlines that this “rambl life. Let's see, what is it he calls what is revealed is more or less of a | also treats of Analostan Island. Per- himself—a Relativist. Not that an. curio. The box is about ten inches | haps you are saying haw! He ¢ dody knows what that is. square, and it is covered with some | W about that last & or “I Dbelieve Garry does himself, Byt 1 ¥e Kind of skin with the hair worn off [Wish he'd change his tune, because % heard him gas away about it to WF in spots and studded with big-headed | I'm tircd of Analostan Island.” Well, Robert, trying to explain w! de or brass tacks. It's an antique, all right, | the Rambler has nothing to do with = yellow blobs in a pink fog stands fo There's a crude sort of brass handie | the Selection of your reading matter. 4 Wwhat some guy by the name of Ein- The whole Sunday paper is befor on the top and a trick catch for the Fons | stein means when he writes 3 book. cover that it takes us a minute or so| I do not mean fo quarrel with you. 4 Can you beat that? e addy to puzzle out. The Rambler wants to give you » Besides, Garry is sucl poddy, ow.” says Garry, when we've |history that will stand the acid test— pop-eyed, posey party; and he talks worked the top loose, “let's see Lhis | Whatever kind of a test that is—be- in that Back Bay Bon:::ufl:::xol El Kut thing. € cause he feels that a good deal of which flwl‘y‘! :e!flh":)'fltmommm of But first Miss Bolton has to pull tory that has been handed out to hear it Uk;ove Plags himself for NGOl oAy aTs . - A\ = out a layer or two of w4t looked not 80 and never was. He has mush, you e il OT YOU™ SAYS SH ‘DONT TOUCH ME! like old curled hair. 1t smells trouble {0 go to the land : wf‘!:’:’“ too. —_— I musty as it looks. Then comes this ords and other records for infor- h ®Which is why I was all for passin’ |1t was nothing more than a package | before you look info his purple depths | T2Und think wrapped in a faded green | mation, about analostan jsjand bed Jup this Sunday evenin' supper party |which came by express.” be sure that you are wise enough and & oy too clean. T o o Ty e myself. _We're generally asked, of Not a bomb, 1 hope” has been lying under your eyes since unwinds that slow and ca says Mr.| strong enough to bear what you may | i} ful and urse, ‘being Such near i the next thing we know she y : ! O e A Batistlings Mrs. Tol| ) o1 ‘srnat oty days dhe. T Madnt| f ing up The Purble Bubble. they were opened. You have seen PERGOLA AT GUNSTON HALL. : collects interestin' ‘people. But then |thought of that, ~You see, I haven't ““The Seventh _ s a good <:§$§ffi?fi.§' e e e —— — ——— again she's Jdst o AN oI Tt s L an oversized Christmas tree decora- { When Tony Rodier ran it as a pleas- | \irs. John Mason. The Rambler, in or- [could a man do with the oar at the|of the District. Poor's management ° of nuts. You never can tell. IUs her{ “What remarkable self-restraint!"| .. o eer! € s | h § n L " way of keepin’ in fouch with the pro- lsays Garry. Why haven't you, may 1 A'["“",":wh ;::H'*n:“on folds the fet- tion. Only it don’t seem to be J\m{ur place. and vou went over the % p of the island made it a popular resort der to give grace and tone to his other extremit i pop I ‘camble,” will here present Mr. War-| In a “rambie” written about ten :’_::n;.xml\ Ivh.-r(‘. would gather ”"i - & as f N e the subject of the Eastern Yo people of Georgetown and den and let him speak as follow B R iry whe discussed. 1t was| Washington and spend hours in dan Bins B os the Penn- iNE the quadrille. juncers and Vir- 4 written that “as you crot T will see inid reel The gay picnickers would nia Avenue br reach the island by way of High ; ordinary glass. Y coul <t {16 a foot race or a base ball game | fessional bunch she used to know |ask Aol e ST ter and stares vague across the tabic| SISTRRTY, Elase. Wou could almost|lf o ke laland was under leass to when she Was & concert singer. —I didn’t dare.” says Sally. “And : e e 6 . and yet you co A ¢ SR Lo low about duckin' tonight™ I now I suppose I must tell you some- |3t nobody in particular. he's SOME | quite. And it's a gorgeous shade |the Columbia Athletic Club, yet it asked Vee. thing about it. Well. then, this was— | Suell reader. Il say. Got 4 ¥olce|or purple. Kind of had the crowd be that all you know about the| Ansiostan Isiand. the seat of George Masan - P Vi i »: a8 e 1i a could written @ para- |ie situated in the Potomac ver opposite But I've said we would go." save | presume you would call'it an ante- | (™, g 1hat sort of tingles vour | Eanaies caugne 1o Lo the tavle and most of that would be | Georgetown, and rontuins nearly seventy acres. | SY1V Vee. ‘“Besi I rather want to meet | mortem legacy. Anyway, it was sent ‘andles caught it. a : 2 e : boat of fude comstruction, awkardis here and there at low tide a rotting g : oy B this Miss Bolton._ . They eay she's|by my Uncle Cyrus who is still liv- | sPine and majes you fec aunost 29| g1 Kur TS e s oty | D ol wnen Strect wharf. now the foot of Wiscon- awfully clever! She came on from|ing At least, he was when he sent i say “How curiou Miss Bolton, solemn. says Garry. “And 3 (ar each extumitys | slimy pile. You may see several of sin avenue, ‘and there embark on a affords & wafe I Them in a ragged line at varying dis-{lurge flat scow, which was operated i lin in the next room. i iec v " e of 200 yi Denver and hasmade a great hit. you | the package. And I may as well con- | Vi e o e dtady savE 3 it might be a piece of | If vou were talking with & man |and the mainiw lance Ol s Gen. | tances from each other and by their)by means-of s:pulley rope, fastened know, as one of the Greenwich Village | fess that he is an eccentric old man.| Yof & minute ol y Tyrian ware, hundreds of years old." |\ 14 (he subject of Analostan ISland | saseh i the oo of R hten [mmces LEODMS ! S EOPE Suuien : ) 2 sear, Pefor|aid you can trace a line from the to a la gl polé on the island and u con T aoule 85 2175 | toor of Kentucky venue to a piace on |SITIAT pole on the deorgetown side, siderable show of confidence. “Oh, | fle ‘island i now connccied With the wain: | the opposite shore at the foot of ure seekers acfoes by means of this © 1 know all about the island.|land by am artincial mound or causeway which | yo0 P00 "onyo ol pijes mark the s ‘,imw - . . o word, but just gawps at her as if ‘It e m tha thousand.” PI ) Gother obbed hair female who'll [ ALv2YS has been. I hadmi heard|neyq all ‘been hypnotized. Garry |, ((NES gl o c A @ thousan wear & Batik smock and drop CiEar: | I Ynew o him he had gone eut io | BlsS is the first (o break the spell. | ke Gl Mhow can vou tenz ette ashes in her soup. I expect”|Culifornia to join @ colony of theo- | YOS TIENE KIOWC, | .. . . . |asks dirs Robert “What a rummy old codger. El Kut.|am gure’ came up, you would say, With a con- | the erection of t 2 know.” says she. “Dut {7, ve lived here all my life, and 1| Feune porpose of siopine (e carfent on tiaof a_toll bridge authorized and built | Well. friends. et us get hack (0 Da- used te go over there on picnics.” | side of the island and thereby increasing the in 17 d partially bu;fl:?“ ‘:“’ “";.:'de Baillic Warden before the whistle Then, if you were called on to write | 1¢PIR of the water in the Geotgetown chanuel. | Americans in August. 1814, when 1 blows. He giid of the Mason home, an ay on the island. that es s e e T o amaove. guapiily | Was believed that the British invaders | which from ite foundation and r would be like thisS—or a8 this— | of jee that forced itewlf down sfter a sudden would cross the Easiern branch atimaining wails seems to have been a it large madses of that point. It was restored by the very large and costly structure, that leays I ¢ sophists. “Well, 'so long as it isn't your soup, |~ ., " ne G i nat do you care?” demands Vee, |, Oh. vem’ breaks in Garry. “At|.p,perfectly bully: But T say.[“ g1l right” says Mr. Robert. ‘Let's| ides, 1 haven't been out of the “That was the place. I believe | Sally. what did you do with the|get on with the test. What do we Rouse for two days & must say the|8ays Sally. “And he took ail his|thing? crowd looked lot tamer than usual.|MOney with him. which was a bitter . 4 do_next?” 1 brought it with me” says| Either Sally Bolton is as good an Miss Bolton. actress as they say she is, or this|which is it? thiaw und blow to my family. I-have heard [Mi T oA 3 e - N he o2 green jerera - | miidy bott orcetown channel has ! totl chonmany owning It and was set]'the house.of % stple and neat form, o e ey CounP Ciub set, who dont|them discuss it They were much| Good work’ wvs Garry. “Lels| pubble smapt was beginnin i puc the i (St N R oo o "the | e bt lite g b the < o okt from & steamboat |18 Situated ‘neac that side o€ the is- go in for anythi wilder- ~ than | disappointed. And that i one reason | (rY b out R R Lo eg | TP -sht" saya she, mever taking | watery Potomac, siceping all untrou- | (L3 tausgny Custls Bropoued 1o 0bm 21 (it is believed the Dandy) in ”""'p".'.'('f."‘f""" commands a view of the . bridge ‘drgies, difiper -danees, or 3 emme.to-New York and.tried i, q; =00, 470 = > | her eyes off it “Reverence for EI Kut. | bled by the traffic thunders of Water | FG5L 00 "0t ik "were ‘Tormerls” from early forties and was not rebuilt. The | COIOWMAC . tha Presidents =—Houee, s’ veard fi:“;_— Then “there | 1o.be an actroan.” O *pleasé, Sally: puts in Mrs. | Do not speak, please. And there is |strect—all unrufied bi the trucks | niiees i wens <% feer of water o thin| CO8 Y SSHOTS O N gee jower | CAPItol and - Sther buildings. The wu.hmk-nm’ . pufty-faced Hun- . Ty, *I|Robert. ‘It would be such fun.|too much light, too much.” that shake and quake the bridge— | cagnel. Near the el of the vear 1410 it SECRCULCR S0 0 a0 Veapped its | Wanhed by the weatere of ipich 1 are t Rl cello: | 4t e £ 1nte ¥ | Where is itz “Just a moment,” ays Mrs. Rob- e e NN A “Why, I- left - it upstairs” -saysiert. Jump‘i‘n‘hun "l";nd punchin’ out the 24 2 it i ¢ fur coat.|dome switc “There s Dt I “Better.” says Miss Bolton. two candles here, before me. may blow out the others. It is now tent of Ilderim. EL there. gentle reader, lies the fair [ was proposed fo island gem of Analostan. There, in bygone davs that are no more. When sunsets were more golden and Luna a silverier silver ttan in these drab garian _ who' e Jhis_cello; Bk e Also this tall, gracerul | almost forgotten that I had an Uncle young lady with the big brown eyes) CYTus, when this mysterious box ar- | OF Bonrae, 1w sty to bone 1t ut and all the brown hair, I anile oa better 161 aat | the letter said. vou know. that I “That's Miss Boltén,” whispers Vee. | Bil} ynderstand better If 1 read it.] 08 J0UET SMC, Io0nore ™ Without it “The one Garry is talking to so| Moy d to b ; | Yes, 1 know I'm absurd, But I-fold|as it was in the earneathy.” P 20 Mise Boltop fishes this square, | you how queerly I bad felt since the | KUt. I am reads. [ am prepared to “Tewell, well'® says L - “Nothing|so Miss Bolton fishes this square.|You | e VP11 get 1fed o It in | Bee What may be shown to me. freaky sbout Mer. (3Kind of easy to|Burple lined envelope out of her mesh | package ‘eame. T1L Eet, ufed fo 1t 1N { "With that she spreads the oid veil ook at TNl saysh-is bag. ‘There is neither date nor placs | time. | suppose. But just mow = | vor 'her head, covers the purple “Isn't she!” says Vee. nd Garry |indicated.” says she, “but it is post- She spreads ou A bubble witk it, and rests her elbow seems to agree with us. marked from Cody, Wyo. And here smile. on the zable as if she was waitin “Oh, him,” says 1. “He'll be call-|is what it says: T know,” sa watch%il. MayLe you don’t think it ing her Dearie in a minute. I won-| ‘‘‘My Dear Niece: T am lcaving man | thing has gotten on . And |\ us /eird, there in that big dim din- der will be get away with it.” and the haunts of man—forever. 1am | the only Way to get it off is to open | "% o “iith hyr head wrapped up T couldn't tell, for durin’ supper 1| £0i0g up into the mountains to be the box and sce what's inside. Per- | th ¢ way and ali (\e rest of us holdin’ was at the other end of the table alome—until the deliverance. As you haps the old boy was just trying to|,/r breath and stietchin' our necks. from ‘em. 1t was one of Mrs. Bob's 'know. I am the seventh Cyrus, and pul one over on you Come mow!!{ven Mr. Robert, who's about as surprise suppers. Everything cooked |the ldst. You are the seventh. Sally You're Loo sensible to take any stock [stodgy a party as you could dig up, is in Spanish style—little fish fried in starin’ earnest. As far me, I begun paper bags. cggs messed up with wonderin' if there way anything to this thought readin’ K(u\ artical means and to remose the <oft bottom | trade.” That later bridge was the|is orpamented with a_variety of by increasing the velocity of the water. For Navy Yard bridee, which was a tolltrees and shrubs, in the midst of of This plan. engagiog te pay the sum of | Bridge Company, incorporated by an|beautiful verdure.” He tells that in July, 1811, Mrs. Mason “gave a rural dance (o 'the friends and acquaint- ances of her sgn at the eve -of his | departure for, France. Though tha. weather had been extremely warm during the day. in the evening thera was a us breeze. The young people d on the lawn. Tea, fresh “and preserved e presented to the guests, r walked about, conversing ently admiring the dancing un- der (he shade of the trees. illuminat- ed by lamps Which were half ob- scured by Ghe. Bright light of the 1 moon. The summer Rouse is shaded by vak and linden trees, the coolness and tranquillity . of* which invite to contempiation. The refreshing breezes ; ham and tomatoes. and a salad full| ouid she of menhpoopemk And. of courr«)i Mrfl see ’in zg:u zlaa;xlgbn w\at wa'. goin’ obert had shaken up a couple o on inside our heads? ne. for in- Toands for them that wasn't o the stance? ‘Gosh: And would she start wagon. Kind of stiff ones. I judge tellin’ it all, sight out 14d?> Wha from the lively ehatter that followed. was 1 thinkin’ of, unyway? And how Anyway. everybody seemed to be would it sound if it was reported ac- gay and lively. All except Miss Bol- | Cirgte? \ . But we waits and waits and noth ing happens. You could hear folks breathin’ heavy, and now and then lettin’ out a deep sigh. One or two wiggled in their chairs. Vee got a little nervous and was bitin' her fin- ger nails. As for Garry Bliss, he's gazin' steady at Miss Boiton with his pop eyes, his thick undelip twitch- in" like & rabbits nose. All any of us could see of her., though, was her shoulders. They were still and steady at first, but later on they begun liftin’ und droppin’ as if her breath was coming deep and jerky. I can't say whether that went on for five minutes or fifteen. It seemed a long time. Twice Mrs. Robert had 1o shoo out a maid who came buttin® in. Some of the women got fidgety. One had to smother her giggles in & napkin. Another took up sniffin'. The end of my nose started to itch. Then all of a sudden Miss Bolton lets out something that's half way ; | 7 1 . Letween u sob and a groan, snatches | | . i ved vy | Ispects Nursing Work cears—when girls wore curls and |3$5.000 for its execution with the guarantee of (act of - Congress, approved by g 2:.‘;‘!{;&;{]‘2:“(‘;;;:-‘; ?fi‘."’;‘..’m'é'fl"’é’f %lushed a blush behind a fan if you | It durafion for the space of two vears. 1f| president Madison, February 28, 1819, - e e rome har Facaiadle of | gaia there was a good show at the | &t (i eaplration of this time there ronained The Eastern Branen ferry was be-| . Fer Twelve Countries: I -d from Third Pag: of the Potomac. the gentle murmur- ing of its waters against the rocks, the warbling of birds and the mourn- ful aspect of weeping willows inspire a thousand various sensations. What a delicious shade—ducere salicitae Jucunda oblivia vitae! As the Rambler reads that eloguent and classic outburst, he thinks Dave meant o say. “Oh, sweet &hade of trees. that-leadeth one to joyous for- getfulness of lifel” You know. it was an old-time custom to throw in & bunch of Latin in a discourse or u letter. It is a habit which men havas i nat outgrows. Two words of Latin, satis eloquentiae. sapientiae parum, will floor an ordinary man. . There s a time when if a fellow knew two Latin phrases, and knéw them wrong. and had never learned any- thing else. the crowd at the village store_or cross-road post office made wuay for him, and maintained respect- ful silence. He .could talk ZLatin, ther¢fore he was a learned man! That superstition has not altogether passed away. 1sto quod exse videris! And sutis superque! Vale it hd W 88 PORCH AT HOLLIN HALL. AR A<D aBd AEDs folded arms. Comique, or a square piano has four ' prnch to Georgetown they were to receive tween the sites of these bridges. In - 9 o legs. Ah! my friends, then chivalry|an additional sum of $2.000; otberwise to ex-fthe earliest mention of this ferry by, Sallys® says Mrs. Robert.|anq beauty, with a snuffbox in many [pend from their own funds. for other neces:|which the Rambler has found it was = == vlv"l;:t:;:r;:';hzg:u;‘x'(‘;r.flut e ,,o.'.k‘.,!_l "‘,‘,’,P",'é\"‘.,".,‘,Z‘J’,‘J‘L‘}“i'dfi sary labors, a sum not exceeding $3,000. called Wheeler's ferry and lheul Dyer's | might shydder to impose upon ani- « o toe toluthel merty S v Mr. Warden wrote that Analostan |ferrys Laier-it wes called Naylor and | mals, as they were' not permitted Bolton cxcept jerky shoulder mo- [stately minuet—and, bending low, he | | ME, Warden wrote that, Avelosian | ChuR ST L YO8 or ‘bousht Tal- | (o lend. » > 2 tions, pressed his lips upon her hand: That | B 80C SoChc 0 na" said that in|berts interest and for many vears it . “Tell us” ingists Mr. Robert, “did a,uymma:::-d l;xre‘n‘}i%‘:xchl(l'll,ell'rerl?:"‘:: Searching for water & mass of Trées|was known &s Naylor's ferry. Duke Itis a message c:»gmlluu I bring o 814 you see anything? Could you|Washingions herddioliery, \"ine | was discovered at a depth of ffteen |de la Rochefoucault-Liancourt, writing [ back to’ the American women who 4 IOAd snys oncoithoughtat B brought from England!" | feet. Gen, Mason instructed a Work: in 1797 of his travels through the|labored so conscientiously on the Bed # Ottt don moans Miss Bolton. | PRIOKS WA Jt & little shy on meat. | man, Bryan Dufty, to cut through|ynited States in the years, 1795, 1796 ¢ ‘ S e Cross baby layettes. These have been ) < When | them. .After having removed several | ”1s"G% “But sce here,” says Mr. Robert, b bser- Who bullt it, who trees of large dimensions, Duffy; ac made the following obse When was the mansion built, “YOU~YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ton, who had been expected to be the life of the party. She just sits there quiet and dreamy-eved. Finally Garry, in that penetratin® drawl of his, ealls attention to the fact Bolton out of her trance “Really I've talked myself hoarse, and all to no effect No wonder, then,” says Mr. Rob- ert. “You would put the spell of wilence on any one, Garry. have him gagged Miss Bolton” Then she shrugs her stunnin’ | ¥ have been in something of w daze ever since morning. rather an odd experience. Attendez vous! Order in the court!” sings out Garry, rappin’ on a finger bowl with his coffee spoon. “Miss Bolton is going to give us a real thrill.” “Oh, no'™ says she, pleadin’. “I had not intended to say a word about it 1—I don't know that I should." “Why, Sally'" protests Mrs. Robert “Is that fair 1o the curious sex? Tell me, at least, or else I shall stay awak. half the night.” And what abont. the rest of us”' ARE ASKING. I—PVE SEEN ENOUGH.” 1 am sending to you now |in this mystic stuff. Her: all that T have which is worth send- | among friends and all that sort of se—El Kut. t called it The Purple Bubble, Sckis Seiet thisy 3 came to be mine is too long a story, “‘Pleage, wWop't some one bring Sally | but for nine years it has been in my ' This much, however, you Many generations ago El Kut was owned by Sheik Iiderim, who ruled over more desert tribes in Arabia than —I almost wish I dared” says s he. | possession. should know. ‘Of course insists Mr. “Torchy, run up and get the r Miss Bolto she protests. be sensible,’ “You're not man of his He ruled wisely and well, and the secret of his wisdom and strength as You will fin shoulders and puts over that fasci-|box of wild ass skin. natin’ smile of hers. “I'm sorry if I| am more stupid than usual’ savs| «he. “I hoped mo one would notice |psychic As & matter of fact. though, I, hall 1 \ frald of some trinket that a crazy old uncle has Come, are you?” says Miss Bolton, Whether or not it will be of use to vou depends whoily on the development of your 5 “All right, then, Torchy,” says Mr. Robert, givin' me the nod. I must say, though. that after all this spooky talk. and hearin’' her read that nutty letter so impressive, I feit kind of creepy when I unrolled this | express package from her fur coat. Or maybe I just imagined I did. commonplace eno except that the written in purple ink and the twine wrappings are fustened with big gobs 1 lugs it down and | buts it on the table in front of Miss | Out of the dinin’ room and upstairs. Sally you should be a peychic. haps you are not aware that you are one, or it may be that environment | has'dulled your spirit. You will know time comes to make —I've had | 1 Kut until you are old enough and wise enough o use his power. Cover your head with the green veil in which El Kut { is wrapped, then look with fear and | reverence into The Purple Bubble, reveal to you the secret houghts of any person you may call h lookin' on the of sealin' wax. “that's what we been waiting for. How are we going to know whether you did or not?’ “How? ys she, liftin' her head an&l starin’ about wild. “How can you ask?" “Then you did read some of our thought: ays Garry Bliss. “Whose?” “And what were they?” adds Mrs. Robert. “Ugh!” says Miss Bolton. “You—you don’t know what you are asking. I— I've seen enough. Too much. And for fear I might be tempted to look again— She stops, shudders, and the next thing we knew she has grabbed the purple bubble, shuved back her chair, stepped over to the fireplace and smashed El Kut- {nto a thousand pieces on the hearth. While all we can do is gasp. “There!” says she. ‘“That toy of Satan is finished, I hope. And now I—please, may I stay here all night? 1 can’t talk to any one. }—I'm feeling rather faint.” She looked it. In fact, if Mr. Robert hadn’'t jumped and caught her 1 don’t know but she'd have slumped on the floor. Garry Bliss tried to help, | too, but she pushed him away. Not you!" says she. “Don’t touch me So Mr. Robert anq Vee helped her “By Jove!" says Garry. “That was If this be a gift or a curse “Shall I unbutton it?” I asks, To me it has bsen— 1 do not know. ducin® my pocket knife. Well, that does not matter. eom| Garry. “Oh, come' Be kind." it really,” protests Miss Bolton, old man, and weary. <ut as you would a rare jewel. *you might ot hipk it-worth while. | that it goes wherever you 80. And But guard Fl weird enough, eh” “Say.”” 1 whispers, nudgin’ him, if I was a | ‘Yyou wasn't bored as much as you dentist standin’ over ber with a pair | expected, were you?’ of shiny pliérs, but finally she mo- tions me to go ahead. Somehow the party seems to break up soon- after t. Nobody wanted didn’t know z and me, we didn't swap a word until after we got home. Torchy did it burn down, was the builder's wife, children did they have, their names, what becam o and what of their descendants? that your answer would perh ‘many | cording “to Warden, “threw ~aside :rnh‘:t wer!g’ his axfi, sawearing that he met huge e of them]Ones with their tops upwards.” He To | says that trees buried at a depth of be] twenty-five and thirty feet had been 4 found at several places on the island. something like this: == = eman]The highest eminence, on which the “Well, you know. f detalls 'with_which I have not _con- cerned myself. I have confined m: researches to the salient points; but if you want all those unimportant things to help fill up the paper. MAY, HCL, writer to Mr. Warden and he ‘) asks his ‘readers please to give par- 1 can tell you a man—who is ni years old and remembers mothing— doubt can tell yousall about. l'!.holn?)ndr\rstand he \l!ed. to sit on the old causeway and fish.” Last weelc the Rambler Tittle_old book wr Baille Warden, printed gt Parisi in 1816, and entitled “A Chorographical’ and Statistical History of the District) 5, 1 56" whom 1'°had. the plessure to of Columbia, the Seat of the Gener: Government of the Unifed States. With | house Etands, according to Mr. War- den, is fifty feet above the level of the river and the common tide rises to a height of three feet. Here the Rambler will turn over ticular attention and. loud applause to the compliment -which Mr. Warden i pays to Mrs. B'.{L;on.tb‘lz’:ter;’[r! w:; told 'you of |have no regard for truth aften = itten by ’DA‘vldI the same thing today. Mr. Warden: 1 can. never forget how delighted I was with my frst visit to this island. he accompany. Jeft thelr carfiage at Georgetown and I walked to' the mansion house under Plans of the Distifét’ @RATa " delicious sbade. The blossoms of the gf’e‘ii"n"r'i’m Capitol.” Does that word | cherry, apple @nd peach trees, of the haw- “chorographic” stun vou? Tt is com-. and talk it over. Maybe they t San hat to say. As for Vee Then she asks: “What do you think Eh? s 1. About El Kut?' says Vee “Huh!” saye 1. “Things like that 1 simply pass up. Might have been all veil to guess that some folks have|m minds that need ohloride of lime on|dl the Virginia Episcopal Theological Seminary, about three miles west of rem.” (Oopyright, 1921, by Sewel) Ford.) hY fragran, thorn and aromatic shrubs filled the air with We found Mrs. Mason at home in the midst of her family composed of nine children.. Twin boys of.a healthy mien and so like each other aa ‘scarcely to be dis. tingulshable were tumbling on the carpet of the saloan, full of joy ard merriment. ~Mrs. Mason has ) southful an eppearance that | strapger might readily suppose her to be the sister of her daughter rather thun her mother. 1f there were nine children, and if a strangeér might readily suppose Mrs. Mason fo be the sister of her daugh- ter, there were eight bovs in.the fam- ily. One of these was James M. Ma- a fake, or it might not. But say, I gon, ode-time United States senator don't need any glass ball and green |fr ?‘ Virginia and Confederate com- oner to England. He lived and at his home, called Clarens, near (= - L vations on the Eastern Branch ferry: | blegsings indeed to the poor, stricken The country from Upper Mariborough to the Eastern branch rises successively. Trom the tobs of the mountains which border the Hust em branch the river Potowmack ls seen far beyond Georgetown and as far as Alexand The Eastern branch 50 seen in ita course for five or six miles and- in short- there is & of the whole site of the new city, the public and private buildings of which may be distinguished as they rise: this view is sublime and beautiful, but sufficiently confined by the heights besond the Potowmack fo‘en- able the eve to embrace the ¥arfous objects of it without being lost in its Immensity. The Pastern bfanch is pamed In a tolerably gopd boat. a little too fiat and a govd deal too small for the quantity of horses which are taken into it. 1 passed fh #his'boat with ten horses and a carriage und was nneasy until I arrived af the other wide. Afteg Laying, cronsed it you enter the federai city, t its site, for at present there are only a few houses o be seen in this capital of the I'nited States, in this metrepolls of .North America. There you pught to get a little pic- ture, somewhat ' dim.. ' perhaps, of'a large scow which served as the ferry boat. . In a paper by Allen C. Clark, president of the Columbia Historical Society. read before that society April 14, 1908, om “The Abraham Young Mansion,” it i written that: The Fastern branch ferry-had ifs whart where is the jntersection -of 14th .street aud Virginia aveiue. From it radiated westerly the rouad to Georgetown, easterly the road to Upper Marlboro, and northerly the road to Bludeusburg. Aquila Wheeler was the ferry- man. - This _advertisement sppears in the Washington Gazette: ‘To be rented to the highest bdder on Saturday, the 15th instant, by he ‘Trustees of the Bitate of Aquila; Wheeier, that well known Ferry and Fivhing Landing with the Tenements beloaging therets, on_the Eastern branch, now in possession of Mr. Vea- Somis Wallaee aad B Asncrbn a7 Hand James Wallace aad B. 434 ¥Ya April 4, 1197 5 The National Intelligencer. in Jul umt_.m{i 1801, carried an 3 ' 3% mogers. They Have been provided in , lary numbers not only to hospitals in such cities as Vienna and Budae pest; where they have proved indis- pensable, but to the Russian ref; In the sunny square at Ragusa, which is.like a bit of Venice, I met a Red Cross nurse with a quantity of these fresh pink and blye flannel garments in her arms., She was carrying these to the bedsides of two Russian refu- gees They had nothing with them and ho money with which to buy mae terials. What a boon and comfort they must have proved to be! The reed for -qualified nurses to meet the widening field of nursing activities.far exceeds the supply. Duf= ing the past few months the Ameri- can Nupses' Association, the National Lepgue gf Nursing Education and thes’ National = Organization for Publie Health Nursing, with the Wx&hn and<assistance of the Ame; Red Cross have been concerned in or= ganizing a movement to iInterest Young women in entering schools of nursing, and hand In hand with this, making an effoft to increase general knowledge on ‘the part of the publio in schools of nursing, end the Sub- jeet. of nursing generally. While America is in great need of nurses, the Red Cross in Its public health nursing service uses-between twelve and, fourtéen h&!:;fied alone. The Eue ropdan eduntriés’ are calling-upon the nu:‘}n‘ profession of 4;::"10- :':u"i- sist in various ways. © opportuni- Bies+in mursi; e vitally mteresting and. should a the very highest . pe of young. womed toenter - the i v % = o - E - & G P A RS de