Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1924, Page 13

‘The Magnificent Ad A Stirring Story of the Northwest. BY EMERSON HOUGH. (Copyright, 1923, by D. Appleton & Co.) then not unusual in the Vir- | kinlan borderlands among settlers and hunters, and not held outre A woman, tall, somewhat angular, | among & people 50 often called to the dark of hair and eye, strong of fea- | IA8¢ OF 10 War. arehe S .mng, His tunic was of dressed deer hide, a now Approachi®® his well-itting leggings also of that middle 8 & out over the lmaterial.. His feet were covered with long, trec-clad slopes that ran down | MOCCAsing, although his hat and the from the gallery front of the man- “‘L‘“T“;":f at hl;-h‘nx-“-\k were ‘lhulll(;cofl sion house » gate e dis- L s a_practical n house to the gate at th i 5ld heve aid. for A6 tant roadway. She had sat thus for ment of any sort to be seen some moments, many moments, her | ubon his garb " In his hand he car- & iotoaae fead e SRR RIS ong rifle of the sort then used gaze intentiy fixed, as though about. At his belt swung the ing for something—something o | hide of a raccoon, the bodies of a some one that she did not now few |r|\nrr(;'l.~ 1 but expected soon to sec, H 1d You been a close observer, you ut expected soon 1o & . .| would have found each squirrel shot It was late afternoon of a day so|fair through the beautitul that not even old Albe- |look into the gray e marle, beauty spot of Virginia, ever ! Paced youth would h: DProduced one more beautiful—not in | the hundred years preceding that day, | nor in the century since then. Forj . : this was more 2 hundred years | pu, et thatllana or i 2 1o w grand y ago; and what is now an ancient | : y here. straig land was then a half opened region, rd-bitten of mu tled o here and there by the Rndipract: great plantations of the well-to-do s heredity— The house that lay at the summit o the long and gentle slope, Hanked s wide galle —its flung his brow. While he was not opening it from front to re yet elehteen, the gravity of man- saze as one approuch naiboosowan dun. jo comfort a | He did not emile now, rudo comfort and a ihis mother sitting ther: with the gentry of t i t for his Place, It was the privilege f the Widow Lewls to liked. but her hat 8f tdlene « poseful acceplance of S He showed in her motlonless, lin the chair did not start awa; ned position. She was patient, asexclamation came from the women are; but her strong e mouth of the face now turned to- edom’ from material support, her | ward him. Ividently the nerves of restrained power to do or these two were not of the sort readily gave her the look of thing more than r ; young man's mother thing o than paticnce. A Strong not speak figure of u woman, one would #d up her o d had one her, ng on the ! wi upor hundred in advance of his skill with his weapons—you would have known that to be natural with him. You would not soon have found as the announce- his presence W right. The strong figure - e Widow down at the ga with yearnin h ten ) o feet arm across aid > L again now, . with which the ti w came toward no more s 21 it ¢ showed who a sz Ter |t f s neck white beneath after i Tat 3 of an clad in t 15 erne,” » used th lllIlIllHI|||III|lllllllIlIIIIIlIlIllllfllll]lIlllllllIIIIlI|HlllJIlllll!l!lllllllllllllll]lll]fll]llfllllllIIIIIIIIlIl|“lIIIl|I|I|I|I|II|l|l|lIlII;fllfllllllI|IlllllIlIlIlIlIlIlHIIIIlIlllllllllllIlIlIIIIlIIIlllHIlIIIIIIIIIIH'3 AMOCO-GAS ~ users are true €conomists-.- | farm.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1924, Elizabethan vowel, as one should pro- ounce “bird,” with no sound of “u" “Mairne,” the name sounded as she spoke it. And her voice was full and rich and strong, as was her son's; musically strong. “I am always waiting for you, Merne,” said she. “But I long ao learned not to expect anything else of ou.” She spoke with not the least reproach in her tone. “No, I only knew that you would come back in time, because you told me that you would.” “And you did not fear for me, then —gone overnight In the wood: o half smiled at that thought himself. “You know I would not. I Know you, what you are—born woodsman, No.'T trust you to care for yourself in any wild country, my son, and to come back. And then—to go back again into the forest. When will it be, my son? Tomorrow? In two s, or four, or &ix? Sometime you will go to the wilderness again.” It draws you, does it not?" She furned her head slightly to- ward the west, where lay the forest from which the boy had but now emerged. He did not smile, did not deprecate. He was singularly ma- ture in his actions, though but eigh- teen vears of age. “I did not desert my duty, mothel said he at length. “Oh, no, you would not do that, Merné!” returned the widow. “Plense, mother,” sald he suddenly, “I want you to call me by my_ full name—that of your people. - Am I not Meriwether, 002" The hand on his forehead ceased itsgentle movement, fell to its own- ‘s 1ap. A sigh passed his mother’s my son. Meriwether." his Is the vou, then, it seems? do not wish to be my boy any longer? You are a man altogether, then?" “I am Merlwether Lewis, mother," said he gravely, and no more. Yes - absently. mus- ¢x weret” estward, clear across the Mountains,” said the youth. ‘These”—and he pointed with con- tempt to the small trophies at his belt—“will do for the darkies at the stables. 1 put yon old ringtall up a tree last night, on my way home, and thought it was as well to wait till dawn, til T could see the riflesights; and afterward—the woods were beau- § tiful today. As to the tralls, even if | there Is no trail. I know the back ou know that, mother. ow that, my som, ¥ You | were born for the forest. T fear I shall not hold you long on this quiet “All in time, mother! T am to stay here with vou until T am fitted to go higher. You know that Mr. Jefferson has said to me. 1 am for Washing- s—for on_ will yme still higher place. father's friend, and is that you will go to . my son” sald /his ier; 1 do_mot know. But will| you stay there? The forest will call ! to vou all your life—all your life! Do I! not know you, then? Can I not see vour life—all your life—as plainly as if i 3 Do T not know—your around at ; gain, unsmilingl , mother? What ju_ know? Tell me—about my- Then 1 will tell you also. shall see how we agree as to 1 am and what I ought to do! My son. it is no question of what vou ought to do, for that blends too closely in fate with what you surely will do—must do—because it was —_— will you come back.” that will which never would bend for me or for any one else in the world!” | came from him, your father. T thank He remained motionl; unaffected, as his m Some people think that because they can get a gallon of gasoline for a few cents less than they would have to pay for a gallon of AMOCO - GAS they’re getting more for their money. But are they? After all, what are they buying—gallons or miles on the speedo- meter—so much liquid or so much per- formance—measure or money’s worth? That's why AMOCO-GAS users are the true economists. They look beneath the surface of the first cost—first im- pression—and they profit by more miles, more power, more speed, greater flexi- bility. Plus the undeniable fact that AMOCO-GAS eliminates carbon. THE AMERICAN OIL CQ The American Oil Company General Offices: Baltimore, Md. 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YThe wilder- | brought yoy to me—I can see her ness is your home. You will go out | black face grinning now—she carried into it and return—often; and then|you held by the feet instead of lying Yes, 1 am at last you will go and not come baok | on her arm. “That was well enough, for later|all cost God 1 did not glve you that, know- ing what life must hold for you in suffering! e sufferes as you wil. And were always old, up, always resolved, G STREET BETWEEN ™ & 12* STREETS, NW \ "lwmnlmmmw””””flmmmmmm»rumunmmmiflflflmnwmmmmnmm A Beyond all other men, | steadily out beyond him, as If lock- | heavier and heavie ing into his future; but she herself|{t alone, untii at last it will be te You were better named Cassandra, | sat, her stiong face composed. She|much for you. Your strong heart Yet the young man scarce mlx)‘:b. indeed, have been a prophetess | will break. You will lle down and ,old. Merne, ‘Tragedy is yours, my son’ said|my boy—such a man as you will You stood, you were | sooth a prophetess, my son. I see|she, slowly, ‘not happiness. No|be!" again—not to me—not to any one|so strong! Your hair was dark and |ahead as only & mother can see—|woman will ever come and lie in full even then. You were old! In|perhaps as only one of the old High-|your arms happy and content.” The youth did not move as she sat, | two weeks you turned where you[land blood can see. hands on his head. Her voice [ heard a sound—you recognized sight|and soothsayer, because you are blood went on, even and steady. will suffer even now. a phophetess, all too I am soothseer The boy nodded now. She paused, but still he did not|son, it is no time ago I ceased fo oppose that will | speak. be youl 3 of yours—I knew that it was useless. K g But, ah, how 1 have loved that will | we were left alone. But your father | bright as ‘the when 1 felt it was behind your prom- | was in you. Do I not know well|you will drive vourself. I knew you would do what you | enough where you got that settled | means to you in agony—what that|born boy! You will love—why should had set for yourself to do. I knew | melancholy of yours, that despond- [ means when your will you would come back with deeds in|ency, that somber grief—call it what|the unalterable and the inevitable— Your hand, my boy—gained through | you 'llke—that marked him all his|I wish—oh, life, and cven in his death? That|it: But 1 do seo it now, all laid out o me—all, all! nds fall from his|you could not fafl; hut always the . s as she gazed|load on your shoulders’ will' grow (Contin of die. Such a fate for you, She sighed, shivered and ‘Mother! spoken alo He half flung off her hands, but she [ * sud in som “Well, then, go on' or and sound together, as mno child|of my blood, bone of my bone, and|laid them again more firmly on his| withdrew her hands rre You are old, Merlweéther Lewis!| usually does for months. You were|I cannot help but know. It is time, now. You are a man.|beautiful, my boy, so strong, so|help but know what that melancholy | If half in reverie, half In trance,|gazing stralght on over the You always were a man! You were | straight—ah, yves!—but you mever|and that resolution, all these com-|looking down the long slope of green | flecked slope before them. born old.” You never have been a|were a boy at all. When you should | bined, must spell for you. boy, and never can be one. You never | have been a baby, you did not weep | how his heart was racked at times?" | the years. were a child, but always a man.|and you did not smile. I never knew ‘When you were a baby, you did not | you to do so. From the first, you smile; when you were & boy, you al- | always were a man.” was had your way. My boy, a long 1 cannot | shoulders, and went on speaking, as|ders. The faces of hot path for you. You will succeed, yes— | knows—she knows!" INVENTORY SALE B g In order to have our stocks as low as possible at inventory time, we have arranged this three-day Before-Inventory Sale, with prices re- duced to unexpectedly low flgures. Not only do we aim to clear out all winter apparel. but we have taken decided reductions on much that 1s new and of the advance spring modes. Quantities are limited; shop early. Before-Inventory Sale of Crepe de Chine Blouses Slip-overs in lovely colors. Beaded and em- broidered. Formerly $7.95 to §12.95 $5.85 Glove Silk Bloomers Fully cut and rein- forced. Flesh, orchid, black, navy and henna. fox and other rich furs. $2.5 Formerly $225.00 to $300.00 Formerly $2.50 $1.50 Before-Inventory Sale of Many Beautifully Fur Trimmed 12 High-grade Coats, of the season’s most favored pile fabrics. Collars and cuffs, and some also with bor- ders of kit fox, viatka squirrel, golden beaver, platinum Before-Inventory Sale of Brushed Wool Sweaters ‘ Brown, tan and gray. | Mohair with collars and an = wide flare sleeves. Formerly $5.95 and $6.95 $2.65 Chamoisuede Gauntlets with em- . All the new shades. . Formerly $1.95 18 Winter Coats, featuring the most approved sil- 95¢ houettes. Collared with fox, dyed squirrel or beaver. Silk Nightgowns Crepe de chine, elab- orately lace trimmed. Peach, orchid and flesh. Formerly $5.00 $3.95 Formerly $135.00 to $195.00. 35 Fur-trimmed Coats, in dressy or sport models. Straightline or wrappy effects. Smartly lined. Formerly $85.00 to $95.00 10 Susts in two or three-piece models. Just one of Purses and Vanities Some of leather: others beaded, with draw-string tops. Formerly $2.95 to $3.95 $1.45 each style. Shown in various novelty fabrics. Jersey Petticoats With sateen Persian flounces. Also some of Tussah. All colors Formerly §2.95 Formerly $110.00 to $195.00 95 Suits of tricotine or twill. Simply tailored, or em- broidery or stitching trimmed. Navy and black. Formerly $35.00 to $45.00. .. ... Earrings and Beads Many smart novelties; some with metal effect: Very new. Formerly $1.00 Before-Inventory Sale of Chiffon Silk Hosiery $1.25 Formerly $2.00 600 pairs of fine, pure thread silk, reinforced with lisle tops. A quality you will seldom find duplicated at our Before-Inventory price. Beige, peach, nude, sunset, gunmetal and black. Before-Inventory Sale of Springtime Hats $4.65 Advance styles that will lead the mode in the height of the spring season. And a marvelous variety at such a low price. Milans, Timbos, Tagals, Silk and Straw Combinations and many others. ' Before-Inventory Sale of Spring Dresses $10 Some of these have just recently come to our racks, yet their prices have been deeply reduced to include in the Before-Inventory Sale. 150 dresses of spring fabrics in spring styles. Jerseys, flannels, poiret twills, crepe de chines, cantons, satins and prints. Another Remarkable Group Dresses as fresh and new as springtime itself, each one intended to be sold at a much }fig}ler price. Twill, charmeen and the newest 518 .00 silks, in the season's favored colors ......' == 13 You will carry looked about her, led. ax ‘° she had a id, and shoul- re now gold- n Go on, You know | and gold as if it showed the vista of | you are a man. I know you will not o 3 turn back from what you undertake, ‘You will love, my boy, but with|You will not change, you will not “Phen know how your own must|your nature how could love mean |turn—because you cannot. You were be racked in turn!” sald she. “My|happiness to you? Love? No man|born to carn and not to own; to find, ordinary fate that will | could love more terribly. You will [ but not to possess. But as you hav You will go forward at|be intent, resolved, but the firmness |lived, so vou will die.” you will keep your word|of your will means that much more| “You give me no long in your belt— |suffering for you. You will suffer, 7 the youth, What that | my boy—I see that for you, my first- | twinkls in his eve. shrift, with a “How can 12 1 can only tell you set against | you not, a man 8t to love and be|what is In the book of life. ioved by any woman? But that love, | not know? A mother always loves 1 wish I could not see|the stronger it grows, will but burn | her son; 0 it takes all her courage vou the deeper. You will struggle |to face what she knows will bo his Oh, ‘Merne—may | through on your own path: but hap- [lot. Any mother can read her son's ll you Merne once more be- | piness does not lie at the end of that|future—if she dares to read it « T let you go?' let “her ha Do I She