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The Evening World Daily Magazine, Tuesday, January 5, “An International Marriage’ at Weber's a Dismal Failure. ‘BY CHARLES DARNTON. wod_orr be tmpossible to ring the praises, much less the bells, of “An International Marria, George Broadhurst, at Weber's Theatre last night. Tt may be violating the pleasant traditions of the “society column’ to say “Han International Marriage” proved a dismal failure, but thts confession may be, “good for the souls of playwrights who follow the ne \empitalized romance. After “A Man from Home” Mr, Broadhurst's play has not papers in their quest for. “qe the excuse of comedy to give It anything that approaches freshness, and by | it mixing farce with his comedss tho author only makes a bad matter wore. Buthors who write for ‘royalties’ believe there is general Interest in the th obdare subject of International marriages y not give us something new? this sort of play almost played out? "The Man from Home" has definite Tpeatly expressed the point of view beloved of all “good” Americans that nothing food can come out of Europe, and that an .! ghér is)as good as she thi The hume .#omewhat trying, even though it may be thorot © Ftp, Digby Bell found hi “Aching head of the family rican gitl with dollars to back of this sort of y “patriotic.”* nersel thing {3 always on the day after Christmas. He was a self-made jlaundryman, Bennington Brent, from Nebraska, with a daughter whose head had heen turned by a “dook" in Warhington, and he was willing to pay any ‘; «Price to make ev ome out in the h. Life to him was a patent , wringer. In talking about it b xhausted the whole laun list of words. Hea slpoked a man in the shirt-front. His phrases were carefully starched, though not highly polished. He re > with the cas r time to had noth- and £0 he lissertations 0 , Vaths and other 4 while the plot hung up to dry subjects tand was A Mr. Bell did with a devotion ¢ cause, Oveasionally the hin a vin which atlantic mar: explained, Was so sure a borlo nN across at divided the first and second It was the his hou whut It ee ever er. lie was a determined, ted "“dook" with an uncon. nse of humor, but Mr. William ok him ve seriously and wasn't ofraid A touch of distinct verformance by Mr, as the Arch nthe t € Hastings, ud lorence an who waking: wite of a Ger 1 get a title and larry Cheistine Norman as Florence Brent, afterward a divorce, and then tho “dook.” ‘This waa necessa 4 tH , a Digby Bell as Brent Fass teenie the daggiwouldn't permit the ‘“dook" to marry a commoner, and because t red In the face wen a morganatle sted John Be Murphy, who played the German Count, w Stor that you re compelled to admire Florence's courage {nm aid ) a might happen to the divorce, but happ ered on time, lorence was making he 'f at home the Archduke's castle and geting “petdy for her real wedding when along x@ame.an emotional lady in brown with @n interesting dit of news, As soon as sho could get her breath she explained that ehe was the “dook's'’ wife. Amd that 7 Wasn't ail, No, indeed! There was ehild, “Such a handsome, sturdy bo exclaimed the fond mot! waxing en- usiastic, hat settled the “dook." Florence {m- metiately transferred her affections to john Oglesby, a young Congressman m Nebraska, who had won fame asa Uf, club orator, Only a moment before Jorence had stood on a chair and re- Peated part of his memora'ile specch, at the same time showing that she was iSyat a trifle homesick. This prepared You for a quick change on her part, and when the resentful “dook’ came out “with the charge that Join loved her, 'Plorence went straight to John and gave him a Kiss, All of which made the self- ade laundryman jump with joy. Mr. Bell had ev reason to be glad, for the play was over, If the author “Wad' given him a chance to carry on the Abhterican side of the fight he might have @one more, but he was never allowed get a good, strong grip on the play. sp. Christine Norman was pleasing, though all surface, as riking a deep nor really sincere note. s Amelia Mayborne played the! Archduchess Hlizabeth with a certain English reserve, and made the one scene in which she figured the most convincing of the performance, Mr. lee was clever and amusing in the part of a waiter, but other members of the St Were as sad as “An International } You were at W. J. Kelly 5 the Duke. John Sainpolis as Oglesby. Florence, never that was not celebrated with joyous cries for the author, Mr.) If tn a position about as funny as that of the had to’ | ns given the urst had {t de-, Fred W. | wee MADADDIOHHIGDADG WELL, AWAY ALL MY WUST TO PLEA | = Heart Topics By betty Vincent. When Escorting a Lady. Dear Hetty there anything Improper In taking @ young lad: 4 arm when escorting her. Do you #ee any cause for public erlt- foism? LN If the street Is slippery or the night dark a young man should take young lady's arm when escorting her. At other jtimes {ts customary to walk alone, but {s nothing improper tn taking a Ss arm at a time when walking with her, nor should it cause public criticism. \In Love at Eighteen. Dear Betty: AM eighteen years old and deeply tn love 1} a girl one year my senior, I would li As [am attending college at present ke to know if it would be ad- The Newlyweds?T heir Baby-:- -5 VE SWOKN OFF SMOKING AND THROWN PIPES | I'M DOING THIS what's. THE TROUBLE , SNOOKUMS WANT 0 IVE it To PAPA? ond bade ddd HD EG PAD DDG OL SE eS Twelfth-Night Party. “The Cake of Mystery.” [A ro lends {tself| preside at the head of the festive board. The unlucky possessor of the HE Sth of January for merriment and gayety out| M| of the usual order, and cer- cealing a clove becomes the King’s Jest- eel) tainly nothing could be soler, Is supplied with the peaked cap and Sa unique or furnish more real, bells, and is expected to amuse the pleasure than an evening en masque. | crowd. The refreshments should be sugges: tive of the occasion, and all kinds of rich and palatable viands may be served. ‘The centreplece may be Twelfth Nighi ple, covered with cream Paper, to sepresent crust, with a per- forated slice for each guest, ‘Through the crust pass a ribbon attached to a Jsouventr placed In the ple; have the | ribbon extend to cach plate, and fasten to a place card pinned to a tiny, gro- tesquely dressed doll. Helfano, the Santa Claus of Twelfth Night, should be standing on top of the pie; he may After all the guests have arrived, at a signal merry bella are jingled, the music starts, and all fall in Une and} march around the room, swinging hands tn a circle; at another signal they arrange themselves about the table, on which reposes the wonderful “Twelfth-Night Cake of Mystery.” The) cake {8 always placed on a thick mat of holly, with twelve Ighted candles arranged around {t on the table, the! shades gf which carry out the spectal color scheme selected. Over the cake swings a large cotton bell, containing visable for me to continue my love af-)q mall metal bell; the hostess rings |e represented by a tall doll, dressed fair. This young lady thinks @ great /this to signify that the cake {s ready jin an odd hood and long red clonk, {n ideal of me. W. D. He Ito be cut, Each guest cuts a slice; he} \hich he {s supposed to appear, You are entirely too young to be In] who gets the one coutalning a pea 18) At the conclusion of the fenst love with any one. No boy of elghteen made king, and the one finding a bean yostess draws the frst string, after |!s capable of distinguishing between |pecomes queen, says Woman's Home which the others follow her example; | true, Insting love and mere calf’s love. | Companion. the paper easily tears, and great Is the Turn your attention to your books and} ‘The monarchs are crowned with fl dee sine fon aria infeed {Much ceremony, and together they lead odd gltts aro drawn out and un- | ege course you will have time | the dance of games of the ho evening and | wrappe | your c enough to fall In love. |A Fable Party, | Dear Betty | Q\URB club has planned to give a fable ‘() party, and each m per has becn | requested to dr representing fome character In a table or fairy tale, | Would you kindly suggest some char- acters suitable for young girls, also the costumes to be worn? R. 8. AND S. W. | Little Red Riding Hood or Cinderella | | Would be suitable characters to imper- Sonate, aries Bird on Earth. ERHAPS the most remarkable of all at the London Cage Bird P «nnua! show, sald the London Mail, the well-known ornithologist, as the laziest bird on earth. trogan, a feathered Idler of true Spanish-American inst! Ho will sit patiently under the bough waiting for the ripe fruit to fall into his beak, instead of plyck- ing it for himself. Not even the prospect of taking home a first and special prize to {ts owner disturbed the ,placidity of this picturesque winged sluggard, An- Association's is a bird described by Mr. Frank Finn, This is the Cuban tracted a great deal of attention, al DDPPADADDODOODR DDD By George McManus McManus MEO WHY, WHERE OID ‘BABY 4ET THAT OLD PIPE OF MINE ! AE, DOVEY 40 ON ‘AND SMOKE! DON'T You SEE BABY WANTS You | | medium: | stift, DODD HO MORE WELL , FoR BABY'S SAKE, ‘£ wilt | Home Hints 40s susy Housewives, (Bran Bread. ice con. | O cups of salt, NE cake of yeast, two bran, two tablespoons of ized potatoes, In the eventng dissolve yeast for an hour in half cup water, Mash fine four medium-sized bolled potatoes. Pour over them one pint of water tn which they were bolled, then add flour enough to make a mod- erately stiff batter. In the morning take three pints warm water, add to [thls the above sponge, salt, sugar, mo- . bran, and cornmeal (which must oked before using), then stir in as much flour as speon, use more fio Let rise, then ma vou can beat with a , and knead until ein loaves, et rise again and bake f nutes to one hour in mo | Sweet Chocolate Coating. 2LT over hot w a plece of size of two egzs and a tabl excitement as Helfano's ridiculous and | spoonful of bitter chocolate, adding a} the head of her own comt |teaspoonful or more of hot water until | right consistency, Keep waters in un- | derpot voiling hot and dip creams, This makes the coating sweet and shiny and dries in a short time. | Delicious Noodles, REAK four eggs into one quart of B flour, salt, inlx well, divide Into four equal parts and roll thin and then let dry into rolls, for an hour, n make take knife and cut into thin | two tablespoons of molasses, halt cup of sugar, one cup of cornmeal, four | 1909. My “Cycle of Readings” By Count Tolstoy Translated by Herman Bernstein (Copyrighted by the Press Publishing Company, the New York World, 1908.) (Copyrighted by Herman Bernstein.) The Italicized Paragraphs Are Count Tol- stoy’s Original Comments on the Subject. {MUTUAL HELP VEN if we did not want we could not help feeling our bond with the whole world of people; we are bound together by industry, by commerce, by the arts, by the sciences and above all by the oneness of our condition, of our relation to the world. Ks people assist one another without even sus- pecting it, while wicked people are deliberately hostile to one ane other,—Chinese Proverb, eee {CH man has hia own burden, hig own shortcomings; no one can get along without the aid of others; therefore we must help one another by consolation, advice and mutual warning. ae order of the world !n which we live ts such that a thousand peo- ple working together can produce many times more than a thousand people working separately, Nevertheless this does not prove the necessity that nine hundred and ninety-nine people should become tho slaves of one.—Henry George. A HE good man Is the teacher of the bad man; the bad man {a he over whom the good man should work. He who does not respect hig teacher, and, just as yell, he who does not love the man over whom he should work, even though he be very wise, is in error.—Lao-Tse, HE entire history of mankind since the time that we know it is a movement toward an ever and ever greater unification of mankind, Unification is brought about by the most varied means, and net only those who work for it, but even those who oppose it, serve it. Players of the Petio : No, 22—Fritzi Scheff—By Johnson Briscoe RITZL SCLIEFF, who holds an unrivalled position among our feminine light opera stars, was born jn Vienna Aug. 39, 1879, her malden name having been Anna Scheft Yager. She Js the daughter of Dr, Yager, a Viennese physt- clan, and Hortense Scheff, at one time prima donna of the Impertal Opera-House, Vienna, who as recently as 196 was singing in opera at Frankfort. Mme. Scheff—and we are now back to Fritz! of that {Ik-developed vocal powers at a very early age, participating In church work when only a young: ster of five, after which she was sent to Dresden and Frank- fort to take a thorough course in vocal culture, She made her first appearance behind the footlights In 1897 at Frank- fort, singing Jullette In “Romeo and Jullette.” Sha re mained In that Clty two years, singing, among other parts, Santuzza in “Cavalleria Rusticana,” Marguerite in “Faust,” the title role in “Mignon,” and Mim#in “La Boheme.” Mme, Scheff afterward sang at Munich, It was there that the late impresario, Maurice Grau, first heard her sing, Realizing her particular fitness for certain parts, he signed hor for the forces at the Metropolitan Opera-House. She made her first appearance before an American audience on Nov. 9, 1900, at Haza.d's Pavilion, Los Angeles, Cal., as Musetta In "La Boheme," with a cast which also included Melba, Cremonini, Gilibert and Campanari, Her debut at the Metropolitan occurred om the followe Ing Dec. 3%, when she sang Marzelline {n “Fidello.’ Mme, Scheff was a member of the Metropolitan company for three consecutive seasons, during which time she was seen in a wide variety of roles, her complete repertoire of parts being, In addition to the two mentioned above Zerline {n “Don Glovanni," one of the F Rhine Maidens !n both “Das Rheingold’ and “Goetterdaemmerung,” Helwige in Die Walkure," the Forest Bird in “Stegfried,"" Cherubino in ‘The Marriage of Figaro,” Papagena In The Magic Flute," Nedda In “Pagliace!," Oscar in “The Masked Ball," Marguerite In Faust," Urbain in The Huguenots,” Michaela In “Carmen” and Asa In Paderewskl's Manru," Relieving that her talents would shing to better advantage In operas of a | I shter calibre, Mme. Scheff abandoned grand ope: t tho expiration of her three years’ contract at the Metropolitan, Under the direction of Charles B, Dilling- ham, who has been her managerial mentor ever since she made her debut at y at Washington, D. ©. 9, 198, presenting the opera “Babette,” she was seen at the Broadway Theatre, in this city, the week following. The season of 14-0 Mme. Scheff appeared first in “The Two Roses” (a musical version of “She Stoops to Conquer"), which was a failure, afterward making revivals of “Fatinitza,"" “Glrofle-Girofla” and "“Boccaccto,” In none of which was she recelved With any particular fa’ However, the next season told a very different taie, and in “Mile, Modiste’’ she enjoyed phenomenal | success for three consecutive years, nearly a third of which time she spent on Broadway, at the Knickerbocker Theatre, This season Mme. Scheff {3° starring In" Prima Donna,” and ts again holding forth successfully at the Knicker- bocker Mme. Scheff made her matrimontal debut in 1901, becoming the wife of Baron Fritz von Bardeleben, a Meutenant In the German army, divorce separating ‘@ The Barr B38 (Copyright. rere OF PRECEDING INSTALMENT. Joba Gale, post trader at jambeau, on Yukon, hart an Indian wife, Alluna, and @ beautiful daughter, Necia. The girl has just returned home from a mission school, father tells her that the discovery of bringing thousands of fortune-seekers | ey region, and that the Government, to skert disorder, has established 9 small army spestat Flambeau, The handful of soldiers comma! by young Lieut. Hurrell, As ther are discussing the af- 1908, by Harper & Bros.) anything I want them to—all but father, and"- — “It isn't that,” he Interrupted quickly. | “It 19 because you are the only woman of the place, because you are such a surprise. To think that in the heart of this desolation I should find a girl like— Uke you, Ilke the girls I know at home. “Am I like other girls?” she inquired, eagerly, “I have often wondered,” . 's French partner, Poleon “You are, and you are not. You are is ed back soon from @ Baa, “Atrrllaaistre up surprisingly conventional for these sur- ve rh, roundings, and yet unconventionally fe Bi lors‘re- | Surprising—for any place, Who are you? settlers re- js the couple alone together, fains to Necla that the toc: the presence of the soldiers, o Where did you come from? How did brs you get here? CHAPTER 1. “Tam just what you see, I came from amor the States, and I was carried. That 1s eae! a (Contined.) all I can remember," ve {he Last Frontier. “Then you haven't livéd here al- ways?" HE approved of his drawl; it gave| “Oh, dear, no! We came here while | him a@ kind of deliberation which |1 was little, but of late I have been away at school.” “Some seminary, eh?" At this she laughed aloud. ‘Hardly that, elther. I've been at the Mission, Father Barnum has been teaching me for five yoars, I came up-river a day ahead of you.” She r’sked no questions of him In re- turn, for she had already ned all there was to know the day hefore trom ~ @very move of his lithe body belied favery glance of his eyes contra- eted: Moreover, she liked his youth, olean and fresh and strange in this where old men are many and the ine ones old with hardship and “Brave with the silence of the hills. Her Ife had been spent entirely among men who were her seniors, and, although @he had ruled them Itke a spoiled in, she knew as little of their sex - they did of hers. Unconsctously the U@teong young life within her had clam- for companionship, and It was this ra had drawn her to Poleon Doret— | fio: Would ever remain a boy—and it Sas this that drew her to the young tuckian; this, and something else In phim, that the others lacked. aey'Now that I think It over,” he con- ued, “I'd rather have you like me have the men do #0." course,” she nodded, hunger to talk. She had learned of a family of Burrells whose name was known throughout the South, and tuat Meade Burrell came from the Frank- fort branch, the branch that had ralsed the soldiers, His father had fought with Lee, and an uncle was nv n the} service at Washington. On the mothor's side the strain was equally militant, but the Meades had sought the sea. The old soldier had told her much more “They do 4 grizzled corporal in whom was the! ier| of the young man's sister, come all the way from Kentucky to see} her brother off when he salled from San ‘Francisco; told her of the Lieutenant's many friends in Washington, and of his family name and honor. Meade | Burrell was undoubtedly a fine young fellow In his corporal's eyes, and des- tined to reach great heights, as the other Burrells had before him. The old soldier, furthermore, had looked at hor keenly and added that the Bur- rells were known as “‘divils among the weemen.” Resting thus on Man Gale's store, the two talked on till they were disturbed by the sound of shrill votces approaching, at which the man looked up. Coming down the trall from the town was a sqiaw and two children, At sight of Necia the little forward, climbing over her ike halt grown pupples. They were boy and girl, both brown as Slwashes, with eyes like Jet beads and hair that was straight and coarse and black, At a glance Bur- rell knew them for “breed dently the darker half was closer to the surface now, for mney choked, gu gled, stuttered and coughed In thelr | Indian tongue, while Necia answered them likewise. At a word her they turned oni aw iim, then abashed jat tho strange splendor of his uniform, | fell silent, pressing cwee to her, The squaw also seemed to resent his pron Jence, for, after @ lowering glance, she drew the shawl closer about her head Jand leaving the trail, slunk out of sight the corner of tho store, j around Burrell looked up at his companion's clear-cut, delicate face, at the wind- tanned cheeks, against which her long \ the steps of Old! ones shouted gleefully and scampered | ,. , and evi. | other remarkable exhibit is the rare hawk-headed parrot of South America, The | strips and shake them loose. Then they| them less than a year ago. Only a few weeks ago (to be exact, on Dec. 18) sho HHoueans, which have been aptly described as “beaks with birds betitnd them,” at-| are realy to, put tn the chleken or Meat} became the wife of John Fox Jr, the well known novelist. No, there ts no " ni prin roll, read u 1 4 The great Himalayan barbet was in his usual | serve Wes arionwaterwonerall einraiie agli i elihood that the Madame will ever see her namo In electric letters as “Frital ‘vad temper, biting furlous'y at every body's fingers, AY, Pe ae einai leinielminteteinleiniolatntelaieintelmtetelateiataatnlatetate | warm, dark eyes, In which was a hint | woman culling: | of the golden light of the afternoon sun, | “Necla! Necia He noted covertly the slender lines of} "Coming In a [her body and the dainty, firm, brown | back; then, tu hands flung protectingly about the | she added, quietly: | shoulders of her little friends, who were | now, Good-by peering at him owlishly from thelr CHAPTER 11. shelter, | The bitter revolt that had burned In| 5 : |him at the prospect of a long exile in| P I oleon Doret. this undiscovered spot died out sudden- IE trader's house sat back of the post, farther up on the hill, It was ! a large, sleepy house, sprawling ly, What a pleture she made! How | | against the sunny side of the slope, as ing to the young officer, fresh and flower-llke she looked, and yet the wisdom of her! He spoke tm-| pulslvely: “Tam glad you are here, Miss Necia, |1 was glad the moment I saw you, and I have heen growing gladder ever since, for warmth and had dozed off one sultry afternoon and never waked up from te slumber. It square-hewn timbers, bullt ol yer gine ol be for 1 never Imagined there would bel isn style, the under wide of each log anybody $n this place but men an A hollowed to fit snugly over Its fellow wawa—men who hate the law and | \iderneath, upon which dried moss had | squaws who slink about—lke that.” He nee : previously been spread, till tn effect the foot-thick walls were tongued and grooved and, through years of season- jing, become so tinder dry that no frosts Jor heats could penetrate them. She looked at him quickly, | Many architects had worked on {t as Inodded in the. direction of the Indian | woman's alssppearance, “Either that, Jor, at best, a few ‘breeds’ like tiese little fellows,” Helielelnininlvininivinielntelolnleleintelainlelofeinlolololotnlalolalelolatatalafntalatntolatatatatetat, tlnlenlnfelmelelelenleleieieleleieleleielefeieieieteieeebieieiceinicirieicieicielt rteleleiietritieiebicieinininieirivicivietelnieteleinlelnlefaletetoletelatetetal jafelotelalefatelainlntent A Delightful Romance of Gold Hunting in the Klondike, De cea eto h a ce te ee RG POS OO CNN gn CEN eee ae oe aoe se The Love of a Kentucky Soldier for a Daughter of the Frozen Wilderness. } lobebetelelelelolobledetetetetofeteleltefetefelefeielelebtetefefebeteietetetefefefoleleloedeietefelnfelelnicteteteinteloletettetotefelntetolatetefnteteleleicietetstefeteleleeteteletelteletetefelalol-etel+: who had/an Reyptian maid, and then at heryatore cume the voice of an Indian drew to her own blond, and thoy felt It thelr due to eat of the bounty of him who ruled them Iike an overlord; but | moment," the girl called | when the first goose honked they slipped |away “Mother needs me! showed, the house was empty again and until, by the time the salmon |silent, save for Alluna and the young- | sters, If it had sought the southern exposure | was of great, | In the Rus- | | would be awakened by Well! What difference would that /{t grew, room by room, through the | ma years, and every man had left behind “Uga! Squaws and half-breeds!” His the mark of his Individuality, from | tone conveyed in tull his ' Pretty Charlie the pilot, who swung an} The tiny jaxe better an any Indian on the river, sid into her own as sho arose. to Larsen the ship's caypenter, who ovsly startled look lay In her eyes, and/ worked with an adze and who starved fan Inquiring, plaintive wrinkle caine be-| the summer following on the Koyukuk, A curt- tween } “I don' fhe the trader's family had been big in the | tad, “Lieu! this is my sister, |early days when hunters and miners of | Molly Gate, and this ts my little brother, | both ds came In to trade, to loaf, lyons yed elfa made asand to swap stories with him. Through @ucking sy and blinked at the sol-| the winter days, when the caribou were dler, who aed hig feet awkwardly, ® in the North and the moose were scarce, ‘Hush rleiug Into his cheek whole families of natives came and of which she understood Little; told hey braids lay lke the blue-black locks of yyom the regions et the gear of the camped there, for Alluna, bis squaw, A In return these people brought him many skins and much fresh reat, for which he paid no price, and, with the fall, his cache was filled with fish of which the bulk were dried king salmon as long as a grown man’s leg! and worth @ dollar traveller, There are men whose wits are quick as light, and whose muscles have been so tempered and hardened by years of apiece to any exercise that they are like those of a| wild animal. Of such was John Gale; but with all his intelligence he was very, slow at reading, hence he chose to spend lils evenings with his pipe and his | thoughts, rather than with a book, as lonesome men are supposed to do. He did with ttle ip, and many nigh he sat alone Alluna and Necla his heavy step sh tilt as he went to iis bed. man who could really tht: his thoughts engross! doubted who saw him sitting enthrailed at such a t wr he ed, nor talked, nor moved a muscle hour after hour, and only his oyes were allve, ‘To-night the spell was on him again, and he se biked up In his chair, rock- vis, and that neither roi | It had stretched a bit year by year, for | like and Immovable, ‘rom the open door of the next room he could hear Necla aud the tittle ones. She had made them ready for bed, 4 was ww them the tale of the 1 bird's spot. So when the other birds had failed," he heard her say, “the little snowbird aaked for a chance to try. He That he was a} Bw no one | By Rex Beach, & Author of “The Spoilers.” icleleleleleleleleleleleleintelelolete few and flew, and just before he came;took them in his arms and acted as to the edge of the world whore the two] other fathers act, but he had never Old Women Hved he pulled out all of} done these things with her. When she | his feathers, When he came to them he | had gone he spoke without moving. | wala: “She'll never marry Poteon Doret."* “Why?” inqutred Atluna, “He ain't her kind." “Poleon 1s a good man.” “None better. But she'll marry some ne white man.’ 1s white," ‘Lam very cold, May I warm my- elf at your fire They saw how Httle and naked he }was, and how he shivered, so they did not throw sticks at him, but allowed | _ |him to creep close. He watched his | jchance, and when they were not look- ing he picked up a red-hot coal In his | beak and flew back home with it as fast as ever he could—and that {s how fire came to the Indian people. “Ot course the coal was hot, and it burned his throat till a drop of blood came through, so ever since that day | the squaw de- and he aln't. I mean she'll ‘outside’ man. He ain't good | he ain't her kind.” | Alluna’s grunt of indignation was a suf- fictent answer to this, but he resumed, |Jerking his head in the direction of the barracks, ‘She's been talking a lot with | this—this marry an | enough, and—w the bird has had a red spot on his! “jim good man, too, I guess," eald | throat." tho wife. he isi" crled the trader © hell In thelr ‘He don't mean any good to The two children spoke out mother's tonue, clay ng for the story of the Good iver who saved the} Him got a woman, eh?" said the hunter's life, and she began, this time no! I reckon he's single all in the language of the Yukon people, right, but don't understand. He's while Gale listened to the | diferent from us people. He's- — 3 " ‘ | Gale paused, at a loas for words to cone her voice, muffled and broken | voy ning, "Well, he atn't thy jie parti Kind that would marry a halt-breed,” i WO tors leat vali us eryptle remark His squaw’ came her arrival midi wan caliliaasentie annow ex e scuft of her lord continued: apis, £ 1 herself against | him It wal « ot use a chair, of| some nies words. for er own tongue do cease at onee, Better that you h there ‘al, oul on @ bear ekin, her knees beneath » her toes a trifle di sat thus tor a long tme, 1 her stories and put the 1. Soon the girl ¢ i | ade, h e . | es and of a i ree eit ind, encouraged by 1 Issed h ugh: | Why not? Soon , as it w ot a custom of he: tark honey mother's race, she never missed the caresses. On rare occasions the old man romped with the little ones and we dead. id one would sus ae