1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
427 
upon a solifl, impenetrable stone wall 
where he had expected to find only a 
mass of yielding feathers, he could not 
have been more disturbed. He gazed at 
his wife with growing uneasiness. 
“Don’t let’s attempt the impossible,” he 
cried, with a note of appeal in his voice. 
“It is so much easier to just imagine 
and dream about it.” 
Tn her excitement Beulah had stood 
up and was looking down upon the 
farm. Now she turned toward her hus¬ 
band and gazed at him steadily. As 
Barzillai looked at her he could see an 
expression of compassion stealing into 
her face, though the steady will did not 
weaken. She came and seated herself 
nearer to him. She was silent for a 
time, and when she spoke it was in a 
gentle, troubled voice. 
“Barzillai,” she said, “I am afraid I 
have done you a great wrong. I am go¬ 
ing to make a confession, but I ought 
to have made it before we were mar¬ 
ried. It troubled me a little at the 
time, but I thought we could be so 
happy together, and I did not dare to 
do anything to break it up. All my life 
people have been deceived in me. They 
thought me gentle and submissive and 
with no mind of my own. It was not 
so, but it seemed that way because 
stronger wills dominated me. I was a 
little deceived myself at times. You 
know the kind of man father was, and 
mother had a tremendous will, too, and 
Israel is much like them both. These 
three I have always lived with. Do you 
wonder that I began to think I was 
weak? But I rebelled inwardly. I tried 
to assert myself, but it was no use, they 
were so much stronger. This was not 
pleasant, and I vowed to myself that if 
I ever got married it would not be to a 
man who would continue to dominate. 
It would have to be some one whose 
will was less strong than mine.” 
Barzillai gave a little start. So this 
was what her strange expression had 
meant. “I don’t see how you could 
bring yourself to m.arry such a poor, 
weak creature,” he said hotly. 
“Hush,” she said. “Must 1 tell you, 
Barzillai,” her color deepening, “that 1 
was always fond of you?” 
He was silent. His head was bowed 
between his hands and he was looking 
moodily at the ground. 
“You do not know what my life has 
been,” she cried passionately. “To be 
constantly kept down and suppressed 
and tyrannized over when I wanted to 
a.ssert myself and be myself. Is it any 
wonder that now I want to do a little 
dominating on my own account? It 
will be hard at first, but we shall work 
together soon, and our interests will be 
the same.” Her voice was pleading 
now. “And we shall be happy, dear, I 
am sure of that.” 
There was silence for a time, then 
Barzillai raised his head and looked 
down the slope. His imaginary farm 
was gone forever. In its place he saw 
neglected fields and dilapidated, run¬ 
down buildings. For a long time he 
looked, taking in every discouraging de¬ 
tail. Then slowly he turned his weary 
eyes toward his wife and held out his 
hand. 
As she saw his changed looks a great 
pity for him smote her, but she made 
no sign. She gave a brave smile and 
clasped his hand firmly. 
“It is getting late,” he said quietly. 
“Let us go down.” He arose to his feet, 
drawing her up also. He straightened 
back his broad shoulders and took a 
full, deep breath. 
As they went down the hill together, 
still hand in hand, her words kept ring¬ 
ing in his ears, “We will make it come 
true. We will make it come true,” and 
in his heart he knew that it was so. 
SUSAN BROWN ROBBINS. 
A Photographic Competition. 
PRIZES EOU OAROEN PICTURES. 
Some time ago The R. N.-Y. offered 
prizes for pictures of domestic subjects, 
and many were the interesting photo¬ 
graphs received. Feeling that the farm 
garden deserves recognition we have de¬ 
cided to open another competition, the 
subject being farm dooryard gardens. 
The competition does not necessarily 
call for a complete view of the door- 
yard; it may be merely the planting 
about the porch, some particularly 
striking flower bed or individual speci¬ 
men, or a group of ornamental shrubs. 
The one essential requisite is that the 
picture represents a real farm garden, 
not a mere suburban or country place 
that is not an actual farm. Pictures 
submitted should be sufficienuy clear 
for engraving and the winners of the 
prizes will be requested to write a brief 
account of their gardens. Attractive 
grouping and tasteful arrangement will 
be considered, as well as evidences of 
care in management. We should like 
to see pictures showing hardy old-fash¬ 
ioned flowers and native shrubs, and no 
competitor need fear entering a garden 
riotous with grandmotherly paeonies or 
hollyhocks in competition with newer 
favorites. 
First Prize, - $7.00 
Second Prize, - $5.00 
Third Prize, - $,‘{.00 
The competition is open until October 
1, 1903, thus affording opportunity to 
secure a picture at any season most fa¬ 
vorable. Any further information de¬ 
sired will be furnished upon request. 
Address all pictures to Prize Photograph 
Competition, Woman and Home Depart¬ 
ment of The Rurau New-Yorker. 
The Rural Patterns. 
.4 loose wrapper, which may be 
slipped on while a child rests after 
play, or on first getting up in the 
morning, is a great convenience. It 
may be of flannel or flannelette for 
Winter, or light cotton for Summer. 
The wrapper is made with fronts and 
back, both of which are gathered at the 
neck edges and fall in soft folds, the 
shaping being accomplished by means 
4350 Child’s Wrapper, 6mos. to 8 yra. 
of shoulder and under-arm seams. The 
sleeves, in bishop style, are gathered 
into narrow wristbands and the neck is 
finished with a turn-over collar. The 
quantity of material required for me¬ 
dium size (four years) is 3% yards 27 
inches wide or 3^ yards 32 Inches wide. 
The pattern No. 4350 is cut in sizes for 
children six months, 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 
years of age; price 10 cents. 
Simple dresses cut in Russian style, 
with skirt and body in one, are exceed¬ 
ingly becoming to little folks and are 
much in vogue. This pretty model is 
adapted to boys and girls from two to 
eight years of age, and becomes mascu¬ 
line or feminine in appearance as it is 
buttoned over from left to right or from 
right to left. As shown, it is made of 
pale blue chambray with bands of a 
darker shade, but all the season’s ma¬ 
terials are appropriate. Holland with 
bands of brown is admirable, all ging¬ 
hams are good, percales are stylish, and 
a host of similar suggestions might be 
made. The dress consists of fronts and 
back and is fitted by means of shoulder 
and under-arm seams. The fronts are 
lapped from the center and the closing 
is made at the shoulder and at one side 
of the center in Russian style. The neck 
is finished with a standing collar, and 
at the waist is a belt of the material 
that is slipped through straps attached 
at the under-arm seams. The sleeves 
are full and gathered with narrow cuffs. 
The quantity of material required for 
4391 Child’s Eussian Duoss, 21® 8 yri. 
the medium size (four years) is three 
yards 27 inches wide, or 2^^ yards 32 
inches wide. The pattern No. 4391 is 
cut in sizes for children 2, 4, G and 8 
years of age; price 10 cents. 
A Memory of the Past. 
The old lady in Fig. 152 is my great 
aunt, is nearly 92 years old, and has al¬ 
ways lived in this house. With the old 
wheel she has spun many a skein of 
yarn, which she has knit into stockings 
for her five boys, besides doing her farm 
work. She is now much smarter than 
many younger women. Her husband 
has been dead a long time, and she lives 
on the old place with one of her sons, 
who has a family of his own. The 
building in the shadow is the shop 
where my Uncle Solomon and the boys 
used to make shoes. Years ago, before 
the introduction of shoe machinery, 
many of the farmers used to make shoes 
in Winter and whenever they had any 
spare time. The “stock” would be 
taken in “cases” to these little shops, 
and returned in the shape of shoes 
packed nicely in these “cases.” But 
things have changed, and now all this 
work is done in a large building, where 
the work is so divided up that one man 
does a very small part in making a 
shoe, and it is now hard to find a man 
who can make a whole shoe. The dog 
shown in the picture belongs to a 
neighbor but stays there a good deal. 
Since this picture was taken he has 
been “detailed.” He went with the wo¬ 
men folks berrying, and got before the 
cars, and his tail was cut off within two 
inches of his body. w'. ii. r. 
The coffee habit is quickly over¬ 
come by those who let Grain-O 
take its place. If properly made 
it tastes like the best of coffee. No 
grain coffee compares with it in 
flavor or healthfulness. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
At grocers everywhere; 15c. and 26c. per package. 
PERRY DAVIS’ 
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I The world-known household remedy for cuts, burns. 
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