Fitch knew that Borden meant what he said, and he wasn't seen again in Nebraska. Six months or so fetched Borden round, and let him into the saddle again. It must be lead in the heart or brain to kill men of his fiber--and Dempster had been shaky with his gun. Things got a little loose while the Marshal was on his back up there in the cabin, but he tightened them up again soon. We'll ride up there some day and see the spot. Yes, the Dempsters have the title to the place now. [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] THE GLOUCESTER MOTHER BY SARAH ORNE JEWETT DECORATION BY WLADYSLAW T. BENDA [Illustration] When Autumn winds are high They wake and trouble me, With thoughts of people lost A-coming on the coast, And all the ships at sea. How dark, how dark and cold. And fearful in the waves, Are tired folk who lie not still And quiet in their graves;-- In moving waters deep, That will not let men sleep As they may sleep on any hill; May sleep ashore till time is old, And all the earth is frosty cold.-- Under the flowers a thousand springs They sleep and dream of many things. God bless them all who die at sea! If they must sleep in restless waves, God make them dream they are ashore, With grass above their graves. ALCOHOL AND THE INDIVIDUAL BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D. Some very puzzling differences of opinion about the use of alcoholic beverages find expression. This is natural enough, since alcohol is a very curious drug, and the human organism a very complex mechanism. The effects of this drug upon this mechanism are often very mystifying. Not many persons are competent to analyze these effects in their totality. Still fewer can examine any of them quite without prejudice. But in recent years a large number of scientific investigators have attempted to substitute knowledge for guesswork as to the effects of alcohol, through the institution of definitive experiments. Some have tested its effects on the digestive apparatus; others, its power over the heart and voluntary muscles; still others, its influence upon the brain. On the whole, the results of these experiments are singularly consistent. Undoubtedly they tend to upset a good many time-honored preconceptions. But they give better grounds for judgment as to what is the rational attitude toward alcohol than have hitherto been available.