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CHAPTER XII.
Rrithting Wrong.
I'oor Spot! lie (fit to mournful
i tut he lifted ud hit muzzle am
howled. Farmer Green'i wile had
just ordered him out of the kitchen
She thought lie had bcrn teaiiug
Mitt Kitty Cat. And instead, he had
kept Mil Kitty from tatting the
teg of mutton that lay on the kitchen
tab h.
It a ad, tad world!" he howled.
it
"Saltea alivol cried Kanrictu Hen as she
ruabei up to him in th farmyard
"I ttioiislit Mrs. Green would praise
me. But alio didn't. She scolded
me!"
"Sakes alive!" cried Ilenriettd Hen
as .he rushed up to him in the farm
jard. "What'i the matter with you?
Are you trying to bay the moon in
the daytime?"
Turkey Proudfoot gobbled at Spot
and bade him be still. Turkey
Proudfoot was very pompous, for he
had an idea that he ruled the farni-
vard.
Old dog Spot felt so meek, after
the scolding that Mrs. Green gave
him, that he couldn t find a word
to say to anybody that spoke to him.
"I've expected this for some time,"
the rooster told Henrietta Hen.
"Mrs. Green has put old Spot out
of the farmhouse. And Farmer
Green intends to put him off the
farm. Everyone agrees that he's a
nuisance. It's a wonder the folks
in the Green family have kept hiir.
all these years."
Well, old dog Spot couldn't hrp
hearing what the rooster said. And
hadn't even heart enough to answer
that impertinent boaster.
"Maybe he knows what he's talk
ing about." Spot groaned. "I wish
Johnnie Green would come home.
He'd stand up (or me, if nobody else
will."
Then something happened all at
once that helped Spot's spirits amaz
ingly. The woodshed door flew open
and Miss Kitty Cat all but flew out
of it. Farmer Green's wife appeared
in the doorway with a broom in her
hand. And with it she helped Miss
Kitty into the yard. She helped her
so much that Miss Kitty never
touched the broad stone doorstep
at all.
"Scat!" cried Mrs. Green, "t don't
want any thieves in my kitchen."
It was quite plain that something
had displeased Kirs. Green sonithing
in which Miss Kitty Cat had had a
part. And old dog Spot thought he
knew what that something was.
"Hat" he barked at Miss Kitty.
"So Mrs. .Green found you out!"
And he ran at Miss Kitty and chased
her into a tree. She set herself
down upon a limb and glared at
him.
"Wow!" he yelped. , "You must
have sampled that ! leg of . mutton
when you thought- Mrs. Green's back
Avas turrted. And she ' must t have
caught you in the act."
Though that was exactly what had
happened, Miss Kitty Cat wouldn't
say a word. But she looked whole
sentences at him.
Soon Farmer Green's wife ' came
to the door again and called, ''Come,
Spot! , Come, Spot!" .
He hurriod up to her and caught
the piece of meat that she tossed to
him. ..."
It was mutton. , '
(Coiiyright. 1921. by the Metropolitan
Newspaper Service.) - j
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Now mi All W..W
Charlie Ray
"The Midnight
- Bell"
Jack and Jill
WHY-
Is "Maverick" a synonym (or "wild?"
- Used ol1! the western-plains as a
term for unbranded 'or " ownerless
cattle, the term "maverick" owes its
existence to a man named am Mav
erick, a native of Massachusetts who
settled in Texas during the middle of
the last century and entered the busi
ness of stock raising.. - ,
Because he believed in the honesty
of his neighbors and also because,
on humanitarian grounds, he did not
'approve of branding his cattle with a
red-hot iroiythe calves born on the
Maverick ranch we.re allowed to run
wild and unbranded. As a result,
the less honest cattle men would add
these animals to their own heards,
placing , their distinguishing mark
upon the, flank in the approved man
ner. : In time, "unbranded? It must
belong to Maverick" became a com
mon saying of the plains ' and the
ierm spread throughout the cattle
country, gradually extending its
meaning until it was used to sifnify
anyone who refused to recognize a
master, a man who was broad in his
views and owed allegiance to no one.
Impoverished by his faith in hu
man nature, Maverick died a number
of years agobut his name usually
nppears at least once in every west
ern story that lays any claim to at
mosphere at all.
Copyright, 1S!1, Wheeler Byedicate, lac.
ffxyOXEY, you liave no idea
KH how I look forward to your
AA coming home every night."
said Jill as the presented inviting
lips for the accustomed kiss.
He grinned as he held her two
arms and nuggfd iicr to him.
'Aw, I'll bet this is a holdup, he
laughed. "What is it, little puss, a
new hat or some satin slippers?"
"o. really, darling, I do look for
ward to it all day. It's awfully lone
some around here, especially after
I've got things dusted. And, of
course, I cant have .Maggie sitting
in the living room with nic, although
I do get so lonesome that I go out
in the kitchen and pretend I want to
help her."
Jack petted her extravagantly.
"Eating' luncheon alone, too," went
on Jill, "Oh, how terrible it is. Xo
one to look at, no one to talk to,
honest, hon', it's a fright.
"Well, let me tell you, darling
that every dav when I m stowing
away the midday nourishment all I
can think of is how wonaeriui it
would be if I could be out home
here, eating with you."
Jill flushed happily.
"Honestly, hon'?"
"Positively." he said. "Perhaps
you think I enjoy going into a res
taurant when about a thousand other
chaps are dashing madly into the
same place all determined to get
food quickly. Perhaps you think it
cniovable to sit opposite some
straneer who behaves as if he was
just learning to use a knife and fork,
and who makes strange noises over
his soup and coffee."
"But. then. Jack dear, isn t it oet-
ter to have the company of even un
derbred strangers than to be all sou!
alone, with nothing to look at but
the four walls?"
"Well, why don't you invite some
of the neighbors over to lunch;
Mrs. Town "
"Oh. Mrs. Town has two children
and that's all she wants to tell
about: what little Emmett said the
other dav to his teacher, and what
little Lucille told her papa when he
came home from that fishing trip.
Heavens, Mrs. Town talks of noth
ing else but those two "
"What about Mrs. Kodmer
"Mrs. Nodine?" repeated Jill with
little gasp. "Why, Jack, you
know she uses rouge in the daytime
and smokes cigarcts right out , in
public, and "'
"Well, there s Airs, tsuxton,
who "
"She thinks she s literary, Jack,
and shes always telling me about
that time she met Edith Wharton
over in France, and "
"Mrs. Parker?"
Jill shook her head with em
phasis. ;
"Never She has B right's disease
and her' symptoms arc as entertain
ing a recital as the latest popular
novel by Rupert Hughes she
thinks."
'T give it up," said Jack. He drew
her down in the big grandfather's
chair in which he sat and smoothed
her thick shining hair.
"I suppose we are terribly selfish,"
he said tenderly, "but somehow I
can't bear to talk to anyone-else or
have any one around me but you?"
Jill positively purred.
"That's the way I feel, too," she
said softly. -
She curled the forelock of his hair
around her slender finger. . '
"I wonder, dear, will it last al
ways?" "Of course' he replied glibly.
Then the brute yawned and
reached for a cigarette.
More Truth Than Poetry
-By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
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Do You Know the Bible?
Where It Started
" Bayonets. -The
first bayonets arc said to have
been made at Bayonne, in France,
in 1640; the name is supposed to be
derived from this city. , There is,
however, mention of "a great' knife
or bayonet" in 1611; the name com
ing from Bayona in Toledo, Spain.
It is not known when the practice
of attaching them to the rifle origi
nated. . i
Crpjrijat. 1KU ITkeele indicate. Int.)
' (Cover up the anewere, read the qucs
tiona and see if you can answer them.
Then look at the anewera to aee it you
are right.) V
Follow These Questions and An
swers As Arranged by
J. WILSON ROY.
: 1. When threatened by' Jezebel,
where did Elijah flee for his life?
2. What was the name of Heth's
father?
3. Who took honey from the car
cas of a young lion?
4. Xame the sixth son of Jacob
and Lealr?.
5. Wrhat meeting took place at
the Three Taverns?
' 6. In what work w-as; Elisha en
gaged when Elijah threw his man
tle over him? - ""r
Answers.
1. Beer-sheba. 1 Kings xix. 3.
2. Canaan. Genesis x. 15.
3. Samson. : Judges xiv. 8-9.
4. Zebulun. ; Genesis xxxx. 20.
5. See Acts xxviii. IS.
6. See 1 ' Kings xix. 19.
(Copyright, 151. Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
ANTIQUES
Our table's legs are somewhat bowed,
. It's run down at the heels.
It droops and sags beneath its load
When friends drop in for meals.
It waves and wobbles to and fro.
With many a groan and creak,
And yet it's comforting to know
That' it is an antique.
The sideboard's been restored with glue
It's seven panels shy,
The drawers and cupboards ire askew
The cover is awry. v
The worms have gnawed at its inside,
It's carpeted with mould,
And yet we look on it with pride
It's ninety-eight years old.
Whenever there are callers here
We sit in grim despair
The awful evening through for fear
They'll sit in our arm chair.
If fat men conic ,we never cease
To shudder in our shoes.
For Hepplewhite designed that piece
To look at, not to use'.
Some day, when we arc rich enough
The simple life to lead,
When we don't have to run a bluff
We'll buy the things we need.
When we can drop all forms of bunk
And feel that we're secure,
We'll scrap this second-handed junk
And get some furniture! '
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
Today the amethysts is a love tal
ifinan. This arises from the old
gend that an engraved amethyst
bearing the figure of a little cupid
is said to have been worn in a ring
by St. Valentine. Since the good
s.-.int has been the patron of young
lovers from time immemorial the
amethyst assumes on this particular
day sentimental value, though at oth
er times it is an enemy to the tender
passion.
I he diamond, which is today i
ratal stone, is a worthy compliment
to the powers of the auicthyet. But
aside from the significance as an em
blem of plighted troth, it has the
power to protect those who wear it
from sudden death or disease or per
sonal misfortune.
Goldcnrod is the significant flow
er today. It is not altogether fortu
nate, but its presence signifies cau
tion, full cognizance of approaching
danger.
(Copyright, llll, Wbe!r Syndicate Inc.)
TMight
AMUSEMENTS.
. ALWAYS SOMETHING - -Now
there is plenty of coal it is the cost of storing the surplus that
has put up the price.
THERE'LL -LOME A TIME
To Mr. Dempsey, who mourns because there is no one capable of
giving him a battle, we would say, "Sorrow endureth but for a night; joy'
cometh in the morning."
SAME THING
- Some people wear out their cars, others have it done in garages.
v (Copyright, 19S1, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Parents' Problems
How can an . impertinent child
best be helped?
It depends upon the nature of the
child and upon how deeply rooted
the habit of impertinence is. With
some children, ignoring , the im
pertinence and treating the child
with added courtesy would be suf
ficient; others need definite snub
bing; still others, the drastic method
of direct reproof. Any course fol
lowed to b.e effective must be per
sistent. Fitful, unrelated efforts will
do more harm than good.
Textile workers in Charlotte, N.
C, are showing an inclination to
compromise- their wage dispute
which has been the means of them
losing months of time.
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