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SYNOPSIS.
The scene nt the opcnlnj? of the story In
laid In the library of nn old worn-out
southern plantation, known na the Bnr
ony. The place l to bo sold, and Its
history and that of the owners, the
Qulntards, Is the subject of discussion by
Jonathan Crenshaw, a business man. a
RtranKor known as Dladen, and Hon
Yancy, a farmer, when Hannibal Wayne
Hazard, a mysterious child of the old
Kouthern family, makes his appearance.
Taney tells how he adopted the boy. Na
thaniel Ferris buys tho Dnrony, but the
Qulntards deny any knowledge of the
boy. Yancy to keep Hannibal. Captain
Murrell, a friend of the Qulntards, ap
pears and asks questions about the Bar
ony. Trouble nt Scratch Hill, when Han
nibal Is kidnaped by Dave Jllount, Cap
tain Murrell's agent. Yancy overtakes
Blount, gives him a thrashlnR and secures
the boy. Yancy appears beforo Hqulro
Italaam, and Is dlscharced with costs for
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy, a friend of
the Ferrlsea, has an encounter with Cap
tain Murrell, who forces his attentions on
her. and Is rescued by Bruce CarrlnRton
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home.
CnrrWton takes tho same stago. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on
their trail. Hannlbnl arrives at the home
of Judge Slocum Price. The Judge rccog
of Judge Blocum I'rlce. Tho Judge recog
nizes In the boy, tho grandson of an old
time friend. Murrell arrives at Judges
home. Cavendish family on raft rescue
Yancy, who Is apparently lead. I'rlco
breaks Jail. Betty and Carrlngton arrive
at Belle IMaln. Ilannlbnl'H rifle discloses
some startling things to tho Judge. Han
nibal and Betty meot again. Murrell ar
rives In Belle Plain. Is playing for big
Makes. Yancy awnkes from long dream
less Bleep on board the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries In looking up
land titles. Charley Norton, a young
planter, who assists the Judao, Is mys
teriously nssaulted. Norton Informs car
rlngton that Betty has promised to marry
htm. Norton 1b mysteriously shot. More
light on Murrell's plot. Ho plans upris
ing of negro. Judge Price, with Hanni
bal, visits Betty, and she keeps tho boy
as a companion.
CHAPTER XVIII (Continued).
"Miss Betty, ho'a juBt llko my Undo
Bob war hn ain't nirald of nothing!
Ho totes them pistols ot hla loaded
If you notlco good you can boo
where they bulgo out hla coat!" Han
nibal's eyes, very round and big,
looked up Into hers.
"Is ho as poor as ho seems. Han
nibal 7" Inquired Hetty.
"Ho novor baa no money, Mlas Het
ty, but 1 don't reckon ho'a what a
body would call poro."
It might have baflled a far more
maturo Intelligence than Hannibal's
to comprehend thoso peculiar process
es by which the Judge sustained him
self, and his Intimate fellowship with
adversity that It wna hla magnifi
cence of mind which made tho
equator of his dally liro seem merely
a passing phase but tho boy had
managed to point a delicate distinc
tion, and Betty grasped Bomothlng or
tho liopo and faith which never qulto
died out In Slocum Price's Indomita
ble, breast. '
"But you nlwuyH have enough to
eat, dear?" sho questioned anxiously.
Hannibal promptly reassured her on
this point. "You wouldn't lot mo
think anything thnt was not truo, Han
nibal you aro qulto euro you havo
ntvor bcon hungry?"
"Nevor, Miss Dotty; honest!"
Betty gave a High ot relief, alio
hod been reproaching herself for her
neglect of tho child; sho had meant
to do so much for him and had dono
nothing! Now It was too lato for hor
personally to Interest hersolf In his
bflhalf, yet beforo she left for tho oast
sho would provldo for him. If sho
bad folt It was posslblo to trust tho
judgo sho would havo mado him hor
agent, but ovon in bis best aspect ho
BO'.-med a dubious dependence Tom,
for qulto different reasons, wn equal
ly out of tho question. 8he thought
ot Mr. Mahaffy.
"What kind of a man Is Mr, Ma
huffy, Hannibal?"
"Ho'a an awful nlco man, Miss Hot
ty, only ho novor lota on; a body's
got to And it out for his own self
bo ain't llko tbe Judge."
"Does bo drink, too, Hannibal?"
questioned Betty.
"Oh. yes; when he can get the
Jlcker, ho does." It was evident that
Hannibal wna cheerfully tolerant of
thin weakness on tho part of tho
austere Mahaffy,
"But, no matter what they do, thoy
are very, vory kind to you?" she con
tinued tremulously.
"Yes, ma'am why, Miss Uctty,
they're lovoly men!"
"And do you ever hear tho things
apokon of you learned about at Mrs.
Ferris Sunday-Bchool?"
"Whon thq Judgo is drunk ho talks
a heap about 'em. It's beautiful to
hoar him then; you'd love It. Alius
Betty," and Hannibal sinllcd up swoot
"y Into hor face.
"Does ho havo you go to Sunday
pchool In Raleigh?"
Great Emperor's Pet Name
fn Home Circle German War Lord
Permits Himself to Be Known
as "Willy."
In the Woman's Homo Companion
(here ! an intlmato personal story ot
Emperor William's only daughter,
Victoria Lulse, in which many now
facts aro brought out about tho em
peror and empress of Germany. Kol
lowing is a brief extract:
Tho emperor, in absence ot his
consort, speaka ot her as 'my wife;'
the empress in tho homo clrclo ad
dresses blm ns 'Willy.' Tho former
alludes to his family, from tho crown
prince to the princess, as 'my young
ones;' the latter speaks of them not
by title, but as 'my children,' both ex
pressions so clearly conveying the
cleae existing attachment.
"Very often the emperor gives evi
dence at unexpected moments of tbe
ever-present thought with him of his
'imly. At times, when they were
u.ull children, aJ he was being en
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The boy shook his head.
"I ain't got no clothos that's lltten
to wear, nor no pennies to give, but
tho judgo, bo 'Iowb that as soon as ho
can make n raise I got to go, and he's
learning mo my letters but wo ain't
a book. MIsb Betty, 1 reckon lt'd
stump you somo to guess how he's
fixed It for mo to learn7"
"Ho'a drawn tho letters for you, Is
that tho way?" In spito of herself,
Botty was experiencing a cortaln re
vulsion of fcollng where tho judge ttud
MRhaffy wero concerned. They wero
doubtless bad enough, but they could
have been worso.
"No, ma'am; ho dono soaked tho
label off ono of Mr. Pegloo's whisky
bottles end pasted It on the wall Just
as high as my chin, bo's I can sea It
good, and no's learning mo that-a-way!
May bo you'vo Boon tho kind of
bottle I mean Pegloo's Mississippi
Pilot; Pure Corn Whisky?" But Han
nibal's bright llttlo raco fell. Ho was
quick to seo that tho educational sys
tem dovlscd by tho Judgo did not im
press Betty at nil favorably. 8ho drew
htm into her arms,
"You shall havo my books tho
books I learned to read out of when 1
was a llttlo girl, Hannibal!"
"I liko learning from tho label pret
ty well," said Hannibal loyally.
"But you'll llko tho books bottor,
dear, whon you seo thorn. 1 know Just
whero they aro, for I happened on
them on a shelf in the library only
the othor daj."
After they had found and examined
tho books nnd Hannibal had grudlng
ly admitted that they might possess
cortnln points of ndvantago over the
labol, ho and Bety went out for a
walk.
gu Noedn't Be Afraid, I Got
Hannibal looked up into hor faco.
Tho memory of his own loss wns
novor vory long absent from his
mind, nnd Miss Botty had boon tho
victim of a similarly sinister trngody.
Ho recalled those first nwful dnya ot
lonollnoss through which he hart lived,
whon thero was no Undo Bob soft
voiced, Binlllng and lnllnltely com
panlonablo. "Why, Hannibal, you nro crying
what about, dear?" askod Botty sud
denly. "No, ma'am; 1 nln't crying," said
Hannibal stoutly, but hla wot laBhea
gave tho llo to hin words.
"Aro you homesick do you wish to
-
tertained at Btato banquets as the
guest of princes or cities, ho would
slip bonbons Into his pocket, quietly
saying, 'Theso aro for tho young
ones; Bomothlng brought homo al
ways tastca hotter: I know that from
oxperlonco.'
"It Is told of tho emperor that in
Homo, when ho was selecting a gown
to tako homo as a present to tho em
press, a relatlvo advised aB cholco an
olaborato creation, mainly of laco.
'Impossible!' ho answered. 'With tho
children constantly clambering over
her, It would booii bo In ribbons.'"
Decllno of Repentance.
Repentance onco so universally
practiced at this season of tho year,
aa well as on birthdays, and some
times on Sundays Is, rapidly becom
ing ono of tho obsolete virtues. ISvcn
novelists soem to havo grown tirod or
tho "wabbllug" heroine, tho lady who
plunged Into cxotlo sins ono day and
betook luarself (metaphorlcnJly) to a
go back to tno Judgo and Mr Ma
haffy?" "No, ma'am It ain't that I was
Just thinking"
"Thinking about what, dear?"
"About my Undo Bob." Tho small
faco was very wistful
"Oh nnd you still miss him so
much, Hannlbal7"
"I bet I do I reckon nnybody who
knew Undo Bob would never got over
missing him; they Just couldn't, Miss
Dotty! Tho Judgo la mighty kind,
nnd so is Mr. Mahaffy they're awful
kind, MIrb Betty, nnd it seeniB llko
thoy got kinder all tho time but
with Uncle Bob, whn ho liked you,
ho just laid lilniEolf out to let you
know It!"
"That docs mako a great differ
enco, doesn't it?" ngrccd Betty sadly,
WIS trro piteous tearful eves were
bent upon Mini.
"Don't you reckon If Undo Bo6 Is
alive, llko tho Judgo says, and he's
over going to llnd mo, ho had ought
to bo hero by now?" continued Han
nibal anxiously.
"But it hasn't been such n great
while, Hannibal; It's only that bo
much has happened to you, If he
wns very badly hurt it may havo been
weeks beforo he could travel; and
then when he could, perhaps be went
back to that tavern to try to learn
what had becomo of you. Hut wa
may bo quite certain ho will never
abandon his search until he has mado
every posslblo effort to llnd you,
dear! That means ho will sooner or
later como to west Tennessee for
there will always bo tho hopo that
you hnvo found your way here."
"Sometimes I get mighty tired wait
ing, Miss Betty," confessed tho boy.
"Seems llko I Just couldn't wait no
longor " Ho sighed gently, and then
his faco cleared. "You reckon ho'll
como most any tlmo, don't you, MIhs
Dotty?"
"Yes, Hannibal; any day or hour!"
"Whoop!" muttered Hannibal soft
ly under his breath. Presently ho
nsked: "Whoro does that branch tnko
you to?" Ho nodded toward tho
bayou at tho foot of tho terraced blurt.
"It empties Into tho river," nn
swered Botty.
Hannibal saw a small skiff benched
among tho cottonwoods that grow
nlong tho water's edge nnd hU eyes
lighted up Instantly. Ho had a juvenllo
passion for boats.
"Why, you got a boat, ain't you,
Miss Bolly7" This was a charming
and an important discovery
"Would you llko to go down to it?"
inquired Betty.
.,t;
Something important to Say."
'"Deod 1 would! Does she leak
any, Miss Botty?"
"1 don't know about that. Do
boats usually leak, HannlbalY"
"Why, you ain't over been out row
ing hor, Miss Betty, have you? and
thero ain't no bettor fun than rowing
a boat!" They had started down tho
path.
"1 used to think that, too, Hanni
bal; how do you supposo It la that
when pooplo grow up thoy forget all
about tho really nlco things thoy
might do?"
"What uso Is sho If you don't go
rowing lu her?" persisted Hannibal.
"Oh, but it Is used. Mr. Tom usos
nunnery tho next, only to join tho
army of backsliders with greater zest
than ever as soon ns her tit ot peni
tence was ovor. Desplto copybook
maxima warning tho unwnry of the
futility of indulging in lamentntlon
over split milk, repentance bnB nour
ished exceedingly, and women espe
cially havo hitherto always manifest
ed a strong hlus In that direction
Itcpcntanco needs lolsuro, nnd that
may bo why It Is gradually going out
of fashion. People havo no tlmo to
look backwards, and, moreover, thoy
aro now realizing tho futility of doing
bo. Llko Omar Khayyam, thoy under
stand that no ono can rub out what
tho moving Klngor has written, and
that tears are powerless to undo what
bau onco been dono. Kxchango.
Wants a Leap Year Proposal.
Plttsfleld, Muss. Adam Turner, Sr.,
forty-eight years old, announces
through a local paper that ho wants
to get married, nnd any woman who
bau always been economical and sav
ing Is eligible to sue for his hand He
Is by trado an Intcror decorator, ills
only son la twonty-ono years old.
v . Ml f
It In crossing to tho other side where
thoy aro clearing land for cotton. It
tavcB him a long walk or rldo about
tho head of tho buyou."
"Liko 1 should take you out in her,
Miss Botty7" demanded Hannibal with
pnlpltatlng anxiety.
They had entered tho scattering
timber when Botty paused suddenly
with a Btartlcd exclamation, and Han
nibal felt hor lingers closo convul
sively about his. Tho Bound sho bad
heard might havo been only tho rust
ling of tho wind among tho branches
overhead in that shndowy silence, but
Betty's nervoB, tho placid nerves of
youth and perfect health, wero Bhat
toied. "Didn't you hoar something, Han
nibal?" sho whispered fearfully.
Kor nnswor Hannlbnl pointed no
toriously, and glancing in tho direc
tion ho indicated, Betty saw a woman
advancing along tho path toward
thorn. Tho look of alarm slowly died
out of his eyes.
"I think it's tho overseer's niece,"
sho told Hannibal, and they kept on
toward tho boat,
Tho girl came rapidly up tho path,
whlsh closely followed tho Irregular
lino of tho Bhoro In Its windings.
Onco sho wns seen to stop and glanco
back over her shoulder, her attitude
Intent nnd listening, then she hurrlod
forward again. Just at tho boat tho
three met.
"Good evening!" said Botty pleaa
nntly. Tho girl mado no reply to this; sho
merely regarded Betty with a fixed
staro. At length sho broko tho al
ienee abruptly.
"I got Bomothlng I want to say to
you you know who 1 am, I reckon?"
Sho was a girl of about Betty's own
age, with a certain dark, sullen beau
ty nnd that physical attraction which
Tom, in spite ot his vexed mood, had
taken note of earlier in tho day.
"You aro Bess Hicks," said Betty.
"Mako tho boy go back toward tho
bouso a spell I got something 1 want
to say to you." Betty hesitated. Sho
was offended by the girl's manner,
which was as rudo as her spoecb. "1
ain't going to hurt you you noedn't
bo afraid of me. I got something im
portant to say send him off, 1 toll
you; thero ain't no tlmo to lose!" Tho
girl stamped her foot Impatiently.
Botty mndo a sign to Hannibal and
ho passed slowly back along the path.
Ho wont unwillingly, and ho kept his
bead turned that ho might seo what
was dono, even If ho wero not to hear
what was said.
"That will do, Hannibal wait thero
don't go any farther!" Botty called
after him whon ho had reached a
point sufficiently distant to bo out ot
bearing of a conversation carried on
in an ordinary tono. "Now, what is
it? Spoalt quickly If you have any
thing to toll mol"
"I got a heap to say," answered tho
girl with a scowl. Her manner was
still ilcrco and repellant, and she gavo
Betty a certain Jealous regard out ot
hor black eyes which tho latter was
at a loss to explain. "Whero's Mr.
Tom?" sho demanded.
"Tom? Why, about tho place, I
suppose In his office, perhaps." So
It had to do with Tom. . . . Hetty
felt sudden disgust with the situation.
"No, ho ain't about tho place, cith
er! Ho done struck out for Memphis
two hours nfter sun-up, and what's
more, he ain't coming back here to
night " Thero wus a moment of si
lence. Tho girl ooked about appro
benslvely. Sho continued, ilxing her
black eyes on Betty: "You're hero
alone at Bello Plain you know what
happened when Mr. Tom btarted for
Memphis last tlmo I reckou you-all
ain't forgot that!"
Betty felt a pallor steal over hor
faco. She rested a hand that Bhook
on tho trunk of a treo to steady her
solf. Tho girl laughed shortly.
"Don't bo so scared; I reckon Hollo
Plaln'B as good as his If anything
happened to you?"
By a great offort Betty gained a
measure of control ovor herself. Sho
took a step nearer aud looked tho girl
steadily In tho fnco.
"Perhaps you will stop this sort of
talk, and tell mo what la going to
happen to me If you know?" she said
quietly.
"Why do you reckon Mr. Norton
was shot7 1 can toll you why it
was all along of you that was why I"
Tho girl's furtive glanco, which
searched and watched tho gathering
shadows, camo back ob it always did
to Betty's palo face. "You ain't no
safer than ho was, 1 toll you!" and
Bho sucked in hor broath sharply be
tween her full red llpa.
"What do you mean?" faltered
Betty.
"Do you reckon you're safe here In
tho big house alono? Why do you
reckon Mr. Tom cleared out for Mem
phis? It was bocauso ho couldn't bo
around nnd have anything happon to
you that was why!" and tho girl
eank her volco to a whlspor. "You
quit Belle Plain now toulght Just as
soon aa you can!"
"This Ib absurd you nro trying to
frighten mol"
"Did thoy Btop with trying to fright
en Charley Norton?" demanded Boss,
with harBh lnBlstenco.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Curran and tho Irish Chler Justice.
Lord Norbury hold his post as Irish
chief Justico, in defiance of hints that
ho should resign, until ho was 87.
When ho was 86 It was suggested to
him very strongly by tho Lord Lieu
tenant that ho ought to go. but tho
negotiations werobiokon off by Nor
bury challenging tho envoy to fight
His rambling and Irrelevant com
ments often annoyed counsel. Once
when bo was maundering on ho was
Interrupted by a sound which ho only
partially heard but which was really
tho braying of a donkey. "What
nolso was that?" ho asked. "Merely
an echo of tho court, m'lud," replied
Currun gravely.
Another Judge called Fletcher, a
very surly person, said to counsel,
"Sir, I'll not sit hero to bo batted like
a bear tied to tho stako." "No, not
tied, 'm'lud," wn the suave Interrup
tion. Westminster Qazetto.
That Will Get You Out.
""One of the beBt ways In which" to
break up a cold is to manngo some
how to got freu tickets to tho granr
opera.
Mr. "William A. Radford wilt answer
questions and glvo advlco FREE OF
COST on nil subjects pertaining- to tho
subject of building, for the readers of this
lnr, On account or his -nifls crrrrien-5
aa Editor, Author nnd Manufacturer, ho
Is, without doubt, "tho highest authority
on all theso subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. m West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, III., and only
eaolooo two-cent stamp for reply.
Almost perfect an regards comfort
and economy, la tho llttlo houso Illus
trated In tho porapoctlvo vlow and
floor-plans horowith. It Is a 6-room
houso, 27 feet wide by 88 feet long, ex
clusive of the porch. It would bo diffi
cult to put the Bamo amount of build
ing material together In any othor
form to make such a perfect arrange
ment of rooms, and not exceed in cost
tho amount of money that this house
Can bo built for. Pricos varv nn mnnh
in different parts of tho country that
jt is impossible to make an estimate
of cost which will apply to every loca
tion: but a ranee varvlntr from 1 1.40(1
to $1,700 may be given aa a rough esti
mate ror this cosy little cottage.
Tho tastes of individuals in select
ing materials has a great deal to do
"with tho cost of a house In quality of
flnish and hardwaro. Tho cost of ex
tra fine locks and hlncca is not bo
much in itself; but If the same grade
of furnishing Is carried throughout,
there will bo a great difference in the
final footlng-up of tho bill. We have
all hoard the story about tho man who
was ruined by a pair of laco curtains.
When the curtains were hiing, It was
discovered that everything else about
the house must be In kooplng or tho
curtalnB would not look right. It
eems very easy to Bet a higher stand
ard, but it Is difficult to live up to it,
becaUBO any high-Ideal standard has
bo many branches leading oft in dif
ferent directions, and it 1b tho following-up
of the different branches that
involves so much expense.
This is a style of house that will
nevor go out of fashion. Wo may have
fads about different kinds ot entrance
ways and different arrangements of
rooms; we may do away with tho hall;
wo may do away with the front rnnm?
but after wo have experimented with
all tho different 'arrangements possl
eiblo to mako, wo shall come back to
tho front hall and tho front stairway
going up from it with a good, comfort
ablo living room to one sldo, as an
old standby for tho most satisfactory
and desirable entrance to a dwelling.
Every woman Hkea to have a front
hall and a front stairway, and she does
not care to have the stairway placed
in somo Inconvenient corner Just be
cause that happens to be a fad. Some
of tho peculiar structures that are
now being built will bo considered
freaky and undesirable in a few years'
First Floor Plan.
timo. They may look very pretty
when now, and tho oddities worked in
to thorn may appeal for a time to cer
tain young folks who think thoy want
eomething smart or a little different
from tho ordinary; but such people
usually acknowledge after a while that
they mado a mistake In selecting the
houso plan they did.
Ono ot tho most desirable features
In this houso is tho two open fireplaces
ono in tho living room and tho other
In tho dining room. It is intended, of
courso, to heat the house with a small
furnaco in tho cellar; but thero aro
many days In tho spring and full when
wo do not want a furnace lire, and yet
tho houso Is too chilly and uncomfort
able without somo nrtlflolal boat. Then,
too, thero Is a saving In the winter
time by running tho furnace low, nnd
having a grate tiro to keep ono room
warm enough to sit in. A temperature
of 60 to 05 is warm enough for the
wholo bouse it you have the dining
room or living room heated up to about
72. By managing this way, probabaly
& ton of coal would bo saved during
Iho winter.
But thero is a greater advantago
Hi H
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ii in ii i in
than this. The open Are Is not only
the most cheerful fire that you can
have, but It U tho beat ventilator that
whb vr put into a house. You can
not havo good air in a dwelling with
out some propor means of changing it,
and this should bo continuous. You
can open tho doors and windows once
In a while, and lot tho foul a Us out
and the fresh, pure air from outside
como in and tako its ploco; but you
can't bo doing this all the tlmo. On
tho other hand, a fire In tho grato is
drawing tho foul air from near tho
floor all the tlmo, and sending it up
atag eeo room taox
frw
BEO FTOOM
8econd Floor Plan,
tho chimney. Good air from outside
I comes in through the cracka around
tno doors and windows to take it
place. Some people mako tho mistake,
of using double windows and rubber
strips to keep this pure air out. I do
not understand Intelligent people do
ing that way In these days of educa
tion. Everyono knows that puro air
Is absolutely necessary for good
health, and I cannot understand tho
peculiar mental process by which peo
ple can deliberately sot themselves to
work to shut out their greatest neces
sity. I havo acquaintances who never
open a window If they can help it. I
notice thoy usually open tholr pocket
books every llttlo while to pay a doc
tor's bill. There Is, however, no law
to compel them to breathe puro air Ii
they don't want to.
Another point of superiority about
this houso Is tho arrangement of the
dining room, china closet, pantry, and
kitchen. It would be difficult to Invent
an arrangement better than this for
a woman who does her own work.
There Is, in addition, a good closet off
tho dining room, to hold a hundred
things which a woman likes to have
near by, but which are not always In
sight. The fine, large dining room
windows is a good place, for example,
for the sewing machlno; but a woman
does not care to store a sewing ma
chine in the dining room. With the ar
rangement here given, the machine
can easily be wheeled Into the closet,
and left thero until wanted next tlmo.
A built-in back porch that can aaslly
b acreancd against fl!9 and mosqui
toes, is another very good feature. It
is impossible to keep files out of tho
kltchon when they are gathered In
multitudes on the back porch. A
screen door Is not sufficient It Is diffl.
cult and expensive to screen somo
porches, but this one is an exception.
Screening can bo dono so easily that
there Is no excuse for leaving tho
porch open as an invitation for flies
and mosquitoes.
Refreshing Bit of Devotion.
Some children were grouped about a
rough looking huckster, whose horso
had picked up a pleco of bright paper.
Tbe huckster was quietly and tender
ly removing it, and as he had finished
be patted the animal's head and said
to tho children:
"That's the finest little lady in Chi
cago. She's my beat girl ain't you,
Nellie?"
And ho gavo her a bit of sugar,
while tbe ohlldron looked on In won
dering admiration.
Such a refreshlpg bit of devotion to
see In the heart ot a busy, hot city I
Chicago Tribune.
Field Nogleoted.
Mrs. Strucklt Rich Our waiter Is
a student. He is working hla way
through college.
Mr. Strucklt Rich You don't tell
mel Well, it the colleges would only
turn out a few more good waiters I'd
have more respect for them seats of
learning. Puck.
A Mean Man.
Belle This paper says to eliminate
the squeak, a Georgia man has pat
ented a hammock that automatically
lubricates itself with graphlto.
Boulah Mean man! Ho was likely
anxious to hear what tbe couplo in
the hammock were whispering about.
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That's the kind Lib
by's There isn't an
other sliced dried beef
like it. Good? It's the
inside cut of the finest
beef sliced to wafer thin
ness. Sliced
Dried Beef
stands supreme. The tasty
dishes one can mako with it
are almost numberless.
Let's see I There's creamed
dried beef, and but just try
it. Then you'll know !
Always Insist on Libbys
Don't accept "ajuit as good." From
relish to roost, from condiment to
conserve, the quality of Llbby'e
Ready-to-Serve Poods la always
superior. And they don't cost one
whit more than the ordinary kinds.
Put up tn lUrillzad glatt or tin
container
At Every Grocers
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
HER LITTLE HAND IN HIS
Mr. Pecks' Explanation as to Reason
Somewhat Dispelled the Odor
of Romance.
Henne and Pecke were two henpeck
ed married men. Tho other day they
met, and, after a few casual remarks
concerning tho weather, the subject
of women and unfortunate husband
was perhaps naturally discussed. To?
Henne, however, suddenly camo
thoughts of years ngo, when ho was
a happy bachelor, and (unconsciously
of what Fate had In storo for him)
was "walking out" a girl who was,
later on, destined to bring him sor
row and misery.
Pecke, seeing a "far-away" look in
his companion's eyes, inquired the
meaning. Henna retorted dramat
ically, "I was Just then thinking, old
follow, of those happy days long ago
when I used to hold that girl's hand
In mlno for hours whon "
But tho equally unfortunate Pecke
suddenly cut his companion short by
exclaiming: "Why, that's nothing!
Cheer up! Do you know, only yes
terday I held my wife's hand for three
Bolld hours."
What?" said tho startled Henne.
"Yes, It's a fact," resumed Pecke,
sorrowfully; "and I declare if I'd lot
loose she'd havo killed me." London
Tit-Bits.
More Time Needed.
"You must get threo weeks' vaca
tion this yoar."
"Why?"
"Two weeks aren't enough."
"They're all I can get"
"I don't care. You've got to have
three. Last year I had to come homo
with two new dresses that I hadn't
had time to wear."
Lacks Originality.
"Bilklns tells me that he has lately
subscribed for a new thought maga
zine." "I hope its perusal will lnsplro him
with some new thoughts. Nobody
talks about the weather more than
Bilklns does."
Their Place.
"Where are marital rods In plokW
kept?"
"I should BUggeul la family JArs."
Even a wisdom dlsponsor shouldn't
prolong the performance until pooplo
got weary.
A Triumph
Of Cookery
Post
Toasties
Many delicioui dishes
have been made from
Indian Com by tho skill
and ingenuity of the ex
pert cook.
But nono of theso crea
tions excels Post Toast
ies in templing the palate.
"Toasties" are a lux
ury that make a delight
ful hot -weather economy.
Tho first packago tells
its own story.
"Tho Memory Lingers"
Sold by Cioceri,
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