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Fran arrived at Hamilton QroRory's
Rome in Llttleburc;, but rinds htm absent
conducting tha rholr at a. camp meeting-,
he repair thither In search of him,
laughs during the service and Is asked to
ware. Abbott Ashton. superintendent of
chools. escorts Fran from the tent, lie
tells her Gregory Is a wealthy man
leeDir interested in
pillar of tho church
Aihtnn becomes
sn
creatly Interested In Frair and while taw
ing leave of her. holds her hanu anu
lMn by Sapphlra Clinton, sister of Ilob-
frt Clinton, chairman of the school board,
'ran tells Gregory sho wants a homo
"with him. Grace Nolr, Qrosory's private
ecretary, takes a violent dislike to Fran
and advises her to go away ut onco.
Fran hints at a twenty-year-old secret.,
knd Gregory In agitation nsks Grace to
leave tho room. Fran relates tho story
of how Gregory married a younif girl at
Bpiingfleld while attending collcgo and
then deserted her. Fran Is tho child of
that marriage. Gregory had married his
resent wife threo yerirs before tho death.
pf Fran's mother Fran takes a liking to
Mrs. Gregory. Gregory explains- thnt
Fran Is the daughter of a very dear frlrnd
who Is dead. Fran agrees to
'Tan agrees to the story
Mrs.
fjrnrnrv Innlfittf nn her mnklnff her
nomo with them nnd taken her to- iter
iorms. Fran declares the secretary must
go. Graco begins nngglng tactics In nn
Effort to drive Frun from tho Gregory
liome. Abbott, while taking1 a walk alone
at midnight, finds Fran oti n brldgo tell
ing her fortune by cards. She tplts Ab
bott that sho Is tho famous lion tamer,
Fran Nonpareil. Sho tired of circus llfo
And sought a home Grace tells of see
ing Fran come home after midnight with
a mpn Hh ynann part of the story
land aurprlses the rest from Abbott. Hho
decides to ask Bob Clinton to go to
Eprlngfleld to Investigate Fran's story.
"Fran enlists Abbott In her battlo against
Grace. Fran offers her services to Greg
ory ns secretary durlnic llin temnornrv
. ... w..
nbwnce of Grace. Tho latter, hearlns of
JFran's purpose, returns and interrupts a
touching scene between father nnd
daughter. Fran goes Ashing with Mrs.
flregory's brother. Abbott, Avhose reten
tion as superintendent, la to be decided
vnat nay, finds her sitting alone in a
fcuggy. 7
CHAPTER XV, Continued!
Sho slipped her hand 'nto his,
"Didn't I have rt mother? Oh, those
mothers I And who enn mako mothor
jwlshcs come true? Well! And you
Just studied with ull your might; nnd
you'll keep on nnd on, till you're . . '.
out of jny t"nch, of course. Which
would havo suited your in oilier, loo."
fehe-wlthdrow her hand.
fMy mother would havo loved you,"
ho declared, for ho did not understand,
bo well as Fran, about mothers' liking
for strange young ladles who train
lions. ,t
"Miuo"" would y6M," Trap; asserted,
with more reason.
Abbott, conscious of a dreadful emp
tiness, took Fran's hand again. "I'll
never bo out of your reach, Fran."
Sho did not seek to draw away, but
eald, with dark meaning, "rtomembor
the bridge at midnight."
"I remombor how you looked, with
tho moonlight silvering your fact you
Tvoro-Jast beautiful that night, little
Nonpareil."
"My chin la so sharp," sho mur
mured,, "Yes," 'he said, softly feeling tho
warm little fingers, ono by one, as If
to mako sure all woro there, "That's
tho way I llko It sharp."
"And I'm so ridiculously thin--" -
"You'ro nothing llko bo tblti as
when you flrat enmo to Littleburg,",
be declared. "I've noticed how you
aro have been I mean . , ."
"Filling out?" crfed Fran gleefully.
"Oh, yes, and I'm so glad you know,
because slnco I've been vcarlng long
dresses, l'vo been nf,rnld you'd never
find It out, and would always bo think
ing; of mo as you saw mo nt the be
ginning. But I am yoa lining out."
"And your little feet, Fran"
"Yes, I always had n small foot,
fiut let's get off of this subject."
"Not until I say something about
your smile oh, Fran, that Bmllo!"
"The subject, now," remarked Fran,
"naturally returns to Graco Nolr,"
''Please. Fran I"
"I'll tell you w,hy you hurt mysfeol
lngBt Abbott You've disappointed mo
twice. 011, If I were a man, I'd show
any inook-facod little hypocrite If she
could prize secrets out of mo. Just
bocuiiBo It weais drosses and long hair,
you think It an nngol."
"Meaning Miss Grace, I presume?"
romarkod Abbott dryly. "But what Is
the secret, this time?"
"Didn't ! trust you wth th xeoret
that i moant to apply for the position
of secretary ns boou as Grace Nolr
wan out of the way? A,nd I was Just
about to win tho fight whoa hero sho
came hadn't been to tho city at all,
because you told her what I meant to
do handed her tho secret, like a child
giving up something It doesn't want."
"You are very unjust. I did not tell
her your plan, I don't know h6w she
found it out." I
(QUEER WHIMS FOR FUNERALS
Englishman's Coffin Made of 4,000
Matchboxes Unusual Burial
at Sea.
An enormous crowd gatberod at
Chester, a few montlm ago to witness
tho funeral of an eloctrlcal ongluoor,
fabo was eorrled to the comotory in
n coffin that bad been laboriously con
structed by himsolf out of '4,000 match
Loxos. Theso, with their tops vUlble
and advertlilng their respective mak
ers, were varnished over and strength
ened lnsido with wood, On tho coffin
(was plaqed an electric battery, says
JLondon Tit-Bit.
Some years ago a maiden lady died
nt Calemls-sur-Lys, lu Franco, who
Was rejorted to bavo been a chain
blon anuft taker. She enjoyed slngu
parly god health, retained all hor
Menial faculties and dle.d at a ripe
pld age. Her funeral was most ex
t Iraordinary Her wlh was that her
pofBn should be filled with tobacco,
the floer of vthe mortuary chamber
earjxrted with it and the heir to the
property charged to scatter tobacco
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"From you j nobody else know it."
"Sho did not learn it from mo."
" And that's what gets me 1 you
tell her everything, and don't evon
know you toll. Just hypnotized I An
swer my questions: tho morning after
I told you what I moant to do stand
ing there at tho fence by the gate
confiding In you, telling you every
thing I say tho noxt morning, didn't
you toll Grace Nolr all about it?"
"Certainly not."
Abbott tried to remombor, then Bald
casually, "I bollovo wo did meet on
tho street that morning."
"Ycb," said Fran lronlyally, "I bo
llovo you did meet somewhere Of
course sho ongnged-you In hor pecul
iar stylo of inquisitorial conversation?"
"Wo wont down tho slieet together,"
"Now, prisoner ut the bar, relate ull
thnt was snld while going down tho
street together.
"Most charming, but unjust Judge,
not a word that I can fremember, eo it
couldn't hnvn been of nny interest. I
did toll hor that alnce she yes, I re
mombor now since sho was to bo out
of town all day, I would wait until to
morrow to bring her a book she want
ed to borrow."
"Oh! And she wanted to know who
told you sho would bo out of town
all day, didn't sho?"
Abbott roflectod deeply, then said
with triumph, "Yob, sho did. Sho asked
mo how I knew she was going to tho
city with Bob Clinton. And I merely
said that It was the understanding
thoy were to select tho church music.
Not another word was Bald on tho sub
ject." "That was enough. Mighty neat. As
soon ns flho aw you were trying to
avoid a direct answer, pho knew I'd
told you. That gave her a clow to my
leaving tho choir practice bofore tho
rest of thorn. Sho gucssod something
Important was up. Well, Abbott, you
are certainly nn infant In her hands
but I guess you can't help It"
Self-pride was touched, nnd h r
tallated: "Frnn, I 'liato to think of
your being willing to tako her posi
tion behind her back."
Sho crimsoned.
"You'd know how I feol about It,"
ho went on, "if you understood hor
better. I know1 her duty drives hor
to act In opposition to you, and I'm
sorry for It. But hor religious Ideals "
"Abbott, bo honest nnd answer Ib
thoro anything in It this talk of do
ing God'a will? Can people lovo God
nnd hnto ono another? IJust hato
shams," Bho went on, becoming moro
excited. "I don't enro what flue names
you givo them whether It's nmrrlago,
or education, or culture, or religion, If
Micro's no heart in it, It's a Bhatn, and
1 hato it ( hnto a lie, Bui a thou
sand times more, do I hnto a llfo that
is a Ho."
"Fran, you don't know what yuu aro
saying."
"Yob I do know whnt I'm saying. Is
religion going to church? That's nil 1
can seo In it. I want to b'ollevo there's
something elBo, l'vo honestly searched,
for I wnnted to bo comforted, J tell
you, I need it But I can't find nny
comfort lit mortar and stnlned-glnBs
windows. I want Bomethlng that
mnkes a mnn true to his wife, and
'makes a family live togothr In bles
sed harmony, something, that's good
on the tfti'6etB nnd in tho stores, some
thing that makes people oven treat a
show-girl well. If thcro'B anything In
It, why doesn't fnthor "
Sho snatched away her hand that
she mlnlil cover her fnco, for rIio hud
burst into passionate weeping. "Why
docBii't a father, who's nlwy tniklnK
about religion, and singing about It
and praying about It why doesuT thai
father draw his dnughtor to his breast
, . , close, closo to his honrt that'B
tho only homo Bho nsks for Hint's tho
homo sho litis u rluht to, yos n right,
I don't nnnv how far sho's wnndered "
"Fran I" cried Abbott. In groat dls
trees, "Don't cry, little one!" Ho
had no intelligent word, but his urm
was full of moaning ns It slipped about
hor. "Who haa been unkind to you,
Nonpareil?" She let her head Blnk
upon, his shoulder, as she sobbed
without restraint "Whut shams have
pierced your puro heart? Am I tho
causo of nny of thoso tears? Am I?"
"Yob," Fran answered, betweon hor
beforo tho hoarso on tho way to tho
comotery. v
A lady, who left Liverpool some time
ago by tho Lucnula croesed the At
lantic on a unique mission. A promt
nont Now York busluesa man, who
died recently, dlrectod In his will that
his remnlnB Bhould bo cremated nnd
the ashes scattered on tho watorB 6f
tho Atlantic 'from a Cunard steamor.
Tho Lucanln, being tho Bpeclal favor
ite of tho deceased gentleman, waa
selected, and tho lady in question, at
a timo flxod, so that elmultaneously
tho family could attend a memorial
survlco in. Now York, cast tho nshos
frdm nn urn Into tho ocean. A cer
tificate .was given by tho captain of
tho Lucnnla stating tho latitude and
longitude lu which tho ashes wore
committed to tho doop.
One Black Sheep Needed,
A revival pf religion was In prog
ress In a town whero Peter, Paul und
John were coal dealers. John was tho
first to como under tho Influence of
very eloquent preaching. He waa hon
est and sincere about It and Jolnod
the church. A week later Paul was
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sobs, "you're the causo of all my
happy tears." Sho nestled there with
a movement of perfect trust; he drew
her closer, and stroked her hair ten
derly, trusting himself.
Presently she pulled herself to
rights, lifted his arm from about her,
and rested it on th,e back of tho scat
a friendly compromise. Then sho
shook back her hair and raised her
eyes and a faint smile camo into the
rosy face. "I'm bo funny," she declared.
"Sometimes I seem bo s,trange that
I need an Introduction to myself." Sho
looked Into Abbott's eyes fleetlngly,
and drew In the corners of hor mouth.
"I guesB, after all, there's something
in religion I"
Abbott waB so warmod by returning
Bunelilhe thnt his eyes shone. "Dear
"Franl" he said It waa very hard to
koop hlB arm whore sho had put It
Sho tried to look at htm steadily, but
somehow tho light hurt her eyes. She
could feel Its warmth burning her
cheeks.
"Oh, Fran," cried Abbott impul
sively, "the bridge In tho moonlight
was nothing to the way you look now
so beuutlful and bo much moro
than Just beautiful . . ."
"This won't do," Fran exclaimed,
hiding her faco. "Wo must get back
to Graco Nolr Immediately." '
"Oh, Fran, oh, no, plenBol"
"I won't ploase. While we're In
Sure-Enough Country, I mean to tell
you tho whole truth about Graco Nolr."
Tho nnmo Heemcd to settle tho atmos
phere sho could look at him, now.
"I want you to understand that
something is going to happen must
happen, Just from the nature of things,
and tho nature of wives nnd husbands
and tho other woman. Oh, you
noedn't frown at mo, l'vo scei you
look that othor way at mo, bo I know
you, Abbott Ashton."
"Fran I Then you know thnt I-r"
"No, you must listen. You'vo noth
ing Important to tell me that I don't
know. l'vo found out tho wholo Greg
ory history from old Mrs. Jorfcrson,
without hor knowing thnt Bho was tell
ing anything she's a Bort of 'Profes
sor Ashton in my hands and I moan
to tell you thnt history. You know
She Had Burst Into Passionate Weep
ing. that, for about throo years, Mrs, Grog
ory hnHn't gone to church "
"You must admit that It doesn't np
ponr woll."
"Admit it? Ycb, of course I must.
And tho world cnroB for appearances,
and not for the truth. That's why It
condemns Mrs. Gregory and rau and
that's why I'm nfrnijd the school-board
will condomn you: just oh account of
appearances. For these pnBt three
yeiiiB, tho church hno meant to Mrs.
Grogory a building plus Graco Nolr.
VI don't menn that Mrs, Gregory got
Jealous of Gruco Nor I don't know
how to explain you enn't handle cob
sobs without marrlug them." She
puusud.
'Jealous of Miss Grace!" exclaimed
Abbott roprovlngly.
"Lot's go back, and tnko a running
Jump right Into tho thick of it. When
Mr. Grogory camo to Littleburg, a com
ploto stranger and when ho mnr
rled, she waB a dovoted church-mom-hor
always wont, nnd took groat In
Influenced to abandon tho world and
tho nosh, and ho, to, became an on
thuslastlo suportor of tho good work.
Peter, however, hold aloof from tho
moettngs. Nono of tho invitations of
neighbors or brothers scorned to have
nny effect Finally tho clergyman
called and made a porsonal appeal.
Peter was rough and ignorant and a
little Inclined to profanity, but honest
and frank In speech If not In act
He finally clinched his nogntlvo argu
ments with thu clorgymau when in
reply to a question ho said: "John
has bocomo a Christian and Paul has
bocomo a Christian and if I join your
church who tho , excuse mo, par
son, will wolgh tho coal!" "
Correction.
The Ctnnamluson Scimitar will say
tomorrow;
"Wo much regret that, In our re
cent nrticlo ontltlod, 'Ages of Celebri
ties,' we wrongly gave tho ago of the
famous actor, John Draws. As Mr.
Draws hat pointed out to us, a trans
position of llgurcB mado us say that
ho waa thirty-six years old, whereas
ho Is, of course, slxtyHhre "
- MYEDS
(COPYRIGHT 1912
BOBB5-MEPCILLCO.)
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terest in all his schemos to help folks
folks at u distance, you understand
. . . She Just devoured that relig
ious magazine he edits yes, I'll ad
mit, hlo religion, shows up beautifully
In print; the pictures of It aro good,
too. Old Mrs. Jefferson tool: pride
in being wheeled to church where she
could see her son-in-law leading tho
music, and where she'd watch every
gesture of the minister and catch the
sound of his volco nt the high places,
where ho cried and, or nevertheless.
Sometimes Mrs. Jefferson could get a
lozen andB nnd buts out of one dis
course. Then comes your Grace Nolr."
Abbott listened with absorbed atten
tion. It was ImpoBslblo not o bo in
fluenced by tho 70lce that had grown
to menn ho much to him.
"GracP Nolr Ik a person that's su
perhumanly good, but she's not happy
In hor goodness; It hurts her, all the
time, -because other folks aro not as
good oo sho, You can't live In the
house with her without wishing she'd
mako a misluku to bliov, ,liorsolf hu
man, but she never docB, siio's always
right She's so fixed on being a mar
tyr, that If nobody crosses her, she
just makes herself a martyr out of
the shortcomings of others."
"As for Instance ?"
"As for lnstnnco, sho suffered mar
tyrdom every time Mrs. Grogory
nestled In an armchair beside tho cozy
hearth, when a Ladles' Aid, or a Rally
wan beating Its way thiough show
drifts to the Walnut Street church Mr.
Gregory was like everybody else
about Grace ho took her at her own
vnluo, and that gave, the equation: to
him, rejlglon meant Walnut Street
church plus Grace Nolr. For a while,
Mrs. Gregory dung to church-going
with grim determination, but It wasn't
nny use. The Sunday-school would
have button contests, or tho Ladles'
Aid would give chlckon plo dinners
down-town, nnd Mrs. Gregory would
bo a red button or a blue button, and
she would havo her pie; but she wub
always third in her home, oi at
church, aho was tho third. It waa her
husband and his secretary that under
stood tho Lord. Somehow sho seemed
to disturb conditions, merely by befng
present"
"Fran, you do not realize that your
words they intimate " (
"She disturbed conditions, Abbott.
She was like a turned-up light nt-a
seance. Mr. Gregory was appalled bo
cause his wife quit attending church
Graco sympathized in his sorrow It
mado him feel toward Graco Nolr
but I'm up ngalnst a stone wnll, Ab
bott, I haven't the word to describe
his fooling, maybo there Isn't any
"Fran Nonpareil! Such wisdom
terrifies m . . such auspicious!"
In this moment of hnsltnncv between
conviction nnd rejection, Abbott folt
pddly out of hnrmony with his little
frlond. She realized tho effect she
must necessarily bj producing, yet
sho must continue; Bhe had counted
tho cost nnd tho danger, If sho did
not convince him, his thought of her
could nover bo tho snmo.
"Abbott, you may think I am talk
ing from JenlouBy, and thnt I tried to
got rid of Graco Nolr so I could better
my condition nt hor expense. I don't
know how to mnko you seo that my
story Is true. It tolls Itself. Oughtn't
that to provo It? Mrs. Gregory has
tho dove's nature; sho'd let tho enemy
havo the spoils rather than come to
blowB. Sho lots hi in. tnko his choice
horo Is she, yondor's the secretary.
Ho lsn t worthy of her If ho chooses
Ornco but hlB hesitation bus proved
him unworthy, nnyhow. Tho old lady
- -hor mother is a fighter; sho'd havo
driven out tho secretary long ago. But
Mrs. Gregory's Idea scorns to be 'If
ho can want hor, after I've given him
myself, I'll not mako a movement to
Interfere,' "
Abbott played dollcatoly with the
mere husk of thin ustouudlng revela
tion. "Have you tnlkcd with old Mr3.
Jefferson Hbout nbout It""
"She's too proud wouldn't admit It
But I've shyly hinted . . however,
lt'B not tho sort of story you could
pour through tho funnel of nn ear
trumpet without getting wheat mixed
with chaff. She'd misunderstand tho
neighbors would get it first anyway
she wouldn't make a movo because her
MARRIAGE LAW IN ITALY
Ceremony Is Only Legal When Per
formed by Mayor of Place
Where Couple Reside.
In Italy marriage by law Is a civil
contract, only logal when performed
by the mayor of tho plnco In which the
copplo who deslro to bo married ro
side, or his assessor, and it must bo
performed In tho city chamber
Somo hotols nnd not a few pensions
in Homo aro tho constant resort of
needy ndventurers with tltlos real or
spurious to their names, Duko This
nnd Prince That, who aro always on
tho lookout for money, says the Chris
tian Herald. Aided, it may bo, by
Bomo ono in tho hotol or pension, thoy
got acquainted with a rich American
family with marriageable daughters.
To ono of theso lovo Is mado and mar
riage Is arrnngod.
Such have no difficulty in finding a
priest to perform tholr ceremony It
is dono. Then tho adventurer deserts
tho girl, and she haa no remedy. Some
few years ago a young girl waa so
treated. Her pseudo husband, having
daughter won't. It's you and I, Ab
bott, against Grnco and Mr. Gregory."!
He murmured, looking away, "Youj
take me for granted, Fran."
"Yes." Fran's reply was almost a1
whisper. A sudden terror of what h
might think of her, smoto her heartl
But she repeated bravely, "Yes!"
He turned, and sho saw in his eye
a confiding trust that seemed to,
hedge her soul about "And you ca
always take me for granted, Fran; and
always Is a long'tlme."
"Not too long for you nnd me," eaU
Fran, looking at him breathlessly.
"I may havo felt," he said, "for some
time, In a vaguo way, what you havo
told me. Of course It is evident that
ho prefers Miss Nolr's society. But I
havo always thought or hoped or
wanted to feel, thnt It was only tho
common tie of religion "
"It was not tho truth thnt you
clung to, Abbott, but appearances As
for mo, let truth kill rather than llvo
as a sham. If Grace Nolr stays, tho
worst, is going to happen. Sho -may
not know how far she's going. Ho
may not suspect he's doing wrong.
People can 'make anything they want
scorn right In their own eyes. But I've
found out that wickedness Isn't sta
tionary, It's got a' sort of perpetual
motion. If we don't drive Grace away,
the crash will come."
"Fran how you must lovo Mr3.
Gregory!"
"She breaks my heart"
"Dear faithful Fran! What can wo
do? I say we, Fran, observe."
"Oh, you Abbott.Ashlon . . . Just
what I thought you! No. no, you
mustn't Interrupt. I'll manage Graco
Nolr, If you'll manage Bob Clinton."
"Where does Bob Clinton come in?"
"Grace is trying to open a door bo
ho can come in. I mean a secret in
Mr. Grogory's past Sho suspects that
there's a secret in his past, and aha
intends to send Bob to Springfield
whero Mr. Gregory left that secret
Bob will bring it to Littleburg. He'll
hand It over to Grace, and then Bhe'H
havo Mr. Gregory In her power
there'll be no getting her hands oft
him, after that."
"Suroly you don't mean that Mr.
Gregory did wrong when ho waa
young, and that Mica Nolr suspecti
It?"
"Bob will bring home tho secret
and it will kill Mrs. Gregory, Abbott
and Grace will go off with him I
know how It'll end."
"Wliat is this secret?"
"You aro never jo know, Abbott"
"Very well so be it. But I don't
beHeve Mr. Gregory ever did very
wrong ho is too good a man."
"Isn't ho dally breaking his wife's
heart?" retorted Fran with a curl of
tho lip. "I call that murder." ,
"But still! But I can't think ho
realizes If
"Then." said Fran satirically, "we'll
Just call It manslaughter. When I
think of his wlfo's meek pationt fnca
don't you recall that look in her
eyes of the wounded deer and tho
thousands of times you've seen ihosa
two together, at church, on tho street,
In tho library everywhere . . .
seolng only each other, leaning closer,
smiling deoper as if doing good
moant getting close Oh, Abbott, you
know what I moan don't you, don't
you?"
"Yes!" cried Abbott sharply. "Fran.
you aro right I havo been all of u
have boen clinging to appearances,
Yes, I know what you mean."
"You'll keep Bob Clinton from teU
lng that secret, won't you? He's to go
tonight, on the long journey tonight,
after tho board meeting. It'll tako him
threo or four days. Then ho'll corao
back . . '."
"But ho'll never tell the secret," Ab
bott declared. His mouth closed as
by a spring.
(TO DE CONTINUED.)
More In His Line.
Slgnor Marconi, tho Inventor of
wireless telegraph, was seated at din
nor bosldo a lady who gushed,
Unfortunately, the lady had mis
taken tho Inventor for his compatriot
Mnscngnl, tho composer of "CovallerU
Ru8tlcann."
"Oh, slgnor," sho exclaimed, "I
would bo lovo to hear you play your
beautiful Intermezzo!"
"Certainly," Marconi replied, quick
ly. "I shall bo delighted, if you havo
a wireless piano." Washington Star.
secured her money, left her and man
ried civilly and legally nn, Italian
woman with whom he was In love,
The victimized girl shot dead her be
trayer nnd his wlfo. Recognizing the
provocation sho Had received, sho wa
loft unpunished. Anothor girl simil
arly botrnyed committed suicide.
Legal Opinion.
. "A cat cits on my back fence every
might nnd ho yowls and yowls and
yowls. Now, I don't wnnt to havo
any trouble with neighbor Jonos, but
this thing has gono far enough, and
I want you to toll mo what to do."
Tho young lawyer looked as solemn
as an, old sick owl, and said 'not a
word.
"I havo a right to shoot tho cat,
haven't I?"
'i would hardly say that," replied
young Coke Blackstono. "The cat
doos not belong to you, as I under
stand it."
"No, but the fenco does."
''Then," concludod tho light of law,
"I think it Bate to say you havo a por
feci, right to tear down the fence."
New York Press.
LITTLE FIGHT "ON THE SIDE"
American Soldiers In Tranches Before
Santiago Stop Firing to Witness
Most Amusing Scrap. '
A "scrap" between an Irishman nnd
a Teuton In the American trenches be
fore Sabltago, while the battlo was on.
was so funny thnt tho soldiers stopped
firing at the Spaniards to watch the
dissension in their own ranks, says
volunteer in an exchange.
Private Cassldy of company B. Six
teenth U. S. Infantry, Private Mueller
and Corporal Mulraney were facing
the foe side by side when Cassldy was
hit by a Spanish don's bullet and sont
to that "bourne whence no traveler
returns." Mulraney was so busy
pumping lead toward Santiago that
he failed to note his comrade's death
until tho poor fellow was being re
moved from the firing lino. Then he
saw Mueller In the act of appropriat
ing two cartridge belts, one filled and
tho other almost empty. Now ammu
nition was to bo had in abundance
that morning. Every soldier In tho
regiment was supposed to havo all the
cartridges he could shoot away, re
gardless of accuracy of aim, so It
galled Corporal Mulraney to see an
other nnd a Gorman at that taking
possession of what onco belonged to
his chum. '
"If ye had anny respect for tho dead
yo'd lave thlm carthrldges alone," said
Mulraney with a ncowl on lit face
that would have scared a Spaniard
Into surrender. "It isn't the likes of
yez, ye Dutch duffer, that can fall
heir to me friend Cassldy's belongings
I'll thank ye, an' with a bad grace at
that, to pass mo thlm belts before I
take a punch at your dirthy faco.J
"Dot vas all rlghf," replied Mueller
defiantly, his phlegmatic blood stirred
by the heat of battle. "Cassldy vas a
good feller, all right, andt ho toldt
mo I could haf dose ammunitions ven
he vas "
"Ye He, ye Dutch" robber!" cried
Mulraney, dropping his rifle and shak
ing his fist under Mueller's nose.
"Ye'll put thlm carthrldges down this
minnltfor I'll mako yez wish a Mauser
had sthruck yo lnstld of me fist"
"I vas no liar," retorted Mueller,
also dropping his rifle, "undt I can vlp
any Irish dog robber who "
This pointed allusion to the fact
that Mulrnnpy had once been a "strik
er" for his captain wns more than
Mulraney cared to Btnnd, and his
brawny arm straightened with stun
ning effect on Mueller's cheek. Al
most as quickly tho German's fist
landed on Mulraney's nose, and then,
to the wonder of their comrades on
cither side, the two men went down
together, striking, kicking and biting
with complete Indifference for tho
fierce battlo in progress. Beforo eith
er combatant had Inflicted any par
ticular harm upon his opponent a
young lieutenant Interfered and or
dered the men back to their placos,
with the assurance that each would
buffer severely for such a flagrant
breach of discipline
For a few minutes both men pulled
their triggers with a fair degree of
regularity, notwithstanding the con
stant exchange of civilities which they
could not 'forego, but Mulraney
changed tho situation suddenly when
ho discovered that no commissioned
offlcers woro near enough to balk his
schomo of veneance.
"If je'ro not a coward ye'll roll
down the hill a bit of a ways behind
tho trench," Mulranoy muttered to his
foe, "an' whin 1 meet ye at tho bottom
may hivln hov mercy on ye before I'm
t'rough wld ye!"
Mueller looked to tho rear nnd saw
a steep slopo of nearly fifty feet and a
tangled growth or shrubbery at tho
bottom. He glanced along the lino
j In both directions and saw no ahoul-
Ul DllUia inv . uu akf
nnd then accepted tho challonge by
casting himself out of the trench and
swiftly rolling toward tho shrubbery.
Bofore ho had traversed half tho dls-
tance Mulraney was descending In tho
same fashion, and a resumption of
hobtllltleo ensued Immediately upon
hit. arrival at the foot of the slope.
It might bo stated parenthetically)
that a big captain separated Mulraney
nnd Mueller nnd sent them back once
more to their places on tho firing Hno,
whero they acted like good soldiers
the rest of the day. After tho lighting
was over Mulranoy lost his chevrons
and several months' pay, and Muellei
suffered even worso punishment
Fixing It
"Why wero you Into in returning tt
camp last night?" asked tho lloutenant
of a private at Camp Dounlson, near
Cincinnati.
"Train was very late, sir."
"Well, the next timo tho train's late
take care y' como by an earlier ono."
Expedience.
Few can afford to tako the position
taken by the captalu of a company of
guerrillas. Tho story Is that this cap
tain, at tho head of a company of 300
men, when Informed that the enemy,
numbering BOO, wns approaching,
said:
"Woll, boys, we'll look 'em over,
and If wo can't lick 'om we'll Jlne
em."
Boiler Inspection Lawi.
Thirteen states have boiler inspec
tion laws.
To Destroy Airships.
French nrmy engineers have de
signed a field gun for firing at air
ships thnt Is carried in tho rear of an
automobile, can be aimed almost ver
tically and is provided with mechan
ism to relievo tho automobile of tho
recoil shock.
Electric Torch.
An olectrlc torch patented by a
New Yorker Is supplied with current
by a generator contained in tho
handle, which Ib operated by the
hand holding It
POWER IN HANDS OF BOARD
City of Cleveland Has Scheme Which
It Largely a Copy of Methods
In Vogue In Europe.
The charter commission has pro
vided for a city planning board fop
Cleveland under tho new form of gov-
eminent Its exact authority remains
frobably to bo bestowed by legUla
lon, though its utility in a modern
metropolitan community is unques
tioned. A city planning conferenco
has Just boon held in Chicago. Among
thoao in attendanco waa a German
expert who told how tho cities In hl
country, and In particular how Ber
lin, controlled urban development bo
as to avoid some of tho evils too fa
miliar In tho United States. Berlin
was divided into sections or zones and
Btrlct regulations established as to tho
height and character of the buildings,
which might be erected in each. Some
things endured by tho people of Ger
man cities might not be so acceptable
In this country, but tho general policy,
of moro rigidly regulating the manifes
tations of growth could be copied prof
itably. American cltica have grown
haphazard. Tho skyscraper fad has
run riot In New York. Tho tenement
house ovll might have been prevented
In large part had government as
sumed more control over the utiliza
tion of privnte property. Narrow,
crooked streets aro a menace nnd a
reproach. Cleveland tikeB a step for
ward in providing the machinery for
city planning. The city has accom
plished much already in this direction,
but the further possibilities art unlim
ited. START THE CHILDREN RIGHT
Early Training In Matters Concerning
Rural Improvement Would Mean
Much In a Few Years.
To train children in rural improve
ment Ideas means to train children to
see, to observe tho beautiful in na
ture, to become interested in plant
life. It means to awaken in tho child
mind a desire to lfaTVB a plant, a tree,
or a garden of his very own, where
he can study out tho mystery of "how
to mako things grow," When we have
Interested the Individual child in the
Individual plant wo havo formed a nu
cleus for improvement ideas which
may unfold into an association for
creating "beautiful homes" in ths
neighborhood, tho town or the rural
community.
Our public schools are doing a
great deal with their nature studios
to interest children In improvements,
but to tho parent should the child bo
Indebted for ite first lessons in the
lndustrx of tree planting. Children
naturally lovo to do things, but they
do not love drudgery. How many boya
have been driven away from the homo
because their fathers Insisted on work
ing them, Instead of allowing them to
work. How much better If parents
would lure their children to Industry
by companionship and. pleaaant sto
ries, especially about plant, , animal
and insect life found everywhere about
them. No parent is so well posted
but ho may learn much about thesa
things while Instructing tho children
Needs of Window Boxes.
When tho mlddlo of summer comes..
Window boxes that made a bravo show
up to that time begin to look seedy
and several light coats of manuru will
carry them nicely through the sea
son. Or, the plants may bo watered
weekly1 with manure water the color
of weak tea.
Tho geianium Is well adapted 'to
white houses of tho conventional type,
nnd variegated vincn supplants it well.
Nasturtiums, too, look well with such
a house. It often happens that n box
filled with vines only Is moro attrac
tive when used on a brick house than
one boasting a profusion of floVvers
Ivy and moneywort, llko clnca, aro
f good vines to grow. If the soil Is
made extra rich and the climbing nas
turtiums used, there will be a wealth
of foliage and not over-much bloom
Othor good decorntlve trailers aie
Thunborgin, which grows rapidly and
has niany dark-eyed blossoms In buff,
orango nnd white, and variegated Jap
aneso hop.
Pausles may bo grown In the porch
nnd window box very early In the sea
son, 'and later replaced with gera
niums and other plants.
Sameness In American Cities.
Tho great feature of American cities
which strikes tho European visitor is
tho sense of sameness and tho lack of
individuality. With rectangular plan
ning, It is almost Inevitable that this
should be the result, and it can hard
ly bo hoped on continuous Btreet linos,
whero oftentimes tho main feature Is
tho double lino of telephono posts, to
bo able as yet to creato street pic
tures such as meet the eyo at Rothen
burg or aro being re-created In tha
newer examples of English domestic
architecture, notnbly at Hampstead
Gardon, suburb, whore the inlluenco
of a controlling architect and the
method of cc-oporatlvo building has
resulted in street vistas which In their
way have a charm akin to that of tho
mediaeval city.
Just What It Is.
After extended Investigation wo
havo reached tho conclusion that rip
pling laughter is tho giggling of tbe
girl ono likes.
Cannot Keep It Down.
Merit may be kept at the foot of
tho class for a while, but it will como
to the head In Its own good time.
Dining Room In Turkish Palace,
n Turkish palaces there Is a special
door whereby anyono who desires a
meal may enter. Tendon Spectator.
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