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hcjne In LIttloburc. but ilnds him absent j At
tfnductlnK the choir at a camp meotlnsrQ.M
(Rib repairs thither In search of him MM
leave. Abbott Ashton. suDerlntondant ot
chools, escorts Fran from the lent. Ho
wis nor ure&ory is a wealthy man
pillar of tho church. Ashion becomos
irteatly Interested In Fran and whllo tak
Inff leave of her, holds her hand and Is
i en by Sapphlra Clinton, sister of Rob
ert Clinton, chairman of the school board.
ycpiy iiiiuremeu in cnaruy worn, anu
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Frtn tells Gregory she wants n homo
With lilmi Oraco Nolr, Qrepory's private
ecretary, takes Tl vlolont dlollke to Fran
and advises her to ko an ay at once.
Fran hints at a twenty-year-old secret,
and Gregory In agitation usku Grace to
leave tho room. Fran relates tho story
of how Gregory married a young girl nt
Springfield while attending college and
then deserted her. l'ran Is tho child of
that marriage. Gregory had married his
present wife three years before the death
of Fran's mother. Frun takes a liking to
Mrs. Gregory. Gregory explains that
Fran Is the daughter of a very dear friend
who Is dead. Fran agrees to the story.
Mrs. Gregory Insists on her making her
homo wltli them and takes her to her
arms. Fran denlares the secretary must
bo. urace Degins nagging tactics in an
pjrort to drive ITan from the Gregory
home. Abbott, while taking a walk alono
om. iiDooii, wnun lOKinff a wane aioni
t mldnlKht, finds Fran on a brldice tell
lnr her fortune b:
y cards, una tens ad
pott tnat she is
the famous lion tamer,
Fran Nonpareil. She tired of circus II fo
rind sought a home. Grace tells of see
Dg Fran como home after midnight with
4 man. Bhe guesses part of tho story
and surprises the rest from Abbott. She
decides to ask Sob Clinton to go to
ftorlngfleld to Investigate Fran's story.
Fran enlists Abbott In her battle against
Orace. Fran offers her services to Greg
ory as secretary during the temporary
absnc6 of Grace. The latter, hearing of
Fran's purpose, returns and Interrupts a
touching scene betwoen father and
daughter. Grace tells Gregory she In
tends to marry Clinton and quit his serv
ice. He declares that he cannot continue
his work without her. Carried away by
passion, he takes her In his arms. Fran
walks In on them, and declares that
Oraco must leave the house at onco. To
Gregory's consternation ho learns of
CUntarffl mission to Springfield. Clinton
Mfama trmn Springfield and, at Fran's re
(Tuenst. Ashton urgest him not to disclose
What ho has learned. On Abbott's assur
ance that Oraco will leave Gregory at once.
Clinton agrees to keep silent. Driven In
to rti ootper by the threat of exposure,
PfMTO7 3 Ktcc& to dismiss Grace. Graco
la CCwcd tho lob of bookkeeper In Clin-
tra'a grnneryt store. Gregory declares he
will
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die marries Clinton.
CHAPTER XX. Continued.
It was tho dofla ol a July day that
Hamilton Gregory left his house ro
solved, at any cosb savo that of ex
posure to oxperlenco once more the
only pleasure life held In resorvo for
him: nearnesB to Grace Nolr. She
might be at the store, since all shops
were to remain open late, In hopes ot
reaping sordid advantages from the
gaiety ot mankind. In, a word, Little
burg was in the grip of its first street
lair.
Before going down-town, Gregory
trolled casually within sight of the
Clinton-, boarding-house. JOnly Miss
Sapphlra was on tho green veranda.
Miss Sapphlra, recognizing Gregory,
waved a solemn greotlng, and ho felt
reassured for he wbb always afraid
Robert would "tell." Ho pushed his
way nearer.
"Is Miss Nolr hero?" Gregory nskod
'a a strained volco; the confusion hid
"But J Have Been Dying to Be Near
You, to Talk to You."
he odd catch his volco had sufforod
j getting over tho namo.
"No. She'B down-town but not at
jmy show, you may be sure, She's loft
late at tho store because I guess
jrou'yo heard Abbott Ashton has beon
away a ion? tlrao."
"I havo heard nothing of tho young
man," Grogory replied stiffly.
"well, he's boon off two or throe
weoks soraowhoro, nobody knows un
less it's Dob, and Bob won't tell any
thing any more. Abbott wroto he'd
be home tonight, and Bob drove ovor
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(That Used In the Supreme Court Prob
ably the Oldest Connected With
the Government.
It is a tiny little book, only flvo and
one-halt Inches long and throo nnd
one-half inches wide. It Is bound In
bright red Morocco leather, with tho
word "Bible" printed In diminutive
jgold letters on tho back. But ono
-does not see that red Morocco cover
-unless be removes tho little black
leather slip which protects It.
iJong, long ago tho little red Bible
began to show wear, and "then the
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tect it so long ago, in fact, that 16 of
"those covers, mado to protect the ven
erated little volume, wero worn out in
the, service. It is without daubt one
ol the' oldest Bibles, if not tho very
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to Slmmtown to meet him In tho sur
rey, so Miss Graco is alono down
thoro " Sho noddod ponderously.
"Alone!" ho exclaimed involuntarily.
"Yes I look for Bob nnd Abbott
now Just any mlnuto." Sho added,
eying tho crowd "I saw Fran on tho
street, long and merry ago!" Her ac-
cent was that of condemnation. Like
a rock sho sat, letting tho flcklo pop
ulace drift by to minstrel show and
snnko den. Tho soverlty of hor double
chin said thoy' might all go thither
sho would not.
This was also Gregory's point of
vlow; and even In his Joy at finding
the coast clear, ho paused to say, "I
am sorry that Fran seems to havo lost
oil reason over this carnival company.
If sho would show half n much inter
est In her soul's welfare "
He loft tho sentonco unfinished. Tho
thought of Graco had grown supreme
it soomod to illuminate somo wido
and splendid road into a glorious fu
ture. The bookkeeper's desk was in a gal
lery near tho celling of tho Clinton
grocery store; ono looked thence,
through a picket-fence, down upon tho
only floor. Doubtless Graco, thus look
ing, saw him coming. When he roached
her side, ho was breathless, partly
from tho etrugglo through tho masses,
principally from cxclto'mont of fancied
security.
She was posting up tho ledger, and
made no sign of recognition until b.o
called hor namo.
"Mr. Clinton Is not horo," sho said
reraotoly. "Can I do anything for
you?"
Ho ndm.lred hor calm courtesy. If
nt tho same time sho could have been
reserved and yielding he would havo
found tho Imposslblo combinatloner
foct. Bccauso it was imposslblo, he
was detorminod to proservo her an
gello purity in imagination, and to re
store her womanly charm to actual
being.
"How can you receive me so coldly,"
ho said impulsively, "when I've not
soon" you for weeks?"
"You see me nt church," sho an
swered impersonally,
"But I havo been dying to bo noar
you, to talk to you '
"Stop!" sho held up her hand"You
should know that Mr. Clinton and I
are "
"Graco!" ho groaned.
Sho whispered, hor faco suddenly
growing palo, "Aro engaged." Tho
tete-a-toto was boyond hor supposed
strength.
"Engaged!" ho echoed, as if sho had
pronounced ono ot tho world's great
tragodlea. "Then you will glvo your
self to that man yourself, Graco, that
beautiful self and without lovo? It's
a crime 1 Don't commit the horrlblo
blunder that's ruined my life. See
what wretchedness has como to mo "
"Thon you think," very slowly, "that
I ought to lot Fran ruin ray wholo llfo
becauso your wife haB ruined yours?
Then you think that aftor I havo beon
driven out of tho houso to mako room
for Fran, that I ought to stay single
becauso you married unwisely ?"
"Graco, don't say you aro driven
out"
"What do you call it? A resigna
tion?" "Grace! wo havo only a few mo
ments lo bo alone. For pity's sake,
look at mo kindly and uso another
tont! a tono like tho doar days when
you wero by my side, . , . We may
never bo together again."
Sho looked at him with tho same ro
pollont expression, and npoho la tho
same bitter tone: "WeV, supposQ wo'ro
not? You and that Fran will be to
gether." In his realization that it was Fran,
and Fran alono, who separated them,
Gregory passed Into a stato of anger,
to which his lovo ndded recklessness.
"Graco, hate mo If you must, but you
shall not misunderstand me!"
Sho laughed. "Pleaso don't aak me
to undorstond you, Mr. Gregory, whllo
youhldo tho only secret to your un
derstanding. Don't como to mo with
pretonded liking when what you call
'mystoriouB business Interests nt
Springfield' drlvo mo from your door,
and kcop Fran at my desk."
Ho interposed in a low, passlonato
volco. "I am roeoled that you should
premo court has takon tho oath of
allegiance when accepting his appoint,
mont to our highest tribunal. More
than that, ovory attorney who has
practlcod boforo tho Supreme court
slnco that date 1800 has pledged his
alloglanco ovor tho llttlo volume All,
with ono exception also, and that ex
ception was Danlol Webstor.
It 1b told ovon yet ot tho Supremo
court of that day that Mr. Wobstor's
fame as an orator had so preceded him
that on tho occasion whon ho came
to argue his first caso before tho court
tho clerk, Mr. Caldwell, in his eagor
noes to hear tho great speaker, forgot
to admlnistor tho oath. Christian
Horald.
Where Old Cane Qo.
"Goodness gracious!" oxclalms the
housewife, "I wonder what becomos
of all the tin cans that aro thrown
away." Never fear, dear madam, thoy
are not lost, nor does one of them go
to waste.
A friend ot the visitor, who is a
well-known business man, is thorough
ly a4Uftlnte4 with the tin can from
Its lBfaocy to the day ot its dooss.
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JOHNBKECKHMDCE ELLIS
ILLTTSTOATIONS BY"
.O-IRWIN -MYEPS
know overythlng. Fran Is my own
daughter."
She gavo no sign save a sudden
compression of tho mouth; neverthe
less, hor surprlso was oxtromo. Her
mind flashod along tho wires of tho
past and returned illuminated to the
presont entanglement
Ho thought her moroly stunned, nnd
burst forth: "I tell you, Fran is my
child. Now you know why I'm com
pelled to do what sho wants. That's
tho secret Bob brought from Spring
flold. That's the secret Abbott Ash
ton hung over my head tho traitor!
aitor I'd befriended him I All of my
ungrateful friends have consplrod to
ruin mo, to forco you from mo by this
secret. But you know It now, nnd I'vo
escaped Us dangor. You know It!"
"And does your wifo know 7"
"Would I tell hor, and not toll you?
It's you I'vo tried to shield. I married
Josephine Derry, and Fran Is our
child. You know Fran. Well, hor
mothor wbb Just llko her frivolous,
caring only for things or tho world
Irreligious. And I was Just a boy a
mere college youth. When I realized
tho awful mistake I'd made, I thought
It host to go away and lot hor live hor
own llfo. Years after, I put all that
behind me, and camo to Llttleburg.
I married Mrs, Grogory and I wnnted
to put all my past llfo away clear
away and llvo a good open llfo. Then
you came. Then I foundut I'd novor
known what lovo moant It means a
fellowship ot eouls, love does; it hue
nothing to do with tho physical man.
It means Just your soul nnd mine. . . .
and It's too late!"
Grace, with hands looked upon hor
open ledger, Btared straight before
her, as if turned to stono. Tho little
fonced-tn box, hanging high above ea
ger shoppers, was as a peaceful haven
In a storm of raging noises. From
without, guBts of morrlment shrieked
and whistled, while abovo them
boomed tho raucous cries of showmen,
drownod In their turn by tho inde
fatigablo brass-band. Tho atmoephere
of tho bookkeeper's loft .wns a wedgo
of sllenco, splitting a solidarity of tu
mult. Gregory covered his faco with his
hands. "Do you dosplso mo, you puro
angel of beauty? Oh, say you don't
utterly despise mo. I'vo not breathed
thlB secrot to any living soul but you,
you whom I lovo with the madness of
despair. My hoart is broken. Tell
mo what I can do."
At last Graco spoko In a thin tono:
"Whoro Is that woman?"
"Fran's mother?"
Sho did not reply; he ought to know
whom sho meant
"Sho dlod a few years ago but I
thought hor dead when I married Mrs.
Gregory, I didn't mean any wrong
to my wlfo, I wanted everything legal,
and supposed it was. I thought every
thing wns all right until that awful
night when Fran camo. Thore'd been
no dlvorco, bo Fran kept tho secret
not on my account, oh, no, no, not on
hor father's account! Sho gavo me
no consideration. It was on account
of Mrs. Gregory."
"Which Mrs. Gregory?"
"You know--Mrs. Gregory."
"Can I believe that?" Graco asked,
with a chilled smile. "You bollovo
Fran really caros for your wife? You
think any daughtor could caro for tho
woman who has stolen her mother's
rightful plnce?"
"But Fran won't havo tho truth de
clared; If it weren't for hor, Bob would
havo told you long ago."
"Suppose I wero in Fran's place
would I havo kept the socrot to Bporo
man or woman? Nol Fran doesn't
care a penny for your wife. Sho
couldn't. It would be monstrous un
natural. But Bho's always hated mo.
That's why sho acts as sho does to
triumph over mo. 1 soo it all. That
Is tho reason sho won't have the truth
doclared she doesn't want mo to
know that you are aro free."
Graco started up from tho desk, her
faco deathly white. Sho was totter
ing, but when Gregory would have
leaped to her Bldo, sho whispered.
"Thoy would boo us." Suddenly hor
faco bocamo crimson. Ho caught his
breath, speechless boforo her imperial
lovollnoss.
"Mr. Gregory I" hor eyes wore burn-
"Well, what doea become of all theso
cans?" was asked tho authority.
"Thoy aro," ho replied, "reincarnat
ed, so to speak, and become, in fact
a now tin can, but mostly a window
weight" Thou he explained how tho
old tin cans aro gathered up and hurl
ed Into a furnace, and how tho thin
voneor of tin, which U merely the out
or covorlng, Is soparatod as a melted
product from tho steel, whloh forms
tho real basis for thq can. Tho tin
1b far more valuable than the Bteol,
and It Is used ovor and ovor again for
covorlng cans. Tho steel part, whon
molted, becomos a solid ohunk; in
faot, tho solldest chunk in tho wholo
steel family. Window weights must
bo small, but hefty; honoo the use of
steel from tin cans.
Orator Slightly Mixed.
A former sonntor of the United
States was addressing a meeting in
his homo town to celebrate tho appro
priation by the legislature ot funds
for the erection ot a now state cap!
tol, "My fellow cltlteM," said he,
"we will build here the greatest epl
tayh under Gotfa green footstool."
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(.COPYQIGHT 1912
BOBBS-MEPCILLCO.)
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ing Into his, "havo you told mo all tho
secret?" i
"Yes all."
"Thon Mr. Clinton deceived me!"
"Ho agreed to hldo everything, if
I'd send you away."
"Oh, I boo! So oven ho is one of
Fran's nllles. Nover mind did you
say that when you married tho second
tlmo, your first wife wbb living, and
had novor beon divorced?"
"But Grace dear Gracol I thought
It all right I bollovod "
Sho did not seem to hear him.
J "Then sho is not your wifo," she said
In a low whlspor.
"Sho boliovos "
"Sho believes!" Hor voice rose
ocornfully. "And so that is tho fact
Fran wanted hidden; you aro not real
ly bound to Mrs. Gregory."
"Not legally but "
"In what way, then?"
"Why, In no regular way I mean
but don't you seo, there could be no
marriage to mako it binding, without
tolling hor"
"You aro not bound at all," Grace in
terrupted. "You aro free as free as
air as free as I am. Aro you deter
mined not to understand me? Since
you aro free, thero Is no obstacle, In
Heaven or on earth, to your wishes."
His passago from dospalr to sudden
hope was so vlolont that ho grasped
tho desk for support "What? Then?
You you Grace, would you But
"You nro free," said Graco, "and
since Mr. Clinton's treachery. I do
not consider myself bound."
"Gracol" he cried wildly, "Grace
star of my bouI go with me, go with
mo, fly with mo in a week darling.
Let us arrange it for tomorrow."
"No. I will not go with you, unless
you tako mo now."
"Now? Immediately?" ho gasped,
bewildered.
"Without once turning back," she
returnod. "There's a train in some
thing llko an hour."
"For over?" Ho was delirious.
"And you ore to be mine Grace, you
aro to bo mine my very own!"
"Yes. But you aro never to seo
Fran again.".
"Do I want to see her again? But
Graco, if wo stay hero until train
timo. Bob will como and or and And
us I don't want to meet Bob."
"Then lot us o. There aro such
crowds on tho streets that wo can eas
ily loso ourselves."
"Bob will hunt for you, Grace, If
ho gets back with Abbott before our
train leaves. Miss Sapphlra said she
was looking far him any minute, and
that was a good while ago."
"If you can't kcop him from finding
mo," Graco snlO. "lot him find. I do
not consider that I am acting In tho
wrong. This Is tho beginning of our
lives," she finished, with suddon Joy.
"And if Bob sees mo with you, Grace,
after what ho knows, you can guess
that something very unpleasant
would "
Grace drew back, to look searchlng
ly into his face. "Mr. Gregory," she
said slowly, "you make difficulties."
Ho mef hor eyes, and his blood
danced. "I mako difficulties? No!
Graco, you have made mo tho happiest
man in tho world. Yes, our lives be
gin with thlB night our real lives.
Graco, you'ro the host woman that
ovor lived!"
CHAPTER XXI.
Flight
To rewch tho station, thoy muat ol
ther penetrato tho heart of tho town,
or follow tho dark streets of tho out
skirts. In tho lattor caso, tholr asso
ciation would arouso surprise and
comment, but in the throng reasonable
safety might bo expected.
After tho first Intense moment of
oxultatlon, both began to fear a pos
sible? soarch. Graco apparently dread
ed discovery as shrlnklngly as If her
ponsclonco wero not clear, and Grog
ory, In the midst of his own perturba
tion, found It Incongruous that sho
who was always right, wanted to hldo.
But Oraco's hand was upon his nrm,
and tho crowd pressed them closo to
gether and sho was always beauti
ful and divinely formed. Tho proB
poct of comploto possession filled him
WHERE HER THOUGHTS WERE
Woman's Ideas Eminently Practical,
Though Not Quite Following Hus
band's Reading.
Tho husband was reading a nowspa
por account to hla wife. Now and
then ho paused and asked a question.
The nature of her replies mado him
doubt that sho was listening closely.
Ho accused hor of having thoughts
elsowhere, and she Indignantly retort
ed that sho had hoard overy word.
He continued reading for a few min
utes and thon glanced at her. From
tho far-away look In her eyes he know
her thoughts wero not upon tho Item
ho was reading. So, turning tho shoot
as an oxouso for tho pause, ho con
tinued aa follows:
"Last night, at about two o'clock, In
the afternoon, Just a few minutes bo
foro broaktaat, a hungry boy about
sixty years old, bought a doughnut for
nine pins twenty feet thick. With a
cry of despair he jumped Into a dry
mlllpond, broke his arm at the knee
joint and waa drowned. It waa only
tea yean later, on the suae dy aad
IfOl
with ecstasy, whllo Graco horsolt
yielded to tho lojo that had outgrown
all other principles of conduct
Thoy gained tho street before tho
court-houso which by courtesy passed
under thonnme of "tho city square."
Grace's hand grew tense on Gregory's
urm "Look!"
Her whisper was lost In tho wind,
but Gregory, following her frightened
glanco, saw Robert Clinton elbowing
his w5 through tho crowd, forcing
his progress bluntly, or Jovially, ac
cording to tho nature of- obstruction.
Ho did not seo them and, by dodging,
thoy escaped,
Tho nearness of danger had palod
Grace's cheeks. Gregory accepted his
own trembling as natural, but Grace's
evident fear acted upon his nebulous
state of mind In a way to condenso
Jumbled emotions and docoptlvo long
ings into something llko real thoueht.
If thoy wero in tho right, why did
tney reel such expansive relief whoa
tho crowd swept them from tho side
walk to bear them far away from
Robert Clinton?
Tho merry-go-round, its very music
traveling In a circle, clashed its stem.
whistlings and organ, walllngs against
a flrum-and-trombono band, while these
distinct strata of sound wero cut
across by an outcropping of grapho
phones and megaphones. Always out
of sympathy with such displays, but
now more thanever renolled bv thorn.
Grace and Gregory hurried away to
nna tnemseives penned in a court,
surrounded on nil sides by Btrldent
cries of "barkers." crackine renortn
from target-practice, fusillades at tho
aoii-Dabies." clanging Jars from
strength-testers and the llko; while
from this horrid field ot misguided en
orgy, there was no outlet savo the nar
row entrance they had unwittingly
used.
"Horrible!" exclaimed Grace, half
Btumbllng over tho tont-ropes that
entangled the ground. "Wo must got
out of this."
It was not easy to turn about, so
donso was tho crowd.
Scarcely had they accomplished the
maneuver when Graco exclaimed be
low her breath, "Thoro he Is!"
Sure enough, Robert Clinton stood
at tho narrowest point of their way,
"I Don't Think He Has Seen Us."
Ho was clinging to an upright, am.
whllo thus lifted above tho heads eg
tho multitude, sought to scan over'
faco.
"I don't t,hink ho has soon us," mul
tered Hamilton Grogory, lnstinctlvoly
loworing his head.
"Wo can't get out now," Grace
lamented. "No, he hasn't seen us
yet But that's tho only placo of ol
escape and he keeps looking so curi
ously ho must have been to the store.
He knowB I'm away. Ho may have
gone to tho houso."
It was becauso overy side-show ot
tho carnival company had Insisted
occupying spaco around the court
house, and because this spaoe wa
meager, that tho country folk and ex
cursionists and townsmen showed Id
such compressed numbers at ever
turn. In reality, however, they wer
by no means countless; and If Rob
ert's eagle glanco conttnuedf to -travel
from faco to faco, with that madden
ing thoroughness
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
birth to six elephants. A high wind
at tho samo hour .that a goat gar
thon came up and killed threo deal
buses and a wooden cigar Indian
ffiat do you think of that, dear?" h
questioned suddenly.
Sho gavo a llttlo start, smiled anJ
said:
"I think that's a splondld bargain.
Henry. You had better get a hal
dozen, for your stock ot shirts Is low.'
Puck.
Old-Time Coffee Drinking.
Coffeo, llko tea, was from an earil
date welcomed as a rival to alcohol
liquors. Writing In 1659, shortly ait!
Its introduction Into England, HoweU
makes tho commont that "this coffty
drink hath caused a great sobriety
amongst all nations; formerly clerkfc
apprentices, etc., used to take thelf
morning draughts In ale, beer or wine
which often made them unfit for bus
ness. Now they play the good tellowi
in this wakeful and civil drink. Tk4
worthy gentleman, Sir James MuMft
ford, who introduced the sraeUM
I thereof first in London
I reelect ot the whole
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City Fathers of Memphis
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j55b5 f rfc worth I
MEMPHIS, TENN. Momphls bo
lloves It has solved tho problem
of tho bachelor nnd the baby. U'b
tho simplest thing In tho world. Mem
phis just makes tho bachelors support
tho babies.
Tho bachelors' are taxed and the
monoy Is turned ovor to a bachelor's
baby club to maintain a summer hos
pital for sick babies and their moth
ers and to provldo milk and other
wIbo nsslst tho babies during tho hot
summer months.
Tho amount of tho tax Is detorminod
by tho "Income, eligibility and general
attractiveness of said bacholor, duo
deductions being mado for overweight,
baldness, loss of ono eyo nnd gcnornl
disposition." Tho usual tax assessed,
howover, Is $5. And hero's tho way
It's collected:
Tho law provides that "no unmar
ried male arriving at tho ago of 21
years shall be allowed on tho streets
of Memphis after nlno o'clock p. m.,
or to court, visit or accompany an
unmarried woman to any placo of
amusement," unless ho has paid the
tax.
Ho must present a bachelor's license
on demand of any married woman,
Auto, Kicked and Abused,
CHICAGO. In spite of himself, Dal
ser T. Dahl, 2922 North Whlpplo
Btreet owns on automobile. Worse
than that, ho possesses It
"And thero is an uncomfortable dif
ference." Mr. Dahl said tho other night,
"between merely owning the thing and
actually possessing It If I had noth
ing but a bill of salo and a clear title
I could lock up tho papers and forget
them. But thoro by tho kitchen door
stands tho rusty old scow Itself, hide
ous and mocking."
Dahl spent 12 hours tho day before
in a vain endeavor to get rid of tho
car. At daybreak, while his neigh
bors slept, ho went forth on his mis
sion of losing tho pesky machlno.
Twelve miles ho drove straight out
into tho country. Carefully he peered
around. Apparently thoro was no ono
watching. Cautiously Dahl slid through
tho door of tho machine. Then ho
kicked t In tho slats nnd ran for
cover.
Three hours later, his clothes
splashed with mud from short cuts
through tho pastures, his hair full of
burs and his temper in shreds, tho
erstwhile owner of a motor car ap
peared at his own domicile. One look
he took and fainted.
Policeman Hostage in
CLEVELAND, O. Many strango
things havo como to pass since
tho Fourteenth precinct police sta
tion, colloquially yclept tho Collln
wood station, was located noar a llt
tlo clump of woods at Hayden nnd
Idarose avenues, In a nlco secluded
spot, where burglars, tramps and oth
er marauders could not easily find It
and say harsh things to the policemen,
but the "Inst straw" has arrived
A great army of emigrant Melano
plus Spretus, with several regiments
of Milan aplus Femur Rubrum, num
bering 96,600,000 by tho estimates of
Sergeants Datchelor and O'Hara,
took possosslon of the station and the
Chauffeur Runs Car Into
m ONTGOMERY, ALA. Thoughts of
IT1 being nrrested Just because ono
failed to turn on tho lights on his au
tomobllo are not pleasant ones espe
cially to .Henry Smith, colored.
Henry has had tho oxperlenco and
knowB whereof ho spoaks. Policemen
who mako tho arrests do not llko tho
Idea of being given a Joy ride Into a
curb, either. So tho "arrests" and
tho "nrrested" each has a story to tell.
Patrolman Dan Dees found an auto
mobile on tho street which did not
have tho lights turned on. Honry
Smith, nogro chauffeur, wbb arrested
and ordered to drive to the pollco sta
tion, Patrolman DeeB being honored
with a free ride. Honry started to
ward tho station and suddenly an
nounced that ho could not stop the
car.
Instead of trying to stop, though,
Henry turned on tho "faster" throttle,
and tho car sped away, going about
40 miles an hour. Although command
ed to stop, Henry refused, and tho po
liceman struck him on tho head with
Flemings Built Up English Town.
Rochdale, England, laid tho foun
dation of ita prosperity in tho reign
of Edward III., when a body of Flem
ish omlgrants took up their abode
there and introduced their craft as
clothiers. Rochdalo, In tho tlmo ot
Queen Elizabeth, had become so fa
mous for its woolen manufacturers
that tho "aulnager," tho official ap
pointed by the queen to measure all
woolen cloth mado for sale, had to
appoint a special deputy thero to keep
pace with its manufacture and boo
that tho crown was not robbed of Its
dues.
Solve a Hard Problem
married man or pollco officer. It ho
can't, or won't, he's liablo to a flno
of $5 to $50.
"It's all nonsense," said some ot
tho surly ones at first "Thoy can't
collect tho tax, either." But Jim
Rawllngs and J. A. Relchman, origina
tors of the Idea, showed them.
In less than two days' time several
of the most prominent attorneys and
business men In tho city had been
arrested on warrants sworn out by
tho wholesale. Thoy wero hauled bo
foro a pollco Judge and fined double
tho amount of tho tax. Soon every
body was paying cheerfully.
Statistics In tho handB of tho Mem
phis health offlcers had showed that
a groat many Infants dlod ovory sum
mer through tho lack of fresh nlr and
puro milk.
Tho solution of this problem was a
baby sanitarium. Tho clubhouse of
tho trl-stato fair was confiscated.
Money, lotB of it, was spont In screen
ing, cleaning, decorating and furnish
ing tho pretty building.
Onco upon a tlmo tho broad Veran
das of this structure held tho bril
liant crowds that flocked to Memphis
from all over tho nation to see the
races.
But now tho women of fashion have
given way to tho trained nurse. Tho
thoroughbreds havo disappeared bo
foro a herd of Holstelns and Jerseys.
Tho French poodles and toy dogs aro
no more, for tho babies have como
Into their own. Thb racehorse men
vanished, and the doctors took their
places.
Refuses to Be Deserted
Four bluecoats confronted him. "We
haven't got tho thieves yet, boss,
but the machine Is at tho station
houso and there ain't any need for
you to faint any more."
"I don't want tho machine," feebly
protested Dahl.
"Can't help it," responded tho ono
In blue. "Under the law wo can't
accept It, and it's up to you to go and
get that benzine buggy."
Dahl went.
In tho meantime, the machine, evi
dently vexed by Its experlonco in be
ing dragged brutally to a common po
lice station by a pair oxon, refused
to respond to Dahl's frantic efforts to
restore tho spark of life to a dead en
gine. It took an hour to start the englcv
but Dahl still has tho machine at his
home.
the Hands of an Enemy
fields all about the other day. After
a desperate battlo tho police retired
In confusion and chagrin deter,
mined, however, to recapture their
stronghold.
Sergeant O'Hnra was missing when
tho roll was called somo distance
away on Idarose avonuo and it Is
feared ho Is held a prlsonor .In the
station houso by the Invaders. As
nearly as the pollco can mako out
they appear to bd of both tho Acri
dlae and Locustldao trlbo. Desplto
their formidable names, they are
really nothing more ferocious than tho
common garden or. Kansas variety ot
grasshoppers. -,f.i
Sergeant Batchelor was at the desk
whon tho advance guard of the grass
hopper army walked it
"It sounded like a march," said tho
sergeant. "In marched sevoral million
grasshoppers. A detachment hopped
upon tho desk and mado themselves,
busy with things. It seemed thoy
wore trying to got me to understand
they had taken possession. I called
for reinforcements, but it wsb too
lato."
Curb to Escape Arrest
his club. That mado tho driver mad.
"For that, I'll run you Into tho curb,"
bo said, and he turned the machine.
The car ran intq tho sldowalk, and In
ventories of tho daraago mado after
tho wreck showed the following: One
policeman's finger nail missing; two
knoes belonging to a policeman badly
skinned and bruised; ono Henry
Smith at largo; ono marathon runner
bound for the land where no police
men grow.
Whon Policeman Dees recovered
composure after tho wreck he heard
Henry say "good night" as he turned
tho corner into Doxter avonuo
Effect of Music on Animals.
A unique musical experience haa
been conducted recently In France.
It was resolved to Instltuto concerts
for animals for tho purpose of observ
ing the effects ot music upon them.
The results ot tho observations mado
established tho fact that disconnected
tones on stringed Instruments created
no effect upon horses beyond causing
somo of the animals to manifest signs
ot impatience, but when a melody was.
played tho horses turned toward the
, players, pricked up their ears an4
showed plainly tho pleasure they eip
I rienced.
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