DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
y.
ry EDWARD MARSHALL WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM THL PLAY OF GEORGE
SYNOPSIS.
Jackson Jones, nlaknamcd "Brondway"
bccauue T)f his continual glorification of
Now York'n great thoroughfare, Is anx
ious to pet away from bin home town of
Jonesvlllo. Abner Jones, Ills unrip, Is
very angry because Broadway refuses to
nettle down and tuko a place In the gum
factory In which ho succeeded to his
father's Interest. Judge Rpotswood In
forms Droadway that J2C0.000 left him by
his father Is at his disposal Droadway
makes record time In heading for his
favorite street In New York Wflth his
New York friend, Robert Wallace, Droad
way creates a spns'itlon by his extrava
Ranco on the White Way Four years
pats and Broadway suddenly discovers
thnt he Is not only broke, but heavily In
debt lie appllps to his uncle for a loan
find receives a jmrkngo of chewing gum
with the ndvtcr to chew It and forget his
troubled Hr quietly seeks work without
success Broadway elves what Is In
tended to bo a farewell BUpper to his Now
York friends, and before It Is over be
comes engaged to Mrs. Oerard, and an
cient widow, wealthy and very giddy
"Wnllaco expostulates with the aged flirt
nnd her youthful Hence, but falls to bet
ter tho situation. Ho learns that Broad
way Is broke and offers him n position
with hln father's advertising firm, but It
is declined. Wallace takes charge of
Broadway's affairs Broadway receives
n telegram announcing the death of his
Uncle Abner In Europe Uroadway Is hli
sola heir. Potcr Pembroko of tho Con
nolldnted Chewing Gum company offers
Broadway $1,200,000 for his gum plant and
Broadway agrees to sell Wallace takes
the affair In hand and Insists that Broad
way hold off for a bigger prico and rushes
him to Jonesvllle to consult Judgo Spots
wood, who was Uncle Abner's attorney
Broadway finds his boyhood playmate,
Josle Richards, In chargo of the plant
and falls In love with her Wallace li
smitten with Judge Spotswood's daugh
ter, Clara. Josle points out to Broadway
that by selling tho plant to the trust he
v1ll ruin ho town built by his ancestors
and throw 700 employes out of work
Broadway decides thnt ho will not sell
Wallaco receives an offer of $1.BOO,000 from
the trust and Is amazed when Broadway
turns It down. Broadway explains tho
situation as set forth by Josle and Wal
lace agrees that It Is Broadwav's duty
to stick by the town nnd his employes
He authorizes an announcement to his
worried employes that tho plnnt will not
bo sold.
CHAPTER IX. Continued.
"Yea; he's stopping nt the Grand
hotel."
"When did ho got here?"
"Last evening."
"Havo you seen him?"
"Yea."
It was plain enough that Hlgglns'
most vivid-suspicions "were aroused.
He looked at her accusingly. His voice
was even louder than It had been. "Ho
got hore last evening, oh? Thon that
settles It!" Ho wont lo hor desk and
leaned across It as If Indicting her.
"He came hero with that trust fellow,
didn't ho?"
Now she, In turn, was really sur
prised. "What trust fellow?"
"Pembroko; one of tho head men of
tho Consolidated."
None but a fool could havo doubted
hor amazement and her worry as she
rose and walked closer to him. "Is
Pembroko hero in town?"
"Oh," ho sneored. "You didn't know
that, eh?"
"I certainly did not."
Ho did not quite believe hor, yet
took a certain ploasuro In imparting
tho distressing news to hor, on tho
chanco. that sho was truthful -and had
not beforo heard It. "Well, ho's here.
Several of tho men saw him and recog
nised him. I suppose he's hore with
Jones to close us out. Is that It?"
"I don't know any raoro about it
than you do, Hlgglns."
This did not Impress or Interest him.
"You say tho young fellow's stopping
at tho Grand?"
"Yoa."
"Well, nobody here knows anything
about It."
"I bollevo he registered under an
other name." Sho could havo bitten
off hor tongue for letting this slip out.
Instantly tho hian assumed that this
confirmed his most unfavorable prog
nostications. "Ah, luil Well, what did
ho do that for?"
"How should I know?"
"Woll," he shouted, "I guess I do!
It's because he Is a sneak 1 Ho knows
it's a rotten thing ho's doing and ho's
afraid of tho consequences." Ho strode
up ana aown the room In deep and
heavy thought, "Tho men are not In
a very good temper, nnd, you mark my
words, there'll bo tho dovil to pa?
around hero beforo this day's over un
less wo got sorao satisfaction and find
out exactly what he intonds to dol"
Joslo looked at him with cold and
angry eyes. For an instant sho had
been frightened. 8ho had got tho hot
ter of hor fear now, and In her voice
woro both contempt and warning. "I
wouldn't talk Uko that, if I were you,
Hlgglns!"
He approached her threateningly.
"Oh, you're on tholr sido, are you? I
thought sol"
Again he wont closo to her, almost
as If be meant to do her somo vio
lence. H1b face was black with rage.
"I never did believe In you. I told
the men this morning. For all wo
know, you'vo boen working for tho In
terests of the trust all the time!"
Ridiculously Small Sum Will Provide
Pamlly With Every Comfort and
Even With Luxuries.
The Inflated prico of hia majesty the
turkey has. no torror for the inhabi
tants of Antiwsh n Syria. To bo sure,
they havo no Thanksgiving feast to
-worry about, but on the other hand
llfo can be one long fowl feast for
them tho year round it they bo desire.
You can buy pullets and chlckons for
Ave cents apiece. Eggs aro four cents
a dozen, whllo mutton and lamb sell
for three cents a pound.
These facts about the low cost of
living were learned from a young Bug
Jlshmau who had boen ordered by his
physician to spend tho winter away
,frora the cold and fog of hs native
London. He decided to try Antlooh.
This Englishman lived In the. lap of
duxury In Antloch for flvo dollars a
week. Ho rented a fine bouse for
five dollars n month and he kept three
t'rvnnts who were satisfied to work
)for P0 cefnt3 a week.
"hmiirhoii! tho winter months fresh
Her wrath was boiling fiercely now,
nnd sho showed tho stuff of which she
was made. Sho went closer still to
Hlgglns, never wavering; giving back
no inch, although he towered nbovo
her, shaking with wrath, and worked
his clenching fingers ominously.
"That will be about enough now,
Htgglna; you got out of this office."
"I'd Uko to see anybody try to put
me out till I'm ready to go!" ho shout
ed. Tb ills nmazement and to hers, It
now dcvelopod that thoy had had a lis
tener An tin excited volco spoke from
one side.
"Good morning, Miss Richards."
She whirled, recognizing Instantly
tho tones. "Good morning, Mr. Jones."
Hlgglns stood thero speechless, gaz
ing at tho newcomer with dropping
jaw Jackson waited not a second aft
er ho had greoted Joslo, but marched
up to tho belligerent foroman and
stood facing him, small but deter
mined, not six Inches from tho power
ful, rcdshlrted figure.
Instantly the foreman's manner
changed. From tho bully he becamo
the fawner. "Oh, hello, Mr. Jones! I
didn't know you wero in town."
"Yes, you did," sold Jackson slowly,
coldly; "Miss Richards Just told you
I'vo been standing out there listening
to what you had to say. I remember
you, Hlgglns. Tho only good thing I
remember of you was thnt you wero
funny when you had cramps In tho
swimming hdle. You always were a
grouch nnd forever nosing in other
people's nffnlrs. Now, I want to toll
you something. Tnis plant bolongs to
mo, nnd It's nobody's business wheth
er I koop It, or sell It, or glvo It away.
Do you understand?"
"Woll," said Hlgglns, half In apology,
half dully, "the men asked mo to come
here nnd get the Information."
"They didn't ask you to come hero
nnd insult this girl, did thoy? Now,
I'll put you out of tho ofTlco, and throw
you out of tho plant, and drivo you out
of tho town If I hear any moro red-fire
talk out of you."
He paused, and Hlgglns stood, quite
humbled.
"Tho trust isn't going to', buy this
plant," Droadway continued, while not
only Hlgglns, but Joslo, gazed at him
Intently, gratefully, startled by tho
Qvorwholmlngly good news, "for the
simple reason that It isn't for sale, and
you can go and tell tho men I said so."
Hlgglns now waa much abashed.
"I'm sorry I was hasty, Mr. Jones. I
didn't mean to looo my temper."
"You don't want to lose your Job, do
you 7"
"No, sir."
"Then go on; get out of hero."
"Yes, sir." Tho big workman turnod
to Joslo. "I hope you'll forglvo mo,
Miss Richards. I know I'vo got a rot-
"The Business Will Need Your At
tention." ton disposition, but my heart'o in the
right place."
"I understand," said Josle, who had
known him all her llfo.
"I'll tell tho men what you said, Mr.
Jones," he said to his employer that
employor who had, In tho past, em
ployod no one moro Important than a
butlor, a chauffeur, a Jap cook, or, tem
porarily, a waiter or a bollboy. It gavo
Droadway quite a llttlo ahook. "Gosh!
What a relief It will be to them all!
It'a made a different man out of mo al
ready." fruit and vegetables aro so chean that
they nro not sold In fixed quantities.
You meroly pay a quarter a week and
thlB gets you all tho fruit and vegota
bios for your bousohold noeds.
This Englishman's nearest neigh
bors wero an American family who had
boen living In Antloch for several
years. They had all tho comforts of
llfo and their expenses wero less
than 200 a year.
"My Son, My 8onl"
A gentleman from abroad, staying
In oue of the Manchester hotels heard
imperious knocking at tho door of hia
room early in tho morning aftor hia
arrival. Ha opened, and on oldorly
gentleman In a state of warm emo
tion rushed In and embraced blm ten
derly, with affectionate cries of "My
hod, my son!"
It waa heartily touching, but the
supposed son waa in honosty compell
ed to dony tho relationship.
Tho senior argued the point
"You've boen eight yeara In India, and
have Just come back. You're So-afad-So."
The names Christian and surname
KCORkK FmJBSilHI3l
To their nmazoment he broko down,
blubbering Uko n mammoth child.
"Well, what are you crying about?"
said Jackson, uttorly nonplussod.
"Becauso I'm happy," said tho con
tradictory Hlgglns. "There'll bo oth
ers to cry outsido. You don't know
what it means to us It saves our
homes and families, too, maybe." With
that and still Intently blubbering, ho
left thorn.
"Can you beat that?" asked Droad
way, turning back to Josle. "He's a
nice, chcorful little fellow 1 I'd Uko to
bo around him a wholo lot!"
CHAPTER X.
Thero was anothor than tho foreman
who was happier than ordinary words
would have expressed, now that Jack
son Jones had statod, with what
seemed to be finality, that ho intend
ed to contlnuo at the business which
had mado his fortune and had made
Jonesvllle. Dut Joslo felt a strange
need for reserve In hor young employ
er's presence, a need which she had
not felt the night beforo and one which
oho could not oxplatn.
Her Impulse was to rush into ox
travnennce of nrnlsn after tin had nont
tho foroman out Into tho works to toll
the men that ho should not sell his
natrlmonv to tho trust, hut for name
reason which sho would havo found It
difficult to explain fully sho said not a
word about It. Instead, sho turned to
htm with matter-of-fact exDresalon and
the words of commonplaco occasions.
uia you navo a good night's roatr
Ho felt like savins something full
of emphasis, whether In access of Joy
or sorrow no was not certain, but he
know that any words which ho could
use to hor would bo inadequato to fur
nish him relief, and so hailed her com
monplace question with a thrill of real
rener.
"My back Is broken." ho said with an
oxpresslvo grlmaco and a wrltho.
"Who named that hotel?"
"Tho Grand?"
He nodded with another serio-comic
facial antic.
Sho laughed. "Is it no bad as that?"
"Thero aro men in prison for doing
less than running a hotel like, that!"
Almost he made tho revelation of their
startling midnight wandorlngs, but
caught himself In time.
"Why don't you open your uncle's
homo?"
"My uncle's homo?" ho said, a little
startled.
Ho had not thought of that. Tho
suggostlon probably did moro to drive
homo doflnltoly to his Inner mind tho
truo significance of hia decision to
tako up tho bualnoaa than anything
wnicn naa previously occurred. His
uncle's homo!
After his father's death It had been
his homo; It had boen tho only semb
lance or a nomo which ho remembered,
and hia memories of It woro harsh
enough, in some details almost repel
lent His undo had boen hnrd; ho had
had but llttlo understanding of boy na
ture; tho house had boen a sort of
prison from which ho could escapo at
Intervals each day.
Ho had not oven thought of opening
it; it never had occurred to him that
ho could ever llvo anothor day of his
life there.
But, now Bhe spoko of It, why not?
Tho place was grim, old-fashtonod, In
hospitable forbidding, aa bo many old
Now England houses aro, and as so
many moro Now England houses wore
ton years ago; but that atmosphere
was moro that of Its occupant than
that of tho old place itself. It must
havo been a Joyous and froe-mlnded
Jones who chose tho site for It, for It
was very beautiful; It must have boon
an artist Jones who chose tho plana
for It, for Its doslgn was. of that beau
tiful, pure old colonial which (barring
BkyBcrapors) Is tho only architectural
merit America has yet originated, and
than which nothing Is moro truly
beautiful; it must havo boon a social
Jones who added tho great wlng-to it,
for In that wing wero bedrooms, sit
ting rooms, and a great dining-room
qulto plainly meant to welcome many
guests.
HIb memories of tho house woro
gloomy and unattractive, for from it
both hia father and hlB mothnr imd
boon taken to tholr final resting plnces,
and In It ho had spent few Joyous
hours. All tho happiness of his youth
In Jonesvllle woro associated with the
homes of others, public places, out-of-doors;
he had heard very llttlo laugh
ter In the old homestead. Dut might It
not house happiness? Ho realized that
It would make an Ideal setting for
puro Joy. Still, it waa in Joneavlllo!
That mado him wince.
"You don't think It will bo necoseary
ior mo u nvo in mis town, do you?"
woro qulto correct, tho surname be
Ing by no moons a common one, but
tho youngor man had not boon l'n In-
uia, nor naa no a fathor In England.
Tho real son waa In tho hotel, how
ovor, and had arrived the night bo
foro, liko his namosako. Even tho
registration clerks had not Imagined
it nocessary to anticipate a coinci
dence when thoy directed the father
to the visitor's room.
History of the Lombards.
Tho Lombards woro originally a
Toutonlo, or rather Scandinavian, folk.
Gradually thoy worked their way
southward form tho land of Odin and
Thor to the fair plains of northern
Italy, which thoy entered about the
middle or end of tho sixth century.
They changed their paganism for the
heterodox form of Christianity known
aa ArianUm, and between 160 and 800
wore conquored by Pepin and Charle
magne. For conquorlng the Lombards
Pepin was crownod king of France by
the pope and Charlemagne, later on,
waa made emperor. In return the
pope were given a big slice of terri
tory around Rome.
She nodded She was rather glad
to fool thnt It was right for her to nod.
Sho would havo Bhrunk from revela
tions of tho sorrow which would cer
tainly havo filled her heart If It had
transpired, now, that Droadway waa
not to remain In Jonesvlllo. Sho oven
shrank from an acknowledgment of
this In her own heart.
"Tho buslnoss will ned your atten
tion," she Bald gravely.
Ho waved a hand which ho tried to
mako appear on If dispensing privi
leges, but which, ho know, seemed
moro that of a shirker.
"Go right on wfth the business. Don't
pay any attention to mo."
Sho looked nt him very Kravolv.
Then, dropping hor oyes, she took
somo papers from tho dosk, wont to a
fUlng cabinet, deposited them with
caro in tholr allotted places, and slow
ly wont back to hor desk. As she ro
turnod sbo did not again ralso hor oyos
to his.
"Have you thought of what wo
talked nbout last night?" sho aaked.
Sho mado him most uncomfortable.
Ho had begun to wondor, for tho first
timo In his llf If, possibly, ho did not
havo n conscience. Ho had never ta
ken any obligation very seriously; sud
denly It scorned necessary for him to
consider many things with solemn,
pondorlng mind. He did not llko It. It
distinctly mado him nervous. What
was tho uso of bolng heir to all his
unclo'a property if riches brought the
very thing which ho had thought they
might preserve him from dull care?
Had ho thought of what sho had
said last night? He had thought of llt
tlo else! Had that train of thought
been stnrted by any human being other
than nersolf, ho would havo bitterly
resented tho lntenso discomfort It had
caused him. Even now his voice waa
peovish when ho answered:
"Havo I thought of It! All I dreamed
about last night was poverty stricken
familios crying for their food. Thou
sands of men, women and children
chased mo through the streets, out of
the town and into a wild forest whero
there was nothing but chewing-gum
treeB.';
Sho let her head fall back, and
laughed. Ho was so funny! Yot sho
plainly felt that there was truth in his
complaint. Sho believed ho really had
passed- a most uncomfortablo night.
Perhaps she waa not very sorry that
ho had.
"Oh, I had an awful night," he
mourned. "I could havo slept this
morning, but the Ladles' Aid began to
rohcarso tholr minstrel show across
tho street, so I got up and ordered
breakfast'
Having gone thus far he stopped, as
if there could be nothing further to be
said, but Bho did not understand the
reason for his suddon sllonco.
"Yes?" sho Inquired.
"Did you ever breakfast at tho
Grand?" ho askod pathetically.
"No," she smiled.
"I dare you to!" ho challenged.
"It's tho best hotel In town. All tho
theatrical troupes stop thero."
He' nodded grimly. "Tho troupes
that play In Jonesvlllo probably de
serve It."
Sho did not quite approvo of this.
Sho was Buro that ohe had seen some
wondrous acting there In Jonesvllle.
Had sho not wopt her eyes out ovor a
new play, entitled "East Lynno," tho
provloua winter? Had not another
noyelty, which the bills announced
camo straight to Jonesvlllo from a
metropolitan run of many weeks, and
which waa known bb "The Two Or
phans," hold her spellbound for an
evening? Had not the leading men In
theso productions beon Invariably very
different In their appearance from any
of tho JonosvlUo youth, and therefore
romantically attractive; had not the
leading women worn enormous Jewels
and extraordinary, yellow hair which
sho had envied fiercely? Her own hair
was rich, dark brown.
She looked at blm somewhat coldly.
It waa plainly tlmo to turn from gos
sip to puro business.
"I've worked all tho morning with
tho auditor upon a statement which
shows tho year's business up to tho
first of this month," sho notified htm
gravely. From nn upper drawer of the
big deok at which she had boen seated
sho socurod a long, formidable-looking
papor and, rising, approached him with
It. "Do you caro to go over It now?"
Ho eyed It askance, as If It might
have beon a dangerous thing and liable
to sting, Dusiness! Should he qvor
really discover how to feel tho slight
est Interest In It or understanding of
it? What a tlresomo looking thing it
was.
"No; not right now," he told her, al
most shlvorlng. "I Mr. Wallace prom
ised to do all that for me."..
IRISH BROGUE MOST ELUSIVE
Native Born Generally Lose It If Edu
cated Abroad Peculiarity of
. Negroes of Jamaica.
The Dolfaet brogue, It Is pointed out
by a correspondent, Is tho most pro
nounced In tho wholo of Jreland, for
tho vowels are shorter than in Cork,
and tho hard consonants harder than
in Glasgow. In Dublin, whero thoy
think they Bpeak tho most perfect Eng
lish In tho world thoy call It Dublld
there Is little or no accent, only an
Inflection, which always betrays the
speaker's origin. Dublin people are
counted affected and Anglicised in
Cork and Galway.
Tho Irish accent aa a matter of fact
Is very elusive. Irishmen who havo
boon at school In England generally
lose It In their youth. Parnoll lost hlB
at Cambridge, and It nover camo back
to him. On tho other hand thoro are
men who havo never beon in Ireland,
wno migni navo como straight from
the quays of Cork harbor.
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ber X nagroea with tho brogue a fact
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She put the statement bnek Into hor
desk, n llttlo disappointed "Thon ho'll
be hore this morning?"
"Yes; he'll be h'erc right away. Ho
had to go to tho barber shop." Ho
laughed. "I Bhnvo myself, thnnk God!"
he ndded fervently.
Her manner now becntne moro seri
ous nnd rnther puzzling. It was not
as If ho had done anything which dis
pleased her, It was not oven as If she
thought ho might; It was only that of
the delightful woman who Is wonder
ing If, presently, sho may not think he
might. She was not suspicious, Bhe
suspected thnt Bhe might Buspect. Ho
know It; tnon always know when wom
en are beginning to wonder If they had
not better veryBoon begin to wonder.
It's tho only Intuition mere mon have.
Presently, while ho waited, acutely
conecious that some unpleasant ele
ment had entered Into tho situation,
but densely Ignorant of Its charactor;
and whllo sho calmly went about tho
business of her office management, at
which, It may ns well bo stated now
as ovor, Bhe showed unmistakable signs
of perfect competence, she went to a
complicated filing cabinet, extracted
from It certain othor papers, carried
thorn across tho room to tho dosk near
which ho had found a seat, laid them
on that desk, then slowly turned and
faced him.
"Do you know that Mr. Pombroko, of
tho Consolidated, is here in town?"
To hor great satisfaction, which she
would not for tho world hnvo admitted,
ho did not hesitate before ho an
swered; he did not try to beat around
tho buBh; he indulged in no evasions
or delays of any kind whatever.
"Yes, I know It," he said promptly.
It may bo that some detail in his
tone or manner reassured hor, at any
rate her voice, when she spoko next,
was free from a certain ley hint of
criticism which undoubtedly had crept
Into It
"Did he come here with you?"
"No; he followed me here."
"Have you seen him?" Sho made
no attempt to offer an excuse for
cross-oxamlnlng him; she evidently
asked the question as an interested
party who has a right to be Informed.
Was sho not a citizen of Jonesvllle and
an employe of the Jones Pepsin Gum
Company?"
"No; I have not seen him, but Mr.
Wallaco saw him last night and turned
down his offer, too."
Instantly the reserve, which, Intangi
ble but perceptible, had affected her,
dropped from her. She was no longer
in tho least suspicious.
"Oh, I'm so glad!" she exclaimed
cordially. '
Dut he failed to note this circum
stance; he failed to ward against on
coming danger. As n matter of fact he
wao not thinking of her as an omploye
of tho JoneB company, he was not
thinking about Jonesvllle, he wns con
sidering his own pressing need for
Judge and Mrs. Spotswood.
money nnd the delightful possibility
that through Pembroke, in one way or
another, that need must be rolloved.
Ho rose and paced the floor with light
and hopeful tread, wholly without ap
prehension. "We gavo him to understand that we
wouldn't sell for less than a million
nnd a half." Ho said this half proudly.
Then, with the acconta of a hoper:
"We expect hlra hero at eleven o'clock
with his answer."
Her faco took on a puzzled and dis
approving frown. "Dut you Just gave
your word to the men that "
Now ho spoke definitely and crisply.
No one listening to him could Imagine
that ho did not mean exactly what he
said; that he had not carofully consid
ered every meaning of each syllable
that he was uttering.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
that Is supposed to bo due to their an
cestors' association with an Irish regi
ment quartered In tho Island.
Safety In Submarines.
A now llfo-saving dorico was tried
out at Spezlo, Italy, when a turret In-
vontod by Capt Virglnio Cavalltni, for
fixing on submarines, was experiment
ed with. Should tho submarlno sink
to tho bottom from any cause, ,tho
Bailors can tako rotugo in the turret
which, by an Ingenious mechanism, Is
thon detaced from tho veasol and
rises to the surface. Tho experiments
are Bald to have given conclusive proof
of tho practicability of the invention.
Necessity a Stern Driver.
Thore Is no stimulus to tumultuous
action like" strong human deslro. Ne
cessity, too, drives men on relent
lessly; but deslro, which amounts to a
passion, drlvos faster and harder and
moro intensely. It has been excep
tional stimulus that has produced tho
marvels of the hour. U Is exceptional
and Bolfgonerated stimulus that men
need In this day and hour to kee; ip
with the demands of tho timu.
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Flying Hat Chased by Maiden and Many Men
MEW YORK. There was a short but exciting chase In Times Square late tho
il other afternoon when the homogoing mntlneo crowd filled tho street The
victim of the prank of tho wind wns a tall, slender young woman who woro a
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DUb-uw unu mo juuiig woman wns almost knocked down.
Four more mon nnd an elderly woman took up the rescue wotk while th
youth was npologizlng to tho maiden. All this time tho hat refused to come,
down. It would go soaring 50 feot up and then drop down, only tc be caught
ngnln and sent upward. Tho owner of tho hat grow very excited, and started
on tho chnse after tho collision, waving her great muff above her hefld. More
men, all young ones, became interested In the pursuit of tho runawaj hat Its.
course lay In a northerly direction, nnd the pursuora plodded gallantljf through
tho snow in the street.
Half a hundred persons gathered along the curb, and several uuwsboys
Joined tho chnso. Tho hat, after performing spirals and other thing In tho
nlr, finally came to tho ground In a snowbank. Half tho pursuers ttled to
capture It at the same time, but It was a newsboy who got possession of It
His reward wns n smile.
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Sacrifices Beloved Guitar and Saves His Life
ST. LOUIS, MO. "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast," pernnps.
but it didn't help much to Blacken the speed of a freight train which bora
down upon Herman Oexner of Belleville as ho walked across a long trestla on
tho Louisville & Nashvlllo railroad -
early the other day.
Oexner had been attending a dance
and was on his way home between
midnight nndxdnwn. His only com
panion waB a much-beloved guitar.
To lessen tho loneliness of tho walk
he Dlaved. nnd ns ho nlnvod ho nnntr
losing consciousness of all about him,
and no doubt having dreams tho whllo
of somo fair Juliet upon a balcony
listening to his strains.
So engrossed was he In his music
that he was well onto the trestle before ho heard a noise In the rear, and
gazing back, saw the train. His muse was either not shifty enough or too
fickle to offer advice In so urgent a case. Sho had temporarily departed, and
for tho moment the instinct of self-preservation wns uppermost '
The beloved instrument was sacrificed, Oexner permitting it to drop over
the edge of the trestlo as he scrambled to safety on the end of a tie Just ns.
tho train breezed past
The danger over, he set about to discover the remains of his tried friend.
Ho found It, 50 feet beneath, shattered against a rail of the Southern rail
road tracks.
It hn,d picked a hard spot on which to settle, and had poured out Its last
music In one dismal crash.
As Hard to Negotiate as a "Slide for Life"
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Tho crossing at Pennsylvania and Washington streets
was a slide, for life as Interesting to negotiate as tho greased pole at a.
county fair. But this brother was of different Ilk. Ho woro a pair of spats on
big tan shoes, surmounted by a foot
If persons watched their footing and.
stopped walking about like chickens they would not fall in the street in this
foolish way. To be sure It Is extremely slippery, but falling is only a demon
stration that they havo not proper control of their equilibrium. NothlDg but
a matter of care, I say, nothing mo "
- Sllsch-ch, plorp splatter, and the immaculate was down in the center of
tho North Pennsjlvanla street car track and about two Inches of melting Bnou-.
Pride had gone beforo the fall and tho slippery car rail had lacked the polite
ness of the friend in not opposing his opinion. But the friend was human.
"As you wero saying," ho remarked, as he helped his friend to his feet,
trying to overlook tho fall but tho immaculate one only glared.
Dogs Are, Always Dogs
CHICAGO. Through the window of
avenue, a handsome, big-muscled
passing traffic, calm and supercilious.
and tho most exciting happenings on
sidewalk and pavement did not stir
him to the visible extent of a fraction
nt n vrncr of hln fraction of a tall.
Presently camo another bulldog of
more active nature, willing to bo
friend and play or to be an enemy and
fight This second bulldog stopped in
front of the window and wagged his
tall tentatively. Thoro was no an
swering wag. He growled. There
camo no answering growl.
Not oven by a glance or a showing
of teeth did the Insolent, self-centered window dog recognize the existence ot
his canlno brother in tho street. It waB a dead cut. Plato glass three-eighths-of
an Inch thick stood betweun them, but the street dog forgot that in hls
wrath. Ho leaped at the throat of tbw offender. The glass crashed. Cut now.
physically as well aa socially, tho street dog closod In. The window dog turn
blod ovor on hia sido with a hollow thud. The street dog, tearing at his throat,
choked on a mouthful of sawdust He had not been supercilious after all
only stuffed.
The belligerent street dog, after a casual survey of the damage which he
had wrought, and smarting with pain from tho cuts mado by the shattered
plate glaaa window, tucked his tail between his legs and made a dash for the
Btroet and safety. The proprietor of the establishment, on hearing tho great
noise mado by the fierce attack, rushed to tho front of the storo Just In time
to see tho surprised and frightened street dog rapidly disappear around a
neighboring street corner. He therefore mado no attempt at pursuit
Kahmann, who Is a taxidermist, la In need not only of a new show window
but of a new window dog. Ho aayB ho will make one out of the street dog If
he catches him. N
Man of Resource.
A big, raw-boned youth In the Caro
lina mountains went to see a young
woman of hlB acquaintance. In his
baahfuInesB, ho sat in silence; but,
as If It woro his only means of ex
pression, he twirled his thumbs one
about the othor In never-ending cir
cles. At length the girl Inquired: "Do
you always do that when you go a-call-
Ing?"
"No," drawled the youth, "some
times 1" (twirling his thumbs in the
ro verso direction) "do it this way."
"i .i'Ii'r Companion
slit skirt nnd carried a hugo muff.
Her hut was one of tho latest effect
In straw. It resembled an Inverted
soup plate, nnd was trimmed with a
black lace rufflo and a slnglo feather.
Sho waB crossing tho street going
toward the subway entrance when a
particularly spltoful gust of wind
caught the hot, lifted It from her head,
and sont It straight up Into tho air. A
young man started to the rescue. Ho
followed tho erratic course of tho hat
with his fnce turned skyward. So did
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of gray striped trouser logs before the
tailored edge of his fur collared over
coat shut off the view of tho stripta.
A roll brimmed, quarter bow derby
kept In tho aroma of bay rum that
held the sandy hair in plastered per
fection, nnd curves as proper ns the
curved handle of his hickory-rough
walking stick. His companion was
human. i
"Entirely unnecessary, entirely bo.
Even When One Is Bogus
Karl Kallmann's shop nt 2457 Lincoln,
bulldog gazed out the other nlgtlt on
Ho held his head at a haughty anglo.
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Fierce Fight With Panther.
In a hand to claw fight with a pan
ther, Albert Jeana, a rancher of tho
Anderson valley section, California,
recolved somo severe brulseB. Tho
animal sprang upon him whllo he was
bonding over tho body of Its mnte
that he had Just shot, and It was
only aftor a desperate struggle that
he managed to break tho hold of the
beast and shoot it, Jenns caught tho
first panther in a trap and shot the
animal. It measured nine feet five
Inches from tip to tip. The second,
with which Jeans had the fight, was:
only n trifle moro than six feet Ion;.
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