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THE CAT SPEAKS.
WILBUR. P. NESB1T
In a Dead Town
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LITTLE BOY'S UNIQUE TRUNK
Quaint "Hold-All" Is Handy Place for
Youth to Storo Away His Many
Treasures How Made.
Every boy likes to have a plnco
where ho can storo away his treasures,
Hero la Just tho place, and, In the
making of such a unlquo llttlo trunk,
tho boy who likes work with tools
will havo a treat
This quaint "hold-all' is a copy of
grandfather's trunk 'that is In a ran
Ecura at Salem, Mass., and by follow
ing tho Instructions given below it
can bo qulto easily made. When it is
completed tho possessor will have not
only an artistic and convenient re
ceptacle for his treasures, but will
also havo a reminder of tho days of
long ago when Just ouch trunks wore
taken by great-grandfather and great
grandmother on their travola.
Cut two circles from nn inch board,
having tho diameter Just 12 Inches.
Api-onmnn Ctrrlm
use n pair of dividers to make exact
circles; or, if these are not at hand,
uso a string and pencil attached to
tho end, Set tho two circles Just 25
inches apart, 'and cover the ontlro out-
sido with laths nailed closo together,
as suggested in tho illustration. Whon
tho circles havo been entirely cov-
ered by laths and firmly nailed nt tho,
ends of these, take a small smoothing
plane and smooth oft nil tho edges of
tho laths that may bo prominent. In
this way a smooth rounded surface
can bo secured. Now saw off tho top
by sawing through the end circles at
tho point shown by tho dotted lines,
letting tho saw pass between the
same pair of laths at each end. Wo
,. .w f ,. .mni,
and ltg cover, which Is to bo hinged
to tho body by a svaall pair of hinges
ono part of each hlngo being screw
cd to tho top lath of the body and tho
other part to tho lath next above In
tho cover. In fact tho hinges may
Trunk- Complete.
Well bo screwed In place botoro tho
end circles aro sawed apart
Grcat-crandfathor's trunk was cov
ered with leather, tanned with tho
hair on. ranking what was called a
"hair trunk." If ono wishes to lml-
tato tho original as far as posslblo, he
could coyer this little trunk with can
ton flannel, the rouch side out This
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run iuiio uiv "b"""
Circles of cloth nro cut for tho. ends,
a triflo larger than tho wood circles,
and tho edgea carried over to tho
sides. Tno sines navo 1110 ciom
stretched straight above tho outside,
the edges covering tno ends. Then n
dark strip of braid can be put jibout
the edges and secured ny round-
headed brass tacks, ns Bhown. Two
skato or book straps 01 loatnor com-
pleto tho fittings, except for tho han
dles at tho ends, which can bo had nt
a hardwaro store, and tho llttlo deco
ration with round-headed brass tacks
shown In front The trunk can be
lined with paper.
A Hungry Motor Car.
Havo you over noticed how hungry
an automobile sometimes looks when
It Is trying to run you down on tho
street? It. looks as If it would like
to cat you and leavo nothing except
tho buttons. That may havo been
tho feeling of tho motor car that got
In tho path of a runaway In Kalama
zoo. Tho runaway was composed of
two frightened horses and a loadod
plo wagon, which may or may not
i.., erit.tno,i Tho .irivnr
was thrown off tho wagon seat, nnd
tho horses dragged tho swaying plo
I trof -trinntnc
:.:r;,r
.i"t, nrnnn a,i,i0niv Btnru
,T:.T.I. TJ;;,;T
JUUa UUl bllU HU Ulgllb V 4l
xilnstered thomBolves nil over tho car,
the car was spotted with red cherry
tnd purplo raspberry and bluo hucklo
berry nnd brown apple and yollow. lem
on plo filling until It looked llko
horso on a merry-go-round or in
Noah's ark.
putting your rooi on n.
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This familiar Baying lias an nmuBiUK
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historical origin, which is as follows:
When tho tltlo to land Is disputed in
Hlndustnn, two holes aro dug In tho
.i nno in,, nf nnnti nf th a
biuuuu, .vc vw.
i nt ill. rlt.nl n mnn a nrn
u w'"' " "
burled therein. In this nwkward post
tlon tho dusky legal champions fall
to arguing and tho one who tires
flrqt loses his client s case
Thim in
JiTQl lUOWO Mill LltUUV D V(lOVa MUO
n very humiliating sense, both tho los-
lng litigant and tho defeated lawyer
havo "put their foot In it"
In fall, whon I peer out nt night,
Tho stars seem very, very bright.
They're surely brighter when It's cold
And, though I never have l5on told.
I know those llttlo stars all try
To shlno their TlrlKhtest In the sky.
To warm the world and mako thlnci
bright
For cats that sins outdoors nt night.
POPULAR GAMES IN LONDON
Dabblt, Castello, Holo and Three
Tricks Have Possibilities De
scription of Pastimes.
"Dabblt."
This sounds llko a swear word from
a man who Is suffering from a severe
"codo id tho doso," but It Isn't. Dab
blt la only tho title of a now game,
which Eomo people Bay has a good
chanco of becoming raoro popular than
ping-pong was, Bays me .onuou
Sketch.
Tho Idea Is ridiculously simple. You
aro provided with n sbrt of oblong
tray, the bottom of which. Is formed
by tho table on which you play. Placed
across the middlo of tho court thur
provided Is a piece oi wood contain
lng arches.
Tho ordinary rules of tennis are fol
lowed, but Instead of going over tho
net you servo the ball under tho cen-
tor arch. In returning, tho players
send tho ball back under nny of the
arches and tho fun Is exciting. It la
a scries of pushes, and ono is sur
Lprlsed at the amount of skill which
can bo obtained,
Dabblt la only ono of several. Per
haps tho best Is Castello, a game on
an entirely now principle, which Is bo-
coming very popular In London, for It
can bo played either on a lawn or the
tablo, specially shaped mallets are
used, whllo ordinary croquot balls,
four players having a castle and two
i,iia i,iii ,n,.tA ihn
capturing of Hags and castles, eacb
game lasting about 20 minuted, and"
providing all sorts of excitement when
tho players aro skillful.
Moro modest, but equally Interest'
lng, is holo, the players trying to
drive a ball through their opponents'
quite ob much to children as to grown
ups, and what seems fairly simple at
first is in tho end very difficult
Stepplng-stopes Is a game In which
tho players have to stop from one
block to . nnothor whllo balancing a
ball on a platter. Tho results aro
ludicrous.
Finally, thoro Is threo tricks. A llt
tlo tablo Is revolved and suddenly
Btoppcd, whereupon tho players try
to splko looso tablets w.hlch aro num
bered. Tho fact that ono player Bplkos
nioro than Another does not moon that
no wins, ror no may navo tauen sev
aral for which ho has to concede
points.
WHFFI Fn RAnm F FOR fiflAT
Contrivance So Arranged That Little
Animals May Be Used to Carry
small Porson About.
Goats, unllko horses and little
ponies, nro not heavily enough built to
Bnow 0f riding upon their backs, but
goat-back riding Is made possible by
menns of tho wheeled saddle shown In
tho Illustration.- Tho arrangement
Saddle for Goats.
has two wheols in front and ono rear
wheel. Tho goat Is hitched under the
rramo Deanng tno Bauuio, so mat, tno
""'b'- 7 "
Tho front wheels nro attached to 9
ithm which the
goat runfl. A handle-bar is provldod.
for turning tho front wheels In
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steering.
Could Channe the Wind.
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King. Erricus of Sweden publlcl)
n coneuHeu iuai 110 hu u buhuhn uuu
I m 1 it, a t. a.
a magician. o was tuo owner oi nu
enchanted cap, which he protended
eimuiou uuu iu tuuuui iuo emtna uuu
I 1 1 1. Unntlnn lttA 4
chuubu iu uo"t i m..un u,
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pieusuru. du uuih; uiu ma euujnia
bellevo In tho supernatural powers ol
their ruler, Bays tho London Mali,
that whon a storm aroso they would
Avrtiilm- "Ah. tho kimr is acain wear
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lnir Ills niOElO cnill'
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Another Reason.
Thnn. nealn. norhans tho reason
whv women's feet nro becomlnc lamer
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suggeats tho Philadelphia Inquirer, It
because they put tboru down oftenct
and harder than fomrly.
SUNFLOWER SEEDS AS FEED
Value la Not Fully Appreciated by All
Poultrymen With Grain Make
Excellent Ration.
Tho fact that sunflower seeds make
good poultry feed Is not fully appre
ciated by nil. 'With any grain they I
make a well balanced ration. These
flowers grow woll upon all Irrigated
tracts. Tho growth Is very rapid and
the largo broad leaves afford oxccllout
flhado for tho young chlckn. It Is al
ways a wlso policy to plant tho seeds
so that they can bo conveniently used.
Tho falling seeds aro thus saved and
Ihe thado affordod Is very valuable
Buuflowers grow and produco the
largest heads whe. planted in rowa 1
and enred for like corn. It Is always
advisable to allow tho head to bo-
come thoroughly rlpo before harvest
ing. Cut as llttlo or tho stalk off with
tho heads as possible. Tho bedtls are
conveniently fed wholo. especially
during tho winter months. When fed
in this way it will bo found that tho
iccds aro relished by tho fowls.
When tho poultry lb molting there
Is no bottor feed known. Wheat and
millet -.re somctimcii fed with tho
sunflower feed. This makes a ration
very vrlunble; not only because of
(B affording a varloty but because of
u,0 valuable food constituents that
ihflgn trains contain. This ration.
with an occasional feed of fresh meat
wlll make the Iicob lay. Corn BhoUld
never bo fed moro than onco a week
fo .. egg production, but it Is very val
i,nhlo nx n. fnt nroducer.
EXCELLENT BREEDS FOR EGGS
Leghorns, Mlnorcas, Andalusiana,
Houdans and Hamburgs Will Prove
Profitable on Any Farm.
It eggs alono are wanted, It will bo
best to keep only non-Blttlng breeds,
of which Leghorns, Mlnorcas, Andnlu-
slnns, Houdans, or Hamburgs wlll do
well on tho farm. If necessary, tho
m bo ,h.nthed, J"C i
which, in careful hands, now do good
work; or a fow may also bo kept ofj
some sitting breed. Pure bred fowls,
useless for showing, can usually bo
?w ' , T ,
b Bald against "fancy" birds, as a
t,h?3r11,wlU pa?, boltor; 8olc9tcd
with-IntoIHgonce, than average farm
mongrels. Dut any -decently fine farm'
stock can bo greatly improved by
White Leghorn Hen.
purchasing every year merely ono ot
two young cocks of tho breed select
ed. Thus, If tho cocks aro Mlnorcas,
tho farm stock will gradually bo con-
,rrtn,i i wm, f,t i,inh
Boiaom or never su, noar mo Aiinorcn
typo; while If Dorkings be used, there
will saan be a flno race of table
fowlB. Often, when thoro Is any ono
on tho fnrm who cares about It. It
will bo best to make up every year a
special breeding lot of flno birds. No
farmer would expect to mnko his oth-
or live stock pay unless ho saw to
such things; nnd ho cannot expect'
fowls to pay either, unless ho wlll
glvo tho same ordinary thought and
enre to them.
Whey seems llko pretty thin diet,
but It Is really bettor than nothing
In tho lino ot milk,
The harder tho hens dig, tho less
you will have to dig.
A weak chick never makes a profit
ablo hom,
Whon your blrdB get bis onoutth for
tho mnrkot, let thorn go. That ends
.r ,,, i,n,b
diseases.
Sharo tho fresh lottuco with vout
birds, flood plan to sow some Just
for tho poultry.
The hen that does tho best with tho
jeasi muur dm juur pun, in tno ono
you aro after.
Qnmft fnlka llnvn ifinlr tmncna en
. ' .Y"
inni 11 uy kuu opun inum nil ail
nround tho foundation walls whon It
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13 not nnu iov 1110 nir circuinto every-
wnero.
Provido clean quarters, puro water
ana wnoicHomo iuou lor tnc cnicits,
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uim uibuuoo huiuuh muni wiii uo a
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inine uuituunu,
It is not wiso to change broods
every spring. AH tho standard breeds
aro good. Mako tho ono you already
hnvn do Its best
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it IB a miBlttKO la Wnsil opm nr n
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i miiim mom ciean. it is tmttnr tc
havo tho nests clean so that tho ecita
need not cet dirty.
Cull out tho noor Invars nnd nlvn
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tho prolific hen moro room to work.
Ducks should havo a plentiful sup
ply of sharp grit
" Dixie"
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Twns In a glided rentUrnnt
where peoplo canu to eat,
A Southerner, nil grim and gaunt,
Stepped In on enuer feet.
"? hl" ?"d rderc1 fool
And suddenly and soon
Tho orchestra In Joyful mood
struck Ui Hint DiNla tune.
Thcro rnmo n tumult of applauses
The Southerner wns'Rlrtd
lie felt this honor to IiIh Cnuso,
And could no moro bo sud.
"Hurrah! Hurrah!" tho diners cried
And straightway dronned their r'st
It seemed as though with valiant pride
Tiiey-tf snowed their nattio scarsv
Tito Southerner then asked of ono
who almost broke his dish
Applauding: "Whah nh yo' from, son?"
He said: "South Haven, Mich."
Another came from old South Uend,
And ono who cheered with glee
From Boutliport. Maine, had come;
hl
friend
Wits raised out In S. D.
A man from South Chicago yelled
Tho wildest of wild cheers
Until the folic nbout him held
Their hands tinon tholr ears:
Another man whose voice was loud,
whose hands gave blow on blow
In tho npplaime that led tho crowd
was from South Charleston, O.
The Southerner looked all around
And pursed his grim old mouth,
And said; "I'm glail that I havo found
So many from the South,"
He seeks another place to cat
Hut everywnere he goes ,
When "Dixie's" played they stamp thcli
feet
And cheer It through the nose.
SELECTION BY ELIMINATION.
""vo ,,,u V.01 01 UOOKH nro
wnat you woum recommend ror t
young lady's reading?"
Yos, mlsB, Wo keep them on the
threo front tables,"
"Thank you. 1 didn't want to wasto
any time I'll look through tho ones
on tho othor tables, pleaso."
Honor to Whom Honor Is Due.
"What Is tho occasion of yonder
enthusiastic gathorlng?" asks tho
stranger In our. midst
"Thnf " nvnlnln "la n n nonntti.
blago of popular song writers oroct-
lng a monument to tholr greatest ben
efactor."
"And who was ho? Soma man who
purchased largely of tholr product?'
"Oh, no. Ho was the man who dis
covered that 'lady' rhymed with
'baby.' "
1 Humph.
"Ho'satd I was tho most natural
ivoman In tho club," says tho momber
who has attended tho lecturu and dis
cussion ot health nnd beauty by tho
emlnont physical culturlst.
. "indeod?' remarks tho second mem
ner. "I havo roml
turo Knows 110 waist."
with a tolling glanco at tho bolt
l,no or the nrst momber, Bho moves on.
Candid Maiden.4
"Hero's nanslcs thnv'rn ri
thoughts," said tho youth, bendlnir low
I i .1 -.1 . t. .1 . . .
" ,,u ' w,erB 10 me rnir
rnrniv thlnir "Anrl T
would sorvo nn n pnimiii,.!.
1 " - ..-hmu iwi
brains?
"!invn vnn honrn iimt mnnr.
AS good7" Bho queried, with a smilo
.1, n 0 thnt of a rocciUnir tnllnr wlmn
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a Mir account Is ononcd
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Expert Touch.
"Blithers sa,ys ho never has to pay
for a gamo of bllllardB. la ho-such a
1 trnrwl lnvr
euuu t,
IIn'a liinlv'
,.,v.w.
Dut " ?nyB 1,0 "us a Perfect
1 touch.
"0 nn', " " loses no touches his
4 t I t Iff
"PPonont for the prlco of tho game.'
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'?L-A--7t5
By MARTHA McCULLOCH-WILLIAMS
(Copjilf hi, 1911, hr Auodstnd Llnrwjr 1'miO
What's doing?" Clay asked, as he
stopped from tho dining room out o
the hotel plazxa.
Lights were winking up and down
the town's hilly street at glow worms
wore winking In tho gardens round
about A little wind, blowing south
erly, brought the freshness of tho
river, and the scent or ploughed
earth from tho cornfields In tho bot
toms beyond, Clay had fed woll,
thercforo his mood was cpmplacont
ftot so Mason, who stood in wait for
him Discontent lined his face even
more than common.
"Nothing's doing. You can bet on
that horo always, and anyhow," Mason
nuswercd sourly, "Dondost town this
sldo tho pianola that's tho site of
Ashmorc "
"Yot you slick to Itl" Clay Inter
rupted. Mncon laughed a hard laugh. "I
have to ntand what amounts to doath
in llfoi because nnothor man persists
In living after ho Is dead." ho said
very low. "Haven't they told you
about flrnndad? Just n breathing
lump ho Is. Ninoty-tlvo if ho's a day
he won't let us soo the record. Al
most blind, deaf ns a post, bedfast
now for sovun years yet with the
appotlto of a coal heaver! keeps him
nllvo, tho doctors say that-and his
BrliV on llfo and his money
"Ol 1 begin to understand!" Clay
Interjected.
Mason ran on eagerly."! shouldn't
grudge him life to a hundred and
far beyond It If ho had any sort of
consideration tor anybody but him
sett, kcops me tied to his chatrnrm
virtually. This Is tho first tlmo I'vo
boon out excont to go to the post
office and tho bank, in a month. And
1 had to llo to got out now, Told him
thoro was a chanco ot getting big In
terest of gilt-edged short-tlmo loan-
it was tho llrat thing I could think
of, nftor I got your note."
"I shouldn't havo written not if
I'd known. This is my first tlmo
here," Clay muttered confusedly.
Mason steppod him with an eager
genturo. "Do you grudge water to a
man dying of thirst?" he asked. "An
other llo will square rao I've only to
snv. the collateral was flBhV. and
Grandad will pnt me on the bnck
.Meantime lot's bo moving. 1 want
to show you sayl you'll help In a
good deed?"
"Unless there's a girl In It," Clay
, answered chuckling. "A petticoat al
ways scares me Btlft."
"Vo know you're lying, Jack," Ma
son flung back.
They woro going with long strides
up the main street At tho third cor
ner Mason turned sharply about, say-.
lng, "Walt, I mustn.'t startlo Elslo."
Noxt breath Clay heard him whistle
softly In a thick shrubbery Just in
sldo a ragged garden.
There was no answering sound, but
in half a minute, Mason wns, back,
with a slim black-clad shape bosldo
him.
"Get your car I know It Is In tho
garage never mind now and meet
us a block from hero," Mason said
breathiossly. "You're going to run
away with us across tho state lino
and bo boat man at our wedding, it's
tho only chanco for ub you're safo
and discreet If anybody clso know
it would ruin us,"
"Toll mo how? I go into nothing
blindfold," Clay said almost stubborn
y, In Mason's hushed key.
Mason flung up his hand crying
fretfully. "Man don't pottorl Evory
ntlnuto counts. Wo mtBt be marrlod,
and back In plnco long before mid
night nnd there's a run of twenty
mllos each way."
"What's tho uso of runnlugV" Clay
porslstpd doggodly.
Mason clutched him feverishly. "To
savo tho fortuno I'm Blavlug In prison
for," ho said. "Grandad means to
leavo It In hiB will' that I am to marry
the girl he has chosen for mo. Ob
viously, It I turn out to bo already
married to somebody else, that provi
sion Ib void, without hurting tho wilt
otherwise"
"1 seel Meet you in two minutes,"
Clay said, running away. Dut as ho
turned the next corner ho slacked to
a slow walk, asking hluiBolf if ho were
not doing wrong,
Ar. hour or so later, he bad no such
doubt Elsie's radiant eyes, her smil
ing mouth, reassured him. She was
worth n lot ot risk, Clay decided. He
felt a chivalrous pity for her, and was
ready to go all lengths to help her.
Mason had told him briefly their lovo
story It was a rustic Montaguo and
Cnpulet affair hor peoplo tho Enslys,
had beon at nddo with the Masons
tlmo out of mind, Then Grandad had
alt n mlsor'B Instinctive hatred of un
euccqss for them. Their fortunes had
fallen until Elslo went out sowing
by an Irony of Fato sho was ovon then
making- flno white- lacy things, of tho
very noweut shapes and patterns, for
Flora McLcod, tho girl Grandad op
proved.
No doubt he would havo Insisted
upon tho marriage, except for his do
termination to keop bis grnndoon bo
side him. Flora came- dutifully onco
a week to call on him though he
could neither aeo nor hoar her, ho
know tho feel of hor band, and nto
with enormous relish tho good things
sho fotclied him.
"Lucky, mo "boy that's what you
are," ho mumbled toothlessly as he
gulped tho dalnUos. noauty fades
but cooking stays by a woman to the
cud."
Clay came home nt almost reck
less sped, deposited bride and groom
In their several place, and trto) to
sleep afterward. Bat tho qffor'i waa
vain. He had a sns of something
Impending, a feeling that he bad In
curred a risk, and needlessly.
To rid himsell of It he got up about
three o'clock, dressed, and went Out
side, resolved to walk until daylight.
llo had got about tcu blocks nwny.
when a quick llght-flanh made him
turn about. There waa not a cloud
tho starn burned whllo In n velvet-
purplo sky. Hut ngnlnst It. to routh-
ward, ho saw n mounting spiral ofi
smoko, tinged ominously with red un;
dorncnth. Ho turned nnd rnn toward
It, shouting aloud as ho ran - Hut
strnngo to tho plnco, ho came round
aboutly to tho fire haroly In timer to
soo a haunting sight.
A big old mansion, half ruinous,
was spouting fin mo from half lis low
er windows tho Inside must bo a
furnace, the stairs Impassable. The
gratings sot In tho windows were red
hot, and beginning to bend th
heavy doors still resisted, but worn
blistering outsldo. And at an upper
front window, also barred, .though but
lightly, Mason stood, trying vainly to
wrench away the hnrs,, Clay shouted
at htm. Ho nodded, but kept on strug
gling. With a superhuman effort he
pulled hwny hair tho grating, turned
nnd caino bnck again with something
holpless,. shapeless, limp within hla
arms.
Help was coming men and ladder.
Uoforo tho laddors could bo set, tha
men got up them; flame-ttnged smoke,
wrapped the figures at tha window.
As Clay roachod his arms (or Mason's
helpless burden thoro came a blast
as of the pit, almost full In hlo faco.
Ha reelod away from it, by a miracle
keeping hold, and dragging out (no
old wreck of a man. Eager hands ro
llovod him ho called to Mason but
thero wns no answer! Flro had dono
Its work, takon Its toll.
Grandad never knew llo died be
fore sunrise. Mon said, even In tho
presence of death, ho had sacrificed
his grandson to his avarice. 1 1 waa
bis fear for hla hoarded gold which
mado him Insist upon the grating.
Except ror It, both might have 'been
saved, x ' ' ' '
"I hate to speak III or the old,
specially after they're dead' said
Landlord Ware, "Dut I reckon old
Georgo Mason would be. right down
glad It he knew he h4, taken hla
money and hla grandson with him."
Clay remained for the reading ot
tho will that same .sonse of respon
sibility clung to him. When be heard
tha dry-BH-dust document he-was glad
he had not shaken off his hattntlngs,
For with much verbiage, but plain be
yond pcradvonture, tho fortune wao
left to young George Mason, with tho
hope, not tho condition, that he marry
Flora McLeod, and tho provision that
should he dto, childless nnd Intestate,
his holr Bhould bo his lawful wife,
Falling a wlfo, tho noxt ot kin cama
In.
There woro a dozen of them, nt
loast, outwardly grlef-strlckoh, yet
wth eager expectant oyos. Clay smiled
grimly as bo row to faco thorn, and
say:
"Then send for Mrs, Elslo Ens
Mason. 1 witnessed tho mnrrlago,
and havo tho cortitlcato, Intrusted ma
for snfo keeping.
To this day Ashmorc has never hacf
such another sensation. Not event
whon threo yearn afterward John Wnl
tor Clay, Esqulro, was very qtllotljr
married to tho young Mrs. Macon.
Peoplo thought It odd they did1-not'
sottlo down In Ashmore only a littlot
of tho money would mnko tho old.'
Mason place tho finest In town. The
houso had burned to tho ground to bet
sure, buE the situation was. unrivaled.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay did not deny that
yet neither wanted to llvo tbero
ovon though they did not believe In
gho.ts.
Newspaper Men Too Hatty.
Whon the boostors of New Orleans
as the proper site for tho Panama
Canal Exposition were glven a -J'Nibyv
OrlennB night" at tho National Pr'esa
club, they ngreod to furnish all tho
refreshments during tho party, Late
In tho evening n group of newspaper
mon who were playing pool on tho
upper floor of tho club ordered some
of tho supper,
A waiter, arrayed in gorgeous apron
and a high whlto cap, served the food
and was roundly abused for not put
ting tho plates in their proper places.
"This cluh," romarked Jan. Dutlor,
ono of tho party, "Is going to tho bad.
Tho wnltars aro simply atrocious."
Aftor a fow moro such remarks, tha
waiter, looking crestfallen nrid'tfullon,
left tho room. A llttlo later Robert
W. Woolloy, a mngaslno writer, burst
excitedly Into tho room.
"You follows havo Insulted a south
ern gentleman " ho declared hotly.
"That waiter was tho mayor of Vlcks
burg!" Tho Sunday Magazine.
Polo Cama From Tibet.
It is a curious fact that polo, the
most exclusive, aristocratic and fash
ionable ot games, should havo been
Invented and named In tho desert
wilds of Chinese Tibet. It was at
least threo centuries ago that the
Tibetan nomads, aatrldo of swift wild
asses, and armed with clubs like
hockey-sticks, first began playlns
"pulu."