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8YNOP8I3.
. The utory opnns nt Monte Carlo with
Col Terrnrn O'lloiirko. a tullltHry froo
innce nnd nomptlilk' of 11 icnmbler. In Ills
total. Leaning on tlio balcony ho seen n
ifHiitlful lrl who middonly enters tlio
clevnlor nnd pannes from alRlit At thn
gmnint; tnulo O'llourku notlu'H two men
WHtchlnK him. One Is tlio .Hon llertle
niynn, while IiIh companion Is Viscount
!e Trebes, n duellHt. The lsi'Oilnt tolls
ilm the Trench government lias directed
iliu to O'Hourko an a man who would
Undertake a secret mission. At hit npnrt
(nent O'Hourko, who had nKreed to un
dertake the mission, finds a mysterious
letter. Tlio vlBCount arrives, bands a
realed package to O'Hourko, who Is not
o open It until on the ocean. A pair of
dainty slippers aro seen protruding from
tinder a doorway curtain. The Irishman
lnds the owner of the mysterious feet to
10 his wife, Ueatilx, from whom he had
run away a year previous They nre
leconclled, and opening thn letter he fliiut
Ihnt n Rangoon law Arm offers him
100,000 pounds for n Jowel known as the
'ool of Kintno and leu to mm uy 11 oy-
lug friend, but now In koeplng of one
liHtned I'linmuret in Algeria, uuourne
wotats tlio nobleman In a duel. The wire
Jids O'Hourko farewell ami he promises
r.i soon return with the toward lie dls-
nverq oolli Uiyiin nnu me vnroum on
loan! the ship As he finds Chainbrct
here Is an uttnek by imndlts unci 1111
rlend dies telllnir O'Hourko that h lias
eft the I'ool of Klnmo with the governor
.eneral. who at sight of 11 mgnei ring
lvi'ii the colonel will deliver over ui
jewel. Arriving at Algeria the Irishman
IIiiiIh the governor general away. Oes
''rebes makes a mysterious appointment.
nd tells O'llourku that bo bus gained
lossesilon of the Jewel by stealing It. In
duel O'llourke maaters llin viscount,
ectireH possession of the Pool of Mnino
ind starts by ship for Hangoon. Ho Ilnus
he captnln to be a smuggler who tries to
deal the Jewel. It Is llnally secured by
ho captain and O'Hourko escapes to
and. With the nld of one Danny nnd
lis sweetheart, O'Hourko rocovers the
ool of Flame. On board ship onco more.
Miuml for Hangoon, a mysterious lady
ippears. O'Hourko comes upon a lascar
ilmut to attack the lady, who Is 11 Mrs.
rynne, nnd kicks tlio man Into tho hold.
vim Prynno claim hIio Is on route for
udlana on a mission for the king.
O'Hourko Is nttacked by the lascar, who
1 ecu res the I'ool of Flame, the captain
, shot and the lascar Jumps Into tho sea.
I'lto ship arrives In port.
I CHAPTER XXVI. (Continued.)
1 "Got on with your story. What
about Mrs. Prynno?" demanded
O'Rourke, eyeing his servant curiously
nnd trying to fathom lila but half-die-Bulscd
and wholly awkward air of self
esteem. Plainly the boy thought
highly of himself because of some
thing ho had accomplished, some ex
ilolt of nrowesB or stroke of diplo
macy as yet undisclosed.
"Ylsbor. ... I was tellln' ye It
Roomed to mo the height of moneness
pho was dlsplayln', tua'ntn' this mwno
Mrs. Prynne, whin 'twitB mesllt knew,
none bctther, how much yo'vo laid
'out on her account and hersllf not
walttn' to settle up wld ye "
"What bualnesB was that of yours?"
" 'Twas nouo, sor. Hut ycrsllf had
keeled over and wns did to lvrythlng,
mill what am 1 for If not to look out
for ye at such times? .... So
J'm afther sthoppln' thlm two Just as
they would bo lavln' their staterooms,
and rz'I, 'Missus Prynno,' sz'I, 'mo
tnasthcr's compliments and he'd llko a
worrd wld yees before yo'rj gone en
tlroly.' And 'What's thlB?' bz'b1i& wld
it lino show of surprise tho dnyceyt
Xul huzzy! though I'm watchln' hor
nnd thlnkln' she wns frlgntoned about
nomothln', from tho white turn nv tho
face av her. Sz'slio: "TIs In tho
dlvvlo's own hurry I nm tho mluulo,'
or worrds to tho samo Iff let. Sz'slio:
'And puwnt will bo bo wnntln' nv mo?'
'A momlnt'a conversation wld ye,'
bz'I. And Bz'shc: 'I've no time. Let
mo pass.' 'I'll be doing,' sz'I, 'nawthlu'
Jllio thot,' for bo now I'm thlnkln'
thoro's somethln' deeper behlnt her
Ouster and flurry thin a mero desire
to bilk yc p'rhaps 'twas this thing In-too-lshum
I've heard yo mlntlon. And
die next nilnlt I'm suro tv ut, for sho
i;och white as snow In the face and
the eyoB of her begins to bum like
jcold grunn Arc nnd alio screams to Co
rile iur holp and Is nfther whipping
out n gun to blow mo out av her
way wld; but 'tis mosllf thot's bo way
nv heln' too quick for her and tnkln'
tlio pistol away; and bo the mercy nv
tho Saints MUtbcr Druvoa bears the
Bhlndy and hops down Just In time to
Biiatch another gun out of tho hand av
that samo Cecllo, and he grabs tho
guii nnd turns her Into a stateroom
and shuts tho duro on her and "
"Aud, Interrupted O'Hourko In a
"black rage, rising and turning back his
Blcovcs "And now I'm going to give
yo tho father nnd mother of nil
thrashings, yo Insolent puppy I How
daro yo lay hands on n lady "
"Ow, murtherl" chattered the boy,
leaping away. "Ho nlsy, yer honor,
'nnd henr mo out, for 'tis thin yo'll not
bu blamln' mo, but If yo do I'll take
tlio batln' wldout a worrd, sor."
"Very well," assented O'ltourko om
inously. "But bo quick about" It, for
I'm mistrustful of yo altogether. Got
on, yo whelp I"
Danny placed tho table betweon
them with considerable expedition,
"Aw, llsthen now," ho pleaded. "While
Misther DjnvoB was 'tendln' to Ccclle,
thU Ml83ls Prynno was Bcrappln' like
a wildcat, scratching and bltlu', aud
''tis all I can do to kapo her by wrnp
ulu' mo arms tight about ir und hvld-
In' her so. and I'm makln' a grab nt
her walnt whin bo nccldeiit llko what
do I catch hold av hut something tin
dernatho as big an a hln's egg a
stono bIio'.. carryln' round her neck,
the samo as yer honor did wld the
Pool an Flame; and bo the feel av ut
ut's tho hkiiio entirely; and thin I'm
sure 'tis tho samo and thot some sail
duggery's bo way av havln' been put
upon ye "
"What the dlvvlo!"
"Wan momlnt more. . . . Now
In llghtln' wld me the collar nv hor
waist has conio unfastened and me
solf can see tho string av ribbon that's
holding tho thing there. So 1 sez to
niesllf, hz'I, ' 'TIs strango enough to
bear Investlgatln',' sz'I, 'an' I'll be
takln' a chanst at this If the inasther
do ho afther flayln' mo alive. So I
calls Misther Dravos and gets him to
hould her fast while I takes out me
knife nnd cuts thot ribbon and pulls
tho thing out wldout any Immodesty
whatever; and there on thot ribbon Is
a chamois-case, all sewed up, and I'm
rlppln' It open an finding this!"
"God In Heaven!" cried O'Rourke,
stupefied and ngape; for Danny, hav
ing worked up to his climax, had dra
matically whipped from his pocket and
cast upon the table between them the
Pool of Finnic.
Ho looked up, blind to the glee nnd
triumph In Danny's face.
"How did ye eome be thls7" he de
manded, speaking slowly and steadily,
as ono who, having drunk more thnn
enough, listens to his own enunciation
to detect In It the slur that liquor
brings. "I moan I mean how could
yo havo taken this from tho woman
when It lay all the time at tho bottom
of tho son six hundred miles nnd
more bohlnd us?"
"Ask MlBther Drnvos If ye do not
bolao me, sor. How would I bo hav
ln' It nt all, wldout I got It like I've
told yo? . . . 'TIs the real Pool of
Flamo yo'ro handlln'; that's suro.
T'other one the stono the serang
Hung Into the say, Bor, wns a counter
felt." "How do ye know that?"
'Alsly enough, yer honor; bo puttln'
tho maid Cecllo on tho witness stand.
'Twas this way: I tuk the stono from
"God In Heavenl"
Missus Prynno and Misther Dravos
and mosllf locked her In her cabin.
Thin aflher talkln' things over we let
Cecllo out nnd bo dint nv throats and
porauashlons, got hor to tell what tho
know."
"Go on."
"Sho bcz thot Frlnchiiian ye kilt
back thore In Algiers, sor, Is at tho
bottom av It all, only he's not did b
causo yo didn't mako a claue Job av
ut, but lift blm wld the lasto suspic
ion uv the breath av life In tho body
av him."
"I waa afraid of that," nodded
O'Rourko. "Tho next time we meet,
Des Trohcs and 1, thero'll be no mis
take about It"
"Sho sez Unit befur he fought wld
a t. mm mrMTS
3 ftr-s-j5i
n ' r
'iff flfr TF Fjllf'f '
vo ho'd taken monsurenilnts nv the
stone and made a wax mould av ut,
so thot whin ho fulled to kill yersllf
nnd had got his strength back, he wlnt
to Paris and had an Imltashun av ut
mado there somehow bo fusing chape
stones together and all thot, I belavo.
'Twas Ixplnslve an' him tight up for
money, so he takej Missus Prynno In
to partnership and she puts up tho
cash Thin they've been watchln'
yersllf all the time, sor they sets
Cap'n Hole onto ye to get tho stone
away, nnd ho does It like yo know.
Afther ye escaped from tho Pelican,
ho gocB ashoro and mates the lady
at her hotel and dayllvers the stone
to her, getting his pay nnd the Imlta
shun Into the bargain, he Inslstln' on
thot hecnuso he knows ye'll bo comln'
hack for the Pool nv Flame, and he's
afraid av ye afraid ye'll kill blm if
he enn't turn over a ruby to ye llko
tho wan ho stole. 80 'twas tho faked
stone we tuk from him thot samo
night nnd the same we brought aboard
the Ranee and the same the serang
stholo from yo." M
"I begin to see. Hut how about the
serang? What did Cecil havo to say
in explanation of him?"
"Sho couldn't account for him at
all. sor, save thot mebbe the natives
In Rangoon had somehow got wind av
tho fact that the atone was comln'
back and a gang av thlm set out to
stale ut. She sez MIbbub Prynno nlv
er cud account for tho way thoy dis
covered sho had ut, but they seemed
to know pretty certain Bure, sor, for
yo'll recall they nlvor bothered ye at
all at first, nnd 'twas only be chanst,
like, thot tho serang got tho Imltashun
from ye."
"Hut what about Des Trebes? Did
tho maid say?"
"No more than he'd been lift In
Paris, sor" x
"And what 'ev ye don with the two
of them, Mrs. Prynne and the maid?
Aro thoy still locked up safely?"
"Dlvvle a hit, yer honor. 'Twas Im
possible to knpe them so, Dravos said,
wld Missus Prynne threatening to yell
bloody murther out av the poort and
kick up Bitch a row thot the authori
ties wud bo down on us If we didn't
let her go. Resides, we'd got what we
Cried O'Rourke.
wanted out av her, nnd. pwhat was tho
use av holdln' her anny longer?"
"So yo let thorn go?"
"Ylssor."
"I could kill ye for It." said
O'Rourke, "and DravoB, too; for
there's a deal of matters I'd like to
be Inquiring Into with tho lady this
blessed minute. Hut, Danny boy,
there's nothing In tho world I can't
forglvo yo now, for what yo'vo done
for me, and 'twill be a strango thing
if I don't servo yo handsomely when
1 como Into a fortune . . . Now
don't be stnndln' thcro like a nlntiy,
but bo oft with yo and pack mo things
befoto I lift mo hnnd to yo. "Pis In
haste wo aro with Doa Trebes allvo
und Mrs, Prynno oa tho loose; and
thero'll bo no bucIi thing na rest for I
either of us until we reach Rangoon.
CHAPTER XXVII.
"Danny ..." said O'Rourke
without looking up from the occupa
tion which had engrossed his r.'tou
Hon for tho last three hours; nnd for
'lip first tlmo in that period he spoke
audibly, making nn end to tho mum
bled ronfabulatlon ho had been hold
ing with himself, a Murray's Guide, a
Hiadshaw, an Indian railway guide,
severul steamship folders and a largo
colored map of tho Indian empire.
"What day's this day, Danny?"
Danny thought laboriously. " 'Twas
this morn' wo lift th' Ranee, 3or?
. Thin yestlddy was Wednes
day" "And today Thursday, bo logical
progress of reasoning, eh?"
"Aw, ylss, sor."
"And what'B tho tlmo?"
Danny consulted O'Rourke's watch
on tho bureau. "A quarter av twilvo."
"Then bestir yourself, yo lazy good-for-nothing,
nnd pack up mo things."
"Aw!" cried Danny, expostuHnt.
"Our train leaves at two. Ya havo
an hour nnd a half."
"Aw, but yer honor, Is ut no rlst at
all wo'll Iver bo havln'?"
"Ye can rest on tho train," said
O'Rourke. "I've Just ten days left In
which to roach Rangoon, whe-e I've an
appointment to keep with a lady, Dan
ny, to wit, Madame O'Rourko. D'yo
mind hor, and do ye blame me, Dan
ny?" Danny became suddenly evtraordln
arlly btiBy. "Why did yo nut say as
much to begin with, yer honor?" he
complained. "Aa if I wouldn't work
me hands to tho stumps av
thlm. . . ."
" 'TIs now Thursday noon," con
tinued O'Rourke thoughtful y. "Tho
two o'clock train's scheduled to land
us In Calcutta at ten Saturday night.
At eight Sunday morning a steamer
leaves Diamond Harbor for Rangoon,
scheduled for a fair-weather pa .sage
of three days That'll leave us ,1 lit
tle leeway, barring accidents,
we've ..0 time to waste."
"But how'Il we bo catchl'-g
steamer nt Dl'mlnd Harbor, sot ?
But
thot
how-
far's that from Calcutta, now. an' will
there he thralns at that hour av tho
night?"
"That's to be dealt with n5 'it turns
up, Danny. There's only lorty miles
between tho two places, and if there's
no train, we'll charter a motor-car or
a boat down the Hughll. . . ."
The latter expedient O'Rourko final
ly adopted, although ho could have af
forded a comfortablo night In a ho
tel at Calcutta, had he deemed It wise.
Hut In tho fifty-six hours of unmitigat
ed sweltering that ho and Danny en
dured in their (light across India he
had leisure to think matters over very
carefully, with tho result that, all
things considered, he felt justified In
assuming tho world to be In league
against him and In shaping his course
accordingly. Therefore It were un
wise to permit himself to bo seen nnd
recognized In Calcutta, or oven to lin
ger on the soil of India an Instant
longer than absolutely necessary.
Within nu hour, then, of his arrival
at Howrah, ho had, by dint of per
sistence and rupees, succeeded In hir
ing a launch to take him from the ter
minus by water to the steamer at Dia
mond harbor
chapter xxviii.
At a small hour of the morning they
made Diamond Harbor In pitch dark
ness and without misadventure wero
successful In causing themsolves to be
transhipped, bag and baggage, to tho
twlnscrow steamship Poonah, which
vessel rode at anchor in midstream.
Toward eight o'clock of the white
hot forenoon that followed, O'Rourke,
In tho shadow of a long-boat on the
Poonah's promenade deck, stood fin
ishing a matutinal cigar and watching
narrowly a tender ferry out n final
boatload of passengers from tho east
ern river bank. '
Slowly tho tendor forged toward tho
steamer's side; and as It drew near,
O'Rourko forgot to smoke and bent
over tho rail to Inspect with unremit
ting Interest those upon Its decks.
Tho forward deck of the tender hold
his regard but briefly; those who
waited thore, eyeing impassively tho
towering flanks of the liner, were one
and all of the east, of races, creeds
nud types too numerous to catalogue.
These tho adventurer might not read,
save Individually upon personal con
tact. If trouble was to come from
them, collectively or Individually, he
would not know uatll the blow had
fallon On tho other hand, ho might
be nblo to hazard shrowd surmises ns
to tho potential animus Inherent In
any ono of tho Europeans who woio
to bo his fellow passengers.
The latlor wero 11 mero handful;
half n dozon commercial travelers
from London, Paris, Berlin, their avo
cations evident bevond dispute; n sal
low English missionary with his with
ered wife, sombro figures In the stark
sunlight, a red-faced doputy-subsomo-thlngorother
of tho Indian govern
ment, complacent In white drill nnd
now pith helmet with a gay puggaree;
a lone English girl, and a Frenchman.
Tho two latter held the Irishman's
attention, tho girl because, even at a
distance, her slim whito-clad figure
and woll-polsod head scorned singu
larly fresh and attractive; tho man
booause-Mvoll, because O'Rourko wns
suscoptlblo to premonitions.
Ho was a tall man and broad, the
Frenchman well-mnde, well-groomed,
carrying himself with an Indefinable
air of distinction. His faco was rath
er pale (and therefore notablo In that
concourso of dark skins). Its features
strongly modeled, the mouth and chn
masked by r neatly trimmed and
pointed beard and mustache
O'Rourko could not havo sold that
,he had ever seen tho man before; yet
there wns this nnd that about him
which struck a spark of reminiscence
from his memory. A suspicion flashed
through his mind which he put aside
with. disdain, as absurd and far-fetched.
On the other hand ... Ho
knit his brows In puzzlement.
The very fixity of his regard drew
tho eyes of Its object upwards. Thoy
encountered O'Rourke's, lingered brief
ly In nn unveiled, Inquiring stare In
which there w.ib not to bo detected
the least hint of recognition, nnd
passed onward casually, indifferently,
Ignoring the Impertinence.
The tender's passengers began to
stumble up the gnng-plank to a lower
dock of the liner; and O'Rourko, with
a sober face, went below, tnklng somo
care to avoid contact with tho Incom
ing crowd.
Ho found Danny was In his state
room, engaged with somo details of.
repair to tho adventurer's wardrobe.
O'Rourko tcmalned for a brief spaco
standing in the middle of the cabin,
visibly abstracted. Then abruptly
some whimsical consideration seemed
to resolve his dubiety ns lightning
will clear sultry, brooding air; a smllo
deepened the corners of his mouth,
tho flicker In his oyo merged magically
into n twinkle, tho shrug of his broad
shoulders conveyed an impression of
casting care to tho winds.
"Danny, lad," ho remarked reflect
ively, throwing himself ungracefully
upon the cushioned transom opposite
to his borth. "Danny, ye wouldn't Ho
to me, would yo now?"
"Aw-w!" reproved Danny. "Shuwv
yer honor knows ut Isn't lu mo at all."
And to himself; 'That tho dlvvl
now?"
"Then tell mo, Danny, truthfully;
did ye ever Bee a ghost?"
"Aw-w!" seeing cause to take the
query as a Joke.
"A ghost that had grown a beard
since It had become a ghost, Danny?"
"Aw-aw-w!" still willing to bo
amused, If "himself" chose to bo face
tious. "Because," continued O'Rourke with
a slight frown, "I have, and that not
five minutes since."
"Aw?"
"Wance I left a man for dead, Dan
ny, with a clean sword-thrust through
the body of him a misbegotten black
guard he was; but I killed him In fair
fight, sword to sword, and no fa
vor. . . . And this bright and
beautiful morning, lo and behold ye!
who should come tripping up the gang
plank but his ghost, ns lively ns ye
please, and with a neat new beard!"
"Aw-w?" Incredulously.
O'Rourke frowned Impatiently. "Des
Trebes," ho explained.
"Aw "
"Stop It, yo parrot! Stop It, I say!
Havo jo no word In the dark lexicon
of your Ignorance other than 'Aw-aw'?
Get up, ye omadhaun, and take mo re
spects to tho purser and ask him
pleaso will ho show yo tho passon-gor-llst."
The valet left with circumspect ala
crity. Alone, O'Rourko rose and turned
thoughtfully to a revolver that made
a conspicuous black spot on the white
count orpane of tho berth, with nerv
ous, strong fingers unllmberlng the
weapon nnd tnklng account of the
brnss dials of tho cartridges that
nestled snug in Its six-chambered
cylinder. The machine was In perfect
condition; O'Rourko snapped the
breech shut and thrust It In his pock
et. Then he sat down to think, sub
consciously awaro from noises with
out thit the tender had swung off and
the anchor was being tripped.
Could the resemblance bo acciden
tal? It seemed hardly possible. The
Des Tiebes he had known had been a
typo distinct, so clear and aloof from
the general Frenchman that not even
tho ndditlon of a beard to his physiog
nomy could havo proven a thorough
dlEgulBe. And it seemed reasonable
enough to assume that, Mrs. Prynne
having failed in hor undertaking, Des
Trebes would resume his office as ac
tivo head of their conspiracy. If It
wero Indeed ho whom O'Rourko had
just seen, there was every chance Im
aginable that the final chapter In tho
history of tho Irishman's connection
with tho Pool of Flamo would provo
an eventful ono.
"Maybe not." ndmltted O'Rourko.
"maybe I decelvo mesolf. But I'm
persuaded I'll do well to keep both me
eyes open until the day I'm rid of tho
damned thing!"
At this juncture Danny's knock took
him to tho door. "Mongsero Rnoul do
Ilyeres." announced tho valet breath
lessly. " 'tis thot tho pursor says his
namo Is, yer honour."
"Yes," assented O'Rourko dubious
ly "Hut perhaps tho purser's mista
kenmisinformed." ITO nB CONTINUED.)
Bucking Horses.
A touch of tho spur or a flick of the
quirt slgnnls tho start, says tho Ameri
can Macazlne. In an nrticle oa our
western horsos. His knowledgo of
what to do must bo a heritage from
his ancestors, for all horses do It, and
all Amorlcan wild horsos are sprung
from horses that once carried men.
He pops down his head and levitates
straight heavenward. Whllo he and
you nre high In tho air ho arches his
back and stiffens hi3 body to-Iron rig
idly. Thus ho comes back to earth.
The sensation to tho rldor Is as It hit
Bplnal column had been struck by a
plledrlver. Tho Impression Is not an
alyzed at the tlmo. for tho horso goes
Into tho air again Immediately. He
swings to right or left, or he "changes
ends" completely whtlo In tho air, and
you como down facing southward,
wheroas you wore facing northward
when you asconded,
HARD FOR THE
HOUSEWIFE
It's hard enough to keep house if
In porfoct health, but n woman who
Id weak, tired and suffering nil of
tho tlmo with nu aching back has u
heavy burden to carry. Any woman
in this condition has good cause to
Btispect kidney trouble, especially IT
tho kidney action seems disordered
at all. Doan'a Kidney Pills havo
cuied thousands of women suffering
in this way It la tho best-iecom-mended
special kidney remedy.
A Mnrth DalCotl! CMO
rv.Pt,.t,IM srXSi Mra.CT.Tyter,
TlVjylX'l? Ol?l Caudo.N.Uak.,
"""""' ? -4. .....im.h.il
otul limbs were
swollen and I
could not sleep
on account of
tho kidney
tveaknesi. My
back waslame
and Hore, nnd I
felt miserable.
Dnnn's Kldncr
I'llli froetl mo
of tho tninbln
and whenllmre
bail occasion to
ue ttirm since
tber hareneYor
(ailed me,"
Gtt Doan's at any Drug Store, 50c a Box
1 Doan's K1fir
POPULAR SYMBOL OF VALUE
Young Man Evidently Was Lacking In
His Appreciation of the Coun
try's Statesmen.
There Is plenty of food for cynical
thoughts In the national capital, as is
shown by tho following Incident which
happened on a Washington street car:
A worldly young man, prone to crlt
Iclso, was gazing at the advertise
ments which decorate tho Interior of
tho car. Ono ndvettlsed a new kind
of collar for men. The dome 'of the
capltol was represented encircled by
ono of the collars, and on tho sen
ate and house wlus of tho build
ing wero placards giving prices and
sizes. Tho placard on the Benato end
of the capltol read, "Quarter size,"
t.nd that on the ttker end said, "Two
for a quarter."
The worldly cynical young man
turned to hi companion.
"That," ho remarked, "Just about
expresses my opinion of somo of
these hero congressmen." Judgo.
Carrying It Too Far.
"Scientific management, like any
other good thing, may be carried to
excess."
Tho speaker was R. Marriott
Thompson, ihe San Francisco scienti
fic management expert. Ho continued,
sys the New York Tribune:
"We scientific managers musn't go
as far as Ilussler went.
"Husslor was tho proprietor of a
tremendous factory where scientific
management had reduced the mo
tlons of every hand from S00 to 17.
ilussler attended a very fashionable
wedding one day, a wedding where
the ceremony was performed by a
bishop, assisted by n dean and a
canon, and In tho most lmpresslvo
part of tho writ Hussler, overcome by
his scientific management Ideas, rush
ed up to tho altar and pushed tho
bishop and canon rudely back.
" 'Hero, boys,' he said, 'one's quite
enough for a little Job like this.'"
Instinctive.
"So you took your wife to the base
ball game?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Meekton. V.
"Did she enjoy It?"
"Only part of It. She thought they
wasted a great deal of time running
around tho lot, but she thought tho ar
guments with the umpire were quite
Interesting" Washington Star
As to Kissing.
Jack Do you believe thero's
crobes In kisses?
Gwen You can search me.
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There are lots of funny things to bo
seen in this world, and among them is
a fat woman sitting on a llttlo piano
stool.
"That's
Good"
Is oft
d of
en sai
Post
Toasties
when eaten with cream or
rich milk and a sprinkle of
sugar if desired.
That's the cue for house
keepers who want to please
the whole family.
Post Toasties are ready
to serve direct from the
package
Convenient
Economical
Delicious
'The Memory Lingers"
Sold by Crocers.
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