THE NORTE PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Mo 1 bKo
By KATHLEEN NORMS
CHAPTER XII Continued.
11
"I don't hate hlin," she answered
quickly. "Indeed I don't. And It Isn't
Just the plnce nnd the life, I'eterl I
could be happy In two rooms some-
whore anywhere Hut not with
him. Oh, Peter, If I hndn't ddnc It"
Her bcuuty, an she pushed her plnte
aside nnd loaned toward lilni, was ho
rttartllng thnt Peter, n lighted innlch
half-raised to a fresh cigarette, put
the nintch down aimlessly and looked
thoughtfully at the cigarette, and laid
that down, too, without the faintest
consciousness of what he was doing
The day was warm, and there was a
little dampness on her white forehead,
where the gold hair clung to the hrlm
of the drooping hat. The soft curve
of her chin, the babyish shortness of
her upper Up, nnd the crimson sweet
ness of the little earnest mouth had
nover seemed more lovely than they
were today. She was youth Incarnate,
palpitating, (lushed, unspoiled.
For a moment she looked down at
the table and the color flooded her
face; then she looked him straight In
the eyes and smiled. "Well 1 Perhaps
It will all work out right, Peter." she
said with the childish, questioning look
thnt so wrung his heart. Hlie Imme
diately gathered her possessions to
gether to go, hut when they stepped
Into sunshiny Oeury street It was three
o'clock, nnd Peter suggested that they
wnlk down to the boat.
They met Allx on the boat, hut she
did not nsk nny emhnrrnsslng ques
tions; she sat between them on the
upper deck, blinking contentedly at
the blue satin hay, her eyes following
the wheeling gulls or the passage of
ships, her mind evidently concerned
only with the Idle pleasantness of the
moment. And always, for Peter, there
was the satno Joyous sense of some
thing new something significant
something ecstatic In life.
From that hour he was never quite
ut easo In Cherry's company and
avoided being alone with her even for
an Instant, although her presence al
ways caused him the new and tingling
delight. He read her honest blue eyes
truly, nnd knew thnt although, like
himself, she was conscious of the new
sweetness and brightness of life, sho
had never entertained for nn Instant
the Hitting thought thnt It was Peter's
feollng for her thnt miulo It so. She
thought, perhaps, that It would be tho
old childish happiness thnt sho had
known In the valley, the freedom nnd
leisure and Irresponsibility of the old
days.
Tho next dny sho talked In n trou
bled, uncertain way of going back to
Itcd Creek, and he knew why. Hut
Allx was so aghast at tho Idea, and
Peter, who was closing Dr. Strick
land's estate, was so careful to depart
early In tho mornings and return only
Into nt night, thnt tho little alarm, If
It ns that, died away.
Tho next time thnt Cherry went In
to town, Allx did not go, and Peter,
jdltlng on the dock of tho enrly boat
with her, asked her again to .hnvo
luncheon with him. Immediately a
cloud fell on her face and ho saw her
breast rise quickly.
"Peter," sho asked him chlldlsldy,
looking strnlght Into IiIb eyes, "why
didn't wo tell Allx nbout that?" '
Peter tried to laugh and felt himself
begin to tremble again.
"About whnt?" he stammered.
"About our having been three hours
at lunch last week?"
"Why I don't know I" Peter said,
smiling nervously.
She was silent, and they pnrtcd
without any further reference to meet
ing for lunch.
That night, when Allx had gono to
bed, ho entered the sitting room sud
denly to And Cherry hunting for n
hook. She had dropped on one knee,
the better to reach n low shelf, and
vns wholly absorbed In tho volume
she had chanced to open."
When she heard tho door open sho
turned, nnd Immediately became very
pnle. Sho did not speak as Peter
enmo to stand beside her.
"Cherry " ho said In a whisper,
his faco close to hers. Neither spoke
again for a while. Cherry was breath
Ing hard ; Peter was conscious only of
a wild whirling of brain nnd senses.
They remained so, their eyes tlxed,
their brenth coming as If they had
been running, for endless seconds.
"You remember tho question you
asked mo this morning?" Peter snld.
"Do you remember? Do you remem
bcr?"
Cherry, her cold Angers RtlU holding
the place In tho .book sho hud, been
rending, went blindly to tho fireplace.
"What?" she said, In tho merest
hrentli. "What?"
"Bccnusc," Peter snld, following her,
n sort of heady madness making him
only conscious of thut need to hear
lYom her own lips thnt sho knew, "be
cause I didn't answer thnt question
houestly 1"
It mattered not whnt ho snld, or
whnt ho wns trying to express: both
were enveloped In the llamo of their
new relationship; surprlso and terror
wire ecljpnlng even tho strange Joy
of their discovery,
"I must go home I must go bnck
io Mart tomorrow I" Cherry snld, In a
whispered undertone, as If hulf' to her
self. "I must go home to Mart to
morrow! I let's not let's not tnlkl"
sho broke off In quick Interruption, as
he would have spoken. "Let's I'd
rather not I I where Is my book?
Whnt was I doing? Peter Peter "
"Just a minute 1" Peter protested
thickly, "Cherry I want to speak to
you will you wait a minute?"
She wns halfway to the door; now
she paused, and looked back at him
with frightened eyes. Peter did not
speak nt once; there was a moment
of absolute silence.
And In that moment Allx came In.
She hnd said good-night half an hour
before; she was In her wrapper and
her hair fell over one shoulder In a
rumpled braid. Cherry, sick with
fright, faced her In a sort of horror,
unable to realize at that moment thnt
there was nothing betraying In her
attitude or Peter's, and nothing In her
sister's unsuspicious soul to give signi
ficance to what she saw, In any case.
Peter, more quickly recovering self
control, went toward his wife.
"Petel" she said. "Cherry I Look
at this I Look nt this I"
She held the paper out to them, but
It wns rather at her that they looked,
as all three gathered near tho hearth
again,
"I happened to finish my novel,"
Allx said, "and I reached for Dad's
old Illble It's been there on the shelf
nenr my bed ever since I was married,
and I've even read It, tool Hut look
whnt wns In It there all this time I
It's Uncle Vincent's receipt to Dad
for that three thousand thnt Is making
Oil the trouble I" Allx exulted to the still
bewildered Cherry. "It's been there
nil this time nnd Cherry," sho added
In a voice rich with love ahd memory,
"that's whnt ho mennt by snylng It
wns In Mntthow, don't you remember?
Doesn't It menu that, Pete? Isn't It
perfectly clenr?"
"It means only nbout fifty thousand
for you and Cherry," Peter answered.
"Yes sir, by George It's perfectly
clear I lie paid It back every cent of
It, and got his receipt I H'm this
puts rather a crimp In Little's plans
I'll see him tomorrow. This cnlls off
his suit"
"Heally, Peter?" Allx asked, with
dancing eyes. "And It means timt you
can keep tho old house, Cerise," she
exclaimed triumphantly, "and wo enn
be together part of tho year, anyway 1
till, come on, everybody, nnd sit down,
and let's talk and talk about It I Let
mo see It again 'In recognition of all
claims against the patent extinguisher
aforementioned' sit down, Peto; It's
only ten o'clock I Lot's talk. Aren't
you simply wild with .1oy, Cherry?"
Hut sho told Peter later that sho hnd
been surprised nt Cherry's quietness;
Cherry had looked pnle and abstracted
and had not seemed half enthuslustlc
enough.
It wns a Sunday, foggy nnd overenst,
but not cold. Tho vines about the
porch woro covered with tiny beads
of moisture; among the bushes In the
garden little scarfs and veils of fog
were caught, and from far across the
rhlgo the droning warning of tho fog
horn penetrated, at regular, brief In
tervals. Allx was nway.
"Cherry," Peter said suddouly, when
tho silent meal was almost over, "will
you talk about It?"
"Talk?" she faltered. Her voice
thickened and stopped. "Oh, I would
rather not I" she whispered, with a
frightened glanco about.
"Listen, Cherry l"'he said, following
her to tho wide porch rail and stand
Ing behind her as she sat down upon
It. "I'm sorry I I'm Just as sorry as
I can be. Hut I can't help It, Cherry.
I'm an surprised as you are I can't
tell you when It It all happened!
Hut It " Peter folded his nrms across
his chest, and with n grimly squared
Jaw looked off Into the misty dis
tance "It Is there." he finished.
"Oh, I'm so sorry 1" Cherry whis
pered on a breath of utter distress.
"I'm so sorry! Oh, Peter, we never
should have let it happen our caring
for each other I We nover should have
allowed ourselves to think to dream
of such a thing! Oh, Peter, I'm so
sick nbout It," Cherry ndded, Inco
herently, with filling eyes. "I'm Just
slclc about Itt I know I know that
Allx would nover have permitted her
self to-I know she wouldn't I"
Ho wns close to her, and now ho
laid his hnnd over hers.
"I care" he said, quite Involun
tarily, "I havo always cared for
you! I know It's madness I know
It's too late but I love every hair of
your beautiful head! Cherry Cher
ry I"
They hnd both gotten to their feet,
and now sho essayed to pass him, her
fnco white, her cheeks biasing. He
stopped her and held her close In his
arms, and after n few seconds he felt
her resisting muscles relax and thoy
kissed each other.
For a full dizzy minute thoy clung
together, nrms locked, hearts beating
madly and close and Hps meeting
ngnln nnd ngnln. Breathless, Cherry
wrenched herself freo and turned to
drop Into a chair, and breathless, Pe
ter stood looking down upon her.
About them wns tho sllonco of the
dripping garden s nil tho sounds of the
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world came muffled nnd dull through
the thick mist.
Then Peter knelt down beside her
chair and gnthered her bunds together
In his own, and she rested her fore
bend on his, nnd spent nnd silent,
lenned against Jils shoulder. And so
they remained, not speaking, for a
long while. Presently Cherry broke
the brooding, misty silence.
"What shall we do?" she asked In
n small, tired voice.
Peter abruptly got to his feet, took
n chair three feet away, and with a
quick gesture of bis hand nnd toss of
his head, flung back his hair.
"There Is 'only one thing to do, of
course!" he said decidedly, In a voice
unrecognizably grim. "We mustn't see
each other we mustn't see each oth
er! Now now I must think how best
to manage thnt!"
Her eyes, heavy with pain, were
raised to meet his. nnd she snw his
mouth weaken with a sudden misgiv
ing, and she saw him try to steady It
and look down.
"I can I shall tell Allx that this
new business needs me In town for
two or three nights," he said, forcing
himself to quiet speech, but with ono
fine hand propping his forehead as If
It ached. "I'll stay nt.the club,"
"And as soon as I can go," Cherry
added feverishly, "I shhll join Martin.
I'll wire him tomorrow this Is Sun
dny nnd I'll go on Wcdnesdny!"
Peter sprang over the porch rail
and vanished, wnlklng with swift ener
gy up the trail thnt led townrd the
mountain.
For the rest of tho dny Cherry lived
In n sort of dnze of emotion; some
times she seemed to bo living two
lives, side by side. In tho one was
her old happy relationship with Allx,
und oven with Peter, the old Joking nnd
talking and gathering for meals, the
old hours In the garden or beside the
fire, nnd In the other was the confused
He Seemed Absolutely Dumfounded.
and troubled nnd ecstatic conscious
ness of tho new relationship between
Peter and herself, the knowledge that
ho did not merely admire her, did not
merely feel for her nn unusunl affec
tion, but thut he was consumed by a
burning adoration of her slightest mo
tion, the turn of her wrist, the smile
she gave Kow at breakfast time, the
ntotlou she made when she stopped to
tie her shoo or raised her arm to break
an npple from the low, dusty branches.
The glory of being so loved enveloped
her like a great shining garment, nnd
her cheeka glowed softly rosy, nnd
there was a new and liquid softness,
a sort of shining glitter, In her bluo
eyes.
Peter wns quiet thnt evening, nnd
wns gone tho next morning when the
sisters enmo out to hreukfast. He hnd
left n messnge to tho effect thnt he
would not bo at home thnt night, and
at four o'clock telephoned confirming
tho message. Allx chanced to answer
tho telephone, nnd Cherry, who was In
her room, heard Peter's nnme, nnd
stood still, listening with a shock of
disappointment.
Hut at eight o'clock thnt evening,
when she and Allx were sitting on the
porch, when the last ebbing pink of
the sunset had faded and great spiders
had ventured forth Into tho dusk und
tho dews, there was a sudden hall at
tho gate, and Cherry knew thut It was
hoi . A flood of utter, Irrational hap
piness rose In her heart ; she bad been
racked with hunger for tho sound of
that voice; she hnd been restless nnd
unsatisfied, utmost feverish with long
ing and doubt ; now pence came again,
nnd content.
Ho came up to them, his glance
resolutely averted from Cherry, ex
plaining thnt he wns lonesome, assur
ing them thnt everything went well
nnd making them Inugh with nn nc-
count of Justin Little's reception of
tho now turn of nffalrs. "Ho seemed
nbsolutoly dumfounded," Peter snld.
"He looked nt tho paper, read It,
laughed ami said In that little nerv
ous, smiling way, of his that ho felt
It to be by no means conclusive "
"I can hear him I" giggled Allx.
"And I guess both you girls will
havo to come In In h day or two,"
Peter continued,
"Cherry's going In to She dentist to
morrow," said Allx.
"Oh, so I ami" Cherry said In a
rather strained voice.
She did not look nt Peter, nor did
he nt her, but they felt euch other's
thoughts like n spoken word.
"Had you forgotten?" Allx asked.
"I don't think I'll go In, for I have
nbout a week's work here to do."
Peter left them, without one word
or look for Cherry, who went back to
the house with her sister In a most
ngltnted nnd wretched stnte of mind.
Sho had the telephone In her hand, to
cancel tho engagement with her den
tist, when Allx suddenly consented to
nccompnny her Into town; "nnd at
lunch time we'll take a chance on the
St. Francis, Sis," Allx said, Innocently,
"for Peter almost olwnys lunches
there!"
Feeling thnt the question wns set
tled, yet restless and unsatisfied still,
Cherry dressed for town; they climbed
Into the car; Allx's firm hands, In yel
low chnmols gloves, snatched at the
wheel; the die was enst.
Yet nt the station another change of
plan occurred, for as Allx brought the
car to the platform Anne came toward
them from the arriving train, a gloved
nnd demure nnd smiling Anne, anx
ious, she explnlned, to tnlk over this
newest development, nnd "whether It
proved to he of nny vnlue or not," to
try to find out whnt Uncle Lee had
renlly wnnted for them nil, nnd then
agree to do thnt In a friendly manner,
out of court.
"My first feeling, when Frenny told
me," said Anne, chatting pleasantly In
the shndc, "wns one of such relief!
For I hndn't wanted nil that money
one bit," she confessed gaily. "I only
wnnted to do whnt wns fair. Only
two or three nights ago I snld to
Frenny thnt It really belonged to us
all, and last night we talked and
tnlked about It, and the result was
that I snld that I must see the girls
we three are the only ones concerned,
nfter all, and" Anne's old half-merry
und half-pouting manner .was un
changed "whnt we decide Is what
renlly mnttersl" she finished.
"Why, there Is no question that It's
Daddy's handwriting," Cherry said,
with what, for her, was sharpness,
"nnd It seems to me It seems to me,
Anne " she ndded, hesltntlngly.
"Thnt you hnve a nerve!" Allx fin
ished, not with any pnrtlculur venom.
"Thnt document throws the ense out
of court," sho said flatly. "Peter Is
confident of that!" y
Anne's pale face flushed and her
eyes narrowed.
Cherry was Hushed hnd uncomfort
able. There wns nn nwkwnrd pause.
"Hoard?" shouted a trainman, with
a rising Inflection. The sisters looked
at each other in a panic of haste.
"I can't leave this cur here," Allx
exclaimed. "I've got to park her and
lock her nnd everything I Run; get
on board, Cherry. I don't hnve to go
In, anyway you've got u datel"
Cherry's heart leaped, sank coldly,
nnd leaped ngnln, ns with a swift nod
of parting she hurried for her train.
The other two women watched her
with forced Interest as she climbed
on board and as the train slipped
noiselessly out of sight. It curved
among the redwoods and wns gono be
fore either spoke ngaln. Then, ns her
eyes met Anne's friendly, questioning
smile, Allx sold nwkwnrdly:
"I think the only thing to do Is for
you and Justin to take this up with
Peter, Anne. I mean I menu thnt
you were the ones who proposed to
bring It Into court In the first place,
and nnd I don't understand much
nbout It. As far as coming to any
agreement with me Is concerned, you
might Just ns well hnve gone back on
tho train with Cherry. I hate to talk
this way but we nil think you ncted
very well, very meanly!" Allx fin
ished rather flatly.
"Perhaps It's Just as well to under
stand each other!" Anne said, with
hot cheeks. They exchanged a few
more sentences, wasted words and
angry ones, nnd then Anne walked
over to n sent In the shade, to wait
for another train, nnd Allx, with her
heart beating hard and her color high,
drove nt mad speed back to the moun
tain cabin.
"I didn't ask her to lunch I don't
care I" Allx said to herself, In agita
tion. "She and Justin know they're
beaten they're Just trying to patch
It up before It's too late I don't care
I won't have her think she enn get
away with any such scheme 1"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Sawdust Diet Progresses,
Hydrollzed sawdust as a part of a
ration for cows Is apparently giving
satisfactory results In Wisconsin. The
forest service of the United States De
partment of Agriculture reports thnt
cows nt the agricultural college of that
stute are doing ns well on a ration
of one-third sawdust ns they did
when their feed was only one-fourth
wood men!. Thnt Is to say, they nre
keeping up their weight nnd their milk
production und show no HI effects from
tho diet.
The bureau of animal Industry Is
considering the proposal of tho forest
service laboratory to start feeding
trials with dairy animals In which the
wood product will form n part of tho
ration and tho tests will extend for an
entire year nt least The hydrollzed
wood feed for those cows will bo mado
at tho laboratory. So for all the stock
feed has been mado from white pine
sawdust. Othor soft woods, particu
larly tho western species, will bo tried
In the future.
Judge not your neighbor harshly; he
mny bo on the Jury when It U your
turn to face the Judgo.
JAPANS TERMS
ON SHANTUNG
Would Restore Leasehold on
Kiao Chau and Rights in 50
Mile Zone Around Bay
TROOP RECALL IS OFFERED
It Is Proposed That Japanese and
Chineso Governments Shall Appoint
Their Respective Commissioners
r.s Soon as Possible.
Washington, D. C Terms of settle
ment of the Shantung dispute proposed
by Japan to the Chinese government
are summarized In statements by the
Jnpanese foreign ofllce made public by
tho Japanese embassy here and In a
translation also made public by the
Chinese embassy.
The Japanese summary follows;
Tho leasehold of Klao Chau and tho
rights originally granted to Germany
with regard to the fiO-kllometcr zone
around the Kino Chau bay shall bo re
stored o China.
The Japanese government will
abandon plans for tho establishment
of a Japanese exclusive settlement or
of nn International settlement In
Tslng Tao Ko, provided 'that China
engages to open of Its own accord the
entire leased territory of Klao Chau as
a port of trade and to permit the
nationals of all foreign countries freely
to reside and to carry on commerce,
Industry, agriculture or any other law
ful pursuits within 'such territory and
that It further undertakes to respect
the vested rights of nil foreigners.
The Jnpanese government have on
more than one occasion declared will
ingness to proceed to the recall of
Japanese troops now stationed along
tho Kiao-Chnu-Tslnnnfu railway upon
organization by China of a police forct
to assume protection of the railway
With the view of arranging detailed
plans for carrying Into effect the terms
of settlement nbove Indicated, and for
the purpose of' adjusting other matters
not lmbodled therein, the Jnpanese nnd
Chineso governments shnll appoint
their respective commissioners ns soot
as possible.
Treasury Issue Over Subscribed.
Washington, D. C. Preliminary re
ports Indicate subscriptions aggregat
ing more than $1,400,000,000 to tho
treasury's combined offer of !?G00,000,
000 In shrot-term notes and certificates
dated September 15, Secretary Mellor
announced.
Treasury officials announced thnt
the total of the subscriptions wns tho
largest over received for these secur
ities. An enrler money market wns In
dicated by the heavy oversubscriptions
Copy of New German Treaty Received.
Washington, D. C. One of the two
copies of the trenty of peace signed
between the United States and Ger
many at Berlin August. 25 was re
ceived at tho State department. It
was brought to America by IL It. Wil
son, secretnry of the American com
mission to Germnny. The treaty Is
printed in English nnd German In the
usual form of parallel texts.
Asks Guarantee for Charles' Residence.
Berne, Switzerland. Spain Is de
manding political nnd flnunelal guar
antees before permitting former Em
peror Charles of Austria to take up d
residence In Spain.
' Spain especlnlly demnnds restric
tions on the expenses of his household
of eighty persons.
Probe of K. K. K. to be Urged.
Wnshlngton, D. C Investlgntlon by
congress of the Ku Klux Klan will be
proposed In n resolution which Hep
resenfntlvo Tague, democrat, Massa
chusetts, announced he wns having
drnfted for Introduction when the
house renssembles.
Chairman White to Resign.
Washington, D. C Scott Ferris
former member of congress from Okla
homa, may bo the next chnlrmnn of
the democratic national committee.
Georgo White, the present chnlrmnn,
Intends to resign If nil the fnctlons
can agree on a new chairman.
Taft 64 Years Old.
Murray Bay, Que. Chief Justice W.
n. Taft celebrated his 04th birthday bj
entertaining about 100 neighbors at his
summer residence.
Fined $30.70 for Smoking.
Zlon, 111. Found guilty by a jury on
a churgo of smoking u pipe, M. Ander
son, a lace worker, was fined $10 and
costs, totaling $30.70. He hnd been
arrested for smoking while on his wny
home from work. Smoking on the
streets Is prohibited by a Zlon ordi
nance. Amount Spent for War Known.
Wnshlngton, D. C. When the nrms
pnrley starts November 11 the United
States delegation will havo at Its com
mnnd detailed and exact and war sup
plies by all tho major countries of tho
world.
Secretary Mellon made It known to
day that these figures aro available In
tht treasury department and nre being
tabulated nt the request of tho stato
department. The state department
will turn them over to tho American
delegates for study.
G25.CO0 BOTTLES
SOLD IN NEW YORK
Dlggest Thing of Kind Ever Seen In
That State, Declares Big
Wholesaler.
Tho fact that 025,000 bottles of Tan
lac hnve been sold In tho stnte of Now
York since Its Introduction there less
thun ono yenr ugo, Is a big business
Item thnt will nttrnct unusunl atten
tion throughout the entire East, for
nothing like It has ever happened be
fore. It breaks nil records.
Mr. George B. Evans, manager of
tho Gibson-Snow Company, tho well
known wholesale druggists, with
branches In Albany, Buffalo, Roches
ter and Syracuse, recently announced
thnt the prcpnrntlon was now selling
In their trade territories nlone nt tho
phcnomcnnl rnte of approximately COO,
000 bottles n year.
"If tho present rate continues," snld
Mr. Evans, "this stnte alono will proli
ably require considerably over 750,000
bottles a year. This Is a tremendous
figure, but I nm really conservative In
making this statement."
Tnnlnc Is sold by lending druggists
everywhere. Advertisement.
Avarice Is tho only kind of Ico
guaranteed not to melt.
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Deafness Is the result. Unles the In
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blood on the mucous surfaces of the sys
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vertisement. The friendship made In a moment
usually Is of no moment.
Luckily, we are not compelled to
follow the advice given us.
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Read Mrs.Corley's Letter and
Benefit by Her Experience
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care of A. P. Corley, Edmund, S. C.
Ability to stand the strain of work is
tho privilege of tho strong and healthy,
but how our hearts ache for the weak
and sickly women struggling with their
daily rounds of household duties, with
backaches, headaches, nervousness and
almost every movement brings a new
pain. Why wilj not the mass of letters
from women all over this country, which
we have been publishing, convince such
women that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound will help them just as
purely as it did Mrs. Corley?
TWO IN ONE
Bins and Cribs
Bend for circular and prices on
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and Com Cribs. Strongest and
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Many Chances.
North Do you think there aro tho
opportunities in this country that
thero used to be?
West Certainly. For Instance, the
population of the United States Is
105,000,000, yet the seating capacity
of tho moving picture shows is Ies3
than 80,000,000.
How He Wanted It
"Any special way you wont your hair
trimmed?" asked tho barber.
"Yes, with the scissors," replied tho
crusty patron. "If I wanted it trimmed
with passementerie and a bird's wing
I'd havo gono to a milliner." '
Had Been In Circus.
"Now you nil understand," said the
teacher, "that the trunk is tho mlddlo
of tho body, don't you?"
"'Taln't In an elephant," spoke up
ono youngster.
Summer Board.
"Yes, I boarded with that farmer all
last summer."
"Seems a quaint character. I sup
pose he has bought a gold brick?"
Better Authority.
"It was Shakespeare, wasn't it, who
said 'Sweet aro the uses of adver
sity' 7"
"Shakespeare may havo said It
orlglnnlly, but I heard It from a law
yer who had pocketed 05 per cent of
an estate."
The Necessary Charm.
Husband If I should die, would
you marry again?
Wife I don't know whether I could
or not. How much money do you ex
pect to leave mo