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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1892)
uliHaWI ,ymi . - aicr ,.rrr IULhWwI (Undo Scth Locul tur.j OOOD old-fashioned Chrls'mas, with tho Iors upon tho besrUi, Tho liibio UlliHl with fencers, n' mo room ft-roar'lth mirth. - , . " With tho Moclf In'H ernmmed to hu sUa, an tho moildcru piled Mlh snntt ' A rood olilfitthlonul Chrlq'mM Hko we bailso Ion;; agol Now that's tho thing I'd Itlto to sco ntr'ln atoro 1 'he, . . j '.' Dut Chrls'mM In tho city licre-lt s different, With the crowded tiustlo-buMlo of tho slushy, noisy street. An' the kcowI upon tho faces of the strangers that jou rocct, ' t 7 f ' i 'Oh, there's oftli'. plenty of.it. of 'a 'lot o bop rttntw trim! An' It tnkes ri'inlnt o' money to plcaso modern plrls nnd boy. Why. I mind ho tlraoa JacU-tmlfc on' a toffy lump for vie Made my llttlo heart nn' stocliin' Jus' chocK full of Clirls'mas glee. An' there's fcnstlu'. Think o' fccdln' with these stutft-uti city folk I Why, jp hao to Hjwak In whispers an' jre dar, i'tcracka Joko. ' Then remcinhcr how tho tables looked all crowded with your kin. When jou rouldn't hear a wht.illo blow across the merry din' You sen I'm so old-fashloncd-llko I don't care much forRtjle, An' to cat your ChrN'mas banquets hero I wouldn't go a mlloi I'd rather h.it e, llko Solomon, a good yarb din ner set With real old friends than lurklo soup with nil the nobs you'd get. There's my next door neighbor Gurley fancy how his brow s 'u'd lift , ' If I'd rfollirs '"Merry Clirls'mail' Caught, old fellow, Chrls'mas gift I" Lonly-I.ord. I'd llko to try HI Guess hod nearly baton lit. Hang this city silliness, anyways, I can't get used to 1U Then your heart It kept a-swellln' till It nearly liuVt your side, An' bj night jour Jaws wero achln' with your emtio four Inches wide, An' your mi my, tho wo'st one, you'd Just grab his iiatui, un' suy: "MebLe. lolU of us was wrong, John. Come, let's shake. It's Chrls'mas dayl" Mighty llttlo Chrls'mas spirit seems to dwell 'tween city walls, lVlieie each siionfhiko brings n soot-flako for a brother ns It falls: Mlghtv llttlo Chrls'mas spirit! An' I'm plnln , don't iml know, ' For a good old-fashioned Chrls'mas llko wo had ' tolotiKiigo .-Alice Willla,ros Hrothcttci, in tho Century. - Capt. Lanston Mi bectf a sOldlef, and though, no doubt, a good one, ho was a rough, hardy man, more suited to Bhlno In tho camp than lh tho par lor, and his otherwise excellent wife was much tho came sort of a character. Frank Hobnrt. was' ton years older thuu Kiln; not a great disparity, to bo sure, butsutlloleut In his modest opin ion,, tn preclude his thinking of tho "sago-brush belle,'" of "dago-bruin nightingale," as somo of her more ro mantic admirers called her, In nuy other way tlmn as ti charming child, lit tho formation of whoso character ho tulght have nil .nuiieneetfdr (todil, I Ho! boarded at the Grand Ucciilcniat noici, Jils position being that of mine superin tendent lor tho company working me property ho had discovered, and tills gave him an excellent opportunity to see much of the child, nnd to direct her studies la his spare hours. ! These relations between Frank ITo bfirt and Ella continued for two years, sncprovlng herself' to bo a bright and grateful pupil, and ho manfully hiding from her and the world tho now and powerful feeling that, such 'association had developed In his big, generous heart. Ily the time she was seventeen, Ella Lanston had becomo tho toast of this Christmas ere, nntV aUhfltifr'rrth ball and banquet In Ella's honor might bo Inciting in some of the refinements essential In tho fashionable world, they were disllpgMl.shcd.for n heartiness .and a freshness of .enjoyment that pucv- eryone nt case. , i "Why don't von to tip and dahee wllli Kiln'.'" said Sam llrltton to tho young hupcilnteiulent, nftottho tlatico had been going oh for sohie tune?, "Thai llttlp dtulo lfus Wept hot- all to hlsself ever since tho frolic began." . v "I haven't danced since 1 was a boy," said Frank, who, from his position at tho farthefr end of ,tbei voom.jhud ,1'tfou following with his bravo' brown cy6s every movement of Llln. "Waal, 1 think yor as good adancer as most of the boyR liar, and of you don't ax Ella blamed of 1 don't git her to ax you." .AmUbofore Trunk could think df protesting Sam llrltton had The mining boss had plentyof assur ance, and tie .tlrruly believed that if the young superintendent had more of tlilu .iiiiilitv ids character would.be Imply perfect.' Already Sam linttou, had welcomed Ella and bhdo hcr'"a' merry Christmas" olglit liottrs In ad vance of tho day; but this did not deter I't. i sfihi 4 ' ' ; JL . . . M : Vy'W&l i. ,w.M& ""'Ijtitrer awny ittlekl" irnspwl ene the rescticil Down th ough tho shaft the. bucket rattled sumIii. Vfow minutes, that ncemod hl.n hours of awful nnxlety, and once ' more tho signal came up: 'Haul nvwivt" "Op, tip- six men, blacker and more burned, wore lifted out "Where is Trunk Hobart?" shouted Ella. Tiie en.' would only hold six. lie liftluiudc us gut 111," said the mull who had gotto down with the young superintendent A pr an of horror rang through the crowd ami Ella tottered towards the bucko' us If to get in. "tiod helptng hie, I'll bring him up! Lowev nwuy, boys!" Sam llrltton, with his v. -fr's shawl about his head and face- and her cry .ringing in 1i1h ears, leaped into tho bucket and It vanished tnto'fllio furnace aawli by ieVe8 of gravity. ' Jf j , Moie minutes, Uuutjl seemed t(lko hours, mid tho signal, a faint one this tlnie, for the tiro was gaining, was F ion "Haul uwiiyi" Vrli... ,1... l..iet.tl niiiiin l,, n,ti lllf. i, imi vitu ,,,;,, v v., .....j .. . .7..... mt. ton loitered out nd -with. parched llp wlihucred: "ijeer for Frank." . il'licvJIfteii tho blueJtened form nut, Hfittiiftt (?nni,attnfl Manning Were your dlfrcrcncen bob' orably and amicably settled? I'nnnlng Yes. planning Who eonducted tho nego tiations? llanning I did. Manning And what was tho setllo inent'J a llanning 1 ngrecil to retract my re marks and ho agreed not to horso-whlp me. Tuck. Proof or AirTllon. Rich Merchant (to his daughter) I say, Emma, 1 think that young man wiio calls on you so much really means business. Emma What innhes you think so? Moroliupt Nothing, except lie called at thu commercial agency last week to ilud out how much I was really worth. Texas Sittings. IIAHY'S nun. nmlil the bricks of tho.womcn and ' M.vun nr.ADV to i.owbr mi: down J" .vmdELLE w &tmL m Y x mWjihA KmjL WPW' Jans ton's GLEN an un usually eupho nious name for a far western mining camp- is In tho Walt- Batch moun tains about thirty miles, as tho crow flies, or is supposed to fly, from, halt Lake City, tho famous capital of the Mormons. Six years ago the residents of Lan ton's "(Jlen were, without excoption, "Gentiles," as the non-morabors of tho "Church of Latter-Day Saints" aro called, and they retain their skepticism as to things Mormon up to tho present day. "Tho Glen," as tho residents call it among themselves, Is a small mining town on tho edge of a canyon, far be neath tho depths of which a rich silver lodo was discovered In 168t by a young mining engineer hntned Frank Hobart, who had been educated at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, in his native city of Philadelphia, and who carao west to seek Ids fortune. Lanston's Glen was by no means an Inviting place. Huts of stone and ndobc, in comparison with which ;tho irregularly sot and ragged nrm,Vf tents were palatial, constituted the principal abodes of tho inhabitants. "Tho Grand Occidental hotel," owned and "run" by Capt, Lanston, was tho most preten tious building in tho placo. That It had grown, rather than beon built from nny originul design, was evident in the many littlo additions and wings of Btono and adobo, and oven of canvas, ' that had beon ouded to it from tlrao to time. A plain covered with dazzling ex panses of snow-white alkali, inter spcrscd horo and thero with patches of acrid creosote, nnd brittle, ollvo-col-orcd sage-brush, strotched away for six miles on either hand to tho mighty mountain wall that appeared to shut the strnngo placo In from the outer world. Although Frank Hobart, who was a tall, liandBomo, modost fellow, had dis covered tho mlno that gavo tho place on excuse for 'being, yet he declined to liuvn it named after him. preferring the name which was finally adopted because Capt. Lnnsten's wlfo was tho first white woman ,vho had over sot foot there; though, encouraged by her boldness, many of tho miners subse quently brought their wives f rora tho -. atutes. i Hlla'Lanston was fifteen when she accompanied "her father and mother to the Glen, nudfom tho very UrsU her fresh boauty ond graceful ways, not to tnontlon a voice of phenomenal sweet ness, wou to her side even tho rough- est of tho miners, nnd al tho China t men, ho had Ueoi broughtln us erv: every mining camp for fifty miles about, and more thun ono rich gallunt had laid his heart and his fortune nt her feet. Mrs. Lanston, who had beon n wife since her sixteenth year, would have Insisted on her daughter's marriage- at this time, hud not flfrnnk Hobart; In 'dueed tho parents to send her for two years to tho best young lames' semi nary at Denver. "Frank Hobart mout u-marrled that gal, If he'd jest had tho cheek to tell her that ho loved her, as ho most sar tlnly doe; but, llko a blamed eejet, he trots tho Can'n and Mrs. Lanston ter send Ella off ter school at the other side of tho world. When she comes back In two year, sho won't know Frank or no ono else In the Glen, and the chances Is a thousand ter ono that she'll bo engaged to some dandy dude or enstcrn tenderfoot." This Is what Sam llrltton, tho min ing boss, said to his friends after Ella had gone with her father and Frank to Denver, and that is what all tho min ers believed. Time flies fnst with the aged and tho busy. It was Christmas eve, 18S0, and Lanston's Glen wns in a state or great excitement. The "sagebrush belle was coining over on tho stage that evening from Salt Lnko City, and ono and ntl agreed to have a ball at tho Grand Occidental hotel in honor of her arrival. During Ella's absence Frank Hobart had visited Denver once, but the camp gossips were qulto sure that ho and the young lady corresponded. "Hut I'll bet," Sam Ilritton would say, "that Frank ain't never had tho spunk to set down In black and white tho four the groans 6f the men. XucttyeH appeared to lie gone, nnd tho smoking rags dropped from his limbs us they laid him on a stretcher mid hurried him up to Ms room in the hotel. Fortunately, there were two doctors nrcMMit from neighboring mining I towns and they nt once set u bout ex' atniiiiuifr the lujurluiuud easing tho un mi pain 01 tue youugiau, who whs 'bow (iiilt'e consolous, though ho could only speak in'wliispera.r 1'roin tho Instant of his rescue Ella had not left his side; and now, when tln doctors had bathed him In lotions and covered- hLs poor blistered faco Willi a moistened cloth, she asked: "Is thero hopo'.'" "I think he will pull through," said one of the doctors, "but I fear ho can never use these again;" uud he pointed to his eyes. , "0 Frank!" fcho cried, At sho kissed tlic bandaged hands. "You brought mo light when I was in darkness, and gave me love when my heart httngoied; and now, If It bo God's will, my eyes shall bo your eyes, and my. "hands your hands, and my life your life!" And 'lie striking of a bell on the mante. told that Christmas eve hud (one and Christmas day had come. Exactly ono year n'fterwunV'tlfpre wero ngaln grand preparations fpr it fete nt Lanston's Gl?n. Trunk Ilob.irt and tho girl who had married him saripii I him from going over to where she sat beside Howard Ford, find shaklnghands again, while he buid: "Miss Ella, mo and the rest of yer frlonils lins been a-iiotiein' that you nnd Trunk Hobart's kinder nccin' off . when his future seemed so black wore from alch other, and that you ain't , returning from the east. They had been danced together to-night. Now the there for ten months, where the fore suppcr'll bo ready In half tin hour, and ' most oculists had charge of the case, iinfnrn timt (lino, if von'd l'o tin and ax ' News came that Frank's sight was yer paril for ono routul, .restored, anil that, except lor tin cruei scars, mat uiinauccti ins eeuiuj iu ma wife, ho was, as Sam llrltton put It: "Jlettor than new." 'There ucVerJi:ul,been such a ball nnd banquet in those "mountains, and never will be again. Frank and his beautiful wlfo led tho dance, and when midnight came tlio miners unit tneir wives huu daughters placed them In tho center of rt .joyous, whirling -ejrelc, utiu tnouteu from the heart's depths": "A 'Merry Christmas.' and a 'Happy New Year' to the 'sago-brush bello' und Frank, and to all who love brave, hon est folk!" Alfred It. Calhoun, lu Detn orost'a Magazine. ' Frank to bo it'd please us very much." Howard Ford looked shocked at tills proposition, and un expression of doubt, then of pleasure, enmo iuto,thc 'sago orusn you. And Sam onto. v J words: 'Ella, I lovo wns nuke right. Cant, Lanston went to Denver to bring his daughter home, and It was understood beforo he left that Howard Ford, tho son of the president of tho mine, who lived In Colorado City and nt whoso homo Ella had been a visitor, would come back with them. Frank Hobart brought, at his own expense, a band from Salt Lake, to play at the ball; and tho day beforo Christmas evo ho drove Into tho mountains with his Chinese servant and cut evergreens to decorate tho dining and ball rooms. When the stage drovo up with Ella, her father and young Howard Ford, It was greeted with a grand safctc from every gun nnd pistol In tho glen. All tho miners wero dressed in tliolr best, though this did not prevent a. prepon derance of red shirts; and, following Sam liritton's load, they gave three cheers and a tiger for tho "sagobrush belle!" Ella hud grown taller and moro come ly, If that wore possible. Two years of careful culturo and Intellectual asso ciation had dostroyed tho somewhat hoydcnlsh expression of her face, and so rntlcr repelled her old admirers, with whom heartiness and a boister ous recognition went hand in hand. "1 wouldn't give shucks for Frank Hobart ns n lover," growled Sam llrlt ton, after Frank had lifted Ella from tho stage. "Wh.v. ho didn't even kiss her, after these years and all ie's done; and now sho comos bnck this blessed Christmas evo with a dude, jest as I said she would, two year ago." As compared with tho rough minors In nnd about tho hotel at tho glen Mr. Howard Ford wasti fitbhlonablo exqui site. Although under medium height, and Ave years Frank Hobart's junior, ho was not bad looking, and, being tho mlno president's son, he was at this moment tho most important man t Lanston's Glcu. Thero were tall, wholesome, bright eyed girls by tho score from tho Glen and tho surrounding mountain settle ments at tho Grand Occidental hotel fine crav eves of tho bollc."' llowlng, by way of apology, to the young iiiun who hud monopoli.cil her that evening, sho took Sam lirit ton's strong arm, and ho led her to where Frank stood. "Mr. Hobart," she said, and her love ly faco flushed and ljcr eyes- wcte 'downcast, "Ifyoifwlll not ask mo to dance with you, our friends think I should ask you to dance with me." "So we do," said Sam llrltton, befoie Frank could recover his confusion. "Now haul lilm out to the head of tlia kortlllion, and overyone'U allow yni two's tho handsomest hippie at the ball." Llko one in n dream, Frank Hobnrt felt tho thrilling touch of Ella's huml on his arm, and, qulto sure that ho was about to disgrace himself In her eyes, ho took his placo beside her'at tho head of tho set, while other couples came laughing to tho floor. Tho band lender tapped his bow on his violin us a slgunl to tho musicians and tho dancers. The salute wasgltca, and the quick llrst bars of "Haste to tho Wedding" swelled out; but sudden ly the music ceased, and tho dancers stood spellbound, with ashy faces. "Tho mine's on llrel" camo tho hoarse shout of men. . "Thero nro eleven men still downl" shrieked a woman. Thero was no Indecision about Frank Hobnrt now. Without a word ho sprang from Ella's side, shouting nt ho flow to tho door: "Follow mo to tho mlno, boys!" Llko u mountain Hon he leaped ahead and dashed down the winding steps cut in tho precipitous side of tho canyon, at the bottom of which was the opening of the mlno shaft, from which a fountain of smoke was shoot ing up. Men followed with lanterns and torches. Tho festivities for that Christ mas evo were over till it was known that the, men in the mlno were safe. Tho women, Ella at their head, ran down to tho canyon, their faces look ing aged and white In tho light of the torches. "Mako rundy to lower mo dawnl" shouted Frnnk Hobart as ho leaped Into tho bucket, "and stand by to haul up and answer signals!" "I'll go with you'," cried Sain llrltton. "No; let some man como 'who has no wlfo or mother or loved ono dependent on him." A tall young man in a very red shirt sprang to Frank's sldo. The engine was Htartcd, and tho bucket sank into tho shaft, now vomiting forth hot smoke liko a volcano. "Let mo tako you home, Miss Ella; This Is no placo for you," said Howard Ford. , , Shaking his hand'from her arm with an Impatient gesture, sho answered: "Near him Is my placo, In llfo or in death!" , ' J Minutes of awful anxiety, then the blgunl: "Haul awayl" Tho chain flow about the drum, the bucket flow up' through tho shaft, and six men, all tho bticrot could hold six burned and blackened men, but still lhiug, thank God! wero lifted out. , Irnto Passenger Madam, what do you mean by letting that brat snatch off my wig? Mother (with sigh of roltef)-Oh, It's n wig, Is It? 1 was afeared fur a mlnuto that hu'd uculpt yu alive. Life. Too (liiml on ICor. Visitor (admiring tho new piano) Yes, it's very pretty, dear. And you play It already, do you? Can you play bv note? Llttlo Girl O, dear, nol Hut papa can, I 'speet I heurd him tell ma he wni golugto pay for It by note. Chica go Tribune. t.lhoil Clmrrli-dnliij;. Llttlo Hoy I'm glad I'm goln' to church to-iuorrow. Good Minister 1 am delighted to hear that. Yon love to go to church, don't you? Little Hoy ves, inuccci. i niwnysgci, so hungry that dinner tastes twlco as good. Good News Cooil Cm i mi for I'rltln. Hutlcr Say, John, what makes you look so jolly to-day? llavo you won tho big prlro in tho lottery? Cub Driver (whose steed Is very nn eleut) No, but 1 was lined 11 vo dollars this morning tor driving too fast European Exchange. An liiHtum-n (liven. Teacher Does heat always expand and cold always contract? Tommy Tadilles Cold expands sometimes. "Indeed? What does cold expand?" "Conl bills." Detroit Free Press. All's Compliment. "I wloh Gioho horrid mosquitoes would let mo alone," said mamma. "1 don't blaino 'cm, niammn," re turned Abner. "You're pretty sweet" Harper's Young People. UAU OUTLOOK lOll A CIIICKKN DIN-M!ll. A Nlf Wr of Pnttlof It awy-e'rlWw, lfT?oa"TMyetrtJr. elar, after creeping in through tho front 'window, oegaB to while loilyip tho stairs; and yet you did not bco him. although you were standing at tho head of tlio stairs at tho time. May 1 venture to innulro why you did not sen htmV' ."' Principal Witness Certainly, sir. Tho fact ls my wlfo was in the way. Puck. The llnnipeetctl. .Indklns I saw Somtnera drunk last night What's tho matter? He's going to the dogs. Mudklns Ho' proposed to two women this season. .Indklns Ah, yes. Got rejected, of cotirso? Mudklns No; accepted by both Judge. Making lllni Thin. Grent Physician (cheerfully) Yes, sir, 1 can reduce you nt tho rate of flvo pounds n wvok. Fatmnn How often shall I como around to see you, doctor? Uroatrd'hyslolanYoB needn't como at all. I'll Just send you a bill at tho end of each weak. N. Y. Herald. bc'rfilodly1 llnkullrnppeit. Aunt Nancy Think of studying to be a doctor, eh? Don'l you do It Young Man Why not nunty? Aunt Nancy You can't git no prac tleo till ye git married, an' yo can't git irarrled till ye git practice, that's why. N. Y. Weekly. ' ' ' HctfUtinoM. She (of Chicago) I don't think I could over marry nn eastern man! Ho (also of Chicago) I daro say not Hut why? She They ndarly always . refuo to Biipply their wives with grouuds for a divorce! Truth. BKi.r-sAcitirifisu. Hard l.urk. "I had awful hard luck," said the forger to his companion In Sing Sing. "I spent a month getting tho signature of u reputed millionaire down line, and just when I got his cheek ready the darn fool wen 1 1 nto bankruptcy ." J u ry. A Hi.tlrnrtorr Acirrnrate. "Madam," said tho lawyer to hia client, "tho jury gives you WOO." "Goodl" was tho reply. "That, with tho $10,000 wo arc suing tho railroad company for, will mako qulto a nice sum." N. Y. Sun. , The nilTuriyiro. "Wo doctors have tho advantage of you clergymen; wo practco whllo you only preach." "Very trtio; wo can only tell peopla to go to Heaven, but you send them there." Lite. VnUtv, Anyway. Mario Do you Bay "farewell, adieu" or "auf wiedcrsohen" when gentlemon friends nro leaving you? Jcannotto Neither. I say: "Oh, stay a llttlo longer." Chicago News Uccord. Tho Itriuon Why, "Well," paid the baoebaU captain, "our cako Is dough." "How do you account for it?" "Wo haven't a goodf butter." Dom orcst'a Magazine. Offered In KvliUuee. Judge (to plaintiff in divorce) You say this womun induced you to marry her whllo you wero Intoxicated, do you? Plnlntlff Look nt her, your honory nnd judgo for1 y'6Urs6lf. Hrooklyn Life. Flilloiophlcal. Closcflst I saw in tho paper that your on had accepted a situation. Hanks no did accepted it philo sophically; ho waa fired. Truth. VAHIKTV Till! 8VICE OIT MFC Mamie Let's play it'a Christmas, and I'll be Santa Clans. , Minnie All right Then you'll como and glvo mo a whole lot Of beautiful presents. Mauilo Will I? Oil, no, Minnie; I'll let you be Santa Clnus, as you aro my guest Golden Days. Hint fur ClirUtinua. Don't ask your child what ho want unless you Intend giving it to him. Though money innkos tho mnro go, it makes Santa Clans come. Don't buy your bent girl a present on tho installment plan, as she might jilt you beforo you had nindo nil tho pay ments. Hub tho prlco murk off tho present unless It Is un expensive one. If von wish to sitrpriso your girl never aslc her what sho would llko for Christinas. At Christmas tlmo It is well pnougb to npo tho English as fur as the plum pudding Is concerned. Sqmo persons never wish you a morry Christmas unless they think thoywlll get something for doing so. Tho bachelor who puts his thumb Into tho boardlng-liouso Christmas plo is apt to pull out u collar button. Judge. ' Her lrernt. "I know what I'm going to glvo pa this Christmas," said Arabella. "What, my dear?" asked her mother. "A nice woulon comforter. It will bo lovely to wear when Ned comes to tako mo' tobogganing," , Tim Modern Ciiitivu. Jones Did yon hang up your stock Ing this Christmas? Drown (who has many friends, etc., to provide for) No; I hunff up my watch. Yalo Record Doacon Watson Doan' yo" t'lnk It crulo ter keep dot' dog chained up all do time? Farmer Smlthcrs Oh, I lot him loose at night! Puck. Not Quito free. New Arrival Ol was towld this w ai a fro 'country. Friend-Well, Isn't it? New Arrival !ndiulo it is not 01 had to sthay ut Sandy Hook folvo daya an' then bo fumygated befar 01 cud get on the police foorce. XX. . )VecKiy. Hrlinol Ventilation. Mamma Is your new school well ven tilated? Littlo Girl Our room isn't, but the room noxt to ours is. "How do you know?" "Tho chlldrens in that room all baa colds In their heads." Good News. Tlio Unreliable Sox, Gus Do Smith Tho young ladles of tho present day aro no good. They cant bo rolled on. Kosciusko Jones What makes you think so? Gus I am engaged to three young ladles, ancj they all flirt with other men. Texas Stftlngs. A Lucky Boy, Llttlo IMclc I think it's too mean tor anything. I had to stay in school all day long, and Johnny Jlrason got off at 'leven o'clooic. Mother That's strange. Why aa he allowed to go so early? . Llttlo Dick Someo'hl folks Is dy la Good News. To Uo Left Vlon-. Doctor (car at patient's chewt) Thla o....iunv 1irn must bo reuttceu at o-se. B11-tf3 - . Patient uo wow, uoo, mui. .- i ! n,vy..' , ( S1 WJS3fl s I v'lll--HHW- ' Wlfo Now, John Smith, what on earth did you buy that chattering par rot for? Husband (absently) Oh! For a change, I suppose Jury. Only Muttor of Endurance. "You are standing oa my foot, ma'am;" Bald a blgv good-natured man in tlio crowd at tho corner of Stito and Madison, to a Jady, So front of him. "Slrl" slip replied; haughtily, turning her head'. "I haircn't moved in my tracks for linlf t an kourl" "I know it, nwam," hq rejoi-eu. "Hut the foot yon'o been Btandlng on all that tlmo hah-, begun to get tired. Would you mind occupying tho ether one uwhllo?" Chago Tribune. Why Ho Was Late. "Why are you so late, Jack?" asked the boy's mother on his return from school. , "I was kept lnT replied Jack. "Whispering again?" "Sn. 'm 1 vniH ltcnt in for It talk "How was tbsvt?" "The.jograrAj teacher aslud me ,estlon, and! never suld a wprd." Harper's Young People, Provided Stamp AccompuH It "I tell yo," he said, dlBonsolatcly, fwomen ore altogether tao business llko nowadays." hatmeuH to bo my ietbookl-Trstl- I "What's tno matter?" Love and MlUloavy. She took a slnglo sheet ohd wrote How much kite loved, him oa It, And tlicn nbo added tnlf a rown About Ual ftulcu bonnet. . -Ci.Y,-er- proposcd to tho helrtaa yesterday." I . . Alt - "Did suo accept yon "No. She took onV her notobook wrotq my muno and address In It and Bald hhe would consider my upplloa tloro.' Uoaton QloW. .. ut ') ...' 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