ESS! gfP Y - TIME TALES THE TALE OF EH MULE SCOTT. BAILEY CHAPTER XII. Two Black Rascals. Old Mr. Crow was in luck. lie wanted to have a neighborly chat with Mistah Mule. Not daring to fly in side the barn, he was a bit puzzled as to how he could meet Mistah Mule. 4 And then came tho good luck. Farm er Green turned Mistah Mule into the - pasture. from tho top of a tall elm not far from the cornfield Mr. Crow spied Mistah Mule cropping grass near the pasture bars. About half a minute later Mr. Crow flopped down upon It. "isn't I met you before, down Saotb?' Ml Stab Mule inquired. the topmost bar and called, "Good morning, friend!” Mistah Mule raised his head. He had never seen Mr. Crow before. But he addressed him in a most familiar fashion. "Howdy, Jim!” he answered. Old Mr. Crow choked. He hated to he called "Jim.” because it really was his name, which he greatly disliked. ‘ Isn’t T met you before, down south?” Mistah Mule inquired. "I hardly think so,” Mr. Crow re plied. “I’ve been spending the win ters in the north for a good many years. I haven’t been south since X don’t know when. And—er—when you speak to me, or of me, kindly omit the ‘Jim.’ Just say 'Mr. Crow.”’ Mistah Mule nodded. ‘Y doesn't blame, you, not the least est bit,” he remarked. "I knows just bow you feels.” "We won’t talk about that any more,” said Mr. Crow. “I came to tnlk about an entirely different mat ter.” “What's that?" Mistah Mule in quired. “Your tail!” Mr. Crow explained. “You know, it's rather an odd one.” Mistah Mule was so surprised that he turned his head and looked back at his tail. “I doesn't see anything queer about it,” he murmured. "Think hard!" Mr. Crow urged him. “Doesn’t it remind you of other tails ; on this farm?” "No, sail!” Mistah Mule declared. “Hasn't it occurred to you that your tail is somewhat like a cow's?” Mr. Crow went on. Mistah Mule was puzzled. He even seemed alarmed. “This here is my own tail!" he cried. "Can't nobody say I stole it." "Certainly not!” Mr. Crow agreed. “I'll explain more carefully. There s a cow on this farm that everybody calls ‘the Muley Cow.’ Just to tease her. I want you to pretend you're her cousin and that your two tails are a good deal alike.” “But I isn't got two tails!” bellowed j Mistah Mule. And again he turned , his head, as if to make sure that an- ; other tail hadn't crept up behind him. when he wasn't looking. “My goodness!” Mr. Crow muttered, i "its hard to talk with this person.” My Marriage Problems Adele Garrison's New Phase of "Revelations of a Wife" \_ - The Reason for Katie's Trouble Which Madge Discovered. The thermometer or my spirits, pleasantly rising at the favorable ac count my fattier had given ine of affairs at home, took a sudden slump when he told me of Katie's condi tion. "She either isn't well, or is unduly worrying about something,” he had said. "Now, I know only too well by experience that my little maid's som bre moods usually spell domestic disaster of some sort. I felt more anxi ous than ever to reach home, and was glad indeed when my father turn ed the car into dhe driveway and I saw the welcoming lights of the farmhouse. -Mother Graham, with Junior by the hand, and Lillian with Marion danc ing in glee.beside her, were at the ball door with the loving welcome so dear to a returning traveler—but there was no sign of Katie. And when 1 hatl rapturously hugghed my small son. and had greeted the others, I as!.“d after her. "I Keel Retler Now Tou L'oom.” ".Shes in the kitchen where she be long-." my mother-in-law said tartly. "She rushed In here Just now when site heard the car, as if she were some circus wild animal just broken through its cage, yelling 'My Missis Graham" r packed her back in a hur ry, I can tell you. It's a crime, Mar garet. the way you let that ape run over everything.” Over her shoulder I caught Lit-| llatt's commiserating smile, and a atight inclination of her head in the ; direction of the kitchen. I kenw she j meant to tell me that Katie reeded ■rte, and I put my hand up in a pre ence of tucking in ray hair as lit ! answering signal that I had under- | s'eod her. "‘"onte Junior." I stooped to mr son ■ rapturously clinging to me. "Sup- i pose we go upstairs to mother's room ” "Mother Graham, have you seen j this'.’” Lillian asked, holding an open ' magazine out to my mother-in law. "It's another attark on American literature. This author declares we rever have prod -ed any one worth leading.” Mother Graham's eyes flamed with the light of battle as sits held out her hand for the magazine. “Come into the library by the fire,” she said. "I’ll probably feel like throw ing It into the fire before I've gone very far, and you'll have to res cue it.” With the certainty that she was h_1' safe for several minutes at least, I went upstairs with Junior, followed by my father with my bag. When we leached my room, I spoke hurriedly to my father. "I must see Katie at once," I said in a low' tone. "Will you take care of Junior, please?” He caught up the little lad with an expressive laughing glance at me. and I flew down the back stairs to the kitchen, where, as I feared, I found Katie seated before tile kitchen table, her head bowed upon her oUtflung arms, and her slender body shaking with sobs. She was so absorbed in her own emotions that she did not hear me until I gently lifted her to her feet. Fhe opened her lips for a character istic shriek of welcome, but I put my hand over her mouth with a firm •'Hush:” and she obeyed the Injunc tion, expressing her Joy^ instead in convulsive hugs which threatened the safety of my ribs. "Where old vomans?" she whia- i pered fearfully at last. "In the library with Mrs. Under wood," I whispered back. “Now I want you to stop crying and go on with your dinner. I’m home now, and when I get an opportunity to see you by yourself, you shall tell me all about whatever troubles you, I and I'll straighten it out." "You no can straighten dis out," she said hopelessly. "I no can be | happy in dis world any more, und I ■ tink I too bad to go to good Oder j vorld. Und I no mean to do any- j ting bad dot time eder. I tink I safe eferybody.” Her voice trailed away hopelessly, and she gave a convulsive little shud der. Then she lifted her tear stained face bravely to mine. "I feel better now you room, any vays." she said with a sad tittle smile. “Und I no make trouble for you. 1 feex me dinner now. und by and by ven I get dinner vork all feexed oop, you coom to my room maybe?" A Perplexing Problem. "T surety shall, Katie," I prom ised heartily, and went up the stairs again to my room. From down the hall came Junior's excited treble, and I knew that he was safe with my father, and that for a few minutes I would >iave nothing to distract my attention from Katie’s problems—the girl’s distraught man ner and tortured eyes hart told me that she was distinctly in need of succor. I locked the door, and paced up We Apologize! No! Not for the quality of our work. We insist on keeping that up to standard, no matter w hat handicap we are under. But we do feci as though we owe our friends and patrons an apology for our sendee during the past few weeks. We Are Remodeling and will be torn up for a short time yet—but after March 15th we will be in a better posi tion (owing to our larger and better quarters) to handle our increasing business. LET US SERVE YOU , HArney 0784 BARNEY GOOGLE— BARNEY’S ENTHUSIASM IS A BIT DAMPENED Drawn for The Omaha Bee by Billy De Beck (Copy right 3'VJHA'l S t HI RACKET t UtAB 'E ABCA'T tour PRIVATE match I With rut goiomei ^ to*, *10 00-0 l . 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WELL, I GUESS I OUGHT TO CONGRATULATE MY SELF THAT I HAD SENSE ENOUGH TO QUIT BEFORE t LOST ALL MV DOUGH 1 GOT TWENTY BUCKS, LEFT ANYWAY | *'-**♦“ , j j l i /they'd A-HAD XT ME CLEANED IF I HAD STAYED ANOTHER HOUR -> I DID THE \ WISE THINO/ ©iw •• •••▼•v ran« ime V THIS WAb I ONE TIME I J& r HAD good bf JUDGEMENT ^ X SAVED SUMPM j i WRECK / ibs. f an' I'll t3C ’ I HOME AT A I reasonable ‘ HOUR DE5IDE5 THERE’5 nothin' \ TD THIS s j 5TAYIN UP \ I AUL NIGHT ) I'M ALWWY3 \ ( eONNA LEAYE \ ' EARJ-Y LIKE THl5”j A AT THE END OF j (the yeaq. ill A OE A LOT OF | MONEY TO THE, JV oooo and down the length of my room, go-! ing over and over again the girl's j accusations against herself. And then all at once the reason for her be- j havlor flashed upon me, and I chided myself not only for my stupidity In not seeing it, but for my cruel care lessness In leaving the girl to suffer without making any effort to ! straighten out the (angle In which' her misguided efforts to save us from danger had left her. She was grieving hersetf sick over the continued absence and anger of her husband. Jim. (Copyright, 1923 ) Uncle Sam Says Two ( ircuil Radio Receiving Sels. This circular which is Wmicd by the Federal Bureau of Standards de scribes the construction and opera tion of a simple radio receiving set which will receive messages and concerts from high power radiotele phone station* over a distance of , about 75 miles, and from medium power stations over a distance of about 10 miles This greater elastic ity is brought about through the use of two, complete circuits, both of w'hlch are tuned to the Incoming waves. This booklet tells about the essen tial parts of such n receiving station, details of its construction, gives directions for assembling and wiling, «nd Instructions for operating. The cost of the set can be k*Tt clown to about $15. Readers of The Omaha Bee may obtain a copy of this circular by send ing 6 cents In coin to the Huperln tendent of Documents, (invcrnment Printing Office, Washington. D. i . asking for "Circle 121. Bureau of Standards." Do not send stomps— they will not he accepted. Detective Is Bruised When Negro Resist* Arrest Defective H’alUr JJekert was ss roroly bruised In a half hour struggle with Charles Nelson, negro, early yes terday nt the Nelson home, *21 North Klghth street. The officer hail gone to the place in response to a call from ' Mrs. Nelson, who notified police her I husband was attacking her. Nelson laid for Dickert, when he entered tho house and struck at him with a hatchet, it whs said The men were fighting in tho yard, when two other officers who were railed from headquarters Interfered. I Nelson Is held for Invcstlgnllnn and probably will he charged with assault to commit murder this morning Afternoon tea parties wllh vaccina ■ Won ss an added attraction were re [rently fashionable in London. Problems That Perplex Anvtrcd hj BEATRICE FAIRFAX A Friend’* Gift. Dear Mis* Fairfax: There la a young man who haa told me lie loves ; ine and that there la no ottyer girl In j thia world for him. I do not care for him that way. but like him a» a good | friend. At Christmas he aent me a beautl fill gift and costly, too. I refused It 1 at first, hut he said I dllYnot reallzo how 1 would hurt him by not accept Ing it as a good friend should So I accepted. I>I<1 I do wrong In accepting It. knowing that I will never be anything to him? ANXIOUS. \V» all know that "circumstances alter cases." This man loves you and has accepted your honest verdict that you have nothing for him save friend ship. So If ho expressed his good will and devotion nt Christmas with a gift which ordinarily you would not wish to accept the gracious Yuletlde thing to do was to permit him to have his generous pleasure In giving. It would ho ungracious to takn the attitude that you must "give” something In return for this fine expression of kindly feeling. In l.ove or Not? Dear Mis* Fairfax: 1 hare known a yotuig mail for over a year and for the last seven months have been going out with him often, lie has told me several times that he loves mg. Although 1 told him that I love him, I am not quite sure that I do. When I am with him, I like him a great deal, and when I do not see him 1 Imagine I dislike him I hare told him that 1 am very liekln and will tire of him, hut he Just laughs, as he thinks I am Jollying him along. Tie is so good to me that I haven't the heart to tell him I don't rare. TEDDY. No one ran make your feeling* rlear and certain to you. Time and your own Judgment must reveal (lie stata'of your heart. If this man is a real companion and a true pal." if you admire and respect him and there is love In your heart—don't let the foolish longing for some more roman tic thrill than you have yet known sway you away from what may mean true happiness. On the other hand, don't marry unless you can account for your own doubts. Tlie Arbitrary huitor. 1>car Miss Fairfax: I am 19 and engaged to a man two years my sen ior. We vo known each other over two years and love each other dearly, but tltero is just one thing that causes arguments between us Ard that is jealousy. Whenever I talk to nny young men he always watches to peo If there is anything personal going on. Knowing hla Jealous disposition. I never give him any cause to be angry with me on this account. He set ins to think, however, that he can play around w ith any girl and I have nothing to - iy a limit It. Now. I am not saying that I am not Jealous, hut I do expect him to act the way he wants me to act. lie tells me 1 am wrong I>o you think so’ ANXIOUS. Trust and faith and honest gener nsdv ire part and parcel of real love. Jealousy is selfishness If you really love this man you can amlise v ourself for tho moment with a bit of chat or laughter and in no way have a thought that is disloyal to your big feeling. This man must learn to trust you, for If he is so given to doubting other folks. Isn't it because In Ills heart he knows that he tau t nulte to lie trusted? When we are perfectly square, wo believe In other folks' squareness Jealousy Is a confession that disloyalty isn't an inconceivable thing. The maximum range of (he Amsri i can army rifle Is 4891.8 yards. Bruised 7-ease the painf Apply Sloans to sore spot. It Increas es circulation scatters congestion This / reduces swelling and inflammation \ - the pain disappears/ ^ Sloan's Liniment -kills painf Parents’ Problems I» rorporal punishment tnc '.best for disobedience? t'orpmsl 'punishment should be re ►cried to only nffer all other kinds have failed. With some childrrn it is undoubtedly very effective but It does not tend to mske them respect their parents nor does it fit all cases of disobedience. Vafnllion hates Mr and Mr* • harles Ptebold returned Friday from California. »hrr* they had ■lent aeveral months visiting relative* and friend*. Tha American T eg ion post will he’d a smoker In Hansr-hiid • hall on Thursday avanlng. Man h 1. All ex servjca men ar« cordially Invited tn attend Th« hue atore invented tn a Kennedy Cdlllni radio outfit and ha* been able to gat *oina satisfying results from quit* a fevr xiatlon* I !v Clarke received a telegram inform ing him of tha aerlou* Illness of hi* fath ar at Ravarly Hill* Cal. Mr and Mr* Taul Par ,nger and baby and Mr and Mr* Ucrg* rarlingtr d parted Monday for El»>*. Nab., a here the> are engag'd In farming. Mr* Emma Rloedel ;* reported improv ing at a hospital in Omaha Thieve* broke into Aflrv Thompson's chicken house Tuesday and *tol* three dosen hen*. Three weeks ago they atole i several dosen chicken* from him James Kllngeinan waa operated «*n for appendicitis In a t.lncoln hospital Monday. Ha Is a student at tha aiata university. Mr* r K Marshall «** called to Ne braska City Monday by the deatn of her grandmot h*r. A. .1 Hlenten attended a far« well recap tlon In Omaha Monday given by tha T. M C A In honor of tie »rg« Campbalt Tha J. It W llaon residence in North Fa pi 11 Ion caught fer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Kach unbroken package con tains projior directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug gists also eel! bottles of 1‘4 and 1