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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1904)
C iJ : a : t5 = SJ ti Ithe Queen of Quee s. - I State rIlle an. tnll : the rc pt r tl kIngs Armred It\ royal robes to-da ) ' Mllal III\ ! ! . , wIth other earthly thIngs , 'fllelr . bme IIhllll tilde , theIr tllroncH de- \ ( 'a ) ' , Dut one prolld queen will olwa-s reIgn And claIm allegiance evcrowhere , Her rl'l\lm Is nil at man's domnln , lier throna the l ) ncerul rocltlnl ; chaIr. lIer Ilrlllcc's head lies on her brenst. lIer crawn 1JJ JoY' , her scepter love : She reign ! ! by right divine , expressed Directly to her trom abovc , 'l'hough Itll1:9 ! must pats , though nation. WllIW , ' [ 'he > glad ) 'Oung mother , proud nnl1 fair , ' \'hllo men ara men shall sweetly. re/G' / , nthronel1 upon the roekJl1g chnlr , . : " 'S , E , I llIer. ' . . . ! 'fdn - - - " " , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " " " - . " . . r r i I , I , , , ' Coprrlght , 1901 , b ) ' Dal1 : "Ol.'ar Tom-l might begin my let-I tCI" JUBt as that 'other girl did In that i 110em we read together. Do you rc- : Ine ors1 1 ' " . 'C am sitting alone by the fire , ' ! . dressed as.I came from the dance , in a. robe ovcn you would admire , for ( it coot B cool thousaml In France ; 1'111 bedllimonod out of all season ; ! my' hall" I dOlle up In a cue ; In short , I lilr , "the belle of the. season" is wast- ' . i illan / hour on you. ' \ " ( l's really true , 'l'om , I'm called I . , " the ' 'bolto of the seasoll. ' 1 might as well have a ben around my neck , fot' , a8 soon as 1 appear anywhere thure IJ n clatter of tongues and 1 , hoat' audibly enough , 'Oh , that's the rich. Miss , E1thel Westover ! ' Every nvprd "sounds to my tired ears tiltC the dropping of dollars and cents on a Rllver church , plate. Go where you 'Till , one can't get away from that. idea. of monoy. 'In God we trust' Is aU very well , but. it is written on a , lIula. "Sometimes when I am sitting by mrf\elf-It \ Is not often , dear-J try to dream the long hours away with halpy thoughts of 'ou , and then I t blnk 1 hear macle BeSR galloping un del" my window , nm ! I. actually run to RCO If you witl not lJUIi rein at thp galo.Jand stop. . . . . .011. how 1 do miss the oals and fIwera and the blue mountains ! How slal [ I s111111 be to get 'bac ] , to the hills and the starsutiliou ! " III . . In a smaH town on the 01.1tsirts ] ot . , 4- CllHfornia wan set a square frame hOIlfJO with Its four quarters oyer a loug range or mountains. ' [ ht ) house had the distinction of being .tho home . .r Tom Ellsworth , the weU Imown hanoe of the richest heiress in all the country round. Tom was anything hut. drlh , but ho hn.tl "lH'OSpccts" aud con..celluently ; was reg rded as the , JIlost Important of an the rnnchmen and mIners In thnt region , Ho was a . big , handsome , athletic fellow-th lion of a gentlon1l1l1 who had /one / from M\'lsslchusetts : oul to California fot' hia health , but nlmosl as soon lost . tbc money ho had , uml whe-n ho died left Tom , his only son atlll heir , a leg- ac } ' or numerous dehts. Tom hlUl loved lW1 < ' 1 Westover ever Glnco the ) ' hnd wall , cd hand in haml to the ono l1ubUc school to. lether. . Ethel's fathm' was u miner , hut. ono day "ho struck It rich , " and tlten came the usual revolution , The lIIothar had but ono thought-of E 1- < 11 , then a girl of Rlxteen , When the fortune came she was horne awa ) ' to i ; . . a .fashIonable hoarding Bchool in Now . \ . . York amidst tears \I111 lu'omlscs to \ . . . " ' ' ' ' ' " 1'om , 'l'hen came Paris atlll London. , . . . ; " . In that limo he rumor dl'iftcd to the , j " , : ' } ILtl10 town of "Hocl , > , Mountuln" th\t ' : , MrR. Westover was trying to farget , ' ; aU nSS < .Iclations with her Imst. Dut . . . there was 'l'om ! And ' 1'om would not - ' - - f : ' . . . . " ' " I , " . , , . " , \ 1I I 1 . , . , . . I . , " : .1 : ' . , I ' ' ,1" " , , " I. . 1'L < L ; . , . 1 . . . " - - . . . . . . . . . ' " . , . " ; : "Alone by the fire. ' . . ; ' "down" and Ethel would not torget. ! ' ( Tom was 110W tweut.fi\'o und his : ; dehts were paid. 110 had seen Ethel . hut once In three years , She Imd grownr so tnU nnd wus so beautiful that ho felt a lIttle nfmhl of her. I. \ I" nut Bho hall thrown her soft arms arounll his nocl. and chillI ; to him Ut ! a In the ohl lIu5 , 1 , yo Story PUbllshlna : Company , I "I shall always love ) 'ouTom-al- ways. Oh , Tom , . don't let thom take mo Irom you ! " "No , tlarfng ] ! " and he had leellt the brown head to his breast and let his lips meet again and agnln the lIttle mouth that had said such loving words to him. He had meant it-no ono should take her from him-no one in all the wide , wide world ! Ho vowed it sl' lently to every living creature , and , God help him , he Vjould lwop it ! Her last letter 10) ' open before him I . " 0 .n I. . " . . . . .I1IM.1r1. - 1 Here would be vengeance now. It said she was coming bock- and then-and then ? His heort. . beat until he could hear It ns he lool < ed at the lovely oval face nnd the largo , tender eyes of the picture ho had carried for so long , and his eyes do. voured hungrily every cun'e ot the sweet ( Ilce. "You must bo truQ-You must be true ! " he cried , almost with a sob. "And yet , heart of my heart , w1l1 you bo happy ? What have I to offer ) "ou ? Only love-Iove-but a wealtb of it that all the mlne ot hidden treasures could not buy one goldcn throb or ! " . . . . . . . "He ain't the same looltln' Tom , " "Goes pretty hnrd with him , eh ? " "Deln's as It should as he's- " "Hus , hoys , heo he comes ! " 'rom shook hands with each one , HI8 pae ] , drawn tnce Imrt the heart of ever ' rough man present. The ) ' started In to tell tholr woes and trials In "roundlnJ ; up the cattle , " It was the principal event In their hard lives , The losses and hardships seemed us hard ns nny man could endure , 'l'hey wanted him to Imow that other men Ruffered , too , nnd bore It 1Ie \ mcn , . . . . . . ' [ ho whole town was tal1\1ng about It. Tom lenew thlH but ho did not' avoid the town , Ho had been fighting the hnrdest battle of his lIfo for three da's. When ho had seen It blazoned In nIl the papers ho turned white I1UlI Rlclt am } cold , Ho had refused to belIeve - lIevo it , nnd ground his teeth over the " } . ellow journas ] , " lIe Bent a tele- gmm. 'l'hen he lalll the yellow paper the answel' was written on Into the blazing 111'0 nnd watched it curl and .IHlrn Into nshos. He was alone now. Ho unfolded the papers and read the notice again. The Inmp-l1Jht seemed to maIm the letters baceOl' ] ] . "Married-At the Church ot All Saints , Ethel Westovcr to .James , Dulw of Stromcourt. " Tom laid the papers , jfJst as he had 110no the telegram , into the fire. Ho unlocwd ] a drawer and tooe ] from it a bundle of letters. One by ono the ) ' jolncd the holocaust of love and memo ory. He toole the plcturo with its lovely eyes nnd tender mouth and for one moment ho waked to the awtul trllth. "She has been sold-sold ! " he cried. "And she begged mo not to let them tal < o her ( rom me ! " He turnel } his sufterlnJ ; fnc , " , to the glint of steel In the open dl'llwer. It fascinatell him IIko an 0\11 eye , 110 drew it slowy ] towards him and looked - ed deel ) into the dcadl ) ' hollow. Here would bo vengcance. Ho had stolen her-U1I\t "silly tlttlo Duke ! " . Dut why 111\1 } she IlOt reslsltd : T tr she had loved him 'J.B ho had loved her no powel' could have takM her from him. Dahl She WitS not worth it ! He put the 111stol down and shook , from henll to foot. And ) 'et-tallhlesl' or not , he could not 11vo without horl Ami once moro ho teok up the pistol nnd pnssed hl\1llleerchiet up and down It shlnlnJ ; length and drew the croololl thumbplece to Bee if all , vas right. 110 could even see the stnrs shining through as he put his eye to the empty SII3CO and looked lcar Into the face ot heaven. Ho remembered her last words-OIl shall bo soJlnd / to get back to the hills antI the stars-and youl" 11\ was Jolng to the stars himself. Ho would tell them 110w false she hull been to them Rnd to him. 110 panted all if smothered , and raised the window. Tho. cold breath on hl face seemed to rovlYo him. He could s o the whlto and gUttorlng 111\0 snow under the starlight , nnd far beyond the dim outllno of the ghostly moun- tains. And all around him were the homes or the stout-hctutcd miners and ranchmcn. Ho looleed once mOI'o down the still throat of the I1lstol , and then over to tuo h1118 , . . . The reports rang clear and sharl- one.two-threo.four. , The doors or every , house I town were fiung wldo and the men , wD.vlng the women bacle , rushed to the house where a bright light seramed through an op n win- dow. "I thought 'twouhl como , " said ono. "I foci shamed in my Innards for such a man , " said n. big fellow with but one arm. "Ho ain't halt a " man- "Ho ain't no man at all by this time , " said nnother _ And they stum' bled up the atalrs into Ellsworth's room. They stopped "ith their eyes opon. "It's all right , follows. " Tom opoleo , husldly , but .there' . ' was a new light In' his eyes. "I recant to , but she Isn't worth it. " Ho threw the emptied pIs. tel from him. "I thought it was the best way to lct you lenow. I shot straight l ) to the stars , In future I'll try to bo all th't ! you've , thought about me , That's it. I couldn't bear lo lose ) 'our respect. " Ho waited at the open window until he hcard the last footstep I1ass out. A thin voice came up to him through the mist of the night. "No , there ain't no woman wuth that ! " , DOES WAS.HING ON BICYCLE. Virginia Man's Device Makes the Day One of Pleasure , H. G , Hitner has been exercising his inventive genius , and the rcsult ot his efforts is that the weekly family wash day , Instead of bolng a burden , as it is to most people , is the dny he enjoY most , of any of the six whereon man 10 vermltted to labor. He Is the ownCl' of a rotary washing machine which he gearc'd to his bl. cycle after the latter had teen suspended - pended if ! a' frame. After the cloth- I g has been placed in the .machlne , with tllO usua ] SUP1)y ] of wnter and soap , Harr ) ' Hghts n. clgnr , mounts hl blcyclo and wheels away. Br the time ho hns lledaled enough to taeo ] him to New Market if the wheelll were on the ground , the clothing hall heen washed , he has had an enjoyable ride , and he and his good wife arc corl'eSIJondlngly happy. This Is enl ) ' ono of the many new things that have hocn inaugurated In Edinburg during the last few months , and It 1ep8 ] to provo what everyone says about us -vlz. : "Tho , old town Is surely on a boom. " P. S-Slnce last week the weather has gotten too hot for Harry to pedal , RO he Ims attached County Treasurer Hutcheson's motorcycle to the ma. chine , and ho now swings in the hammock - mock and bases ] In the early morn In , ; sunshlno while the motor-cyclo doea the washlug-Edlnburg ( Va , ) Senti. nel. aong of Hope. Children of ) 'cstrrduy , Heirs of to-morrow , 'Vhnt nro ) 'OU woavlng ? Labor unrl sorrow ? I..ook to ) 'ollr 100l1ls usnln. 1'IIster nnd fnater I'IY the grent lihuttles I\repored by the MaHtor , Llfo'l ! In the loom , Room for 11- ! teem ! Children of ) 'esterda ) ' , Heirs of to-morrow , r.l1hll'n the lahor And Inveoten the Morrow , : Oow , whl10 the shuttles fly I.'uliler and fnllter , Up , and be at It , At worlt wIth 1IH ! Master : 110 HlI\IIdH at ) 'our loom. Hoom fur 1-I1m- Room ! Children ot ' RterdI1Y , lIelrs of to-morrow. 1.00lt n t 'nll r fn brle or labor nlld "arrow , Seam ) ' IIl1d dnrk " 'HhlcRpnlr IIl1d dIsaster , 'furn Il , nnd-Io. ' ' 1'hl' desln , of the Musterl 'l'he Lord's nt the loom : Boom for I11m- Hoaml -Mary A , Lathbury , Allison Tells of Changes. Imnglno Senator Amson , many yeal's chalrmnn of the influentla ] commltteo on appropriations , in a long struggle to secure the appointment 01' a skilled Inborer to help him In his duties nround the capitol ! Then you have a picture of the astute Iowan as ho described hlmsclf recently to his colleagues. During debate regarding the exten' slon ot the capitol building Mr. AIlI. son hecamo reminiscent about the growth In tbo amount of pUb11c busl , ness that senators must nttend to. Ho said that when he first a no to the senate , thirty ) 'ears ago , senators had no clerks or others to help them. "Several years passed , " said Mr. Allison gravclY , "and still I had no nsslstl1nt. Flnnlly I s ccoeded In se , curing the apllOlntment of a man 1111 a skilled ] aborer.l. who llOlped mo In my clerical worlt , " A smllo went round the senate chnmber at this dCRcrllltlon , for now. adllYs every Ijonator has at least II ejlrt ! ] 111111 n E1o en r-Doston Post. " , . . ' 1 . . . , . SHELTER FOR TRUSTS THE DIGGEST OF THEM SEEK RE- PUDLICAN DOWNFALL. - - Hnvcmeyer , Belmont nnd Other Mo. nopoly Magnatell Are Working Hard for the Election of n Democrnt as Presldcnt .f the United States. I Will the tree trade newspapers anI ! th Delllocrntle camlmlgnors , vho are ' tr'ln : ; 'to make coimter.issuo with the cry thnt "protection is the shelter of the trusts" explain why , then , the trust Interests nro so furious with the ROl1ubllcan Admlnlstmllon and larty7 Isn't the protectlvo tnrlrt law to-day what it was a ) 'el1r ago and two years ago amI three years ago ? If the shelter - tor or the trusts wns , In fact , the Dingley law before , ought it not to glvo the : iJehnont and the lIavemey. era nnd the othcr backers of JUdge Parlter as "good a thing" now as when they were selling printed pnpor -calling It securities-at fancy prices , or tr'ing to sell It 1 What Is the dlrtcrenco between a tartrr shelter to.dny nnd ono two year ngo ? If U10 Dingley tartrr enabled shipbuildIng - Ing monol1011st to 11\1t humlrol's ' of millions of value Into watered stock a couple of years ago , it I strange that it did not enable Ulem to keep that value , or any value , In thoBo "so- curlties. " So with the common stool stocle. So with any Inflated stocle that was "tipped ort" to bo Standnrd 011 duplicates , but which has proved , tarIff - Iff shelter or no shelter , to bo waste paper. ThQ truth about the trusts which hnvo flourished is , of course , a 8ena- tor Gallinger stated the case In the tlppcr braTlc1 } of Congress on April 22 : "Under , but not because ot the tarlrt . _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . , . . by protection tram nn Intolernblo op. pre8i1lon ot anll unmitigated oxtorUon agnhlfit the sugar consumers of the Unltoll Stntes. It. is blm'ell by the tarirt Inw which by enabling the tudo- pendent beet sugar 1111tutltry to become - como established 111111 to ltolll'll\h \ In this country haR crcate ! ! Ilnd mnln. tnlnod competition with the Sugar trust. If the tarlrt we1'O the shelter of the Sugnr mIst why should tbo Suenr trust bo managing Judge ! } nrcr's ] cnmpalgn for him on free trallo prln- . chlles , whllo yet declaring tor nonInterference - Interference by t110 Fodornt government - ment with comblnntionn In restraint of trade ? Why shouht the Sugar trust have spent ocenn9 ot money tr- ing to buy the repeal of the tarlrt duty on raw sugnr from Cuba ? Because with a .treo entry tor the Cuban raw material , which It absolutely contr01s , It couhl wipe out the bOCtt sUJnr Industry - dustry In this country-oxtormlnnto eompetltors. Anll having Ilono that the Sugar trust , contro11lng the Dtiun- tion bol'o as perfecUy ns It controls It in Cuba , could worle Its own plens. uro under tree trnl10 with the American - can consumer , as the Stn11lard 011 monopol ) ' , unsheltered by the tarlrr , as the Anthrnclto .Coal trust , Dnshel- tered by the tnrlff , work thoh' swect w111 with the American Imblle hlch consumes tholr l1rol1ucts. . The trusts which aro. running Jullgo Parleer for Presiliont , In the hope of preventing Interference by the government - ernment with their comblnaUons In rostralnt ot tral1e , amI the Democrats who are accoptlng him Jtastorell over with the trust anll fl'eo trade declar. ations must think that the AmerIcan people are fools-ns big tools as 1\11. \ . August Delmont plain ! ) ' talws them to bQ-to glvo thom such nrgumcnts as they . are putting out at tbo ollenln , ; of the natlonnl compnlgn or 1904 , whleh is to detormlno who thoI' the . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I------------------ AND DOGS , THERE IS THE UMBRELLA , , . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ now tu operation , grcat industrial concerns - cerns , commonly lcnown as trusts , have been built UI ) during the past four 'enrs , Not bccause of the tariff has the Stanllnrd 011 Trnst been bUIlt up , for tho' reason that there is no tnr- 1ft to shelter it. Nor the Anthracite Coal trust , which no tnrlff could shelter - ter it the wall of 11rotectlon were for. ty leagucs high , for the reason that there is no other coal anywhere In the world to solI in this country with the product of the American anthra- clto fiehts , Yet who will ay that anywhere - where else In the United StateD there are two trusts to match both the absolute - solute monopoly prlvllege and the enormous profits of those two lrusts' ! Because of the tariff thlR country has proslered ] ; unquestionnbly. The trust which had genulno value and reasonable opp rtunlty took It share of the added prosperity , just as the non-trust Industry dill , as the wage. . earner , the shop-leceper , the farmer did. The trust which sought to malto something out ot nothing , whether be. cause of or undcr the tnrlff , failed , as any In lvldual would have failed , no moro and no less , The interests which were not trusts , when over they had anything of real valu ? , llrospored under the tariff prodigiously , and they are llrosperlng toay. . There is no other prosperity anywhere in this country , there ia none in the world , lIke the prosperity of the American farm or. There III no agricultural trust. In England , whcro there Is no tarltr , trusts taro exaclly as they fare In this country , where there Is a taritt. GainIng - , Ing a monopoly of n. rleh field , hy agreement amen , ; competitor or by exterminating competitors who will not combine , they wax fat and op. presslvo. Where competition can bo maintained or whcro the trusts commit - mit an economIc folly , they go to smash , ao far as nny Inequalities of advantages are concerned , tariff or no tariff. In the United States ono ot the rIchest and most unscrupulou of all the trusts In exlstenco Is tl1e Sugar trust , which Is managing Judge Park- 'I Now York campaign , with Mr. Cord Meyer , Jr" one oC Its fnctors , chairman of the Democratic State Committee , nnd Senator McCnrren , Ito leglslativo agent , chairman ot the Executlvo Committee. This trust overftows . , . , 'lth rlehcs hecnuso It absolutely - solutely controls the cuno BUglll' refining - fining Industry hero and the cano sugar - ar marlcct of Cuba. Yet It. Is harrel , . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - voters of the United States ahall elect President Rooscvelt and go on man. aging the nation's nlTalrs for themselves - solves , or elect JUdge Parker and 11- cense the trusts to manage all the af- 'fnlrs , public , and private , or all the American people , oven to the eon s they may sing nnd the prayers they may sa-Now York PresB. . True Test of Prosperity. The chief result of the tartrr In ron- tlon to Amorlcan Industrie ! ! at this time seems to bo to llermlt the larJer manufacturers to hargc moro for the same goods at homo thnn they do abroad-a condition which will aiwa - wa ) ' bo anno'lng to the home consumers - sumors who are unable to bellove that they profit dlreclly from such unfair - fair treatment.-Detrolt Free Press. The 1''reo ' Press knows , 01' ought to Imow better than thlB. The chlet re. suit ot the protectlvo tar1rr SII1CO 1897 has been prosperity and national sol. vency. It Is , undoubtedly true that some concerns sell theh' sUI'phlA produce - duce abroad a lIttle cheaper thnn the ) ' do nt homo , but they are compelled to0 this In order to compete with fOl'eign manufacturcrs. However , It Is far better for the American consumIng - Ing public to pay a lIttle InOl'O for manufl1ctured goods at homo thnn the same could be JlUrchascd nbrond , atH } at the same time secure steady em. ployment and higher wages titan can ho lIecured In Europe , It is hctter tor It workingman in Kalamazoo , tor example - ample , to pay $12 for 11 suit of clothes nnd at the same tlmo earn $3 a day , than to live In a country 'whero the same suit costs $10 , but his wllges are only $2 a day. The American protective s'stem has increased enormously the consuming - ing an purcbaslnu : call clty of the muss of the people. This is the true teBt of prosperity-Kalamazoo ' [ cle- graph. Our Long Suit. It 13 difficult. to predict just what issues UlO desperate Democracy will force to the front In their effort to dls- place amI to relludlato these which they declarClI to be ot IHl.l'amountim- portanco In 189G and again In 1900. Dut so tar as the tariff Is conccrned Republicans need have no fear. It the tarifr Is to ho trumps in the comIng - Ing game of politics , that Is our ! onJ ; suit , and wo may slltelv count on both points and boners , , , . .en the score 19 Imado uP-Puoblo Chl.naln. , TICKLE 6RASS BY' BYRON WILLtAt1J : A Mornln" Epls'ode. It WBS Sund"y morning in UtO sub- urbs. The young man boA been ! 1.waltonQd by a quarrel In the sparrow family that lhed in the coraico or his fintbullll1 g , DeCl\us ho could not woo Morpheu\ agnln , ho got UIl , Ilressed nnd , straddling - dling I1ls sister's bicycle , stnrted for the Inrk. "Rip ! nppetyl ! Dlrtl" A city doS hurtled out of the } 'Itrd In time to see n. ) 'oung chap lnlto a lumdor Into the sweet.brlcr bUIJhc8 that fringed the wallt. He had forgotten to put on pnnta- loon.gual'ds l1l the' gear had cut a liberal mouthful from the bottom of his left trouser.leg , throwing 111m hendlong. lIe swore sofUy as l1e dug 1\1'0 U 1111 In the woodshed for the guards , but U11' del" the Influence of morning olono : : .ho recovered his oplrits and I1cdlltc < l nlong the boulevnrd buoynntly. The all' was I"edolent of soft , subUc naval' InK that titillated tlto olfaclory nerve nnd ttnglcd dell httu11y In the lungs. r lIaC8 , violets , IIwcot.shrub buds , np- plo bloSRotnG- tl10 odoriferous Rl tlXy of spring aromatlcs-oxhaled their sweet.smelllng , bnlmy scents to charrv the wayfarer. Arriving at the I1ark , he roUel\ nlonl : lOOcoully , EO lost In " reverie ot enjoyment th 110 almost ran Into n decldcdty pretty youne woman , , . . " * " ' . j , I - - " - - . . - " TIlE RESULTS 01"A IIEA ER. whoso shrill scream or fright brought him back to himself aud bls surround. Ing with a jolt. "Why , Mr _ Bl'ownl To thlnlc It Is you who would thus ruthlcssl , . rldo ; over me with YOllr JuggernauU" 8ho looleed at 111m repronchtullY . with mischief In her snapping eyes , Her IIpg were tantnllzlngly 111m ripe cherries and hud played havoc with his composure on equal grounds ere this-and now she wl s actuaUy de. ploying upon his shattered [ oreelS with her eyeD I HI tongue got Into a twist , the olor mounted his brow and be wa malc1ng n. bad mess of It when n happy thought strucl , him. lIe would loan her the blcyclo. It belonged to his alster and was a droll framo. She could ride whllo he rested. "Miss Stanton , I-I-beg your 1)1\1. " donI Herc-tnke this whool-Ilnd- beautiful mornlnl : - smooth boule. vard- " He stolI1ed suddenly ! Her face bad chlluled its witching contour to cold and Injured rigidity. That ho hail greatly displeased her was evident , a& she bowed stimy and , passing into II by-path , walked proudly away. Lillo one stunned he Atood ther1m. . movable. Then his eye dropped to , litIS right hand. Horrol's ! He had not only offered ' her the blcyclo but the I1antalo m. gunrds as weUl Moral-It red lips upset you , weal green goggles , The Lest Charm. My mlnl1 reverts with tinglinG' joy ' 1'0 when , II. dirty Ind. \ 1 wore II. pateh upon my sent And hnd II. stonc-brulso bad ! Ufon the bridge wIth polo nnd line nl1lI011 fOl' the flah , Dlep ! ( ] own wlthl , . the plclc'r'1 hole , 1 hooked 'em wHh II. swishl Great Blickers und the red-llorsQ Ion : : 1 ertly did cnsnal'o ! Oh ! what III thlf ! morc modern da.r , Cun eke with that compare ? ' . . . . . . . Ah , yes ! r'lmow 1'\0 lost the srlp I hal ] besilio th broolc ! l or nuw upon the bUlllnCfls strcet ' No flsh w111 blto my hooltl Too Figurative. . Jones-Dings has ouly one window to his soul now ! Wings-You don't. . sny-er , what did you say ? Jonon-I said Dings has only ono window to bls soul nowl , Wlngs-lIo , hol Yes ! Ha , . hn ! Decn drunk again , has be ? Stra.nga he can't- Jones-No , no ! He 109t- Wings-Well , why don't he huatlo around and have another glass put In. Glass Is- Jones-Don't you. underatanll ? Ho was playing pop-gun with the baby and she shot ono ot his eyes out ! Wings-Well , gee whiz , why didn't t ) ' 011 sny s01 I thou gIlt you was talkin' about that new automobile of his'n ! - - Momentous Problem , 1I0w clln an actrcss ) , eop a. diary nnd lese it near a. nowsll1\por olllce , at the same tlme7 Not aU the croat fiction writers arQ writing noyels. ' [ here I the dopart.- . mont store advertisement writer , fOil Instance. A 'fexas editor says , " ? troroy tall.s ! " But tow mcn there Ilre 'that keep It long enough to learn the brogue it 1l11ksl
