C iJ : a : t5 = SJ ti
Ithe Queen of Quee s.
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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-
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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 ,
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"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-
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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
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JIlost Important of an the rnnchmen
and mIners In thnt region , Ho was a
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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
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, . . . ; " . In that limo he rumor dl'iftcd to the
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: , MrR. Westover was trying to farget
, ' ; aU nSS < .Iclations with her Imst. Dut
. . . there was 'l'om ! And ' 1'om would not
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. . ; ' "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 ,
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"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
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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 ! "
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"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 ,
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' [ 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 ,
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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
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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.
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SHELTER FOR TRUSTS
THE DIGGEST OF THEM SEEK RE-
PUDLICAN DOWNFALL.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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 ,
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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 ? '
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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
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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 !
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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
