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Columbus Journal
By COLUMBUS JOURNAL' Co.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA,
Stusedetis Railway Enterprises.
If the information conveyed in a dis
sstch from Paris prove correct, a be
tinning is about to be made in the
nost . stupendous enterprise of its
clad, ever undertaken. "The report
join 'the French capital is to the ef
fect that the syndicate represented by
Baron Loicq de Lobel has been au
horixed, by an order issued by the
trar of, Russia, to start operations on
he Trans-Siberian-Alaska railroad
roject. This, involves nothing less
han the construction of a railroad
ine from Siberia to the American ter
ritory of Alaska by bridging and tun
leling the intervening -waters, includ
ng Bering Strait Previous statements
that the work Is'to be financed to the
Mrtent of $150,000,000 to $200,000,000
oy American and European capitalists
ire. repeated, and the story has every
Indication of being put forth in good
aith. As has already been shown
says the Troy Times, should the pro
jected line be carried through it
ould mean the possibility of riding
without change of cars from any rail
road center in ,the United States to
Ihe capitals of Europe. With the tun
ael under the English channel and tho
completion of the "three Americas"
system in this hemisphere, one will be
able to go by rail from remote points
in South America directly to London.
And with the carrying out of the
"Cape to Cairo" scheme in Africa
there may be a through route from
"the Horn" to Good Hope. Who
knows?
Buying an Island.
The man who buys a mine rarely
gets so deeply taken in as to have
nothing at all that he can show for his
money. There's commonly a place
somewhere and a hole in the ground
at least. Not so, however, with a Mr.
Tutt, who is reported from Colorado
Springs-as having lately purchased an
island off Washington state which he
has since been unsuccessfully trying
to find. His deeds call for ten acres
in the San Juan group oft British Co
lumbia, and he fondly hoped to build
a summer home there. Alack and
alas! He sailed out in his yacht to
where he supposed the island to be,
but not a scrap of land could he find.
This might be considered sufficiently
jprovoking, but it was not the worst.
The seller now claims that the island
was there when he sold it, but that it,
sank into the sea at the time of the)
earthquake which destroyed San Fran-'
Cisco. All this is no joke to Mr. Tutt,"
but, says the Boston Herald, it strong
ly suggests the case of the curious,
people who flocked to a tent and paid
their way in to see the wonderful
gyascutus. They didn't see him, but
were glad to escape with their lives at
the alarming cry that the ferocious
gyascutus had broken loose.
Prison Reform.
A notable reform in prison adminis
tration is contemplated by Gov. Folk
and the advanced penologists of Mis
souri, and at the governor's sugges
tion the Rev. E. A. Fredenhagen, ofj
Topeka, Kan., is engaged in the prepa
ration of a bill on the subject, which
will be introduced at the next session
of the Missouri legislature. Its chief
features will be the payment to the
convict's wife and children of an ap
preciable percentage "of his earnings;
the use of a graduated uniform instead
of the usual striped clothing; the sub
stitution of a military double file for
the abhorred lockstep and regular in
struction for prisoners five nights a
week. The whole tendency of the
changes suggested is in the line of
reformation as distinguished from
vindictive punishment, and a main
purpose is to relieve the misery of the
innocent dependents upon the crim
inal. Is the class pipe to become a fea
ture at coeducational institutions?
In a description of the Class day ex
ercises of the Northwestern univer
sity at Evanston, 111., is this mention
of the pipe of peace smoking, a cere
mony not commonly practiced in co
educational Methodist institutions:
'"Lewis R. Horton, president of the
senior class, filled the pipe, touched a
match to it, and it went slowly from
one pair of lips to another. Giving
off an odor of mild tobacco it passed
from one coed to another. None re
fused her 'put.' A few coughs were
heard at the end of the ceremony.
The men took their turn and the pipe
passed back to Horton, who, after a
long 'drag,' handed it to Miss Sarah
Saute, president of the junior class."
Truancy is defined as a disease by
a Chicago school sharp who has or
dered truants, on a diet of protein.
The average boy would rather take
ais chances with the school than fly
to the arms of protein, a punishment
whose nature he Imperfectly compre
hends. The servant girl, thinks Upton Sin
clair, needs uplifting. The can of
fceroseae on the morning fire has
jeea known to operate successfully
In that direction.
The causes of juvenile delinquency
which are repeated with greatest fre
aaeacy are: 1. Lack of proper home
restraint and training. 2. The habit
af traaacy. 3.- Lack of proper outlet
for aoraMl physical activities. 4. So
cial training in disregard for law and
order.
The Geramaa emperor is getting
ready Cor another Mediterranean
cruise. Naturally there is renewed
aervousaess among other European
af
we -five m the -age-of
The thinking, diree
jdaliye in taccouuftWalle; neaf
brawn fells feottespondlngiy la value
frost day to day. That ecceatrlc phil
osopher, Elbert Hubbard, says la oae
of his essays, "where -a ssachiaC wil
do better work than the human hand;
we prefer to let the machine do the
work."
It has been bat a few years since
the cotton gin, the,"spinaing Jenny
and the power torn displaced Ike
hand picker, the' spinning wheel and
the hand loom: since the reaner and'
Under, the rake and tedder,' the mow-;
9m m WMfcSm2'-a-J 'akfik&A B? AS , IS
jus uiauuuc WIML UK yiMOU UJ. tua U1U
eradle, scythe," pitchfork and 'hand
rake; since the friction 'match' su
perseded the flint and tinder; since
the modern paint factory replaced the
slab and muller, the paint 'pot 'and
paddle.
In every case where machinery has
been Introduced to replace hand labor,
the laborers haveresisted the change;
ind as the' weavers, the sempstresses
and the farm laborers pretested'
against new-fangled looms, sewing ma
chines and agricultural implements,
so in recent times compositors have
protested against type-setting ma
chines, glass blowers against bottle
blowing machines, and. painters
against ready mixed paints. And as
In the case of these short-sighted
classes of an earlier day, so with their
Imitators of to-day, the protest will
be in vain. It is a protest against civ
ilization, against the common weal,
tgainst their own welfare.
The history of all mechanical Im
provements shows that workmen are
the first to be benefited by them.
The invention of the sewing machine,
Instead of throwing thousands of wom
en out of employment, increased the
demand to such an extent that thou
sands of women have been employed,
at better wages, for shorter hours and
easier work where hundreds before
worked in laborious misery to eke
out a pitiable existence. It was so
with spinning and weaving machin
ery, with agricultural implements In
fact, it Is so with every notable im
provement. ' The multiplication of
books in the last decade is a direct
result of the invention of .linotype
machinery and fast presses.
The mixed paint industry, in which
carefully designed paints for house
painting are prepared on a large scale
by special, machinery, is another im
provement of the same type. The
cheapness x and general excellence of
these products has so stimulated the
consumption of paint that the de
mand for the services of painters has
correspondingly multiplied. Before
the advent of these goods a well-painted
house was noticeable from its
rarity, whereas to-day an ill-painted
house is conspicuous.
Nevertheless, the painters, as a
rule, following the example set by
the weavers, the sempstresses and the
farm laborers of old, almost to a man,
oppose the improvement. It is a real
improvement, however, and simply be
cause of that fact the sale of such
products has increased until during
the present year it will fall not far
short of 90,000,000 or 100,000,000 gal
lons. Hindsight is always better than
foresight, and most of us who deplore
the short-sightedness of our ancestors
would do well to see that we do not
in turn furnish "terrible examples" to
our posterity. P. G.
FINOS VIRTUE IN OLD CLOTHES.
Men's Garments Shaped to the Figure
by Age Catch Artist's Eye.
To the eye of the artist the gar
ments of the modern man are only
tolerable when age has adapted them
somewhat to the lines of the figure;
to the average artist a new suit of
clothes is an abomination.
"It is not only that new clothes are
more ugly than old," said a knight of
the palette who discussed the ques
tion; "to my mind no one can be prop
erly easy or graceful in them.
"I never feel that I properly know a
man until I have met him wearing an
old suit. Certainly no man can possi
bly be his natural self in evening
dress.
"I have noticed again and again
how different the same people are
when wearing different clothes. I
went, for instance, to a large family
gathering some time ago, and for
some reason everybody had donned
full evening dress. What a differ
ence it made! We were all on terms
of intimate friendship, but somehow
the clothes brought in an element of
coldness and formality. We all felt
It even the women, although, of
course, the fair sex are not easily per
suaded of the merits of well-worn gar
ments. But no man who has discov
ered the ease and comfort of them
will readily give them up. As for the
artistic side of modern clothes, it only
comes when they have mellowed by
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WELL PEOPLE TOO
Wise Doctor Gives Postum to Con
valescents. A wise doctor tries to give nature
Its best chance 'by saving the little
strength of the already exhausted pa
tient, and building up wasted energy
with simple but powerful nourish
ment. "Five years ago,'' writes a doctor,
1 commenced to use Postum in my
own family Instead of coffee. I was
so wen pleased with the results that
I had two grocers place it in stock,
guaranteeing its sale.
T then commenced to recommend
it to my patients In place of coffee,
as a nutritious beverage.. The conse
quence is, every store la town Is now
selling it, as it has become a house
hold necessity la auay homes.
Tn sure I prescribe Postum as
often as any one remedy la the Ma
teria Medica In almost every case of
Indigestion and nervousness I treat,
and with the best results.
"When I once introduce It into a
family, It Is quite sure to remain, I
shall continue to use it sad prescribe
it In families where I practice.
In convalescence from pneumonia,
typhoid fever and other cases, I give
It as a Uquid, easily absorbed diet
Ton may use my letter as a reference
any way you see fit" Name given by
Postum. Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read
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She turned' upon him quickly'. .
"Was it an accident, Mr. Jastrow?"
"How could it be anything else?"
he Inquired, mildly. ' '
"I don't know. But there was an
explosion; I heard it Surely Uncle
SomerviUe wouldn't"
The secretary shook his head.
"No; I think you may exonerate Mr.
Darrah, personally; in fact I am quite
sure you may."
"But someone planned It Tou
knew it was going to happen you
were out here watching for it"
"Was I?" The secretary's smile was
a mere baring of the teeth. His blood
was the sycophantic lymph which
flows in the veins of those who do
murder at a great man's nod.
"It is horribly unfair," she went on.
"I understand the sheriff is here.
Couldn't he have prevented this?"
Jastrow's reply was an evasion.
"Oh, it's all legal enough. That .bare
place up there is a placer claim. Sup-
, posing the owners found it necessary
to put in a few sticks of dynamite to
loosen the frozen ground. It is Mr.
Winton's misfortune if his railroad
happens to be in the way, don't you
think?"
"But it was planned beforehand, and
you knew of it," she insisted. Her
eyes were flashing, and the secretary's
desire for possession warmed into
something like admiration.
"Did I?"
"Yes, you did."
"It would be impolite to contradict
you."
"It Is more impolite not to answer
my question. Couldn't the sheriff
have prevented it?"
"Supposing he didn't want to pre-x
vent it? Supposing he brought the
men who did it over on his train last
night?"
"Then I say again it is horribly un
fair."
The secretary's rejoinder was a
platitude: "Everything is fair in love
or war."
"But this is neither." she retorted.
"Think not?" he said, coolly. "Wait
and you'll see. And a word in your
ear, Miss Carteret: you are one of us,
you know, and you mustn't be dis
loyal. I know what you did yesterday
after you read those telegrams."
Virginia's face became suddenly-
wooden. Until that moment v it had
not occurred to her that Jastrow's mo
tive in showing her the two telegrams
might have been carefully calculated.
Though she would have disavowed it
emphatically, Miss Carteret was an
aristocrat of the aristocrats; and the
conviction that the secretary had de
liberately gone about to establish a
confidential relation filled her with
cold anger.
"I have never given you the right
to speak to me that way, Mr. Jas
strow," she said, with the faintest pos
sible emphasis on the courtesy prefix;
and with that she turned from him
to focus her field glass on the con
struction camp below.
At the Utah stronghold all was ac
tivity of the fiercest Winton had
raced back with his news of the catas
trophe, and the camp was alive with
men clustering like bees and swarm
ing upon the flat cars of tie material
.train to be taken to the front
While she looked, studiously ignor
ing the man behind her, Virginia saw
the big octopod engine come clamor
ing up the grade, shoving the flats be
fore it losing itself quickly in the
'doubling of the gulch loop to reappear
presently on the scene of the disaster.
;itf a twinkling the men were off and
at work, and the frosty morning air
rang with the 'battle shout of labor
triumphant or meaning to be.
Virginia's color rose and the brown
eyes filled swiftly. One part of her
ideal her masculine ideal was cour
age Of the sort that rises the higher
.for reverses. So the prompt counter
strokft filled her with joy, and at the
moment Winton was as near gaining a
partisan as the Rajah was to losing
one. But at the heart-thrilling instant
she remembered the cold-eyed secre
tary, and, lest he should spy upon her
emotion as he had upon her sympathy,
she turned quickly and took refuge in
the car.
la the open compartment of the
Rosemary the waiter was laying the
plates for the early breakfast, and
Bessie and the Reverena 'William were
at the window, watching the stirring
industry battle now in full swing on
the opposite slope. Virginia joined
them.
"Isn't it a shame!" she said. "Of
course, I want our side to win; but it
seems such a pity that we can't fight
fairly."
The flaxen-haired cousin looked her
entire lack of understanding, and Cal
vert said: "Isn't what a shame?'
thereby eliciting a crisp explanation
from Virgin! In which she set well
founded suspicion in the light of fact
touching the cause of the landslide.
The Reverend Billy shook his head.
.It. was his metier to deprecate vio
lence, and he did it.
"Such things may be within the law
of besiaess; but they will surely
breed bad blood and lead to reprisals.
I hope"
The interruption was the Rajah ia
his proper person, bustling out fierce
ly to a conference with his myrmi
dons. By tacit consent the three at
,the window feU siieat There was
'battle and murder and sudden death
In the Rajah's eye.
The event for which they waited did
not linger. There was a hasty muster
ing of armed men under the windows
of the Rosemary, and they heard
Sheriff Deckert's low voiced instruc
tions to bis posse.
"Take it slow and easy, hoys, and
don't get rattled. It's the majesty of
the law against a mob, and the Micks
won't fight when It comes to a show
down. Keep la line with the car as
long you can. There ain't going
to be a shot fired from up yonder so
lose as there's a chance of hitting Us
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to the front! Steady! " , ' .' .
The Reverend BiUy rose,' and the
veins is his lorehead stood out like
whip cords.
"What are you going to do?" said
Virginia. She was standing, too, and
her hand, trembling a little, was en
his arm.
The clerical meekness in the ath
lete's reply was conspicuous by its ab
sence. "I'm going to' give jWinton a tip if
it's the last thing I ever do. They'll
rush him like a rat in a corner!"
She shook her head and pointed
eastward to the mouth of the lateral
gulch. Under cover of a clump of fir
scrub a man in a wiae-flapped hat and
leather breeches was climbing swift
ly to the level of the new line, cau
tiously waving a handkerchief as a
peace token. "That is the man who
arrested Mr. Winton yesterday. This
time he is going to fight on the other
side. He.'U carry the warning."
"Think so?" said Calvert
"I am sure of it. Open the window,
please. I want to see better."
As yet there was no sign of prepara
tion on the embankment. For the
moment the arms of the track force
were laid aside, and every man was
plying pick or shovel as if his life de
pended on the amount of earth he
could add to the re-forming dump in a
given number of minutes.
Winton was in the thick of the pick-and-shovel
melee, urging it on, when
Biggin ran up.
"Hi!" he shouted. "Fixin' to take
another play-day in Carbonate?
Lookee down yonder!"
Winton looked and came aljve to
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leaf.
"Guns!" he yelled; and at the word
of command the tools were flung
aside, and the track force, over 200
strong, became an army, not with
banners, but well-weaponed withal.
Winton snapped out his orders like a
martinet major of drill squads.
"Mulcahy, take half the men and go
up the grade till -you can rake1 those
fellows without bitting the car.
Branagan, you take the other half and
go down along till you can cross-fire
with Mulcahy. Aim low, both of you;
and the man who fires before he gets
the word from me will break his neck
at a rope's end. Fall in!"
"By Jove!" said Adams. "Are you
going to resist? That spells felony,
doesn't it?"
Winton pointed to the waiting octo
pod. "I'm going to order the 215 down
out of the way; you may go with her
if you like."
"I guess not!" quoth the technolo
gian, calmly lighting a fresh cigar
ette. And then to the water boy, who
was acting quartermaster, "Give me a
rifle and a cartridge belt. Chunky, and
I'll stay here with the boss."
"Aad where do I come in?" said
Biggin, reproachfully.
"You'll stay dut, it your head's level.
You've done enough now to send you
to Canyon City, if anybody cares to
take it up. -Heavens and earth, man!
Do you forget that you are a sworn
officer of the law?"
"I alq't a-forgettln' nothing," said
Peter, cheerfully, casting himself flat
behind a heap of earth on the dump
edge and sighting one section of his
hip battery over the breastwork.
Winton pounced upon him, gasping.
"Here, you fire-eater! you mustn't
shoot!" he protested. "It's oaly a
long bluff, and I'm going to raise the
limit so those fellows can't come in.
There are ladies in that car!"
"You play your bluflm hand and
lemme alone," said the ex-cowboy. "I'm
jest goia' to have a little fun with old
Bart Deckert while the sun's a-shin-Ia"
It was at this moment while the
sheriff's aosse was picking Its
way I
gingerly ever the loose rock and earth
window went u In the
Imr io.,ah cava hint mm knit.
White- Jmi lotted on no would ffaat aa
win, and that wiutovlo)sea.
-Weare a'dosea 'Winchesters t
your oae, 'Mr. Deckert,' and we shall
resist force with force. Order your
men back or there will be trouble."
Wintoa stood out on the edge of the
cutting,' awsblita'ry fgare?where a few
minutes before the earth had hees
flying from a hundred shovels.
The sheriff's reply was an order, hat
not for retreat
"He's one of the men we want;
cover him!" he commanded; and. Vir
ginia caught her breath. Was she to
see him shot down before her eyes?
Happily the tragedy was only poten
tial. Unless the public occasion ap
peals strongly to the sympathies or
the passions, a picked-up sheriff's
posse is not likely to have very good
metal in it. Winton was. covered by
three or four of "the-guns, pointed awk
wardly, ano Peter Biggin laughed.
"Don't be no ways nervous," he said
in an aside, to Winton. "Them profes
sional veniry chumps couldn't hit the
side o' Pacific Peak." t ,
' Winton held ,his ground, waiting the
turn of .events and looking- on, not
without-" interest, while the sheriff
tried "la drive his men .up a bare sloie
commanded by 200 rifles: to right and
left The attempt was-a humiliating
failure. Being .something less than
soldiers trained to do or die, the depu
ties hung back' to' a man. hugging toe
backgrounding, shelter of the Rose
mary as if they, were shackled to the
private car by invisible chains.
Virginia, standing .at the open win
dow and trembling with excitement,
could not forbear a smile. It was too
much for the sheriff, the added straw,
and his exhortation to his foot-posse
burst into, caustic profanity. Where
upon Mr. Peter Biggin rose up in his
place, took careless aim, and sent a
bullet to plow a little furrow in 'the
ice and frozen snow within an inch
of .Deckert's heels.
"Ex-cuse me, Bart," he drawled,
"but no cuss words don't go in this
here highly moril show. They pains
us extreme."
Under ordinary circumstances the
sheriff would have replied to Mr. Big
gin's salutation in kind. As it was.
HE BELLOWED.
he ignored Peter Biggin as a person
who could ti (argued with at leisure
and turned his attention to Winton.
"Come down!" he bellowed.
Winton laughed. The tide had
turned, and he knew it.
"Let me return the invitation. Come
up, and you may read your warrants
to us all dar."
The crisis was past. Deckert with
drew his men, and at Winton's signal
the track layers came in and the earth
began to fly again.
Virginia sighed her relief, and Bes
sie plucked up courage to go to the
window, which she had deserted In the
moment of impending battle.
"Oh-h-h! I wish Uncle SomerviUe
woull take us away!" she gasped.
"Can't you peusuade him, Virginia?"
"111 try," said Virginia, gravely,
foreseeing future tragic situations too
terrifying to be witnessed.
"Breakfast Is served," announced the
waiter as calmly as If the morning
meal were the only matter of conse
quence In a world of happenings.
They gathered about the table, a
silent trio made presently a quartette
by the advent of Mrs. Carteret, who,
from having her stateroom oa the
peaceful side of the Rosemary, had
neither seen nor heard anything of the
warlike episode with which the day
had begun.
Having weighty mr.-.ters to discuss
with Sheriff Deckert Mr. Darrah was
late, so late that when he came in Vir
ginia was the only one of the quartette
who remained at, table. She stayed to
peur his coffee and to bespeak peace,
knowing full well that the time was
unpropltlous, but believing that the
crisis was its own best exctfse.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
What Willie Asked.
"'Aad he rent his garments aad
went upon his way,'" quoted the teach
er. "Now, which little boy er girl
can tell me where he was going?"
The little wise bey lifted his hand.
"You may answer, Willie."
"Why, If he rented his garments, he
must have been going to a masquerade
haU." Judge.
The women of Chili maintain a high
average of beauty. They are wan ssa-
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vegetable garde
had begun to look
particularly fine
the rest' of the
family wet east'
for two months,
leaving- 'him "sole
Inhabitant of the
house. Crapo
didn't mind being
alone, but he
did feel grieved
at the prospect of
his vegetables
going to waste
after all the care he had takes
la their cultivation and the pleas
ure he had experienced in watch
ing them mature.' He couldn't
eat them, for the only meal he took
at home was his simple breakfast
which he prepared himself. Happy
thought! He could give them to his
neighbors.
His beans were the first to ripen
butter beans. How their yellow pods
shone as he turned over the green
leaves! He decided on coming home
one very warm evening, that there
were enough of them for a good mess
and he hurried into the house for
something to put them in. He finally
selected a long-handled saucepan as
a receptacle of a convenient size.
While he was picking the beans he
decided that he would step across the
street and give them to the Badgers.
He was without his coat, vest or col
lar, but of course, he would return
at once and they would understand
it and excuse his appearance.
As he sauntered carelessly across
to. the Badgers he remembered that
Badger's wife was inclined to be rath
er haughty at times and he felt that
the gift of the beans would have a
tendency to strengthen their neigh
borly relations.
The Badgers were all out on the
porch.
"As you perhaps know," said Crapo,1
"my family has left me to shift for
myself and I thought you would ac-.
cept these beans, the first of this sea
son's product of my farm."
Mr. Badger lifted her eyes from the
book she was reading and glanced
languidly in his direction.
"Why ah thank you," said Badg
er. "Won't you come up? Fact is,
I have so many beans in my own gar
den that we can't eat half of them.
Just as much obliged, I'm sure."
Crapo backed off with an apologetic
"Oh, I see," chagrined over the re
fusal, even though politely given. It
hadn't, occurred to him that the Badg
ers had a garden. Perhaps Radcliff
could use them.
The Radcliff piazza was full of peo
ple, mostly strangers to him. Crapo'
halted an instant as he saw the array,
but he was recognized and did not
dare retreat.
"Hello, Crapo! 'What's up?" called
Radcliff, coming down the steps.
"Why, Rad," said Crapo, cheerful
ly, "I'm trying to place a fine line of
butter beans, just picked from the
vingy... My folks are away and, I
thought you could use them. How
about it?"
"Mighty good of you to think of us,"
said Radcliff. "I'm awfully fond of
fresh vegetables. But, the fact is, we
all leave to-morrow morning for across
the lake. Come up and have a cigar,
won't you?"
"Well, hardly," answered Crapo.
"Not in this rig. Good night"
He knew that this last remark was
not in a very civil tone, but he was
getting rapidly out of patience. The
thought that was uppermost now was
to dispose of those beans at all haz
ards. Funny he couldn't find anyone
to take them. Some one must take
them, if he spent the night in the
search.
There were the Sheldons. They
might use the beans. They hadn't a
garden and he
knew they were
not going to run
away in the morn
ing. No one was vis
ible at the Shel
don mansion but
their ten-year-old
incorrigible.
"Charley," said
Crapo, in a tone of
authority, "just
run and ask your
mother if she
doesn't want a
mess of beans."
The youngster
looked at him and
then at the sauce
nan. "Aw, they're no
good. They look
old and stringy to
me. I don't like
The Little Yellow10? any""-" .
Cur Saw Him
First
"win you asa
ypur mother or
not"
"Aw, ma ain't home. She don't like
beans neither."
Crapo turned away with a muttered
malediction. In desperation he dashed
across the street and into Tom Magil
ton's dooryard. Tom was a vegetarian
and had no garden. But Tom's yellow
cur saw him first and made a jump
for him.
Crapo dodged, but the dog came
back aad grabbed him by the foot
Crapo took both hands to the sauce
pan and brought it down on the ani
mal's back with a force that distrib
uted the beans over a wide area, but
sent the dog howling into the house.
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Ia the recent British naval ma
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was hung all around with fenders aad
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Transatlantic Travel Turns.
There has come a turn In the tide
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