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Dad Kiiitinii'i s was sobeiing up IN
had spent tlw night on a wild. harm
less tantruiii and was now paying the
tiddler In t lu little ro(m below hi
pnlnl shop. The old building, his home
for fifteen years, Htood hack fioni th
main street In the ulley, a sort of de
serted warehouse of former days, sur
loundeil by discarded barrels, boxes,
tin cans and buggy frames It was of
two stories, the lowei one once n
him ksmith shop, but now deserted, an
ashpil'' and dusty worn-out bellows
icinalnlng, ii f(w straps of Iron and
rimless wheels hanging from t lit dusty
i afters.
A broad stall wav on the outsld ,
with strips of boards as foot n sis in
place of steps, led up to Dad's working
room. Like most paint shoiw. it had
neer seen ji coating of paint Itself,
except in siots where some enterpris
ing joungster had daubed rude helro
gl phles with a stick.
It stood out, weather-blackened, dis
mal, forbidding, with never a sign of
Jile exeept when a thin curl of smoke
rose from the rusty old stove, ipe that
served as a. chimney or when Dad
swung wldo tho sliding doors at the
head oT the stairway to run out a
newly painted wheel, which he care
lully guided down the creaky old drive
way. Few people, had Been the lnsido of
Dad's living room. No. one had ever
seen him eat. His hill at the store
ran something like this: "Crackers."
"bologna," "cheese." and occasionally
"sardines and oysters," "tea." He
never bought much, never used milk,
ami in lift ecu jears had not had a new
s-uit of ilolhis Thus h.' had lid on
harmlf-s, unniole-te-d regularly going.
on a t :i i doing odd jobs ot painting
ami (aipeiit'r work and in the hams'
lime be enluieil to slack whtat. at
which, aiiordiiu to the tstiinon ot
taiiinis. he was an t pert Hut it wa
evident that lie bad mni In iter das
When .onu of the students who had
had tioulnV willi their (Micro went to
him lor In lp he startled 1 1 1 . - pi hu i ii 1
by giving a perfect trinslat'.on and hi
ry in i li disionilllid the si iem e
tcaihtr b IKing up an nppaiatus tliat
gcneiatetl oxygen, whith that young
ninli, after s. veral "w eks" patient e
pe i iineiiting. had not been able to m -complish
In his drunken ieels. too. he swore
In I. at in. now and then tin owing in a
cheiiiiial term "Catsar potassium."
"sill' bidibus nielii r ule" hi ing bis fa
vorites It was after one of these ieels that
1 first saw Dad At U acted to the door
of the paint shop hv the ciowd gath
ered around it. 1 look d in Dad sat
in the ash pile, overed with dust,
leaning forward, his hands on his
knees. He was the picture of dejec
tion anil iniserv as he rose from the
dirt and limped to an old wagon hub
and putting, his chin in his hands,
stand mi 1 1 eii I v ah ad of him He was
sliight. niiuh below the medium si.e
and woie an old faded greenish-black
suit with spatters of grevn and white
paint on the vest and trouseMs A
dirty. gtas red Haunt 1 shiit looked
out from ninli r th fringe of whiskers
that tovoitd his face and upper lip
and below the llat-crownt tl little stiff
hat that he always wore his tuTfy
white hair pushed itself.
The small boys remained behind th'
men and nudged eai li othtr and
i Inn klcd as Dad oi asionallv gave nt
to a smothiit'd gioan Finallj Hobs
the huge dravinan, walked or to him
Hid said
"Well. Dad. it's about time von wcic
gelUn' to bed, ain't it?"
"I'm all light." giunted Dad, set
tling himself bat k agtilnst the wall and
hitching his old i lotbcs about him
"Come, come; it's cold here. Het
ti r get upstairs to bed, Dad "
The only answer was a grunt and
a still lurtlier shrinking into hi
clothes The drayman, like one at -customed
to the situation, made a sign
to one of the men and they seized the
old man by the arms ami legs to carr
him.
Dad. howev.r. lusentcd this fa
miliarity The night's reel had not
(hilled all the fire from his bones
Doubling himself up, he struck it loud
ly with arms, b gs and head in all di
icitions. at the same time hissing be
tween his teeth "mehercule." "inch r
cule " The youngstcis screamed with
delight Taken b .surprise, the small
er man relaxed his hold and was
Inn led against the wall with the mark
of Datl's boot on his jaw, and I'oi a
moment Dad furiously besi. ged th.
big, good-natuied drayman with tooth
and law, but only for a moment Hi;
bulky antagonist held bis arms t los
to his body so that he couldn't move
"Nervy old cuss," said the assistant
as he approached Dad rather guaided
ly, fearing another wild-tat outburst
Hut Dad had subsided He suffered
himself to be carried, limp as a rag,
up the wide staiiway. and the doors
closed behind him
"Old Dad'll hae some hot tea and
toast now pretty soon," remarked one
of the youngsters. "Hobs alius gets
.Mis Hobs to get him a hunk o' toast
and tea when ho gets that way. He'd
a died lots o' times if it hadn't been
let- them a sendin' him clothes and
stnfr to eat. Never gets nuthin' fer
it. neither."
"Hetter feed them eight kids of
theirn 'stead o' throwln' stuff away on
that old carcass," growled a stocky,
well built man with a red face, stubby
moustache and one glass eye. His
vlouch hat and belt gavo him the ap
pearance) of a cowboy. Ho had just
come up in timo to hear the young
ster's remark-, but quickly started on
again as the door of the shop opened
and Hubs anil the man nine down.
Huh" said a free kled-nocd little
nit hin "(iness old Cambler I'cLc don't
want to met t Hobs Remembers when
Hobs choked him fer kit. kin' old Dad
oiiten Dug's saloon Pete said hc'eV
get even, but he ain't done it. 1 ordv.
Hol.s would lntak his bones if he did
an thing to Dad "
Hobs walkttl quieUy over to his own
house, stepped inside a moment, then
mounted his dra.v w.igjm and, apply
ing the short blacksnake to the im
mense shaggy gray mules, hurried
them oil' to meet the passenger train
that came in at nine. Hobs had .the
task of bringing the four or five mail
bags to the postolllee from the two
passenger tiains that the town bcvist
ed, one at nine in the' morning, the
other at S li'i in the e veiling
The little town was quiet for a week.
Not even Dad ventured to break the
quiet monotony. Hut it awoke on Fri
day in a bla.e of excitement. Little
knots of excited talkers gathered on
the strffjM, Business was almosfsTis
rejooorWAinftoiN
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stand what excellent allies arc to be
obtained.
Our suits are very cheap, not be
cause they are old, for we have no cjJd
-ults in stock even this season's early
stock is largely sold out. and those on
hand are recent arrhals but because
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Suits at $ lii.50 Worth Up to
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in etamines, voiles, Panama cloths, mo
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dark colors, in the serviceable mix
tares, or in lighter colors if preferred.
Ktons in brown, blue and black che
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with shoulder capes, braid trimmings,"
fancy vests, etc.
Military coats that just cover the
hips, of fine black cheviot, fastened
with silk fiogs and trimmed with Her
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Suits at $15.00 Worth from
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Btons of brown and hlack cheviot;
brown, blue, gray and hlack mohair;
brown and hluo voile; gray and black
mixed nubhed etamine. These Etons
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