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CRICKET
BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
CHAPTER XVI.
A Long Wait.
Chirpy Cricket was so good-natured
that he wouldn't quarrel with
his cousin, Tommy Tree Cricket. Al
though Tommy had said bluntly that
Chirpy's fiddling reminded him of
Farmer Green's creaking pump,
Chirpy made no disagreeable an
swer. He did not want to hurt his
pale cousin's feelings.
After making his rude remark
Tommy Tree Cricket began his re
teat! re-teatl re-teat! once more. He
shuffled his wings together at a faster
rate than ever, as if he had to furnish
all the mufic for the night. As be
fore, he seemed to have forgotten all
about his caller; for Chirpy still
waited beneath the raspberry bush
where Tommy Tree Cricket was fid
dling. But if Tommy paid no heed to
Chirpy, there was a reason why.
Near Tommy sat a pale young miss
of his own sort, who listened with
great enjoyment to his playing. Or
at least she acted as if she thought it
the most beautiful music in the whole
world.
Tommy Tree Cricket was not so
intent upon his fiddling that he
couldn't roll his eyes towards his
fair listener. And Chirpy was not
slow to understand that it was for
her that Tommy was playing his re
teat! re-teat I rcteat!
"I'll wait here until he rests."
Chirpy said to himself. "Then I'll
ask him again what he knows about
Mr. Mole Cricket."
Well, Chirpy waited and waited.
Sba sayj it's too squeakjj."
Put it seemed to him that as the
night lengthened Tommy Tree
Cricket fiddled all the faster, And
if ,the weather hadn't turned colder
along toward morning probably he
wouldn't have had a chance to speak
to Tommy again.
- Anyhow, a cool wind began to
whip around the side of Blue Moun
tain and sweep through Pleasant Val
t; ley. And the moment it struck
- Tommy Tree Cricket he began to
play more slowly. Little by little a
longer pause crept between his re
teats. And at last the pale miss be
side him cried, "I hope you're not
going to stop your beautiful fid
dling." "I fear I'll have to," Tommy told
her with a sigh. "I'm beginning to
feel a bit stiff, with this north wind
blowing on me."
This was Chirpy Cricket's chance.
"Please!" he called. "Will you
listen to me a moment?"
"What! Have you come back
again?" Tommy Tree Cricket sang
out.
"Nol I've been here all the time,"
Chirpy explained. "I've been waiting
for hours to have a talk with you."
"Very well!" Tommy answered.
"It's too cold for me to fiddle any
more. So talk awayl And you'd
.Letter be quick about it, for the
night's almost gone.-'
- But somehaw Chirpy Cricket felt
. that his chat could wait a little long-
' ti. If the pale young person clinging
to the raspberry bush near Tommy
Tree Cricket loved music, he thought
it was a pity to disappoint her.
"You may feel too cold to fiddle,
but I don't!" Chirpy said. "I'm
quite warm down hero on the ground.
This little hollow where I'm sitting
is sheltered from the wind. So I'll
' fiddle for your friend." As he spoke
he began to play.
Looks as of great pain came over
the pale faces of his two listeners in
. the raspberry bush. And they shud
dered so violently that they had to
cling tightly to their seats to keep
from falling.
"My friend thank you. But she
says she doesn't care for your
fiddling," Tommy Tree Cricket called
down to Chirpy. "She says it's too
squeaky."
Chirpy Cricket was fiddling so
hard by that time that he never heard
a word. And when he stopped at
lest, to rest a bit, a voice cried out,
"That's fine! Won't you play some
more?"
Chirpy Cricket was pleased. He
thought, of course, that it was
Tommy's friend speaking to him.
But when he looked up he couldn't
see her anywhere nor her com
panion either.
They had both disappeared. And
it was already gray in the east.
Parents' Problems
Is it possible to make a child of
3, who indulges in fits of temper,
see that this is wrong?
Yes.. Let the child see that his fits
of temper grieve those who are about
him. If this does not make him see
that indulgence in temper is wrong,
nave him stay in a room by himself
whenever he offends, explaining to
him that he is, for the time, in an
unsuitable condition for association
with other persons.
Horned toads, a species of lizard,
can squirt fine jets of blood from the
corners of their eyes a distance of
several feet.
.What is causing
The Witching
Hour?,
THE GUMPS
More Truth
By JAMES J.
THE MIRACLE
When William brushes back his hair,
Which, only just last fall
His sisters bitterly declare,
Was never brushed at all,
And places, in a new red tie,
An imitation pearl,
Which he saved up a week to buy,
What ails him is a girl.
He has no loathing now for spats
Or coats with swallow tails; ,
He doesn't call boys sissycats
Who clean their fingernails.
He doesn't strew his clothes about
But folds them on a chair,
And every evening he goes out
He never tells us where.
He seems sedate and staid, somehow,
Considering his years.
We never have to tell him now
To wash behind the ears.
And all the family rejoice
This miracle to see
And think the lady of his choice
A wonder girl must be.
But mother bravely makes believe
It brings her hippiness
That she no longer has to grieve
Because he hates to dress,
And yet she wears a troubled frown
It's fine, she says but still,
She knows there's not a girl in town
Half good enough for Bill.
, jTi lm.
HOW TO START.
As we understand Lord Northcliffe, you can't disarm nations till you
have disarmed suspicion.
WE NEED MORE OF 'EM.
The man who gets busy is the man who gets business.
'NOT HARDENED YET.
The Canadian Pacific is putting on private smoking compartments for
women, which shows they're still a little ashamed of their new accom
plishment. (Copyright, 1921, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Co
mmon Sense
By J. J. MUNDY.
Selfishness.
You have got to expect to deny
yourself of pleasure if you would
give real pleasure to those around
you.
But the things you go without for
the benefit of others should react
to your ultimate gain.
The thought of being able to add
to the enjoyment of someone else
is enough of joy if you have a truly
benevolent heart.
Pleasure you enjoy at the expense
of others should not be accepted or
sought by you.
If you will, think it over you will
Not The Mornjng or The Evening Bee
But Both
DO YOU remember when you used to read the same news in The Evening Bee
that you had read at the breakfast table in The Morning Bee) Or maybe it was
the other way around, and you read in The Morning Bee what you had read the day
before in The Evening Bee!
You vont find that in The Bee Morning and Evening TODAY.
The Bee is not a "warmed-over" newspaper nowadays.
The Bee doesn't have that "warmed-over" taste. The
news you find in The Evening Bee is distinct and different
from that you read in The Morning Bee and vice versa.
The Policies Are Different
The Morning Bee specializes in state and national news, in market and financial reports,
comment and gossip carried by Associated Press, Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bet
leased wires and special telegraph and cable from every part of the world.
The Evening Bee specializes in local news and" in entertaining features.
The best features and the most important news are in both. f
But the emphasis is different
Not only the most important local news is in The Evening Bee, but the humor, wom
en's affairs, human interest of daily happenings in and about Omaha are there.
The Morning Bee carries important local news but places emphasis on the big news
from everywhere politics, trade, conventions, agriculture and the like.
The Two Are Not the Same
The difference is so marked ihat there is enjoyment in reading hoth.
Many Omaha men and
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see that you are not justified in tak
ing what you deny another.
Most of us are selfish cruelly sel
fish at times.
As long as we get what we want
we give very little consideration to
those in whom we should be most
interested.
In many homes the husband and
the wife do not enjoy the same
things and one or the other goes
ahead and does what affords him or
her the most good time with no re
gard for the other's wishes.
'Difference of opinion as to what
is enjoyment should not give one
or the other the right to think solely
of self.
(Copyright, 1921, International Feature
Service, Inc.)
women read The Bee Both
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THE OMAHA BEE
BANG! ANOTHER
Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George Bingham
The Blind Man is using a sausage
grinder temporarily on the streets
while his hand organ is undergoing
some needed repairs.
Atlas Peck calls the attention of
his many friends and acquaintances
as well as the public in general to
the fact that there are only five
more months in which to do your
Christmas shopping.
Sidney Hocks was a pleasant visi
to at Thundreation on yesterday of
this week.
Copyright, 1921, George Mathew Adams.
Do You Know the Bible?
(Cover up the answers, read the Ques
tions and see If you can answer them.
Then look at the answers to sea It you
are right.)
Follow These Questions and An
swers As Arranged by
J. WILSON ROY.
1. How many vessels of the house
of the Lord did Nebuchadnezzar take
from Jerusalem to Babylon?
2. Who was the father of Joel the
prophet?
3. How old was Adam when he
died?
4. Where is it recorded that God
cast down stones from Heaven and
annihilated an army?
5. Who was the father of Hosea
the prophet?
6. What is the first city mentioned
in the Bible?
Answers.
1. See Ezra I, 7-11.
2. Pethuel.
3. 930 years old. See Genesis v. 6.
4. See Joshua x. II.
5. Beeri.
(Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, . Inc.)
. Hearing on Overcharges
Charges by the Standard Chemical
and the Sprague Tire and Rubber
companies against the director gen
eral of railroads during the war, for
alleged overcharge of freight rates
and cancellation of shipments of
crude, rubber, were heard yesterday
by J. Edgar Smith of Washington, in
terstate commerce commissioner, in
I the federal building.
Morning ana Evening
nd
FISH HIT BOTTOM
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
Ringing in the Ears.
That a ringing in the ears is a
prognostic of death is a very gen
eral superstition in this country and
in many parts of Europe. It is not
supposed to foretell the death of the
one who hears the ringing, but that
he or she will, within a week,
learn of fhe death of a relative, friend
or acquaintance. The superstition is
merely the result of association. The
ringing in the ears, which is simply
due to a sensitiveness of a nerve in
the auricular cavity, by association
recalls the "passing bell" which in
old times it was customary to ring
from the parish church when a par
ishioner was dying. In fact, in many
localities one who has this ringing
in the ears will say "I have heard
the death-bell." In some localities
the direction of the apparent ringing
indicates the direction from which
the news of death will come. It is
an undoubted fact that all supersti
tions connected with death have a
deep root in popular belief, are very
widespread and vary but little in dif
ferent localities. In this connection
William Wells Newell, in an intro
duction to Mrs. Bergen's collection of
current superstitions, says: It is al
ways found that an especial conser
vatism attaches to customs and ideas
associated with death; the disinclina
tion to exercise independent thought
on a subject so serious leaves the
field open to the continuance of an
cestral notions and practiecs."
Copyright, 1921, hy the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.
Where Would You Go to Find
the Equal of Cadillac Value?
.
Perhaps the greatest single tribute that is paid the Cadillac,
is the indifference of its owners to the appeal of other cars
struggling for a share of Cadillac preference.
Year after year, for ten years, eager salesmanship has been
centred and concentrated upon this effort to divert the
Cadillac owner from his allegiance.
Year after year Cadillac owners have remained indifferent;
and year after year their number has increased.
This could not be so, of course, but for the positive conviction
cf the Cadillac owner that it would be impossible for him to
find a car at once so superbly smooth and so free from the
need of adjustment, overhauling and repair.
He believes as we know that these qualities are the fruit of
such years of organization and striving after perfection as only
the Cadillac has enjoyed.
CAD 1
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
By MILDRED MARSHALL.
Today's talismanic gem and natal
stone are the same the turquoise.
In ancient times few women wore it,
but we are assured by the legends
that it may be worn if it keeps its
blue color; if it turns green, one
should not wear it.
According to the ancients, it drives
away evil and brings good fortune
to those who can wear it and keep it
blue. It is said that the greatest
good luck comes to those who see
the new moon reflected in its sur
lace. Dark blue is today's color, but if
worn by a woman on this day, is
believed to bring jealousy in love
affairs.
The magnolia is today's flower;
worn by young girls, it is symbolic
of modesty.
(Copyright. 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Where It Started
"The Upper Crust."
This popular phrase, meaning the
upper rank of society, originated
with an ancient custom of carving.
A loaf of bread was carved with the
side-crust removed; the upper crust,
which was supposed to be the choic
est part, was given to the person
highest in rank at the table, and the
lower crust distributed to the per
sons of lesser degree.
(Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
He believes that this sort of continuous satisfaction, freedom
from care, cost and worry, is the one and only thing that spells
motor car value. '
If he were offered-as no doubt he frequently is offered the
most lavish sort of inducement, he would still consider it bad
business to relinquish the certainty the Cadillac alone can
give him.
Phaeton -Victoria
-E:dan
$3790
4540
4950
r.
J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co.
OMAHA
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith.
Copyright, 1921, Chicago Tribune Company
WHY
Does Paper Curl Up When Heated?
Although we are accustomed to
think of a piece of paper as being
entirely dry and free from water, the
fact remains that there is a consul
crable proportion of moisture in
every sheet, just as there is in all
ordinary things even in those which
appear to be free from it. The ap
plication of heat drives this mois
ture off and the spaces which were
formerly filled with this water arc
then filled with air, which is
outside influences. The fibers of the
paper, which formerly laid out flat
in the form in which they had been
pressed, contract and tend to bring
the different portions of the sheet
closer together, thus causing the
curled or wavy appearance which re
sults when paper is laid in the sun
or placed in front of a fire.
In addition, paper, like practically
all other substances, contracts when
it is cooled and expands when heated.
But, owing to its broad flat surface,
all sections of a sheet of paper do
not ordinarily become hot with the
same degree of speed and the section
which is first entirely dried out ex
pands and draws itself away from
the moisture part, thus adding to
the curling action.
(Copyright. 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Postmaster Appointed.
Columbus, Neb., July 26. (Spe
cial.) William H. Stubblefield re
ceived his appointment from Wash
ington as acting postmaster at Co
lumbus, and has been sworn in. He
was a mail route clerk for 10 years
on the Union Pacific.
Touring Car - - $3940 Roadster - - - $3790
Suburban - - - 5190 Town Brougham - 5690
Limousine - - - 5290 Imperial Limousine 5390
O. 9. Dainit, Wr Tt to tddtd
L ll A C
Grain Exchange I
To Open School f
For the Fanners k,
Knowledge Gained by Dealerd ?J
In Years of Business to Be
Imparted Free to Agriculturists.
Nebraska farmers have seldom
been criticized as to the manner in
which they have operated their farm
but much criticism has been directed
toward them because of their laxity
in business methods and salesman
ship, according to officials of the
Omaha Grain exchange, who have
announced the establishment of a
school which will help the farmers
make up this deficit.
Farmers of years' experience who
are experts in raising big crops are
helpless whtn it comes to disposing
of them. They are at the mercy
of the better salesmen, the officials
say.
First School of Instruction. '
This condition has long been de
scried by the best teachers in agricul
tural pursuits and many schools and
short courses have been established
in various communities to aid the
farmers to overcome their short
comings. To the Omaha Grain exchange
goes the credit of establishing the
first school of instruction at which
Nebraska farmers will be able to
learn all about the inner workings of
an ordinary grain exchange.
The school is to be established in
the Omaha Grain exchange building
and there will be courses in buying,
inspection and the merchandising of
gram. .there will also be lecturers
on how to investigate freight rates
and shioDinof methods.
Lessons in Shipping.
In the transportation department of
Nebraska farmer will be able to La-u
enough about shipping to save hiuj
hundreds of dollars each year.
In the buying and selling classes
the farmers will have the benefit of
the knowledge gained by the expe
rienced grain men throughout their
years of merchandising grain.
What may have appeared vague
and mysterious to the man who has
not had this actual experience will
be explained in such a manner that the
movement, handling and merchandis
ing of grain will be thoroughly un
derstood. The school is expected to be in
operation in the near future. Any
farmer who cares to may attend and
stay as long: as he likes. There will
be no tuition fees. Farmers who
are interested in the school are urged
to write the educational committee
at the Omaha Grain Exchange.
LINCOLN
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