P
atsy
Doodle
By Harriet Bmchelor Br&dner J
Copyright,' WOO, by Huby Douglas
IIndley'8 lipmo was stopping sJowl;
dowu tlio country road, with 1111 o-t:.
i atonal tons of Ills lilgli broil baud wliui:
-evor a fnmlllnr fly alighted ou his
.glossy coiit. Tlio reins lay Inertly In
the young doctor's hands, (or his mind
was far uilold. After a long sllonct
ho turned to tlio girl beside tilm uuc!
asked In a volco that ho could not keep
quite steady:
. "Your answor Is flnnl, then? You
won't marry me? And you you don't
lovo nio?" ho added, with n helpless
movement of his head. "Why, Eliza
liclh, I can't rcnlize It; I really can
not." And the blue eyes be turned on
her wero full of tears.
"I Edward," she begun, "Edward, I
can't boar to hurt you, but" And
her volco lost Itself In a quick sob.
Tbo young man put a quivering hand
-ovor the ones she had locked la bet
lap.
"Don't cry, little Boss," he said
huskily. "It hurts me terribly to see
jou. If you can t lovo me, you can1
I suppose, and' I'll have to bear It like
many another man. But I well,
loved you so much that It didn't seem
possible that you could help liking mo
Just a little."
That this humble, suffering man
could be tho same cold, unmoved per
eon who bod, only a short time since,
with such reluctance and 111 concealed
Impatience, left her for the bedsido of
av dy(ng old woman Beemed Incredible
to Elizabeth. But she clung to her do
dslon to give blm up, a course of ac
tion made Imperative by the dictates
i or ber reason, so sbe answered best
tatlngly:
"I am so sorry, Edward, but
can't"
They rode along in silence, the thor-
-oaghbred moving with nearly noiseless
mops, and as they wero turning an
-abrupt bend lu the road half a mile
ABAIBKD RIM WITH A QENTIiBNESS OP MOVE-
A WHICH WAS A lUffVKIiATION.
farther down a thin groan struck up
from the tull wayside weeds, llndloy
brought his uorso to a standstill by a
Tlolcut Jerk.
"What's that?" he asked Bharply.
Alston!"
i Again the 'sound was repeated a
-'faint, piteous note of pain.
."It's a baby," declared ' Elizabeth,
tremuung, "anu it s uurt.
Hadlcy was already poised between
. 1 hn wheels of the runabout and In an
. Instant wus striding through tho long
. . grass, which ho suddenly stooped to
. part After an appreciable space he
--- atralghteiied up and held out a band
to 'Ellzaboth, who bad followed him,
iand the glrl'B lingers closed tightly
"ver It as she loaned forward to poor
. Into the grass.
"Oh, Ned, a puppy I" she exclaimed,
relief and fresh pity blending In her
voice, for nt their feet lay a poor little
Borsol of a dog. His Uttlo black uosc
nr&s dry and bleached with pain, and
tho soft curly white of bis hair,
through which tho skin Bhowed faintly
pink, was soiled by blood and dirt, and,
aaddost of all, one tiny hind log lay
shattered and limp In a pool of blood,
"Some bruto has run over hltn and
-chucked blm In the gutter to die,"
Hadlcy said between bis teeth. "I
nly wlBh I knew who It was."
In a moment be stooped and, slipping
his hands under tho little creature,
rained him with a gentleness of move
ment which wus a rovolntton to Elian
both and which filled her eyes with
Hidden tears.
"I'll have to nsk you to drive," said
the doctor as ho got In the runabout
after her; "It would hurt cruelly to put
him down." And then as he saw the
anxious questioning of her eyes he on.
awe red: "I think I can fix him up all
tight The log Is badly broken, but
he's so young I think It will mend
quickly." Ho foil to watching tho
quivering heart boat against the tiny
.ifbs. The tip of a pole little tongua
Just Bbotred In the dry 'mouth, and a
.great brown car fringed with black
drooped listlessly against the white
pulsing throat.
"Isti1 be ben utl fair sighed the girl.
How like a Uttlo hurt child bo looks!
What does make people so careless and
' Martyrdom,
"Sympathetic po'oplo have n hard
Urae In this world."
"In what way!"
"They havo to listen to other peo
ple's trmibloa und never get a chance
o toll thoir own."
The most' vnluablo book lu the British
museum Is tho "Codex Alexandrlnua,"
aid to be worth lt.100,000. ,
so cruel?" As she turned her head
sorrowfully away hor glance fell upon
I a small boy standing by tho roadside,
"Uttlo boy," sho called, stopping the
horse, "do you know whoso dog this
la?" '
A pair of stolid eyes were obediently
focused upon the puppy,
"Yep," ho announced after a mo
ment's survey; "thut's Sammy Casey's
Palsy Doodle. No; you can't And Sam
my. Illm an' Ills maw moved to Platts
vlllo day 'for' yosto'duy, Sue's a wfdow
woman. Course they didn't tuko him
dorgs Is too easy got nu' they had
'uoiH!h to cart along 'lthout Patsy
noodle. Why, they had tbroo" But,
her Interest in tho Cnseys' movoments
having been satlslled, EII.ubotu sudden
ly touched tlio borso with tho whip,
ana in a moment they had left tho dls
curslvo urchin for behind.
Onco In Hadley's olllco the little dog
was deposited ' upon the table and his
brokou leg bound up with deft and
tender Angers. With the Intelligence
often vouchsafed his kind, Pntsv
Doodle seemed content to lio quite still
ana relaxed in tho ntmoanhore of sym
pathy. So motionless wus his attitude
thnt they thought ho wus Bleeping, but
when Elizabeth withdrew her hand
from tho head she had beon softly
stroking tlio great brown eyes, still
bloodshot with pain, opened Immedi
ately with an aurlouB expression, and
the puppy lifted his drooping ears In
quiringly.
"See, Bess; be misses your touch.'
said Hadlcy, dropping the towel with
wtnen be was drying bis hands.
With a murmur of tenderness. Eliza.
beth slipped her hand under tho soft
little head, and after a Bnuggllng move
ment of tho nose, which was becoming
ugum, raisy uoouie gave a little
breathing of content and, closing his
beautiful eyes, fell asleep, like a tired
cauu.
When the office had been restored to
its roruicr Immaculate order Hitdley
walked to the open window and stood
looking moodily out upon the summer
street, nut when Ellznheth stirred In
ner chair be turned quickly, for his
mind was centered only upon tho oc
cupants or tho office. She beckoned
him, and ho came across at once, seat
ing nunsoir on a corner of tlio table,
For a moment neither Bpoko; then
the girt lifted hor face and said In a
tone that thrilled her comnanloni
"Ned, dear, I've done you a horrible
injustice."
Hadlcy loaned forward suddenly,
rrow i" no assed. with oncer ovoa.
Elizabeth caught a fluttering bronth.
"You remember the night they broucht
you tue message that that old lads-
was dying nnd how you huted to go?
well, i thought your profession hnd
made you cold nnd hnrd nnd unfeeling,
as It has so many men, and after you
had gone I I decided that I couldn't
lovo a man llko that" Her voice
trailed off uncertainly.
The doctor's eyes darkened. "That's
another and the worst of tho tricks
that' miserable old woman has played
roe!" ho declared hotly. "Sweetheart"
his eyes claimed her attention "I
knew there wasn't a thing on earth
tho matter with her when they sent
for mo. Some member of hor family
hnd probably got up sufficient nerve
to put Into oxectitlon n long chcrlslied
plan or something of thnt sort. Sho'd
booh dying regularly for tbo last two
years whenever things didn't go to
suit her. And to think sho came so
near separating us I" He slipped his
hand under the one In which tho little
dog's bond lay. "I owe everything to
the Intervention of Sammy Casoy's
Patsy Doodle."
"Our Patsy Doodle," gently correct-
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3 Ordered by
Mail
By Troy Allison
ed Elizabeth.
A rMflKmlt Matter,
There, was strong family feeling in
Brookby whenever any question affect
ing a member of tho Uttlo community
arose. Tho matter of Abel Wood's ar
rest Illustrated tho state of affairs.
"You see, wo all knew he'd beon dis
honest lu his dealings and thnt he'd
onght to be put away for a spoil,. and
the warrant wae Issued," said Mr. Hall,
oxpluinlng to n visitor whut seemed
llko on unnecessary delny in a simple
process of tho law, "but 'twas kind ot
hard for us to settle on the best placo
to arrest him.
"You see. It had got to be done either
at hie mother's that's the only good
woman for oxtry scrubbing in the place
or else at his uncle's that's tho ox
prosn agent, nnd nono too obliging ovoa
when he's feeling pleasant or elso at
his brother-in-law's that's the only
man In town that's got a fust class
carpenter's set-out, monkey wrench
and all. Anyway, tho sheriff, being his
fust cousin, mode it kind of awkward,
now I toll you.
"Seems to mo wo did pretty well to
got him arrested Inside of a week, con
sidering what drawbacks we had to
contend with."
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Mrs. Johnson, coming unexpectedly
into tho dining room, wboro the new
girl was laying the cloth for dinner,
looked at her with a sudden Inteutncss.
"Huvcn't you been crying, Johan
na?" sho asked kindly.
"Ach, It iss not much," the woman
said, a refractory tear starting down.'
hor cheek; fit las that America so
straugo iss-nnd tho city I the cows
miss nnd tho garden und making the
buttor yes." , , And her exceedingly
blond skin turned red with tho effort
sho made to keep the tears from com
ing In torrents.
Mrs. Johnsou's eyes looked mcditu
tlvo while sho tried to think whut form
of comfort to offer.
"I'm sorry you are homesick; it's an
awful feellug; but cheer up," she snld
sympathetically. "I'll give lite cook
mouey for theater tickets, and you
can both go to see that spectacular
thing they say is so wonderful."
Johanna smiled gratefully. "You so
very good lss," sbe said as she went
toward the kitchen.
In the midst of bis dinner Sir. John
son thought of something and com
menced laughing.
"I had a most unusual order today
rrom a customer down south. He or-
To Hun the Gantlet.
To run tho gantlet" originated lu
Germany and traveled thence to Eng
land, Dually becoming domesticated is
America. In both tho German nnd
English armies and navies about the
time of the settlement ot America run
ning the gautlet wus a punishment fur
misdemeanor, the soldiers ot a com
pany or regiment being placed In two
lines facing each other, each man arm
ed with a switch. Tho culprit run be
tween tho two flies and received upon
his bare bonk the switches of his com
rades. Au officer Btood by to Bee that
the puntohucut was properly enforced,
and any soldier who failed to do his
duty was himself liable to mako the
Journey between tho two files. ' The In
diana along the coast ot Virginia are
said to have observed this punishment
Inflicted upon somo sailors of an Eng
lish man-of-war and Immodlatoly adopt
ed the Idea for torturing their ene
mloa; hence onmo the belief thnt the
punishment or torturo was peculiar to
Ihe aborigines ot North America,
Nome Heui Home.
It Is snld that the name of Nome
was tho result of an error made bv
some Englishman In writing a letter.
Me evidently Intended to write the
word "honu.." but the makers of the.
maps reed It Nome, and thus tHa nnm$
Nome oolongs to history nnd the moat
uismct or Alaska. Somo authorities
claim that tho word Nome Is a corrup-
non or mo nuilnn phrnso or. word
Knoma, mcnnluar somothlnir Ilka "r
know It" Nntlonnl Mawzlne.
Subscribe for Tiik Mail.
I'm john DtntDEH," he bau simply.
dered a whole list of things, then cli
maxed with 'one wife for a widower
of thlrty-flvo.' "
Mrs. Johnson's oyes wero wide with
unbelief, "Obaiioy Johnson, you cer
tainly . are joklngl The man couldn't
have been so foolish as to be In car-
nest?"
"It wasn't for himself; It was for a
country customer a young widower
with a dnlrysfurm on bis hands that
has been going to rack and ruin since
his wife died."
Mrs. Johnson was evidently struck
with an Inspiration.
"Oh, Charloy, how would Johanna
do?" she suggested enthusiastically.
I think sho would do finely just
fill the bill If she would go," Mr.
Johnson finished dubiously. "But if I
sent dowu n piece of pink nnd white
yellow haired perfection sn-tjohannn I
am afraid I would have an order from
every famier in North Carolina and
would be forced to open a matrimonial
bureau."
"Do you know anything about the
widower?" Mrs. Johnson nsked nt
length. ,
Yes; Hayes wrote me' a letter and
gave a pen picture of his life from the
cradle to tho grnve bis wife's grave,'
ho added, with a grin npprcclatlvo of
his wit; "says he will absolutely vouch
for him nnd that if I can find n woman
who Is suited to tho mnn ho described
it will be a good thing for hor. By
Jove, I bclievo Johanna is tho no plus
Ultra If she'll go. nty sho enn't talk
hotter English."
"Oh, her Uttlo foreign talk won't
mako any difference. He can stand it.
You sec, I'm able to stand your Latin
or French, whichever it is I can uevor
qulto dctermino from your ncceut."
. '
John Burden pulled the horses up
under the shndc of an elm near the
door of the ladles' waiting room and
handed tlio reins to his companion,
with a Bheeptsh Bmtle.
"Hold on to'thesc, Mr. Hayes. Yon
got mo Into this business, nnd you
nnist help seo mo through. Do. I look
much llko a fool?"
Martin Hayes, dealer in gonernl mer
chandise, chuckled as he took the reins.
"No, sir. You nro tbo personlflcatlon
of tho gay and festive bridegroom
not nn unnecessary slgu of foolishness
nbont you. Of course, tho now suit
nnd tlio rosebud in your buttonhole
are allowable as befitting the occasion.
Nicest suit I had lu stock, old boy.
Uopo she'll llko It."
Burden nrrnngod his necktlo with
clumsy fingers. "Olnd all this Internal
quaking don't allow on tho outsldo.
There's the train In sight Geo I Don't
belle vo there's ever a day nindo as hot
ns this."
He made his way through the crowd
around tho depot and stationed himself
where he could get a good view of the
paesengors alighting from the train.
Vr been staid and have traveled
In the usuaf rut nil my li'fV' he com
muned with himsolf. "but if this aiu'
acting like a fellow In a novel, I never
read one,"
He kept on tbo lookout for a woinau
wearing a dark blue dross and carry
ing a suit cose marked Johanna Oerslur.
Mr. Johnson had wrlttcu that ho would
see that tbo name was printed in large
letters and that there would probably
be no trouble as to Identity in a town
wuoro tlio Incoming travelers wore few,
Johanna stepped from the train, Iter
blue eyes looking as wondering and w
childish as they did when fine landed
In America six months before. She
paused bolplossly, and Just then Bur
den saw tho name on tho suit case.
Ho looked at tho woman's face Its
blond fairness an unusual stylo lu
southern town and tlio thermometer
sceraod to Jump sovornl degrees up
warn.
"Sho looks llko llko n nugoll" he
muttered. "Sho will bo disappointed
In me," and ho wont to hor anxiously
una uimucntiy.
"I'm John Burden," be said simply.
"lou you did, want mo to come?"
Her volco trembled nnd he saw tears
hi her bluo eyes.
"Want .you? Want your His tone
gained assurance. "Anybody with an
ounce of sense would wont you to come
anu to stay,- he sold, his face radiant
ae ho took the suit case from her.
After the dinner with Hayes at the
hotel and the quiet marriage ceremony
In the hotel parlor they drove the five
miles to Burden's farm and reached
there just at the beginning of the long
summer twingbt.
Tho climbing roee was In full bloom
over tho veranda, and a flock of wblte
geeso wero wandering through the gate
toward the barnyard.
"Do you like It?" be asked, his voice
almost a whisper.
"It Is so much home," she gasped In
her bolting English, "even the cows
that in the farmyard stand."
Ho led her into the house and paused
Derore a swoot, clean room whose mus
lln curtains blew In and out the open
windows.
"This Is your room," bo said simply.
"Mine 1b across the hall, where I can
hear if yon got afraid and call mo."
His honest sunburned face was fall
of kindness, and although her compre-
nenslon of English woe limited, sbe
caught a glimpse of his soul lu a lan
guage that is universal.
"Take off your bat, little woman. I
hear old Jenny putting supper on the
table." He looked at tbo pale gold of
her hair where her hat had pressed 11
tightly against her moist forehead, and
he hesitatingly touched it with his hand
and freed it from her temples.
"I hope you'll feel homelike und will
grow to love the farm and maybe
some time mo," he added timidly.
"I llko it all-and you," she answered
softly.
PASSWORDS AT THE BANKS.
o Dtrant.
"Women all hare the tame fault
Thoy cant pass a shop that has. bon
nets in the window without looking In."
"So different from men I They can't
puss a snop tnat nas Dottles In the win
dow without going In." Illustrates
Bits.
A Secret atsrn Given Thoae Who Can
not Write, Tnelr Namea.
-The banks give secret passwords to
depositors who cannot read or write.
When one of these depositors goes to
draw out money the cashier leans for
ward and whispers:
"What's your password?"
The depositor whispers an answer,
and if the correct password Is given
the money Is paid out
In a bank the other day a negro wo
man sat upon a bench, her face Indicat
ing intense application of mind. The
cashier nodded toward her and said:
"She's forgotten her password and Is
trying to think of It. She came to the
window awhile ago and wanted to get
some money. She only wanted a small
amount But sbe cant write. She's
ono of quite a number of our depositors
who are given passwords when they
open an account. When she came in 1
nsked bcr to give her name and ad
dress. She answered right up. 'What's
your password?' I asked her. .
" 'M-m,' she exclaimed, pursing her
lips, 'let me see. Ain't dnt pecullnh:
Hit done 'scaped man mind now.'
" 'Can't you think of It?' I said. 'You
know I enn't pay the money until you
give mo tlio password?' '
" 'Lord, honey,' she exclaimed, 'Ah's
might)-' nlgb dut money! But Ah Jes'
can't 'member hit now.'
" 'Well, sit down and think It over,' I
suggested to her. 'It may come to
you.' "
in a row minutes the old woman
arose with a happy look upon her face
and went up to the cashier's window.
She put her face as fur inside the nur
row window as she could and whis
pered: "Abraham Linkun."
"Correct" answered the cashier, and
be paid her tho money she was after.
"Ah Jes' couldn't place dat man's
name at first" she said as she went
out Kansas City Star.
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The season's st3'les and no duplicates,
offering them at a liberal discount
We are
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LUUIGu Onll lu price. We shall reserve none on sales days.
560 Mens' Suits
$10; a good line to choose from.
A sweeping reduction of almost one-half the- regu
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This is a clothing opportunity. Don't neglect it. .
149 Overcoats
This season's styles; Regular $18 values at $15; $12 at
$10, and the $10 coats at $8:50, giving you coats at cost
Over Blunt Feet Tall.
King James I. hod a gigantic porter
eight feet six inches in height but be
was not perfect being round Bhoul-
dered, knock kneed and lame In one
foot Of a similar height was Charles
Munater, a yeoman of the Hanoverian
guard who dlod In 10TO, and seven
years before there was being exhibited
m London a Dutchman eight feet nine
inches high nnent whom in Pepya'
diary we And the following entry on
Aug. Id 1809: "Went to Chartng Cross
to see the great Dutchman. I did
walk under his arm with my hat on
and could not reach his chin with the
tips ol my fingers,"
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Boware of worrying about Uttlo
things. It Is the malady of happy peo
ple. It is more heroic to live on one's
grief than to die of it
An ounre of assistance Ib worth a
pound of advice.
Count your Joys and you will dis
count your sorrows.
Hard labor is a plaster that alleviate
the pains of the mind.
Part of the art of doing things Is tc
attempt but little nt a time. M
Borne people seem to think that loud
talk makes a sound argument
.If you have a cross to bear, bear it
llko, n man nnd don't place it on ex
hibition. When the opposing attorney offers to
compromise it means that you have a
good case.
Man)- a man is credited with bel.-if
patient when in reality he Is too' lazy
to register a kick.
Many a fool has acquired a reputa
tlon for wisdom by accidentally dolnt
the right thing at the right tuna-Exchange.
1 ,
Kirschbaum
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In Quality
Boy s and Children's Suits
Mothers, send the little fellows to
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Sale Commences Monday Dec. 21
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offering are our regular line as are the skirts and waists
we will quote at a discount. The men's and boy's
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