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WORLD’S DOINGS Of CURRtNT WEEK AU RAILROAD ERAEEIC RECORDS BROKEN EOR MONTH OE OCTOBER NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest Chicago—All records in the history of railroad traffic were broken in Octo ber, when the flood of export ship ments for Europe, coupled with the unusual peak of Autumn activity, Field Crop and Seed Growers’ Conference to Be Held gross revenues of United States rail ways were carried to a total of more Corvallis—One of the moat impor than $313,000,000. tant meetings during Farmers' Week, Simultaneously, for the first time in January 3 to 8, 1916, will be that of almost two years, expenses recorded the Oregon Field Crop and Seed Grow an increase over the year before. ers’ association. This association was These are features of figures for the organized last year. Its object, on month compiled for roads which oper the one hand, ia to bring together all Live News Items of All Nations and ated mileage of more than 266,000 of those growers in the state who are producing seed crops, such as clover miles, omitting the smaller roads. Pacific Northwest Condensed October. 1912, the previous record seed, vetch seed, alfalfa seed, potato corn, grains, etc., and, on the month, reported a total of about $306 seed, for Our Busy Readers. other hand, to effect a general organ 000,000. The old record thus is beat ization of those farmers particularly en by about $7,000,000. Striking as interested in field crop production and this October gross seems against the allied subjects. The specialized agri The Federal baseball league has quit. poor earnings of recent years, it is cultural pursuits, such as that of the fruit grower, the dairyman, or the live Seised "opium” valued $450,000 at stock breeder, all have their state or San Francisco, proves to be bogus ganizations. As a matter of fact, or goods. ganization of these, because of the The French make considerable gain limited number of men concerned and at Hartmans-Weilerkopf, and capture the highly specialized interests in 1200 Germans. volved, is a natural procedure. The great mass of farmers of the state, Canada will raise a total of 260,000 however, are not specializing in live men for Engalnd; 136,000 have al stock production or dairying or fruit ready gone overseas. growing but are devoted chiefly to the It ia estimated that the Federal gov production of field crops. ernment will lose $260,000 in revenue The chief agricultural wealth of the when Oregon goes dry. state is produced by these crop grow ers. It is highly important that they Eighty-five thousand pupils of the should have an organization which will Chicago schools are absent because of bring them together and promote their an epidemic of influenza. interests. The barkentine S. N. Castle ia in It is hoped the Field Crop and Seed distress off the coast of Washington, Growers' association will become one with six feet of water in her hold. of the largest and strongest associa tions in the state as the years advance. According to a dispatch an Austrian ; All farmers interested should drop submarine has been captured by tw o '• a line to the secretary of the associa torpedo lioats, presumably Italian. tion at Corvallis and secure informa Nine Portland lawyers win a dam-1 tion regarding it. The meetings of age suit for $10 started by a woman the association will occur on Wednes over possession of a hen and eleven | day and Thursday (January 5 and 6) chicks. during Farmers' Week, Thursday be A large number of cannon hidden by ing devoted especially to the interests the Serbe in their flight from Aus of the Potato growers. Prominent tria-Hungary, have been recovered by seed and crop breeders and growers the latter. and seed buyers and dealers from Ore gon, Washington and California are on Voulntary retirement'of the British the program for these meetings. In Gallipoli is denied by the Turks, who claim the English were defeated by their troops. Thousands of Girls Are Taking S e n a to r C harlea S. T h o m a s of Colo The Washington board of parole are Domestic Science and Art withholding the freedom of paroled rado, ch a ir m a n of th e se n a te com Salem—" It is impossible to tell convicts until after January 1st, when m itte e on w om an suffrage, pacified th e su ffragists by providing for a hearing what lines of work our school boys will the state goes dry. pursue when they grow up; but it is Fifteen hundred men working on the before th e co m m ittee on th e S u san B. pretty safe to predict that most of the Anthony a m e n d m e n t rem oving from Alaska railroad are icebound and will girls will become housekeepers,” said be compelled to live through the win th e ballot th e qualification of sex. Superintendent of Public Instruction J. ter on canned goods. A. Churchill, of Oregon, in speaking noteworthy that the growth in three Members of the Ford peace party are years since October, 1912, was only of the vocational courses offered in the high schools. Mr. Churchill con reported experiencing an epidemic of slightly more than 2 per cent. tinued saying that 7194 girls are now grippe, Mr. Ford himself being unable Since then about 7500 miles of oper learning cooking and sewing in the to appear at a meeting in Christiania. ated mileage have been added. Nor public schools of the state. Of this The Roach Timber company of Mus mal growth in traffic, with which number, 3840 are in the high schools catine, Ia., has raised $300,000 by single exceptional months cannot and 3345 are in the grades. If one trust deed and will build a logging wholly be compared, is considered may judge by the number of students railroad to its holdings near Sutherlin, about 8 per cent a year. enrolled in the two courses, cooking is Abnormal conditions in expenses, not quite so popular as sewing, there Ore. which left in September a record- being 3214 girls taking Domestic Twenty-six food dealers of Washing net revenue, continued in Science, and 3980 taking Domestic ton, D. C., charged with raising prices bearking and another new high point Art. The total value of the equip on eatables duing the first few months October, for net was set at nearly $120,000,000, of the war, pleaded guilty and were over $7,000,000 above September's ment for teaching the former course, consisting of stoves, cooking utensils, fined $26 each. record. dishes, etc., amounts to $24,916, while A Central News dispatch from Am the equipment for the latter, including sterdam says that Count Zeppelin, sewing machines, tables, etc., amounts builder of dirigibles, has been elected to $14,950. Nealry all of the teachers a member of the first chamber of employed in these courses are gradu Wuerttemberg. ates of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege. Mr. Churchill states that Do The movement for an increase of Damage of probably $100,000 to mestic Science is being offered in 69 taxation by the German states has begun with Baden, where the Diet has $150,000 was caused to the plant of standard high schools, and Domestic _______ just passed a bill increasing the in the Emerson Hardwood company, at Art in 73. come tax 20 per cent on incomes above Twentieth and North Front streets, 2400 marks. Portland, at 1 o’clock Tuesday morn Siuslaw Valley Gets Big Shingle Mill Eugene—A shingle mill on the Sius Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, the famous ing. The fire broke out in a dry kiln at law river to employ 20 men at full ca actress, is reported dying in Paris. 12:06 o’clock. One block of the yards pacity has been announced by L. C. Great Britain now demands enlist burned. Reynolds, formerly of Coos Bay. Con ment of her eligibles to full strength. It was estimated that 200,000 feet struction on the plant will be com lumber had been de menced as soon as a location can be Samuel Gompers, president of the of hardwood It was valued at $50 to $150 selected and two are under considera American Federation of Labor, gave stroyed. a thousand feet, according to the tion, one on an old mill site a mile considerable evidence before the grand grades west of Florence and the other at of wood. jury investigating the activities of the Cushman, the most western point on The plant was located in North Port Labor’s National Peace Council in fo between the Willamette Iron & the new railroad. menting strikes of employes in muni land Mr. Reynolds has a body of timber Steel Works and the Eastern & West tion plants. ern Lumber company, on the water on the Siuslaw, it is said, which will be handled. His machinery is now According to figures announced in front. The Eastern & Western plant was located on Coos Bay. The plant will London the number of casualties in Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria and Wurtem- not in any danger, but the firemen be cost approximately $10,000. His loca burg up to November 30 were 2,524,- gan playing water on the iron works. tion will allow him to ship both by The Northern Pacific owl train, leav water and rail. 460. Of this number 484,228 men A delegation of Siuslaw business were killed or died of their wounds, ing Portand at 12:30 o’clock, was men is expected in Eugene at the an 864,198 were severely wounded, 27,674 halted by the fire. The fire was most spectacular, being nual taxpayers’ meeting to lobby for died of disease and 381,149 were miss ing. Naval casualties were not in visible through the mist from nearly the construction of more than $17,000 worth of road on the Siuslaw river. every part of the city. cluded in these figures. About Oregon Brief Resume of General News "From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A N U O T I Hardwood Lumber Yard Burns At Portland With Great Loss The Northern hemisphere produced In 1915 3,590,000,000 bushels of wheat, an increase of 19.4 per cent. An Athens dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram company says that a British submarine has sunk the German steamer Leroe and other craft in the Sea of Marmora. The nitro-glycerin plant of the Aetna Powder company at Fayville, 111., was blown up when 3000 pounds of nitro glycerin exploded. The explosion was due to chemical reaction. E sta te G o e s to C harity. New York—Mrs. I,aura S. Rockefel ler, wife of John D. Rockefeller, who died last March, left an estate valued at $1,490,471, according to the ap praisal filed in the Surrogate’s court. The bulk of the estate, as announced when the will was probated, goes to charitable and educational institutions. Mrs. Rockefeller’s wedding ring, which she bequeathed to her son, is apparised at $3. Her most valuable piece of jewelry, a diamond watch One woman is killed in Klamath chain, valued at $12,000, goes to her county, Oregon, and one man wounded daughter, Mrs. Edith McCormick. in a fued over ownership of a piece of W ar Airmen N ot C itizens. property. Washington, D. C.—State depart It is announced from Teheran, that the Russians have occupied the town ment officials have indicated that no of Kum, 80 miles southwest of Te action would be taken on demands for heran, after a great battle. The op the internment of Elliott Cowdin, Nor posing force was completely defeated. man Prince and William Thaw, three Americans now home on furlough from The National Tidende, of Copen the French army. The department hagen, prints a statement of a Dane probably will take the position that from Constantinople that the Krupps when the three men joined the army of works outside Constantinople have a foreign power they renounced their been destroyed by bomba dropped by Ameircan citizenship and entered this Britiah airmen. country as soldiers unarmed. Liquor Patrons Stock Up. Marshfield—As January 1 approaches the determination of Marshfield liquor dealers to rid themselves of stock is noticeable in countless advertsements appearing in the local newspapers. One firm is running half-page advertise ments. Another firm, the National Bottlng Works, reports heavy business in ‘‘futures,” in barrels of bottled beer and general sales in bonded goods. Dis trict Attorney Liljeqvist has announced he will be looking about January 1 for infractions of the liquor law and ex pects to prosecute vigorously. R obins Visit H o o d River. Hood River — Hundreds of Alaskan robins are now making their winter home in the Hood River valley. The birds, while similar to the robin that nests here in the summer and seeks a warmer clime further south at the close of fall, are duller in color. Orchardists welcome these winter guests, for the birds clean up any fruit left in the orchards to harbor possible disease pests. The robins also feed on Insects and seeds of troublesome weeds. lOVCic H U R R Y J>K GILÈ TT DURGEH5 "But I told you w hat tim e h> set I t ! ” Flodle fairly yelled now "And I told you half an hou r ahead on p u rp o s e !” Mr. lH>r«mua held u p hla hand. “ HI- le n c e l” ha thundered. "Mr. Ilasalng- bury,” ha declared solemnly, " th e re a re w itnesses enough p re s e n t to prove th a t Mr Bonlstelle was m arried b e fore midnight. Aa you a r e aw are, I seldom ta k e sides In any con tro v ersy, but In th is case, my little friend here, F lo d le- R onlatollo -com pletely won me over. T h e re 's no possible doubt th a t Mr B onlstelle will lu h erlt hie uncle’s fo rtu n e " Hall b u rs t out of his tr a n c e with a c o o w / » v r b y e n r r r bw h h tss whoop. " H u r r a h ! " he scream ed, "I've won four million* of d o lla rs! " " H u rry , Mr IHiremus, h u r r y ! ” F lo C H A P T E R XIV— C ontinued. Flodle stre tc h e d up on tiptoe and dle was grow ing frantic. Bbe pointed — 16— pulled down hla d ram atically extended It in dicated tweuty- hand. "No, sir," ah* announced. "1 won F lo ats laid an affectionate hand on to tho clock poor A lfred's shoulder. "It simply eight m in u tes past twelve. It m yself!" m ean s t h a t A lfred's tru e blue," sh e re Hall, how ever, w as lit no haste. "Oh, T H K KND. plied soberly. “ He has th e loyalty of 1 know, Jo n a s ; but you aoe Flodle and a dog. It was awrful of m e to do It, I have decided to lose no m ore time. though. I d o n 't know w hat you'll You can give h e r aw ay. If you w ant MOST PERFECT OF PLANTS th in k of me. Hall. Uut you h a v e n 't to." He sa t down, laughlug a t bla cou W orking of th# H um an Body Makoo told him , yet. Alfred. Oo on I Aud do aln'a co nsternation. Any Invention of Man Sasm Lika "B ut It's paat tw e lv e ! " J o n a s In sist hurry, p le a s e ! ” Plaything. “ Well, she a sk ed mo to go down to ed. pointing to th e clock. ILLUSTRATED 6>-RAY’fl'AU the city hall with her. for to get a m a r “Oh, 1 know th a t ! T h a t proves H'a Th* moat coropllcalad m a n u f a c tu r riage license. T his afternoon. It was. a love match, d o esn 't It?" “Come here. Hall, an d stand up by ing plant t h a t ev er existed Is tho h u aud you know w hat I thought. Well we w ent up to th e desk and we got a me! Anyone would th in k you d idn't m an body aa controlled u n d er tb* sci application -a printed p aper It was w a n t to g e t m arried I" Flodle called entific m a n a g e m e n t of th * b rala aud nervoua sy stem No factory e v e r b o ast tellln' all about w hat we was and how nervously. ed a m ore efficient p ro d u c e r plant for old, like, and we sat dowu to a table Hy th is tim e th e co m pany had be c onverting fuel Into energy. No p lan t and Miss Fisher, here, sh e took a pen gun to enter, and soon Hooded the e v e r had so well-designed a pumping and Ink." studio, laughing, w ondering. Joking system , nor on* an p erfect for the " H u rry , Alfred, h u r r y ! ” cried Flodle with Hall. dlapoeal of w aste and sew age. T a lk Im patiently. "Go a h e a d ! " cried Flodle. " W e 'r e of up-to-date heatin g an d ventilating, "W ell sh e w ent to work and w rote ready, Mr. Iiorcm us. q u ic k ! ” tthe or In te rd a p a rtu ie n t telep h on e! T h* y e s s e a ' an d 'Does' on th e lines. And stam p ed h e r foot angrily. beet th a t o u r modern science can p ut th e n sh e signed her name. Miss F is h e r "Oh, wait a m in u te." Hall I n t e r Into o u r sh ops Is c ru d e Indeed as com did, an d sh e handed me the pen." S u d posed. "w e w a n t th is th ing arr a n g e d pared with th a t furn ished hy th e denly Alfred tu rn e d his head, and a little. It w on't do to ru s h I t ” He Groat Designer. Buppose th a t you busied him self tor a m o m e n t with his tu r n e d to his guests. " I n d i e s aud went to a pum p m a n u f a c tu r e r with th e handkerchief. H e re tu rn e d to his n a r gen tlem en ." he began, when J o n aa following specificatio n ; rativ e a lm o st choking "1 was j u s t broke In again. W anted, a pump with ra p a c ity of a-goln' te sign Alfred J. S m allish; "See here. I o b ject to t h l a ! ” He one-quarter gallon a minute, to handl* th a t 's m y nam e an d what I alw ays sign walked up to Mr Doremua angrily. w arm salty fluid, to work for sev en ty it. w hen she sa y s to me, Miss F is h e r Mr. Doremua. how ever, had already y ears night and day w ithout a s h u t did, 'You w rite down th is hern nam e begun to t h u n d e r out. “ Hall Uonlatelle, down, a t t b s ra l e of sev en ty s t ro k e s w h at I tell you Hall C utler |o i l do you ta k e this woman, Flodle Flab par minute. Must be g u a ra n te e d to Stella' sh e says. ‘You asked me to ask er. to be your wedded wife?” o p e ra te for th a full period of tim e you to do som ething h a rd for me, for " J u s t wait a m i n u t e ! ” cried Jon as, without re p a irs or a d ju s tm e n ts , to rw to prove you r love for m e!' sh e says, i looking a t bis watch. quire uo a tt e n ti o n , m u s t h a v s a u t o and Indeed I did, Mr Bonlstelle- and " W e ’re off!" ca m e In a ch o ru s from matte control and con tain Its own m o so I signed th e paper, and we had it j the excited guests. tive power, and m u s t h ave a duty p e r sw ore to." "I d o ! ” replied Hall. "S ee here, million foot pounds su p e r io r (o th * "Woll. give m e the paper. Alfred! ; Jonas, you m u s tn 't In te rru p t the gam e, best triple-expansion high d uty u n it Do h u r r y ! " Flodle cried anxiously. you know. Sit dowu and be q u ie t ! ” e v e r made. A lfred drew from bis pocket tho "B ut 1 got so m eth in g to say a b o u t Do you th in k th* m a n u f a c tu r e r docum ent, and han ded It over to Hall. I It—” would bid for th* job? If he were a Flodle ben t o v e r It. "You see. Al "F lodle F is h e r do you take— be timid m an he would probably a g r e e fred had to pretend be was you, th a t 's | quiet. Mr. H asslngbury, I'm ruu nlng with you and tell you to come arou n d all. H e's the sam e color, you kno w — ” th is—” n e x t week, m eanw hile edging you Hall looked up a t Alfred, and smiled. " I t's a schem e! It's a fr a u d ! ” tow ard th e door before your Insanity “Well, I mean h e ’s white," Flodle J o n a s appealed wildly to the company. took a violent form. O r If h e w ere explained anxiously. " — thla man to be your lawful wed- not afraid of lu natics ho would aay: "Yes, he certainly Is r a t h e r w hite,” I ded h u sb a n d ? " "You poor bug. auch a pum p as you Hall re m a rk e d and tu r n e d again to "Oh. you old scam p, you. you've to ld speak of n e v e r existed nor ev er will look a t th e d o c u m e n t me o u t ! ” Jo n as shook his fist a t the except In tb s brain of a p erpetual mo "Of cou rse we did h ave to lie a little, tion freak such s s 1 see before m e ! ” W hich sh ow s how m u c h he know s th a t Is, Alfred did—ab o u t your fath er j about It, for both you and ho c a rr y and m other, you know. I didn't know- Just auch a pump aroutid with you, w hat t h e i r nam es were, so we had to an d each of you th in k s too much of call th e m J o h n and M ary—you don't your possession to sell It for any mind, do you ?” money.—Jo h n H. Van D eventer, In th* "N ot a t all." E ng ineering Magaxtuo. "And you h a v e n 't an y fo rm er wives, have you, living or d e a d ? ” "N o t o n e ! " Hall was em phatic. SAVED MASTER FROM DEATH " T h e n it's a perfectly good license, aad it fits you and th e r e 's your n a m e Small Dog I* P etted as a H era In th o and everything, and mine, too. You P a ris Hospitals, as Reward don't mind, do you. Hall, d e a r ? ” Flodle for Faithfulness. began to blush violently, an d was vary confused. "You see. 1 kind of th o u g h t In one of the P a rts h o sp itals lives you w ere going to ask me, I so rt of felt • dog, a brown and w hile se tte r, It coming, and I knew you'd be too nam ed F en d I'AIr (cleave th e s i r ) , stupid to get one y o u rs elf!" who Is a real hero of th e war. HI* "F lodle— F is h e r— B onlstelle!" he ex m aster, a se r g e a n t of zouaves, is a p a claimed, and th r e w up his hands, "you tien t In th e hospital, an d he ow es his c e rtain ly a re a busin ess woman! 1 frail hold on life to tho devotion and don't see w hat c h an ce I'll have a f t e r Intelligence of Fend I'AIr. W hen th e w e’re m a r rie d ! But I'm perfectly wll re g im e n t left Algeria for F r a n c e Ihn ling to let you m a n a g e me, Flo. 1 dog was left behind, but th e faithful c e rtain ly h ave botched th ing s w h e n little c r e a t u r e leaped Into th e w a te r e v e r I’ve tried to ru n th e m myself." and iw ain along behind th e ship u ntil H e tu rn e d to Alfred, who stood, the cap tain, tak in g pity on him, h ad looking a t bis shoes. “ And you com him tak en on board From th a t tlra* m ltted perjury, Alfred, j u s t for my be has n ev er left hla m a s te r. sake?” During th e fighting a t R ochlncourt. Alfred drew him self up proudly. n e a r Arras, an exploding bomb burled “N ot a t all. Mr. Bonlstelle. It was for the se r g e a n t and sev en o t h e r m en Miss F is h e r I done I t ! ” with earth. T hey w ere badly Injured, " T h e n you did It for me. By Jove, Alfred Drew From Hla P ocket th e an d so deeply ro v e re d th a t no m an Document. Alfred, let me s h a k e your hand. A had the stre n g th to fight his way ouL m an c a n ’t be th a n k e d for a service like But, lusklly. Fend I'AIr escaped tho bride end was pulled furiously back by that, and he c a n ’t be re w a rd e d ; but If bomb. Ho at once beoan to scratch, Alfred. th e r e 's a n y th i n g I can do for you, you and he s c ratch ed and sc r a tc h e d until “I d o ! ” Flodle scream ed. "I never, nam e I t ! ” he had reach ed his m a s te r an4 Mr. H assln g b u ry ! I only prom ised to " T h e r e 's only th e one th in g I w ant dragged him out to safety. T h e sevei p re v e n t his m a rry in g the o th e rs! I now, Mr. Bonlstelle. Would you leave o th e r men died. me be you r b e st m an a t th e w eddin'? n ev er sa id —” T h e w ounded se r g e a n t and his dn| "I’u t on th e ring! P u t on the r i n g ! ” T h e re w as once when I hoped 1 could w ere se n t from one relief station tf th e co m pany sc r e a m e d laughingly to be bridegroom myself, Mr. Bonlstelle, a n o th e r until they found p e r m a n e n b u t I see now th a t was foolish. But It Hall. He obeyed. ca re In th is P aris hospital. Good n u r t " T h e n I pronounce you m an and would be a satisfactio n to see the last Ing has saved the man, b ut too muc,’ w ife!" of Miss F isher, If you don 't mind.” a tte n tio n alm o st kljlerl th e dog; fat "I n ev er said I w ouldn't g e t him m y the n u rs e s and o rd erlies fed him s< Hall, laughing, slapped him on th e s e l f ! ” Flodte's words were sm o th ered lavishly t h a t prom iscuous feeding h n back. "Sure, Alfred! You can be the In H all's kiss. to be forbidden. chief m ourner, Alfred— th a t Is. If th is Im m ediately she w as su rro unded by license Is all right. L e t's call In Mr. Now F en d I'AIr lives In th e hosplta* th e g e n tlem en of th e company, who kitchen, w here he h as assu m ed th* D o rem u s; h e ’ll tell us.” H e s t a r te d passed h e r from lip to lip, pro testing, duty of guard, and grow ls savagely for th e door, but Flodle had alread y laughing, struggling to speak. a t any one who e n te r s th e k itch en — beckoned to the a tto rn e y , who now Mr. D orem us pressed Hall's hand. unless they belong th ere. Every d ay cam e In with her. "I c o n g ra t u la t e you, Mr. B o n lstelle!” a nu rs e ta k e s him to th e w ards to "W ell, we're going to h ave a c e re he cried en thusiastically. visit h it m aster, and Fend I'AIr pnta mony. a f t e r a l l ! ” said Hall. “ I’m going "T h a n k you, s i r ! ” Hall answ ered. h it nose on the se r g e a n t's sho uldar to ta k e you a t you r word and let you ‘T v e got a fo rtune In Flodle.” and sta n d s con ten ted as long a s he to m arry m e.” "I th in k you h av el T w o ! ” was Mr. p erm itted to remain. T h e g re a t af Flodle Interrupted his reply. “ W h a t "Mr. H assln gbury, fection t h a t exists betw een th e s e r Is the s h o r te s t possible way you can D orem ua' reply. do It, an d h a r e It legal, Mr. D o rem u s ?” would you mind telling me w h a t tim e g e a n t and his dog Is very charm ing. It Is?” — Y outh's Companion. she asked, nudging him anxiously. J o n a s tu r n e d white, and s t a rte d h u r "Ob, I ’ll fix th a t ,” said th e lawyer. riedly to leave w ithout a word. F lo " I t w on’t ta k e tw o m inutes.” A Strenuous Final*. " W h a t ’s goln’ o n ? ” ca m e a h a rs h dle, alert, ca u g h t him aa ha tu rnad, “W h en P rofessor S crapeso play* voice a t t b s door. Jo naa H a ssln gbury an d an atebed out hla w atch aa daftly th a vlalln his very soul s e e m s on fir*,” a s a pickpocket. She held It up to the was looking In. exclaim ed Mrs. Prebson a f t e r th e oon- "C om e In, Jon as, co m e In and be company. " W e ’ve w ont Eleven if ty - eert. n l n a l ” s h e shouted. ‘a m o n g th o s e p r e s e n t ’ It's my m erry “U m p h l " replied Mr. Prebao*. T ho co m p an y took It up, an d shout- whoso favorite a m u s e m e n t Is baaebalL m a r ria g e m orn I” cried Hall gayly. ad, too. W a tc h e s w ere bro u g h t out F lo dle w hispered to Alfred. “ Run, "I d o n ’t know about his soul, but w ha* from a dozen pockets, co m pared and he w as finishing up th a t las t pise* I Alfred, b rin g everybody In, q u ic k !” Alfred d isappeared Into th e office th e tim e corroborated. expected a t any m a m e n t to so* hla " I t's a llo!” J o n aa protested, "w hy, fiddle s t r in g s sm oking.” and could be h eard a n n o uncing t h e In look a t th o clock I It’s half paat vitation. Jon as, how ever, had b eg u a to bristle. tw elve! H e ’s too late I tell you I T ho Would B* a Boan. He s tr o d e up to his cousin b ellig eren t m o n ey ’s m i n e ! ” Any guy who would In ven t so m » "Why, t h a t ’s l i g h t 1" said Hall, th in g effective to ta k e th e c u t o ut ol ly. "W hy, It a in 't no use to git m a r rled now. Hall, you know th a t! D on’t am azed by the su dden eonfusloa. ”1 tho cu tw o rm would bo sur* of s v o r sot th a t clock m y s e lf!” be fool Ufa!” laatlng fam e — Boston Olob* i