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By Elsie Endicott
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T u'iih a dull day ul
I llC HL'USldO l'OKOI't.
In tlio II if) t place,
l lie weuthor was
gray. In (lie scc
oiio place It was
Wednesday, that
wretched period be
tween week indfl.
In the third place,
Miss Ha rni un's
boarders wore all a little edgewise to
ward cncli other, having talked and
rocked together until there were no
surprises left among them. It Is need
less to say that thoy were all women.
Tho men only camu out from the city
Saturdays.
Thoro was Mrs. Ingram, who tro
chotcd llko mad all the time, and
socmed novcr to flttlsh anything; Miss
Powell, who embroidered; Mrs. Adams,
who moroly gazed at the soa and
yawned; Mrs. Glbbs, who played with
her littlo dog, and Miss Stafford, who
read constantly whon sho wau not
walking.
Every woman at Miss Harmon's dis
liked Miss Stafford without any hotter
reason than that sho was always
among thorn and yet never of them.
She was a toucher in the city, and Ima
come to rest and read and enjoy her
self In her own quiet way. Sho did
not know how to play bridge or em
broider or crochet, and did not care
to learn, and she had a way of keeping
to herself which the most prying spirit
could not overcome.
In consequence, on this dull after
noon, Miss Harmon's sea viewing
porch bore two groups. Miss Stafford
made otio and the rest of tho women
made tho other. Miss Stafford was
reading. She had been walking all
morning and. had not dressed for
luncheon. Sho had on a shabby gray
sweater and her damaged, flat heeled
walking boots. Her dark, graying hair
was niussy with the Wind, and her skin
showed a woeful want of powder. Yet
sho looked roposcful and contented,
and not unpleasant, In contrast with
tho better groomed, better dressed
women at tho other ond.of tho porch.
Nobody wsb saying a word when a
cab rolled down tho street and stopped
before tho door. Out stepped n man.
And Biieh a man! "Lnrgc, gray, fresh
colored, beautifully chid, and with
such an air oven when he paid tho
cabman, that every woman began to
straighten and preen hersulf. Hut be
fore he could do moro than lift his hat
and glanco about him the door opened
and Miss Harmon gathered him in.
Miss Harmon was old and dry and
visaged llko one of her own native
rocks, but alio had the ability to i tin
a boarding house successfully, which
comes of consummate tact, under
standing and vast experience. Half an
hour later she brought out her now
guest and intrduccd him all around,
beginning with Mrs. HobortBon, who
was tho dowager of the group, and
ending, of course, with isolated littlo
Miss Stafford. Miss Stafford lifted her
shrewd eyes from an absorbing pngo
and encountered tho gentleman's. She
bowed; so did he. Then she returned
to her book and ho nut down by Miss
Powell.
That night dinner Wub worth while.
Evorybody drosscd for It. Miss Powell
inudo a notable appearance, Sho sat
at ono sido of Mr. Everett, and did
hor utmost to enchant him. Mrs. Qlbbs
sat at tho other sido and did her best.
Even old Mrs. Robertson bceumo(ulto
lively. Certainly Mr. Evorctt was
charming. Ho was so frank, so kind,
so sympathetic, so entertaining. Ho
was very tired, ho said, and had come
for a few days' change and rest, having
left Ills business In competent hands.
Miss Stafford went to her room and
spent tho evening, which had not been
her custom. All tho other women felt
mildly exultant. The school teacher
no longer kept herself out of tho way,
but was thrust out. Her "comeup
pance" hnd arrived in the form of Mr.
Everett.
A walking party was arranged for
tho next morning, and MIsb Stafford
was not asked. It was evident that
Mr. Everott did not caro for hor so
ciety, and he should not, gentle and
courteous as he was, havo it tnlllcted
upon him. So Miss Stafford went her
solitary way, and tho gay pnrty went
theirs. Mr. Everett proved to bo n
good walker. Mrs. Oibbs and Miss
Powell did four miles on French heols
and hobbled home, each leaning upon
his arm. Miss Stafford saw them ar
rive. Sho had returned halt au hour
before, and sat on tho porch reading.
Luncheon was a regular dress alfalr.
In tho afternoon Mr, Everott took tho
wholo party sailing. Ho iiBked Miss
Stafford, but sho declined.
"She's so queer," confided Miss
Powell to Mr. Everett. "Any woman
who lias taught school as long as sho
has gots into ways. I suppose she
Isn't to blumc, poor thing!"
"Certainly not," replied Mr. Evorctt
kindly. Ho sighed iw If in pity of all
femlnllty which was not Miss Powell's.
It was a wearying day; still down to
the last lady tllcy dressed for dinner
and fortified themselves against an
evening of bridge. Miss Stafford did
not appear at table. She had taken a
lunch and gono out on tho rocks to
cat It.
Thoro was some clover manipulat
ing for partnorB, and at last Miss Pow
ell won Mr. Evorctt. With a thrill she
fancied that she was breaking down
that graceful Impartiality with which
ho had hitherto regarded them all. He
socmed to single hor out for special fa
vor and that night sho dreamed of hint
asleep, and waking made glowing
pluns for the future.
Dismay, howovcr, waited on the mor
row, Mr. Evorctt was gone. Ho had
left good-bys for them all and had ex
pressed rogrct at going, but ho had
been In such hasto that hu could not
wait for breakfast. No, Miss Harmon
did not think there had been any tele
gram, or any letter; ho had simply
gono because ho felt llko it.
A doprosscd group gathered at
bicakfast. Miss Powell could not cat.
Mrs. Ulbbs cuffed poor Jlp until ho
Bqiloakcd for mercy. Only Miss Staf
ford appeared undisturbed. And be
cause sho had been Invested with no
heartache by Mr. Everett tho other
women hated her moro than ever.
That afternoon sho came down
dresBcd for traveling, with her sult
caso In hor hand.
"What! Aro you going?" cried tho
chorus.
MIsb Stafford smllod faintly. "I've
got three visits to inako before school
opens, so you sco I've stayed hero aB
long as I can," sho replied.
"Good riddance," muttered Miss
Powell as tho cab drove uway.
"I wondor whoro sho'n Bolng," said
Mrs. Adams, speculatively. "I wondor
who'd over ask hor to visit them."
"She's going to visit an old school
friend In Avcrlll." Miss Harmon,
mined for u momout from boarding
house cares had come out and sat
down among them.
"Averlll! ' exclaims .
''sn'tMr.ESVVlnp,
a. in.. .. lrcl' from-
1" visit his ifcibe ",
"Mlu ...ir-ii, ..
' though SSf!
doing so, ' ' i
There wub a momenfi .. .
and then Mrs. nihS.!,1. "ft
"ttlo laugh: "VhoV a'
WIIH lmirrln.lt " Iftau
MIhh Harmon looked r.
youM imin,i mi ... ." Plo.
in. ..ViT i. " " Bd it
"nulds'f'tfr
course, they l.a "nVXth'
for years, but sho' rZ.,?
Mrs. (Jlbbs giggled8 &,
fitnnv If .i.-AV..'. wWrt
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Sho Isn't tlna kin ,,abS01
ford. Sim'. ,nnJV.i.nwSllll
mm. will, . v..?1!"""!!
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III
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By Enos Emory
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HUN Mttlcby llacs
cumo In sight of tho
twentieth milestone
of his llfo ho decid
ed that ho would bo
u preuchor. Ho was
loo smalt a inun tn
hold his own with
tho othor mountain
eers In tho business
of fighting revenue
otflccrH and splitting rails; so perhaps
his decision was llavorcd with wisdom.
Mttlcby was in earnest. It seemed. Ho
went at tho Scriptures like ft hart al a
water brook. Ho had to spell his way
through tho Hihle. Ho tried hard to
llvo up to Its cnmmundmcntH. It wiih
when ho had read through t tin pass
ago that tells us that It Is not pood
for tho malo species to abldo on earth
inatoless that lie got Into deep water.
Ho quit preaching long enough to seek
a partnnr for his sorrows. And, llko
a small boy In a candy store, ha choso
tho biggest ono ho could find.
htihi Hollo belonged to u family of
people noted for being large, both In
heart and In body, and who woro said
to ho as rough as a cliff, hula Hello
was not un exception. Sho was tall,
too. She had hands that could twist
a broomstick in twain; she laughed a
great deal; sho divided her black hair
in tho mlddto and tied It at tho back In
a knot as largo fully as large us a
green peach. Shu thought Llttleby
was very cute, and accepted him bo
foro ho had tlino to refer lo tho Scrip
tures. All wont well for a while, and
then Llttleby ceased to ho cute, ho
grow Into a charity fiend. Ho was
wont to glvo tho last spoonful of corn
meal, tho last bacon rind, tho last bll
of everything to God's Impatient poor.
Finally hullu Hello, tho Amazon, be
came ushamed of calling upon her
kinsmen fur help; then she began to
(ell Llttleby with high scorn that ho
was only a husbundotte. And occasion
ally sho threw small things al him.
Two Incidents caino along In quick
succession. A son was born to them,
and twenty years passed. Tho son was
noted for his Intelligence. Tho years
endeared more and moro tho littlo gray
preacher to tho hearts of Illuckfcrn'H
poor.
A stranger cumo to the neighbor
hood, a big, broad man adorned with
a heavy black beard, a convincing
milliner, two big revolvers ami the
ability to shoot tho spots out of tho ten
of spades at iianio tho dlslauco. Ho
said ho was from tho West, and show
ed a beautifully tanned hldo to hear
out. tho assertion, and scorned uncom
monly Interested In revenue officers.
Ho called himself Hurk. Ho said tho
nnnio was enough for any decent man,
A week after Huek had wormed his
way Into tho good graces of the moun
taineers llko a caterpillar Into tho core
of a Milan apple, a summer resort a
few miles below received honorable
mention In tho papers. A big, masked
person had walked Into the lobby with
a revolvor, and collected three hundred
dollars in cash and several gold
watches.
Tho next "morning the preacher's
sou, whoso iianio was Grlgshy, found
an envelope that hud been shoved un
der the door. 11 contained a lound
hundred dollars In banknotes, and bore
on one sido of It these words In a la
bored scrawl:
"Far tho pore."
Tho littlo preacher preform! not lo
look tho gift horso In tho mouth. To
him the hand of Providence was at
work. Ho hastened to the ucarcal
sturo with a borrowed wagon, bought
a hundred dollars' worth of necessa
ries, came back to Hliiekfcrn, and
made a great many needy folk happy.
Ho did this beforo the big nolso from
tho summer resort reached his iarn,
and It was then too late to recall the
deed,
"Grig," he remarked to Ills son, who
was sitting In tho door whittling aim
lessly on a lilt of white pine, "I'm
shore bad dlsapp'luted, I shore
thought I had tho beat community In
tho whojo kentry. Hut I tlud that I
hain't. Thar's a thief amongst us. He's
a bud p'tater, and he's ll'blo to split)
tho wholo bar'l. Hut I know who done
it. Grig or I think it so strong It's tho
saute as knowln' II. I'm a littlo iiiun,
Grig, and a preacher to boot; but,
Grig, with GoiI'h help I'm a goln' to
take yore rifle, and arrest Huek, and
take him to town and turn him over to
the law."
"You hain't n-goln' to do no sccli a
thing, pup!" declared Grig, tho pride
of his parents' hearts. "Huek'd snip
you with a bullet qtilckcr'n neat. Let
tho uffcer 'lend to it. It's their blz
ucss, ami not yores. Ca'm yorcsclf,
pup. You're as uarvotis as a gyrl a
wulchln' hor pot feller marry hoiiic
buddy else. You're a shlvcrln' like a
wet dawg. Sol down, for goodness'
sake, pap!"
"I bel yo 'twasn'l Huek," said Lttla
Hcllc, auxlotiB for tho safety of hor
spouse. "I hot yo 'twuw somehtiddy
else. You Jest let tho law dig II'h own
p'tater patch, pap. You hain't big
enough to wnku Duck up If lie was
asleep."
Tin preacher began lo act like a
boy who has sat upon a phi. His ptob
dlugiinglan wife hud been unwise In
alluding to his being undorslrxd; It
was his soro spot, his smalluess, no
doubt because ho had been so often
and so mercilessly reminded of it.
"Whin's thut that- rlflo at!" ho
snorted, Jamming his Hpectaeles In a
rear trousers pocket and laying his
handkerchief lightly on tho lablo be
side him. "I'll show you, you old mule,
I'll show you whuthcr I ntln't wake
Huek up or not!"
"Mo a initio! gasped Lula Hello,
chinplng her hands In a way in which
her husband clasped his when he
played. "Me, a mule!"
"Yes, slrrcc, that's what I said, oil
zaetly, Lilly you old, spavined, string
haltered, botty mute!"
ho seized his son's rllle and wont
from tho cabin In a gall that gave
rheumatism tho lie. Ills wlfo throw
a stick of wood al a hen that was for
uglng In the lettuce bed in tho front
yard, and watched tho angry little
servant of I ho lurtl disappear among
tho laurels of the mountainside.
"Thank God!" she' said when ho had
gone, "lie acted like a reol man then."
Sho turned to Grig. "Reckon liuck'll
hurt him?" she asked dizzily.
"Nothln' morc'n spunk him, I guess,"
smiled Grig. "But ( reckon I'd better
Toiler hint and see what happens." Ho
drew from under the front stops a
short-barreled revolver, a wrupon his
father hud never scon, and hurried
away.
Tlio preacher asked everywhere for
Huek. Nobody hud seen him that morn
ing. Ono man told him that Huek hnd
gono off on a coon hunt by himself
and without a dog, and at that Llttle
by Hayes narrowed his eyes and whis
pered to his rllle, "I (old jou k
Hut (lie prrucltrr found the Wt
or by noon, lluck was comloxle
mo nuts irecK section, tod It
linvo any game. Old llsjeieoek
rllle and Icu-lrd It toward the c
of the big fellow's blue flatmtli'
"In the iitinio o' the law," it
preacher, "I arrest )(iur
Tlio smooth and romlnrlst
mid the straightforward nit i
Westerner were Just one tele:
milking Llttleby lhiyts believe tl
iKTUBUtloti was utterly and I
fulse. Llltlcliy Hayes wti t
Judge men largely by thtlr t)t.
lireged Huek h pardon, snooi
with him, and went back to hli
"II ohoro wasn't Huek." M
Lula Hcllc
"I said It nilglit not be," rtpl i
wife. "Everything that tlMilIjl
Llttleby, hain't a dawg. lilityil
out and bring In sumo wood, LI
Hiiyes, if you want anythlnj toil
"firing In some wood, orij! t
the preacher.
Tho son had Just returned.
bring It In tnuw," lie said.
u
qd TwoAnd A. Home
By Annette Angert
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mK iiirTifl
AVID!" culled Mother
Mooro from the car
window to her hus
band, "Eat tho ap
ple pin Unit's cut,
Itrst. It's liable to
mould this hot
weather."
David looked, ap
n r o h o n a i v n 1 y.
around. If any of
tho dopot loarcrs had overheard that
Injunction ho knew tho results. Tho
parting order would bo echoed and ro
rchoed loudly and indefinitely. Ho
draw a breath or relief both at their
ubsenco and at tho strong sense of
freedom which possessed and permeat
ed his soul.
Why, Maria and ho had not been
parted for !I0 years before, anil for tho
birth of their first grandchild in the
noar-by city, tho separation would not
now havo taken place. Hut Mother
Mooro considered hersolf needed In
that huppy Itoston homo; and, with
jnauy misgivings and directions, hud
started for a fow days' visit.
David was a loyal husband, hut ev
ery ono know that the rather dreamy
and unpractical Pa Mooro was under
tho domination, lit household affairs, of
tils moro energetic and able wife. Her
Ideas wcro au laws lit all domcstlo
matters.
Consequently, as David walked
homeward to be, for seven long days,
monarch or all ho surveyed, llfo took
on a rather free and easy demeanor to
his active brain.
"Lofa see," ho ruminated. "I wus
to go to the Davlses and get Mary Aim
to coino and keep matters straight, but
I ain't going to. I'd rather bo alohe
and llvo exactly as I please for onco
in my llfo," so ho passed the Davis
mansion with a delimit glance.
Mother Mooro detested buttercups.
Sho wasn't fond of having any tlowers
in tho house, but she drew a straight
and negative lino for these blossoms,
blin detested tliom.
"Oluttory tilings! not lusting over
night and dropping their leaves every
where!" Her husband loved tho yellow bloom.
So now, in utter abandon ho gathered
us many aa he could carry and filled
every vase, bowl and dish usable with
1 hum. Tills act of Independence per
formed, ho decided to reconstruct tho
Interior of the living rooms. Ho hated
stiffness and decorum us much as his
bettor half loved them.
Ho drew out all tho chairs from
their formal positions and destrlhuted
them gracefully about tho rooms. Jack,
the dog, and Ted, tho cat, had never
been permitted by their mistress to
cross the threshold of any door but
the kitchen one. Ho graciously allow
ed tho animals, to their amazement, k
have access to nil tho rooms on tho
lower lloor.
"They'll stay out, all right," ho mur
mured, "when Ma gets back, and I
kind of llko them for company."
Ho felt elated over his mild rebel
lion mid followed It by refusing to
touch the fractured pastry, and In
stend. cutting Into a berry pie, which
was Intact. "Heen eating pieces long
enough," ho smiled; "going to have tho
best there Is now, while I got the
chnncc."
Then ho retired, joy at his unwonted
liberty uppermost In his heart and
plniiB for following It up, in even more
heinous ways, Hitting through his
head. In the night ho was awakened
by a wild clattor and turmoil.
Was It burglars?
Of cuurse not. They wouldn't muko
such a noiBe.
He distinguished growls, spitting,
howls and hisses and fluully a mud
crushing as of glass; then silence. Ho
know the lay of the land so well thut
ho did not stop for a light hut hastened
down to sco what under tho sun wus
the trouble! Ho forgot his disarrange
ment of the furniture, and tripping
over a chair went headlong Into the
center table, upsetting It and falling
with arms outstretched, Into whut
seemed to bo au pecan of water.
Groaning, ho stumbled Into the kitch
en and found a light, which showed
him a mournful scene.
It wus plainly evident thut Jack and
Ted hud hud a misunderstanding In tho
darkness and that Jack, getting tlio
worst of it, hnd sought safety first
through a closed window whose glass
was lying nil over tho lloor. Tho ta
blo on which had rested jsoino gcyly
bound and highly prized books us well
as an enormous bowl of buttercups hud
been overturned by Pa'o uncoromonv
ous entrance and lay a damp and dis
hevelled heap on tho carpet. With
something us near an Imprecation, as
Ills gentle soul could muster, David
chopped on Ills knees and essayed the
undoing of the dlsustcr with the aid
of some tidies and tlio roller towel.
"Confound them animals!" ho wild,
al lust, "they stay whero they belong
after this!"
In the morning he was lame. His
Hice ached. Mattors appeared stormy.
Liberty, with superintendence of do
mcstlo affairs Included, had Its diaw
bucks. The house looked us If plvcn
over to riotous living. David uoled,
ruefully, that tho buttercups woro
moving Into to his wife's denuncia
tions. Tholr leaves woro carpeting ov
ory surface beneath them. His lame
kneo precluded his picking up ninny
of them. The apple- plo hud moulded
and so, to his surprise, had tho rem
nant of tho berry one.
David pondered.
Then ha hobbled over to tho Davis
domicile and engaged Mary Ann to
come and "straighten up tho house."
His action wus fortunate, for at
that very moment. Mother Moore wns
speeding home from tho city, dejected
und disappointed. Ono would natural
ly think that a grandmothor with six
children to hor credit might havo been
trusted to euro for hor daughter's first
born; but the modern trio of muse,
doctor and mother had objected. Thoy
were obstacles unremovable; ami so
Maria, somewhat disgruntled, hud de
cided to return homo where, sho said,
testily, "I'm of some use und wanted,"
True words, oven If uttered In Irrita
tion! David chustoned but cheerful, sat on
tlu. piazza of his regenerated home,
nursing hla lame knee und feeling
suninwliat lonely, whou ho suw her
coining up tho lune.
"Glory!" he shouted. "Juck, If there
Isn't your mistress," and with all such
dreams as freedom sometimes raises
eliminated from his mind, ho hobbled
to meot hor, gludly rccnllliig that,
thanks to Marry Ann, all tokens ot his
brief and disastrous reign had been re
moved und Mary Ann bound to eternal
secrecy und silence by au extra tvago
honorarium.
"I hopo I'm welcome, David," his
w Ifo romurked with an unusual humil
ity, "und can muko myself moro useful
here thau I scorned to be at Marlow's
where no ono would let me lift a help
ing hand."
David didn't understand tho remark,
but he wus glad to see her, and ho told
her so,
"You'ieuH welcome as the H
Muy" he uimwcrcd, poUenj
men oiusiieu; a" "".,",
some discarded May Woiwm ;
remains were reposing PM
the garbage pall tbat my we
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Mothor Moore iookcu"-
., ii.i... tviviit. ihere
i wus imiiiui ... --- ,
cd.-asi saw '"-,;rnlke
iultorup. cum- V-U out.
thut. It you WB,,,V" ,',' the tin
onoortwome.ru J
c.0l'V'A1,."plr,'.3fl"
tlio leaves n w
This was u great and .
concession, """" -;,.,., ,ui
I1B tlio tints of the rUM
looked confused and replU'
.Oh. I don't know, 1 1
bother wltli any. h u
tliom la tho fields aa m
where." (he i t
Thon. arm " a,r:,!rl. m
entered their wu.r .--- f.
UH hor milrlii " J B.
scenes: "" ' ' ',J ill
llko horn . And J;
liberty vanisiiiu. -- , ,,
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By Walt Gregg.
LLA HOLMKij open
ed hor magazine
wider and read tlio
article onco more.
" -and if all wo
men would use
tholr 'heads ios.ave
their heels' as tho
saying goes, the un
uecesBury stops
they take during a
duy's duties would count moro thau
they imagine."
"I supposo that's true," she mused.
"Somehow I've made things run all
right, but I might make It easier, I
Biipposo " and her thoughts drifted
to tho various tilings that clamored for
hor attention.
The little cottage that Juck Holmes
and his wife, Klla, had been so happy
In for a year, was a cosey, homelike
place, To be sure, It was small, hut
Kllu enjoyed keeping It In order und,
as Jack's business wus a young one,
she felt that her part wus to avoid all
expense possible.
No love words or pet names sounded
sweeter in her cars than "Little help
meet." which Jack would call her
whon siie proudly exhibited, a new
waist that she had made "all hoist If,"
or a new rcclpo that was economical
but delicious.
All tho magazines wero eagerly lio
nised for helpful "hints" In muiingo
incut of tho littlo household. All of
them did not prove satisfactory, hut
sho would cumfort herself with tho
thought thut "experience Is tho best
teacher."
Now here was a new wrinkle. As
she started to pre pure the dinner,
"Uends and heels" rang In her ears
"unnecessary steps," etc. Sho sat down
to puro tho potatoes and apples und
plan after plan raced through her
mind,
"Lot mo sec, I'll burn till my par
ings and everything 1 can to save go
ing out to the garbage can. Uucss my
heels aro more important than the
gurbago for Jerry's hens! I'll count
my steps und see where I can save the
most." In the midst or her resolves,
the tea kottlo boiled over and In her
haste to set it buck, tho parlnga flew
in all directions.
Nonr to tears, sho decided to use her
heels a littlo more or the dinner wuuld
be a fuilurc.
That evening when Jack wanted her
to play the simple songs he loved she
struck so many fulse notes ihut sho
gave up in despair for between tho
strains of "Ihivo's Old Sweet Song" her
hind wus busy counting the average
steps between her various duties, How
ever, ut Jack's anxious queries, sho as
sured him thut she wus all right.
"I'm afraid things aro too much for
you. dear. If you cun get along till
I am sure of that big order from Har
rlman or get my patent grunted, then
we'll havo a niuld and an auto, yes, uud
a flying machine, perhaps," ho added,
laughingly.
"I don't want a muld, Jack. It's
nicer with Just us two," she whispered
us she nostled besldo him ou the arm
of the big chulr.
While Jack wus pouring his coffee
from the shining percolator next
morning ho cautioned his wlfo not to
work hard thul duy.
"Just let thlilgs go und como down
town ami we'll go out to dinner some
where for a treut."
IOven as she kissed him good-by she
was saying ovor and ovor to herself
"Eleven cellar stairs, 10 steps from
sink to refrigerator, 12 steps to gurb
ago can, five from sink to stove, etc.,
and by the tlmo night cumo her heud
was throbbing so sho called Juck up
and told him she roll unable to come
down town and that he must get his
dinner before ho cume homo or bring
It from the dellcutessen shop,
A short time later Jack nishcu lut
the little house und upstairs whoro hla
wife fuy iu solltury quiet. The doctor
followed and wl.enJe(om
It wus an ocilo etttif.
. Rllu confessed IM ., ,
rn.enJck"eDrd,tW''ftl
imd given his order hei,
cr big one W jBlt for I'
dered a lilt lo car ,,
1.-.1 ..imined a swei' , i
?e ..forwards to ,,.
hcciiable to come & a u tie
f'-iiall have to ceMjjr
ing material herea . j
announced as he r" tfu v
head ua " '
murmured