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"In hi* younger days," said the which he was to l*> -»uue a ' nicIstcr.V
Tl's natm Ji i *v<*kml Coyote Mike free, but lie wuu’t go far.”
"Well, geiillemeu. we undir-taud
•peaker. "Mr Blackburn was very chfv Ills botdiins pined back w aril and fo
i
er. f'*i
I lose trade Bilk
||„.
■Irous. Asked by a friend to secoud want through 3,100 threads In In.«
Lil • e he < >uid
up his opinion each oilier," the Kid auuouu<v<i
lone wiio claim« tlie reward li.« all
a duel, he readily consented At sun loom. There were fifteen colors, and
Hi«- Lid had him by the baud.
rise the parties met at tlie ap|»ointed as they were blended they grew Into it
<►————————
ion'll help
pan have profited I I say about whnt shall be done with the
ft
place. It was Mr. Blackburn's duty to tiesign that was to Instr the title of
T
i
de
than
ai.
.
holy
in Rountree over ■ thief. Wind I'll have •mi lifti. to. «
A Commonplace Life.
say the last words about the terms of "l'aust and Marguerite."
tlie sinfulness of man. We'll let you ! I row uoon."
•’A commonplace Ufa," we say. And we
A sudden suspioieii of the t r t|t 11
the duel. And, gen
•lgh.
off with $.-*»» now. but we'll eorne back
When the last threat I was laid In
I dawned on us. The Kid was going to
*ut why should we sigh as we say?
tlemen,” continued place it was found that not a stitch
for more later. Next!”
•
B,
CtOflCE
Thg commonplace sun In the common
I
save
the
thief
’
s
life.
It
was
uuothes
AY*
ROBSON,
who
is
uow
the speaker, "do you had Iteen dropiss! Thu* Conried be
Coyote Mike never protested, for the
place sky
TEELBERT WALSH ”
plnying the role of Princess
know that duel nev came a "melster,” and the same pains
Kid had him down for the full am*int, I one of* his freaks. After exacting a
Vakse up the commonplace day
I
promise
from
us
to
let
the
captor
de
Alli*
In
"It
Happemal
Iu
fW moon and the star« are commonplace
er took place?”
with his signature at the foot, before
taking care has characterized all Ms
tiling«.
Nordl.iud.” has a pretty lev-
ft t'ui'i/riyht,
(¿ftrye EfhrUitrt IValiih it
A murmur of "Why later work.
he could recover from his astonish cide the man's fate he was ready to
io»«r that blooms and the bird that
I al head, and the fact served her In good
not?” went around
ment. Budd Brainard ouee more start I expose the thief.
sings.
"No, you don’t!” shouted Budd Bruin- iteail when she made her first stage
THE ROMAN ARENAS*
the table.
■tea sad wees the world and dark our lot
ed for the door, saying under bi* I ard.
"1'11 camp on your trail every apiienrance. 8he was a young widow
ID DILWORTH was an un breath: "Hang him! He'll befuddle me
to Utt ■
failed and ths sun shone
“For a very sim
not
I minute of the day and iilglit, and I'll lie tn New York, trying to make a living
usual man. Without uttempt- next with his tomfoolery!”
pie reason.” said the They Wrrr Not Mere IU hk «, a« Tho«e
«ed God, who sees each separate soul.
of the Huderu Circus.
colleague. “ When
> lug to analyze him I should
The Kid replied sorrowfully enough, I in at the end. I’ll have half the re- I painting menu cards. The fad went
Cut of commonplace lives makes his
The areuas of ancient Rome were
I out. and, at a loss what to do, she en-
beautiful whole.
Joe finished speak
say that be was unusual be holding o|>en the door for Budd: “We'll I ward and half the say.”
senator black - Ing It was too dark uot, as some people suppose, mere
—Susan Coolidge.
True to bls word, Budd followed the I tered a theatrical agency one day. She
cause of certain mixed qualities that take your subscription for the new I Kid around like a shadow. They ate secured an engagement, but was lm-
burx .
rings or ovals, such as may be seen
for a duel.”
might bare made him famous outside meeting house another time. The Lord and slept together. The Kid didn't re I mediately released wheu the manager
Tall ’Em Nol
It is related that Mr. Blackburn once in the modem circus. They were
can
bide
his
time."
When they ask you If you’re wearied out of Rountree. It Is true he was con
broken up and varied In character ac
I llscovered she possessed no experience.
"So can I!” snnppevl Budd. “And sent Budd's presence, but sought Goiug back to the agency, she was told ordered bls tailor to make him a pair cording to the nature of the lighting
with living.
spicuous Ln Rountree, but not of the
Tell 'em "No.”
wheu my time comes we'll settle all mightily to work upon bis spiritual na not to let it be known next time that of trousers.
to be done or to the caprice's of those
ture. 1 think If the watch had been
When they ask you If there's folly In for kind that spells fame. One thing, his past scores. Understand?”
"Make them skin tight," be said
In authority. Ou one ocvaslou an arena
«he was Inexperienced.
giving.
extended
to
a
fortnight
Budd
would
ambition didn’t turn in the right direc
In
due
time
the
trousers
were
scut
After that the Kid had opposition In
Tell ’em "No.”
tion, and be wus too much obscured by building his new meeting house. Roun I either have been converted or stam “But what am I to do when they home aud tried on, whereupon the sen might resemble tlie Numidian desert,
Tell 'em “No" with all your might
xsk me?” she de
certain
inherited
traits
that
you
ator sent for the tailor aud proceed«! on another the gurdeu of llesperidre,
Optimism's never trite.
tree didn't need such an institution, for peded for new grouuds without half manded. "I am not
thick set with groves of trees and ris
Put the pessimists to flight—
couldn't hold him responsible for. He it hadn't thrown off its swaddling I the reward.
.to open Are.
Tell ’em "No."
Tlie Kid appeared to make no un rery skilled In tell
was unassuming, too, and you couldn't clothes, and it was in need of more
"What In the blankety blank blank ing mounds, while again it pictured the
ing: lies.”
have you done with these trousers ■' fl. great rocks and caves of Thrace.
Whan they ask you It the world Is bound help liking him for that.
saloons than churches, But the Kid usual efforts to bunt down the thief.
With these surroundings the com
"Evade it,” was
for ruin.
Budd Brainard suld that Dilworth showed liis peculiar inherited traits by I He talked religion to Budd most of the
demanded to know,
batants advanced, retreated, encircled
Tell 'em "No."
was a lazy, good for nothing horse uot being downhearted over the failure time and prayed for him the rest. Budd he bland response.
"You told me to make them sk
When they ask you If there's always thief before be was reformed.
their adversaries or kept wild beasts
But of bis scheme to save the souls of the looked pretty pale and haggard the I You can manage it
tight, sir.” faltered the tailor.
trouble brewin’.
at bay as occasion offered or as their
I
somehow.
”
next
morning;
he
was
wild
eyed
and
Budd
had
a
grudge
against
bim
which
"Yes,
but
by
the
great
born
apo
Tell 'em "No.”
Rountree citizens In a real, genuine
courage or fear suggested. Men com
So it came about
Tell 'em "No" and say It loud;
didn't have a chance to cool In that church. There were, of course, some desperate. But when it came time for
you overdid it,” roared the senator
bated not only with the more common
Say it open-like and proud;
Arizona temperature.
the Kid to redeem his promise a look that an opportunity
can
sit
down
in
my
skin,
but
1
c
who
followed
him
mid
believed
in
him.
Howl It out before the crowd—
brutes, but with such monsters as ele
of hope entered Budd's eyes His vigil urose for nn ingenue
in these pants.”
Dilworth reformed when he struck but not many.
Tell 'em "No."
phants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses
for a new piece,
I
would
soon
end.
the trail of a miserable little preacher
Robert
T.
Haines
is
soon
to appear in and crocodiles. On other occasions
When things didn't come fast enough
When they hint th« world's a hotbed of
■ent down there to save himself from Ills way Dilworth said something nliouc I The Kid was the only collected one "The Hoop of Gold.”
Injustice,
a new play bx his wife. Generic e I !.
an early consumptive's grave. The Kid "buckling on the armor of the Lord I of tlie crowd assembled at Coyote which was to be produced at the Grand Haines. It is rather an unusual tiling flocks of game, such as deer and war
Tell 'em "No."
ostriches, were abandoned to the multi
Opera House In Brooklyn. Nothing
When they hold that folks are foolish took a fancy to him and helped him to
mid lighting for the right.” We took Mike's saloon at live minutes past noon was said about previous experience. for an actor to have a wife who can tude, and In some cases the arenas
when they trust us.
Budd
was
tierce
and
anxious,
showing
keep
order
when
he
tried
to
preach,
this sort of talking figuratively until
Tell 'em "No."
Wheu Leon Vincent, the stage man write dramas and create roles for her could be turned Into lakes, filled with
and when he died he made all Roun one day he waylaid Mexican Pete and I the strain in his husky voice.
Bay It so they all can hear;
ager,
said to the amateur. "Take the husband to fill. Mr. Haines first bad monsters of the deep, and upon the sur
“Where is he?” he demanded horse
Yelp It out without a fear;
tree turn out to his funeral. It was toted him off to his house to convert
face of which naval engagements took
stage,
”
she looked at him helplessly. the exi>erienee of ap
Spread your gospel far and near—
the greatest funeral you ever saw In him. Pete was a sinner if there ever ly. "Where's your horse thief?”
Tell 'em "No."
place.
___
If
he
had
told her to reach down the pearing in a play
“Don't hurry matters, Budd. I’m
that region. It Just made one think was one—horse thief, drunkard and
from his wife's peii
When they claim the world's unselfish that we were all in love with the dead gambler. If the Kid could couvert bim, coming to that part of It. Does any- moon she would have had about as when she sprang in
SENATOR ELECT BULKELEY.
much of an Idea how to go about the
ness has perished.
chap. But we weren't. We were sort along with Buck Grey, he would prove body here know who the thief is?”
to fame as a play
Tell 'em “No.”
process.
She
did
not
move,
whereupon
There
was
a
negative growl, even
He Ils« Been Governor of Conserti-
When they say the things are dead our of hypnot!z«l by Dilworth. Somehow a better man than any of bls prede
the old geutleman walked up to ber wright through tlie
from Budd.
the mantle of Elijah had fallen on the cessors In the ministry.
cut and Mayor of Hartford.
fathers cherished.
production of
and
said:
Tell 'em "No.”
"Then I stand alone to claim the re
Kid's shoulders.
''Hearts Aflame.”
Ex-Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley of
Pete
didn't
show
up
again
for
a
week.
the
"How
long
have
you
been
on
Laugh whene'er you hear 'em croak;
Leastwise be assumed that It had, Some said he was dead drunk, and ward," the Kid added. “Coyote Mike
Connecticut, who was recently chosen
This drama, in
Give their sore old ribs a poke;
and he made us believe It. We couldn't others hinted that the Kid had made will hold it In trust for the new meet stage?”
which
he
took
the
to succeed the veteran statesman Jo
Treat their growling as a joke—
The crucial moment had come, She
Tell ’em "No.”
deny it, and we couldn't affirm It, and way with him. But he was all right, ing bouse. It will be enough to build
leading role, scored
seph R. Hawley in the United States
twisted her fingers in and out and
—Baltimore American.
It
right
away,
and
more.
”
what you can't affirm or deny you'd except that he looked scared and pale
an immediate suc
Benate, is a member of most of the
finally
began,
"About
—
about
”
—
There was no comment. Nobody
cess. Mrs. Hallies
better leave alone. So we accepted it when lie appeared at the Yellow Coy
"About twenty minutes,” Mr. Vincent Is a beautiful wom ROBERT T. HAISES. patriotic societies of ■ the country and
cared what the Kid did with the money
BLESSING THE WATERS.
while under the spell of the moment. ote bar again.
is especially proud of Ms membership
answered.
If lie could produce the horse thief.
an. with a musical
Budd Brainard said "Amen!” and the
"Have
one,
Pete?
”
said
Budd.
"Make
"Well, I was going to say fifteen,” voice and charming manners. She does
Unique and Solemn Annual < ere.
"Understand, I’m to have the only
Kid took It right and pretended not to it anything.”
many on the Hlver Neva.
say what shall be done with the man. she admitted, already seeing herself not loo!; especially bookish and is de
see the mockery In Budd's toue and
Mexican
Pete
shook
his
head
and
out on the sidewalk again; but, to her
Midwinter in St. Petersburg each yeat added:
wlrspered, “I—do you mind if we call You can trust me to deal rightly with surprise, the good old gentleman sim voted to athletic sports. Mr. Ilaines
sees a unique anil solemn ceremony
him.
Is
there
any
objection?
”
secured a release from Minnie Maddern
“Amen and amen!”
it sarsaparilla?”
called "the blessing of the waters.” A
There was none audible, but plenty ply told her to remain after the rest Fiske, whose leading man he then was,
Budd looked kind of confused and
I
thought
Budd
would
fall
to
the
had
gone
and
then
gave
her
u
little
pri
chapel of tee, richly decorated with or asked:
floor, but he just gasped and turned to tinder the breath. Then the Kid did vate coaching in theatrical parlance. in order to interpret the leading role
naments from the palaces and churches
something to take their breath away.
in the drama which made Mrs. Haines'
"Does the Kid take it earnest? Ain't Coyote Mike. “You hear?"
At the next rehearsal she made a re fame.
and dedicated to St. John the Duptlst, he got brains enough to see the p'int of
He stood up on a barrel and said:
Then
when
Coyote
Mike
gurgled
out
IB erected on the frozen surfuce of the the Joke?”
"I’m him—the horse thief and the spectable showing as an Ingenue.
an Inarticulate reply Budd added
river Nev«. The river Is then culled
Norman Tharp, who plays Lord Dul-
claimant
of the reward. We needed the
wrathfully:
"This
is
going
too
far!
Dilworth overheard, but he chose to
Itobert B. Mantell, who is touring in
the Jordan, and religious services are
meeting bouse so badly that I had to do a reiiertolre of Shakespearean plays vertou in “The Usurper,” Is an English
What's
the
matter
with
us,
anyway,
to
assume
nut,
and
be
dispersed
the
fu
conducted In the temple by the metro
something.” He paused. "And now we this season and winning much praise man who is trying hard to be an Amer
politan or high priest of the national neral procession with a wave of his let tliut little reformed horse thief come have the money.”
ican. lie often fiuds the process pain
hand
and
a
liighfaluting
sort
of
an
here
nnd
lienpeck
us?
Why
don't
you
for his work in this class of drama,
church, utlended by the emperor and
There were several menacing move won familiarity with a large number ful. even expensive. lie was complain
nouncement
that
he'd
close
up
his
mouth,
Mike?
If
you
don
’
t
hold
meeting
ull Ills court. The ceremony Is In mem
ing recently about being charged $4.75
ments In the direction of the belt, but
ory of the baptism of Christ and is next Sabbath morning at 11 In the lie'll close up your saloon. Well, you're the Kid forestalled the action by add of Shakespearean parts during bis first for a bunch of violets in New York.
buck
part
of
the
Yellow
Coyote saloon. the finest lot of blasted, idiotic dum
years oil the stage. He was telling
supposed to be a safeguard against
"Aha!" an American friend gloated.
Coyote Mike gave the Kid the use of mies that I ever see! I'll be hanged if ing:
oue day of tlie hard school in which
dangers from floods as well as to bene
“They saw you coming and said:
“
The
horses
stolen
are
all
In
good
his
back
room
for
service,
knowing
I
don't
shake
off
the
dust
of
Rountree
an
aspirant
for
histrionic
honors
has
lit those who make their living on the
that he would profit by the crowd that for goisl! It's too preachy here for me. condition down on Mexican Pete’s to learn his task In England. "In the ■There's an English lobster. We'll trim
sea.
him.' ”
ranch. He let me keep them there un
A hole Is cut in the ice in the center would assemble in the front room. All I'm stifling, asphyxiating. Sarsaparilla til you wanted them. Now we'll ad first eight years of my professional
"Not a( all, my dear boy, I assure
Rountree
was
there,
every
one
burning
for
Mexican
Pete!
Hull!
Take
him
career
I
played
not
less
than
750
parts.
of the floor of tlie chapel. From this
you.
” said Tharp. “I talked broad and
journ
the
meeting
until
I
decide
wheth
tlie people are baptized by sprinkling with thirst and curiosity. Dilworth home and give him the nursing bottle! er to hang or shoot the thief. If It’s In the last six only seven or eight,” spat on the floor.”
held
tlie
service
alone;
we
didn't
Inter
I'll
go
camping
on
tlie
trail
of
that
Kid.
said
Mantell.
"When
I
was
knocking
by the priests, and the faithful mem-
either one, Budd, I’ll surrender my
about through Great
hers of the Greek church go in vast rupt him. It was none of our business He's a horse thief, a self confessed one, right and give you the first pull or
Francis Wilson, who Is now playing
If
he
wanted
to
play
preacher.
and
ought
to
die.
”
Britain with a little in "Cousin Billy,” Is very successful in
crowds to get tlieir share, while reli
shot.”
company,
playing
Usually
Budd
lived
up
to
his
word,
Now,
an
ordinary
man
would
have
glous devotees often plunge Into the
making others laugh, but sometimes
But Budd had made a break for the
the legitimate and
ice cold flood through tlie bole. If they been scared to death by the popping of and we expected developments. But In door. He was still unconverted, and the
the laugh has been on him. Upon one
standard
drama,
1
catch cold and die, as they often do, guns and eorks In the Yellow Coyote Rountree you can never tell where Kid looked sorrowful. "But If the Lord
occasion be was culled before the cur
played
us
high
us
a
heaven Is secured for them. On the ■aloon that morning, but the Kid only lightning will strike. It was an even can abide his time so can I,” he mur
tain to respond to most enthusiastic
dozen parts In one
evening before the ceremony devout prayed and sang the louder behind his gamble on Budd and the Kid.
applause, and a superb bunch of Amer
mured.
evening.”
Considering everything, I was a little
churchmen make crosses on their closed doors, When the meeting was
ican Benuty roses was banded to him
"Oh-h-h h-h, Bob. over the footlights. He bowed his
thresholds to prevent the evil spirits over he came out looking sorrowful confused when both turned up as se
CHINESE
TRADE
GUILDS.
MORGAN O. BVLKELEY.
come
off
four
or
five
renely
unconcerned
as
ever.
Budd
said
and
downcast.
that are driven from the water from
thanks and retired, and as he entered
at least,” pleaded
"Why didn't some of you boys come nothing about tlie Kid, and the Kid al They Paas on All l>l«pnte<l question*
taking refuge In their houses.—Chicago
his dressing room opened a note which In the G. A. R. and the Society of the
one of bls auditors.
In?” he asked, pleadlng-llke. “I know wnys purposely avoid«! speaking of his
Cincinnati. He has been president of
of Labor and Food.
News.
"Not even oue, my accompanied the flowers. It was couch tlie Sons of the Revolution and com
you would have enjoyed It. Next Sab old side partner of the days before the
The laborers in China work long R obert b . man -
ed
In
very
affection
tell .
boy; not a single
bath morning we'll have a large au measly little preacher chap brought hours, and their meals are supplied by
ate terms and Invit mander of the G. A. R., department of
STORY OF “LAS MENINAS.” dience.”
trouble to Rountree.
chappie of the dozen
the employer. Their food consists of
ed
Mm to go to sup Connecticut. The senator elect was
Then the best citizens began to lose rice, partaken of twice a day, with now will I cut off,” replied Mantell, "and if
Some of us tried to snicker, but
How One of Velai<inei'a Notable Pic
per.
It seemed that born sixty-seven years ago at East
somehow we couldn’t. We Just felt horses, stolen from right under their and then a few vegetables or pieces of you’ll jot 'em down I'll reel ’em off to
tures Came to He Painted.
through
the stupid Haddam, Conn. He was educated in
you. The night I did this sextuple
The story of “La Meniuas" is that that hypnotizing spell come over us noses. A horse thief liadn t been hung | salt fish or pork as a relish. Tea Is also
florists
’ boy the Hartford schools, has received a
fty
of
a
doubling
act
was
somewhere
in the
Velasquez was painting a portrait of again. Budd Brainard started the pro In Rountree for six months. Every one furnished to them in unlimited quanti
he
bad
received
a degree from Yale, Is a banker and Is
___ ____
___ begin
__ work „„
president of a big Insurance company.
They
as soon _ as __
day- south of England, and the bill for the
the Spanish king and queen (who sat cession from the saloon. Dilworth felt himself a self constituted commit- ties.
tribute
which
bad
night was 'Richard III.’ and 'Rotiert
He was mayor of Hartford from
where the spectator is when he looks stood and eyed us sadly. He didn’t tee to run the thief to ground, but some | light appears" and continue until be
been
intended
for
Macalre.’ In the first piece I played
1880 to 1888 and governor of Connecti
ut the picture*. Their little daughter, seize upon any one until It came Buck bow he was too wary for us, anil we tween 8 and 9 o’clock at night, the re
one
of
the
young
la
Just bucked our heads against a stone cent Introduction of kerosene oil length Richard, Radcliffe, the jailer, Tesale,
the Infanta Margarita, came in with
dles of his company. cut from 1880 to 1893. His ancestors
wall in vain.
ening their hours of labor. Tlie work Catesby and an officer, and In the last
her maids of honor, her dog and her
Mr. Wilson is quite founded the city of Concord, Mass.,
I
thrilled
'em
with
my
Cartouch,
Cara-
Budd Brainard swore over the bar of man eats and sleeps in the shop where
dwarfs and acbompanied by her duen-
an
accomplished lin aud his family has been prominent In
trancis
wir.sox.
dox, Moreens, and, and, and”—
the Yellow Coyote that if the thief be Is employed.
ua and a courtier. The little princess
guist.
For ^pme time New England history for generations.
“That's only nine, quite enough,
touched his horse he'd run him to
Not only do the male workers have a
asks for a drink of water; a maid of
mystery
to
his
friends
how he Senator Hawley, whom he succeeds,
It
was
a
ground within forty-eight hours. Then. trades union or guild of their own, but heaven knows,” Interrupted he with
has l>een a member of the senate since
honor hands it to her with the elabo
tlie
peudl"'and
paper'.
‘
"quite
“
enough"
I
aCQUired
a
knowledge
of
so
many
inn- 1881 and retires because of advanced
Just to show liow little he cared for _ so ____
also _____
have ___
the ____
employers. To these
rate etiquette prescrllied by the formal
He
had
never
had
a
French
guages.
Budd's threat, the thief trail«l behind I guilds are ref erred" all ’’disputed ques- Bol>, but we must have the other three,
age and ill health. At the completion
ities of the most rigidly ceremonious
teacher. . yet all at once be began to of his present term Senator Hawley
lilni
that night and led his horse off to 1 tions
"
-
speak French like a native. A year or
of - - labor
and food, which, as a nevertheless, so trot ’em out.”
court In Europe. The scene presented
"Well,
”
said
Mantell,
"Just
who
the
parts unknown.
rule, are amicably settled. The opera-
two later and German was at his fin will have served twenty-four years In
so charming a picture that the king de
"We’ll have the noose around him tlves seem to take it for granted that other three were I cannot for the mo ger tips; later again, he began to talk the senate. He fought tn the civil war
sired Velasquez to paint It. The artist
this time,” some one says, knowing their employers can properly claim ev ment say, as I haven’t the cast handy, Italian as though to the language born. «nd left the service a brevet brigadier
has Included himself iu the group at
Budd for a bud man when outraged.
ery moment of their time from early but if you put It down as three officers And then a friend solved the mystery. general.
work upon a large canvas on which it
But the excitement didn't come off. morning until night unless about thir it will fill out the dozen.”
He had learned the languages from his
Is supposed he was painting a portrait
I'lyluK Power« of the Swallow,
About half tlie horses of Rountree ty minutes set apart for each meal of
dressers. It was remembered that for
of the king and queen wheu the inter
Not only do swallows capture all
George Arliss, the English author and two seasons a French valet who spoke
were
stolen
before
the
citizens
organ
rice
and
vegetables
be
excepted.
When
ruptiou occurred. The reflection of the
ized. Tlieu they held a meeting to the two guilds fall to arrive at a satis actor who made a hit as Zokkuri In nothing but his native tongue had min their insect food while on the wing;
king and qu<*eu appears In the mirror
consider
things. It was the Kid who factory settlement of a dispute the em "The Darling of the Gods," had rather istered to his dressing room wants. they also invariably drink while fly
at the end of the room, and the cliam
an unusual experience one morning a Then when Mr. Wilson’s Parisian ac ing, and they even feed their young
first
let
light
in on the subject. After ployers simply close up the shops.
berlaln, Don Jose Nieto, stands outside
on the wing, especially the house mar
all the others had Lad their say he put
Canton boasts of over seventy trades year or two ngo, when he picked up a cent became thoroughly manicured the tins, although it is very dlflieult to ob
the door drawing the curtain. The
Sunday paper and found in It a criti Frenchman passed out and was no
Up
a
clincher
In
this
wise:
guilds.
These
guilds
have
fine
halls
scene is. Indeed, represented with such
“Seems to me we need to stimulate and spacious courtyards, where their cism by his own wife of his new play. more seen. His successor was a Ger serve them performing the feat, so
wouderful realism that a famous
our
civic pride a little by offering a members meet daily and discuss the af The play was "There and Back.” and man. and be, after a couple of seasons, quickly is it done. As the young birds
French critic said of It. "So complete
arrive at full growth they soon become
money
reward for the horse thief, dead faira of their- respective trades and his wife, known to theater goers as was succeeded by an Italian.
is the illusion that, standing in front
impatient of confinement and sit all
Florence
Montgomery,
played
the
lead
or
alive,
but
mostly
alive.
A
little
re
other matters.
. Now the comedian's friends are won day with their heads out of the en
of ‘Las Meuinas,' one is tempted to
ing
part
In
It.
In
criticising
the
play
|
dering
whnt
ward will do wonders sometimes. Re
sort of a dresser he will trance to the nest, where the dams, by
ask, ‘Where is the picture?' ’’—St. Nich
she wrote:
member ouee when I was nearly cor
He Heard the Volee.
engage when he begins the study of clinging to the nest, supply them with
olas.
|
"The
piece
Is
by
George
Arliss,
whom
This story is told of a well known
ralled by— But that was In the days
Sanskrit.
food from morning till night, and it is
before I was converted, and it makes London surgeon whose heart Is said to I am privileged to call busband. This,
FIGHTING OXEN.
me sad to think of it. I won't recall be as gentle as his manner is rough: however, does not
The presence of mind exhibited by during this period that the young are
He went from his warm bed at 4 deter me from my
I Heinrich Conried. manager of the Met fed on the wing by the parents. Then,
The Hottentot« Trained Cattle
again, the house swallow will wash it
purpose.
Who
has
a
o
’
clock
one
bitter
morning
to
attend
a
The Kid had a sorrowful way of
ropolitan Opera company, when an ac
Charare Riderless Into Battle.
self
by dropping into the water as it
better
right
to
be
se
looking out of his mournful eyes which tiny boy who was tn a perilous plight
cident occurred on the stage of the
When the Hutch first settleal at the
opera house recently won him much flies.
affected us so that we all hastened to I from diphtheria. He hastily perform vere with Mr. Arliss
Cape they found that the original Hot
agree with him.
ed the operation of tracheotomy nnd, to than myself?
praise. But for the calmness he dis
tentots owned large herds of cattle,
The (¡oda nf Jannn
“As a husband
played a panic among the audience
"I'll put up a hundred on that re- | | Ids joy. saw the child revive Durirg
which they regularly rode and trained
Japan numbers in its pantheon as
is
everything
the
next
few
days
everything
passed
Ward,
”
sft'ifi
Budd
Brainard.
might
easily
have
resulted.
When
Mr.
tG-ftct as gttarJlaii* of their-ullirr cat
many as 80,900,000 gods, All those
Conried succeeded Maurice Grau as who have deserved well of their coun
“And I’ll cover it with the same,' off beautifully, but the doctor wanted should be.
tie anti their camps. So admirably were
BUDD BRAINARD SAID "AMEN!”
"As
an
author
to hear his small friend speak. This so
manager of the performances of grand try. from Kolio DalshI, who gave learn-
added Coyote Mike.
these animals trained that they used
opera at the Metropolitan Opera House lag its handle (writings, to Illruue, who
"Just double the amounts, gentle far the patient had not done. "I am but I will break It
to charge before the tribesmen in bat Grey's turn to scoot out of the door.
there were some who doubted ills abil was blown to pieces In bis Bhlp in the
tie. apparently without riders, though Then be Just stretched forth a hand men, and J’U cover them both." the Kid- sorry he can't speak to n;e. nurse, be ger.tcy.
"I know it was
cause I'm going up to London today
ity to Oil a position of such importance. jaws of Port Arthur only the other day.
said, tielng game to the core.
iliere may "have l»een mounted leaders and said:
"Buck, the Lord wants you.”
But his success has shown him equal are canonised into gods, like the saints
In half nn hour a purse of $2.000 was and shan't know whether to bring him just like a man to
An old writer named Kollien says:
Ordinarily Buck could handle n six handed over to Coyote Mike to hold a horse or a gun.” It was the doctor write 'There and
to the task threat u [ kiii him when the of Europe, by the mikados. One of
“Every Hottentot army Is provided
with a large troop of these war oxen, ■hooter quick enough and could laugh for the successful man. The Kid eyed speakisg ut the little one. A tiny finger Back’ as it is and
board of directors of the opera house these goals In good standing is or was
stole up ts the wounded throat, and tlie then call It by that GEOROE ARLISS.
which permit themselves to be govern at death in almost any form, but he the money with wistful eyes.
called bim away
an Englishman. His name was Will
ed without trouble and which their Just trembled all over now nnd wilted.
from the German
"Seeing that I started the fund grow ghost of a baby's voice whispered. absurd title. No wo
Adams, and he was wrecked on the
leaders let hxise at the appointed mo We saw him draw back Into the shad Ing," he said slowly, “I might have the "Please, doctor, bwlng me a fickle man would be satisfied with such an playhouse on Irving
shores of Japan at the close of the
Indefinite
sort
of
name
any
more
than
gun.
”
He
got
the
"fickle
gun.
”
and
the
ment. The Instant they are set free ow of the saloon with the Kid and lis privilege of modifying the terms of the
place, which he had
Elizabethan century. He is a god be
doctor kne«r that the child's voice * «» she would have any patience with such made the temple of
they throw themselves with imiietuos- ten.
reward.”
cause be built for Japan her first sea
a husband as the two spouses In the German histrionic
________________
Ity upon tlie opposite army. They
Coyote Mike's back room had an au
There were some grunts of disap •afe.
worthy navy.
Keep* Them Aired.
play. It mustn't be thought that I art in New York, to
strike with their horns, they kick, they dience of two the following Sabbath, proval. but the Kid continued:
"Mrs. Chatterbox Is nn incessant talk wish Mr. A. had let me write his piece. assume the manage
rip up and trample beneath their feet and the popping of corks and guns In
“I don't think you'll object to giving
An Oversight.
I don't believe I could do It at all. As ment of the leading
all that opposes them. They plunge front was not so frisky as usual. There the captor of the horse thief a chance er. isn't she?”
A glutton once made a bet that he
was
an
atmosphere
of
quietness
about
his
critic
or
collaborator
I
might
be
a
“
Yes;
she
says
that
a
person's
opin
with fury Into the midst of the ranks
to say what shall be done with him or
opera company of
could eat ten apple dumplings at one
and thus prepare an easy victory. The the place which oppressed us. Budd the opportunity to pull tlie rope first if ions get musty if they aren't aired success. But nn author—that Is a noth America. Mr. Con
sitting If the other party would pay
Brainard
finally
said:
er Jlilng.”
often.”—Detroit Free Press.
manner in which these oxen are train
he's hung.”
ried la a versatile heixricu coNRiaii. for the accompanying wine. After the
"I'm going to leave this place before
In his reply Mr. Arliss re-echoed the genius, actor, man
«1 and disciplined certainly does great
“No objection," said Budd, with an
ninth dumpling, however, be declared
that horse thief provokes me into outh. "A good idea! U want that re
last sentiment, intimating It was best ager, student, lecturer and business himself beaten. Sadly he regarded the
It Sometime* Fall«.
honor to the tnlent of this people."
«hooting him. I'll do it if be”—
there
should
be
but
one
author
in
the
“
.There's
nothing
like
perseverance.
ward and the first pull on the rope."
man. His attainments as a student tenth dumpling, which still reposed on
Posterity.
Arliss family.
Budd couldn't finish, for the Kid was
“Or the first shot if you decide to It wins out in the long run.”
have won him the degree of LI* I). He bis plate. Shaking bls finger at it, be
"What da you think posterity will in our midst and nt the door ahead of ■hoot him?" added the Kid.
“Not alwnys. Did you ever see a han
Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky, la a member of the committee on Ger- said: “Ab! If I’d known you'd be
any about you?”
pay one. He JiiNt looked over Budd's
“Yes. the first shot or the first pull. on a porcelain egg?"—Brooklyn Life.
who has been indulging in a word fight manto languages and literature of Har left over I'd have eaten you first.”—
"Well,” answered Senator Sorghum. shoulder aud said:
But it will be a pull.”
with Governor Beckham of the same vard university, and he baa medals Argonaut.
"I am not afraid of what posterity will
"We've divided to mine funds to
A Bit of Good Advlee.
"But if you decide to let him go scot
state, is noted for his volubility. At a from Germany and Italy for attain
Younghcsband I dreamed last night
any. People who are mean enough to build a meeting house In llountre«* We free we can't interfere; that's a part of
One of th<{ best things to do before dinner at which he was to respond to ments in the arts and science*.
talk about a man behind bis back nev need It bad. boys, for the back room of the l«irg;iln.”
we erttlciso others much is to begin a toast a senatorial colleague told the
Many yeacs ago as a .weaver's ap that your mother was dying. Ills Wife
er wield much influence.'*—Washington the Yellow Coyote Is small, and it
"Yes, a part of tlie bargain!” roared an Intelligent study of ourselves —Chi following story In illustration of his prentice Conried sat at bls loom In an —Brute! I heard you laugh In your
■tar.
won't hold our audience much longer.” Budd at the Joke. "I'll let him go scot cago
Journal,
Alsatian village weaving the fabric U* sle»>. New York Times.
1
ready flow of language.
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Greenroom
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