s Between Two Tires By ANTHONY HOPE "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." Francis Bacon. CHAPTER VI. ( Continued.) 'Hullo, Johnny! Why not at the House?" said 1 to him. "You'll want ev ry vote to-night. He ofT and help the in in is rry. and take Donna Antonia with you. They're eating up the minister of finance." "All right! I'm poind as soon as I've had another muffin." said Johnny. "But what's the row about'.'" "Well, they want their money," I re plied; "and I Km Antonio wou't give it them. Hence bad feeling." "Tell you what it is," said Johnny; "he hasn't got a " Here Ionna Antonia struck in, rather suddenly. I thought. "Do stop the gentlemen talking poli ties, Madame Devarges. They'll spoil our tea party." "Your word is law," I said; "but I should like to know what Don Antonio hasn't got." "Now do be quiet." she rejoined; isn't i' quite enough that he has got a charm ing daughter?" "And a most valuable one," I replied v.-ith a bow, for I saw that for some rea son or oilier Donna Antonia did not mean to let me pump Johnny Carr, and I want cd to pump him. "Don't s:iv another word, Mr. Carr,' she said, with a 'Y'ou know you iluii't know anything." Meanwhile Madame Devarges was giv ing me a cup of tea. As she handed it to me, she said in a low voice: "If I wore his friend I should take rare Johnny didn't know anything, Mr, Martin." ... "If I were his friend I should" take care lie told me what he knew, Madame De varges," I replied. "Perhaps that's what' the Colonel thinks," she said. "Johnny has just been telling us how verv attentive he has be come. And the Signorina. too, I hear." "You don't mean that?" I exclaimed. "But. after all, pure kindness, no doubt!" "You have receive! many attentions from those quarters," she said. "No doubt you are a good judge of the motives." "Don't, now, don't Iw disagreeable," fcaid I. "I came here for peace." 'Poor young man! Hare you lost all your money? Is it possible that you, like Don Antonio, haven't got a ?" "What is going to happen?" I asked, for Madame Devarges often had infor mation. "I don't know," she said. "But if I owned national bonds. I should sell." "Pardon me, madawe; you would offer to sell." I did not see any need to enlighten her further. So I passed on to Donna An tonia. who had sat somewhat sulkily since her outburst. I sat down by her and said : "Surely I haven't offended you?" "You know you wouldn't care if you had," she said, with a reproachful, but not unkind glance. "You will not let your real friends save you. Mr. Martin. You know you want help. Why don't you consider the stnte of your affairs?" "In that, at least, my friends in Whit tingham are very ready to help me," I answered, with some annoyance. "If you take it in that way." she re plied sadly. "I can do nothing." I was rather touched. Clearly Rhe wished to Ik? of some use to me, and for a moment I thought I might do better to tear myself free from my chains, and turn to the refuge opened to me. But I could not do this; and, thinking it would he rather mean to take advantage of her Interest in me only to use it for my own purposes, I yielded to conscience and said: "Donna Antonia, I will be straightfor ward with you. You can only help me if I a-pt your guidance?' I can't do that. I am too deep in." "Yes. you are d"ep in. and eager to be deeper," she said. "Well, so be it. If that is so I cannot help you." "Thank you for your kind attempt." paid I. "I shall very likely be sorry some day that I repulse it. I shall always be glad to remember that you made it." She looked at me a moment, and said: "We have ruined you amongst us." "Min i, body and estate?" She made no reply, and I saw my re turn to flippancy wounded her. So I rose an! to-ik my leave. Johnny Carr went wi'h me. "Things look queer, eh, old man?" said he. "But the President will pull through in spite of the Colonel and his Signor ina." "Johnny.' said I. "you hurt my feel ings; but still I will give you a piece of advice. Marry Donna Antonia. She's a good girl and a clever girl." "That's not a bad Met." said he. "Why don't you do it yourself?" "Because I'm like you. Johnny an Idiot," I replied, and left him wondering why, if he was an idiot, and I was an Mint, one idiot should marry Donna An tonia. and not both or neither. As I went along I bought the Gazette, the government organ, and read therein: "At a Cabinet council this afternoon, presided over by his excellency, we un derstand that the arrangements connected with the national debt formed the sub ject of discussion. The resolutions arriv ed at are at present strictly confidential, hut we have the best authority for stat ing that the measures to be adopted will have the effect of materially alleviating the present tension, and will afford un mixed satisfaction to the immense ma jority of the citizens of Aureataland. The President will once azain be hailed as the savior of his country." "I wonder if the immense majority will Include me?" said I. "I thitk I will go and see his excellency . CHAPTER VII. The next morning I took my way to the GoioVn House, where I learned that the President was at the ministry of finance. Arriving there, I sent in my card, writing thereon an humble repiet for a private Interview. I was ushered into Ihm An tonio's room, where I found the minister himself, the President and Johnny Carr. As I entered and the arrant, on a sign from bis exr-ellenry, placed a chair for ana. Um latter said rather atiZj: "As I presume this is a business visit, Mr. Martin, it is more regular that I should receive you in the presence of one of my constitutional advisors. Mr. Carr is acting as my secretary, and you can speak freely before him." I was annoyed at failing in my at tempt to see the President alone, but not wishing to show it, I merely bowed and said: "I venture to intrude on your excellen cy, in consequence of a letter from my directors. They inform me that, to use their words, 'disquieting rumors' are afloat on the exchanges in regard to the Aureataland loan, and they direct me to submit to your excellency he expediency of giving some public notification rela tive to the payment of the interest falling due next month. It appears from their communication that it is' apprehended that some difficulty may occur in the mat ter." "Would not this application, if neces sary at all, have been more properly made to the ministry of nuance iu the first instance?" said the President. "These details hardly fall within my province." "I can only follow my instructions, your excellency," I replied. "Have you any objection, Mr. Martin," said the President, "to allowing myself and my advisers to see this letter?" "I am empowered to submit it only to your excellency's own eye." 'Oh, only to my eye." said he, with an amused expression. "That was why the interview was to be private.' "Exactly, sir," I replied. "I intend no disrespect to the minister of finance or to your secretary, sir, but I am bound by my orders." "You are an exemplary servant, Mr. Martin. But I don't think I need trou ble you about it further. Is it a cable?" He smiled so wickedly at this question that I saw he had penetrated my little fiction. However, I only said: "A letter, sir." "Well, gentlemen," said he to the oth ers. "I think we may reassure Mr. Mar tin. Tell your directors this, Mr. Mar tin. The government does not see any need of a public notification, and none will be made. I think we agree, gentle men, that to acknowledge the necessity of any such action would be highly deroga tory. But assure them that the President has stated to you, Mr. Martin, personally, with the concurrence of his advisers, that he anticipates no difficulties in your be ing in a position to remit the full amount of interest to them on the proper day." "I may assure them, sir, that the inter est will be punctually paid?" "Surely I expressed myself in a manner you could understand," said he, with the slightest emphasis on the "you." "Au reataland will meet her obligations. Y'ou will receive all your due, Mr. Martin. That is so, gentlemen?" Don Antonio acquiesced at once. John ny Carr, I noticed, said nothing and fidgeted rather uneasily in his chair. I knew what the President meant. He meant, "If we don't pay, pay it out of your reserve fund.'! Alas, the reserve fund was considerably dimviished ; I had enough, and just enough left, to pay the next installment if I paid none of my own debts. I felt very vicious' as I saw his excellency taking keen pleasure in the consciousness of my difficulties, but of course I could say nothing. So I rose and bowed myself out, feeling I had gain ed nothing, except a very clear convic tion that I should not see the color of the President's money on the next interest day. True, I could just pay myself. But what would happen next time? And if he wouldn't pay, and I couldn't pay, the game would be up. As to the original loan, it is true I had no responsibility; but then, if no interest were paid, the fact that I had applied a second loan, my loan, in a manner different from that which my instructions authorized and my own reports represented, would be inevit ably discovered. A ml rny acceptance of the bonus, my dealings with the reserve fund, all this would, I knew, look rather quier to jeople who didn't know the cir cumstances. When I went back to the bank, revolv ing these things in my mind, I found Jones employed in arranging the corre spondence. It was part of his duty to see to the preservation and filing of all letters arriving from Europe, and, strange to say, he delighted in the task. It was part of my duty to see he did this; so I sat down anil began to turn over the pile of letters and messages which he had put on my desk : they dated back two years; this sur prised me, and I said: "Rather behindhand, aren't you, Jones?" "Yes, sir, rather. Fact is, I've done 'em lefore, but as you've never initialed 'em, I thought I ought to bring 'em to your notice." "Quite right very neglectful of me. I suppose they're all right?" "Yes, fcir, all right." "Then I won't trouble to go through them." "They're all there, sir, except, of course, the cable about the second loan, sir." "Except what?" I said. "The cable about the second loan," he repeated. I was glad to be reminded of this, for of course I wished to remove that docu ment before the bundle finally took its place among the archives. Indeed. I thought I had done so. But why had J-.nes removed it? Surely Jones was not as skeptical as that? "Ah, and where have you put that?" "Why, sir. his excellency took that." "What I" I cried. Yen, sir. Didn't I mention it? Why, the day after you and the President were here that night, his excellency came down in the afternoon, when you'd gone out to the Piazza, and said he wanted it. He said, sir, that you'd said it was to go to the ministry of finance. He was rery af fable, sir, and told me that it was neces sary the original should be submitted to the minister for his inspection; and as he wa pasMing by he'd take it up himself. Hasn't he given it back to you, sir? He said he would." "Slipped his memory, no doubt. All right, Jones." "May I go now, Rir?" said Jones. "Mrs. Jones wanted me to go with her." I saw all now. That old villain had stolen the cable. And his excellency's words came back to my memory, "I make the most of my opportunities'." CHAPTER VIII. The next week was a busy one for me. I spent it in scraping together every bit of cash I could lay my hands on. If I could get together enough to pay the in terest on the $;500,000 supposed to be in vested in approved securities really dis posed of in a manner only known to his excellency I should have six mouths to look about me. Now remaining out of my "bonus" was nil, out of my "reserve fund" $10,000. This was enough. But, alas, how happened it that this sum was in my hands? Because I had borrowed $0,000 from the bank ! If they wouldn't let their own manager overdraw, whom would they? So I overdrew. But if this money wasn't back before the monthly balancing, Jones would know ! And I dared not rely on being able to stop his mouth again. When I said Johnny Carr was the only honest man in Aureataland I forgot Jones. Jones also was honest, and Jones would consider it his duty to let the directors know of my overdraft. If once they knew, I was lost, for tin over draft effected privately from the safe by the manager is, I do not deny it, decidedly irregular. Unless I could add $5,000 to my $H),00 before the end of the month I should have to default ! This melancholy conclusion was re-enforced and rendered demonstrable by a letter which arrived, to crown my woes, from my resjieeted father, informing me that lie had unhappily become indebted to our chairman in the stun of $10,000, the result of n deal between them, that he had seen the chairman, that the chairman was urgent for payment, that he used most violent language against our family in general, ending by declaring his in tention of stopping my salary to pay the parental debt. "If he doesn't like it he may go, and small loss." This was a most unjustifiable proceeding, but I was hardly in a position to take up a high moral attitude toward" the chairman, and in the result I saw myself confronted with the certainty of beggary and the probability of jail. But for this unto ward reverse of fortune I might have tak en courage and made a clean breast of my misdoings, relying on the chairman's ob ligations to my father to puli me through. But now, where "was I? I was, as Donna Antonia put it, very deep in indeed. So overwhelmed was I by my position, and so occupied by my frantic efforts to im prove it, that I did not even find time to go and see the Signorina, much as I need ed comfort ; and, as the d'ys went on, I fell into such despair that I went no where, but sat dismally in my own rooms, looking at my portmanteau, and wonder ing how soon I must pack and fiy, if not for life, at least for liberty. At last the crash came. I was sitting iu my office one morning, engaged in the difficult task of trying to make ten into fifteen, when I hear dthe clatter of hoofs. A moment later the door was opened, and Jones ushered in Colonel McGregor. I nodded to the Colonel, who came in with his usual leisurely step, sat himself down, and took off his gloves. I roused myself to say : "What can I do for you. Colonel?" He waited till the door closed behind Jones, and then said: "I've got to the bottom of it at last, Martin. That old scamp's villainy," said he, jerking his thumb toward the Piazza and the statae of the Liberator. "lie's very cute, but he's made a mistake at last." "Do come to the point, Colonel. What's it all about?" "Would you be surprised to hear," said the Colonel, adopting a famous mode of speech, "that the interest on the debt would not be paid on the 31st?" "No, I shouldn't," said I, resignedly. "Would you be surprised to hear that no more interest would ever be paid?" "What do you mean, man?" I cried, leaping up. "The President," said he, calmly, "will, on the 31st instant, repudiate the national debt I" (To be continued.) She Knew Her nuNlnenn. He had been sweet on her for some time and one evening he dropped lu on his way home from the office. "I hope you will excuse me for call ing In my business suit," he said, "but " "Oh, that's all right." Interrupted the fair maid, "that is, if you ineati busi ness." A id the next day a downtown Jew eler separated him from a month's sal ary in exchange for the ring. Another Yernlon. Jack was Just about to build his fa mous house. "Why don't you get some men to help you?" asked a curious friend. "Xo, sir," replied Jack, "they would call a strike on me before the house was finished. I'll build it myself." Thus we know why the house was called "the house that Jack built." Well, Ve. Aramiuta (exhibiting the cherub) Is there anything family sweeter than a baby? Young SiHHjnall Why, ! sometimes think r baby's ls-ycar-old sister is ju.t u Utile er " Willlnic Martr. Merchant I would le glad! to give you the Ksition, oung man. but I make It n rule to rtnploy married men only. Applicant Beg pardon, sir, hut have you an unmarried daughter? Life. IPs Wife I'm awfully tired. I heavy, steady drawing, the light horse sesit the afternoon nt my dressmaker's i less useful. Then, In price, the trying to get a fit. (weight Is an Important Item. If a good IIr Husband I'm tired too. I met horse weighs over 2,Cjf0 pounds he may my tailor on the street and he gave' possibly sell for as much as $1 per me fits. Whl-t. Eva Yes It was a long. Jong quar rel, hut they made up wher they iut H L l.ltr ..I!1 mine iiiit .fi.ii.-r iiiziil .. . , . . ' , Edwin Ah. they hastened t "bridge" over the different- elil I Created White Duoka, Bulletin No. 04 of the Department of Agriculture says of. the Crested White duck : The Crested White duck Is what may be called an ornamental duck, much the same as Polish chickens. They are not bred to any great extent in this country, and they are very seldom seen in the showrooms. They have no es pecial value to the farmer, as better and more easily bred birds are to be found in the Pekln and Aylesbury. These ducks have a medium-sized bead: medium-sized bill, a large, well balanced crest upon the crown of. the bead ; a rather long neck : a medium length back ; breast, round and full ; body, round, and of medium length; CRESTED WHITE DUCK. medium-length wings that smoothly fold; hard, stiff tail feathers,, with well-curled feathers In the tail of drake; and short and stout thighs and shanks. Their eyes are large and bright and of a deep leaden blue or gray color. The shanks, toes and webs are of a light orangi color. The standard weight of the adult drake Is seven pounds ; adult duck, six pounds ; young drake, six pounds, and young duck, five pounds. The Itnlilicr Covr. Two cows cost $40 each a year for keep. One of them yields 4.0i0 quarts of milk a year, that bring $S0. The other yields 1.200 quarts, that bring $20. The latter loses about $14 and reduces the gain on the former from Sio' to $.12. Why do you keep that 1,200 qtiart cow? Y'ou would be better off with the one that clears $40, for you would have only half the investment, half the work and half the feeding, and you would gain $14 each year. There would be no surplus butter on the market for years to come and prices would rule strong if all the cows were eliminated which are kept at a loss. Dairy farmers have not yet half waked up to an understanding of the great practical Importance of weed ing out the unprofitable cows from their herds. Many a man would make a fair profit, that now faces constant loss, if he would keep only such cows as pay a profit on their keep. Water Needed hy Corn. Much interest litis lately been mani fested in determining the exact amount of water required for the growth of plants. This is just as important In the east as lu tin Irrigated region, for we often have droughts which made necessary the most careful cultivation to prevent plants from differing. Pro fessor Clothier has found that after corn becomes two feet high each stalk uses up three pounds of water a day until the ears mature. This Is equiva lent to an inch of rain a week. In regions where the average rainfall Is lower, and where a good, milky quality of sweet corn is desired In the garden during August and September, it is ob viously necessary to have the soil In the most perfect state of cultivation so as to retain as much moisture as Is needed. Fattening; Stork. Weight Is the main object of the farmer In fattening stock for market, and this weight Is easiest obtained by feeding corn in order to produce fat. Farmers have long been taught by ex perience that fat Is a desirable quality, and that it adds to the attractiveness of a carcass on the stall. It has been demonstrated at the experiment sta tions, however, that the weight can be secured at less cost, with a greater pro portion of lean interspersed with the fat, by feeding a nitrogenous ration, which means that, in addition to a lib eral supply of corn, an animal should receive a variety of food that is not so rich In oil. starch and sugar as Is corn. This fact Is worthy of consideration. IleaTr Horse-a. The weight of a horse Is an Import ant Item In estimating his value for draft purposes, for the fine-loned horse, with well-developnl muscles, may do as much work as the heavy-boned one for a short time, and Is even better for road purpose. But in plowing, or otner pound, and from 1,800 to 2.000 ponds. for less, the price rapidly declining, 1,200 to 14500 pound horses selling at fmm 10 to 30 cents per pound, though j It Is considerably more than any other I . , ,,, , . 'rrade of stork on the farm will bring BrBoe "l .... If the horse are well bred, froflln of Middlemen. Consumers of fruits and vegetables In large cities are charged high prices by the hucksters and grocers. In Chi cago pearlies are selling retail for thir ty-Jive or forty cents for a small basket containing about twenty to twenty-five peaches; other fruits and vegetables In projiortlon. It would he Interesting to farmers to know Just how much of this Is booked as profits. Farmers get no such prices; In fact they are lucky If they get one-third of the prices now prevailing In Chicago. Either some class of handlers Is making exorbitant profits or there Is an unnecessary ex pense attached to the business of dls tribution. It costs money to handle produce. It requires storage, horses and men, and none of these things are cheap in the city, but there Is no good reason why the consumer should pay three hundred per cent profit on what the farmers sell. Farm. Field and Fireside. A Splendid Wheat Crop. The annual crop and business report of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago, covering the Mississippi Val ley, and a few of the more Important States of the Pacific coast, says. In part: "The wheat crop of 1000 will be among the largest and best ever pro dueed. The yield not only will bo great, but the weight and quality will be far beyond the ordinary. In these respects It may be considered nearly perfect. The period of uncertainty Is closing rapidly and the crop may now be called practically out of danger. The yield of soft winter wheat Is large, quality the finest and movement free. Inasmuch as this movement has begun early and all grains are now nearly or quite on an export basis (with the ten dency of prices downward), a large ex port business may be. expected." C u cum ltera. I raise five crops instead of one on the same ground, and on the same vines with hardly any extra work. Plant in the usual way. When a cucumber Is taken from the vine let It be cut with a kuife, leaving about an eighth of an Inch of the cucumber on the stem. Then slit the stem with a knife from its end to the vine twice, leaving a small por tion of the cucumber on each division. On each separate slit there will be a cucumber as large as the first. By tills method you will only need one-fifth the ground that you would need If grow ing cucumbers in the old way. Walter Strosnider lu Kpitomlst. Market I nur Kami I'rodore. A small farmer who has made a suc cess of marketing his produce gives sound and Ingenious advice in a recent magazine. His preliminary work sug gests Hannah Giasse's famous preface to her instructions for cooking hare: "First find a lady customer," is his ad vice. To her sell nothing but the choicest of fruit and produce. It will not be long before sho will acquaint her friends, and they in turn will pass along the word to others. It pays to sell nothing but t he best; the Inferior produce can be fed to stock, and In a short time the farmer will find he has a good market and a good price, with no leakage of profit to the middleman. IIoK-lllnKinur Trap. The frame for this hog-ringing trap should 1h made of 2x4-inch lumber bolted together at corners. The dlmen- SIMPLE IIOC-BINCINO TRAT. sions are 4 feet 2 inches long. 2 feet 4 Inches high and 1 foot 0 Inches wide. There Is a sliding floor at the back end. When the hog puts his head through the hole In front, Jam the lever against his neck. The Farm Toolhonae. No building on the farm pays better than a good toolhouse. It should be so convenient of access that there need be no excuse for leaving farm Implements exposed to the weather when not In use. Properly cared for, many Imple ments that now last only a few years ought to be serviceable as long as the farmer lives to need them. Besides, a tool that has not been rusted, warped and cracked by exiosure will work as well the second and third year of use as the first. On many farms the tools are so much Injured by being left out of doors that after the first season they cost more for repairs than they save In labor. Ollln Ilarneaa. To Rive harness a good finish satu rate the leather with as much oil as It will take, and then sponge the harness with a thick lather made of rastile soap. When dry, vlie gently with a solution of gum tragacanth, which Is made by lulling half an ounce of the gum In two quarts of water, boiling down to three pints, stirring freely while It Is on the fire. When cool apply it lightly on the leather. IIott Aboat Iff The eoreless apple Has been born. But who would ask For cobles corn? yw York San. : Y : "Arabella," called the father from the head of the stairs, "Is that young man gone?" "les, father. Complete ly." Teacher Why did the ancients be lieve the earth to be flat? Bright Boy Cause they didn't have no school globes to prove It was round. "I, sir," began Bragg, "am a self made man." "Yes," replied Wise, "but why apologize now? That won't help matters." Philadelphia Press. Mrs. Madison How do you like your new neighbors? Mrs. Dyer I don't know. 1 haven't tried to borrow any thing yet. Town and County. DIggs I understand that HIggins la quite ii clever financier. Biggs Well, he Isn't. Why, that man never beat anybody out of a cent In his life. "Algy, don't you find married Ufa more expensive than uaeneioriiooa : "Well, it may be more expensive than a rigidly single life, but it's cheaper than courtship." Senior Partner There's one thing to be said In favor of classical music. Junior Partner What Is that? Senior Partner The ollice boy can't whistle it. Chicago News. Mrs. Flip I have Just been talking to a specialist, and he says my brain vitality has all gone Jo my long hair. Do you believe It? Flip Well, er I knew it had gone! Detroit Free Press. Medical Student What did you op erate on that man for? hniineiit Sur geon Five hundred dollars. Medical Student I mean, what did he liav-j? Emlueiit Surgeon Five hundred dol lars. Puck. At the Garage. Boy Mr. Smith is telephoning for his machine. Can you send It to hi in to-day? Head Man Don't see how we can. Why, this ma- hine Is the only one around here lit to use! Life. "Is there any available substitute for rubber?" asked the Instructor of the class. "Yes, sir," answered .Miss Do Muir, one of the fair coeds. "I think stare' or 'gape' is Just as good." Chi cago iribune. Green I can not understand why De Short wants a divorce. His wife had nearly half a million when he married her. Brown Y'es, and she has every dollar of It yet. That s the trouble. Chicago Daily News. "Yes, I'm going to spend a few weeks it Klosoman s summer resort. My stomach Is all out of order, and I need rest." "Well, your stomach will get good rest there, too. I know the place." Chicago 1 ribune. "I supiose that some of your battla II...I .''! I .1... scenes are very reansuc- miu mn sympathizer. "Yes," said the bum actor, I have Impersonated Napoleon at Waterloo several times when real shells were bursting all about me. Kansas City Times. "Mamma, what are twins?" asked lit tle Bobby. "Oh, I know,'' cinmeci mi Dorothy, with all the superiority of an elder sister. "Twins is two Imbles just the same age; three Is triplets, four Is luadrupeds and five Is centipedes." Harper's Weekly. You'll have to fix the poem over be fore I can buy It, said tne editor. There apiears to be something tho matter with its feet. I would navo . . .. t i . i. . i. .... i you understand, sir, saui ine nam. with dignity, "that I am a poet and not chiropodist." Cleveland header. "Tommy, what ancient king was It who played on the fiddle while Koino was burning?" "Hector, ma'am.' "No, no not Hector." "Then It was I look." "Duke? What do you mean, Tommy?" "Well, then it must a' been Nero. I knowed it wuz somebody with a dog's name." A reporter of the Paris Matin tried to purchase a genuine Rockefeller in terview with a check for $1,kk. Do failed. The proper way to make an American millionaire talk Is not t offer him a thousand dollars, bqt to try to get a thousand dollars away from hi in Puck. "1 would like n pound of your golf sausage," she said to the butcher. "Golf sausage? Sorry, madam, but we don't handle It. We have blood sausage, liverwurst, ham sausage, and other kinds, but no golf sausage." "Oh, dear, I'm so sorry. My husband said iia much preferred the kind mnde In links." Milwaukee Sentinel. A little girl w as out walking w ith her nunt one day. The aunt bowed to .i man they were passing. "Who Is he. Aunt Jennie?" nsked the little girl. Mrs. I.Ittlelield told her that he was Mr. Melrose, the village undertaker, "tjh, yes." replied the child quickly. "I reniemlier him. He undertook my grandmother." IIarier's Bazar. loaned. "Dubley has an auto now and he doesn't seem to do anything else but chase around the country in it" "Y'es, he's very strongly attached ta his machine and " "He wasn't the last time I saw him on the road. He was about twenty feet above It" Not for Him, "I thought you said that lawyer would get my father's property for me." "Didn't he get It for youf "No; but he got IL" Houston Poat.