Heppner gazette., September 10, 1908, Image 2

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The Qhauffeur
and the Jewels
Orrri.ht. 1'Vft, by J. 15. Li pimnoott Company.
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cm aptt.k .
Sonic (lav a i" ; the Prince del Pino
mail.' his lir; ap;e;:r.unv in Washing
ton, two people were talking in the draw
ing room of a small house in S street
fit the hour which the French call, so
curiously, "between tl'.e dog and the wolf.'
t)t' the pair in the gloaming, the man
was standing up with his baek to an nt
ttnuated mantelpiece, against which he
leaned his huge frame, gingerly looking
down from time to time at the sirl opo
:;e in the depths of a Market-llarbor-uugh
chair.
"Think of it 1" he was saying, in rath
er subdued tones. "I was actually on
my way here je-terday. jus; coining out
of the Sliorehani, when the cable was
handed me. Yon got tny note telling you
that 1 couldn't keep my appointment'.'
What was it we were going to do'.- Oil,
yes. go up the Monument. es;erday
seems about the hundred years ago!"
"It was very good of y.-'i to come and
tell me about it." the girl said gently;
"verv friemilv."
"Was it'.'"
ruptly around
absorption out
Herald I'ulst wheeled ab
and stared with
of the window.
sudden
'It was
kinder of you to let inc. he said. " i here s
a certain relief in talking. When that
cable came yesterday" He broke off sud
denly, ami then continued, in an odd
choked voice. "Well, that sort of unex
pect.sl shock rather knocks over a man !
To lose poor old Jack my only brother.
And then this later news coming right
n top of it "
Again he could go no further.
Annette left her chair impulsively and
stood beside him. all the womanliness,
the latent strength in her, reaching out
to the poor fellow stricken in a strange
land.
"It isn't certain yet." she said sooth
ingly, stroking his rough coat sleeve with
sublime unconsciousness, "about your
father: I mean the cable was it quite
bojioless?"
There was a slight pause and Gerald
turned towards her a very set face.
"Quite!" he said shortly.
Then with a certain shy awkwardness
he took her hand and held it a moment.
"Thank you," he said huskily ; "you've
been very cool to me. Miss Bancroft."
He shook himself determinedly into the
commonplace. "You were surprised,
weren't you. when I turned up the other
day. and asked you to take me in hand
and show me the sights here? I really
don't know what made me come to Wash
ington : Can't imagine, for the life of
me !"
The girl beside him had a shrewd sus
picion that she could ! Even when the
attracting magnet is removed, the force
of habit still dominates us in a measure,
drawing us all unconsciously in the old
directions.
"Have you seen or heard anything of
Gussie lately?" ISuist now a.sked, with
massive carelessness, turning to go.
Annette shook her head.
"No." she said, tactfully avoiding his
embarrassed eye. "I saw in the Post
that she'd !epu dining at one of the em
bassies last nizht."
'"JK'I Pino was there, too," remarked
P.uist. completing her information with
surprising accuracy, "and he was at the
horse show with her that afternoon. I
suppose they're together all the time."
Here he felt it incumbent to shrug his
shoulders loftily. "That's what he's here
for."
"So you think that's what he's here
for?" echoed the girl.
There was the faintest hint of interro
gation, incredulity in her tones, that made
p.uist glance curiously at the small fig
ure, the dim, opoque shading of the June
twilight accentuating the blonde fairness
of her hair and childish outlines of face
and figure vt.h mellowed distinctness.
"Why," he drawled, "any one can see
that the man wants to marry Gussie. and
I renlly don't S"e any special reason why
i,he shouldn't take him. do you?"
His air of impersonal unconcern and
indifference was a sorry mask through
which a pair of miserably anxious eyes
questioned Annette's face.
Woman-like, sh.- outwardly evaded the
appeal even while answering it. "Do you
really think they're in love with each
other?" she asked quietly.
"Love!" (ierald hastily assumed the
blank. unreeognizing expression with
vhich one repeats the name of an unde--able
and half-forgotten acquaintance.
"What is love?" He narrowed his eyes,
viewing the word through a mental mi
croscope with scientific itniHTsonality.
"Well. I suppose the thing exists, but
it's j'ist a sort of temporary disease that
attacks one at times'. Most of us have
it, or think we hav which is the samo
thing. Put if you've been throng!) it
once, you're immune, that's one great,
great comfort you'll never catch it
aga in !"
He spoke with ravage conviction, con
scious of scars which wer still painful
to the touch. "No. I think Gussie and
iel Pino are too entirely sane to fall in
ve lucky for them ! They're simply,
in cold blood, making what your papers
would call "a brilliant match.' He has
lhe title, and she everj thing else!"
"He has the title!" repeated Annette.
She was staring at the honest-faced
man before h r, marveling at his utter
nn'ons-iou-iiess of his own probably
equal advantages in that re--p.t at that
moment. Certainly, as far as rank and
its devotees were concerned, there was
little to clexise between the Prince del
Pino and the new Purl of Lindsay. If
Gerald only realized it. chance the eter
nal chance was his to-day.
Annette's lips parted impulsively and
then closed again. It seemed such a pit
iful waste that a loyal, unvdfih love like
his Mould le sacrificed on ambition's al
tar. The girl spoke with sudden heat. "Gus
tue is my cousin, Mr. Huist," she said de
terminedly ; "do you think, knowing her
es we Injth do. caring for her," she look
ed away as she spoke "tell me frankly
do you think that she could a
By
tSJith Morgan Witlett
man who loved her happy, that he would
U content well! with what she has to
give?"
Gerald did not hesitate an instant. "I
should rather think she could," he said,
with a sincerity that was almost pathetic.
"The man who loved Gussie would be
thankful for anything she could give
him."
llicn, stiffening with the inevitable
contraction that followed such unaccus
tomed expansion, he shook hands formal
ly with his small hostess.
"Got all my boxes to pack, you see
have to be oil bv the ten-thirty train so
as to take to-morrow's steamer from New
York, (iood-by."
Annette followed him to the door.
"Don't you think"- she made up her
mind quickly "wouldn't it Im possible
for you to stop in and see Gussie if only
for a moment this afternoon? I think
she'll be hurt if she finds you've been
here without looking her up."
"I'm afraid I can't (latter myself."
Uuist's tone was determinedly brisk. "He
sides, why should she know? You'll have
to keep my secret. Miss Itancroft." He
hacked into the liall. "There's a great
deal to be done and it's getting beastly
hue."
Indeed, the little hall outside was un
deniably dim.
Peeling for his hat with some haste in
the shade. Kuist dislodged a sheaf of
cards, stuck in the rack, that came pelting
him with light touches, and, even as he
opened the door, one fell fluttering out
on to the step outside, where the faint
Italian script stared up at him impudent
ly, revealed by the fading light : "Prince
Koderigo del Pino," and a curious crest.
The mark of the beast! Again the
track of those alien footsteps that had
invaded his hunting ground.
I.uist stared at the little strip of paste
board with a puzzled frown. When had
he been here? He closed the door with
an exasperated slam and stalked down
the steps.
Certainly Annette had had very little to
say about Del Pino, yet, on the other
hand, what was there to be said? Why
should not one fellow passenger of the
Majestic hunt up another? and what pos
sible concern was it of his Gerald Ituist?
His mind reverting to nearer, more
personal, more painful matters, the Eng
lishman made his way thoughtfully to
the S street corner. But at the lamp
post he came to a sudden halt.
Standing quite still, he looked ahead
of him, a very keen look in his eyes, for
there, coming up the avenue toward him
with familiarly jaunty gait, was a slim,
supple, unmistakable figure.
"Ah !" ejaculated P.uist.
His face set in uncompromising creases,
he went forward again, looking stiffly
ahead of him.
"Not my friend M. Buist?" Del Pino
stopped short. "This Washington, in
deed, supplies the unexpected." He scru
tinized the Englishman with smiling eyes
that told nothing. "What in the world
are you doing here?"
P.uist ignored the cordially outstretched
hand.
"Very much what you are, I fancy,"
he returned, with such conspicuous lack
of cordiality on his part that the other's
smile broadened and deepened.
"Then you must be amusing yourself
very successfully," he commented airily.
"For me my kind friends here provide
continually some agreeable divertissement.
Mais a promts you come perchance from
S street?" The smile died out of the
slanting eyes, which acquired a sudden
metallic glint. "How is the charming
Miss Bancroft?"
For an instant P.uist contemplated the
Italian somberly, and then, turning on his
heel. "You will probably have an oppor
tunity soon of judging for yourself," he
rejoined curtly. "Good afternoon." And
he strode on with a somewhat unneces
sarily martial tread.
Why in the world was Del Pino hang
ing around here? That was a question
that was agitating him a.s he tramped
down the avenue.
Annette was an uncommon good sort;
with unwonted enthustiasm the English
man admitted that, even though his loy
alty, his irrepressible pride in the wom
an he had loved for so long, told him
that the girl's modest attractions could
not be considered in the running with
Gussie's.
Gerald thought he understood what for
eigners of I el Pino's stamp admired in
women, which made it seem all the more
mysterious to him that this rutin in fact
that any man, whom Mrs. Waring de
lighted to honor, shouhl have the oppor
tunity, let alone the inclination, to appre
ciate Annette Bancroft.
What ax did the Italian expect to grind
in S stn-ct? Was he playing a double
game with two women, or -a very alert
hx.k came into Gerald's eyes was he
out of it entirely as far as one of them
was concerned? Could it be possible that,
even at this the eleventh hour, with ev
erything in his favor, the Prince did Pino
had been turned down?
Buist reached this overwhelming ques
tion point and Dupotit Circle simultane
ously, and stood a moment considering
;he situation : then, half mechanically, he
turned into Massachusetts avenue. He
walked rapidly, with an absorbed look on
his grave face, his rather slow mind grap
pling with a problem that was bewilder
ing enough. Why shouhl Mrs. Waring's
accepted lover have called on Annette
Bancroft twice within three days unless
he was not Mrs. Wa ring's accepted
lover?
Gerald's steps unconsciously slackened.
Half a dozen drs away from him loom
ed up a white exterior of ornate lines,
an exterior with which, though Gerald
bad iieM-r crossed its threshold, he seem
ed oddly familiar.
"I s.ipiiose," he muttered, consulting
bis watch interestedly, "that it would le
better form to stop in there for a few
minutes ! One likes to do the decent
tning."
II stepped up the driveway and hesi
tated again In front of the Imposing door
of Mrs. W'aring's house, as diflident and
self-distrustful as if he were the humblest
book agent, instead of the possessor of
unquest ionod rank and several millions of
good English pounds sterling.
"It's ridiculous, my calling here under
the circumstances!" he told himself
sternly. And then, "Perhaps," the after
thought came eagerly on tiptoe, "she'll be
sorry when I tell her the news from Eng
land." And buoyed up by suddeu hopefulness
Gerald Buist rang the bell.
CH A PTE It XI.
Dinner at Chevy Chase was neeritift
its close.
Along the broad, trellised verandas,
hung with Chinese lanterns and vivid
osters, were dotted the small, round ta
bles, each surrounded by half a dozen
members and their guests, whose chatter
rose interruptedly.
Looking around him, his impression
able senses pleasantly thrilled by the i
light, the color, the movement of the pay
scene, the mock Prince del Pino felt i
an exhilaration, a rich enjoyment of th
present, which was not entirely due
the champagne he had drunk.
This was to be his last night he told
himself that, as he had many a time be
fore during his Washington week, with
the secret consciousness that the morrow
would find him still on the stage, playing
his jwrt to the same appreciative audi
ence. Like most successful actors, Lu
dovic Snrto had become dependent on
the glare of the footlights. He really
could not tear himself away, could not
make up his mind to give up the role
which had become second nature to him.
Seated at Mrs. Waring's right, with
five other chosen spirits surrounding her
table, himself the bright, particular lu
minary of the occasion, the mock prince
kept the talk and laughter up to concert
pitch, while efficient waiters kept him
supplied with the delicacies which his
sybaritic soul craved, while on every side
stretched vistas very grateful to the eye
of the exiled European.
"One could almost fancy oneself at a
Parisian cafe in the Hois." he acknowl
edged, with a reminiscent sigh.
Gussie met his glance smilingly. In
deed, her attention had been pretty obvi
ously consecrated to him throughout the
entire meal, much to the disgust of her
host, a stodgy Senator, at whose right
hand she sat.
"Y'es, it is a bit like Paris." she assent
ed, in answer to the other remark. "The
oien-air restaurant effect, and then the
cosmopolitan type of the crowd !"
"The crowd !'' echoed the mock prince.
He shrugged his shoulders, lowering his
voice significantly, then, in rapid French,
Must there always be the crowd? Can
one never see you alone.' His neavy
eyes met hers for the fraction of a min
ute. "Remember, I am to drive you back
in my motor !"
Gussie's answer was drowned in the
sudden rattle of chairs as the people at
the tables rose to their feet.
"No, I shall not forget !" she smiled at
him over her shoulder, moving off and
leading the way towards the veranda
steps.
A moment later the little party were
out on the lawn, grouped under the dense
shadow of a copper beech, its rustling
tops blotting the night sky. Settling him-
lf some distance from Mrs. Waring,
now tete-n-tete witn tier nost, ?Narro lean
ed back lazily in the wide garden chair,
a curiously sardonic smile on his lips, as
he watched the Senator eagerly making
the most of Gussie's brief attention.
How little he imagined this man of
politics and money that, under the
Prince del Pino's mask, a very humble
rival had already distanced him! How
little the woman opposite realized that
her hopes, inclinations ami ambitions
were all centered on Her ex-etiautteur ;
During the whole course of Sarto's
present perilous career never had his star
seemed more in t lie ascendant, never nan
the winning cards seemed more certainly
in his grasp, than at that very moment.
when tate, m tne person or a miuute-agea
Russian diplomat, was pursuing him all
unconsciously over the ( nevy chase lawn.
"Ah. Meeses Wareeng !"
At the sound of the familiar sibilant
tones. Sarto leaned forward with a start,
hardly able to believe his eyes and his
ears, for, standing under tne iiceeti tree
only a few foot away, shaking hands
effusively with Gussie, was a lithe, well
known shadow.
"Well, you are a gad-about !" Mrs.
Waring was ejaculating. "One minute
in Newport, the next in Washington, and
welcome everywhere, rrince . sne rais-
rl her voice.' "Here is a joyful surprise.
Y'our long-lost friend Count Souravieff!"
(To be continued.)
Her I'll prrlenee.
"After this I shall use safety raz
ors," declared Mr. Stubb, with much
emphasis.
"They are no good, John," scoffed
Mrs. Stubb.
"No good? What do you know about
them ?"
"A great deal. I tried to sharpen a
lead pencil with that new one you
bought and it wouldn't even make a
dent."
Slnlloiiary.
"I thought you said if I gave you a
good meal you would work like a
horse?" demanded the irate housewife.
"I bat's just what I am (bdiig, mum,"
replied the dusty I ramp.
"Rut you haven't moved all after
noon?" "Well, you see. inuin, I meant a saw
horse. Dov never do move."
Ken iiiimlcnl.
"He bought one of those iV
ir mats
with Ihe word, ' Weh-ome' on It."
"Well?"
"Well, his w ife can't got him to wipe
his feet on it."
"I wonder why not?"
"He says lie don't like to wear out
his welcome." Houston Post.
The Sharp fi I Id.
"Edmund Is the smartest child I ever
saw," boasted the fond mother. "He is
as keen as a razor."
"Yes." spoke up grumpy grandpa,
"and lie reminds me of a razor.
"In what way?"
"Why, he ceitds strapping."
I
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A Sweep Hake.
The two main pieces in the frame
of the sweep are made of by 4 Inch
pine scantling ; they arc 12 foot long
t0 i and about 20 Inches apart. The teeth
( are made of 2 by 4 inch scantling, nnd
tire !) feet Ions; they are beveled on the
lower side to slide over uneven ground.
The arms for hitching the whittle trees
to should project about 2 feet 0 inches
over the end of the sweep ; these are
made of 2 by 5 Inch stuff. The guide
arms should be 0 feet long by 2 Mi by 3
Inches. Each has about n foot of chain
with a ring on the end to fasten to the
nrenst strap of the harness.
The hay guard can lie made of 2 by 3
THE SWEEP RAKE.
inch stuff; this is raised about a foot
alwve the sweep to keep the hay from
sliding back too far over the sweep. It
should be braced about four feet from
each end.
The wheels are IS inches in diiim
eter ; mid a piece of Inch gas pipe Is
used for an axle. It is clamped to the
teeth, two pins with washers being
used to keep the wheels from sliding
sideways and rubbing against the teeth.
The piece projecting at the back
under the sweep should extend nlwut
two feet; it Is beveled like a sleigh
runner; it Is to keep the teeth from
raising too high where riding on the
empty sweep.
In hitching horses to a sweep that
have never been used on one a person
can get best results by tying the halter
shank to the end of the guide-arms nnd
making both lines the same length on
the harness: then fasten one line to
each ring of the bit. When it is desired
to turn the horses to the right, simply
hold the off horse back, and drive the
nigh one ahead, and he will naturally
swing around to the right.
In drawing a sweep load of hay on
to the stacker draw it as far ahead as
possible, then back the horses and raise
ends of teeth, and drive ahead again;
this will pack the hay on the stacker
and less of it Is apt to fall back on the
ground when being raised to the stack.
The most convenient size of stack to
build is 10 foot wide by about 28 feet
"ng. Montreal Star.
Simple Kkk Tenter.
The average person evidently Imag
ines that It is Impossible for the denier
to distinguish between bad eggs and
good eggs. This sup
position is natural,
Inasmuch as so many
eggs of questionable
mrity reach the din
ner table. If the
dealer desired he
could readily dis
card eggs of doubt
ful age, as ..here tire
numerous devices
One of the most re
ECO TESTER.
for testing them.
cent Is shown in the accompanying Il
lustration, patented by a Minnesota
farmer.
It consists of a wooden frame or
casing across the top of which Is n
leather snpitort for the eggs, the latter
resting in flexible apertures. In the
bottom of the casing Is an inclined mir
ror. Mounted on the upier part of the
frame Is a light-reflecting hood in
which Is placed a lamp or other sultabb
illuminant. In operation eggs are
placexl over the aperture, and the light
falling on the eggs will cast a shadow
upon the mirror If they are unsound.
The soundness of the eggs is indicated
by the clearness of the light that falls
through them upon the mirror.
I. earn How to Sell.
Alone the farmer has no more chanc
with the market combine than a rabbit
has with a hungry bulldog. Collective
ly ho may hold his own and got a fair
price for his produce. Figure a bit.
Five cents a bushel added to the prlo
of wheat mean a gain of $1 to $1..i
per acre. One-half a cent per pound
means a gain of $." in every l,Mi
pounds of beef or pork or mutton. ('
oiKTation In selling will bring these
advances and more. Twenty-five cents
a bushel added to the sweet potato crop
In four years has raised the growers of
Tidewater County, Virginia, from pov
erty to respectable wealth. Southern
cotton growers have made ?3,(kh,(Ki .i
year clear prolit ubove the average by
sticking together. Organization is the
"big stick" of commerce and It is time
for farmers to learn to use it.
Salphnr for Itnln.
It Is said that If sulphur Is sprinkled
on the barn door and through the com
as g.-ithon-d there will not be a rat or
mouse to iMither. A pound of sulphur
will lc uflieleut to preserve a large
barn of corn.
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Eradicating Wild Muotanl.
One of the most pestiferous weeds Is
the wild mustard, but recent experi
ments lu Wisconsin seem to give prom
ise that it may be quite easily and
cheaply exterminated. It has been
known for several years that spraying
a field with blue vitriol would kill mus
tard without injuring the gralu which
is growing. Rut the attendant excuse
has been the chief objection to a wide
use. The Wlscousln station has been
making some tests with copperas, oi
Iron sulphate, that indicate that It is
qulto as effective as the bluestone, and
cheaper, as 00 cents will furnish enough
to treat an acre. Similar successful ex
periments have been made with copper
as by the Cornell station. Some three
years ago the California station tried
spraying with blue vitriol to hold in
check mustard on its cereal plantings
at Yuba City and came to the same
conclusions us did the Wisconsin sta
tion. At Davis during the present sea
son experiments in a limited way were
tried with copperas, but owing to the
lack of facilities for proierly applying
the compound results were not satisfac
tory. The work will be repented anoth
er time with the most approved appli
ances. Tomatoes from Italy.
Tomatoes are imported In Increasing
quantities each year from Italy. The
quality of these tomatoes is stated to
be good and the prices low. Large
quantities of canned tomatoes are also
shipped now each season from Italy to
the eastern part of the United States,
and the American shipments to Italy-
are much smaller than formerly. It Is
suggested by one of the leading Import
ers in Liverpool that the American to
matoes are frequently packed before
they are fully ripe, and that this prac
tice renders them undesirable for ,ise
The Italian tomatoes are carefuly so
leeted, and are only packed after they
have attained a ripe and rich color.
Lifting Heavy Timbers.
When it becomes necessary for one
man to handle a heavy weight, such as
a log or barn timber which must bo
lifted, It can be done without a strain
by making use of the trick shown In
the sketch. Fslng small blocks, build
a crib under tne center or tne log by
lifting up one end, allowing the log
TRICK IN TIMIUnt IIAMU.IXO.
to balance near the center. When lifted
as shown in dotted outline place an
other timber under the long end, and
then repeat the operation. Farm and
Home.
Keep DiiciflnK In the Corn Field
Some ambitious farmers tire anxious
to lay by the corn field very early; but
it is not wise, for the grass and weeds
tire always more forward to grow alioiit
this season than any other, and the
round will become very foul whore the
urn Is too early laid by and, more than
this, a great proportion of the nourish
ment of the crop Is derived from the air
ind dew conveyed to the roots. This
tin be done only when the surface Is
free from weeds.
Invest In n Sprayer.
No farm work pays better than
spraying the trees, lierry bushes and
grajie vines. Attention to this matter
it the proper time assures immunity
from Insect enemies nnd good (Tops of
perfect fruit are the results. Don't
sprtiy fruit trees while the bloom Is on,
r that kills bees and bees are valuable
isslstants In iolloniz!ng fruits. A
spraying outtit tor the tarm need not
be large and costly, and will have its
own value the first year It is used.
Prevent Kkk Kntlntt 'y Hens.
In the main the egg-eating habit is
caused by soft shelled eggs being laid.
The hens get a taste of the egg and
thus form the appetite. To prevent
these bad eggs the fowls should be com
pelled to exercise and there should I;"
such food given that will supply plenty
of lime, and in addition a small trough
of cracked oyster shell should be con
stantly within roach of the fowls so
they can help themselves tit will.
The (inrilen In the Fall.
Just as soon as any crop of vegeta
bles is finished In the garden spade the
location, and If any seeds are in the
soil many of them will sprout. If so,
go over it again, which will save much
time and lalmr In the spring. Late
summer and fall is the proper time to
clean a garden, especially if weed seeds
are to bo gotten rid of.
t.enernl Farm Xotes.
Sour Mvill is not fit for hog feed.
The early fruit catches the big prl-e.
It takvs nerve to thin fruit, but It
pays.
Too much com will produce thump3
In pigs.
Dry soil Is one of the flrst requlsit,
for sheep farming.
Select the pigs for breeding from tht
sow with the largest litter.
DRESSED DOG AS BAB 2'.
llov it AVoiuiiii Outwitted Stony
Hearted Street Ciir 'oinluelor.
Tills is a real true dog story
He is a pug and a great pet of his
mistress, who is very fond of his line
pedlgrue. One day she discovered that
Teddy could not see as well as usual.
She felt as sad as If he were a brother
or sister and a famous oculist was con
sulted, who told her to bring her pet
dog to him.
They started, but a great obstacle
presented Itself. Conductor after con
ductor Insisted that the dog should not
ride on his car, says the Portland Ore
gonlan; so that it was only after get
ting on and off about a dozen times
that the doctor's oflice was reached.
Teddy was as quiet as lie could bo
tvhile having his eyes examined, and
ills mistress was told she must bring
him every day for a month, and all
would lie done for him that was posi
ble. So Teddy's mistress went to a
neighbor who had a small baby and
borrowed an outfit that was not too
dainty. Teddy kept very quiet while
being dressed in the long white dress,
then a cloak hnd muslin cap, and over
lie face a long white veil.
Thus they started. Immediately upon
entering a car, If It was tilled, .up
would Jump a man to give the woman
carrying a ll'tle baby a good seat.
Teddy never wagged his little curled
up tall once, neither did lie bark.
Each day the trip was taken with
the same result a good seat and a
very quiet baby.
One day the doctor's olliee was filled
with people waiting their turn, when a
woman turned politely to Teddy's mis
tress and said: "My turn conies next
and I will wait for you on account of
your baby. It is so very tiresome to
wait with a baby."
The doctor opened his door at that
moment and called them both in his
private oflice. He said. "I will show
you the very best patient I have," and
took Teddy carefully In his arms. Ho
threw back the white veil and dis
closed the dog's little pug nose ami a
pert little face looking out cutely from
.nder the frills of the cap.
Teddy can see pretty well out of one
eye now. His mistress expected a huge
bill for the expert's service, but in
stead she received a receipted bill from
the good doctor with a note saying that,
as Teddy was the first patient he had
ever treated of royal dog blood, he
esteemed It a great honor to have been
the means of helping him.
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Advertising, says Lily Herald Frost
In the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Is
the lance with which the modern cru
sader, known as the business agent.
Invades the world of commerce. And
an extraordinarily effective weapon it
Is, as the breakfast food jn-ople and
the patent medicine houses well know.
The man woh doesn't advertise Is
soon a derelict, as idle and useless as
a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
When the advertiser ceases his labor
it Is then that the receiver gets busy.
It is when advertising dominates
literature that one feels like protest
ing. The commercial spirit rules the
rending world and thrusts its volumes
upon it with a wealth of encomiums
and a persistency that usually win.
P.y such judicious exploitation Uioks
are sold by the thousands. Their
names are seen everywhere, in shop
windows, on hillhoards.plnoardod along
with brands of cigars or some superior
make of whisky. And they tire accord
ed such high sounding phrases of mer
it, of cleverness, of dramatic iossibill
ties, that, backed by the author's name
and the Illustrator's art, they present
such visions of (b-ilght that ever curi
ous mortals must buy them just to
satisfy their curiosity.
On n New Cool Inn.
Absalom Foote, an eccentric old gen
tleman who had grown tired of life In
the city, decided to move to some small
er town, free from the road of trallic,
the bustle and confusion of the throng
ing multitude, where he could end hU
days tranquilly, as became a man of
his nge. In casting about for a loca
tion, his eye chanced to light upon the
advertisement In a village paper of one
Thomas K. Foote, who wanted to dis
pose of his boot nnd shoe store at a
bargain, having made up his mind to
remove to the city.
"That's the very thing." be said.
"Sidling shoos Is a nice, easy vupa
tlon. It will give me just enough to
do to keep me Jroni stagnating, and it
won't wear me out with overwork. I'll
Investigate It. it's queer, though, that
his name Is Foote, my name Is Foote,
be wants to oonie to the city and I want
o go to the country."
A visit to the little town decided him.
He liked its i;n'arance and location,
lie was pleased, moreover, wifl
"Footo's Shoe Store" and bought it,
rd will and all. at a bargain.
"Well." said the other Mr. Foote,
"you won't have to change the sign."
"No," lie answered, slowly. "' just
qdd a little to it."
The next day lie added this, just lie
low the sign: "This place has changed
feet."
When a man moves Into a western
town, the thing that surprises him most
Is the great number of men who do
nothing nil day hut stand on street
orners and exchange fool opinions.
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