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A Politiceli Vendetta fly WELDON J. COBB ------------------ - - of two prancing steed* drawing a chw«sl CH AFTER XI (Continued) Hope sjwsnt to the rap* hand« out carriage. stretch-«!. to stay hi* speedinc foe. but He darted back in time to save himself, Kane had vanished. Peering pact th' though the vehicle guards quite grated his edge of the broken balcony floor. he raw body. Inside he made out a single oe- Kane co feet foremost down past the side* I cupant of the carriage a man. M.tHt and through a window area, arched “Not Kan«»” he reflect«»«! rapidly, “but «omeone on a mission of urgency. Sent M b a s:oue co;inc. The fall «»* a full twenty fret. 1 I “Hrs he e*c*]M»«l me kilted?” cried Strong in this conviction. Hope hasten Ho;»®. The thought arous s| him to quick ed forward. He was soon lining the side ened action, lie swung b.a»< to the win of the building he had in view. The car dow. u ¡«setting an obtruding politician, riage was no longer in sight. It had pro- whose attention had been attracted by the ably cut around to the main front en note’» of the scuffle- tn the precipitancy trance. His steps bent also thither. Hop® paus'd abruptely. of hi* rush. A watchman might challenge him. the Through the room. down a ataircaae and out to the afreet Hope hurried. H- doors might be unlocked to admit the vis: reached the spot where he had seen Kan«' tor. relucted to exclude others hence, no disappear. He stared down the dark thoroughfare. Again, it was an intermin able. and in the dark an unfamiliar dis aperture, then called : tance from the portal to the secluded •You Kaner No response. IL' knelt and flared a mid exclusive corner range of private of ludfer. Its rays showed a shallow dip. . flees on the th ini floor, where Hope had fared only by the barred cellar window. . observed the guiding light. It shone there “(Jone!” yet: he could note Its ray? piercing a Electrified, baffled. Hope sprang to his prism frame, and immediately he resolved feet and glared around the piercing to gain its vicinity by especial and origin the distance with much the furious glance al menus. For too many long, watchful weeks had of a t:rr thrown from the trail. It was presumable—it was certain— that nest of luxury and scheming known Kane had sn«r • ned a light fall, had in the untiring cynosure of Gideon Hope, stantly rrenrered his wits and had climb that he should not now know its environ ed our of the window area and es<-aped. ment and every available outside a;>- Whither! proach. His motive at prerant. clear and Hope ran twenty feet in one direction, simple, was to speedily reach the vicinity then in another, paused—growled, enrag of the room beyond the lighted window. ed. His finger* torr the air—he was on With feverish activity he scaled a fire- fire with chagrin and fury. Abruptly escape. gained a roof, espied the situation he focussed the contending emotions that in closer touch and found how he could distracted his usually keen wits to a rva get within direct sight and sound range of •enable but rapid estimate of the situa- i the occupants of the room that was his tion. present objective point of interest. He had alarmed—had warned—hi* Th«' apartment fronte«! the mills. It led enemy. Kane** one thought now would out at the rear to a light shaft. Her? be of flight, of hiding. He was beggared, ther*» was a single small window. Its lm*e discredited: the friends he had dragged wa* broad and extending, sufficiently *o to down to ruin would be friends no longer. admit of a person finding safe and com Hope could think out his probable fortable foothold there, and thither, with course. First, money—then, distance. out much difficulty, by clinging to some Would he baffle vengeance? Oh. never, wires looping from the roof. Hope lower never! ed himself eight feet. Kane parted the crowd in the street Now he could see into the room, and without ceremony. He reached a more also hear what might be spoken within its quiet side thoroughfare. An empty enb confines. for the upper sash was tilteU came dashing around the corner, its driver outward for ventilation. fresh for his night's work, the steed at He saw iVn-y Kane at a first quick tached mettled and ready for speed. scan of the office interior; he heard his In a minute Hope was inside, brief, ex voice also. act orders given to the cab driver. The All the hot, surging passion of his na vehicle became a thing of flight. tal* once more set brain and heart on fire. Swung perilously pendant above far nothingn®**, at midnight, her* and now CHAPTER XII. Inside of the hour Hope made three Gideon Hope watched a new chapter open calls—al! disappointing ones. To the in the tragedy under play—the final one elegant apartments occupied in the pa«r he grimly considered, for the white fa«*e. by the arch-swindler, to the home of hi* rhe haunted eyes, the trembling, twitching chief and confrere, to a club where both frame of the man upon whom his glance rested, told him surely that Percy V. •ometimes spent their evenings. He got tra-'e of rbe company president. Kane. wre<dter. assassin, fugitive, was at He was with some choice friends, drown the last ditch J ing fear and dejection in strong drink. With him Hope had nothing to do. so be CHAPTER XIII Kane bore the appearance of a man in continued his search, but he gained no conclusive trace of the man he sought. a frightful state of mental incertitude and He knew the machinery of the law well, excitement. Th* high strain of tremendous from past critical experience, and besid*« thoughts obliterated all his customary had a hundred—aye. a thousand—ready steadiness of glance and bearing, and ev aides whom he could rely on—recent as ery action was spasmodic. sistants in the political battle he had He had just welcomed to the room th» fought so hard to win. but which now occupant of the carriage. Hope had noted seemed as a bauble, a mere bubble to him this person centered the watcher’s immedi The first reckless fever of triumph and ate attention. Hope recognised hirn ns hate had changed, however: he no longer the ca«hier of the principal local bnnk. thought of immediate public denounce guessed his mission, grimly decide«! he ment of his enemy. A alow, refine«! had «'Otr.e upon the scene fortuitously. “I called you up,” he distinctly hear«! method of meting out his vengeance ap pealed to him. and he considered only per Knne say. "You roused me out of bed.” answered tonally securing the fugitive again. *°- crefely arraigning him. probing deeper for the other. His glance took In Kane grave detailed confession and postive, conclu ly and anxiously. "What’a up, now?” he continued. gamated says do it?” ••J wmt for you ns a friend.” said Kane, “I must find him—I. alone—before th»' night is through.” decided Hope. “Wh«»r- in a pitiful, faltering tone. "Very well—I come as a friend,” re Is he hidden? What will his course b®< Free—the fight is lost! I acted with rash torted the other. precipitancy, but the temptation wa* “But I intimated business, further— strong. Patience. Everett—my murdered vital, speedy.” “I am prepared for that a!ao,” observ brother \ Ten years, and so many days in all those years’. Yet all sworm to this ed the bonk cashier. Ife placed a hand beyond the buttoned climax L Patience, the hour has surely lapels of his poat, half withdrew, wholly come!’’ . But precious tltne ±sd already gone by replace«! again, a bulky, oblong package. Kane’s eyes lit up electrically, and im and Kane had not found. Every min ute st leisure thus meant golden time to mense aspiration of relief, of joy, escaped perfect his plans for security for the fugi his lipa. tive. Finally an inspiration seized Hop*. “Friend, indeed:” he cripd, effusively “The mills!” he said, swiftly, and the grasping and wringing the hand of the driver, appraised, started bis hors*’* head other “Wortle, it’s life or death for the tn a new direction. Trust! It wa* a queer message to wend The works were not in operation. to a man—in the dead of night, but there Here and there presented evidences of was no other way. See heTe—we are in light and action, but only to a degree <lecp waters !** evidencing the necessary means of keep “I know’ tbat, of course.” observed the ing important *tram and blast essential* cashier. “But I estimated you knew your in shape for the morrow. The election business. You telephone«! me to get two had caused a general stoppage of labor, hundred and fifty* thousand dollars in and as Hope neared the mills at a furious cash, bill« of large denomination, and rate of s[>eed. the grim, black outlines of bring them here at once.” ata'-ks and blinkers were ghoulishly sug "And you have them?” gestive of the ruin brooding over the ‘Two hundred and fifty-one thousand doome«! enterprise. dollars bill»—yes.” His body thrilled in the swaying vehicle The schemer’» face flamed with gladness and his eyes lit up. as, sharply scanning —and sinister triumph. every part of the structure where the gen "Now. what is your proposition?” re eral offices were located, he made out a sumed the cashier. certain spe«k of light. "Simply this: It was in the single room bulb illumi- "As I say. we are at the limit with that nant in the entire building, and it marked money, I ran hurry to Pittsburg, may be that section of the same given over to able to make a turn that saves us. You the private headquarters of the executive. have pretty nearly everything tangible A quick theory, a keen hope, inspired we’ve got in the way of securities. I pro- the trailer. It was quite natural that [*>se to turn over to you, in addition— Kane should come hither. Some spoils wait, I’ll show you I esteem this friendly there were yet on hand to weixe. some act of yours.” Incriminating documents, doubtlessly, to He turned to the vault. Click—click! d«-*troy before he abandoned the sinking His nimble fingers sent the disc spinning, craft, and signaling a stop in an avenue «amp for me, and blindly I obey you, formed by towering heaps of pig iron, though—oh ! the woe of it!—I have gone Hope leaped to the ground. to l»ccome Percy Kane’s wife!” "Wait for me here,” he ordered the ‘The bonds and stocks of the execu cab driver. tive,” he explained—"the last dollar we hold. I turn them in as collateral, trust ”AII right, sir.” , Hope sped forward. He was yet a lit ing you absolutely.” The man of money was fairly amazed. tle ways from the mills proper, but he ad judged it best to approach with caution. He stood staring down at the securities There was a labyrinth of crias-croaa lanes in the tin box. "Kane,” he said, a flush of genuine and roads to pursue, and suddenly, as he emerged into the main cindered path, that pleasure and emotion on his face, "this is cut the factory expanse due south and generous! Of course, only considered as north, he very nearly ran under the feet giving u» absolute control of everything, Is the security valid, but It shows mu don’t intern! to leave a friend like myself tu the lurch if anything hap;>en». eh?” "Newr!” M|MHtaneuu»dy asserted the other, never flinehiug as he realised the \a«t treachery this transaction meditated toward* his confreres in the trust. \«Mrer to the ventilating slit In the window frame Gideon Hope preased h * face. With burning glance he viewed th«' contents of the tin box gone over. Th«' «w*hier examined the bonds and »took it contained. The fltiah on hi* face show«*! that he wa* satlafied with the security offered, but he was slow and methodhwl, an«! the inqvatient Kane, watching him covertly, frequently wetted hi* dry. parch cl lip« with his tongu«\ an«! panted quite, and often started at rhe slightest strange outside noise. llo|»e read him through and thnntgh at cowardly aacrlflre he had scoured the ready tm\uis to carry him to the ends of the world, if he chowe- an I he was anxious to start u;a'n the journey. "All right,” sonorously state«! the bank cashier at last, replacing the *e«'iirlties in the box. ami wetting that re«*eptable near his hat an«! cane on a stand, as if taking |ss«seeston. Then hi* hand again sought hi* breast pocket. Kans's eager, brilliant eyes rustle«! like a ferret. He stole out a hand trembling from excitement, to seise the coveted money. At that moment Gideon Hop* restrain ed himself no longer. "Hold!” he cried. Both men wrarte«l - the cashier in clear amassment profound. Kane as though a vo!«'e from rhe gravo or the rwetrum of justice- had challenge«! him. Hope prews«'<| on one sr!n«!ow frame, but could not na>ve It from the outside. This commotion at once centered the attention of the two occupants of the mom. “What’s that !” sharply demanded the cashier. “Give me the monev!" breathed Kane, "the wind, some drunken workman Hurry up, Wortle! t’ui due to make quick train connections ” He would have snatched the eashler‘% hand ami the precious package it held tin wreomnously from hi.* breast, but the lat ter forcibly pressed him back. "Hold on let us investigate this qneet occurrence,” Wortle instate«! “heaven*:“ Crash! clatter- lh»i«e had pre«*ipitate<l a fateful climax. He coul«l not move the sash. Tearing the *oft flexible cap he wor* from hi* head, he twisted one han«! Inside of it, and. bis fingers thus guard ed, dealt a «mashing blow at upper ligh’ of glass. It shattered to brittle nothingnews tt rained inside the nx'tn tn nolwv. scintillat ing fragment*. Frame«! tn this prismatic «•bower, he stood revealed a dreadful pre sentation to Kane, a *ourre of vivid stupe faction for the bewihlere«! hank cashier. “iMn’t give that man the money !” man- datnrily sh«^ute«! Hope. Now. he himself was bnffie«l Steel bars, light hut strong, covered the inside win dow frame. He had known of their exis tence previously, but In tbe excitement of the past few moments had •«'•rcely been consicously aware of ths formidable bar rier they presented. “Who is thia?” stared the astounded cashier. “Tlte money !” pleaded Kane, white and fear-filled. “No!” cried Hope. "Hold him off till 1“ he seixed the bars, shook them vain ly. an«! gritted his te*th in futile drapers- tion. •*nie mousy ”* persisted Kane, now pressing upon the cashier in a certain menacing way. "Ustenf* sp»«ke Hope hotly, ralllna through the bars : “this man has de«-rivrd you. He has no thought of redeeming the trust------ he is seeing only to fly. leaving min behind him. and you will be involved if you perfect this trasadion. Be warn ed ! He is a criminal, a fugitive, a mur derer !” Blankly the cashier stared at this weirdly appearing, impressive accuser. “The money. I tell you—I will have it !” snarled Kane. Frrnxy. murder, was in bis reck lew* eyes. He fairly leaped upon the «-ash- ier. “What this man way«”—debated the cashier, sternuousiy disputing forcible dis powaeasinn of th«* money ;>arkage. "Uea!” “The truth!” thundered Hope." "You, fljr—«trike him ba«*k ! your money iw |<wt. if he wecures it.” “Give it up!” howled Kane repulsed, and seiiing from a table a heavy oms mental ruler. It was a sample of the m«*tal product of the mills, and deadly as the bludgeon of a highwayman. He lifted it. Tbe bar whistled through the air. d«*scen<le«l. There was a sickly thud, a crash, a*, spurting blood from a frightful ga«h in the forehead, the unfort unate bank cashier toppled lur kwar«! over a chair, «arrying it to ruins, and sinking with a groan sensless to the fltjor. Kane stopped over him, tore the ¡Nl<^ age of money from his still *pa.Mnodi<*nlly clenched hand, cast a last start!«*! glance nt the fare an«! form at the window, and dashed from the room. (To be continue«].) Illa Wife. The agent »tc|>|*d briskly up to Mr. Meekly’» <l»sk niu! laid a »mall article clofu* to III» right hand. "I have here a new letter opener.” ba. »aid. "a handsome article to be kept on the table In your library, say, an«!—” "Pardon me,” interrupted Mr. M««»k- ly, without turning hl» beat!, "but 1 have already the lx «at letter opener, and the quickest.” "flow long have you ha«l It?” per- •Isted the agent. "You know there are constant Improvements always being In- troduced.” “Mine couldn’t be Improve«!,” re sponded the gentleman. "I’ve had her for about two yen re now anniversary of the wedding next month!”- Stray Htorlea. Ilavfl 1 <»a «eeu llrrf "What kind of a woman Is «he?” ••One without diplomacy.” "Without diplomacy?" "Tea, she will argue with an bcman about the a!se of the lump until It all melts away an«l there Is only a wet spot on the sunny sidewalk.” Different Viewpoint«. Said Hhe I nlwnjB enJOf nim'tlng rn.n with h hlxtory. Halil lie—I don't. My offlre boy ha« strict orders not to admit book agent* MEN ELIK II AND HIS PKOPLB. Mlafclr MoHwreb ut kbysslala " h«» XX eleuw»ra « K lllea<l*»n. Fvw mightier »inmarch* than \tvnellk II of Abyssinia ever swayed the dead uh'* «»f a |na«ple. I'hrmigliout the vast (errttury of the Al»>Minimi highlands his liulhldunl will la law tu some mil Ilona of subjects, laws also to hordiw of sax age Mohammedan and ¡mgtui trlln'siiM'ii without the coniines of his klngiliuu. Ills ciairt Include* no cuun* ellora Alone thmuglnmt the long years of hl* rvlgn Mvnellk has dealt with all diMiieatIc and foreign affair« of state. But now this Inst splendi«! survival of the feudal absolutism cxcrelwd and eujoytht l>y medieval rulers la alniut to KIXu MCNKI.IK tt. dl,a|>|war beueath vneroa.hhia wave, of elvlllxatloii. which long eparo noth Ing picturesque. Cables from far off Addis Ababa. Meuellk'a capital, bring new, that he has formed a cabinet ami published the sptsilntinent of ministers of war. tinaiKv. justlca. foreign affairs, and eonimenv. And tills change lias iiune not from the prvwure of any party or faction within hl, kingdom, for such do not etlst; but out of tbe fount of hla own w I m I oiu , —a wiadom so s«mn<! as to prove him a most worthy ihwvuliint of the sage Hebrew King Mem-Ilk claim, aa ancestor. If Indeed more proofs were necessary than the statesmanlike way in which he has dealt with Jealous diplomats, and the martial skill with which, at Adua In IM. he defeated the flower of the Italian army am! won from Italy an honorable truce Whether or not the claim of Menellk that he la llm-ally dsarenda«! from a »on supposed to havo ts-en Isirn to the yisvn of Sheba and King Holomon of old la true, and there 1» no real reason to doubt It, It 1» certain that In race type Abyssinian» plainly resemble the sons of Israel. <-ro»s>*d and tmsllflid with Coptic. Ilamlte and Ethiopian blood, and to thia day cling chwely aa the most orthodox Hebrew to some of the dearest laraelttlsh tenets, notably In their antipathy to pork and to other meat not bits, before dead, to obser vance of the Sabbath am! the rite of eirrotnclslon. And thia notwithstand ing that the Abyssinian» have tss-n Christians since the fourth century of this era. when, only eight years after the great (Amatantlno deerw-d the recognition of Christianity by the state a proselyting monk enme among them with faith so strong, heart an pure, and eloquence so Irresistible, that single luimled tie aorompllnbed tbe conversion ■f the Abyssinian race. ■•CHIC'S” STEPMOTHER. Ils titled Her Keen After Thoasbt lie Wsslds*«. He "Chic” find never les-n a bad boy, and there was no reason outside of the story txxiks why he should ts-gln now, lust because a sweet-natured woman had come to mother him ami his two little sisters: but Chl<- could not nee It In that way. Ho know nboilt step- mothers, how they told tales In wills |H-rs. and poisoned the hearts of kind fathers against their own children, so he do-ldm! to have his fling. The first thing ho did was to go down to Jim Harding’s one evening nftcr din tier and stay until 11 o’clock. That was as far ns he really planned. It was no fault of his that the cable broke, and that he Anally reached home nt 1 o’clock of a cold winter morning, to discover that tbe latch key with which his father hml entrusted him a few days before had dlaniipeared from hl, pocket. Here wan trouble. The house was lark and silent, ata! ('hie knew that bin father, called from his slninlwrs at that hour to admit a 12 yenr-old son. would need no stepmother's prompting, but would Im quite capable of acting for himself. With this In mind. Instead of ringing, he dlscrei-tly prowled round the house In aear<*h of n hasignetit win dow that he could force. lie found one at last, opening over the coal bln; but the door leading upstairs was se curely barred, and at 2 o'clock In the morning a dejected boy lay down on the cement floor, with feet propped against the furnace, and fell sadly asleep, to dream of the things an Irate father, egged <m by a stepmother, would do to him In the morning. The next minute it was daylight, and a pleasant voice close to him was say ing, *'«) Janies, look ! <>n that cold flmir all night! lie must have forgotten >ns key. I saw It on his dressing table when I went In this morning. And we closed the house so early! lie did ft for me, Janna, I know he did. You spoke at dinner about my headache, and he wouldn't disturb me by ringing : but I couldn't have slept a wink If I had dreamed he was down here. He's waking up, James.” •There, son, there!” said Chic's fath er, with unheard-of gentleness, na he helped tbe astonished boy to his feet. -Pretty hard bed, wnsn't It? You might bars rung, my boy, but I'tu proud of you fur la-lng »<> thoughtful Wash up aow sud ixiiim to breakfast.” With that lie start’d upstairs, but < hlc. still blluklug. sttssl and stared nt I Nothing I Ate Agreed With Me bls stepmother. Could It Is- was »h* ■ Ivally ao lumxviit, or "fu think Chic," she was saying, soft ly- and there was a look on her fac« that made him rememls-r hl» own limili er "I was afraid you didn't like niel'' "rm>h!" he answered, with n sudden t ig lump lu Illa throat. “1 guess I do!’ | Aoutli'a «'ouqiaiilon. 014 »'askloweq Nreakrast, How dear to my bsurt I» that seen» of my ehlhltioed Wkkgi fund recullecflun rvenllvth to vlsw : Th, damask < lad board with Its lavish I, piled ti»»!, IWlectabls tar, my young appetita know. Tbs thick. Juicy lieefsteak. ths omelette bp it. Tli, crisp, fried putatoaa, asduetlvsly brow a. Ths rampart of toast with the marina Indo nigh It— Ambrosial breakfast, when# now th) renown? Ths old-faahloned breakfast, our fore falliera’ breakfast, Tbe long ago breakfast of vuntebsd re nown. MPS. ItNoRA llODIMIAMtW Mr». Lenora Bmknhitnrr, R. F. I>. I, Box 99, Krrnrntvill«*, N. C., wr I m : Ttuwe rleh-tloteil wafllea, how tooth*un» •‘I suffered with »loiwth t«out>W nn<l and louder. indigestion for some time, •»>*! nothing Their dimpled delights on those morn- that | str agreed with me. I*«* vrry Ings of yorv; * Itow oft to their delicata ’-harms I'd sur nrr\«»u% and <*xptfri»m*rd a continual feeling of unrsMrrss and frsr. I took render. How eweet the libation l*d over them m«*dicin« from ths doctor, but it did mw no g«H»«L • pour. •*! found In on* of your I’eruna UM>ks How eatm the «»intent that would auftly a «'• r!pt ion of my symptoms. I then enfold me, A» aneti melting mouthful elit’l»»i Ins wrote to Hr. Hartman f< r advice. He said I had catarrh <»f the Stomach. I elounly down. Ami how I'd hnvo sorrowed bad any one t«M«k Fenina and Manalm and f«»|l«wr<l told mo h • direction« ami can now say that I That opulent breakfast would lose Ito feel as well ns l ever did. renown. ’•| hop«* that all who are afilt« t«*l I‘he old l.ieliiom-,1 breakfast, our fore w.th the name symptom« will take I’r- fathers* breakfast. runn. ns it hss • ertn nly <urr<1 me,** The long ago breakfast of van I ah’»! re The nlxive ta only one of hundreds nown. who have written similar letters to !>r. Hnrtman. Just one such rase ns (low bleak is thia modem repaet of the th a entitles Prruna to the can<li<l con morning. sideration of every or e similarly at!! rt- It differeth far from the feast of my ed. If this be true of the testimony dream. That am-milenl fern the l>aro table adorn of one person what ought tu be the tes timony of hundr«**!s, yrs thousands, of Ing. We have in I yearn to devour with sugar amt honest, sincere people. our files a great many other testimo cream. I'm weary of hay. predlgeatrd and shred ntnln. del. On health-giving saw dual I look with a frown. Tha pangs of dyspepsia are lesa to t» dreaded— Oh, bring tm-h the breakfast of ancient renown; "20-Mult-îiim" Bom Munti. The old fn«hion«*l breakfast, the dear, S*n<| for 4O-tMW* Ca’akw of H«m Valu«Mr pro. deadly break fast. Ths long ago breakfast of vanishr«l re »MiU *v g tv* >’••• for T«a»«i and W rapper» fr«Mn •.■O Mu I»- Team' H»ra« pnaiurta Y«*U will fl tul nown. Get a Watch Ring or Pin FREE • nuuty arOciea uf h«>u»eh->jt *jul p«>raei«>a) uaa that I /«na can attain A H3<»I ITH Y rXKK But la th«»re n«> hoi»? Most I ever ron All you hava I m «Io u tu HA VK TUPS OR WRAP- tinue PKRS Addraaa On flak«** of dried science to n<>uri««h rAt Ifk ( OAM BORAX CO.. OaXiang, (al. my brain? While "vigor” an«! "fores” fre<! my mu* A < «»««llntf IboMMlif. els atxl *ln«»w. Whnt inukes «me limit warm inskrs My poor, pa nr nt imlste ¡wtiti«»n* In another cwol. Ihirlng the hottest week vain. last summer s gentleiit.’tn walked into !»var rn«'«l of my youth, with what rap turs I'd hall thee. the country store to get his mall. An Could I but t»f«>re thy abundanre alt old "darky” wss sitting In th® blnxlng down! «tin. In n risking ehalr. <>n the plsxxa With keenest enjoyment I’d haste tff a* of Hi«» store. l«Nik!i>g “a< comfortable Mil thee. i nt n chocolate Ice cream.” Th® whits Thou memorial breakfast of bleaasd re man sunk Into nnotber chatr and nown; The old-fashioned breakfast, our fore fanned himself with his limp handker chief. fathers' breakfast. “Well, t’nrle Jeb," he aald. ”1 must The long ago breakfast of vanished re ray thwt you »u-rin pretty comfortable. nown. — Richmond News -Leader. I l«»w do you msiiAge to keep so on a •lay like this?” Carried Oat laafrartlnna. "Mnsaa,” snld the negro. "Fa think- Every sailor has his story of the tnls in* «1st d® sun what’a tonkin* dis yer® tnk«*s which landlubtwra make over the iientneaa Is n stull In’ d«»wn on nil d® names of things nt sea. which always watermllllona In Georgia, an’ innkhi* seem to I m » exactly th«» opposite of what ■lent j«Kt *«> red an* ri|>® <lnt my mouf they nr® «»n Inn«!. most enyn't keep from awnllerln*. I A new boy had gone on board n West Inon’t mln’ <!«• heatnean when 1 a|tec*- India ship. ujM»n which n jwiliil«»r hnd 'nt® on dein waterinllll«»na.” nlao bc«*n employed to paint th«» slilp’s si«!«». The pnlnter wni nt work upon C|TC h* ' •*••' tWam »n't ■ r»nn« !«••••* r»raa- n stuffing su *| m *! i «!«*<1 un«l«»r th® ship's I II .J ••atlf car»« 1» |»r » In«« ■ Orvat Nnr» a Ra. » R m 4 faf rsd It os ttialho*tlaa»4 lr •• stern. Or II II KJtaa. Ld . Sil An b St . PbHnsUlpbia. Pa. Th® <*npt»ln. who hnd Just got Into A representative of th® French gnrern a lM»nt nl'»nffsl«l«», cnllod out to tlio new lw»y. who stood Idin Ing over the rail, taeat has b«?«-n investigstIng tbe clothing inanufactnrlng industry of the Fnit«wl "Tx't go th«» |mInter!” Kveryfmdy should know that n bont’s Ntatas. Hs rays w* «»xrel in the art. and particularly in the ready inn*I•• bran«-h. pointer la the r«»|M» which mnkes It fast, but thia l>oy <!!<! not know It. He rnn Mothers wITt fin«! Mrs. Wln«V»w*s ft-...thing nft »nd let go th«» rope« by whl«*h the •yrupthr lx’s* rem«««!? to use for thair ch blr'R painter’» stnglnff wns h«dd. Mi'nntlm® luriug tba laathlug period. — th® «•nptaln wns wearied with waiting H»4 a Hea.ns. to b® cast «»fT. “Well, Hag.brush Sam has lia« hie "You rnsral!” he called. "Why don’t s'lsli II. always wantwl to die with his you let go th® painter?” xmls on.” "H«*‘a r«»n®. air,” an Id the boy brisk | "Yrs. but Ihrv (Ihln't know why until ly. “lie’s gon«» ¡H»ts. brush®» »nd »11 ’ * hry took his boots off lie didn't wrar —Ix>ndon StnrMlnrd. | iny socks.' Minin Avallnhlr. Scone M’ltrlmonlal ngency. Mur» sgi-r ari’l gentlcuinn nppllcntit. Mat. Agent—You want a wife? Cuatomer—Yea. sir. Mat. Agent—Blonde or brunette? «’uatonier—I am not particular. 1 Insist on but one thing aha must be a divorced woman. Mat. Agent Sorry, sir. I have none on hand, but If you can wait a few day, I have one In preparation.—Tho Bohemian. Temfilng <onl4 Hrllevs That. Blowsril I hraitale to toll you what that automobile met nt. You wouldn't believe It. I paid a fahuloua price for the nm’-hine, though. 1 can tell you Ko’ilfm 1 ilon l <lo'il>t it. Uli.l t want u> know la I he reel price you I’uul | for it. Shake Into Your Shoes Alton's Foot I'eae, a powdiw for tho feat, ft mres p.tnful. «wolien. .’’’nrtlng, .woa’ins feet. M.kea new .how* easy. Sol’l by ail lirugrlota and Hh<*e •Uoree. Hon't arropt any .Iile’lt”’.. Kemple I t-'KEK. Ad.lrma A. S. Olimtal. 13. Hoy. N. Y. rate. .lohnnle'a Pesiti«». “Yea,” began Mr. l'etera. Hr.. “John Peters. Jr., has quit School anil accepted a jxisltlon In Davi»' general atore." "Indeed!" commented the summer v’altor. “Whnt are hla duties?" "Ile I» superliitenilent of the eraekor and chei-se department.” replied Mr. l’etera. Hr., with guirilml satiafaetlon. One «'are. T believe I’ll rock the boat," de "He han the entire charge of wroppltif np the cheese.” clared the man In the atom. "Don’t do It,” ndvlaed his companion. "It might dlacharge thia unloaded pis tol I have In my Jean».”—Loulavllle 1 Omrler-Jotimnl. "Wlmt Is your line of work? I enh «co plainly that you are due for a breakdown.” “I gin-»* you're right, doc. I've Juat written my P«nh motor novel.”—Ht. Louis I'oat-Hlspntch. In a little country town, the ex- tretue In fashion always look, fast. 1