Lane County leader., May 15, 1903, Image 6

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lo o pin g the lo o p on r o l l e r s k a t e s
come night a prostratin' you.” He
tenderly lifted her up, carried her
across the room and gently laid her on
the lounge. Then thrusting his hand
in hts vest pocket, produced a silver
i
dollar. "Barb., go tew the nighest
drug store fer some brandy,” so say­
ing. he laid the money on the table.
Barbara replied, "must go tew First
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j * j * j * j *
street. Aint no drug stores out this
way. Want me to go now?”
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POSITIVELY <
"yes.” answered Captain Jim, “ an
git back quick as you kin."
R h e u n m i, I
"A ll right." said the child, as she
(Continued from Last Week.)
N o u ra lg ¡a
1 ly remarked Captain Jim, “ give me the | picked up the coin from the table,
T h e meaning of the whole strange umbrella." Barbara handed him. an "IH jist git my coat an' fly."
L u m b i| g
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proceeding flashed through Barbaras old umbrella, and asked if he didn't | "Barb." exclaimed he. fixing his eye
B acK ach *
mind, and it appeared so ridiculous, want something to tie
about his I meaningly on her. “ a two-legged crit­
S c ia t ic «
so grotesquely comical that the child neck, adding ominously, "them cats ter played thet game on me."
placed the tamp on the floor and burst most alius do go fer a feller’s jug-
S p r a in i
"Must a-bin one of them cou-jars,
out in wild laughter. Captain Jim lar.” .
responded Barbara.
B ru isca
looked at her severely, which bad the
Jim laid the knife and pistol down
"Mum!
understand?”
cautioned
S oren ess
effect of checking a second spasm.
on the floor, and proceeded to examine Jim. at the same time ke slipped a
S tiffn e ss
knows It." remarked the child, the umbrella, saying, "yes. I reckon four-bit piece in her hand. "Thet 9
her eyes sparkling with merriment. you be right. Barb. I shud a-think so.” fer Christmas sweets, you an’ the
'T i l Jist bet it’s that old tree a-scrap-
With the remark. “ I'll git somethin." | chillun.”
ln' agin the shed.”
Barbara tripped lightly into the bed­
Barbara smiled her sweetest and
He scowled at her. He could scarce­ room and quickly returned with one [exclaimed, "all right, papa, mum air
ly believe his senses. The idea of of ma's old colored walking skirts. the word.” She then hastened to the
this child ridiculing his assertion.
! “ You jest wrap this T>out yer neck I bedroom for her coat.
I .
„r Frnnk J Davis of Indianapolis, the roller skate
■"I tell you it be a wild beast, that's an I'll hold the lamp.”
Here are pictures of Frank J.. D a v i s . ^ trenleIl(iou„ affairs, made
Captain Jim then removed the skirt
-got in thar. Most likely drove down
Captain Jim wrapped the skirt from around his neck and laid it on loop-the-looplst. The
¿V nty-flv. pounds each. They are
from the heights by the snow. Didn't about his neck, much as he would a a chair and placed his hat on top of almost entirely of steel a
make them, and when they are screwed ;
It spring on tew me? Look here.” Some large muffler, and feeling some con­ I it. He then placed his hand on As-
ns the mechanic's
mechanic' artran
as
strong
a.
^ JarlnK fellow presents
faint marks showed on his face. ''Jlst fidence in his armor he said, "Barb., : nie's forehead, and exclaimed, “ my
and buckled and strapped to
the tips of (hem
ferocious
claws you wus born smart, you wus.”
| poor darlin’.”
appearance.
, . )hat lie
Barbara grasped the lamp and impa­
tetched me. as I sprung back."
Annie opened her eyes, sat up and a formidable
Davis gives some Interesting facts concerning the little trick nat
Barbara's eyes expanded. She took tiently remarked. "A ir you ready? Oh. [said. "Oh, Jim, I'm so glad you are
Summing (jp.
seem, to have a monopoly on. When asked bow be guided himself in b l.
up the lamp and looked at his face. I forgot, them things must be pulled safe.”
He stooped low to facilitate the ex­ away.” She replaced the lamp on the
Patience— Yes. Bob Brief
He was so pleased that he at once
amination. "W ell," she said, feign­ floor and removed the chairs and table, sat beside her. “ Your own Jim be
*Z'There 'ls^no"gu!ding to be done. Once started. I could shut: my eye. and counselor, proposed to me)
In true legal style.
ing astonishment.
" I said as how piled against the door.
alive yet. my dear.”
get along just as well. I have a starting Imx, so that l will
J’r0'“ ^
Jim gripped the knife between his
that old tree would scratch somebody
Patrice— And that tmn
“ I was so frightened. You will not cisely the same position every time. This [»sltlon has been mathematically
teeth, held the umbrella with his left I eo away Just yet, will you?” appealed
we heard later?
some day."
e ''
He didn't relish the way Barbara hand, and pistol with his right, then Annie, as she again averted her face, shown to be the correct position. The loop Is so built that, gJ^'t
“ Oh. he was just sumtzu
sarv speed. I will have to go around, when once started. This Is accom­ Yonkers Statesman.
laughed at his experience. Angrily said quietly. “ I be ready.”
| fearing another burst of laughter.
At that moment ma looked out from
seizing a rocking chair he jammed it
He pressed close to her. The invi­ plished by a peculiar twist to the loop that keeps me In the right pos II0“ -
against the table, then turning to her I the bedroom. The sight of Captain tation to stay a while with this fasci­
"1 travel at my greatest speed Just as I strike the loop. What this speed
At the Oculisti. I
he said "I should think yer mad be i Jim In his war paint sent her back nating creature was rapture itself He Is 1 have no way of determining. It Is terrllie enough, however, to make
skeert some, tew be a livin' here with screams of laughter.
answered with enthusiasm:
"Annie. me feel that my whole l>ody. blood, bones and all. Is being Jammed down
"Can I see Dr. Bplnki, t
Barbara angrily shouted to ma “ if I'd be a-stayin' with you 'till resurrec­
alone."
“ I’m sure I don't know,
" I should opine.” replied the matter- you don’t stop that you'll scare them tion day if you’d let me. I shud into my feet. I think, perhaps. I travel at a greater speed than Is neces­ you have no need of bis i
of-fact young miss. "She wants to go cats away.”
a-thlnk so.” And he gently encircled sary, but too much speed will do no harm, while too little speed would be he won't care to see you. ill
Jim looked at the child aghast her waist with his arm.
away, but ain't got no rocks.”
fatal.
i why, step right in."—Chics
Barb., she kin a hev all the rocks “ Damned if the gal ain't a-thinkln’ it
“ How did I do at the start? Well. for a Ion * time I practiced with a
“ Oh, Jim. you are so good and
she wants." said Captain Jim, with a be a picnic.”
brave, I do not know how to thank swing. 1 did not try to circle the loop the first few times. I kept going a
tinge of settled determination.
Very Convenisti,
Barbara having pushed the barri­ you.
tittle farther every time, and when I convinced myself that the trick could
"She kin?" asked the astonished cade away, again picked up the lamp
“ Jest give me one and I shud be done 1 cut loose from the swing, took a bracer, and said: ’Here goes.' I
L ittle W illie was playing I
"Now,” said she. "now. when I open think you thanked me a thousand
child.
kitten when he discoversi i
the door you Jest bounce right in there times tew much," he replied, leaning got around all right. I wasn't surprised, but I tell you I was gratified."
"8he k in !” reiterated he.
Davis says that the time required In making the loop varies. He does for the first time. ~
"D o yer really mean it?" asked Bar­ like a bolt o’ llghtnin. Come closer.” over for a kiss.
mother, he exclaimed:
Jim began to realize his danger. It
bara. still doubting him.
She suspected he would attempt to not know the explanation ef this, unlak9 it be due to atmospheric conditions.
“ Oh, mamma, hasn't kiUL
must be remembered that he acted snatch one. and was not deceived, but The principal feature of Davis’ skates that he has patented is the uprlflbt
"Sartin." replied Jim.
At that moment three distinct from conscientious motives. It had she forestalled him by artfully lifting handles, that come about to bis knees. He says it wonlir be Impossible to handy pincushion?”—Util* d
knocks were heard on the front door. not occurred to him that he encounter­ a small phial, so that it accidentally
perform the feat without these bandies to hold to. Davis says that he does
"The's the old gal herself: 1 knows ed any but wild animals in the wood rubbed against his nose.
Secret of Happla«i.|
the taps.” exclaimed the child. She shed.
He was immediately seized with a not travel fast on the run-off. as his speed has nearly spent Itself by the time
“ It Is always good to (
placed the lamp on a chair, then un­
Barbara's ridicule seemed to him violent fit of sneezing. Upon partial the top of the loop is reached. A man can easily catch him as he comes
one desires." said the cltls
locked and opened the front door.
the very essence of Innocence, and it recovery he said, “ Annie, thet be a from the loop, he says.
"Y e s.” replied the philo
Captain Jim had come prepared, an­ had the effect of making him very de­ powerful smell.”
ticipating the possibility of trouble termined to drive the animals away
It Is better to desire onljri
Annie repressed a smile and explain­
with MacDonald. His imagination pic­ He was also urged on by the secret de­ ed. “ only ammonia, Jim, my head
eyes of starvation and faced the obtain.”
THE RAG-PICKER MAYOR.
tured him as a powerful, passionate sire to be regarded by Annie as a hero, aches so.”
weary day, foodlesg and hopeless. The
Its
Individual. Had he made inquiries he yet now. at the moment he is about to
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C o u n t e r p a r t * in O n r D a y .
would probably have discovered that carry out his determination, a quail­ from the bedroom, was a witness to
MacDonald was a mere creation of ing feeling came over him. for he said the little checkmating move by her
Congressman Jenkins of Wisconsin one a deed of self-sacrifice to the
She— I have noticed that I
giver,
looked
around
the
poor
borne,
Barbara's, or rather the Joint creation softly and quite seriously to himself, mother. She softly coughed.
was talking the other day about the
who whistles seldom svnn|
•of her ma's and Kitty's brains, for the "don’t reckon thet I dass tackle them
Ma turned quickly and exclaimed in vanity that Inflates some men when with Its scanty furniture, gazed at the
He— That's right. It bl
purpose of hoodwinking him. His con­ fr-oclons critters with them weepons a surprised tone, “ Barbara.”
weary faces gathered about him, who are compelled to
they achieve success in life.
scientious scruples checked any lean­ alone.”
The child
replied pertly, "you
“ In my boyhood,” he said, “ I remem­ paused, and then going to the mother, that do the swearing.
ing toward doubt of MacDonald's ex­
The child heard him and stared at needn't 'pol-l-glze old gal.”
placed It all In her hands, saying:
istence His belief in Barbara's story, him. "What, air you skeert already?"
Ma frowned and sharply rejoined, ber how a man from my town was
at the time of Captain Tom's surprise said she astonished.
Willing to Try.
"Barbara, how dare you,” She howev­ elected to a minor political office, and “ Daughter, you need It more than I
party was absolute, so that when the
Captain Jim returned the child's er, quickly altered her tone, for she got so puffed up about It that he would do." Without another word he went
“ For the first year of t
taps sounded on the front door he stare for a moment, then pulled his saw the child was dressed to go out,
forth
to
his
own
foodless
and
desolate
hardly speak to any one on the street
life, dear." said the youiH
fished up a pistol from his back hat down over his eyebrows. He and with unexcelled artfulness, said,
One day a blacksmith who had election­ home, where he and his wife Implored was poor, but had prospectt|
pocket.
humped his back and bowed hts head 'Why. where are you going?”
the
God
of
their
fathers
to
help
them
eered for this man entered his office
have to live principal^ oti
“ Jest as a precaution.” partly to low for a rush. "Count three. Barb.,
The answer appeared to astonish
"W ell, people can fixe
show MacDonald, in case it was he I be a-goln' tew do or die fer Annie, her. for Barbara replied stiffly, "ask snd extended his hand. But the other to earn the longed-for food, the sadly
victuals, can't they,
and not Annie, who was about to en­ t shud a-thlnk so."
dad number two,” nodding toward faded to see the hand, and said: ‘I needed next meal.
said,
snuggling closer to'h
ter. that he (Jim. was armed, and
Barbara seized the door knob with Captain Jim.
don't remember you, sir.’
partly to assure Annie, should it really her right hand, then slowly said, "one.
A dead silence ensued, which was at
"The blacksmith looked around. A
SENATOR
VEST'S
BITING
WIT.
be her, that he was prepared to pro­ two. three, go," and pushed open the length broken by Jim coughing. He
half-dozen men were present, and to
tect her and the “ chillun."
door.
turned and discovered Annie looking
H o w H e K f f e c t i v e l j S q a e l c h e d >■ O f.
“ Captain Jim here," said Annie with
Jim rushed into the shed, spreading askance at him.“ now. don’t yon be ask­ these be addressed himself.
S T . HELEN’S
fen eive K d ito r I . M issouri.
evident satisfaction, upon entering. the umbrella and discharging the pis­ in' any questions, dear.” anticipating
” ‘Gentlemen,’ he said, ‘this reminds
F o rt land, O rfo |
A Missouri paper revives an anec­
•'I hurried home to welcome you." tol right through it. and yelling in the her speech and speaking in his most me of the mayor that they elected once
A Bourdin* and Day School for
8he looked about the disordered most frantic manner.
a Normal Kindergarten r
suave and affable manner. "Thet be In my wife's town. They elected, more dote Illustrating Senator Vest's readi­
kitchen, as though astonished. "W hy,
ment, which has a separatt
ness of wit and sarcasm. On one oc­
When Barbara suddenly pushed my affair. You jest go right on,
kindergarten classes. The I
■what is all this about?” He flourish­ open the door, an Inrush of wind blew Barb.." and he waived his hand for for a Joke than anything else, an old casion, twenty-six years ago. the
part ment provides a cheerful
ragpicker to the mayoralty. They made
ed the pistol and frowned
be­ out the light. “ Gracious." said she. her to go.
ranged home for young ludfot
doughty
little
Senator
used
this
gift
cause he Imagined that under the “ the lamp's blow'd out. Whew, it’s
logue or other information
"I'm a movin' gov’nor," replied the him buy a frock coat and a white tie with crushing effect on a man who
present circumstances It conveyed an cold. I'll jest git a match,” and so child.
and a plug hat, and they persuaded him
MISS ELEANOR TEB!
Impression of courage.
saying, she reached out and pulled
"I am afraid to let you go alone. to ride around In a fall-top buggy. It Interrupted him while be was making
"Annie." said he, "don't you be the door shut.
a
speech
In
the
Johnson
County
Court
Wild animals about, too,” said ma, and was a change to tell you. Well, his
skeert. You an the chillun be safe."
Finding himself In sudden darkness she looked at Jim.
wife met him at the house door on his House, at Warrensburg, the borne of ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
She was about to laugh, but checked Jim backed up against the outer wall
But Jim did not heed the hint and
herselffnhrt appearing terrified, quick­ and then holding the umbrella in remained discreetly silent, with his first day In office, and lie pasesd her by his colleague. Senator Cockrell. The I
You can largely inoretsettoi
without looking at her. He was grand, room was packed. Vest was speak- i
your cron by using our special
ly asked. "Why. what Is the matfer? front of him. as a shield, ducked his eyes cast to the floor.
era. Write for prices.
Ing
In
a
particularly
happy
vein,
when
you
see,
In
his
plug
hat
and
white
tie.
Why are these things piled against head under It for protection, and
Barbara proceeded to the front door,
the door? And that pistol?”
yelled "scat.” at every thrust of his stopped and looked back at ma. "oh. but she only bad on her working a Warrensburg editor who did not I
“ Jest a precaution, thet's all my knife, which he made first on one I'm not skeert any.” replied the child. ; clothes and her sleeves were rolled up. like him arose and asked him a ques- I
dear. There be rats in the shed," re­ side, then on the other as fast as pos­
"W ell, hasten home as soon as pos­ j 'Why, James,’ she says, nearly crying, tlon. It was courteously answered,
plied Jim seriously.
sible.
sible.” commanded her mother.
! 'why, don't yon know me, James?' and the editor followed it up with an- |
"Oh. Jim. you frighten m e!” said
In the meantime, while Barbara
"AH right.” and Barbara passed out
For orders of $1.00 or a
j 'How con 1 know you, Mary,' says he, other and another. To the surprise of j
Annie, and she added timidly, "are leisurely lit the lamp, ma came out of into the darkness.
they tom cats?" Ma turned her back the bedroom and asked If Captain Jim
(This does not include gr*
"Be you a-feelin' better, dear?” ‘how can I know you when I don't know most of his hearers. Senator Vest kept j
seeds in quantity.)
on Jim to conceal her effort to sup­ was frightened.
I myself now?’
asked Captain .Tim.
his temper, and continued to reply | garden
If in tha market write for *
press a laugh
Captain Jim replied,
“ I speck' he is." answered the child
"Yes. Jim. hut I am In dread of that | “ ‘There are other men besides that courteously. Finally the editor asked '
prices.
"they be wild cats or cou-tars. I'm sar­ "anyway he's a-hollerin' like a greased hateful MacDonald.” replied Annie.
j ragpicker mayor,’ the blacksmith end- a long and very Involved question. I
tin. but I be a goin' tew drive 'em off. nig what's bein' ketched. Harken tew
"Be he a worryin’ of you much?”
| ed, ‘who don’t know themselves.' And The Senntor listened to It with the !
though." wiping his brow with a blue him.”
N
"Yes, Jim." and then with a cough,
188 Front Street, I »o rti*
handkerchief.
"Brine out the light. Yap. y a p '” added a little "flb,” “ He followed me he grinned at his embarrassed audience same attention as he had to those that !
and walked out."
"No. no, Jim." pleaded Annie, her yelled Jim. as he stabbed the air with tonight. I think."
preceded it, but Just as he seemed
face still averted from him. "They'll the bread knife.
Captain Jim frowned and looked
ready to reply, and while the audience I
Barbara answered. ‘T s cornin’, you straight at the opposite wall, saying In
kill you. How many are there?”
WHERE CHARITY DWELLS.
was perfectly quiet, awaiting Vest's * 1
" I swan thar whar two. I felt the old hen.”
an undertone, “ he be the villian thet
little, bench-legged cur
fur when they sprung on tew me.” re­
A n I n . t s n r e o f P a t h o s a n d T e n d e r answer, a
"Be you a-goin' to he all night a-com- took thet drap o’ brandy.”
came Jumping up «he aisle and imme­
plied the dauntless captain.
H r m p n t h y in N e w Y o r k ' s L a s t Side.
in'?" again called Jim from the shed.
Annie
instantly
assumed
most
sin­
“ Oh, .rim dear, are you hurt?" In­ "Scat. Yap. y ap !”
Nowhere in the city are there scenes diately In front of the Judge's stand,
gular contortions.
quired Annie, with admirably affected
Barbara opened the door slowly and
of deeper pathos and more tender syin in which Vest was standing, barking
Jim became alarmed, thinking she
concern.
entered the shed. “ Pshaw, ther 'alnt
pathy than In some of the little known furiously at him. As quick as a flash
had taken a fit.
"Jest a few scratches, but they ain't nothin’ here." she said.
by streets that twist and twine in the Vest turned and, pointing his finger 1
nothin' tew what I'd go through fer
Jim poked his head out between the
heart of the Fast Side, says a New at the dog. said: “ One at a time, sir; |
you dear."
rib ends of the umbrella, and craned
(To be Continuad.)
York paper. The hardly earned penny you are ont of your turn. Walt till I
“ I guess the old gal claw’d him.” his neck, as he looked about In a
■aid Barbara, in an undertone
The scared manner.
dropped into the cracked plate set on get through with the other one. then
remark was heard by ma. who cast
T h e F lo r a o f A laska.
Ma had followed the child to the
a broken chair to help the homeless I'll reply to yon.”
a sharp, meaning gl>nee at the child. door, and on seeing Captain .Tim’s rid­
According to a report of the special
Barbara understood it and added soft iculous position, sank os a chair near sgeut of the Department of Agricul­ and evicted will surely not be forgot­
Hit It Kxactlyr.
ten by Him who spake of the widow's
ly. "but I'm mum. I is. ’cause he's the door, in a spasm o f laughter.
ture In charge of Alaska Investigations, ntite; the tiny bunch of half-faded
There was a great discussion In prog,
goin' to come down with the rocks."
Barbara sententiously remarked to
a
traveler
may
go
from
one
end
of
the
Annie could not control herself Jim. "must a druv 'em out that door.
posies only obtained after a long ress among the members of the facultv
Th is Trad. Mirt
Yukon to the other In summer without tr.nige that sick Ivan or crippled Hub of a Western college. They wrangled
longer, and she hurst out In a I g u e s s ”
_ _ _ Cooking Store« of WP*
fit of laughter, which she
con­
Captain Jim quickly recovered his teeing snow. On the other band, vege­ da may tie happier and a score of long and raised their voices to too high
li
cealed from Jim by turning her composure and said. “ 1 jest reckon tation. large forests, and wild raspber­
fare and wringing her hands as they got skeert and skunked off." He ries, red currants, huckleberries and other kindly deeds only known to such • Pitch, each eager to have the measure
make DOimok«, «mell.
though In anguish.
"W hat shall then cautiously moved to the shed cranberries will be fonnd in profusion. as enjoy the luxury of giving of their in question embody his particular varl-
~
ileal and «a fe and
I do: oh what shall I do. And door and pulled it shut.
poverty, are of dally occurrence; bnt fttion of the Idea.
"Thar.
In
places
the
grass
grows
as
high
as
a
my poor children." She rushed off to Annie's
sick
tew."
shutting
up
£ .«5 1
Isaac and Rebecca do not always get
*
profe“
or
of
'»''ICC
mind
and
man's
head.
There
are
several
places
the bedroom and shut herself in.
the umbrella
"Most like a faint­
credit for their share of sneb deeds of calm voice, who had been „lent, rose
aloug
the
coast,
at
the
Sitka
and
Kenal
Captain Jim rushed after her. hut ed.
Thet
leetle drap of bran-
kindness as they deserve.
V S * * conclll»tory speech.
too late, the door was closed. He dle'll come in handy now. I shud experiment stations, and at many
As the effect of his words began to
One of these happened a short time
shouted through the keyhole, “ you a-thlnk so." he then added in an un­ points in the Interior, where practically
ago. A Jewish family, miserably poor, t W, D « .P *'” * “ 1 1 »'«* that settled
Jest be calm now, mv dear.”
dertone. “ Barb., bring me the lamp."
Barbara watched the maneuver and She did as requested, but he could not all of the cereals of the temperate zone, even for Slav newcomers, bnt rigidly over the fidgeting members, another
remarked to herself “ the old gal Is And the flask
He carefully scraped most of the vegetables, and a consider­ orthodox, wished to have their little professor who also took thtnga calm-
a playin’ on him slick.”
away the snow, looked behind the able variety o f cultivated flowers have son observe the rite of the Law B'rtth
£ ™
V
’ « W h o r and whisper-
Jim pared the floor jp an agitated woodpile, and exclaimed. “ Damned. If been grown with much success for sev­
cd the line from Kipling;
manner "It's no use: I hev got tew in ain't gone." His astonishment ers! years. Fine spring wheat hai Mellah. and looking for a rabbi to per­
tackle them critters myself, an’ tew mingled with anger was plain
He been raised at Sitka for three yean form the rite with that natural Intui­ The «"-can .„othe. the worrying cranks.
I R ( T < I tin All V__
d d **
onc't
Barb., bring me a carvin' cast a sharp, meaning look at the
**CA»cAKvrrfi
W hen the speaker had finished the and
post. At Rampart, sixty-five degrees tion which makes man look to him
» r e a tru iy wooderfu
k n ife ”
child. She retnmed his gaze and said north latitude, winter rye sown in the who by experience knows the trials more aggressive members took 0p ,h* «¡■ tie d fo r a m edicine p ea**f*JrB
b a re found It in Cascareu
"Ain't got no carvin’ knife. Got a slowly, “ wot'a gone?”
tia« been port fled and
autumn came out in the spring In per­ of the poor, found one known far and discussion again. Presently the profes- blood
bread knife.” She took a knife from
proved w on derfu lly and 1 f « * 1 ■DB
He smartly flung the umbrella on
Wide as a profound scholar, yet as ab­ • "
I“ « Siplin, » „ „ a
way
M k s . 9 a l l . i s K- S it i* * *
a small < up board near the stove and the woodpile, put the pistol In his fect condition, though the temperature
jectly
poor
as
his
neighbors.
Him
they
offered it to him. He grasped It. say­ pocket and proceeded to the kitchen, fell to seventy degrees below xero In the
t
h
.
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S
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asked, and without further ado be from "M cAndrew 's Hym n:’
ing. "thet'll do." He glanced at Its ! saying a bit sternly
to
Barbara winter: the grain matured by Ang. 1. came.
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carving dimensions, tested its stiffness "come In.”
And now tbe main eccentrica
Barley sown in May was ripe by tbe
«tart thair
and felt Its edge, but his agitated
When the ceremony was over the
quarrel.
Captain Jim at once turned to Annie middle of August. Oats and potatoes
mind was evidently Incapable of de-
parents told the rabbi they could not
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terminlng Its formidable character.
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give him anything, bnt a plate had
ing her utmost to control and con­
Barbara suggested the use of an um ceal the wild At of laughter that had at every considerable settlement, except
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brella
What fer?” asked Jim.
seised her. He believed she was
hatever the
the neighbor, put therein T * ' * n<1 th,t ° ,hw» ran do as ther
Why. to sheer them cats away,” re­ "scared tew fits." His stern, fixed ex­ pany baa for many years kept rattle, I j whatever
was for him.
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plied the surprised child. ' Open It pression o f countenance relaxed, soft­ sheep, and Angora goats i t Kokatk. ! ed to $2 .V) V ,Th* °o"rct1on amount Pl- ~
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"M y Immaculate Annie." he en­ except In an occasional storm daring
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