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IQHT I PAGE THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, QWEOQN. ""frrrff r t r t rtrrttt .A Kitty, My Pretty White Kitty By 8. B. HACKLEY copyright. 11, by th McClur Nwi paptr Syndlcau.) "De house is full up, snh." The shining, white-aproned embodiment of suavity and Importance,' on the steps of the high-class boarding house of the Misses Lovejoy, In the little health resort town of Boiling Springs, bowed until his clipped head well-nigh touched the elusive pink spider lilies In the flower boxes beside the piazza steps. "I has to ostend to you de In tensitest regrets o my ladies, but eb- buh room is takencd. De last one wall bespoke by wiuh dis foahnoon.1 hen a man all his fifty years gets everything he wants and goes 700 miles on his physician's recoinmenda tion of the water and baths for a rheu matic knee, he naturally feels vexed when, at his journey's end, he doesn't get the first of his wishes granted .terry Alderson s line dark eyes clouded a bit as he turned away and started across the high sloping street toward the Coppcll house, recommend ed as the second best boarding house In Boiling Springs. And just then "Miss Nellie," a little, slim, auburn-haired and smiling lady about thirty-five years of age, with the gentlest, softest brown eyes, came up the street. Alderson met her at her gate. His face cleared instantly, and when she stooped to pat the Immense white cat that advanced to meet her, with "Kitty, pretty white kitty, are you glad to see me?" on her lips, an unrea soning twinge of Jealousy went over him. Why should a beauteous creature like that waste affection on a cat? That evening Alderson sat on the upstairs porch that opened off his room at Mrs. Coppell's, and in the full light of the moon he watched Miss Nellie Lovejoy as she stood by the row of sweet-scented daturas, whose great, dew-covered white bells made a glory of the Lovejoy side yard. Then he saw her stoop and pnt the white cat that followed her. "I wouldn't mind being that cat," he thought whimsically. The next afternoon, coming from the bathhouse at the springs, some dis tance from the boarding place, Aider- son overtoon Miss Lovejoy going home from her work as a clerk at Framm's store. He spoke to her, and making a pretense of desiring some in formation, walked along with her as far as her gate. Ten days of religiously drinking the mineral waters and taking the baths and Alderson's rheumatic knee was nearly well, but lie was having strange feelings in the vicinity of his heart, He had never cared anything for women as he knew them in the North. but he had never before Jjeen acquaint ed witn an auburn-haired Southern lady, with a voice like soft, rippling water and eyes like pools in the forest Boxes of roses began quite frequent ly to come down on "No. 31," the late afternoon train, from the nearest big town for Miss Nellie Lovejov, and fancy wicker boxes of chocolates with out nmr' er, with "T. M. Alderson's card inclosed. And Miss Nellie glowed and dimpled and smiled until the Frarnm customers. who had always loved her, fairly wor shiped her. And in the seventh heaven of delight Jonathan received the boxes of candy and flowers, and watched through the front door screen each afternoon the gentleman from Detroit, as he lingered lit the gate, loath to lift his hat from ;,hls handsome gray head In good-by to ; Miss Nellie. About three o'clock one morning of the fifth week of his stay in Boiling Springs Alderson was awakened by a "meowing" in the back yard. For an hour there was a continuous squalling, When the cat finally ceased its noise Alderson, who loved late sleeping, could sleep no more. He rose thorough ly exasperated. The next night there was a repeti tion of the feline serenade. Alderson bounded frem his bed and saw in the yard below the balcony the big, white cat that belonged at, the Lovejoy house. He threw a convenient golf stick in its direction and returned to bed, but sleep was gone. "To whom does the white cat that stays at your house belong?" Alderson asked a bit stiffly of Miss Nellie as he overtook her on her way home that afternoon. "Snow Darling?" she smiled. "Oh, he belongs to Mrs. Giiman, an old lady who has made her home here so long, and we all make a pet of him," she went on in her musical tones. "If he keeps up that after-midnight noise as he did last night and the night before," Alderson commented, "some- body'll make a corpse of him." wny, we we aiun t near any noise," Miss Nellie remonstrated, "you must have been dreaming, Mr. Aider- son," Three nights went . by before the white cat again serenaded the Coppell house. Then two nights together Al derson's rest was broken. At that time he was the only boarder who slept on that side of the' house, and the only one who heard the caterwauling. At the end of the second night Alderson went to the Lovejoy house and re monstrated. Miss Nellie was not at home, but Misses Euphemla and Jessie expressed their regret and promised to try to get Mrs, Giiman to keep "Snow Darling" In' at night. Alderson went home somewhat mollified. Jonathnn watched him uneasily as he took his departure. "Ef tny ladies knowed what was good fur 'em,' he commented, "deyS Invest In about a dime's wuth o' 'Shonh-dcath-to-cnts' and administer hit un beknownst I But bein' ole nnilds, poah thengs, dey don't know dnt when you gits a man mad he'll fuhglt about beln' In de mnrryln' notion !" Before breakfast next morning Al derson appeared at the Lovejoy hov.se, tremulous with nervous nnger, Miss Nellie opened the door. "I'm sorry If the kitty disturbed you," her soft voice was very sweet, "but Mrs. Gil man loves hliu so, she can't bear to re strain his liberty nnd fasteu Mm up at night." Alderson's exasperation broke out In mild fury. "Loves the pestiferous bunch of fur, does she? I love sloop, too, and I'm going to stay In the house where I am and get It! The next time that cat disturbs me, I'm going to re strain his liberty with a bullet!" "That wouldn't be right," quavered Miss Nellie. Alderson turned abruptly and loft her without another word. He was not disturbed that night, but the next day he kept out of Miss Nel lie's way. The night after, at the usual hour of half-past three, he was awakened by a feline wailing. He rose instantly. A single shot from his pearl handled revolver and "Snow Darling was no more. Next day a very fat and exceedingly irate lady telegraphed her son to come to her. Jacob came. Alderson was haled into the police court and fined ten dollars for shooting Mrs. Gilnmn's cat. "I'll go to jail and dry up before I pay that fine!" he Informed the court. "Sixty days in Jail or the fine paid 1" answered the judge. I'll live on bread nnd water for the next two months In my cell before 1 will pay that flue!" Alderson com mented. The town rang with the tale. "De Jailer says dat Detroit man's a-gettin' pale and his rheumatism's comin' back on him not gittin' his mineral baths and de water. He say he plumb oneasy about him !" Miss Nellie overheard Jonathan saying to the cook about a week after Alderson's Incarceration. Suppose he died of the heat or some thing? For three nights Miss Nellie cried herself to sleep. Then she could stand It no longer. She went to the judge's office and paid Alderson's fine, The judge, supposing that Alderson had requested his landlady to bring the money, to spare himself mortiflen tion, sent an order to the jailer: "Re lease T. M. Alderson. Fine paid." "Judge said your fine was paid and to turn you out. That's all I know !' The jailer answered Alderson's remon strance. He went to the Judge. "Who dared to pay that fine?" he demanded. "Lady brought it. Supposed you sent it by your landlady," answered his honor. Fuming with anger, Alderson strode off In the direction of the woods across the river. In a thicket of pines lying prone on the pine needles, sobbing like a hurt child, he came upon Miss Nellie. At sight of the little disconsolate fig ure in the leaves he felt his anger cool. A twig broke under his feet. She sat up, shaking. "Oh, don't be angry with me!" she begged. "They said you were sick and suffering in that awful Jail nnd I I couldn't bear it ! I went and paid your fine !" With the touch of the wind, sweet with piney fragrance, in his flushed face and Miss Nellie's low sobs In his ears, Alderson's pride and obstinacy fled. Nothing mattered but that little white bundle at his feet. He bent over and lifted her. You were afraid I couldn't rough It out?" he said, very tenderly. "You thought I needed somebody to look after me? I do, and for all time! Won't you do It, little girl?" Bank Prepared to Battle Bandits Install "Pia Box" Made of Steel in Which Armed Guilds Are Stationed Day and Night lb it WxAt -J i kJAxti;H's - ' I k I .' .," : '.. Due to the great number of bank robberies In Chicago, the Pullman Trust and Savings bank has Inttalled a "pill box," constructed of heavy steel, In which armed guard are stationed day and night to prevent robber from looting the bank. The guards are equipped with high-powered rifles and shot guns and are prepared to protect the bank both from the Interior and exterior. The "pill box" Is built half Inside and half outside the bank building, so that the occupants, through the portholes provided for the rifles, can have an unob structed aim at would-be robbers, within or without the building. FOR POULTRY GROWERS (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) When open range is not available and hens must be confined, poultry specialists of the United States depart ment of agriculture recommend the di vision of the hen yard into two lots, so thnt green stuff may be grown on one side while the other patch Is being grazed. As soon as the green feed is two to three inches high the hens may be turned on It, while the other lot may be spaded up and sown again. This plan provides plenty of green feed throughout the year for the av-! erage back-yard flock. In 1699 They Smoked Big Cigars Made Just as They Are Made at Present Time. The earliest known mention of clgurs Is In a book published In 1710 under the title of "I Mstresfies and Adventures of John Cockliurn." It appears thnt Cockburn was oast on n desert Island In the Hay of Honduras, from whhh he swam to the mainland, and thence traveled afoot to Porto Ilello, a dis tance of 2,000 miles, llore'he met some friars who pave him some "seegars" to smoke. "These," he says, "are some leaves of tobacco rolled up In some manner that serves both as pipe and the tobacco Itself." Though this Is the earliest date at which cigars appear to he mentioned by thut mime, so fur back as M!8 two soldiers sent by Co- The green crops should be suited to'luniD"sto explore Cuba told their com- local conditions, those suggested below pnnlons on their return how the im being adapted to moderate climatic tlves curried in their mouths a light conditions. For the extreme North I cu nreiiraml made from the leaves of or South the planting dates should be n certain herb, rolled up In maize leaves. The description of un Indian method of smoking given by Lionel U. I V. . o. , .. .. ... "UK i, in iu.1 iniveis in me isthmus of Darion," in JGM, shows that they men smoked cigars made Just as they me inane now. 'the manufacture and consumption of cigars in northern Ku- rope only dates from the close of the seventeenth century. BIG MEN OF AFGHANISTAN Sethi Merchants, About Whom This Country Knows Little, Are People of Much Consequence. The world Is still a large place and contains a variety of men. The manu facturer who enters foreign trade makes many discoveries that were not disclosed in his school days. For ex ample, in northwestern India he may meet the Sethi merchants, who con duct the trade of Afghanistan. These Mohammedan traders are men of con sequence, nnd have their connections throughout Asia. Before Eussia disin tegrated they had branches in Petro- grad and Moscow. They have their places of business In all the central Asia markets of importance, such as Bokhara and Tashkent, and buy and sell In Tientsin nnd Shanghai. Clearly such merchants are men of conse quence In vast territories our own part of the world scarcely guesses at. To merchandising they add banking, sell ing drafts on strange cities where a European bank would look as out of place as an Afghan caravan on the Lin coln highway. These merchant-bankers of. central Asia may add to their adventures if the Afghans persist in their warlike demonstrations against the British In India. modified. Thickly sown crops furnish succulent feed and summer shade. From April 1 to July 1 on growing yard 1 oats, chard or lettuce, clover or vetch, sunflowers, cowpeas, rape may be grown. For feeding purposes on yard 2 winter rye, winter vetch, sweet clover may be grown, as well as crim son clover in the latitude of New Jer sey and south. From July 1 to October 1 the oats. chard and lettuce, clover or vetch, cowpeas and rape on yard 1 may be fed, while buckwheat, dwarf Essex rape and flat turnips are grown on yard 2. From October 1 to April 1 the growing crops on yard 1 should consist of oats, winter rye, winter vetch, sweet clover and crimson clover, while at the same time In feeding yard 2 buckwheat, dwarf Essex rape, flat tur nips and soy beans are grown. HERE AND THERE. The man who likes to do a ood Job regardless of the pay he Is getting is the man who will always be sure of a good Job to do. The man who loses his tem per is apt to lose the argument too. Charity begins at home and if the high cost of living keeps up It will have to get started there mighty soon. Go to the sick If you want to learn to appreciate your health. r::xxor:x; 8 LIFE'S LOVFLIWFC; i 8 Aw:oxo:ox::o:il Sometimes the abundant beauty of the Makes my heart tremble and ac he Sometimes, when summer's banners unfurled. Or autumn's Klory on the winds Is tossed u wiiii leu, I think my heart will break. For loveliness la often too great to bear Trees laced at twilight, how they lift me ud ' T ththatasUrlghtS ' heaVen! And wlnds At evening bid my soul with God confer L cup beaUty ' th Wrld " '"m Whv oViAnU T 1 . hnM ""'ai weep when I be nlghtl m0n' & Bh,p blown dn the Over and over I watch the shadows fold Over and over I see the Btars' clear cnlrt light haV 1 1081 Mw'di weep when heart, singing Its age-old Learning It Early. Son has Just begun to go to school, and has much to say about the new little girls he meets, but every few days It is a different girl that attracts him. His mother said: "I'm afraid, son, that you are changeable." Tain't me that changes, mom," he answered; "it's them, when you know them better." Life. What Causes Colors in the Beautiful Rainbow While It is true that the beautiful colors displayed by the rainbow are due to the passage of light through rain drops, the popular conception that tne drops are directly in line between the sun and the bow is Incorrect. The light enters the raindrop and is re fracted nnd reflected back to form the bow. In this passage through the drop the different colors are produced which, blended, make our ordinary white light. Two persons standing side by side see two different bows, though they present the same appearance. Electric Fans in India. Electric fans have made It possible iu seep cnurcnes and theaters in southern India open, in summer I weep for gladness, as women Love Enters the song. And I weeD that tv, , . that sea above W"'cn sal18 hoY??' ams a" the -Chae, a80n Towne , ' Experts or Theorists-Which? The packing industry is intri. cate, complex far more so than the railroads or the telegraph. Every day multiplying needs of society increase its problems and multiplying responsibilities demand more of it Highly trained experts, spec ialists of years' experience, thinkers and creative men, de vote their lives, their energies, their activities, to solving the problems oftho packing industry and meeting its widening duties. Swift & Company is not a few dozen packing plants, a few hundred branch houses, a few thousand refrigerator cars, and a few million dollars of capi tal, but an organization of such men. It is the experience, in telligence, initiative and activity which operates this physical equipment Can this intelligence, this ex perience, this initiative and cre ative effort which handles this business at a profit of only a fraction of a cent per pound from all sources, be fostered through the intervention of political theorists, however pure their purposes? Or be replaced by legislation ? Docs Congress really think that it can? Let us send you a Swift "Dollar". It wtil interest you. Address Swift A Company, Union Slock Yards, Chicago, 111. Swift & Company, U. S. A. 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