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i A t tiaS instant a thunderous
thug-chon chug reached Laidlaw*«
ears. With unspeakable horror the
helpless man h i a runaway tour
ing car, with a white faced chauf
feur yanking desperately at the
wheel, bearing dojrn upon her.
. ! “ Run, baby, run!” shrieked the
way carriage# are -coacne«,“ tna en
Ths Mala Thine.
A man asked an old negro to gine is in charge of a “driver” and
what religious denomination ne be a “guard” is in charge behind. All
longed, and the old negro answer these expressions are directly in
ed: “Bleee you. chile, it's this way. herited from the old coaching days.
There are three roads leading from In America they hav# “ticket of
hare to the town—a straight road, fices,” “cars,” “engineers” and “con
_
a road that goes around in a sort of ductors,” good enough words, but
circle and a. road that runs through without any history. — London
. moved.
the woods. When I go to the town Chronicle.
| With an awful wrench that seem- with a load of grain the people
, Feast af Fools.
' ed to tdar soul and body apart Laid- don’t say. ‘Uncle Mose, what road
The best authorities agree that
: law got on his feet, stumbling and did you come by ?* but *Is your
the origin of the ancient custom of
staggering toward the child
wheat good ?’ ”
<
By ANNETTE DUMOI&
celebrating a feast of fools is un
reach, a quick clutch, and
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known. Some identify it with the
Tha Ancients and llsotriolty.
When Bud Grayson, the big eta- be rolled over against the curb with
Roman feaat of fools on March 21.
the
little
one
safe
in
his
arms
just
Although
little
was
known
of
of the Crescent team, top- as the monster thundered past
electricity -until comparatively mod But why did the Romans institute
a falling tree with his full,
Presently he drew himself up on em times, it has been understood the feast of fools? In Indie March
iched 230 pounds on top of to the curbing and tried to soothe
since 600 or 700 B. C. th at certain 31 ia “the hull festival,’’ when all
Don Laidlaw there was a bowl of the whimpering Toodles.
subatancee when robbed show a t manner of pranks are played upon
joy from Grayson’s side, for with
“ Nasay sing get baby I” she traction and repulsion for various the heedless. But, again, where did
the downfall of Laidlaw the Scyth sobbed.
light materials. Among these is the Hindu get it? The French call
“Thank God it didn’t 1” said amber. So in the latter part of the the April fool “un poisson d'Avril”
ian team was doomed.
That night the spectators of the Laidlaw fervently, trembling vio- sixteenth century, when electricity (April fish). To the Scotch hb is a
greet event of the upper ten ath lently with the reaction,
was more definitely known, its name “gawk” (a cuckoo).
pain in hia back shot and atupg and was taken from the Greek word for
letic season went home well pi
«para Mamants.
ind nrain amber.
that they had seen a desperate and" ry^ed-through bis nerves and
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Chancellor D’Agueseeau. obaarv-
perfect game. But“ Don Laidkw like white hot iron.
“Mercy! Mercy on me!” cried
ing th at his wife always delayed ten
Just tha Oppoaita.
ras left a wreck for life by i t
Something” had happened to hia the nurse as she reached them.
An-Irishm an got poked in the or twelve minutes before she came
béck. What the “something” was “Yon have saved her, air! Oh, how eye with a stick and took proceed down to dinner and reluctant to lose
so much time daily, began the com
the doctors and, surgeons didn’t can I thank you?” And she hug ings against the offender.
seem able to say. At any rate, they ged the child passionately. to her.
Said the magistrate, “Come, now position of a work which he prose
agreed that probably he would nev “Naughty baby! What is the name yon don’t really believe ha meant cuted only while thus kept waiting.
er walk again unless “something” of the gentleman that I may tell it to put your eye out?”
At the end of fifteen years a book
favorable happened, and that v u to Mme. Vernon ?” she pleaded.
“Faith, you’re right this time,” in'three-quarter volumes was com
“Never mind,” answered Laidlaw said Pat, “for I believe he fried to pleted, which ran through three edi
not at all likely.
hastily. “Take Toodles home now. ut it fnrtber in.”—London Tit- tion* and waa held in high repute.
“Life
is
full
of
sarcasms,
and
this
BO NFIRE burns rapidly— T o hold fire evenly day
seems to be one of them,” murmur IT! come to see you some day, little t iita.
and night requires an Air-Tight Stove. W inter after
Tha «ubatituta.
ed
Laidlaw, despite his illness still one,” he added as he kissed the red
winter to always have perfect control over your stove and
Railway Language.
Ups.
“1 never saw such people aa yon
a
fine
looking
young
fellow,
as
he
your homes temperature requires
“Vernon? So that is Maud’s baby
The old elaborate booking process are for being afraid of ventilation!
was being propelled down the ave
sister. She was a nondescript bunch has given wav to the impersonal I simply must have a little fresh
nue in an invalid's chair.
He turned to the attendant and • of white clothes the last time I saw railway ticket taking, bat the old sir!”
her. And Sisaie has my picture on name “booking office” remains as a - “ All right. Mias Grouch. Son,
said:
—
“ Wheel me into that sunny cor her Habo.’ Oh, pshaw; that doesn’t fossil. Railway language iq Eng put that new tune od the phono
land ia full of such relics. Our rail- graph ” -k-R*»ltjn»nte American.
Guaranteed to remain air-tight always.
and then run over to the libra signify anything.”
The astounded look on his a t
ry and fill this list. There; that’s
Home Comfort Always! Your Money’s W orth -
something like i t This wind cuts tendant’s usually impassive counte
nance encouraged Laidlaw to make
Beware of so-called “air- and more is offered you in
like a knife.”
tight” wood stoves w ith this guaranteed heater, a t a
Laidlaw watched the man disap another effort to surprise him. “I
their side doors and cast price no greater than oth-
pear around thé corner with a sense actually believe 1 can walk with
bottoms, which can never era—why pu t up w ith th e
of irritation foreign to his hitherto year help. James,” said he, with a
be guaranteed to remain leaky im itation stove. In -
bold and almost cheerful acceptance gasp, aa he pulled *himself up and
sank into his chair.
air-tight. Purchase Cole’s vest in Cole’s O riginal Air-
of fate.
“ 1 felt something snap in my
Original A ir-Tight w ith its T ig h t W ood H eater and
“Hang it all T I wish there was
guaranteed air-tight con- e n jo y s to v e s a tis fa c tio n
some artistic way of leaving thia back aa 1 jumped; that’s' iall I
struction, including Cole’s year after year. W e have
world,” he muttered. “ Who would know,” aaid he later when question
patented air-tight lower a size and style to fit your
thought one short year would ed by the doctor.
“ H-m-m!” said the great surgeon
draft and air-tight double need. Come in today,
make such a. change in one’s pros
he prodded upland down Laid-
seamed body and large —
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pects? Then full of life and pluck
sm oke proof feed door. It com no
and now a husky babe in a peram Law’s spine. “ It is unquestionably
m ore than non-goaranteed itnita-
bulator!” He laughed in spite of a case of"— Then followed some
d o n s. In s u re lastin g satisfaction.
-
thing that sounded most alarming
his fit of despondency.
The laugh vanished almost at ly Latin.
“ You can call me any old name
once. "He was thinking, and think
you
like, doctor, if you’ll only let
ing hard. He always did think of
me
walk.”
answered the happy fel
that same one thing—of the girl to
whom he had intended to propose low.
“ With care—with great care—we
on the very night of the game.
shall
do very well,” smiled the ora
“Kismet !” he muttered. “ I won
der if she cares—mnch? She is cle. ’ Mrs Vernon and Mand called
sympathetic wbep we meet and on a that afternoon to thank their
manner that doesn’t sting. Bless hero,” as Mrs. Vernon persisted
her! To think that thht’s all over in calling Don, to his great discom
,
now!” And Don sighed heavily fort.
With maternal instinct, fully
over his blasted hopes.
“Oho-ho! What a funny baby aware of Don’s state of uiind, his
carriage! Ain’t you dot any toot mother offered to show Mrs. Vernon
sies, Mr. Man ?” piped a little voice. her cherished orchids, leaving the
Laidlaw turned his head quickly. young people to gaze at each other
A golden haired tot stood close be with beating hearts.
Shyly Maud approached the couch
Prices are advancing. Y ou’ll find the
side him. Her big brown eyes, with
golden lights in them, gazed won- where Laidlaw reclined in answer to
deringlv with the frankness of baby his unspoken wish.
best brands the market affords at
“ How can I ever repay you,
hood straight into his astonished
Don?”
questioned the girl. “My
gray ones.
Laidlaw was fond of ' children, baby sister! Oh, thank God for—
Withstand severe wear and deliver the heat in the right
and she was a welcome interrup both!”
way. Over fifty Victor Furnaces ir use in this
He could scarcely bear her sweet
tion to his thoughts. He answered
vicinity and not a fire box replaced.
cheerily: “HeHo, kid! Where did voice, but, grasping a ruffle on her
ner gently nearer.
you escape from? You’ll catch your gown, pulled her
Sheeft M etal G oods for B uilding
Shall t I ri>ll
•
“ he asked
tell yon how?”
death out here without a hat and “Shall
those bare legs,” noticing the blue eagerly.
FETN, Prog.
"Yes, Don,” with s sweet, shy
flesh above the tiny white socks.
MM* 1*2
“Where’s your nurse or whoever note of surrender in her soft mnr-
has yon in tow ?”
"Kiss me, sweetheart, with all
“Over dere.” answered the baby
vaguely, pointing across the park that it means to ns both,” begged
that ran down the middle of the the invalid.
“That was a lucky jump,” re
broad avenue.
“Come up here in mv lap,” coax marked Don Laidlaw later. And
Wonderful Value» in Pianos. Ptaper Piano»
lor
ed Don, “and when James comes two shadows faded apart silently at
Talkini Machinee. E tc
.* * * * " £ £ « * T t M Á O # # *
back you shall have a ride in my the sound of voices in the conserva-
V « tr e known to carry only wjwt «
,
gocart.”
.
P o r t is i
. what will endure and what
“ Let me see ’em,” persisted the
està «**■
L-wnan- O a t ^ .
Oiría
mite.
aasy paym ent term s place th e b est S
m usical instrum ents w ithin e r e r y - 1
cVec**«-
Andalnsian
girls are, aa a rule,
“What?” questioned the puzzled
on e s reach. Fill ou t th e coupost
a
«V>8ue* 0 _ . j t »«
singularly
graceful,
with small
man.
o r w rite fo r catalogue*
|
No**"
hands and feet. Their complexions
“ Footsies,” replied the infant.
ACCOUNT
• “Oh, mv feet! Yes, I’ve got feet, are pale with the exception of those
though they’re not much use at who live by the sea or in mountain
Sherman.feiay&Ca
| a
present.” Laidlaw pulled the rug places, such as Ronda, where the
hOS TLA MD. W
OREGON
aside. “Now, are you satisfied, my women have always been noted for
lady ?”
their beauty** Some say the Spanish
September 20-23
She surveyed his No. 9*8 approv skin is the most perfect in Europe,
ingly and said, “Dess me come and Gautier describes it as “a gold
now,” and climbed into his lap.
en pallor,” but unfortunately the
In the midst of an interesting Andalusian girl is very anxious to
■■paM an am sasM a«
conversation Toodles, as she called hide its fine texture under a coating
j
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herself, said abruptly, “Sisaie dot of powder. Weather seems to have
September 19-23, inclusive
you on her tabo!”
little effect on it, for it neither
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“Ob, has she? What on earth is freckles nor discolors.
a tabo ?” queried Laidlaw.
“On her tabo, vere she does her
Hamlet In Japan.
hair—pitchur card, wiv fanny sings
SAme strange liberties are taken
on here,” and she patted his shoul with Shakespeare on the Japanese
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Residence Blue 6
ders, “an’ wood sings down dere,” stage. The Kobe Herald describee
rubbing her plump little knees.
a performance in that town
Fares from other stations in proportion
“Oh, a picture of me in football fHamhet,” with the acene laid
togs, I suppose. What is Sissie’s modem Japan. “The prince,” says
name?” asked Laidlaw.
Return limit September 25th
appears first in a silk
the Herald, “appears
“Vv, Sisaie. Oh, dere is nnrsie! bat and a swallowtail
life
coat, then on
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Doodby!” ahe interrupted and, slid a bicycle, clad in # bright blue cy
Ask Jocal agent for further information
ing from hia lap, ran toward the cling suit and striped stockings, and
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! (S»*« Plant»), cineraria», primroaesk ferns, fern diahea. gerani- <
then in evening dress again, with a
As
ahe
reached
the
middle
of
the
• uni*, calls lilies (hardy flower«), hydrangea, peonies. Roses I
flower in his buttonhole.” Ophelia,
street her wee sandal came off. for the purpose of the play, was
! our specialty (strong plants). Low prices. .
Laughingly she held it up to” Don, transformed into a fellow student
'm
aking a prettv picture as she of Hamlet at the Imperial Univer
2 *2
atood in the sunlight.
sity of Tokyo.
Lakflaw s
Lucky Leap
And 1 the Great Rewai
Reward ^°UD* “*“• but Toodle* never
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