Sherman County observer., July 26, 1907, Image 4

T h e O b se r v e r
The Wily
Weather Man
FRIDAY
Personal T a lk W ith Yew.
I f you do not read T h e O b server
JVhy Not?
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W e should lik e to have you ta k e
It, and wa know It would be profitable to
you to become a subscriber. W e «end 1»
two years for $2.60; one year $1 -60; 12Hct»
a month 1« v ’t much. T r y i t Order by
Foetal Card, and pay for It when you can.
O me, In the midst of a busy
morning, there entered an office
boy w ith the card o f M r. Lucius
W erner of the U sited States
weather bureau. A t the bottom of the
card the word "Ovar" waa w ritten and
upon the back thia sentence: "F o r rea­
sons which I shall explain I think that
our Interview should be strictly pri­
vate."
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Now, why In the world should the
weather man desire a private Inter­
view? There can be no "g raft" In hla
office surely. He oan furniah no special
brand of weather to those who w ill
fatten hls pocket, and. efcoept to hls
official capacity aa the author of the
local predictions to the morning paper,
M r. W erner seemed extremely remote
from my affairs.
Mr. W arner proved to be a robust
and florid young man, yet of a studi­
ous aapeet w ithal and very courteous
to hls demeanor.
"You are high up here," said ha, w ith
a gesture toward my window, which
overlooked ail the neighboring house­
tops, “but I am higher. From the tow­
er of the Exchange building, where my
office la, I can look into these rooms,
and I have recently seen something
here which seems to me very strange."
"W el|.” aald I,'" w h a t waa i t F
"F o r two nlghta,” he replied, " I have
seen a man at work at thia desk. Too
have no shades, eh? T h a t la odd.”
“They were not up when I took the
offlcea." said I, "and aa theae are north
windows I never bothered about the
T
A t a n y tim e w hen requested to do
eo, the paper w ill be discontinued. But we
expect that all arrears w ill be paid before
such request It made. It Is easy to ask us
(or a statement, which w ill be cheerfully
rendered at any Ume.
Their First Visitor
(O riginal.)
W averly, unlike the other suburban
stations on the railroad, had been Bet-
tied by people of the old regime. Not
that the regime waa vary ancient- noth
lug la ancient In America—but It waa
certainly not .the new regime of
wealth. There were families that had
been In comfortable circumstances for
a hundred years, some who had de­
scended from those once prominent,
and all were refined. Uefluewent nec­
essarily means exclusiveness, and W a­
verly was known as an exclusive place.
A wealthy soap boiler had settled there,
but after years had passed without
making any friends he moved on.
. B a i one
a little bouse that had
been vacant for a long while waa
opened, the paint rotouched. shutters
repaired, broken window panes put In
and the fence set up. No one In W aver­
ly
was
especially
Interested
lu
wbo
was to occupy it, for people occupying
eucb hooeee were usually not of a kind
to be associated with. B ut when a
young couple appeared, a boy and a
girl Just married, both bearing the
marks of refined (<a rent age, some of
the W averly a ns took notice.
Those
who would acorn to visit a millionaire
soap boiler would not hesitate to take
Into their hearts refined people.
But the citizens of W averly were
not In the habit of being In a hurry lu
their welcomes. Tim a enough to call
when they had learned something
about the young couple. The husband
went Into the city almost every day,
but not every day, and when be did
go in be often came out long before
the closing of business hours. The
w ife remained at home all day. She
dressed plainly, but n e a tly .. I f aba
had fine clothes abe bad no occasion
to show them except at church, where
abe wore such costumes as were ap
proprlata. But Inform ation concerning
the young couple did not come rapid­
ly.
Weeks bad passed before the
name, Tlleeton, was generally known.
The couple did not appear to wish to
be left alone. Indeed, young Mra. Tiles
ton made several efforts to become ac­
quainted w ith tbe ladles of her church.
But the ladles of the church did not
see why persona traveling on the same
road together to heaven should fleed to
camp together by tbe way—not that
they proposed to exclude Mrs. Tiles
ton; they simply Intended to find out
a ll about her before becoming Intimate
w ith her.
Months passed and still Information
concerning tbs young couple llugered.
There came a vagus report that let­
ters ware coming through the poet-
offlee te them under an assumed name.
Thia settled the matter
There waa
no farther question aa to the future
social status of the eo called Mr. and
Mrs Tlleeton. They were to be let
m utter ’’
I spoke hurriedly and ended w ith a
sign for him to proceed.
"M y attention waa first attracted by
a peculiar light," aald be. " I t waa In
thia room, and I happened to be look­
ing In thia direction. There was a flare,
probably the lighting of a match, and
then a sort of glow that made me sus­
pect fire. I therefore took some pow­
e rfu l night glasses, and through them I
saw that a shaded lamp waa burning
on that desk. Presently a man appear­
ed. H e sat where you sit now, and for
a long time he examined documents,
one after another, baatlly. I f the room
had been lighted In the ordinary way
I might have got a fa ir Impression of
the-m an and a bettor Idea of w h at ha
waa doing, but because of thia dark
lantern that ha used I saw him only
aa a vague shadow."
There waa a brief pause.
"M r. W erner," said I. “this la Im ­
portant, aud I cannot help wishing
that you had told me sooner."
" I have a nervous dread of intru­
sion,” he eald. coloring. “Doubtless I
should h ats told you a fte r the first
night.”
"W ill It ba possible for me to watch
In your tower tonight?” aald I.
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“Certainly," he responded.
"Too
have missed nothing F
"N ot yet, but perhaps you noticed the
great numlter of letter files In the outer
room. There are documents In them
which might better be In the safe per­
haps. A t any rate, I don’t care to have
a stranger Investigating them at mid
ulght-’A—
——
This was an evasion. I had a vary
different Idas as to the Intruder’s er-
One day a man w ith a small satchel.
cam e out from
the city
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a n d ' m ade
straight for the Tlleeton bouse. H e
stayed half an hour, went away aud
came again the next day, and the next.
and the n e x t
Neither husband nor
w ife was visible, and the shades In
an upstairs room were drawn
No one In W averly took note of this
«xcapt an old maid w ho lived op
poslte
Though living ao near tbe
Tlleetona, ahe had not paid any atten
tlon to them. Hha had au Income of
$000 a year. tbe remains of a large
fortune built up by her great-grand
father In the clave trade. She was a
De G.. and the De G.’e bad once been
the social beads of society In tbe city.
When one of the Waverllena had pro-
posed to call on tbe soap boiler Mias
De O. had held up her bands In holy
horror aad prevented the call.
But
abe was an old maid, and old maids
era proverbially curious W h at could
be going on In the little honse op-
poslte? There was bat one way to find
o u t-to go over and see
Mlaa Da Q. knocked at tbe door and
received no answer. The latch waa
not caught, and the door was shaken
fitfu lly by the wind. Opening It, she
went Inside
Neither In the living
room, the dining room nor the kitchen
was there a sl<n of a llvln< being
Curiosity overcame her objection to
totrualoo, and ahe went upstairs
Tbe Tlleetons bed received their first
vlaltor—a visitor who had come to
stay. On the bed lay the wife, dead,
Tbs husband sat in a chair, hla arms
en a tabla and hla bead on hls anna.
Mlaa De Q. eaw this from the bead
e f tbe s ta in . H e r curiosity was satis
le d . She stopped back stealthily, went
eut and reported w bat aha had seen
to oste of the ladles of the church,
Tbs lady called on eevenl other ladles,
aad tbe m atter of taking some action
wes discussed All those visited were
engaged to go to a lunch party, but
they decided that It waa their Chris
tian duty—a fte r the luncheon—to go
and see If they could do anything for
the widower
As they were about to enter tbe
Httie house a carriage, the coachman
„„
to tbe door, and a gentleman and lady
w ith tw o children slighted end bar
fled Into the bone.
Tbe visiting ladles looked at one an-
afber Rvktontly their kind office, were
Bet needed. Too well bred to Intrude.
tto y v w t away. Thia w a . the third
and last visit the Tiles tons received
The next morning the papers gave
aa account o f bow tw p youngsters be-
BOrtal’7 promln* ot’
•be father of the girt being both cels-
hratod and rich, had eloped The bride
bad «tad while they were negotiating
with tbetr parents for forgiveness.
Which bad bean determined on. and
anttlementa. which were being arraa»-
•»flag.
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suit copies of this c
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W ithout thia doci
hopeless, end we
driven to adopt vel
In the hope that It
the lieat of my kr
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oar pot a different fa«« oq tne matter.
I discussed It fully w ith my secretary,
who la a vary shrewd fellow, and ba
agreed w ith n e that the man seen by
M r. W erner was hu n tin g fo r th a t con­
tract In -m ye A o e .
I t the Laaeell people did not already
hold It, they must be very anxious to
get It, sad as they bad proved them­
selves utterly unscrupulous la their
transactions w ith me I was quite w ill
lng to believe th a t thay would employ
crim inal methods to w lu their eaas.
Alston, my secretary, suggested that
there might have been a small leak In
my lawyers’ office sufficient to gtro the
Laaeella the tip that the contract was
not there.
They might than have
jumped to the conclusion that It was
worth w hile to engage In a b it of bur­
glary at my own headquarters. My
safe was ena that my father bought
many years ago, retained by me I
know not why. Certainly I charlahad
no illusions as to Its security. Beyond
doubt a modern expert oonld open It
easily and w ithout a trace o f violence.
I never kept money In It except the
small sums needed for dally caah die
bnraementa.
T hat night I watched w ith W erner In
his tower, and all conditions were fa ­
vorable fo r observation, but no light
appeared la my windows. One of two
conclusions was poaalble--the Laaeella'
emissary had already found the con­
tract or he had given It up. The chance
that he had skipped a night «asm ad
hardly worth considering In view of
all the circumstances that urged haete.
1 did not believe th a t ha had given
up the search. H e bad spent only an
hour each night In my room« and this
time seemed to me Insufficient except
upon the supposition th a t he bad found
what he was after. The time corre­
sponded w ith certain possibilities for
entering the building by a basement
doer communicating w ith the engi­
neer's departm ent I discovered that
a man could get to th a t w ay a little
before 12 and escape a little after 1
without much risk of observation. I
had a man on watch there that n ig h t
but w ithout result No auspicious per­
son attempted to enter.
- Thera were, however, other ways to
which the thing might have been done,
as W arner pointed out to me. A man
might have concealed himself in the
building and remained till morning,
and thia seemed the simpler way.
Upon the whole, I waa driven toward
the conclusion that the contract had
been found, and my law yer agreed
w ith me to a conference which we held
In m y office late
the afternoon of the
day following my vigil to the weather
bureau's tower. I t was nearly 7 o'clock
when thia Interview coded, and when I
came out of my private office I waa
surprised to find W erner waiting for
me In the larger room.
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lie expressed a desire to discuss the
case wlUi me, and we spent h alf an
hour or mere, but he offered only the
advice th a t I ' should watch once more
in hie tower. I noticed, however, th a t
ba scrutinised my room w ith great care,
examining the deck, and especially the
window, w ith a cool precision proper
to the man of aclentlflo training, but
w bat be gained by theae obeervatlona
I was fa r from guessing.
W a dined together, and I watched
with him again, but my vigil waa un
rewarded. Finally, near dawn, I lay
down to sleep upon a couch and
dreamed bad dreams till I awoke to
find W arner standing beside ma w ith
hls hand upon my breast
He provided me w ith a breakfast of
eggs and coffee, which be prepared
him self upon a queer little electric
contrivance, chiefly hls own Invention,
and then ba asked to go w ith me to my
office. W e w ere th a n ahaakl of the
boy whose doty It la to open the rooms,
and the youth was vastly surprised to
find me In my aanctum when he ar­
rived Alston, wbo la an early bird,
was also amazed to hla own peculiar
and cold fashion.
I made him acquainted w ith Warner,
whom he had hot previously met. and
ha extended hls hand. W erner looked
at the band aa I f It had been an object
of scientific Interest, but he did not
take I t Instead he slowly wagged hla
head w ith the negative sign.
"No, air,’* aald he. " I do not care to
take the hand of the man who rob« hla
benefactor."
The use of this word apprised ma
that W erner had asked some questions
aboat John Alstbn, whom Indeed I
had befriended In a somewhat unusual
manner, though the fact was not gen­
erally known. Thia Inference flitted
through my brain In the midst of the
confusion and surprise caused by W er­
ner’s startling accusation. Meanwhile
Alston waa regarding W erner with
some small signs of resentment, but
without alarm or any Indication of
g u ilt
"Those are hard words, M r. W arner,"
aald I. "They muri ba Instantly w ith ­
drawn or justified.”
"Tell ma,” replied Werner calmly,
"do you know any honest business that
would bring this man hare by night
w ith a dark lantern F
"Thera’s no doubt about hla business
If be waa here,” said I. "T bat’s the
p o in t"
"Last evening when I waa here with
yon I made some observations,” aald
Werner. " W ill you step up on that
table and examine the casing of the
«••IndowF
i g’ u.-'ed toward Alston aad canght
Just the iaiutoat wavering gleam to hla
ays. which led ma to comply w ith W a r­
ner’s request. I found w hat my friend,
the weather man. had previously seen
—some fresh marks upon the upper
pa f t or the easing, strongly suggesting
that some covering had been tacked up
to cover the window.
"This rug.” said Werner, "would an­
swer very nicely. Ah. here are the
mtu-k« lu the corners.”
"A ll this is very totereetlng," Inter
poxed Alston, "but 1 fall to see how It
connects me w ith thia m atter.”
"W bo else knew that I had seen that
light In these windowsF demanded
Werner.
Alston smiled coldly, and indeed the
•vldeoce aoemad weak, for It m lrh t
well have occurred in the mind of any
burglarious visitor that be would bet­
ter screen the window. Hla shaded
lamp would Indeed prevent a light from
showing through the glass over the
transom of the door to any watchman
who might pass by night along the
hall, but the glory must shine toward
the window i f In the other direction.
" I trust you have better evidence
then thia." aald I.
"Very much better," answered W er
ner. “M r. Alston. I w ill take your hand
“I had observed already,M geld he,
•thia m atch holder on yourdeak. f be­
lieved that w ith a match hum it our
burglar lighted his lamp each tim e that
1 saw him. Teetarday «ftotnotxt I pre-
pearance as tb«sa. but bt
slowly, so th a t our friend
wood I soaked la a oanatiu aalfftoi net
enough to burn the flesh. I w ager that
you fait ho pain, U k /A la to a . but year
forefinger and thumb aae new ffibcoior-
ed w ith that substance that I
for the purpose, and short of sklnuiug
them, m y dear air, there's no tray to
gat It off. Oblige us ky showing your
which u
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b at
an times, became w hite a k p e
, but
w ith rage, not fear. B e mad« g sod-
den pass a t W«<itar, wbrn bvsrly
caught bis w rist and U u<f 11 'firmly
despite the other's efforts, ' T
forw ard and took hoM of
hand. D ull brown stalng b|
thumb and In g e r revealed heyegd pos­
sibility of doubt the acting o f War
oar's magic. ,
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"W e w are here last.’’ said Werner.
"W a cams here first $1« «owning I f
C
HS MASS X BUSXNB VASS AV WUaMUa.
mis man d ld not get these Mains here
daring the night, let him tell where he
did get them.**
This waa a qnaattoti w ithout aa an­
swer. When a man’s Angara ase stain­
ed by a chemical selected by h lf ad­
versary, Its name u n k n o w n to the vic­
tim, a mighty good Ila la necessary to
explain the circumstance. Alston sur­
rendered. H e adm itted that ha had
aeeti the Laasoll contract among some
letters taken from an old file box an
the afternoon of Its disappearance».
When the loss becaaae knowb to him
he guessed that I had accidentally put
aw ay the contract w ith the letters, tost
he had not been able to find ont what
file box I had been using. B e dared
not ask me lest the question should
convey a suggestion to my own mlgd.
and so, a fte r debating the question
w ith himself for seme tim e, he bad
decided to search ail the file bona» a
most laborious task and one that be
dared not epealy undertake.
H e declared tk a t be bad tototeted to
give ma the contract when ba Jgould
find It and depend upon m y gratitude
for hla reward, bnt loveetlgatioa pro»
ad th a t ba waa In negotiation with the
Eassella. The contract was found In
the file box, and I won my caa«. for
which fortunate event I owe deep grat­
itude to Lucius W erner, w ho pafusea
to be rewarded, but if ever he ar any
person whom ha cares fo r is to ttasd of
help 1 w ill go a long w ay to rondar it
Undoubtedly Alston would «9«» have
found tbe contract and have sold It te
the enemy for a good round SUaa. Ne
legal punishment waa attempted, bnt
Alston wrecked blai career . by thia
treachery and has gone steadily down
hill ever since.
Humor aa Philosophy
* By DUNCAN M. SMITH
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HIS FIRST A T T A C K .
I f th e popular try thruout European
soaiitrlaa, w hile In America the cry of
toe praeent day la, “ Long live D r Kings'
New Discovery. K in g of Throat and
Lung Rem edies!" of which Mrs Julia K
rridn’t 1 never ted y* how I got Paine, Truro,Maas, sa y s:“ I t never fails
•a iry » kief W ell. I teh a heap o' pride to give immediate relief, and to quickly
In it a t first, but a fte r aw hile some­ cure a cough or cold." H e r opinion is
how I t didn't eeem th a t I was as cute shared by a majority of the inhabitants
aa I tbsugkt I was, and as the y e a n of thio country. Naw Discovery cures
have gone by sometimes I.th in k I tuk weak lungs and sore throats after all o th­
I lot o' onneoeaeary trouble
er remedies have failed ; and for coughs
Bairy was popular w ith everybody.
and colds its the proven remedy. Guar­
T he women liked her better *n the
men, and that's a a /iu a good deal fo r anteed by Moro Pharmacy.60c and $1.00
a gal. Bha ha« A W a y o’ bum drtfl'peo­ T ria l bottle free.
ple, never rannur e p agin' their preju­
dices and ail that sort o’ thing. She
I* There Surcaaaal
never looked seer. On the contrary,
I f life Uke a river
Could flow on forever
her face w o n a perpetual smile. They
W ith never an end to Its stream.
■aid she was cute.
I f love vspuld betide It
There was young man that was fine
And wander beside It,
lookin’ who was ambitious to gtt Bairy,
Then earth m ight a paradise seen
b ut somehow she dkiu't eeem to fancy
Or would there. I wonder.
none on 'em. and So I argyad that if
From over or under
they wasn't fine enough for h er w hat
A spent ».alkiipustr flit ,
And.
«¿mins up boldly,
was the uae of a redheaded, freckled
feller Ilka ma puttin’ In a claim. W e
was all about alike so fa r as worldly
goods was concerned, none of us havin'
T a C u r a a C a lli In O na D ay.
an yth in g to speak of.
In fact, we
waa all at an age when w e was lookin’ T a k e L a x a tiv e B ro m o Q u in tn e tablets
out for good looks. T h a t bein’ the case, A l l dru geiata refund m oney it it fails
I hadn’t no show a t a ll, for I waa the to tare. E W . G ro v e ’s signature is o r
homeliest young man in the town.
each box. 26c.
B u t I got Bairy, a ll the same, and
I'm a-goln’ to tell you hew I did I t 1
Dane! ng.
w asn't nobody’« fool, you aae, I f I waa
Learn to dance, not so much for the
homely. The w ay I did It was by put­ sake o f dancing aa for coming Into a
tin ’ her under an obU<s«on One day room and presenting yenm elf genteelly
1 aald to her, "Miss Baker" -her name and gracefully.
Women, whom you
waa Baker before 1 married bar—"Miss ought to endeavor to please, cannot
Baker, why don’t y* g it married F
forgive a vulgar and aw kw ard a ir and
"M r. Tucker." she said, "there haln’t gastiu’aa.—Chesterfield.
no one fo r me to marry.**
"W h a t’o the m atter w ith thane fel­
• Th» Story o r » Medicine,
lers that's goto* w ith y o u F I asked.
"Oh, none o’ these young men nd
fte nalm M * Golden Medical Discovery*
was suggested by one of Its most Import­
m arry me.” ahe said. "W e've growed
ant and valuable Ingredients — Golden
■p together. People that grow up to
Beal root
getber don’t do much marryln*. They’re
Nearly forty years ago. Dr. Pierce dis­
too used to each other. The men all go
covered that he could, by the use of pure,
off and m arry girls from aomewheru
triple-refined glyoerine, aided by a cer­
elee. None of ’em here ud look at me.”
tain degree of constantly maintained
- Now, I knowed bettor than th a t
heat and with the aid of apparatus and
appliances designed for that purpose, ax-
There waa two on ’em dyto* for her.
tract from oar moat valuable native me-
But I wasn’t no sick fool as to tall bar.
dlclnal
roots their curative properties
I f I did, whera’d I coma In? Bo I
much better than by the use of alcohol,
didn’t say nothin* bnt th a t I thought
so generally employed. So the now world-
she’d ooght to g it m arried; th a t she’d
faui.wl "Golden Medical Discovery," for
be happier married, and It would he
the cure of weak stomach. Indigestion, or
better for her to have some one to dopepala. torpid liver, or billouflMM and
kindred derange men ta was first made, as
lean an whan her fath er passed o u t
Then she aald maybe I could find bar It aver sinks has then, without a particle
a husband. W a staggered me a little,
1st of Its Ingredl*
conelderta' I wanted her myself, but I
w
ill
show
that
It
Is
ass
said I ’d try. Then aba told me she’d
valuable medicinal roò»
Uke me to attend to the m atter a t ooct,
to oer American foreM
eeeln’ she waa g lttln ’ on, and If 1 sue
ceeded she’d consider me the dearest
friend she ever had In her life.
I euw the advantage o* puttin’ her
under an obligation. B ut w h a t good
w ould tt do me to put her under that
kind o f an obligation? I t would be Uke
try ln ’ to lif t myself ap In a basket
Nevertheless I did I t and I ’ve always
From these endorsamenta, copied from
considered I t a case o f real onselfish
standard m edical books of all th<> differ­
ent schools of practice, It w ill be found
naua. I found a widower about fo rty -
that the Uigredlente oom posing tbe a< ¿oM-
five years old wbo wanted aome one to
ea Medical Disooverv ” are advised not
taka cars of hla aeven motherless chll
ouly fee the enre of the above mentioned
dren. I told him about Bairy—bow
disessse. but also for the cure of all ca­
tarrhal,
bronchial and throat affections,
aba'd Uke to get m arried and w hat a
accompained w ltb catarrhal discharges,
good stepmother she'd make.
A fter
hoersnneas, sore throat, lingering, or
aw hile 1 sneeeoded In awakenin’ an
haikg-on coughs, and all those wasting
affections which, If not promptly and
interest to bja b reast and tt ended to
propet
11 trented are liable to terminate
my taking him to see Bairy. She was
in consumption. Taka Dr. Pleroe’s Dta-
as polite M him as a basket o' chips,
oovery In Ume and persevere In Ila use
until you give It a fair trial and It la not
eon mini" to lake to M a from the s ta rt
likely to dTaappoint. Too much must not
Bbe cast a grateful glance a t me, and
be expected of IV I t win not perform
I knowed she appreciated w bat I ’d
miracles. I t w ill not cure ootteempUou
In its ad vanced stages. No medicine w ill
I t trill cure the affections that lead up to
I couldn’t quits tost that I was act­
eonaumptlon, V token In Mm*.
in’ honest by her, for, as I was sayin’,
ttow He Rut Her
V (Jader <n Obligation
I knowed a t least two fellers fa r bet­
ter matches than tbe widower that
wanted bar, and I ’d orter gone to one
on 'am and told him o’ the chance.
But aomshow 1 couldn’t I ’ve never
been able to toU Jlst w hy I put up the
widow er Instead I leave It to them
fa lle n to colleges who study psychol
O ffic e S u p p lie s
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Annex, known as the B i i r i l u m Boom.
kJ
Used to like to go te school
W ith hla collar quite a sight;
Shoes could look Uke anything—
Never tried te wear them brig'
Now he makes a halier If
H e’s tbe least bit out ef trim .
Has to fix himself Juet so
Fo r tbe games h« used te
Doesn’t any longer care,
Football le the stuff for Ito
You can Jbet. If she Is U m
W ith hls colors on hwr br-
Where the winds wig»
flirt.
For he knows she’ll mak*
I f her darting boy Is bqrl
T h at’s ths way It hits a te
When he flrst discovers «
Is but ons girl on the eartl
Fo r that m atter, aaywh«
Makes him over rig h t » * » :
Though It m a r be quite 1
go hls mother srfd hls dad
H ardly know him a n *.n s
latter from him that day proposin'
marriage. H a aald ow in’ to hla fam ily
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8POKAMB FLYKR
Something's happened to the bo,
H e has lost hie careless air:
M akes a fuss about bis ties
And the way he combe hls hell
Didn’t ever used to care >
I f he never washed hie face—
Ah. we've all of us bean th e r e -
Thera'a a lady In tha easel
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C o lu m b ia R iv e r
S hort L ine
t f f i*
P o r tla n d
Maria
H
Wall, the widower called regular
once a month 00 Bairy.
H e was
watebto* her to sea I f she’d make a
good w ife lo r kltnaelf and a good
mother to hla children. Thom w id o w
era, havin’ bad a lot «* experience
know Jlst w hat's required. From ob-
■orvattoa and w b a t people eald bo
soon learned that Bairy was one o f a
thousand and Jost the one be wanted.
One evening 1 weut to see Bairy to
find o u t bow abe waa g lttln’ along with
I ffo
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