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WATCHES FOR YOU.
The work.1 nic I'Jin, Wnltliam
or Uuobci'j, any j;r,nlu or .size
you choose at riht prices.
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Witfche ami Jewtliy repairing
do.i on short 'loiic'L', ami in up-to-tlutc
style at the
'RED CROSS JEWELRY
DEPARTMENT
Will)
VON I.IIJ IISNTIlAl. Al NQttli Ihniil.
Or.. Nov :. I WW, Mrs. Krwl von I.il
tlciitliul, nged U7 yonre, S iiiuiiDih untl
Z" it.iyo.
The ilcccitft'il wit horn In Columbiii',
Win , Full H, lh"t. Kite whs niurrlcil to
KiimI oii l.tlllnilliiil nt W t Union,
Minn , Ann. 'IS. I HIM 'limy enmo to
Origin in ruliruiiry, 110. ami toMiirrh
ll.ild In Jntionr), 1 !-'. Keveral months
iirtulUii!y,ujoyiil to tlm new town of
North Itfixl, whom they huvo eliii'o ru
mini. Death onmu very BftiMcnly ami
utthout Mnrnliiit. a'uri!iilly front henst
trouble, nl which thtnlcsoiued hmi lind
fount imi.mum attacks. Thuy wo.u
nli nit to rutin' lor tin; night, anil .Mr.
l.ilii .tl.nl Him uiroudy in bed, when
Mr, l.llllo.iilml gave u cry, "Fitil,
mtinli me I" anil lull acrom tliu bod un-ooin-oliitiu.
All lillortii to icvlvu hor ws'tt.
Iruttlmu, Thu declined was a member
ol lint Unrniiin Lutheran church, and
wim 11 must cfilinmhlu lady. HoelduB tin
burs lit tl li'iitilmnd hn loaves thieu bojs,
Hugo, Walter and lturiiiitnii.
The (unurul tut viuus will bu conducted
I)) ltv. II. F. Iltuigntoii nl I p in Fri
day, ut thu North J'onil church, and
linriul will tukv plncu nt Mural. flold.
(Original.)
Vcuni iic whoa railroads wore new
anil cattle guards were not porfoetesl
tlm It. C. urn! 1). Railroad company
receives! a bill from Farmer Aunm
Hhock for 0110 Inlnillo cow killed by
11 locomotive, thu iinioiint oliiuneii lie
liiK J-J.'. Tlio'Iiilin vfiH duly inmlu
out iiiul pri'Nontisl to tint Ntiitlon ngi'iit.
Now, ntllrttinl companion art) provor
blally piirtloiiliir nlioiit tliolr pmploywH
iIoIuk btwlJioHM oxpodltkniHly. Novor
tlioliMH wbllii tin- U. ('. niI IVh cm
ployts would Imvo rlHUotl (IIhiiiIhhiiI
for not forwiinlliiK promplly nny clitliu
tlm (iimpiuiy uillit Imvo 011 othorn
tlioy would iiIho rlnlc iIIhiiiIhhuI for for
witrtUiij? promptly any oliilni iiKalnst
tint coiiipuny. It mum bo nduilttoil
tlmt tho nudltor wan In no liurry In
ulUior nwivliiK or paying Ul account
for l'armor SIiocU'h cow. Tlm nudltor
no Hoouor laid oyoH on tliu claim than
It wont Into tho plKoonholo wlioio worn
Uopt thoso olaliiirt which It wan not
coiiHldorod nocosnnry to puy Boon, If at
nl-ln othor woiiIh, fnun clalmantH
without tho ability to pimh thoni.
I-'armof Hhoclc, who fully oxpoctud
to rocolVu ciihIi ,for hln cow nfl hooii iih
Uio invflldont of tho road hho'uld ro
colvu IiJh hill, waa much disappointed
nt tho dolay.
"Aaron," Hiild hln wifo, "dooa thorn
hlK city pooplo pay bllla onlesrf Uioy
ha vo toV"
.'"W'unl, I reckon tt don't tnaUo no dlf
forenco I can't imiUo 'cm." 1
".Mobho you cau." I
S
I
"aawr , ....
,. M
"Wn.il, thorVi. no wntor thy. )lu tf '
l.oroabout to fwl U.o tank nt (lio mil-
(Ion except from tho creek (lint rumi
tliroiiiili our farm. You've ofto.. ..aid
you I ml n tulnd to cut iw noiint dirt
where tho crook tunm nnd let the wit-
ter K' down around tliu hllln
don't you do UT'
An roil nrratcln.'d hln head, then pick
cd up a ptcx and 11 Hpade, and In u
coiiplo of hourH tho little Htntnii wrui
(low 1 111; In another chniiuel,
Tin. tnlvt ilnr H111 nlnllmi HLM.tlt cntilo
.... I.. II... MI..U.IC r.rtnl..,ilH.i In lll.ll ..III
f
what was tho matter with ilia crock.
When the cliiiM was dl.icovcird ho
told Farmer Hhock that ho would send
,.,, 1.. mm ti... .,.,.. i.i,.w iMf.iin.
wl.eroilj.on tho farmer declared that If
hu did ho would "shoot 'em for tnnf
imtiKln'"
Uio Hlallon riKout nnwrli.il the mat.
,.r ... 1......1 .rt,,.,.. ri.u 11. iu. d.i.ro
was no iluliiy In trmiMiiibislou. Tlm
witter tank wits uw-luss without water.
1 . .....ut im. r...t rr,.... 11. Tl...
iiiifirimv for the eoiniiai.v was sum-
..........I .....1 nn.HittniuNl mm (,. tl.,, r,mn.
..rh Infill rluhiM lii iiinilmr tho st renin
Tim tttnriiev returned to bin ollleo.
hunt
and
1,
not originate on U.o premises hoiiiii
thing might bo dono. A deadhead tele-
gn.ni was at onvu dispatched to tho
Htatlon agent for the Information, who.
after Invtlgatlon. reported that the
creek originated from a spring 11 mile
rn.111 Hhock's house, but 011 proiM.rly
.,.,.-,, ... ,.,,
' " "" ' "
"
My this tlmo 11 numlwr of englm-s
had given out at tho station for want
of water and worn sidetracked there.
The nttoriioy for the company nd
vlwil that a compromlso lc ofTortiil.
but the iirvslilimt doclarc.1 that ho'd
u,.. h.,i.., ir..i.. iM.r,m( 1.., wMii.1
.iim,,., ,..t,t !r..,.i .,.trvi.ittii.
Thom wns miothor tank at a st.itlou
below tho one near Kariiior Khot-k's,
nnd tho president gave onions thai the
locomotives Ihj provided with nntur V
last till tlioy reached this station.
Ity this tlmo Kannur Hhock had got
i....... t. .V .,........ .-
wind of thu fact that tho hourcu of the
uelgli
Be; what he could do toward turning
the water away from tho last named
station. 1'odsewlng u txisturu thtough
which run tho stream Unit fed tin
This witthsl 'it thnt rnnner Hhock's
i 1 1.1 ).,... n,f.m,i.. ri... .....
dltor of the mud was sent to see hlm.
and. disclaiming any liability for the
smw, which had no business to got In
the way. offered the farmer 5) jxr
I'll throiirh 11 library ut law booln """ """ '""K"' "' "! wu . inimw-y, nnu uv um. jj
reported that It was pretty hard to "ohi iiiui". jih'm niiiiini;ni mc uau mini io uinico nimse.i uKrueauiu
;eop 11 man from doing what he liked " n-iimrKniiio run w 1... ".. ,0 n rr, oui .irs. unmscy aiunt en
...... ... n.'f. ..if.r.i II. ft. Ilf.lf III. If.f.llll III UIO fnr I. la ntll.ritlAna Tf n.L.rpor U'ltof.
Iilu iiii'ii riinii. lull If inn Mirenii. Hill ' ... - - -rt - - ..--..-...... .w. ....., .,..-..
strwiin was mi Imimrtmit matter, mid riwr. ai. -r..n. ,,., .- 0w 111 .Mrs. unn soy s jiri-sence. nio tu,0 ,l(0Ut lntcrrcrla' with c
ho knew thnt the si.rlmr on his farm- """" 1W' i... .. .... wnenwer uio nuMiam. aim u. ...uvua. , . . ff . ,n Luc- w
a very copious spring-was tho wmrse ""''' ' " "V,wl , Tl fricl,,, wcrc '"?.st. ,0ScUlcr Ul ,w,,f0l always been Molly's best friend.
of nil streams crowing the mUnim! in """ " h " Mffineu mosi ca.ieu upon 10 bou.iu Uur j ,,, , d wouldn't EiM?ak
...... ..Mi.i.,rt..i. n m1.i,.,i,.t s t.y her fair hands. 1 he cl.nngo In him rival's praises. ,,..
tank thoro, after exnmlimtloii he found ","" "'""" '"." ,. ,.."" , " lKa"l -,in, "J 7 '. ",, i explain the matter to Lucy." progressive men infill walks or lire, to
that by itnmmliig ho could give the "'l'loncd, contrived to paws Miss Mer dont pmlnsi for both. .Swing that hi .,,-3 exactly wlmt I tolo Molly, arouso tho lndUTcrent to convinco tho
... .. 1 , .1.-. .1.1 wenthor and gave h-r a muto appeal, wife's health was becomliiK tuinalred. , .....t .. o. ... ... nr. .Mwnn..iii.mn .,. nt nm.
a small river which flowul near. Tho Iwitlior It w as this or mmetblni. Unit i, proiKiswl a sea trip to Cuba. Mrs. , falf ,m(1 bn(1, nlxftl She sa,d lrjr enthuslaflin for better roads. Until
coiiHvijueuco was that one morning U.o to"1 curred between her and the Unmsey yielded, Uicn astonished I tlmt Lucy wouMnt bellsn-e her anil. If this Is dono no Important results wlU
cm nt tho second tank station was "," cn,ti,, or n ,1"rilrc ,l, .. uusband inviting tho widow to bo , m wouldn't forgive her for what . bo accomplished.
........1 .i,..i .... more hor power over romlrus. ed.o of ,0 narty. Tho widow accepted. .,,,., .,., " r
cent of tho claim, or 91'J.RO im n pros- l" w "' " '" "' ,, ,1 ti.J , ,1 llowovcr """" u, yynw e ...an
eiit. The fanner stuck to his bill of '"' fo,,,f No,,"S,,:, H" '' t,,u nR-" 'ntt4?ra Ul,u Mra- Itu,nso-v wus
$T, and prvHeiiteil an additional bill of ! J"""rt c rI 1x,t tt k,ck;, . not loft alone; the three were coustant-
$1.7) fur Incidentals. When the nudltor
aslcoil hlm to siK.'clfy Uie Items he wild
It was Uio work hu had dono In turn
ing the streams from Uielr tin turn I
channels.
This unheard of audacity In charg
ing a railroad company for thu 111011111
used In Injuring It was too much for
tho auditor, wlio left tho house lu high
iliidgoou and reported to tho president
that ho had found it Impossible to treat
with Uiu unreasonable farmer.
A meeting of tho directors wnB called
and tho matter laid before them, with
thu result of sending thu attorney to
the farmer with orders to settle the
claim Iwforo returning. Tho nttoriioy
oiulonvotvd to show tho fanner that
lu law hu would havo no case, but the
farmer was too stupid to imdorstand
thu point nnd stood by his demands
whereiiK)n tho attorney, who know
very well that tho fanner could turn
his own spring wherever ho liked, pro
vided those uiKin whoso properly ho
turned It did not object, drew on tho
company for $170, which ho paid tho
farmer, who agreed to turn tho water
buck again.
IUJVAN YOUNG IlKLDINO.
ANIMATING
A SLUGGARD
tOrlsrlnnl.
This Is what occurred tho day before
tho annual football match between
Princeton and Yalo. Allen l'ondrus of
tho Princeton team was a giant In
strength and when roused moved lino 1
lightning, but It minimi a galvanic j
lattery to rouso htm. Captain Harkor '
nf Princeton know that If hu couUl ,
lop l'ondrus galvanized during tho
giimo hu would win. Knowing also
that Poiidrua worshiped llttlo black
eyed Lucy Moriweather, Harkor wont
Io her and bogginl her to encourage the
mounter iliiriiiir tho gamo. This was.f
pinlmrrasslng to Miss Moriweather, for , Uilng to be deslred-n mutuaj friend
Mr. Topliff, captain of tho Yulo team, , who would como lu lu tho oveunig und
waa a suitor of hers. Topliff was rich, chnt with them, They had plonty of
nnd Mrs. Moriweather was determined acquaintances, but no ono to bo lntl
thnt her daughter should marry hlm. ! nmto with. Mrs. Itamsey nslfod her
Hut girls will bo contrary', nun" Miss husband to got ono-of his men friends'
Lucy preferred tho cumbrous l'ondrus. to come und dlno with them, but Dick
Sho half promised Ilarkcr to do what Itamsey was n man of tho world who
sho could in Uio mattor. know when his matrimonial affairs
Just before Uio iramo was colled Ton1. 1 were ln good condition and preferred
llff approached Miss Mcrlwcuthcfc ami,
giving, her nWuo..JlMuafled.,uc,r tor'
wro It fbf Vnio. JKj nwriio llmo to
flt for 11 reply nnd hurrlud off 011 to
th Krldlron,
A ""' ,'"!,,rM; "rnKi-l 11 1 ncclfin
' ' "' " Mh M'-rlwoather h hand,
hnnherc-d i.hout like n n Up in th., dob
(lruuiH. l)iirln n wait for timptrM
Harkor piissi'd Miss .Morlweatlic
:r nnd
gave hf-r n look vhlch said plainly
"Help im." ho dropped tho JIhk and
lolntd In a chuor for I'rlneeloii. Top
II 0 noticed what she did and, passim;
hor n few moments later, looked the
.1 !... --4 .. -. ttt.t.. ... aai-it I . .1 U Hllfl
OUHT WIIJ". lll IHIK'TWi il'T, iiiki n.iv
lU-riiliiwl to make an uffurt to rouso
"I! rUH C,"CW' ....
''' '" worn massed hi tho centrr
"f the Held; thon iitmo a sudden
Nniii!liiic. mid .MIhh l..rlwenthm- saw
""'"' the rt lit of the Prliicutoni
' ' k"Z1" "l "ur iK""o'"' ""'
Kavc him the hwoi-UhI smile she could
call "p. .lust then tho MikIii Btruck
Khoi
him In the fa-. Ho reir-hi f-.r II, but
uffisl. Ue tried iiKnhi and got IU
UindiltiK off like 11 twIstliiK arrow, lie
made toward hlrf goal. A Mini rttood In
I'Ih way 11A1I went down like luiu,
'lwo ,"" '"''l''1 him, but ho swung
his right arm bnckwitril, getting rid of '
.1 ... I
kh. ... ,
C'mitnlii 'Jopllff was at n ton to
"w what had m mnldenly liifuscil
vigor Into tho principal '"'' J '
WhI"K twim. Ho was hoo 1 mndo
nwnro of the cause, beelng l'oJru
"talk by tho grand stand. Miss M rl-
weather waved an orange ling to him
, ..1..1.. ,n .1... v.. 1..
"" '"' i,l"wu " ,..... m. ... .-
"WUilii ""J1 l" l'Tvli,1 '' M (1 m:ill
f"1"'1 wlt1' MIhh Mori wtmthor hu bad
imn . .v . u, . ,
h(ihio, wiuu no ..an ii.hiu. .iiukihk
uhwkiiu...... .
the girl sat, hu forced n smile. She
lonnwl over tho mil. and ho spoke to
her. Wtmt he said no one oould h.wr.
hough her mother, who sat i.Mr M.-0-
l..g Unit Nil was not going well Ik-
twoonU.etwswl.UM.ri,Hfwuords,
in her slaughter's mr. 1 Uv result v,h
nisi uiiriiiK w.e roi o. u.v mm unu
MIh.1 Merlwonthur wnvwl u blue llsg.
was Instantaneous.
"Whafu tho matter with rondrusr
wns tho universal cry.
uanior. wno nnu koiu .11 o,0o.. u.u
',,I"M,J "".T1 '; wgrtrd tho liileroiitii
of Mr- Topliff nml tho admonitions of
'or mother. Ilefort tho men llue.1 up
l ' tho giants eye and
a,v,u ' """l,,,',r ""J,h'- , , nMl
., '""n ") ,,."', ,T,,ir. I
A,iv Kiiim mini mi- .nn. i" v.iv. ... ...r.
team, wIkj caught It nml carried it In a
soinlclrvlc to goal.
l'ondnis, after noting the result of
I1I.1 punt, turned nnd faced the group
ubout Miss Muriwentlior.
She waved
tho Princeton colons and gavo him a
stiower ot wniios. uopim saw 11 an.
Miss Morlweather'H cyos mot hK and
pho knew that sho had sinned beyond
forgiveness.
Then l'ondnis was curried off tho
field injured, and during the next five
minutes what he had gained by bis
punt was lost Just before the end
Hnrker got Miss Moriwcuthor to
. scratch a few words on tho back of an
I old letter -asking the gluut for her sake
I to coiiio back mid win the game. Tho
' device brought hlm stalking on to the
! tleld to the iiwsle of lYincoton's thun
dering cheers. His nwnkoned enthu
siasm needed to last only live minutes.
The rrlncoton men contrived to got
tho ball to hlm am)' with almost super
human strength, breaking away from
his clinging enemies, his thinks well
I'unrdcd, he totk n zlgnig course for a
few moments; then, leaving all behind,
nude goal and tho gumu. ,,
Tho last Incident or thut exciting
game was Miss Merlwoathor taking a
Lower from hor snowy coinage and
pinning It to l'ondnis' dirty bucksklu.
Mr. romlrus caine very near 'losing
Miss Morlws'iither, after ull. Ho was
po flow about getting out his nronosl-
tion that Mrs. Morlwoather had n great
ndvantarw In favoring u reconciliation
wUl ToUff, indeed, tho llttlo girl
fl)Ulld ,t ncCoa3ao' to do tho pn.poslng
herself.
ANNA EDNA CARItOLI
(Orlclnal.l
Mr. and Mrs. ltamscv word a very
lumpy oouple. Thero was but one
1 to let well onough alono. Not that ho'
man' t trust mm wue imDuau-. uuj
I .I..u, llui .t.l.itl k....l. tt-.. T. 1 I... .If.l TT
AFFILIATION
Hmply didn't propoo io go ouCof hla
vny to brltnf about complications.
One evening whllo Uio Itnmflcyu wero
f"out" Mr. HnwHvy wan Introduced to
a widow with rhom ho fell dcperato
ly In lovo nt lirnt Hllit.
"Oh, Dlckr' ho nld. "I'vo met tho
lovelleiit woman In tho world. SIio'h
taken Uio third Iiouho from ua up tho
Htrt'i't I'ro Kolnif to call on her, nnd
hIio'b promlBod to corno In often, play
whlnt, plHKponir. nnythln wo like.
We'll have n delightful wlnterl"
"That's very nice. Ih dinner rendy?"
"JuHt like a man no etitliiiHlnHiii
about nnytl.lng except so.nethln to.
cat I" replied tho wife, disappointed. '
yi i n,..i .... .1' ...i.i.
Mm ll,.,,. nll,.,l .. tlm wl.lntv.
nnd wltl
h call
and wlUiln a week Uio widow returned
Then Mrs. Itamscy Invited
her to cjrno In tit snorul nn cvenlmr.
Hho mndo herself vary ngrecnblo; In-1
deed sho professed all Uio frlcndllnesw J
that could be desia-L When sho was
ready to go homo Sir. Itamscy escorted
ht.r.
Tho widow InvltiKl Uio Itnmscys to
mako her an cvenlm; visit to play
whist and hud n gentleman Jn to mako
up the net The gentleman was to play
. .-..I ...... .. .. - t.. !...
'" w,uu ,l"w f r- ,,UB1''U w "V
aviary to show him her birds tho wlfo
was obliged to content herself with
the stranger.
Tho situation about Christmas tlmo
was this:
T.o widow was very much with Mr.
namscy. Tho nmilntlon between tlie
.. ... ......,......!. ....... .i
mn-u wa ui mm m u w .. -
ltlvc or. MrH; njcy was bold enough'
to peak to her about tho matter, anil ,
,..; wuu reiuwi u.v mu u in.uii-
y ui ease ns 10 u.o inumncy ueiween
w iiusuuim ihw iuu .uw.
However. Mrs. Itnmsey grew iicrv
ous, excitable, pale, nnd when nlono
1. .1 I.mI.L.I nAli ..a. !. mm rtln
ind a troubled look 011 her face. Tho
truth Is, sho hated the widow as bit-1
terly as she had loved her. Hut the
more ho hated her the mora Bho , ,
ravwi uJUt her beauty, her wit, her
nuiiior or nor many nuracuve ways..
y0 om dared speak against the wld-1
. . . . .
I H for Dick Itamscy, he was one of
those imperturbable, reticent fellows
WL0 keep their own coutmol. He nov-
t.r SIK,ko of U.o wwow in company.
BUggesUng thnt it would Ihj pleasant
to tnko uluni: tho gentleman who had
plnywl whlst with thorn. Hut Mrs.
ltamwy dwncd t0 ,Ilvito ulia
Mr- Kninscy. though surprlacd at this
move 01 ui wiit, mmiu ..o miu..-uu
y (ogciucr.
tfiion Uio party returned, Mrs. Ram-
y was no better. Indeed, she was
worse. Sho declined to own that she
was HI, and to speak to her on the sul-
wt ot j,cr i,eUi was na dangerous
aH to decrj tho rival In her presence.
fnie thinner, more wnn Mrs. Itamscy
became tho heurtler grew tho widow.
Evil disposed persons said Uiat tho
widow was u vampire drawing Uio life
blood from tho wlfo whoso husband
pho wns drawing nt Uio same tlmo. At
lSastcr Mrs. Itamsey was llttlo more
than skin nnd bono. Uer hnsband was
very anxious about her and asked his
doctor what he should da
"Tuko her on a trip."
"I'vo dono Uiat"
"Do it again, nnd this tlmo go with
her alone.''
Itamsey went to his wife and told her
.. i.,a 1..1 ,..,ns.i t
that ho wns making arningemcnts to
tako her to Europe. Sho couseutcd, but 1
iu,w ..vi w """i"- """u,vu' ""
tho sivuio ovenlug Hnmsey saw a note
on his wife's dressing case addressed
wlfo camo lu. ,
"Mnry," h bW. "I don't want to
pry Into your affairs, but does Uiat
noto contain nn InvltnUon to that curs
ed woman to Join us on )hla trip?"
"Cursed woman?"
"Yes. Ever sluco you beenmo lnfnt
tinted with hor last autumn sho has
been tho bano of my, existence. She
hns palavered over me, and I, uot dai
lug to give you my opinion of her,
havo withstood hor constant efforts to
get mo Into her clutches. I can stand
it no longer. You nro UL.and.1 bo
llevo tfco woman's lnfluenco over you
hns something to do with your Illness.
I beseech you to go nlono with mo nnd
got rid of her."
Whllo Dick Ramsey was speaking
his wifo stood looking at him ln aston
ishment Whon ho had concluded sho
Bank Into a chair with n deep drawn
nigh. ,
M0h, Dick, why didn't you tell mo
fcofora? I Uiought sho had taken you
away from mo."
The trip was abandoned slnco tboro
was no necessity for It
P. A MITGHEL.
Too Much 80.
X man to whom illncis waa ohronlo,
When tohl that he needed a tonic.
Bald. "Oh, doctor, dear,
Won't you nleaso mako It beerr
"No,' no," said thu doc, "that's Tou-
tonic," --.
IU UVU UlUk WW"
-Princeton Olger.
OTHER PEOPLE'S
AFFAIRS
Original.
"Hay, Josh, I thought you and Molly
1 Rudd was goln' to mako a match."
"Now, you Just let other people's nf
fairs iiloue. You won't get no thanks,
and you'll bring trouble on yourself.
I've had experience) that n-way myself.
1'oti know Lucy Carver? Well, slw
d M bosom friends,
., . , , , . .
day Molly come to mo and tole mo
One
"" Wu l" '"" u,m '""' ,,,u l""1
1..ah f.lf hn 4 4 tff $ 1 tm 1V
J'0' wn n-gohV to Uirow herself
nwny on Tom Martin, nna .Molly was
grlevln' over It as much as If sho was
n-goln to marry the man herself. I
nsked her If sho didn't know any way
to prevent the match, and sho said she
didn't, unless somo girl would cnUcc
Tom nwny from Lucy. 'Well,' I Bald,
'why don't you do It yourself? Sho
didn't Bay nothln for awhile, then sho
looked up at me kind o' cur'us and
said she'd supposed 1 might object to
nuy thing like Uiat- But I tolo her 1
.wouldn't mind hor doln' her friend n
good turn. All Bhc had to do was to
be Bweet to him for awhile, and when.
she'd shown Lucy how llcklc ho was
Bho could drop him. Of course. I be-
In- in thu secret wouldn't be n-frctUn'
. ..,,..!- i.nnn(ni ..n f
and n-worryln' 'bout her kccpln coi
pany wIUi Tom. .
"Purtv kooii I noticed Uiat sho hau
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started in. sno anu Tom was logeuier
m0Ht or Uiu amc.f und Mol,y Mq mQ
Umt a WBg ,. fust nUs,.
"Uut what's the objection to Tom?"
.oh( btfg Q mhUMii kin,l of n feller.;
Hasn't nothln 'bout him 'cept good ,
looks. Then he's kind o' wild and on-
1 Bca,j.. Huerally.'
' J 9 W
..Wc on
,.L , t , n, mad w,th
a 'd t0,e Lfm WA ,mvo t0 8t
BpBrkin. Moy or 8md cuuck hlm.
Thg dl(lu.t do ,)0 for by Ull8 tlmo
j,oll hnd Wn Hk(, Q fly . ln a
.,, ,, nf ,ippn.a w,.prn .vhnt t
i.... ... ...vw ....--T ....... -
iher
10'd
turn-'
, ,f ann,B . , ..it .!,,,,
WOB ,'i ,,,,.,.-wnB fP Moiir.
, ,avln, 8ll0Wtd up Tom.g HUnllo'w
1 ,,,,., (0 dr0 L.. ,, t0 ou (md
j . t Xfat WM t0 ci,
..., '
T, , t f bad to worse,
j o nwfjj l)tfcaHS0.Lucy-
, (urn htp back on LcP and sbo dldn.t
kow what to 1I0."
Did she try to mako a satisfactory
explanation?"
"I asked her 'bout Umt and sho said
Lucy had treated her so mean sho
didn't Uko to go pahivorln' over her,
when it was Lucy's business to feel
grateful to her for doln her n favor."
1 .,.,".,
What did Tom do when Molly drop-1
1 .: : . , .
Molly didn't exactly drop Tom. Sho
said Lucy-had acted so disgusUn sho
didn't want to let her .think she could
mako her drop Tom, especially by git
tin mad 'bout it"
"What was goln' on between you and
Tom?"
"Oh, Tom when he passed mo usett
to look at inc with n kind of n smirk,
as much ns to say, 'I'vo got your gal.'
and I looked at hlm as much as fo say,
tluess you'll find out somethln' blmo
by.' They say men is nlwuys llghtlu'
'liout women. I dou't seo 110 chance
, 4 " , . . .11 T.t .,..?..,
' foolln' Uio men Ull tho last minute,
.... l...t nst !...t. n flirt .. .. 1l. l.nfln
and then there s no uso of tlghUn. Ati
nny mto I didn't want to tight Tom.
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SZZ "' ,." ,u,1 .T: . . ",'
il-Jili. itt itIUl. iJUi U.UIVUJ gUi HIW
bavin' him tako un so much of Molly's
time.
"You seo, lots of Umes when 1 wanted
hor to go rldin wIUi me or to tako her
to a dnnco or unythlng llko that she'd
sayj 'Why didn't you speak about it
sooner? I J 1st tolo Tom I'd go with
hlm.' But 1 had lota of fun at dauces
when I see pcopto looUln nt mo llko n3
If tlioy pitied mo, for they didn't know
Uio game wo wus pluyln'.
"Ilowsomevcr, at last I mado up my
J mind tho thing had got to end somo
tlmo, and, knowiu what kind of a fix
Molly wus in, I Jlst thought I'd do
somotiilu' to end it myself. I expected
Molly wouldn't llko It nt fust, but
wlien It was all over and sho was out
of Uio scrapo sho'd think all tho moro
of me."
"How did you manage It?"
"I went to Tom nnd tolo him that
Molly had got mixed up lu other peo
ple's affairs and sho'd found It neces
sary to keep company with hlm awhile,
but thero was nothln ln It nnd if ho
was a senslblo feller ho'd drop her."
"I (shouldn't 'a' thought ho'd 'a' taken
that very well."
"Ho did, though. IIo said ho was !
much ohlccgcd to mo for tcllln' him.
It was Molly that got mnd. He tolo
her "what I'd said, and tho next Umo
sho saw mo sho tolo mo I had no busi
ness to., interfere in tho mutter and I
I ..T-- ------- --- - ..,.. . .. -
-hurTghnlnd ome-'other gal. for she'd
bad.eno.UjBh.pf moAan.4 my fiokln' my
nosirinto orncT people flnll.
"You expected hor to bo mnd nt
lust"
"So I did, but I didn't expect sln'd
go plumb back on mo for a llttlo thin;
llko Uiat I don't fieo how sho could
expect mo io ha,vo her glvln' up all hor
tlmo to Tom forever." - '
"What do you mean by her goln'
plumb bad: on you?" - ' -.
"Why, havon't you hecred? She nnd,
Tom Is n-galn' to bo ' married next
Tlruroday." ANTHONY "tfE ANTS."
NATIONAL AID.
IIott to Grt Cnclo flntn'M Help In
Dallillnir Ooo.I Hoaili.
Colonel J. II. Ilrigham, nsslstnnt 00c
rotnry of ngrlculturo nt Washington,
In n recent speech nt a good tnuds con
vcntlon said somo things Ui.it every
body ought to road. Among other good
things ho said:
"I eoo no reason why tho general
government should not npproprinto a
certain nam of money to bo expended
In Uils groat work. Of courso tho
etnto, countlea and local communiUot
should bo cxpocted to co-operate. A
llttlo aid from Uio general government
would bo n wonderful encouragement
to all tho people.
"I hoar n number of speakers hero
Baying that wo must stir up congr"
Now, I want to Impress you with tV
idea thnt wo must first educate Uio
People. When the pooplo are In favor
onn' nM In ns Boort ninils
congressmen will bo In favor of It and
mtmtil n. They nro not going
auea(1 of 0 people.
ur ., -,-nn -t. i, nnn,,t
ow "" "- .......
government nhould not roach out Ub
Btrtmi? nrm ttn(1 hcIp tll0 pp of thH
country got better means of communl-
.cation. I wnnt to seo this movement
pushed wIUi nil tho energy that Is char-
nctcrisUc of the American people. When
wo undertnko to do anything In this
trfit tr itrt If nrwl An If .nll W
,mV(J Btartwl oflt fof ia un(1
we ro , . toexfard ou ,ln0 till
wo hVo as good roads as can be found
nUpvhcro in tho world."
ln thm mnnrkB Coloncl nrlgham
hns soundctl tuo uoynoto of tho good
.,. ,.nmnn!trn. Tii.. mnm nf stm
pnonle mast bo aroused and educated.
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OranlzaUon U Uie prlnclDal mcana to
lx employed. Conventions should bo
to held nnd associations should bo organ
ized In nil tteettoni of tho countrv. It
ta ... ...,.. fn rot nut .. mni nt
nmfeinnnl mn.l rformr to mnkn
speeches and pass TesoluUorts. Tho ob-
s,.ct in view is to Interest practical and
Plural Delivery Notes J
AssodaUons of runil delivery car
riers uro being organized In a number
of Btntes. Tho chief objects of tho car
riers ln organizing an to effect im
provements In Uie service and better
their condlUon.
Hereafter ntvrnrnl tma silvery rou'
will bo pst.bmi.ud unless at least 100
residences will bo sorved by it
There are now ou flic about 13,000
plications for now route audthero
Is hardly a stnto thnt has not nsked for
moro routca than can bo put in opera
Uon In Um next three years. Owing tj
Uio limit of tho appropriation but on
half tho routes asked for can bo al
lowed. Tho department will hold strict,
ly to Uio rulo of keeping withiu tho ap
proprtnUou and wUl not permit route
to bo established, as heretofore, with
Uio Idea of taking a deficit to congre?i
to mako good.
" Goba LUtoutnst: " """
Good talking Is largely dependent 00
"goosl hearing." Tho fact Umt am:''
Is nblo to do hla montal powers the Ji
tlco of brilliant expression may bo dn
to tho presenco or somo receptive muui
.st- init mi ..nnrorinto. wit.
to Uio presenco of somo receptive mind
7 oZn A iho nolnt of deafening
" -- "" "- - -
themselves. Tho sympathoUc and si
j lent listener Is tho buffer between.
, Uuskln Is said to huvo been excellent
company. Ho spoko in a tono of "gen
tlo and playful earnestness. 110 nan
Hoods of thought and knowledge to
pour forth, if only ho could get Uio
right hearers. Dut Uiero were tho bar
ren occasions when listeners were ab
sent Ouo day a friend gavo a llttlo dinner
for him, Dr. Jowctt and Dean Btnnic
I Rut no Booner had. tho dinner begu
than tho host realized his mlstako. 1.
had provided no Boiuugior ma juwe
no juuiur
men ns Uvurors. -iiu
wnntctl to mett ono another," ho sal
"It should havo gone off brllllan
but tho soup came and tho ush follow
ed nud they simply would not talk, f
last I said some stupid thing to Stan
loy about tho architecture of West
minster nbbcy. nnd that drow Rusklu
nnd started us nil off. Then all went
woll. Rut I shall never mako' tho
samo mlstabe ngalu." Youth's Com
panion. Wmt Wiiitm Va Ocrtomnln.
In Colombia railroad soctlon men
60 cents a dny, common laborers .
cents, street car men 00, cents m
dairy hands 40 cents. 'Tho hlghe
wage Is $1 a dny, paid to rvr jp'
,leen, ir . .--si,
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