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JL L Medpord Mail Tribune Pally ind BuiHUy J-iMWml In MEPKOHP PRINTING CO. 23-27-21) N. Fir Hi. 3 KHHKItT W. HI ML. Alitor 8. HI MI'TUK HMITIi. Mamcrr An liidflirdnit Nriw Knitted n mtokI cla witur at lniwil, ttirgnn, imrirr Act Urdi K, IhTS. 8LIHM KIPTIMN KATKS Hy MjII In .Vfcincf: Ptily, vltti HumU), )'fif luily. llih Huixl.t. BHXith "' lutly, ltliil Huivli. )(ir ' -' Pailr, tltitoul HiiimIj), mouth SuncUy, one jf - B CirriM, In A1iie i. A-LUivt. Jarbomllie. IViiiral J'uiiil, l'liiu. Talfiit. ;ilil Hill anrl mi lliflmi-. (lady, :tii KuimIi). mould Pill), valuta Buixljy, m-nlli. ....... . Dail), villHit HuihU). one Pally, vith KmiU. fix- year All irrmi. rli In arl'ii"t. Official prt T thr lily of MclfuiJ. Official pir f Jackuiii County. MKMHKIt OK THK AHSO I VTKP I'HKSS Krcrhli Full Ul Wire i-knio-Tlie A-ocialcl Pre- i rliiliel ciilLttnl !, tlw uie for itiilillcnlifii of all iliralrl credited l It or ctt-rlt rrlilil in iln cm'T. and alho lo Utc local in-" imIiIMiH herein. All riclilt fur itiMkailuii u( ieial wtm Itrrelii vt abo irMiinl. MKMIIKII IIP .M'I'IT HI IIKAU OK I'lIK I I.ATIONH MM,,. TJlTlfl ' AfttMllOtiK H-irrsiiUtlo- M. V. MlMlKNKKN k (II.MI'ANY orricw in N- ti. (1iIcjiie. iftf.it. 8411 PraJrtbCii, Im Alcin. rkatllr, I'urtUwI. Ye Smudge Pot (ty Arthur Prry) A 40-yenr-oM lady autoint, and a 1 3-year-old hoy autulnt, had u colllHiun, und It whh the coiiHetiHUH uf opinion that the hoy wuh to blainu. To date, 187 hills havo hcfii Introduced In the IcKlnlfUure not a ono of tho lot worth tho paper they are written upon. ThlB 1h a great wnnte of white paper. ToniUH Swein wan out laat nit?ht and hud a fine time proiiouncltiK words that were tuo much for everybody elu. The J. Ktnernun Meadow-Iark havo ntarted loowenlnB up their vocal chords for the spring ora torios. A masculine fashions nolo de clares that the Joiik-tailed dinner cont Is comlnrj hark. This, of course, wilt make any peculiar bulge at the hip Ichh noticeahle. (lioHton Herald.) Tho Wlcker rdiain report on prohibition sahl nothing about this. Times sure nre tough, when a lady politician can Ioho $50,000 playing faro in Chicago. There is a controversy raging between tho governor, the state senate, and the commissioners of the Port of Portland, Oregonlans outside the metropolitan area do not know, or care, what started the rumpus, but suspect tho wife of one of the port eonitnlsHloners dues not trade nt the right tlelnirt tnent store. - Mr. -and All's. Ivan Powell re turned homo Friday and were greeted by a large eharlvarl crowd that evening. This was the third charivari for Mr. and Mrs. Powell. (Jn ciimb News, Albany Denm-crat-lleruld.) Misery loves, trip lets. 1 MKMOHY I wonder what's become of shy Kaymondc, The little girl I met In St. Nazal re; I promised I would write, her postc restante. As soon ns I got back from Over There. I recollect n night, a crooked street When January rain dripped from tho sky, Sho seemed so much concerned about my feet- I laughed bccaUHO they never had been dry! Wo didn't ever gel to say good-by (Kor ships arrive, ns shlpn are wont to do) ; And now I often wonder did sho cry Hccause I never kept our ren dezvous? A dozen years aro gone, I don't know where. And time tin-re are I plan n lit t lo jaunt To see if she Is still In St. Naxalre, And walling for my letter nonto restante! (I'hlingo Tribune) "OALAMITY IK .MOV IKS l.OSK CI.AHA HOW Midline Malhuer Knterprise.) ' ralamlty, my eye! It will bo a cataclysm! Among the rural population trading hero Saturday In their high -heeled boots, was Mr. llerm Offenbacher of the Applcgatc. Sunday was a fine day for an nuto uccident. MAX AND WILDCATS As results demonstrated. It was a rather unwise course for a (ieor gta wildcat to leap out upon tho railroad tracks and attack a mov ing locomotive been use the train had frightened off a covey of quail the wildcat whs stalking. Poor foolish wildcat, nil are agreed. A human bring wouldn't think or doing such a thing, even when tho best laid plans aro frustrated by some Immenn contraption that rolls along In tho way. Often the contraption Is the universe itself or a considerable part of It. And all the human being ever doen Is just to throw himself in front of the universe or the confident hie part of It and put up 11 stifr flic hi against tho u hole outfit, even If the only weapon of fight Is denun ciation, loud and long. That, of course, doen not stop or hurt the universe, und 11 plainly doen the Individual a whole lot of good provided he does not get flattened out like tho wildcat. ( Kansas City Htar.) tDl tplIAA.Ty t5OaATiON HERB MOORE, HERO IX I'l'Rit'IX(i J. C. Adams, tlie shiver of Sum J'rescott, sinK!;j liiindcd ami nuikinc liis nricsl, Herb Moure, loeal traffic of fii'cr, ii)l'ld tlie finest traditions of tlie service. j Aclainj liiiiiened to iniikc no resistance, lint .Moore otildn't' luive foresi'eii llmt. All firmed tlnm, i-iinbe of swell ii eold lilooiled eriiin', would liave been exieet.'l 1o shoot it out wit ll imvoiie iittenijitini; to I'lipture liim. j A less eouraireous officer would liave played sale ami waited i fur assistance, a posse j edueiii'.' the ilanu'ers to bimself mate rially, lint under such conditions time is tlie vital faetor, and j sin Ii action involving delay, milit well have resulted in tlie gMill j mini's escape. j iTX JTI'II no tliouulit of liiniself .Moore, as soon as lie licnrd of tlie .rime, started on the trail, determincil to run down the killer of bis pal, and avenue bis tragic death. As frequently happens under Midi oil cmiistiUioes, such courage anil 'piieli de- cision resulted in prompt succchs, without further bloodshed. I We often hear of the bravery of old-time peace officers, and it is intimated that we have become a softer and mora effete race. Herb .Moore has L'iven the lie to this latter intimation; his action demonstrating' that the qualities of valor and fearless ness, which distinguished them, have not been lost. PROMPT JUSTICE CI'KAKINii of tlii linvi'jiti'i apjir;ii niunl'-r of iiri'd lo lend I.pp. No tloulit tlie cilizcns wIjo two days 110, aeeordiu to re port, "vcru r'ai'in' to jro," iVt-l as we do about it today. I'rescott was a very popular yum man, and one oi the most 1 H'ieieiit ami leve-ln aded' officers in the traffic serviee. His eold-blooded and cowardly murder naturally aroused his friends and neihbors.to a while heat with immediate vviuunv. as a natural react ion. ffOWKVKIf, we still live in a civilized country. We still have law and the police. Dastardly as the crime was, condi tions would have boon rendered worse rather than better, by another crime, particularly when thj latter crime would havqj meant yielding to a primitive impulse, which would have' ! changed to re 1 ret and a feeling of fortuitous guilt after the com-! : miinity passions had cooled. j It is not sympathy fur the guilty criminal that, condemns! I lynching, hut a realization that lawlessness of any kind breeds t lawlessness, and that no civilized community can sanction it: without suffering a certain moral rious dangers in the future. T VIKW of such a crime, however, an unescapable responsibil i ty, it seems to us, rests upon the courts and the officials whose duty it is to uphold and enforce the law.- Kvery accused person, no matter how overwhelming the evidence against him, deserves a fair trial. 'Hut there should he no delay in securing sinh a trial, and the people should he spared the spectacle of a long drawn out legal battle, designed solely to defeat the forces of prompt jus tiee. In other words, the sooner this murder trial is held and fin ished assuming a plea of guilty is not entered, the better for all concerned. For it is the law's delay the deep-seated feel iiiK among the people Ilia t k'gal justice in this country is neither swift nor certain that prevents the idea of lynching, in sueli law-abiding eonimunity as Ashland, from being immediately conceded as absurd and unthinkable. NO SOUND SAVE OUR OWN GNASHING Hp IK MKDKOIil) MAlL-TIiim'XK, zealous ejiardian of Hie fruit iutciVsts r Oregon, ries in wratli at a pajre ad pub lished in a leading inaga.iiie with the following in its text: 'Today we accept ns rommonplaro the miracle of fresh fruit In the dead of winter. Yet not so many years ago who could havo dared to say It was possible? Who cnuld have foreseen Oregon enjoying (he fruits or Louisiana and Maine, the bounty of California T" Vlio, indeed iinpim's the .Mail Trib. "Who, indeed c echo, whether winter or summer so far as loiiisiana and Maine go. The painful trulli is that about all the easterners know about Oregon is what they read in Thaiialopsis or remember from the battleship racing around Cape Horn 111 Spanish-American war days. rrobably though this was merely an c.xainp license which is far more liberal even than tb assign in theiuselves.- Salem Statesman. The public is not yet buying slocks. A burnt tinu.'s to dread tlie fhv even after it is put out. Correel this senteu-c: "And I never let one sing," mi id the tatliie director, "unless she has a hearing." Publishers say the average hook m'Us only .'tJOll copies. Ind of course this ihesu 't include the number the Nattered author gives free to the hick-town libraries. MUTT AND JEFF LiUfc SIX HOURS: fV so flat x bom't M I 1 r OF ADAMS CAPTURE IS DEMANDED Sinn Pivseott, we nre l;nl no A-hl;inl citizens on a Ivneliin defeneration, and inviting se- of advert isiuu freedom poet!- diihl .still eon- ot my stars voice worth TheyJust Missed a Narrow Escape SVCtJ HOUtiS MOW, FT ARfi GvJX AT TH Meets SlOUJCfe v. r . 1 . r ra . - - - r r ' h" iv.i e" j MAIL TRIBUNE DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE At IHJSH hound nt uf a litll lo lll Ir Utrililloa Anliuaia Mlkwurm liruftt-dt acr nldrj Djoumot KuK'IXt colkirt l'ruilit Jutiuiira meaurt ot It 1 Kilt mutl raridlft Old Dutch coin Air: (umb. form temnle raff luitlei MiKiii inlalluti hllUK flHHH fthtb- trlnl t t iiiite lugrltier IMnt-a llnliltrd IRii tguiirr rnrtl tiler word I III ntMHIll oc rorrnici l.iijlil rep 11 it Itcrnlt r lliifiKliitf ur nn iiirnl sin l.ijuiii nnlmai Fi-riiidili-d irrn if to Ire Solution of Saturday! Puzile IFlrMirniii nt 11 7. Aoialrr-a hit imli-di b9 Mrmtirftnuoi pour Ii Nil. itltirr 1. Turdy 8&. F.nrnrat pr(l ll.ii.i CH. 1'itrndlia 8!). Si'iin uf tttirsci ;u. Mni ;i. Ilird'v hotim ii. Wii-fii finlcnl U ,2. rurirlm ngfeiRiECiiipioisQ TATRETOsf0 I HJS R 06frnRjE SjT0WiE aWgIe rHsIUMIId EJtfiR LmJCIaIbTe lO WiHlllMfS TjCiAiLnA Qk oIojlfiE dAjf fE I Id Vie ElTiHUS EIR. E. S Lie NjP 2 3 4 If J u 1 g WJrXyW 2 3 To Tl 2223 If ?f 33 3 35 IS & TfJf 44 45 4& l4p4S ' AXJlLR !LL. HLhJL Personal Health Service By William Brady, M. D. RIkihiI Irtlrr prrtnlniiKt to imnal linltli itsd livEieiit, mt to disease, rlbsnosli or treatment ! trill Ur answer wl hy Uf. Hrady if a jumped self xlilrseil emel"pf H ewlaserl. bf iters ilionld be brief ml wfltUn In Ink. Onlng to the Unte number of letlert rrrelvetl only a few ran be answered here. N j reoly ran te mmlt to queriei nut conforming to instruct ions. Addrets Dr. William Brady In cart of The Mail Trilmue. a xkw ii-:aij roit A physician in just a.s good standing profc..sionlly as any doc tor who reads this writes: "There nre more than a mil- : Hon people in the I'nited States ;' differing from hernia (that is, rupture, or as some people cull It, breach) to whom the doc tors hnve nothing to offer ex cept a trus ur a cutting opera tion. Only that It would be a 1 i.si less hunb-ri n your time I would like lo have you read some nf the many tales of woe ; . . . thfse pitiful letters have come from patients who have been operated upon from one to three times with recurrence of the hernia In every in ftanee . . ." The doctor who writes this let- ter given ambulant treatment for ought to. you re suftk so far as get hernia that is. a series of medi- ting satisfaction from him in court. einal inject ions at Intervals of a week, to bring about closure of the hernial sac or openmg- and hence natural cure. Thbt treatment de tains lie pat ieril for only a few minutes from hfs ordinary oecupa tiiin. II is so simple that any phy sician anywhere can give ii suc-cefif-fully in his office. It is as in expensive as a similar series of or dinary hypodermic injection would I gestions like this. So my final word be. Soniethucs it fails t.f cure 1 i to the victim of hernia is. have a gather there are an many as liijtry at -this ambulant or injection per cent of failures In the general treatment, but beware of the char run of cases. Ibit if It fails, never latan who pretend to promise you mind. No harm done, lietter luck cure. A reliable, honest doctor jn.-xt time. This is not quite theionly contracts to give you the best situation when the radical ,urulcal treatment he can never promises j method falls. A second attempt cure, whether you have pneumonia. I wlib operation ! generally less I hernia or flat feet. Whenever auy- llkelv to succeed than wa.s the first, A second course of medicinal injec tions for hernia would be just as likely to be successful a the first. VlVn years ago I would have con demned tills Injection treatment of hernia offhand. I was educated to condemn it. .Most regular doctor would condemn It now without hesitation Hut if inv readers have,. von suuuested. for 1 have lecn a any coiif. deuce in my judgment 1 1 poor sleeper for years and espec-wi-ih to assure ihem that if I were j tally about composing myself to get a hernia if.ittcnt 1 should pass by 1 to rdecp when 1 go to bed. The my friends ih- urgcun and go to'siunt of yours really seems to bring UJIMDOUJ Tvw 'S JT. JTZ TVAAM GUIDC. H, Airrada 3. Ltlyllka plant tit Canadian prof lores obbr. ft. Lyrle pueffil tv. Low (Ida Iti. Forma Into on n bolt SI. Heating ap paratus 33. Vegtabla ti. Uvtinrea after dclellnr S7. J-a rice plaal Sit. Uatlfy 40, titer ti. Allort artfally 4. Per Ian llet culn 17. J.lK'it brown JO. Kntlre prop erly of a per an it. Hull iZ. l-'eiulnlne nnm( H. Author of "Tba Cluliler and the lleurtb" 18. II 111 It &t. ,eae i9 Pierce with a pitlntrd neupuD HI. I'ret urlralar fii, p.oti Indian nelirlilt 3. Prhircly boote of Itnly 68 tmei romb. furm IHMV ft I. tlrmia t. llUllilt uf nnintlit-r t rilinlilnK plaal 4. Murk lirjiiml mir'a iuh era A, 'llirlri'i (ire tlx t. S run Hi Iflif 7. Alclnl H Hrrriin'rn trrt 9 Mtirc rtiplil 10. Itftoln 1 1. Crcftkrl IS. I.njr unity 13. Mi-iiuliiif 17. liiflilon ol a piny iii;hma sutkiis the doctor who can and will give me the ambulant treatment. I'd have one whack at it. and if the treatment failed to cure, the hernia I'd call the doctor a few hard names, take a short rent, and then go right back for another aeries of injections. I'd rather go to the hospital and have my appendix removed again than go to the dentist to have a mean filling. 1 like operations my self, and I am quite fond of either as long us there is no restriction of my air. Hut if I had hernia the method of choice for me would be the Injection method provided I could have such treatment from a good reputable man. No quacks for mine. When a quack or a doc tor without good professional standing does anything he hail n't Hut when a doctor of good pro fessional .standing makes any mis lake or iii-glects you In any way, you can get satisfaction from htm in court. S11 why take miy chances wifli I lu shvters? I iiieirttnn Diik because so many crooks are in busi ness, and these irregular or obscure 'practitioners are always eager to take advantage of any little sug- olio "guarantees' a euro or a treal- ment or a remedy you may be sure you are dealing with a humbug. OUNTIONS AM) ANSWr.llS Soothing ami t abuing 1 have Imhmi doing your belly breathing exercise every uiht for 'several months. I find It quite nil vdr ta r,n J O ri IE-i, , ('v- 7 U a delightful sense oi relaxation and calm and I generally drop off be fore I get to the tenth breath . . (J. T. A.) Anawer. Might you are. You see, natural breathing tends to low er blood prwure, equalize circu lation, warm tho feet and every thing. It is much better bed time diversion than counting sheep jumping thru the wall or thinking of today's troubles or tomorrow's cuks. Acme. Since I wan 14 my face ha leen continually broken out with ugly primplffl and it is full of black heads . . . (.Miss ti. M.) v Answer. Send stamped envelope bearing your addre.s and mention that you have acne blackheads and pimple. Most regular girls and boys have 'em more or lesn in their teens. Don't let it cramp your eating style or make you feel bad. I really believe a reasonable amount of pimples good for a youth. Keeps him or her from getting too vain at a time of life when vanity is very unbecoming. The Ileal American I am 16. ami live near the reservation. I want to know If it is right for me to neck all the boys around here like to aek when they're out with a girl, except jut one. an Indian boy. He weems the only decent boy here. My paruU object to him lwraue he is an In dian. Of course we are while, ti:. T.) Answer. Sems to me you are too young to "go with" anybody, daughter. You are confusing calf love or puppy-love with courtship. As for the Indian boy, perhaps he is the best In t of the lot. However, you had better have a quiet talk with little old mama some time when dad Is not around. If you make a confidante of mama she will sympathize with you. 1 Communications The Slae of Pears To the Editor: It Is a matter of common know ledge among people interested in the fruit business that the returns for all small 13 art le Us shipped east this eeaaon were very unsatisfactory and It is likely that growers and shippers alike will unite on the advisability of eliminating the small sizes from shipment thin coming season. The accompanying table is taken from the California I'ear Grower, the, official organ of the association of which Frank T. Swett is president, and purports to give the number of Kartlctt liears of a given size that it takes to fill a box to a grots weight of 52 pounds at the beginning of the season when the pear. have a low sugar content: 135 to box 2 5-8 inches I 'iO to box - 2 1-2 " 165 to box 2 3-8 " I 8(1 to box - 2 1-4 " 15 to box 2 1-8 " 210 to box 2 225 to box 1 7-8 " Two weeks after the beginning of the season, when there is a great er sugar content and the pears are heavier the sizes are a follows: ' 135 to box ,.. 2 1-2 inches 150 to box 2 3-8 " 1 65 to box 2 1 -4 ' ISO tb box 2 1-8 " lit 5 to box 2 210 to box 17-8 " 225 to box 1 3-4 " .Many of tho packers make a box weighing more than 52 pounds gross, it has been suggested that nothing smaller than ISO's bo pack ed this year, and where the gross weight of a box runs from 54 toj 57 pounds ft iri probable that a 2 I inch pear is about the smallest) that will make the size. CI rowers can govern themselves accordingly. TALENT GROWER. (Name on Kile). parents WHEN HE WONT TAKE "Ml" Hy Alice thid-on Pen In ! Everybody knows the child who refuses to take No" for an ans wer, who teases and teases for a privilege or a toy after it has bei-n definitely refused. It is a trait which is not only! particularly irritating to adults, j but undesirable also in the child's development. uleh sonic mother w nose child behaves In this way and you wilt readily discover that the principal difficulty comes from tlie fact that she sometimes says "no" when she really means "yes." You will find, too. that in sheer desperation such a moth er gives in ufter a siege of teas ing. Children, like all other human beings, will persist in trying to get what gives them '.ileasure if there Is even - a remote pos sibility of success. Say "yes" to a child once or twiip after you Quill Points fol! arc' desvrlltiB the old llnic religiun." So i religion. .Thl whole durne.l era 1h Haun ter's Day. 0 It works both way. UulldinB ..nmiL'h iirlrions will ulve men em ployment: civlng men employment i will lessen the number of prison ers. Tim mn-- vmi ludv mankind. j the more unjust it seems 10 think cany races uumu m.-ivij they left no record. Some peopie are born sucker, some try to get something for noth lm :ind Home co iraga when told the fiivi payment is only Irfivo In the ancMlietie that keeps a man from feeling It when lie's hen peeked. The most nourishing vegetable diet coiirusts of potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, milk and steak. Kew doughboys remember their French, but they know now that "hors doeuvre" doesn't mean somei portion of horse. If the people you know won'i dumb, perhaps you are smart. Or lerhaps you aren't privileged to associate with others because they think you dumb. AMERICANISM: Providing cheap ward.s so the poor can afford many babies; making other mater nity arrangement so expensive that white-collar people can't afford any. . You can't blame everything on the law. In Russia, where a divorce costs only 30 cents, a husband used 50 cents' worth of arsenic instead. And furthermore, very few of the big Jobs are held by men who know many were wounded at the battle of Hunker Hill. So Mr. Ford would teach young sters how to succeed. Why. yiu jut borrow a little money to make something the world will soon de mand. Hocking chairs arc out of fashion. With 110 babies to howl for drinks at 3 a. 111., IM'oplc no longer needed nny tblitg to crack their shins 011. A high-brow is a man who can use a whole book full of words to say something you squeeze into one sentence. So far the archaeologist haven't unearthed a city that became great by gagging those who pointed out its faults. It's easy to be a champion If you will be careful to enter a field that dofiii't interest better men. Correct this sentence: "No, I wouldn't head a third party." said the statesman, "even if I knew I could be elected." have said "no" and you have wt a precedent for the pleading habit, which may take months to cure. The moral is that Wo should never deny a child any reason able satisfaction: but. having once definitely decided that a cert ii in pleasure is out of the quest ion, no amount of incon venience to ourselves should m ike us change our stand. Occasionally, of course, circum stance' arise which quite prop- j erly change no to "yes. The youngest child will recognize the change- of mind that comes be cause mother has followed tin line of least resistance and that ci'iised by reasonable considera tion of a new factor. ' Tito first step in curing a child of wheedling is to say no" only when you mean it and then stick to it. A mother must be tible lo discipline herself before she can successfully discipline her child. Test Artificial Hay Drier OAINKSVI1.LK. Fla. UV) An attifli'lHl hay drier lias bpen In stalled here ami will lie used ill a co-oiierativo experiment by tlie Florida experiment station and tlie I'nited States forage crops bureau. The tnuehine has a capacity of 5"l) pounds of dried hay an hour. Prairie City Combination dairy and dairy crops meeting held' in Orange hall here. By BUD FISHER Do Yon Remember? TK.V YKAHK MIO TODAY (From files of the Mall Tribune.) 0 .lunuiiry 26, Hard rain descends upon th vallev causing fa.iers to re joice! after four days of windy weather. j Mcdford library shows wonder ful growth in l.i20, report of librarian allows. "Ind A Hand." rialem prlwn paper is revived. Fifty Medford people offer to Klve home to a homeless collie dog. -Knights of Pythias hold a mon ster banquet. Chamber of Commerce works fur services of a frost expert. TMKXTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From files of the Mall Tribune.) .January 2. I Southern Oregon chances for experiment station at Talent bright. Legislature asked to repeal bill dosing Rogue to commercial fish lK Local fishei-H 'fairly race to Salem in defense of the birth right of the musses." Tlie condition uf llu' roiuI Xu Rutte Falls is 'deplorable." mak in' it impossible to travel by team, and the Mail Tribune edi toriailv calls upon the county court, "to show belated signs of intelligence." Eastern capitalist declares "Val ley it; a paradine, akin to Heaven." r, Mavor Canon forbids the hold ings " of prizefights within the city limits.. "Save your Sun-kist orange wrappers, 'and get a Rogers llros. orange spoon." Adv. . life The Herons take our hero In their yacht to far Cathay That's a nickname for the country known as China, by the way). They set him down at Shanghai with his 'ab: nt his side. "I never thought." laughs Puffy, "that I'd really bo shang haied." Sundown AI.IIA Ity lai)- tiraliam ltnnner. The Little Black Clock hud lun illised thut their trip lllis cvclliUK would be one of Interest to 1'epK.v, hut lie to il .Inhn i to come ulonp. too. to illnuse llilnselr. The c h I fd r e n I were waltinir for I him at the end of p'VV'i he came rushiiiK j alniiK. "I'm not usiui; much nuiKic thlsS evenillK." ho he- Kan. "I've o n 1 v t u r n e d the time back a few years. r;.v sac f MM but IVkk.v is to meet Alba." "Is Alha a place'" asked John. ".Maybe It's a iierson," suggested I'ectsy. "I'eBBy is not far from i-ifrlit." tlie flock smiled. "In ract, I think you'll call Alba a person. She Is almost a person." "What is a person like who is almost a person V" John asked. ".lust walk iiIoiir with me, and you'll see." the Clock answered. As usual. In spite of his short little Iors. they had trouble keep inc up with him. How julckly he could walk and how he could run, too! They walked along until they crime to a very pretty little white house with its front door and shut ters painted blue, l'oguy wondered If tho person named Alba lived hero. The Little Hlack Cluck knocked on tho door and It was opened very quickly by n funny litllo iiian. Kol lowlnit right after hi in was a funny Utile Woman. They hoth looked as though they were uuite old nn, i,t,, young at the same time. Tile children were puzzled, and wondered why they were puzzled. t'sually there was no mistaking an old person from a very young person. "Hollo." said the htll,. man. All.il will l,o .imply delighted," said the funny littu- woman. "She has been looking forward to this ever since I told her thai you were going to 1,,-ing visitors." And then she told 1BCV , A1ia. ,vl, a dear. dear, dear doll. "I know you'll love her'' the funny little woman wild, and si-., took l'eggy l.y the arm nnd led her up the stairs. Tomorrow 'lh.y, ok,. o o O
