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THE LAKERIMMERS

RUPERT

HUGHES

P - | CHAPTER HION THE TRACK. And m the tribe of IndJsas la imaginary war paint put out to sea that brt*ht and early raoroln* They paddled along In leieurdy laeWoit, and. late to the afterAoon. reachad the bead of the Wee. There they were }u»t untoadlng-thelr »upplle« to cam|i for the night, when a man, who waa loafing around the ahore, came up and looked them over aa It he were about to make a bid on them. Finally be '•Air you teller* makln* for the

oippi, too?”

“Certainly not," told Tug. and Quia

Haddad' “WhrT'

The man anewered: “Becauae 1 aeen a young teller with a cep and feather* like your* goto' by a fey day* ago, and he «aW as bow he waa makln' tor the

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‘B. J.r they all exclaimed in choru*. Then Qul* inquired: “How tar might it

be to the Mlaslsslppl?”

“It might be aa tar as the moon, but it

ain't," said the stranger. “It'» a good jrtece. But about three mile* away there _ is a little crick that leads right to the | river. If you feliera waa to your boat over there In that there crick. It would not

take you long to reach the Mississippi.”

- Then the stranger wandered away and the Lakerlmmers looked at each other in •lienee for a long time. Then Funk said:

“It 1* not a very long portage." "What is a portaged aaked Quiz. “Why, a portage to where you pick up

your canoe-and carry it on your head from one stream to another,” Hist ry kindly explained. Then Keddy and Heady broke out at the same time, “I say go

for B/J." „ . “We might catch him before he reaches

the Mississippi and bring him home,” said

“Aw, it would only be a wild goose

chase," growled Sleepy, who always objected 6ti principle to anything that meant W ^It would be a lot more fun pursuing

that runaway scamp,” said Jurooo.

“Than loafing around the camp for two weeks," added Sawed-off. who always I _ agreed with everything Jumbo proposed. 1 There was a long debate, which ended

when Boobies hi rued;

"Anyway, It wouldn't hurt to go over and have a Uttle cruise on that stream,

ju*t to sec bow It looks.”

To ibis they all agreed, and with a mighty tugging and hunching and lifting they got the canoes out of the water and on their shoulders Then tl^cy set off on tho road the stranger toad pointed out to Three miles Is more of a walk when you are carrying a large boat than when you have nothing on your shoulders but your bead So they all found themselves very tired at the end of a mile. They .ftlso found themselves in front of a large and hospitable farmhouae. Bo Sleepy, who looked with suspicion on any kind of food that waa evaporated or compressed, suggested that tney should buy their supper

at tho farmhouse.

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: decided to raise the pr.ee erf . ,, I herd, and refused to give than break-

, fast for leas than » cents apiece-

* "You fellers eat like a passel pf lossea-" he said, “your parents must be

either millionaires or bankrupts. ”

The boys, after some bargateto*. confected to pay IS cents for a light breakfast. and be consented, especially after they all solemnly assured him that they never cared for much to eat, the first 4 thing in the morning They did not be- ' lieve it was good for them. ^ ] So all each of them had was three fried for eggs, with a few slices of ham. a half

dozen biscuits, a few doughnuts.

"Back water!” It was just to time, for to a moment more they would have ripped the canoe open on a barb-wire fence that wandered across the stream. Heady and Reddy, the two military men of the dub, remembered the

UNCOILING THE LASSO. HE MADE ONE OR TWO THROWS.

They kept each other av time sneezing, until Jumbo "This Is the '»»*“ -

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awake for some

sang out:

worst case of hay fever I

ever had.”

“And talk about farmers with hay seed In their hair," said Sawed-off, "I wish we had brought along a folding waterproof

thrashing machine.”

There was some talk about plans for rescuing B. J.. but Sleepy muttered

sssiIa** r*nn’# a/svit cr,/. Pm

sound

asleep f" And the conversation grew more and more feeble as the Eleven dropped off one by one. The last of tuem alive was Tug, and he half scored: "At daybreak we'll—" But he never finished the sentence and little difference it made since there was nobody to wonder what he was going to say. CHAPTER IV. It was evidently to be a time of wonders, for Sleepy, of all men or boys, waa

The rest of them decided that It would the first one to wake* the next morning.

•upper look like

He gave

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cents a head

save their supplies, and as they saw the farmer and his daughters milking tht cows, and as the thought of the fre&h warm milk made their mouths water, they were soon asking the farmer how much

them°a l wSo’lesaie^ate o*?!</cento*?hK brought_a growl from some of tha other

But It was not his fault; a crack In the aide of the barn sent a gimlet of sunlight right through hls eyelids, and he could not dodge It, for whichever way he moved, he

awake, and the smell and sizzle of breakfast drove them almost mad with hunger. *

■ on ..JUl Then they took up their burdensome i boats and started away with them, scraping from the grass a dew that seemed almost heavy enough to fioat the caI noes. As they went along the road they I met a fanner driving a sleepy looking ; team At the sight of them the horses ; proceeded to go Into convulsions. | The farmer, after spending some time i getting hi* quadrupeds back on all-fours, called after the Lakerlmmers: "Well. In all my born days Fve never saw tich foolishness. Toting boats along dry land! 1 guess I’ll have to pick up my old wagon and go wading in the lake. Just to keep In style.” _ , Various other teamsters made various remarks, but erne of them said: 'They was a boy goto’ aloi _ other day, with a cap like what you fellers have get. It had the same kind of a feather and the letters L. A. C. I suppose that means "Luny as Cats.’ ” The boys didn’t mind the last remark, but the first cheered them hugely. It was a long, tiresome journey that two miles cost them, and before they reached the end Sleepy complained: "I don't believe there is any water on this side of the world. I'll bet we are walking Into the desert of Sahara.” At last they reached the stream. And such a stream! It was hardly deeper than the dew on the grass, but .it made fuss enough for a Niagara river, and it twisted and turned like an augur. No boat, except such a light, shallow canoe as theirs, could have traveled such a stream. But any kind of water was good enough for these weary porters, and they eel their canoes gingerly on the stream and got aboard. It took three men to keep Hist'IT from falling into the water, and the wabbling of the canoe made him nearly seasick. They had not gone far when Tug, who was in the bow, called

out:

three of four jack-knives, they

to cut the fence.

This did not please certain farmers who threw after than hard words and harder rocks. But the rocks were badly aimed and the words made no bruises. So on they went spinning, thanking the stream taking a sharp and sudden turn that took them out of sight of the farmers. They were not so pleased with certain other sudden turns the water took, and they had not gone many miles when, with a quick, sudden flash, the canoe round a jutting rock and cap-

them all into the water.

BY HARRY BAXTER NASON.

very drowsy, a tng everything

supper they found themselves and the thought of unpack-

a»d In due time they

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per they

. and tapH r J - HPMVPR sverythlng to get at the tent, which of course, at the bottom of B. J.'* canoe, made Hleepy *o tired that he ^'Yth^k for the first night w# bad better *1080 In bed, while we have got the

chance.'’

farmer, however, »ald he waa not g a hotel and could not take a

tribe of Indian* In hls houee.

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Tho r. keeping tribe of

"But there to a bam and you can make . yourselves t’home In the hay." "Make oureelvee Fhome In the hay, eh?”

growled Sleepy. "What does he think we

are at home, cows?"

"Well, I *ay we sleep In the barn, anyway." said Bobbies, "It’s twice as big and

not half so old as the houee,"

So before long they were all to the loft, disgusting the chickens which hsd gone to bad at a respectable chlcksn-hour, and making tha horses in the stall below think

the world must be coming to an end.

fellows.

He stood It until the roosters, the freshman class, undoubtedly, began to give their college yell. And then Sleepy g^ve up trying to sleep, a thing which he had always been able to do before without trying. He attacked the other Lakerlmmer* with unmerciful jabs and pokes, and gave them a long lecture on the evils of lying abed late In the morning. They arose, and, as they came out of the barn door, they found the sun Just walking In over the horizon. They spent some time shaking themselves like water spaniels to got the hayseed out of them, and they pulled the straw out of each other’s necks with true brotherly affection. Then they washed their hands and faces at the pump and looked blindly around for towels. But there wore no towels to be had, and they had to use their pocket handkerchiefs. By and by the farmhouse was

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“Y&U JVUGHT A5 WELL MAK'E? IT A QUAR-mRr

It was many a day before Zeke Higgins | church. He rather expected that some-

forgot about his great kite and the way It carried him up to the spire of the

THE LAST PICTURE TO PAINT OF FUNNY BUNGLE LAND Nebuchadnezzar Meets Brownie Bear and Gets New Light on Games —The Qgeer Cub Lick School.

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thing more wonderful might happen to him—and It did. As he went down to breakfast one morning he felt a curious twitching of hls right

eyelid.

Zeke’s father was just trying to sip a cup of hot coffee. It was so very hot he couldn't stand much of it, but Just as he touched hls lips to the cup Zeke happened to look at him and wink his right eye. Instantly Mr. Higgins began to drink. He swallowed every drop of that scalding coffee, but still kept the cup to hls mouth and went through all the motions of drinking, all the time writhing and groaning with pain. Zeke couldn’t understand, but while looking at his father he just happened to have the good luck to wink his left eye. With that wink Mr. Higgins put the cup back on the table with a jar that broke it into several hundred pieces. After gasping for a while and pouring a quart of Ice water down his throat. Mr. Higgins looked suspiciously at his son.

individual whom Nebuchad- Bear,” she replied. “I’m awful glad that mr Hiawatha Columbus Jones I didn’t have to go to school to-day.

now met. looked so happy and_We can play all day.”

merry that It wu easy to see “What school do you go toT’ asked that she did not belong to the up- Nebuchadnezzar as they walked along.

“Why, to the Cub Lick School, of course. I’m up to C row—A. B, C. It wasn’t much fun to learn A. but It’s awful nice to study B. Yesterday I studied one B and just as soon a* I got so I

gar orders.

Her lack of refinement and culture her to toy "Halloo!” to Nebuas soon as she saw him

was a vulgar little boy

himself, so he said "Halloo” in reply. •Tv» heard about you arriving in Bungle Land,” said she. "You pa-yed with ♦fee youagtoi Princess and Nanny Hlppoat&mus and the Kangaruin, didn't you?” ‘“res," said Nebuchadnezzar. "but so much fun. It seems to

have more with you.”

. we ptiridtosd,” told she. ftne chance to learn without being both-

pa is just a plain, common laboring ered.”

bear, and so 1 don't have to put on Aim ” r ,K “* *—“**““ ♦ '

H dreadful to have to put on make believe that you don’t want

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sized, throwing CHAPTER V.

When the eleven canoeists found their canoe upside down and themselves to all sorts of conditions as well as in the water, they were as much excited as any football eleven in the heat of a scrimmage. They were not long to reaching land. The first land they touched was to the bottom of the stream, and they touched it with a jolt- The good swimmers, by a sort of Instinct, began to paddle for shore, and found themselves barking their shins and bruising their palms on the rocks to

the water.

Hlst’ry began to call, “Help! help!” as loudly as he could, and lay fiat In the water, as If he were determined to drown. The only thing that prevented him from drowning was the lack of water.

Reddy and Heady, who -« with water hardly up to the their seised him at the same time and b him up standing In short order. While Lakeriamers were counting noses and bruises the war canoe was bobbing gayty along. R. J.’s canoe, which they called the "Cabooee," fortunately had not capsized, but was following the —“ meekly Into the distance. Tug and Punk started to run after the canoe, but they soon found that the bed of the stream was no cinder path for sprinting. Then they all made for sh and fo,.owed the carsoe from the hank. And a sad chase It led them. While It was dancing smoothly along the water they must rip through barb-wire fences, go the long way round, crawl through branches, dash down paths that led nowhere, and, most troublesome of all, together. After any number of mishaps, they came out upon a broad reach where the stream widened out into almost a Uttle lake. Here the current was slower, and the canoe dawdled along. Here, too. the water as they found It was very deep. They stood on the shore and whistled to the canoes and called them pet names and other kind of names, but the canoes did not cars to leave the middle trf the stream. Plainly they must swim for It Tug, Punk and Sawed-off stripped quickly, and. rushing into the water, raced for the goal with rapid overhand strokes, that soon brought them to the side o* the war canoe. They righted it. and were about to clamber in. when tl found they had scooped Into the boat an inch of water, and several water moccasin. Tug remembered that this was one of the three poisonous snakes of America.

QUEER THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN ZEKE HIGGINS WINKS HIS TWO EYES

Cut a long slip of cardboard as wide as the inner part of a spool, or make the horizontal part of the strip as wide as the spool and bend the edges as shown In the illustration. Bend the strip of paper, to a loop (see illustration). Fasten one end with a pin to the top of a large book or ledger standing upright. Fasten the other end to the him. Zeke gave each one a wink as they passed out so they couldn’t stop, and on they went, down the steps, through the gate and into the street. It was a picnic for the other scholars, and while they were dancing around in glee, some one suggested that they all follow and see the race. Without any hesitation out went the whole school on the run. Zeke stood at the door and winked as each one passed, putting hls own legs In motion as soon as the last pupil had gone out. When he reached the street he saw a great sight. There was Tom going like a runaway trolley. . After him came the, master, hls long half and coat tails standing straight out behind, while about two hundred shouting school children brought up the rear. Once more the merchants and people rushed out of the buildings along the street. The mayor and his officials were holding a meeting In the town hall and they all came out to see what was going on. The mayor ran after the teacher to see why he was leading his children such a race and the other officials tried to keep up with the mayor. Zeke giggled as he winked at them and thought what great fun he was having. After that it was all up with the great men who controlled the town. There was nothing for them to do except keep running, and a pretty sight some of the fattest ones made of It as they hustled around corners and jumped over badly paved spots. Away went the mob until finally Tom found he couldn’t turn any corners, and the others were In the same fix. It Is a good thing the street was straight or they might have bumped into something hard. Down where the croek crossed the street the old wooden bridge had been taken down to make way for a new one, and a small bridge had been' put across at one‘side. Everything would have been all right If the racers could have turned Into this; but they couldn’t. The most natural thing In the world happened. The mayor, the teacher, Tom. the councllmen, the policemen, the

top of a smaller book also standing up-

right.

Now your loop 1* all ready to be “looped.” All you need is a common ordinary spool. Start it at the higher end and it will rush around the loop without fall-

ing off.

An Improvement can be mad strutting a small car out of t* as shown In the Illustration.

e by conwo spools.

your work, while Zeke

'This looks like more of sir,” he said, with a scowl,

tried to appear as innocent as he really was. “That coffee was aa hot as cotton, but for the life of me I couldn’t stop drinking it, nor could I even put down the cup. I'd give a nickel to know if you did

anything, Zeke.”

"You mig

ight as well make it a quarter,”

replied the youngster. "I couldn't get it. I didn't pull my ear, twist my nose nor

do nothin’ of that kind.”

"Then," and Mr. Higgins sighed a sigh big enough for a pony. "I guess I must be

getting a stroke of paralysis.’’

Zeke knew such a thing might be pos-

sible, but he couldn’t help thinking his winks must have had something to 'do with it. But he was unable to help mat-

ters, so he trudged off to school. Just outside of the yard he met Tom

Stringer, the town bully. As luck would have it Tom spied him at the same time, and decided to whip him. So at Zeke he came with a roar. There Is no telling what might have happened, had not Zeke winked at the right time. Somehow or other that wink of the right eye kept Tom going. He grabbed as he went by, just missed his intended victim, and went down the street as fast as his legs could

carry him.

“Well, I’ll be jiggered," remarked the youngster as he watched hls old enemy disappear down the street, “Something mighty queer is going on with me now." Then he walked on to school. As usual Zeke began to study bis lessons as well as he could, when suddenly the school house door flew open and in came Tom Stringer on the run. Tom had been sprinting all over the town and had finally come to the school In the hope that some one would catch him and stop hls legs. He ran around the room several times, bumping into desks and overthrowing seats. Tom winked at him and he suddenly stopped at his seat, into which he sank quite breathless, as old Professor Rogers ordered him to come to the front

for punishment.

Tom muttered to himself that he'd be . switched if he would, which is quite

the next push almost as willingly and the iftely. inasmuch as the teacher was next push almost as willingly as the sec- nervously fondling a bunch of healthy osa push. After that he did not really appearing switches. But a second comget so much pleasure out of it and before m and brought the bully to the dreadlong he expressed the strong opinion that ed desk. The teacher didn’t waste a It was hls turn to sit In the swing. word, but. grubbing Tom by the arm, "pear me, no!” said Brownie. “That brought the switch down where it beisn’t the way we play in Bungle Land. : longed. Tom howled, the pupils giggled It's your turn to push all the time." and Zeke. looking carefully at him.

This simple statement so vexed Neb- j winked that eye.

After this there was only one thing

Stylish Anyhovi-

which indignation and ferocity were so strangely mingled that Brownie went

could C her, I followed her for a mile soaring, and soaring, and soaring up into

till she went into a hollow tree and I found a whole lot of honey in It.” "That must be a pretty good school,'* said N ebuehadnexxar, smacking his

lips.

"It’s the sweetest kind of a school,” said Brownie. “We’ve got a lovely screecher. too. Her name Is Miss OwL She sleeps all day and that gives us a

T wish that my teacher would go sleep," said Nebuchadnezzar ‘

name?” asked Nebuchad-

Uolumhus Jones. *T guess school must ^ulte comfortable in Bungle Land.

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She climbed up on a swing, and told

i quite “WelL Grunty

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—a $5 Nebuchadnezzar to give her a push. Neb‘'Brownie Growley Grunty Towato uebadnezsar did it willingly. He gave her

the air until at last she was only a little

dot.

Nebuchadnezzar gazed at the dot, expecting it to vanish—but it didn’t. It stayed just where it was. And it began to appear strangely familiar. More and more familiar it looked as he stared, until ali at once be realized that he was looking fixedly at a period in hte spelling

book.

And the same moment the voice of the

teacher made him jump.

"Nebuchadsezzar Hiawatha Columbus

Hiawatha Jones.” she exclaimed. “Tve been watch-

ing you for fifteen minutes and you were sound asleep all the while. You stay in to-day and do all your examples after

school!”

And that to how Nebuchadnezzar escaped from Darkest Bungle Land. £THE END.]

for the teacher to do and that was j to keep on whipping Tom, who danc-1 ed around and yelled as loud as he j could. Zeke wanted to be sure and I get Tom a good whipping, so he held! the eyelid open with his fingers, be- j ing tearful that be might let it close \

accidentally.

The beating might have lasted a month, bringing great joy to the other bovs. had not Zeke's finger slipped while he was looking at the teacher. Immediately the whipping stopped, but

had

fellow had to go on dancing, bowl

pping stopped,

as Zeke had not winked at Tom. that poor _ _ ing and trying to dodge the whip which had stopped whipping. This was. if anything. funnier than the real thing: but Zeke soon grew tired of it and winked the other eye at Tom, who had made up his mind to leave school at once and forever and seized the opportunity

to snrint out of the door.

Aa he started the teacher darted after

r- 6jx * lows mdy sTwr*. A.1 my hwr-* OuoTh riontmorency Prdvtfc "but \fs really , vevy use^uf. for t never ; need c hat!*

Zanesville Man Invent# RalSpreading Preventer. ZANESVILLE, O., May 18.-Wealth beyond his fondest dreams Is, It to said, within the grasp of one of Muskingum county’s poorest citizens, Clark H. Higgle, of Pleasant Valley, eight miles west of the city. Riggle has for years eked out a living by working on the section for the B. & O,, but he is a genius, and while working has been studying and solving problems that the greatest railroad men of the country have been trying to solve for years. The result Is that to-day he ls*the owner of a patent for which it to stated be has been offered 8120,000. The product of Mr. Biggie’s ingenuity is an improved combined fish plate and rail brace, made entirely of steel and adtustable to any gauge of track. By Its operations the joints of the rails are securely fastened by a heavy clamp which is secured in Us position by a set screw. A corresponding clamp fastens to the opposite rail, and the two are connected by a heavy bar, working as a compound screw, which draws the rails to the proper gauge and absolutely prevents their spreading. How the Wild Flowers Help. The following 1* a ucbool exercise written by the litUe eleven-year-old daughter of Gilbert H. Brown, of Irvington, Marguerite Brown: The beautiful wild flowers seem to say. We are bat Uttle worth: But each. In some small way. May help bring brightness to this earth. .Some in a sick room fill & soul with joy; The children love them better than a toy; And even far across the sea The people love these flowers wee. Bo here’s to the Uttle wild flowers That come in the joyful spring: They're better than castles and lofty towers. If they are a Uttle thing.

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and also that it was pleasanter ashore. Once more the three raced, this time in the opposite direction, and If any one had held a stop-watch on them be would have found that they broke the Lakerlra swimming record. Then aJl the eleven stood on ahore and called the snake insulting names, and dared it to come and light them on land. But this did not bring either tho snake or the canoe ashore. Hts snakeshtp curled up on one of the seats and prepared for a pleasant nap, Reddy suggested throwing rocks, but Heady objected that they would smash the canoe. Bobbles suddenly remembered his lasso. Since the last circus in Lakerim ha spent a large part of hls time trying to throw a slip noose around everything In sight. It was really remarkable how often he could miss hitting what he threw at. Even when the rope struck, the noose kept as tightly shut as a steel tru> on the hind teg of a bear. But this did not discourage Bobbles, and he always carried hls lariat, or “rope.” as he professionally called it. wrapped around hls waist. So now, uncoiling the lasso, hs made one or two throws in the direction of the boat. These showed him that the rope was not long enough to reach the whole

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snake.

very angry. The trouble,

proDaoiy, was wai me is nearly scared to death, help being poisonous, and very good to his mother.

school children and everybody else in the race went head first, kerplunkety plunk, into the creek. The water was clean, so no one was badly Injured except one of the councllmen who had a fat stomach on which most of the fallers fell. It took an htyir to get him back to consciousness. Zeke reached the spot just as the mob was crawling out of the wet and starting again on their mad race. He winked at them and everybody stopped, blowing like porpoises and saying swear words not fit for children to hear. Many attempts were made to explain why this wonderful thing had happened; but it could not be done and the three hundred persons made their sorrowful way homeward. Zeke was so afraid that he might be found out that he kept his eyes on the ground all the way home, and did not look up until he was going by the Stringer house. He peeped through the picket fence and there was Tom out In the yard with hammer and nails, making a cage in which he said he intended to put Zeke. Tom was hammering away like a fiend. By one of those accidents, fortunate for Zeke, unfortunate for Tom, the bully struck at a nail, missed, hit hls thumb and yelled. Just as Zeke peered through the fence and winked with that terrible eye. It was all up with Tommy—nothing was left except to keep on hitting at the nail, missing and smashing the thumb. Every time he hit the thumb Tom would yell frightfully. Then he would go at it again, miss another nail, hit the poor thumb, raise the hammer again, bring it down on the sore flesh, and so on, while Zeke was so tickled he lay down on the sidewalk and held hls stomach; it hurt so much to laugh so long and so hard. Before long Zeke got so it didn’t hurt so much to laugh and he took another look through the pickets. Tom was still smashing the thumb and making faces that would have made him a fortune In comic opera. Zeke was Just getting ready to gloat all the remainder of the day, but a cinder flew into his eye and before he knew it the lid had closed and the hammering operation stopped while Tom put his bleeding thumb into hls mouth. When Zeke had fished the cinder out of his eye he tried a dozen times to make Tom do it ail over again, but somehow the cinder refused to work and spoiled all the fun. Ail the way home Zeke tried experiments with hls winks but they couldn’t be made to work properly. Last summer a visitor to the town of Zeeksville made Zeke very angry by remarking that he didn’t believe any such thing ever happened. So Zeke took him down the street and showed him the new bridge and pointed out the very spot' where all the people leaped and fell while under the influence of that remarkable eyelid. (TO BE CONTINUED.) FORTUNE FOR PATENT.

This seemed to make the moccasin

probably, was that the

little snake waa He could not he .

may have been very r

But this waa no time for asking the snake whether his intention* were good or not He came gliding along the water straight toward Bobbles, and Bobbles made for short without asking any further questions. He beat the snake to. When the snake reached the bank eleven Lakerlmmers also beat him in—with clubs. x ^_ And now Reddy said to hls brother: ■Say, Heady, you swim out and bring ti the canoe. T sprained my ankle.” To which Heady Indignantly replied: “Swim out yourself! . rfi bet that snake’s chums are just waiting there for the first fellow that gets in reach. Be-

sides, I barked my shins."

While they were eouabbling, Bobble*,

by. some lucky accident, managed to thrttauihe /CWr around the prow of the canoeT Tfien h« brought It ashore and acted as if he wer« a cowboy, who could do that sort of thing In hls sleep.

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THE DANCING PEA.

A Simple Parlor Trick Which A Boy Can Do. This is a remarkably simple, but always surprising arid effective trick. The performer takes the stem of a broken clay pipe or a straw, and, holding it perpendicular to hit mouth, places a pea quickly upon the upper end. Then he makes the pea hop up and down to a lively tune on the piano. The whole trick consists in sticking

The largest senior elan since U00 wilt graduate from Butler College the 18th of June. Twenty-two young men and women will leave the college with the flrefi two letters of the alphabet appended to their names. The Rev. J. J. Haley, D„ of Cynthiana, Ky., will deliver commencement address in the chapel. Dr. Haley was for many editor of the Christian Oracle, and to present the leading editorial writer the Christian Century, of Chicago. The members of the graduating ctasaj who will receive the degree of bachelor of arts are as follows: Edith Abbott. Chicago. 111.; Mary Baldwin, Irvington | Charles Barnett, Indianapolis; Verle W. Blair, Irvington; Ruth Braden, Indianapolis; Josephine Canfield, Indian spoil*! Rosa B. Dark. Indianapolis; Helen Down* ing, Greenfield; Earle Bend, Neb.; P. L. Fou ertne Griffin. Greenflel

I’arzer, nennseiaer; earn unanoue rowell, Irvington; James G. Randall, Indianapolis; Nell Senour. Irvington; Charles B!« Underwood, Irvington: Chester G. Vernier, Liberty; Isabel Louise Vtoeant. Indianapolis. and Arthur B. Waters, Nortb Salem. Only elg attending Butler Co Josephine Canfield i have completed the requir ler, and are now working on an advanced degree at the Uklveraity of Chicago. Earle M. Edson to In the Harvard Law School. These student* will return fop the commencement exercises, to reoeivw their degrees with the rest of the class. Completed Four Years In Three. Hires of the members of the class I completed the four years of college we in three years. They have had to to all of the work done by the four-yee* pu-j pile and to maintain a high average m their grades to be allowed to carry thoj extra work. Those who have mads up year in their course are Miss Nell Benour,j James G. Randall and Jasper T. Mosea President Butler to now arranging ** reekTOn B

long, thin needle Into the pea. This forces

of the needle, which. In order to remain

long, ■■■ . ■ ^

it always to return to Its place,

>leee of thin wire can be

used instead

invisible, should not be bright and shining. Care must be taken that the needle or wire to fastened well into the pea, so that it will not drop into the performer’s

mouth.

LABORERS TIED TO A MULL Italian Secretary Telia of Hit Investigations in West Virginia. WASHINGTON, May 1«.-Mr. Speranza, secretary of the boclety for the protection of Italian Immigrants, of New York, who has been in West Virginia for several day* investigating complaint* of illtreatment made by a number of Italians, who went to West Virginia to work on a railroad, asserts that he has corroborative evidence to support the chargee. These laborers said that they left work and went to Brlckley, and that they were tied to a mule to be dragged to work. Speranza says the laborers’ hands were tied In a grand Jury room at Beckley, and that this was done under the direction of a Mr. Tcharmon, a subcontractor. A justice of the peace is said to have cut the ropes. The district attorney, he added, had promised to bring the matter to the attention of the grand Jury. In other places he visited there were scattered charges of brutality to laborers engaged in railroad construction, and Speranza says be has a number of affidavits to support the allegations. Speranza will report to the Italian ambassador. BRIDE WAS CAREFUL

■■■■■■■■■ SB CO liege chapel. On Monday evening ths! Phllokurian Literary Society will give its) annual exhibition. Tuesday has not beta; provided for definitely, but probably a. rtudent play or an athletic meet on ths campus will be given. The president’s re* ceptlon for the seniors usually occur* on Tuesday evening. Wednesday will b« a full day. In the morning tha senior dasa day exercises were held. The alumni reunion and picnic on the campus will occur in the afternoon. At this time a baseball game between the alumni and the seniors will be in order. The annual' alumni banquet,* when the seniors are given their first touch of high Hfe, comae Wednesday evening. Those of the dasa that have survived VTU be graduated, on Thursday morning, when the commencement address by Dr. Haley and President Butler’s annual Latin speech to the graduating class (which makes them A. B.*) wtH take place. FUN AT $600 A WEEK. ^

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Acrobatic Groups Doing W«U Abou^ This Time. (Brooklyn Segle.] I was behind the scene* of the Orpheun* the other night. A troupe of five athlete* j from the island of Malta were dressed to j their tight*, ready for their act, which was not to come on for tome time yet. i Every now and then one of them would throw a •omersault, or two would 'per-, form some athletic stunt together, or the whole five would break out into a frolic. involving some wonderful feat of etrengtit or agility. AM this behind the Kan#*, 1

"Yea Good fun 4 *We* like to do it." I stood in the wing* and watched them do their turn before the audieno*. They seemed to enjoy it as much as the spectators did. When they came off the etage they repeated several of their feats on the

way to their dressing-room*.

"How much do these five chaps get?* I! afterward asked Percy G. William*. "Six hundred dollar* a week." he aa- * Thtok of five youn* fellows getting W9 apiece each week for Just having fun I - ~ ** somewhat of a suggestion to peo- j

. go grunting and growling to their * ork? Possibly a good many of us

get a lot more out of life if Wfil could fall in love with our vocation*.

A NARROW ESCAPE

Refused to Wed Until Bridegroom Made Will in Her Favor. NEW YORK, May 16.—Justice of the Peach James K. Murphy, of Jersey City, married Mrs. Annie Mary E. Zahm and Thomas Wood Stein, of Harrison, N. J. According to the Justice the woman wouldn't consent to the ceremony until the man made a will in her favor. Stein said he waa willing and instructed Murphy to draw up the document. The testament disposed of unimproved real estate in Flushing, L. L. and some personal property. After signing the will Stein dropped the pen. seizedMrs. Zahm s right hand and the Justice rushed through the ceremony.

Correspondent’s Allusion to Hereafter of CongrcMman. [Brooklyn Eagle.] There was once a well-known Washington correspondent who made a great * boss of sending special articles about the personal peculiarities of prominent men to a large syndicate of Sunday newspapers. For years he bad been making and indexing scrap books, and it was hls practice to get roost of bis facts for his special articles from these books. For eASpte. if he wished to write about the beards of great men he had only to dictate an Introduction to his stenographer •»*«; ,n One week he undertook thus to treat of the tobacco habit aa related to men of national renown. Some of tho items in - his scrap books were, of course, several years old, but the stenographer put them all in Just a* she found them. Among 5 them was the statement that “Congre**man L— stopped smoking a year ago.” In a few days a letter came from the editor of a paper in the district formerly printed that letter of yours I si been booted out of the district m-n L-— died two years ago. you mean to intimate by saying smoked for e year after that?”