Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 January 1909 — Page 2
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TtIF CURF OF FABIAN
THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
M a r c i a 71 ri ngs Ii About
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Fabian Impatiently paced the piazza. It was S:10, and the breakfast bell had not sounded. Hut not because he was hungry did Fabian anathematize tho cook. Ho was awakened with little appetite, but ever since he hnd begun to order his life he had had breakfast at 8. It had been the sole rccommendn-
against the fence as tho girl came up. Tho dried mud had been shaken from her dress, and with a smile she called his attention to the fact. "You see It's nil right," she declared. "But I think you need a guard," he declared with sudden bravery that startled him. "With your permission.
1 will form vour escort to wan! nff
tlon of this boarding place that they J dogs, dragons and other Insects."
had breakfast at his accustomed hour) He fell Into step beside her beforo Instead of 7:30, as seemed to .be the , she could refuse, and they walked
custom In most of the bonrdlng houses briskly on. Fabian wondered If it was
Tho Green Anchor Lino colossus, Sirocco, homeward bound from New York, was feeling her way in tho thick fog like a blind man without a guide. On the bridge the captain and chief oltlcer compared anxious notes; forward tho men discharged profanity and tobacco Juice with equal lluency, and kept on tho qui vivo. They knew they were not a hundred miles from the colcbrnted llarnacles a 'cruel reef.
a coward and doesn't deserve to be saved, but I reckon wo can't leave him. Hurry up, my lads; we're cutting It flue, but wo shall Just do tho trick!" Harry Boswlck, in the London Claim.
j possible thnt she had been going past cemetery of many a stout ship. The
engine room was aware of the fact
also, and bade no moro rejoice. In tho salons, however, all went merry as tho marrlnKe bell. Tho first-
class men passengers hnd got to the
weeks' vacation in August, and so he Cupid's pendulum, and he exerted him-
continued to seek a resort where tho self to be entertaining. So well did
orueny routmo or his lire would be ; he succeed that when ho reached the
In Carrsville.
Because Fabian always took tho first i the farm every morning while he was two weeks In August as his vacation at breakfast nnd without his knowlhe followed this custom, too, though ' edge. It seemed now as though he tho break In the even routine of the could feel her presence through stono office annoved him. But habit was Fn-' walls. JCover hnvim- Iimh in inv ua.
bian's fetish. Habit decreed a two ! fore, ho was swinging the length of coffee and cigar stage of an excellent
u inner, nnd conversed among themselves with the fine, full-blooded confidence of men who hnd done themselves well. Septimus Q. Browbetter, millionaire shipowner nnd director of the Green Anchor Line, sprawling In a big leather chair, chewed the end of his Havana contentedly. The world went very well with him. He was strong nnd florid and healthy, with a pulse as "reg'lar as quarter day, sir, and n digestion like a sausage .machine." A little quiet mnn had just asked Mr. Browbetter what was the secret of his success In life. Here was a theme which the millionaire loved. It lent itself to post-prandial eloquence. He
settled tho bulk of his double chin in
the least interrupted
This year he had rather fancied Glen Farm, but they had breakfast at 7:15. Fabian had inquired irritably why not at 7 or 7:30, nnd had decided In favor
gate of Glen Farm, all too soon. Miss Semple agreed to go for a walk In the afternoon. Fabian went Into the house with her that Kerr, whom he had met tho year
of Brook Farm, whore meals were before, might complete the IntroducEcrved at about tho hours to which he J tlon more formally, and even smiled was accustomed In town, though It an-, when Kerr Introduced him ns "the Hunoyed him to have to eat his dinner man Time Table," with a laughing dlsIn the middle of the day and n cold sertatlon upon the exactness of his supper at night. j habits.
Ever since he had reached his seven- The rest of Fabians morning sched-
teenth year Fabian had been alone In the world, nnd he had fallen into a
rut of system. His orderly habit of mind made him a valuable man In the office, but his unwillingness to depart from customs drew few friends, and at twenty-six he was still heart-whole. The delayed breakfast was a far Kreater annoyance than a more serious disappointment might have been, nnd he gnawed at his mustache as ho strode up and down the piazza. Ho caught the first Jangle ns the bell was lifted from the shelf, nnd turned to enter tho house, but just then there was a scream from the road, and he turned
to soo a girl endeavoring to beat off tho farm dog. whoso muddy paws had already left their Imprint upon her dainty skirts. Something In her pose caught Fabian's fancy, and he went rncing across the grass plot to hor roscue, whistling to the dog as ho went. But Carlo was determined to make friends with the girl nnd paid no nttentlon to the calls until Fabian's hand restod heavily upon his collar and the toe of Fabian's
boot emphasized lightly the Indiscretion of accosting strange young women on the public highway. "He's a dear old thing," smiled tho Klrl as Carlo picked out tho shortest route to the back yard, his tail tucked lngloriously between hl3 legs. "I suppose it Is more my fault than his. I walk down to the postofflce
every morning, and he always barks
ule was completely upset, though he returned to Brook Farm, and there was nothing to Interrupt the even tenor of his routine snve hla thoughts. He could only pace the piazza and think that Marcla Semplo was to walk with him that afternoon. The hours dragged interminably, but at last he could, with decency, present himself, and together they started for the falls. "How much time have we?" asked Marcla as they started out. "Mr. Kerr warned me that you had probably al
lotted a certain time to our walk and that this must not be exceeded." "Kerr," said Fabian, "suffers from softening of tho brain. We are going
to make this walk just as loug as we possibly can." Marcla laughed a rippling laugh that seomod to Fabian tho most divine music he had evor heard, but she roturned to the subject again when they hnd reached the falls and were sitting on to mossy bank for a rest. "Impulse is better than system," she declared. "Now, suppose thnt.you had not followed impulse, but had gone in to breakfast. I should not have known
you and should have lost a delightful walk." "Tho argument is most potent," he said gravely. "Bohold In me a backslider fron system." "Time will toll," she declared. "We shall see." But time told strongly In Fnhlan's
favor. To hasten the cure ho wont to
MAD RUN AFTER WILD TRAIN. Is Caught Dy Engine After Long Down-Grade Chase.
Word comes to-dny from Coppervlllo, near Percy, N. H., of tho narrow escapo last night from a collision between a run-away string of loaded freight cars moving at terrific speed and the Portland-Montreal express,
which left hero at 7 p. ni. with 1100 passengers aboard. After missing tho passenger train by loss than half a minute the freight cars, running down grade for eighteen miles, most of tho way nt an eight-mlle-an-hour clip, were caught by a locomotive after one of the most hazardous chases ever recorded. At 11 o'clock, just as tho last car of the Night Flyer on the Grand Trunk, bound for Montreal, hnd passed Coppervlllo Station, a wild train of twenty cars loaded with pulp wood and without a locomotive, which had broken loose on a siding two miles away, shot onto the main line. It missed only by
a few yards tho rear car of the passenger train bound north, nnd gathering speed every minute, plunged along toward Portland. At Berlin, live miles away, a big mo
gul engine with steam up happened to be on a siding. Tho operator at Copporvllle wired: "Look out; runaway freight coming." The last click of the messago had hardly been received when tho run-
his capacious collar, took a long puff away, going nt n mile and a half a
nt nis cigar and a sip nt his green Chartreuse, nnd replied, in a loud, masterful voice: "Resolution, sir Iron will and resolution. That's the recipe. A determi
nation never to let things stand in my
Those Ducks' Eggs "1 was nt Manila In 1SS3 or 18ei, I forget which," said Harry Kellar, tho magician. "I determined to open my show with a trick Involving ducks' eggs and asked tho porter at tho hotel where I could procura some. " 'A very worthy woman Bells eggs within a stono's throw of bore,' ho said, 'In the market plnce.'
"And so I went to market to buy
somo eggs. I found tho worthy woman who dispensed them and asked if they were fresh. " 'Indeed they are,' she answered, breaking one open to prove her Words. "It was tho rankest looking egg I had ever seen, a disgusting, greenish mass. 'Do you call that "fresh?" I asked Indignantly. " 'There are no finer eggs In Manila,' sho retorted warmly. 'I've been nt this
one stand for sixteen yenrs, nnd you are the first parson who hns over questioned the eggs I soil. Thoy nre fino eggs good eggs.' And she turned away from me, as If I wasn't worth talking to.
"And I thought as I walked off that If I could He with tho perfect graco
born in that woman I'd bo tho flneat
conjuror In the world. "That afternoon while I was driving with nn English friend of mine I re
counted the circumstance to him. He laughed. 'My dear Harry,' said ho, 'you do not know one of tho great delicacies of Manila. There Is no finer entree served than ono of those semldccayed eggs. They are just two days distant from the hatching stage. Then
they aro perfect. They aro boiled hard, chopped fino and served, nnd they're delicious. No one here thinks of buying what you understand as fresh eggs. Why, Til drive you now to whe.ro tho eggs are prepared for market just to provo tho high esteem in which those addled nffairs aro held here.'
"Ho drove mo along the river Pasig, about three miles above whore It emp
tied into Manila bay, nnd there for a
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minute, rushed past the Berlin station
The engineer and fireman wore in the cab of the mogul. They knew the train was a run-away beforo the telegraph operator could tell them. The big engine snorted and tram
way. I always settled the line I would ,,lpd as the throttlo was pulled wide
take, and I always settled anybody who Pn aiul she fairly rose from tho rails Impeded my progress. They'd cot to 03 sno struck the main track.
go sir, every time. Push, hustle, r ion m .es soutn or uernn it s mlIo or two on both banks of tho r,ver " - b'" "j L scrimmage, sir. Shove men and cir- ? down grade Then there is a gentle j snw 8COreB ot natlve8 ,yIlg on thelr bK ; Ä gin
i-uuiomiucto uver. anuuiuer em oui oi "'"; huwich uhlii öiiui- bellies the sun beating down on their the way. That's my advice to n young bourne, nt the top of the rise, Is backs.
man starling in life. Make up your rracneu, wnere me steep uown grauo -Get up. cnllod my friend to ono of
imm. lur iuu goai nnu stamp on ut'" ,. opposition. There's your chart for sue- Tno onIv nPe ot the pursuers was cess in a nutshell, sir!" to catch thef reight before It reached "Is that your advice to every young the heights at Shelbourno. fellow?" asked the quiet little man. Fast as the run-away went, the big "Certainly. You can't beat It." locomotive, Impelled by steam as well
"And you would like every man to ns gravity, went faster, but the gain
follow it?"
"I've said so." "Doesn't It seem to you rather inhuman?" "Do Iyou're talkln rot. Life's a scrap, a shindy, a Rugby scrimmage. 'Every man for himself.' is my motto.
'an the devil tnke the hindmost.' I'vo
was tantallzlngly slow. Several times
tho run-away was sighted through the darkness on straight stretches of track, but when the wild freight cars reached the foot of the throe-mllo up-grade it
still had half a mile lead. Its tremendous momentum scarcely
seemed to lessen at first, but the mogul
his 'good morning,' but to-day he j an opposite extreme. Instead of tho
seemed to wnnt to shako hands nnd
he did not realize how dirty his paws -were. You won't punish him. please?" "He's not mine to punish." snid Fabian, absently. He was thinking, not of Carlo, but tho girl. No woman had ever made a strong appeal to him before, but he felt dazed In the presence of this radiant girl with the gentle eyes and the smile that made tho whole landscape seem brighter. He was on his knees In the road now, trying to
remove tue worst of the muddy pawprints with his handkerchief. It was a clumsy effort, for he only made the smudges worse, and with a laughing word of thanks the girl stopped him. "It will be nil right when It dries," she said with her wonderful smile. "You are very kind, but It really does from the village It will bo all right. It's Just a llttlo wash-skirt, anyway, and n trip to the laundry will remove all traces of the" dog's Impetuosity." With a nod and another Bmile sho started down the road, and presently Fabian pulled himself together and
went in to nis delayed breakfast. He
most regular life, he led the most er
ratic existence, aided and abetted by Marcla. The day before his return to town she declared his cure complete. "You hnve not done a single thing today at the time you usually do It," she declared as they leaned over Mm
bridge that spanned the tiny stream and let their eyes feast upon the moonlit landscape. "You did not even have dinner." "Yes, the cure Is complete," he said. "I think I rather like doing what I
want to do instead of following a well-
oruereu plan. But you have gotten me into worse trouble." Marcla did not answer. Her eyes followed the ripple of moonlight across the water, and the hand that rested upon the railing gripped the wood moro tightly. "You should ask me what the trouble is," he said after a moment. "Then I should tell you that instead of a schedule, the most Important thing in life is you. You have lifted me out of my humdrum existence Into the new world of love, dear. Is there hone that somo
taken care c : i self: let others take pushed doggedly up the hill. As the
care of thelrsolves. Every tub on Its freight's speed began to lessen the moown bottom, I say!" gul gained moro rapidly. When the "But that's rank anarchy," said tho I,ilot was 1 yards from the last car little man. "Society would break up If f the freight the fireman crawled out everybody arted on those lines. There 1,1 f ro"t. ready to make the coupling.
would be no order no method. If peo- From 100 ynrds the freight's lead pie went about stamping on each other dwindled to fifty, then to ten, and nt
them. Up ho jumped, and tho.ro lay about two dozen duck eggs. 'Tiiese
fellows,' said my friend as wo drove homeward, 'do nothing but He in the sun all day and bring these eggs up
close to tho hatching point. When they're properly matured the t ggs are brought to market.
"That night I oponod my perform ance In the Tonda theater. Immediately after tho performance we began to cover up my conjuring apparatus
witn tarpaulins, ror every one now said that the typhoon would be along within the hour, nnd Indeed hardly had we got Into the street when the roof of that theater was taken off as neatly aa
If It had been pared off. The last I saw of It It was bound in the direction of Manila bay. "Luckily our hotel was only two blocks away, and we made a dash for
It through wind, rain and lightning.
with determined resohi'lon If they all ,ast. when the run away was starting But hardly had we got to our rooms
auopieu your chart or success the uown niu again, ine nrenian nuencu present muddle of diluted bogus collec- tno engine on aid signaled for the entivism and semi-anarchy In which we glneer to put the air brakes on his live would be even more complicated wheels. and Impossible." One hundred yards further along the "Well, you've heard my game," said tra,n was stopped, and a wreck ana
.Mr. urowbetter, brutally. "Let them mayue a collision nau ueen averted, play It as can. Them äs it too weak Portland (Me.) Cor. New York Sun.
can go to the wnll an' the
with a happy little lauch
Insure the permanency of
sat In a trance through his brief meal, ! day my lote will be returned?
ana hurried back to the piazza. "I think I had better say 'yes.
read the morning paper, but he sat with it in his hand this morning and did not even scan the head lines. He was watching the road for the glint of a whlted ress, and when it came In sight, far down the road, ho strolled to the gate with an elaborate assumption of carelessness, and was leaning
l no sentence was not completed. At that moment Mr. Browbetter and the
rest of the people nn the Sirocco felt a
terrific shock. There was a series of
nerve-racking thuds and bumps, a horrible crackling, grating noise, a snlint-
erlng and a crashing, shrieks and cries
or distress, nnd a loud walling cry of "The ship's struck!" The Sirocco was on the dreaded Bar
nacles. Stewards ran about warning passengers to get on deck with all speed. The
wen-trained, disciplined crew was mustered and took Its allotted stations.
HER SATURDAY LETTER. Always the Same Fellow, and Postmaster Knew It.
the
The pretty school teacher of a small town not long ngo becninc aware, as she walked along tho main street from the postofflce, where sho had Just mailed a letter to hor fiance, of someone following her and calling her name. S"he turned, and confronted the
fat postmaster, bareheaded and npo-
one "It
the
said
will cure.
"And do you love me a little?" he
asKeu humbly.
A soft
"Dick,
else should
cure?'
The boats were got ready and lowered, pletlcally crimson, pulling toward her
nnu cooiy ana calmly tho captain shouted his orders to his lieutenants, who as calmly and coolly saw them carried out.
The ship's officers busied themselves
with something in
hand. "I been chasing blocks," he panted, ye hear, someways.
his outstretched
ye most two "Couldn't make Here's this let-
I fnpmlni t, . tor von hist nostpfl hnsfi't ent lila
little hand stole Into hla . "M" ? l'arK' V" 8 "uo. "luaas. n - "r
dear, she said softly. "W " , cnm,ron Rathored In .rr ' hV m u .,
I have worked s6 for your " Z. '"lB' ?"u " Broun-ca mc V the . in L'- ' " r"Vhi. 112
vow York Wroklv - aivuuy, rami uemeanor oi tne stewnrd- :. . ... iow iorK weekly. Th unVL.nvor .. time she's been too mazed to nut tho
HUMAN FISH SVAM AWAY. And the Manager S In Hot Water j About It. A "human fish" and a steel tank sent L. C. McGee, nn amusement promoter of 3232 East Sixth street, west side, to ihe prosecuting attorney's office yesterday afternoon, says tho Kansas City Times. "It's this way," Mr. McGoo explained to F. W. Frlck, m assistant prosecutor. "Tho human llsh is arrested up In Ottumwa, Iowa, and I want to bring him back." "Human fish?" the prosecutor re
peated. "You've got mo. What is it a mermaid?" The prosecutor's faco showed interest at tho thought. "Oh, no," tho promoter said. "Tho human fish Is a man. And he cats, drinks and smokes under water." "What crime do you want to chargo him with?" "I don't chargo that he carried tho steel tank away," the promoter oxplained. "Wo bought It In n partnership and It cost SGO. I borrowed the
money from my brother. We played a weck In u hotter In Wichita nnd then went to Kansas City, west side. Wo were there for a week and nt the close of a week's engagement ho was to pay his share for tho tnnk- out of the receipts. Ho didn't do It. "Then wo decided to come here to glvo shows. We took tho tank to the depot to ship. Ho redirected its shipment and went to Ottumwa, Iowa, with It. IIo'h nrrosted thero now." VJint Ih the human llsh stunt?" Xhn prolocutor nsked. Ho was Interested. -1,3 1,10 siunro and a good f,S . .PN" said. "It's all In l.Ärftb,l ? ' your breath. Ono I "f B I'foVo Blass. Tho
drinks milk from a bottle. He smokes too." ' "I should think the water would put out the fire on his cigar," tho assistant
prosecutor saia.
esses. Thf mnn. hmvnvnr n a ueen too mazeu to put
difficult to handle and only the stern addr.css on .wc.n 8!e wrote to him.'
determination of tho officers prevented ure 118 nim 8a,u ,bam- . a number of them from rushing the , Course I am,' Bays I. 'He's the
UOatS. I ""'J uu "w "iuva lu iu& i.u, qui-
when off went the roof of the hotel to
join that of the theater. We stayed awake all night, waiting for the hotel to bo moved somewhere out Into the adjneent country. "Hut the morning broke beautifully, and I felt so good that I determined to
have my revenge on my fresh egg wo
man, who hnd stood for sixteen years In the market place. So I made some little preparations and again went to market to buy eggs. "'Fresh? I queried, picking an egg from her basket. "Sho eyed me disdainfully for a second und then said coldly, 'I told you yesterday I sold none but fresh eggs.'
" 'Will you kindly open this for me?' I nsked, passing tho egg to her. "She broke It open, nnd out tumbled the healthiest and most surprised duckling you ever saw. "The woman's face was a study. 'That is the first time In all my life
that any of my eggs were not good, she gasped. " 'Try this one, I said suavely, picking another egg from the basket. "She broke It open, nnd out toddled another downy duckling. Then her faco grew crimson. She hadn't breath
to speak. " 'Take this.' I said, and sho broke that, only to find duck No. 3. "Then I pretended to grow angry and called her a cheat, at the same time picking up three more eggs and smashing them together. Threo more
ducks Joined their companions nnd
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Septimus Q. Browbetter was one of dny8, IIer home fo,ks ßCt the,r Ietter went n"acking nround that basket of the ringleaders. His ruddy face had writ Smula"8 anJ sl,e nia,lH U Mon- eggs In nil the self consciousness of LP
Rockefeller on Motoring. John D. Rockefeller the oth r expressed regret that his ch.i " had been fined for speeding. "I don't believe In speeding the money king. "It is danger" Is so dirty, too. You heard, re about that tramp the other da "Well, two tramps, it seems, conversing on Broadway. "'Tatters,' said the first, 'h. more nerve than any man 1 knoa " 'Tatters Is a nervy one,' the ' agreed. 'What's he been doin r. '"What's ho been doin'?" s' tho first tramp enthusiastically. durncd If he didn't march ln moniker's as bold ns brass ye. select a corner table, and order ,i courso dinner, with a bottl of "The other tramp chuckled. "'But he didn't get It, did h "'Sure he got It! They to
for a millionaire automobile fiet '
Jim a I
mores a trick about It " Mm mnn. grown chast v with terror, nm! in m, uiu way 10 school jusi uciiik uorn.
nger said. "He can koon tho t.,i f nnnlc he was costlrnbiHn nn,i ,ino, Course its him.' "The woman found h
a lighted cigar In his mouth nmi about the deck like a madman. " "rls- aMt u ma'am? Well, so I and began to shout at
Btnoke just tho samo wimn i Kmhipniv tho vnssoi'o i,n. oo.i i told Sam, and Id ha saved all this voice, calling me 'devil,' '
run.
" Detro
ready to go Into the tank and become went down, nnd a shower of spume nnd i,other and, aJ(lressed It for ye only a fish ho has a cigar about half spray broke over the company gath- ;or remembering thnt with scarlet
What a Billion Means. John D. Rockefeller la said billionaire. What is a billig, man Is able to count It. You wi"
1C0 or 170 a minute. But let u
or tongue now
tho top of her
sorcerer nnd
other names of a like nnturo. t ... i.. ... .. ...
hniM snray uroko over the com nan v ruth. ,UI iiviiiuciihb mat wuu scariet uum uu uiigi ciu wua
smoked In his mouth r.iat no i, ored in Mm wnlst n.i niom fovcr and measles prevailing like thev nround us. The woman was well
under tho water ho turns his head t was more than Mr. Browbetter bo ust now' n 8lranBe aan'l nilght known In the neighborhood, nnd her pose you go up ns high as 200 a
im awucnes tno cigar Into his mouth could stand. He made a rush toward B 1 inr a. man. so l ioi- iu. k"-- iuuuj vivuvuvv. i wu me, nour niter nour. ai mat ra You would think It would burn him the boats, but was Immediately braucht ,orecl yo ,n8tea(I- ut you're a hands were placed on my shoulders, would count 12.000 nn hour, 2ss but It doesn't. You've seen fellows up and checked. ,,r,8k Bcr! Thought I'd never catch nnd I was told I was under arrest, and day, or 105,120.000 n yoarput a lighted mntch In their mouth "Do von know hn i nm? i, ii yc'"' Just thcn nn Inspiration struck me. 1 To count a billion would rcq hold their Hps tight and then take the lowed "I'lrf a director of th 'Tm very much obleed, I'm sure, saw one of my lithographs hung up In person to count 200 n m'nute match out ngaln still burning wii Tnlil t "rt " i if" ..w .rc?n al It was very careless of me. in- a tall opposite. I pointed to It and period of 9,512 years, 312 dn
It's the same principle. Then when he drowned like a rat In a trap for a f tho . " th0 ,B,r ' han(lln& b the gets under tho water ho draws on tho rnntnin ti.,t . , L,?.r,?" ... ,ettcr grossed. "Dut you say I've
nifn r i l.i ..... a i . i i in n I inia n n - vt i.
cigar and blows the smoke between his Hps. The smoko comes up through tho water. It's a winner." Tho prosecutor told McGee to como ,.k, ?day nnd ßwt 1,10 requisition, which Is to be prepared In the meantime.
sported gold braid.
Mr. Browbetter," renlied tho can-
tain, steadily, "you may be a director on shore, but I'm director here. I've four hundred lives to save yours among them nnd I can save all. There are boats enough. But von
can't go. yet Women and children first. Go hack to your squad, sir. or I'll shoot you!"
The vessel began rapidly to settle.
made this same mistake hefore. What
became of my letter then?" "Oh, there wa'n't any epidemics round then," replied tho postmaster, easily. "I Just put on tho address myself." it n .. i . ...1 n
urn. iu wnomr now could von
then to my face, ami tho crowd understood. I'd run completely out of ducks by thnt time, but I did half a dozen j sleight of hand tricks for tho crowd's
edification nnd wns followed to my ho
tel by a cheering mob at my heels.
"nut l couiu never make up my mind to eat that ontreo of almost hatched duck. Tho sight of the 'fresh'
hours and twenty minutes, pro he should count continuously suppose we allow tho counter tw hours dally for rest, eating and r Ing; then ho would need 19.023 319 days, ten hours and forty mit In which to complete tho task.
I'm what? Not much!
.. - - 'UIW11
human fish lies on the bWiön and ! Pictorial! , noI"-Penny
Preparing for the Future.
Mrs. Jenkins had missed Mrs. Brady from her nccustomcd haunts nnd hearing several startling rumors concerning her, went In search of her old friend. "They toll mo you're workln' 'ard night an' day, Sarah Ann?" she queried. "Yo " rntllrnr.,1 C, n i.. ....
under bonds to keep the pence for T,1 f WGaUh f?)1 fiJ,ntlnK to tho deck pullln' the whiskers out of that old with a groan. Is light arm was shatscoundrel of n husban of ttllllo nnl I .. .
tho magistrate said thnt If I como be- 1 wn,8. Um,t? 011110,1 11,0 W fore Mm ng'ln, or lnld mo 'amis on the s,!rgc0"' rushing forward from tho spot
um man, ne u imo mo 40 Bhillin's'" "And so you'ro workln' 'ard to keep
uui oi iuiscutci;
Tho effect on tho mlllfnnnl m Wild nln. I ' , .... v .v.
.-... rnn nrottv tonrhor'a ncna nnl.n.i
wide, thon she dimpled, blushed nnd
know whom It was for?" she asked eKK that market woman hroko for me
n nine sinnieu.
Safd'y noon; samo's this one." ho
It always is him
on my first dny In Manlln was enough
for me." Philadelphia Press.
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"Stand aside! I will get Into a boat. To hell with your order and discipline!" Ho made a bull-llko rush foru-nr,i
The captain's pistol cracked and tho
laughed. It was not possible to snub this elderly fat Cupid, so openly and Innocontly interested In her lovo nffnlrs. "Yes." she admitted, proudly, "Saturdays It alwnys is him. Thank you."
Receptive Mood.
Changing Australian Speech. Tho rapprochement between ourselves and the Americans will certain
ly have ono effecL We shall find our language enriched by new words and
our pronunciation of old words under
go revision. Already our speech Is leaving our chest and mounting to our head, and In a llttlo "whilo wo'll bo
nblo to do most of our talking with our Hps closed as woll as tho most fncllo visitors from Vermont. "Say!" Is established as nn nrrestlvo, nnd we
nro beginning to "guess" with tho best
An Effective Cure. Gyor Lightning recently stru k man In Knnsas and cured him of pepsin. Myer How do you know that" Oyer His widow told me. Chi News.
Of Course. "How does Santa Claus mann? reach tho people who live In flats' can't tako the presento down the r ney." . "Well, ho can send them up In dumb waiter, can't ho?" Pitts" Post.
V
whore he had been attending n 7 ,,nn t " ",l",u,JU 10 uo
botn ouna ay the falling "I'm not asking anything of any- of them. For awhllo tho American nc "Tlint " mioth th m,,ini hody," ho said, "but only n fool horse cent Is hound to have as great a voguo , c" ,laln' as 11,0 vf0Xlhl k,ck n ucket of oats over." In conversation aB have tho stars and
Z fn,, mnn ,. m? ",,: IH Tnercupon his followers announced "tripos in decorative schomos.-Syd
w in. h n. fno "c1 " m ,l.8 1,10 to win. Phlladel- ney (N. S. W.) Mall.
" "v " " union, lies' puia Ledger. ,
Human Nature. Green Smith asked ma to fo my troubles this morning. Brown Whnt for? Green Ho wanted mo to listen his.