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A group of boys were chatting at
the corner of the street. School had
Just been dismissed for the day and
the group of boys referred to had
stopped to discuss some question of
Interest to them before pilnr; to their
respective homes. As they stood
there In conversation one of their
school fellows hurried past them, not
pausing to speak. "Hello, there, DiJ-
m
Jill IT
Eilly Bounded Into the Poom with a
Shout of Joy.
Jy!" called out one of th" group, ball
ing the hurrying boy. "Hello," came
back the response. I!ut Hilly (iiil net
take the time to turn his hcud a lie
replied to his comrade's salutatin'i.
"Say, what's your hurry. Kill?"
cried another of the grou;. "Can't you
stop loan enough in your mad career
to treat us fellows with respect?"
"No, I'm in a hurry." called out
Hilly, turning a corner nr;d disappear
ed from sicht. Then th.-; group of
bu)s luu&hcd nd one of tlu.-iu remark
ed: "I never saw such a fellow as
Hill Duncan. He never has time after
school to chat n moment, but runs off
ns if the Great Tempter were at his
heels and about to nab him for the
lower regions. 1 wonder v hat he's bo
busy about, anyway.
"Search nie," laughed another of
the boys, using an expression in slang
that meant so much to those familiar
with Its meaning. All laughed at this,
another boy said: "Well, I don't like
such a fellow as Hill. He's too busy
to have any fun. The ether day I
asked him If he'd like to Join our Sat
urday morning skating club, and he
shook his head, saying he had not
time. Now, wouldn't that take the
cake?"
"Oh, well, we've a large enough
club without him," said one of the
first speakers. "He's always so hard
up for money that he'd probably have
no skates, and want to be borrowing
ours all the time. I guess his folks
are very poor."
"All you've got to do Is to look at
his hat and overcoat," said the second
speaker. "They tell of his financial
standing."
All the boys laughed at this, and
one remarked: "Gee, Ned. you use
all-fired big language for a small pota
to. 'Financial standing.' That's good
enough for a banker's kid. But, say,
what are we going to do about our
contemplated skating carnival, eh?
Will It be too much of a white ele
phant on our hands to attempt any
thing so huge?"
" 'Course not," declared the boy
called Ned. "We'll have it Saturday
night, and I'll wager my new skates
it will be a success."
Then the boys proceeded to discuss
the plans for a skating carnival wlilch
was to take lace in the near future,
forgetting Billy Duncan lor the time.
And forgotten Hilly Duncan was
Just turning into the gate of his own
home at that very minute, saying to
himself: "Wish I bad more time to
spend in the company of the boys;
but at present I must nut mink about
it. Too much depends on nie Just
now, and I must not shirk my work.
Gee, it's cold, and threatens another
blizzard. And I nui:;t complete my
plan before another bad spell of
weather." Then he bounded into the
plain sitting room of his home, crying
to a pale-faced woman who was sit
ting close to a unnll heating stove:
"Hello, mamsy; How are you this
afternoon? Hope the old cough hasn't
been bothering you ns it did yester
day afternoon."
The woman, sweet faced and deli
cate, looked up at her robust boy,
smiling and answering: "Ever so
much better to-day, sonny. How rosy
you look, dear. Come and kiss nie."
And she held up her cheek to receive
the resounding kiss of her only child,
and one whom she adored with an In
tense love.
"Well, I'll stir up the fire; then I
must hurry off, for I must not be a
minute late at my work, uiarasy," ex
plained Billy. "If daddy gets homo
before I do, Just set the supper without
me, for daddy Is always so tired, and
must not wait for me. Poor old dad!
Hope I'll be able to some day to re
lieve him of bo much responsibility."
"You're a noble boy, Billy," said the
mother, in low. feeling tones. "Wero
it not for your helpfulness I don't
think It would be possible for us to
jnill through since the reduction In
your father's salary. It was small
enough at best; but now it Just meets
our dally expenses, without a cent be
ing left over to use for an emergency
fund."
Three hours later, while his par
oats were seated at a frugal supper,
Billy bounded into the room with a
shout of Joy. "Dad!" he cried, rush
Ing over to his father, "I haven't only
received my month's -wages, but have
something for you besides. The
president of the company asked me
to uay it you hue ui
ccpt a new position. It eemx
what he said to me, that he had L.
making Inquiry about nie. nnd foun
out that you bad been a railroad m.iti
a few years ago. He said he had looked
up your record and wanted n capable
man, hi.i1 that was your reputation.
He wants to see you at his private of
fice to-morrow evening after your
day's work Is done. And here Is my
month's wages," he added, taking n
f.mall roll of money from his pocket
"They were much pleased with my
work, saying that I did hr much for
them In the three hours each evening
as the other boy whose place I am
filling did In a day. And during the
vocation they are to put me on regu
larly, giving me the chance to rise.
l:.'t that great, dad and mamsy?"
And Hilly, enthusiastically happy,
dropped into n chair, his face radiant.
"Sou. you are a brick!" declared
Mr. Duncan. "Yes, indeed, 1 shall be
gl.id to talk with your company's
pi evident and take the new position
lie will have to offer me. for I am good
n' nothing except my old trade-rail-ro.iding.
Hope it's In the freight do
pertinent. I don't know nnvthing
el.-'c."
"Kvic tly, dad." aflirmcd Hilly. Then,
tun, ing to hw mother, he dropped Ills
voire id tinder tones, 'And mamsy,
you'il get ready to-morrow to go to
Aunt Grace'. down south, where you
will ft. iv ail winter. You won't cough
down there. And dad and I will look
after e.e li other while you are away.
Vn i l,nn,v I have all my last month's
i:e,,iy in the savings bunk. That,
mil.. ! to till.; i Hilly spread his roll of
money on the table In front of hid
m :''ien. will take you to Aunt Grace's
i.::! le-ive about a dollar over. Now,
left sir- a word, mamsy, for you've
got to go. That's been my reason for
worUintt every evening after school
instead of playing with the other
b. ;.. I knew you had to get to a
warmer climate, for the cold months."
' lies more than a brlok," murmur
ed Mrs. Duncan, her eyes swimming,
"lie's a hero, and my darling."
Two Bachelor Girls
lll Mfl llll .rill llll
They were groat friends, nnd each
had vowed solemnly to the other that
they would never surrender their lib
erty to a man. "We will live together
In a nice little suite of rooms." they
said. "Why should we need a man to
make our lives coniDlete?" "Shall
'old Maids'?" a friend
They Indignantly re
uo, we will bo bache-
The Fairies.
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I wish I knew the fairies
In a friendly sort of way.
I'd like to hear their elfish songs,
And Join them in their play.
Of all the little children
Who shout and laugh and run,
It seems to me it's fairies
That have the mostest fun.
One day I heard them laughing
By the dial on the lawn.
But when I crept up gently
Every merry elf had gone.
Sometimes when I'm alone at night.
And nur3e has closed the door,
I fancy I can hear them dance
Right on my nursery floor.
But when I throw the covers back
And sit up straight in bed,
There's only moonshine in the room;
The fairies have all fled.
Still I can see their blinking lights
Down by the garden wall.
And when the wind is very soft
I think I hear them call.
My nc.rsie says they use the flowers
For dainty little frocks.
They make their hats of marguerites
And skirts of hollyhocks.
And nursie says if I am good
As good ns I can be
And show that I am a harmless child
Pr'npa they'll make friends with
int. Elizabeth II. Wilkin.
Papuan Blacksmiths.
Inhabit!!!'? the great series of isl
ands in which are included New
Guinea and the Salomon group. Is a
great race of black people, called the
Papuans. Though only partially civl-
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lized, they are rather industrious and
show, considerable ingenuity. In their
forges they make use of very peculiar
bellows, as will be seen by our illus
tration; they set up two large tubes
below. This forging Is confined to
Iron axe3, which art was taught to the
Papuans by the Malays.
How Johnny Managed It.
"You and that little Wattles boy
seem to play very nicely together,"
said Johnny's mother. "I am glad
there is one boy in the neighbor
hood that you can get along with."
"Ye3," replied Johnny, "I lick bim
every morning and then he's nice to
me all day."
you be called
asked them,
piled: "Why,
lor girls."
So they both entered college with
the Intention of teaching school some
I d.-.y. They never tired of their favor
j Ite subject of conversation, nnd many
i were the plans and projects they dis
I cussed. In imagination the four
dainty moms they were to occupy to
; pether In the future were furnished
I over and over ngaln. and their spare
! moments were st ent In working on
; sofa cushions and other pretty trl.'les
dear to a woman's heart.
"Hie summer came and the girls
w. re to part for three ninnlh.4. and
, witli their arms about each etlier they
1 rejoiced that in one .short year they
I v ould 1m free to begin a life' together.
"Nov.- don't you go ar.d get engaged."
i said Isabi !b as they bade e ich other
! Kood-by, ami then t ey both laughed
as if it were a i joke,
i Isabelle went to Bur Harbor with
her mother, and Catherine spent her
vacation In n little village in Vermont.
For awhile the girls wrote frequent
1 ly and fully to each other, but. sooti
: Catherine noticed lu-r friend's letter
were elmrt and um-v.tL.f.ictory. "I
suppose Isabelle Is In the whirl' of so
ciety. As sh.e doesn't write to me
rbout how the spend.-; her time I shall
not tell her of anything that I am do
ing," sighed Catherlje, ns though to
excuse herself for her hastily written
notes.
The summer wore Itself away and
autumn came, and the clrls returned
I to college and greeted each other
warmly but with constraint. "Why,
j Catherine, how well you look! Did
you have a good time?" Inquired Isa-
:tk
isabelle
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assured her friend that her summer
had been n very pleasant one.
No further allusion to the past or
to the life of the future was made by
cither, and they soon settled down
Into the monotonous round of school
duties. Although roommates still,
they avoided each other to such a de
cree that It was remarked by the oth
er students, and many were the con
jectures put forth on the subject.
"She knows it! Oh. dear! Oh,
thought Catherine. "She Ignores me
more nnd more each day." "I will
have to tell her," sighed Isabelle.
"Whnt will she think of me!"
One evening in October the two
girls, separated by the entire length
of the room, were preparing their les
sons for the following day. Catherine
would steal a furtive glance from her
book to Isabelle's face only to find
Isabelle gazing fixedly at her. Then
they would both glance quickly down
with heightened color and rapidly
beating hearts.
The little Dresden clock on fhe
mantel chimed the half-hour after S,
nnd Isabelle closed the book she had
been holding upside down and with a
firm resolve to do or die, flung her
self on the couch nnd burled her pret
ty head in the dainty cushions. Cath
erine, hurriedly thrusting a much
worn letter into her pocket, earnestly
besought the weeping girl to tell her
the cause of this sudden outburst.
Thus urged, Isabelle began In low,
pleading tones: "Can you ever for
give i:.e? I have broken my vows to
you -ail those lovely things we made.
oh, dear; you needn't finish that
pillow. I w ish I had stayed at home,
but then I wouldn't have "
"Till r.ie all about It, dear," Cath
erine begged, as she softly paUed I.su
beiie's. hand.
"Well, while at the shore this sum
mer I met a young man--a lawyer
he is just lovely, so-l liked him and
he liked me. At first. Cathy, I only
considered him as a brother, I really
die", and I have broken my vow to
you. Oh, dear! He is so kind nnd
r,'ood that I don't believe you could
have helped liking him If you knew
him rs well as I do. There!" nnd so
raylrft she hid her face In the cush
ions again, not seeing Catherine's
Joyful countenance.
"Look up, Isabelle! Don't cry. 1
have a confession to make also. I mot
n college professor last July whom I
thought I regarded only as a friend,
but when he told nie how much he
loved me I had to confess that I re
turned his affections."
Isabelle had been listening with an
expression of amazement, and now
she threw her arms impetuously
around Catherine's neck, exclaiming
"It is simply charming! How happy
I am! I wish you could see Dick. He
Is just lovely, and"
"Not any nicer than Lawrence,"
said Catherine, with a little show of
spirit, and then they embraced each
other again in true school girl fash
ion, and we will leave them compar
ing the merits of their respective lov
ers and discussing the disposal of the
many pretty articles they had made
for tho adornment of their suite.
LOUISE HAWKINS.
AMiwurt ion BALL PLAYERS.
Improved Protector Leaves Cnly
Arms and Leg Unguarded.
Baseball has been shorn of Fome of
Its dangers to catcher and umpire by
the Improved protector invented by o
Provide for Rail Expansion.
In every mile of railway there In
seven feet four inches not covered by
the rails the space left for expansion.
He who hunts for flowers will find
flowers, and he who loves weeds may
find weeds. Henry Ward Beecher.
Chicago man. This armor leaves only
arms nnj le-s unguarded, and ns
these parts are not particularly vul
rerable, the wearer may feel safe
from Injury. Vnlike the old style pro
testor, which covered only the chest
and stomach, the new device has flex
ible parts which extend over the
shoulders and a long flag which
reaches almost to the knees. The
shoulder pieces do not Interfere with
the catcher In throwing to second and
they save hlii many a glancing blow
from n hard-pitched ball which might
otherwise put his arm out of coumiis- j
sion. In the case of the umpire, the ;
protector enables him to watch' the ;
ball as it crosses the plnt and not '
worry about where It Is going to hit
h!."i. Thlo armor, however, is not de. j
nlg -iod to protect him from mlssi'es !
tin own from the bleacher.? and It row .
remains for the inventor to devise a j
boiler plate receptacle for his com
plete safety.
. Tlio Kind You Ilavo Always Bought, and which lin been
r- rt m
ui u;o iwr ever o yenrs, una oorno me Biffnaturo of
- ana lias nccn mauo under lil.i per-52-
"onal supervision ulneo Its Infancy.
U '6, Allow tin nnn f rw1rrlvn vmi !
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All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd Justns-prool nro Imfc
Experiments that trillo with nnd cmlanprer tho health of
Infants nnd Children Experience ngalnst Experiment
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"1 understand that you called on the
plaintiff. Mr. Harnes. Is that t ?"
questioned Lawyer Fuller, now Chief
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' Yes," answered the witness.
"What did he say?" next demanded
Fuller.
The attorney for the defense Jump
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conversation could not bo admitted in
the evidence. A half-hour's argument
followed, and the Judges retired
their private room to consider
point.
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