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BVMKG- LfiDGl3Er-ImLAt)BtMlA, SAtfOTDAI?', tftfM 10, 1016.
"THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AINT TOOK JUDICIAL
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NOTICE OF THE FACT THAT TELEPHONES HAS BEEN INVENTED YET1
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I-Zlvjf'
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I Afid they Ai-fe SixhiltuS
ly tjfr to the MittUte in
tile Matter of femijloy
efcs' Liabliity Pttve
Food LaWS, Miriliillim
Wages, Referendum
and, Re call," Says
Bttsky
By MONTAGUE GLASS
Thia ClidieB Bit 6f Wiadohi Is
Pirorfifrtetl bV One of Zfip'p'a
fiornnrksi While the Ileal Es
tate): flitd tlid SlilthValst Mhn-ufacStiit-ef
Discuss the Praa and
Gonfc of Tripping TelfcpKono
Wlffis "I'm iii the Real Es
tate Business," Bit-sky Admits,
"Sufc I Ain't a Crook Exatitly"
"J. a,. Morgan Is right. Zanp" Louis
Blrsky, tho rent ostAter, Bald. "Tho pollco
should arrest 'em for bulling Into telephone
conversations. What In Ihe uso my ox
plaining .somethlhg dve the phono, when
just as It lookS illtii thfe feller 13 golhg to
believe me,, Zabit, Centrnl Says. 'Number,
p case?' and before sh gtv'es Mb back my
by talking to Ills iibohltceUer And laoklric;
Up my, titters, gapp. and for hit tilb good
the .teUpJione ,ddon ma. In that pnfllelll.tr
Mailer. Zapp, Robert .L'dlsoH ttilght jUst so
wilt of hover Invented It at nil." ,
"So that's the Idee1 ybU gbt tibbtll till
here telephone business, Blrsky," Barnctt
Zapp, the waist manufabidrer, said.
, ''Well, maybe yod aro built differently,
Kapn," Blrsky said, "but I've got a very
sensitive nnture. Zapp. and I! I wouldn't
b talking the truth exactly, people Could
tell It on my face, y'understfthd, ro If I
coiiidn't speak over tho phone occalmially
without Central butting In, I wouldn't bo
BDlu to do ho business at nil."
"Sure, t know," Zfip) said,' "but on the
other Hand, Blrsky, It you are talking lies'
over the phonej Blrsky. and the nojlce butti
In and listens, Blrsky, ihen that's Sonic
thing elso again. Ain't It?"
"What 3o you mean the pollcA?" Blrsky
fcrlcQ Indignantly. "It I am using once In
ft whllb dver tlio tihone a little dlploolimlhor,
Zab'p, I ain't sublt a SchMnM that I don't
Hhbvv fenodgh not to" say things where the
Jifallce botlltl do mo something for it. I am
In the ral estate business, Zapp, but I
ln'tft brook exactly."
f '"Did I say you wits?" Zapp protested
.''Atid nnyhow, what right luts tli,3 jibllce
jot to listen when decent, reipectnble peo
ple Is tdlklng bver the phone1' tllrsky da.
iriaritfed. -
'Tho fcollbo Claim they ain't," Znpp said
"Ain't got no right?" rilrsky ake,d.
"Ain't listening to decent, lespcctnblo
pfcbplo talking over tho phohfc," Z.ipp ex
plained: "and since the police hears both
ends, of the. telephone botttersattdn, Bltsky,
they should ought to UnoiV. Ahd anyhow,
Blrsky, sivylng something oter llifa leltf
phono wltlth yon wouldn't illtd thb pollci
or your family to hear Is ilko wrltlhg some,
thing In, strlctL'nt conildcnce on a Bowveneer
ppatcnru Sooner or Idler tHe Secret will
leak out, y'undorutnnd, so I alrj't lasting
Mb IthchiilOilbs on such people, Blrsky. All
I can day Is the poor police Is got my
jSksfcfcsL
"tic ain't got no friends he's a Judjrc of the United States Supreme
Court."
sympathy. I'vo been put on busy wlrci
myself, 'Blrsky, alld so fat- t never heart
nothing Hint made me crazy to be a po
liceman and listen to telephone conversa
tion." "Voti don't got the Jniel tb listen to
the right kind of conversation1)," Blrsky
said,, "It VoU would bo sitting In tho
l'ottklam olllco of thu UriUncrocarllsclmt
t)ltr 'criljprecfic Urn f'cntscirteIJcX.imst
SCilfip, and all of a Hllddfcrt there comes a
long distance call fioln, somen herct In
trntic6 fliers K Volbo sas, 'In that you,
J'oplicr' I bet yer you would sit up and
take notice, 111 especially v,hero j'od hear
that thb old limn ain't so tickled to hear
from hl3 son neither.
"'Nit, What Is It now?' ho sajs
'"iiHtbfi, I'opper,' the olco eays "this H
PriidHch, 1'oppei. How l your cold,
Pointer?' alid right away the old man goes
Ul In the air.
" 'If jfbil at-rf going to ring mo up to find
out hbw my bold Is at eight marks fifty
pfennig fbr ihroo mltnltcV ho fays. 'I
might Just fit) well got piibtlmdnla wth it
professor and two trained llttrses, and ?aS
mdnoj. If that's all you rung mo up fort
ttiil tiotiesUilllen tell Cellttal she give you
thb Wrung tlUnlber and hahg up tho re
fcclVfcr.' "Mbcr llstli, Poptler' the olco sas,
'I watit Id link you something! a particular
fabr Could you let lilb haVo now 20,
000. grenadiers bii Saturday a week7"
"Why, I Just gHe you 10,000 grenadier:
last Sntlirday,' the old man sa's 'You
don't mean to told mo you already blow
cm all In?'
" 'Msten, Popper, what Is 10,000 grena
diers?' "'Necr inllid,' tho old man says. '10,000
grenadiers Is 10,000 grfenadlers. What do
jou thlhk. I am MADH of grchndlets?' and
JUst .then thb telephone makes a holse like
'krk-krk-krk,' nnd anbthbr oico Rays;
Listen, Mr .Met?Rfcr, tills Is the Grand
UuchcRi of SchlammbUrg-l.lplife, could yoil
send Ino over two getmllib pigs' knucklcp as
I'm oxpcctltig eompuny for lunch,' and
Metigor says 'It t would ne a geilwlhe
pig's knuckle 111 tho plrtco I would also gbt
colnpany for lunch anU 1 would bo tho
guestH I could scud u somo very fine
synthetic pig's knuckles mado by tho
Stnndnrd Pliarmnccutlc.tl Specialty Com
pany, of Mannheim,' and tho telephone goes
again 'krl;-ki k-krlc' and once more you heir
tho old tnati tullthg.
'Posltlcly the belt I could do Is t
would shli jou 20l)0 fourth class rcservlstt
and you gbt to make 'cm last anyhow ten
days,' he sas. 'When 1 was your ago, n
thousand dragoons went as tar with mo ns
an army corrli does with ou And an
other thing, don't seiid your Mommcr homo
no mOro chateau furrilturb Tho palaco Is
cluttered Up something terrible already ' "
"It might bo Interesting to listen to that
kind of talk," Zapp admitted, "It ft was
tiue"
"It's anyhow as true as some of thb con
versations' the bbllce had sworn 16 heftN
ln." Blrsky rctdrted, "ami I Wouldfi't bb
wlllltlg to- swear that It didn't take place
neither."
"F6r that matter, Blrsky," Zapp said, "It
Would life Interesting td listen tb sotnb con
vocation! which didn't thlto place, but hot
lien.Uso thb toller ringing up didh't try
hard ehbugfi t m6an, Bltsky, Hint It yod
Would b llstinlng In to th6 Washlnglon
Cehlrnl OfMc6 you might heftf every day
somnbody saying:
"'Just tell hltri It friend would Ilk6 to
spfnk ml( liltri,' '
" 'lib ain't got nb friends,' thfi Hecrelary
says, 'he's ft Jtldgo of tho United St(ll6s Su
preme Court."
" 'He never had none before life wart n
judgb bt the supreme Cotirl nbllhtr,' says
thb icc, talking through ltd teetb,"
, "CoUld it 6lcb got teetli7" BlrBky In-
fiulrcd.
, "this volcb could," Zapp replied. "In
fact, Blrsky, not only litti this voice got
leetlt. but It's grinding 'em
" 'Who will 1 say rung htm up?' the sec
r6t.lry pa vs.
" 'Put him on tho wire and I'll tell him,'
the Uilca angers
"The Jlulga liefcr lels nobody tell him
nothing which don't come up In lis tegular,
order bli tho general calendar,' the secre
taiy sajs '
" 'Then nik him what his principles Is In
the way of prcparefulness,' the olco says,
brcflklng twd Wisdom teith and a gold
crowii
" 'Ordlnnry men has got principles.' the
sccrciaiy sajs, "but judges lids got only
precedents '
"'Ain't ho got no bpltllons neither?' the
volte asks
'"If you want his opinions on prepare
tuitions,' tho secretary1 says, 'you must got
tt submit rtllldavltN, cases, points, briefs
nnd memorandums of authorities and sbttlo
the gunse Uctcftlcifc on thirty days' notlco
In writing to William J Bryan, Henry
I'-ord, tho tlcrmafJ-Alnerltdh Alilanco and
the Now York 12e'nllip Post.'
"And that's nil the satisfaction ho got
out of James J. Hughes," Zapp concluded.
"Well, what could jou expect?" Blrsky
commented "Tho Supreme Court of tho
United States ain't took Judicial notlco of
tho fact that telephones has been Invented
jet If j-ou want tb talk tb a Judgo of tho
United Stntcs Supremo Court over the long
distance telephone, Zapp, you would got to
go to Washington and pay n lawyer a
cbuplc hundred dollars ho should offer In
evidence a telephono Instrument, y'undcr
stand, get It marked Kxhlult A for tho pur.
poso of Identification, provo how It works
by six uninterested witnesses, submit brlefn
nnd In January, 1920, they would hand
down a decision: 'Motion denied without
costs' They nre similarly up to tho mlti
ulo In tho matter ot Kmployers' Liability,
Puro Kood Linn, Minimum Wages, llcfer
endum and Recall."
"Just tho shmb there is Washington tele
phono conversations which might bo inter
esting to listen to," Zapp continued "For
Instance, If joQ would bo at tho Brooklyn
ehd of thb wire Rome day jou would hear
a feller calling up and say:
" 'Suppose the carburetor Is Hooding, she
must positively be ready to tall by 0
o'clock. Wo are already a month behind
BChedule In our maneuvers."
"'Ahcf. Mister bnnlelson,' tho admiral
says, "she Is missing something terrible
Half thb tlmo Hhb only hits on two cylin
ders. She needs a now rudder, n new
lighting top, new felt Wasbbrs on tho rear
wheels, and two of her-sixteen Inch guns
has shrunk so wo couldn't get even slzo
15 shells Into them.'
" 'AH right,' ho says, 'I'll end you a
court Inarshnl for trying to stuntlfy my ad
ministration '
" 'What are you talking nonsense court
marshal?' tho admiral saj-B 'I wrote you
"I thlhk you're mistaken, Zapb," nir.wl
said, ''Sbbretrtrjt bt War Better tiMY
was In the law business, not the f.iw?l
business.'
''Pay a lawyer a couple hundred dollars he should offer in ovidenco a"
telephone instrument."
a letlfcr Inst month telling you all hbout
It.'
"Tot wrote me a letter?' Danlolson
says.
" 'Zoltenlj-,' the admiral snj-s, 'nnd I nlso
jvroto you a postcard saying how about
that letter I wroto j-ou If I ain't mistaken,
thb postcard was a view of the I2ast Itlvcr
nnd Blackwcli'a Island Bridge from the
Navy Yard.'
" 'Go on! Go on talking!" Dnnlclson saj-s
'Next tiling you'll remember j-ou sent mo
a valentine and a Raster greeting, but I
don't caro If jou sent me a wholo assort
ment of postal cards with everything on
'em in colors from Grant's Tomb to the
Statute of Liberty, the ship must bo ready
to go lo sea tonight or there'll bo an ad
miral (62), good mechanic, t-obor, careful,
desiring position as admiral, cltj- or coun
trj", call or write. Admiral, Navy Yard,
Brooklyn, and don't you forget It, Good
by"" "Well, that's what comes from working
tor Bomebodj" which Is a new beginner In
his business," Blrsky said.
"Say!" Zapp replied, "If jou aro working
In a United States Job, Blrsky, your boss
has never had more as three to four years'
experience, and sometimes ho Is such a
now beginner that If, for Instance; ho would
bo Secretary of War, j-'understand, ho ain't
been In his now posltldn long enough to get
stationery printed rtnd writes his orders
to tho commanding general ot tho United
States Army on letterheads reading:
Telephono 8831 W Mnln
f Home Telephone 61 R Prospect
PHOENIX FEATHER COMPANY
Newman J. Becker, Prop.
Manufacturers of
Millinery Novelties.
CLEAM.VO AinttllTTKS, PARAniSi:
AM) OSTHICII A 8PKCIALTY.
00 North "th Avenue, Clceland, O.
CLEVELAND, O ID. .
Washington, D. C, May Ii. Lt. Co!
Harris Mlshklnd upon arrival in United
States will report to Commanding Gen
eral, Northnorthcastern Department for
duty ns Inspector ot tint department.
not the feantji
"Well, the feather business wnni,i', t... .
disqualified him," Zapp continued "to?!:!
being for Shears an tdltbr Ot a. hettHhibtJ i?J
tnrJ' bf tho Navv, Blrskvi lt wmif.... S
prise mo If Instead ot a, feather dealJ
Blrsky, Mr. Becker Would Have been cuhK
stammering In llvertty lessbhs fdr a lit S! '
or rUnnlllg a chnln bf flcftldrf jilbt-cs -rll
holnl I nm makltlg Id that It HU wo.ilL
listen to a conversation when he Is Htii2 "
t.rl Pnlnnill , f-rtHhllno 1?l,lrtfc tvi.. ?,n. 1
vvould sdtlnd Romothlttg llko thin: ' "
"'Hnilb, gcnbtal, couldn't Wo heal- holK."
Ing from you once In n while but renbrlt '
of typhoid Inoculation? Wo ain't Bendltii
American eoldlors to Mexico Just t0 SS ?
vaccinated exactlj'.' i
'"Listen, Mr. Becker,' tho general s4 j
',lt you woUld be running ah army as Joj
an hin Vflif ivrtllltt tftinu. tf lUhl 11.. 1 1 ,7' S
tnko time? -uhd
" 'An nrmy Id a business ttio same lift-
any other business,' B6Ckir Says. tiili
nfter tiny I got nothing frbm yoU blilhtRllsJ
icijukb. ii juu kiiiiuv gu nro sent (ldwc
to Mexico to run n Boys' SUItilner Cnffih
with sneclnl nttcntlon to safatv nn.l .ui'
fort, waterprbot tents and Moors, all limJ
.,. ,.u,v. d,iw. p, .a..a,iji. , ii 'B, llOrM i
bhek riding nnd camp physician, y'under.1
oiuiiu, yuu iiru iiiiiku u uik misiaKe 1
" 'But Mister Bjcker ' tho general mm. ,
"Bdt NOTHING,' Becker shbuts at him.fi
Don't write mo no moro letters nboul t(i
health of our soldlfcrs. General. Just look'i
after the health of Villa's soldiers and U
sure thdt It's bad.'" I
"Well, what's tho matter with that kllij i
of talk," Blrsky asked, "subposlng he vtouli '
of been In tho feather; business?" a
"Nothlng'it.thb matter with It," Zseai
.-!. Iltl,., 11.. 1,1,1 M ,.11. 1 1...1.. 1'J
duiu, iih liiu miiu ui iuit u uusinesfl TUXfi
would make, even If he wouldn't know tX,
mbro of v!-hat ho Whs talking ttboilt tllfth.j
man 3
"Than a feller by the namo bt Zapi n"j
ine waist ousinoss, uirsij- conciuaed,
"Could you send mo over two gen
. wine pigs' knuckles?"
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WhErE ijo i LivE?
Ocean City, N. J.
THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE,
Dear Children I thought you vvbulo1 like to know wilefo 1 live and so I
am going; to tell yoU. The great- secret abbUt being a writer is, one must never
Btay in one place too long) hnd So I lihve moved from our little vine-clad cottage
in the faorthern part of New Jersey and come to live for thb sdmmcr on thb
seashore. I hdpb ym Will ilkfe my storle3 nbout the ocean, and I want you to
write and tell mo if-you do; nnd if yoU do not, tell me just the" s'nme.
i Want to plEAse Vou.
We had to leaVe Perky, our pet pigeon, and Spooks, the cat, but we havb
a new cat tailed Bout Boul nnd some minnows and little crabs instead of poor
Perky.
We aro near the shore, and wKilo I have not, at this writing, put anything
in the ocean except rriy little pink t6es, t Hope to go in bathing some liny ahd
teli you about it. Any boy who lived down South and coiild not swim was in
dlsgfs.ee. He HAD to learn by about six yeitFa did. ' Nd( don't wrinkle up your
"Wee, for thy daughters, yes, 'bdth of them, could swim when they were six.
If you will be good children, as I know yod will be, I am going td get an
aquar)um and tell you about my pets, and some day, not many years from now,
I wilt have a home where ybti may borne ahd see me, ahd from time to time I
Shall tell ybu hbw we ate getting along;.
I believe ''The Peppers'1 had the "Little Brown lloUsc," did they not?
FARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor.
JUST BOYS AND A LITTLE GIRL
r
Ihc WEATHE&
TQ HOW YOtt
ID-TAKE 1TI
FERDIE FLEA'S AIRSHIP
bf Farmer Smith
"I wish I had ah Airship llho the Potato
SUtf children," said little Ferdle. i'lea tb his
Sapa one morning as be Jumped out ot bed
ed hard He bumped his head.
"Now, bo cartful there," said his
father. "Ybu kriovV ydu ate- In the Jump
ing business, but don't get too funny. JUst
Jtjjpp a little at a tlm kl don't try to
get over the moon, the first time. Only cows
can .Jump over the moon "
'Oh. all right." said FtrBIa, "but fofr
ffoodness1 Sake get me an ilrehlp."
"What 4b you khdw abodt an airship?"
U.t MJ fathor.
"i know a vvhol bt," said Ferdle, took,
big All over tho garden to see If ho could
c ft do to -give a passing bite. "I have
wen those, Polald Bug blilldren riding all
ever thij sky on BUtttrfllea, and J want to
an nirsnip so tnai
i
mi H'
W
trv '
t can
get you a June mk," ald hit
father) "so lhat you cannot bite It. If I got
you one ot those ButterttiH yoU would bite
him, and then the poor Butterfly would be
kept busy scratching hlnlsfelt all the time.
You can't bite a JUne Bug, I'll bet you
that"
"Let me feefe the) June Bug first.' said
Ferdle. "If lie doeari't go tas enough t will
bite hint ahd make htm beat those Potato
Bug children Ufr In the. sky,"
That afterrtoon Mr Flea brought home a.
June Bug for his sou Ferdle, arid Ferdle
was so excited that hb climbed on the June
Bug's back as fast (is he could, ahd thb
June Bug got so excited he aiarted off Up
Into the sky.
"Wilt d mlhut. -wait a minute," shouted
little Fetdld Flfca. n ahi so frightened.
Do take me back b earth again and I will
never come up this far any more" Mr,
Flea had to yell at the June. Bug, "Comb
back, coihe back," and he hew down tb
the earth dealn. w-hlle little FCrdla Vlei
jumped off and exclaimed "No more air
ships for mine."
CHARLES GtVJLW, CAMDFN JOHN YERkES, OLNBY MBmfmBBBL.
A Rainbow
By I.OUIS CATAIANO, Market t
"ily heart leaps up when I behold a rain
bow In "the sky."
A poet said dnce long ago, and hbw so
say I,
It reminds me of the button I wear upon
my coat.
It shines like gbtd as It behold,
it was a rainbow, tool
ALL THE WAY PR6M HERE TO CHINA!
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Origin of Violets
Il7 n03K altEENBTKIN, H, 0th it,
Jane was walking along bne day when she
found a seed lying In tho hollow of a trei.
She was looking for Insects to put In her
collection, so that Is how she discovered it.
3he thought It looked very cutlouS. She
took It home and showed It to her mother,
Her mother told her to blarit It and see
what kind bf flowers would bloom on It.
Jane planted the seed, dnd when Sprint
came, She saw & purple bud on the gj-eeh
siem, miu cneu, "un mother, just see the
purple bud on the green stem, we werb
walling so long to flhd out the name ot It "
Her mother then said, "I have found a
name for It that will Juit suit It."
"Whdt la It. mother? I am elite it
win ue a very good name for It: for yoU
always make up such nice names."
"Well, how would yoU like violet tot Its
name?" her mother asked.
"I think violet is a very, good name for It,
mother," said Jane. '
At the end q( spring the ylolet died, but
Jane had seed! left rom It, and she planted
them every year. THIS was ihe beginning
of the violets' pweet lives.
Billy's Bicycle
By ItOBBRT rJBAU&iONT, lit Airy
Billy was nlhe years old. He wanted
a blcycU bdt, he did nbt want to work
tor It He Wished ahd wished so hard that
at last a Fairy heard him. One day
when he vvas Jo the, wood! wIhiHg. the
Fatty stood before him. Bl$ told, him tb
come to her palace The next day after
a long walk he reached the FhUry's palace.
She tb)d Billy to da the wo she had eel
aside for htm This he did not want tb
do but the Fairy said It was the only way
he could get the bicycle. He at once i
m work at 1H thought lU was InUch
pleased when the Fairy tive Am i
htoiF "Jlw Bill? weat avriy la
MATILPA M COURT
D4V(0 DEAR.GFRrtAMoM
To a CHild
Sent In by JOHN YEHKES. qney.
Small service is Jruo BervicS while t lasts,
Of humblest ftlends, bright creature, scorn
hot one
The daisy by the shadbw that lt casts,
t'rbtects the lingering dewdrbp trom the
sun.
Our PostpfOce Bdx
Donald liurt, of togan, Is a deserter lie
proinlsed to write us a Story and hb
DIDNT Wb are waiting! Hugh Shavv
desSrvou an auplQgy because ha was midb
to Wilt for his Rainbow button. As a re
ward for his patience he will receive a let
ter (not a typewritten one). Jennie Llnne
man, Camden i Louis Mashadrt and Rty
Bclletdhauer deserve special praise for the
neat little notes ot thanks they sent for
Rahibow buttons.
Brdneh Club News
The "Rainbow Clover Club" U the name
of a branch club that has been organized
Within the pasj week. Margarfet Donatelli,
Of, Morris street. Is pr&sidSnt, and Rqsfe
D'lmrJerls. ot South 12th street Is secfe
fy The glrU will meet ever Siturday
UUrnbort from I tb 31 tti and wilt spend
most pi mat time sewing ana cfocnetlng
cram start to iinjjn iq renrv sounds
Wou
A Pair of Shuts
By HELEN BEIUION. Oermantown av.
I nm a iialr of shoes, My skin Is of red
leather and I used to bo decorated with
beaUtlful pearl buttons, t lived In the win
dow bf a shde store with nty brothers and
sisters. Ohj how I longed to see the world!
One day a little girl and her mother
came lhto tb shop to buy a pair of shoes.
The little girl saw me In the window and
made her mother buy me I vvas very proud
as I passed fiiy brothers and sisters. Thb
little jM wore me Until I became old and
worn out and then Bhe discarded me tor a
new hair.
How I ertvy that hew pair ot shbbs and
oh. hdw I wlih I was back at the old store!
MERCY ANNE PERKINS AT BOARDING SCHOOL
The "Six Great Secrets,'' a secrbt society at Miss
Stone's on the Hudson, is putting Mercy Annb Per
kins, a "new" little girl from tho country, through tho
"trial by fire," a test of admission to thb club, which
the girls do not think she can stand. As a first
"stunt" they have sent Mercy Anne to the pantry
it 11 o'clock at night to get sugar.
down tho hall, down the steps, flight fcjrl
nigni. until
"May Bello. T h-nr vnlrni."
They paused breathlessly In ihe enUyj
tnat led to the pantry
"Sh-li "
"Listen, It's MISs Nettle."
Tiat- tlnlllnJ It. J- ..,1.1.
Mt. uviinm mu uuur, tjuiciv. m
A stern familiar voice came Jrorn tortl
,1.a ..n.n... .....J U .. 1,( fel.l... H M 1
ii. w I'.iutijr' jviiu, prny veil, iueiuy ,"j
Perkins, what wfcro you dblng to fall dovij
dhd cut your head that way." ,
"Oh," whispered Jerrv. "sHe'S hurt" &-M
smothering hand would not let her PTl
"TX7HATS that?" A startled figure sat
VV bolt upright In bed. No one answered
For Just oho second Miss Swenklns hesitated,
then up nnd out Into tho hall she flew.
There In the corridor was another figure.
Like her bvyn. It commenced with curl
papers and flnlihed up with woolly gray
si nnera
FARMER SMITH.
Cafe of the Eveninq LEDQEn.
1 wish to become ajnjember ot yoUr
JUIpbqw qlub "t'leaso snd me a beau,
tlfut llalnhaw Button tree. I agree to
ptf A UTTfiB KltipNESS EACH AND
Byfihy PAY SPREAP A WTTLH
SUNSlHNB ALL ALONd THE) WAV
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slippers
"T'hat noise, Miss Nettle." gasped Miss
Swenklns, "what-what was 11?"
"Came from downstairs," returned Miss
Nettle In the same dry. stem voIcb Hint
Issued dally from the BtUdy hall desk,
"Do jou think it's burglars?"
"Pshaw!" exclaimed tho most-feared
teacher in tho school. "Burglars! it's
cooky stealers: that's what It is, and I'm
going down to catch them You can comb
with ma If you cIioobo."
Miss Snenktns did not choose, but shb
went. In dealing with Miss Nettlo therb
was no choice.
r- Down tlin lirnnrl olnl. ,, . ,-A
Up the marblo corridor, through the dining
room, nut thn llr,lAt, ...n..
Look I Miss Swenklns gasped, and her
-.. ..-... ., ,, u nornnea trem
ble. There, stretched out a few feel In frrtnr
of them on the pantry room rioor, lay
alfiPPlf Anna flAlrl .. u . . I. I
"r,f, f. ', n uny Btream of piood
trickling down her still, white face a
queer-looklng little face almbst cberfed
.r."!8, SUS,U' Jatlh 'alien from thb
can that lay upset besidij her,
In a second the two teachers had picked
rnSr iarouL,he -vprturrifed drawer
arid thb knives Sttd fegg-beattrS that wfcrb
Sn?inKal' nPjut' and ?'ere Ending arfii
ousiy bver the unconscious little form.
Up on the fourth door the "Six tlrfeat
Secrets' were beginning to get anxious-.
L Vt 2" 1 'i?uAe8 A? "erby Ahnb
,,r I, """-'"' iur tne sugar.
to $.5 ?upWl. W.h.pp.
"Ijufi, not me" pxclaimed ilay Belle;
Shea been caught, that's what's jkbplried
to her, and I for one won't get calght with
No one said a word,
"She'll most nrobably teli oh Us. any.
way,' continued May Belie. 'U'a jviSl like
her. country baby, to"
v"She wont te). May Delia Smith.' ht6r-
rupted Jerry In a heated Jlttle vbibe. "fihft'B
JnSniust bcaH''e yu "fe ett yoti
I5Q5.000 y04 think yo'M .can make fult of
Mir ti. 4,lfc ih? "" bo iuanY lodklfif ahd
that's aJt "U BOln dow" io h'A
war. ?r-Il8.ich'ik th f'P retort that
??rJn 'Jl?1 fa pnue. She? wanted
Jerrys friendship very tadiy. Jerrya peo
ple had. a ling home at the seashore and
not do to let het go down and dwn iii o8ut
the party Th "Sli Ofeat SlcrftS- was
May Be Ve's pet plan,
.. ,'!oh -&." W WciaUnia, reuach
fUUy l thdk you're awfuj nwan. Why.
I U go right down it!a (,& Bha really
wanted jt3 soajeh Jerry Ividy tm Jposit-
n did aft abotv to Wry tarsal,, -ui9
- " S3aiMH & KNI BTJUUfc.
LTV. . r
more.
A plaintive little voice floated otit Ivedfcj
i., ... i , ..-..
j. t was Dieuuilg sugar s ,H
"Stealing Sugdr!" gasnbd a hHrrlneJj
person.
,i ...t ... ..... ., i... ti?E
ico, nuinm, reiurnea me smau tuivj
"Were you nt a party. Mfercy AnnS Jptd
kins?" came back In stern tones. "Yof
are new. Nothing vv)ll be said to you. Whfl
-.. jut, oicuf me tragarr 1
"I I stole It because I whs hungr? M
sugar, I alwnys get hufigry at at wJ
time or night" ;
"L6t me but. Stay Belle," wliUplfH.
Jerry. "I'm Ernim- ,r ii ,
"You can'ti j bli vvUn't," begged M'3
ueiie.
Again the voices frOrn the bantry floated!
nil.
"We will help you tiri to the Infirmsrr.lf
in m'l V"l ,By "P'M BUg't "" tl
Miss stqhe sliail Judge this grave casof,
uvv-auut, h
"t.bt.me tell. May iJelle ,' begged JenTrl
'If (,,. ll.ll, j,jrl ' llH. T ,..nml9
tones ''you'll be. a traitor." , 1
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-l ."! j-iib reariui woru Ban "j
n f,5?"e J""1 J?TyS bfcaftns heart "a
"Comb." paid May Belie. AS n a aFeinj
r"f u;iueu nnq as sne went, yy
hb haif-bpen door sounded the same Htm
Ms- id!
"l-I said thb truth; t atoli the sii
Ann' win aipear h beit Batutdiy'i
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things in Hdvr mi D3
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tb command.
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. pmet for the week tUdla
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