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The young lady across the way nays
it's extremely Important In trying
times like theso for overy American
to keep his temper, controlling his
rlslbles and making no angry reply no
matter what any ono may Fay to him.
That's Possible
Herbert There's a man that Is
bringing up a couple of dozen fnm
llles and ho'a only getting $30 n
month.
Hlsbert How does he' do it?
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vator boy In an apartment house.
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SCHOOL DAYS
eh?
"Know Thyself"
A stout, baggage-laden old English
gentleman was trying to make a hur
ried exit from a railway carriage. At
the door ho stumbled on the foot of a
brawny Scot.
"Hoots, toots, mon!" groaned the
Highlander. "Canna ye look whaur
going? Hoot, mon, hoot!"
Tho burdened traveler slammed the
door behind him and shouted through
tho window:
"Hoot yourself! I am a traveler,
not an automobile." Argonaut.
More Mad-Waggery
"I Beo that Billy Sunday has gone
to Buffalo."
"Who Is ho going to buffalo now?"
Lampoon.
MACKENZIE
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PADDED CELL
3a5 at ploy.
A Well-Bred Loafer
Cornell Widow.
Mlrabelle And wny do you say he
belongs to the upper crust of society?
Myrtle Because ho gets the dough.
Railroad Terms
An old railroad man sat with a
friend on a hotel piazza as a string of
chappies went by In their flashy togs.
"Passengers or freight?" smiled the
friend.
"Empties," said the old man.
Horrible!
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THE AFTERGLOW
THE RTOBY TIICB FAB
Once more on eerth after tlntr eiperl
enoee In the abree. Deatrlce nil Allen etert
for thflr buncalow on the Kudeon. Aa
ther near Jfope Villa they m that th
horde of beast aavaaes haa Infested the
bulldlna- and crounds, and that the In
yadera have set fire to th home, llroken
hearted, Allan culdes his aeroplane toward
the ureal Oothlo cathedral on Hlorm Kln.
where records of the last pllarlmate after
the treat disaster are hidden. Amonr the
records Is a phonograph and discs, tnelud
Ine the wedding service. There, In the de
serted ruins of the cathedral, Ueatrlce and
Allan are married.
Tho two return to the edce of the abyss
and prepare a cave on Boitlement CllfTs,
where Allan plans to brtn thy l'olk from
the underworld. The caes enable him to
keep the whlto-halred, whlte-sklnned peo
ple awar from trm brlcht sun durlni. the
da. Allan arturne with two of the lleru
caans on his first trip, to find that a Klant
irorllla had stolen Ucntrlce. The three men
snve the rlrl. nnd Allan continues hie work
of transplanting; the Iolk to Hettlemcnt
Cliffs.
CHAI'TKIt XVIII (Continued)
BHSIDn her ho knelt silently; ho en
circled her with hli right arm, Then
ho took up the tiny garment, smiling.
For n long mlnutn their eyei met.
Ills brimmed with million tears. Hers
fell, and her head dropped down upon his
breast, and as onco beforo, at the
cathedral an eloquent tldo of crimson
mounted from breast to throat, from check
to tomlrlllcd hair.
About hli neck her arms sjld, trembled,
tightened.
So word wni uttered there under tho
golden lamp-glow j but tho strong kiss ho
pressed, reverently, proudly, upon her brow,
renowcu with ten-tlmo depth tlicir eternal
sacrament of love.
CIIAI'TIMl MX
The Mnetrr of Ills Hare
DAYS, buiy days, lengthened Into weeks
and thc-w to months, happy and full of
labor; nnd In the cer-grovlng colony prog
ress and rhnngo enmo cteadily forward.
All along the cliff fuco nnd tho terraces
tho cave dwellings now extended, nnd the
smoke from a Rcoro of chlmnejH fashioned
among tho clefts rose on tho temperate air
of that suhtroplc winter
At tho doors, nets liunp drying. On tho
pool, boats wero anchored at several well
built htono wharfs. Tim terrncei had been
walled with palisades on their outer edgo
and smooth roadways fashioned, Itadlng to
all tho dwellings as well as to tho river
below.
On top of tho cliff nnd nbout thrco hun
dred yards back from the edgo another pali
sade had been built of stout timbers set
firmly In tho earth, Interlaced with cordage
and propped with Btrong braces.
Tho Inclosed space, bounded to east and
west by the barrier which swung toward
and touched the canyon, had all been cleared,
snvo for a few palms and fern trees left
for shade.
Bcsldo drying frames for fish and game
and a well smoothed plaza for public as
semblies nnd tho giving of tho Uw, It now
contained Stern's permanent hangar. Tho
Paulllao had been brought along tho road
from Newport Heights and housed there
This road passed through strong gates
of hewn planks hinged with well-wrought
Ironwork forged by somo of tho Folk under
tho dlrc'ctlon of H'jcniba, tho smith. For
Hemba, bo It known, had been brought
up by Stern early in December.
The man was essential to progress, for
none knew so well as ho the arts of smelt
ing and of metal work. Stern still felt
suspicious of him, but by no word or act
did the smith now betray any rebellious
spirit, any animosity, or aught but faith
ful service.
Allan, honeer. could not trust him yet.
No telling what fires might still be smol
dering under the peaceful and Industrious
exterior. And tho master's eye often rested
keenly on tho powerful figure of tho black
smith. Across tho canyon, from a point about
fifty yards to eastward of Cliff Villa as
Beta and Allan had christened their homo
a light bridge bad been flung, connecting
tho northern wltft the southern bank and
saving laborious toll In crossing via tho
river bed.
This bridge, of simple construction, was
merely temporary. Allan counted or
eventually putting up u llrst-class can
tiiAver. but fur now he was content with
two stout fiber cables anchored to palm
trunks, llooicU with rough boards tabbed in
plnco with cordage and railed with strong
rope.
This bridge opened up n whole new tract
of country to northward and astly widened
tho fruit and game supply. Plenty reigned
ut Settlement f'llffs; and a prosperity such
as tho Folk had never known In tho Abyss,
a well-being, a luxurious arltty of food
stuffs fruits, meats, wild vegetables as
well as a profusion of furs for clothing,
banished discontent
Barring a llttlo lennori'v ilnresnlfii
and lassitude, duo to tho great alteration
of environment, the Folk experience! nut
slight ill effects from the change.
And, onco they grew acclimated, tjielr
health and vigor rapidly Improved. Strang,
est of all, a phenomenon most marked In
tho children, Allan noticed that after n few
weeks under tho altered conditions of food
and exposuro to tho actinic rays of the sun
as reflected by the moonlight, pigmentation
began to develop A certain clouding of
the Iris began to show, premonitory of
color-dcrioslt. Tho skin lost something of
Its chalky hue, while at tho roots of the
hair, as It grew, a distinct Infiltration of
pigment-cells was visible. And at this
sight Allan rejoiced exceedingly.
Beatrlco did not now go much abroad
with him, on account of her condition. She
hardly cntured farther than tho top of
tho cliff, and many days she sat In her low
chair on tho terrace, resting, watching
the river and the forest, thinking, dreaming,
sewing for tho llttlo new colonist soon to
arrive, Somo of their most happy hours
were spent thus, as Allan sat beside her
In the sun, talking of their future. Tho
bond between them had grown closer and
more Intimate,
They two, linked by another still unseen,
were one.
"Will you bo angry with me, dear. If
It's a girl?" sho asked ono day, smiling
a little wistfully.
"Angry? Have I ever been angry with
you, darling? Could I ever be?"
She shook her head.
"No; but you might If I disappointed
you now."
"Impossible ! Of course, the world's work
demands a chief, a head, a leader, to come
after me and take up the reins when they
fall from my hands, but "
"Kven If It's a girl only a girl you'll
love me Just tho same?"
His answer was a pressure of h'er hand,
which he brought to his lips and held there
a long minute. She smiled again, nnd In
the following silence their souls spoko to
gether though their llps were mute.
But Beta had her work to do those days
as well as 'Allan.
While he planned the public works of tho
colony and directed their construction at
night, or made his routine weekly trip Into
the Abyss for more and ever more of the
Folk a greatly shortened trip, now that ho
knew the way so well and needed to stop
below the ground pn,ly long enough to rest
a bit and take on oil and fuel she was
busy with her teaching of the people.
They had carefully discussed this mat
ter, and had decided to Impose English
bodily and arbitrarily upon the colonists.
Every evening Beatrice gathered a class of
the younger mtn and women, always In
cluding the children, and for an hour or
twq, drilled them In simple words, and sen
tences. '
She used their familiar occupations, and
taught them to speak of fishing, metal
working, weaving, dyeing and the prepara
tion of food. ,
And always, after they had learned a
certain thing, In speaking to them she used
F.ngllsh for that thing. The Folk, keen
witted and retentive of memory atf barbar
ians often are, made astonishing strides In
this new language.
They realized fully now that It was the
speech of their remote and superior an
cestors, and that If far surpassed their own
crude .and limited .tongue.
Thus they learned w,lthenthuilsm ; and
before long, among them In their own dally
urea s-no laoors, you coma near woras.
"We must teach the children, above all,"
he said to her one day. "English must
come to be a secondary tongue to them,
familiar as Merucaan. The next generation
will speak English from birth and gradually
the other language will decay and perish
save as we record It for the sake of his
tory. "It can't be otherwise, Beatrice. The
superior tongue Is always bound to replace
the Inferior. All the science and technical
work I teach theso people must be explained
In English.
They have no words for all these things.
Bridges, flying-machines, engines, water
pipes for the new aqueduct we're putting In
to supply tho colony from tho big spring
up back there, tools, processes, everything
of Importance, will enforce English. Tho
very trend of their whole evolution will
drive them to It, oven If they were unwill
ing, which they aren't."
"Yes, of course," she answered. "Yet,
after alt, we're only two "
"We'll be three soon."
She blushed,
'Three, then, If you say so. So few
among so many It will bo a hard fight,
after all "
"f know, but wo shall win. Old man
Adams nnd one or two others, at the tlmoof
tho mutiny of tho 'Bounty' taught English
to all their one or two scoro wives and
numerous children on l'ltcalrn.
"Tho Tahltan was soon forgotten, nnd the
brown half-breeds all spoko good English
right up to tho time of tho catastrophe,
when, of course, they were all wiped out.
So you Bee, history proves the thing can bo
done and will be."
Came an evening toward the beginning of
spring again an evening of surpassing
lovollness soft, warm, perfumed with tho
first crimson blossoms of tho season when
Brcmllu ran swiftly up the path to tho
chfftop and sought Allan In tho palisaded
Inclosuro, working with his men on tho now
aqueduct.
"Come, master, for they seek you now!"
he panted
"Who?"
"Thr mistress and old Gcsafam, tho nged
woman, skilled In all maladies! Come
swiftly, O Kromno!"
Allan started, dropped his lantern, and
turned tery white.
"You mean "
"Yea, master! Come!"
Ho found Beatrlco In bed, tho bronzo
lamp Bhlnlng on her faco, pale ns his own.
"Come, boy!" sho whispered. "Let mo
kiss you Just onco before before "
Ho knelt, and on her brow his lips
seemed to burn. Sho kissed him, then with
a smile of happiness In nil htr pain said:
"Go, dearest ! You must go now !"
And, ns he lingered, old Gesafam, chat
tering shrilly, sel7ed him by tho nrm and
pushed him toward the doorway.
Dazed and In silence ho submitted. But
when tho door had closed behind him, and
ho stood nlone there In tho moonlight above
!u0,r",''1!l,B rlver' " 8Jden exaltation
thrilled him.
Ho knelt again by tho rough sill nnd
Kissed tho doom-ay of tho houso of pain
the houso of life; nnd his soul flamed Into
prayers to whatsoever Principle or Power
wrought tho mysteries of tho ever-chang-
And for hours, keeping all -far away, he
held his vigil ; and tho stars watched abovo
him, too, mysterious nnd far.
But with tho coming of tho dawn, hark!
a cry within! Tho cry tho thrilling,
never-to-be-forgotten, heart-wringing cry
of tho llrst-born!
"Oh, God!" breathed Allan, while dewn
his checks hot tears gushed unrestrained.
Tho door opened. Gesafam beckoned.
Trembling, weak as a child, tho man fal
tcred In. Still burned the lamp upon the
table. Ho saw tho heavy masses of Beta's
hair upon tho pillow of deerskin, and some
thing in his heart yearned toward her as
never until now.
"Allan!"
Choking, unable to formulate a word,
shaking, he sank beside tho bed, burled his
faco upon It, and with his hand sought
hers.
"Allan, behold your son !"
Into his quivering arms he laid a tiny
bundle wrapped In the finest cloth the Folk
could weao of soft palm fibers.
His son!
Against his face he held the child, Bob
bing. Ono hand sheltered It; the other
pressed tho weak nnd trembling hand of
Beatrice.
And, us the knowledge and tho Joy and
pain of realization, of full achievement, of
fatherhood, surged through him, tho strong
man's tears baptized tho futuro master of
tho race !
CHAPTER XX
Disaster!
THAT evening, the evening of the same
day, Allan presented the man-child to his
assembled Folk.
Eager, silent, awed, tho white barbarians
A STORY FOR SPARE MOMENTS
What Did the Rector Say?
WE WEBE sitting on the veranda shell
ing peas. I had the big easy chair and
sister sat In a little straight-backed rocker
with the dish In her lap and a bag of fat
green peas at her feet. ,
Nannie, our colored girl, was sweltering
In the kitchen, while we were enjoying the
coolest spot In the place.
We exclaimed ever the perfectness of
somo of tho pods.
"I'vo eight In this one," safd sister.
"Oh. really?" I replied,. and then there
flashed across my mind something I had
read somewhere In a "dream book."
So I paused, and with an air of revealing
something choice (to get sister's attention),
I began:
"You know, If you can find a pod with
nine In It, you must not take them out, but
save It and hang It over the doorway and
then read your fate by tho next man who
enters."
"What nro you talking about?" said
sister, pretending great' scorn, but really
qulto Interested.
"Oh, I replied, lying back In the chair,
'If a single man enters you marry him, If
It Is a married man you are fated to be an
old maid all your Jlfe."
"Pshaw!" fccolded sister, "where did you
Invent that?"
Soon I noticed her counting rather care
fully. "What have you? Nine?" I asked.
"Yes, nine," and with that she coolly
stripped all nine out of the pod and -added
them tB the nice little collection In the dish,
I was mad, but knew better than to pro
test. She would only laugh. Anyhow, she
Is older than I, and engaged, too, so what
Interest would she have In such proceed
ings? Sho had done It to tease me, and I
wasn't going to give her the satisfaction
of knowing I cared.
She went Into the house for something,
and I quickly pulled out the longest pods
left In the bag. The first had ten, the next
eight, and I felt It was quite useless to
hunt .for a lucky nine, but the last one I
had taken revived my spirits, and after
counting three times from both ends of the
pod, so as to be sure, I tucked It away In
my blouse. When an opportunity camo ;,
pulled some thread out of slater's workbox
and suspended my prize where It "would
dangle above the head of any "unfortunate"
entering.
For the next few hours you would not
have had to look far from tho front door
to find me.
Once I looked down the path Just to tune
to see slster'a fiance approaching. I seized
the telephone book and batted down the
pod Just In time. I hadn't hung It there for
him. ' .
After he went, mother asked me to go to
the store. We would be jone an hour, and,
as I' didn't want to lose any chances, I de
cided to let the pod hang over the doorway
while .we were, gone. So, yben we got down
Ul waiK, i.iurneu puck, otinna- ir a,
gathered on the terrace, all uj and down
the slope of It, before the floor of their
Kromno's house, waiting to behold the spn
of him they all obeyed, of him who was
their law.
Allan took the child and bore U to the
doorway: and In the presence of all he held
It up, and In the yellow moonlight dedi
cated It to their service and the service
of the world.
"Msten, O folk of the Merucaansl" he
cried. "I show you and I give you, now,
Into your keeping and protection forever,
this first-born child of oursl
"This Is the first American, the first of
the ancient race that once was, the sama
raco whence you, too, have descended, to
be born In the upper, world 1 His name
shall be my name Allan. To him shall
bo taught all good and .useful things pi
body and of mind. Ho shall be your mas
ter, but more than master; he shall be, your
friend, your teacher, your strength, your
guide In tho aays yet io w' " -
his life Is given. Not for himself shall ho
live, not for-power or oppression, but tor
service In tho good of all!
To you and your children Is ho given,
to thoso who shall come after, to tho new
and better time. When we. his parents,
and when you, too. shall all bo gone from
here, this man-child shall carry on tho
work with your descendants. His race
shall bo your raco, his lovo and care) all
for your welfare, his every thought and
labor for tho common good.
"Thus do I consecrato and give him to
you, O my Folk7 And from this hour of
his naming I give you. too, a namo. No
longcr shall you bo Mcrucaans, but now
Americans again. Tho ancient namo shall
llvo onco more, He, an American, salutes
you, Americans! You aro hts elder broth
ers, and between you tho bond shall never
loosen till the end.
"I havo spoken unto you. This Is the
law !"
In silence they received It, In silence made
obelsnnco ; nnd, ns Allan onco moro carried
tho child back to Its mother, Bllently they
nil departed to their" homes and labors.
From that moment Allan believed his
rule established now by stronger bonds of
love than any forco could be. And through
all the Intoxication of success nnd consum
mated power ho felt a lovo for Beatrice,
who had rendered all this possible such as
no human words could ex'er Bay.
Allan, Junior, grew lustily, waxed strong,
and filled tho colony with Joy. A new spirit
pervaded Settlement Cliffs. Tho vital fact
of new llfo born there, an augury of
strength and Incrcaso and world-domlnanco
onco more, cemented all tho social bonds.
An esprit do corps, nn admirable and
powerful co-operatlvo senso developed, and
tho work of reconstruction, of learning, of
piogress.went on moro rapidly than ever.
Ueatrlce, seated at tho door of Cliff Villa
...1,1. V.n rt,Mrl imnn tr mrn mmlA II Vetl
table heart and center for nil thought and
labor, sno nnu Allan, jr., necamo oujecis
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almost oi wutbuiij iui uiu duiipiu mn,
It was heart-touching to Beo the eager
nAk IVin InttA nn1 vinnrntlnn rf Iha
people, tho hesitant yet fascinated way In
Wllicn incy coiurmiiuueu nils fiiriiiiKo wyt
i.Iha mtAil nml stiltti n1 Irttir In 1 1 linflnnlnr'
to grow already ; this, tho first child they
Imd ever ctvi u diivj.v viiciii iwhu mu ii.i-
drcn of their ono-tlmo ancestors had been.
The hunters, now growing very expert In
tho uso of firearms, fairly overloaded the
Ub.Iah ni 4 Via sifllln sjnltVi r fa ernmn Hlrla
and venison. Tho fishera outdid themselves
to eaten cnoice nsn xor ineir master s iam-
II .v A n1 ai'btv rnnrnlfii fnilta nnrl f1ntra
11. ll V..F " B iv ... .. x.s fc.
wero piled at the doorway for their ruler'H
pleasure.
Even then, when so much still remained
IU 4W, It- mm. "i wawuBae - '(-"
of Allan's dreams nlready was beginning to
laKC lorixi, ajicsu were uy uir hid uupjj.crii.
aays ueia mm no nuu ever iivuu. jove,
work, hopes and plans filled their waking
hours.
Put far away were all discouragements
and fears. All dangers seemed forever to
signal-fires, from time to tlmo seen on the
northern or eastern horizons, were Ignored.
And for a while all was peace and Joy.
How little they foresaw tho future; how
little realized the terrible, the Inevitable
eents now uireauy closing uown udoui
them 1 '
Allan mnil nn furthffr- trfna lhli tm.
Abyss for about two months and a half.
ueiore uriiiini; uuy niwro ui mo people to
tho surface, ho preferred to put all things
In readiness for their reception.
Tin now had n worklnir form of flffv.fnni-
men and twelvo women. Including his
own son, there were some seven children
at Settlement Cliffs. The labor of civiliza
tion waxe,u apace.
With largo plans In view, ho dammed tho
rapids and set up a small mill and power
plant, tho precursor of a far larger ono in
,- .uiuic, t.iuuuo oiiuii mums 10 me
ruins of neighboring towns put him In
knew It wasn't secure? but trusted It would
hang there till I got back.
Tho minute we returned I consulted
Mamie.
"Who's been?'.'
'The rector came In for a few minutes "
she answered. '
"Rector!" I gasped. He Is married and
has two grown-up daughters, Heavens'
'An old maid all my life.'
"Was he the only one?"
No, It seemed there was some one else
who came to the door and wouldn't come
In. It was my dearest chum's brother,
and, alack tho day! I well know ho would
have come In had I been there Perhaps
It would be Interesting to note that I never
tried tho experiment again. When I went
v?..nn'. ,,I0..PO,,1, " waa BOne' nnd l ad
Hi . ' riding out on tho rector's tall
silk hat. Ho was a good man, but It was
some time before I could feel the same to
ward him after that visit.
I went to sleep that night with the words
meB;"a!l KfoT8- "A" d ma,a a '
Well, all this happened a year ago I
am now engaged to my chum's brother, 'and
do not expect to be an old maid; although
I told him I did the night he asked me to
marry him. lo
"Why did you think that?" he demanded
And so I told him the whole story, and
how sorry I had been that he didn't at least
como Inside the door that afternoon for
Nannie said that he called Ju, befo?e the
rector. " w ,
He listened, but before I got there hi,'
was shaking with laughter. He waited
till I got to where I Imagined the Vector
Wk,ng 1R 8 street wlth fo Pod on that
.shining silk hat of his, and then he bum
out and laughed long and loud.
ton.""11 ,'h'n68'" h e3acula,e1' "nw
He got up abruptly and started off. "I'll
be right back," was all ne said.
He went home and came back soon with
a little ,box In his hand. n wlth
"This Isn't a present." he smiled, "but
It may Interest you." '
When I opened the box. I found, to my
amazement, a withered old pod with nin.
hard little kernelst lth nln
As I looked up for tan explanation h m
me that that was' the same DOd I h
hung in the doorway, it seems that by tt2
time he called that day the pod hidflrili.!
and was lying on the carpet? Theoowa,
open, aa our veranda was well eV..w.Vi
and while he was waiting fo7. "me 0
answer the bell he stepped over the the,
hold and picked It. Intending to hand ht'
Nannie and tell her he was afraid wmaonS
might fall on It. However, when he foumi
I wasn't" home, he forgot all abSut it
carried It hack to his house ' ond
Then, as he tells me, since anything to
fo Tulh T T mX 1?0UBS wa becom ng J.,?
, .'Then it wasn't hanging there' wh.n.kJ
A Sequel to "Beyond the Great Oblfo
By GEORGE ALLAN ENGJ
possession, bit by bit, of maehjwd
he cojild adapt into needfuifS!?
to elesir land and KiSSM
agriculture A grist-mill wiS?""!
essential. He could not &.!)
uuuii ins woo til nnrl .fH.
the colony. iot 1
Thrifa emu ,-. ut.
gT..nVr,hrktamlnror3'5i.
horses, sheep and goats but no .
a regular evolution up through T."
again by which the society of th.
reached (( Ml,,, """X or in, t,.
Ami to his ears 'the Wvhlrrlnro, v. ;1
bine ns tho waters of m.1 V?' kind
swirled through the penstocks th."
Of the. wheel. fh .i-..:K8' ITH.
belting, made musfo Ty VZtf
Voces of Ttentrlx,! -j t..l . "econ4 (
, ,, --.ww Hu ins son.
""" Drought piecemeal and ttu, 1
Biiiaii uynamo irom some extenYl.7''J
w Bouineasiwara. Ho brought h "
several still Intnrt in""" ?lrIi
fore long Cliff Villa shono resnleM -"!
tho nwe and mArv.l e .u " 5..plndBt. i
nut Allan made no mystery of it :J
explained It all to Sangamon. DrVmHa J
to understand, bade them tell thVrtt?
Thus every day somo new i; !'J
was Installed, or some fresh fcn2
cr.rf.fi, I nm- .!. I , V " nOW
Juno had drawn on again, anau,,
wenther ha,l tin,-... n. . . H sal
Ian thoucht nnu mnr, ..mi 1. rZr" I
Into tho Abyss. Ueatrlce tried to dili
him. Her heart shrank from furthie!
nrntlnn. Heir nr,l eAn. ' I
"Listen, dearest," she entreated u ,
HI f t.. .A.a All.., La.. 1
... , juuiik Jinan s Deasiae one i
breathless nleht. "t thinv ,,-....'.! '
enough ; really I do. You've got 1 1
now to keen von here ,.. - '
Pleaso don't trft! TVillnw ,, it. ..
spoke to me about yesterday, but dmil
yourself!" 0,
"The plan?"
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
Farmer Smith's-a
Column
THAT SOMETHING
Dear Children Do you mind mte!
you udoui tno tilings i uo7 You are for
talking nbout tho things YOU do wbj
do why j
a children s editor?
I was asked tho other day to say a
xmngs uuou. music.
I am free to confess that I do nt i
AI.I. thero Is to know about music, on
ining cisc, ror mat. matter. I am a i
listener, however. It Is truo that 1 1
lesions when I was of tender age ana t
part In. piano recitals, where I usiiaitem
a botch of what I was playing, slmnlrl
..u-u l nua t'inuurra5sen, oeing the c
boy scholar my teacher had. I vu i
her despair, for. no matter what shewn
to play, I always Insisted on playing It I
over for me.
Let's go back.
When you stand up to sing without
accompaniment, without anv Dlano. Mni
do you know you are on the right key? qM
up nnd try "Home, Sweet Home." j
Out of ten children who started to ism
mil nunn iiusMiniy eigni were on the wra
key. How did tha TWO who were tit
KNOW that they had the right key? i
Isn't it something Inside of them Uatl
starts them off right? What Is this wjjl
dcrful thing? Did you over try to tetiel
qualnted with It? Did you ever say to roil
self, "I am going to sing nnd I am fokJ
to hit the right key I MUST hit the rM
Let's try to find THAT SOMETHKi
wnicn starts is oft right when we slnr.
I will help you all I can.
Your loving editor.
parmer surra
MRS. OPOSSUM HELPS BILL! '
By Farmer Smith
Jonathan Goat was so surprised to I
Mrs. Opossum standing there beside BUM
uumpus mat lie couidn t say a wort I
Hilly stopped crying.
"What In the wldo world were nil
crying about? asked Mrs. Opossum a I
uuiy.
"Jonathan was making fun of my wlfi
cooking. I went all the wav home and Ml
somo soup for him 'and now he sayi Hli
no good," whined Billy.
"l turned up my nose, that s all
Jonathan. 1
Suddenly Billy had an Idea. "I Bf.l
Jonathan," lio began. "Have you nf
noticed how beautifully Mrs. Opossum ott-l
ries moso near, darling children of tmi
on her backs? By the way, Mrs. Oposraal
wncre are your cniwrcnv
"I havo to leave them home once to tl
while," she replied.
"Too bad, too bad. I wanted Jonitblf
to see them.
"You must bo very strong to carry t
twelve babies of yours on your back. EV
mucn uo you think they we gli7 A nw
as six bricks?" And Billy looked at Ui
opossum.
"You don't mean to tell me that !
Opjcum can carry six bricks on her I
do you?" asked Joathan, becoming lnti
ested. I
"I can carry seven bricks. If yon
put them on my back and teTl me wis
to tnko them," said Mrs. Opossum prolWI
i uon t believe you can carry tnera
far as my home." stureested Billy. '
"Yes, Indeed, I can," "answered J6l
Opossum. 'V'l
"Supposo we try," ventured Billy, tt'J
ing now bright he was.
M'.h. . .., ...t.t. .I.- r- neafc
ivtjr buuu jvnu "till inab nil. V"TV
sum got down near tho ground ail ?
jonatnan and Billy put the DrirKS on u
back. fl'
Soon Blllv was trnlflnir lln the hlll-ni,
Mr. Opossum beside him, the poor tibf
trying to balance the seven bricks on W
back. The bricks, you see, didn't l
tails with which to hang on to her oj
uiu ana so sue nau a nara time. .
By and by, however, they got to tin i
or tno hill and It was then that Jonaui
caught sight of (hem and suddenly Uioi
that he had clven nwnv seven bricks I
when they were missed he would 'W'tOJ
Dav for them. 'l
He Jumped up quickly and started tfjglj
Billy Bumnus nnd Mrs. Onossum- Bt
overtook them Just as Billy was enter!
his home, 94
"Wine, I would like to Introducs n
to Mrs. Opossum. She lias brought J
uncHs jor ou? dinner nna now
we should be." said Billy.
MT thai MrVitv w... A M n ,-al-rvl
- , j juu ui i, .a i w-,, -
bricks all the way up here?" asktd
opossum nnerilv.
"I was Just thanking you for your 1
ness," replied Blllv softly. '
"I don't want your thanks," afcswei
Mrs. Opossum. And with that n
pearea out of the door, bumping Jnw Jf
man as sne went down the step.
"Where are my bricks?" asked Jonw
-ask your friend Billy Bumpus,
knows more about them than I da.
luat VOlt wnlf mv t.in will roMa."
Mrs. Opossum and In a few mlnuteij
nau aisappearea down the roaa, ':
Jonathan wondering what had MX
uang
Bang
Bang!
Jonathan knocked at the door '
mat Ullly thought he would knock
"S-ahl Here comes Jonathan atMT '
oricka," whispered Billy.
Mrs. BumDUS vent tn tha door: I
fore she opened It, Billy whispered I
Scold him good."
J
When Mrs, Bu-npus operfed tha-4
was jonainans surprise to oe gr
xou tong-eareo, short-hornea i
ifAJiJL.
i-.v 5 .t l
ut
" - - ' ' - M U
M-Wits, tft
- "S,W.W 'MWf
JBMja while I give you
UUdLJ