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By NELLIE L.
Author of "The Next 'of Kin?
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. THIS STAKTS THIS 8TOKY
, t(r. J. Burton Francis, A woman
iii ktnk ideals and mora than the
SSL? "" of, th milt ,of
JZi notices that her washwoman,
ifrt TTM". ' Ptrtormtng he- labors
til a shogish manner, inquires about
ttektaUk and about her numerous
Children, subjects her to soma uplifting
Talk on motherhood, suggests books for
i,r husband to cad, and interests
hit self in the welfare of the iamily.
Ml
rAIlY tat on tic back step until Mrs.
T)uckf r should find time to empty her
pitcher. Mary was strictly an ouUlder.
Mary's father jras a Reformer. He ran
the opposition P8Pr t0 dcar JIr Evnn8'
urv was never well dfessed, partly
i'accnunted for by tho fact that the
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Angela nau yisiicu iu juouutj "iu
1B0 0ften. Therefore, for these reasons.
Mary sat on the back step, n rank out-
The war, who knew nothing of these
fhlnci. began to "goo" ps soon as he
' saw bcr. Mary reached .out her arms.
Th czar stumbled into them nnd Mary
ifell to kissing his bnld head. Sho fcltJ
more at homo with a baby tn uer armi.
It was at this unfortuuate moment
,lhat Mr. Duckcn nnd Mr. Evans came
arouna to iue tear m ,um,. ..
Evans was beginning to thluk rather
more favorably of Mr. Ducker, ns the
prospective Conservative member. He
might do all right there are plenty
worse he has no brains but that docs
not matter. What need has a man of
brains when he goes Into polities?
Brainy men make the trouble. Tho Orlts
marl that mistake once, elected n brainy
, man.' and they have had no peace since.
Mr. uucKcr nau nuruiuy uruwu iue
'conversation to a general discussion of
children. He knew mat Air. brans s
weak point was his little son Algernon.
"That's a clever little chap of yours.
Evans." he had remarked carelessly as
' they camo up the street. (Mr. Ducker
had never seon tne czar cioseiy.i .uy
wife was just saying the other day that
he has a wonderful forehead for a lit
tle fellow."
"He has," the other man said smiting,
not at all displeased. "It runs clear
down to his neck!"
, "He, 'can hardly help being clever If
there's anything Jn heredity." Mr.
'Ducker wenl on with Infinite tact, feel
ing his rainbow dreams of responding
to toasts at Elk banquets drawing near
er and nearer.
Then the era genius of the House of
Ducker awoke from his slumber, sat
up and took notlcej The house that
the friend in Wlnnlnec had selected for
them fell into irreparablo ruins! Poor
Alaudle automobile vanished at a
touchi-The rosy dreams of Clnclnnatus,
and of'c,arrylng the grand old Conserva
tive banner In the face of the foe, turned
to clay and ashes!
They turned the corner, and came
upon Mary McSorley, who sat on the
-back step with tho czar in her arms.
Mary's-head -was hidden as she kissed
the czar'a .fat neck, and in the general
babel of voices', within nnd without,
she did sot bear them coming.
"Ptnonklnir ntinnf hnreAl,,, " -M.
"Ducker bald suavely, speaking la a low
Tojce, and looKing nt whom he supposed
io-db wo latest iucBoriey. "it loous as
If there must be something in it over
there" Isrft that' McSorley over again ?
Low forehead, pug nose, bulldog tend
encies." Mr. Duc.ker was something of
a 'phrenologist, and went blithely ou
to his own destruction.
"Now the girl is rather pleasant look
ing, and some of tho others are not
bad at all. But this one is surely a
regular little Mickey. I believe a per
son would be safe Imsajing that he
yould not grow up a Presbyterian."
Mr. Evans- was the worshipful Grand
Master of the I.ovnl Oranec Lodge, and
wre "P In tho Illnck. aud this remaik
Sir. Ducker 'thought he would appreci-
m"J rm.?r,('-J ,?ltt n.ever be h'ad wlil'e
this little fellow llvrs," Mr. Ducker
Mushed merrily, rubbing his hands.
The czar looked up nnd saw Iih
father. Perhaps ho understood what
had been said and saw the hurt in his
father r face and longed to heal him of
1' P'r,lnPs tho time, had come when he
should forever break the goo-goo bonds
that had lain upon his speech. He
wriggled off Mary's knee, and toddling
Uncertain!? nrm ), n ,tt. .
mighty mental conflict in his pudgy
'ill0 fa?e' hcId out hl" dirripled nrms
With a clad rrv nf "DnHflTwIlnwo-t"
That evening while Mrs. Ducker nnd
Aiaudle were busy fanning Mr. Ducker
and putting wet towels on his head, Mr.
Eans sat down to write.
Somo more of thnt tiresome election
ijtutf, John," his pretty little wife wild
n disappointment, as sho proudlj
recked the emancipated czar to sleep.
les, dear, it is ejection stuff, but
it Is not a bit tiresome," ho answered
smiling, as he kissed her tenderly. Sev
ral times during tho evening, and into
DREAMLAND
DOCTOR PEGGY
My DADDY
(Reddy Wood-Peeler tells Peony
thai the birds haxe been made ill by
Dr. Blue Bird and Dr. Blue Jay. She
starts for Birdland riding Hopnxiy-
iO0. a rlhfkli. nntt rni tl.Uh hIIIu
I who is riding Johnny Bull.)
CHAPTER III
The Bird Hospital
TOHNNY BULL wrinkled up his nose
Jat Blue Bird and Blue Jny when
thy ald thev werotioctors.
Woof I Funny kind of doctors you
r," be growled.
"f M..,.
I - iuiui iuu iihtb smallpox, rata-
V i? w.no?P'nK cough and stomach
twi 01Cre at,n? t0 much," chirped
r ,uo u,r.a looKing nt Johnny null
3ut llko a wise, important doctor.
.Haven't had n bite to eat since
yesmday at dinner, ami now I've lost
SlLiS"""1'." erowled Johnny Bull,
Stlu11 h"n5fy at IIoppity-Hop the
'liSiii Dd nopplty.Hon promptly got
from i hu',yi had climbed down
jJuI thl?1' you navo scarlet fever, tooth
S,,.?,ua TCfrejcorlc. You'ro uot catjng
Bull; Bl' Jay, frowning nt Johnny
That sounds cood. You're a very
TrowuS01?1";. x, by eating you!"
SniiHPy BuU, and bfyinade a
'. bi- tii. t wu D.ut' '"e Jay. uut
I ' ?rh. 1 ?' rh, darted to
ni.i.ii m-u ,n ine 0UBU woero nc
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begin slffini011"."' DuI1- Ten ho
rSiel. j5 th l',r' "Scorns to me
J,."No falrf No fni-u' c.m.,i n-
Wr,i V.15at tl' other doctor 1" '
advlf-'I.M e,akat al" Thafi ray
qyicel" ch rneil Dr. m.,nii i.nnni.
'jvjl nr . n hi
McCLUNG
"Three Times and Out," etc.
the night, sho heard him laugh his
happy boyish smile.
James Duckcr did not get tbo nom-
luauon.
CHAPTER X
The Butclicr-Rldo
PATSCY WATSON waited on the
corner of the street. It was In the
eaily morning and Pntsey'a face bore
marks of a recent and mighty conflict
with soap nnd water. I'atscy looked
apprehensively every now and then at
his home ; his mother might emerge any
miuuto and insist on his wearing a coat;
his mother could bo very tiresomo that
way sometimes. '
It seemed long this morning to wait
for the butcher, but the only woy to be
sure of a rido was to bo ou the snot.
Sometimes there were delays in gcttlug
away from homo. Getting ou 'a; coat
was one: finding a hat was the worst
of all. Since Uugecy got tho noil In
his foot and could not go out the hat
question was easier. The hat was still
hard to find, but not impossible.
Wilford Ducker camo along. 'U'il
ford bad lust had a dose., of elet'trtn nil
artfully concealed in a cup of tea, aud
he felt desperate. His mother had often
torn him not to play with any oE the
Watson boys, they were so rough and
unlady-like in their manner. Perhaps
that was why Wllford came over ot
once to Patsey. Patscy did not enre
for Wilford Duckcr even If ho did live
iu a big house with screen doors on
it. Mind jou, he did not wear braces
yet, only a waist with white buttons
on it and him seven 1 Patsey's man
ner was cold.
"You goln' fcr butcher ride?" Wil
ford asked.
"Yep." Patscy answered Mltli cry
little warmth.
"Say, Pnt. Icmtnc go," Wilford coax
cd. "Nope," Patsey replied, indiffer
ently. 'Aw, do, Pat: won't cher?"
Mrs. Ducker hod been very particu
lar about Wilford's enunciation. Once
she dismissed a servant for dropping her
final g's. Mrs. Ducker considered it
more serious to drop a final g than a
dinner plate. She often spoke of how
particular she Mas. She said sho had
insisted on correct enunciation from the
first. So Wllford said again:
Aw, do, Pat: won't cher?"
Patsey looked carelessly down the
street and began to sing:
How much wood would a woodchucl
chuck
If a woodebuck could chuck wood?
"What cher take fer butcher ride,
Pat?" Wllford asked.'
"What cher got?"
Patsey had stopped siuging, hut still
beat time with his foot to tbo imagi
nary" music.
Wllford produced a jacknlfe in very
good repair.
Patsey stopped beating'1 time, though
only for an instant; It docs not do
to bo too keen.
"It's a good un," Wllford said with
pride. , "It's a Rodger, miud ye two
blades." ,
"Name yer price," Patsey conde
scended, after a deliberate examination.
"I.emme ride all week, ord'rln' and
dcliv'rluV'
"Not much I won't." Pntsey de
clarcd stoutly. "You can rldo three
davs for it."
Wllford began to whimper, but just
then the butcher cart whirled around
thp corner.
Wllford ran toward it. Patscy held
the knife.
The butcher stopped and let AVllford
mount. It was all one to tho butcher.
He knew he usually got a boy at this
corner.
Patsey ran after tho butcher cart.
He had caught sight of some one whom
Wllford had not ct noticed. It was
Mrs. Ducker. Mrs. Ducker had been
down the street ordering a crate of
pears. Mrs. Ducker was just a? par
ticular about pears as b!;o was about
final (, so sue nau gone ucrscit to
select them.
Whon she saw Wllford. her son. rid-
Ine with the butcher well, renllv, Bhe
could not have told tho sensation It
gnvo her. Wllford could not havo told,
either, just how he felt when be saw
his mother. Rut both Mrs. Ducker
and her son had a distinct sensation
when they met thnt morning.
She called Wllford, and he came. No
sooner had ho loft his seat than Patscy
Wntson took his place. Wilford
dared not ask for the return of the
knifo ; his mother would know that he
had had dialings with Patsey Watson,
and his account at tho maternal bank
was already overdrawn. '
Mrs. Ducker was more sorrowful
than anerv.
"Wllfnrrl!" she said with croat
dignity, regarding tho downcast little
. .. 1.1. uH..MMtnJ ...nix. "and Vnl,
a Duckcr!"
Sh imported tho fallen Ducker sadly
homeward, but, oh, so glad that she
had baved mm from the corroaing in
fluenco of tho butcher boy.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
ADVENTURES
sood brcukfasts," be barked, baring hU
"Get out of tho hospital! Leave ray
patients alone!" screamed Dr. lllnn.Tnv
"Leave my patients alone!" echoed
Dr. Blue 'Bird. Billy jumped in front
or jonnny uuu and lie and I'eggy looked
into tho glnde. There were dozens and
dorens of birds all of them looking as
sick ns sick could be. On one side of
the glado were rows of very thin, weak
appearing birds, all of them whimpering
ana walling. On the other side were
rows of very fat, over-stuffed birds
all of them gasping and groaning.
"These nre all my patients on this
side." chirped Dr. Blue Bird, proudly,
alighting nmong the thin birds.
"Arou't they sick looking?"
"Mine are sicker looking," boasted
Dr. Blue Jay, fljiug down among the
fat birds. "And they'll bo a lot sicker
heforn I get through with them," be
added with a chuckle.
"Ob, oh, we are so hungry we are
dying of starvation!" walled all tho
thin birds in a chorus, while Dr. Blue
Bird proudly beat time with his bill,
like an orchestra director leading bis
musicians.
"Oh, oh, we're stuffed so full we're
going to burst!" sroaned the fat birds.
while Dr. Blue Jay grlnnlngly heat time
witn nis ioot.
Reddy Wood-Pecker flew down h
sldo Peggy, "Now, you see, it's just
as I told you," be whispered, "Unless
you turn yourself Into a doctor, Princess
Peggy, and cure em up we will not have
any birds iett lu itirdland."
Pckitv aerecd with him. She didn't
know what she could do as a doctor, but
she thought It would bo rather thrilling
to try.
Til bo 7our doctor," shecrled to
tho whimpering, inoauiug birds. "And
I'll bo lour uursc," added Ilillr.
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