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TUB MOHAN-TON TRmUKE-THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER. 10, 185)7.
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TRYING HARD TO
CHEAT UNCLE SAM
Persons Who Regard the Gournmcnt
As Legitimate Prey.
GOOD A10NOV WANTED FOR BAD
The Itcdcmptlon Division ol the
Treasury Department the Special
Object of AKsniitt It Seems l'.usi,
Hut It's Dlflicnlt nnd Dangerous.
Attempts to Swindle with .Mutilated
Stilto.
Washington Letter In tho Sun
AVhv men who In ordlnarj business
affalis nm seiurulotisly honest dr nut
hesitate to swindle the govcinmcit Is
one of the problems which pU7le tho
department ofllclals ut V? if hlw.ioi
There Is no doubt that this curious
mental attitude toward tho govern
ment Is very geneial. The TieTsuiy
department pees nunc examples nf II
than any other of the departments
and of the Tieasuiy rperlrm the te-ih-mptlnn
dltlnn gets a full share It
la there that $27 j 000,00i in worn and
torn ro eminent uinency Is sent every
year to he eNcliaiifcd for fresh, etlsp
greenbacks or shining coin 51 v. Hol
loa who has "been ehlet of the dlvbloti
for ten eais ays It Is a gieit place
to study humun nature.
In the redemption division they give
you a whole note for tin co-fifths of a
note of the same denomination. They
give jou half the face nuIuc of .1 nrto
foi a piece of It greater than two. fifths
and less than thiee-fifths KInally
tliev repHee a noti enlltcly. howoNer
small the fragment oilerod for teelcmp
tlon, if tin- owner cnu show to the sat
isfaction of Mr. flelyen and 1.1m assist
ants that the itinatnder of the note
wns aci Idcnlullj destioj'ed.
Ieni these f icts In mind: Less than
two-fltths of a $10 hill is woith noth
ing iinlin it can ho proved that the
Hmalntler of tho bill was dpstiovcd
acritlentally. More than two-lift Us and
less than thiee-flfths of the bill Is
voith $5, but with the simo condition
fult.lled It Is worth 510. Till i -Wilis
of the bill Is worth $10.
Six j earn ago, If one-tenth ot a $10
bill was mWblng, tho tiensutj gaNO
only $9 for it. but it was found that
this was unjust be. iuse most of the
mutilated bills weie bllb of sin ill de
nomination, and most of the piison
who presented them were poor. Ho tho
new rule was adopted, and it has n. Dik
ed well. Hut It opens up a tempting
avenue for fraud, although any one
vho knew how few chances theie nio
of escaping the eyo of Chief Itehea.
Piid his. experts would never uncle l
tahe to Impose on the redemption divi
sion Mr. Rolyea and his Half can
scent a fraud as quickly as a seeiet
ten he officer.
INSTANCE.
Not long ago a doctor In Alabama
sent to the redemption division one
half of a $10 bill, accompanied b an
aflldaNit saying that while on a spice
he had used the other half to light a
cigar. The half which he foi winded
was nicely thai red along the Inner
edge The story would have bten Neiy
plausible If the redemption division had
not leeeHed within twenty-foui houis
from an Alabama bank the othei half
of the same note The thcoiy of tho
treasuiy olllclals was that while on a
spice the doctor had struggled for tho
possession of the bill with some one,
who had w tested half of It from htm;
that the despoller had tut nod the half
Into the bank and recelNed $j foi it;
that the doctor, leeoveilng his senses
had found the other half In his pocket,
and, not wanting to lose his money,
had conceived the plan of singing the
edge of the note and saying the other
half had been destrojed. So he calm
1n committed pc-rjuiy in an attempt to
lob I ntle Sam of Hi.
A shoit time ago a man In Chicago
sent an aflldaNit to the tieasuiy .u
oompanying the singed half ot two $.'0
bills and one $10 bill. This aflldaNit
was typewiitten and In pet feet foim.
It stated that the deponent was a
omnieicial traNeller; that, lttutnlng
from a journey, he had been cleaning
out his tra olllner bag, when inndveit
entl he had thiown Into the lln an
envelope containing $"0 in bills, th.it,
In accoi dance with section so-and-so
of the law of such a date, he would
like to hale the money it-stond to him,
etc
The tleik who brought this docu
ment to Mr Itelyea tonimented on Its
completeness
"The stoiy seems unnatuial" said
.Mr. Relyea. "Hold up tho claim foi a
time, '
Twenty-foui hours later a big ship
ment of mutilated cuiiency came tioni
the sub-tieasury at Chicago Mr. Itel
ea asked If there weie any half notes
In the shipment. In foui oi five min
ings a clerk brought him the miss
ing hahes of the bills whlth the Chi
tr.go man had sent In
The attempt to defraud was plain
The matter was put at once in the
hands of tho Seeiet Hen ice buieau.
An agent was sent to Chicago. He
found the Noting man who had made
the affidavit, though it was made under
a false name. Ho told the joung man
that It was customaiv to Investigate
cases of the kind, that theie was no
doubt he would u'et Jhe money The
joung man's feais weie lulled to list
He admitted his identity as tho make i
of the affidavit. He was put under ai
rest and then the stori of his ciinif
came out He was of decent famllj,
but he hud fallen Into bad conipin,
and had been peisuaded to attempt tho
fiaud by older companions. They ftit
nlshed the money and pronatMl the
iiffldaNlt They cut the bills In half,
and for one half obtained $J". The
other half they Hinged and ati.ulud
them to his aflldaNit. When he was
anested thej fled
Tho gross profit of tho swindle could
In all tlio world thcro Is no other treatment
to pure, to sweet, so safe, so speed) , fur pro.
serving,pitrifjlng,and beautifying tho skin,
scalp, and hair, and eradicating every h i.
aor, as warm baths with Ccncpha bow,
and gentle anointings with Ctmcuiu (oint
ment), the great skiu euro.
Ii told Ihroiirhnnl Mil irnrM. 1'oTTr
Ctua t Chiu Cum- , s,,l. iVoin , llr.itfn.
M-" All About tl Hkliufr, lipoma Uilr,"frie.
EVERY HUMOlt lSSitVHS!!
(uticiira
not haNe been more than $.". and In
trying to beat the government out of
that amount the Noung man forfeited
his liberty or a year n'nd a half.
AN INTER-STATE CASH.
One of tho most Interesting eases In
the history of the department began In
New York and ended In Kansas. One
day n money broker In the Howciy
sent In for lcdemntlon the halves of
pome bills $30 worth. He received
promptly n. treasury diaft for $23. Now,
half notes are always a little suspic
ious, it Is difficult to Imagine a legiti
mate lenson for cutting a bill In two
plectvs. In this case it was decided to
put the half notes away and await de
velopments. They came two nnd a
half j cam later ftom an unsuspected
quarter, A, Kansas hunk sent to the
treasury the other halves of the muti
lated notes, the Inside edges scorched,
nnd with them nn elaborate affidavit.
The ullldaNlt swore that he was a far
incii that while, hat vesting he had
hung his coat on a fence, that the
brush near tho fence had caught lire,
nnd befoie ho could lescue his coat It
had been badly humid, that bills ag
gregating $50, whlth weie In the pocket
of his coat, weie desttojed by fire, nnd
that tho fiagments lutompanylng tho
nlltdiiNlt wcio all that was left of the
bin in d mone. With this aflldaNit
was a letter. fi om the cashier of the
bank sajing that the deponent was n
man of the highest standing In tho
community, and that the facts were
undoubtedly as he had stated.
Mr, Heljea sent a reply to the cash
ier's letter, saying theie must be some
mistake that the other halNcs of the
notes weie In the possession of tho
treasuiy. The cashier answered furi
ously. TTnles lestitution was made
within two dajs, he said, the Hon.
, member of congiess from a Kan
sas district, would call und demand an
explanation.
This tlneat made the troauiv ofllc
lals angrj. They were not going to be
bulldozed. They piomptly notified tho
dopaitmeut of Justice. Woid wns sent
to the dlstilct attorney for Kansas.
He leplled that pt execution would bo
hopeless The fanner was not only a
wealthy and highly lespected citizen,
but a dlrectoi of the bank thiough
which the aflldaNit had been sent, and
It would not be possible to convict him.
The depnitment of justice was In fa
Nor ol 'chopping the case, the tieasuiy
Insisted on tiing it Finally the man
was indicted, and Mr Reljea was noti
fied to attend the tilnl. On the day on
which he was to start west u telegiam
came saying the highly lespected fai
mer had pleaded gulltj and paid n
fine ot $1,000.
FRAUDS DETECTED.
A good ninny j ears ago a bank mes
senger sent In foi redemptiop a cigar
box full of sciaps of money. He made
aflldaNit that they were nil that was
left of some money w hlch had been
destrojed by mice. It took the experts
only a few minutes to tell that the
scraps bore no relation to each other.
Each belonged to a dldeient note. EvN
dently the messenger had been picking
up. scraps of bills aiound the bank fm
man) jeais, and s.nlng them foi a
fraud on the goNeinmont. On another
occasion two hahes of a note came In
from different men In the same city
on tho same day. each accompanied
by an aflldaNit telling how the othei
half had been destiojed.
This sort of thing Is going on all tho
time. A few das ago one of the
cleiks brought to Chief Itel) c a the
mangled lemalns of what seemed to be
a $5 bill It was pasted on a piece of
haavv blown paper In the lover left
hand coiner the siil number was
eleaily defined; In th upper light hand
coinei, where the same figuies should
linNp appealed, the note had been
scraped, so as lo blur the number, and
a weak attempt hid bun made to sug
gest with India ink the first of the fig
uies on the number below. The two
pieces ONldently had belonged to dif
feient notes. Alone they wtrf n iluc -less,
because (-either ias as large .is
two-'llftlis of the oilgimil note; togeth
1 1 tho owner had hoped to make them
appear to belong to the same note and
so get $2 50 for them. The attempt at
fraud was weak and futile.
The Treasuiy clerks haie keen e)es,
' nd they make few mistakes They
have been known to pass counterfeits,
and undoubtedly --onio couuteifelt
notes hav been ledeemed b) the tieas
uiy, but casts of this kind nre inre
When the notes come to thf redemp
tion division cut in half, the upper
half lielng sent to the tieasuiei s office
and tho lower half to tho leglstei's
Each package of half notes Is mniked
with the Initials of the oilglnul coun
ter It has happened that the counter
In the tieasurei's oi icglstei's office has
come upon a counterfeit In tint case
the ulglnnl counter 1 .s been obliged
to make up the los to the government
because the tieasuiy pa)s out the
.nnnunt of the notes on the certificate
of the fli st tountei.
Tin:rrs.
Some )p,us ago time was eniplo)cd
In the redemption diNlslon a bilght
faced youth who was a gitat fnorlte
with the cleiks No one knons that
he stole any raoncj, but these facts
aie bi) nnd dispute Mono) dlsap
P'liied while he was employed in the
office, and the disappearances Mopped
suddenly when he wns transfened to
the vault loom Not long nfterwaid he
wus caught stealing silver fiom tho
vaults, tiled, and conNlcted I'ntler the
conditions, the inference that he stole
fiom the redemption cliN Islou Is fair.
The fli st money which wns missed
In the redemption dlilslnn was a $3
bill. The eleik haNlng charge of the
money made up the amount Then $.'3
was missing This was a piett) henNy
lus.j The cxpcit eh iks In the ledemp
tmu division ipccho only $1,000 to $1,.
(.00 snhu), though they aie held le
spcinslblr for millions of Uollnis dur
ing the )car A subset lptlun was tak-
i ur in the office to make up the $23
n' clay a $1,000 bill disappeaied. Then
th lo wis a commotion The tieasurer
of the United States had to make good
tic shoitage and go to congress for
lei'itss. Theie Is llttlo doubt In the
udemptlon division that the oung
Nault thief got the $1,000 1?lll
This Incident was umuI by the tieas
1'iei to point tho inoiul of a letoin
n endutlon to congiess for additional
clerks He leeomitiended that a foice
be employed to keep a register of the
nuinbfis of the notes of laige denom
inations sent In for i ademption. No
such lecord hnd eier been kept, and
ns congiess lefused lo make the ap
Piopilatlon the recoid is not kept now.
There is no doubt that It should be.
Vo hiiFlnos man would pay his notes
and destroy them without keeping
some record ot the tianouctlon, yet the
Kon eminent each year pays millions of
lis obligations and destroys the notes
which represent them, and it cannot
naie today what notes ure outstand
ing and what have been redeemed.
I'flecl oi tin- 1'ort's l,ongingi).
I'rom tho WuBhinston Star.
M. t it tuiibv tor things bnjond
The common, Nulgnr sort;
If the poet did less longing, ho
Would not be quite so bhorl.
Washington Star.
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
A Whirlwind of Business
Has struck this store. Crowds congregate from morning till night. They admire the beauty
of the store. They wonder at the goodness of the stocks. They enthuse at the lowness of the
prices. This was illustrated yesterday in a sale of Men's Gloves. We advertised 1,000
pairs. People came in crowds and bunches, The thousand pairs were sold. Still they came.
Bound to please bound not to disappoint, we placed the balance of the lot on sale, and when
the turnstile had registered the last pair, 2184 men had been made happy. The same con
ditions exist today in the bargains here, because the . ,
STORE IS GREATEST
STOCK IS LARGEST
GOODS ARE FINEST
PRICES ARE LOWEST.
Come and Spend the Day with Us. Judge for Yourself What We Say Is True.
A Great Grocery Store.
WE PRIDE ourselves on our Grocery Department.
Its cleanliness and neatness will please you.
You'll like the arrangement of the goods for
quick' and easy shopping. Soon to realize the change in your
grocery bills after a week's trading here. All canned goods
are packed to our order and represent the choicest selections
from the greatest fruit and vegetable growing sections.
Flour
Our Patent Minnesota Flour is absolutely the best that can be
made. Put it alongside the bund of a celebrated Minnesota
maker who charges you $6.50 a bairel. You'll take ours. The
only difference is the price
$5.68 per barrel
Granulated Sugar
Standard Quality, ....
Coffee
Small dealers can't buy good coffee. The big fellows swallow
the choice growths. We're one of the "big fellows." Our
Java and Arabia Mocha Coffee is a combination of the
choicest private growth you'll like it,
jZiC per pound
Special Today:
Ai buckle's Famous Au'osa Coffee in one pound packages,
O cents package
Canned Goods
Solid Cold Packed Tomatoes, per can,
Fxtra Early June Peas, per can,
Jellies
20 pound pail Jelly, assorted flavors,
Basement.
300 boxes of line quality
stationery, with crest initials;
.24 sheets of paper, with en
velopes to match. You would
jump at the bargain if we said
7j cents a box. What will
you do when we say
49 cents box '
Demonstration of Tetley's
Famous India and Ceylon Teas
in the basement. Try a sam
ple cup here. You're sure to
like it.
XOT WHOLLY IKItUI.I' VAN 1.
At l.cMisl to Ilcr oinuiili l')r, hut It
.Uncle Him I'ltitnlh Mucustic.
1'iom the W'.nhlngli n Ft.ir.
T licy had li"on clK ulnir tho plans
for a new hounc, anil it frequently
ncmiiiucl lliP.t hi" hiintjehtlons did not
stilke her as niaopus-. "i:eiythlnt;
t-eeniH to bu out of piojxn tl3ii." fho
was KalnK
Whj," ho loplled, 'tho picture that
tho aioliitict drew looks (lint-: ate. I
w.is mollis; to frame It and h uik It up,
whethar ho IiuIH the hoimo or not "
"Tluit shows jour Idea of consistency.
Of loutfe, tho huuss 1h ery will. Hut
Jim leallo. don't you, that It will
have to tct.iy exactly whoio wo put It V"
' fnlcys u cnne cornts along."
"But you mufet tnko tho locality Into
consideration. What I havo doubts
about Is tho pi opt let y of putting a
$K.,nrw hoiiHj on a $4,000 lot."
"Well, wow cot to do the best wo
can. I. would be Just as haul to move
the lot befeno we build ah It would be
to move tho house ufttiwnnN"
"Of course, thafa Just like jou.
Nothing makes you so comfounble as
to wear an overcoat that cost $75 with
a suit of clothes fop which you paid
$15 "
"Ilao I been dolnt; anything like
that"' he Inquired, apprehensively
"Of course, you have And tha ar
rangements you have "been making for
tho stable on this property show pre
cisely tho same sptilt. You know that
our horse Is n. flno anlmil, and ou have
ni ranged the shelter for him as If ho
were th'o commonost sou ot a boast
of but den It does seem out of all rea
son to me to houso an animal with a
pedlgreo In a cheap stable of that
sot t."
"Maybe it Is a llltlj unueual."
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
21 lbs. for $1.00
9 cents
10 cents
58 cents
Hen's Ties
100 dozen Men's Fine Silk
Band Bows and Club House
Ties. Bows are correct
shapes and newest colorings.
Ties aie full length and an
inch wide. Pi ice for today
is
10 cents each
"Yes it is nothing mme than was to
bo oNpected from a man who put a $1
frame aiound a $.'.000 oil painting, as
ou did "
He maintained a tiinugluful Hlleneo
for .some time, and she exclaimed:
"I hope jou aio not pouting'"
' .No I'm Just holding my peace I
don't want to make any comments for
fear jnit will think I am snic-awtlc"
"You needn't be afraid of hurting my
ftcl'nsti Of whit wile jou thlnk
lm;V" "Of vmir new dress for which' the
niatoiial tost i 50 and the lining $27."
a .vritANci: kim'tim:,
It Curries Us Three Sets of Lungs on
the OutNiUe of Its Itodj.
Prom tho Collector.
Kailj this month a stiaugo rcptilo
was found on Geoige Woicestei's farm
neai Mldclletown, Ohio It puzzled
eveiy one till the Cincinnati Enquirer
discovered that it was a genuine pio
teus During the iccent floods u por
tion of tho farm was Inundated, and
after the wateis receded whole dls
tilcts of muddy sediment were exposed.
It was In this mud that "Worcester dls
toveted the leptlle, and, capturing It,
placed It on exhibition. To thoto who
are acquainted with tho history of this
.species of reptile it lb unnecessau to
Mate that Its tarity makes It a curi
ous bight. It Is about ono foot long,
with an elongated and cjllndilcal body.
Tho tall Is short, bioad nnd com
rre.ssed laterally. The strangest fea
tuie of the leptlli Is Its lungs, whlth
are on tho outside of its bodj-, and so
transparent that the Hood can be seen
couislng through them. It has three
m'Ih cf luncs, or taiber, tlnee bron
chial iUbes, all of vvhlc'i cue persistent
Joiias
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
Suggestions for Gifts
in
Sterling Silver.
Hair Brushes,
Military Brushes,
Hat Brushes,
Bonnet Brushes,
Clothes Brushes,
Nail Brushes.
Tooth Biushes,
Baby Brushes,
Baby Rattlets,
Baby Combs,
Nail Files,
Baby Boxes
Combs.
Nail Polishers,
Whisk Brooms,
Match Safes,
Pocket Knives,
Viniagrettes,
Brandy Flasks,
Paper Knives,
Book Marks,
Bag Tags,
Hat Markers,
Coat Hangers,
Key Chains,
Button Hooks,
Cream Ladles,
Bon-Bon Spoons,
Glove Buttoners,
Manicure Scissors,
Manicure Sets,
Glove Stretchers,
Curling Irons,
Shoe Horns,
Card Cases,
Towel Rings,
Memo. Tablets.
Seals,
Stocking Darners,
Nut Picks,
Dusteis,
Ink Stands,
Mucilage Bottles, etc.
also
Specials for This Day :
5 piece set, comprising Nail File,
Cuticle Knife and Glove Buttoner,
at 39 cents.
Sterling Silver Nail Files, Button
Hooks and Cuticle Knives, with
three inch handles,
at 49c each.
Comb and Biush. with sterling
silver backs, in silk lined box,
complete, lor
$235.
Ladies' Dressing Combs, sterling
mounted, seven inches long,
at 33c each.
Cut Glass Salve Boxes, with heavy
sterling covers; large size,
at 49c each.
Long's
Scranton's Mammoth Department
duilng life Use skbi N tPmy. To the
Icoj .iio attached 'nil- weak legs. On
each of tho anterior ate tllteo toes,
while tho posteilor have four toes. The
body ' about half an nun In diameter
aid f i pale llesh ("In, while the
bronchial tufts, or lung., aie of a
I llgl t ciimton. Tho teeth In both Jaws
and on tho palate aie small and shaip.
The head Is tiiangular and tho snout
obtuse The ejes are veiy small and
without lids The bieathlng of this i
leptlle Is essentially aquatic, so ar as
the outside lungs aio concerned, though
It has Internal lungs, and rises to the
top of tho water when these are tilled
with air. It can live but a shoit time
out of the water. Whenever the water
In which It lives gets low it buries It
self In the mud and lives on aquatic
woims and Insects and soft-shelled
niollusks. It Is found only In tho sub
toiranen waters of cettaln caves of
Europe, notably those of Cailnthla and
Tytol. und especially In the Adelsberg
Cavein, In Cainlnla. Only two others
were ever known to be found In this
country. Hy keeping the reptile In
water and mud Mr. Worcester may
succeed In extending Us life indefi
nitely. thi: iwtuni'Nr wire.
Is JVn'vv SnlUlicd '1 lint There Is No
Danger ol tho Honk llrenkliic.
Trom the Chlcoso Tlmes.IIeiaUl.
Uy dint of much economy and deny
ing themselves tho theater and ex
pensive dinners nnd flno clothes, tho
young South Side woman und her hus
band had accumulated a few hundred
dollais, which was drawing Intel est
In a bank on I.a Salle street. Tho
prudent wife, alauned by tho stories
of bank failures, thought it best to I
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
! mt - -,-,,-r, v-v-.-v-M-v. ,-u-M-ru-lfl
Dress Goods and Silks.
YOU WILL enjoy the hour spent in our Dress Goods
Department. The ever-changing procession of
newness will always be of interest. These six
items fairly illustrate pi ice possibilities:
Silks
Changeable Taffetas heavy rustling quality no slipping
of threads or pulling apart. 10 different combinations of
colorings.
43C yard
Regular value, 68c.
t
All-Silk Brocaded Taffetas, in choice combinations of colorings,
at
OOC yard
These goods cost to manufacture 520 yard.
Black Brocaded Gros Grains pure silk, rich effects in both
large and medium patterns,
at 43C yard
Worth fully double
Dress Goods
Fancy Figured Poplins and Boucle effects two toned novelties,
38 in. wide. A superb dress fabric,
2pC yard
Would be cheap at 59c
Fine quality Scotch Plaids, gieat variety of colorings. These
goods came direct from the looms the last of a mill owner's
stock. While they last, at
19C yard
Could not be duplicated for twice that.
Fancy Suitings, in mixtures, dark and medium shades, for
children's school dresses. A bargain at
lYC yard
Main Floor.
Men's Suspenders
Here is a bargain. Silk web
and silk stitched with solid
silk ends; patent clasps. Put
up one pair in a box, and an
endless variety of nobby col
01s. Woith 7 j cents. Here at
45 cents pair
ons,
Store.
S
diaw out the little hoaul and InveM
It In a l,u go woolen .stocking, hut her
husband aigued otherwise Thev dis
cussed the matter eveiy day. and tin
ally tho little woman was seized with
a gieat Inspliation, she would talk It
over with the banket Hut she said
nothing to lur husband about this te
solvo Hilght and earb Monday morn
ing she lepalied to the bank, hud an
extended conv isatlon with tho c.ishlei
and returned home, ladlant and hap
pj. When her hUNlmud letutned to din
ner he announced that she had do
termlned to leave tin- money in tho
bank
"Well, what has tonio over you to
cause this change of mind?" ho asked.
"Oh, I'm sure tho money Is quite
safe theie, nnd I do not want to lose
the Intel est."
"Why an- j-ou suie?"
"I went down to tho bank today and
had a talk with the cashier, and he
told me they weie not going to fall."
"Oh. ho did. did he?"
"Yes, ho did, and ho wan so nice
about It. I Just asked him light to
his faco If the bank was going to full
and ho laughed at mo und said It had
no suth Intention"
"So jou did not ill an ii out your
money ""
"Whj, certainly not. I did not even
tako my pass-book."
"I'm mighty glad of that. If you had
drawn tho money you might have
bought a gold bilck on the way home,
providing the vender had assuied you
that it was all right "
"George, jou talk like one possessed.
What in tho vvoild do I want of a gold
brick, although I read In the papers
that gold was nluaja g'jod and now
what are you laughlnr it? yon nre
always poking fun at
Hut George did not In what ex
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cited his mil th. unci the poor little wo
man has a suspicion that ho is smok
ing too many stiong clgais.
Sometimes So,
"Is It ic.illj tuio." -aid the llttlo Uov,
"that politicians tu mid, oilmen not
stiictlv hem st"
"'," leplled Sciliitot SoU'llUlll, b.ulli,
"I am soirj to wiy that It K I lmvu
known politicians who gut votes jcarj
ago ami huvo not p.ild foi them jet."
As W c Lsecl to Long Ago,
1'lav that jou mo mother ilenr,
And play that papi Is join beau;
l'laj that we sit In the court hcto,
Just as we vised to long ago;
I'lay .co, we 1c vi is two,
Am Just as hi 1 1 us can bo.
And I'll snv "I love jou!" to Jolt!
And you ca, : "I love jou! ' to mo!
"I love j oil!" we both shall ir.iy,
All 111 cuiucst ami all In ploy.
Oi, pliy that von nu tho oil or ono"
Tljit sometimes came and went awnj.
And plav that the light of jeaii. tigcmo
Stole Into in licit t toclaj !
1'lajlng that jou aie the ono I know
In the dujs that never again may be,
I'll shj : "I liivo jou!" to jou!
And jou'll say: "1 lovo jou!" to ma!
"I love jou!" my heurt will say
To tho g!iot of tho past coma back to
daj, Oi, play that jou sought this lioHtllng
place ,
Tor jour own sweet self, with that da.il '
gtilsn
Of jour pretty mother In join filce
And tlio look of tl at othei In jour ejesj
So the dear old lovo shall live anew,
As I hold mv dailliig on my knee.
And I'll shj : "I love jou!" to jou!
And jou'll say: "I love jou!" to me!
Oh, many a stiunge, tuio thing wo my
And do when wo pictend to play! .
Eugene Held.
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