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The AVoNey nursorv wns nil In run
fusion Norman, the T-ycnr-nld, had
his sweet fnce nil twisted out of shape
It was no BWollcn that the gap wheto
his front teeth weie mlsslns no longer
phoned, nil J lauuhter had become mi
painful nn nffnlr thnt jokliiK or met
Mnient of nny kind had been strictly
forbidden. In nhort, Noininn had the
mumps.
Five-year-old Ourleton was waiting
his turn to shnie his brothel's alill'
tlon. He wished It would hurry up.
for In the meanwhile nil the Interest
centered nhout the other boy. He didn't
feci well, but didn't know how to ay
so, nnd hnd been trying to senre up n
good hnid ncho thnt would challenge
attention. His mother hnd looked fol
emnlj at him, nnd lenroveil him fur
untruthfulness. In short, Cnrleton amis
in the dumps.
Dear little Dorothy felt the dlsluili
nnee, and flow nbout like a dlstiacte-1
but Importnnt bnntnm; she told Carle
ton not to speak crops to mamma, and
"pooned" Norman's swollen cheek, and
save him hla medicine. Hut hei zi'.il
hnd outrun her discretion, nnd sh hi'd
fallen with the medicine Rlns nnd
spilled all the medicine, then she tried
to wlpo It up bofoie Maggie, the nurse,
could got there with u dry cloth, and,
being still blind with tears, had fallen
again, and outlined the other side of
her bend. So Dorothy was laid on the
big bed with brown papers over her
bumps.
Unby John was 'coining down " He
didn't relish the process at nil, and was
quite unawnro of the fact that he was
an object of envy to Cnrleton. The dis
ease as yet showed Itself onlv In two
small swcllincs on his neck. So Iiuby
John wns fietful with his bumps
(lumps).
Maggie, the litnw, had been up many
times In the night. She hnd made lest
less Norman's bed a dozen times. She
hnd to go to the doctor's for moie
medicine, and she was of the opinion
that what they all needed, except the
baby, wns good old-fashioned thumps.
So mamma decided to play trumps
She picked up the baby and put him
wheio he nlwajs found comfort, bump"
or no bumps. She distributed some
maishmallows. one apiece, to be sucked
ery slowly. She established Cnrleton
In his rocking-chair, Just at her feet,
nnd she snt between the two bed her
self. Then she begnn in a low voice
"When I was a little gill I used to
make mistakes myself, about truth.
Mimething as Cnrleton has done jut
now. I suppose I began us he began,
b.v pretending thlngp. I pretended I
w.is t,lck when I didn't wnnt to go to
'chool I pietended I was tired when
no mother wanted me to do things,
nnd I pretended so well that I fooled
ni self, even So then I soon got nil
mixed about tiuth, nnd when I did tell
a tegular story I haully knew It. Some
how, though, I always knew when
other people told stories. I could catch
them at it an quick ns anything, and 1
thought then, an I think now, that
llni' (whispering) was the veiv wnist
thing ou could call anybody. Well, it
took a good while for my papa nnd
iiinmnia to Hnd out that the little girl
whom they loed so deaily told stoiies
Well, they tried nil kinds of things
t i cure me. They told me they wouldn't
punish me for anything I did wiong It
I told them the truth about it, and that
helped a good deal, though it didn't
always woik. Tor instance, one clay I
was late at school. The leal reason I
was late was because I had stopped at
a store to buy some candy and had
bought caramels, and as they weie ery
hard to chew, I had to wait outside for
quite a while to get rid or the one in
my mouth, although the tauly bell wus
ilnglng when I got to the fchoolhoue.
When I got Into my loom u little of
that candy was still In my mouth, and
the sticky brown Juice had stained my
lips, though I didn't know It. As I
went into the mom I lain led to my
Mat, and said out loud
'"Goodness! Am I late." Om clock
must be slow.'
"What's that, aiai'" s-ald my
teacher. 'Come heie to the desk.' So
I went up to her, not a bit afiald.
"'When I stat ted from home.' T snid,
'our clock said only half-past S. 1 don't
feeo how I'm late."
"'Did you not stop on the load?'
asked the teacher.
" 'Yes'm, my shoe came untied and I
stopped to IK It. Hut that oughtn't lo
take such a lot of time.'
'"No, it oughtn't, the teachei said.
'Was that all, Mar.v ?'
Well, I slopped to mull a letter foi
mamma, but that only took me a min
ute.' quoth I, my eyes on the clock,
looking, I am suio, ns sui prised and in
nocent a little gill as eei cam late to
sc hool.
"And was that nil, Maij ." my
teacher insisted. You see, I had been
late seveial times, and hud nlns had
such good excuses that she wns begin
ning- to think something; was wiong
nd so she asked again, 'Was that all.
Maty?'
"Yes'nl,, said I. And theie was the
Mat lie (whlsperPd).
'What's the mutter with jour
mouth.' teacher went on. iiae ou
hurt it?'
"'Yes'm,' said I again, thinking eiy
fast 1 knew then the Juhe must bo
showing, and I put up m handker
chief quick to hide it.
' 'How did you do It?' die went on
'Why, I I bumped against the coi
ner of the big door, huirjlng Into school
so fast," I said, and the teais mshed
Into my eyes, for I really didn't like to
tell such stoiies, and Just lust night In
m Players I hnd neked the deui Cod
to help me to bo truthful. The teais
quite melted mv good teacher's heait,
nnd she stooped forwnid and kissed me.
After she kissed inu Phe looked ery
queer. I tasted pretty sweet, I expect,
and smelted of chocolate.
' 'Mary.' nhe said, quite solemnly,
tell mo the truth; have jou been eat
ing candy this moinlng."
' Oh, no'ml' I cried, very earnestly,
Mr ou see the whole toomful wus list
etilng, and I could not have them all
think I had told a stor.
' -Mary,' tho teacher said again, 'are
jou suie? Think one minute befoie ou
answer' But. although I wns quiet. I
didn't think. I heaid the big clock tick
off tho seconds of tho longest mlnuto I
ver knew, nnd I heard a biff boy glgglo
in tho back seat. That nettled It. I
wasn't going to have any biff boy laugh
at me.
" 'No'm.' said I. when tho minute was
'JV. '1 hioon'l had any candy for a
neck.'
" 'You may go to your scat, Mary,
and wnll after school.'
" 'I'll wnlt nfter school nil right, but
I hnven't hnd nnv enndy, I muttered
ns I went down the nlsle between the
desks.
"'.M' how you must have felt!' Maid
Norman, sympathetically.
" 'I should sny so! Thnt wns n dread
ful day J studied ns I never Btudled
befoie, foi I didn't dare to do nny
thinking, and I u-cltcd my lessons so
well that tho teacher was almost sine
I must have told the tiuth. My heait
wns heavy ns lead nil the time, nnd the
hnnds of the clock didn't seem to move
at all. At Inst 12 o'clock enme, all the
other children went out, nnd I was
alone with my teacher, Miss Smith.
" 'Was she a nice teacher?' usked
Dorothy.
"Yes, veiy I hnd loved her dearly
before, but thl? dny I pretty near hated
hM, because 1 had done wtonff and
wanted to forget it, nnd she wouldn't
let me. As she enme down tho nlsle
toward me I thought ull kinds of wick
ed things about her, shut my little
tepth together hnrd, and stared straight
at her, to show I wasn't nfrnld. She
smiled nt me klndlv, and sat down In
the next feat In front of me, facing me,
and put her hand on mine.
"'.Mary,' snld she, softly, 'vou have
been so good all day I cannot think
ou would tell me un untruth now.
Was that candy or blood on your
mouth?'
" Blood,' said 1. between my shut
teeth, telleed to think that she didn't
know.
"'Mary!' she oiled, lcptoaehfully.
' 'Well, If you don't believe mo what's
the use of naklng me?' 1 said.
"She looked nt me hnrd and I looked
back without a wink. I got quite In
tel estod In peeing how long I could
kepp fiom winking. 1 suppose she saw
I wasn't soft nnd loving nnd good, foi
she got up nnd went to the closet w hero
she kept her hat nnd cloak
" You mny get on your things, Mary,
and wait foi me,' she said So I got
leady and waited for her. She went
beside me. and when we came to the
t -hool store where we child! en bought
candy and books I knew she would soon
know the tiuth. Suie enough, the shop
woman piomptb told her that I had
bought caramels of her that veiy morn
ing, and so late she had warned ine I
would be taidy Miss Smith nevei said
a woul: only went out nnd walked
silently .along w Ith a snd fuce I gue'ted
where phe was going, so 1 wns not sur
piised when she went up the steps of
my mothers house and tang the bell.
"Oh, mamma" ctied Nounnn, 'did
she tell your mother''"
'Yes '
"'And what did she -.ay" Oh, what
did she saj "
"'My dear. 1 don't know. Thev laid
a eiy long, sony-soundlng s-oit of talk,
nnd sometimes they asked me ques
tions, but I w.is too miserable to notice
much '
" "What's mNeiable"' asked Cutlelon.
' TIih wu Mm telt a while ago Iv
woise. As If nothing would eei be
nice again. I felt like cijlng, only I
didn't think oing would do any good.
Neither would It."
t'ooi mamma,' mummied Doiti,
half a-leei). -Old oo want to ky?'
"Xi and b.v my tun her went away
and my mother and I sat theie In tho
twilight, that mean Just as It was be
ginning to giow dnik; and pietty soon
1 found my dear mother was iivlntr.
I hat melted me and I began to civ
too, and pteseuth eiept up Into her
lap and whlspeied iuio her eni.
Oh mamma, I'nisosowy'
' My dnrllng little ghl," wild my
mother how mun lime hsuo jou sal V
that befou-.' Do ou think Jimi salng
jou are sonj makes you good'.' Do you
think xoniness will mako people foi'get
thnt mhi told an untiuth, and will muke
them believe vou again whin ou
speak? How ninny times have ou said
to me I'm soi iv and I won't do It nnv
moie '" And Jet thnt piomNe, too, you
hae broken No, Maty. I cannot be
Hew wliat ou nav am lunge i Youi
woi ils ate nooked. You will have lo
show that iu mean to keep vom- prom
ise "
" -IloW" I as'kid, eageilj lo gel hail,
the old happiness Into my mothers
face and my own wietched little heait.
"'By doing It,' said my mot In i.
"Well. 1 will." I eiled. Jumping up.
But she ui sIIpiu and llieie was no
smile on her face.
""What's the mutter." 1 ciled In ells,
tie. -Why don't you look lmppv? Am
J not doing ilghf."
"'Yes.' paid my mothei, yetting up
slowly unci putting her hand up to her
bead, us ir it ached, 'I suppore jotl
ate doing as light as jou can now "
""But I'm going lo ahvajs,' ciled.
and ntshed up to hug hei. She did not
put hei nuns about me and smllo
bilghtlj as she used 'to do. but flood
quietly and let me hits hei.
""I ant,' I said, with a big .sub. 'I
ttulj, tittlv. tiulj will never tell an
other stoij-.'
" 'I hope ,o,' said mj mothei. "but It
will take a good while to muke nm be.
lleve It."
" But I uid tiuly." I ciled In despair.
"" -1 told jou I could not believe what
jou said any mote," she answeied.
"Your lips have foi gotten the wnv to
i-peak title. You will have lo piovo
jour "tiulj." Don't talk nny mote, oi
tiy to huny me into smiling. I will
smile and laugh with gladness when I
find ou nie once moie my tiuthful
daughter of whom I once was so proud.
Until jou do move It, If I smile it will
he because I foi get jou jor a little
while. When T think of you 1 cnunot
belt) but be sad '
"Then mj father cuine In uml I
lushed away to wash mj swollen cjes.
I heaid my mother talking to him soft
ly an I binoothed mj hulr, nnd tried to
feel that dinner time wus going to l
bright and happy as It always was. My
little brother oamo In to watch me, und
I was near ctossly ordering him out of
the room, but I lemembered I was go
lug to be good, and didn't suy anything.
Pretty soon he got to talking, uml when
the diner bell mug we went down to
gether qulto happily
"At Hist I didn't notice anything
wrong, but Pietty soon. Just ub I wns
eagerly telling about a little girl at
school who whb going to havo u pnity,
I thought both papa and mamma acted
queeily. They didn't seem to cuio any
thing about It.
"'And, oh' mammal' I wound up,
It's going to be Jutt lovely I May I go?'
"Yo-es, peihup. When I hear from
her mother,' eatd ehe, slowly.
" 'Hut her mother Isn't going to send
nny Invitations. Rho Invites people her
self. She said so!' I cried. Mamma
shook her head.
" 'Then I can't let you go,' Mid she.
" 'But why not?' 1 cried.
" 'Not until t hear from her mother.'
" 'Her mother Isn't golnj: to Invite
anybodj', I suj'. What difference docs
thnt mnko?'
"'I wnnt to know It theie lenlly is
going lo be n partj",' my mother enld.
" 'But of course there 1st Didn't I
tell you?'
"Sho looked nt me sadly, und my
father, too, sat silently regarding me,
Then suddenly tho blood rushed over
my fnce nnd neck until I felt as If It
would burst out of my vein. For I
knew thnt they did not bellevo mo. T
wns thoioughly unhnppj'. I wnntcd to
go to that party very much, yet I could
not go unless tho little girl's mother
Invited me.
" 'I'll ask her to Invito me!' I snld de
fiantly. "'What will jou sav when she nsks
yon why your mother wnnts her to
write the Invltntlon?' nsked my father.
"Goodness! I should have to sny that
they would not believe me without n
note fiom her. She would know thnt I
wns a little girl who didn't tell the
truth. I snt silent n long while. At
last a bright Idea occurred to me.
"'Will you bellevo Mnmle If I btlng
her to you?' I nsked cagoily. Mnmlo
wns the little gill's mime.
"Yes, they would believe Mnmle,
"'But how will you explnln to her?'
my father nsked. And ngaln I wns
silent. I thought quickly of excuses 1
could make to Mamie, of ptorles I could
tell her, but I couldn't plan a He, Just
now, after having had such a time all
daj', and It made mo feel sick to sec
how quickly the Idea of lying came into
my head.
"I didn't go to tho party T stayed
home and was miserable, but I learned
something, for when Mamie nsked mo
why I didn't come, I answered.
"'Mamma wouldn't let me'
'"Why wouldn't she?' Mnmle asked.
"I thought of a dozen excuses, none
of them, of course, tine ones, but 1
would not use them.
" 'I don't want to tell,' I said at last.
" Oh, you were being punished'' ciled
Mnmle, in n Jeering tone.
"I remember well how ashamed I
was, but I answered brawly:
"'Yes, I was being punished.'
"That was a dreadful time at home.
They didn't bellevo anything I said.
Mamma did seem to believe mo a little
when I told her about my talk with
Mamie, but I could see phe wasn't quite
sure, and I cried my oj'cs out over It.
Heie I had told the tiuth, when it was
pietty hard, too, and got no ciedlt for
it. I felt badly used, but It didn't do
nny good. Ken my little brother wns
believed, although I wns not. Many
times, when I wanted them to know
something, I hnd to get him to tel.
them for me Gracious! How that did
make me feel' And then ns dnjs and
days went on I found that my teacher,
too, would not make up. She und I
used to bo great fi lends, but now we
were not. If I was late, she would not
let me speak, but asked me lo biing a
note from mj mother. This made ull
the children smile at me, and they, too,
knew that I was thnt I was well, you
know what they thought."
"'Did they think you weie a 1 ", a
storyteller?'" nsked Nounnn
"'Yes, wnsn't it dieadful? Hy and
by I gut In blnck despair.'
" 'What's black despali ?' nsked
Caileton, Dointhy had gone to sleep
" 'I felt as if the vvoild gtew dark. As
if the sun didn't .shine. As if nothing
would ever make me good and happy
again '
"What did9" asked Nounnn. '
"'Well, Hist of all I began to speak
the truth 1 spoke It all the time, and
1 can led notes from my mother to my
teachei, and from mv teacher to my
mother, to i-how it was the tiuth. Theii
I took my little bi other mound with
me almost oveiywheic, so thnt he could
tell them that what I said was title.'
" "Dldn"t heaver tell naught j stoiies?'
nsked Cai lelon.
" 'I don't think he ever did. You see.
he tuiw how bad I felt, and he pevet
wnuted to have to feel like thnt. Little
by little I found that they begun to
believe me again. Little by little Miss
Smith began to smile at me, and be
filendly, nnd never shall 1 foset the
dny when she "aid. -is I offeied her a
note fiom mv mother explaining thnt
she wished me to leave -.ehool eaily
that afternoon. In uidn to go to the
dentists'.
""Nevei mind the note, mv dear; I
believe jou '
' I bellevo you' They w ei e the sw eet
pn words In the woild to me The tenis
mshed to mv ejes, und I thiew my
aims aiound her neck, sobbing out:
"Oh. MI-m Smith! Thank you' thank
jou!" I forgot all about the other chll
elien. but as i went to my seat 1 noticed
that they looked kindly at me. And
icnllj, they alwa'v believed me. too,
aftet that. Thev had een how nuiry
I was and how Miss Smith believed mo.
1 asked Miss Smith verv klndlv, after
school, If she would please tell mnninia.
" 'Why clon t J mi tell hei "'" uked he
Then, us 1 hung mj bend, she said,
quieklj .
1 "Why, los, deui. Uf coiuse' And
put on hei things and went home with
me as she hud done lh.it sad du so
long ugo
Mv mothei wus so Kind when MKs
Smith told hei ' And after thai the.
coo. ueiiewii me without any proof, und
so did papa. Fiom that dny to this t
don't bellow I've evei told n wiong
mm j. Anywnj, I tij not to nil the
time."
"And so do 1,'" ciled Noimiiu
"And I," said Caileton.
"We'll tij togethei. And now here
i omes Maggie. What do jou think she
has hi thnt paper bug?"
Muinniu went uwny to laj down the
sleeping I abj The papei bag eon
talnod bananas, bought on the way
homo fiom the doctor's, and Nounaii
sat up In bed with u towel in fiont of
him nnd chattel ed happily with Caile.
ton while thev both nibbled the tiult.
All wns quiet for a time In the Wolsej"
nuisei y.
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ncho usililo; that ') pi r cent of Kidnev complaints. Including ISrIght s Disease,
can be euied with mj Kielnev (."in c that my Catairh Cine will cure catarrh of
the head tlno.it and Moin.i'li no matter bow e-hionle or lrng standing, thai
nervous affections and dlMuscs of the heait nie controlled and emed bj mv N'cive
and Heart Ctue that m Cold Cute will bleak up any form ot cold in a lew bouts.
." inns fin ." ailment-. Kvcrj diurhlit sells them mostlv 2"i cents a vial.
TREATMENT BY MAIL.
Wille Pi of Jluin on for advice which is AHSOr.l'Tni.Y I'llKi: The mo-t oh
stln ite iaes Miciissfullv Healed In subtest lonlldiiue. (lulde to Health ' I'ltUi:
Munyon's H. H. U. Co., 1505 Arcli Street, Philadelphia.
OUT Or THE MOUTHS Or BABES.
The cat hud se latched little Nell.
Tijlng to keep buck the teais she held
out hei hand and ald. "Pussy! Uhu
me that pin immediately."
Tenclier Tommy, what do jou know
of the Sphinx?
Tommy The Sphinx is a woman with
a gieat head. SUie has not talked for
i.uoo veais.
Little gill of I, standing entranced
befoie the window of a toy shop. "Oh,
mothei' It jou wns my little glil,
wouldn t 1 take jou In and buy jou
tome of those lovelv things'"
'Ale jou going to slay with us alt
sumniMi auntie""
Yes, (lea i le. ale jou pleasc-d ' '
' Yes'm 'cause mamma said If miu
did she would dlsml-s III Iclgel and save
i Hough on hei wages to buy me a bl-
Cle-Ie
"Oh, mamma, don't lead nnv moie
about cannibals being vv it Id el leu cook
ing the inlsslonailes Wlij mj own
dad's as bad as any of them. I henid
him tell jou himself that at dlnuei last
night he toasted all his fi lends "
Little Om.hi had just leeelved a tiatn
of cms tot his blithday und he insist
ed on inking them lo bed with him.
His mother piotested You should
not tnke the eai.s to bed with vou,"
she said
' Whv not." asked Oscai. "These
un- sleeping cats."
Little boj- Maniiua, may 1 give
what's In my savings bank to that
beggar ninn?
Mamma You dear, sweet little cher
ub! Do j-oii wnnt to give awnj ull of
thnt money your ui.cle gave jou?
Theie was over a dollar."
"I spent some ot It, luummu."
"Did jou? How much Is there loft?"
"Theie's a 23-cent piece left, hut the
mndv nmn said it was bad."
A little boy had come to school for
the (list time. Tho teachei. to en
louingo the children to speak, uslced
them simple cmcstlons. such ns "How
many feet have you.'" ute. Tho cau
tious little man, however, listened
without snjlng- anything. At Inst the
teacher, noticing this, said to him:
"How many feet did jou say jou
had?"
Afiald of committing himself, he
snld: "Please, sir, I didn't hay I had
any." I'lttsbuiu Ilulletln.
Read The Tribune.
Best in Scranton.
The sale of first-class' time-keepers is an important feature
of our business and the reason we are having such large sales
in this line is owing to the fact that we sell strictly first-class
watches at cMiemelv low prices. We never misrepresent our
goods, but will at all times sell you an honest watch at close
price and guai.iutee to give jou full value for your money. We
have in stock for the holiday trade a beautiful line of ladies'
and gentlemen's line watches which it will be a pleasure to shmt
vou if vou will call.
Clocks
clock makes a very nice and acceptable Christmas gift,
and we are offering the greatest inducements to holiday shoppent
in this line. We carry a most complete and elegant lino oi
clocks which, in both ornamental and time-keeping qualities,
cannot be excelled anjwheie, at prices which will please and
sin pi Ue j mi.
-rrr-. :: ri
LOUIS RUPPRECHT,
Mr. Hardin Nouis, cleik of the diug
stoie of It. Shoemaker, Perry, III., saj's.
"A man came Into our stoio the other
day and bold: 'I want a bottlo of that
stufi that raves children's lives I
lead in the News about It. The child
dion may get sick when wo uin not
get tho doctor nulck, enough. It is thu
medicine vou sell for cioup.' ". He ul
luded to Chumnerlaln's Cough Kemedy
and bought a bottle before ho left tho
store. Tor sale by ull diugglsts. Mat
thews liios., wholesale und retull
agents,
231 Penn flventie, Opp. Baptist Chiirch.
PORMEULY KLUUnRG'S.
We invite your earli
est inspection of a large
Una of choice, well selected
1 "rinira
BriG-a-Brac,
Lamps and
Fancy Ware.
Jl
Our stock of this class of goods will be sold at very low prices to close out and
some very rare bargains are offered. We also offer at very low prices a complete as
sortment of French China for decorating purposes.
MERCE
130 Wyoming Avenue,
REftO
CONNELL
Coal Exchange,
We Are Now Showing the
Largest, Finest and Best Stock
l:ver befoie shown m this city. We have spared no pains to collect the most attractive and most ar
tistic goods that could be had. We have a grand display of DIAMONDS. Amounted in Rings or
Hiooches, Studs, Scarf Pins, Cull Buttons, Ear Rings, Watches, etc. We handle only Peifect Stones
ol Good Color. Stone Rings ot all kinds, a big variety, especially a nice line ol Opal Rings.
A Mammoth Stock of Fine Jewelry
STKItMNti SlLVKIt we have it in everything Novelties, Toilet Articles, Blushes, Desk Fitting. Pock,
et Cutlery, Table Ware, etc., etc. We have just introduced a beautiful line of i.K Gold Pilled Toilet
Aiticles, wananted to wear toil )enrs Ullll Will not turiiMl. Brilliant Cut Gla.,s best that can be had,
Watches Are Our Hobby
We have all the new things out. All the new styles and all the new improvements, fiom the cheap
est to the best Ameiican or impoited. We can not mention a fiaction of all we have. A visit and
inspection of our store and stock will convince you we are "no seconds."
Agents for the Kcglnn Music itoxcs.