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1500 buys pew houss and lot near
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H. H. Mercereau,
Attorney-at-Law
Notary Public
Special attention to Pension Papers.
Valley Phone 11 X.
113 Desmond Street, Sayre.
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Cat Hollow
By ADAM GANNETT
5
»- "1
(Copyright, 1goy. by joseph B. Bowles.) |
There's been a lot of preachers since |
in Cat Hollow, but none of ‘em ever
made the hit the first one did. He |
weit by the name of Wallace ~the |
Rev. Jim Wallace—and him. and bis
wife, who was purttier than a peach, |
and sweeter, and his kid, who was|
seven years old and as likely a little |
chap as God ever made, was thorough- |
breds—all three of 'em—and the camp
cottoned to ‘em from the start
The Rev. Jim wasn't any of your
long-faced, puling pulpiteers who
thinks everybody who aie't hitting up
the trall along with them is on the
road to the bad place not him He'd
take a drink with anybody-—always
drinking lemonade, of course—and if
one of the boys happened to cuss when
he was around he never battled an eye
didn't cuss hisself, that's all
We may have been a rough crowd
and | reckon we was, but we wasnt
slow tumbling to what was trumps
with the parson, nor to folluwing sult
peither. Even Three finger Bill, who
was the profanest man in Cat Hollow,
didn’t renig no oftener than he had to
Said he'd cussed, man and for
40 years and It was like going with-
out breathing to quit It ain't for
Jim,” he says, “nor yet the missus,
it's the kid. I'd rather be cinched for
stealing cattle, than caught cussing by
Jim's kid. That youngster thinks I'm
all right, | can tell by the way he looks
at me Calis me Mr Bill too. Ain't
that cute?
Of course, it was harder on Three
finger than any of us, so we didn't
blame him when he complained that
bis vocabulary had shrunk to nothing,
-. gee——
boy
/ YY |
2)
|
ts
5 .
i
|
‘
DID
“YOU DIDNT ROB ANYONE
your
and wanted to borrow a dictionary to
find a word that sounded better than
hell. but meant something Nor was
any kicks registered when he started
a “kitty"—a dollar from every jack-
pot—for a new church. So It got to
be the regular thing to hold out a per-
centage on all games for the “Jim
Church Fund,” as the boys called it
“It come over me all of a sudden
says Three-finger, when he was telling
about It at Big Mike's one evening,
“that maybe Jim wouldn't waut to
bulld his church out of money that had
been raked out of a kitty, so I just
asked.”
“That's all right,” says he.
di@n’t rob anyone, did you?"
“No,” says L
“Nobody's going hungry on account
of 1t*™
“Not in Cat Hollow,” says I.
“There ain't anybody's wife deprived
of anything by reason of it?
“As far as | know, you're the ouly
married man in camp,” | says
“If that's the case says he, “the
money's cleaner than most that goes
to bullding churches. Where | come
from they was after all the coin they
could rake in, and they didn't make no
bones about how {t was come by,
neither. It takes lots of hunger and
misery and want to build a church in|
Frisco,” says he |
“More shame to Frisco,” says I. |
“Quite 80,” says he. “And be sure
to thank the boys for me, and tell ‘em |
I've engaged Pat Sheedy’'s dance hall]
for next Sunday morning, where I'll]
to
“You
says 1, “we'll all be
all except Charlie Ca-
sey, who's & Catholic. And as for the
Iadiea—why, we used to call ‘em ladies
but since your wife showed up we just
call ‘em women. [ll tell the women, |
though, what you sald, and I'm sure
they'll be much obliged and will keep!
“My dear Three-finger.” says Jim,
“you're right about my wife being a
lady, and a sweeter, truer or a braver
never lived; but she's a woman, too,
and she'll be very glad to meet the
other women of the camp. There's lots
of women what would be ladles if they
had a chance,” says he
I remember Splke Kennedy taking
me aside that night and asking me if
it was true what he'd heard about Jim
saying his wife would be glad to meet!
the women of Cat Hollow ‘l only got
t second-hand,” says he, “and 1!
bought maybe it wasn't straight.”
When | told him It was dead straight
thought for a minute, then sald
I guess Jim's right alout some wom
«nh not being ladles because they never
had a chance This morning. when
and Kate was standing in front of
the Resort, along comes Jim's kid—
ue
Hae
mes straight! un to us
‘Howdy, Mr Spike, and is this your
wife® Being sort of fabbergasted, |
Answers And what does Kate
she blushes to beat the band, then
picks the kid right up in her arms and
kisses him, and when she puts him
iown I'll be darned if | don't believe
here was tears in her eyes though
ain't sure because she run right into
the house” :
During the rest of the
wasn't much talked about In camp
going to church Everybody |
wanted to know what everybody else
was going to wear, for all thy world
like a parcel of women
Three-finger Bill allowed
was going in a biled shirt
want to do the right thing
you'll all wear ‘em.’ says he
ain't nothing righter than a
shirt’
“Are you going to wear a collar,
asked Abe Fenton
“Nope,” says Three-finger “| ain't
A collar keeps me cussing under my
Ureath every minute | have it on, and
I'm going to church to hear what Jim
bas to say, pot to hear myself cuss;
but I'll tell you, boys, right here-—not
one of you steps through the door of
Pat Sheedy’s dance hall next Sunday
moruing if you ain't dressed proper,
and by proper, you know what | mean.
I alot no church member, and | ain't
no Christian, but | know what their
habits (5, and this here camp is going
church right, or it ain't going at
all”
Of course Three-finger's ultimatum
was what you might call revolutionary
and Save
Yes
do
week there
but
that he
“If you
by Jim,
“There
biled
00,’
to
To begin with, b'iled shirts wasn't
any too plenty in Cat Hollow But
when we seen he was in earnest, no-
body thought of wearing anything else
for Three-finger Bill had a way with
him; he al=o had a pair of fists and
a gun which shot six times without
stopping—only that ain't got anything
to do with this story
Sunday morning we all lined up at
Big Mike's about half past ten for a
drink, and then marched over to Pat
Sheedy’'s dance ball in a bunch We
was so anxious to be on time that we
got there before Jim and his family.
Then in comes Jim, Mrs Jim and
Jim's kid Mrs Jim was the purttiest
thing | ever seen—by a mile. She had
on some kind of swishy dress all cov-
ered with little piok flowers, and
Jim's kid was dressed up to the limit;
but Jim—I'm a son of a gun if Jim
didn't have on his everyday clothes,
corduroy pants and a flannel shirt
Say, maybe you think Three finger Bill
wasn't surprised!
Just then the women come
least two of ‘em did and took
across the hall from where we was
sitting. You wouldn't have known ‘em
for the same girls, they was dressed
30 quiet and looking so pale
What's the matter with ‘em?®*”
Three-finger. “Do you reckon they're
scared” Kate looks white as a sheet,
and Mollie ain't much better.” {
“It's their way of wearing b'iled
shirts,” says Abe Fenton, grinning: |
‘only Instead of putting on, they've!
taken off |
“Taken off what?’ asks Three-finger.
“Paint,” says Abe—and then we un-
derstood. We hadn't never seen ‘em
without it before
Then we shut up and front-faced, for
Jim had got up et his end of the hall
in—at
seals
says
Well, that was the first preaching fn
Every Sunday morning,
in Cat Hellow—we all meandered In a
bunch over to the meeting house.
In the meantime the new church had
we all
Early as we was though we wasn't
the first, for when we come In there
was Jim, and Splke Hammond and
Kate—all three of ‘em talking, and
laughing some, too Abd | never saw
Kate look so purtty as she did that
If | hadn't known her be-
fore, I'll swear [| Dbelleve [I'd have
As | was saying there they was,
Jim, and Kate and Spike, a setting
there chinning, when in comes Mrs
Jim. And what does she Lo but sail
right up to Kate and kiss her, just like
she was her own sister After which
she turns around to Spike, who was
looking kind of embarrassed, and says
Mr Hammond, allow me to congratu-
iate you"
Say, It struck us all of a heap And
when Spike, holding one of Kate's
hands like you do in the lancers, says:
Boys, 1 want to lntroduce you to my
wife,” maybe you think we didn't
cheer
I cannot make the thing «
Though I have thought
and thought
And tried to make a car=ful note
Of everything that [ have bought
more | think and think and think
The more in vain my brain ferments,
Confound the pesky cash account’
Where did | spend that thirty cents?
ime out
and thought
The
Ten cents for
right
Three dollars for a new straw hat,
For luncheon Afty, shoeshine five
Oh hang it’ Yes I've got allsthat!
onsidering the scant supply
Fhe treasury has too many
{ts oulgo outgo all the time
Where did | spend that thirty cents?
car fares that's ail
vents
Cigars- four-fifty, Erape julce ten
t! think | had some foam on top);
Jileachers and peanuts thirty-five
And ten cents more for ginger pop
it still that haunting deficit
My deep perplexity augments
va= it for? —Oh well here goes!
fo £n missions thirty cents!”
il+ Courler-Journal
SUBWAY SIGN LANGUAGE.
Somewhat Similar to That Employed
by Deaf and Dumb
People
subway express
Brooklyn bridge, two
messenger boys who were sitting to-
gether began suddenly to make signs,
relates the New York Press. At first
those who looked on thought that pos.
sibly these signs might be only the
wiping off of chins after consuming
slices of ple before starting on the
journey, but it was aot many minutes
before they began to think otherwise
The train had hardly slowed up going
around the Worth street curve before
the ianguage had definitely resolved it
self ito that of the deaf mute
There was some ‘nward speculation
as to how deal mutes could possibly
retain positions which are supposed to
entail considerable glibness of tongue,
toge'her with a broad and smiling ap
proval of the nimbleness with which
the language was cairied on between
the two youngsters. A Woman wao
was more deeply interested than the
rest alighted at the Fourteenth street
station when the boys did
Jowed them up the steps and foun! to
her amazement that the moment they
emerged {nto the open atmosphere of
the street, they burst into verbal talk
A stranger who walked by her side,
poticing her look of astonishment
slowed up and sald to her
“It ig getting to be a common thing
now for messenger boys and those who
are ctliged to employ the subway as a
means of locomotion to study the sign
language and use it As a matter of
fact it is the only Iauguage that can be
‘heard’ to any extent on the subway
express.’
When the
started from
train
5
She lu
Keeps Him to Herself.
A young man is ace high with a gir}
when she refuses to introduce him
a girl who Is prettier than she Is
Colors from Tar
About $5000 000 worth of tar color
are sent from Germany to the United
BY EDITH M. WILLETTE
It started on the small sofa In the!
| alcove beside the reading lamp, and
! there were only two people in the
room. .Oue of them stood on the hearth
rug, with his back to the fire, looking
| down on the other as she zal, fager-
log the MS on ber lap
Why do you want w read it?” she
asked
Because you wrots it,” De answered,
with great simplicity
She frowned You ought to say,
it's because my other stories have been
$0 successful, and | ge! such nice pula}
io lhe papers! i
Those feasons may suffice for the)
rest of the world, but they don't for |
ne!
Two hours later he stood in bis owd
front hall, turning bis pockets inside]
by the light of the midnight oll,
then he searched the front steps and
examined the pavemenis and
flually patrolled a certain street to 2
certain house till a certain small bour
of the morning, when he returned W
his abode uttering unholy words
What are you looking for?” she de
manded on entering the drawing room
the next morning
“Nothing.” he answered, rising has.
tly from an evident itspection of the!
carpet His [ace was pale and hie!
searching eye roamed uneasily over the!
furniture
“1 thought you might have dropped’
sometling! she suggested, causually
"Ob, po!” he responded defiantly.
“Well, what did you think of ft¥
she inquired
“Oh!” he sald with a start
story of yours” It was great—really
absorbing’ | assure you It kept me
awake until four o'clock this morn
ing!’
‘And yet it Is comparatively short
You must read very slowly' Do tell
me what you like Lest about i:
Oh, well” he floundered I
It all immensely. but what appealed to
especially was that-—er—scene
where the hercine—er—gets the best
fot Iu’
! He felt that he was doing well, but
out
oulside,
“That
liked
! earth
! “Do you think.” she asked him earn.
{nest and wide-eyed “that Gregory
ought to have done it?
“Who? he asked staggered for a
moment. “What” And then recollect
lug himself—" Yes.” This stoutly “I
| think Gregory was perfectly justified;
I don’t see how, under the circum-
stances he could have done otherwise
I am quite certain that in his place |
| should bave done just the same thing.”
“What thing?’ she asked, as she
poked the fire with her back turned
Then, as he did not answer immediate.
ly, she sald gently “lI don't think
you quite understand what scene | re-
ferred to, but I'll show you in a mo-
ment If you'll just hand me the MS.”
“The MS.? he queried. blankly
“The MS" she repeated deter.
minedly
He took two turns up and down the
room, then faced her, crimson and
crestfallen
“I'm extremely sorry to tell you"
be sald hoarsely, “that your MS. Is—
(the arctic blue of her eyes froze the
truth upon his lips)—is left behind”
he finished. “Il hope you don't need it
immediately?’
“N—no,” she admitted; “not t
tut | really must dispatch
publishers to-morrow *'
All right,” he said
morning!”
With the MS. 1" she
smilingly. '
“With the MS.” he echoed despair.
logly
And as he went out of the house he
held a brief ineffectual conversation
with the butler, punctuated with a five
dollar bill, and then paced the street
for many hours—a prey to thoughts of
forgery and flight.
It was the next morning and he haa |
been talking volubly and long on dif. |
ferent subjects when she at length
managed to get (n a word
Well,” she asked “have
nr
What?’ he answered quickly. The
measles? No! Although you seemed |
to think so, judging from the way In
which you avoided me at the reception
last night, and again at the opera aft
erward. You wouldn't give me 0
much as a bow.”
“1 didn’t see you,” she told him
“Where—where was 1?" he inter. |
rupted to explain. “In the dress cir
cle, on the opposite side, with my |
glasses leveled on your box.”
“Thar wd wast 1a
day,
it to the!
“I'll cail in the
asked him,
you got
0 "aha an
“Because | havens!” ra
doggedly. “No!” (As she stared
bim in amazement) “If that MS. has
disappeared, vanished irreparably, you
are responsible, and you alone!”
He strode 10 the door, then wheeling
round, faced her =
“If 1 forgot your story,” he
harshly. “it was because | was think.
ing only of you. If I was absent-mind.
ed, it was because you were present,
If 1—er—lost that MS it was because,
well! | suppose you know it—I had
already lost my heart. That's all
Good hy!”
And he turned to go. But she way |
already at his elbow, and there was
something In her hand—a lypewrilten
parcel—a MS
“It has been a pretty bad quarter of
an hour hasn't it” she asked him. and
her eyes were twinkling—"thanks 0
your stories and mine. Bul you're not
golng yet® (For he was turning te
the door knob) “It isn't late, and be
ides
Here she looked up at him. and—ah
well' —The clock ticked loudly and the
Gre crackled —Valley Weekly.
AN APPEX. TO CAMPERS.
Patriot of the Hoe Admonishes Them
to Aid in Forest Preser-
vation.
I want again to raise my voice in an
appeal for care of the forest, says Cas~
per Whitney, in Outing Magazine. ~elp
the president and the forest service in
their magnificent efforts (0 preserve
our woods Be sure before you leave
your camp that every last bit of yo
cooking fire has been extinguish
then scrape dirt over the
the wind may vot stir into
lite the supposedly dead embers yu
have left. No single inimical eler
is more of a menace to forest conserva
tion than the devastating fires wh
every autumn sweep across great tracti
because of careless campers Ww
“thought” they put out their camp fi
And if you thus aid the presid
and the forest se vice you serve yo
country and your own lnleres
cause the preservation of our
lands concerns every citizen In
«a. and intimately concerns our
cultural Interests. Every Intal
reader knows that the agricultural IN
teresls come very near to being th!
commercial bulwark of America;
crops, tight money.” is a saying w
ought to be familiar with no
readers
wd
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VASE OF THIRD CENTURI
Relic of Early Italian Art
Valued at a Very High
Figure.
Another family treasure of g
value which has since passed Into
keeping of the nation is the Po
vase, now exhibited in the
mus:um. This vase came from Ital
and what its age is no man know
though It has been proved that In
D235 it was deposited In a Beg
under the Monte del Grano,
miles from Rome. and it is be
to have contained the ashes of
Emperor Severus. But, wheth
no Pope Urban VIII. had it dug
and for more than two centuries
posed in the Barberini palace at R
In 1786 the duke of Portland
for 1.029 guineas, and deposited
a man named Lloyd, employed
museum, picked up a stone and Bi
it in a fit of frenzy at the case J
contained the precious relic. The ¥
was smashed Into hundreds of p
but with great ingenuily they we
put together again, and as |
stands Is sald to be worth at
least, $75,000
eget —
His Conquering Career,
“l wonder what has becom
the college eleven years ago. |
gainers | ever saw.”
“He 1s yet. He went {nto the
tate business, and now he owns a
suburb."—Chicagoe Tribune,
Wonderful Machinery.
The smali¢st holes plerced
ern machinery are one-tho!
an inch in diameter. They are
through sapphires, rubles
monds by a machise which
000 revolutions a minute.
SILVER
The Cumulative
Prosperity
Of six years foretells such
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whose prestige and resour-
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of this country.
THE GOOD QUALITY GOODS
Now in demand suggests the one
dealer who handles nothing else
the store whose reputation, stock
and methods, are alike above re-
proach.
THE —
PROSPECTIVE SCARCITY
In staple goods suggests the one
concern that is best prepared to meet
instanter all the demands of its
patrons at any time or in any quan
tity—today or the ‘day before
Christmas.”
THE INTELLIGENT BUYING
Necessitated prevailing condi-
tions suggests the one dealer whose
stock equipment and facilities insure
the promptest service and the mos!
helpful counsel in gift selections
by
Signet Hat Pins with initials en-
graved, St each
Signet Rings, with
£1.50 to $20
{iSignet Scarf Pins "with monogram
engraved, $1 00 up {i
Signet Fobs, $3.25 up
monogram,
Silver Tea Spoons, 50c each up
Gold Cuff Links with monogram
$2 per pair
Silver Umbrella and Hat Markers
with initials engraved 25¢
Watches—Our stock 1s complete
Prices from $2 to $125
Gold Lockets with monogram en-
graved from $1 50 to £20
Toilet Sets in Sterling silver from
$140 $25
Beautiful Gilt Clocks $1.15
ery one warranted
Ev.
Equal to
Every Occasion
Embodies our reputation.
There's a sense of security
in knowing that you have at
your command the largest
stock in this section with
prompt, accurate and reli-
able service backed up by a
responsible and honest guar-
antee that you will get the
right quality at right prices.
Chatelaine Watches, $4.50 to
Nappies, (five inch) $1.00
WATER SETS, . . . . $8
Bowls, (eight inch) $8
no place
in our business policy.
No more, no less.