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CHAPTER V.
T!IK MAKING OK THE I EAQCE.
!iriCSI.Y morning found
rral;; anxious, even gloomy,
l.ut with lU'lit in every line of
liis face. I tried lo cheer him
in iny clumsy way by eliutllng him
about li s league, but be iliil not blaze
up. ns 1 e often iliil. It was a thing tiw
near liis heart for that. lie only shrank
u little fr.iia my stupid chaff and said:
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Sib lO 4 1 ill: J .'t'iiCCU llULlt.
PRINCE HENRY'S VISIT.
Iti Slitnlflcnnoe Ktitlnlneil by John
A. Knaaon, Kx-MlnlNter to the
(ermnn Court,
John A. KasKnn, the only living ex
minister ti (iermany, discussing the
visit of l'rince Henry to this coun
try, has said:
"The visit is signiti-ant in that it
marks a purpose cm the part of his
imperial majesty the (iertnan em
peror to signalize his friendly feel
ing for the United States.
"There is n growing commercial
rivalry between the Ainerieans and i
the tiermans. They are close com-
pctitors in many markets, nnd It is j
u matter of emmnm knowledge that 1
ill-advised utterances of hasty and
irresponsible writers , and speakers
have af ti'ncs ten-b-d to sharpen this
Co;nieti-;i,n. I
"J!y tins ih f rmper-r V;i:iam'
Vr !:(-r tin -p'-h ' conrteoMs an 1
iir!.:i ;i endeavor is inaugurated. It
wiil be impokiiide hur'-after to
Large f r.y sinirn .!'y to the (lerman '
P'.vernn.'-nt .n account f the tiat- !
i.ral stri-. itig of the ricrnian peop to
excel in their 'iininen-ial enterprises. ,
"Jt lir:S become the cu-t'.m if gov- j
-rnr:.e:.t s in Y.".ro to mark these
t-t:i". of ir.ternat i'Ti.il cp1' lit y by :
.'i'.-h :-!!. T!;'- compIiTient inten'i
el i-. i.iy '!ir-etel to the jr--i- ;
rier:t it- '. l is R-!-r,;:,i-tr:i'i'.n, bt to
t!.e v.h- j, .-..;,! of the I.'ro'fr-!
-tnt.--. T.- i- r." 'Jo'i'.t that Ai.'it-i'a:.-,
w;?K"ut r'?ir-! to party, will
rc.-:-.i- J j, jr. tl i-ame :imi-
s;. r.;. I t. in !'- it cineep
t;.r. p 'A,'.-. T.'.'-re i- h'i'-h a larre !
y-r' t-r.'..-:v-. ! i.f i'.iThip -f this'
couMrv 'f Orrr:r.n -x? ra-t ion il.at1
& f or-iial r-' -n wuk atip-l in
Jir.y t'.T' 'irri -.; but t!.- f a' t that
th v.:' )- p-op uri'lT-'and the
hivrilri-- ui ior, of the fii-rr-.an
-in;- r- r v..;! .v!d to t': p!eai,-:re and
i-ifT''..-.. y incident to the entertain- j
jii' - i f I'rir.'e Ii r,rv. !
I wo-i!d riot liV- to say mor- t.an
hit thi- vi..-t will maintain a friend
ly interriationa! .l;.irlt. ai'h' it
will in ro i-e re-tri'-t the i:. .' lal
c-ompetltiw! fT'.jts to rr.;.-t-r 'he
Jfi.uri.etn f the v.itI I t:,ro :;;h '".'el
!eij( e of jir'.'J jet."
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l'. '-X. JOHN A. KA?ruN.
f-r.'.y L...:.i,- Lx-.M ' r ij ti.c Ctart of
Tlnn't nM rKan Thl la a avwwf Aaml
to me. rx tried for two year to get
this, and If It falls through now I shall
find It hard to bear."
Then I repented my light words and
said: "Why, the thing will go sure
enough. After that scene in the church
they won't go back."
"I'oor fellows:" he said, as If to him-
self. "Whisky Is about the only excite-
ment they have, and they find It pretty
tough to give it up, and a lot of the
men are against the total abstinence
idea. It seems rot to them."
"It U pretty steep," 1 said. ' "Can't
you do without it?"
"No; I fear not. There is nothing else
for it. Some of them talk of compro-
mlse. They want to quit the suloon
and drink quietly In their shacks. The
moderate drinker may have his place
in other countries, though I can't see
it. I haven't thought that out, but here
the only safe man Is the man who quits
it dead and tights it straight. Anything
else Is sheerest humhiij; nnd nonsense."
1 had not gone In much for total ab
stinence up to this time, chielly because
its advocates seemed fur the most part
to be somewhat ill balanced, but ns I
listened to t'raig I began to feel that
perhaps there was n total abstinence
side to the temperance question, nnd,
ns to lUack Kock, 1 could see how it
must be one thing or the other.
We found Mrs. Mavor bravo nnd
bright. She shared Mr. Craig's anxie
ty, but ii"t his gloom. Her courage
was ef th-it serene kind that refuses
to believe defeat possible and lifts tho
spirit Into the triumph of final victory.
Through the past week she had been
carefully disposing her forces and win
ning recruits, anil yet she never seemed
to urge or persuade the men. Hut ns
evening afier evening the miners drop
ped into the cozy room down stairs
Willi her talk and her songs she charm
ed them till they were wholly hers.
She took for granted their loyalty,
trusted them utterly and so made it
ditliciilt for them to be other than true
men.
That night Mrs. Mavor's large store
room, which had been fitted up with
seats, was crowded with miners when
Mr. Craig and I entered. i
After a glance over tho crowd Craig
paid: "There's the manager. That
means war." And I saw n tall man, .
very fair, whoso chin fell nway to the
vanishing point nnd whoso hair was
parted in the middle, talking to Mrs.
Mavor. She was dressed in sonic rich,
soft stuff that became her well. She
was looking beautiful as ever, but'
there was something quite new In her
manner. Her nir of good fellowship
was gone, and she was tne high bred
lady, whose gentle dignity and sweet
grace, while very winning, made fa
miliarity Impossible,
The manager was doing his best nnd
. .
appeared to be well pleased with him-
stlf
"She'll get him If any ono con. I morn'n nn mnb 0 n,P at noon n
failed" said Crnlg I wee Jrnp nIftt'r wark m tho evenIn'
I stood looking at the men, nnd a fine wh" " "'P ' Xmi frcen
lot of fellows they were. Tree, ensy.lthe cau.,(i chta' but 1 m no n gu
bold In their bearing, they gave no lIer' nn 1 dln,m Rnu ,n wl the loous
sign of rudeness, and from their fre- I fli"Kln , aboot B,lld money."
quent glances toward Mrs. Mavor 1 1 And that s thrue for yp. me bye," in-
could see they were always conscious '
ot her presem-e. No men are so truly
gentle as are the westerners in the
presence of a good woman. They wcro
evidently of all classes nnd ranks orig
inally, but now nnd In this country of
real measurements they ranked sim
ply according to the "man" in them.
"See that handsome young chap of
dissipated appearance?" said Craig.
"That's Vernon YVinton. an Oxford
graduate, blue blood, awfully plucky,
but quite gone. When he gets repent
ant, in-te.-ol of shooting himself he
comes to Mrs. Mavor. Fact.'
"I'rom Oxford university to r.iack
Hock mining camp is something of a
Step," I replied.
"That queer h-oklng little chap in the
corner is Billy Itreon. Ibcv in the
world has he got here?" went on Mr.
Craig.
Queer looking ho was a little man,
with n small head set on heavy, square
shoulders: long arms, nnd huge hands
that sprawled all over his body; alto
gether a rnost ungainly specimen of hu
manity. By this time Mrs. Mavor had finished
with the manager and was In the cen
ter of a group of miners. Her grand
nir was all gone, ami she was their
comrade, their friend, one of them
selves. Nor did she assume the role
of entertainer, but ra'iier did she, with
h.u'f shy n!r. cast herself upon their
hivalry, and they were too truly pen.
tlemen to fail her. It is hard to make
wo.,tern men, arid especially old tim
ers, talk. But this gift was hers, and
it stirred my admiration to see her
draw on a grizzled veteran to tell how,
twenty years ago, he had crossed the
Great Divide and had seen and done
what Lo longer fell to nr-n to see or
tlo In these, new dny. And so she won
the old timer. But It was beautiful to
see the i.mwrjt guile with which she
aught Billy Breen and drew him to
l.er corner near the organ. What tdie
was Haying I knew not, but iir Billy
was protesting, waving his big hands.
The meeting eame to order, with
Kha w in the chair and the handsome
young Oxford man w'Tetary. Khaw
t-ta'wj the object of the meeting in a
few hairing words, but when he came
to p-sk of the pleasure he nnd all
felt In being together In that room his
v-ordt flowed In a dtream, warm and
full. Then there w-ax a iaue, and Mr.
f'raig wan called, but he knew better
t!.f-n to ;-:ik at that frolnt. finally
Nixon ro-w hesitatingly, but ns he
aught a bright. r:.'i!.'c from .Mrs. Ma
vor U- afralgiitejKfl hifiM-lf nn if for a
right.
"I d.'n't iio good at fi.uklri' siwh'H,"
fe higffi, "but It ain't i.pihe we
v.r.. We've got oinetb;ji' to do. nd
' what we want to know 1. how to do Jt.
Ahd, t I right plain, we want to
know bow to drive thi urwd whiky
ut f Black llm-k. You ill know what
j It's tJfM tut u, t l-ft for oin of ,
' tiui It's tiw Vt stop It no, or tvr
MIIW (if til It'll tnlphtv mnnn tta. Inn I
late, and the only way to atop Ita wort
la to quit drinkln It and help others to
o.ult. I bear sou talk of a league, and
what I say Is If it's a league out and
out against whisky, a total abstinence
right to the ground, then I'm with It
That's my talk. I move we make that
kind of a league."
Nixon sat down amid cheers and a
chorus of remarks: "Good man!
"That's the talk!" "Stay with it!" But
he waited for the smile and the glance
that came to him from the beautiful
face In the corner, and with that he
seemed content
Again there was silence. Then the
Fecr.tary rose, with a slight flush upon
hlg han,isome( delicate face, and sec-
onded Uie ulotiou If they wouU1 par.
don a personnl reference, be would
g,Te thela his ren.oll.. IIe had come
to fula cmlntrv to nmk. hI, ,.,,.
Now lie was anxious to make enough
to enable him to go home with some
degree of honor. liis home held every
thing that was dear to him. Between
him and that home, between him aud
all that was good and beautiful and
honoruble, stood whisky. "I'm asham
ed to confess," nnd the flush deepened
on his cheek nnd his lips grew thin
ner, "that I feel the need of some such
league." His handsome face, ills per
fect style of address, learned possibly
in the Union, but, more than nil, his
show of nerve, for these men knew
how to value that, made a strong im
pression on his audience, but there
were no following cheers.
Mr. Craig appeared hopeful, but oil
Mrs. Mavor's face there was n look of
wistful, tender pity, for she knew how
much the words had cost the lad.
Then tip rose n sturdy, hard featured
man, with a bur In his voice that pro
claimed his birth. Ills name was
(ieorge Crawford, I afterward learned,
but every one called him Geordie. Ho
was a character In his way, fond of
his glass; but, though he was never
known to refuse a drink, he was never
known to be drunk. He took his drink,
for tlm most part, with bread and
cheese In his own shack or with a
friend or two In a sober, respectable
way, but never could be induced to
Join the wild carousals in Slnviu's sa
loon. Ho made the highest wages, but
: was far too true a Scot to spend his
money recklessly. Every one waited
eagerly to hear Geordle's mind. Ha
spoke solemnly, ns befitted a Seoismnn
expressing a deliberate opinion, nnd
carefully, ns If choosing his best Eng
lish, for when Geordie been mo excit
ed no one in Black Kock could under
stand him.
I "Mnlstcr Chalrmon," said Geordie,
. "I'm aye for temperance in a' thlngB."
There was a shout of laughter, at
wh!ch Geo.r?,10 1 round in pained
fHlrff A "I'll !- ilAnn " Iia won -
u. u
,in an explanatory tone, "that I tak ma
lPrruPl "en irisu Drogue, to tne
uengui ui i iic crowu onu me amaze
ment of Geordie, who went calmly on:
"AnM caunn bldo yon saloon whaur
they sell sic nwfu'-llkc stuff it's mair
like lyo nor guld whisky an' whaur
ye're never sure o' yer rlcht change.
It's nn nwfu'-llke place. Man," nnd
Juist smell the sulphur when ye gang . fPn mv cozv h(.ar;st:inc.
In. But I dinna care aboot the tern- My hmrt loups kho licht
pemnco soceeltics, wi' their pledges nn' j 1 scarce ken t for my aln,"
havers, nn' I ennno see what hairm i there was a feeling of tears In the flow
can come till a man by tnkln' a bottle Ing song, ond wo knew the words had
o' guid Glenlivet hame wl' him. I can- I brought her n picture of the fireside
ca bide the teetotal buddies."
Geordie's speech was followed by
loud applause, partly opprcclative of
Geordie himself, but largely sympa
thetic with his position.
Two or three men followed In the
same strain, advocating a league for
mutual improvement nnd sociul pur
poses, but without the teetotal pledge.
They were against the saloon, but did
not see why they should not take a
drink now and then.
Finally the manager rose to support
his "friend, Mistah-ah Cwafond," rid
iculing the idea of a total abstinence
pledge as fanatical and Indeed "ab
suad." He was opposed to the saloon
and would like to see a club formed,
with a comfortable clubroom, books,
magazines, pictures, games, anything,
"duntcbrrkuew, to make the time pass
plMMDtly," bat It was "aliened to ask
men te abstain fweB a pwopab use of
nvr nou wishing 4w1aka" because
some men made beM etf themselves.
He concluded by efferleg $00 toward
the support of such a club.
The current of feeling was eertlng
strongly against the total abstinence
idea, and Craig's face was hard, nnd
his eyes gleamed like coals. Then he
did a bit of generalship. He proposed
that since they hud the two plans
clearly before them they should take
a few minutes' intermission In which
to make up their minds, and be was
sure they would be glad to have Mrs.
Mavor sing. In the interval the men
talked In groups, eagerly, even fiercely,
1 hsmpered seriously In the forceful ex
pression of their opinions by the pres
ence of Mrs. Mavor, who glided from
! group to group, dropping a word here
' and a smile there. Bbe reminded me of
'a general riding along the ranks, brae-
ing bis men for the coming battle. She
, paused beside Geordie, spoke earnestly
j for a few moments, while Geordio
gazed solemnly at ber, and then she
lea rue bark to Billy in the corner near
' me. What she was saying I could not
I hear, but poor Billy waa protesting.
I spreading his hands out aimlessly b'
1 fore him. but ga.lnif at ber the while
( to dumb admiration. Then she came to
: me.
"Poor Billy! He was good to my
buNbund," she auld softly, "and be has
j a good heart"
' "He's uot much to look at," I could
uvt help suylng. -
"ur" ll" T"'
tnrered, a little reproachfully.
"The abell la apparent enough," I re
plied, for the mischief was In me.
. "Ah, yes," she replied softly, "but it
la the pearl we love."
I moved over beside Billy, whose
ryes were following Mrs. Mavor as she
went to speak to Mr. Craig.
"Well." I said, "you all seem to have
a high opinion of her."
"An igh bopInlonT he replied In
deep scorn. "An 'igh hop in ion, you
calls It!"
"What would you cnll it?" I asked
wishing to draw him out."
"01 don't call It nothlnk." he replied,
spreading out bis rough hands.
"She seems very nice," I said indif
ferently. He drew his eyes nwny from Mrs.
Mavor and gave attention to me for
the first time.
"Nice!" he repeated, with fine con
tempt, nnd then he added impressive
ly, "Them as don't know shouldn't say
nothlnk."
"You nre right," I nnswered earnest
ly, "and I nm quite of your opinion."
He gave mo n quick glance out of his
little, deepset, dark blue eyes nnd open
ed liis heart to me. He told me in his
quaint speech how again and again
she had taken him In and nursed him
and encouraged him and sent-him out
wllh a new heart for his battle until,
for very shame's sake at his own mis
erable weakness, he bad kept out of
her way for many months, going stead
ily down.
"Now, OI hain't pot no grip, but when
she says to me tonight, says she. 'Oh,
Billy' she calls me Billy to myself"
(this wiili a touch of prido "'oh,
Billy,' says she, 'we must 'nve n total
habstlnciice league tonight, and 1
want j on to Y!p!" and sic k ep's aioo!;
in' at mo with those h yes o' hern till,
If you believe me, sir," lowering his
voice to nn emphatic whisper, "though
OI knowed Oi couldn't 'tip none, afore
Ol knowed Ol promised Yr Oi would.
It's Yr heyes. When them heyos says i
'do,' hup you steps and 'does.'"
I remember my first look Into her
eyes, nnd I could quite understand
Billy's submission. Just as slm began
to sing I went over to Geordie and took
my scat beside him. She be:- in with
an English slumber song, "Sleep, Ba
by, Sleep," one of Barry Cornwall's, I
think, and then sang n love song with
the refrain, "Love once again," but no
thrills dime to me, nnd I began to won
der if her spell over me was broken.
Geordie, who had been listening some
what indifferently, encouraged mo,
however, by saying: "She's Just plttln'
nlf time with the feckless sangs. Man,
there's nae grup till them." But when,
after a few minutes' pause, she began
"My Aln Fireside" Geordie gave a
sigh of satisfaction, "Aye, that's some
thin' like," nnd when she finished the
first verse he gnve me a dig in the ribs
with his elbow that took my brcnth
awny, saying In a whisper, "Man, hear
till yon, wull ye?" And ngnln I found
tho spell upon me. It wns not tho
voice, nfter nil. but the great soul be
hind, that thrilled nnd compelled. She
wns seeing, feeling, living, what she
sang, nnd her voice showed ns her
henrt. The cozy fireside, with Its bon
ny, blithe blink, where no care could
abide, but only pence and love, was
vividly present to her, nnd ns she pang
we saw it too. When she came to the
last verse:
that would always seem empty. I felt
the tears in my eyes, nnd, wondering
at myself, 1 cast a stealthy glance at
tho men about me, and I saw that they,
too, were looking through their hearts'
windows upon firesides and Ingle nooks
that gleamed from far.
And then she sang "The Auld Ilonse,"
and Geordie, giving me another poke,
Fnid, "That's my nin sang," and when
I nsked him what he meant ho whis
pered fiercely, "Wheesht, inon!" and I
did, for his face looked dangerous.
In a pause between the verses I heard
Geordie saying to himself, "Aye, I maun
gle It up, I doot."
"What?" 1 ventured.
"Naethln" ava." And then he added
Impatiently. "Mon, but ye're nn in-
nneesitive huddle." uttur wUaji J ujih-
ided Into flilence.
Immediately upon the meeting being
called to order Mr. Craig made his
speech, and it was a fine bit of work.
Beginning with a clear statement of
the object In view, be set in contrast
the two kinds of leagues proposed one
n league of men who would take whis
ky In moderation, the other a lengue of
men who were pledged to drink none
themselves and to prevent In every
honorable way others from drinking.
There was no long argument, but he
spoke nt white heat, nnd as he appeal
ed to the men to think, esch not of
himself nlone. but of tho others as well,
the yearning born of his long months
of desire nnd toll vibrated In his voice
and reached to the heart Mnny men
looked uncomfortable and uncertain,
end even the mauuger looked none too
cheerful.
At this critical moment the crowd got
n shock. Billy Breen shuttled out to
the front and, in a voice shaking with
nervousness and emotion, began to
speak, his large, coarse hands wander
ing tremulouHly about:
"OI hain't no bloomln' tempernnce
borator, and mayhap 01 hain't no right
to penk 'ere; but Ol got somethln' to
sti Igh, nnd Ol'm a goln' to salgh it
"I'urson, 'e says, 'Is It wlsky or no
wlsky In this 'ere clubV If ye linsk
in!, "b'h y don't, then no wlsky, says
01, and If ye bask why, look at mo!
Once Ol could mine more conl than
linny man in the camp; now Ol hain't
fit to be a sorter. Once 01 'ad some
pride-and hambltlon; now 01 'lings
round a-waltln' tor some one to oulgti,
"Ere, Billy, 'ava lummat' One 01
Bade good pa Igh and sent it ome reg
ular to my poor old mother. She's In
the wukus now, she la. Ol hain't sent
'er hany for a year and a 'alf. Once
Billy waa a good fellow and 'ad plenty
o' friends; now Slavln isself kicks nn
bout, 'e does. Why? Why?" Hla
Voice rose to a shriek. "Because when
Billy 'ad morey in 'is pocket hevery
man in this bloomln' camp as meets
un at hevery corner aaya, 'Ello, Billy,
watil ye 'uve? And there's wlsky at
Slnviu's, and there's wlsky In the
shacks, and hevery 'ollday and hevery
Sunday there's wlsky, and w'en ye
feel bad It's wlsky, and w'en ye feel
good It's wlsky, and heverywhere and
hulways It's wlsky, wlsky, wlsky! And
now ye're goln' to stop it, and 'ow?
The manager, e snys plctcrs and mag
azines. K takes is wine ond is beer
like a gentleman, 'e does, and 'e don't
'nve no use for Billy Breen. Billy,
'e's a beast, and the manager, 'e kicks
un hout But supposln' Billy wants
to stop beln' n beast and starts a tryln'
to be a man again, nnd w'en 'e gets
good on' dry along comes some un
and says, "llllo, Billy, 'ave a smile?' it
hain't picters nor magazines 'ml stop
un then. Iieters and magazines!
Gawd Yip the man as hain't nothlnk
but plctcrs and magazines to Yip un
w'en 'e's pot a devil hillside and a dev
il houtslde a-shovin" and a-drawin' of
un down to 'ell. And that's w'ere Oi'm
n-golu' straight, and yer bloomin'
league, wNky or no wlsky, can't ''!;
me. But." nnd he lifted his trembling
bands above l.ls he:,d, "if ye slop t'ie
wlsky n il nvln' rx::id this camp .veil
stop some o' tl:cs.. ;n;s fiat ii-l'o!!i.w
la' luo 'ar l. Ye-;, y a:.-! .-on. ami
you!" Ami Irs voice rose to a ui'd
scream ns he v'-oV; a Ire milling linger
lit one and anoiY r.
"Mon, It's fair giv.vsomo tee hear
him," said Geordie. "He's no' canny."
And, reaching out for Billy as he went
stumbling past, he pulled him down to
n seat beside him, sayln: "Sit doon,
lad; sit doon. Weil niak n mon o' ye
yet." Then he rose nncl, using many
r's, said, "Malstcr Chalrtnon, a' doot
we'll Juist lino to gle it up."
"Give It up?" called out Nixon. "Give
up the lengue?"
"Nn, nn, lad, but Juist tho wee drap
whusky. It's nae that guld onywny,
and It's a terrible price. Mon, gin ye
gang tne Henderson's In Buchanan
street in Gleska, ye ken, yeil get mair
for three an' snxpence than ye wull at
Slavln's for $3, nn' it'll no' pit ye mnd
like yon stuff, but it gnngs doon smooth
nn' snft-Iike. But," regretfully, "yeil
no' can get It here, an' I'm thinkln' I'll
Juist sign yon teetotal thing." And up
he strode to the table and put his name
down in the book Craig had ready.
Then to Billy he said: "Come awa, lad!
lit yer name doon, an we'll stan' by
ye."
Poor Billy looked around helplessly,
his nerve all gone, and sat still. There
wns a swift rustle of garments, and
Mrs. Mavor was beside him and, in a
voice thut only Billy and I could bear,
said:
"You'll sign with mo, Billy?"
Billy gazed nt her with a hopeless
look in his eyes nnd shook his little
head. She leaned slightly townrd him,
smiling brightly, nnd, touching his arm
gently, said:
"Come. Billy: there's no ftar," nnd in
a lower voice, "God will help you."
As Billy went tip, following Mrs. Mn
vor close, n hush fell on tho men until
ho had put his name to the pledge.
Then they came up, man by man, nnd
signed. But Craig snt with his head
down till I touched his shoulder. He
took my hand and held it fast, saying
over nnd over, under his breath:
"Thank God! Thank God!"
And so the league was ma do.
To in: ciiN'l l M l:l xi:.t W I KIC.
The rrir ;irl.
Mrs. Unral Well, paw, when Mary
comes lioine from college she can give
yirti a point or two about fanning.
Farmer Ilural What's Mary up to
now'.'
Mrs. Bural Why, she writes thnt
nil the piris are learning fencing. De
troit Free i'ress.
WIIIInK t Compromlxr.
She Sir, if you persist in making
love to me every time you call I Khali
have to ask you to discontinue your
visits.
He Darling, lie my wife, nnd I'll
promise never to speak another word
of love to you as long ns 1 live. Chica
go Daily News.
Only l air.
"The trouble is," he said to the lady,
who believed in woman's right to pro
pose, "that I n inclined to doubt my
ability to support a family."
"Well,' she replied, "w hy not give me
the benefit of the doubt?" Chicago
Becord-Herald.
A Dandy,
"Diil you henr about (Jrigsby's auto?
It ran away with him, went overnn em
bankment, turned a somersault, hit
a tree, killed Grigsby, and wnn't in
jured a particle."
"Say! That's a dandy! What make
is it?"-I'u k.
Distant,
"Didn't you tell me that dop; you
sold me wouldn't bite anyone that lie
knew?"
"Y'asKiih," answered Mr. Ernstus
I'inkley; "bnt he nlliis wim kind o'
linhd to git acquainted with," Wash
ingion fitur.
Family Pride,
"Quick, (ieortfc!" tho wife
".creamed; "hurry to the baby; she's
trying to swallow her rattle!"
"I know it," replied I he husband,
rnlinly, "I want, ber to art ahead
of liuff hin'n baby, who swallowed a
button," Ohio Htato Journal.
Fri-a to I'nr.
Thnt "inlk l tilitup"
I nfien trim,
Hut tint I hit Nrt
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