v ❖v•> * ••• '■ *• I HOW AUNT J I THE DAY i By Margaret M. Page * T n* I Copvriyht, li >, by Margaret M. Pa# ❖ A»J< «j» *J*%* V *•* *»* '** '♦* *♦* ''**♦* '• '* *• • ♦ ♦ A' I N T SAVANNAH HAMILTON was by far the most active i ami em rgetie negro in L'enton- Florida negroes, wLio busk in idi* tier until ."in empty larder or depicted \\:H»■ robe compels tlicin to earn a little mon ey, she was always ready to work. Her husband had been wont to eon some a treat part of her earnings in drink, but it was commonly reported that during the three years which had elapsed since his death she had accu mulated a considerable sum of money. The excellence of her cooking brought 1 ■ -1:!! ! : ' ' lie town was tilled with northern boarder- She w i al-o :e counted the best sinner in IVutonville. ■ \ i- - ' : 1 12. y• • ' age and exceedingly stout, the com bined attraction- of good cooking, line a IM: \ that i rt of I'< -utonvill occupied by the colored j eople. had she chosen to enter the matrimonial lists, hi tact, she had received scv.ral o iters ol* marriage, but I ... : ; - - - .. i ilov Ir an to lie whispered . • .... 11..- a s James ivndergast. a tall young uiulat to i' ai Georgia. the citadel had been Miii ( -.fully attacked. J attics possessed a magnificent tenor voice, and w hen it rang out in "pra'r meet in' " above the other voices Aunt Sav.mr til clasped her band- ami rolled her eyes in ee . Lushed in admiring silence. When Jauns escorted Aunt Sa\ uinah home from muting one evening. Sis Sttkey Johnson observed to < ree y, Aunt Sa vannah's married daughter: •To' de Lawd, « rc.-y, 'pears like yer ma done got cotcli at las' by dat Georgy sticker!" Aunt s ivannah hail lived alone in her one room cabin since the death of her im- ■ rid. Ntar by stood the cabin In which Creesj lived with her litis band and two children, lloth of those burnt'! • homes m - re shad ii by orange and lemon trees, and in the plots of ground m the rear some cabbages were growing. Betwi n the two houses a rv. I• ly constructed henhouse and a c! '■!; a yard surrounded by a slat fence seemed to receive more care than either cabins or gardtns. One day s«m>ii after the act of gal lantry which had cat'-'d Sukey John son's comment prep. :-, ion- for some great event were b« ing ni.de in Aunt Savannah's cabin All day she had b' eu cleaning and"( Hiking. As it in :ir <d sun-et her labors appeared to be eomple 1. The table, covered with a snowy cloth ami neatly set. stood in the <■' n!er of the room. Itouquets of ros. hon y suekl* -. ja-mines and ole anders arranged in cracked cups and p; ' i-fs stood in every available spot and tilled the r> otn with fragrance. On the hearth, w! . re the fire had burn ed to a lew euibe . stood a platter of fr ! d e' ' ' en. and flic roa-ted sweet p . - ; :d corn pone were still cov ered with the ashes to keep them warm. Presently Aunt Savannah emerged from behind the curtain wliieh parti tioned off one comer, used as a bed room. Sl' ' WaS d e-sed to do credit to the oci - 'it wl. ver it might be. A black ai| aea skit ', n-id purple plush . 'r- ' „xjL V.«V 'J fSm>' ' ' j 7n 1 rlMfm HK HF..VT tIOW B UFO Hi HEIt. basque finished at the neck by a broad lace collar, which was fastened by a .. ; * - crisp and shining with abundant starch, set off to advantage the ample proportions of her figure. Large gold hoops dep' nded from h«*r ears, and an orange silk handkerchief u ;n bound in turban fashion about her head As she stood in the doorv ly hading her eyes with her hand from the level ray sof the sun Mr .fames I'ei.ih t _• 1 appeared in sight .. ... ■ occasion, lie wore nankeen trousers, n red and green p! I w «,-tcoat and a blue <•< at adorned v. th brass buttons On tils h< .1 wa nui' h worn silk hat and h<' jauntily earrWfl an orange stick cane. As he approached Aunt Savan nah greeted him with a deep courte-.v. ■ der hi- left arm. p ccd his left hand on liis heart and with his right hand lifted his hat and nearly -wept the ground with it as la' bent I" • 'or her. "Good elx'tiin', Mr. I'enderga-'. -a:d she. "How does yo' fin' yo'-cl di elH'tiin'V" "Po'ly, Miss Hamilton, po'ly When ai - i de prickin* ob de thawns en tie I rag munce ob de bl^ , -- t, ms miu s him pow fid ob d. -"i i"i - oi. a sin.. • iife. "I yearn tell, .Mr I'' ndergas' as how yo' was itigage |. r a tl up in (Jeorg.v " ! was a sort "b ! a ol> iagagcimnt. said Jam* he foihe d Unit Savati nalt into th- ■ n response to a courtly w ><• of I<< r I md .... : ■ • i cheer ter de table. Mr r»ndevgas ." As Jan sealed himself at the tabl< nnd placed hi- bittered hat cafN'fully at liis feet he iK-aui' l approvingly at the viands which \unt Sa aiinaii has tened to set before him "Would yo' kin'ly |»eriionee de bless in', Mr. l'endetgas'V" With one partly closed eyo on the • • ■„ ■ —i ii n nmminmill mi mm mmmm-mmmmmmmm chicken. .Tames hurried through an elaborate Messing. ending with :i so norous "Ainen," in which Savannah heartily joined. Hah -oine ob «le orange marmalade en he'p yo'se'f ter de guaba jelly, Mr. PendergasY* •"1 a lit yo* uios' kin'ly. Miss Hamil ton Am dis jelly some ob yo' own "i:; ... (j,. y"s, Mr. Pender - I ,I!1HS does my own cookin'. My I tak u' i'i de < ail rap-linns what oder I ! i; .;i mighti tuupi ious cook, now." L /*'*<* | ; - 1 s S ■■ - '■ \ '/) Itiwfc Jvjfe Z/Jix ' IpNjf . ' V v: . v > / iESlk®\ \ im '•ILL SI'BAK TK.lt PAIISON DAVIS TEK MORBFII 1 »,it Georgy gal's neetler yere nor <lar <'n ain't tor he menshun in de same week \\ i«1 some folks which p'raps I hadn't of ter speak ob "em " "I s'puse yo'll IH» bringin' her down yore befo' long?" "Xebah. Miss Hamilton, nebah. 1 done make up my min' as how dat gal don't noway-; 'gree wid my coil stu tlonis." "What's de luarter wid her?" "Well, fo' one t'ing, she halt a mos' owdashus. rip t'arin" temper. When dat gal gii- her mad up. de hull wide erea shun am bleedzo tor stan' out film un der. En she < van't sing no more dan one ob dose yere tukky buzzuds. 'Tain t xiachel fo' a man what kin sing tor be jine ter sich a onmusikle creetur. "En am dat all. Mr. Pondergas'?" -aid Savannah as --lie handed her guest a cup of coffee. "Well, not ad/.ackly all." he replied, inhaling the aroma of the coffee anil then taking a large gulp; not jos' in tirely adzackly. It'll cost me lebon dollar- ter bnmg dat gal yere. Mighty back breakin' wuk ter e'rn 'lehen dol lars pit-kin" oranges fo' tor git a gal wid a owdashus temper what sings like a tukkey buzznd when dar am folks clns tor yor elber wid a smilin' face which dry kin sing wid de meloJuMioss ob a -ong -parror. I»e trufe am. Mi-s Hamilton, when I sees some oder folks which p'r'ap- I hadn't ortor menshun 'em, my 'fecksliutts fo' dat g'al am pow'ful la* kin'." "IV de grjisbus goodness, Mr. l'cii deriras'. do hah some na> ob de chicken ea anudder yam!" "Tank }"' nios" kindly. Miss Ham ilton. but hefo' we perceeds furder wid dis meal could yo' "spoil' tor my peroso mnnce ob marriage?" "P'r'aps I mought. Mr Pondorgns', of yo'd 'gree tor spoil' dat 'loben dollars in fix in' up de shanty." "I'at 11! mos' sho'ly «10. en I'll speak tor Pah-on Davis terniorror 'hont hab in' do ob- sqnles imniojit." "Mr. Pondergas', I inns' reques' de I i-'i 'iiieinunce ob de otis-sipiies ontwel I gits inyse'f a set ob store teef. I've sot my heart on 'em en couldn't t'ink ob beiu' jino nohow widout em. "Mis-; Hamilton. :i woman which kin co' !; sich chicken en co'n pone as dese y« n d> n't need no teef ter t haw em wid. en a motif which lets st! !i liobenly eoiin '- oh > ngin' out'n it fts yourn does don' need 'em fo' beauty. ' liar am no u-e ob argyfyin do mar ker I'm sot plun flatfooted on liabin' ilem teef. I>o presence ob do orange bios onis in do ha'r on do elwenoe ob de ivories in de mouf don't 'gree ter- j j-i'ddi-r noways permi-eous. When yo han's me dal 'lebon dollars fo ter lix up do shanty on my mouf am likewise sot out wid dem tod de percession II be ready tei moho on The couple left the cabin and seated themselv<>s under the orange trees. wli> to for Iwo hour they latp-iliod find talk.-d with the ii.i hearted nek, of children. A month pa—ed before Aunt Savan nah had secured the dental ornaments which she ( oii<id«-red so essential to her trou--' •'! In the meantime James had given her the " 'loben dollars." wiu' h she had e\pended for furniture. (in an evening in April the ♦•lite of l'lg\ p! wore invited to attend the wed ding. By this time the orange blos som- were nearly gone, but enough had been obtained to grace the occasion ap propriately, and other flowers were abundant. A bower, beneath which the couple were to be married, had been built under the orifnge tree in front ot Aunt Savannah's cabin. Be side <"roe.-y"s • ahiti stooil a table adorned with flowers and loaded with trophies oi Savannah's -I.ill in cook ing. The -pace between the cabins was to lie devoted to dancing, and the tiddlers were already giving their in strument- preuiouitoi \ twangs, to tin great del .'lit ot th" arriving company. Aunt Savannah and James moved about among tl < r gin-is, greeting them wiih gracious and elaborate specche- oi welcome. About the time wheti the gue-ts be j. into an,.-i* the train from Jackson* \ lie -topp '1 at the little -tatioii, and a young <olor»'il woman alighted and look'd around, she was tail ami thin and wirv. wi'h -napping black eyes and \ veir-li • \pie— . n Walking up lo 1114_■ bag- .•* a-'-nt, -lie a-Ued him ■ vo" know ob d' wharabonts a I c a 111 Jim Pender. i- ' "Yes. 1 know i\ here he lives, but he won't be at home tonight,"' said the agent, with a grin i want- ter know." "J reckon he's at Aunt Savannah Hamilton's, down in Egypt. lb s to be married to her tonight." \ ii • ! (twda-lius wily'n' I'll stop dat business right -pang off. Y> re, yo' young la kill." catching hold of a colored boy v\ 1.0-tood looking on with open mouth ed inter' -t. "take uic to dat place dis . i . yo'rs'f. Stan now Don't gib no sand fleas time ter hop under yo' feet whiles yo're gv inc." Away they went at a rapid pace, the boy impelled partly by . ■ i.i : ■ • rago who pushed him tieroely by the shoulder. The guests wore till assembled. Par son Davis, book In hand, stood beneath ti.» lime, i- and \nnt Savanmih and Janifs were just taking their places In front of him when a furious woman hurst through the crowd. shrieking: "Whar's <lat r.ips. allion, Jim Pender gas', who dune (Tared out en lef* his true lull, which lie done promus her 'leben dollar- ter kim ye re en lie jine ter him?" .faun < dropped Savannah's hand and, turning round, cried wildly lie l.awd hal> tnussy on us; ' "Axin' fo' mus-\. am yo What mussv lmli yo* had on me, yo mi/.za lile, low down. no 'count nigger? Didn't I wuk my fingers ter de lione ter buy yo' dat idenkle suit ob cloes yo liab ™ O' O a; _ - i "\\ II AH S HAT 'LI HI N DOI.I.AIiS TO' DONB PROMI'S ME ?" on dis idenkle minuitV W'hars dat "leben dollars yo' done promus me? Kim along, yo' raskiil, befo" I puts yo' in jail IV stealin' oh dem cloes. liar won't be no weddin' yerc ternight. Before the company could recover from their astonishment she was drag ging the luckless Jim away. 1 lie young women shrieked with laughter, the young men burst into loud guffaws, as they watched the couple depart. Aunt Savannah was the first to re cover. and she at once took the situa tion into her own hands. "Ladies en gentermen." she tried in a loud, lirm voice, "de fu-u t'ing 'lis company better do am ter pereeed ter dat table en eat tie supper befo' tie chicken tixin's spile. Atter dat we 11 tu'n dis festibal Vasion inter a pro r meetln' for de kinversliun <>b onregen' rit liars which dey don't know der own min's while (ley am speakin ob tie words. I'm afcard dey'll lie eberlas - in'ly tore by de daws ob a temper which am fa'rly t'arin' it]• de yenrf dis ble-sed minnit. t'reesy, yo' step in de shanty en brung out one ob dem new cheers fo' i'ahso'i I>:i\ i< ter sot on. Now. let deui fiddles strike up a marchin' chune whiles we marches tor de table en gits tie vittles." P.y this masterly stroke the victory was won. After all. the supper and the music and the gayety of the occasion were what the people had come for, and since they were not to be deprived of these th'-.\ -aw no reason why they should change their attitude toward their hostess for so -light a thing ns the kidnaping of a bridegroom. si«• p i>i ii u In 111 • • < url». "liitl you ever notice," said the man who pride* liiuisclt on his powers of observation, "that ev. ry one uses the same foot almost every time in step ping tip or clown the curb at a street crossing? Maybe you haven't, but It is ii fact just the same. It may lie the right foot that i* used or it ma\ be the left, but it i s the same one pit My much all the time "The movement is made -o often that it becomes a habit of the most tena cious kind. P.y one of those involun tary actions of the nervous system the nerves of the eye and the leg and foot work in unison. The eye of a person approaching a crossing gauges the dis tance to he traversed before the final step is taken, and tlie stride is regulat ed to bring the favorite foot forward in time to take it. The same thing hap pens when the curb on the other side of the street is reached. "Sometimes, especially when one is walking rapidly or when the street Is crowded, it takes a deal of jockeying to get the chosen foot into position, but the rule is seldom broken. You needn't try to find the truth of this principle by keeping tab on your own steps, for in so tloing your will power will come in to play and you will use whichever foot you please. Just watch some other fellow, anil you will find out that what I am telling yon is a fact." —Philadel- phia Pre*-. \ Sins Hunt. "I shall never forget an experience I had one winter," *aid a visitor from northern Michigan. "It was during the deer season when I went out alone one day to see what I could get. \\ ell, 1 hunted all day long without even see ing a deer. Finally 1 sat down on a log to rest and to meditate on my bad luck, when all of a sudden I looked up and saw a big buck making a dead line for me! "He threw up his llag as soon as he scented me, and I had bu> k fever for an instant. There we were, both mo tionless, each staring at the other and both frightened stiff. The next instant, though, 1 collected myst If and brought him down with a shot. It seemed a queer thing to me that after I <1 huntet 1 all day long without success that big deer should come walking right into the nozzle of m.v gun. Hut 1 suppose that's the way with the world."'—Dc troit Free Pros- I'iinll> OM stuns. One of the mti-i notable of old Lou don si— n - 111** |i<>u lb; itl In the lion Pot." had it beginning in the early years ol the reign of that same bluff King Hal It stand* out. a lonel> tig ut'." I .on Hlack friars road at the corne .if t'harlotb the i-u of a whole ale ironmonger's establi*hte< nt The dog i- in the a< t of eating out of >i three 1 'od iron pot whi'h it has over turn"d i here were also 'The Hlack Dog" and I lie I log and the I Mick " "The White flrcyhound" was the sign of John Harrison t> Si Paul's church yard a hook -Her who published some ■ • ■ \*it Oil«l llllir "»»>!«•*. So! the New Hebrides people do their hail Hp in a hunch on the top of -l.ii.d p ;l ail tbrooch a tube so as to make a kind of method i- to shave all the hi id except t \ ; where he t nit i\ a; is two horns of hair. No doubt this is to render him more a thin- "112 terror t" his enemies than of admit. lion to hi- friends. Ills reason for *h«i\i»g the rest of the head is to allow more space for tattooing, as if ail the availably -kin of the body were not enough A Miner's \Deference [Original] There were Hue.- women In the roach, and w 11• *ll night <ame on one <»t tin; a i'-"iuli mini -, in-isted oil every man getting outside tlistt each j WHlM, 'in might have a seat TI» herself on which to -•lee]i When we were seated , 011 the coin li top. I offered the polite j miner a cigar ami remarked • Ynii treat women with great respect out here." '•That's "cause there's so few on 'em They'll Milliliter pn-s a law ag ill their , comin'." "1 suppose it was your admiration j for the sex that leads you to treat them so nilselfishly." "Not a l>it. It's my advice, stranger, fur any man to let 'cm alone. I never hail but one experience with any on 'em, and that was enough for me. It was when we was workin in Zigzag gulch. There was a lot of us there w a shin' out eonsid'ablc ore and all do in' well. One day a grizzly headed ole feller come along totln' a gal. She w .i --the fust specimen we'd any on us laid eyes on for months. Stranger, d'y' rc member when y' was a boy and went into a store to buy a pockctknifc? Among hundreds on 'em the knife y bought didn't look especial fine, but when y' got it home away from the rest <>n '•■ m. great Scott, how it did shine.' Well, that's the way it was with the gal. There wasn't no more oil 'em to compare her with, and we was only used to each other's hairy faces. "Th" ole man said he'd come out to dig for gold, anil his daughter was go in' to do his cookin' for him. It wasn t long before 1 seen that the gal was giv in' me a preference to all the other men in camp, and 1 felt just as if 1 was bein' tilled with laugliin' gas. I was as proud and happy as if I'd struck a vein of pure gold. Pauline —that was her name, Pauline Marvweather— she was as dead stuck on me as I was on her Only one thing troubled me. She wouldn't take no notice on me exei pt win n we wa- alone and no one to see us. She said her father never would consent to her marry in* no miner and was hopit ' to make a strike and malrry her to some big gun in the east. How ever. at last she consented to let .me try what 1 tould do with him, and I did •■'Mr. Mary weather,' I said, 'I an in love with yer daughter and want her for my wife. I got .«'_\<)oo worth of dust in my shanty, and when I git double the amount I'll go east, set up a store somew here and live respectable. '••VKII jist let my daughter alone." he said, 'or I'll put more lead into yer vitals than y' got gold in yer cabin. "When 1 tole Pauline about it, she looked sad. but didn't say nothin', and 1 begun try in' t<> persuade her to run away with me. She was dead set ag'in it at fust, but at last she come round and laid out the hull business herself. 1 was togo down to the fork of the creek and wait there for her. One thing she insisptl on. She said if she once made the move her father d ne\- cr forgive her. She trusted me, but there might be some slip, so she would not stir unless I'd let her carry my diis:. This looked reasonable, and the ; night before we was to dig out 1 met j her in a lonely place up the creek and turned the dust ovel She seemed - mighdiscoti-arted and dung to me as il soniepin awful was goin to hap j . ' ■■ ■ : 1 wouldn't fail her. and then we sepa j rated "Waal, we w .s to meet at 1 o'clock the next afternoon. 1 was at the tork by and 'bout a quarter to 4 my heart begun to beat like a drumstick, beatin" faster and faster till my watch stood 1 p. m. Then it beat at the same gait till a quarter past 4, and, seein" Pauiine didn't show up. it begun to slow down. I waited till and then, concludin' that the ole man had got onto the deal. I went back to the gull h. "Things was a workin' as usual ex cept I missed seven of the most suc (i fnl miners then? was auioog us. I set down on a stump to rest, and while I was a set tin' there I »i« k Tutt, one of the in is sin' men, walked in lonian •bout himself kind of -uspicious. Then from another direction come Phil Thi'igg-. lie 'peared mad at somepln and makes straight for his cabin. While he was there along couies Tom P.atinaid i ri~gs t oines out ol hi** cab ill ntul >"« IK 'What's become of that ole galute, Mary weather';' "He was tole by the miners that Marvweather and his daughter had left the place u Icetle before I o'clock with a big sack that it tuk the two on 'em to carry "Waal, the game was out The gal had made love to the seven of Zigzag gulch's wealthiest citizens and got ev ery one on 'em to turn over his dust . xcept Triggs, w ho suspected somepin and insisted on takin' his'n to the meet in' place hi-sclf, instead of which he buried it and left a bag of sand in its place, -o that in his case t lie thieves didn't get nothin'. "A couple of year after that I went to Kansas City. 1 did notliin' tor the fust day but stare at the women; they looked so party. Then I got used to 'cm. One day on the street 1 met a redheaded frowzy, freckled gal with a pu_' nose And who do ymi suppose -.ho was? Pauline Mar.\ w-eal her I tell you, stranger, what you want to do with wiinineu is to treat >tu as you would a leopard stroke 'em mighty -..ft, and don't get In the way of their claws And it' you ihinl. one on 'cm purty jest set her up along side some more on 'em " MMUNF.K I'OKMKS. \ <■ innl In stri-niflh. ••||o . s the liaby ge lin.; on'. - " asked ■||n, ]' fi end Crowing bigger and stronger every day.l suppose.' "lies -roving bigger every day." said the proud father, "and lie's plenty strong enough now to -uit me. N oil remember what a tremendous MI ice he had when you iw him three months ago? Well, its si ill more trene ndous now, y.-t he lifts it a dozen times a llay " V il I (111 1»l«* 111 •»*•«•» *. perhaps th- <r>- few contributed b,\ animals to the materia medlca of greater value or more • x tensively lieneie-ial LL: HI • rt N -pi i S of ins,., is of these ih re a t none more high!\ esteemed foi m -li< I pur green ei.lured as«-i l- known a~ ' ::si< Ing bp-ties, or canlhariili 'their c..r ros.ve an ion is so great that they fie ipienth ntiaine and • \ oiiati th hand- ol tl o- who coll' • t them, and on this property their ehlef medii n I lie. . rally us; <| in the foi m of plasters or <>iut nieiit and in (ases of violent visi'iai inflammation their external n>e .an s, an els be supplied by any other medl cine CKO-O-OO'O-00-O-O'O-O-O-Q • NIK THE SAKE 01! : APPEARANCE : : V . 9 ! Hubert Mcßean Johnson u ' £K>.o'o-00 , 00"0'0'0"0-0-6 "May I not have this one." slid I. "For the sake of appearance, you knowl added, noting her hesitation "Well," replied Phyllis in an uucei taiu way, "for tlie sake of appearance, then ." Tin? room was liot and stufly, and dancing is w.inn work anyhow. "The veranda i~ a lot cooler, 1 sug jested. "For the sake 01 appearance also'/" questional PhyUi-, elevating her eye brows. "Certainly," 1 answered, glaie ;iig in the direction of Mrs. Gillespie. "It might look strange if we didn't, you know." "it has one advantage,'' said I'hyl Xis —"one doe> not need to talk out there." Phyllis laughed. It sounded kind of good to hear it. Phyllis litis a pretty laugh and particularly so when one has not heard it for a whole month. "Did you hear the latestV I asked by way of changing the subject "Which Is" questioned Phyllis apa thetically. "Of my engagement?" 1 finished. Phyllis was interested. She leaned forward in her chair and rested her chin on her palms. "This time to"— she pursued. liut I was not going to commit my self. "What do you think of Grade Haw shaw ?" said I "1 thought you preferred taller girls and blonds," commented Phyllis. "Beauty is only skin deep," I quoted sententlously. Phyllis herself is exceptionally pret ty. "1 suppose so," she said dreamily, taking no notice of my remark. "But it's awfully funny," she concluded, with a little laugh. "1 fall to see the humor of the sit uation," 1 replied stiffly. " I bis Is not exactly a jesting matter with me.' "1 should not imagine so," said Phyl lis dryly. "But I'll apologize. 1 used the wrong word. 1 ought to have said, what a coincidence." "Coincidence? IIow?" 1 queried in consternation. 1 anticipated something, but I don t think Phyllis knew it. I flatter my self that my cigarette never trembled. I have always prided myself on my nerve. "1 might make a little announce ment myself," said Phyllis quietly, with Just the faintest suspicion of a laugh in her voice. 1 flicked off a sixteenth of an inch of ash Ashes are so liable to fall on one's clothes, you know "And the man?" It's remarkable how tobacco steadies one. "I believe you will find people con gratulating Mr. Dawson Graham this evening," replied Phyllis demurely. "Lu< ky devil'." I ejaculated impolite ly. 1 said other things to myself. 1 never had much use for that fellow anyway. Phyllis bowed in mock courtesy. "People are good enough To say so," she assented. "1 really can t say that 1 see it myself, but" I laughed. The thing was appealing to my sense of humor It's a most ex cellent thing, you know, to possess a sense of humor. "We wouldn't hn\e believed all this a month ago." said I."I would have laughed had any one suggested -uch a thing." "How fortunate!" said Phyllis, with apparent irre\ereiice "Which?" I asked. "That I wouldn't have believed IT or that I would have laughed ?" "That we found out in time." Phyl lis seemed quite serious. "Afterward it would have been apt to create such a scandal." "True," suid I. "We did quarrel oc casionally." "Occasionally!" sniffed Phyllis. "You might better say eternally. W liy, I remember one time"-- "When you were staying at Boreas Beach," I interrupted. "No, not that one," corrected Phyllis —"w ben I was" "And I used to sail up the river to look at you. You wore a yellow dress that summer, you know, and I could see you on the veranda. How I used to wish i could get tip the courage to land and go up and talk to you! 1 don't suppose you ever even saw me." "Why didn't you?" said Phyllis un reasonably. I knew why. My imagination gave me a vivid picture of Phyllis turning her back and walking inside. Phyllis knew too. But I had sense enough not to answer. "Then there was that time"— "Are you going over them all?" ask ed Phyllis wearily. "I suppose there won't be time," said I. "But yon have no idea how much I thought of you that summer, tittle girl " "And now?" questioned Phyllis soft ly- "isn't It rather late to dream of such filings with both of us engaged to oth er people?" said I. "Yes," answered Phyllis. "I suppose It Is." "You suppose.' said 1 bitterly. "I'd like to punch Dawcy Graham's head. That's what I'd like to do." "Perhaps" began Phyllis gently. "Oh. here you are!" interrupted Mrs. St. ('lair, coming out of the house. "I've been looking everywhere for you two. Phyllis I want to Introduce you to Capta'n M 1 I'ougall. < dine; I'm «ure .lack will excuse you for this .lance.' "If I may have the next," said I, seizing Phyllis' card and jotting down my initials on it before she could re monstrate. Turning Into the hallway I came face to face with Dawcy Graham. "Hello!" cried I, restraining my de sire to get a half Nelson on him. " 1 hey tell me I'm to congratulate you. You're certainly a royal Hush if • ver tin re was one." "Thanks, old man; thanks," said Dawcy. linking his arm affectionately Into mine aud draw ing me outside with him. "You're the very fellow I've been looking for. You see, it's this way: We've been • i- ged now for al*»ut six months, and iliis announcement is merely a prelude to an early wedding I want you to support me in ii Will you \\ hat do you say Six months, thought 1! It took my breath away. The little vixen! And me to support him! If that wasn t rub bitig it in! "What's your governor think about It?" I queried to gain time. "I suppose he's known about it all along?" "Not much!" cried Dawcy. "Not much! Ho just found It out tonight when It wjis announced. But he likes It nil .lfcnt n\, miy, do ,vnu know, when In; liranl it tic actually luade a pun. 110 - ; ii. Well, iflj i»oy. you're no lonp i* .the !. .!'■ !<■•--- young -teamp you ulv ll> - 11;»\ o lit'i'll!' " "I don't si-e it." aid I lamely enough "Win ihe pun?" "Win, :_rn«-t'!' ■ ■ " < xplained I'awey. "Don't vmi • ■ >:!'!• i If- ' .rare I'aw- K 1 . V.■ i I 1. 11 • • "Oh, yi's nl i \v< ,k\\ "Ila, ha, I sec inn llov -tupid <>l' me! 1 wasn't I eertainh d:d I saw several tiling- that liauey did not. "An<l you're fioiuy to stand up with me'r" l ;, d I)aw <-y an\iously. "Wed ding'- in the early part of September." "Am IV" ■ .id i emphatically. "Glad to, ni\ d< ir follow. Nothing could give uie grea'- r pi .'-me." And that v>.!-n't jtwt politeness el tlier. I like Craltam. He is really an awfully ilf eul sort, you know. "Tl. n he cried enthusiastically. "I knew ynii would. 1 must go and tell Grace. Well, —*e you later." 1 walked aero - the lloor to where l'liyllis wa- lauding with Captain MaelJougall. "Isn't this ours?" 1 jinked "Why, yes," - iid Phyllis, ostensibly consulting her card. "1 believe It is." "Phyllis," said I a moment later, "Dawcy Graham has just asked me to act as his best man." There must have been something in my tone that warned her, for Phyllis looked up and caught my eye. "Jack," she said, "candidly, you're a goose. I told Grace this afternoon that I would act for her." "Suppose." I suggested, "that we go outside on the veranda and sit it out?" "For the sake of appearance?" asked Phyllis, looking up at me And smiling roguishly. "Not entirely," said 1. t llciniirkultl«■ Stalne. Some years auo a melodrama was be ing performed in a country theater, the chief actor in which had made himself, from his haughty and overbearing con duct, disliked by all. In the last scene he was supposed to vi-it the tombs of his ancestors. In the center of the vtjj-,. upon a marble pedestal stood the statue of his father. A heavy fold of drapery covered the figure. Kilter Al bert. who thus addressed the statue: "I am here once again to gaze upon tho-e features which in life so often looked on me with tendcrest affection. Father, thy mourning son now comes to pay thee adoration. I.et mo remove the veil which from the vulgar ga/.e shields the beloved image of a once dear parent!" Off went the drapery, and, behold, the father stood upon his head! The effect cannot be described. It was elec tric. The shouts of laughter which fol lowed the mistake of the super ef fectually put an end to the scene, which changed to the next as quickly as pos sible amid the jeers of the audience, the anger of the manager and the un controllable rage of the actor. —London Tit-Bit \ Ph inful Slmllnrlty. ' I am surprised that dayboy didn't pay you. I thought the fellow had good points." "So have pin-, yet they'll stick you!" —Judge. In fhnriO'n Xante. He Don't you think Miss Sp!nnett If passing fair? She Wc!i. to tc.i the truth, i think she 1h past - Chicago N«»»s- Constipation Docs your head ache ? Pain back of your eyes? Had taste in your mouth r It's your liver! Ayer's Pills arc liver pills. They cure consti pation, headache, dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists. 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A TIRED ERAIN. 112 There li Onl> line llni-liir lit Hxtat cuc<- \\ !■<> i an I nrf I*. is "li: iin lay i«> I"- regarded as the diMinguisliiuK feature of life in the twentieth ' i-lillli v lolloping 011 this I tilurniiiig ijii'—tioii comes a list of Kyrnp I loin- [>; i 111 round the s<»rkets of "'other- Wise healthy eyes,"' exhaustion follow ing upon rending, thinking or any busl iii s cxi itenieiit. i!■ A physician, In nii-u'i i to an inquiry, --aid "The braiD Is tin most exquisitely delicate mechan -1,-ni known tn us, lint 'mechanism' Is a brutal word to apply to the thing whi' h ran evolve a tiseal policy or a battit -hip. \< ton whi< h a sunbeam, a fciiadow «>i a perfume produces the tno<t profound ' fleets. Yet some wom • n tin- del it -i 11 ■ machinery as no ■ .trtei would use a horse; many men do »o When the brain is tired, it does not say so in words, but ill symptoms. Then we grumble and call these symp toms -brain fag' It is an excellent name. 1 his disease is as oid as the hills, and it is on the increase. There is only one doctor in existence who can cure it A brain fagged man I know -pent some months going from door to door in Hull ', street seeking relief and tinding none, one day he fortu nately fell down and broke his leg In came i»r. Rest and cured him. I»r. Common Sense is also a specialist on this disease, but he is rarely to be found at home." London Mail. War lln- «>f tin- .'»i *»« m. Tourist What wer« tlm<.. i • > • hots ill quick succession'i ••Wh\ tiiosc were tl ■ sunrise and sunset i_i: 1 1 ." Life j PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, TIME TA.BLE In Effect Nov. 20th, ll'O:;. \. St.|A.M.,P. M. Seranton( Utell)lv '• .8 K I i'ittston " " 7Ho fit l.">'«s "•* 10 "> 5- v. M A. M ;P. 31. I' M W ilkesbarre,.. Iv $: 38 §lO 351 245 i« 00 Plym'th Ferry " 732 110 48 1-52fe 0T S anticoke *' 742 10 50, 3ot 61- ...... 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M Hcranton Iv 10 25 {155 .... 1110 A. .V Buffalo .. .... ar 755 7 0 A M. P. M P.M. A..VI Scran ton. lv 10.10 12.40 {BBS 4 2' ii P. M. P. M P.M A. y New York ar 830 500 785 6*50 •Daily, fDally except Sunday, fstops on signal or on notice to conductor a Slops on signal to take on passengers 101 New York, Bingtaamton and points west. T. E.CLARKK T. W. LEE. Gen. Superintendent. Gen. Pass. Shoes Shoes Stylislx ! Clieap ! ISelia, ole i Bicycle, Cymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THE CELEBRATED ; C arlisle Shoes AND THE Snas Proof Rulther Boots A SPECIALTY. A. SCHATZ. ■I! IEI! A Rellatole TO SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing. Spoutlne and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges* Furnaces, eto. PRICES TAG LOWEST! QUALITY THE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FRONT BT. PEGG / The Coal Dealer ii SELLS WOOD -AND - COAL —AT -344 Ferry Street
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