Of the Hour The Nlcara«uan Minister, Senor Esplnosa—Mrs. Per ry Belmont and Her Ideas on Jewels —Other Figures In the Public Eye & m The friction between the United Aates and Nicaragua over the Emery tfalin has put to the test the diplomatic abilities of the Nlcaraguan minister at Washington, Senor Kodolfo Esplnosa, who succeeded Luis K. Corea as head SEN OK RODOIiFO EBPINOSA. the Nicaraguan embassy not long *g*>. Senor Espinosa lias thus far suc eeeded well in standing for the rights and contentions of Ills home govern ment without breaking friendship with She representatives of the government at Washington. He was formerly at Hie head of the Nicaraguan ministry of Joreign affairs. Roland Illnton Perry, the sculptor and painter who is suffering a more or less voluntary incarceration in Ludlow street Jail, New York, because he Is against paying alimony, is an artist who has achieved several things worth while. Domestic troubles lor a time seemed to stand In the way rf his fulfilling the promise of his earlier career, but he has done some rory meritorious work recently. He was divorced by his first wife, Irma FL Perry, in 1904 and at that time de «tared his purpose togo to jail rather fean pay alimony, and some two 112 years later, when j\ about to marry Mrs. May Hanbury _ Fisher, who financed E- a Santo Domingo revolution, he again t registered the vow r and gave a farewell banquet to sympa thizing friends. He . Is suffering a sort ■ of self Imposed mar- j tyrdom and is said to be one of the R- HT.VTON PERKY. niost popular mem bers of the Ludlow Alimony club. Mr. Perry, who was born In New York in 1870, studied at the Beaux Arts and Academle Jullen, and per haps Ills most noted work is the fa mous fountain of Neptune In front of iiio Congressional library at Washing ton, a work which has elicited much praise and which proved quite a mon umental task. The fountain consists of five figures—Neptune, two trltons, two nymphs, mounted on two plunging *ea horses; a snake, a turtle and two frogs. Mr. Perry was at work upon It about two years. One of his recent achi evetnents Is the symbolic figure of Pennsylvania surmounting the dome «112 the splendid new Pennsylvania cap- Sol at Harrisbure. It was rumored not long ago that •lie Perry Belmonts were going to give «p their $500,000 mansion in Washing ton because of Mr. Belmont's pique at being blackballed by that exclusive In stitution the Chevy Chase club. But society circles at the national capital are pleased to learn that there is no truth In the report, for Mrs. Belmont has cabled from Europe that they will •pen It soon again. The Belmonts were formerly lead fcig figures at Washington, where Mr. Belmont served In several congresses. n KBS. PERI'.Y BELMONT. He was also in the public service as minister to Spain during Mr. Cleve land's lirst term as president. Mrs. Belmont as Miss Jessie Bobbins Iras one of the most popular of the so ciety belles of Brooklyn. She has a penchant for Jewels, and one of her fads is that It is absolutely essential to her welfare and happiness to wear ber blrthstone always and, further tnore, that It must be set as a pendant for a wrought gold necklace. Mrs. Belmont's blrthstone Is an emerald, *od she has purchased one of a size to kiake almost any woman feel that she •wlfl be lucky as Its possessor. Nothing Special. Library Assistant (to visitor who Is wandering about In a puzzled manner! —Can I help you? Are you looking for anything special? Visitor (absently)— Mo, thank you. 1 was only looking for my wife.—Exchange. His Love Like Ocean. Gerald—My love for you is like the boundless ocean. Geraldlne—Exactly the way I take it. Gerald What do you mean? Geraldlne—With a good many grains of salt.—Philadelphia In quirer. Personalities The Appointment of Rob ert Bacon as American Ambassador at Paris Levi P. Morton at Eiahty-flve as a Farmer a a a «• + + + ♦ + + + + ♦♦♦ + + ♦♦*♦♦ IT was freely predicted when Rob ert Bacou turned over the chair of secretary of state to Philauder Chase Knox that he would not long be without a post of consequence; that his services In nlding Secretary Root as first assistant secretary of state and after Mr. Root's resignation In running the office pending the In coming of the Taft administration would be recognized by an appoint ment of importance in the diplomatic service. These predictions are ful filled in the choice of Mr. Bacon as successor of Henry White in the post of ambassador to France. The French ambassadorship ranks about equal to that of ambassador to Germany, these two posts standing next to that of ambassador to the court of St. Jatnes, the highest diplomatic honor In the gift of the president. The tender of the British ambassadorship to the pres ident of Harvard, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, and of the French ambassadorship to ItOBEKT BACON. ex-President Roosevelt's classmate, Robert Bacon, shows that Yale is not going to get all the good offices, even though President Taft did graduate from the New Ilaven institution When Mr. Root was elected senator from New York he resigned as secre tary of state at once and gave Mr. Ba con a chance to serve in that office for about six weeks while the Roose velt administration was drawing to a close. He had had considerable expe rience in handling the duties of the office of secretary of state, for he was acting secretary on several occasions when Mr. Root was visiting South America and Mexico In pursuance of his policy of furthering closer relations with Latin American republics. Mr. Bacon was a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. prior to assuming the post of assistant secretary of state. He was sometimes called the Adonis of the Roosevelt cabinet on account of his handsome face and figure, for he was quite an athlete while at Harvard and, though now forty-nine years of age. looks much younger and still pos sesses a splendid physique. Mr. Bacon was one of the best halfbacks Harvard ever had. The advanced age of Levi P. Morton, former rice president of the United States and former governor of New ■ ■ York, does not pre tvent his taking an active Interest 1 n public affairs, and though he does not often figure In print nowadays he Is alive to what Is go ing on and has ap peared recently on several public occa sions. In May next he will celebrate his eighty-fifth birth day. His term as vice president was from 1889 to 1803, ■ and it was during Ex-aov. mortok. the years 1895-0 that he was governor of New York. The former vice president has a splen did estate on the Hudson, Ellerslle, where he carries on farming upon quite an extensive scale. Governor Morton was one of the first of America's wealthy men to Incor porate a dairy as a conspicuous fea ture of his country estate. Ellerslle is one of the finest of that succession of splendid places that fringe the right t<nnk of the Hudson northward from Poughkeepsie owned by wealthy and prominent persons, most of them New i'ork city families. Incomparable natural beauty and felicitous situations have been made the most of, and lavish expenditure has been directed in most cases by good taste and Judgment. The crests and the hollows, the fair slopes, the carefully preserved woodlands and the grassy valleys offer an Ideal setting for the stately mansions and their ac cessories. On many of these estates the farm adjunct has in the last few years been strongly emphnsleed. Many owners have followed the example set by Mr. Morton, and sleek herds of fine cattle are prominent features of the parklike stretches of landscape. Among Mr. Morton's neighbors are the Astors, the Chanlers. the Dins mores, the Mlllsca sod the F. w. Van •erbllts. Stiffer Golf Course For Rockefsllar. John D. Rockefeller, the oil king, has become so expert as a golfer that the course at his big estate. Forest HUI, near Cleveland, 0., is not stiff enough for him. In order to make it more dif ficult he has decided to add ten bunk ers. More will be built later. Mr. Rockefeller spends hours every summer day at Forest 11111 driving the golf balls. He Is no amateur with the sticks, as he has proved on many oc casions. He recently wrote his super intendent that he wanted the course ready early, and he wanted It "stiff" pSwTBE^SJ I WAS PUNTED I 3 George tlPicard || [Copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso ciation.] limit ' lANY have been out- I [TE JT spoken In their /- An admiration for the ft . beautiful forest i I ■ of Naarburg as it k Jh JL stands today, but Sti _ few know Its his jffi* J tory. Its great SU ,W Jj " trees suggest the -i. primeval wilder IKrM'l ness. but tiin e W ML ifl was whe 11 " u " >l \ V. V I hills which they =» <J u \ now glorify were 1 a IwL \ \>2 as bare as nn » n lifti \ Arizona desert. fc/ttuV \ although the soil \LJ was not infertile. Tjmt wa s in the early dawn of the middle ages. When Philip of Elster took a notion to build a great ensile on one of the tree de nuded heights above the noisy Naar it stood out in splendid solitude, a noble work of man denied the crowning charm which nature alone could fur nish. Philip realized all this when his princely abode was finished and he and his family had moved into it and all was settled. That he had made a mistake he would not admit even to himself, but he spent hours in looking down enviously on the great trees which ma do a sylvan paradise of the lowlands on the opposite side of the river. < It made him unhappy, of course. In time It would have become his sorest grief if something else had not stepped In and forestalled It. That something was the trying conduct of his only child and heiress, the Princess Barbe. It was not because she was not beau tiful and clever and altogether satis factory In most respects. She was all these, and infinitely more. The Prin cess Barbe had one lamentable fault when It came to choosing a husband she could not make up her mind. That of Itself is a sad weakness e*%n In an untitled maiden. For a princess It Is a positive calamity. Suitors flocked to the Naarburg In troops. Barbe's beauty and wit were the lure for all the eligible young men In the country, and Philip of Elster's wealth and position did not make his heiress less attractive. They came to the Naarb»rg prepared to conquer, but Barbe couldn't or wouldn't get Inter ested In them. She might have had her pick among the best of them, but when it came to the test she could not settle on him. "Why don't you choose for me?" she laughed when her father Iried to con vince her of her danger of becoming a spinster. "I am too old a fox to be caught in such a trap," he declared. "If that Is the cause of the delay you will die an old maid sure enough. Choose you a husband! Not II Not until the Naar burg stands in a forest of its own!" The princess was greatly amused at her father's vehemence. "Should 1 wait for that," she said, "I am afraid the habit o' single blessedness would have become so strong that I could not shake It off." More In sorrow than In anger Philip went his way. and almost before be was out of sight the princess hit on a plan to divert him from his regret over the forest and his disappointment over her dilator r matrimonial performances. It came to her as a sort of inspiration, and she was so pleased with it that she resolved to proceed at once to car ry It Into effect She summoned her maid. "Lisbeth," she asked, with an Inter est that caused the faithful servant to marvel greatly, "are there any suit ors today?" "More than one, my dear mistress," answered the maid. "Even now the Baron Bruno of Eppel Is ascending to the castle with a retinue." "He is persistent," laughed the prln cess. "I fancied I had disposed of him." "He is very handsome," sighed Lis beth. "He is far too well aware of the fact, Llsbeth. I am curious to know why he has returned to the castle. When he enters tell him that I will see him. Tea, I will nee him although I told him I hoped I had seen the last of him." Half an hour later Bruno was deep In the business of convincing the prin cess of the su- j— —. periorlty of his V—/' affection for her /J over anything of \/W I I M the kind in the I Sj / "Since you aru Tjjjpb| 'willing to do WTO*. B| such stupendous things for my U nn/Kw. s sake," she Inter- I 111 rupted h1 tn Vj %jf || \| sweetly, "1 am I Am I Ip going to ask you | ] | to prove your jl I r"* friendship in a Srf 3 very simple fash- BIK lon. if you are half as fond of ■■ ■""' 'mm me as yon pro- "I'LANT THREESCORE fess to t>e. plant ACORNS." threescore acorns on the castle height so thnt my father may be a trifle com forted." Baron Bruno accepted the office with an alacrity which waa a generous trib ute to his uplendld youth and devo tion When he had accomplished the Stung. "That man has no conscience." "Why do you think so?" "He cheated me fearfully In a horse trade in which I supposed I was easily getting the better end of the bargain." —Chicago Record-Herald. He Was Perfectly Frank With Her. "I will never marry a uian." said a haughty young woman, "whose for tune has not at least five ciphers In It." "Take me," replied her admirer, a young lawyer. "Mine is all ciphers."— task he returned to the princess am demanded his reward. "I thank you from my heart," she said, her lovely eyes downcast. "Yon have done me a gallant service, and I will requite you. I am ready to prom ise you that when those acorns have grown into umbrageous oaks our wed ding feast shall be served beneath their grateful shade." With a low bow and without a word, as became a gallant gentleman, the baron accepted his fate and left her presence. Fortunately foiy him, th# crusades wiped out hlB disappoint ment On the afternoon of the very same day Berthold of Unkel climbed to the Naarburg on precisely the same er rand. Berthold was a warrior, exceed ingly blond, muscular and good to look upon, and everybody in the castle, In cluding its lord, looked on him with a good deal of respect "If It Is as you avow," said the prin cess in answer to his keen and ardent effort to persuade her to name the day,"l am sure you will be glad to render me a liny service—go and plant on the treeless hillside threescore beechnuts bo that my poor old father may know that he Is not without sym pathy in this shadeless altitude." Berthold wns only too glad to com ply with this reasonable request, and when he had done so be returned to Barbe, the light of joyous anticipation on his handsome face. "You have pleased me mightily," tho princess admitted. "I should he an Ingrate were I to neglect to offer you some return. Listen, then. When those cunning little nuts have grown into sturdy trees I will go with you to your castle of Unkel." When Berthold realized that for once the princess meant it he was exceed ingly sorrowful, for he remembered that, like the oak, the beech Is a very leisurely growing tree. What he ac tually did was to found a community of Benedictine monks and become the abbot. Then followed Oswald of Erb, who planted walnuts, but was too impatient to await their fruition; Gunther of Alten, who consented to strew an acre with the winged samara of the maple, but scorned to wait even for that speedy growing tree; Henry of Thur ingen. who transplanted more than a hundred baby firs from the lowland to the hilltop, but declined to be patient until they should become even Christ mas trees, and at least a dozen others who could not wait to reap the fruit of their sowing. Last of all came Walther of Schllt zen. Unlike the others, he was not —-"V provided with a os V) surplus of phys \\ I leal attractions, I«F 112 being rather un- Aj w/X derslzed, pale ww) faced and bowed /V ' slightly, as be y. >~v-' came a stndent. When he made ffll i'= % ' liS a PP earalK ' ( ' at the Naarburg In J_IT~L JftfTyTl suitor everybody \\ VC him - am ' Mli \\ there were nu- X lnerous prophe \S™ cles that his case / would be dispos —■■■■'■" ed of speedily, "i SUA 1.1. KKMAin It no j hap heke." pen go presently It became apparent that the princess found him vastly Interesting. Perhaps that was because he did not woo her openly, but talked most entertainingly of about every subject under the sun Bave the tender passion. "Is the little bookworm's fate to be that of the others?" asked Philip, with a great sigh of distaste for the entire business. "1 think he does not care for me," replied Bai'oe forlornly. Her father chuckled slyly, for he knew that she had met her match. But she did not yield without a show of resistance. When Walther proposed, as he did eventually, she asked for an armistice. Then she pro ceeded to search all the works on bot any which were In the castle library to find the most speedy growing tree and finally settled on the poplar. "Very well," said Walther when she imposed the customary condition. "I shall remain here and water the new plantation with my tears." "If you Intend to do anything so ab surd as that," she retorted, "I will ab solve you." This Is the only account wor»h men tion of the origin of the magnificent forest of Naarburg. Sowing and Planting. Experimental broadcast sowings were made during the year in twenty seven forests In the area of Idaho. Montana, Washington, Oregon, Wyom ing, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. The total area Bown was 131 acres, of which forty-seven were In the Black Hills national forest. About 700,000 trees were planted last year by the forest service In Ne braska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mex ico, Arizona, Utah, Idnho and Califor nia. There are now growing at the planting stations over 2,200,000 trees which will be ready for planting In 1009. Sufficient seed was sown In the spring of 1908 to produce 4.600,000 healthy seedlings. Receipts Frjm For®«t Service. The forest service Is one of tho branches of thn government where everything is nit outgo. Last year the receipts from sales of timber, graz ing fees and peimlts for special uses of forest resources amounted to sl,- 842,281.87. an Increase of $271,222.43 over the 1907 Siures. The per acre receipts from the national forests were a little more than 1 cent, lass than B mills under the par acre cost of ad ministration and protection of Uncle Sam's forests. Companionate. Small Margie drew the picture of a dog and cat on her slate, and, calling her mother's attention to It, she said "Of course a cut ought to have only four legs, mamuia, but I drew 'tils one with six so it could run away Tram the dog."—Exchange. Military Valor. I wonder is it tecatise men are such cowards in Ueaft that they admire bravery so mucl and place military valor so far beywd every other qual ity for reward ind worship?— Thac keray. NOTED RADIUM CURL Big Tumor Killed and Patient's Life Saved. ONLY SCAR TISSUE REMAINS. Victim of Malignant Growth Treated In a New York Hospital Had Radium Impregnated Gelatin Injected Into the Mass—lmprovement Wai Rapid. What physicians pronounce one of j the most remarkable cures through the agency of radium In the history of medical science was recently confirmed by the examination of a patient who was expected to die six months ago, when he went to Flower hospital In New York city with a malignant tumor the size of a child's head in his abdo men. The large mass which threatened his life has disappeared, and the small re maining knot in its place has lost Its character as a tumor and Is simply scar tissue which has not been re moved by the process of absorption. I)rs. William 11. Dieffenbaeh aud William Tod Helmuth, who have had the case in charge, claim for Flower hospital the discovery of the method employed, which was the injection of gelatin impregnated with radium Into the tumor Itself after the seat of the trouble had been reached by opening the abdominal cavity. The practice in the only other similar case on record, one performed in Europe some days ago, was to inclose the radium in a glass tube, which was sewed up in the tumor. When the patient, who is a promi nent resident of Westchester county, N. Y., was taken to the hospital Dr. Dieffenbaeh called In Dr. Helmuth with an Idea of performing an opera tion for the removal of the tumor. After a thorough examination Dr. Hel muth found the tumor to be so large and Its roots to have invaded so much of the abdominal tissue that he re fused to operate. A council was held, and it was de cided to treat the patient with the X ray for the purpose of preventing the spread or growth of the tumor. By this method the physicians suc ceeded In checking the advance of the tumor, but after three months of the treatment the skin of the patient be came so Irritated that the application of the X rays had to be discontinued. Another examination proved that any operation for the removal of the muss would prove futile, and as a heroic attempt to save the life of the patient Dr. Dieffenbaeh proposed that the tu mor be exposed and that radio-active gelatin be Injected into the 'diseased | parts. | The patient was placed under the In fluence of pi anaesthetic, and the gela tin, which had been impregnated with SIOO worth of radium, was Injected In three places in the tumor. The in cisions were drawn together with a purse string suture, and the abdomen was closed. When the tumor was disclosed the surgeons pronounced it a round cell sarcoma, a most malignant variety of tumor, but cut off a small piece of the mass for analysis. A later examina tion of this portion by Drs. Ilertzmunn and Kellogg, eminent pathologists, confirmed the opinion of the operators. The reaction from the operation was unusually severe, and at times it was feared the patient would not rally, but after a few days an increase of strength was noted, and at the end of five weeks the patient was so much Improved In general health and the tumor was so greatly reduced In size that he was permitted togo to Ills home. While greatly elated over the results of their efforts, the physicians did not allow their enthusiasm to overcome them, and It was only after a thor ough examination of the patient by Dr. Helmuth a few days ago that they allowed a report on the case to be made public. This last examination revealed an apparently healthy condition in the af fected territory. Only a small lump remains in the place of the tumor, and this, the physicians say. retains none of the character of a tumor, but is simply a nodule of scar tissue such aa remains after the healing of any mod erately sized wound. The Efficiency of the treatment by the radio-active gelatin lies In the artificial Irritation which It Induces in the tumor, says Dr. Dieffenbaeh. Con traction of the tumor and a change In Its character result. The physicians were moved to their decision to try the radium treatment by their observa tions of the beneficial results that have attended the treatment of super ficial skin ulcers at the hospital by the application of radium. The method employed in this case Is declared to be superior to that in Eu rope, in which the radium was inclosed in a glass tube. In the latter case $5,000 worth of radium is reported to have been used, while the cost of the material used In the case at Flower hospital was one-fiftieth as much. It is thought also that in this case the activity of the radium Is much in creased.—New York Herald. Turkish Bath For Horses. As If blankets for poodle dogs were not enough, along comes Dr. Mark L. Frey of Unntington, N. Y„ a veterina rian who tins a horse and dog hospi tal, with plans for a Turkish bath for horses. And he really means it, too, his plans being completed for building the necessary addition to his animal hospital. Dr. Frey thinks that Turkist baths for horses will make them mow healthful. Either Way. Psmlth—l'd Invite you home to din ner with me. but wo have no cook. Kjones— And I'd Invite you home with me, but we have one.—Cleveland I.ead cr. Breakfast Months. A traveler stopped at a hotel in Greenland, where tho nights are six months long, and as he registered asked a question of the clerk. "What time do you have breakfastV "From half past March to a quarter to May."—Harper's Weekly. - When Polly! » Ran Away. ! By PERRY A\OORE. t Copyrighted, 1009, by Associated J Literary Pt-qrs. T " "Ebullition of plqueT " Polly puck ered her pretty face iuto a scowl and jabbed In her hatpin viciously. "Tem per, he meant! AH If I hadn't reason nnd more! And he'll come tonight as usual, will he. In spite of my note, which he Is sure says much more than I intended." Then she glanced at an open letter on the dresser. "Sure, are you, Mr. ITlgh-and-mlghty? Well, 1 guess you'll nee, and I guess when you arrive with your benignant favor all ready to hand out and find no little sinner nnxiously waiting for It you'll befcin to think that my note didn't say an atom more than I meant." She giggled a little, dashed her hand kerchief across her eyes, adjusted her veil and slipped out quietly very quietly—for Polly was running away, and not a soul of them should know her whereabouts until she had indited nnd dispatched an epistle to Mr. Fred Hanlon giving him to understand tlior oughly that their engagement was for ever at an end. This epistle should be very dignified and emphatic, leaving no possibility of its being attributed to mere pique, j She would have delighted in imparting her irrevocable decision to Fred per sonally, only—well. Fred had such a way, and he would just pick her up and kiss her and laugh at lier and maybe say, "Nonsense, little girl!" and make her effort ridiculous. Of course she would have to laugh, even If she were angry, and when sb» laughed once It would be all up with w^si 8 "Tilt, POT.TiY, DfUir.ING! IS IT POSSTBT.E?' EG I'-XCI.AIMI!Ii. her dignity. She would give lu and take Fred's petting and chocolate creams instead of carrying out her se rious intention. The dear boy always remembered her taste fur chocolate creams, but she must remember he wasn't a dear boy any more. He was an autocrat who bud assum ed authority over her beyond his right, hnd dictated as to her conduct and made himself so disagreeable that she was determined to put up wlih it no longer. She hnd been merely amusing her self with that new. Spanish looking young man, who had a delightful ac cent and a gratifying admiration for Miss I'olly. It was great fun to en gross him entirely and render liltu ob livious to the charms of the other girls. She had meant nothing more at all. but now, since it was to lie all off with Fred- Mr. Koderique was very wealthy—perhaps she would eventual ly consent to reign In the ancestral halls he had described so glowingly. Polly was swiftly pursuing her way, mindful that there was need of haste if she would reach her destination be tore It was "scary" dark, when a cou ple of the girls appeared around a corner and hailed her. She shook her head nnd passed on. a little vexed, for she was obliged to make a long detour to avoid their com pany and her owq Inclination to tell things. Nobody should know of the rupture With Fred until she could exhibit the (Roderique diamonds In her engage ment ring. Then If Klsle Wilson, who admired Fred openly, could capture him let her! Anybody was welcome to Fred. Nevertheless she felt a twinge of jealousy and sneered at her self for It. "Wait, Polly, wait!" She turned to see three of the girls, this time hurry tag toward her with "news"on their eager faces. She coolly deflected from her coarse again, obviously avoiding them. "Such a time as I'm having running away!" she mused whimsically. "Hero ines usually have adventures and dif ficulties iu escaping, but tbev run away at night. I'd be scared to death! Then. too. Fred will be sure to come early, whistling 'Pretty Polly Oliver,' and"— With a shriek Annabel Han lon fell upon her. "Oh. Polly! Isn't It awful?" "I should think so by your looks.' Polly smiled, though she heartily dis liked Fred's cousin. "You've been so thick with him X thought you'd feel sort of disgraced— or mortified anyway. I'm thankful I was never intimate with him—gambler, blackleg, thief!" "What are you talking about, Anna bel?" "Then you haven't heard—and they trailed liim here, arrested him and took him away handcuffed—that tine Span ish gentleman. Impostor, fraud, you've gons to such lengths with?" Annabel laughed maliciously. "And with whom anv of you girls would have been g!ad togo greater lengths if he had looked at you!" Polly flashed and marched on. She was intensely shocked and—and Fred had been right in his estimate of the fellow. He would be Justified in his position now; he would be more autocratic than ever. She must assert herself and break the engagement, even if she afterward forgave liim. As she finally boarded the car she recalled, with a throb of dismay, the long country lane she would have to traverse In the gathering dusk from the trolley line to her old nurse's home. The car was filled with suburban laborers, and she did not notice a square jawed young man who had perslsteutly but cautiously followed her swing himself on behind, where he presently appeared to be arranging something with a rough but honest looking man, who nodded and winked knowingly as he pocketed a generous bill. Square Jaws squatted on the car steps out of sight; the other crowded Inside and seated himself close to Misa- Polly. She glanced at htm anxiously as the men dropped off one by one, hoping he. too, would leave. Hut when she alighted he sprang off and slouch ed away. She looked doubtfully at the dark enlng road, half determined togo back to the car, but discarded the Idea with a toss. "Hun away ir d turn right around and run hack, Fully Paget! Well. I guess not, miss. 1 can sprint like a deer, and in ten minutes I'll b • in Marjorie's kitchen." She caught up her skirts and skim med away, stopping suddenly, v.ith n ; frightened squeal. The rough man had stepped Into the road I More lier with an offer of his compiui". j "No, no! Thank yen. I'm n-.it at all afraid!" cried I'olly with chatter ing teeth. Even at tha' fearsome mo ment It occurred to her that this was to be expected. Runaway heroines al ways have adventures. "Put I never, meant to be In the darl;, the girls hin dered me so," she moaned inwardly. "Let me pass, sir." she demanded, striving to lie haughty, but quavering woefully. "I shall walk with you. miss." He put a hand on her arm. and Polly screamed wildly. Rome one dashed up, knocked the Impertinent fellow down with surpris ing ease, and she found herseif cling ing frantically to Fred. "Why, Polly, darling! Is It possi ble?" be exclaimed, simulating great surprise. "Oh, Fred, Fred! I should have died if you hadn't come!" Polly panted presently "But how—how did yon happen to be here?" "Oh, I've been out to see a man," he said lamely. "But, say, kittens, I want to tell you that I was Idiotically jeal ous of that Itoderique fellow; that was all. I was as much taken In as any body. I only let on different because I was jealous. I thought him the sure thing nnd was afraid he might"— I "Oh, but ho couldn't, Fred!" Polly asserted, promptly forgetting certain things. "And, Fred, I was running away because"— "Never mind, little girl.' Who cares a. | hang? If anything's said on account | of your little flirtation with him. I'll i take the brunt of it. Yonder come* I the car, and we'll go home and ae- I range our wedding." i They had the car to themselves, and. j when Polly essayed another embar- I rassed explanation ot her running a way 1 Fred laughed, softly whistling "Pretty ! Polly Oliver." What Travelers Leave. "Of the thousand and eight thing*, left at. hotels from time to time." re marked the hotel clerk, "razor strop# have the other commodities pushed.* across the border in point of numbers. About 10 per cent of the people who i have razor strops in their grips leavt* them behind. Of course the reason 1* ' that the strop is hanging up on a nail out of sight somewhere when the man packs up. and he doesn't think about It. Ilis comb and brush are right on the dresser before him. nnd that's en sy. "Next to razor stro| -. though not hustling the strops for position. com» the nighties of both gender A good, many send back after them. I at a lot more people who leave them behind Just abandon them. After so long wi» give them to charitable institutions. Then there are slippers, combs, curling Irons, soap boxes, clothesbrushes and a list of other things left behind longer than an ex pense account every month. Peopte are just that forgetful."—New York Proa* A Coy Maiden. A girl played (xistotiice at a party and yelled and shrieked and howled nnd ran behind the door and scratched the young man's face in seven places, upset a lamp, kicked over the piano stool, and when he finally kissed her on the tip of the ear she fainted dead away and said she could never look anybody in the face again. They led the bashful, modest, gentle, sobbing creature home, and the next day sho ran away with a married lightning ri*A peddler -Altoona (Kan > Tribune. BTnTi .A. Reliable TIN SHOP ror all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlnc and Csnsral Job Work. Stoves, Heittri, R*n«M, ; Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE LOWEST! ABILITY TDK JEST.', JOHN IUXSOtfj NO. U» E. FRONT HT. !
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