i
An Earnest Trif ler
In Gotham.
d -t it., ii. ck.i.1 n. i .Au
ncnauaonvc ui wc iiuisc oiiun lira iuu
and the Jersey Cow The
"Tickler."
IFtom Our New York Correspondent,!
IME was when jhady bypath. Between the concus-
tlie Horse Show. i0n and tho fright the valuable nnl-
wlih a capital II mal was rendered temporarily lndls-
and S In those posed, and her sordid owner sued the
days, was one of doctor for damages and " got them,
the chief social Even that did not put the brake on
splurges of tho madam's activity. She kept on wheel
metropolis. Then -Ing until the fad began to decline,
a ghastly lapse. Then she resumed her rather beconi-
The horse show Ing negligee nnd her couch,
of last year was
not even a re
spectable ghost
of Its former self.
The Garden was
there, ctvernous
and uubcautiful,
as usual. There
were horses,
troops of them,
Even the crowd
was present, ns
bizarre almost as
the orange aud
black hung audi-
torlutn. But where was the smart set,
nnd especially where were the Four
Hundred?
I have asked a question which It is
not lHilitlc for me to answer, but I don't
inliul saying they were not at Madison (
Squnio Gardeu.
Why? Not because the noblest four
footed friend of man through all the
centuries had be- , ,
come otherwise. I CTi '- " '
not because the
automobile h a d
made horseflesh
less admirable,
not because the
eult of the pre
vention of cruel
ty to animals bad
revolutionized so
ciety not for
any one of these
reasons nor for
many another
that might sug
gest itself to a
man with a
thinking appara
tus in need of
renovation. The
reason why I
had to write the
obituary notice
of the horse
Bhow when I felt
like doing an uu-tihed of its play-
reserved paean
tiii.no.
of Joy over the complete political over-
throw of an enemy who had an ainbl-
tlon to use tho splendid and overcapl- j
tallzed statehouse at Albany as his
business headquarters the coming win-
ler was because society, big, capricious ,
kid that it is, had tired of Its play-
thlng.
But It could not forget Its toy, which that the tickler Is an apparently Ill
it had uot thrown into the junk pile, nocuous device consisting of a tuft of
but had laid carefully away on the
shelf. When the longing for it be
came unbearable society simply stretch
ed out Its long arm and ro-emliraced It
with an extra hug.
Which remind me Mraugo thin::,
this association of Ideas, isn't it?
that today Is the tenth anniversary of
an episode which Impressed me ery
profoundly at the time. To facilitate
matters, it whs ten years ajro today
that I was made the lodging place of
an opprobrious epithet because I had
the prescience and the courage to
prophesy that the craze for bicycling
would not endure that It was an In- i
flated fad which would not admit of
further expansion. It was a heroic
thing for mo to do, and I ncver quite
could understand how I managed to
do It. Iu the heated argument that
followed my antagonist so far forgot
himself ns to say I cannot tell what,
but It was something that made him
infinitely distasteful to me, aud I
bided my time.
I had not long to wait. Ills wife,
who practically had been bedridden
for several years, was seized with the
prevailing epidemic, rose from her
couch nnd proclaimed her lnteutlon to ,
ride the wheel. He had become so
reconciled to her inactivity that her 1
sudden return to real life was a nosl-
tlve shock. That was my revenge No.
"my ANiMosrw towahd nrn husband
uieu a budukh iiEAiu.
1. My revenge No. 2 followed In im-
mediate proximity. Madam was obeso
nnd not Inclined toward beauty of
countenance. Tuts uta not uissuuuo
her from decldlug on bloomers, and
mtiAti atiM vn n rl n lint flra( n nriAfl Tft ni
.when she made her first appearance
on a bright yellow bicycle all my ani
mosity toward her husband died a
sudden death.
But madam went right on overdoing
tho revenge until the excess of aaUa-
faction was actually burdensome Sho
navigated that wheel from "rosy morn
: till dewy eve" and sometimes consid
erably later. Her friends did not ap-
; prove of the miracle of her rcstora
I tlon, and some of them said things.
I Her husband was a physician, and It
was awkward for him to explain how
It all occurred.
Finally a material catastrophe hap-
' peucd. One day while speeding '
through a sleepy Hudson river village
I madam came In conjunction with a !
1 ,i Li Tn ,r.
mild eyed and recumbeut Jersey cow
enjoying her noontide rumination in a
One of the things fur which I have
never yet heard anybody try to ac
count Is the Gotham vibrato. I could
if 1 would explain why it is that
the male falsetto sopranos that Infest
the Venetian canals warble lu that ex-
ecrable fashion, but I cannot under-
stand why any ablebodled inhabitant
of this progressive city should want
to imitate them and In doing so pro- ,
duce n tone suggestive of the "help
"MT PASSIOX FOn ISVESnOATIOH OVER
CAME UK."
me or I perish" Idea. That Is precisely
what very appreciable quantities of
young women endowed by nature with
charming voices are doing today.
I-nst Sunday a lamentable Instance
came within my observation. At
church during the singing of the first
hymn my attention was attracted
and correspondingly distracted by a
remarkable vocal effort which was in
progress in the pew directly behind -
me. ii cviueiuiy came irom a woman
with a volco strong, true and sweet,
i but so shaky that it suggested extreme
, old age. My first impulse was one of
unqualified admiration for the owner
of a voice so well preserved and still
so youthful in its quality. It is not
conventional lu the church I attend
to look behind one even for purposes,
' of scientific observation, and I did not
.violate the code until the closing hymn,
i Then it was that my passion for in-
. rcstigation overcame me, and I turned
Just enough to see that the singer who
. had interested mo was a markedly at-
tractive young woman of not to ex-
ceed twenty summers.
According to Jacobus Dauim, for
whom his Knickerbocker blood has
done so little, the most demoralizing
feature of a demonstration such as
occurred In the vicinity of the great
metropolitan newspapers on election
night Is the "tickler." To avoid con-
fusion, let It lie understood right here
feathers fastened to the end of a slen
der stick a yard or so In length. It Is
nis ourricisM is that ir doisn't tickle.
only when this absurd little piece of
mechanism Is exploited by some mis-
chlevous and good looking maiden that
"s real danger as a menace to dignity
several omer main- uunuuics
uiscioseu.
It Is uot for that reason, however,
that Jacobus Datum Is so pronounced
ogamst the tickler. Ills criticism is
that it doesn't tickle; that It fulls to
accomplish the end for which it was
, Intended. It doesn't seem to have oc
curred to him that his own pachyder
matous exterior is nt fault; that its
'possibility of being affected by any.
, thing less positive than the sting of a
' yellow Jacket has passed forever.
-
To my taste the great nssembly hall
In the main building of the College of
the City of New York is tho noblest
interior in America with a celling un-
supported by pillars. Some of the
legislative halls In tho newer capltols
nro more pretentious nnd even more
ornate, but tho big English gothic hall
of tho college surpasses any of them
In dignity nud architectural coherence.
Certainly no American seat of learn-
Ing has anything at all comparable
With It. About the only other example
. recalled br it is the city hall of Brus-
, golSi Buch n Bplcnda architectural re-
( Hultoutsldo of ecclesiastical effort,
tnat; is is made possible only when
tho public treasure nnd a good deal of
ja at tho back of tho enterprise,
Qno of tho most distinctively credlta
Dj0 things done by the municipal au
' ai ia.1 - m ia.i I n i
thorities of Gotham during the present
generation has bcen to provide the
mtlUons to rear the beautiful group
of buildings dominating Washington
heights.
STUYVESANT BROWN.
SIRES AND SONS.
Beth low succeeds James It. Morne
lu tho presidency of the American
Asiatic association, now eleven years
old.
The Duke of Argyll baa hurt the
i feelings of ihc Highlanders by saying
.lint nn itinn nrox atvtt alimit.l nimnnp
Jn
' . ., ,-,
"ep7?n,,ntfl,vc Lc"" K Morsf r
JtarorWII is the owjier of one of the
lurgest bulls In the world. Banjo
weighs more than 4,000 pounds and
stands higher than the tallest horse.
Chester S. Lord has beeii managing
editor of the New York Sun for twenty-eight
years. He Joined the paper
In 1872 as a reporter aud for seven
teen years was under Charles A. Dana
and enjoyed his confidence to the end.
non. W. S. Fielding, Canadian min
ister of finance, raises nnd spends
$100,000,000 a year on a $7,000 salary.
Mr. Fielding is the only prominent
member of the old cabinet that gnth-
ered about Sir Wilfrid Laurier In 1S0G,
having held his position twelve years.
hnvlng held his position twelve years.
Clerk James McKenuy of the su
preme court of the United States re
cently celebrated the fiftieth anniver
sary of his entering the clerk's oflico.
Mr, McKcnny entered the office iu a
subordinate capacity, but he has held
the poslton of clerk for twenty-eight
years.
The Jews of Austria are elated at
the appointment of n coreligionist,
Major General Eduard Bitter von
Schweitzer, to the rank of field mar
shal. This officer, who lias seen over
forty years' service, was born of poor
parents nnd entered the array as a
private.
Short Stories.
Of those who die only about 11 per
cent are Insured.
The postal business of the world Is J
increasing 7 per cent per annum.
The first alarm of fire by an electric
telegraph system was given at 8:30
p. rn. April 29, 1852, In Boston,
ti. oti nf nm.nn.i.1 i
First National bank was formerly pur-
nlinvnil fur n lnf (if lilnpl.' tin Inflnntq
theu much , f.lsulon
The wages of the coolies who rai.-ie
tea lu Ceylon vary from 8.33 to 11.C0
cents a day. They are, however,
housed free and get ike at cost prli-e.
A statistician who hits taken the
trouble to figure It out says that the
average married couple may figure on
about -1,194.000 descendants iff 500
years.
No receptacle has ever been made ;
strong enough to resist the bursting
power of freezing water. Twenty
l10UIld stoei shcs navo bcen rTOt asun
dcr as tllouSh made of Pottery.
Recent Inventions.
A Canadian Inventor has patented a
combined comb and razor to trim hair
more rapidly and evenly,
A Kansas carpenter has patented a
device to be attached to a saw to blow
nway the sawdust. A piston, struck
by tiic wood being sawed, sends n cur-
rent of air through a curved tube.
A Brooklyn man has secured a pat
ent on a spiked driving wheel and run-
ncrs to replace the ordinary wheels
aud convert an automobile Into a mo
tor driven sleigh when snow Is on the
ground. 1
A new flying machine Invented by a
Russian military cnglneeer is said to
lift weights live times greater and to
carry them at higher speed than the
aeroplanes of similar power owned bj
other European nations.
British Briefs.
The first submarine boat was tried
In Plymouth harbor, England, In 177-1.
Tho wooden counter Is nlmost uni
versally used In tho United Kingdom
In place of the glass showcase.
In the wild asses' house nt the Lon
don zoological gardens tho first kiang
ever bred there has been born. The
kiang Is the largest species of wild
ass in existence and is a native of
Tibet and Mongolia.
Almost any steamer afloat In the
merchant service can now go to Man-
Chester, England, the uecpemug or tno
ship cnnal to a uniform depth of twen-
ry-eigut lect unviug oeeu eouipiuieu
after over
three years' continuous
work.
Household Hints.
After trimming turn tho wick of a
lamp below tho burner or the oil will
ooze.
Boll new coffeepots lu borax water
and clean water kettles in tho same
manner.
Paraffin used on tho tops of preserve
glasses can be saved until tho next
Beu80n by washing in cold water nnd
putting in n tin box with a tight lid.
when broiling steaks In the gas oven
put wnter ,a tue ,, beneath the broil-
cr It catches nil grease, which when
coM can bo skimmed off. This keeps
tno oven elean nnu saves iau0r iu
Ceanlug tho pan.
.
The RoySl BOX.
Tho crown princess of Montenegro
. is tho champion royal lady wrestler of
all Europe.
( Prlnco Edward of Wale3 is a splen-
did nthleto and ono pf the best boxers
in hla class at school.
Ferdinand I. of Bulgaria Is a dis
tinguished student of botany, a great
ornithologist, an omnivorous reader
nnd a connoisseur In all matters of art.
The most 'popular girl, without
doubt, In Germany Is Princess Vic
toria Louisa, daughter of the kaiser,
iwho Is a pretty maiden of awoet sixteen.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
It Didn't Coma Off That Time. '
Bl!;y had been taught that it Is a sin .
to lie, so of course be never meant to
tell n He. Whenever he did stretch the
truth, which- occasionally happened' lu
spite of his good intentions, he did bo
merely through the exuberance of his
lively Imagination. One day just as '
Billy perpetrated one of his whoppers
the recently mended bee! of his shoe ,
came off. His mother noticed that the j
accident and the lapse from truthful- j
1 t. ...1 '
n luuiini. .
"There," she said severely; "see what ,",ueullr' 1"ul'1 10 ,uau ,m- j mu, Bome ono Balu ,, wag snort nanued
happened lo you its a result of your i except on Sundays, when she could go for tho haying next week. Is that so?"
wickedness. Hereafter wlienevcryou to church under his eagle eye. , "Yes. Ho can hardly get help, but
tell a falsehood something terrible will It may' lie that Fanner John's Ideals what" The sound of approaching
happen to you." were rather exacting. Rosybel thought 'wheels threatened Farmer John's nr-
"Will my boot heel always come them so nnvway. To her there was ' r,val nnd ,ier Question was not fin
off ? asked Billy. "Quite likely," she nothing absolutely wicked about a pipe ,shed-
replied. "If it Isn't that It will be , of tobacco, especially If the pipe were Early Monday morning a stranger
something equally bad." 0f tnc rakish type affected bv young aPPHed to Farmer John for work. Ho
Vnr snrornl il.-irs after Hint Blllv i. i.-.j i . n ' " wore heavr. sliver rimmed sncctacles.
talked but little, and what few state-1
mcutg bc dM make wro carefully ,
. ti..i !....
weighed beforehand. One day upon
his return from school he became less
cautious and entertained the family
with the account of an Incident that
had enlivened his trip home. The story
seemed quite plausible, and no oue
would have thought of doubting his
veracity had not Billy, after- looking at
the heel of Ills shoe, exclaimed trium
phantly: "There: it didn't come off that time
anyhow." New York nerald.
Discreet Prophecy.
"Why do you invariably predict tho
coldest winter we have had In years?"
"Well," answered Professor Blather
ton, 'if It comes true' people neces
sarily "give me credit for great wisdom.
And If It doesn't come true they are
too thankful to bold any grudge."
Washington Star.
A Cause of Joy.
Jamie was begging his father for a
seconu ueiping ui preserves. nura i ,
I t -A Il1tl. 1
was a boy," said his papa, "my father
only allowed me to have one helping."
then asked, "Aren't you glad you live
with us now, daddy?" Deliver Repub
lican. Easily Suited,
She I prefer a man of deeds.
He Then tnke me. I'm a lawyer.
One Advantage.
"I found that I was smoking too
'much, so I changed from cigars to a
pipe."
rnf vrw cnmlrrt nil lniii' nAiv .
"Yes, but one has to stop now and
then to fill a pipe, you see."-CIevcland
Leader.
was iiuuui. v ui uuu iiiuiK, "I nua
Hobo Logic smoking, except nt times when he re-
Tlrcd Tlmothy-I never ask a crust !"0VC,!1(V,e I'"10 "nd "acchnna
........ ,,.., Han ditty about n stein on a table,
InguidLewls'-Don't youse? ' Bjnd her father
nM-,,.1 Timn.i,rvn. t niiors nsir d t hear, for he nlways voted no
for meat, 'cause den I'm shore uv git
tin' de cold shoulder Chicago News.
Both Guesses Wrong.
Algy But I weary you, Miss Capsi
cum. I'm a great talker.
Miss Capsicum On the contrary,
Mr. Feathertop, you don't weary mo
nt all, and I find your small tnlk very
diverting. Chicago Tribune.
Strictly So.
Magistrate-Is tho assault of which
the .,rS0Uer is accused one of gravity?
Lawver-Indeed. it is. Your honor!
It was at tuo top of hm luy Cnct
wag stl.ucki ami uo roiicd to the bot-
tom.-Bnltimore American.
Possible Explanation.
Mrs. Biggs My husband seems to bo
lost In thought about half tho time.
Mrs. Dlggs I suppose his ideas are
so far apart that ho can't help getting
lost on tho way from one to the other,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hors d'Oeuvres.
Indignant Patron Why, this is an
outrageous price for Just n small plain
dinner,
Bland Proprietor-You forget, sir,
, ml:rC,y 01 ,nlCr
J
o , t th. woods
"Vo.r? lo , nnro of coward than
"You're lots moio of n coward than
I am." declared the squirrel
".Maybe, but I'm not nearly so much
of a tall bearer," answered tho rab
bit, wiggling its noso insultingly. Kan
sas City Times.
Season's Changes,
Patteuco Is ho 'getting ready for
winter?
Patrlce-Oh, yes. He's broken off
his engagement with his summer girl.
Yonkers Statesman,
Chance For Information.
Myer A friend of mine has invented
a submarine telephone.
Oyer Now I supposo we'll soon
know what the wild waves are saying.
-Detroit Tribune.
THE WOOING
OF ROSYBEL.
By KATHARINE K. CROSBY.
CopyrlBhted. IMS, by Associated
Lttcrnry Press.
Farmer John considered him a most
nu,odiy young man
r (he yard 'n
and forbade him to
TTrt ntcn fnrlinitft hts
. ...... -
, ... ,. . . , ,
pick Melton had been to college. In-
lloC(1 hL A n wn, ,,nrelv a f,)rtn.it
old. Now he was touring the country
after a fashion all his own In tho lrora lorn Btrnw ual lo suiuwi uuu.
search of amusement. Farmer John was nearsighted and
He told his father that he wanted to ncver interested In matters of person
see something of life before entering nI1'- He chuckled afterward over the
upon that glorious political career 1 fiotHl U'lrgalu uo had made, for In nd
whlch his doting parent saw stretching dltlln to tuc uorse nnd hayrack which
before his eldest born. e man offered along with his services
Now, touring suggests a gay nnd fes- hc wouId fnrnlsb his own meals,
tlve motor car, all red enamel and ,n "!d that this was unusual,
staring brass work, but Dick had es- 1 10 stranger said, but he had lndiges-
.ii .....,ut. " n nn tlon and could only cat his own cook-
VIIVT,, OU II 1IIUI(ll1 HO III! IW i
1 monplnce. He was touring in a hay-
rack.
Besides Dick there was in the hay
rack a variety of commodities a plU
of boards of assorted sizes, for in
stance; n couple of canvas contraptions
which when you gave them a chance
evolved Into a cot bed and a lounging
chair; a nickel plated pall, which could
bo transformed by some miracle Into
' ,.,rf ,iid, ,tn. n mnii
.,,, ' mnat lmnnrtnnt
, . n. Iha sort pnrrlm1 nho
b wnnderlnir evnusellsts.
t?,,,,,.. ini. ic,i i,ta
that the young man who had dropped
Into church from nowhere at all and
walked home from the meeting with
his daughter Rosyhol should not enter
his premises on pain of death via
bulldog Towser Dick was rather
pleased than otherwise,
nis vacation bade fair to furnish
more entertainment than he had an
ticipated. Moreover, hc was really
very much taken with Itosybel, who
i was not only the prettiest girl whom
i he had met with In his travels, but
was also blessed with a sense, of hu
i mor. This is an adorable combination,
hard to resist.
I The nfore mentioned edict was pro-
nounced on Sunday evening, when
Dick again presented himself to see
j Rosybel home from meeting. On Mon
! day morning the hayrack drove Into
the field which was bordered In part
j by the neat white palings of Farmer
John's homestead fence.
I The field did not belong to Fnrmer
John. Quite near the fence, In the
shade of a big elm tree, the young man
proceeded to assemble the boards
which, he had taken from the hayrack.
It happened that Rosybel's garden
had run sadly to weeds over Sunday,
and she was obliged to spend consider
able time out there on Monday morn
ing In consequence.
As the garden was between the house
nBd Particular part of the fence
, the c m tree stood, sho could
not ,,e " Bieel"i5 w,lnt !e, 8 ,Dan
iicciisi:.
J For another thing, tho young man
was building a house, which In her
part or tne country is not oiten gono
about no. casually. Thcro was, how
ever, neither pounding of nails nor
noise of saw. Tho birds sang undis
turbed In the branches of the elm tree,
and -the hang bird In her nest watched
him without alarm.
When Farmer John camo In from
the fields nt noon ho snorted at the
sight of hts new neighbor. By this
time the houso was nearly done. Dick
was hanging tho front door, and thcro
remained only tho piazza steps to be
put In place.
When Farmer John camo In from the
fields nt night the camp organ was
hard at work on the piazza. Later
many couples came strolling by, un the
lookout to see Rosles new fellow.
They came to see nnd remained to
dance. The grass had been clipped
short, and tho strains from tho organ
Invited to "Portland Fancy." "Lady of
the Lake" and kindred measures.
When they had gono. Itosybel Btolo
down to the fence from the place
nmong the shadows whero sho had
Deen waicmug iuu niim-. bui. w
iln fonen first, nnd thcro was neither
, nor BOng In h8 ps,
Bl11- of.1!!3 you m,,s"
nave guesseu imu uie.u aa u uuiU
oycl SOQS34 lx 1,13 rhC!Jrt' n. 1nlmv,Inf
f0f t. T1'1' "'T 1
, dal,Bi,tor of John!" It was not long.
howeverf Ueforo they wcro Interrupted
',.v tha voico of this samo John calling
- 1 l0dly for Rosle.
It now became the favorlto paatimo
for lovers, young and old, married and
courung, iu gu uuwu to iuu uiu uu
road to watch tho wooing of Itosybel.
Usually there were music nnd dancing,
but once they had a grand candy pull
ttftc Channg dish had been unllm-
bered and brought into action.
On this occasion Rosybel came down
from her place among the shadows
and "pulled" with Dick over the fence.
Tnat WQB tno gayest evening of them
I .n tnr Former John was attending a
mDlri) meeting over the mountain and
no 80una 0f revelry could reach him.
'This has been going on for a week,
I and tomorrow Is Sunday," said the
; young man when the rest had gone
1 and his heart was Blnglng songs
1 against the white paling fence. "To
morrow Is Sunday, and I should llko to
walk home from church with you,
Rosybel."
"But you can't," provoked Rosybel,
"because dad will bo there."
I "And three's a crowd, I've noticed.
- Do you happen to know, belovedest,
; what Is wrong about your little Dick?"
IIVnH.l 1 .1 .1 tl.lnl..
t u. " V ,-f. V" 1 " "
juu nru it juun-r uuu uuu i kiiuw uuw
to work,"
"We'll show dad his little mistake.
. . . : . .
nnd nls nalr vrns slicked down over
nIa forehead in a bang. His clothes
were "J1 ut a farm hnlld,s shou,d
F"er John was delighted, and
Rosybel, listening around the corner.
did not know whether to laugh or be
gjnd at her lover's sense of honor
which prevented his eating forbidden
salt.
Every evening after that they met
under the elin tree, and Dick showed
her tho new callous spots which the
day had brought forth, tho while ho
boasted of his prowess In the field
Rosybel listened eagerly and let her
eyes tell him what she thought of him,
which was very pleasant for Dick and
made life altogether worth living.
By Saturday the hay was well in ex
cept from a choice patch of clover
which the farmer had been obliged to
leave out overnight. It was all sea
soned nnd cocked and ready for the
fork. The weather had been fine nil
the week, and when tho men turned
Into their beds nt an early hour there
was still no throat of change.
In the middle of tho night, however,
Dick was wakened by a low rumble of
thunder. The young man's first
thought was of those haycocks over In
the west mowing; his next was to get
there before the rain. Stopping only
for trousers aud shoes, he rushed out
to where his horse was picketed. The
moon gavo light enough between gath
ering clouds for him to see his way to
the field, where hc put In a half hour
of such work as he had never known,
i even In football season.
The hayrack was loaded and undei
way for the barn before the rain
struck. Farmer John met him In tho
farmyard with a lantern ns he drove
1 up In a hurry and stared nt him In
astonishment.
"Open that barn door, you loafer!"
1 Dick yelled In his excitement, qulto
forgetting that he was addressing the
father of Rosybel. Farmer John was
not used to being called a loafer, but
when be came to understand the situ
ation ho rather liked It.
When tho hay was safely housed nnd
tho lm.n floop dIockwl ue tavltea the
, t t, , t fl off
. TlierS he bustled about nnd built a
fire In the kitchen stove, nnd while
Dick was toasting his feet in the oven
tho old man surveyed him thoughtful
ly. Presently ho Inquired mildly:
"What do you do for a living, young;
fellow?"
"Going Into politics," Dick responded
modestly.
"Grange or capital?" demanded
Farmer John. It was a crucial ques
tion. "I'll stand for the farmers every
time," Dick assured him, and that set
tled It. Tho two wcro earnestly dis
cussing the ownership of wild lands
when the sitting room door opened nnd
Rosybel appeared.
Neither saw her, and presently the
conversation took a jnoro personal
trend.
Tt I iirwlnt-atnnrl naVnrl ITftmlflr
JohUi you,re t'aU.,ng Qf
Rosybel to finish your education for
j
, ,.w,m consent, yes," replied
( Dlcl. pontey
Sno c(m ;each ft lQt Women
i foIks most)y can Welli gce,nff flg
, ,vo thQ maklnBg of a fnrmer lf poll.
, tcg faU SUQ can havo th(J jQb Bhe
wauts jt ..
; A me gasp from the grl brought
thom botu t(J thcIr fcet Dlck.a ,nter.
Mt ,Q tho farm vcreug m ws for
thQ momcnt ,n nbovnnco ns Uo crossod
,ck, t0 her sI(,
, ..-,.,, dnpa ,., .., nnsvhii..
ho demnuded tenderly. Farmer John
picked up a caudlo and stumped to-
wart tho back haiVdoo
"Usually, beglus 'bout September
' round these parts," ho grumbled ns ho
mt " at on tho
t . u, Sumiav Q WOuld
tomotou, church alone
wn,..l '.m0 " ?.m...c... " 1. ,n?.'
" . .r" V"L if Jt
nnd D)cUi nftor tUo WQy of meDi TO
not at too many, pains to set her right.
A Self Made Woman.
Oliver (Irritably) That woman would
differ from tho Lord himself.
Olivia Bhe has already dono so.
Oliver In what way?
, Olivia On a matter of form. Judge.
Thud.
Green I shaved off my mustache
yesterday.
Brown-Xe I noticed. Quit
i aownfaU, wasat K Wudge.