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APPLES Fancy evaporated, 5O-lb boxes,
6Ac.
APRICOTs-Pcr H.. loose, l0c.
CITRON-ln lob boxes, lac
CURRANTS- IN bbls., 13l5c; 25.lh boxes.
cleaned bulk, lac, lib cartons l5c.
DArES-llb packages, Zoe; eo-lb boxes.
&c.
FIGs-caufornia, 121ac; imported, 15G
1Sc.
PEACUES-Cholcc new stock, slsc.
RAISINS-Calfornia, 2-crown, l.. l..
boxes, 81 90; A-lb l.. l.. raislns 65d75c:
2-csown h. ". rasins, 50-lb boxes. S5ISL. G :
3-crown l.. NJ. raisns 50.lb boxes, Sc
PRIMES California. 50-60s, Sc; 6O-70s.
NUTS Brazil 14c per IL; hloerts, Sicily
15c; walunts, i4dl5c; peanuts, fancy hand
picked 5%G6c; No >, 4%@5c; almonds
Taragona, 1sc III in sacks. Italian chest
Zoe; medium, 6GlTc.
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ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis, June 81 -cattle-RerFs
1900 including 600 Texans market sIlpl;.
native shipping and export steers 6h9|
+. 10: dressed beef and butchers SEED
i.45d5,65; steers under 1000 pounds SlSg
500; stockers and feeders 2.50df 1877 aEi
and heifers 2.25M5O0; Gamers l2jG2s Y
bulls 2.50M4 10; Texas and Indian sen|
3. 456f5.O cows and helfers 2Nelli
Hogs-Keceipts $500 market 5Gl0 logs|
pigs and lights 59Od6.00; packers aif
GOO; butchers 6O0d6.25. Sheep-Rscs
goo: steady; muttons, native $500
lambs 4.500560 culs and bucks y q " "
stockers 2.2)@4.O0; Tsxas sheep SVlgAAl
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cnrroN SEQ PRoDUCIS.

F. o. B. mill, Texas interior penn ss,,
cording to location or.@ b
Prime crude oil, loose.,i 81 Y
Prime summer yellow OIL . Il
Linters, per pound ......' psr "a
~
Hulls, baled .....'.t.. soo 90 an "
Prime cotton seed meal g gs az
Prime cotton seed cake. 70 - ssed ~
Quotations on prime cep coy are la NP
and prime cotton seed eaAe
cry at Galveston. ,a al AZ
New York. June 2s.-cottonseee ~ :
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NEW ORLEANS.


New Orleans, June % The New orsls
live stock exchange reports Growa gsl II
Ia fair supply, prices for good unen s
receipts Of calves and yearlnss ae .,a
marker full and lower: choice hogs ID gaal
demand. firm; sheep In light Snppl5, 4
mand for choice only.
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ST. Louis Grain and provisions.

Sc. Ioui5, June Is Whcat-No. rod
Cnsh 63A for new; July 63; September
6ps; December G6&s; No. hard 66d66is.
Corn-No. o cash 42ia; July 4lHs, September
4dA Oats-No. cash %; July PA; Sep
teWber 26H,, No. . white 3lta Pork
Flour-Steady; patents 3. 45m3 60; extra
fancy ana straights 3 OOH3 IL; clear .Gj6
. 50 Timothy seed No trading. Cornmeai
east track G3. Hly-Qulct; timothy 10. OO6t
~ 30; prairie 10. 90. Whlsky-Ste u
Iron cotton ties OF. Hemp Irvine 8. Dry
$, t2l5; clear ribs S.37n; clear Sides 80.
Bacon Boxed. quiet; extra shorts o OO;
clear RIBS 0.Sil2 clear sides o so Receipts
Flour 6OoO; wheat 1900; corn 20,OO;
l2O00; Gown 1l.O0N. oats 22N0O.
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.

Current Quotations on Round Lots OF
Staple Commodities.
These quotations are revised daily and
their correctness can be relied upon TLe
prices are those ruling In Houston whole.
sale markets,
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SUGAR,

New Orleans, June as.-S ugar--oniet;
open kettle 3 3-i6d4 open kettle centrif,
ugal S5SM4ls; centrifugal yellow 4hM
I niR; seconds 2ssfd4. Molasses--Dull; cen
trlfugal Iml5.
New York. June 2s-Sugar- Raw steady;
fair renning . e.l9i centrifugal ~ test
7-S2.
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FINANCIAL BRIEFS.

Pafls, June Is. Three per cent rentes
i'Nt &c Tor The account; exchange on Lon
don 25f 2nc for checks. '''u
New York. June 2S.-CIearIngs soIo 100
HO1; balances Sl.6O4644
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APPLES-Texas, per peck, 3Od4oc; one
quarter hushei boxes.
BANANAS--StralgMs, $loo@2OO per
buncn, packed: cults. 81 .005fl. 20.
CANTALOUPES-- Crate. 40@5oc.
CHERRl ES-BlIck oregon, S2.O002 so.
LEMONS California, extra fancy, 81 50
Gi3. -; Messinas, 81 1904. 90; fancy box
S5 90.
MISUNDERSTANDING S2.75@30O Medi-
terranean sweets $S00W3,25.
FEACHES-Per peek 2o@Soc' fancy Al
MdOC.
PINEAPPLES- Grated, per dozen, 81 900
%; per crate. 81 50t5. 90.
PLUMS-Por neck, Wild Goose, S5d37l,c;
Kelsey Sod4Oc, California, Somonica, $500
also.
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CHOICE STEERS STEADY
LOWER GRADES ARE NOT IN MUCH
DEMAND.
sh'ements to Market from Texas and
the Territory Have Fallen Of Con-
sIderably OF Late.

Special to The Post Reported nv tho 9,
LOUIS National Stock Yards1 ~
national stock Yards, H., June 2s.-The
s sH,tGsw.ng sales by Texas and Territory
S'TRS a1argI9a,Wer We're reported today:
peuna steers $50; r. NJ. nngaett Fort
p mUr,H st Texas 7si pound cows. ass, SIS
fexas los loso ~" n George f. n Bell, Myra,
bred Texans sold; steady. '' DIX nun
KANSAS CITY.
Especial to The Post)
Stock Yards Kansas on, ~ -,
me ne Tromowing sales we're made hy Te,ss
Nv VIM IIisr I'll y stoekmel today: " ''
COWS q az. pwSv'nsrs' woodward. SOD pound
R Rleeta Steers ss a.yo! ]. n. Tennehiii Nc
Weatha. 80 - pound steers S5o; III q lett
"'ainefIofd' 9II pound steers % sew
900 an ns,, CITY, Igue 2S.-csttle- Rece,n,s
s A-'''eA' zuo Texans. 100 caiyesi steady
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In bulk sale; In 12-lb cans extracted,
bfgMic; pound sections 12dl3. .,,.-
MOLASSES Rebolled, fair, 1GA@lsc;
prime, 2OM2lr: choice. 2ar26c; fancy new
crop syrup. s2a33c; pure new crop syrup
CONDENSED MILK-Eagle. 50 5oae. IS;
MAGNOLIA, 81 40d4 01, Dime 50 J0GI3 6Oi
C99vllsergss So I9a3, 80. o.o.oo.
2-lb full weight, s.oz 81. coal. 90; l,lo
boz, n0Hn5c; lib, light weight 5jg0Dc'
Glib. light weight, $4,000
PICki .ES-H iye.gallon kegs. 81 40; 10
american style, sods5c; quarts. American
STYLE, 81 300; bgallon, 50 i0@2 %; igal'
ign n. am AMERICAN - style, s3.95d3 1'ssl'on
cb RiCE s Extra fancy he'd ,6 G5teEe;
RoPE sisai, basis ZIG. 7&c; Manila.
lle; nntarred lath yarn. Sc; tlrred. nc
SALT Louisiana coarse. soc; fine, Soc;
Dds, Is. los. $3.50: coos, $3.50; 1cO3s, 500;
SAIL FIsH-Mackerel No. /, in IO-lb
s KITS 09cMSl .OO half hills. 70lb, No. l.
80; uVn3 ~; tubs, So .0QNS5 80.
;, SALMQN-tancy Pillar Rock Columbia
river, l.O; Castle Rock, Columbia River
$l6aHl1b; Spear Alaska 81 10; Toy Co
lumba River, SIPS; Blue Bell. Columbia
river 81 10: Violet brand. $50 Carna-
tlRn brand, Fancy Red Alaska, 81 35atl ~
SARpINES American quarters, 81 25
mustard, 81 20. imported Gillette grade,
Quarters, Sll5o; fancy sprais, quarters
STARCH STANDARD goods: Pearl, in 4o.lb
boxes, 3AdIc; Royal Gloss hulk, 4hc;
Nickel. 100 packages, per box, S2.7j; corn
sissEh, 2lac per lb, 20 and 40lb boxes
SUGAR Quotations are for small lots.
standard graduated 5.s5c; cubes and pow
dcred, dl5c Louisiana yellow parahned
fancy, 5.60c; choice 5.47i9c
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London, June 2s. -Consols for money ana
tho account ~ 5-16. Bar silver steady
l9d per ounce. Money 3d3Is per cent.
cert. -'eA-H p1'
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to lOe lower; choice dressed bse, rs,
.. 4Welo. 10 fair 10 good A. 75dj. q. stsst,s
and feeders 3. 25d4. 10; fed Wests,n $50 w
i 6Edo 90; Texas and Indian Steer wv "
2. %; grass Texans 3. 1904 Is: cows ss
%; heifers > 6Od5 90; Gamers / N
+ r. ~; bulls ; 2)a4 80; calves SoDds'as
heavy 6.05d6 10: light :, T0ds "a. Sg h.
-. 4V15 90. oheep-keceipts 100 I,rrH
= yW,tJ 81 wetnerS 8 25d4. 90. resrisr
S.OOa4 70; culls 2.00g3. 90; Texas MI
sheep 3.25d3.90. -
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METALS.

New York. June 2s;- Il va S 4 =; \
changed 100: tin dull s,ssd. plg Y
unchanged: spelter unc 81
warrants dull O. bo2l0.o
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Chicago, June rs Cattle-Recelpis zs,|
including 500 Texans; choice steers stfsSt
others weak; butchers stock about Ste M
Texans steady; good TO prime steers 5 sis
600; poor to medium 430a595, stcckss
and feeders slow, 2.75d4 so, CAVES II
4,0q6,J0; Texas fed steers sales aD n
.. Is. 4.2jl1540: Texas grass steers 35N|
+.10 Texas bulls 2.75d3.T5. Hos-Rs
ceipts 19,O00; weak, closing about tih|
at the decline: top 6.22l9, mixed SSal
GlIl9: good to choice heavy 6(1d6asril
rough heavy j.S5d5.95 sheep RenRs|
5000; weak; spring 500d5 40; gcd n
choice wethers 340640f; fair 10 rkdal
mixed 3.40m3 So; Western sheep s6Nias|
yearlings 3.90d4 p; native lambs g I5siI5
Western lambs 4.5udO 05.
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United states Rubber pr ia oooo1la
United states Steel .,...-... $500 s1v,iF
United States Steel pf ...... lttUnu ~
Western Union .,-...,'';s..:'e.oo-c Isres y"
Total sales for the day 4oo'boo SHARES
Cargirl e. Richardson of Houston report
the range Of prices for the leading stocks
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HIDES kND WOOL.

Dry salted hides, In kips' seeiiecfed
Wet s9lted hides. In klps' $500 10
sheep pelts .s....s..-''''
Deer skins, fintS .........'.' 10
Goat skins, fiints ...'''-'''''.. II
Horse hair 49,, 10
Wool. free edlum ; 20 - 70
months free from pet.s,,thx p4
Wool, free fine, 20 J. "'r y
ReeswaX ......,'s.-'''', 80. ~
New York. June 2s.-lIidss arm Z
steady; wool dull
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BEEsWAX-Prime Texas. 22d23c per
pound.
BEANS Imported navy beans $50
SIC; Bayou 3l4c English dried, &c; plnks.
$Hc; Lima, 6&M7c. mack. eyes, i'3c;
Michigan navy, none: California navy,
5y6c Snaps SlO0 per bushel; wax, Sl.JO
per bushel Dutch Lima, Sc.
BUTTER Blue Star, 10000; dairy, lea
lie; Elgiu creamery, 22023c; oleomargarue
dairy prints, lie; Lincoln solids, l01ad11c;
prints. 11@112c, Special Blue star, 14c
Crystal Gem and Co1ntry rolls. Ice;
Special dairy, 15c; fancy dairy, l7c;
Texas country butter, 7@lSc; Texas bricks
CABBAGE d1hc per pound
CHEESE Wisconsin full cream rolls.
1fc; Wisconsin full cream daisies, 1870 l315;
Wisconsin half cream. l2nGl3c.
EGGS-TeSas, 7@9c pei dozen; Kansas
KRAUT-New. IN half barrels. S2.lo1
~ ONIONS New. 1&a2c per pound,
PEPPER Chile. 14@l5c per lb; black
PoTAT0ES-New 75asoc per bushcl
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., hens, good, 81. s0d
$50; fryers. large, $2.o0M2 =, brothers.
81 5O6i1 50. cocks, large. old: 81 q; ducks.
large. 81 00It2 2o geese, full ftlthere1
81 25df4.OO. turkeys, hens, SA5O96.5O ~
turkeys gohhlers Sc 0on7 90.
ToMA1OES--Per 4.blskct crate, 4O46Oc.
crate.
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TOOK ANOTHER TUMBLE.
Good Crop Prospects More Than
Wheat Bulls Could Face.
THE SEPTEMBER OPTION CLOSED LOWER
Weakness Commenced at Opening, with
Corn as Sympathizer-The Was
Considerable Businese in Oats.

being too much for the bulls. and Sep
TENDER closed %q1s lower. September corn
was unchanged, oats were shade lower.
while provisions closed unchanged to Dc
lower.
Disappointing cables and excellent crop
prospects We're the features which caused
weak opening In the wheat pit Early
In the session the selling was quite general
both for local and outside accounts. The
buying, however was confined mostly to
prohttahing shorts, who bought freely on
the decline and prices rallied somewhat
September opened " lower. az GGTkf67
hnt dropped TO 66l2 on commission house
selling. ON covering by shorts there was
= slight rally and the close was &Gia
ever at 669s Argentine shipments for
the week were 100000 bushels, compared
WIN SoSWD last week aud 2235, 900 n
year ago The seaboard reported 81 boat
luHus taken FOR export aud clearances Of
els. Minneapolis and Duluth reported ot8
cars.
Corn opened easier on favorable weather,
m sympathy with wheat. Offerings were
liberal and took In most all classes but
the demand was poor, Reports Of poor
crop IN kansns and Nebraska caused q
hlmcr feeling 10 prevail. Receipts 49, cars
considerable business was done In the
ont pit, but the prices ranged within a
! marrow limit The opening was steady aud
the steadiuess continued throughout the
entire session
Weakness prevailed In provisions There
was considerable selling on July ribs by
commission houses
Estimated ,Fcceipts tomorrow: Wheat
| GO cars; corn $50 cars; oats 145 cars; hogs
| 10000 head
The leading futures rnnged as follows;
Articles Open. High Low. Close.
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Stocks.

Following are the sales OF stocks nud
closing prices on the New York stock mar
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Houston Daily Statement,
Houston Comparative statement.

Gross receipts thus far this week. l3,56s
Gross receipts 900 days this season 2,313. 400
Gross receipts 800 days 1880 1900 1,T44lT6
Gross receipts 800 days 1898 1900. ., 49,, 3JS
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LIyerpooI WeekIv slnlement.
Stock at United States Ports.


Stock this day Observation-Disclosures. 436. 36l
stock this day last week .,......aAl4,Sla
Stock TINS DAY last year ..,,,.... 16A. ms
Excess rus season .............. 2GI, 2oi
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This week. Last year
Exports 10 Great Britain. Ass II. III,
Exports TO France .., RS
Export TO continent "a A51 2I.2qI
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"Let me see" he said to himself. "I think I remember something about Mir. Crows great t-grandfather stealing a COW from my great-grandfather. Yes, I am sure he did or if he did not, he should have, anyway. think I will just take this basket of things and call 1t square, He took the basket, ran out of doors, across the road, and hid it in the bushes. Then he went back and was just going in the front door when he saw Mir and Mrs Crow coming in the back door bringing little Jim Crow, whom they had pulled out of the water.
 How are you, MT. Crow?" said Mir. Rab- bit. q hope, Mrs. Crow, that your sweet little boy is none the worse for having fallen in the water?'
 Where is my basket of things? Oh, where is all my beautiful Christmas din nerT' cried MT. Crow, for he saw the basket was not where he had left if.
 "Mr. Fox took it." said MT. Rabbit. "He ran in your front door just as you and Mrs. Crow ran out of the back door and then he came out again with the basket and ran down the road"
 "Oh, the horrid thing!" exclaimed Mrs. Crow.
 "Whatever will we do for our Christmas dnner?' cried Mr. Crow.
 Come with me, and perhaps we can get it back" said Mir. Rabbit. We will go to MT. Dogs house and get him to help us''
 JuSL the Lu1Hb. sulu NAT. 1TOW, ana SD they started off. MT. Dog was perfectly willing to help MT. Rabbit and MT. Crow, and he went with them to Mir. Fox's house. When Mir. Fox saw them coming he was terribly heightened, for once he had stolen lot of MT. Mans chickens, and he thought that Mir. Dog had come about them; so he slipped out the back door and ran away.
 "There he goesl There he goesw cried MT. Rabbit, and Mir. Crow and Mir. Dog ran after him as hard as they could go. Mr. Rabbit went In MT. Fox's house, and there on the dining-room table he saw the tasketful of things that MT. Fox had bought at the market.
 Ut seems to me-" said Mir. Rabbit, that remember something about Mir. Fox S father-in-law's great-uncle buying a piece of land from my stepsisters half-broth- CTS great-aunt, and never paying for 1t. think I will just take this basket of things and call 1t square,"
 He took the basket, and, running up the road a little way, hid 1t in some bushes. Then he ran back to Mir. Dogs house as 
 to warm his hands at the fire and wait for Mir. Dog and Mir. Crow to come back from chasing MT. Fox.
 Just as MT. Rabbit got his hands warm he saw very large basketful of things Mir. Dog had bought at the market on | the kitchen table. The things were finer | and better than those in the baskets of either MT. Fox or Mir. Crow, and the more Mir. Rabbit looked at it the more he thought he would like to have those things.
 "Let me see," he said to himself, "I believe I remember something about Mir. Dogs father chasing my father 27 miles once and making him stay in a hole for three days with nothing to eat. That was perfectly scandalous, and Mir. Dog de- serves to go without anything to eat him. self, so he can see how it feels. I just
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"All the lovely dresses" sighed her elder sister, Hope.
 "We can sec them!' exclaimed George, the elder of the Morgan boys. Howl" cried all the others. ''You know we are for bldden to go down the stairs," added his sister Nell.
 "We can get out of the windowihere upon the roof of the greenhouse explained George. "You know that it slopes down to within a few feet of the ground. We can sit on the edge of that and see right into the window of the dining-room." They all rushed to the window. But 1t is so cold and the roof is all snow," said Grace Put nam. "There is no snow on the roof at all, silly" answered her brother Tom. "No, it was all cleaned off so as 10 make 1t warmer for the plants," explained Rob Morgan.
 "But it's so naughty" objected Nell. "Who cares?" said George, and he raised the window very softly and prepared to get out, and all the other boys were ready to follow. George started back hurriedly. "Just look" he exclaimed in a frightened whisper. long line of menIwere creeping toward the house. They we're armed with muskets, axes, clubs and other rude weap- ons. "They must be 'Shayites,'" whis- pered George. He was right. They were part of a desperate bandl of men called "Shayites," from the nameI of their leader. They were the people who had suffered most during the late War of the Revolu- tion. They had no money, their farms were worthless, for they could not sell their crops There was so little money in circula- tion at that time that somR of them had not even seen single coin for over year. They were deeply In debt at the stores for food they must have; prices were so high for necessities that they were in danger of starvation, and they we're confronted with the choice of paying their debts or going to tall. Congress had as yet done nothing to relieve their sufferings, and, feeling their wrongs, they started a little war against the rich to force them Ito grant them their rights. band of about 20 was bent on raiding the Morgan houkehold and capturing al the precious silver dinner service and the jewelsAof the guests.
 The children, looking over the window sill snw the Shayites make sudden rush, some enter the front hoor while more ran to guard the rear.s In moment there was
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Years and years ago, when our nation was just lifting its head after the successful struggle for independence, boys and girls did not have the good times they now enjoy. They had to work almost as hard as thelr elders; their schooling was slight; they had very few of the opportunities to play that you have now, and none of the mechanical toys or aids to fun that almost all of yon possess. They were not allowed to come to the table at the large dinners given by the rich families, and were constantly reminded that children should be seen and not heard. still they were just as happy as our little readers are today, and they had many privi- leges which most of you seldom enjoy.
 The country was very thiny settled at that time and, although Massachusetts was considered very "civilized,' still 1t was ai- most as open and countrylike as very small country village Is today.
 The wealthy Morgan family lived in Massa- chusetts, a little way from Boston, and they were so well known and important that many of the best Boston families consid- cred 1t privilege to drive out to the Mor- gan mansion in their great lurchng coaches to one of the sumptuous dinners for which the family was noted. Their dinners were always very grand affairs. The long dining room, with floor walls and ceiling of highly polished oak of different shades, was waxed and polished until it shone like brown and yellow mirror. The great table was loaded with massive silver pieces, and the good things were far too many to tell about The Morgan ehildren-Rob, George and their sister, Nell-were not allowed to disturb the majesty of the dinners, but before the guests came they were permitted to look at the beautiful table with all its load of flashing silver. They thought this was a great privilege, but, ohl how they wanted to sit there with the rest, just once!
 One Christmas eve the Morgans were to have the very greatest gathering to dine that had ever assembled within their walls. Noted gentlemen and lovely ladies were coming from Boston, and the whole house had been in perfect fever of excitement for two days while everything was being got in readiness for the occasion. The chil- dren, too, were in state of great excite ment for the two Noble boys, the four Adams girls and the Putnam children were to come with their parents to spend the night with their little friends. Of course they knew they would not be permitted to dine with the rest, but they would have a fine dinner served up stairs in the large nursery, and afterward they would have great fun playing together.
 At last the great occasion came, and the coaches began to roll up to the wide doors and the great folk to descend in all the glory of stif silk dresses, plush knee brooches
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basket which was so heavy that he could hardly carry 1t. He dragged 1t all the way to his house and told Mrs. Rabbit that here were a few things he had just brought from the market.
 Land O Goshen! Mercy sakes alive! My goodness, me!' cried Mrs. Rabbit. "Chidren, just see what your daddy has brought us Isn't he the sweetest, love Hest, goodest daddy-paddy in the world?" The children said that certainly he was, and Mir. Rabbit swelled so with pride that his suspenders cracked like a wagon wheel when 1t needs greasing.
 Mir. Rabbit went out and brought back the baskets he had taken from the houses of Mir. Crow, MT. Fox and Mir. Dog. He told Mrs. Rabbit that he had been very careful to get plenty of things because he knew that people always ate q lot on Christmas Day, and she said that he had enough almost for the whole neighbor- hood. Then Mir. Rabbit lay down to take a nap, for he was very tired from carry ing those four heavy baskets such long distance.
 When Judge Bear reached Mir. Dogs house he found that there was no one there, and so he started home again. When he reached his house, of course, he found his basket gone, and then he was in fearful state of mind. He thought, of course, that Mir. Dog had stolen it while he himself was at MT. Dogs house, and you should have seen the way he car ried on! Tn the meantime Mir. Dog had come back from chasing Mir. Fox, and he found his basket gone. He smelled Mir. Bears scent and found his tracks going out of the front gate, and, of course, he thought Judge Bear had stolen his basket of things to get even with him for bit Ing that cub. Then he was In fearful state of mind, too.
 While Mir Rabbit was sound asleep on the sofa Mrs. Rabbit put on her bonnet and shawl and slipped out to have talk with some of the neghbors and tell them what a fine lot of things Mir. Rabbit had bought his family. She met Mrs. Crow, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Dog and Mrs. Bear, all at different times, of course, and they all told how their Christmas dinners had been stolen. After they had all told her | the same story and blamed each other for | if. Mrs. Rabbit did not believe one single | word of 1t, for they had all happened to make the same kind of excuse for not being able to have any Christmas dinner | But she felt sorry for them, and, aftel I telling them all of the good dinner she | was to have the next day, she invited 1 them, one after another, to come to din ] nas with ell their families. Of course