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had IIsa Doubts,

"I suppose" said tic visitor vino
was Icing shown through the newspa-
per Office. that the red faced rough
looking individual who is lounging on
the desk over there is the person who
writes the woman's paGeT'
mo" answers the guide. THAT Gc-
partment is written by lady"
and that slender. coisUmptivc ap.
peariEg man over there - doesn't lie
write the guides to Ecalth?"
"Why, I'D. y practicing physician
Goes that"
"E"t surely that priZefghtcr who
is smoking cob pipe is the society
alitOr?'
Wrong again. The society page is
handled by young woman OF great
gcatility."
"And that-look hero, young fellow!
Don't YOU try to fcol me. guess /
know about newspapers. have read
Nll about hoT they Gre edited in tie
funny papers. I doH't believe this is Il
newspaper office at all."-Baltimore
American.
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FLAG LANGUAGE,

The black flag Is sign Of piracy.
To Strike the flag" is to lower the
colors in submission.
Dipping the flag Is lowering 1t slight
ly and hoisting it again to salute q YES
sci or fort.
The yellow flag shows a vessel to be
IN quarantine or Is a sign Of q conta-
gious disease.
a flag Of truce" Is white flag dis
played to an enemy to indicate q desire
'for parley or consultation.
The red flag in our service Is a mark
or danger and shows vessel to be re-
ceiv!ng or discharging her powder.
A flag at half mast means mourning.
Fishing and other vessels return with
the flag at half mast to announce the
loss or death of some Of their crew.
FlaSs are used as the symbol of rank
and command, the officers using them
being called flag officers" Such flags
are square to distinguish them from
other banners
The white flag is a sign of peace.
After battle parties from both sides
often so out to the field to rescue the
wounded or bury the dead under the
protection Of the white flag.
If the president of the United Stotes
goes aboard. the American flag Is car.
ried In the bow Of his barge or hoisted
ut the mast of the vessel on board OF
which he is.-New Education.
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Didn't Want Too Much.

A Lone Star State man tells the fol.
lowing story Of negro baptizins in
Texas:
An Old negro preacher did the hon
ors' ana the candidate for baptism was
coal black negro woman. The preach.
er led his victim far out into the stream
where she could be thoroughly i'm.
mersed, and at the auspicious moment
he cried in loud voice:
BE stiddy. sister, be stiddy, and
you,ll cum up whitGh den snowv'
On, parson," she exclaimed, "dat's
askin TOO much; cream coleuh'll
do!-Ncw York Times.
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Nay BE the EeEaon.

lie was talking to the pcss;mistic.
sharp toagued damscl.
"1lave YOU noticed" he asked, that,
as general thing, bachelors are
weather than married mcnY
II Eavc," she replied.
"liow do YOU account for it?" lie in
qU:rcd.
The poor man IAarriCs and the rich
one doesn't" she answered. "a man
is r!uch more disposed to divide moth
Ing with woman THAN lie is to divide
something"
ThcrcTpon hc decided to let the sub
ject drop.-ChicagO TGst.
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PUTTING Up TIE ZIG TENT.

n small ruNahoUt, in which sat Man
HGrr Wagner. Next came the ten huge
Wagons. and in the rear was q tallyho
carrying the Eandsmen. Johnson tried
10 get automobiles for the entire circus,
but no fHstory would agree to build
them within six months
As soon rs tie caravan reaches tho
Town in which it is scheduled to show
Tie men rush work on putting up the
Dig tent 1t Is done rs systematically,
Ceftiy ana quickly rs in any biz circus
in the country. All the latest nachin.
cry is used, even 20 the electric wiring.
After dinner ut p. III. the band pa.
radcS the town. EGt to gather the
crowd. FOR that gathers itself, but TO
max" Solrc noise" rs johnson puts
IT, wien the concert is over, tho big
SHOW begins With Johnson arc all the
state canGiGatcs. who travel by train.
Local candidates arc also invited to
speak. The show is scheduled to keep
on uhti! ti" night Of Nov. g.
Tie entire expense is borne by Mr.
JohEScn. Tie outfit cost S12J. coo, and
rs cost per day is about $1,000. But
Mayor Tom is rich and can afford it.
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THE PLAY WAS STOPPED.
Sat II wcs Not by the Orders CT q, :,
Erenc!, Prcsiccnt.

Sat 1t wcs Not by the Orders CT q, !,
French Prcsiccnt.
III. Sardou, the FRESH playwright.
once proiitcd by joke that General
-GGinirauit, who was at the time GOV.
error of Paris, played o. ". Th;cI".
Sardou had written "NabagaS," and
the play had been given its dress re-
hcarsal lin camera" 1t was displcaS-
lag to Theirs, ana he undertook to stop
its pIbl;c performance.
AS General Ladmirault was dressing:
for dinner, about 6 in the evening. an
officer entered his dressing ro&m untl
rendered Il dispatch, which, he said,
had come dircct from Versailles.
The o.icCr went out, and the general.
continuing Ills toilet, said to himself
that lie was certain tl:at that dispatch
was the Introduction CT "Habag&s.'
and, having n friendly feeling for the
author, the general left tic dispatch
unopened when he left tic room.
The next morning cane n messenger
poStEastc from Versailles, "'Raba gas
was performed last night"
without doubt" nCSligcntly replied
the general.
"BTt TIE dispatchT
"WEat GisDatchT'
"From NJ. Thiers, interdicting tie
performance"
Goodness me"' replied the general.
"I left it unopened on tho table. Sec.
there it is, tho seal Un.!roken. Still.
that makes little difference. Every
tLing passed off wen. They nearly
Missed the play off the stage, and it
will lie tho same at every performance.
Tell NJ. TEiers that lie has no cause
for alarm"
"Rabagas" was withdrawn, but not
by the orders Of NJ. Thicrs.
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the control Of Ohio. Mr.. Johnson is en-.
ttely original. and his methods OF
reaching the voter arc the most unique
and unusual ever attempted for n like
purpose. His campaign partaEcs Of all
the features of 4 circus-thc tent, seats,
wagons. bands of music, horses, etc.
MIR. Johnson has two tcmts, with q
seating capacity CT Coco people each.
lie takes hut one with him, tie other
being held il reserve. He carries his
Observation-Disclosures boards for seats
nnd 800 scttccS for the ladies-in ten
huge circus wagons, each twenty feet
high and big in proportion.
&C. j. Wagner Of New York, an old
sEcTrrfHn, - she rst naGcr. Under him
Hl1 boss canvasnlau, boss seat isan
hnd Doss animal man-all experienced
men. and each has n big fsrce in his
department. All are uniformed in kha-
Hi. A big band of forty pieces travels
with tic show.
, The caravan started from Cleveland.
At Its head in his big red automobile
i Ire People rode Mayor Tom. as he
1S called iii Cleveland. With him were
his son 1.oftcn, who acted rs chauffeur.
nnd ills valet, Tyler. Next in lire was
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WORKING FOR VOTES
CAMPAIGN THIS FAtt IS UNUSUALLY
< VIGOROUS.

causca That Arc Responsible For
Poiiticni Activity - New Congress
sionnI EiatriSts Tom Johnson's
Unique Idea.
Not in many years, except in a presi-
dertial sampaign. has there been so
grc~t .S,rval intcrcrt aroused IN a
political b.ttlc rs that which now
claims the attention OF the public.
There arc several reasons that have
SERVED to excite the general interest.
Ono OF these is the rcIiStrictng OF the
several states, cai!SCd by the appOr-
tiJnmcnt OF representatives under the
twelfth census. which adds twenty
nine members ts the lower house OF
congress. Thus in several Of the dis
tricts peculiar conditions have arisen
Thc refusal Of Speaker Henderson,
WHO for twenty years has represented
1oTca In tiN' natiO%&l lrSiS!a turc, TO uc
cCpt Il denomination h:S caused wide
spread comment.
Thc fllinc of the seat formerly held
1y Secretary of tic Navy Moody and
-the addition Of Il new congressman are
exciting unusual political activity in
massachusetts. while in Wisconsin,
Nlinncseta. Washington. Missouri, Hi.
noiS ard New York the various con.
tests will be ut fever heat until the
Notes are cast.
!. lint all these PALE into iEsigniGcancc
beside TON JohuSon's campaign for
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this. Tie car is novel, inasmuch as
tie place Of the usual basket work Is
taken by bamboo crossbars and net
ting. The framework, which is forty
five feet long. is in three parts, for con-
vcn!ence in transit. The driving pow
or Is furnished by Simms petrol
motor of tlLrty-live horsepower The
gas lag Is seventy-five feet in length.
Mr.. Spencer is about thirty five years
old and possessed Of wonderful cool
ness and resource. Before his recent
extraordinary flight he had already
Won fame as an aeronaut In 1898 he
NScendcd 2T,5O0 feet above London in
balloon. THIS was the highest ascent
over made. He was accompanied by
DR.. Be:son. The two kept alive by
breathing oxygen from tubes.
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March Of Refinement.

NOW that | think Of It," remarked
tne passenger with the skullcap. there
USED to be little place ON this line
thcy called Kiss Station, but 1t must
be something else now. haven't
heard the conductor call 1t out"
We're pretty close to 1t. / think" f"
replied the passenger with the goatee.
But 1t isn't Kiss Station any more.
Ihcy We changed the name. but re-
talned the idea. It's now
Happy Junction!" bawled out the
conductor as the train slackened its
speed for the next stop.-Chlcago Trib.
une.
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S2ENCER'S AlRSHIP.
UoSS the New English Machine Diff
fers From SnHtos-Dumont's.

Stanley Spencer, tie English aero
haut who recently astonisllcd tic
world by his wonderful flight Of thirty
miles over London in his alrShip. has
rut NJ. Santos Dum0nt coYulctely in
the SHADE
The newest G.ricib.c balloon Invent
cd by the Spencer brothers is rnich
Ike that OF NJ. Santos Dam,nt. The
gain point CT difference lies in the
hroodcn screw, which is fixed in front
OF the body Of the machine AID pulls
o" sucks it forward through the air i'm.
stead OF pr2pcllimg it from the rear, as
IL tie BraZ;lian's airship Tie frame
work is entirely OF bamboos, lashcd
and bCited to one another. and, with
the exception. Of course, Of the r,otcr
and steering board. there is practically
no metal OIL the whole machine.
Tie result of this is shown by the
scales. Tie total weight. with every
thing fixed, is undcr eco pounds. the
frame accounting for 12J pounds OF
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Morsc ana the Telegraph Operator.

Horse ana the Telegraph Operator.
Immediately after the successful
completion Of the first transatlantic
cable ard the consequent celebrations,
in which Of course Cyrus W. Field
bore prominent part, Professor Morse
had occasion to send n telegram from
q small town in Ohio to his home il
New York. He wrote out his message,
presented it to the operator, who rap
idly checked it off with his pencil and
cUrtly demanded q dollar.
But" said the venerable inventor,
81 never pay for messages" and, see
iny an inQuiring look in the operator s
eyes, added. II am, in fact, the father
of the telegraph"
Then" said the operator, firmly con-
vinccd that he was being imposed up
on, why don't YOU sign your own
namc. Cyrus W. Field?'
Professor Morse when telling the
story used to say that he was too hu-
inflated to answer.
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oH in EcnTl Footing

YES" EcaS;cd iii EnSliShman In the
west: Il have TUGOr Flood In my veins
from my mothers side Of the family
nnd P!antaScnct blood from my IA.
Tiers"
"Is that so?" said citizen. "My
blood Is n ii;tlc mixed too My grand
father was a Jersey tcndcrfoct an my
grandmother n Digger Indian squa ".
We're both half breeds. stranger.
,Shakew-W Washington Times.
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Olicat Tree Ia the WO-IJ

The Rev. w. TuckWcll In Tongues
and Trees and Sermons In Stones"
says: THE oldest living tree in the
world is said to be the Soma cypress of
Lombardy. 1t was tree forty years
before the birth of Christ" But Al
phonse karr in his "Voyagc Autour de
Mon Jardin" says of the baobab (Adan-
sonia digitata), "It is asserted that
some exist In Senegal that are 5000
years old."-Notcs and Queries.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-24
S.:!i S3Sicv the Gr:cl!.

Irs. iowcrS-liC%ckah, if YOU were
to live your life all over again and it
came to the matter of choosing wife,
90 yoI thir'i YOU wcUld choose me?
Mr.. Powers CSubm!ssivcly)-Th
10 doubt about it. Maria. provided you
wanted mc.-Richmorh Dispatch
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SuDcrstifiOn That liz Ancient.

In many parts of Great Britain the
superstition still survives that it is fol.
ly OF madness to save drowning man.
as he Will sooner or later Go an injury
TO the rsscucr The superstition comes
down Trom our ancestors. yet traces of
1t exist among the Sioux and other In
dians, who seem to have Inherited it
from aboriginal sources. The belief is
most prevalent i'm Cornwall and vari-
Gus parts Cf Scotland.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-24
UNCLE SAM BUYS CHINA,
Not the Celestial Empire, but New
Dishes Ecr Eih Table.

Dishes Fer Eis Table.
When the guess CT President Roose.
vclt stretch their legs under the tables
Of the rejuveaatcd White House, they
will be served OH q brand new set of
china. Not since 1880. when Hayes
was president has Uncle Sam pro-
vided china service, which was sore.
ly needed, 1t Is said.
Mrs. Roosevelt selected the design
for the new china, which Is simple
colonial pattern in gold, with the oh.
verse or face Of the great seal Of the
United States cnameled in color as the
decorative feature. 1t was made by
Wedgwood and covers the require
ments possibly better than any Of the
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-24
THE NEW WHITE HOUSE DINNER PLATE.

THE NEW WHITE HOUSE DINNER pLATE
others which were submitted for her
consideration. In the new china sery-
Ice thus selected there will be 1906
pieces. divided as follows:
Fifteen dozen dinner plates, 10 dozen
breakfast plates, 10 dozen tea plates,
dozen bread and butter plates, 10
dozen soup plates, S dozen after dinner
cups and saucers, 10 dozen teacups and
saucers, 10 dozen oyster plates, 10
dozen fish plates, IL sixteen inch plat.
ters ard IL eighteen inch platters.
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tained leave CT absence TO enter active
service Oh the United States ship Mon
ticello, then Oil blockade duty.
After his graduation In 1867 Captain
Leutze served on the European and
north Atlantic sQuadroIs for several
years.
During the Spanish A American war he
was in command Of the monitor Mon
terey on her voyage to, Manila from
San Francisco He was promoted to
the rank Of captain on Oct. 8, 1901.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-24
NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
M. Juxsernud. Who Succeeds NJ. Cam.
bon. Has an American Wife.

M. Jean JusseraEd, who has lust
Decn selected rs ambassador to repre-.
sent France at Washington, like Sir
Michacl Herbert, the English embas-
sador, has an American wife.
nj. Jusserand until his appointment
10 this country was minister to Den
mark. He has been n noted figure in
French diplomacy since 1873, when he
entered the diplomatic service rs n
member of the consulate at London.
NJ. Jusserand is forty-seven years of
nge. He is literary man whose works
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-24
FOUGHT IN TWO WARS.

Captain Lcutzc, WHO Commands the
New Dnttlcshio IIninc. =, -
Captain Eugene II. G. Lcutze. who
has just been assigned to the command
Of the new hattlcship Maine. is vet
Gran of two wGrs. his first service for
Uncle Sam being in the civil war.
: Captain Lcut2c l.; u native OF Prus-
sia. He entered tho Naval academy in
1868, but in the following year OBJ
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-24
No EOnuer Caccss-rx

"Ho you still rely OH your burglar
alarm
"ON, no! We have n baby now, you
Know. and If any burglar can find
time during the night when some one
isn't up with the baby he's welcome to
all he can get."-Chicago Post.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-24
THE DOCTORS ADVICE,
How q Patient Carried Out His Sur-
gcStions.

How q Patient Carried Out His Sufr-
gcStions.
once upon time very nervous
man called OH his physician and askcu
Tor medical advice.
Take tonic ana dismiss rro.u your
mEd I'LL that tends to worry you" said
the doctor.
Several months aftcrwaTd the pa-
tcnt received Gin from tho physician
asking him 90 remit SIS and answered
it thus:
Dear DoSor-I have taken n tonic
ard your advice. Your bill. tends to
worry INC, and so dismiss it from my
mind"
MDral.-Advicc sometimes defeats ita
givcr.-rhiladelphia Press.
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+ t,.r.

when ! grow TIP" remarked Bobby
TouShlnrsclcs, Il am going to be the
peoples choice"
"PuG.list CT prcSidcnt?" asked Tcm
my harpboy.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
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Ann Oyinu DclDys.

May-Oh, hate these magazine &C.
rials!
Edith-Why?
Mny-Iou can never tell how the
story ends until it is fnished.-Town
and Country.
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Did It ever occur to you that the
soles Of your shoes go awfully fast
after the first break occ'lre? A ran is
like pair Of so!es in t%;i raa1ect.-
Atchison Globe.
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proud.

:" want you to understand, sir,
that my pride forbids me to accent
anything from you after marry your
daughter"
How are you going to liver"
well, ] thought you might mako
some kind Of settlement before.
hand."-Life.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-24
The Good Time com,rr

Jerry" said Fleharty. "phwat is the
m.anin' of this worrud 'millinniumP"
1T names that glad time a.comln',"
said Jerry, "whin livery man will be
his own boss an shtuck on Ills tob."--
4ndianaRolis News. S.s.1msass,r-szx. >,
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TAM MMhNT'S NEW LEADER.
Mcn on Whom the Mantle OF Richard
Croker Has Fallen.

Three times within year has Tam
many Hall. the famous political organ
ization Of New York city, changed
leaders. Last January Lewis Nixon,
the shipbuildcr, succeeded Richard
Croker. Nixon in turn was succeeded
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Scarcely Courteous TIIr,sciT.
NeWr!ch-l have no time for any
thing common.
WiGwaG-N not even common cour-
sy.-Philadelphia Record
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nave been approved by the French
academy. His full name Is Jean Adrian
Antoine Jules Jusserand.
Mime. Jusserand was q Miss E,,,o
Nlehards' Her father. G. II. Richards.
was from New England and is said. ~
nave Deen orc Of the founders of the
Dah&ing hrm Of Monroe C Co. of Paris.
NINE Jusserand's mother was a Ma
kernochan, who was related IN thn
Sew fork family Of that name. NM.
susserand was born I'm France.
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Mr.. Banker-You say you walk q
great deal?
Mr.. Barnstormcr-Ye
Mr.. Banker-When you are playing
golf?
MI. Barnstormer-Someti when
am playing golf and sometimes when I
am playing Hamlet. ,..s.s ,.-a..a
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/ MISS ;, Emil, 5.
+ MIRANDA'S Windsor
! JACQUEMINOT
Copyright, 1901. By e. s. Windsor


Miss Mifanda's jacqueminot, the only
rose of that species in town, was a
mass Of crimson bloom. She hung
above its fragrance like veritable
miser and wished she had not told
Celia Jane they would begin house
cleaning that morning. She'd much
rather stay in the garden.
Reluctantly she turned to the house
! and attacked the sitting room cup
board. For years Miss Miranda had
always started housekeeping with this
general catch all. Far back in the
corner she came across a box of old
fashioned daguerreotypes. Listlessly
she turned over the likenesses of her
ancestors in quaint, old time gowns
and coats. But suddenly she gave a
little cry, and her hand fastened tight
" over deeply carved case.
II thought I'd got rid of this years
ago" she murmured
But she seemed in no hurry to get
I'D Of it now. She gazed long and
earnestly at the face of the young man
with fearless brown eyes, red cheeks
and very blue tie.
How far back that picture carried
her, to the day when he and she had
parted because of political quarrel
when he had taken her in his arms
and she had promised to be his wife!
Unconsciously her hand touched the
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Early Rising.

The excellence of early rising and its
Inspiring influence on both body and
mind have been themes for the poets
song and the sage's sermon. Early ris-
ing promotes cheerfulness of temper,
opens up new capacities of enjoyment
and channels of delight to which the
sluggard must be insensible.
1t increases the sum of human exist
ence by stealing from incidence hours
that would else be utterly wasted, and,
better still, unquestionably conduces to
longevity. All long hyers have been
early risers.
Now, the habit of retiring to bed at
late hours will hardly admit of early
rising; therefore, the necessity Of re-
framing from the one In order to secure
the advantage of the other. From six
to eight hours are generally held to be
sufficient and no doubt on the average
are SO.
Our sleep is regulated much by the
season. In winter people lie longer on
account, as they say. of It's being too
dark to get up early. There is some
plausibility in the reason. but the sys-
TEN In cold and dark weather is more
prone to sleep than in light and sunny
times. Invalids need generally plenty Of
bed rest, and they should procure 1t by
going early to bed.
There are more health and strength
to be found in the practice of seeing
the sun rise than In looking at ii In any
other part Of the day.
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Took Him at Hi. Word.

Many anecdotes show that Indians
have not been wanting in calculation
and cunning In their dealings with
white people. Indeed, the paleface, al
though superior in intelligence and ed
ucation, is often obliged to look very
sharp in order not to become the dupt
Of the crafty red man. In 1.-THE Deserts
Of North America" this anecdote is re
lated:
An Indian, after hearing a preacher
speak from the text, make vows tt
heaven and keep Them" went up tt
the preacher after the sermon and
said:
II have made VOW to go to YOU
house."
The minister was a little surprised
but he smiled and said, "Well, keeI
your VOW"
On arriving at the house the Indiar
seated himself and after a time re
marked, II have made a VOW to sur
with you"
This was also granted, but when, aft
er supper, the Indian announced, ~
have made a vow to sleep in you
house." the minister began to fear thai
there would be no end to the VOWS Of
his attentive auditor.
"That is easy to do, and you should
keep your VOW" he said. Il will give
you a bed. But" he added, 81 hav,
made a vow that you shall leave to
morrow morning."
The Indian nodded. "Goody' he said
'sYou make my VOWS come true, so
make your vow come true" And the
next morning he went away In goet
humor.