The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06
\ POPULAR NOVEL BOILED DOWN.
(By Mary Yonson.)


Gus tread strobe Archibald Reginald
Hightower His steel gray eyes seemed
to be trying 40 pierce the darkness. Oc-'
casionally he glanced fearfully behind
him. He was not followed, and, save
for the chipmunk which fed athwart
his path at his approach, he was UNI
seen. He followed the lane until he
came to a large, white boulder. Then
he turned quickly to the right, parted
the heavy bushes with his hands and
disappeared in the thicket He was lost
for a moment but suddenly he emerged
on the bank of a river. In front of him
was a crude landing. Drawn close un.
der the lea and in the SHADOW of the
overhanging bank was a boat with the
boatman resting his oars. The man
with the oars glanced up as our hero
approached.
You are here, 1 see, and on time"
muttered Reginald.
Yes" replied the boatman- They
are waiting for us on the opposite bank.
Have you the paper?''
THAT 1 have" replied Hightower.
safe here in pouch he slapped the,
breast of his heavy coat
With muff1ed oars and silent stroke
the boatman shot the craft into the
stream. and pulled for the opposite bank
As the boat buried its nose in the soft
earth of the shore a man ran forward
and assisted the occupants to land.
You have it?" he said looking sharp
ly at our hero.
les, was the snort ana decisive
reply.
Bully" exclaimed the man as he
spat at a can of fish forms in the gun
vale of the boat, mas got everything
ready and she's been waiting an hour
fer yer to bring that air recipe of your
mas for making lemon pie
In a sermon recently DR.. Mcfarland
said. that the newspaper photographers
should not make light of pathetic sub
Or1
rather busy with doctor lately.
Manager Crawford. with his Sunday
plays, seems to be trying the protracted
theatrical plan.
1t is noticeable that docking horses
tails does not dock thesprice.
Bettah watch fer billiards,
AN heavy SHOWS at night;
Cone husks mighty crimpy,
An turkey bones am white.
Alpaca dresses will again be fashion,
able. Mrs. Nation has returned.
more joints. So far the names Resort
Sample Room and Hanks Place"
have not been pre-empted.
The county commissioners discharged
a janitor who had been employed for
eight years on the ground that he had
been in Office long enough. The COM.
missioners may come up for reelection
and the public may take the same view
of their incumbency.
The president called attention in his
message to the sense1ess slaughter OF
members of the Bruin family in Missis-
sic-i.
Just a little hoop steel.
Just a little sand
Just little bob car.
Barely room to stand:
Just constant jiggle,
Just a constant Jolt.
Keeps the public ready
To openly revolt
Evangelist williams has called thu
Rev Mr. Pullman. of the Methods
assertion that Elks are boozers. Rev
Mr.. Pullman. to sustain the charge
made by Williams. talks of the B. r
0. E. and says by their fruits We shall
candied cocktail cherries and Juicy
Mamie Taylor lines.
1t is a pity that rag-time music had.
not been invented when Gounod wrote
Faust"
Edward Box is doing very well, and
John Brisben Walker still prints re-
C6lplS LOT l1NlHS ndpp1ly, out neVcItH0~
less a Topeka young man put a bullet
in his Abrains Just because the girl to
whom he gave silk umbrella received
pair of seven button gloves from an
other Eeau.
IT understand that viii White gets 10
cents word for what he writes re-
marked Julius Cadwallader-
That's nothing" said Billy Woods, IT
once got S. word"
How was that ?" said J. C
Il telegraphed home, Please send me
twenty-five dollars
Senator J. K Codding says there is
gold at Wamego-on-th e-Kaw. But he's
just CoddinC.
Mrs. Nation ought to stay in topeka
a few days. She doesn't know how
lesque show will be at the Crawford
Tuesday.
Simons. the ticket AGENT at the Rock
Island refers to the trunk lines of To-
pela as follows: The Rock Island the
SEAMLESS. the Union Pacific the smoke
less, tine Santa Fe the eustiess and the
Missouri Pacific the trackless."
, Business colleges usually advertise
their superiority with outlandish pen
pictures Of deer. Eorses and other ami
mails Does the ability to reproduce live
stock on paper make a good bookkeep-
CT
Must be that several old bachelors
are going to become benedicts,' remark