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examining their little mouths without cere
mony or false modesty.
''Dirt cheap" commented Bud, as he
poked his pets with geranium stalk.
That's what assented Billy.
''Was going to sell them to Ducky Wa
tiers tomorrow" went on Bud unblushingly
for he knew very well Ducky Waters
wasn't possessed of so goodly a sum as
s. once in the twelve month, certainly not
the day after the circus had passed., like
Caesar, through the town. but if you
really want 'em, Pretty" he added conf
IDENTIFY, ''why / guess I can make it all
right with Ducky.'
He looked generously upon his victim,
and that small boy squeezed the maker of
trouble in his pocket. Oh, why hadn't some
other boy come around that corner ahead
of him-Billy, for instance? What intri-
cacies might have been saved? He knew
that if Billy had found that pocketbook he
would have distracted those two silver dol
lars without much a CULVER of an eye
lash. and he. Pretty. might have shared in
the booty without feeling burdened with
Billy,s conscience. Billys conscience would
never keep him awake 20 nights, nor prey
upon his appetite through the day, for a
mere little bagatelle of two dollars when he
had magnanimously offered up to it eight
untouched, mysterious ten dollar bills, such
as now reposed within the side pocket of
the pocketbook
But, fortunately for him, Pretty's mother
had marked out for her son the narrow
path of righteousness. with blazes not to
be ignored. Not blazes of spankings mind
you, but blazes of serious and gentle rea-
soning, and Pretty understood perfectly
why he felt the glow of well-doing after a
safely crossed Rubicon of childhood. and
distinctly the other thing when he tarried
a while on the banks in very grave in
stances. flunked entirely.
Distinctly he was harassed. He dug his
bare, brown. great toe into the soft earth
about the squirrel cage, with his eyes upon
the bushy-tailed little beauties within. He
wanted them: he wanted them very much.
indeed Perhaps there wasn't a thing in
the whole great, wide world he wanted
quite so much as he wanted those squirrels
at that moment Then, gradually, his gaze
in the throes of this spiritual warfare,
dropped down. down, down, till it rested on
his own bare, brown. w-iggling great
| toe.
SuuUtltly ilt>piidtfolA Sflztu iiiiil.
Mothers paths are very narrow things;
very narrow, very stony, very uncomfort-
able. and if you swerved ever so little too
much. down you go ker-plunk into the
ditch Of repentance alongside. But just
at present he intended sitting down by
|. the wayside upon this stone that had
beset his feet. No use hunting trouble.
| He would temporize.
II say Bud he said hurriedly, ST got
| to get home to supper. Mother said shed
| tend to me if / was late again. Besides. $
! ne added with brilliant afterthought. BILLY
and / amt got no place ready. You wait
| till tomorrow. won't you Bud? Tomorrow,
| II Ducky amt ahead of US. Billy and Ill
| be over
| He turned the back of his calico shirt
! waist resolutely upon the frisking squirrel
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Suddenly the face of the first small boy
became animated II say. Pretty''-ne low
cred his tones to plain of meum and tuum
confidence-"I tell you what let's do. You
know them squirrels over at Bud Jones's?
Well, one of the boys told me this after
noon that Bud Jones told another boy that
told him that he'd sell both them squirrels
for two dollars. Let's you and me just
swine them two extra dollars and have 'em
together. Nobody needn't never know I'M
less we tell, an we won't tell, you bet
The earnest brown eyes of the other small
boy grew thoughtful. 1t was true that he
did want those squirrels He had wanted
them steadily for two good months, and
they were fine. bushy-tailed red squirrels.
He wanted them very, very much-and the
conscience of even the best of small boys is
capable of taking upon itself many of the
characteristics of good India rubber.
Come on. Pretty" wheedled the tempter.
81 say, let's me and you go over to Bud
and see 'em anyway" For this small boy
was wise beyond his years.
The bare-legged boy rammed the tiny bone
of contention far down into the depths of
his breeches pocket. Come en-" he said
sulIenIy he felt his conscience was still
intact, but his own doorstep was still be-
meath him.
But 1 say, Billy" he stipulated. IF
spend these here two dollars-these two
dollars he repeated, Il tell you what you
got to do. You got TO take this pocketbook
inter ma She'll be sure to asst me how
much there was in it, an l amt goin to
lie no lie to ma
..xx,Ixs.o ,o;n, to lia2'' contemptuouSly an
swered the other How do you know she
Amt goin' 10 asst how much there is in it?
Anyway. a Teller can say there is eighty
dollars in it? An L guess anybody tnat
goin' around with eighty dollars to lose
amt goin' to raise no fuss over dinky
little two dollars.
over at Bud Jones's the squirrels tore up
and down joyously over the branches OF
the brown framework of an apple tree Bud
had incased for their pleasure in wire net
ting. They were a pretty enough pair 10
make most any boy juggle with his con-
science; they were quite tempting enough
to coax some other persons y out OF tna'
other persons pocketbook without gong
through the little form of asking his con-
sent: they were frisky and bright and tricky
enough to treat with the ether or oblivion
anv small boys conscience till the painful
moment was past.
Buds squirrels were very tame. Captivity
had been their share so long that they had
lain their wild nature aside. Over the wire
retting they scampered as the boys came
up to it. and gathering the harvest OF pea
nuts held out to them they sat up with THEN
busby. well-combed tails thrown up along
tneir spines and gorged themselves alertly
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for shame of what might have been, but

for shame of what might have been, but
wasn't
"Yes'm,' he said meekly. "Yes'm.''
"You two boys don't know" Miss Car
field went on earnestly, what great re-
lief the finding of this is. Because, as it
happens, the money isn't mine, at all.
shouldn't have been half so worried if it
had been. 1t belongs to a very dear friend
who trusted me with it to do some shop
ping for her, because she lives in the
country and cannot very well do it herself.
OF course, L should have made ii good; but
it wouldn't have been quite the same,
would it? 1 should always have felt that
1 had betrayed her trust by my careless
ness
As she spoke she was fumbling at one of
the catches of the pocketbook. She opened
1.-THE side of the dollars-and taking them
out she held them out invitingly. One to
Billy; one to Pretty.
"Take them,'' she said: ''these are mine
at least 1t seems a very small amount
compared with the bills no doubt; but"
she asked prettiy, will it do?''
Would it do, indeed? Think of those
squirrels bought with good, honest money,
honey unspoiled by uneasy, reproachful,
whispering conscience. Each boy raised
his cap with politeness OF Disraeli; each
boy beamed upon the owner of the pocket
book with joy of real honesty in his heart.
THANK you." said Pretty. THANK YOU"
said Billy, and the chapter that had come
so near to being a tragedy was closed.
Gee said Billy as they hurried home
ward, with entire forgetfulness OF any role
saving that of entire honesty, wasn't it
lucky We met Miss Carfied?''
The other small boy looked at him; he
was too thankful to be unduly unpleasant
but he looked at him, and the look was one
of contempt. f. FOX.
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Truant Children. Tricks.
Philadelphia Record.


One of the city's truant officers was talk
ing about maiingering in school children. 1T
is a common thing he said, land / guess
it will always be common thing. For my
part, when L was a boy. i pretended two or
three times every year that / had a head
ache toothache when / hadn't and
loafed about the house all day instead of
going to school. guess you and every other
man did the same thing In your childhood.
too Such simple malingering that / meet
with often, but now and then / meet with
cases of complicated. serious kind. Last
spring a boy rubbed poison ivy over his
face. poisoning himself horribly. so as TO
escape school for a while. Another boy, the
winter before. hit his foot with an Ak for the
same purpose, but the ak came down harder
than he had intended and the boy just es-
capped limping for life. A little girl was laid
up for week through taking an overdose of
castor OIL She confessed that she had
wanted to make herself sick for a day. so as
to escape an examination that she knew she
would fail in. but she didn't know the
amount of castor oil to take, and 1T was
only by luck that she didn't put herself to
DEATH"
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KS60SSAy turned faces and scared away,
k&SW@&J alighting on an old shed quar-
ter of mile off,
/ began reading the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, which, at that time was filled
with the exploits of Spinelli, Tissandier and
CASTOR. 1 gave my family balloon for
breakfast, balloon for dinner, balloon for
supper, and between times-balloon. First
they laughed, then they looked queerly,
then frowned, then threatened and swore
1 should not. / was usually obedient, but
in this they might as well have frowned at
old Brackens bull when he caught sight
of the futtering red
One day while passing near the power
house a balloon fioated over my head, a
goose in it playing the part of aeronaut.
Where it came from ever remained mys-
terry to the town. But found out. LOgans-
port will now learn the true story perhaps
for the first time. There were other bal
honorary boys besides me in Logansport
One of these constructed it. One? There
were six hees-over-head in the project be-
fore it was completed. Perhaps the now
Honorable Fred X. Lands could explain;
he was always doing something. Their bal
loon proved too small to carry a boy, so
they made ii carry a goose If you could
see me now you would not wonder why L
sometimes ask if there is not always a
goose in the balloon.
There was 10 be balloon ascension at the
Frankfort fair. Frankfort was the center
Of the world that day. / started 10 school,
but found myself at the depot. the train
did the rest. L jumped off before the train
stopped and struck out ahead of the crowd.
But 1 had no money-not enough, mean,
to do any good. / could climb the fence,
but that was guarded. But / would not
climb the fence anyway; l easily persuaded
myself of that: it was dishonorable, you
know, dishonorable.
1 hung about the gate. There were
stables near by. 1 went and helped the
horsemen--in hopes.
Say, boy" said one. after long time.
do you want to get in?"
Eyes"
Snatch this halter and bucket, then,
and lead on
1 did so quickly. and with our four racers
we approached the gate. halted in front
of a big gateman till the horseman should
get our clearing papers. go on" shouted
the horseman. / stared at the gateman.
He smiled at me. To the horseman he re-
marked: Rather small hostler. amt he?"
The horzeman winked The gatennan smiled
4 very broad smile. learned afterwards
that horsemen have privileges. Imme-
diately upon entering got sight Of the
balloon. almost ready Tor the ascent I
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= 4 was evening. the early part of
fZs
s=St lovely brilliant October even
tsASSt ing; the hour of the small boy,
dear for one reason because
school is over for the day, for another be-
cause the curfew of the maternal voice has
not yet sounded.
One small boy waggled luxuriously bare
legs His features were curiously plain. an
honest rugged sort OF piainness though
and ne answered in all good nature to the
cognomen this shortening in the way OF
physical beauty had earned for him. The
other small boy kicked the heels of very
new shoes resentfuIly against the stone OF
the step beneath him.
"Awb. you're afraid" said this small boy,
tantaIizingly.
The eyes of the other small boy shifted
uneasily from the rudy leafed maple by the
gate TO the ruddy leafed NAPLES at the end
OF the street, his homely features grew
suIlen.
Amt neither" he said.
The first small boy sneered, Then why
don't you. Awh come, Pretty, do. his
tone< had become suddenly silky Say,
VT you? Come on"
Amt goin' to- replied the bare-legged
boy feebly. Don't wanta, that's why.
Within the heart OF the plain-featured
small boy the sense of duty had been care
fully instilled. but his eyes came back from
the ruddy Ieafed naples at the end OF the
street TO rest upon something ne neid
cIasped within his hand. This something
was only plain little gray seal-leather
Iady's poclSetbook. There were two tiny
gold seals at the clasp and little worn
creases at the back and its sides were
piethoric with generous contents Evidently
II was no small boys pocketbook.
Towards this object the first speaker
reached a stubby fingered brown hand
look of omen covetousness upon his face.
Give il here" he said; give IL here just
minute, Pretty But the holder OF the
pocketbook merely covered it coopshape
with his hands. The other waxed wratniui
promptly.
Think I'm goln' 10 steal it, he asked
contemptuously MY sister Hates got a
heap finer one than that, guess, monkey
skin he specified proudly, with real Sill
yer corners Awh," scornfully, think I'm
goin' 10 steal little old thing like that
"Bet you amt goin' to get chance re-
Piled the other. cheerfuIly. as he turned the
small thing over in his hands. Not much
I'm goin' to take this home to ma III ma
wants 10 advertise IL IL amt none OF my
troubles. Mas goin' TO do just what she
i pleases with il all rightly
How much is there In it?' asked the
other. curiously.
.Eighty-two.' answered the finder
proudly.
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His Career Began as a
Boy in an Indiana Town
and He Passed from the
A teur Stage, with
Home-Made Balloons. to
the Life of a Professional
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fSSSTzSt torium of a theater, but il is far
ISsM&Sl more interesting when the spec
tator is stationed in the wings
81 the stage in n position TO see
what goes on behind the scenes, as
well as all that is taking place in the
clare of the foOtlights. One afternoon re-
Gently newspaper man dropped in at
the indianapolis Home of Burlesque and
made his way through a maze of painted
eanvases to a seat on a soap box in the
wings. from which point of vantage he
proceeded to view the prearranged per-
torrance that was in progress before the
ewes Of the audience and the impromptu
performance that was going on about him,
away from the public gaze.
Paradoxical as it may seem, the people
a. the burlesque world take themselves
very seriously. The comedian whose duty
II IS in the Interpretation OF a travesty to
beat an associate fun-maker over the head
with an inflated bladder, or to whack a
comic Dutchman on the shins with slap
stick" viii come off the stage with a per-
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Vignettes Of An Inland City

BURLESQUE show may be very
amusing, sometimes, when wit
messed from a seat in the audi
forum of theater. but il is far
more interesting when the spec
tnfor is stationed in the wings
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Two Boys and
a Pocketbook

VO SMALL figures were seated
upon the back steps. The time
was evening. the early part of a
lovely, brilliant October even
ing; the hour of the small boy,
dear for one reason because
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WAS a balloon that first start
ed my ambition. Up it. arose
above acres and acres Of up
turned faces and scared away,
alighting on an old shed a quar-
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