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'Lank'' Jim, as they called him, had
been driving a hack in Southern Arr
zona for fifteen years, and when took
my seat beside him he knew / wanted
information or entertainment. But we
were ten miles on our journey before
he even opened his lips.
1t was a relief to me when he finally
turned towards me, and asked whetner
I had ever been over the road before.
eff you haven't" said he, lust take
sQuint at that cabin"
AS we, drew near the structure OBJ
served it closely Rather out of pro-
portion, 1 should say, for log cabin
In fact it is entirely too high"
That's it, that's it! Why, have
pointed out that cabin to men with
eyes, and yet, when it came to MOTTO
ing anything unusual about it, they
were blind as bats, and to them it's
Just pile of logs; but you see things.
I'll tell you now that when we round
the hill and look back, like as not,
you'll see a mighty different looking
building standing on that spot. Some
see just the cabin, as l said before,
but you'll see more. 1 can't explain 1T
and don't try OF course 1 know
mirage belongs to the desert, but
reckon this one strayed and couldn't
find the way back. This country's near
enough like a desert to deceive
mirage anyhow.
LAS you say, that cabin is too high,
but have seen it when it was low, SO
low that a man would have to crawl to
get into it,
.You knew it then in it's infancy.
Nice climate to grow such tall ca
bins"
See here, mister, 1 have my own
little jokes sometimes, and if there's
any fun in a thing I'm not likely to
lose sight of it. But the going down
of that cabin amt a funny story. If
you're inclined to hear and not butt
in"
I'll promise; go on with the story"
'The owner of the cabin (and build
er, tool came out from the East, and
landed here in Arizona to make his
fortune, and he was in an ALFRED hur-
ry about it. Back there in Gods coun-
try he had left a piece of dry goods
that he thought was worth Shaving for.
Gle wasn't married, more's the PITY.
I knew, for l took letters back and
forth. Whenever he got one of them
little violet scented letters he was the
happiest man alive, and wrote her
about three before he got another. II
he was expecting one. he walked five
miles down the road to meet me. She
had corralled him all right, and no mis-
take. This was a rough country, and
I saw he didn't fit in very well; but
he took OFF his gloves and went to
work. He learned to use the shovel
and pick like the rest of us, and it
wasn't long before things were coming
his way. He kept saving his pile and
it did grow amazingly. Then he began
to improve his cabin. like he was get
ting ready for company. But just then
I noticed that them little violet scent
ed letters were getting few and far
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$50 wrote the whole story out"
looking for oasis in desert. 1t was
a long time before he spoke again.
I'm going to make some changes in
my cabin he said quietly. It's COM
ing down until there is just room
enough to crawl in at the door. Why
occupant
Going to do penance?" sug-
gested.
Call it what you please. but the
cabin is coming down, and it won't get
a raise until elevate myself
well, he went to work next day.
The lowering process continued until
that cabin looked like a sheep pen.
Folks said he was little touched in
the upper story, but l knew his think
ing machine was all right.
After that he left the boys alone
and went back to work. His cabin
was terribly inconvenient, but he
never complained. After a month or
two he put in a log and raised it a
little. AS the days went by he kept
putting in more logs until it got back
where it ought to be-
Some time later he disappeared for
a week or so, and then finally l saw
l knew it had to come down again
Well, that thing went on for nearly
two years, going up and coming down.
Somehow it got onto his nerves; he
was beginning to break, and his eyes
had a far-away look like he wasn't
long for this country. l decided some
thing had to happen. knew he was
safe craft, if he could only get the
right one to steer, and well worth
saving
$50 I wrote the whole story out Il
haven't much of a fist for letter writing
either), and sent it OF. You see had
mailed too many letters to forget her
address. Soon after that l began to
watch for one of them violet scented
letters to carry to him. -
Did one come, you're asking. Not
bit of it She came herself
brought her out this road bound for a
little boarding house stuck on in them
trees. On the way she made me tell
her the whole story over again. and
when we got in sight of the cabin, it
was one of them times when it was
| low. She gave a look, anu then the
| tears began to splash down like rain,
| and / knew she was<sure to win She
was a pretty little thing, looked like
wax I told her this was most too
rough a country for ladies, but she
said he was here and nothing else
| mattered- 1t was some time before !
passed again, and then 1 noticed the
cabin was going up 1t was about
ten days later on, as I was driving
| along here at sunset, / saw shining
| fort right where the cabin had always
| stood I would swear to it with my
last breath 1t lowered above the
trees. and stood out plain against the
crimson sky. That was the first time
ever saw it. Hallucination? Not .
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rather hard on me- 1t seemed like he
caught his breath before he added,
She wants her freedom
She does, does she? Well, she
would get it, and quick l was riled.
"A woman that wants to go amt worth
holding 1 saw l wasn't easing the
pain much, SO l shut up. She must
have dealt him a bum hand, for no
matter what the trump was he couldn't
play. He took to roaming round and
didn't work much, and began setting
up the drinks. / thought then it was
all up with him. He lost interest in
the cabin, and drank a lot more than
was good for him.
"One day as l was starting on this
trip he took the seat beside me, and
/ said to him, Mr.. Iupton, you don t
seem to have much use for your cabin !;
you are away so much l could see
he was feeling bad. and ashamed, too.
for naturally he was straight goods
enough. When he answered he said,
No, Jim, l haven't, and 1 don't deserve
a roof to cover me- Then he looked
off over the dry, hot sand, like he was
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A Case of Pronouns.

Tommy Mulligan of the Seventh
grade was absent from the classroom
for one entire day. 1t would appear
that he had played truant, for un-
known to Tommy his teacher had
spied him trudging homeward with
pockets bulging suspiciously when
she. too, was homeward bound that
afternoon
But Tommy brought a note of ex-
cuse the following morning. which of
course would prove that he had been
detained at home 1egitimately. The
writing was hardly that of a feminine
hand, and the note appeared to have
been written laboriously and with
much blotting: furthermore, the PEN
manship seemed strangely familiar to
his teacher The note read as fol
lows:
Dear teaeher-Please excus Tony
for not comeing to shool yestiddy. he
cudnot come I tore my pants Mrs.
MuIligan- Chicago Record-Herald
Sunday Magazine
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A Broken Dream.

As she came down the stair
In a cloud of misty tulle,
The heated ballroom air
Seemed swept by an incense cool.
Full many a callouS heart.
Weary and world worn there,
To quicker pulse did STRAIT
As she came down the. stair!
Down drifting through the air,
Clad in a cloud of white,
1 fancied a seraph there.
With pinions plumed for flight
Haggard and old had grown
Faces I fancied fair.
In the light of that lily unblown.
The vision upon the stairi
Then enchanted in every sense,
Brea thing a perfume rare.
The fragrance of innocence
And the happy flowers in her hair.
/ tripped on that dreamful dress
Well. imagine my deep despair
For we floored a dozen. L guess,
Tobogganing down the stair,
e u. Pierson in New York Herald.
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ABOUT WEARING OLD CLOTHES.
We Can Do This Gracefully if We
Know We've Good Ones at Home.

Now, why is this?" said a pretty
girl who likes nice things, but hasn't
money enough to buy as many as she
would like. MY gloves are all worn
out, so that there are holes in all the
finger tips, and I'm positively ashamed
to wear them, and 1 buy new pair.
But when I've got the new pair l
keep on wearing the old ones, and
wear them then without being aSham-
ed of them at all.
Nov, why is this? Well, suppose
it's on account of the moral support
1 get from the new gloves that I'm
saving up now at home. The people
| meet may think, just as they did be-
fore, that the old gloves are the best
I've got, but l know better. l could
wear just as good as anybody, now,
If l wanted to, and SO l trot right along
without worrying, wearing the old
And it's just the same about any
thing else. If you've got good things
you're not ashamed to wear old ones.
I've worn a skirt until it was so
shabby that it was a disgrace to ap-
pear on the street in it, and then
bought a new one and hung it up in
the closet and kept on wearing the
old one and feeling just as clipper as
could be in it; and I've known other
girls to do just the same thing.
IF you haven't got the things, you
are miserable; but if you have got
them, you can wear what you like. -
New York Sun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

ernor, was born in London August 10
1913, but, although not the oldest son
later came into possession of the
manor of Groton. He was something
of a poet. His son, John Winthrop
who came to America in 1880 as Gov
ernor. of Massachusetts,. and who was
the father of Deane, was born at Ed
wartson, near the family seat at Gro
ton, Jan. IL, 1887. He was very pre-
cocious and was made justice of the
peace when 1S years old. and was
married when only little over II.
This wife bore him six children the
eldest of whom became the governor OF
Connecticut.
He married a second time, and this
wife died in a little over year. In
the year 1913 John Winthrop was
once more established in domestic
life, his third wife being Margaret
Tyndall, daughter of Sir John Tynrall.
John Winthrop lived along in this
quiet country town.. enjoying the life
of well-to-do and respected squire
and devoting his energies to the rear
ing of his children. His letters to his
wife and sons show him to have been
diligent, conscientious worker, de-
voted to his family. And then came
into his life something which was to
change it's whole course and that of
his offspring; the New England enter
prise. He was well along in years
when he became interested in the Mas
sachusetts company, and when he de-
termined to pluck up his stakes in his
own land with a view of planting
them again in a remote wilderness he
was strongly advised against the step
by his old friends. But he made up
his mind to it after long and careful
study of the question, believing it to
be his duty to do SO.
His Last Visit to Groton.
Winthrop returned to Groton TO,
the last time in February, 1920. He
went to London and finally embarked
for America on the 22d of March. He
founded another home here. and his
children still others after him. Deane
Winthrop settled in old Chelsea, and
the house, 200 years later, is still
standing.
This group of photographs sent
from Groton will be hung in the Frost
Library and will complete a series de-
voted to old and New England. The
trustees already possess a photo
ghaphic copy of the Magma Charta, an
engraving of Westminster abbey, and
a group of the kings and queens who
were rulers of Great Britain when
Pullin Poynte people were British SUBJ
jects." A map of England showing
the location of Groton, picture of
the royal charter brought over by
Winthrop, and collection of pictures
of great Englishmen who had some
part in the affairs of church or state
during the colonial and revolutionary
period completes the collection.
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One Conductors Error.

William A Gonser of Montca1m, in
sane and in charge of officers while
being taken to the Traverse City asy-
lum, broke both the shutters of the
car window and the window itself by
butting it with his head in efforts to
escape The conductor came along.
saw the wreck of the window and in
quired who did it. An officer explained
that it was their ward, who was crazy.
The man with tinsel on his cap look
ed at the prisoner and remarked: He
is clean gone, sir you are mistaken
as to his first NAME" answered the
deputy. He is William Gonser." The
conductor apologized and passed on
Detroit Times.
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Worlds Statistics.

At a rough calculation the popu1a-
ton of the world is more than one bill
lion souls These speak some 1904
languages. and are worshipers OF
more than 100 religions. The aver
age length of life is 80 1-3 years. One
fourth of mankind die before the sew
enth and one-hah before the seven
teenth year, only one-sixth live beyond
the age of sixty. Thirty-three million
die annually. $1,000 daily. $3.50 ever
hour. go every minute While one
fourth are capable of bearing arm6
only one In : thousand II nnturn11yl
inc1ined to the profoouion,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

Governor John NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the altar window was the same Sur
sum Corda which must have lifted
their hearts in many an hour of trial
and trouble There in the humble
vestry was the old parish register, the
second entry on whose time-stained
leaves gave the date of the death of
the family in 1862.
There. too, was the tomb in which
the father, the grandfather, and pos
sibly the great-grandfather of the first
emigrant to New England had been
successfully buried The Inscription
was almost i1legible, but enough could
be deciphered to verify an ancient
copy. 1t read as follows: Heaven the
country; Christ the way Here lies
the body of Adam Winthrop, Esq, son
of Adam Winthrop. Esq, who were
Patrons of this Church and Lords of
the manor of GrOton- The above named
ADAM the son, married Anna, the
daughter of Henry Browne of Edwart-
son. by whom he had one son and four
1aughters- He departed this life h
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PerfectIy conaeniaI.

Naggsby-when a man and his wife
think the same thoughts Simultaneous
ly. it S a sign that they are exceed
ingly congenial-
Waggsby-So- Well. then my wife
and I are congenial all right, for the
other night when she said that she
wondered why I'D ever been such .
fool as to marry her. 1 had been sit
ting there in silence for half an hour
wondering over the same identical
thing.-b baltimore American
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Founded American Town
Especial Correspondence.l

the year of our Lord 1923 and of his
own age IS But Anna his wife die6
1923 She also is buried here with
him. Blessed are the peacemakers
for they shall be called the sons OF
Cod"
Received Groton in 1874.
The first Winthrop-one Adam Win
throp-received the grant of Groton
formerly the lordship of the abbot Of
Bury, at the dissolution of the monas
teries in 1914. Here the second Wn
throp died. The third of that name
the father of the Massachusetts, gov
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rithmetic seems to me to be prao
tice in counting chickens for which
the eggs are not likely to be laid.
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Don't talk of the cost of things. It
gives the rich chance for boastfuk
ness and may be embarrassing to the
poor.
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Don't tell your personal interests.
occupations, hopes or aspirations. No
bdy wants to hear them and you give
your dignity a mortal stab.
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mentioning the weather every time
you meet him.
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am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs- THos RoBBrna,
Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
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The weather is more likely to agree
with other people than with the gov.
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Don't mention family feuds. 1t en-
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Change in Readers Tastes.

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wouldbe allowed to die in modern
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between; but he wrote just the same.
Finally none came for weeks, and
then one day brought him another.
He read it while 1 waited; then as
usual, he rode with me to the mines
Somehow his face looked pinched
and white. l said to him. Bad news
from home. Mr.. LuptonT He knew /
meant It kind. for I had showed my
hand Yes he said slowly. and it's
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Unless 1t Is Very Foggy Day.
You can make a girl believe she has
curly hair by saying so.-New York
Press.
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Silence is golden, but o woman fl
willing to take somebody else's word
for it.
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A woman is alwoys willing to &C
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Many a society woman who is .
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Change in Readers Tastes.
The writer of short stories who sue
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days sometimes wonders If Maggie
Tulliver, Little Nell or Col. Newcome
magazine office.
Unless 1t Is Very Foggy Day.
You can make girl believe she has
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Press.
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Maple Street. Norwich. N. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Silence is golden, but o woman il
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
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The weather is more likely to agree
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Worlds Statistics
At rough calculation the popuIa-
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lion souls These speak some 3.o64
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