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huge frame trembling with sudden weakness and
her right hand violently waving the dish-cloth at
the intruding animal which stood regarding her in
tranquil serenity. Use gwine ter be killed isl
Use gwine ter be killed in jest minute!"
Her husband having at last Quoted the OBJ
streperous mule, heard her cry and hobbled as
fast as he could to the rescue. But his wav was
blocked by the cause of the agitation.
Ideah, you Of fool" he calculated, attacking
the invader from the rear "whar you gwine?
Doan you know bettah dan to enter gemmen's
house widout invite? Whar's yo' manners
sub? Whar is dey?"
Smarting beneath the repeated blows of
Uncle David's cudgel the great beast 1urched
forward and became wedged in the narrow
doorway.
Oar now!" painted Uncle David, exhausted
you've gone and got yourself inter a nice pickle
now, amt yer? What TO you-"
But his passionate address was suddenly cut
short by the sound of breaking glass, and hurry
ing around the corner of the house. he saw Aunt
Cyndia roll head foremost out window Trans
liked with renewed terror, he stood and stared
while his wife scrambled to her feet and gazed
defant1y at him, her hair disheveled her eyes
swapping vindictively and her bosom heaving with
indignation
Lookey heah, you mani" she cried. "You go
to bringin ELEPHANTS heah fer to scar me- and Use
gwlne ter make hit cost you money. Use gwine
ter break cherry winder and Use gwine ter smash
in cherry doah. You heah me?"
Now, Cyndy," expostu1ated Uncle David sooth-
ingly, Il didn't go fer to scar you. Use only"
You didn't go fer to scar mel" she interrupted
boiling with wrath what fer you bring dat dar
wild animule heah fer, den? How know but you've
got lions and tigers and 'noceroses? Whar you git
hit? Whar you git dat dar Ell plant? Tell me dat"
Uncle David shuff1ed from one foot to the other
and regarded her in humility. Finally he spoke
. Lor me-" he said reassuringly 'dats jest dat
dar elafus affercanus | done drawed"
OATS hit, cried his wife accusing1y "dat's lest
hit! Oar 20 is, buyin' lottahry tickets and yo'
a deacon in de chu'ch. What you reckon de
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for OCTOBER 1. 1905

after it, his bosom heaving with mighty appre-
hension regarding the nature of Cyndia's welcome,
and his befudded brain searching vain1y for some
plan relating the final disposition of the brute
Il jest knowed Use gwine ter hab trubble -
he soIloquzed de Lord done turn His face
away from Uncle Davy count er my backs1idin'.
Dem dar lottahries is wicked in de sight O de
Lord OATS what dey is, and when deys held
Friday, de thirteenth"
His soloquy ended in groan, and with down
cast countenanCe he shambled silently onward.
Turning into side street, he glanced up sud
denly and paused, shaking with mighty terror,
his face as ashen as it was possible for it to become
and his rolling eyes bulging from their sockets.
A funeral cortege was approaching him.
Oar nowl" he groaned, his teeth chattering
and the cold perspiration oozng from every pore,
meet funeral right in de middle O. de road
If dat amt bad sign"
The verihcation of his prediction, at least in
the present instance SO swift and SO obvious
that he stood immovable, frozen in abject fright.
The horses drawing the carriages, scenting the
elephant from affair." reared and plunged in sud
den panic. The drivers frantically endeavored
to control the frenzied animals, men and women
leaped from the carriages, and a hundred voices
seemed calling out Go back! Go back"
In agony of despair, Uncle David grasped
the elephant by the tail as though determined to
stay its further progress by main force The effect
was immediate and startling With ponderous
awkwardness the brute sank upon its knees, rolled
upon its side and lay PROSTATE in the road.
This seemed only to increase the frenzy of the
horses it certainly caused the drivers to gestic-
ulate more wildly. In vain Uncle David beat
the elephant with his club, in vain he grasped its
tail and tried to lift it to its feet. The elephant
stubbornly remained PROSTATE, gazing benignly at
its master. The careful training of months
not to be overcome in a moment, and it was
not until David reversed his tactics and lifted the
animals trunk that the brute rose 1aboriously to
its feet.
With a sigh of genuine relief, Uncle David drove
his prize around the corner; but as he followed
it homeward deep melancholy settled upon him,
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because you've heard of her engagement"
Cliff: "Not to Lew Rid1ey?"
Mildred: The same. Isn't it a PITY"
Cliff: I don't know. Why"
Mildred; oh their ages She's older than he!"
Cliff: Nonsense! Not more than few minutes"
Mildred; She is too She's exactly old as
an"
Cliff: awful thought! Lewis just my age"
Silence. DO you consider that disadvantage"
Mildred: WHAT"
Cliff: THAT difference in ages"
Mildred: YES, indeed! | consider that she
ought to have prevented his caring for her too
She's six months responsible than he"
Cliff STUFF! [ guess man of twenty-six is
responsible enough! How would she prevent his
caring? I'd like to know
Mildred: "Oh, has ways She always
knows when she's dangerous to a man
Cliff: go you consider yourself dangerous to
mani"
Mildred: Don't be foosh!"
Cliff "Do your"
Mildred: g | might be-to some elderly gentle
man. Not to little boys in kits"
Cliff: DO you consider yourself dangerous to me?"
Mildred: "Chf!"
Cliff: do your
Mildred: Don't look at me like that Look
at the table-cloth or-or-anything!
Cliff: do you Mildred?"
Mildred: Oh, Cliff you mustn't pleased Eat
your luncheon"
Cliff: Hang the lunchl Answer my question"
Mildred You don't know what you're doingl
I'm in the most awful predicamentl The girls have
all accused me of you, and | sure you had
too much sense to for girl older than yourself
that told them right and left there was nothing
In 1t-that we were just intellectual comrades
and all that. Then day they all surrounded
me, and demanded that | promise to tell them
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By Grace Eth elwym Cody

IVI for two. tipped up chair " y
and seated herself in the
other, while her eyes roved in all directions Sud
denly she withdrew her interest and concentrated
it on the approached.
Mildred Cliff Roland! How you startled mel"
Cliff: You should have been watching for me-
Mildred Watching? How l to know you
were conng?"
Cliff: Didn't you say last night that you al
ways came here at about o'clock and that you
invariably took the little table for two, in behind
the palms, when it was vacant?"
Mildred But l wasn't talking to you"
Cliff: You knew within earshot though
and you turned up this chair for me too" He
seated himself joyfuy.
Mildred Il never saw such assurance in my
lifel"
Cliff, coolly: Were you expecting anybody
else?"
Mildred: 81 often turn up that chair Just to
keep the table to myself"
Cliff: "You didn't do it for that to-day. Have
you decided what to eat?"
Mildred: No. l haven't had a chance to think
of it yet
Cliff: "You were doing close work on the menu
for sometime before you condescended even to
see me-"
Mildred seized the card hastily and began to
study it again.
Cliff: 81 suppose you'll pick out some kind of a
problem salad and ice with flower on the side
of the plate. Meanwhile, I'm going to order
corned-beef hash for two asparagus and coffee and
nut-bread-to begin with. Mildred beaming
across the table, "Pm glad I came Are your"
Mildred; 81 don't know yet"
Cliff looking her steadily in the eyes: Aren't
you glad Mildred?"
Mildred: Depends on how you behave Oh
there goes Kittie Norton!"
Cliff: I'm not preventing her
Mildred: That's not pretty. l suppose it's
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OF else act as II eXpected-and
besides, | felt SO perfectly safe-I never would
And now, Cliff, you mustn't; for l can't tell them
l never told of one in my 1ife!"
Cliff "One WHAT"
Mildred: you know very wel1!'
Gilt If you mean one proposal of marriage
of course you haven't told of the others: but this
is different We can't keep it a secret forever
anyway, Mildred. Besides I'm not going to be
ashamed of it,
Mildred; "Clif Roland!'
Cliff: Course I'm not You go ahead and notify
the girls soon as you like I'd like to tell few
of my friends too, if you don't mind"
Mildred, Indignantly: There's nothing to tell sir!'
Cliff: Fact! l haven't made the proposal yet;
but will"
Mildred ooh, no! Stop, pleased
Cliff! But you haven't anything to tell the
girls until l do
Mildred, almost weeping Cant you see that I
don't want to tell the girls?"
Cliff: ''O-oh! You prefer to have an under
standing that will settle it between u.s. and still let
you out of your promise to tell! Willy Mildred"
Mildred: Don't call willy Mildred"
Chf, softly Darling Mildred, then Is that
better?" No answer. Dearest Mildred will YOU
accept the half of my"
Mildred: "CIf!"
Cliff: "Of my corned-beef hash?''
Mildred: ooh! Yes, thank YOU
Cliff: 'For life, Mi dred?'
Mildred: ooh, do be careful! know the girls
would think I ought to tell that!"
Cliff: you ought to answer it first. For life
dear?"
Mildred: CT never dreamed 1 liked corned-
beef hash SO we'll until to-day"
Cliff exultantly: That's yesi'
Mildred: Hush-sh That woman's watching
Oh, can't you try to look commonplace-dear?"
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the room, and glancng up, beheld the head and
shoulders of elephant protruding through the
open door. With loud cry, she dropped the pan
she was securing and fed terror-stricken, to the
farthest corner.
'Davy Davy High, Davy!" she cried, her
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about it if you ever should get
serious; and l had to either promise
or else act as if 7 exDac+ad and
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n 4 lLDRED, at a restaurant table
IVl for two, tipped up one chair
4 and seated herself in the
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in her direction. as the man. possibly scent
ing an interruption to business, handed out
a dime to close the deal.
"She ain'ta your mother" he reminded the
boy, whose entire attention was centered in
his toes.
mo. I'm not his mother" announced the
woman in voice that she tried to make
sound like a policeman in plain clothes. II
am some one who can land you in jail.
where you belong. You know as well as I
do that you are trying to buy stolen goods
from this bit of a baby-and If you don't
want me to have you run In you had better
run off. Understand"
Indeed. he understood. For, with a wink
at the boy-which he didn't see-the rag
man pushed away slowly. with the probable
intention of renewing negotiations when the
woman had gone away.
But she wasn't that kind of woman.
What did you want with the dime, lad
die?' she asked the little fellow, who still
paid undivided attention to the wiggling
toes. DE fellers is goin to de circus" he
mumbled out, AN me mother only gimme
fifteen cints-"
ITO be sure! And you need a quarter,
don't you? Well, I'll tell you what let's do.
You run home with the coat, and I'll walk
slowly toward the railroad trick-I won't
watch where you go, hOnest-and when you
catch up to me I'll pay you a dime. Hurry
up or you'll be late for the circus"
When she gave him the dime. perhaps she
should have given him a sermon along
with 1t.
But she wasn't that kind of a woman.
either. She gave him a nickel for peanuts.
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Cheerfulness Is Power.
From Success.

rom CuCceoS.
Fate itself has to concede a great many
things to the cheerful man." The man
who persistently faces the sun so that all
shadows fall behind him. the man who
keeps his machinery well fabricated with
love and good cheer, can withstand the
hard Jolts and disappointments Of life inf
nitely better than the man who always
looks at the dark side man who loves
shadow, who dwells forever in the gloom
a pessimistic man-has very little power
in the world as compared with bright,
sunny soul.
The world makes way for the cheerful
man; all doors fly open to him who radi-
ates sunshine. He does not need an intro
duct!on; like the sunlight. he Is welcome
everywhere.
A cheerful disposition Is not only power
lit Is also a great health tonic. A de-
pressed mind makes the system more sus-
ceptible to disease: encourages its develop
nlcnt because 1t kills the power OF resist
ancc. A cheerful soul can resist disease.
and II Is well known among physicians that
there is a greater chance for recovery from
exhaustive diseases of a bright. sunny soul
than of a gloomy. Respondent one. Cheer
fulness Is health: melancholy. disease"
Gloom and depression feed disease and has
ten its development.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

OAK LAWN-Ward Theron ct ux. to Les
ter A. Barr. part: $1,000.
DE SALES STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween 18th and 18th streets-Eiza beth
Poe to Murray A. Cobb lot ~, square
1862; $40.
L STREET SOUTHEAST between Cd and
Sd streets-Edwin I. Nottingham ct ux
to Henry f. Trip: part lot 2 square
T6s: SO
FIFTH STREET SOUTHEAST between
East Capitol and a streets-Emma Rig
giles ct vir Charles W., to trustees OF
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, part
original lots II and IL. square 81;
$3.50.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SOUTHEAST
between 10Th and 10th streets-George
r. Repetti ct TX. to Frederick Mueller
original lot q. square 1917; $40
WEST between and c streets-Samuel
]. Cole to John K Pfeil, part original
lot 1, square g.; SO
G. STREET SOUTHEAST between 4th and
5th StreetS-Mary F. Farrell ct vir.
Thomas L., to John S. Farrell, part lots
10 and 20, square SD; SO.
BURRVILLE-Ralph P. Barnard ct al.
trustees, to Annie F. Coleman, lots l.
NO. 500 I'D STREET NORTHWESTERN
thony Lulley to John Lulley, lot z
square north of $685. $40.
NO. 1912 2OTH STREET NORTHWE EST
Agnes L. White ct yir, Oscar W.. to
Ward Theron, lot al. square %; $40
OAK LAWN-Ward Thoron ct Tx. to Oscar
w. White, part; s.
TRINIDAD-Emma Myers to Lewis Heinin-
ger. lot A. block II; $40.
NO 4O1 BID STREET SOUTHWEST--Julia
B. Wright to Carl Jaeger, lot 40. square
$50; SO.
wHITEHAVEN-Ma E. B. Coues ct al. to
Amanda r. Nicholson lots l, 2, g. 4. 81
and &c. block .; $40. Amanda r. Mich
olson to Enos Wilder lots 2, 80 and So
block .; $40. Same to Mary E. B. Coues.
lots 1, 3 and 4, block 9; $40.
GRANT PARK-Charles B. Brookes to Eli
jah Brown, lots So 50, 81, ST, SO, 80, 80
o. 96 and 9S, block 3: SO
EIGHTH STREET SOUTHEAST between
and c streets-Joseph Fl. Mians ct ux.
to Frederick Walen, part original lot s,
square 1913; so.
PLAINS-August Donath, trustee, to
John A. Wallace, trustee, part lot -,
block 8: so.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS-Julia T. Peck
to Bates Warren, lot 3D. block 3; $40.
NO. 925 G STREET NORTHWEST-Georg
S. Cooper ct Tx. to Homer Query, lot Z,
square 375: $40.
VERMONT AVENUE NORTHWEST be-
tween r and S streets-Charles w.
Richardson ct al. to Jennie B. Browne,
part lots and 6. square 307; $40. James
r. Clayton ct al. to same, same prop
erty; so.
EAST CAPITOL STREET between 14th
and 18th streets-Milton P. Caldwell ct
al, trustees. to Edward o. Castell and
George j. Geiger, lots 43, A and 40.
square 1858, so.
NO 1905 H STREET NORTHEAST-Hilda
B. Corder to Louise friedrich, lot ST.
square 1927; $40.
STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
and 18th streets-Charles E. Roach ard
Charles w. Darr. receivers to Raymond
j. Cooley, lots 49, "A and 70, square 1913.
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Overworking a Typewriter.
.om the Philadelphia Record.

when typewriter has been operated for
several hours at stretch 1t becomes
center of electrical phenomena" re-
marked stenographer. Touch 1t with
something metallic and you will get dis
tinct shock. At the same time there will
be a cracking sound and spark will ap-
pear at one point of contact. If another
person than the one who has been operat-
ing 1t should begin to pound the keyboard
after the machine has been in continuous
use for a couple of hours he will expe-
rience a real electrical sensation. the pins
and-needles feeling OF foot asleep.
Drawing the sheet of paper OF the roller
rapidly will charge the paper and 1t will
crackle when laid on other paper. 1t will
also adhere to the other sheets or to any
surface with which 1t comes in contact and
quite little tug is necessary to loosen IL.
A long-worked typewriter seems to become
an electrical plant on a small scale and
will furnish all sorts of surprises
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its go-cart at store door while she went
in to shop. When she came out swarm
of people hid the child. but she wriggled
through to find it in apparently the last
stage of a spasm-with the crowd adding to
its danger by keeping off the air.
Somebody suggested a drug store, and she
wheeled the cart to the nearest. with the
crowd following at her heels. The druggist
gave her dose for her baby and advised
her to get 1t home quickly as possible.
AS the almost distracted mother clasped
the baby in her arms to leave the store a
young white man remarked, to no one In
particular, but so that all might have the
advantage Of his wit:
Better put 1t in tub of water and
drown it,"
1t was just the sort OF remark to be ex-
pected from just such looking young man
and 1t must have been a comfort to the
mother.
woman with a sunbeamy smile was
stopped on the street by tiny boy who
held up to her an old silver-plated napkin
ring and long, grimy cord
Pit dis frOo dis he commanded with the
authority of one who has yet to learn that
the world was not made exclusively for his
pleasure, IAN tie 1t on my back so I can
be horsie."
just what was required Of her. and with a
good-natured experiences put the string
! through the napkin ring and then tied it
around the tiny boys waist so that the ring
spinster person who had watched the
process said to the woman:
"Will you kindly tell me what that is sup
posed to mean?"
Why. the ring Is a wagon" explained
the other, with dimple coming to match
the smile. land the little boy is the horse
that is pulling it,"
"Oh, thank YOU"
Which shows that a spinster person may
live long time and yet find something to
learn.
A rag man had halted his push cart and
was dickering with a small boy for an al
most new black coat. 1t was a grown-up
coat, and the woman who happened to be
passing. judged by the red guilt in the
youngsters face that it was his fathers
Sunday best
Il giva you Nickel offered the man.
He had foreign black eyes and skin the
color of beeswax.
Il wants dime" protested the boy.
The woman stopped and took hand in
the transaction.
You carry that coat right home" she
commanded the child, who had already
changed from customer into caught-in-
the-act criminal, and was staring at his
bare toes. which he wiggled.
The foreign eyes darted forked lightning
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AROUND THE CITY

bluff old woman in a waterproof suit
stopped another woman to ask:
Can get to the Capitol from here?"
Yes, madam, but as it is some distance,
I think you will need to take car"
Nonsense! l come from abroad, where
people know how to walk. You Americans
have no more use of your legs than babies.
That big. white building off there? Why,
that Is only STEP.
And the bluff woman sprinted in the d.
rection of the dome, which stood out against
the blue sky line, mile and half away.
An ancient blind man, with bag full OF
Blue Hen matches. was being towed along g
street by a crumb of boy. AS they came
to the Colorado building a straight-front
hand-embroidered lady stopped to place an
order.
Three for a nickel. are they? Well, I'll
take three boxes. Deliver them at once,
please-and she gave an address out Co
lumbia road way
Which very small incident helps out with
the assertion that half the mischief in the
world Is done by fools who mean WELL
Two children were jumping rope, when
the one in faded lawn cried out:
.'Oh, look! There goes Ethel Roosevelt!
That's my wagon she's in"
"Nosucher thing!" centralized the one
in pigtails and outgrown Bingham. you
always claim evey singly thing! seen
Ethel first. and she belongs to mean the
wagn. an the horse, an everything"
A passerby who had turned out on the as
phalt so as not to interfere with the rope
turning looked up in time to see the younger
daughter of the White House fash by in an
unpretentious little blackboard. Then she
looked back at the little people of the
streets. who were battling hot and heavy
for their rights.
She is so mine-Greedyf'
"She amt. then. Miss Stingy! You can
have that lady"
Don't want her."
And the passerby, feeling herself a drug
on the market. walked on, undecided
whether to laugh or cry-the incident re-
minded her so of another child who used
to claim" things, way back in the last GEN.
fury.
AS doubtless other children will do it in
the next.
A young colored mother left her baby In
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Legend Of the Ostrich.
From the Chicago News.

FrOm the Chicago NeWB
Among the Arabs there is a curious
legend to account for the ostrich's resi-
dence in the desert. ION a certain day
appointed" so the story runs, "all created
beings met together to decide upon their
respective order and precedence. All went
smoothly until the ostrich pleading its in
ability to ny, disowned the birds and
claimed to take rank with the mammals.
These, however. would have nothing to
say to creature clothed not with fur but
with feathers. while the BIRDS when the
ostrich went dejectedly back, repudiated It
also as a traitor to its race. But the
trich was equal to the occasion and de-
clared that being neither mammal nor bird
ii must be an angel At this all the other
animals Indignantly rushed upon the ostrich
and drove 1t before them into the desert,
where 1t has lived In solitude ever since,
with no one to contradict it."
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NEWS AND GOSSIP
/ IN REAL ESTATE

and New York. Another much sought after
class of property is anything less than
5000.
There is a great demand for small acre
age tracts, ranging in size from three TO
twenty-five acres. Our company has three
large tracts of very desirable land which
is being subdvided and plated. These
tracts will contain from three to twenty
azores and sell for from 500 to 81 200 each
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More novel than this everlasting bell
tinkling, though, was the manner in which
had to prepare for the journey.
In the first place. rode lying down from
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Naval Battalion in Maneuvers.

Commander Stratton Of the naval bat
TALON. was notified yesterday that Gen.
Harries has accepted for the naval battal-
ion the invitation of the Navy Department
to participate In the joint army and navy
maneuvers from juno IL to June II inclu-
sive.
There will be no regular officers of the
navy on board TIE Puritan. and 1t Is not
certain that the enlisted force OF the naval
battalion will be augmented to any OK
tent Gen. Harries expects Commander
Stratton to muster for this service full
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Elections as follows have been reported
to headquarters: Sergeant Frederick p.
Rogers of Company X, I'd Regiment, TO be
captain of Company NJ. I'd Regiment: Ser
geant Thomas S. O'Hallaron. Company l.,
I'd Regiment. to be second lieutenant OF
that company; First Lieutenant Charles L.
Brockway Company +. Sd Separate Bat
TALON, to be captain of that company; Ser
geant Philabert l.. Rogers, Company T. Sd
Separate Battalion. to be first lieutenant
of that company; Sergeant George F.
Thompson, Company F. Sd Separate Bat
talon. to be second lieutenant of that COM
pany.