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had created such an impression that the
inevitable end was only a question Of inc.
10 make matters worse, from Hunters
point of view, Causton received from his
host and hostess q cordial invitation to
stay the night and spend the next day on
the river. With an assured conviction now
that his chances We're practically nil, Hun
ter reached his bachelor fiat in Jermyn
street hat night, full of unreasonable
wrath against the man who had apparent
ly succeeded in getting ahead of him in
the business upon which he had set his
heart-or that which with him passed for
such.
Within SIX months Causton had married
Esther Walrond, while David Hunter had
vowed bitter revenge against the happy
bridegroom The latter, who had succeed
ed to his fathers business on "'Chance,'
had never a thought beyond his own i'm
mediate interests and affections, and was
consequently quite oblivious to the slow
but sure influence for evil being worked to
his commercial disadvantage by the Aus
tin Friars' banker. There came a day,
however. when a necessity for the temper
airy borrowing of $4,000, resulted in fail
ure. All the sources for such accommo-
dalton suddenly appeared to nave mysteri-
ously closed up; a polite refusal to do bus
mess, but without any assigned reason,
being, in every case, the only reply to his
applications for monetary assistance.
This was a Hunters opportunity,
the one for which he had been scheming
and plotting for years-and he took it,
One morning saville Caustor received a
note that astonished him not a little. 1t
ran:
The Colonial Bank, Austin Friars.
Dear Sir-I have strong reasons for be-
liev.ng that you are seeking temporary ac-
commodat:on. I shall be pleased to do
business with you to any amount that you
may need, for one, thre or six months, as
may best suit you. 1 would rather not
state exactly why I make this offer on be-
half Of my firm. You and 1 met many
years ago, and you have doubtless for
gotten the fact; but. being the possessor
of an exceptionally good memory-l VEN
ture to recall a passing acquaintance, in
the hop ethat by SO doing I may be of SER
vice to you. / shall be happy to honor
your bill at any moment. Faithfully
yours, David Hunter.
To Saville Causton, Esq.
The letter did not reach Causton's office
in Diapers Gardens till just before closing
time. so the somewhat bewildered stock
broker took it home With him for consid-
GRAFTON.
Consultation with his wife cleared the
air a bit, however.
ooh, l remember. him now!" said Esther,
at breakfast the next morning, and OPP
posite whom sat a 19-year-old replica OF
herself. Surely, Saville, you recollect
that disagreeable-looking man who made
himself attentive to me at the Faber's gar
den party, nearly twenty years ago?'
mo, l don't remember the fellow! How
ever remembrance or not, his offer, odd as
1t is, seems genuine, and-well-l must ac-
eept it, or Ill never get out of this hole
I'm in"
Why, its the same bank where Hugh
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"oh, Ilugh." exclaimed Vera, excitedly,
1--WE are N such trouble"
'Sh,'' was Hush's whispered caution.
Say nothing here, dear, III come out
with You for a few minutes. Smiles, l
shall be in directly. Ask Mr.. Causton to
sit down ii he should call"
Up and down the ancient precincts of
Austin Friars, Vera and Hugh walked, the
former pouring INTO her lovers ear all her
fears for her father.
Not home last night? That loks scrl-
Gus. Vera
1T does-.t is.-oh, Hugh, can't you
think of something for nc to Go?,
IF were Il free man, dear he an
swercd her-'I mean if the conditions up
on which l hold my position at the bank
did not make it important for me to act,
or to even appear in any such transaction,
L do know of q way n which 1 could set
things straight for your father"
"Oh, Hugh,-tell mc-tell me. Perhaps
it IS, after all, something which L could
do"
II am afraid not. Vera. If only your
father were here 1t would be all right
he could act upon the information l pos
sesS, and make d fortune in less than two
hours"
"Hugh!-I will not leave you until you
have told me:' said the girl with deter
! mined voice and manner.
Then he told her.
II have a friend" he said, ''who is in
touch with certain things which influence
the well-being or otherwise of a popular
stock on Change"
Yes, yes" she Interrupted him impa-
tiently. II understand, Hugh. under
stand!"
We'll, dear. this morning 1 received in
formation from Spencer, which, il acted
upon by some one not hampered as L am
by hard and fast conditions, and at once
would result in the making of thousands
Yes, yes-go NJ
IAN idea occurs to me. You are not
altogether ignorant, dear, Of stock-deal-
ing, are you?"
We'll, I nave heard father talk about
and explain time-bargains. Contango,
and
stop, darling, that's Interchangeable
buying of a stock which you hope to sell
any time before the next settling day."
Yes, Hugh-well?"
Briefly, dear. then, I a " a little saw
ed, as you know. 1t is on current account
in the Colonial I am going to withdraw
it now, 1 will then write you a letter to
a broker whom | know and can trust, and
you will hand hat and the money l shall
give you the latter as 'cover') and instruct
him to buy for you 'Kaffirs' to the amount
of 10000 pounds.
"Ten thousand pounds. H%ugh!-why.
supposing it turns out wrong, what will
become of me?"
"oh, hat will be all right, dear. KAT
frs have fallen-you buy-in less than two
hours-if my information is correct, which
I quite believe it to be-'Kaffirs' will be
up to a giddy height; you will Immediately
sell; AXE up Mr.. Causton's bill; While the
extra profit on the transaction will come
in very handy as a flip lip for you faith
! "e's hustness.'
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IS turned upside down with the top

is turned upside down with the top
Of the face, and. in fact, such is the
case with all of our coins of the nickel,
silver and copper denominations,
though I fail to see n logical reason
therefor. 1t is not so with our treas
NY notes. These have q top and a
bottom, and the diverse top and cot
toln agree with the fcae. Why not
with the coins? 1t is as easy to make
dies agree as it is the fiat plates from
Which the bills are printed.
IF you wish to win the drinks some
might ask n average man or even the
money handle to call offhand the
vignettes-tlle centerpieces of the
notes-on the diverse of the 81, So
and $40 treasury notes. He can't do
ii. Some will even hesitate in calling
off the %vignettes OF the faces of these
denominations. The theoretical pessi-
lmists are, after all, quite practical, for
the average man can't for the life of
him call off correctly, without consult
ing the note, the half dozen principal
engraved features of the common 81
bill, to say nothing of the two-score
or more separate and distinct letter.
ings, numberings, portraits, seals,
anne words, buildings, birds and the
other features which so to make up
the face of a bin nearly everybody
handles every day. On the higher de-
nominations it is really pitiable to see
what failures man will make in their
statements"
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j mean Mr.. Digby, is manager" suddenly
exclaimed Vera Causton. = e~ell-tale color
In her checks.
Great Caesar! so It is" exclaimed her
father. The murders out! III see him
about it first, before writing a rply TO
Hunter"
But to the stockbroker's surprise, Hugh
Digby was as much in the dark as to why
or how David Hunter had made the offer
as Causton himself.
81 can only SUPPOSE" he said, that he
by some means has heard of your need for
accommodation, and, for some reason of
his own, wishes to be of service to you.
Still, l am n bit surprised, knowing him as
L ~do-though, of course, under the c.rcum-
stances, i am glad for your sake"
This settled the matter. Later on Hunt
er gave Saville Causton his check for G5,-
coo, taking as security the stockbrokcr's
bill at three months. For the rest of his
life will Sav.lic Causten remember that
disastrous thre months, and the day that
saw it close; the day upon which the bill
became due.
On the morning of tina day David Hun
ter was called way to Vienna, and would
be absent q week or more.
1t has been sen what We're his final in
structions to his managing clerk prior to
leaving by the midday mail, his conclud-
-bS NNpibS CS4Iit S.PSSisAiis soiSiiiiiNtliiI.
Should you he said, emphatically,
mot carry out my instructions to the very
letter j shall hold you personally respon-
.ble."
For nearly two years now there had been
q tacit engagement between Vera Causton
and Hugh Digby. a fine, high-spirited,
beautiful girl. she was yet as large-heart-
ed and womanly as her father had found
her mother to be,
When, the clock showing II 80. there was
no signs of Causton with the wherewithal
to take up the bill, somehow. though very
naturally, Digby's thoughts settled upon
Vera. This corner.ng, which. perhaps,
might mean the "hammering" of Saville
Causton troubled him as much, If not
more on his sweetheart's account, than on
any other
AS If to materialize his thoughts. a clerk
brought him a card bearing Vera Caus-
tons name.
Show the lady in, Smiles. or, stay! I'll
come INTO the outer office"
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Souoh on the Senators

Bart Kennedy. the English novelist, told
in New York & story about the senate.
Il heard this story in Washington said
MIR. Kennedy, and | have every reason to
believe that it is true. a senator hurried
into the nat chamber one morning ear
ly, ANA sad 10 a page:
"'Young man. did you find a $40 bill on
my desk last evening? / wrote a letter, in
tending to inclosc the bill. but somehow
failed to do SO, ana left it behind on the
blotter."
Eyes, senator.' said the page, taking
out his wallet. I did find that bill, and
here 1t is. And it's a lucky thing for you,
SIR, tina none OF the other senator's hap.
nened in before | saw it
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This Mirrors, Secret.

1T is not enough to make true mir
rors," the dealer said. IF that We're
all, ours would be indeed, a simple bust
ness
He was walking %complacently owe
his huge shop. which hustled and
hurnmed with q brisk fall trade.
"Dresssnakers and milliners,' he ex-
planned, require mirrors of all sorts.
They need, for example, a mirror that
makes II look taller and thinner.
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hair coiled up in a knot on the top of

- WIZ 1OE W
the head. over which is entwined a
laurel leaf wreath. The first two pieces
have the ate at the base, the thirteen
original stars on ach side of the face
and the words In God We Trust at
the top OF the coin, but for some I'M
known reason on the 10-cent piece
the words trusting in the divinity are
takes their place and of the thirteen
stars. On this point alone you will
floor even cashiers by the dozens when
you test them.
Those who have traveled through
such a desolate waste for any distance
will no doubt have felt a sort of de-
pressed spirit from such great desola-
ton. 1t is refreshing then to reach a
clearing where some hardy pioneer has
hewn out a farm and a home.
1.-The diverse of the first two pieces
is identical, except hat each specifies
its different denomination. But when
they coined the nickel piece the treas
ury officials consulted a different hair
dresser as to the arrangement of he
hair of the fair goddess, II also a diff
ferent sculptor, who drew the features
of the lady more like those of a woman
On the first three named pieces j. is
u toss UP to decide whether the features
are those of a man or woman with the
odds in favor of the former. And
mere is where you VIII catch even the
smart ones, who will declare to a man
that these faces on our coins are all
the same.
About the Nickel.
Far from it. The nickel piece hair
dresser coiled the goddess locks into
a tight little Psyche krot on the back,
and not on the top of the head. and
added a diadem over the brow, with the
word Liberty lettered thereon. Then
the diemal1er got busy, and instead of
having h goddess face toward the
right, as in the other coins, he turned
her classic features toward the left,
and again you would fool wen the
smart ones in money handling. The
Indian chiefs head on the copper cent
Is also turned toward the left, still an
other puzzling incongruity.
And here is another curious thing
about the nickel piece that not one
man in q million knows. The diverse
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q Bit of information.

81 will tell you something interest
ing about these coins and bills. The
so. % and 10-cent silver pieces have u
bas relief head of the Goddess of Lib
erty facing toward the right, with the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

When they dress a short fat patron in
one of their new hats or suits, they lead
her to the mirror, and she is so sur.
prised and pleased with the change for
the better in her looks that, straight
off, h buys.
For masseurs I make a mirror that,
like a retouched photograph, hides,
blemishes, wrinkles. scars. The mas
seur takes the wrinSled face of some
rich old woman, steams it, thumps it,
pinches it and smacks it for an hour,
and then holds up to it the mirror hat
gives Il blurred, blemish-hiding rehec-
ton. The thinks her wrinkles
are gone and is happy till she gets
home to her own rue mirror.
altogether l make some twenty
varieties of false mirrors. Statesmen
and saleswonen, in millinery and dress
making establishments, can double and
quadruple their business if they are
quick and deft in their selection of the
mirror that natters each patron best"
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Squirrel Robbed the MaiI

Wirona Correspondence ST. Paul Dispatch
The robbing of the United States mail
by "a squirrel was a most unusual Incl
dent which occurred in his city to-
day.
Martin Daszkowski, one of the oldest
mai carriers in the city. was on his
regular rounds and had among his mai
to be delivered an advertising card to
which was attached a large walnut, in
side of which was the matter adver-
tised. A little squirrel, of which there
are many in Winona, seeing the nut,
jumped upon Mr.. Daszkowski's shoul-
der and running down his arm with
lightning speed took the nut and caro-
from his hand and then climbed a tree
near by, where it Investigated the con-
tents of the nut.
Fortunately, Upon discovering that
the nut was not the kind it wanted,
the squirrel dropped it and the card
without damaging either and they We're
later delivered to the proper address.
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The Saddest Blow

That young Medders Gems rather new
to the city, but he's got a lot of money.
How aid he get it?"
Gas"
You mean he was engaged in the manu-
fucture O, gas?"
NO; a rich old uncle of his blew it out"
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Protecting Outdoor Plants.

From the Garden Magazine.
Empty 1lour barrels and boxes arc
often used for covering shrubs. If ye u
have these materials. first bank up tt
shrub we'll with good, dry leaves, ar ]
after placing the box or barrel, banI
this also outside With manure to keen
out the frost. If the barrel is in all
exposed position anchor It with stakes
and wires.
Old grain sacks are sometimes used.
heing put over the shrubs. tied in place,
and then banked up with leaves CO
n
Eulalies and other ornamental
grasses are often used in place of stray
to wrap rose and other bushes if theJ
are where the sun will strike them OF
in position exposed to cold, bleak wiad:l.
Reassuring Her.
From the Strana.
Wife-"Alexis. you been flirting. I al
sure of It,"
Husband-"My dear child. you must he
mad. Why, the other women in this place
are even palmer than yon are"
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Switzerland has already 2.sG stations
for obtaining electric poWcr from ..l.ss
and streams.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-29

Two weeks of breeding quiet, Then one morning Susan's subdued 'sCIuck- cluckt" was heard, and Ben, rushing to her side. heard a faint Peep, peep" which meant. the carly. eIner-. gence of fifteen little chicks. ff all the eggs proved, productive.s r.y'9 1-s
 Sure enough, by noontime, thirteen not f1fteen--huffy yellow chickens :. struck wondering acquaintance with the barnyard world.
 All day Ben lowered around his and inviting in the neighbor boys to admire them.
 Better. nail an extra board in the corner of your yard yonder," advised Jim Bates. See our dog peepinR in? He won't do a thing to those chicks if he gets at them!"
 "Whew" whistled Ben "T'll do that
 Then, for fear of smaller predatory
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Alice Roosevelt Story.

A story is told of Alice Roosevelt Longworth when she was a little girl showing that she had some experience of paternal sternness.
 Her teacher at school had been in- quiring for Mrs. Roosevelt. who was ill, and Alice answered. plaintively:
 ''She isn't much better yet Yes, It's pretty hard. Papa stays at home most all the time. and that makes 1t dread fully inconvenient."
 Why, how is that?"
 ''Oh, don't you see. He doesn't un- derstand, like mamma. When mamma tells me to be home at four o'clock. ana l get there at half-past, she under stands: but when papa says four. and get there at even quarter past-hs Soesn't understand at allp'
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Tom Tits Experiments
REnEALlNG THE POWDERS oF THE WATERS

box with open ends. If you are skilful enough to do a little blaming or saving. end so as to make the box little small CT at one (the peeping end) than at the other (the submerged end).
 end, then apply putty to every seam and crack and end up b., painting the whole thing. for 1t must be water tight It is now ready for use.
 metal. use tin shaped in the form of a funnel. from three or four to ten or twelve feet long. as suits your wishes. Be sure to make the smaller end am- sinkers to the larger end. so as to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-29

folks themseives-6idn't give them iit- tie to eat now and then"
 Dear, dearp' murmured Mrs. Mason, with look of deep interest and sym pathy,. what does Miss smith propose
 "Rhy. she says some 1adias s-have talked with her. and they want to raise $500 to pay for room in that OId Folks Home at Dariefgh, you know. If they can do that, then the old man and woman will be happy and comfort- able the rest of their lives. And Miss Smith told them she would ask her Sunday school boys to raise $50. There are ten. of us--that makes sb for each boy to raise"
 "Hmi That is large sum. Did you
 .Yes; but I'm blessed if I know just how I'm going to raise my $5. for Miss Smith asked us to earn our money. She says money we've worked to earn will be real giving"
 And she Is quite right, Ben.'
 But how to go about itf'
 Have you any moneyf
 'Yes, little in my savings bank"
 Ben ran to the library for the bank. and, emptying the contents. counted cents. 15. 65, slo5 in all.
 Well, think it over. Ben, and ask fathers advice tonight"
 Fathers advice was to raise chickens and eggs.
 Tor. Ben. that is an investment months time. But it requires daily and religiously careful attention. You must keep out dogs. cats. rats and .Tn do it. dad" cried Ben. enthusi- astically. The following day he came home with the announcement that Mrs. Williams. down by the creek. would sell him Plymouth Rock cock and setting hen for S1.50.
 If in good condition. they are not expensive at that price. said Mr. Ma son. So, with a loan of forty-five cents from his father to add to his own money. Ben made the purchase, and ble, with the barnyard to scratch around in.
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nsas-ee zyn Nao1aep psaatea bzscx)

make that end easier to submerge. Paint the inside black--otherwise the light reflections will disturb you.
 of glass to fit into the larger end, but if you cannot. then make or get a timer to make a square piece of tin funnel. provided with . square piece of glass and the whole made water tight by means of lead soldered into all the seams.
 Take one of these telescopes on your next boating party. If the water Is, not too deep you can have the pleas. river or pond and watching the panoe rama of marine life going on there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-29

animals--cats. rats, etc.---he stopped up every hole and every crevice that hs could find anywhere.
 .Good. Beni' said hts father, when he reported these precautions that night: It's good business sense you are showing. See if Susan does not res pay your care by laying golden eggs for sGoiden egasY, repeated Ben. "why. dad, hens don't lay gold esgsm
 ''Ha, hap laughed both his father and mother. much amused at Ben's dead earnestness and literainess.
 Tn other words. my boy Susan. if she is a grateful mother, will reward you for your pains by raising a good, healthy family of spring chickens and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-29

',so you have made. all told-?" asked his mother.
 and a half cents;'' said Ben" and when I've returned to dad the 46 cents | bor- rowed from him and deducted my orig inal investment of tho dollar from my savings bank, 1 have made a net profit of seven dollars. thtrty-eight and half cents-over two dollars more than I nfdfnised to give. Hurrahl Oh. motheri won't Miss Smith open her eyes when hand fin seven shining silver doilaFHi"
 "Sevenl Arc you going to gtvo seven, Ben?"
 earn the money for?''f
 That night it was very happy boy who sang the praises of Golden-egE Sue san in the ears of his father; and the next Sunday tt was a very much sur prised and pleased Sunday school teach or who heard the story and received the evidence of what Golden-egg Susan had contributed through Ben Mason to the happiness of two old peoplei
 POLLY EVANS
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TT osT of you poys and girls live
 M close enough to bodies of water Av4 to be able to put in practice what Tom Tit talks to you about today.
 When you reflect with Tom Tit that close to three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water. you will wonder with him If 1t is not true that about three e-fourths of the earth's won- ders are not floating or concealed under that great expanse of water.
 Let us experiment today with an ar ticle by means of which we may take . peep into the great concealed part of Natures storehouse and discover some of the curiosities floating there.
 Dan Beard calls this contrivance a 'swater telescope'-a very good word for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-29

it. It is made of either wood or metal, and when one end of it is partly sub merged you can plainly see objects in the water which are hidden from the naked eye. Indeed. you will be sur prised and delighted to ind how far and how much you can see under the water by this simple means. The fishermen of Norway would not make the use of 1t that they do if fl were not practical article that will disclose the presence of schools of fish. for instance.
 Now suppose we construct our water telescope out of wood. Take four boards --the longest you can get from your lumber yard--ten or twelve inches wide, and put them together to make long
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-29

reliable q hen as ever lived, faithfully mothering the chickens. and never forgetting to lay q nice. large egg in the nest provided by her young mas- ter.
 In due course of time the thirteen chickens grew to the spring -brotler stage, and ten of them went to Mir. Bates grocery at 70 cents apiece Seven doilars" proudly announced Ben, Jingling the silver coins in his pocket.
 Add to that the eight dozen eggs that Susan had laid
 And drawing 6 soiled memorandum slip from his pocket. Ben read on the entries aloud:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-29
FIREl FIREiEA GAME

~HOOSE two captains, let each NA choose up his line, an equal num-
 Der on each side.
 One captain starts the game by toss tng ball or bag to one of the oppos- ng line, crying one of the four words: Earth" Air" Fire" Water"
 If the other one is not expecting 1t, he will probably lose his wits, for be- fore ten has been counted he must an- swer with the name of some bird, if Air" has been called. or of some water ereStuxe # Water has been called. ors