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SOLID VOTE
OF the w. c. T. U. Members Degraded
"Peekaboo" Waists.

los Angelo, Calf. July 2S.-Peell
aboo waists and diaphanous clothing
mrst go. The Los Angeles w. c. T. T.
has SO decreed Members CT the local
union have declared themselves un
equivocally upon the subject The
fiat went forth yesterday. The death
kncll Of the dainty. alnring peek a.
boo waist and liaphanOus skirt was
sounded a; meeting of The union
held at the + rst Methodist Episcopal
church. The scene was an eXtraordi.
nary one. Every member present APP.
peared excited ever he isne, and by
a rising vote the Official lamp of dis
approval was placed up the waists
with lie almring apertures.
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Price OF Carrier Pigeons.

The cost of valuable pigeons. even
at auction sales. is higher than gen
orally supposed. Within a few weeks
80 pigeons OF the Coucke variety pro-
duced a total OF 3.772 francs. or Al
francs per head ON the average More
recently, according to NJ. Thauzles,
1856 pigeons belonging to NJ Hausenne,
OF VIEWERS, sold for $4,000 francs. or Il
francs each on the average Certain
subjects. where the competition was
lively. brought 24O. 300. 400. and even
$50 francs. A single amateur paid
the sum OF LASS francs Tor three
pigeons. After having read these facts,
hunters who so far forget themselves
as TO fire at carrier pigeons viii be
doubly eriminal.-La Nature.
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SHADOW OF DEETH|
In Case In Which Judge S. r. WifAeIsl'
Is Concerned--Ore Fatality and 4
Several Seriously III.

A writer in the ChicagoaaRec2f,l
Herald, sending special dispal cl
from Springfield under date Of ,hi,
2G, tries to make Ii appear thaR tht
recent severe Illness of Judge s. =
Wheeler was due to his connection
with a certain law s;::;. and he cites
Il chain OF circumstances which in
the minds Of some may justify the
conclusion He says;
Through the critical Illness of
Judge $. r. Wheeler OF this city. ia
revealed a ST nge chain Of fatalistic
circumstances involving those WHO'D
have been identified with the bank.
ruptcy proceedings brought two years
ago against J. s. Starr and Harry c..
Starr, AT that time prominent car,
riage and implement dealers at Deca,
fur. I fagic death. misfortune and at,
tacks Of illness that barely escaped
being fatal have befallen several con.
nected with the case, What will next
happen Is mater of concern to those
who know The history Of the liqpida
ton
After the Starr brothers had been
forced into bankruptcy Referee r. s.
Robinson to whom the case was re-
ferred. became Ill and was compelled
10 leave Springfield FOR his health A
short time late. Harry c. Starr the
younger brother in The Gaze, died. This
was followed by the tragic death Of
Isaac II Mills Of Decatur, attorney
for the s arrs. Mills, who was inlerna!
revenue collector lor thi. district at
the time, was killed in n wreck at Da
catur
THE next event came when Frank
ROby OF Decatur attorney for the De
catur National anF enc Of The largest
crc Il org, tainted and nearly fell ont
Of a Gye-stoiY window VIII lie arguing
the ease before Referee Robinson. He
was compelled to So away for his
health. and since has been a ply zeal
wreck. i
Matters then went on without m
toward event until a few weeks ago,
WHOM Judge Wheeler. attorney for the
trustee IN The ease. was suddenly ct
tackled with heart trouble. He wa
given up to die, bat Is now able. ,ta1
Walk abont ms room, -
with each ofsibese chapters The
hearing CT he case has been delayed, /
and II will he several months before
thu prlceedings$a concluded. The |
ca e is beng bitterly contested, and |
from every decision Of The referee |
In the ease seeks to recover 10000 |
which, il is alleged. was Illegally pa;n
over to certain creditors" 4~ 4
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Ola Ladx,s Suggestion Good.

Years ago In Vermont couatry
prayer meeting the various members
We're giving their experiences AMI les.
sons to b. learned from them, when
one old lady arose and In high
pitched, trembling voice. said: AS
were a comm thru the pastyer this
evening | saw an old COW a switchin
her tail to keep the lles off an |
Just thought TO myself II bshooves us
to switch our tails to keep the devil
OFF,"
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NaturaIly Interested.

Sir II. Z. Roscoe tells this story:
"sir Robert Ball on one occasion. after
delivering a lecture on Sun Spots and
Soar Chemistry. met young lsdy
who expressed her reeret that she
had missed hearing him on the pre-
vious evening Well. you see. he said.
I dent know that It would have in
terested YOU particularly, as It was all
about sun spots. Why, she replied.
1T would have interested me extreme
-, for have been martyr to
freckles all my life"
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an to deck herself with the results Of
cruelty and brutality is inconsistent
with Christian profession? There Is a
crying need that people In all the
churches should be told definitely and
specifically what applied Christianity
Is. Participation In crselty is a sin
from which processing Christians are
far from being exe,ppt and it consti-
tutes serious and well-groanded
cause for criticism among outsiders
who are humane They laugh at q
Christianity which harps continually
on Gods mercy 10 US, but says little
or nothing about the mercy which we
in consequence should show to every
living creature Can the Justice OF
this criticism be denied?
MARY f. LOWELL,
Secretary of American Humane Assoeia
ton.
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Boy Sadly Hurt.

foung John Bentley. ten years Old
was throwl from pony on Twelfth
street yesterday morning and badly
injured. He was picked up uncon.
clos with his face and head badly
lgscerated and some of his front
teeth knocked ont. He is The son
OF Mrs. Maud Bentley of Poplar
street The pony belonged 10 Fred
Stohr and is gentle ordinarily but was
bitten by a dog on this occasion
which caused him 10 throw the. rider.
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| MANNER OF BRACING SIDE SILL.
| its construction are given by the st
Louis Globe Democrat as follows!
IL is IL feet above the ground and
is reached by a straight or a rope lad
! der, which may be hauled up after tho
| occupants are at home.
Select two good trees 10 or ~ feet
apart, with trunks not less than /.
inches in diameter Twelve feet above
tho ground cut laps In the trunks, az
shown in Fig /, so a cross timbat
eight inches wide and two inches thici.
can be spiked securely to the trunk, az
shown in Fig. ..
These cross timbers are eight feel
long and near each end notches are
cut, as shown at Fig "a, 50 the ends
OF the braces, BIB, will nit into then,
and spike or two will hold the part
together.
There is more Of the timber ON one
side of the trunk than on the other
because there is landing at the from,
of the house two feet wide. Below TIL
braces, BIB, a plate of wood is spike
fast to each trunk to lend additional
anchorage, as you can see in Fig. 2
The cross timbers aud braces are ar.
ranged at the inside Of the trunks
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union can be made more secure than
two round surfaces bound together.
A rope ladder can be made from
hickory rungs and rope little stouter
than a clothes line, as shown in Fig
5. Each rung Is cut away near each
end SO the rope will lie snugly to the
stick: then two lines of rope extend
down each side, and are securely
lashed with stout cord and tieds fire.
quently, SO there will be no slipping.
Loops made at the top of each line
OF rope can be dropped over stout
wooden pegs driven at the edge of the
platform, as shown at the right side
of Fig g.
The advantage of this rope ladder Is
that when the owners or occupants Of
the house are within the ladder may
be raised and undesirable callers can
be excluded
A cot or bunk may be constructed
across the back of the hut, and if one
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arrstry aana.

The pretty hlnd has charm that Is
second TO the lharm OF a pretty face.
The pretty habd should have charac-
Yer IL shoafdfbe graceful and express
sive. significant Of something besides
pTettiness II should be firm. and II
may be brown or white. but never red
OF notified. II may BE- dimpled. but Il
should net be pudgy and softly Fat like
cushion. A hand Of this sort sug-
gssts habbiness OF nature. undevelop-
mont and helplessness.
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or two boys want to sleep here over
night an old mattress and a pair OF
blankets will make that pleasure pos
sibe.
| Some crude furniture may be con-
Btructed from pieces of boards with
| steel wire nails or screws for the fas-
Jennings.
Lap joints should be made so as to
insure stronger union and not allow
the furniture to rack easily.
The bench shown in the drawing Is
IL inches high. l2 inches wide and "a
inches long.
The two ends are made from three
pieces of board. then braced with two
diagonal sticks at each side.
The chair is l6 inches high to top
of seat, the seat is Is inches square
and the back is 80 inches high from
the floor. All the framework, legs.
rails and braces are OF wood three
inches wide and seyen-eighths of an
Inch thick, and securely held together
with clineh nails or screws.
Bench sets may be built along the
sides OF the hut, or chairs can be used
instead. This twin tree house is more
secure than one built la single tree;
1t is easier TO construct and the two
trees make 1t possible to anchor IL
more securely as well as to construct
Il on a larger scale. Tree houses sim
liar to this have been built by boys all
over the country, and each sunlmer
The tree hut is becoming more popular,
Cor 1t can be used from year TO year
With but little labor spent on repairA
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Cleaning window Glass.

TO thoroughly clean window class
pass diluted sulphuric acid. abou; as
strong as vinegar. over ii, and let 1t act
a moment. then throw ON just enough
pulverizsd whiting TO give on hiss
ing sound. directs the Master Painter
Rub both over the pane with the hand
and polish with a drv rag. Rinse with
clear water and little alcohol. polish
dry and clean. Treat both sides Of the
glass in the same way.
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clncinnati IN EarlY Dave

Cincinnati was long conspicuous for
pork packing and its trade In hog
products before the industry moved
farther west and found It's center IN
Chicago There was a-ttHet when
Cincinnati might also have been called
Porkopolis because of the nGmber OF
swine in its streets and their exceed
ing confidence in their right to the
Sidewalks
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he total population Of six of tbs
even wards Of the city Is 12.S28
While tho total population of the
whole city in 1900, accord 'ng to the
census that year was but 1866
or 2C2 less,
The population of the Seven b
ward can be estimated from the vote
cast in 1905, which was 897 Ordin4r-
TX 3six to one is the ratio on the voti
ng population, but this ratio does not
seeM 10 be borne ont in HE ski otheF
war'lsFc { this city. AT a ratio of II
| yh Oh Is conservative the Seventh
ward VIII show a population of Is
485, which added TO the l2,S2S showb'
in the six other wards gives us 1873
which Is probably as nearly correct
.as a census can be and shows the
enormous Increase off 4,7i7 in six
.yearc. ~ about 80 per cent.
II viii be observed that the per-
,efniage of school population is com.
'fdfatively small in the FIRST and Secs
.aplsm wards, which are the business
wards. and that it grows larger as we
30 farther mp in the city.
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End of the Experiments.

sfBerzelius. the Swedish chemist made
most or his laboratory experiments in
his Kitchen with the cook. Anna, rs his
only assistant What is your master?'
asked one of his neighbors. oh, he is
a chemist" What's that? What does
he do?" We'll, will tell you, He
has something in big bottle, then
he pours 1t into smaller one. and
then again into quite a tiny bottle,
Well and what then happens to it?'
"Oh, then throw il away"
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Dances of Indians.

Ghost and snake dances are not so
frequent as formerly. although In the
Indian territory white men are some
times permitted to view such spec
tac.n3 In tie ghost dance performers
art, fantasti ally arrayei, and the
dance itself is supposed to be an APP
peal to the higher powers for protec-
ton, for aid in some contemplated en-
terprise or to ward OFF famine and
dronglt
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BIG GAIN.
IN POPULATION SINCE 1900 AS
SHOWN BY THE SCHOOL Eli
CENSUS.
SIX OF the Seven Wards Show 1862
More People Than the Entire
City Contained Six Nyt
Years Ago.

Cairo has approximately eighteen
thousand population. This much is
apparent from the school census on
which Prof Clendenen has been en-
Gagged for some weeks past Yester
day The professor had concluded his
work in the Sixth ward, and the Sew
zenith ward, the last and largest in the
city will receive his attention this
week.
Bat the six wards show a very de-
clded increase over the government
CENSUS of 1900 The six wards alone
show a population Of 2G2 greater than
this census gave us and the biggest
ward in the city is all increase, in ad-
dilion to that. The figures for the six
wards. as ascertaihed by Professor
Clendenen, together with the votes Of
the wards in 1904 for president and IN
1905 for mayor. are given in the fol
lowing table:
Pres TN BE.
Vote Vote ent der tween
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lNDU51RY&@Rz,
80 - q NEcHAElRs
A TREE HOUSE.
Directions for Building a Most At.
tractive and Commodious One
for Summer Use.

Almost every boy has built hut at
some time or another. whether 1t was
OF boards, brush, tree boughs or straw
thafthed between rushes that were
gathered from the marshes. Huts and
houses In the woods are always inyit
Ing retreats for boys, and many happy
hours are often spent in them during
Saturdays or vacation time. One OF
the most interesting retreats to own is
tree house built high enough to be
inaccessible to the outsiders, but not
too high for comfort In getting up OF
down. A house Of this kind Is shown
In the drawing, and 1t is securely con-
structed between two trees of substan
tial size to bear 1t and not rack il
when the wind blows. The details OF
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Pottery of vanlshed People.

Beneath tie soil OF the South Amer
lean republic OF Colombia there have
Just been brought to light some re
markable buried treasures In the line
OF curious aniinal-shaped pottery, each
incised and made Of black clay. These
specimens are perhaps the only ves-
flges left of the vanished empire Of
the Chibehas. which ilourished in this
region In pre- Spanish times.
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hickory rungs dashed fast to them with
strong twine. bound round the joint,
as shown at Fig. T.
The rungs must be fiattened also
less than one and one-quarter inches
In thickness. The size of the saplings
used for side rails will depend on the
length OF the ladder. but at distances
of II Inches apart the wood Is cut
away slightly to make a HAT place for
the rung to lie against.
The rungs must be flattened also
where they touch the side rails, so the
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A N0TRE DAME LADY.

win send free, withfnll instructions, some
Of this simple. prspasaioA fort Mes .snrs 81
ing OF the woubs, scanty or I.sinfni Periods,
rumors or Growths Hot Flash Desire 20
Cry, Creeping feeling up the >pins, Pain n
the Back. and all Female Tronbles, 20 all
daughters ! will explain a sue Q sfal Home
IRE atnent II you decide to co iInue It viii
only cost about IL cents week to guarantee q
cure. Tell other sufferers OF IL thsi Is all Ask
II you are interested write now and tell your
suffering friends OF il Address Mrs. Al
Summers, Box i05 Notre Dame. Ind.
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end stops at the hinge side. The roof
Of the house is made from matched
boards and afterward covered with a
thickness or two Of tarred paper and
painted to make il watertight
The platform OF landing outside the
house ~ the FROM is protected al one
end with q rail made from tNo-inch
square spruce The ladder Is made
ssom Two straishi pine sapliHgs. with
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aANkER's SON
Has Disappeared and is Thought t.
Be Derarssd. taa

Houston. Tex. July 2s.-Ioke Nc.
A. han. son of j f. MeAshan. a
prominent banker Of this city, and ex
pre- sidcnt of the Texas Blankets asso-
citation. who disappeared from the
University of Texas Law School last
SUNDAY is believed 10 be wander ne
over he country temporarily DE-
ranged. on account of his intense ap
plicatjoh - hi studie The mi ssitg
youth is q nephew OF HolIe Smith. Of
Georgia. -f fyt-.
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Nautical Neta.

A young lady. who had no kilowleige
OF nautical phrases, asked ff.ead:
DO you know, often wonder WIZ
ship has TO weigh It's anchor every
time II leaves portf The answer OF
her friend vas not Illuminating well
--er-the weight is constantly chang
ing. you kr1w. because Of the-er-
binnacles and things that accumulate
on the anchor,"
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Sd Fnrth 60 ents 81 ...atioa.

Tests made In Londol she's that the
electric traction lines VI that city set
In motion earth currents OF electricity
which can be distinctly recorded by
delicate Instruments in the Kew OBJ
seryatory. six miles distant from the
lines OF the electric railroads The
marks made upon a ssnsitive surface
are so plain that they form a virtual
time table Of the electric traction
lines.
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How TO Dry Wet shees.

Never expose leather to the extreme
heat of a fire. or 1t will become hard
and liable TO crack. Shoes and boots
should be dried at safe distance from
the fire. but 10 expedite the process
they may be filed with oats The
damp of the leather viii be absorbed
by the oats. which may be dried and
put away again for future use.
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To Clean Piano KEYS.

One of the best-known agents for
cleaning and restoring the color OF
plano keys Is alcohol Dsmpen soft
cloth with the alcohol and wipe on the
keys. rubbing with the grain. Dry
with a soft linen or flannel cloth II
piano keys are exposed TO the sunlight
occasionally they will keep their color
much better
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facing each other, as shown in the
drawing OF the frame.

facing each other, as shown in thu
drawing OF the frame.
BE careful to get both crossbars thu
same height from the ground, or 5,
that a beam laid across them will be-
level. Obtain FIVE spruce poists two by
four inches and place them on edge
across the timbers, as shown in the
drawing of the frame. Spike these Sc
eurely to the tree timbers, then lay q
flooring of six inch matched boards
as the drawing will show.
OF two-inch square spruce sticks con.
struct frame six feet and six inches
high at the front, five feet ten inches
at the back, and arrange a middle rail
on all sides against which 10 nail the
sheathing boards, as you can see In the
drawing. The sheathing can be of six
inch matched boards that may be pur-
chased at a lumber yard for three and
half or four cents a square foot:
tLey should be planed on one side. or
IL they can be had with two. planed
surfaces IL will greatly improve the
interior appearance of the hut.
A sash containing small panes of
glass and a door can be had at the
mill but IN the donr
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Customers Carefully washed.

The following is the advertisement
Of a Japanese who takes in washing:
Contrary 70 our opposite company.
re siil most clearly and carefully
wash oar customers with possible
cheap prices a. follows: Ladies. two
dollars per hundred: ssntlsnsn. one
and . half dollars per hundrsd"
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PRESIDENT REELECTED.

Boston. Mas July 2S.-George F.
Cotterill. Of Seattle. was reelected
national Gland Chief Templar al to-
days sessicn II the National Grand
Lodge Of the independent Order Of
Good TelnpIars.
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ADDITIONAL CITY BRIEFS,
Appendix Removed.

VIM. Thompson. of Elco. aged &c
years. was operated upon for append,
hitis yesterday afternoon at St Mary's
lnhrmary by Drs Gordon McNemer
and Dugean The operation was sue.
ces ful. the young man seeming 10
rest very comfortably at last accounts.
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A Lake with Tides.

The small lake Of Sewalik. in Alas
ks. has regular tides. probably due to
underground connection with the nea.
and the water Of the bottom is salt
while thai Of the surface IL fresh-
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Is too expensive
one can be made
from boards and
battens, as shown
at Fig. 3, which Is
an inside view. The
top and bottom bat
tens are within six
inches Of the ends
Of the door. and
the top OF the dag
Onal strip extending
between battens be-
gins at the lock
side and the lower
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To have your advertisement read
~ the greatest number Of peopls Il
ust sppes: In The Bulletin-
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Bulletin ads payT ASK any meTs
chant that has used its columns durias
re past year.
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Two pints Of milk make one quart.
SAYS an exchange So do eBe pint of
milk and eae pin; q eAtsr-
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BOMB FELL
From ~ Il" TT in Int 4 cfowj-oik
Hen Badly Injured. %

New Y0r'; July 2S-Six men weir
injured tonight by the explos On AZ
sixteenth street and Third avenue u
a bomb believed 10 hare been throYh
from an elevated tie.n. The explosion
took place in a group OF about hun
dred plumbers wi3 were standing n
front Of Tents hall waiting fo- a
meeting to begin All the injured who
sustained cuts aad hTa;ses from frag-
ments OF the bomb --ere taxi n 10 Bel
IeFue hospital
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Totals 22os 2599 l2.s2S 1920 1888
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Pres I'm BE.
Vote Vote ent der tween
Wards 1904 1905 Pop 81 C & u
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-28

to let him know he was up against 1t
right close up against it, so you
couldn't see daylight between 'em.
You're 25,' I says, and you play the
best game of pool, I'm told, of any
OF the ehappies in that Father Made
the-Money club you got into,' 1 says;
but I've looked it up l says, and
there amt really what you could call
any great future for pool champion,
I says, and if you're ever going to
learn anything else, it's time you was
at it, says. Now you go back home
and tell the manager to set you to
work. I says, and your wages won't
be big enough to make you interesting
to any skirt-dancer, either says.
And you make study of the hog from
the ground up. Exhaust his possibili-
ties just like your father done, and
make a man of yourself, and then
some time says, you'll be able to
give good medicine to cub of your
own when he needs it."
"And how did poor Henry take all
that?"
"Well, Hank squealed at first like
he was getting the knife; but finally
when he see he was up against it, and
especially when he see how this girl
and her family throwed him down the
elevator shaft from the tenth story,
why, he come around beautifully. He's
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-28

But spring Is not all or lie, nor wnal
at once chiefly concerns us. There are
people to be noted; little series of
more or less related phenomena to be
observed.
one of the people, young man,
stands conveniently before a florists
window, at that hour when the sun
briefly Pushes this narrow canyon of
Broadway from wall to wall.
He had loitered along the lively high
way an hour or more, his nerves tin
Cling responsibility to all it's stimuli.
And now he mused as he stared at the
tangled tracery Of ferns against the
high bank of wine-red autumn foliage,
the royal cluster Of white chrysanthe-
NUNS and the big jar of American
Beauties.
He had looked forward to this mo-
ment, too-when he should enter that
same door and order at least an arm
full of those same naughty roses sent
to an address his memory cherished.
Yet now, the time having come, the
zest for the feat was gone. It would
be done; it were ungraceful not to do
1t, after certain expressions; but it
would be done with no heart because
OF the certain knowledge that no one
at least no one to be desired-could
possibly care for him, or consider him
even with interest for anything but
his money-the same kind of money
Higbea mado hv n11rvovinp hornc
land she wouldn't care in the least
whether it was mine or Higbee's, so
there was lot of It,"
TO BE CONTINUED.(