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of being able TO entertain one who was
to all appearances her social equal
'eToo much of load for a gal like
you to carry" said the man, nodding at
the basket with his head.
NO, it amt said Jane, with a curl
of her lip, as though the basket of wash
ing we're only tenth part of the load
sh, could carry if she had a mind to
exert herself.
III lend We am" said the man.
"Goin' fare
"Ony to the top O the lane" said Jane,
setting her basket down so that the man
could take one of the handles.
Up to the vicarage."
"Humphi" said the man as he took
the nearest handle, and, having ascer-
tanned that Jane was holding her own
end firmly, started off. Il know the
vicarage. 10 class up there. Engages me
last week to plant some potatoes for i'm
/ d cot one row done. an e comes out
AMI SEES. 'Gorblessmisoul,' he ses, you bin
an only planted EN- six inches apart. l
always plants mine ten inches apart
e ses. Well l ses, that's where We
differ cause they didn't ought to be
planted no more'n six inches apart
'Yo got to alter EN-, ses e. 'Nothink O
the kind. ses.''
I'VE on'y plants ours six inches apart,
sail Jane, displaying a sympathetic in
terost in the adventure.
80 does everybody what's got sense" -
agreed the man. But the parson wouldn't
give in. If you ain't goin' to do as you're
tot, e says, you can go So l SEES,
Wen, If | amt told Urinary common
sense l ses, az amt likely as I'm goln
to do it. 4 don't want no back answers
fro.A YOU e SEES. It's my belief e SEES,
'you're one of these loatin' codgers that
won't work properly, not IL you got the
chance .Ho" | ses. steppin' up TO i'm;
'sa that agen guv'nor, L SEES. But e
never said 1t agen. E just offered me n
shillin for what I'd done and told me
ia clear out. ] told i'm e could keep is
H. :, though, as It 'appens. I've wanted
if pretty bad since then. But that's the
worst o me. I've got such quick tenn
per and I'm up in a minnit."
"Tain't no good,p said Jane, philisoph-
ically.
.erhat's right, my gal, it amt: but you
don't think O. these things till afterwards.
An now I'm lookin' out for another job.
See?'
"vrhat's your worll?'' asked Jane lit
tie hesitatingly, as IL she feared such
question savored of unwarrantable in
quisitiveness.
"Meg' said the man. "Oh! l can turn
m. and TO most anythink. ] can do
bit o. gardenn' and bit O carpenterin'-
msda a cawiin for an ole gent that died
las. week--neat bit O work. You could
'aI ate your dinner off it,
lane shuddered a little. as If the merits
of a coffin that was readily convertible
into n dinner table rallied to appeal to
her sense of the aesthetic. BY this time
they had arrived at the vicarage. Having
delivered the washing. she returned to
the lane and found herself feeling quite
pleased to notice that hsr new friend
was waiting for her.
Are you 'ungry?' were the first words
with which she greeted linn, the re-
suit of reflections that she had made on
the vicaiage doorstep.
Tho man hesitated. and for moment
pressed his lips together. Then he said.
with Il husky laugh: NO. ~ course not.
Why, shoud / be-
You are 'ungry.'' replied Jane. sur
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prised a little at her own daring in
| presuning to contradict him so fatty.
"Nfell-what il ] am? | can take care
| o. myself, can't I?p he said.
| They walked along together in silence.
Jane had been going to say something,
but she found it necessary to keep her
lips tightly compressed to prevent them
from auivering. AS they came near the
Megson establishment, however. she con-
| trolled herself and said:
You'll wait ere minnit for me, wont
| yer? I'm comm out agen."
The man looked at her curiously and
then shrugged his shoulders. Jane ran
indoors and found her supper awaiting
her-a platefuf of cold meat and several
thick slices of bread Hastily slipping
the cold meat between a couple of the
slices, so that the result was a substan-
tial sandwich. she returned to the gar
den gate. you've got to take this she
said, in a tone the firmness of which
surprised even herself. The man blinked
his eyes moment and drew away hesl-
tatingly Jane at once deposited the sand
witch or the gate post and stepped back.
IF you don't ave it," she said, with a
faint smile, the birds'll get it, that's
all"
The man stepped forward and took the
sandwich tenderly, as if it had been some
fragile thing of priceless worth.
You're a good 'un," he said. whats
yer Nance"
"Jane-Jane Wragg.a she answered sim
ply What's yours?f'
Me? Oh. I'm Bob widely he said.
Lives t'other side o Greenhurst-when
lives anywheres.'
Are you comm by ere agen?" Jane
asked
"Tomorrow-p'rap Bob answered.
Depends il ! sit job"
"All right. Goo bye said Jane lacon-
caly. as she became at length a little
frightened at the bold step she had taken
in 80 far encouraging this strange fell
low
Goo bye" he answered. and slouched
off. Jane, peepng through the hedge after
him, smiled as she saw me ferocity with
which he attacked the huge sandwich,
thus confirming her suspicious that he
had been hungry-very hungry-after all
And she went back to her supper--noW
Unite to bread and cheese-with feel
ing of satisfaction that was new TO. her.
All her life she had depended on the
charity of others; today some one had
depended on her own. For the first time,
too, fellow creature OF the opposite
sex had appeared to take real inter-
est in her. True. he was poor specimen,
but he was too near James own level for
her to be greatly struck by his ex
IRENE dilapidation. She had not
seer the rags and CRIME so much
as the indication of the great heart
they seemed to cover; and as philoso-
piers know, the eye sees what it loks
for and not always what is there
a day or so later Jane had helped
Bob Widely to find some carpenters work
with local builder, and soon after that
Bob was wealthy enough to buy beau
tiful yellow neckerchief with her spots
on it, which gave him quite dashing
appearance, though mis- habit of shaving
only once a week took off little of
the dash as Saturday drew near.
In fine spirit Of emulation Jane,
who had no pennies for decorative haber-
dashery. took to washing her face with
greater regularity and thoroughness as
her own contribution to the mutual inn
provement. On being pressed by Mrs.
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| Megson for the reason OF this whole
some change Jane confessed that there
was a gentleman in the case. but, as
she was unable to state positively that
her gentleman was a regular attendant
of the local chapel. Mr.. Megson could
not see her way to offering Jane any
encouragement in this new enterprise
On the following Sunday, however,
Jane who had opened negotiations with
Bob in the interval, was able to proudly
draw Mrs. Megson's attention to the fact
that the gentleman in the large yellow
and red neckerchief was"him.' Bob
certainly was there. listening intently
for the first time TO the story of the
flood; and Mr.. Megson took the oppor-
tunity after the service Of inquiring of
one of the pew openers whether anything
was known of the new convert. Appar-
entity nothing was known beyond the
fact that on being told to take his hat
off on entering the chapel he had resent
ed the suggestion, and had shown sigis
of wanting to fight about it.
1t subsequently transpired, however,
that Bob had not objected so much to
removing his hat as to the abrupt man
ner In which the request had been made.
He explained to Jane, when she men,
toned the matter, that he only wanted
to be asked as a gentleman to respect
recognized customs. and he would at
once comply; but he wasn't going 10 be
talked TO short and uncivil-ike by any
body.
Two days after that Jane set out, as
usual with a wheelbarrow fun of wash
ing for delivery AS she came out of the
garden gate, she looked up the road and
down the road, and then a slight frown
settled on her brow. 1t had been no
unusual thing for Bob TO be waiting
close at hand, SO that he might push
tho harrow for her and talk to her of his
experiences during the days work This
evening, however, he was not there, al
though Jane had left her errand till the
last possible moment for fear of being
too early to meet him.
He could not have been kept so late
as this at the workshop, and vague,
disouieting fear came to Jane that ner
new friend might have already tired of
ber She looked at her shabby frock,
clumsy patched and darned in dozen
places and wondered If her poverty had
frightened him away. Then she remem-
bered that his own appearance did not
suggest affluence, to say the least, and
she dismissed as improbable the idea
that he could have forsaken her for
fault that was equally apparent In him
self. What, then, was keeping him?
As Jane turned out of the road onto
the common a distinct feeling that she
was about to find the answer came upon
her Some twenty or thirty yards away
on the bench outside of the little ale
house of the village, two men were en-
gagged In a heated debate, and even as
lane looked they came to blows In a
moment she recognized that the man who
was getting the worst of the scuffle was
Rob Widely. her friend and admirer.
Leaving her barrow, she dashed over to
the alehouse and just succeeded in drag
ging Bob away from his opponent as the
affair was beginning to assume serious
proportions.
You told me as you was goin' to give
up fghtin,'" she said reproa chfnlly az
he shambled along by her side with his
hand TO his right eye.
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so I should ha DONE" said Bob a lit
tie sulenly as without waiting To be
asked. he commenced TO push the bar
of yards, however, before the sense OF
the wrong under which he was smartns
became too much for him.
Look, ere my gal" he said. dropping
the barrow suddenly, "this is 'ow 1t
was: l was tellin i'm about Noah's ark.
same as what they talked about in your
chapel, see? Then that Teller gifts up
and SEES. e ses. oh, | don't believe in
no Noahs ark e SEES. Oh. don't YER |
SEES We'll. as it appens, | card Teller
tellin' us all about 1t ON sunday That
don't make no difference 10 me- e ses;
4 don't believe there never was no
Noah's ark We'll, that got my back
up, cause | cant clip befn' a bit quick
tempered like at times IIo! ! SEES, say
that agent An e said it agen. an |
up an 1t i'm a sosher, cause | ain
gon' to ave nobody sayin' things like
that to me, an we was just settlin' 1t
when you come up. There was Noah $
ark, warnt there?"
90 course there was" assented Jane.
"Then what do a Teller like that want
to go and say as there warn't for?' said
Bob, speaking loudly aud looking toward
the alehouse as if he regarded james
Confederation as sufficient authority
for the renewal of hostilities. :" Ere,
come back an tell him so"-and he took
her by the arm.
But she said appeailngly: You might
clip me to SHOVE the barrier. Besides,
got something to tell yer. Mr.. Megson
says as 'ow you can come to dinner
on Sunday If you like"
No. said Bob incredulously. To him,
apparently, the Megsons represented a
higher stratum of society than he had SO
far aspired to, and the fact that he was
to be all at once the guest of people
whose responsibility was beyond ques-
ton. was naturally, a little staggering.
He pushed the barrow along vigorously
for a minute or two so that Jane. UNI
accustomed to such a rapid pace. was
almost obliged TO run In order to keep
up with him. All at once ne stopped
short.
Jane, my GAL" he said
Yes" replied Jane, looking at him at
tentively.
Look 'ere,' continued Bob: you're y
good sort and | amt alf bad when they
leaves me alone. Supposn' me an you
was to git married."
"Ohi" exclaimed Jane. For days past
she had been nursing up vague iuca
that a proposal of marriage must be the
necessary outcome of this strange friend
ship. but now .hat 1t had come with such
shocking precipitancy she found herself
almost disposed to resent 1t.
The notion that had recently come TO
her that she was OF Importance to some
body at least had given rise to dreams
of the future, and the dreams had led
her to frame an ideal OF ncr own; she
would be wooed and won with tender
persistency, and would watch with IA
loving interest the gradual making OF
the little nome that on It's completion
would he presented to her life tribute laid
at the feet of "A queen. And Bob's abrupt
methods had dissipated the dream so
disastroasls.
We'll. my gal he said. noticing her
hesitation. why not?"
eve Amt got ny money to git married
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! on" explained Jane. AN you amt even
/ got a reg'ler job"
"Oh, that's nothn'," Bob protested
81 can coon git Il bit o money together
I'm a good worker if people'll only let
me alone and I'm worth good wages 10
| ANYBODY. I'll begin tomorrow. dessay
you're right in way. Don't you worry.
| Wen leave it for week or two ana
| you'll see what ! can do.
"ru clip yer all can said Jane en-
couragensly
THAT'S right" said Bob. I'm he down
at the shop early tomorrer and show the
i guv'nor I'm worth what e gives me, an
more And I'll be at chapel on Sunday
and walk ONE with you. That's it, amt
| it?''
ON sunday morning. day or SO aiie
| tbis meeting. Jane sat in her place in the
| little chanel. watching fer Bob's arrival
and fearing that he might be late and so
lose the favor with which Mrs Messon
was disposed to regard him,
He entered the door, however with a
good two minutes to spare. but, contrary
to his usual practice did not look over
IN the corner where Jane and the Meg
sons sat. There was an unusually deli
ant look in his face. and once as he col
! lded slightly with a well-to-do 'trddes-
man in the aisle as both We're proceeding
| TO their places, Jane saw HIM step aside
abruptly and fash an angry glance az
! fine worthy man. as If 10 intimate that
more wound be heard of the affair Ter
on.
! When the service was over Bob's re-
| marks afforded distinct clew to his III
usually resentful attitude that morning.
Things had he explained TO Jane on the
WAY home. gone a bit wrong at the work
| shop.
eyer see" lie said, 1t amt my fault,
I'm all right as long as they don't git at
me. | done my work yesterday, and
SEES to the guv'nor that he oughter pay
/ me morn twelve bob a week now, seem
as | were worth more. Instead o which
e gifts quite uppy about it. To! SEES e,
/ that's your game, is 1t? Why, C ses,
| 4 could find a hoy at seven hob a week
/ TO do what you're doin. Take bit o
nndin'.' ses. oh! no. not at all e
! SEES. Pick EN- up anywheres.' e ses.
Well, then ! got bit uppy myself and
| SEES. that's enough o mat Ere's yer
wages and you can GO. III go ! ses:
I no fear about that SEES. but you
| keep a civil tongue In your 'ead-thafs
all asks And then e never said no
more. He give me my wages. and
! cleared out
Then you've lost your job?" sasped
Jane.
! Don't you bother about that, my gal,
said Bob. "Thatn be all right. III soon
[ find another You'll see. But | amt goin
] to ave people talkin' to me like that
/ see! Nobody couldn't stand IT,"
/ Jane sighed. and the rest of the walk
, home was accomplished in silence. Bob
welcomed graciously by the Megsons.
| took his seat at tho dinner table. and
while Mrs Megson and Jane were ar
ranging the prelmlnaries he conyersed
witt Mr.. Megson.
| lie introduced himself a. one Of the
! best workmen in the country, who had
| been "a little unfortunate owing to a
! constitutional lnabiit. 10 tolerate lnjus-
, tice and oppression? He added. however
! that under the soflenlng influence Of
| James encouragement he Was becoming
: moro docle and expected In a years time
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Troubles of the Ancients.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Perseus had cut OFF the head of Me-
dusa.
speaking OF snake stories. he
said. throwing the head. with its
wriggling serpents. into bag. II
guess that will hold yon for awhile
hut the appalling realization of what
he had done did not burst upon him
until he discovered that his hasty deed
had turned Pegasus loose upon tho
world.
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CUTICURA CURES IN TWO
WEEKS AT COST OF 75c.

II feel It my duty to parents Of other
poor suffering babies to tell you what
Cuticura has done for my little daughter.
She broke out all over her body with q
humor, and we used everything recon-
mended, hut without results. / called in
three doctors, they all claimed they could
help her, but she continued to grow
worse. Her body was a mass Of sores,
and her little face was being eaten
away. Her ears looked as II they
would drop of. Neighbors advised me
to get Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and
before / had used half Of the cake Of
Soap and box Of Ointment the sores had
all healed, and my little ones face and
body were as clear as newborn babes.
/ would not be without it again If it
cost five dollars, instead Of seventy-hve
cents, which is all ii cost US to cure
our baby, after spending many dollars
on doctors and medicines without any
benefit whatever. Mrs. George j.
Gteese. 701 Coburn St., Akron, Ohio.
Aug. 80, 1906"
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No Pnradiaa for Roman.

SO far as legal rights are con-
cerned, Texas Is not the married
woman's paradise. A married
woman has no property of her own.
If she earns anything her husband
can collect and spend IT, He can
sQuander her inheritance or gamble
away her estate. Not long since, re-
ports the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch
woman whose drunken husband had
deserted her bought a sewing machine
on the installment plan and proceed
ed to make a living for herself and
several small children. The hus-
band discovered the fact and the
terms Of the bargain and, the day
before the agent was to call for the
second payment, went to the bank
where the wife had deposited her lit
tie savings for this purpose, wrote a
check and drew every dollar as her
manager"
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LAND FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
State Aid Plan for Groups Of Men to
Be Tried in Aus
tralia.


Washington - Consul Cooling, OF
Newcastle, reports an Australian plan
to provide for the unemployed. 1t
relates to Queensland province, and
the scheme is thus summarized:
Suitable farming land is provided
by the government for groups Of men
and their families that will ultimately
form village settlements; but they are
not to be cooperative, each settler will
stand or fall on his own merits. Gov
ernment overseers will guide and in
struct the settlers for two years, and
the house erected for their use can
be used as a public hall or school
Plain rations, implements, small
stock OF cows, poultry, etc, roofing
material, water tanks, etc, will be
supplied for the first year. This will
all be charged as loan and must be
eventually refunded to the state. The
men will first be taken on six months
probation and may cultivate what
crops they choose, and every encour-
agement Will be given to enable the
thrifty man to bes>cme the owner OF
his land.
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The idea of utilizing old horse tram
way cars for consusoptive patients has
been carried into practical operation
IN Leith. In a field with southern
exposure near the Pilton Hospital for
Infectious Diseases. four old carr have
been stationed. Very little has been
done 10 them. Merely the window
glass has been knocked out on the
south SIDE and one OF the seats fitted
up for two hunks On the top Of the
cars the fixed seats are cleared on
and garden chairs placed ready for
the patients when the weather is suf-
ficiently favorable to allow OF them
sitting without shelter.--London Hos
pital.
When Poison Hzs Been Taken.
In case of poisoning, empty the
stomach at once, using as an emetic
mustard in lukewarm water, a table
spoonful of mustard to a cup of water.
salt and water, same proportions, OF
cold water ad libitum. The mechan-
fcal resource would be thrusting the
finger in the throat or tickling It with
a feather An enema frequently acts
quicker than an enetic Ia emptying
the stomach and bowels. The next
thing is to give antidotes. lime water
scraped from the walls II you can't
get hold Of any other form quickly;
magnesia, whiting, rice water, wood
ashes, all are effective, but get your
doctor on the spot as quickly as possi-
bic and follow his directions Re
member, IN all these Instances preven-
ton Is FAR better than cure.
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al In the City Of ttuitA, 40 SHOWN py tAe OH
cial map of said CITY.
A plat o. which ia provement district 4 here
with sebmifted and ordered fled with the city
clark and % which plat references Z hereby mAdf
49, IN That the said Illinois Avenue from the
East line Of Vann Street y the East line q
Thompson Street. and all Of Wilson Street from
the North line of Canadian Avenue % the south
line OF 6equqyah Avenue, BE- and the same are
hereby ordered Improved az follows
The same shall Be exeayated p the prop
er depth ~ comply with the grade already
established or which may hereafter be estnb-
lished BY tho city council, shall be paved.
guftored and eurbs shall be constructed there
On and sidewalk shall be built thereon and
there along, all b conform 10 the established
grade as now fixed OK A. may hereafter pe hx-
"a BY the city council of the city Of Flnita, In
dian Territory.
See. 3. That the said improvements shall Be
made and the cost Of suel gradin9, paving, curb
Ing guttering and sidewalk construction shall be
paid by special assessment against the abutting
property, and in the case Of street Intersections
and street and alley Intersections and crossings
the cost Of grading and paving thereof shall be
paid By assessment against the city Of Finita
said assessment 70 be made 70 aa to require each
lot parcel Of land to bear the cost of such grad
Ing. paving, eurbing gnsteripg and sidewalk con
atructiou 80 far as the abuts thereon, and ia
the ease of street intersections and street and al
ley Intersections aud crossings the cost Of grad
ing and paving thereof shall be apportioned %
tho city 0f Vinita In accordance with the Act Of
Congress approved April 70, 1906 hereinbefore
referred To- and the.ordlnance Of The city Of VIM
"a, No. 2s7; Provided.that the city shah not be
liable for eurbing or sidewalks.
Sec. a. That the aggregate amount Of said
special assessments, and also the assessment
on each abutting lot or parcel Of land 70 be
assessed as aforesaid, shall be divided into
instalIlnents, and each of said installmeigts
shall bear interest at therAte Of six per ceutum
per annum according TO law until paid. And for
tho purpose Of anticipating the collection Of
tho inathilment4 0f said heanesmente, improve
mBnt script or certificates ahall be issued and
sold aa provided BY law and the ordinance Of
the city Of Yinita, No. 237
Sec That all ordinances on parts Of ordi1-
ances IN conflict with the provisions Of this
ordinanoe be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
See. 9. That this ordinance shall be In full
force and effect from and after It's passage, ap-
proval and publication.
Passed and approved this 7th day Of March,
1907. EDW. SHANAHAN, Mayor.
Attests H. M. PROBAHCO,
City Clerk.
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Vinita, Ind. Ter February 70, 1907.
To any Bank OF Trust Company and all 9th.
era Concerned:
Take Notice. That Sixteen Notes for @500.0C
each, dated at Guthrie, Oklahoma, October TO-
1909, payable to the order OF Rosa Blackwell
one every six months after date, with eight
per cent. interest per annum from date, and
signed by E. n. Ratclid, were paid by the max
er thereof on the 1st day OF January, 1904
The holder thereof is therefore notified that
said notes are worthless and that he deals
with them at his peril. X. N. RATcLIFF So S0t