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"oh Cried Theres

his great body backward and forward.
curling and uncurling his trunk the way
all elephants do when they think 1t SEEM
ed to them that very curious thing was
happening. Was it possible? Yes it was.
The elephant was certainly growing small
err!
. why I believe he's shrinking cried
Sarah. Hes a woolly elephant and
things made of wool always shrink when
they've been in water.
''Then let's push him in again and
shrink him some more" cried Jack I'm
go and make sliding pond on the other
side of the iceberg
So he did. and by the time he had fin
ished the elephant was thoroughly dry
and had shrunk SO much that he was only
as big as a horse.
Just then he caught sight of the chill
dren. There they are again. he
thought and he rushed toward them
around the side of the iceberg al full
speed. and all the time he kept saying
to himself so that he wouldn't forget
it. Sunny side. slippery Slide so that he
ran right on to Jacks second slide before
he knew where he was. He tried to
stop himself. but he wasn't used to slid
ing ponds and his feet wouldn't mind him
He had only time to give one indignant
snort before he splashed into the sea
again.
Back he climbed on to the iceberg, and
all the time he was drying off in the
sun he murmured to himself Sunny
side. slippery side, shady side. slippery
slide. so that by the time he was quite
dry and had shrunk to the size of Shet-
land pony. he knew it just as we'll as
you know the two times two table
IF We can only make him go into the
water again he will shrink to a nice
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TWO FELLOWS-A COLLEGE STORY.
PART II.
Continued From Last SATURDAY..

to the station by short cut through the
hotel garden.
When at last a candle was lighted in
the dining room no sign of the marauders
was to be seen. with the exception of
coattail disappearing through the WIN
dow. No trace of the bamboo rods was
visible. and no one had any idea what
had happened until the proprietor was
questioned
The moon was hidden by a cloud. and it
was almost impossible TO distinguish OBJ
jectS in the darkness but Notwithstanding
this chase was given. and hot pur-
suit almost ended in the capture of the
instigator of the raid 1t was the Worm
himself, and his glasses had caused the
trouble. He was as blind as bat with
out them, and in the rush they had been
knocked from his nose. He had stopped
TO pick them up, and it was his coat-tali
that the sophS sped disappearing through
the window when his classmen had al
most reached the station. Four or five
of the sophs gave chase. and one sue
ceeded in grabbing the Worms collar
The train was just putting out of the
station Gilbert. cOllared by the soph
reached the platform. 1t took but a
moment for him TO realize what would
happen to him, deserted by the train
load of his fellow-raiderS and in the
clutches of the enraged sophs With a
mighty effort he wrenched himself
loose, leaving his coat. collar and piece
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comfy size" said Sarah
Il know" she cried, and she broke OF
bit of the chocolate cake which she was
still carrying with her and threw il to the
elephant. He jumped nervously when he
saw. it fall near him, and he got up and
creled cautiously around it. for he was
afraid it might be another sort of slid
ing pond. Nothing happened. however. 50
he grew drawer and just touched II with
the tip of his trunk Still nothing hap
pened. Then he ate just one crumb. 1t
was so good that he ate another and an
other till he had finished the whole piece
Then Sarah threw him another and he ate
that. Then she broke off Il great big deli
cious piece and threw it. not on the plat
form. but into the water. The elephant
saw it and jumped splash in after II, and
when he came out again and had finished
shrinking he only as big as a st. Ber-
nard puppy. He was the dearest little
thing. The children were not afraid OF
him any more. They came down from the
top of the iceberg and petted and played
with him, and he wagged his trunk and
smiled because he was SO happy They
were having lovely time when they sud-
denly noticed that the iceberg itself was
growing smaller. The fire they had built
was melting the ice, and they could do
nothing to stop it.
1 really do not know what would have
become of them If Prof Hezekiah jerks
had not been out fishing that day. He
saw them and turned his boat toward
them.
He took them home to their mother and
she was SO glad to see them that she
didn't scold them for being naughty. and
the little Woolly elephant lived with them
always, and Sundays and holidays Sarah
tied pink ribbon on his collar.
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of his shirt in the hand of the furious
soph. and to spring on the step of the
platform of the now moving train. leav-
ing a wildly yelling and gesticulating
mob to mourn the loss Of their dinner,
dignity and might-have- captive.
If it hadn't been for Bobbie, Gilbert
never would have boarded the train. II
was Boobies outstretched hand that he
caught in his mad leap for the plat
form. and ii was Bobbie who rubbed
his breath back in the most approved foot
ball fashion.
That was the jolliest kind Of dinner
aboard the returning train that any OF
the participators could remember Dishes
We're scarce, to be sure and tables there
were not but every one had an appetite
after the wild run, and not a single trace
of the dinner was left to tell the tale.
The engineer, fireman and conductor were
Toasted, but it wasn't until they had
nearly reached their journeys end that
the conductor said he didn't recognize
them as the same party they had taken
10 North Hedtield two hours before.
DO you think it pays. Wormy?" asked
Bobbie the next day. He was perched on
Gilbert's high stool. porting over his books,
While the owner of the stool, in a general
ly battered condition after his unusual
exercise. occupied the couch.
''Humph,' he grunted. ''TN tell You
whether il pays when we get out of col
lege together.
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treasure. and in the morning was too ex-
cited to eat her breakfast.
What time will it be here?" she asked.
"Oh, it will take several hours to come
out from Boston, said mamma. Il
should not begin to look for it before IL
But long before 8 Ardis was perched
upon the gate, straining her eyes to catch
the first glimpse of the team as it round
ed the curve at the foot of the long hill.
Mile and Elsie were seated upon the
fence. and Dick had climbed into a pear
tree in order TO be the first to announce
the arrival.
AT last the town clock struck 10.
Here it comes Here it comes," cried
Dick. nearly falling out of the tree in his
excitement.
Lets run and meet it, said Ardis and
all four started pell-mell down the hill
But alas. and alas. 1t was only tin
peddler's wagon after all,
They trooped slowly back. and another
hour passed with no sign OF the piano
AT last Elsie cried. Il see it, / see it,''
Yes. Ardis. no mistake this time" said
Mile, and down the hill they all dashed
again. But it was only an empty furni-
ture van.
After the dinner the younger children
grew tired of watching, and Ards was
left upon the fence alone.
BE patient. dear said mamma lit
will come very soon now. l am sure
At last Ards curled up in the hammock
d, IttIe iIeu after the lOllS HouTS Oh Wafl-
ing. THE first piece on the dear new
piano shall be the Song of the Peasant y
she said to herself happily.
Then she heard the clock Ginning 4.
Perhaps Twilight would be better for
the first piece, if it comes so late said
she.
Just then a boy came up the steps with
note from papa. Mrs. Lindsay read 1t
very soberly and then came to the ham
mock and put her arms around Ards.
Can my little girl be very brave and
cheerful?' she asked. Papa met with
a business disappointment this morning
and was obliged to countermand the order
for the piano. Will Ards wait patiently
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like disgustedIy. "Hefe's your chance
to get even.
Bobbie whistled at this startling piece
of information and said he only wished
he knew how. 1t was too late to plan an
ella borate scheme. and it had been kept so
secret that he was the only freshman who
had heard it.
You can do it easily enough. and I
know the way" said Gilbert. looking i'm
pressivelv at Bobbie.
We'll" suggested that young man. Il
should advice you not to look at me in
that fiendsh way" he added GROSSLY,
''unless you wish to turn me into a raw
ing maniac on the spot
Il don't tell you the way without first
making a bargain replied Gilbert calmly.
Il want you to promise me to give up
half of the time you spend in monkeying
to study, and try your level best to prove
credit to your family. In return l
promise to help upset the soph dinner in
a much more effective way than they did
yours. Isn't that fair propositions"
Bobbie sroaned Il really believe you re
In earnest" he said rather doubtfulIy
Though / do think it's a mean way to
take advantage of fellows class feel
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ing. Then he thought the proposition over
very solemnly for a few minutes.
II promise, ne said shortly. with a
heartre nding sigh, and he held out his
hand to Gilbert.
When evening came the sophomores
were jubilant. They went in their char
tered car to North Hedtield and found
everything in readiness at the hotel. The
two long and narrow tables were lighted
by candles and looked as if they had
call in the country. The proprietor had
promised as fine a dinner as was possible
to prepare and had engaged a score of
girls to wait on the tables. He had been
assured that there would be no trouble
it would be very quiet dinner. and he
would find it to his advantage to do his
best. He was informed that they had
come to North Hedfield for the sake OF
peace and quiet. The evening was warm
and the windows, which opened on a
porch, running round three sides or the
room, were wide open. The sophs were
seated and the dinner had begun
No one was looking for disturbance.
for the greatest secrecy had been pre-
served If any one had been. he might
have been interested in the occupants or
the train which had just stopped at the
station. Before it had fairly stopped
swarm of freshmen poured from the cars.
smuggling two large empty hampers with
Them and disappeared quietly in al! direc-
tons. This was done in order to avoid
suspicion should any one interested in the
sophomores be about. Gilbert remained
at the station for a few minutes to inter-
view the engineer of the sophomo-es' spe-
cal train.
oh" he said calmly. I'VE fellows may
have a little trouble with the freshmen to-
night SO We'll want you to be in readi-
ness to start the moment we get aboard"
VERY good, SIR said the engineer mis-
taking him for the sophomore leader,
well be ready TO start on the second"
According to previous instructions, in
few minutes all were gathered silently
about the hotel, and two men with bam-
boo rods We're stationed on the porch out
side of each window, while the remainder
held themselves in readiness to rush for
dinner. The noise of the rafting dishes
inside covered any sound that was made.
the rubber-soled shoes of the marauders
making only the soft patter that might be
expected from the dogs which generally
populate the porch of a country hotel
Green had just risen on his chair and
was about to propose a toast, when a
cat-which one also expects at country
hotel-gave vent to hea -rending
"Miaou.' and instantly score or more
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PART II.
Continued From Last Saturday.

chair and desk? The saints be praised if
YOU have. The sight of them would long
ago have killed any one not possessed of
such a strong constitution as L.
1.-The sophs are going to have a swell
dinner tonight" was all the answer Gill
bert made.
''The-sophs-are going = to-have-a-
swell-dnner, Gilbert Waring. have you
had q sunstroke?" asked Bobbie solicit
tously. cor has one grain Of sense at last
made it's entrance into that crowded brain
of yours? You of all men to talk about d
dinner, How DO you know?' Bobbie was
all interest now. threw his book into the
scrapbaSket. ran his hands through his
black locks and sat bolt upright.
Never YOU mind replied Gilbert
blushing like a girl, but a crawling
worm can find out many things without
being suspected. They're going to have
il at the hotel in North Hedfield. | don't
believe there'I be more than sixty there,
but it's to be done up in style-candles
and jardinieres. pretty girls TO wait on
EN-. and everything else such fellows
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Two Jackets
and Two Girls
~ HERE was an uneasy stir at one
i side Of the closet Lou s

IT. HERE was an uneasy stir at one
side of the closet. 1t was Louis
l. jacket. Finally. it spoke, in a
tired. nervous voice.
"Oh. dear, Lou has left me hanging by
a loop and my shoulders sag so that
can hardly get my breath. I don't know
how 7 can over look nice and fresh If l
get no rest
Mays jacket reused itself to answer:
You poor thing. l am so sorry for you.
Now my shoulders are resting so nicely
on this coat frame. May is never in too
much of hurry to slip me we'll on IT.
Tomorrow some one will be sure to say
to her How fresh and nice your jacket
looks!'"
That's Just it, grumbled Louis jacket.
"And they will say to Lou. How
wrinkled your jacket is! 1t doesn't seem
to keep it's shape at all we'll while all
the time it is not my fault. How can
rest hung only by loop and that not
a strong one? There's a button Off too.
and a three-cornered tear in one elbow
that makes me very uncomfortable 1
suppose when it is torn bigger her moth
err will see it and mend it for her. On.
dear! This loop is giving way. and l am
going to fall to the floor l suppose that
means dust and more wrinkles
With a gasp the Jacket sat down, fall
ing directly upon pair of muddy over
shoes. -
Mays jacket peered down through dark
ness to where the other lay for a mo-
ment then settled itself for quiet nap
1t looked so fresh and bright the next
morning that no one ever dreamed 1t
knew all about the troubles of Lou s
Jacket.
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bamboo rods shot noiseessly in the win
dows over the shoulders of the diners,
each aiming at one of the candles on the
table and draught of air through the
hollow rod from the mouth Of the fresh
man at it's other end extinguished the
candle. Perfect pandemonium reigned
for few minutes. The freshmen jumped
in and grabbed whatever they could from
the table. The unsuspecting sophs, taken
entirely by surprise. were SO astonished
that before they could regain their senses
the mob had ransacked the place thor
oughly Those who had not had charge
of the bamboos raided the kitchen and
laid hands on every eatable that could
be carried off. The mattresses offered no
resistance: they lad met college youths
before and at the first sound of fracas
line of white-aproned figures ran
shrieking from the house. The propri
etOr and the chefs whom he had procured
from Boston for this occasion knew that
to resist would be fatal. so they stood
quietly by and saw the eatables dumped
into the hampers. 1t took but few sec
onds to find all there was. and with the
hampers in tow the mob wended its way
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OBBIES usually placid temper was
X sorely ruffled during the week that
followed; and, TO make matters
worse, something seemed 10 be wrong
with Gilbert. Bobbie noticed that. al
though he sat at his desk as much as
usual with opened books before him, his
thoughts seemed to be somewhere else,
and page was seldom turned. He was
undeniably badtempered, too during that
week and then Suddenly day he
spruced himself up and went to Boston,
most unusual occurrence. He came back
laden with several mountaineering bum
dies. SO large and long that he could
hardly get them into the room.
Great Caesars exclaimed Bobbie, Ian
suidly rising from the couch where he
had been engroSsed in a yellow paper
covered book. What on earth are you
going 10 do with those bundles? What are
they? Have you at last come to Your
senses and bought some comfortable fur
nIture TO put in place OF that cyesore of a
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TITLE ARDS sat disconsolately
at the piano. Such miserable
old PIANO, Such rafting. yellow
keys, Such cracked and jingling
tDneS' One WAS reminded OF the
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new
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WORD PUZZLE.
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at the piano. Such miserable
old pano, Such rafting. yellow
IL KEYS, Such cracked and jingling
tones, One was reminded OF the
piano in Crawford. which the writer
said. must have been a spinnet in Its
youth.
Ardis turned the leaves of her music
sadly. The chords i'll the Don Clio
vanni Minuetto' rang out dlscordantlN,
offending the correct ear OF the little
musician. Twilight completely
spoiled by broken E-fiat string. Two
bass notes struck hopelessly. marrlng the
melody in the Song of the Peasant, ana
Ards was almost in tears.
Then papa rushed into the room. His
face was radiant and he seized Ards ana
whirled her off the stool
What would you say to a new piano.
sweetheart" he cried. "A brand-neW
upright piano, with a beautiful rosewood
case and shining black and white keys
with a perfect action and bell-like
tone?'
Ards was simply unable to say any
thing at all, but she ,nrew both arms
around Mr.. I.indsays neck and the en-
1husiasn of her embrace was answer
enough.
Wei. l have ordered one for YOU"
continued papa. still whirling her diZzily
around the room. 1t will be here tomor-
row so play a farewell tune upon this
awful old box
Ards Rugged papa. still more raptur-
ously and then mamma and Mile ana
Elsie and Dick came hurrying i'll to assist
I'm the rejoicing. Ards went back to her
practicing and played the 'Minuetto
jubilantly The last piece. The last
piece, The last piece on this old piano
forever. and ever and ever,' she chanted
joyously.
All night she dreamed of the coming
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POSTMAN'S BAG.
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Drama ram 4. Stone, ton.
WORD SQUARE.
T. Ply
$ EE
4 f 4 l.
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DIAGONAL.
Under
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slit
brave
CEASE
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shadows
latitude
Diagonal-universe.
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CONCEALED FOOTGEAR
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A NONSENSE RHYME.

A society toad from the copse
Bought dresses from all Of the shops.
When asked for the reason,
She said. g Tis the season
For giving number Of hops
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-02

Though Little Johnny Jones' may
not be new. the company at the Amert-
can makes the present presentation
seem like a premiere, and the house
at both performances yesterday was
filed with lovers OF the breezy. spright-
ly Cohan play. Little Johnny Jones"
will be visitor here for many seasons
to come before its welcome will be
worn out.
William Keough, as The Unknown,
is as good If not better than any or
his predecessors in the character, and
Charley Brown in the part of the jockey.
first made famous by George Conan. has
the dash and. ginger of that inimitable
player, whose mannerismS he wisely re-
frains from slavish1y' copying. Brown
has conception of the part entirely his
own and is entirely pleasing and bright
The company Is uniformly excellent.
The choruses are sung with snappy ex-
preston and the song hits. which are
numerous. all go with vim. Miss Leo
B. MOrdaunt, Miss Ada clifford, Miss Jane
Banard and Miss Amy Mortimer supply
the principal feminine arguments for
visiting the piece this week They are
tuneful and pretty, and the members OF
the large chorus supply. individually
and collectively, much attractiveness-
The play will run for one week only.
1t Is we'll staged and the costuming is
elegant and new
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-02
BIG TONG WAR IS
NARROWLY AVERTED
Gunmen of Suey Wing Society
3. Threaten Suey Sing
Members
Police Call Conference of Presi-
dents of longs and Pre-
vent HOstiIities

OAKLAND. Nov. THE war spirit is
still rife in Chinatown, and last night
the police were much exercised over a
report that hostilities were imminent
between the Suey Ying and the Suey
sing societies. According to the story
- which reached the local authorities.
. several gunner OF the Suey Ying So
, ciety Threatened members of the Suey
sing with assassination unless they
. paid a large sum of money TO the gun
men Before midnight tonight The po-
lice Immediately called a conference
berween the presidents OF the two
:. tengs. and as a result il was announced
that the threatened war had been
avgr:ed.
There is a current belief in Oakland
: that the persistent war rumors which
have been. circulated during the last
week have originated with a band of
iii Ehninders who have come into the
city recently. These highbinders. it is
stated. are bent upon blackmailing the
rich Chinese merchants of Oakland b.
threatening them with violence unless
they. pay handsomely for protection.
The Suey Sing torsg, upon which the
blscksnailing demand was levied yes
= terday. is one of the richest of the
Chinese societies represented in tbs
city The last great tong war between
the Bing Kongs and Hop Sings cost the
Bing Kong tong $50, 900 for the main-
d.. tenance Of the war, funeral expenses
and attorneys fees AS a result u.eir
treasury is impoverished and the police
do not expect thst they viii engage IL
any further hostilities for many years
70 come
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-02
BATTLESHIPS' DEFECTS
SHOWN AT CONFERENCE
Naval Officer Says Commander
Keyes' Charges Practically
Have Been Substantiafed

WASHINGTON, Nov In view of
the order of the secretary of the navy
revoking the prohibition he recently
placed against officers who attended
the Newport conference from discuss
ing it's action, an officer who was
prominently identified with the entire
proceedings today stated that 1t had
substantiated. with a few minor excep-
tions, the charges of defects pointed
out in Commander Keyes' letter on the
subject This officer has been foremost
In his denunciation of naval defects.
The conference decided, he said, that
very few of these could be remedied in
the North Dakota and Delaware, which
are now forty per cent completed, but
suggested that IL practicable additional
case armor of about one hundred tons
be placed around the smoke pipe and
uptakes to protect them against
splinters. The additional armor would
increase the protection to eight inches.
They recommended that If practicable
an entire fire control mast be placed
forward of the smoke stacks so that in
case the vision from the rear mast was
obscured by smoke clear view could
be secured from the other positions.
The conference hesitated about MAX
ing extensive changes In the plans of
the Florida and Utah, as any alteration
change of weights would require a re-
construction of the plans.
On the important subject of what
ought to be the type of the next
battleships to be designed. the kind OF
battery they should carry and their
armor. the conference has not made a
decision