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Anythlno-AImose.

MRS. Rucksher 10 q woman who
seems to be willing to do almost any.
thing for the sake Of appearance"
'Yes-but she draws the line at
wearing inexpensive hats for the sake
of making her husbands task easier
when he has to face the assessor"
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= AAAs 40 - wy
that I admire In
the 9 u b u r b In
W h 9 b / live,
which suburb IL
In Connecticut, by
the way, 1t is
Tom Bingham. He
is tall and sturdy
and good tenn
pered and a favor
lite with boys and
girls; he has a
W g III developed
sense OF humor,
and I never meet
him but / find that
we two have a
good deal In com.
mon In spite Of
our so years dis
parity.
The other even
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dress A. 8. Olmsted. L. Roy. N. Z.
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So Polite.

"she hasn't any cause to be snip
by with me. The last time I saw her
I'm sure did the politest thing I
could"
What did you DOT"
1--WE were on a car and when q
man offered me a seat said to her:
You take It. dear; you're the older"
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On Terra Firma.

What does become of all the pins?"
cried Mrs. x. as she vainly sought for
one on her dressing table.
II know. mamma" cried her little
son. who had just begun to study
Latin, They fall to the earth and be-
come terrapins. Weekly.
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At the Intelligence Office.
Manager-Do you wish plain cook
madam?
Mrs. Honeymoon-Yes, please; just
as plain as possible.-Judge.
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> Scripture Authorits-2 Kings s:sl
1920.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17

rope. Then he tied the rope to tele-
phone cable. He placed the trained
ferret on the ground and released the
rat. The ferret, instead of springing
right on the rat, chased him about
bit, until the rat lodged into the end
of the conduit Then, as the rat came
through the other end, one of the
Workmen seized the string, pulled it
through, and then pulled through the
rope and the length of cable The
whole thing was done in about third
of the time it ordinarily took to lay a
length. Uncle Billy was tickled all
the way through at the success Of his
plan.
1.-The beauty of your Uncle Billy's
cable-laying combination said Uncle
Billy jubllantly, is that 1t will work as
easily through ten lengths Of pipe as
through one.
"Ib the end Uncle Billy made a con-
tract with the telephone company that
h3ought him in more in a day than he
could earn in a month on his farm
Things were pretty prosperous in In,
diana about that time, almost every
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17
CHAPTER Iv.-continued.
slopyright 1906 by Bobbs-Alerlill Co.


CHAPTER IV.-continued.
II beg you not to mention 1t, Mr..
Glenarm.
But it was little queer. If you
should gain any light on the subject,
let me know.
certainly, sir
and l believe, Bates, that we'd bet
fer keep the blinds down at night
These duck hunters hereabouts are
anparcntly reckless. You might at
tend to them now,-and every evening
hereafter"
He gravely babe me good night and
I followed him to the outer door and
watched HIS departing figure, lighted
by single candle that he had pro-
duced from his pocket.
stood for several minutes listening
to his step, tracing it through the hall
below-as far as my knowledge of the
house would permit. Then, in un-
known regions, l could hear the clos
ing of doors and drawing of bolts.
Verify, my jailer was a person of
panstaking habits.
tributed it's contents on the dressing
table. | had carried through all my
adventures a folding leather photo
graph holder, containing portraits of
my father and mother and of John
Marshall Glenarm, my grandfather,
and this | set up on the mantel in the
little s.tting-room. 1t was with new
and curious interest that l peered into
my grandfather's shrewd old eyes. He
used to come and go fitfully at my
fathers house; but my father had dis
pleased him in various ways that l
need not recite, and my fathers death
had left me with an estrangement
which l had widened by my own acts.
Now that had reached Glenarm, my
mind reverted to chickering's estimate
of the value of my grandfather's estate.
Although John Marshall Glenarm was
an eccentric man, he had been able to
accumulate a large fortune; and yet
| had tamely permitted the executor to
tell me that he had died comparatively
poor. In SO readily accepting the
terms of the VIII and burying myself
in a region of which | knew nothing
had cut myself off from the usual chan
nels of counsel. If l left the place te
return to New York l should simply
disinherit myself. At Glenarm was
and there must remain to the end Of
tne-year f-grapA-51ttar against Picker
ing as | reflected upon the ease witt
which he had got rid of me. l haC
always satisfied myself that my wit!
were as Keen as his, but felt now tina
had stupidity put myself in his power
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17

world, reflected. scanning the head
lines.
Bates had placed me so that / faced
the windows, an attention to my com
fort and safety that l appreciated. The
broken pane told the tale of the shot
that had so narrowly missed me the
night before.
I'll repair that today, sir" Bates
remarked seeing my eyes upon the
window.
you know that I'm to spend a year
on this place; l assume that you are
acquainted with the circumstances" l
said, feeling it wise that we should
understand each other.
Quite SO. Mr.. Glenarm.'
I'm student, you know, and all /
want is to be let alone"
This l threw in to reassure myself
rather than for his information. It
was just as well, reflected, to assert
little authority, even though the fell
low undoubtedly represented Picker
ing and received orders from him.
In day or two, or as soon as !
have got used to the place, shall. set
tie down to work in the library. You
may give me breakfast at seven-th thirty;
luncheon at one-thirty and dinner at
seven"
"Those were my late masters hours
sir"
Very well. And I'll eat anything
you Please, except mutton broth, meat
pie and canned strawberries. Straw
berries in tins, Bates, are not we'll cal
culated to lit the spirit of man"
Il quite agree with you, sir, if yot
will pardon my opinion"
And the bills"
They are provided for by Mr.. Pick
ering. He sends me an allowance TO
the household expenses"
so you are to report to him, ar,
you, as heretofore?"
/ blew out match with which / hat
lighted a cigar and watched the smok
ing end lntently.
Il believe that's the idea, SIR
1t is not pleasant to be under com
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17

continued evidence of horses having
charmed lives as we'll as men. He
says he was driving Jim with another
horse into Humboldt one day, and that
his team stalled Immediately over
the railroad track and could go no
further Just at this iuncture a pas
senger train came along at full speed,
knocking the wagon into smithereens
and killing the other pony instantly,
but that Jim did not receive mark
Dement, says that one summer night
during an electrical storm his stock
barn, in which were FIVE head of
horses, was set on fire and that the
next morning he saw the bones of his
four horses in the ruins, but that Jim
was standing in one corner of the lot
unhurt
At one time Mr.. Dement, was driv.
ing team, one of which was jim
hitched to wagon, across the valley
of the Forked Deer river into Hum
boldt after heavy rains, when the levee
was completely submerged as 1t often
| Is in the winter. His team stepped
| off at place where a bridge had been
washed away, and the other horse was
drowned, in spite of all the efforts
of itself and driver. but Jim managed
to keep his head above the water I'm.
! til Mr.. Dement, unhitched the traces,
when he swan ashore.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17
MICE NEST IN BONNET.
Woman Finds Them In Headgear and
Faints, as Usual.

Gallopolis, 0.-When the wife of
prominent tiller of the soil, living
seven miles from this city. was about
to buy four yards of cheesecloth at
dry goods store here she suddenly
turned pale, clutched frantically at
her bonnet, and then screamed
Gracious! There's something alive
in my hiatt"
An she spoke truthfully. With one
hand she yanked the bonnet from her
head, and then, all but swooning. she
dropped into a chair, for a mouse had
leaped from the covering The mer-
chant cautiously examined the head
gear and found a family of infant
mice
When the woman had regained her
composnre she explained that the bon.
net had been reposing on a closet
shelf in her home since last winter,
and that the mother mouse must have
taken UP her abode therein The sur
prising feature of the incident is that
the mice never made their presence
felt until the woman asked to be
shown four yards of cheesacloth.
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'T suppose you all knew my grand.
father hereabouts.'
We'll, yes; you might say as we
did, or you might say as we didn't. He
wasn't just the sort that you got next
to in hurry. He kept pretty mach
to himself. re built a wall there tc
keep us out, AIT he needn't have trou.
bled himself. We're not the kind
around here - NEEDLE, and you may
be sure the summer people never both.
cred him"
There was tone of resentment in
his voice. and fastened to say:
I'm sure you're mistaken about the
purposes of that wall. My grandfather
was student of architecture. 1t was
hobby of his. The house and wall
were in the line of his experiments,
and to please his whims. / hope the
people of the village won't hold any
hard feelings against his memory or
against me. Why, the labor there
must have been a good thing for the
/ people hereabouts."
st ought to have been," said the
man grufly; "but that's where the
trouble comes in. He brought lot oil
| queer fellows here under contract tc
work for him,-Italians, or Greeks, oil
| some sort of foreigners. They bull
the wall. and he had 'em at work in
side for half year. He didn't ever
let 'em out for air; and when they
finished his job he loaded EN- on to 6
train one day and hauled em away"
THAT was quite like him, I'm sure,
| said remembering with amusement
my grandfathers secretive ways.
81 guess he was crank all right,
said the man conclusively.
1t was evident that he did not care
to establish friendly relations with thu
resident of Glenarm. He was about 40
light, with a yellow beard and palt
blue eyes. He was dressed roughl!
and wore shabby soft hat.
well, suppose I'll have to assume
responsibility for him and his acts"
remarked, piqued by the fellows surl
ness.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17
Alarm CLOCK in stockino.

Boston.-Just because an alarm
clock was so indicate as to start its
clamor of ting -a-ling-ling" while re.
posing in the stocking of pretty Edith
r. Wilder, she was arrested by de-
partment store detective on the
charge of larceny. With her was her
chum, Blanche Dunn. who also was
arrested.
1t was most dramatic moment for
the two pretty West End girls, who
were defying with flashing eyes the
charges of the store detective. It was
about the moment when the girls
seemed to be winning their point that
the alarm clock went on tts wild tell.
tale ramble, and the girls were ar
rested.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17

We had reached the center of the vii
lage, and he left me abruptly, cross
ing the street to one of the shops.
continued on to the railway station,
where | wrote and paid for my mes
sage. The station master inspected
me carefully as l searched my pockets
for change.
you want your kilograms delivered
at the house?" he asked.
Yes, please" l answered, and he
turned away to his desk of clicking in.
struments without looking at me again.
1t seemed wise to establish relations
with the postoffice SO l made myself
known to the girl who stood at the de
livery window.
You already have box" she adj
vised me. There's a boy carries the
mail to your house; Mr.. Rates hires
him."
Bates had himself given me this in
formation, but the girl seemed to fine
pleasure in imparting it with a Ger
tain severity. | then bought cake OF
soap at the principal drug store and
purchased a package of smoking to.
bacco, which l did not need, at a
| grocery.
News of my arrival had evidently
reached the villagers; l was conceited
enough to imagine that my presence
was probably of interest to them; but
the station master. the girl at the post.
Office and the clerks in the shops
treated me with an unmistakable cold
reserve. There was a certain even.
ness of the chill with which they Wis
tied me. as though particular degree
of frigidity had been agreed on in ad
vance.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17
THE CABLE
FERRET
A Veracious
Nature Story II
BY
Edwin j. Webster
copyright. by w. G. Chapman.l

Uncle Billy Atkinson, who used to
live near my farm out in Indiana, had
the nucleus of great industry in his
rat ferret, cable-laying combination"
said Squire Wilkins reminiscently.
But the spitefulness of Pete Johnson
put an end to what promised to be a
fourishing business.
One afternoon Uncle Billy strolled
down to the village, and, as he always
took heartfelt delight in seeing other
people work, he put in most of the
afternoon watching gang of men lay
a cable through telephone conduit
| They could lay the cable through only
one length of pipe at time and this
was pretty slow work. By-and-by
Uncle Billy had an idea.
1T would be easier if you could
put the cable through whole row of
pipes at once, wouldn't it? he in
CURED
3" 1t certainly would answered the
foreman, sarcastic like. But that's a
four-inch pipe, and the smallest man
in my gang is eight inches thick. It's
against the rules of the company to
send an eight-inch man through four
inch pipe 1t would be likely to strain
the pipe
Uncle Billy didn't say much, but it
was evident he was doing some steady
thinking. That afternoon | dropped
over to his barn The rats had been
annoying him considerably, and Uncle
Billy was hunting them with the aid
of a ferret.
There isn't another ferret in the
state of Indiana that has the intelli-
gence of this animal of NINE said
Uncle Billy complaeently. When your
Uncle Billy brings a few rats, that
ferret and his own massive intellect
into play he's going to revolutionize
the telephone-cable-layin industry
THE next day Uncle Billy caught q
few big rats alive in a trap. After q
little difficulty he managed to tie {
long piece of cord about the body o.
each rat. Then he began training the
ferret.
"One afternoon Uncle Billy, accom-
panied by his trained ferret, and bear
ing on his arm a covered basket con
tanning a number of rats with string
tied about their bodies, strolled dow
to where they were laying the tele
phone conduits. 1t was pretty SLOW
work, and Uncle Billy looked on scor1
ful-like.
Those eight-inch men of your
are doing the best they can he finall
said to the foreman. But with the al
of little invention of my own an
this intelligent ferret, l can lay cable
through block of pipes at once
THE foreman allowed that as
merry jester Uncle Billy was a SUE
cess, but that he wouldn't be able t
cash in heavily at the cable-layin
game.
Go back to the farm, Uncle Billy
said the foreman, raise butter an
eggs, and listen to the merry song
the cows; but don't come down hel
interfering with the mysteries of ele
trieal science
"But, finally, as Uncle Billy We
sure he could make good, the forema
agreed to give him chance to tt
his invention. Uncle Billy took tt
l. end of one of the strings that was tic
= to rat and fastened it to a stol
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17
CHAPTER v.
A Red Tam-o'shanter.

| looked out on the bright October
morning with a renewed sense of isola-
ton. Trees crowded about my win
dows, many of them still wearing their
festaa colors, scarlet and brown and
gold, with the bright green of some
stubborn companion standing out here
and there with startling vividness |
put on an old corduroy outing suit and
heavy shoes, ready for tramp abroad
and went below.
The great library seemed larger than
ever when | beheld it in the morning
light. 1 opened one of the French
windows land stepped out on stone
terrace. where | gained fair view of
the exterior of the house, which proved
to be a modified Tudor. with battles
ments and two towers. One of the lat
ter was only half-finished, and to it
and to other parts of the house the
workmen's scaffolding still chung
Heaps OF stone and piles of lumber
were scattered about in great disorder
The house extended partly along the
edge of raVine, through which a
slender creek ran toward the lake.
The terrace became a broad balcony
Immediately outside the library, and
beneath it the water dubbed pleasant
ly acound heavy stone pillars Two
pretty rustic bridges spanned the
ravine, one near the front entrance,
the other at the rear. My grandfather
had projected his house on a generous
plan. but buried as it was among the
trees. it suffered the lack of perspec-
tive However on one side toward the
lake was fair meadow, broken by a
water-tower. and just beyond the west
dividing wall | saw little chapel; and
still farther, in the same direction the
outlines Of the buildings of ST
Agatha's were vaguely perceptible in
another strip of woodland
The thought of gentle nuns and
schoolgirls as neighbors amused me
All asked was that they should keep
to their own side of the wall.
heard behind me the careful step
of Bates.
Good morning, Mr.. Glenarm. trust
you rested quite well, sir"
His figure was as austere, his tone
:. as respectful and colorless as by night
~ lie morning light gave him a pallit
g He suffered my examination
AAugh; his eyes we're, indeed
e. about him.
reakfaIt when you like
ADM shed l went into
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-17
DEATH IN MANY FORMS
JUMPS OVER TEXAS PONY
VARIOUS DISASTERS KILL OTHERS
IN HIS NEIGHBoRHooD BUT
THIS ONE is UNscATHED.

Humboldt, Tenn.-D. j. Dement,, a
farmer living four miles southwest of
Humboldt, declares he has a pony
which bears a charmed life. The first
escape of the Texas pony. Sim, from
death was when he was loaded in a.
car with other horses and started for
ST. Louis. Just this side of Union City,
the engine jumped the track and the
car load of horses was thrown down
a 30-foot embankment
Out of the entire lot of horses, Jim
was the sole survivor. He came out
of the wreck without scratch, being
saved at the bottom of the pile by
some timbers
Dement, bought the pony and he
says since then that there has been
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pulsion,-to feel your freedom cur
tailed, to be conscious of espionage.
| arose without a word and went into
the hall.
"You may like to have the keys"
said Bates. following me. There's two
for the gates in the outer wall and one
for the st. Agatha's gate; they're
marked, as you see. And here's the
hall door key and the boat house key
that you asked for last night"
After an hour spent in unpacking
went out into the grounds. | thought
it we'll to wire Pickering of my arrival,
him telegram.
| found the gate through which we
had entered the grounds the night be-
fore without difficulty, and started off
in an amiable state of mind. My per-
plexity over the mysterious shot was
! passing away under the benign in
duences of blue sky and warm sun
shine A few farm folk passed me in
the highway and saluted me in the
fashion of the country, inspecting my
/ knickerbockers at the same time with
frank disapproval. When | reached
the lake l gazed out upon its quiet
waters with satisfaction. At the foot
of Annandale's main street was a
dock where several small steam craft
and a number of catboats were being
dismantled for the winter. AS passed
a man approached the dock in skiff,
landed and tied his boat. He passed
at a quick pace. then turned and eyed
me with rustic directness.
Good morning." l said. ANY ducks
about?"
He paused, nodded and fell into steI
with me.
"No,-not enough to pay for the
trouble
I'm sorry for that. I'd hoped tt
pick up a few
81 guess you're a stranger in these
parts" he remarked, cycling me again
my knickerbockers no doubt mark
ing me as an alien.
"Quite so. My name is Glenarm
and I've just come"
Il thought you might be him. View,
expecting you here in tn,
Eehn Morgan, caretake
n houses up the lake"
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Divers Fluht Beneath sea

Tampa, Flask miles off Tarpen
Springs, on the CULTS bottom. 81 feet
under the surface, Nicholas Andreas
and John Bastoni. Greek sponge
divers, fought desperately with sponge
hooks for possession of a big sponge.
Both received painful wounds. An
dreas came to Tampa to institute pros
ecution against Bastoni, only to learn
that no court had jurisdiction.
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(To BE CONTINUED
Miaht Head Fer Off.
vance.

Henry" said Mrs. Peck, 81 am go
ing to get a monograph and talk
into it, 50 that II happen to die first
you can still hear my voice"
Perhaps" replied Henry, hope.
fully, q will die first. "-Houstau Post.
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town wanted an extension of it's tele-
phone lines, and as the fame of his
system for laying cables spread, Uncle
Billy's bank roll grew to plethoric di-
mansions. Some of the other boys
tried to work the same game; but
they didn't have Uncle Billys knack
for training ferrets, and the rats were
either killed before they entered the
conduits, or when they were only
about half way through.
By rights | ought to be able to
get out patent on my idea, he used
to say. OF course, I'm not really the
inventor of ferrets, but it was my
modest genius that first saw the pos
sibilities of utilizing their dislike for
rats
IF 1t hadn't been for the meanness
and treachery of Pete Johnson, Uncle
Billy to-day might be one of the rich
est men in the state. Pete and Uncle
Billy formerly had been partners, but
a little disagreement had severed
their friendship, and Pete for months
had been looking for a chance to get
even. One day, when the faithful fer
ret was helping lay cables under the
direction of Uncle Billy, Pete hap
pened on the scene.
L thought all your laborers be-
longed to the union, he said to the
foreman.
THE foreman allowed they did.
They do?' sneered Pete Well, I'd
like to know to what union that ferret
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A sIioht Difference.

Friend-Well, did you get your copy.
right for that last work2
Author (mournfulY)-I did. but the
printers didn't RaltipAae Amer
lean.