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er of the coppers. you've been on
this beat so long"
In a minute or two O'Keefe came
slipping back hurriedly. He drew his
companion aside
Tell you what, Tim," l heard him
say, do you know, I'm after thinking
it looks like old Braxton, known in
the perfesh as Foxy Grandpa He's
a swell con man, but has just finished
a stretch at Copper Johns for going
through a fat in the Bronx. He's
done murder once"
The other turned to me.
May save muss in your rooms If
you'll just kinder call him out, sir,
he suggested. "It will be simpler"
He grinned significantly and glanced
at his night stick.
"By Jove!" I calculated, looking at
Jenkins. "By Jove, you know!"
Jenkins coughed. Just say you
want to speak to him minute, SIR"
he said. They'll do the rest-h'm!"
They all followed me into the hall,
and I stepped to the doorway. And
then I almost pitched forward, was
so devilish startled.
For, as a crowning example of his
daring and reckless conduct, the hoary
old reprobate was emerging from Bill
ings' room, his fingers overhauling the
contents Of my friends wallet, even
as he waddled along, and so absorbed
that he never even saw me.
"Ah!" he breathed in heavy sigh
Of satisfaction; and out came his fin
gers, and in them, poised aloft, he
held the ruby I had given to Billings.
His bleary eyes gloated at it.
"Mine!" he whispered. Mine now
to keep forever!"
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and let me get away"
There was a short laugh from the
doorway.
Likely enough" sad Officer
O'Keefe, his big figure swinging for
ward with long strides. Keep him
covered, TIM"
He planted himself between US with
a grin.
You're Gt' again, Foxy! Jig's up.
Will you go quietly?"
1t did me good to see how complete
ly the old scoundrel was taken back.
His wide distended bleary eyes shift
ed from O'Keefe to me and back again.
1t was perfect surprise
motioned to Jenkins to close the
door of my friends bedroom, So far,
he had evidently slept serenely
through all the trouble, and, if pos
slble, wanted to avoid arousing him
now. For fat man, Billings had the
! deuce Of a temper when stirred up
over anything like an imposition upon
! him, and it would only add to the con-
fusion for him to appear on the scene
and learn about his wallet and his
treasured ruby that l had rescued.
Foxy Grandpa's face had been rap
idly undergoing change. From pal
lor to pink it went; and then from
pink to red, Now it was becoming
scarlet. He threw his head back and
faced me angrily.
'Lightnut, will you tell me what the
hell this means?" And his heavy voice
thundered.
Here! Here! ThatIl be enough
O. that" cried officer O'Keefe sharp
ly. None Of your grandstand play
here, or it'll be the worse for you.
And no tricks, Braxton, or"
He clutched his stick menacingly.
"Braxton!" snorted the old fellow.
"Why, you born fool, my names not
Braxton!"
Not now," grinned O'Keefe. Say,
what is your name now, Foxy?"
"My name" roared Foxy Grandpa,
and paused abruptly. He looked rath-
er blankly from one officer to the
other.
See here; do 1 understand I'm un-
der arrest?" he inquired.
"You certainly are talking, Foxy, -
chuckled O'Keefe.
"Then my names Doe-John Doe, !"
and I thought the fellows quick glance
at me held an appeal. Of what sort,
I had no idea.
And what, may I ask, is the
charger" he asked again, with what
was apparently great effort at calm
ness.
"Oh, come now, Braxton,'' said the
officer in tone Of disgust, stop your
foolery; you're just using up time.
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Amt 1t enough that you're in this
building and in this gentleman's
rooms?"
I'm his rooms!" exploded Foxy
Grandpa. why, you lunkhead, this
gentleman will tell you 1 am his
guest!" He turned to me with a sort
of angry laugh.
"Tell him, Lightnut," he rasped.
"I've had enough of this!"
The big policeman's features ex-
panded in a grin, while Tim doubled
forward an instant, his blue gtrth
wabbling with internal appreciation
of the Foxy ones facetiousness; and
the janitor snickered.
Jenkins looked shocked. AS for me,
dash it, 1 never so wished for my
monocle, don't you know!
O'Keefe's head angled a little to
give me the benefit OF surreptitious
wink.
"Oh. certainly" he said, his voice
affecting a fine sarcasm; "if the gen.
tleman says you're his friend"
He's no friend Of mine,' pro-
claimed Indignantly. Never saw him
before in my life"
Instead of being confounded, the
artful old villain fell back with a
great air of astonishment and dismay.
By Jove, he managed to turn fairly
purple.
Whats thats2" he gasped strapg-
lingly and clutching at the collar OF
his pajamas. Say that again, Dicky."
looked at him severely.
"Oh, say, don't call me 'Dicky,'
either" l demonstrated quietly. Its
a name l only like to hear my inti-
mate friends use.''
He kind of caught the back OF a
chair and glared wildly at me from
under his bushy wintry eyebrows. Inc
beefy rolls of his lower jaw actually
trembled.
Don't you-haven't you always
classed me as that, Dic-er-Llgnt-
nut?" he sort of whispered.
By Jove, the effrontery of such act
ing fairly disgusted me. l looked MIN
over from head to foot with measured
contempt. 81 don't know you at all"
I said coldly, turning away.
"Ye gcds!" he wheezed, clutching
at his grizzled hair.
CHAPTER XII.
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that will
make final settlement Of the estate OF
J. H. Dominick, deceased, in the Pro-
bate Court for Newberry County South
Carolina, at II o'clock in the forenoon,
on the fourth day Of April, 1912, and
will Immediately thereafter apply for
final discharge as Administrative OF
the estate of the said deceased.
Mrs. Alice Oominick,
AdmiListratrix.
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CHAPTER Richard Lightnut, an
American with an affected English &C
cent, receives a presnt from friend
in China.
CHAPTER 1.-THE present proves
to be a pair of pajamas. a letter hints
of surprises to the wearer.
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CHAPTER XII.

Send Man to Jail.
The two policemen shifted tmpa-
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER III.-Lightnut dons the pa
Jamas and late at night gets up for
and, failing to recognize Lightnut, at
tempts to put him out. Thinking the SER
want crazy Lightnut changes his clothes
intending to summon help. When he re-
Joy, confirming Lghtnut's belief that he
is crazy.
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CHAPTER IV.-Jenkins tells Lightnut
of the encounter he had with a hideous
Chinaman dressed in pajamas
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-29
WHY Dying Miser Sent for Him.

A Young contractor in Missouri
town found himself after the war in
dire financial straits. He owned a
few pieces of property, all of which
were mortgaged-the mortgage in
each instance being held by an old
man who lived with his one son,
Brocky. in a tumbledown hut that
could not be rented to anyone else.
In the course of time the miser fore
closed, taking over all the contractors
property. which was valued in excess
of the amounts loaned The contractor
began to pay rent on the house in
which he lived.
Three months after the foreclosure
the miser lay dying. An urgent mes
sage reached the contractor, and he,
supposing that the other, knowing his
end TO be near, wanted to make what
restitution he could for the good Of
his soul, hurried down to the cabin.
He found the old man in rickety bed,
covered with a tattered quilt and an
old oyercoat. The contractor bent his
ear hopefully to the others lips. The
miser drew a long breath, clutched
the quilt in a skinny hand, and whis-
pered:
PAY your next months rent to
Brocky."
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himself to feel it, and this feeling OF
inferiority is so dreadful to him that
he revenges himself for it on any poor
woman who has the misfortune to
come within his power in any way
The European noblewoman never
has chance to enjoy the companion
ship and society of her own class.
either socially or mentally.
Why is this? Because the average
European man is given no training in
his boyhood that will enable him to
appear at ease in feminine society;
on the contrary, as / have just said.
he is really taught to despise women.
The result is that the European
gentleman always and instinctively
avoids the society of ladies of his own
class whenever he can.
Rich Girl Little Better Off.
There, you have the life and sur
roundings of the poor girl of family
in Europe, the very best she has to
hope for. Do you suppose the rich girl
is any better off? All, no. Of course
the rich girls are in the minority
among the nobility, as they are every
where.
Of course it is much easier for the
rich girl to capture husband than
it is for the poor girl. The poor girl
must have beauty, or else wonderful
tact. or a very able and skilful moth
er. The rich girl does not need any
thing but her dowry. But, once mar
ried, her life goes on just the same as
though she had brought her husband
nothing.
Do you think the Countess OF So
and-So, or the Baroness of This-and-
That is to be envied, oh you American
girls, who go out in the world ana
earn your own living, and depend on
no mans favor? Do you still thlnk
you would like to change places WIN
her?
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THEIR DIAGNOSIS WAS WRONG
Looked Like IL, but Really passenger
Had No Intention of Beating the
Car Company.

A man cot on one of the South side
stree cars the other day, slipped car
tickle, between his fingers, pulled
copy Of The Indianapolis News out
of his pocket and turning to the sport
ing page was soon busily engrossed,
with the ticket in plain view Then
in his movements the top of the paper
finally got down entirely over the
ticket. The man read on, not noticing
that the conductor had passed, and not
only had failed to see the ticket, but
had failed to ask him for his rare.
Two young fellows seated near the,
end Of the car were Interested OBJ
servers.
pipe the gink with the paper" said
one. He's so busy with his paper
that he can't see the conductor. Ii
the connie notices him he'll act like
he's been a-waitin' fer him; If the
connie doesn't ask him for it he's a
ticket in. Wise guy, eh?' he con-
cluded.
The conductor finished collecting
fares and leaned against the rear door
counting tickets. The fellow with the
paper finished the sporting page and,
folding the paper, walked toward the
rear Of the car.
AS he passed the conductor he held
out the ticket "One bet you over
looked" he said with a smile, as he
swung off the car
Whale think o. that?" asked one OF
the two who had felt sure that the chap
was going to beat the car company
out OF a fare-Indianapoiis News.
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The life of noblewonan is NOT a
mixture Of castles and coronets, defer
ence and homage although popularity
supposed TO be SO.
getting out of your way wherever YOU
60. you must never believe it any
more. Underneath, the poor woman
Is trying to plan for tomorrow's din
aer, and to cope with the high cost
of living, very much AIS you do here in
America, or she is wondering, per-
haps, how the cost of Rndolph's new
uniform is to be met, and what she
Ian go without in order that he may
have it, or whether Victoria has any
chance OF capturing the rich Count
Hoffstein. OF course, he is old and
fat, and his past lift hasn't been very
respectable, but he is rich, and if
the poor child marries him she is at
least sure OF having clothes to her
back and food to keep her alive.
Simply the Bitter Truth.
You think this sort OF thing is only
in the novels? All. no, it is the plain,
ugly truth. And most of the proud
noblewomen who drive past you in the
streets of foreign cities-if they are
lucky enough to afford a carriage
would tell you that it is an old story
to them.
To be poor and shabby, that Is hard
to bear, goodness knows. But to be
poor and shabby underneath, and have
to spend all your days in a desperate
struggle to keep up appearances, and
keep the outside prosperous-looking
to try frantically to keep the world in
ignorance of the true state of affairs
and never successfully, for the
world always finds out, you can trust
the world for that!-that sort of life,
my friend, is just hell, Do you think
that is too strong word for a lady
to use? There isn't any word too
strong to describe the kind of life
that is spent in trying to maintain a
pretense that deceives nobody.
The nobleman. no matter how poor
he may be, does not worry himself
about it. When he is a boy, his par
ents exhaust every effort to save him
from a realization of their poverty,
and when he comes of age he looks
forward to marrying some rich Amer
lean or bourgeoise heiress. who will,
of course, be only too proud and happy
to support him and indulge him in all
the luxuries his system requires. Or.
if he is not so fortunate, and his in
dividual fortune does not permit him
to live at court, he will retire into the
country, where he can always shoot
and ride. and once year he can, with
careful management, have a month
or so in town.
OF course, when this happens, his
wife stays in the country. 1t would
not do TO have her along during these
little excursions.
Counts Pleasure Comes First.
1t is a simple little problem in arith-
metic, you See With just so much
money 10 spare from the yearly in
.ome. the count can enjoy. perhaps.
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BOSTON CHILD KEPT DIGNITY
Marion Meant to Be Kindly, But
Toungster Was Not Converse
tionaiiy inclined.

This story has been going the
rounds of Boston about the ten-year-
old son of Director Russell of the
Boston opera house.
One evening during an entr'acte at
the opera house Master Russell was
promenading alone In the foyer, In
faultlessly evening dress-a,very glass
of fashion. A Boston matron, seeing
that he was lonely, began to make her
self agreeable"
You are Director Russell's little
boy, aren't you?" she asked. with
patronizing sweetness
Master Russell resented this intru-
sion on his dignity. but his courtly
manners were unruffled. Yes,
madam" he replied. with an elabor-
ate bow.
Where were you born?"
'In France, madam"-slightly more
frigid.
What part?" continued the lady.
feeling the conversation well started.
"All of me, madam"
And he bowed and walked away
Judge.
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What He Gained,

Mrs. Terhune was grieved and dis
appointed at the conduct of her son
Robert. She called him into her pres.
ence and questioned him gravely as
to his latest enormity.
Mrs. Hayes tells me that you tied
a tin can to her dogs TAIL" she said.
yes, mother"
What a shameful thing to do"
YES. ma'am."
do you know that the poor dog ran
away so far that he has never come
back-that he probably ran himself TO
DEATH
Yes, ma am
"Oh, Robert, What do you gain by
such cruelty?"
"T gained a dollar from Mr.. Hayes"
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Turkish Counting of Time.

VF
Through the center of the mosque
Of st. Sophia runs the theoretical
meridian which gave the Turks true
local time-one hour and fifty-six min
ates fifty-two seconds fast on Green
wich-until, two years ago. the new
government fell in with the standard
system Of time zones, and came into
the eastern European zone, exactly
two hours ahead of Greenwich time.
For religious purposes, however. IL
o'clock always happens at sunset, and
noon thus wanders with the seasons
all round the Observation-Disclosures
Gazette.
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mainly they are palmer and simpler
He wants good-looking wife, who
shows well in public, he also wants
even more good housekeeper to set
his house in order and manage it eco.
nomically.
Never Thinks of Wife as Equal.
You must not blame him for them
He could never treat his wife as his
equal or his companion: the idea new.
er entered his head.
When he is a boy such sayings as
"Oh, you must not cry, only the stu
pid girls cry" thrown at him at every
turn, gradually have the effect of
planting the idea in his head that girls
are really greatly inferior race of
beings. When he grows up he will
find by concrete example that women.
far from being inferior. are really far
superior TO him In many ways But
he will not acknowledge il, even to
himself. He is compelled in spite OF
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-29

six weeks in town, or the count and
countess together can have three
weeks.
From the first, the girl in noble
family is taught that her brother is of
the greatest Importance, and that be-
side him she is almost nothing. She
must be prepared to go without al
most everything that would make life
pleasant for her, in> order that he may
go without nothing that will minister
to his pleasure or his equipment for
life. For the poor young nobleman,
at the worst, there is always a career
in the army or the navy, an easy life,
plenty of the peculiar form of excite
ment he prefers, and no loss of caste.
For the poor young noblewoman who
cannot succeed in making some sort
of marriage, there is only one refuge
the convent.
Sometimes, indeed, there is not even
this; the family cannot afford even
to pay her expenses there. Then she
becomes a sort Of dependent upon her
brother And what an awful apology
for existence is the life she is called
upon to lead! l have known some
poor things who had to endure it
ladies of proud and ancient name and
title-tOlerated in the houses Of their
relatives on condition Of their MAX
ing themselves useful In the humblest
ways, tyranniZed over by their broth
ers and their brothers wives, f1outed
and sneered at by the paid servants,
given barely enough, grudgingly, to
keep them from outright cold and hun
ger, sometimes have known such
things-driven out of the house of
their fathers and forced to exist, far
from their homes, on the scantiest of
pittances.>
Only Escape Is by Marriage.
With prospects like this before her.
no wonder it is impressed On the
young girls mind that her whole aim
in life is to be the pursuit and cap
ture of some man, to make a marriage
of some sort, a wealthy marriage if
! possible, but at any rate a marriage.
Suppose the girl rebels. It is USE
vent. If she has any foolish, romantic
dreams of lOve-even among the Eu-
ropean nobility love has not been COM
pletely forgotten-she is laughed at.
ooh! my DEAR" says the mother;
that is only in novels. In real life,
! if you do not positively detest your
| husband, it is all you can reasonably
| expect. Now when the count calls
| this evening try to be little nicer to
| him, and perhaps in a year you will
be riding in your own carriage"
Don't forget that the poor mother as
well as the girl deserves your pity.
She may fear and distrust the man to
whom she gives her daughter, but she
can see no help for it. And before
| even she reaches that point, she must
go through a long battle of scheming
and planning, employing tricks that
she herself is ashamed of. and can
| only justify on the ground that it is
to save her daughter from a worse
fate.
The rich man who has married a
daughter of the nobility looks upon
\ her simply as something he has
bought with his money. 1t is an in
| vestment for him. plainly. The re-
turns he expects may be, in part a
better social position for himself, but
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Peculiar Education.

Peter Roberts, miner, pastor and au-
thor. in his book. The New Immigra-
ton" tells of his method of teaching
English TO foreigners. The miners
would not fuss with alphabet and
grammar. so he taught them By acting
out and repeating over and over the
words describing the daily experiences
of an ordinary man. The method met
with great success
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-29

Countess Thea Erdody, a member
Of the aristocratic Hungarian family
OF Erdody, whose family seat is in
Croatia, has recently renowned her
Austrian allegiance and is to live and
work in New York. She writes as
follows in the World of that city:
| suppose there a great many girls
IN this great country of America who
are this moment busy day-dreaming,
wondering how it would feel to be a
princess, a duchess, or at the very
least baroness, when they ought to
be hard at work making themselves
useful in the world.
1t is only human nature, perhaps, to
build castles in the air, but.
1t seems a shame to me that girls
brought up in the most wonderful
country in the world, the only country
just now where women are given any
think like just treatment, should be
envying the poor women of the Old
World, who themselves, most of them,
would be only too glad to drop their
foolish titles, which never yet have
saved them from heart break, and be-
come in return as free and happy as
American women.
All that ceremonial and glitter is on
the outside. If you have hitherto be-
lieved as they tell me many American
girls have, that the life of a noble
woman is just sort of mixture of
castles and coronets, and gorgeous
uniforms and court balls, with naughty
noblenen bowling down to you, and
liveried servants waiting on you, and
all the poor common people humbly
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-29
Too Great Expectations.

First Angler-Look, this fish was
almost caught before; see the broken
hook in its mouth.
Second Angler-It should have had
sense enough to steer clear OF hooks
after that.
First Angler-Oh, come. you can't
expect a fish to exhibit more sense
than a human being.-Boston Trans
cript.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-29

A deaf mute in Ohio recently gave a
minister a $3.50 marriage fee. A wife
ought to be worth that to a deaf man.
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Where is
Not the Same.

"You used to call your wife Kit
ten.'"
II know, but she has grown since
then."-Judge.
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Limit.

Here's your portrait, sir"
THAT my portrait? Well, 1 may
have sat for it, but / won't stand for
it."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-29

The first time a young man Is In
iove he honestly believes he means
what ne says.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-29
SocteIv,

Mrs. Wayupp-No wonder l look
worried, my dear. My husband has
just gone out, and If he is discovered
it will probably cost us our social po-
sition.
Mrs. Blase-Goodness! Where is
he?
Mrs. Wayupp-He has gone out in
cog. to pay a bill.-Puck.
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Exceptional Child.

EXceptIondI ChIIu.
First School Teacher-Does Edith'sa
little girl ever make any bright an
swers?
Second School Teacher-No; she all.
ways knows her lessons.-Judge.
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Uniucky.

Unlucky.
"Pa, what is the Bridge of Sighs?"
That's the bridge your mother
plays, my son."