The Washington times., 1915-12-12
(Copyright, 1915, by The Star Co.
foreign rights reserved.)

" HE chinless lout with the gogEle-
T." eyes and the fiop-rimmed straw
hat at last recoyered from his
astonishn,ent enough to yell,
| TWhoai, Inasrnnch as the spotted gray
| fiiule upon which he was seated had
| been standing sstock.still' for solid two
n,inptes, II naturally resented this in
sulting order and turned sq,iarely
around; d;.t whereupon it's rider promptly
Both the man, md the animal seemed
much refreshed by this operation and
restored TO norrnslity. for the mule con-
tentediy cropped q bunch of sweet way
side the tail yentiemanI who was eat
ing "a leg Of chicken and gazing inter-
tstedly down az. "a pair Of stout legs
cqr 50, large and 20 eiaborateiy furnish
lNed AZ to be better termed n motor house
L BROKE DOWN. asked ,t6e mule-rider,
after listening appreqia uyeiy to the Wig
3rous mechanical and vocal sounds from
NO: replied The tan gentleman,
thought flilfy wipins his Jet.bisck mus,
| tsshe: We merely paused by the way
| IN yon crimson sunset, What is the
name Hof your mule, please, and Is he
! gaped for from inside the car ;. two
handsome young ladies and hahdsome
4 elderly lady had appeared; and they all
gNgied. The mule! driver finished his
| speech mechanically. Hes jes' a
"JeE mule. ehr Simple name: handy
sensible. and easily remembered Dc
you mind IL J. look Mule sqnarels-, In the
1 eve and see II he'll dor 7 - -.
/ ,blackic Daw was engaged In this test
when there was an extra a-strong clank
2f metal from beneath the car. n snap.
and thsn ana Se s onsr
| slowly and painfully wriggled into view
He was man big of girth and broad
OF chest and wide of shoulders. and hi,
| round, pink face, usually jovial, was
Just now dripping with perspiration ant
grimed with oil.
BROKE" he said. emhellishing that bi,
Of information with polite thorns OF
Itsli gentleman, Wen not spSnI the he
night In the cold. cold world. for I'vo
secured YOU \ new motor" and he
waved his hand toward the grazing
J. Rufus Wsll!ngford looked at the
eninal and then at the car IN huge dis
content: ut might he n wise move tc
trade the car for the mule" ha suG'
at hafn't my mule. though" IA still,
protested the CoEgle-evcd one. whose
countensnCe' was further embelllshed
with Drotr,Iding teeth.
Why didn't you tell ns that In the
first place., demanded the thin gentle
man.
II never said I owned the mule" pro
tested the other. oEgrieved. I'D a tols
that it's Jone Sauibblc's mule. Tic
owns nigh everythin' aroun' Sduibb,e
villc wonder: this mule. and these iier'
an the girls mill, an the grain elevate,
you see stickin' up above the toHr
there"
"Sauibble's mulei'' Tho blue eyct
Young lady seemed suddenly interested
| in that fact. "Souibble's mule Fanny
TIE brown-eyed young lady had beer
lcafnC through small notebook Sh'
turned to the mage now. and REVEALED
list Of names. Ten had hecn scratched
out. The eleventh name was "Jonal
Sauihble," and opposite the naIre wal
set the sum of twelve thousand doiIars
DO you suppose we have found thu
right ,Suuibble. Violet?" she asked.
We'll know him. I am sure. 1t wa
the older woman who said this. ":\mon,
us we should remember "verv race "
that stockholders meeting which romeo
WOW of YOUR fortune after the death o
fent until every one of those man lai
restored his share OF the Warden es
tate" ..
THEY'LL restore i. Aunt PattX. IT,. ncvs eve
lighting with amusement perhaps ~
lection too. as Blackie Dhw after whis
pering to the mule. took tne ANNA -;
,ha BIT "Rlackie and Jim haven
h failed 80 far ,.,
2 come on. mule" suddenly shoute'
!, Blackie. pulling the thoughtful beast D.
the left ear. :.
:. arnno n,bethcr lone Scuibtle'd like II !
= T hired out his mule. fIc don't kno'
. you" ,,, ,,d
e "Do YOU hear that. Jimmy demand
a ed the tai! one: aprarently hnrt DeSoh
= measure. This man don't know wh
E we are. perhaps never "ycn heard
us. why. son, that gentleman is +.
- Rufus Wallingford. Wait rlhute