The Lamar register., 1916-06-21
WHAT CHANCE DID


age and each coupon was marked with
= letter OF the alphabet. All you had
to do, for instance. was to acquire
the letters composing the word
watch" and the Yu-ShOrTa-Liklt
people straightway sent you a beau
tifully chased, ls-carat, filled. guar
snteed movemented timepiece. calcu-
lated to win the admiration OF all be
holders. C, H. A. | and r would
bring you u chair that would be an or
= nsment to the most refined home and
joy to sit in. p. /. A. N and OF
you were lucky enough to get them
made you the proud possessor OF the
very best piano on the market.
Mrs. Gatterley allowed her opportu-
nifty TO go unimproved for several
packages. She had an idea that the
coupons were just for decorated china
OF q silyer-plated fork with every hun
dred, but one morning she picked one
of the little lettered slips from the ta-
BILE and her curiosity being aroused,
she read the muniicent offer to the
last word. Her curiosity became In
terest. The piano fetched her. Deco
rated china and silver-plated ware she
had in profusion. being a bride OF less
than = years standing. but the plano
in her little nat was a rented one
The coupon. too. was letttered P. For
tunsts omen!
How perfectly lovely IT will be-"
said little Mrs. Gatterley. I'll Just
keep It 3 secret and surprise Harry
Then he won't have that horrid old
piano rent to pay"
MY dear" said Mr.. Gatterley
morning or two later. aren't you rath-
or lavish with your breakfast food
I'm afraid that | can't manage all
this"
'-Try to eat It. darling" urged Mrs.
osttsriey. You know it's very nour-
ishing forget how many pounds of
beefsteak it's equal TO. but quite
aumber"
'-Thsrs must be enough of II here
70 equal . prize o." observed Mr.. Cat
tsrisy. However. I'll do my best. !"
Nsxt day. with some difidence he
remarked that . little oatmeal might
be Q pleasant change. You know.
he said. the doctors say that It isn't
. good thing to take too much nour
ishinx food" Then. as he saw the dis.
appointed expression on his wife's
rAcs, he said: We'll, never mind.
dear. wen stick to YuShor-Ta-Likit.
Probably I'll get used to 1t in time"
Nothing more was said about It
then. BY this time Mrs. Batterley
was becoming . little feverish about
those coupons She even did violence
TO her housewifely instincts so far
as to throw away the last dishful or
80 remaining in her packages, in
order TO get q new one the sooner.
She justified this. or tried to. with
the excuse that II was getting a little
stale. She had now acquired three
Pa, two rs, one A, two rs and an
o. Every time she went into the par
lor she nodded her head at the piano
and said to Il: Il won't be paying
rent much longer for you
Then Mr.. Gatterley openly rebelled.
She had served him You Short
with preserves and cream for lunch
and = Yu-Shor-Ta-Likit pudding for
dinner He said 1t was making him
SO energetic that he overexerted him
self and that he was going to taper
OF on beefsteak and get back to his
normal condition. I'll take It once
q week to oblige you. sweetness" he
concluded. but feel as II even this
delightful and nutritious fodder was
IL ting 8 trine monotonous. Let us
have something-anything else. Why
this anxiety TO I'LL me with sawdust?
I'm not = pincushion or a doll"
30 Mrs. Gatterley told him all about
IL. At first he laughed at her but when
she showed him the progress she had
made he became really interested.
Why, you only need an l and an y.
don't your" he said. Il should think
We ought to be able to get them. I'll
diet q little longer"
The Gatterleys ate Yu-Shor-Ta-Likit
religiously for q week or ten days.
They were both pretty sick OF IT by
this time. but they persevered-with
no further results than a consecutive
run of C's. Then Gatterley said: 'Oh,
what's the use OF eating the stuff?
We don't have to eat it,
So Gatterley plunged. He bought it
4 dollars worth at time and they
had great excitement opening the