South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-20

and newspaper items. tho next best.
are manufacture rr C-eEer YOUNG
Journalists who have married early
and have an erEaEiuZly pcs-imistIc
view OF life Therefore. for season
able diversion We are reduced %
two ver5 questionable sources-facis
and philosophy. We viii begin with
which ever sou choose % call it
Children are presidential little ami
mas with which We have 10 cope
under "A bewildering variety OF con-
ditions Especially when childish
sorrows oveTwhclm them are We put
% our wits end. We exhaust our
paltry store Of consolation. and then
beat them. sobbing, 90 sleep. Then
We grOvel in The dust Of "a million
years. and ask God why. Thus Va
call out Of tho rat-trap. As for the
children, no one understands them
except old maids, hunchbacks. AMI
shepherd dogs
NOW come the facts in the case of
RaE-Dou. the Tatterde maiion. and
the Twenty-ffth OF December.
on the 10th Of that month the
Chile of the Millionaire lost her
rag doll. There were many ser
wants IN the MNhonaire's palace on
the Hudson and these ranSaCkcd the
house and grounds. but without
hudinE the lost treasure. The child
was a girl Of FIVE, and one OF those
peTverse little beasts that often
wound the sensibilitles Of wealthy
parents by fixing their affections up
on some vulgar, inexpensive top in
stead % upon diamond studded au-
tomobiles and pony phaetons-
The Child grieved sorely and
truly. a thing inexpEcable 20 the
"a nj
market was about as interesting as
Bay state Gas. and 20 the Lady the
Child's mother, who was all form
that is. nearly all as you shall sec.
The child cried inconsolably, and
grew hollOw-eyed. knock -kneed,
spindling. and orykilverty in many
other respects. The Millionaire
smiled and tapped his Golfers con-
hdently. The pick Of the output OF
the French and German toymakers
was rushed by special delivery 20 the
mansion: but Rachel refused 10 be
ComfOrted. she was weeping for her
rag child. and was for "a high pro-
tective tariff against all foreign
foolishness. Then doctors with the
finest bedside manners and stop
watches were called In. One by one
they chartered futilely about pepto-
manEanate OF iron and sea voyages
and hypophOsphites until their stop
watches showed that Bill Rendered
was under the wire for show or
place. Then, as men. they advised
that the rag-doll be found as soon
as possible and restored 20 its
mourning parent. The Child shifted
at Therapeutics. cheweed a thumb
and walled for Betsy. And all this
time cablegrams were coming from
Santa Claus saying that he would
soon be here and enjOining Us 10
show a true Christian spirit and let
up on the poolroOms and tontine
policies and platoon systems lons
enough 10 give him a welcome.
E,verywhere the spirit OF Christmas
vsas discussing itself. The BANKS were
refusing loans, the pawn brokers
had doubled their gang OF helpers
people bumped your shins on the
streets with red sleds. Thomas and
jeremiah dubbed before you on the
bars while you waited on one foot
holly wreaths OF hospitality were
hung in windows OF the stores they
VIII had en- were getting out their
furs. You hardly knew which WIS
the best bet IN balls--three. high,
moth. OF snow. u was no time at
which TO lose the rag-dol Of your
heart
~
friend had been called in 10 solve
this mysterious ne might have OBJ
served on the Milltonaire's wall q
copy OF The Vampire That would
have quickly suggested. BY Undue
ton. "A rag and bone and hank
Of hair" Flip" a Scotch terrier.
next 10 the rag-doll in the Child S
heart. frisked through the halls.
The hank OF hair, Aha Y. the un-
found quantity, represented the rag
doll But the bone7 Well. when
dogs find bones they Done II
we're an easy and fruitful task 20
examine F1ip's forefeet Look. wat
son, Earth-dried earth between
the toes OF course the doE-but
sherlock was not there. Therefore
30 devolves But topography and
architecture must intervene.
The NnHonaire's palace occupied
a lOrdlv space In front Of IL was a
lawn close moved as a south Ire
land mans face two days after a
shave At one side Of st. and front
ing on another street was a pleas
auncc trimmed 20 a lear. and the
garage and stables. The Scotch pup
had ravishcd the rag-dou from the
nursery. draggcd II TO corner OF
tho lawn. dug a hole and buried IL
after the manner Of careless under
takers. There YOU have the mys-
terry solved. and no checks 10 write
for the hypodermical wizard or A.
pun notes 20 toss 10 the sergeant.
Then lets get down 90 the heart OF
the thing. tiresome aders-the
Christmas heart o. the thing
Fuzzy was drunk-not riotousIy
Or helplessly or lOquac!ously as VOC
or might get. but decently. appro-
priately. and inofensively. as be
comes a gentleman down on his
luck.
Fuzzy was a soldier Of misfor-
tune. The road, the haystatk the
park bench the kitchen door the
bitter round OF eIeemosyuary beds
with -ShO over bath-attaChucut the
petty pickings and ignobly garuered
.argesse Of great Cities-thcse form
"a the chapters OF his history
Fuzzy walked toward the river.
down the street that bounded ono
side Of the 8filuonaire's house and
grounds lie saw a leg of Betsy.
he lost rag-dou, protruding like the
-iue 90 a LluipUtian murder mys-
lcry. from its untimely grave IN q
corner Of the fence. He dragged
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