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sheet of paper within were the words:
 q was detained last night. Please be there st the same hour this even ing" .--
 "By hokey." exclaimed Abe. as he 1ourished the note around his head; and that superior air came back. The girl had not kept the tryst last night, but she was all right. She wouldn't disappoint him again.
 When darkness came Abe set out as before. Father and mother looked at Mary for an explanation, but she had none to make.
 It was an hour after midnight this time when Abe came in. He was sullen and moody all next day, and no letter wes received, but at night he went away for the third time.
 It was growing daylight when he came home, rand the watching girl saw him go straight to the barn. Ev- cry line of his figure showed deJec- tion, and yet she seemed to read a certain determination in his step. She dressed and reached the barn to find him adjusting a noosed rope to 8 beam.
 ."Abe, know all about it, she said as she took the rope from his hands. Come and sit down her4. "What-what you here for?'' he demanded.
 "To save you from making bigger fool of yourself. Sit down and hear some plain talk. Now, then, who are we? You are Abe and I am Mary. Neither of us Is educated and both l of us are plain faced We know nothing of the life lived In the cities. Our ways gre different wayA Aba.
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been known as Fitzie One His |,brother, who had amazingly devel- oped as far as studies and athletics went, was F1tzie Two; and the dog was Eitzie Three.@
 F1txtep ono fixed the girls, and be- causes of his liberal and sympathetic taste in the matter he was kept in a constant state of indecision.
 At :, first he had been moved to freshman raptures over the 30-year- old daughter of his Greek professor. Then 1t was'the library stenographer, and -then-but no one, save Fitzie One himself, could recount the full number of his charmers.
 But everyone knew about Georgie Marston-- Fitzie One had come back to college as a senior with a free and ready heart, and he had speedily and, wfth even more enthusiasm than usual. centered his thoughts upon the daughter of the new vicar of the college chapel. the bewitching Geor- gie. ''Do you know, Miss Marston," he told her one Sunday afternoon as they were walking through a wood- land pathway, with the faithful Fit szie Three, 'tdo you know, Georgie, 1t t1sn't just because you're pSetty. s1ts -somethfng moro deep. more in tangible than that"
 ! Georgie, because of her inexperf- ence, blushed and felt uncomfortable. She tried to think of some suitable
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strong and rugged physically and was looked up to.
 One day as Abe was working in field by the roadside an auto in which four girls were riding met with some accident. They were girls from the city, stopping at a summer resort two miles away.
 The hired man was called, too, and he responded. After half an hour he was lucky enough to find the cause of the trouble and remedy it, but that him.
 Abe had never been in a city. He had never seen a handsomer girl. He had looked into the face of Mary Baxter thousands of times, but nev- CT to ask himself if she were homely or good-looking. He had seen her in many dresses, but he had never thought of style or harmony of col ors.
 She had. been just Mary to him. She was neither a firt nor a CO., | quette. Their talks as lovers had always had a sober tinge. The girls in the auto were full of talk and laughter Abe wondered some, and that money could buy such hats and dresses. He came to them in 8 hickory shirt and overa1ls, and
 with rusty straw hat on his head. and they fiattered him. They told him he was picturesque. | They praised his strength and ad-
 mtred his sunburn and freckles. They
 said if they ever married it would
 be to men like him. And es a eli
 max, the handsomest and most mds-
 chieTous of the quartet whispered i1
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 as his substitute without salary. He proved so rigid and conscientious in the performance of the duties in- .volved that steachers dnd scholars longed for their easy-going superin- tendent.
 When the strenuous young substi- ute waR making the rounds of the different rooms, he was troubled and surprised by the disorder reigning in "a third-grade room. The teacher was a little rosebud of . girl, with distracting dimples and fcr1nkiy hair. She alone, of all the teachers. seemed unconcerned and undistufbed by a visit from the crfti- cal young inspector. She politely of fered him a chair, and, handing his the Third Reader, asked him Go con- duct the class.
 An Aniovergrown., backward pupil be- gan the "Song of the Roses.'' In a sing-song monotone he read, "Now l am, an old rose"
 Ferris quickly interrupted. Put some expression into 1t. Listen! Now I am an old rose.'"
 "'Now I am an old rose," again chanted the reader.
 "Noi"snapped Ferris. "You don't get the idea. The Rose means that .ehe is no longer a bud. Emphasize Aold' and, now" ".Now T am an old rose,'" repeat ed, the1paipil. patiently, and precisely es he had first rendered the line
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way to change the subject, when her eye caught sight of the dutiful Fitzie Three plodding on few feet ahead. Isn't he perfect dear of a dog? am just crazy about bulldogs!"
 ooh, are your" exclaimed Fitzie One, whose enthusiasm at this point was mounting to alarming heights. r"You, can have him if you like.''
 "Oh, Mir. Fitzgerald!" she ex- claimed, in way that made Fitzie One feel thrill of age and manli- ness. And then she continued: 'I don't believe father would let me TOW him sometimes"
 The idea met with Fitzie Ones entire approval.
 she went on. Hell make such a nice mascot for our Browning So- c1ety." Then, as Fftzie One looked interested, she explained:
 Its a club that some of us girls have just got up. We suggested all sorts of things-cards and embroid- cry and things like that-and finally we agreed on Browning. We read together once a week, and as the meetings are to be at my house, they said could decide about the mascot. If you don't mind, I'll make 1t your dog"
 Your dog" Fitzie One generously corrected. ;
 "Yes, my dog" said Georgie, land, of course, won't tell anyone where I got him. Oh, it will be perfectly lovely!" she cried, as she knelt be- fore her newly acquired pet and looked into his trustfu1 dog eyes.
 So 1t was that the Browning So- ciety acquired for its official mascot Georgie Marston's new dog. ,,
 But as the winter came on and the excitement of college festivities detracted from the milder amusement of reading poetry, Fitzie Three's visits became less frequent. Finally the forgotten mascot, who shared his
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That's just the trouble. If she was one of you girls she'd under stand, but. he hates to explain to Cynthia Fitzie Two. sighed from the depths of experience.
 tBut know how he feels, Georgie. When fellow is really. really in love he's on pins and needles about everything. Say, Georgie,' he added, suddenly bringing up a subject which to drop forever. "I was thinking last. night that if you'd promise to hold ofh and not marry anyone for two Or three years and give me a chance to do something worth while you might feel differently then. You said you weren't sure I loved you enough. But if I should do some thing great to prove it--something that no one has ever done before and you knew I cid it just for you wouldn't that convince you "
 of. you. will get Fitzie Three I'll say Yes now" Georgie said gravely.
 Fitzie. Two's vision of glorious worldly accomplishment faded into the humble dickering over a dog.
 Its a go,. Georgie! I'll manage 1t somehow" he said, and then he hurried the girl back to the vicar age and, with a friendly "See you later, Georg1e," he went out upon his knightly errand.
 It was unnecessary, putting him tc the test, for in spite of her professed doubts Georgfe was sure, in hel heart, of the depth and single-mind- edness of Fitzie Two's devotion; ant ! as the afternoon passed she began tt doubt her own wisdom in forcing hin to undertake such a task.
 His misgivings were for the mo
 ment put aside, however, when at o'clock MT. Fitzgerald and Mis- Standish were. announced by the: vic Farage housemaid Georgie hurrie, into the little drawing room an,
 beheld, not only -Fitzie One and tn
 dazz1ing Cynthia, but the much-cov
 eted mascot of the Browning Society
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old rose"
 He went away angry with her flip pancy and with his lack of snerve. The subject filled his thoughts to such an extent that he finally con cluded to talk the matter over with Jared.
 He found his friend propped up in an armchair.
 How are things going. Walt? You have 8 troubled air. Never mind; l am right on the gain now'
 N"Everything is going fairly we'll
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longer he remained in the room the more deplorable the discipline and recitations. It was very evident that this young Miss Wright was not adapted to the profession. She was so young, so pretty and so ingenious that 1t would be extremely disagree able to reprimand her.
 He fingered after the school was dismissed and. tried to intimate to her that things were not going as they should, but she was an artfu1 dodger and steered him from the sub
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Ferris looked bored. The teacher Uttered audibly, which encouraged the scholars to a vociferous display of mirth.
 ''I beg your pardon" explained the teacher to Ferris in an undertone, "but Thomas and I have daily been through that same performance. You can't change his rendition of the lines"
 Ferris was chagrined, and the
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LOVES LABOR

ject and chatted Of outside subjects.
 Finally he departed. When he reached the door he turned witt. reso- >1ute determination
 Miss Wright he began austere1y.
 She looked up and he realized that it would be like kicking a kitten to rebuff such slip of girl. "Um- I will call again next Thursday" "Yes, do," she urged, "and maybe Thomas will read to you about the
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ral mail carrier hailed the hired man from the road and gave him a letter, with the remark:
 You must be getting up among the high-toned, Abe. Bet you that's a love letter from ono of the good looking girls at the hotels
 Abe sat down under a thornapp1e tree and opened the little robins egg colored envelope. On the dainty
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che easy words if not hurried. Arith- lmetio was almost a sealed book to him. and he rejoiced when he had added seven and four together and was assured that his sum of Il was positively correct.
 From the age of 12 1t was all hard work and no chance. Abe was a good-hearted fellow and a hard worker. but he grew up boor.
 Mary Baxter was farmers daugh- ter. As soon as she was old enough to lift the churn-dasher 1t was placed in her hand. To be a farm er's daughter meant feeding the chickens, peeling' the potatoes. using fhe broom and helping otherwise. She also went to school for term or two. She learned more and faster than Abe, who carried her dinner basket for her and sometimes took her hand for the long mile walk. Hhey were always in love it seemed but nothing was spoken of marriage until Abe had reached the age ot
 Ia intellect and intuition the gir pss tAe RRsrlan spd yet. Abe wa
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"Oh, dear" she said with a little grimace. ''I had just succeeded in for getting you, and here you are.'' : See here, Miss Wright, I don't know why made myslef SO disagr able. T was too officious for sub stitutea-'s ~4
 "The worst of 1t is," she said with a sigh. "you were entirely right in what you said.''
 Forget it!' he urged. T don't
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Turning of the Worm

My dear," said MT. Enpeck, "can you tell me the difference between your mouth and the courthouse door?"
 ..No, I can't" snapped Mrs. En- peck.
 Then" continued the long-suffer- ing man, ''you had better have one or the other of them closed so the public aan tall-411A d1HarAnca!.s !.s .-------------
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!, BY ELSIE ENDICOTT.

FEN Jared Lynne, the young superintend- ent of schools, met with an accident that laid him up for a. few weeks, his friends came nobly to the rescue.
 Among them was 8 former classmate, Walter Ferris, who fo oot
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BUS I \ ERl

Three somehow. because the meeting is tomorrow and if the girls don't find him they'll wonder, and oh, it will be just dreadful!'
 "But, Georgie,'' Fitzie had ex-
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[ He's really hit. this time and he wouldn't spoil his chances for: any thing" .c..--,..... 2.
 l.'of course,", agreed Georgie, land I'm not a bit cross, only it puts me
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"Let me strap; that for you," he said, kneeling down and taking the little foot in his grasp. When he had finished his task, he looked into her flushed face and shining eyes.
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'tIs that a1l?' asked the girl as she looked up.
 you'd better stand up, and if you don't know that I want our wedding day jumped ahead three months then you'd better find out before another dinged auto comes chuggin' along with a lot of titterin' gals for load!"
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True Candor.

let my-er-call intahfere with any arwan ngements you may have, don- cher know. Just act as if Ter wasn't heah.''
 Miss Hitts-Oh,- thank you, Mir. Sapleigh. Then I'll proceed to enjoy myself.
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in such a fix Really T don't see how Fitzie ever had the courage. to make advances to. Miss :Standish. She's so dreadfu1ly rich and she never
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Remedied.

pointed in love?
 The Man-On1y once.
 The Maid-And what did you do about it?
 The Man-oh. got dfvorce.
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nTWALTER GREGORY.
YBE SHEARER had beer

born on a farm. At
 6 years old he was picking up potatoes
 as his father dug them. Between 10 z and ,12ihe put in two winters at the dis trict school, and learned to, read in a slow uncertain way. Ha oou1d olso SnaI1
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SHE LOVED

at midnight when Abe stumbled up stairs. He carried puzzled, disap- pointed look next morning, but she
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aid had arrived on
 the college campus with Robert Fitz- gerald, his younger brother and class mate, and an alto gether engaging. bull terrter following in his wake. ha had
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p1ained, "I asked Fftzie One about it
 and he said he simply couldn't get him. You know he gave the beast to Cynthia Standish and he's on pins and needles about asking for him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
BY WILL, SEAT.

VEH atnce the. day 2. . when, as a fresh ff3sf3 S1efti q ss fy4fzper-
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At 4 o'clock that afternoon the ru-
The Washington herald., 1920-05-15
Local Securities.

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furnished By Noorhead q Rlnor,.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-15
'TRADINGLIGHT;;
PUBLICSELLING
Outside Participation IN
Market Confined to
Unloading.
BANK RATE TO GO UP
Street Convinced Monday $
Conference Here Will
Have That Result.
BANK RATE TO GO UP

New York. May 1L-Trading In
the stock market was very light
today. with nc public participation
except on the selling side. But the
shorts had overcrowded the Street
and their covering in the afternoon
caused advances of q point or two
IN some issues.
The only news of the day that
was considered important proved
untrue. II was In regard to q Po-
lish order for Baldwin locomotives.
A gold shipment was reported from
London. but the good effect OF this
was counteracted by announcement
that the government would trans
fer large volumes of money next
week from the East to the agricul-
.tural regions of the Middle West.
! Call money went as high as IL per
cent, although renewals were at s.
The Mexican outlook continued IA
vorable. Rails were heavy.
As credit Is the most important
thing in the stock market Just now
business credit. not Stock Exchange
credit-the Street paid close atten-
tion to all rUmors affecting money
conditions. Bankers are Of opinion
that at Morday's conference in
washington agreement will be
reached to raise tho bank rate
, again. The Eastern Reserve banks
already are lending to the West
ern Reserve banks about $1S2,00o,-
Oe0 on balance, and this Is to be
largely increased.
The banks are refusing to extend
additional loans. and are renewing
outstanding loans only on hard
terms. For this reason. 1t seems
sure that further liquidation must
be seen in the stock market. Liber-
ty bonds are beginning to suffer Sc
verely now. Some issues made new
low records today.
Sugar stocks continued to be alb
scribed by the people who are thor
oughly informed on the trade situ-
alton For instance. the Cuba Cane
Corporation announced today that
eight of its sixteen centrals had
finished their seasons work. The
six just closed produced a total OF
1.267.109 bags, against an output
of 1,473,173 for the same centrals
last year. This shortage of more
than 100000 bags is more than
made up in the price being received
for the sugar.
Copper stocks are being absorbed
very gingerly, for they are in ar
awkward market position. The need
of copper is world wide and serious
and the mines are able to produce
only about so per cent of their nor
NAL volume. But consumers refrain
from buying because the collapse OF
the transportation system of the
country makes them afraid to enter
into heavy production lest they be
unable to get their goods to the ul-
innate consumers even IL they are
able to manufacture them. Thus II
is evident that a boom is assured in
the coppers-some time. But when
The Mexican situation continues
Z TO please the oil people.
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MONEY.

New York, May 14.-There was no
indication Of relaxation in the time
money market today the only rate
mentioned being 8 per cent. Busi-
ness was at a minimum In prime
mercantile paper the minimum was
again close to IN per cent. Prime
bank acceptances were quoted nom
inally at 6ha6A per cent. The
market was narrow and inclined to
dullness- Call loans on acceptances
were unchanged at 5 L. per cent.
Some speculation was indulged in
today relative to the effect of the
reported sale of gold/to Japan from
Hong Kong. The points raised was
how this would be reflected in the
bank statement under the item OF
gold held by foreign agents.
Money on call opened s. high Il,
low s. closed 10, ruling rate per
cent.
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Mr.. Dunnington has been resident
manager for S. W. Straus and Com
pany here since his discharge from
the Air Service, where he served
for twenty-five months as an avi-
ator. During this time he has nat
urally been thrown in contact with
real estate operations on a large
scale. both proposed and concluded.
His new duties will include the sale
Of real estate and the negotiation
and placing of loans, and general
building operations.
Prior to his entry into the Air
Service, Mr.. Huntington was en-
ployed for nine years as govern
.ment salesman for the Remington
Typewriter Company OF this city
He attended the public schools in
Washington. graduating from East
ern High School in 1905 and from
the Georgetown Law School in 1910.
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REALTYEXPERT
MAKESCHANGE
Clyde c. Dunnington Now
Associated With Vim.
S. Phillips.

Clyde C. Dunntngton. formerly
resident manager of the Washing
ton Office Of 8. w. Straus and Com
pany. is now associated with the
sales department Of william s.
Phillips.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-15
THE DOLLAR In FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Federal Reseroe Board May Increase
Rates on Commercial Rediscounts

T. opinion in banking circles
rate on commercial rdscognts from
Kansa
deman
reached the East is exgerie ncing - "
while nannum
per naturally tes all -
Arizona republican., 1920-04-07
Game Is Exciting-Local Boys Get Early Lead But Lose It When Cubs Tight en Up In Sixth and Forge Ahead-Local Men Hit Hard-Cround Poor

Phoenix saw real baseball game yesterday when the famed Chicago Cubs descended upon the city and came to grips with the Phoenix All-stars, a composite valley team that put up a regular game, holding the Cub victory down to a score of 12 to 10. A crowd or 5000 fans went out to the state fair grounds for the game and stuck until the end, cheering both sides impar- tialIy.
 The game was good. Until the sixth inning it was really exciting, and pros poets for a local victory over the Chi cago Nationals were bright. But then the Cubs frightened up, and for the rest of the game the spectators enjoyed the sight of watching the local boys trying to regain their lost lead.
 - Using Cub battery, Bailey on the mound and Rossiter behind the bat the Phoenix All-stars played a game that eelipsed all expectations of the fans The Cubs were entirely up to snuff, too, pulling themselves out from under by fast work in the sixth and seventh innings. All in all, it was a good fast
Arizona republican., 1920-04-07
HTSSPOQ[LSA PHOENIX SEES FAST GAME
 AS CHICAGO CUBS DEFEAT
 ALL STARS TWELVE TO TEN

game, and the fans enjoyed it all the way through, as was evidenced by the fact that the crowd stayed to the end If the game was good, however, the field was anything but that, the dia- mond that had been made in the inner field of the fair grounds being freely criticized on all sides, the visiting Cubs particularly inquiring whether it was the best ball ground Phoenix could produce. Incidentally. the grounds were responsible for the only home run of the game, Charley Deal of the Cubs single when the ball got lost in the alfalfa.
 Local Boys Hard Hitters
 The game was featured by the hit ting of Griffin, Westfall and Gill of four hits apiece.
 Before the game the spectators saw in action Grover Cleveland Alexander, the celebrated Cub pitcher whom many Arizona boys met in France when the field artillery regiment he was serving in vas brigaded with the 340th Field Artillery, which was made up mostly of men from this state. Alexander warming up for the Cubs. Vaughn, another noted Cub pitcher, was also in action, pitching to the All-stars in bat ting practice before the contest.
 When the game began the Cub stars were introduced to the fans as they went to bat.
 The first inning opened with a flash of speed on the part of the Cubs. who scored twice in their half. getting an