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Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
BETTER ROADS HELP BABIES
Farm ls Made More Accessible to
Doctor and Nurse-Danger in
Travel Is Reduced.

It may seem long way from good
roads to better babies, and yet the
two are closely connected.
America has a great rural pOpula-
tiOn, throughout which babies are be-
ing born every day.
These babies and their mothers
need care, the visit Of the nurse, the
services of the physician, often Of the
surgeon, and how are they to have 1t
if between lie miles of road impossible
alike to automobile or buggy?
OF what use is the little hospital at
the county seat if the woman whose
life depends upon its care cannot be
taken there swiftly and comfortably?
What difference does it make that
the town physician may be very wiz
ard at treating diphtheria, If long be-
fore he can arrive at the farm the lit
tie throat has been closed by the
deadly film, or the little heart stopped
by the depressant poison?
Medical and surgical hOnors are
generally claimed for the city-when
as q matter of fact the country doctor
is often possessed Of skill as COM
plete as his heart is big.
Make the farm accessible to the doc
tor and nurse, make the hospital and
the health center accessible to the
farm. Nature and skill will do the
rest.-Concord Monitor.
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Thin ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
Ordinary Rock Surface Under Motor
Traffic Coming in Next
Few Years.

MacAdam was years ahead of his
age and years behind this one. The
builders of the Appian Way knew
more about building a road for mo-
tortruck than MacAdam, strange as it
may appear. 1t is the general opinion
among road builders-an opinion
greatly quickened and altered by the
war-that the light stone road, be II
surfaced or oil treated in what way
YOU will, is not the road to build in
the face Of an avalanche of motor
trucks that is coming in the next few
wears. The motorcar brought Oil to
the road as a necessity. The water
bond. which worked so we'll with iron
tires and iron shod hoofs, is useless
against the suction of the pneumatic
tire. But the oiled stone road that
holds the 3,OOO-pound car with ease
will not carry the tive-ton truck-and
last.
The railroad builders have found
that for heavy traffic it pays to use
the heaviest steel rails, the finest wood
for ties and the best broken stone,
and plenty of it, for ballast.
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DAIRY
MILK DELIVERED TO CITIES
Figures Announced by Department Of
Agriculture on Total Cost to
Ultimate Consumer.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The total cost Of milk delivered tO
the consumers door in Columbus, O.,
during the first six months of 1920
ranged from 11.3 cents up to 1873 cents
per quart, if the costs Of one company
which does business in certified
milk are omitted, according to the fig.
ures recently announced by the United
States Department of Agriculture. The
cost Of the raw milk delivered at the
dairy ranged from 81 cents to 10 cents
per quart. The total cost of op-
Grating the dairy plant, including the
pasteu izing and bottling of the milk,
ranged from / cent to Ia cents per
quart, and the cost of delivering the
milk from the dairy to the consumer
ranged from 1.61 cents to 39 cents per
quart.
The item Of administrative expense
varies widely, being as low as two
tenths Of, a cent per quart for one
small company and as high as cent
per quart for large concern.
Two Of the seven companies covered
were small concerns which produced
their own milk supply. The cost of
producing the milk for these COM
panies in 1920 was SO cents per quart,
which is very similar to the price paid
for milk by the larger concerns.
One of the items Of cost which has
attracted most attention among stu
dents of the milk business is the so
called "bottle loss" The depart
ment's study indicates that for the
companies covered in Columbus this
item ranges from one-tenth to two
tenths of cent per quart.
Great difficulty was experienced in
getting any satisfactory information
concerning the shrinkage which takes
place in the handling and delivery of
milk, but according to the best data
available this item amounts to be-
tween 2.3 per cent and 5.5 per cent OF
the total volume Of milk.
Columbus is city of 237,0 ,031 popula.
ton, which is reported to consume
about 27,OOOOOO quarts Of milk per an
mum. This milk is supplied by over
1000 producers, from Is different coun-
ties, and is transported to Columbus
from territory having radius of
35 miles. Conditions appear to be
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
GOOD
HIGHWAYS
0NE-MAN ROAD GRADER PAYS
Profitable Plan for Farmers in Com.
munity to Get Together and Pur
chase Implement.

Once two teams Of horses and at
least two men used to be required to
level and grade roads. Now we have
the one-man machine, which does the
job In half the time and never gets
tired. Like all modern devices Of this
nature, it is, of course, driven by gaso-
line.
The single operator manipuIates all
the levers that control the cutting
blades and also takes care Of the en-
gine. All the controls are placed at
his elbow.
II you live in community where it
Is the custom for each man to con-
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Keeping Account OF Feed Given to
Cows Is Necessary to Determine
Cost of Producing MIX.

Keeping Account OF Feed Given TO
Cows Is Necessary to Determine
Cost of Producing MIX.
fairly representative of many Middle
Western cities.
The investigation covered seven
companies, which sold about 1880, 600
quarts Of milk and cream in 1920, or
approximately Is per cent of the total
quantity consumed. The companies
ranged in size from very small one
wagon concern up to the largest, which
operated 40 milk routes.
From the point Of view Of the farm
sr end the consumer, the important
question is, What does 1t cost to han
lle the milk from the farm to the
consumer? The cost of raw milk was
between 63 per cent and Is per cent
Of the total cost Of the milk as it
reaches the consumer.
During the period under study the
retail price Of Grade A milk in Co
lumbus, as quoted by the dealers in
vestigated, ranged from Is cents to
l4.5 cents per quart, though during
1920 the two small dealers sold their
milk, which comes from tuberculin-
tested cows, for Is cents per quart.
At the same time the wholesale price
of milk ranged from II cents to 12h
cents.
The average number of customers
per route in 1920 ranged from 169 to
POI, and the number of quarts per
wagon ranged from 17S to 37S, the
average being 262. 1t is noteworthy
that the most profitable company was
the one having the largest average
wagOnlOad.
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine fol
durable ailments Of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kifmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands Of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be.
cause it's mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. It is q gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes. medi-
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Advertiseme
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TEACH YOUNG BULL TO LEAD
Little Effort If Taken in Hand at
Right Time.

A bull that is to be kept for service
should be taught to lead while he is a
small calf. He can be halter broken
at this time with few minutes effort.
He should not only be taught to lead
without tight rope, but also should
be taught to stand. If given this les
son while young, in after life, when he
is led out for visitors to look over or
to be photographed, he makes a much
better appearance.
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Our Strenuth and Our Victor,

Our times are disturbed by vast and
stupendous problems. On every side
the latch is lifting. and the door of op
portunity stands ajar. But we shall fail
In our day, as other men have failed
In their day, unless by faith and ex.
perience we enter into the fellowship
Of our Lords sufferings, and pray
earnestly that the Holy Spirit of God
may grant us wisdom and understand.
ing and lead us into all truth. In the
power of the Spirit ia our strength and
our victory.
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20

pain at all. I recommend your medi-
cine to everyone and you may publish
my testimonial, hoping that the Vege-
table Compound does some other girl
the good it has done me. Mrs. GEORGE
TEGARDEN, 915 Third Street, Mounds
vile, w. Va.
How many young girls suffer as Mrs.
Tegarden did and do not know where to
turn for advice or help. They often are
obliged to earn their living by toiling
day in and day out no matter how hard
the pain they have to bear. Every girl
who suffers in this way should try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
If she does not get prompt relief write
to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Massachusetts,, about her health.
Such letters are held in strict conf
dence.
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One of Lies Real Jobs.

It's easy to feel sorry for the fellow
who doesn't know how to enjoy thor
oughly ripe Georgia watermelon that
has been chilled through and whose
sweetness trickles into a humans in
terior like a rivulet Of joy.-Albany
(Ga.) Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" OH package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia. Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets Of AS
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
Monoaceticacidester OF Salicycacid.-
Advertisement.
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Best Way.

Mrs. Myles-Ever catch your hus.
band flirting?
Mrs. Styles-Yes; once.
Mrs. Myles-What did you do to
him?
Mrs. Styles-Married him.-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Cuticura for Sore Hands.

cuticura for Sore Hands.
Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes. Advertisement
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
No Doubt Of Need.

There isn't any doubt about the
need for more and better roads when
automobiles and trucks are the only
means of bringing food to your city
or town.
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COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review Of Trade an
Market Reports.

winter, spot, $1.32h; No. red, gar
Iicky, spot, $1.25A; August $l.25A;
September, SIPS bid.
Corn-Contract, 67Ac. :
Cob corn, $3.SO@3.s5 per barrel, FOL
carloads prime nearby yellow.
Oats-No. white, new, 43e; NO
white, new, AZ. =.
Rye-No. 2 rye, Western, $1.1s; baa
lots of new rye, as to condition, SIG
1.22.
Straw-No. / tangled rye, $3.50;
i no. 2 tangled rye, $14.50; No. l wheat
$40; No. 1 oat (nominal), $14.5OQ15
Butter-Creamery, Western, separa
tor extra, 44@45c; do, irsts, 42@43;
do, prints, a pounds, 46@47; do, frsts
44@45; do, 1 pound, extras, 46@F;
do, firsts, 44@45; nearby creamery
extras, 3S@40; do, flrsts, 35936; dairy
prints, State, Pennsylvania and Vir
gfhia, extras, 5000.
Eggs-Western Maryland, Pennsyl
vania and nearby, firsts, 36c; Eastern
Shore, Maryland and Virginia, firsts
S6; Western (Ohio), firsts, 36; West
Virginia, firsts, IS.
Live Poultry-Chickens spring,
pound, pound and up, 32@33c; do
1h and ~ pounds, 80; do, under ! 4
pounds, %; do, white leghorn, spring
pound, 26Q2S; do, old roosters, pound
Is; do, small, per pound, 23@24; do
white leghorn hens, pound, 23@24;
ducks, muscovy and mongrel, pound
young, 22@23;- do. white pekins
pound, young, 25@26. Pigeons, pair
old, 3O@35c; do, pair, young, 3o@35.
| Potatoes-White, Maryland, Penn
sylvania and nearby, per 100 pounds
s3@6.35; do, new, Rappahannock, pei
barrel, No. 1, $4.5O@5; do, culls and
No. 2, s2@2.50; do. York River, pei
barrel, $4.5O@5; sweets, yellow, NORTH
Carolina, per barrel, $5@5.5O; yams
fancy, bright, per barrel, $4.50@5.
/ NEW YORK.-Wheat-S easy;
No. 2 red, $1.35; No. 2 hard, $1.36; No
l Manitoba, Sits, and No. 2 mixed
durum, $1.39, c. j. f. track, New York
to arrive.
Corn-Spot easy, No. 2 yellow and
No. 2 white, SOC, and No. 2 mixed
79k, c. i. f., New York, Today ship
ment.
Oats-Spot weak; No / white nom
inal No. 2 white, 49c.
Butter-Creamery, higher than eX
tras, 43h@44c; creamery, extras (9i
score), 42A@43.
Eggs-Fresh gathered, extra firsts
aS@41c; fresh gathered, firsts, 34@37:
State, Pennsylvania and nearby West
ern hennery whites, flrsts to extras
47@5S.
Cheese-State, whole milk flats
fresh, specials, 21@21kc; do, averag>
run, 2o@2Oh.
! PHILADELPHIA -Wheat-Lower;
No. 2 red winter, s12s@l33; do, gar
licky, s1.1O@1.24.
Corn-Lower; No 2, for export, So @
! 69c; do, No. s, 66@67; do, No. 2 vel
low, for local trade, 75k@761A.
Oats-Lower; No. 2 white, 46@49c;
! do, No. 8 white, 43@47.
Hay-Timothy. old, No. 2, $23@24;
do, No. 8. s2O@21; sample, $1S@19;
no grade, $13@15; clover mixed hay
old light mixed, $21.5O@22; No. /
mixed, $2O@21; new hay, '$1S@22, a.
to quality.
Bran-Dull: soft winter Western il
10O-pound sacks, $25@26; spring, s2A
| @25.
Butter-Nearby prints, fancy. $40
! SEC; Western creamery, extra, 43.
Eggs-Nearby firsts, 42c; do, cur
rent receipts, Ale; Western, extra
firsts, 40@41; do: firsts, 38@39; fancy
selected packed, 59@54.
Cheese-New York whole milk
fancy flats, fresh, &c; fair to good
2O@21; longhorn, fresh, 22k@24;
single daisies, fresh, 21h@22.
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Vegetables in Fall Garden.

II should be remembered that prac-
tically all vegetables grown in the
spring garden can be grown also in
the fall garden, and such vegetables
seeds as were left over from spring
plantings may be used in the fall.
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20

because my periods
were irregular, came
every two weeks,
and / would suffer
with bearing-down
pains. A lady told
me Of Lydia E. Pink
bans V eg e t bl e
Compound and how
much good it had
done her daughter,
SO l took it and now
l am regular every
| vSoN~kh ~~l I~->
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
Don't NeaIect Herd Bull.

Don't neglect the herd bull. Re-
member he is half the herd and treat
him accordingly. This doesn't mean
to pamper him, but give him half
chance
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Hjohways Of Importance.

There were AZ highways Of ma
tional Importance under construction
throughout the United States last
year.
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
"FIuke" Kills 10000 Sheep.

TTVNS 1N'Fto E0,000 'S''~~P.
Nearly 2O.0GN sheep have been killed
recently in the Vale of ClWyd, Wales,
by disease known as 'fiuke," sc.tast
ing to report to the Welsh asrh,ss
tural council Experts say the pesEe
of attack is in certain class Of sIrals.
and that better drainage Of the fsS&
is the best precaution against sss-
disease.
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
Riooest Mileage In Texas.

Texas, with 1921 miles of roads,
leads all other states with the great
est total mileage; Rhode Island has
the least with 2,121 miles.
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Absence.

''Have you seen Jack lately?"
about 4 month ago"
"When you see him again remind
him that we are engaged, will you,
dear:'-C:irtoons Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
FEEDING in the Dark,

Feeding dairy COWS without records
of their performance is like feeding in
the dark.
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.Just the Kind

Shc-I do not care toa marry y''A
I do not care even to talk to yoa-
He ca widower)-,Tls;lt is. pre,;ist s
the reason, / want. ydu to marry sse
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tribute hiG share Of labor toward keep
ing the roads in condition, it will pay
the men of the neighborhood to get
together and purchase one-man road
grader and reduce the time and labor
ordinarily necessary for this task
Popular Science Monthly.
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the fire.

Only cure for malicious gossip is
hack-firing. A scorched gossip breads
The fire.
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GooseHesh..

kathyrn-Mr. Quotit paid me a high
compliment. He said I reminded MIN
of the song, "Annie Laurie"
Kittye-H'm! Her throat is like
the swan" Just think Of a swans
throat picked bare.
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20

Keep Clean and Cold.
Keep milk and cream clean and cold
It pays In dollars and cents.
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ONE :NEIGHb0R
Tells ANOTHER
Points the Way to Comfort
and Health. Other Women
Please Read

Moundsville, w. Va.-"I had taken
doctor's medicine for nearly two wears
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20

First Feed for Chicks.
It is best not to feed your baby
chicks at all for the first 4S hours
Middletown transcript., 1921-08-20
LIVE STOCK

CHICAGO. - Cattle - Top heav!
steers $10.4O; yearlings, $1O75; bulk
$725@1O; she stock, 12025c; lower
spots off more bulk fat heifers, $4.25d
6; Gamers and cutters, $2.50@3.50
bulls, stockers and feeders steady
bulk bulls, $4.5O@6; veal calves, bull
to packers around $3.50.
Hogs-Top, s11.75 early; late limit
s135; bulk light and light butchers
s11@1165; bulk packing sows, $3.50
@9; pigs, 25@50c lower.
Sheep-Top to city butchers, s1O.25
bulk to packers, s9@9.75; few at $40;
culls, $4,000; Western lambs steady
to 15c lower; top sheep steady; Mon
tana ewes, s4.75.
PITTSBURGH. - Hogs - Heavies
s1125@1150; heavy Workers and ligl
Workers, $12.75@13; pigs, $12@12.50
Calves-Top, s10.50.
Sheep and Lambs-Top sheep, $3.50.
top lambs, $11.
KANSAS CITY, MO.-Cattle -Bull
stockers, $5@5.75; other classes
mostly steady; practically top on veal
ers, $3.50; many calves, $4.50@6;
most Gamers, $2.25@2.5O.
Hogs-Bulk Of sales, 1926 @1O.60;
so selected 1OO-pound stock pigs
$1,000; bulk good kind, s10.50@1O.75:
mixed steady to strong.
Sheep-Fat native ewes, $4@450;
best native lambs, 50; Western lambs
15@25c lower; top Utahs, 1886.
NEW -Cattle-Steers, $5.25
@1O; pulls, $3.75@6 cows, $1.25@6.
Calves-veals, $e.50@11.5O; culls,
$5@6; good Westerns, $6.7507.5o;
buttermilks, 1904.
Sheep and Lambs-Sheep (ewes)
1905; bulls, $1.50@250; lambs, $50
1880; culls, $5@5.50.
Hogs-Light to medium weights.
$12.50; heavy hogs, $11.50; roughs'
$75O0S.
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The sun. because 1t is always SURE
Of q rise
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Fitted for the Job.
Mr.. Latitat-You sent a young man
to me for job as information clerk.
Is he honest enough to work for me?
Mr.. Frankleigh-Just about that.
But I wouldn't recommend him to any
one else.
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IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Si11n2daySchool
' Lesson

lBy REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
(@, 1921, Western Newspaper Union.)
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W. N. u, BALTIMORE, NO. s4--tase
Evening star., 1921-05-01

the scores and Mr.. Harding had S%
and Mr.. Fletcher so and Mr.. Rice "a.
WELL" 1 says. II would rather Dc
Rice than be President" but it's vs..
the. rules for Mr.. Jarvis to laugh,
specially on the golf course.
1 was asked to not say what the
other birds got on the last nine, out
personly l cut off strokes and come
in in S. All this vile i thought we
had been playing for the PRESIDENTS
cup or something. but when 1t was
over and Mr.. Fletcher give me lV
golf balls which he said l had win
on the match. why you could OF
knocked me down with girder. IL
that's the way things is going this
yr. il looks like we'd have the wnole
world serious in Philadelphia.
It was after 6 O'Clock when we got
through and Mr.. Harding asked US TO
stay at the White House for supper
but IL the 1st lady is anything IKE ths
I'd she don't want the grand ekal'eo
ruler inviteing no surprise guests 10
supper on a Thursday, so we stoppeu
lust long enough to get our reguiar
cIothes and catched the O'Clock oack
home no worse for the trip excep.
that it will take long vile TO ee'
use to dressing ourselfs.
RING w. LARDNER.
Great Neck, April .9.
irooxrirht 1921 By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1921-05-01

my game. as I had expected to stay
right in Washington and play capital
golf.
Well We figured out 'tfiat it would
be even game if / and Grant stood
the President and Mr. Fletcher, as
Grant was supposed to be very good.
Mr.. Fletcher good, Mr.. President
pretty good and me terrible. With
out wishing to brag I must say at
this junction that ! was the only one
in the party that lived up to expec-
tations. We hadn't went more than
2 or holes when I understood why
the man they had broughten along
to keep score was from the secret
service.
In regards to the course we played
on. why il Washington is the city of
magnificent distances they's no words
| left to describe Chevy Chase. They
had the yards wrote down on the
score card like at'all golf courses. but
il the man that measured them had
of counted Mr.. Harding's votes we
, would have been playing VS.. Gov
Cox. It's a pretty course though and
| / seen it all and when I got home
| looked up in the atlas to see where
was it located but the only town
| could find in Maryland that sounded
like it might be it was Trappe.
+ + X
WELL when we had went holes
w asked our score keeper Mr.
Jarvis how we stood and he read on
Evening star., 1921-05-01
One of a Series of Stories by Holman Day

I III lend you fifty dollars. shall
/ expect you to stand by me on the rest
/ of the business. Sturnell.
! I'll do anything you ask me to do
! for you. Simpson. l only want you
to help me. now that my sporting
| blood is up"
, Sturnen grabbed the money and
| galioped away. In a few moments
Mr.. Towle heard him yelling his chal-
! lenge. I'll fight any rooster in the
world with old Horace P. Towle
here. That name amt good enough
! for him. but it's the best 1 can think
! of on short notice. Bring on any
| thing that has a bill and walks on
two legs. Anything. Bring on your
| ostriches. l don't care. I've got a
winner. Bring 'em on.
| Mr. Towle leaped away into the
| night
/ ing back He was Juggling a heavy
! sack Of his own. In his pocket he
| had all the money from the treasury
| of Messrs. Purvis and Towie. He had
! rif1ed the pockets Of his sleeping part
ner He entered the barn quietly:
Whats he offering 10 put up: IN
quired Mr.. Tow!e Of the man nearest
him.
"One hundred"
Mr.. Towle slipped money into the
mans hand
Take him up
Il haven't any gamecock. man"
II have" snarled Towle in low
tones But I don't want him to
know it's ME that's betting till his
money is up.
We'll. I'm nothing out" said the
man. He pushed to the front Of the
ring Of men. III cover that hun
dred. Seurnell." He handed the
money to the stakeholder. Mr.. Stur--
nell had been brandishing his shear
Of bills. batting the crowd. He
stamped the cash into the outstretehed
hand He picked up the huge Brahma
rooster. "One grand and noble gent
here. and the rest all pikers, ne
bawled. "Heave your bird.
Mr.. Towle elbowed forward and un-
ended the sack and dumped out the
dilbo bird.
Mr.. Sturnell lost his voice at that
well" said the stakeholder. break
ing the silence. put down your
rooster and introduce him to the
stranger who has just dropped in
Not by a damsite will I fight my
rooster against that what-is-it. No
sir, That's al say l won't fight
Hand me my money"