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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04

Mary A. Caskey, lots 11-142 Schwes
mans addition to city; 81.
Chester c.. Hudelson to Tena v.
Kerns, lots 77-S4, Doan and Menden-
halls addition to city; 81.
William w. Webb to Ben and Rosa
Korvacs, lot 8, H. Moffitt's addition to
city; $4,000.
Catherine w. Smith to Grover [.
and Blanche Yost, lots 1914, W. Grit
fins addition to city; 81.
Henry J. Duning to John Lienemar,
lot A, A. Jones' subdivision city; 81.
Frank T. Strayer to Peerless Home
and Savings association. lot 3, block 4,
C. r. Prices addition to city: 81.
William c. Wore etal. to Bessie Q.
Williams, lots IL Sanders addition &c
city; 81.
William C. Wore etal to Frank NJ.
Roberts etal., lot 2, S. Sanders add
ton to city; 81.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
CONTEST PICTURES
TO BE AT LIBRARY

Arrangements have been made by
the exhibition committee of the Fa-
nous Picture contest to have per
manent exhibition of the pictures that
are to be in the contest at the libr-
ary The library has many pictures
now on exhibition. Mrs. Bernhart,
librarian, stated that more pictures
and prints will soon be on exhibition.
The library will be one of the centers
of the contest.
Mrs Arthur Charles, of Earlham
college, has started an exhibition at
the college and plans to have it ex-
tended very rapidly. Many students
al the college have already started a
collection of pictures for the students
at Earlham who are going to enter the
contest.
Practically every school in the city
will have a permanent set of the pic
lures in the schools for the benefit OF
the children. These sets will arrive
here very soon.
All committees of the contest will
meet in the office of Miss Florence
Williams at the high school, Monday
afternoon at Ais o'clock Every com
mittee will be expected to have re-
port as to the progress of the contest
and all members of committees are
asked to be present.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
tBy Associated Press,

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 4.-Cat-
tie Receipts $50; market slow and
steady; calves, receipts $50, 60c low
er: good to choice heifers, S12@12.5O;
fair to good heifers, S6.50@9.00.
Sheep and Lambs - Receipts 1000,
market steady; choice lambs s14.5O a
$15.25; fair to good, $8@11; choice
sheep sos; fair to good, 1904.
Hogs Receipts 1500 market sc
higher; pigs, s11.25; heavies, $11 90;
lights, slips; medium. $1190; roughs,
s975; stays, 1925
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
Markets
GRAIN PRICES
(Markets by E. F. Leland & Company
Ir.,inx. I.,iIIi.,crA

(Markets by E. F. Leland & Company.
PIP Union Bank Build!ag)
CHICAGO, March 4.-Wheat-After
heavy liquidation early the market
firmed up a little In the later session
on export business. The weather in
the southwest favorable and lower
foreign markets. There was consld-
cradle selling also by houses with
New York connections. Stop loss or
ders were caught on the way down.
Liverpool was much lower. Cash
wheat was 3 to 4 lower; May was the
weakest. Some of the late buying
was credited to the removing of
hedges.
Corn was weak all day with wheat.
There was fair reaction near the close.
Cash markets 2 to lower with fair
export business reported.
Oats-While oats were weak they
were not so much disposed to follow
other grains. On the advance there
was selling by houses supposed to be
acting for the elevator interests who
sold yesterday. Cash markets about
one lower.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
TWO C0MELY GIRLS
TAKE MANS PURSE
(By Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES, March 4..-W. T.
Taylor at a public dance nall early to-
day requested the pleasure of escort
ing two comedy girls home and they
consented. Several blocks away at a
dark corner one of the girls softly
said "Stick 'em up honey and hold ''em
high" punctuating such remarks with
pistol. The other girl caressingly
removed $35 from Taylor's pockets
and they bid him a fond goodnight
Meanwhile P. A. Downer not far
from the dance hall met titan haired
woman who relieved him of SO in
cash and $3.50 in postal savings GER
tificates and S12 in checks while
menacing him with a revolver.
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Try Associated Pressl

CINCINNATI o., March 4-Wheat
No. red $144@1.46; No. red 81 AZ
OLA. Other grades as to quality,
$135@141. Corn-No. white $50
Sac; No. white 62@63c; No. 4 white
S1@62c. Corn-No. 2 yellow, 63@64c;
No yellow 62@63c; No. yellow
51@62c. Corn-No. 2 mixed 62M63c.
Oats, 3S@42c. Rye, lower $1,000
s04 Hay S16m22
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
PRODUCE MARKET
(By Associated Press)

INDIANAPOLIS, March 4-Butter-
Fresh prints, $50 42c; packing stock,
I5c
Eggs-1S@23c.
Fowls-Jobbers' buying prices for
fowls, 17@22c; springers, 21c; capons
pounds and up, Csc; slips, 21c;
ROSTERS, 10@14c; turkeys, old toms
soc; young toms, 35@40c; capons, IS
G40c; young hens, 35G40c; ducks, 4
lbs. and up, 16@23c; squads, II lbs. to
the dozen, Sc; geese, 10 lbs. up, IA
@1S cents
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sheen and
DAYTON MARKET
Corrected by Schaffer's Commission
Company, Dayton, Ohio.

Bell Phone 1880. Home Phone S1262.
DAYTON, Ohio, March 4.-Hogs-
Receipts, four cars; market steady:
choice heavies, S11.25; butchers and
packers SLIPS; heavy Workers $11 25;
Iigh Workers, SLIPS; choice sows,
sSGe; common to fair, $7.50@S;
stays. $4@5: pigs, s10.50@11.
Cattle Receipts. 10 cars; good to
fair butchers, $4,000; choice fat
beifers. 5000; good to fair heifers,
s4@5; choice fat cows, $3.50Q4.25;
fair to- good cows, $3@3.50; bologna
COWS. s1.5O@25O: bologna bulls, $3.50
"a; butcher bulls. S4Q4.5o; calves,
S7611.
Sheep-Market, steady; $2.5O@5.
10.00@12.0o.
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EAST BUFFALO,, March 4.-Cattle
Receipts 200; steady; calves, 275,
steady; $3.00@13.50.
Hogs-Receipts 2,4O0; steady to Is
cents higher; heavies, $115001175;
workers., $11.75@1190; light ditto,
$11.25@1150; pigs, s11O0@11.25;
stays, $4.00@450.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 1,400;
lambs, 40 cents higher; lambs, $500
@15.75; yearlings, S1000@1450;
wethers, $1000@10.50; ewes, $4,000
$3.50; mixed sheep, $950@10.O0
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PITTSBURG, March 4.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts 1000; market higher; heavies,
SLIGO; heavy workers., $1190@1200;
light workers., $11.50; pigs, $11250
$11.50
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts $50;
market steady; top sheep, $3.50; top
lambs, $500
Calves-Receipts so; market steady;
top, $1,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04

CINCINNATI, o., March q Whole
milk, creamery, extra 40c; prime firsts
221a; firsts Pig; seconds 1912. Poul-
try, frys 33c; springers 27c; hens &c;
turkeys Acc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
Open
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, March .-Wheat-No. 2
red, $13812; No. hard, s1.36. Corn
No. 2 mixed. 5S@59a4; No. 2 yellow,
58h $50. Oats-No. white, 400 AZ;
No. white, 371A ass. Pork, nominal;
ribs, $11@12.50 lard, $11.75.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
RICHMOND MARKETS
fFurnished by WheIanl

Oats, SIC; rye, 85c; new corn, 55c;
straw, 50 per ton
SELLING
Oil Meal, per ton, $4,000; per hun
dredweight. S3.15. Tankage, 60 per
cent, $3.50 per ton; per cwt, $3.50.
Bran, per ton, $3.50; per cwt., $1.85.
Barrel salt. $3.50 Standard mid
dlings, $3.50 per ton: $500 per cwt.
Cotton seed meal, per ton, $3.50; per
cwt., $2.75.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
INDIANAPOLIS HAY

CBy Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, March 4.-Hay -
Weak; No. l timothy, $17@17.5O; No.
2 timothy. s16.50@17; No. l clover,
S1S5OM19.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04

TOLEDO, Ohio, March 4.-Clover
seed-Prime cash, s16.05; March, s16
April, $14.4O; Oct, $1225. Alsike-
Prime cash, $3.50; March, $12.30.
Timothy-Prime cash, S3.171a; March,
$3171s; May, $3271s.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04

Viola Thompson to Robert c.
Thompson, lot 10; J. Maxwells SUP
division city; 81.
Henry H. Runge to Frank NJ. and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
Farm Sale Calendar
Tuesday, March 7

Lew Hinshaw, one-half mile east and
one-fourth mile north of Williamsburg.
Stock sale.
Wednesday, March 8.
J. NJ. Rife and w. J. Faucet on
Rife farm / Y miles south of Boston,
general cleanup sale.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
EGGS


NEW YORK, March 4.-Esgs
ket, unsettled; receipts, 1895 cases;
fresh gathered extra firsts, 27b 028;
fresh gathered firsts, 26@27.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, March 4-Butter mar
ket steady; creamery extras, $500
$3.50.
Eggs-Receipts 1928 cases; mar
ket lower; lowest 20@21c; firsts, 22%
@23c.
Live Poultry-Unchanged
Potatoes receipts 67 cars
total o. S. shipment, 652 cars; Wiscon.
sin round whites. $1.7001.S0; bulk
$1S0@190; Minnesota, $1.60@175;
Idaho, $1.95@2: Idaho russets, 1920
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04

Steady; good timothy, S14 to S15:
choice clover, SIG; heavy mixed. $1i
@15.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04

It is estimated that the sparrow,
thought to be city bird, is found
to the extent of five pairs on each
farm in the northwestern part of the
United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
GOLD BRICK PROVES
GOOD INVESTMENT

tBy Associated PreSS)
LOGANSP'ORT, March 4 Eleven
years ago about one hundred local
persons spent approximately $240 each
for land in Florida near Miami The
land was found to be located in a
swamp district adjacent to the Ever
glades, it was said, and to be practical
ly worthless. Recently oil was located
beneath the land and local investors
are receiving many offers for the prop
erty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04

his the finish line at Ashton Idaho
the strength of his dogs and
hold the trail Tud Kent
defended his title driving champion by winning
t. annual s. dog derby Ashton Idaho He large purse
Lydia Hutchinson intrepid
distance her number for Smokey Ga5ton
who lost trial
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
PRODUCE. BUYING
BUTTER QUOTATIONS

Country butter, 30c lb; eggs, zoe
dozen; chickens. &c h.; fries. 22c.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
REALTY TRANSFERS.

The wholesale price of creamery
butter is CSC a pound
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04

The smallest gold piece in the world
is the gold franc, one of which was
specially minted as a standard for the
use of the league of nations. and after
wards presented to Sir Eric Drum
mond, the secretary of the league.
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LIVE STOCK PRICES
fRv Associated Pressl


INDIANAPOLIS March 4.-Hogs =
Receipts 5000 Cattle-Receipts, 200
Calves-Receipts 800. Sheep-Receipts.
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RANGE OF FUTURES

markets by E. F. Leland & Company
PIP Union Bank Building)
CHICAGO, March A. - Following is
the range of futures on Chicago Boars
of Trade today:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET
LOCAL HAY MARKET

Richmond flour mills are paying
S1.35 for No 2 wheat.
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LIBERTY BONDS
CBy Associated Pres

7
NEW YORK, March Final prices
on Liberty bonds today were:
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Briefs
It's Time to Insure
DOUGAN-JE co.

Moose Election
Monday, March 9th. Polls
open IL noon to 500 p. m.
Geo. Shelter, Dictator
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All World war veterans
are requested to meet at the
club rooms Of Harry Ray post
American Legion in the K. Of
P. Temple at lis p. m.
Sunday afternoon to attend
the funeral Of Com. Howard
Armstrong.
Druids Notice
All Druids meet at hall to-
night at 1880 to attend the
funeral of Brother Armstrong.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-08

pe.Tnwafte was that she was too
young to see 1t. She was so full Of
novels and poetry and dreaminess and
highfalutin nonsense she couldn't see
anything as it really was. Shed study
her mirror, and see such heroine of
romance there that she just couldn't
bear to have q fiance who hadn't any
chance Of turning out to be the crown
prince Of Kenosha In disguised At the
very least, to suit her he'd have had
to wear 'well-trimmed Vandyke' and
COO sonnets In the cleaning, or read
ON a Balcony to her by red lamp.
"Poor Davidl Outside Of his law
books, don't believe he's ever read
anything but Robinson Crusoe' and
the Bible and Mark Twain. Oh, you
should have heard her talk about 1t T.
i couldn't bear 1t another day. she
said, I couldn't stand It In oil the
time I'VE known him I don't believe
he's ever asked me single question
except when he asked me If I'd marry
him. He never says anything
speaks at ALL she said. You don't
know n blessing when you see It. I
told her. 'Blessingp she said. There's
nothing in the mani He has no
depths! He hasn't any more imaglna-
ton than the chair he sits and sits
and sits in Half the time he answers
what say to him by nodding and say,
ing "um-hum," with that same old
foolish, contented smile Of his. I'd
have gone mad IL 1t had lasted any
longerP / asked her IL she thought
married life consisted very largely of
conversations between husband and
wife; and she answered that even
married life ought to have some po-
etry in it. Some romance she said,
some soul And he just comes and
SITS she said, and sits and sits and
sits and sits! And | can't bear 1t any
longer, and I've told him So"
Poor Mr.. Beasley," I said.
II think, Poor Ann Apperthwaite y"
retorted my cousin. ''Td like to know
IL there's anything nicer than just to
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-08

reply, nearly always win chucRlmg
sort Of laugh. / gathered that he had
a name for "easy-going' which amount
cd to eccentricity. 1t was said that
what the ward-heelers and campbell
lowers got out of him In campaign
times made the political managers
cry. He was the first and readiest
prey for every fraud and swindler that
came to Wainwright, I heard, and yet,
in spite of this and of his hatred of
"speech-making" Giles as silent as
Grantw said one informant), he had
large practice, and was one of the
most successful lawyers in the state.
One story they told of him Cor, as
they were apt to put 1t, ION" him) was
repeated so often that / saw it had
become one Of the towns traditions
One bitter evening In February, they
related, he was approached upon the
street by q ragged, whining and shiy'
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-08

As Began to Know Some of My Co
Laborers on the Despatch, and to
Pick Up Acquaintance Here and
There About Town, Sometimes
Made MIR. 5easIey the Subject OF
Inquiry.
ering old reprobate, notorious for the
various ingenuities by which he had
worn out the patience OF the charity
organizations. He asked Beasley for
a dime. Beasley had no money In his
pockets, but gave the man his over
coat, went home without any himself,
and spent six weeks In bed with bad
case of pneumonia as the direct re-
suit His beneficiary sold the over
coat, and invested the proceeds in
five-days' spree, In the closing scenes
of which q couple of brlckbats were
featured to high, spectacular effect.
One he sent through jewelers. show
window in an attempt to intimidate
some wholly imaginary pursuers the
other he projected at perfectly ac-
tual policeman who was endeavOring
to so0the him. The victim of Beas-
ley's charity and the officer were then
borne to the hospital In company.
It was due In part to recollections
Of this legend and others Of similar
character that people laughed when
they said. "oh, yes, know Dave
Beasley."
Altogether. should say, Beasley
was about the most popular man in
Wainwright. could discover nowhere
anything, however, to shed the faint
est light upon the mystery of Bill
Hammersley and Simpledoria. 1t was
not until the Sunday Of Miss Apper-
thwaite's absence that the revelation
came.
That afternoon I went to call upon
the widow Of second-cousin Of mine /;
she lived in q cottage not far from
Mrs. opportunities, upon the same
street. I found her sitting on a pleas
ant veranda, with boxes Of Towering
| plants along the railing, though Indian
summer was now close upon depar-
ture. She was rocking meditatively.
and held a finger In q morocco vol
ume, apparently Of verse, though !
suspected she had been better enter
4 tanned In the observation Of the people
1 and vehicles decorously passing along
the sunlit thoroughfare within her
| view.
We exchanged inevitable questions
and news Of mutual relatives; had
told her how liked my work and
what l thought Of Wainwright, and
she was congratulating me upon hav-
Ing found so pleasant place to live
rs Mrs opportunities. when she In.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-08

sit and sit and sit and sit with as love
ly a man as that-a man who under
stands things, and thinks and listens
and smiles-instead of everlastingly
talking"
'As 1t happens" / remarked, "Tve
heard Mr.. Beasley talk"
"Why, of course he talks" she re-
turned, "when there's any real use In
1t. And he talks to children; he's that
kind of a man."
II meant q particular instance" |
began; meaning to see II she could
give me any clew to Bill Hammersley
and Slmpledol "a, but at that moment
the gate clicked under the hand Of
another caller. My cousin rose to
greet him, and presently took my
leave without having been able to get
back upon the subject of Beasley.
Thus, once more baffled, returned
to Mrs. Apperthwaite's-and within
the hour came into full possession of
the very heart of that dark and subtle
mystery which Overhung the house
next door and so perplexed my soul.
".
Finding that had still some leisure
before me, got book from my room
and repaired to the bench In the gar
den. But did not read; had but
opened the book when my attention
was arrested by sounds from the other
side of the high fence-low and trem-
ulous croonings Of distinctly African
derivation:
"Ah met nah sistuh in a-mawnin',
Hhe 'uz a-waggin' up de hill 30 slow!
| 'Eistuh, you mus git rastle in doc time
| BIO de hevumly dos cloze-izv"
It was the voice Of an aged negro
and the simultaneous slight creaking
| of small hub and axle seemed to In
dictate that he was pushing or pulling
| child's wagon or perambulator NJ
and down the walk from the kitchen
| door to the Stable. Whites, he prof
fered soothir.. music: over and over
he repeated the chant, though with ga
rIations; encountering in turn his
brother, his daughter, each of his par
ents. his uncle, his cousin, and his
second-cousin, one after the othel
ascending the same slope with th'
same perilous leisure.
Lay still, honey" He interrupted
his injunctions to the second-cousir
"Des keep on a-nappin' an a-breayin
de flesh air. Dass wha's go mex yot
good an well agin."
| Then there spoke the stranges
J voice that ever fell rnnn nv Aars i
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-08

college. don't Delfeye tnere was ever
IA high word spoken between them.
Nobody In this life ever got quarrel
out Of Dave Beasley, and Hamilton
Swift was mighty good sort Of fell
low, too. He went East to live, after
they got out Of college, yet they al
ways managed to get together once a
year, generally about Christmas time
You couldn't pass them on the street
without hearing their laughter ringing
out louder than the sleigh-bells. mays
be over some Old Joke between thems
or some fool thing they did, perhaps,
when they were boys. But finally
Hamilton Swifts business took him
oyer to the other side Of the water to
live; and he married an English grit
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-08

"simpledoria Is Supposed to Be Ham
ilton swift, Jr.'s, ST. Bernard Dog"
an orphan without any kin. That was
about seven years ago. Well, sir, this
last summer he and his wife were tak-
ing a trip down in Switzerland, and
they were both drowned-tipped over
out of rowboat in Lake Lucerne---
and word came that Hamilton Swifts
will appointed DaveNgu guardian of tha
one child they had, little boy-Ham-
ilton Swift Juniors, his name. He
vas sent across the ocean in charge
Of doctor, and Dave went on to New
York to meet him. He brought him
home here the very day before you
2assed the house and saw poor Dave
settlng up at four in the mornnc TO
let that ghost in. And mighty funny
host Shmplcdoria Isl"
al begin 70 understand" said, "and
| o feel pretty silly, too"
'IIot Mt ALL lie reioined, heartily.
That little chaps freaks would mys-
if,' anybody especially with Dave hu-
moring 'em the ridiculous way ne
does. Hamilton Swift Junior, Is the
curiousest child l ever saw-and the
good Lord knows He made all chill
dren powerful mysterious! This poor
| little cuss has complication Of IN
frmities that have kept him on his
back most of his life, never knowing
other children never playing, or any
thing; and he's got ideas and ways
that / never saw the beat of! He was
| born sick, as l understand this
bones and nerves and insides are all
wrong, somehOw-but it's supposed he
gets little better from year to year.
He wears pretty elaborate set or
braces, and he's subject to attacks.
tool don't know the name for EN-
and loses what little voice he has
sometimes, all but whisper. He had
one, 1 know, the day afteg Beasley
brought him home, and that was prob
ably the reason you thought Dave was
carrying on all to himself about that
liumping-match out in the backyard.
The boy must have been lying there
in the little wagon they have for him,
while Dave cut up shines with Bill
Hammerslcy.' or course most children
have make-belleve friends and COM
IpanIons, especially II they haven't any
brothers or sisters, but this lonely
little feller,s got his people worked
out In his mind and materialized be-
yOnd any ever heard of. Dave got
well acquainted with 'em on the train
on the way home, and they certainly
are giving him lively time. Ho, no!
Getting him mp at four in the morn
ling"
Mr.. Dowdcn's mirth overcame him
for n moment; when he had mastered
It, he continued: 'Simpledorla--now
where do you suppose he got tl'at
name7--well, anyway, Slmpledoria is
supposed to be Hamilton Swift, Jun
lor's, st. Bernard dog. Beasley had 10
battle him the other day. he told mel
And Bill Hammersley Is supposed TO
be a boy OF Hamilton Swift, Juniors.
own age, but very big and strong; he
has rosy checks, and he can do more
in athletics Than q whole college track
team. That's the reason he out
jumped Dave SO far, you sec.'
(Contiimed next week