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CHAPTER ; knew full well the dreadful power
of th
When Plympton glanced around the;
junie's luxurious 'cabin .again, it was;
with, entirely different motives from any
that' may have influenced his previoaus
hasty surveys,
Then a means of escape had been his
oply thought, whereas now he was in-•
a lined to searclt the walls for an stock of
weapons. .
Since the cabin had been occupied by
Count Petoskey and his fellows from
Neva, it would,' be only reasonable to
suppose that some of their weapons
might be left around?
In an affair of this kine? a spare revol-
ver or perhaps a` repeating sporting
rifle would prove quite a God -send to
the beleaguered ones.
• Larry guessed what motive influenced
his comrade, and he, too, •commenced
to sweep his eyes around the interior,
forgetting, such was his earnestness of
purpose, to use the noble monocle that
dangled unheeded • by its cord.
Evidently Larry:: was of the, opinion
that this was hardly the time for fool-
�, Such Mlles might • do for the
,ay* promenade or the ballroom, but
were utterly out of place -when the tu-
mint of war was in the air, and human
liv
esai
dtoll to the o passions of men.
• Again had the heavy thud in the direc-
tion of the doors . announced the deter-
mined purpose of those on deck to force
a passage,
It would not be very long ere -these
tremendous blows accomplished the pur-
pose for which they were intended,and
the fight must be renewed.
Mich a conviction urged them to bet-
ter their condition while there was yet.
time, if it lay within their power to ac-
complish it. ..e
It was Larry tliis. time who made a
discovery that caused him to cry out—
Larry, who staggered forward, and,
throwing aside some hanging curtains,
revealed an object that, electrified the
' other: Larry,; who bent down and be-
gan to pull and haul as though seized
with a, sudden desire to. become . a pack-
horse. Lord Rackett was by this time
at his 'side, uttering little whoops of tre-
mendous satisfaction, and when the
enormous power in his muscular frame
vas brought to bear upon the object
that riveted •their attention, it was •speed-
flydragged into the open.
a " It was nothing more .or " 'less than a
little brass darling of ' a modern breech-
loading cannon, which the count possi-
bly had aboard in the hope and expeetae
tion of surprising some piratical junk by
which' he might g t incidentally be attacked
while on one of his many cruises in
Chinese waters.
A very careful and prudent man was
this same Count Petoskey, and our
friends 'were just r•1ow in a position to
thoroughly appreciate the thoughtful
qualities by which he was distinguished.l
"Fine t fine'! most -excellent," gloated
Plympton, caressing the .little pet, "if
only there proves to be some ammuni-
tion of the right sort:"
Larry had been possessed of the same
idea and was already making an. ex-
haustive search in such quarters ashe
deemed best; adapted toward finding a
bonanza.
Meanwhile those • without were not
.idle by any means, but b continued to
force their attentions on the groaning
doors that threatened to presently .yield
up the ghost, being unable to withstand
such rude treatment.
It was a period Of suspense: •
After all, Avis •'was; to be thanked for
discovering a store of ammunition, and
when his attention was called tb the
fact Larry shouted' in glee.
Quickly, then, one of the little brass-
bound cartridges was placed in the
phamber and the beauty brought to bear
upon the doors,
Then Lord Beckett placed Larry
where he might be most valuable, and
begged Avis to seek shelter at one side,
where she might be out of range, and:
at the same time could keep • an eye an
that window, of which P]ympion still
remained suspicious, 'Since it presented
an opening for the advance of the
crafty " foe, unless kept under surveil-
lance,
These little arrangements were car-
ried out while the . inexorc.ble battering-
ram kept -up its steady pounding on the
trembling doors-
Another shot or two prom this source
would do the business, and open en
Avenue of communication between the
Cabin and the deck.
Then they could look out for scpuills,
Lord fRaclett anticipated What th,a
dimes would •be. '
He could appreciate the tremendous
power that lay back of that swinging
tomer, when Once it eves started plung-
Ing forward:
On ,this aecount he was not greatly
astonished when, with a fearful crash,
the doors, torn from their moorings,
were flung into the cabin, icillowed by
�.
large portion of the boom itself,' to-
gether with several of 'the lusty yellow
)sailors who had wielded It,
Larry found 11s opportunity• to open
fire, and while the light ht vsas not; all he
Wright have wished, there Was st$1Ticieiit
to allow lain) the squirming figtares of
fh two evil rogues who had been born
iteross the threshold by the impetus of
their forward rush.'
riom without erose a Babel of ton-
fuelen,
little 'teaser under kegs 4eontro1.
"God help them," he euttered, invo . a he waited' for the openin
to be filled;. with struggling f
Q
e Zona en' et.{� ese:h e. of '-�'1 ne t
� �C,s.��.,�ur'a� �..i!tfQ
to to.() c<cIIlo,
Et vas line Inc, o oII the two comeacica
he nue etiftyfeig ffoetio to cop ipfete the
,demoralizott8et commenced >vy the ou-
t:deaden of the Itreee guns and drive the
weeetched crew over the v c scrs sig cs.
Swell a hops seemed to eantaiaa their
only hire of gaining Ceratrolt cf the
junta .so thy might pant her tie otic
and eee4ape.
Perhaps the task i' ^ ifinat not, have been
t o
diffietilt had d trey °lily tit° ignoealit
Chinese to . co tend with, for the, recent
eeperience Eaart ' goat; ,•fag• teeteird pro.
clueing. a species of• panto arriving these
fellows, and one" man's fears Tire speed:
illy ;coniniunitT.ted to 'another in a case)
of thio sort.
ut then there was the Ruesio.n.
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About the farin
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The :.who grows' timothy prodUcea
it felt the -mantel, for it is not the best
thing fol. 6toek, Clever oly mixcd'hay be -
ilia preferred by the large. majority of
careful�feedQrs -of sill kinds ' of stock,
w r n'ites Mrs •W. W. Stevens.. If it 6hould
f e' ;row n 'for .beans hnsimiption, then
He' had a deep, interest in this `game, ,fh0 harvesting should begin about` tiio,
and would dernand a hearing ere the time the heads are in full blown, tea you
then have, a nice . green, sweet=smellrng
hay without much dust or. 'lint. But
wheel it is to go to market, allow ,it to
get quite ripe before the cutting begins
Engage ahead of the season a reliable
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yourself. With satisfactory arrange
went made for the baling of hay you can
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down ahead. of the teams: One man
and team will be sufficient ; to operate
the mower and redder, • The tedder
should be started., an hour or so before
you begin taking 'up the hay, which
work must, of course, be, done in wea-
ther suitable for hay making. " The ted -
der should be used in this way for the.
purpose of getting all the external
moisture out of the hay. This is very
necessary when it. is to be baled.
Two wagons and three' men are
usually' sufficient to get the hay to the
baler, as it is best to do the work in the
hay field. If it is not convenient to se-
cure teams to haul the baled hay to
market, the bales may be ricked up ang
covered with sortie refuse' hay or straw
to protect them till time, may be, had to
haul them to the barn oto market. It.
is best to sell and ship hay just as it is
baled. d
e It saves handling, which costs
money, and I find no trouble in getting
buyers for hay baled and shipped direct.
from the meadow. Care must be taken
not to bale up any damp hay. It in-
jures your trade 'as well as reputation.
This method is the cheapest and best
when one comes to handling the tim-
othy crop. • Any sort of stacking, rick-
ing or mowing away.hay adds to its
cost and .thus reduces the farmer's' pro-
fits. If you can possibly engage a man
to do your baling, just the day you need
him, then put up your timothy in good,
large hay cocks„ where it may stand
some time without any serious, damage.
When thus put up, the cocks can be
readily dragged to the baler without
forking the hay in the'wagon. This
method does not take much more labor
than `to --haul it to haler direct from the
swath. "
If there is any considerable amount
of hay to. handle, a good loader is an
indispensable piece of machinery in the
hay field. It does the hardest part of
the work, and will put hay • on the aver-.
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the work under ordinary conditions. In
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cult matter to secure extra help in 'hay
time, and' the average help is never as
reliable as a machine that can. be made
to tape the place of hand work,
I` had always heard that hay , baled
directly from the swath would swat and
mould, no matter how' well cured it
might be, but l know' from recent exper-
ience
xper
ience and observation that the very best
of hay can be made as above noted) the
only point Is to observe carefully and
see that their is no external moisture
on thg, grass ,when it is baled.
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DESTROYING CANADA THISTLES.
Mowing twice each year, just after the
flowers open, lesuahy in June or Au-
gust, will keep the plants in siehj ction.
This will prevent the production of
seeds,' and; thus serious injury to ••erops
may be avoided, but it willerarely cause
the death of the thistle roots except . in
good grass land or in wet seasons, and
will therefore need to be repeated each
year. It is generally as effective as pull-
ing or grubbing twice a year. This plan
Is recommended for roadsides and. waste
land, and for. meadows and pasture,;
where the methods for complete eradi-
cation seem to be too expensive for im-
mediate appligittion. Canada thistle
plants are often killed by mowing them
lcase was decided against his cause,
g Lord Beckett had been endeavoring
s to locate the fellow . front the start, and
forms
jostling each other 'first in their eager
ness to get in and -immediately b '
similar desire to get out.
Of course, no sooner had .the leaders
pushed> into •,the yawning cavity /than the
had an indistinct view of what awaite
them there.
Naturally, they were frozen with hor
ror: So might a man feel upon dis
covering that he was in the act o
planting lois upraised foot upon the coil
of a monster rattlesnake or a cob
ready to strike
Their wish was to back out as hastil
as they had started in ---no doubt a ver
laudable design, but not appreciated
understood by their comrades without
who, ignorLntF of the very warm recep
tion awaiting them beyond, strove with
might and main to shove the others on
Lord Rackett waited no longer.
,at the `'first sound of his tuneful voice
a lie was -ready to turn his hotlines
that quarter, .'
Suppose' he killed the Count, person: -
• ally
he would have no regrets in the
inattei', since the man was engaged in
a piece Qf business of which he should
be ashamed -•-•- persecuting a lady in
order to reap pecuniary advantage from
1
the dead,
On the whole bluff Plympton believed
ra • he would be very' well satisfied with
having accomplisehed such. an act.
The man who kidnaps respectable
y ladies does so in the full knowledge that
or his work places him outside the pale of
humanity—he is 'to be treated as a ban-
dit, a wolf preying upon society.': •Lord
- Rickett knew how that was himself,
though it was love for a woman that
• had tempted him; and he believed he
To shave done so„• would hfte been to
invite disaster, since the crush was so
great that it must have ended in pro
jetting the whole living mass into the
cabin.
IIe meant to introduce a counter blast
that
would wo 1 clear the atmosphere and
bring somewhat of order out of chaos.
So he let -go.
The whole fabric of the junk trembled
under the concussion.
Avis gave a scream—for the life of
her she could not help it, such was the
fearful crash. ,
Besides, it was a wonderful sight to
see that struggling, it tithing mass of
human beings in the doorway one in-
stant, tumbling over each other and the
spar that partially blocked •the way, and
just as soon as the concussion came to
discover the aperture as free from hu-
meri 'occupancy as though the whole
blessed crew lead been blown into the
river.
Plympton was satisfied.
He would have been indeed hard to
please had it. been otherwise, for his
highest ambition was more than at-
tained.:
• Indeed, so clean was the sweep that
h. e found it hard to believe his eyes.
"Huzza 1" he bellowed, filled with the.
excitement of battle, that ` caused every
nerve to tingle, "we've got them on the
run lx'
"Let's follow • it up and'chase them
overboard," suggested Larry, seized
with _an inspiration to follow the dread-
ful ex\eeution with :a cl r
The big la ge.
b g man approved'the
since the idea suggestion,
worthctrying. presented some features
To strike while the .iron was hot ap-
plied in a case like this, and promised
fair results. • •
Lord Reclfett lingered but a few se-
conds to place another charge in the
little beauty, so that in case they were -
hotly pressed they might fall batik upon
the cabin and have the means to spread
consternation among their assailants.
Then he called. to Avis and begged her
to keep` an eye on that• window so that ti
she night bag any sly -miscreant who
attempted to utilize' it during their
temporary absence.
After which he joined Larry in a dash
upon deck, to carry further 'coneterna- d
tion to ' the already sadly demoralized• o
crew.
The way, was clear, save for the u
boom
Just outside a number of men were c
picking themselves.: up, having been a
hulr d othteeYbalbd fnoeu ghsot a �cav
impact. •
Others lay still, and it could ,be readily
surmised that these were The unfortun-
ate chap's who -had been directly in the i
upward line,, of flight taken by the pro-
jectile after it quitted its snug ,retreat 'd
in the brass cylinder of the yacht qan-
had some excuse, while with the mer-
cenary ,Russian: there Gould. be none,
When, therefore, • the bass voice of
this same Petoskeycnetrated the night
and with a .great variety of power-
ful Russian expletives, coupled with . the
ibb r'
e rah best st u er
nd
s od
g tothe des r-
by
e
ate . Chinese crew, urged` the menp,•.to
close In on the enemy and pulverize,
.destroy,' annihilate them, Plympton was
particularly pleased with the chance
that now presented itself to carry his
sterling. ideas into practice.
Perhaps the doughty count might rue
the impulse • that led him to thus let
loose with his leathern lungs..
There are times in the aftairs of most
men when silence is ,,golden.
The lack of decent light hampered
Plympton in his work of reaching the
fountain head, but his was one of ,those
peculiarly aggressive spirits which, no
difficulties can daunt. •
So far as he could judge, the rasping
voice of -the Russian gamecock proceeded
from a natural little barricade formed
by a hencoop and some water buckets
piled up In a certain quarter,.
Doubtless the .doughty Russian war-
rior was coiled up behind this barrier,
keenly on the watch, noting every point
in the game, and keeping his precious
body out of sight.
- It • was realty too , o bad' that his valor
had not thrust him in :the van when. the
desperate charge was made through the
broken . door of the cabin;, having ex-
perienced the peeuliarl elevatingeffect
'of that blast, when the t
e discharge of the
gun swept the whole mass; • throw h the
choked ,opening, ha would doubtless
hardly feel able' to urge his bullies on
to: another assault.,
Lord Beckett believed--inieed, he was
quite positive== -his . Russian rival had
been armed in the beginning of the fra-
cas, for bullets had cut by in close prox-
imity to his ,head, and one Chinaman
at least had gone down ,through a poor-
ly directed shot;in his rear.
Whether . Petoskey' had exhausted: his.
ammunition or not was a problem that
could only be solved by actual observa-
•oil,:.
Nor was . the Englishman averse to
making the experiment.
He had the Crimea' -4z mind as" hg
ashed recklessIy forward—true, that
was before his time, but his sire; had led
ne of the bloody charges in front of the
ron-bound Sebastopol, and had. yielded
p his life on the ji.eld, so that the son
herished secret feelings' of: preened
nimosity against the people of the.
White Czar.
'Petoskey ' saw this towering figure
ending in his direction --P toskey, who
realized that his 'Chinese inions were
n. no condition to come between to order• dust as „aa heavy rain sets in, late in June•
y, of SO
whose or early in July, when they are in bloom
e
r
o - avert the crisis---Petoske
- and the stalks are hollow. The rain,.
daring ....... keepin
eculiar a nature that the .bravea sol- g the cut surface moist and filling
ars . of . the Czar, heroes of many f!up the hollow stalks, favors the growth
ttlefield during the ' Tanto=Russian at fungi, inducing decay, which often
non. di
"The Russian, if you can Iocate hint," ba
was what Plympton had suggested in
the ear of his companion as they rushed h
forward, • and Larry was quick to see T
what advantages might, accrue from fol-' e
lowing out this advice. a
When a leader is�placed hors' de corn- :sav'
bat, the desire for further battle is often
taken out of his men;. this is particular-
ly true of the Chinese, who depend so be
greatly upon their 'generals that . if a en
fight is lost,.. even with great gallantry `w
shown, the defeated commander is sup- obs
posed to thereupon commit pari° kart.
Having, therefore, this brilliant idea
in view, to concentra't'e their fire upon e.'
the man from the Nava, Plympton and P
war, must- have writhed In saga)"sh 'to extends down to the root system.
ave been witnesses to hfs conduct.
his same Petoskey now gave plain• dry seasons, is to go over the . ground
vidence that -he was ready to ,cry quits once during eirery two weeks after' the
nd resort to every possible means to . li len ab in
two inches cut off every
e his own precious skin, below the sur -
And, really, can blame him ? face with a hoe or spud. A spud made
He knew just what the result would of a"'strong,: sharp chisel on the end of
in, ease he'lell into the hands of thea pitchfork handle, will be found most
raged Briton who plunged toward him convenient for this work. The second
ith such zeal, and the •sat ne end must year, the spudding should begin as soon
vitably be reached should the other as the .'thistles show in the spring, and
lain a fair crack at him. • should 'be continued through the sea -
As a dead man he would be, of no use sea-
:oft/leer ;although there will be few to cut
thee to himself or .hi$ country; 'and after midsummer >if the work hila been
etoskey,' being something of a shrewd well done. 'The land should be looped
plomat, had high hopes • of becoming over occasionally each ,.year afterward
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official possessed of teat.power to detect and destroy plants that may•
g spring, from dormant. seeds. Salting
when the' Chinese Empire had been torn thistle plants every week or two during
under .and the ' pieces allotted among two successive growing seasons; in
he nations that had had a hand. in the pastures where sheep have access to
siriemberment. • them, usual y destroys them.
Besides, ever human beinghas a
ht to Continued existence; th desire HORSES NE O A VARIETY OF FEEDS;
live is implanted in the heart of axion AM common fault in feeding horses is
an extent- that astonishes ` philoso- the lack of 'variety of feeds With th
ars and students-�-i}ae hope of the large a number of different grainse
plan race really depends upon this g and
lural instinct: that compels even the feed stuffs available, it does seem Haat
orrl, aged and half-starved `wretch every team owner should provide for
Tier -
still hang on desperately in the mope his animals a ration that would be per -
he knows not what. , . , e
"toskey had much to live for. and
lly, he saw no reason who he should,
e the Chinese generals .and the heroic
dors of old, throw 'dwell imam hie
ord k;er.'ause, forsooth, one battle o it
any had gone attaint hint.
here were ether. days corning when
tables might be turned—at least he
s 'willing to believe .so.
Wh"n Plympton .. llald ,,, }oeated his
inv behind this barricade, e titan" ii
li foe it. intending to drop in ons the
nt in a friendly„ wav;, am . "in lu"nee
at to eall the game oft.
(Tri be continued).
TV -Tom -nee. 1 tie. Willli1' mon. it le f.'11' f'e tel*'
tlnd a eviir�j tlltan it -is to leas , i
A. more effective method, especially in
Larry's fist act upon gaining the fleck di
was to strain their ears in the endeavor a
to locate the fellow,' ' ••
from ight of the two heroes emerging .? s
the billowy cloud of white.powde et
smoke that oozed from the junk's cabin,
those in the immediate vicinity set up •a
great ,howl, doubtless believing, after rig
the remarkable experiehees of the last to
ten minutes, that the foreign devils to
meant to exterminate • them; for the :awe •p11
ful explosion inside,, together with its tku
disastrous result, had 'knocked away the' nu
last props ,;that •.arstain d their wavering forl
courage, and chilling tear now clutched to
at their hearte; , of
Such wan the ci'rrfusion at this June- P
Jure that the two bold friends listened rasa
in vain for the 'harsh voice of the furs- lis
siren; he had been barking lively enough Yea
jurat previous to the discharge of the s'w
earirion, so that his pre.Sent silence was of m
the more to b" `l•'
the
wn
erle
dal,
sort
hpr
'iltziry voices shrieked •,�exeitedly,- and wondered at, and Larry
Itrtiicl .�1} i}re darner X.crd Hackett felt had Wen to indrzlga; in a hope that h"
esti d fill
could , , t hail jumped overboard, under
ting on, can advan a emoting
en the pert of hi, gang, '
During ,the respite illr}lt hod ere r' i j1f'vsr aGlr w�
these fr�ilow�. f eemed " JO have forg teen [ II
111A rrew;ere handling itlwy rceeivcd but
A short time previous,' for they cause
forward w►Jell) to rush.' , i
viimpti�. was rcady-Tply�rilptcfri; who Of the Chinese crew of the junk, :'erved.
detect the ,ruff tones that the + belief
of the Russian. urging
junk curls blown up, when
occurred,' to .prore :that he
f� not 'yet; out of �t}ie"igame�,
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y accep ab e. It is a fact, however
that not more than 20 per cent. o.f th
hoesemen of the country- feed a well
balanced ration. The other 80 per cent
still cling to the old,rations Of corn and
hay, or oats 'and hay; which peactica
experiments have long since proved to
be expensive and wasteful.
Think- of your own aopetite, when
comes to feeding horses and mules.
Suppose you were performing hard,
manual labor. How long would you be
content to eat two artieles of food, the
same thing foe every meal, day -after
dait ? It is quite safe to say you would
tire ofeyour ration in a very short time.
w ould be like eating a quail a day for
30 days, and- your digestion mind soon
get out of order.
A bad digestion and a poorly nourish-
ed body 'is alwAys the result of impro-
perly balanced food. When such am
dition exists in either man or horse, the
best physical effort cannot be expected.
It is impossible. No one or two artieles
of feed will give your horses . all the
elements of nutrition their systems need.
If You want the best ,eesults, feed- a ra-
tion that contains all the elements of
nutrition in properly balanced propor-
tions. Every stockman realizes that
corn alone' Is pot a well-balanced -grain
for 'feeding. Neither' is oats, or barley.
Of the three grains, oats is probably fed
mere extensively than corn or barley
combined. The latter grain 18 raPidly
gaining,. favor feed, however, and
when properly, combined with the other
grains, makes an ideal ration,
The neeessity foe grinding a part of
the ration cannot he too sdrongly eMe
phasized. The .„ hoese ovvner who fails
to do this loses 25 to 30 per cante qf its
nutritive value. The hard outer cover-
ing of the grain inaked it difficUlt to
assimilate ond a very large proportion
passes through the stomach of the ann
male in an undigested conditioro, An
exarninadion will show'the whole grain
and ,prove the truth of this staternent.
A ground ratiott is ready_ for quid(
digestion . Weir animals utilize it more
readily and. there,la practically no waste.
It sheuld be remembered that the horSe
digests its food quickly and whatever
&non you feed should be prepared with
a view to supplying the nutrition the
horse needs. Horses will work better
arid 'keep In betters condition on five or
eix quarts of ground mixed feed than
they will , on a considerably larger
amount, of whole grain. Feed a variety
of grains properly balanced and have
them well ground arid you will not only
have bettor horeete but it will cost you
los money to obtain this much desired
r suit.
, Salt the cows, they need it while ort
SpraYing potatoes every week witli
bordeaux mixture •will amply pay, the'
.fpariAorsdreulcery;touls a far cry, but not too fast
to the wise man.
work, but it can be made BO per cent.
more profitable by culling out the cows
that don't pay.
The Weekly Sun is preaching sound'
doctrine when it Says : With the better-
ing of the conditions existing en farms
it ought to be impressed upon our
youths, loth boys. and girls, that farm
life, With all Its outdoor joyousness and
4,freedom, offers more in real...living to
the men and woman than does the city.
.Theretelseroom in Old Ontario for the
.Villidest, of lives 'on Our splendidly situ.
ated farms, and we trust we will hear
of less numbers of. our good young men
leaving these choice fields for specula%
tive allurements of a shut-in city Offied
life • or the blandishments of a newer
civilization. '
'10/1 NOTES.
What is more pleasant than a drive
through the country in lune?
Drive Your work—don't let it drive
Perui) in any breed are ott the ex.
pence aceotret every timet
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The manorthouse at Saltfleet (Lincoln-
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, The Friend.."I can't understand your
method of dealing out justice."
The Suclge—"You can't, eh?"
The Friend—No. , For instance, why
did you give 'that woman 10 years at
bard labor, yesterday, 'for assaulting *
neighbor?" .
Tile Judge—"Because she once gave
my wife cookitig le8sons. That's the
ENOUGH SAID.
. Baby Dorothy having finished het
breakfast and taken Iter dish,and spool(
to the kitehen, was feeding the cat*
Presently her mother noticed her eatt
Ing from the spoon out of which th4
kitten was breakfasting. .
eat frone the epoon that kitty had."
"Me had it first," she said, sunhat
end Considering the matter eettIed.
AMONG LIES,
ful paper on the wall 'at GoIdrox'sf"
Second Fly -----"Yes; I came very near
getting mashed on it."
Semona—You always 1 -)ay ae y1)11
flon't you? Desmond—No, indeed;
feay JIG other people cent% after um