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"No, you would not, of course! She I
isn't. (0111 to 010 either, But I've seen
piolile she doesn't like shrivel up at a
look from Doris; and 1 think if 1 had
done anything 0er)' mean, 1 should rum
the other way if 1 saw her coming. She
is a little too good for most people; 1
had just begun to think I should have to
send up for an archangel to starry her,
when luckily you stepped in and made
it all right."
"Draw it mild, Charlie, I'm a little
in "awe of her already; she scet1Is' to
stand out so far alive all the 0111er wo-
me'rt 1 have met. Iter generosity almost
appalls me, Do you know, s10 absolute-
ly, .refuses to have any of her money
settled on herself, and ineists that every;
thing 0110 possesses 01)011 be entirely un-
d1r.my control,"
ll, ye0! 1 lave 'often Beard her
say she would never marry a man she
could not trust completely, and that She
• would not have any mean ,Honey quar-
rels. It Inas been a great dread of hers
that she would be married for what she
haa, and not for herself,"
—"What singdlnr modesty in such a
beautiful girl!"
'les; 1 like her for it, though." '
"One calm hole it,., Hitt I wish she
would have. been 1)141,suad111 to, keep het'
fortune in her own hands„ To telt, you
the truth, the responsibility elarin0 my
indolence."
;`Ii • seopldn't alarm Hine;. hullo, I
i
o c
khink`I•recognize that 014 ti, yIttlois
v
torial"
They were' \editing sluwly along with
tui 4109:, beside tit . ;bio. of c:uroiagee,
which werd"0Cntionlu'y` for the, 11101110111.
A few ,stege brought them close to the
carriage which had arrested 'Papillon's
attention., )\11(1 bath moil raised their
mats in an0wei' tit the baw:and'smile of
itlady- w1108e eppetiram.e-wz011 attracting
a good ` deal of comment of various
kinds, •'
The 'lady wino was then centre of so
much 'observation could not be mere
than five pr-sfx•fund-tliintyj and looked
younger, a fact which was due as mach
to a.40F.tam s'uufy, youthfulness, of, 8x4
ptes1101l;.. as to tine aid et 'pearl powder''
110r dress partook sufieiently ofthe at:
tributes of that of the granite monde and
of the demi-monde to,; enable all acute
observer to decide that she belonged to
neither. As 01)0 sat batik; 0110111 and ab
most inetionless, 1)y the side of a judi-
ciotlslll f Opel in' lire We • s1)(' look-
ed rather like andhQtessod'p1il'0spe1-
sive wax doll, but, when she Bowed, emit,
011, :spate, and held out'1et dainty and
perfectly gloved little Band ti) Pnpoloa,
it was impossible to deny that site was
charming.
"1 haven't seed yon for an age, 311'.
Papillon. 1 si)pl)ese you w•nn't conde-
scend to cone:to the suburbs in the 0011•
sun, :11l we poo' creatures just outside
London can exliiet le to alateh a glimpse
of yeit sometimes 011011 town is empty."
"Scold Glyn tee, Mrs, Hodson,
please."
Mrs. \n, nn. Fut the good bay,
.Irs. 1od-
I
son, "um I`not?', 1' called 'et the La)01)0
ten days ago, but you were out."
"Welt, conte down this eceniug, ,and 1'Ii
forgive you both,. There are two. charm.
'Mg girls can 4)4), 1 93i(les set coal mice
people yoi) know, 011,-I mnsnt't forget
to congratulate you lir, Glyn! 1 only
heard the secret- today. ' .1 Hurst - call
ep(n) Miss Edgoombe, and implore ler
not to keep you 1111 to herself and ;lever
let you]; .pony old -fogy friends got 0
sight of ` you"
The line of, carriages had begun to
mantle again, and with more gracious
smiles Airs, 110(10011 drove on; and the
young when continued their walk,
"You are in, favor again now, Glyn.
1']! bet you ,1)bat„you like madame, will
not he out next time you call.”
"I10 you think not?" said the other,
indifferently, "1 think I shall find the
Lewes ,jest it lint, too for out of my
way .just now, 1011111 Kensington will
be about my limit for the next six
honks."
Six weeks! Is it to come off in six
h)],,? In the middle of the sea0011,
taw) 1 '
"Yes. Doris is gnim; to give up the
end of the scone, which is cert oner-
oes of 1014 1014011 she is 140 fond of excite.
molt"
"11'ell, 1 suppose elo' tvould1't give it
up except for something ,]te li] ee bet
ler. You are not going airily, are yell?"
"Nn; w0 shall go straight down to
151!rleigh, her place 4n 111e Thanes. It
will be just the right time b.) enjoyit,
you see; we are both fond of the river,
0111 the thought of posting ahem
tu'ottglt the. 110111 and (last frau cue
place to another, orlimitingabout for
some unc41nfo'table hotel in soon place
which)" is surd 1'0 lo) 'either ovc)crohel01
or, deserted. 1'1401 Utero i at c1)`nting
haiku n few' miles off only, waiting to be
lived in, is ulsurd, We 1)0111 11)inl.."
"What a sensible' pair ylou will be!
.A model hu0band and wife! 1 shall have
to dhow 34)111 off, and },mu 10)'1 eros upon
yon. flow soon my 1 venture to count
drown to be eaten tip with envy)"
"\s soon as you like, You lcuow very
well you are always welcome every-
Btclwse 1 don't come when l.'rn, nit
Wanted', I'll ,111)'0 11boat 01111 roo' atp
and 410110 the creek till you si4111010 nuc
that 1 !may lnn11 without fear of dieing
cousin Coil. an intruder, .uy the bye,
where is Doris today, that yuu are off
duty?"
"She lues.'gone down tolR1'ading with
tier grandmother, 10 pay a far,'well visit
beton, her murmge to somi) aunts elm
arc going abr00d, She )•earn be bele till
to -morrow. so, I feel rather straq(!ed"
Shui] tee go to 14110' t1<eo 1)103"
Loo hot! ,,1 want 1c1get;pu1 of Lon-
don; it ;s too lute to `get dine) some-
where for 1) pull of the river noir,
Ihongb. :1b there is ills, 1podson'; vic-
toria agatin! Surely shuts ai good d•'.tl
more 10011). up than she Iused to b Iwo
years sago. It's the fii'st Alma.l ie s:vn
her 1y daylight sine( I've 'been b:dte
ire' lace looks 41)1110 btu •fn.tlte, shades,"
• .les, „that is tate, worst, Rf;thait liijtit 1
stuff site u.es; it ;ns lextrenicl,1' inar-
l1h);_.yo3 knots, all »bent it, or you
Pretend very ryc11,"
1'1 flatter myself f 0111) atalyee any
bcnt!y, 101,1 tell you , rru(lq i.) 1vlial it
uusists, Sncether in "rr'loutiur; 'pearls
powder', or,nntttr1:l blgnm,'fe-attr'e;,
pu.s�0u,'bi: tlic!(s;= Ncllai,Wltere chip,
W0 go?"'
"Suppose we go down to,.thc. Llwas?
We are. sure' of tool ghouls and g,i1d
champagne there, at else, rate,."
"And' Airs; }fodsot) J114)0 i01Yti'' 00100
claming girls, But T ](now the sort of
ri)ls 411)0 calls elmrnlinee and 1 don't., feel
tempted; 'Besides, I Wouldn1t go. to the
Lawns to -night, if I Were 'yin, (,IVa„
",All right! \\'e'.1l go amt hear ]'anti;
thein," sand (11311, indifferently.
•
CIIAPTEII II,
In house of a wy,11-known .smear0 of
Sahth, KblshigtonAlias Edgeombe sat at
lmudicolt nth let grandmother and a
girl friend, the Baty tnl'to. thaton which
David -Glyn and Papillon had met Mrs.
Hodson (luring altar stroll -through the
park,
Old Mrs. Ld„combe w110 It htuldsomc
erect , lady for her age, which was about
silty -three. She had been the constant
gu1)rdian and-Contpaniou' of 'her" grand-
daughter, to 1'1wm she was devoted, since
the death of her own son end his wife,
Doris' parent, ilei. advancing age had
begun of tate'ta make her feel that the
time was drawing 'jeer. When she roust
a,csign her post. of ellape bpi to her hand -
001110, nntch-0oiight-after granddaughter
to,yonnger hands; 4110 11nd been eager to
see lie): chergethapp,ily„married, and had
neer' the ' first to rejoice over, limy en-
gagement '04 . David Glyn. The high-
minded if someivhat extravagant prin-
ciples whic!) Doris held in money teatime;
had been inculcated by the elder lady,
wide had determined to leave her own
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property, which was eoned(ites1,1e, to her
Ftauddruighter, under the ontu'e.contr'ol
of the letter's husband. She had had
reason, in .her youth, to be disgusted
with sordid money quarrels, 0101 tine held
Khat no man wail fit to he trusted with
n girls happineas who could not be
trusted with her money.
She had. 'returned with Doris from
Reading that morning, and -an old school
fellow, who had called to inquire if it
teas really tine •that the flinty-henred
\lies l_dgeontbo had. at last sneemnbe(1 to
•) (i moron Montle e110110n, having strayed
to lmielleon--the three ladies sat around
Ile, table talking about wedding presents
an the trnusscnte,
hull grin be malriell in a white or
travelling (trees?" asked, Hilda Warren,
n pretty,: clovertlooking little wannan,
ralher erwentiic1lly dressed.
"D1 ivory -colored brocade. I don't care
for the thought of, .sneaking into the
Diu rah 10 every -day ,dress, as if I felt
ashnune(1'of what I was.doing,, and didn't
Want to be noticed, I want to look 'my
veyy, very hest, to make B%vid `eel'
pritudeof rue, and to male the very idlert3'
'Who crowd :round the door to see what`
the bride is like --as they always do, you.
know—mu(lge each other 'and say, '3fy1
Don't she look nice!' and think ,any
beshtu)d n lueky fellow,".
Botha her companions looked at Doris
with ;n expre3sien which plainly showed
flint her last words echoed their own
opinion. As she sat back in her (Their,
nal spoke woolly, 11114 ,with teal 'pride
0) d pleaenre in her face, no one walla
have denied that, as far as beauty went,
herfutureIuisbend 1)011111 have found '11
;mrd to 18411 t a' Letter choice
Mise 11Adgcoui1e•ivas It 1)00110110, initial
above the middle height of slight but
well shaped figure, with delicately slen•
11)11 hands and fact, nod aimost faultless•
lyregular Atee. As is usually the ease
Will, beauties bf this type, the first
impression of admiration in looking at
the far .w )1i frequently followed 'by a
'sense that there )vas something wanting,
tlmEthe beautiful eyes sparkled, but did'
of speak, the well -cut mouth 5lniln1, but
ever grew soft. It wast ohly nt, rare
moments tint some passing: enl0tioil
)v0h141 bring the rich color to ltee, cheek,
and light up her. face 101111 a brilliancy
41,)1)1) was bewilehine.
She «:10 looking Mb. boo '(is site, raised
Iter 11rit ,ekes( to her old school fellow's
hie and laughed, .
• ] 31111'1 thiviPee 04104• seen. Mr. Lily11
1
• Doreen. ,; •
'Haven't pain? 1• have ar portrait of
him upstairs_ come and tell me wh ;°
you think of hill."
311e girls rose and left the ropnt, fol•
lowed spore slowly by; the elder Indy;
:and they, all three trent up' 10 tl)e draw-
ing roonl;'Whidr was .furnished.ratler
snnnlnelv','.Aiy,•l freak of itA y'nwng 1n13-
.'1110 .1100r
5-
•'110.1100• was stained'and p01101ed,
and theri?;was only a 04041111s'quoroegarpet
!n front of the fire -.place. The..tvinrlmvs
and doors were drnped.with curtains: of
dark crimean plush, lined with silk of
Otienttl o'tl3'rn n;1l blended colors Tho
wninaeeating npd'1)0odw04k were steiued
the seine chime •as tyi floor, nrtrl tife walls.
:Were'aohpapcipd)1mt.liutell in pale buff.
The .furniture WAS covered. with1;etitus011
1111101), with es1ions embroidered In
tunny alloys. '1'1)041 were marhle'statu•
0th'') in' the corners of, the room, in. high
relief against ,thea lank, curtains; Ibe
window0 were 1lockei1 by stands full
leafy plants, the only flower' lideritted
among them being'•"the pale, heavy,
washed -oat -looking hydrangea.. '1 �wre
was a• striating .411)00110e of nnua-
meat on .1110 stands, the b100100ts,
the easily upset1.411100 covered
with trifles, which pinto progress (Hifi-
cult in most modern drawilig-roans.
Th00'wn5'0) large caned cabinet full o
not very curnus.cearlositles, chiefly re-
11es of the campaigns of Allo. llllgeonthe's
late hnskiuul,, who had bee)) n so11tfel
there was 'a grand Matto; and was
a large pile of music,
i1)o you knew, 1 like this room better
thou 01)y 1 know,'" said Hilda Warren,
as they carte in,
"1)o 3ou2 Most people call it bare,
And I am beginning to' thank myself that
it rather a mistake. It is a sort of
temple to ,old luemeries. 'Thio floor and
the hydrangeas ire for the sake of a
French country house fused to step at
when'I was n. child; the 'Cabinet and its
contents' are a slirine't,o'grandpapa; the
plaints are the sante as those we used to
have in the eoascryatoly at Ambleside,
where 1 was born. :And in the piano is
the spell which enriiea me'back to any
of thhie places and the people who lived
in them. This is lir; Glyn."
She took from the mantel piece n
fraed photograph and handed it to her'
friend, who looped at it long and citi-
cally.m
Ile is very handSome," said she at
141st; "old he looks very good and very
nice, and altogether quite the right sort'
of man to be the hero of your romantic
dreams.never knew you wer 5o ro-
mantic until to -day; you lutvegiven the
ley of your heart to the right person,
Doris, for yon' are much 'nicer now he
has opened it. And who is this?"
• 1'1130
1' the t 1
Mesta, peeving mut among
on the mantel -piece, had ufeerthcd nn•
utlel yurhztiY, half hiiltldcu hchiud u
unmlclabrillf,
'\V'h3', this (int, is'htumisome, too! Who
is it Doris' 1sn't Mr, felts jealous el
your haying another 'juvenile' as 0.941)14)'
ant In 101111"
Hilda 1)011)11 was eit utr''s eelle
thought it 1(4113 the introduction of n
theatrical tont into ler spelcl) which
made old Airs. h tgecotnbeb row suddenly
very upright. DorisAtool( the �)ortret1
nu 1)inety- flour her halo.
Oh, no; Afi Glyn 111§ no need to be
jealous; that is riot a tinted richt!" 0100
"Rival! I should think net!" buts
1;Ors, '.d e otehe, severely. Phe'
mold, not to be mentioned in the sato
) '11th, 1 nm et ptosed et your Dee!'
n• allowing it portrait of David t;hy.
n ien1ainon the same Shelf with the
f
Auguetws Melton," '
"Well; grendmOm:nr, don't be angry:
I didn't even know he was there, Ile
had the sense to' creep into a corner
where nobody could sec him and frown
at him,.We'll take Min away altogether,
sand 10111), Dncid to undisputed cover
(ignty of the mantel -piece„'
"Doris, 1. think that joking way of
talking about thein is very unbecoming.
I should think 11r. Glyn would disap-
prove of3)iir keeping a portrait of Au-.
gi101)1e at ,)111.”
"if 314'. (11'n objects, Gussio shall go.
Only don't cull the poor boy 'Augustus,'
31audhumuna, please," said the girl,
good-humoredly.
But Mrs. 1 (1ecombo was offended;
and in a few minutes, after turning a
deaf Dar to all her granddaughter's eon
elllttory speeches; she made some ex-
cuse about
xcuse'about fetching some work she
wanted, and left the room,
"Now, grundo allmla is offended for the
rest of the day," said Doris, v
door when the
er closed upon the old lady, "1 am
so sorry; and yet I don't think it was
1113 fault. 1 did not Wrenn to vex her;
but I:don't like to hear the absent ear
sighted to stern silence without a little
pity.,
-Who is this wicked Augustus, ,or this
nnfortulate Gussie? 1s he a ne'er-do-
well admirer ,for whom you have just
a' ;Miner of lingering teiderneso? 1
shouldn't have suspected you of such a
thing hcfore today; but, mow that you
have proved yourself to be ,1 human by
faliingin love with lir, Glyn, why, you
may even be l;ufty of a feminine wealt-
nes of being times' fora settpegrae01 Do
tell 010 the store, Doris; I've' told you
all niy love aflair0, and given you the
benefit of a louee exp'efene1 ig these
mutters. Now tell me yours, aOnd 1 wilt
take your one confession 110 a balance
lo e,' 14111(1,4441)1, You know 1 0111 twee.
a eccret:"
'But there is no secret to keep said
oris, long!)) g "And what do you nn"1.)
by asking me to tell you my 'one' love
story. 1 have hutl o))y one., unu taa:p.
yo) know—my engagement to Mr.
Gl"11yn"
u1 that is not what I call 0 love.
story—it is notsemantic enough," said
Ililda, impulsively, "You are not what
call in love with 31r. Glyn at '0!."
'".Chem 1 am ,010034 1 shin neve,' 1)
what. you call 'Ln love: 1101 what do you
):ant the to 110? You dent expect me
to talk about hint in blank verse, 04
spend any time on my knees before his
photograph, do you?"
"Oh, yes, that is what 1 always do
when I'm in love!" said llilda, drily,
Now, llilda, telt me seri01101) what
114,1 mean, You have brought a grave
chnlg against me, and you must prove
it er withdraw it, lou have accused me
of went of warmth="
Ou, dear no! I was quite touched by
tho entlutsiasnr you showed when 111010'
ed you at what time Alr. Glyn was conn
hue to -day, '011, he may cone at three,
or he 0103, cone at four, or perhaps he
won't be here till we go out, soon after
five!' That is what your said, with just
a:; mush exeilement ale if he had 1ee11
a tradesman comping for un 4rderl Why,
it 1 were111 love, and expecting the man
1 was feud of, 1 shouldn't be able to sit
still; 1 should be mad with the hands of
the clock for not going rotund faster;
1 01)01)1)1 get as book led set myself a
task of reading so many chapters before
I would let myself see what the time
wus ngmin; 1 should upset all those nice-
ly !lrragned flitvers by rushing to the
window twenty limes! Long before 3
o'clock (lune, I should 'bo in a fever;
while you—Doris, 1 believe, if 1)e were,
not to come until --until 0 o'clock, you
'04,u)d not say, 'Dow tiresome of him to
put out all my arrangements!' 01
course 1 know your emotion of mhpa-
timme Because he upsets your plans is
munch better bred than my impatience
to ee 0114 man 11//1100 I love him; but
then you know 1 00) 01)!)' a Bohemian,"
Anil the girl, whose restless oscittblo
nature betrayed itself as she spoke by
qu!el, nervous movementsofthe hands
as mucin as by the volubility 1with 1011011
she poured forth her words, dropped'
front her chair on to a cushion at the
feat rt her calmer companion, with a lit•
tau curl of the lip to belie th0 humility
of the end of ler speech.
"Yes; but you don't snake allowance
for the difference between,n)y tempera-
ment and yours. You can't imagine me
hnppiug about between the .clock and
the door with my hands through my
hair every two minutes, any 11101'0 than
I can picture you sitting quietly and stif-
fly on a' chair waiting with beautiful
subinise oil until your hero, us you call
shim, chose to shed on you the sunshine
.of his preeence"
"Olt, you want No to think that the
djffor'enee between us is only that your
affections are under better control than
mine! Well, then, I don't believe it,
3'x11 could no more sit there and chatter
to me 011111113 about a 40:0011 different
things' while you w0r0 expecting ,lir,
Glyn, if you were really' fond of him,
than 'I could,"
"You mean that 1 nm tt cold-blooded
creature—a sort of fish by nature, quite
incapable of feeling any emotion above
tepid point."
,No; 1 don't; I mean that you don't
feel any emotion above tepid point for
llr. ('lyn"
"Bet, Hildayou 1011001'! =az' that.
Imbed, at is not trite! said Doris,lata-
1 ((rbid l a.0 net nearly''
o'0)1 10 as, yoit am not even alae that
l
Lao feel qui11) so smolt --certainly 1
'114114 1)014 show as 101w11; but admire
Ji l}'n more llem rn' art n I have
f
toe,: 1 pewee, hie opinion 111 everr-
tl) „• kale 11ler so happy as when 1
m1 4)111 him; f try to please him far
herder 111,nn a ever tried to please any
,1,( 1. before and 1 feel jealms of every
l r woman he looks at, Surely aha
s love 001Ch hiving! set lily rate, !:
he best 1 lave to give."
Hilda shook her head.'
"Too calm!" said elm briefly.
"Anal don't you think a steady feelite
" 34 that, which never rues and neve
ks i9.a better founda.ti1)0 for a. 16V
11114 10 to lasts life -time than a spay
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troubles rhe to bad blood, and all affen•
tions of the nerves, as St. Vitus' 11anee,
paralysis and 10001noto]' ataxia, they are
commended to the public with all the
greater 0011feletec booms), they have the
strong endoroation of this great physi-
cian.
bungs, on the whole, as mucin pain and
disonefort las pleasure ever, to the ob-
ject of it, and 10101011 you yourself admit
you can feel for a succc.,lon of p^_)''1o?"
finished Doris triumphantly.
"And hew can you be sure your ad-
in]r1tou apt': respect will last a life -
stint eci1he7"asked the young actress
;persistently. "You have no more reason
to be soue that this Mr. (Ilya, whom
,ynnimve-lanowm only 0 few weeks, will
always be worthy of the respect and
all that which he has inspired you With
than 1 had for supposing the poor paint -
or who followed 1e like any shadow
would become the greatest artist of the
day, just .leteauso 1110 very sound of his
voice set me trembling.ivith happiness."
('To be cnmrinoen
CORPSE SCARES BURGLARS.
Ghastly Experience of Two Apprentices
in Crime in a Paris Apartment.
Two ,young burglars in Paris had a
ghastly e);perience lately and a narrow
00001)0 froth being held for a crime
w}tielh they did not commit. They were
both new to the house -breaking gaune.
They were lads of 10 and 20 years,
blathers' apprentices out of work and
penniless and yvith•associations in the
Apache gangs now tcrronseng Paris,
.raid, led them to turn naturally to
cri100 ate means of getting ou their leen,
They chose as the scene, of their first
trial the apartment of a well-to-do en-
gineer named Daneles, win lived all
alone in a house ou the Rue Myrna. They
undo their way into the house at night
after the lights 11101 been put out, but
as they figured before the hour at which
D 1110100 110un11y returned from his game
o: dominoes at the 11130 They got into
the apartment, by a skeleton ken
and
shut the, door noiselessly behind
then,
Then while one of them prepared to
strike a light the other groped his way
a couple of feet forward in the ante.,
room of the apartment.
As he did so he jostled against some-
thing that gave way before, him, then
en1e Back and hit him ratheh heavily,
then leaked away again. Thu young
burglar' 41)1.141)0(1. Ile 01001011011 Out his
lauds and !'alt a eau's clothing and
then the legs of the nun inside mud a
chilly hands all swaying horribly to and
Lo as he touched them,
alis cry made his companion strike a
match in n hurry, and in its flickering
light thepair saw Danglo0 hanging by
a rope.to the gas fixture. He was stone
dead; but the couple said afterward that
the hideously distorted face as they
watched it in the light of the match
seemed to be grinning at them as if to
say: "Ala! I've caught you, have 1?"
They dashed out of 1110 room and
down the stairs at headlong speed The
clatter they made aroused the concierge,
and while they fumbled at the front
door he scrambled into his trousers and
boots and pursued theta down the street,
A couple of handy policemen headed them
off and they were marched back to the
housee where the doors of Dangles' rooms
were food open, plainly .showing that
they had been there.
As the, body was still warm, the police
took it into their heads that the couple
had murdered him as a sequr,lto robbing
his plu;e. Rut the next day it was estab-
lished that nothing had been stolen and
also that Dangles had often tln'e,itencd
suicide because of his shtfeIings from an
incurable disease. The chair, which he
had kicked front under him completed
the story. So 1110 two apprentices in
cringe will only have charges of attempt-
ed burglary to answer.
OOESN'T KNOW P91ESICENT•
Michigan Applicant for Citizenship Is
Equally Ignorant.
Mike O'Reilly, born in Canada, but,
a resident of Jackson County, Mich„ for
twenty years, made application for Am-
erican citizenship in Circuit court at
Jackson the other nwrnieg. Ile 5Omre
lie couldn't read, but the constitution
of the United States had been read to
him,
"What are Lie throe dz.purtunelite 301
government terrier the constittution'l"
asked Judge Parkinson,
"1 don't understand you"
"What is the name of the offi041 that
the chief executive holds?"
O'Reilly couldn't say.
"Who is the president of the \'ailed
States?"
"Rosenfelt, Isuppose."
"Who 40'08 pre-vrc1411114 before Roos
vett?"
"I could not tell you."
"Who is gov0l'nor of Alicllig:w
"I' supposed Rosenfelt was."
"Can you tell me 0)li;,t depart)
the government of the state' '1
laws?"
"I suppose it's there in \Va5hid,'tisa;'
"Whet do they cal] the body that
m los lay's at 1110{141
thio stumped 0110111} of ail.
„\Flo is the member of congr0:4f from
this district ?"
"I cannot tell you." ,
"\Mutt is congress?"
"Che petition Is dismissed," said :fudge
Parkinson, And so O'Reilly eannot;vite.
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ICKL'��ABS ,
\V'el] bi'bies ;deep soundly and wake up
brightly. When little ones are restless,
sleepless and cross i(; is the 111E0141014;