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The Wingham Times, 1901-07-05, Page 7Fft'J -- ,overflowed with gesticulating men and ' 4 g , 1{ W figure, waiting, did not come within *' . - ••.z Ike clay of Jobn;ly's sacrifice, Every Queen 'Iienrfetto of Belgium, wbo has •excited women, carrying on In aver-, first despised, then encouraged, then hat vision. She began to speak fit a i'� word of It stood out like clear hand- been suffering from acute bronchitis, k corner and across innumerable door• laved hien, and who nett to Agatha harsh, strained voice. rotting on the littii. They had all recovering., p commanded the open worship of his „ g "He belongs to 'rate. I'm porn to marru heard -all Uut .7obllny, What would . The l;nipress Frederick thinks that steps the endless debate which such an You want' me to answer straight ht ]link" •heart, there is no perfume in the world wlliehr sadly on the part of the police neves- out -ain't that what you said, Johnny? }yore sobbing like the'little un. lie think when be heard of it, too, oufi- sarily opened. Abittlta is fIrstwho must be first, as any Well, it vou't take long, it's so short" " side, as he would, be sure to do? Ile equals that Icing the best can de cologne. one cats see who beholds ]tint on a ver. "Where we g»in to carry him to? The boy icing of Spain sent ten iltlpnl- But stillesthmost ag,i.ated face, though tali] anniversary of each year bury his For one instant Tess let her eyes muttered Tim Bradlee huskily, `"John• ryas getting stronger all the time. Soon ' sive letter to the PrillCe of Wales a short t tongue, was not to be seen face in the !on^• grass which covers the meek Johnny's. She tow(tcd, straight ny didn't have no home nor no folies," lie. would be out again, and some of the time ago promising. Itis sympathy ante in town that moTuing, but in a little ° g and pitiless, between hjill and tile sun. He used the past tense unconscious. boys would let the seerct out. suppw.t in any difficulty. Ills change of -cottage on an arid hill slope overlook- saddest and most passionate heart ,(No lr she said quietly, "N*ow let me r But thin trouble settled itself while- estate roust present this iueiclent sv!tls that ever yielded to the pressure. of „ ty. This was not Johnny now -it had . Ing the sat, Here Sweetwater bat and go past.. Johnny, been, The g[t•Is stood about, wring- Jess stood and looleP(i do{vu ,at Jahn- acre interest to Edward VII,. life's deepest tragedy. y , , ny's hidden fact,, The pity and the The prince regent of Bavartit collected- connuuned with his great monitor, the The little un was whimperingsoft] in their hands hystc t ieally, ocean, and only from tits flashing eye rn1 ern, to himself. Jess held out tier band'to ; It-suchlore in her soul crowded out every- the pitchers and vessels of peasants at Ile .and the firm set of his lips could the Mini with gentle conciliation, She was, humpbacked t thing," somebody ]said thing else, Sbe kept s00thill9 the big but oBlaimrft during the middle ages. He has; mother of Sweetwater see that 'the issII;tt,mtetPlp,t�vlpo;txtstpt4pp.tpr,Ktrt2Mti tr;� always irentle with the little un, and white hands with her fingers over and but out suparstitioa, which is to+illuut; i for her saltie ever shrilly, on Fridfiy. His grandfather, the splrlt crisis of her son's life was rapidly tip- p, 4 y one else was gentle +'Sli, can't you? Do you want Jess over, and thea she leane(1 down utld ed King Louis 1 of Bavaria, was an pit proachink and that on the outcome of I too. He was tin and weird, and his to hear?" cried some one else. But kissed them. Johan quivered Yrom 'sinuate collector of old umbrellas. this long brooding rested not only his i Jess and eDohnn � little clilldish face peered out through there was no dauger. Jess vas wiping livad to foot. "Johnny!" Jess cried, The Getman emperor has often proved -own self satisfaction, but the interests f yg a tangle of yellow hair. It was not a' the blood from .Johnny's face. She '"•lohnuy, look up, look upI Please, 1 that ire is not in the least afraid of ridl- A LOVI•, S'1<'Cltfi. ;g misfit,. this name. He would always y ch•ar,' cult and surely never more so, remarks' of the man most (last to them. had linty heard Tim Bradlee. �'ttU a " , ' ^ ' Suddenly from that far horizon upon, 9 Ey Annie �Ha.milton Dounell. n be a little in body and in mind. stulclen movement she stood before She forced away his bands with gen- ,The Sketch, than when lie allowed h+'tn,= which &weetvater's eye rested with a 9 u "I'm )lunger -y," he nailed. ""You'd hint, tic- firittness, be was looking down at self, as he did the other day, to be oNdtci- look that was almost a demand came iti CopyruGnT, low, � just's lieves I'd be hunger -y -yes, you „Garry Johnny to tray house, '1'Itn,,r hlu,, laughing a tittle, shyly. A crave graphed in full bunting costrate, holding 'an answer• that flushed him with a BYnxxit lt-taiu;rox DONA•ELT. would too! You -you want me to be of crintsou crept up across her sweet in one hand a cigar, irWie the other is she said quietly. "13e belongs to me. ensconced in a handsome fury muff. Lope as great its 3t was unexpected7 c�--EiglC.pgs3•j a��q�t4^.scs;>Z2Ra,Y3 q"4gQ�gq hunger -y!" I'll) gore to marry him," C:tca, • 1VUat I've l;at to sr.,r is that t-- __,_•_ _ . • Bounding to his feet, be confronted , , , "Why, little un! Why, little unl" Tito girl's voice rang out distinct] love you. Johnny. The Lord Alm;t;hty St. Petersbar ' '•\Liss it'1 Johnny; That hr• will. g g y gs churches are the most his mother' 'with eager eyes and out- crooned Jess soothingly, the mother There was no quiver of doubt or of knows I do, I want yOu to let "IQ' -"a r- splendid of any modetv.churebeii in the He's too likely a chap-gohl to be fore- , •ry you, Johnny, you've got to! I said +stretched hand. , sound in her voice. Ilia little un cool+{ ;frame in it. She faced diem all glen- •� �� {world. man, certain -to be, wastin himself like p • "Give inti money; all the money we ut that. B'^•oslt, mttu it'd be the ruiva- not remember any other mother but dilly. One of the girls uttered a nry et- t as gain to. I told them ratv till I aep I;ililiop I'o'.ey (Iiotnan Gxthni!c) of De- 'Iave in the house. I have an idea thati tion o' Johnny!" ' Tess. For six of his seven years ,lie rails sound that might have been a sob that day yqr, saved the little' till." troit the oilier day paid a tribute of )ore t "You uit'comin down on Jess Tim had mo1. thered his misshapen, Stunted or a laugh. Jess caught the look on 'rile rest she wtiis'pored w!th b"r t'nvp and ndmiration to the lute 86hop liad(„ i q little body tenderly. iu (IIs neck us sit(' I;u(1k lirsido t!ie Lerl. of the Methodist church. Bradlee! 'There ain't no other girl „ her face. „ Why, little un, and sister was gain ""I ata gain to marl "Johnny, answer nil' straight ort•• The large private library of the late � i ,%%.' - tendia looms to these works"- to give you su b a nice puddin today! repeated sharply. "Oh,Jyounneedn't sha brcutbe'd. "Haven't I gat a ri!;;it -bishop of Landon, Dr. Creighton. will be f , y "Oh, Jess Is good enough; she's all With"- took that ,way. \loll Dixe to be answered same as -other rvui:,- eft to Newnhats college, of the e.eenttve r �11 ,+' right. 1 wouldn't look further myself y. y. Johnny �„ council of which he was for inany years. 1 l ` T1 1 She bent or er and whispered some` ain't dead. lie belongs to me, and I en "' t� 't, + 't� if I didn't have nay little old woman thing In his ear. r she vas lau^bines• softly uuder 1wr a ]neniber' i r r n ` a'ready, Jess is all right, but there's „; ,,, tell you I'm gain to Inarry him. Won't t � '� The Rev Dr. Elias Riggs. who died at, I'll� l g i lams. shrieked the little un breath but he could reel the bot blood Constan- t . } 111 r,.�.,_..I � - ,I the little un and the granny. That's "Plums in it -plums!" somebody carry hint to my house? Has in her face. his home to Scutari, a suburb at��(,` wham Jobnn d miss it' anybody gone Por a doctor? tinople, on Jtin. 17, was the oldest grad- ] r �, ., y "Yes. y , "I''ive of 'em, little un -til in your +1Ies vi!s• two of tha Uoys," colon- "I'm goin to marry you. Johany." torte of Amherst and was a missionary hx { ! Yes, sure; there's the little un and piece," Jess said, smiling I her pain, r"He'dn whispered Jess. "i tore you. twat:" Turkey for GO years. He R•ns known im . ( • lm 6 I the granny," p p` tecrod many voices. ought to be „� , ,� for her heat't was like' a st fie in her here Inside o' time 'orf 'oar. Soddy, 'rime little un stooped stcaltlxlly out to Europe and America its a 0cological ( R ` y The second voice had dubious notes breast. She could took baci, and see g> re'e'a4�^"•�'2� ' % to ft There seemed uo room for fur- Johnny sloucllhi^ back along the white boys --easy!" face fall tof(aF,e` and tu-(n iddt'd tvaslborn in�l�ew Pavidenrc rale .I.,Him ( '�/ r�u°'" therargument. g ' ' If Johnny had been a UtUy instead I i 1510, was graduated from Amherst iiti 1 �' .i✓y s ..' g glories road. Shc hac] scut him away of a brawny, crushed giant, they could granny's arm excitedly with a little lS°�0 and train Andover seminary i>x ! j _ } •.t. " n j I�coniugs, at the Liberty woolen mills, from her. How could she mind the flet hate carrier. hurl more tenderly IS3_. _ _ = , sharp forefinger. „ _ r the wee stood round'in Itttle fou sof r ++ r„ r _ - � groups loofas ddy after day without Johnny s ley, Tess is kissin Jahnuy. Ire a, t . • - f• ` throes or fours, clinking their dinner down the straight road outlined in „ , t„ tender w tcls in het' ears and Johnny n t shrilled. An Johnny's kissin Jess. t`''r \ ptuils as a needless rvllat to, their appe- � crimson and gold. Itelays followed, ^-- I) �` to wait outside and walk home with' and the poor, uneonsctous land was / I t \ \ tites. 'it was a breach of etiquette in hev,) How could sale bear ille upend- 1 lits l^x]:ner;tlztyy Poe,e. ___ the unwritten code of Liberty woolen n,• , n shifted occasionally with the gentle- ,r ul•• grind of her young life without henry bad to gO to bed after that I i . � mills' law to open the dinner pails too ,•, Hess of mothers handling their babies. n n To Tun D.ir,-A rich lack, cured of .inhnns visiting clergyman rt•eut away. soon. The girl operatives collected in ,less and the little un event on attend. „`� h tt Was the matter:" tier Deaf uess :incl Noises in the Head by , Erre Sweetwater sat and comtpxuned wftll rho vista of years that opened be Ttie child was sobigug still under tits Tits grcat monitor. the.opeu windows or by themselves out : fore her and reached into the dim Per- -He prostrated himself trying to give Dr, Nicltolson's :1rti8cia.1 Ear Drums, f In the yard -all but Jess. Jess went i Ureatb, and his little torn clothes trail- gave , • may )e worth all I can ever make or >ipectire of old age-old age like -ran- , • the clergyman the impression that be a 2u000 clell.0 s to his Institut,', so that: home at uoou, though it was a long , Ed, unnoticed, behind. list. The Icor• , can ever hope to,have. 'If it succeeds, g uy s -stifled her•aud killed her courage. was a pillar In our church. -Chicago deaf people uuabie to procure. the Ear walk back and forth. She shot past -at- aY the terrible minute before ;{aha• ' we save Frederick Sutherland; if it � E-Ier feet stumbled heavily along be- raw• sprang to tits resetle was ovei'keen ' Record. Drums may ]lave thorn free. Address, the two speakers now, her lithe, beau -g fails, I have only to meet another of side the little un's. for his unbalanced little, niiud, The Nicholson Iustitute, .&`0 Eighth, ilial figure balanced straight ahead. . Knapp's scornful looks. But It won't ,Granny was waiting too. There was "I'm ]:flied! , I'm killed!" he moaned Avenue-, New York Of course she bad heard. The little Far:nerN Letter Off. fail. The inspiration game train the r scarcely time to get tile plain little with pattc!ut reiteration. "You'd just . sea, and the sea, you knout*, is my sec• shabby wan. who had taken her part ineai and hurry back at the clan of Mr. Hamilton, of the Toronto Globo j fidgeted nervously. , g as lieves I'd tie killed, Jess; yes, you ry c,, 1 orad mother." " the factory bell. there rcas no time for would too! You ain't sorry." staff, has been contributing auumber of To i'ral,ibit arnaiug r -.,-,s, L "l0U'cl Otlgllt t0 watch out, Tim," he , letters tU that Onrtin aS t0 tIt0 agricttl- At the. la.>t mrc't:ii- Of tt:+' Gtl,1` h What this insrf '+Ction was he did not Jess to eat, but it did not matter to %l., muttered. Aucl .less was not even thinkiue of n t' p `'say, but it carni td him presently into "Watch !„ her• the Ilttle un. She liad forgotten him tural condition in York county. IIe City Council a by-lir}v vas ii;troduced out retorted the other. g town and laud him in the telegraphWeeks crept by until they were for once. says of the improvement in the social to prohibit the use of Tradin'�;t1 t a iu "You can't watch out for comets scoot' --- - :tip` 'office. � in accost your tracks. Tess is a reg'lar months, and it was crisp, late fall, When Johnny wake out of his stupor, condition of the farmers: the City. Tae Gnelptt Zletmrld snys: ° " 4 0 comet." Since tbh.t hot, white day when Job n- he thought Ime hac] gone to heaven end ""All consulted unite in declaring that Ald. Day introduced tend bead read a< The scene later in the day, when ay overtook her and the little un svalt' one of the an els {vagi iiendiu over r , The barren road, thick with white- g g the standard of living of the farmer has, first and second time a by-law prohibit- ' Frederick entered the village under the n * ed, whimpering, Johnny had never him. She was very street and gentle. dost and scorching wl-h stored up sun greatly improved. He Byes in a better Ing the use of Trading; Stain p•i. ThiS walked home with her. IIe had taken Why. it Is Jess! Then Jess hac] gone house has better furniture, has better I by-law wits ar,sed in commit too with �guat•diauship of the police, was Trade- rays, stretched atvnY from the great - '•scribable. Mr. Sutherland bad insisted looming' bulks of the "works" as if his answer stolidly and gone about to heaven too': Johnny experienced a ' y 1 u.on accompanying him, and when g among his looms with the plodding, sense of rellef at the thought. It domestic utensils, sucitascooking stoves, iAid Crowe in thec1lair. It nmkes it, i' D 3' making a bee tine to escape item them, stepof an old man. Jess had ntiss�el + , , g dresses Ipetter, sthat well loved figure and white bead Dlinly, at its terminus, one could dis- .wouldn't lie real heaven VvIthout Jess. , has Better vehicles. He ilie,iil for atiy Ip rson to gave, s::l, dis- were recognized the throng which bad tits sweet, shrill whistle above the mui "',Tess, little girl," he whispered eats more fishmeats; svheu convenience tribntrs <pr, : er( irEr traiiin!r rum s g tin-utsh the rows upon rows of little {Teel thunder of machines. Johnny had „ ,m p ` 'rapidly collected in the thoroughfare houses flanked by two big bQarding •when'd you come?" serves, the butcher :wakes periodical coupons or similar devices. :Firms or, leading to the depot succumbed to the houses that made up Liberty. Llbertyl always whistled loudly for ,Tess to ""Sb! Johnny, don't tall.. Yes, it•8 journeys from the vilhages and in agood corporations issuing the statutes, march- . feelings occasioned by this devotion hear. She bad told hilt, once that it me, It's Jess. Vin taking care o' you. ,and fell into a occasioned silence. The name was such a misfit. It was shortened the hours. \ow he never You've baci a kine] o' -o' sickness. Sh!„ m.umy places the beef assaeiationis the ants distribt:tiu:; ttie23A, ai cl customers the one thing wanting in the little set• whistled at all. Viten he met Tess, it g means of supply. The latter is -an receiving tbem are all made violaters of Iyrederiek had never looked Vetter. tie one t ltlerty, And Johnny closed lits eyes a ala 'There is something in the extremity of {r:xs just a grave nod of his head he with a great joy mastering his pitta, association of farmers swho each devote litre, a proposition which met -with Ald. fate which brings out a man's best Jessie Binuey-or just Jess, as every gave bar. Slowly, very slowly. tits awYul bruises one beef animal to the common good, Slater's approval as making the re- foneate called Ver -sped clown the hot On one,of the autumn days Jess took g gi '- 4 y guilty y •characteristics, and this man, having roadway. She was going home to the yielded to the gentle ministry of na< brin ng them on so as t° kill one a wee.. ceivtr c uuli • t.i.lt with tie thief. I much that was good in him, showed i! the little un to the works with ilei be- tore -and Tess. Very slowly Johnny and distributing the meat. The baker, The by-law excepts, however Inerchantrs little un and granny, and trying to g and his noise lumbered back to life. The little settle• at that moment as never before In his g cause granny was ailing too finds customers in the county, outrun Johnny. Both spurs .urged her , y, to or nxauufixctt *era who issre the'_r own ' short but overeventful life. As the car- on with equal Incentives. She knew fretted her sadly. He had never been meat of Liberty had been under snow the lessening of the labors of the farmer'e coupouns and retleeill them themselves grin p stopped before the courthouse Oil among the looms times enough to get a month or more before he saw ii g Johnny was behind -she could Naar used to their whirring, ceaseless actly- again, wife. Far more reading is done and the in casU or rnercha•uciise. Aid, Carter f Its way to the train a glimpse was giv- the pound of his big feet on the road, daily newspaper is encroaching upon the thott;;ht theso tenEpromiums were as bad •en of his handsome bead to those who its•. The novelty of it amused hien, and At first Jess had staid away from muffled Uy the catpot of white dust. for a long time he crouched, contented- the works to nurse him; then she had domain of the weekly, A daily mail ( as the trading shwips, but Aid. Day, ex- , had followed him closest, and as there ,She was so familiar with the sound. ly by Tess. He was so affil she forgot gradually trusted him more and more deliver is managed in some tura• sec- laivacl that the :let slid not (:Ilow the became visible for the first time In 1112 Ahoad-way ahead -the little un was g •` y ) g p Mace, so altered under his troubles, a wafting. Jess was Familiar with that at last that be was there, and when he to granny. Bile could not lose the mon- tions. The amo: tit of drinking is u all Council to stole that. "1lioie is the ;•likeness to their beautiful and com- crept away on a little trip of discovery ey she earned at the looms. sides declared to be far less than was the pity said . ld. Carter. Alii. Da too. The tiny, stooped figure always y she did not notice. She was minding, One day Tohnny sat tip in bed and 'm(tnding Agatha a murmur broke out wafted. case twenty years ago, public opinion tltotrglxt that the t•'i;.thq* nteret:ants who I her loom In a daze OP broken dreams detnaudecl a looking glass. Tess was :around him that was half a rail and ",Tess, Jess!" Johnny called, pleading- and only the mechanical training of her at Mlme factor 'IUe little tea sat oil the baring turned against it. Trig amount had signed thea ' pctitiotl wouIcl be very I. a groan and which affected him so ly, A little flavor of injury was in the g y' of total abstinance seems to have in- glad to stop titt•ir tieiret selioines if the 'that he turned from Ills father, Whose, sound of Ills voice. It was most a eyes to detect imperfections and the foot t the bed playing with a bit of creased and so has moderation on the had no trading, tamps fa ca:r. F 'ihand he was secretly holding, and, tak- „ , 1n'outpt response of Iter fingers to cot- Urlg;llt string. s peto fore. be a.te:r braving the mens jeers, to rect them prevented trouble. Her well "say, little un, you know what a part of those veho do drink; lighter This by -lett crib uc:t ton into farce fag the whole scene in with one flash be treated this way. Johnny cherished 1 of bis eye, •leas about to speak, when drilled sight arae] muscles stood guard lookiu glass Is, hey? Well, you rile clrink2, such as iagc+r, almost tlitkuoryn lllrtil, niZ Jaip. 1::0'., so flint inerch:l.nta the sweet ]acatery of •three reel letter „ B sudden hubbub broke out in. the dl- tvliiie she streamed, and fetch me oar.. said Tohnny, t{renty years ago, Have tomo into ti$U will have t:u,o to r:ispcso of their aO.irtii S when Jess, like the little'un. In the middle of the afternoon P. cont- "I know!" the tittle un criocl dclf,­Iit' and there are comparatively few violent i counting and cn,:trniiaru to onmr.lota it,r>4r, • ' man Was seen rushing down the street had waited. rte mace the most of TRE WI NGRAK '�1 *18,, 4ULx 51 J."] ! . , ` , great room. reople ran about, and Iii the Vessel tot the first pall at which. ! .,. , these were excited shouts and one _, __.._ . a �. ;fl� Apr �� - they cre likely to put In leas forte - a 1r011lall ever, .fie ,Mind ' might * maws >C do, >i lvt►ttt you to let t>7e war- j �' °T""0' "Johnny, .iuhnuy, (J11AYerod r�SN(1, 171-tv- ' but she know the mischief IV49 done. W��T PQ1l�fi'� �L� +' • art at7tmtlairpklon OF nate eltatlgh to receive lit reply a cell]- freta one of the lues wllo f , ,\ s, l'y yon, JCss, 1 1wAAlt t0 llal'e $ t'lt�ht / /�' A to /f f .�, tt liad tQ CotZle. Till itt'C kQt?Elern"s —` ,.tIIE Tbs West Point 1te trr.Y.l�,0.ERY remembered the words she shouted.. tate care a' you, acss. .less]" I 4114, foresight could not ward it off, aa.rieto sho"Uld •�r�1'p'•{p� " AGATH'A Ott 1 iJ] i7� r alley were #n Swedish, and noun of his , , • ' LIE had hitrrled over the Tittle Speech ' ,. �, �i• , , Cranny lead only procipitnted i� a little +erordit for hAuttlrt batsat+tiiow to keep. pranlirte to ai>niite�ll IItAXtlix lrtl.t a sVo , "Jess! Quick, Jess? Somebody'fi Inures had understood thein, but be rti• Palled thein They as if tune were prcctAlls, but tlto cry x4 , I tl at illi eticl came frotlA his soul, Ira had (' �,°°,,°,,,. tAw less ]lad watched the terrible wounds lieu] slowly' tato. ugly scout$. agatast the praLticie will h#= A•o a,n%- Ann% Katha,rino Green, + Author of "�'nc Lcarsnttmfli Caac,'" hell, 11•ore` '"I jelp! IIjelp! lr`rttn ]taller pa alb his hart] brown lttuttla out to ttel'. ! ." "� and suffered for Johnny! loot for tier- Iudlaeiapolte. I#rem. 'elm:! pledge by West Volut co,40ts ten + ��' I"Ey "t;ost 1ltami'N Lalic," •'Halla dodo s1g, Tion bar on. 1(nlf, I3jelp! Let ate I:a past, Jabnrayl let trap Sa '". , ;� ! self. 1'Pr what c1lQ Joss care for the u�, atop brazing +ted not tatroelttQe a!rntttr alta Rtnp,"z:lc.,Lla. .HjelpI" past: erle(t .Jess. florcely. Sbe could . . 1 lluess that blighted Johnny's handsoul;`i practices in place of thowp ahaadpad: -"" I In Miglisht ' ` trot, trust herself to look; .at hint, � . � face forever? I't Was still Johnny's gives satisfaction. We have no daubt Ca('wiUQIIT, ROCU, "'Ile] 1 p IIelpl My mistress Bills her -"Answer was ]lel• only St11L'1;ni11'd, e 1 face, arae] ,iP.ltnny helAaga(1 to ]Act'. Sha - tlt€At they will keep their word and titixt UYANNA ICATI1ARr llQRt(I:x. self! S11R has ti krtlfoi Ilelpi Iielpl"' � �i tuc 'bit ttlf,llt out, Jess I31tp- i, t . {vas going to tnarry Johnny, A cleut'er cOlnceptign of honor let tltt academy tell] date iteral tttla Irt� C r� the impossible had occurred, Iiatsy nth. clr,tnauckd ,Taluuly, with stern'.: , ; despair, •'Ain't i got the right to be /: ; , ;,, Ilut her heart ached fol him, She could hardly beat It, Todr. y s eeding .Military ai;recable incldcut,�-Helyorlc Tribune. - , I f was ]lot (lead, or .at least her tCstimOrly, still remained and had cAlne at. Sweet, • answered soma as other Inca t :"alu't I? I 1,� r , ;e{{ n the loos stretch of raadtvay from The recognition by the cadets that thety „ 1: ,r and tll(tt code of honor is a false CIiAP7'EIi Y1WI. SAvnrp, water's beck from the other side of the Ain't x ,waited enough for an an- , IV, $1{ of ? No, no, not that, Jess, Dont 'ft'I• the works, she had wished her fare, .Ana pledge to mend their ways In the futnret I tea to save her mistress'son. � %N, 1;, too, could Ile seamed gnd marred like will do much to rehabilitate Nest I'oli�t Frederick's arrest had been conduct- * *41 * c * say you don't love me! l-•-1 know that, „r . ,� Johnny's. ,Tess ],flea, the fresh, bweet In popular estimation, but there will ]lot ed so quietly that no tiler of the mat. Sweetwater was a made elan, And But I leant you I"11 be that r :. r , 1 ' beauty of flet own face, and the con• kion watchfulness hereafter t4at thlt ,ter reached the village before the next i'`r(del'itt.. In a week he was the idol a glrily, good to you, little gitli I'll take that f i %'n +� ; . r� trust hurt her for Johnny. larr�InIs Is faithfully kcUt; , morning. Then the }whole town. broke into uproar, and business. was not only hc town. ,In a year --but let Agnea' care o' you"- .,' 1"fit s• Jess stated down the white roadway "'. " �, "Poor Johnny!" murwurecl Jess, Ali - AEbcr Eiltliculty laotlae4 over her -bot Edward VII has }written poetry -Yoe ) suspended, but the streets and clocks oonof kat face a ld happy suiile show what he vas then awc't A+*nes •1 unseeingly, I)ven the little en's ba{{ ed _, public avowal before the rzien and girls private circulation, ,overflowed with gesticulating men and ' 4 g , 1{ W figure, waiting, did not come within *' . - ••.z Ike clay of Jobn;ly's sacrifice, Every Queen 'Iienrfetto of Belgium, wbo has •excited women, carrying on In aver-, first despised, then encouraged, then hat vision. She began to speak fit a i'� word of It stood out like clear hand- been suffering from acute bronchitis, k corner and across innumerable door• laved hien, and who nett to Agatha harsh, strained voice. rotting on the littii. They had all recovering., p commanded the open worship of his „ g "He belongs to 'rate. I'm porn to marru heard -all Uut .7obllny, What would . The l;nipress Frederick thinks that steps the endless debate which such an You want' me to answer straight ht ]link" •heart, there is no perfume in the world wlliehr sadly on the part of the police neves- out -ain't that what you said, Johnny? }yore sobbing like the'little un. lie think when be heard of it, too, oufi- sarily opened. Abittlta is fIrstwho must be first, as any Well, it vou't take long, it's so short" " side, as he would, be sure to do? Ile equals that Icing the best can de cologne. one cats see who beholds ]tint on a ver. "Where we g»in to carry him to? The boy icing of Spain sent ten iltlpnl- But stillesthmost ag,i.ated face, though tali] anniversary of each year bury his For one instant Tess let her eyes muttered Tim Bradlee huskily, `"John• ryas getting stronger all the time. Soon ' sive letter to the PrillCe of Wales a short t tongue, was not to be seen face in the !on^• grass which covers the meek Johnny's. She tow(tcd, straight ny didn't have no home nor no folies," lie. would be out again, and some of the time ago promising. Itis sympathy ante in town that moTuing, but in a little ° g and pitiless, between hjill and tile sun. He used the past tense unconscious. boys would let the seerct out. suppw.t in any difficulty. Ills change of -cottage on an arid hill slope overlook- saddest and most passionate heart ,(No lr she said quietly, "N*ow let me r But thin trouble settled itself while- estate roust present this iueiclent sv!tls that ever yielded to the pressure. of „ ty. This was not Johnny now -it had . Ing the sat, Here Sweetwater bat and go past.. Johnny, been, The g[t•Is stood about, wring- Jess stood and looleP(i do{vu ,at Jahn- acre interest to Edward VII,. life's deepest tragedy. y , , ny's hidden fact,, The pity and the The prince regent of Bavartit collected- connuuned with his great monitor, the The little un was whimperingsoft] in their hands hystc t ieally, ocean, and only from tits flashing eye rn1 ern, to himself. Jess held out tier band'to ; It-suchlore in her soul crowded out every- the pitchers and vessels of peasants at Ile .and the firm set of his lips could the Mini with gentle conciliation, She was, humpbacked t thing," somebody ]said thing else, Sbe kept s00thill9 the big but oBlaimrft during the middle ages. He has; mother of Sweetwater see that 'the issII;tt,mtetPlp,t�vlpo;txtstpt4pp.tpr,Ktrt2Mti tr;� always irentle with the little un, and white hands with her fingers over and but out suparstitioa, which is to+illuut; i for her saltie ever shrilly, on Fridfiy. His grandfather, the splrlt crisis of her son's life was rapidly tip- p, 4 y one else was gentle +'Sli, can't you? Do you want Jess over, and thea she leane(1 down utld ed King Louis 1 of Bavaria, was an pit proachink and that on the outcome of I too. He was tin and weird, and his to hear?" cried some one else. But kissed them. Johan quivered Yrom 'sinuate collector of old umbrellas. this long brooding rested not only his i Jess and eDohnn � little clilldish face peered out through there was no dauger. Jess vas wiping livad to foot. "Johnny!" Jess cried, The Getman emperor has often proved -own self satisfaction, but the interests f yg a tangle of yellow hair. It was not a' the blood from .Johnny's face. She '"•lohnuy, look up, look upI Please, 1 that ire is not in the least afraid of ridl- A LOVI•, S'1<'Cltfi. ;g misfit,. this name. He would always y ch•ar,' cult and surely never more so, remarks' of the man most (last to them. had linty heard Tim Bradlee. �'ttU a " , ' ^ ' Suddenly from that far horizon upon, 9 Ey Annie �Ha.milton Dounell. n be a little in body and in mind. stulclen movement she stood before She forced away his bands with gen- ,The Sketch, than when lie allowed h+'tn,= which &weetvater's eye rested with a 9 u "I'm )lunger -y," he nailed. ""You'd hint, tic- firittness, be was looking down at self, as he did the other day, to be oNdtci- look that was almost a demand came iti CopyruGnT, low, � just's lieves I'd be hunger -y -yes, you „Garry Johnny to tray house, '1'Itn,,r hlu,, laughing a tittle, shyly. A crave graphed in full bunting costrate, holding 'an answer• that flushed him with a BYnxxit lt-taiu;rox DONA•ELT. would too! You -you want me to be of crintsou crept up across her sweet in one hand a cigar, irWie the other is she said quietly. "13e belongs to me. ensconced in a handsome fury muff. Lope as great its 3t was unexpected7 c�--EiglC.pgs3•j a��q�t4^.scs;>Z2Ra,Y3 q"4gQ�gq hunger -y!" I'll) gore to marry him," C:tca, • 1VUat I've l;at to sr.,r is that t-- __,_•_ _ . • Bounding to his feet, be confronted , , , "Why, little un! Why, little unl" Tito girl's voice rang out distinct] love you. Johnny. The Lord Alm;t;hty St. Petersbar ' '•\Liss it'1 Johnny; That hr• will. g g y gs churches are the most his mother' 'with eager eyes and out- crooned Jess soothingly, the mother There was no quiver of doubt or of knows I do, I want yOu to let "IQ' -"a r- splendid of any modetv.churebeii in the He's too likely a chap-gohl to be fore- , •ry you, Johnny, you've got to! I said +stretched hand. , sound in her voice. Ilia little un cool+{ ;frame in it. She faced diem all glen- •� �� {world. man, certain -to be, wastin himself like p • "Give inti money; all the money we ut that. B'^•oslt, mttu it'd be the ruiva- not remember any other mother but dilly. One of the girls uttered a nry et- t as gain to. I told them ratv till I aep I;ililiop I'o'.ey (Iiotnan Gxthni!c) of De- 'Iave in the house. I have an idea thati tion o' Johnny!" ' Tess. For six of his seven years ,lie rails sound that might have been a sob that day yqr, saved the little' till." troit the oilier day paid a tribute of )ore t "You uit'comin down on Jess Tim had mo1. thered his misshapen, Stunted or a laugh. Jess caught the look on 'rile rest she wtiis'pored w!th b"r t'nvp and ndmiration to the lute 86hop liad(„ i q little body tenderly. iu (IIs neck us sit(' I;u(1k lirsido t!ie Lerl. of the Methodist church. Bradlee! 'There ain't no other girl „ her face. „ Why, little un, and sister was gain ""I ata gain to marl "Johnny, answer nil' straight ort•• The large private library of the late � i ,%%.' - tendia looms to these works"- to give you su b a nice puddin today! repeated sharply. "Oh,Jyounneedn't sha brcutbe'd. "Haven't I gat a ri!;;it -bishop of Landon, Dr. Creighton. will be f , y "Oh, Jess Is good enough; she's all With"- took that ,way. \loll Dixe to be answered same as -other rvui:,- eft to Newnhats college, of the e.eenttve r �11 ,+' right. 1 wouldn't look further myself y. y. Johnny �„ council of which he was for inany years. 1 l ` T1 1 She bent or er and whispered some` ain't dead. lie belongs to me, and I en "' t� 't, + 't� if I didn't have nay little old woman thing In his ear. r she vas lau^bines• softly uuder 1wr a ]neniber' i r r n ` a'ready, Jess is all right, but there's „; ,,, tell you I'm gain to Inarry him. Won't t � '� The Rev Dr. Elias Riggs. who died at, I'll� l g i lams. shrieked the little un breath but he could reel the bot blood Constan- t . } 111 r,.�.,_..I � - ,I the little un and the granny. That's "Plums in it -plums!" somebody carry hint to my house? Has in her face. his home to Scutari, a suburb at��(,` wham Jobnn d miss it' anybody gone Por a doctor? tinople, on Jtin. 17, was the oldest grad- ] r �, ., y "Yes. y , "I''ive of 'em, little un -til in your +1Ies vi!s• two of tha Uoys," colon- "I'm goin to marry you. Johany." torte of Amherst and was a missionary hx { ! Yes, sure; there's the little un and piece," Jess said, smiling I her pain, r"He'dn whispered Jess. "i tore you. twat:" Turkey for GO years. He R•ns known im . ( • lm 6 I the granny," p p` tecrod many voices. ought to be „� , ,� for her heat't was like' a st fie in her here Inside o' time 'orf 'oar. Soddy, 'rime little un stooped stcaltlxlly out to Europe and America its a 0cological ( R ` y The second voice had dubious notes breast. She could took baci, and see g> re'e'a4�^"•�'2� ' % to ft There seemed uo room for fur- Johnny sloucllhi^ back along the white boys --easy!" face fall tof(aF,e` and tu-(n iddt'd tvaslborn in�l�ew Pavidenrc rale .I.,Him ( '�/ r�u°'" therargument. g ' ' If Johnny had been a UtUy instead I i 1510, was graduated from Amherst iiti 1 �' .i✓y s ..' g glories road. Shc hac] scut him away of a brawny, crushed giant, they could granny's arm excitedly with a little lS°�0 and train Andover seminary i>x ! j _ } •.t. " n j I�coniugs, at the Liberty woolen mills, from her. How could she mind the flet hate carrier. hurl more tenderly IS3_. _ _ = , sharp forefinger. „ _ r the wee stood round'in Itttle fou sof r ++ r„ r _ - � groups loofas ddy after day without Johnny s ley, Tess is kissin Jahnuy. Ire a, t . • - f• ` throes or fours, clinking their dinner down the straight road outlined in „ , t„ tender w tcls in het' ears and Johnny n t shrilled. An Johnny's kissin Jess. t`''r \ ptuils as a needless rvllat to, their appe- � crimson and gold. Itelays followed, ^-- I) �` to wait outside and walk home with' and the poor, uneonsctous land was / I t \ \ tites. 'it was a breach of etiquette in hev,) How could sale bear ille upend- 1 lits l^x]:ner;tlztyy Poe,e. ___ the unwritten code of Liberty woolen n,• , n shifted occasionally with the gentle- ,r ul•• grind of her young life without henry bad to gO to bed after that I i . � mills' law to open the dinner pails too ,•, Hess of mothers handling their babies. n n To Tun D.ir,-A rich lack, cured of .inhnns visiting clergyman rt•eut away. soon. The girl operatives collected in ,less and the little un event on attend. „`� h tt Was the matter:" tier Deaf uess :incl Noises in the Head by , Erre Sweetwater sat and comtpxuned wftll rho vista of years that opened be Ttie child was sobigug still under tits Tits grcat monitor. the.opeu windows or by themselves out : fore her and reached into the dim Per- -He prostrated himself trying to give Dr, Nicltolson's :1rti8cia.1 Ear Drums, f In the yard -all but Jess. Jess went i Ureatb, and his little torn clothes trail- gave , • may )e worth all I can ever make or >ipectire of old age-old age like -ran- , • the clergyman the impression that be a 2u000 clell.0 s to his Institut,', so that: home at uoou, though it was a long , Ed, unnoticed, behind. list. The Icor• , can ever hope to,have. 'If it succeeds, g uy s -stifled her•aud killed her courage. was a pillar In our church. -Chicago deaf people uuabie to procure. the Ear walk back and forth. She shot past -at- aY the terrible minute before ;{aha• ' we save Frederick Sutherland; if it � E-Ier feet stumbled heavily along be- raw• sprang to tits resetle was ovei'keen ' Record. Drums may ]lave thorn free. Address, the two speakers now, her lithe, beau -g fails, I have only to meet another of side the little un's. for his unbalanced little, niiud, The Nicholson Iustitute, .&`0 Eighth, ilial figure balanced straight ahead. . Knapp's scornful looks. But It won't ,Granny was waiting too. There was "I'm ]:flied! , I'm killed!" he moaned Avenue-, New York Of course she bad heard. The little Far:nerN Letter Off. fail. The inspiration game train the r scarcely time to get tile plain little with pattc!ut reiteration. "You'd just . sea, and the sea, you knout*, is my sec• shabby wan. who had taken her part ineai and hurry back at the clan of Mr. Hamilton, of the Toronto Globo j fidgeted nervously. , g as lieves I'd tie killed, Jess; yes, you ry c,, 1 orad mother." " the factory bell. there rcas no time for would too! You ain't sorry." staff, has been contributing auumber of To i'ral,ibit arnaiug r -.,-,s, L "l0U'cl Otlgllt t0 watch out, Tim," he , letters tU that Onrtin aS t0 tIt0 agricttl- At the. la.>t mrc't:ii- Of tt:+' Gtl,1` h What this insrf '+Ction was he did not Jess to eat, but it did not matter to %l., muttered. Aucl .less was not even thinkiue of n t' p `'say, but it carni td him presently into "Watch !„ her• the Ilttle un. She liad forgotten him tural condition in York county. IIe City Council a by-lir}v vas ii;troduced out retorted the other. g town and laud him in the telegraphWeeks crept by until they were for once. says of the improvement in the social to prohibit the use of Tradin'�;t1 t a iu "You can't watch out for comets scoot' --- - :tip` 'office. � in accost your tracks. Tess is a reg'lar months, and it was crisp, late fall, When Johnny wake out of his stupor, condition of the farmers: the City. Tae Gnelptt Zletmrld snys: ° " 4 0 comet." Since tbh.t hot, white day when Job n- he thought Ime hac] gone to heaven end ""All consulted unite in declaring that Ald. Day introduced tend bead read a< The scene later in the day, when ay overtook her and the little un svalt' one of the an els {vagi iiendiu over r , The barren road, thick with white- g g the standard of living of the farmer has, first and second time a by-law prohibit- ' Frederick entered the village under the n * ed, whimpering, Johnny had never him. She was very street and gentle. dost and scorching wl-h stored up sun greatly improved. He Byes in a better Ing the use of Trading; Stain p•i. ThiS walked home with her. IIe had taken Why. it Is Jess! Then Jess hac] gone house has better furniture, has better I by-law wits ar,sed in commit too with �guat•diauship of the police, was Trade- rays, stretched atvnY from the great - '•scribable. Mr. Sutherland bad insisted looming' bulks of the "works" as if his answer stolidly and gone about to heaven too': Johnny experienced a ' y 1 u.on accompanying him, and when g among his looms with the plodding, sense of rellef at the thought. It domestic utensils, sucitascooking stoves, iAid Crowe in thec1lair. It nmkes it, i' D 3' making a bee tine to escape item them, stepof an old man. Jess had ntiss�el + , , g dresses Ipetter, sthat well loved figure and white bead Dlinly, at its terminus, one could dis- .wouldn't lie real heaven VvIthout Jess. , has Better vehicles. He ilie,iil for atiy Ip rson to gave, s::l, dis- were recognized the throng which bad tits sweet, shrill whistle above the mui "',Tess, little girl," he whispered eats more fishmeats; svheu convenience tribntrs <pr, : er( irEr traiiin!r rum s g tin-utsh the rows upon rows of little {Teel thunder of machines. Johnny had „ ,m p ` 'rapidly collected in the thoroughfare houses flanked by two big bQarding •when'd you come?" serves, the butcher :wakes periodical coupons or similar devices. :Firms or, leading to the depot succumbed to the houses that made up Liberty. Llbertyl always whistled loudly for ,Tess to ""Sb! Johnny, don't tall.. Yes, it•8 journeys from the vilhages and in agood corporations issuing the statutes, march- . feelings occasioned by this devotion hear. She bad told hilt, once that it me, It's Jess. Vin taking care o' you. ,and fell into a occasioned silence. The name was such a misfit. It was shortened the hours. \ow he never You've baci a kine] o' -o' sickness. Sh!„ m.umy places the beef assaeiationis the ants distribt:tiu:; ttie23A, ai cl customers the one thing wanting in the little set• whistled at all. Viten he met Tess, it g means of supply. The latter is -an receiving tbem are all made violaters of Iyrederiek had never looked Vetter. tie one t ltlerty, And Johnny closed lits eyes a ala 'There is something in the extremity of {r:xs just a grave nod of his head he with a great joy mastering his pitta, association of farmers swho each devote litre, a proposition which met -with Ald. fate which brings out a man's best Jessie Binuey-or just Jess, as every gave bar. Slowly, very slowly. tits awYul bruises one beef animal to the common good, Slater's approval as making the re- foneate called Ver -sped clown the hot On one,of the autumn days Jess took g gi '- 4 y guilty y •characteristics, and this man, having roadway. She was going home to the yielded to the gentle ministry of na< brin ng them on so as t° kill one a wee.. ceivtr c uuli • t.i.lt with tie thief. I much that was good in him, showed i! the little un to the works with ilei be- tore -and Tess. Very slowly Johnny and distributing the meat. The baker, The by-law excepts, however Inerchantrs little un and granny, and trying to g and his noise lumbered back to life. The little settle• at that moment as never before In his g cause granny was ailing too finds customers in the county, outrun Johnny. Both spurs .urged her , y, to or nxauufixctt *era who issre the'_r own ' short but overeventful life. As the car- on with equal Incentives. She knew fretted her sadly. He had never been meat of Liberty had been under snow the lessening of the labors of the farmer'e coupouns and retleeill them themselves grin p stopped before the courthouse Oil among the looms times enough to get a month or more before he saw ii g Johnny was behind -she could Naar used to their whirring, ceaseless actly- again, wife. Far more reading is done and the in casU or rnercha•uciise. Aid, Carter f Its way to the train a glimpse was giv- the pound of his big feet on the road, daily newspaper is encroaching upon the thott;;ht theso tenEpromiums were as bad •en of his handsome bead to those who its•. The novelty of it amused hien, and At first Jess had staid away from muffled Uy the catpot of white dust. for a long time he crouched, contented- the works to nurse him; then she had domain of the weekly, A daily mail ( as the trading shwips, but Aid. Day, ex- , had followed him closest, and as there ,She was so familiar with the sound. ly by Tess. He was so affil she forgot gradually trusted him more and more deliver is managed in some tura• sec- laivacl that the :let slid not (:Ilow the became visible for the first time In 1112 Ahoad-way ahead -the little un was g •` y ) g p Mace, so altered under his troubles, a wafting. Jess was Familiar with that at last that be was there, and when he to granny. Bile could not lose the mon- tions. The amo: tit of drinking is u all Council to stole that. "1lioie is the ;•likeness to their beautiful and com- crept away on a little trip of discovery ey she earned at the looms. sides declared to be far less than was the pity said . ld. Carter. Alii. Da too. The tiny, stooped figure always y she did not notice. She was minding, One day Tohnny sat tip in bed and 'm(tnding Agatha a murmur broke out wafted. case twenty years ago, public opinion tltotrglxt that the t•'i;.thq* nteret:ants who I her loom In a daze OP broken dreams detnaudecl a looking glass. Tess was :around him that was half a rail and ",Tess, Jess!" Johnny called, pleading- and only the mechanical training of her at Mlme factor 'IUe little tea sat oil the baring turned against it. Trig amount had signed thea ' pctitiotl wouIcl be very I. a groan and which affected him so ly, A little flavor of injury was in the g y' of total abstinance seems to have in- glad to stop titt•ir tieiret selioines if the 'that he turned from Ills father, Whose, sound of Ills voice. It was most a eyes to detect imperfections and the foot t the bed playing with a bit of creased and so has moderation on the had no trading, tamps fa ca:r. F 'ihand he was secretly holding, and, tak- „ , 1n'outpt response of Iter fingers to cot- Urlg;llt string. s peto fore. be a.te:r braving the mens jeers, to rect them prevented trouble. Her well "say, little un, you know what a part of those veho do drink; lighter This by -lett crib uc:t ton into farce fag the whole scene in with one flash be treated this way. Johnny cherished 1 of bis eye, •leas about to speak, when drilled sight arae] muscles stood guard lookiu glass Is, hey? Well, you rile clrink2, such as iagc+r, almost tlitkuoryn lllrtil, niZ Jaip. 1::0'., so flint inerch:l.nta the sweet ]acatery of •three reel letter „ B sudden hubbub broke out in. the dl- tvliiie she streamed, and fetch me oar.. said Tohnny, t{renty years ago, Have tomo into ti$U will have t:u,o to r:ispcso of their aO.irtii S when Jess, like the little'un. In the middle of the afternoon P. cont- "I know!" the tittle un criocl dclf,­Iit' and there are comparatively few violent i counting and cn,:trniiaru to onmr.lota it,r>4r, • ' man Was seen rushing down the street had waited. rte mace the most of motion arose at the farthest` and of the :holding it paper high over his bead. It +hem-tt scented so likely they weal(; great room. reople ran about, and ,"teas Sweetwater. have to suffice for him, these were excited shouts and one "News!" he cried, "Newsl A cable- "Jess! I say, Jess!" shrill, clear, frightened cry like a :gram from the Azores! A Swedish Sall. The girl forged ahead steadily. `"]:rut child's. Jess' eyes and ears were un- . I �r,r _ thei!ti's the little un and the granny-- tralue:l to such sounds. They failed to But here a man with more authority thatwhere Johttity'cl arias it," sound teach her. She worked on 'rcamily. than the amateur detective pushed his ed In her ears. Site had knowu it bel- Some one beside lick, shook .er arm ' way to the carriage and took off his hat fore --yes, yes, certa!illy-but the mall's and shrieked at her. You go right to sleep aunt sit rested 'to 'Mr. Sutherland. voices made it distinctly clear to bee "Jess! Quick, Jess? Somebody'fi cost of the keeping the two, caws, so that "I beg your pardon," said he, "br• the now. The reiteration In her brain- can ht in the slinftin. Let's go -oh, Children Cry -F,br" wall not leave town today+ lip,: "There's the little tin and the granny- hear 'am shoutin! hurry, can't you?" "Fetch me a lookin glassl" roared ,prisoner ',portant evidence has just reached us." tl,o little un and the granny„ - only un But Jess woke slowly from her other at $30 . Mr. Sutherland saw that it was in der,lned It. dreams, She was the last one to mix Frederick's• favor and fainted on his "I've found it out In plenty a' time,” to the excited little crowd. Tito girls manly beauty. Tito thin face on the son's neck. As the people beheld his Sass congratulated herself' griuxly. Her and Wren were vatting for her with • ahead fall forward and observed the thin, handsome face was set In lilies of solemn faces. They made a Straight circles. with which Frederick received pain. The pounding steps behind path tot- tier to the motionless form on uy yielded weakly. The little till lamer- .loolt him In his arms the broke into a great y changed their time abruptly. With a the floor. The little uii, with torn (( shout. Bp art of speed Tohnuy shot by her, and clothes, stumbled out of somebody's ,- : `"VOWS!" the] shrieked. ' Newsl y .p chest react, faced her in the y arcus and met ?per half yr ay, Frederick Sutherland is Innocenti See, girl," „ Jess, little stili he said htlutUly- , „ ,'I'm leilled! Olt, ,'less, I'm killed! he the old mail has fainted from joyl" His goo¢, brown face teas wistful in sobbed tumultuously. ;Its poor little And caps went up and tears fell before its ]pleading, "You'll 'let me speak to a minute, Jess? A minute ain't twlAted body was quivering like a little "Itm :a mother's son of them knew what you Is lir? shriveled leaf In the wind, killed 'kept -grounds they had for their enthusiasm, much to ask, note, "No,. no; let Ina go past, Johnny. I've all to pieces --it gain round and Later they found they were good and got to. Granny's 'tvalting for her ten, round. It wouldet stop -Jess, Jess, ]substantial ones. Sweetwater, had re- listen!'" ` Membered the group of sailors who and the little un"- Must wait too Ill male it up to tho Bel the girl had thrust him ;aside and had pugged by the corner of Agatha's little tin, Tess. What I've e got to say ,darted ahead to Johnny, on the floor, house just as Iiatsy fail fortvttrd on the 14 that 1:-I love yea, Tess, 1 do it as fie lay ill .k crashed heap, :dfid even the 'ripen suti:clntr: alit hard miblhra- to the cantttio teannat wul ttemrf.v na a Ina.n' *Vor loved covered their eyes. One or two ., ,I ,. , ,. •%Ari ' , aa�s nisi a..,, . "�7 Y-S..i.v,4 1!!:':�; r . i � ,, �'.. . _ ..� .r •. -. .. , F' .,' s .... d .,-u, air,. ,;,.s i,�Lnd'.,L..w .. LY !.-.k"l-. ,., ,;,....,iii edly. "I've got one myself. It cat:,(, (trunsaras.'- nooks. uAte nue for violat•iuu was after out a' a winder, and you can loule Gumption AHntit COWS. some discussion placed rat from $1 to $lot through it and See the trees and ',tie Farm. -Journal folks figure that a cow though,some thought $5 to *50 would. suo'tt-"- "'No, not Ask granny. Grnnny'll giving 51,000 pounds of 4 per cent inilk salt the case Letter. know," the sick man said fretfully, will produce only $50 worth of butter, __ - Granny calve in with the looki:r,; while one that will produce 8,000 pounds ExtravapAuce always forgets that pall• glr:ss, as a last resort, bichlud her, for of g per cent milk will produce $100 day will come Sonia time. Jess had said no. She looked fright- worMof buttery and her calf is worth The sigh Of the hE'aitt deadens Met "There, th(lri±, Johnny,' There, then('! three times as much as that of the first. brillitluey of the smile on the Woe. You go right to sleep aunt sit rested There will be little difference in the Lit), or, if you'd rilther. I'll fetch you In cost of the keeping the two, caws, so that ` - " -'" Aetna beautiful porridge. Jess made where the first gives a profit of x;30 the latter Children Cry -F,br" it," she added artfully. will net the owner $100, if we "Fetch me a lookin glassl" roared count the first cow's calf at $100 and the `'�' Johnny. "I've been feolin over my other at $30 . S @ � � � a facethere's Somatllin wrong with It" Some people do riot think theta is Pool• Tohnny! It was all wrong. Ile had' hazarded and lost all his rough much difference in cows but some cows " ~� manly beauty. Tito thin face on the forget to pay their board bills, while Tl:, link Who duppil't give f rr for pillow was wasted and luarred, others take great pleasure in supplying a dots, rill not be pop)1'.nr ill serial "Granny, I'll get out o' bed if you the table with luxuries, paying the in. circles. don't fetell It," he persisted, and grau- terest, clothing the baby and Paying . Don't eomplainwhendoing distasteful uy yielded weakly. The little till lamer- the hired girl. work; do it gi:iel(lynnd bo done with IL kd over Jobilily'S shoulder as lie looked. The good, Cow is a pool- fatnie+u's g p , .Uwty'ou hombly, Johnny!" he piped friend. t .' �_ ,,` ",, ,,_t .. �..:„.,_.-__1 .,... _ .._„. .. - shrilly. ''><tyr your face is all cross- wiiys!" _ .. Wx;,rxzvrp--"rrLt>Tvrc)r�r!�� iflgN Arrnr «'tier] .fess carne home, ,Toiltilty. face! Children Cry for Wall)(.)) to tray.,] veld advert*(r far n'd (4�tirclrr• ItAtedhouse of. -olid lil,nnrtnl1r,et'd:t:9. rrfiir tt; iia turned ftwo. 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