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SUSAN'S
JiUTTEHFLY.
/Uuv-Kynl BLian llvfcd on the* odjfe
of a deep forest that was to thick
•ood gloomy and black that even in
the middle of die brightest day of ail
tbe bright days of the year there waa
nothing except twllignt to be seen in
It So arbat it was on the d&rkoat
days you can Imagine
Hlue-Eytd Susan often longed to go
Into the foraat and roe wh*t might
be bidden in ft; but her father and
brothers, who were huntsmen to the
king, warned her that 1t was full of
monsters and witches and erfl apir-
Ms, and that not even the deer would
- go into U far.
Howorer, Slue Eyed Busan, al
though she dared not go In, et.ll
walked along its margin every day
•And peered, half frightened and half
curious, into the mysterious green
darkness.
One day When she was thus stroll
ing along the saw a strange thing
lunging to a tree. It was black and
«Ukan and as big as she was herself.
. At first the thought that It was a bag
with some proclous things In It But
when she approached she discovered
that.lt was not a bag, but something
dse.
^t*f soon* Blue-Eyed Hums »u fs-
miller .with all torts of thing, that
an- found In the wood, and fields, «o
tfhr a aw Immediately that till, groat
Leg waa nothing except a cocoon—but
-.ouch a grant cocoon a» waa never
1 wees in rhr world before.
She examined It for a long while,
and thru ran home to (cJl her father
vuid brothers all al>out it. They went
with her, and when they aaw the vaat
cocoon they were for hurling their
apeara Into It at once, "for," aald they
-Where ran be do doubt that thla enor-
nr ala cecum la the cocoon of a drag*
on or other terrible monster that
dwell, in tha woods."
• No, no!" rrlad Mur Eyed Buxan, “I
don't believe that dragon, grow In
cocoons 1 am cure that tome dear,
bevntlful butterfly la hidden In that,
and Imagine what a aln It would be If
jam w*oe to deatroy It!"
"WeiJ, all right." aald the old hunts
man, who could refuse Ida daughter
nothing "We will let It 11,nx there
and aec what cornea of It."
EJun-Byrd Busan wax so Interested
In the rwxwn that she went to see it
every day. Once, when the wlnda blew
M end threatened to tear It down, she
built a shelter for If of lWig,. And
once when the aun threatened to bum
It up she made a thatched roof of
■notat grasses for IL
She was fortunate enouifh to be
present on the day when the cocoon
" tea an to bunt. She waa not a bit
-afraid of what might come out. for
>ahc waa aura that only beautiful thing!
are re born In cocoons. Bo she waa not
aurprlaed at all when she saw a won
derful butterfly creep out—a butterfly
With wings big enough to cover Susan,
and with colors so splendid that It
*ntii as U all the gems of the deep-
•rat earth had bean rained on It.
Tha grant butterfly, rocking from
wide to alda In tha air Mka a ahlp,
fluttered softly around her head,
flniabed bar faco with Its silken wings,
mad then flaw away Into tha foraeL
Blue-Eyed Busan waa sorry to see
St bo. and for weeks thereafter aha
watched eagerly to saa If ot would not
wwappear. But It did not
One day whan aha was standing
many tha dark entrance to the forest
-■hr heart a roles calling—calling far
SB tha wood. Tha voice waa too far
-dUstant for Susan to ba able to uader-
wfand tha worts, bat aba could tall
■ftrum the manner that it was somebody
who was lost la the forest calling for
Aalp.
At first aba tbonghl that she would
run homo and get her father and
Brothers, nut aha noticed that tha
wvfioe was getting farther and farther
ssway each time It called, so she knew
dhat by the time she returned with
Beip the lort person would be far In
She middle of the forest where ha
would not be found.
Then she called out with all her
anight, bat bar voire waa too weak. 80
die plunged Into the secret wilderness
Wo try and approach the tost perron
■closely enough to make him haar. But
.Slue-Eyed Susan waa tost herself.
However, she had found tha tost
Sanaa and It turned out to be no
-nthsr than the king himself. He bad
•Stowed la parrttt of a black bear,
wad. without aoUflac It. be had been
.M Into the wild forest
Ton may Imagine if the king was
rfttefi see Bluo-Eyed Busan. And
■Sit . you may ba sura, was glad
•enough to think that it was tha king
wrhren she kad saw to help.
Ott king's neat find their way out
•Of magic forests any more than com-
■mo persons can. And Blue-Eyed
dSUaaa and the king stumbled and
mnmnhlid and tore through briars and
Thom* and fell In and out of deep
Boles aad slipped over mossy rooks
tin vain. Tbs more they Med tbs
■sag path (hey did And.
Just when they were going to giro
•t up and at down la the forest to die,
ss large butterfly floated down tram
flfce tops of the trees. U came fear-
. kaaaly toward Busan, and she saw that
<M was aha my same butterfly that
Bad noma oat of tha mighty cocoon.
B rocked itself for a moment on
■Ba glorious wings. Then H began m
Butter away slowly.
Bmm aad tha king tooksd after it
>Bdly. Tkay wars sarprtesd to are
1 woofer oaa it i
toe way out ot the futest?” said Blew
Eyed Busan.
"Let ui; sec," said the IC-ng.
Bo they followed It and, sure
enough, it led them straight out of the
forest and right to the king's palace.
Susan bowed to the king in front of
Lis palace and tried to leave him.
"No, Indeed," sanl the king. "You
aavod my life and 1 wish you to live
In the palace henceforth. 1 will send
for your father and brothers and then,
my dearest Blue-Eyed Busan, l wont
you to marry me It you will."
So they were married. And at the
wedding feast a mighty butterfly float
ed through one of the windows. It
flew stra-ght to Blue-Eyed Susan and
shook Its wings over her till she was
all covered with the reallest kind of
real sapphires and rubles and emer
alds and diamonds.
Then all at once the butterfly van
ished and a beautiful fairy pr.ncess
appeared In Us place.
"You saved my Ufo," she said to
Blue-Eyed Susan, "when you begged
your father and brothers not to hurl
their spears Into the cocoon. I was
put into It by enchantment, but now
the spell is broken, and In gratitude
to you 1 shall make the black forest
safe for all."
And that Is Just wfial she did. Blue-
Eyed Susan and the king built s
hunting lodge In the mlddlest middle
of it, aad If you ever happen to go
that way. Just turn to thu left when
you see throe giant oak trees. Follow
a gravelly path w.th a brook by Its
side till you reach a sign that says
"Automobiles and peddlers nut ad
mitted." lung the bell there and men
tion this paper, and the king and hts
Blue-Eyed Busan will come to meet
you and make you stay over night,
and entertain you with ginger ale and
marshmallows and chocolate cream
drops.—Pittsburg header.
Coupon Collector's Runabout.
Edward E. Loo of Baltimore, man*
ager at a well known wtekerware
house, Is a fiend after coupon collect
ing.
He had been collecting all kind, at
tag, and coupons bearing premium,
fur some time, when he one day no
ticed an advertisement of a New Jer
sey Arm that upon receipt of fifteen
of their tags they would forward one
chance for a series ot prize,, the first
prize being a horse and a runabout
Mr. Lee began Industriously to get
all the tags he could find until he had
the requisite number, which he for.
warded. A few day, later he was
notified that he had won the first
prize. Immediately following this let
ter came a tiny rocking horse.
He sat down and wrote a sarcastic
totter to the Ann:
"1 beg to acknowledge receipt of
the horse, he wrote, “but you felled to
enclose the runabout."
In an early mall he received this
letter:
"Dear SIP—We have your letter ac
knowledging receipt of the horao. As
for the runabout, go chase yourself.
Your, truly. Llpplncott's
Minute Msisuremente.
Because the balance wheels of
watchoa expand and contract with
changes of temperature, they ran
slower or faster, according to circum
stances. By making them ot different
kinds ot metals having different de
grees of aspansdoB with lucres# of
temperature, the effect of the changes
on the running ot watches may be al
most entirely ollmtnoted. But In deal
ing with each n problem It Is neces
sary to know tbs expansibility ot the
metal emptafed. A naans at measur
ing It Is furnished by an Instrument
called a Alstometer, In which a sys
tem ot delicate levers, or a chain ot
gear wheels magnifies the motion ot
a pointer aver a graduated scale hun
dreds of times. At a meeting of the
Physical Society In London lately a
dllatotnoter was exhibited which bad
a magnification of 1,600 times, an that
the change tn the length of a piece
of steel caused by a single degree of
rise or fall ot temperature was clean
ly measured by It
Osrrymtndsr.
Gerrymander ts a wort meaning to
divide a state into districts for the
choice ot representatives In inch a
way as to give the political party in
power as advantage over the other,
even though the latter hare a majop
tty ot voua tn the stage. The term
originated In Massachusetts In MIX,
when the deooeratlMspabllezss so
arranged the senatorial districts as
to control mote of them, and thus se
cure the election ot a V. ti. Senator.
The wort te derived from Ethridge
Gerry, who was governor of the state
at the time, and approved Ot the ap
portionment. It Is raid that one at
the euoatostel districts was so dis
torted la shape as to raaemble a sala
mander. whereupon the federalists
called (t a "gerrymander," from ths
The Rye of the Submarine,
The periscope, which Is the eye ot
a submerged beet, each as the uadep
water torpedo craft now being built
by nearly all tha leading maritime
powers, la e combination ot ieaeee
and reflectors which throw upon a
small screen of ground glees, at the
bottom ot a tube leading down Into
the vessel, a view of whatever would
come art thin tha range at a human
eye where the periscope te fixed,
whloh U usually about three feet
above tha water. This covers ths sea
THE
GOLDEN
SNAICESKIN.
He lived on the slope of Pedrtr
tallagalla, in the depths ot the forest
far from the habitations of man. To
protoct himself from prowling wild
beasts he had built hie but In the top
of a leafy, moss covered tree. Many
year, before he had owned a large
piece of land, which yielded him bis
dally bread. One fine day, however, a
Bittlrb merchant bought his property
as an addition to a tea plantation,
and paid the purchase money in spark-
Hoc new rupees.
What -was Mahlndo to dor Should
he go and live as a rich man? Should
he venture Into one of the black Iron
snake, of the Europeans and be ear-
fled off. or board one of thtfr "not
ing houses and go far. far away, to
the place where the snn rises and
where the most beautiful ooustrles of
the earth must bet No, he dare.: rot
do it! Ho had a wife, a son sod &
daughter whom he could not desert.
The weeks passed In half bllss.-al.
h*4f uneasy hesitation. For fear of
loc'ng the money, he finally bulled it
In the forest, under a tree, which he
merited.
Boon afterward he wns taken in.
Some time passed before hs recovery,
but as soon as hi, strength permitted,
ho dragged himself to the place where
he had hidden hla treasure. He did
not find tt. Several tree, had been
felled, and the one with the mark
on It lay on the ground among the
others. To his despair he did not
know where to look for his treasure.
He nearly lost his reason through
grief and rage. His eon died at this
time of tifal; he also lost hi, wife,
but he did not care. His soul was
full of misery and Borrow, bat It was
all on account of the loet rupees. At
last he fled from people and their
maMelous Joy. and went to live at
Pedrotatlagilla.
He had lived there for years with
his daughter Rarnwarau. They led a
miserable, Joyless existence on spring
water and wild fruit. He roamed the
forest for hours at a time searching
for his lost treasure, and paid no at
tention to Sarawamm His only
thought was hla misfortune, and he
did not notice how beautiful hi, daugh
ter grew, bow her eyee glowed like
the tropic sun, bow slender and sup
ple she was, and how her skin shone
like a warm topaz.
Others saw IL however. Laborers
from the coffee and tea plantations,
roaming about In the forest, discover
ed ths beautiful gjT, and without
many preliminaries, several of them
asked the father to give her to them
In marriage; but Mshlndo Invariably
answered, “My child will not marry
untl I find the money, but then we’U
have a line wedding.
They would curse him for a tool
and go sway; Sarawamu smiled. Bhe
did not care for any man. The life tn
the woods, among bracken and rho
dodendron. pleased her. At last, how
ever. her time came. An Intrepid ele-
phsnt hunter saw the beautiful wild
thing, and she was caught by the
sparking eyes of the youth, ss surely
as the birds by hts snare. When he
spoke to her father he at once re
ed veil the same answer as the rest
Ttsiu amtled. "Mahlndo, don't be a
tool," hs said. "Give me your dough-
ter. and com* with us to ths valley
among the people. Leave the rupees
to the evil spirits and tot us five!”
But Mahlndo was obdurate.
"Then the money must be found,
old man. By the head of Buddha,
why don’t you seek help from others
when your own wisdom Is not suffi
cient? In the village there ts a
wizard of a good reputation, by the
namo of Loano. Go to him."
Matendo liked the Idea, and depart
ed with Barewamu tor the village-
Loano wns a short, thickset man. with
projecting eyes and matted beard sad
hair.
The wizard shook seme powder Into
a brass dish, and soon a blue smoke
enveloped him. He mumbled incanta
tions, took a palm leaf and an Cron
style, and began to dance. At late
he toll to ths ground In con Tuitions,
while bis hand was scratching with
tha pen on the leaf. Rising, hs said.
“Here are the mysterious words.
Whit arm yon flvo for them?"
Mahlndo turned pale; he bed no
money. Seeing how the wizard', eyre
hunt on the gtii. he zhoutod: "I prom,
lee you my daughter. If you will hare
bar: but glre me the leaf."
The wtsart smiled contentedly. tad
handed him the leaf, sajtag. “Before
next moon I expect my pay—money
out of roar treasure, or the girl.'
hte.MJ.ndo-
-Let him On the skin of a golden
snake about hla right toot, aad go to
the tenet where Me money te hidden.
The spirit of the rathe trill steal Into
Its old home, end with a light pres
sure lead Urn to the piece where the
treasure Use hurled. If the preerare
SfOa, lei fcto stop anJ befln to dig"
Prom that da? Ushtnjo ipert hit
days In hunting tor a golden task*-
■Ittn. hut In rein. Tired to death and
111, he came home one evening aad
tree unable to climb the tree. Tbul
peon found him.
"Bring me a golden enskeekln. and
Serawamo will he your*” Mahlndo
called out So the young man.
Ttesu had teamed with coosurew
_ob Che agrotmrat with Loano; hot
this premise giro him new event*
end ho treat oat to hunt ter cult*
Animate. When, a tow days before
ten now ranon, he
she handed to him. > snakeskin—
guldenAhinmg.
"X lousa it on an anuhiil. Co to
lather sou esy tha. you Jound :t."
it Is not easy to say who was mad
dest with Joy. Tuzu or the oia mau.
But the girl was quite cam;, aad only
said: "You have prot-.sod toe w
Tizzu; I am hi,."
The ola man agreed to everything
and the hunter earned him to that
pan of the toreat where the money
was hidden. With toe golden skin
tied about ot, loo,, ho waited lull ot
expectation—but the wonder did not
happen. He telt no promt ure from
the skin. Then ne waa seized with
fury, and, a. If all deftness had gone
from him. he rushed to Luuno's hut.
"Your wisdom did no good, old vil
lain! Your writing was a lie, your
trance a fraud!" he cried flinging the
snake, kin la the face of the wizard,
who could scarcely believe hi, eyes
when he say the sldn.
"You have not done as I said,"
Loano replied, shrugging Us shoul
ders; “go yuur way. L 1, not my
fault."
Mahlndo was foaming with rage.
Just then Barewamu, Tiizu and a
brown policeman, brought by the hun
ter, came Cuto the hut. The police
man heard both part.ej, and decided
the case In favor ot .Mahindo.
la tho valley, on the other side of
Fedrotallagall* Tlszu and Barewamu
soon built their buL and Mablndo
came to lire with them.
One evening, when tbe young couple
were sitting In the moonlight before
their huL Tlszu remarked: "Strange
that the wizard's formula did not help
your father.”
1C, young wife smiled. "It was not
a real snake,kin, beloved. I imped
ed Loano, and feared that there wa,
no such skin to be found. So I dyed
tbe skins you brought me In the Juices
of plants until 1 get tbe right color."
Tlszu shook bis head and aald. ,mU-
Ing, "Love 1, and ever will be ths
greatest wizard!"—N. Y. Bun.
Had Substitute.
The late Dr. Otto Avery, of Hone*,
dale, Pa., was tho oldest dentist In
America, and be wa, also tbe first
American ever to receive a dentist s
certificate.
Dr. Avery was talking one afternoon
to e reporter about the earlier, unen
lightened days of Honesdalc.
"We had not then,” he said, “as
much religious feeling as we have
now. I remember a revival service,
very poorly attended, that was held
during a certain winter. The revival-
IsL since the people would not come
to him. went to them, and oh the
street corners ho would halt and
question them concerning thar relig
ious beliefs.
"I haven't seen you at our revival,"
he sold to one vory old, bent man.
"What would 1 be doin' there?" tho
other answered.
"Don't you ever pray?" slid the re-
vlvaUsL
Tho old man shook his head.
"‘No.’ he raid; 'I carry a rabbit’s
toot' ''—Chicago Record-Herald.
Chief of the Uklahs.
Charles Pcnlo. the oldest chief of
the Ukiah tribe, died at Cox Ranchero
recently, and the Indians are now
celebrating a death feast Pcnlo was
107 yearn old and ruled the Uklahs
long before the white settlers arrived,
and the death of many whites lies at
Us door. He was Judge and Jury for
the tribe, but was deposed about
twenty-live years ago for killing Bam
Warden. Warden and another Indian
hid quarrelled over a game of carte
and the other Indian was killed.
Paulo was tent tor and bad War
den tied to a tree to bo shot Hs
dodged the first bnllsL which so In
furiated the chief that he seised an
txe and chopped off Warden's head.
Paolo was held In Jfll for several
month* bat none of the lad line could
be Induced to testify against him.
Pento had always resented the en
croachment of the whites and was
considered dangerous. He tree buried
In Indian style, with his pony and war
implements.—Sacramento Be*
How Two Missouri Towns Got Their
Name*
Nearly eighty years ego, when the
Presidential straggle between City
aad Jackson wa, at Its hclghL K U
related that a band of emigrants from
Kentucky, and the then other West,
era State* commenced to tattle on
the north tide of the Mlaaourl River
and railed their county Clay aad the
county sent Liberty.
At the earn time another lot of
emigrants from Vlrtfnta end othar
Southern States pitched their tents on
tee noth tide of the Big Muddy and
aetna to tife day. Cky stood (or lib
erty end Jackson tor independent*
The Cert oj Mining theft*
Bren ee far heck as aMEty-flvw
yean the ante of stoking coal mine
Malts In England varied from (60.000
to (75.000. WKh tee greeter depth
reqnlrid ad te* «PPW «* «■*
were worked ottL the cost increased.
In 1867 (200.000 was spent in sinking
e shaft at the Hnewtll Colliery In Dur
ham. end e quicksand that road no*
be conquered with the appliances and
methods of that day. finally caused
the iSfedrewnwlt Of th# hOTO. A(
Unrtoo Colliery, not tar from (to*
well. (L600000 was spent in ateKag
LITTLE BLUE CAPES.
Those little capes did make a differ
ence. As lor.g as Stella wore tho black
Jacket everything went on Just tne
time. Then the happened to get the
Blue coat with rapes. It was a velvet
affair with long, affectionate streamers
of soft silk that had n way ot float
ing on the breeze when they were
walking and then curling round Phil's
neck with a sudden swish. Before be
could defend himself a gust of wind
would leap around a corner, seize the
capes—there were three—and slap
them against Stella's face. Platonic
conversation bad to be suspended,
then, while, with one arm through
Stella's to steady her. Phil used Ms
free hand’ to put those capes where
they belonged.
First, the deepest one—end her
eyes smiled over the next; down that
went, and now only her laughing lips
were hidden; then the Impertinent,
tiniest cape of all—and there was an
azure sparkle In her eye, and a new
pink !■ her cheeks that nothing could
account tor except the peculiar shade
of blue of that new coat. Then they
went back to their discussion of ques
tions or the universe.
But tt was different—end it kept
being different. For the wind blew
every day and they were very old
friends by the time Fbll made up his
mind to accept a good business offer
In Pittsburg last fall. They had phi
losophised over outgrown tore affairs
and bed told each other why they
were never going to hare any more,
with the frankness of good comrades,
but not a shadow of sentimentality htd
ever fallen acrora their path until the
very last minute ot the night when
Phil said good-by.
Even then, it wasn't much. Phil
finished hie farewell In a businesslike
manner and went down the steps;
then suddenly came back to where she
stood and caught her hands In hi*
“Good-by, Itttle blue rapes." he whis
pered. That was all—end as tor their
letters since then, anybody might read
them.
Oh, It was platonic, no doubt! Per
haps the surest sign was the fact that,
after Phil was gone, Stella actually
took a little adventure they had htd
together and wove It Into a love story,
which she had the luck to sell In an
obscure quarter for a small sum of
filthy lucre. When ft came back to
her In print sbe wished she hadn't
been so lucky, for the possibility of
Phil's ever reading the words she hid
made him say In that stcyy gave her
a sudden shock. She shuddered as
she remembered the copied wander
ings of certain foolish stories she bad
read, but os the weeks went by and
Phil’s matter-of-fact letters Jtept com
ing she forgot to worry about IL
Then, last week, Phil came back.
The first evening he called he Inquired
tor the little blue capes.
"That coat's in the hall," laughed
Stoll* "Want to see It?"
He did—and In a spirit ot mischief
she slipped into It and stood smiling
np Into his face. She knew In a min-
ntc what was coming. It was all In
hit eyes—poor fellow! For there was
not a shadow ot a chance tor him—not
one. She was trying to think bow she
could say It to the gentlest, kindest
way when he began to speak.
Suddenly her complacent face turn
ed scarlet and the rat weakly down
on the couch. The awltal love story!
Phil was declaring himself In tbe lan
guage of Its hero! Down went her
head Into a pillow tnd op went ths
little blot capes over ths flaming
cheek,.
That wss exactly what the girl te
the story had done—only she had been
In a hammock! Stalls remembered
It too late, Phil bad taken bit cue.
•DesresL" he murmured, folding his
hand over the little, nervous one that
vu duping and unclasping Itself
against the skirt There wu a silence
—then a stirring under the cape* tnd,
te spits ot hie daring, Phil trembled
before the wrath that might he com
ing. Then another little hind, all wet
with tear* stole from beneith ths
capes tnd went to find Its mate.
It had been the only way Stella
could think of to end the story whan
ths wrote IL and, to her overwhelm
ing surprise. It was the only ending
she could think ot now!
Rev. Dr. Hale’s Mltteka
Ths Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hal*
recently appointed chaplain of ths
Beast* Is famed for hla absent-mind-
edset* Not long ago he visited the
New York State Reformatory at Eh
mlr* where he wu raked to occnpy
th* yulptt of the chapel and addrora
tbe eoavtct* When he arose he found
every seat occupied. Beaming with
pleasure, he astonished hit hearers
by saying:
*1 (■ pleased end gratified to ran
On Engine go Yearn—Na Accident
Probably the moat remarkable en
gine driver te this coon try is Mr.
Robert Maybsnk. who has Just te-
tired, tnd Is Bring at Twickenham.
Daring mom thu half n century's
service on the London sad Sooth
Western Railway hs has traveled
Quito L000,000 miles; not once has be
hen lata (or duty, end no accident
of the slightest character has hap
pened to a train In his charge.—Lon
don Express
Many Tongues In One Country.
Tho diversity of tongues to bo
(mod tn oat country te attaa e matter
"They are very peculiar people next
door," s-ild tbe woman with the ex
pansive society smile. "I am sure
that I have done all I could to be
neighborly ever since they took the
house—lot me see—two years ago It
ts now, nearly. | railed on them in
the first place, although I really don’t
believe tn bring too Intimate with
people Just because they happen to
rent a house next door to one: but
In this cose Mrs. Olenwood spoke to
me about them. She said they were
really very nice people and so f
railed.
"They are very nice people In
some respects—at least Mrs. Parks is
—but very peculiar, my dear. As I
say. I did my best to be nice to them
and when they were in their moving
mod ills l told them If there was any
thing that I could do for them to be
sure and let me know. Well, they
didn’t happen to want anything. 1 sup
pose, for they didn’t say so then, hut
less than three weeks after that Mr.
Parks came to the door and wanted
to borrow my step ladder You know
t always keep my step-’ ■- it down (n
the basement end It was quite a lot
ot trouble to go down and get It, but
Mr. Peabody happened to be at home
and ho brought It up and gave It to
Ur. Parks. I don’t mind raying that
I was annoyed, but I am sure that I
didn’t show IL And. my dear, they
kept that ladder over a day before
they brought- It hick and then there
was a speck of whitewash on It that t
am sure wasn't there when I lest It
to them. I’m sure I would have no
ticed if there had been. Mr. Pea
body always tolls me 1 am so partic
ular about my things, but good grac
ious! If people didn't take rare of
things they never would bare things,
would they?
“Then there was the lawn mower.
I was out mowing the lawn one morn
ing. You know Mr. Peabody isn't
home once a month hardly and I have
to mow It myself or else get a man to
do It and that Is so expensive, you
know. And then men ore careless with
things Well, Mr. Parks was sitting
on bis front steps and he volunteered
to do It tor me. ’I need tho exercise,
anyway,’ he aald. But do you know,
as soon as he got through with my
lawn he wheeled the mover acrora the
walk and mowed his own. Just as
coolly! And as If that wasn’t enough,
he took It on to the Weepers', next
door to him and mowed theirs. ‘May
as well trim up the neighborhood
while we ere about IL' be said, laugh-
lng as if tt waa a good Joke. Of course
the lawns aren't large, but Just think!
“And then I recommended a laun
dress to them and went In to give
them her addrees, and one time when
they were out 1 let tne express people
leave a package for them and took it
in to them myself I toured them
that tt wasn't any trouble—and It re
ally wasn't eo very much, you know—
only It might occur too often.
“But It was about the telephone I
was going to toll you. They didn’t
have a telephone put in. Ur. Parks
said hs didn’t care to have one until
he made up hie mind whether he want-
ed to take the house tor a year, and I
told them, of oouree, that they were
very welcome to use mine at any
time. They said It was very kind ot
me, aad so ft wa* I think, but I didn’t
think they would be making a public
convenience ot my tous* They came
In—oh. several time* They always
apologized, but that didn't make It
any more convenient tor me to be an
swering the door and letting them In
and letting them out again. Once or
twice I was clear up to the top ot
the house and tout to go clear down-
etalr* I was always Just as pleasant
as could be, but I think they under
stood that I didn't ears much about IL
and they stopped coming until Mrs.
Parks’ illness and that Mr. Parks be-
■gain—to call the doctor.
ied to dm, Chough, that ho
needn’t have always left Jt and! tt be-
come an emergency. Of oouree. In n
case ot Mcknera I wouldn’t think of
refusing anybody and I like to be
neighborly. Bat aren't people pecu
liar sometimes? ,
“Well thank goodness, they bad
•boot stewed bothering me until test
week, when there came a ring at tbe
‘phone gad somebody said: “It this
Mr* Peabody? I said Tra.’ and theo
ths woman—tt was a women- raid:
Tm very sorry to tenable you. bat
could yon get Mr* and Mr. Parka
to tbe ’phone, ire
Important.’ . ■ .igia
"Tuouflbt that wee about the Unfit
I aald: “No, I don’t see how I oea.
nn vary busy and I would bare to
dreaa and—no, im sorry, but I out
do tt.’ —
- •'Oh, very well; excuse me tor
troubling you,' aba aald la a sarcastic
voice end the receiver was abut off.
“NOW, would you believe ttf After
all the pates Pvt been to to be nice
to them those people ere Just ee cool
as can be since then. I suppoce they I
•re offsnfed, but I don’t know what
they could lavs expected me to do."—
British Army Temporaries.
There are now ((,171 total abstain
ers In the army tn England end 14.-
M0 tn India, which, with tbs honor
ary member* give n total ot (7J04—
L Mb.