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41117 eyeholes and 41 slit down hisbIk It waa a standing Joke at MissJtolkes boarding Omen that when

c auy one dropped a spoton the tabletdoth he had to drop a coin into tbtjigs hungry sIde8Once a week the

t porkers sJerediind the proeeedi used for flowers

A <VMhW Mattie was dressing for a walki eDe morzilugwheu the peaked landlady

who quarreled with all her trades peo-

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came to the door pig iu huul-i MtosMftttiesl4eesaitIwo1tl you

aMke to buy some flojversfor tljdl iblorDelighted Mis Mattie uiiished

pinninga huge bunch of violets ouherjaraycoaiL What kind hall 1Ee-

txwlrs4 Koike sat down pU thej dge f the d1 apt nd began shakingthe p4 theres carnations and roses

oo they usually throw in some fernsavss JUS dqaa You please about

s k1 thougbt there was more moneyta here She thumped the pigs headon her knee until the last coin fell outOnly 65 centsr Miss Folke had away of making people conscious oftheir shortcomings The pig looked

alumBut arent you glad you didixt getyour tablecloth all spotted up T

Oh that isnt it But we shall haver to save some money for Easter Sun-

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and youcan get so few flowers fortO cents Miss Folke had a grievanceagainst her trades people and they re-

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by Invariably giving her shortmeasure Well she stacked up a halfdollar In pennies and nickels I guessthat will have to do-

s How many ought I to get for 50cents-

Theyll turn up their noses at yonat jrflorisfs and give you two or threestale flowers that will be all withered4 the second day Youd better go to thestreet booth over by the L station andtell them Jf they give you good flowers

r joull come againStick up their noses at me said

Miss Mattie Ignoring Miss Folkes su-gaest1onuDontever

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rj worry MissFolke Fll get someflowers that willaakeyou gasp with surprise and pleas ¬

veId just like to see them stickuptheir noses at me she threatened asshe paused to smile bewilderingly atMiss Folke before closing the outsidedoor

She passed several exclusive floristsshops before she found one to her sat-isfaction

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It was by far thehandsom ¬

4 est of all Gripping her 50 cents insideit her glove she swept in like a breath

and stood In the midst of the mostj beautiful flowers she had ever seen A

remarkably handsome young man wasstanding in the rear beside a bank o-

ff palms holding some smilaxSome flowers she said smiling and-

aecldlngathlmJJHe looked up surprised Then look

v lag at some one behind the palms heTh tamed spoke to one of the assistants

aad came forward eagerlyNow what would you like He

t waved his hand gracefully toward themasses of roses and crimson carna-tIons

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1U NOh beautiful breathed Miss Mattie in an ecstasy should lIkeshe

> clutched the coins stowed away In herglove and smiled dazzlingly flowerfor a penny

whit For a moment it looked asthough the young man was going to

17 prove disagreeable

v Miss Matties smile became momen-tarily

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more bewitchingYes she continued whirling her

muff airily around her hand I Justslaughtered the boarding house pig

k and I want all the nice flowers you cangive me for 50 cents Arent those love-ly She pointed to some rare orchids

i The young man was amused MissMattie was good to look at and had anunmistakable ah of beJng accustomed

i beautiful things Yet 50 cents fororchids which she distinctly seemed to

I c favor He coughed apologeticallyFlowers are rather expensive he

ventured1 laughed Miss MattieT These must be terribly hfghShef touched the violets on her coat linger

Ingly Think of the money you extortfrom rich young men And Ive only 50cents It was all the pig could spare

fr We had to save some for Easter youknow and no one got many spots on

w tablecloth this weekThe florist answered her smileThe pig gets the money for thesf spots she explained

The young man looked as though het w immensely Interested the pig

2k What would you like he asked> again

4 I want Just the most nice freshflowers you can give me for a half dol-lar

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It makes no difference what kindi They told me J couldnt get any for so

E lltOe money Miss Mattie smiledtThe anbowedloV-

llfJee what I can do for you jheald and strode tothe rear of the store

is MissMattie watched him admirihgly-ff as he topped toseakoneof ther = JnelibefOr he entered the Jqe room

She > bad not known suchnlce youngtt mketforistsboit8hexnoved a1

F aSete tothe1gbtottbepa1msIn-iJ eidllr to see him more distinctly

i He was taking dawnso e crimsoirI

k cIratIoii after the otrt 0

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fy UrciT aome roses an orchid MissMatti looked away afraid to trust her

4 f iWfl frea He aeeaped rather aa easily7 l Wt-w

young aum or was > her 17J aKattled14 not dire tof If be w b

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he emerged rsm the t90lliiMiss Mattie said Oil Miss MatriS-knewJidwlio

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imy it 1C1niIdeXpr4yeIy I It i JThe young man turned from the de I

and looked at her 4 He flushed cver soslightly and smiled y r

All those for 50 cents Mss Mat-

tie bad her mutt iinder her thin JierlIeyes erewfde with wonder i

The young man laughed is he glancedfrom her to some one back of tie pnhns

I wouldnt do this for every oneyou

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understand But I felt sorry for J

t pigBut there are too many You cant

afford to do itlIIsslIattic was re-

fusing to l> them from his hands I

His tone wars businesslike4 les I caru The pig may demand j

some larger orders some day and we j

shall be glad to fill them Merely an-

adertlsemen4youknowi

Yes Indeed we get loads of flow¬I

I ers and this is the very prettiest shopon the street She smiled Are yousure these are fresh Because If theyare Im coming again Saturday

His face wore abroaof smile as heturned after bowing her out and metan Irritable hap emerging from be-

hind the palmsYoure a nice one complained the

chap flirting with my ladyJack innocently ools she reallyOf course Didnt you see my vio-

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on her coatThe young man laughedJust cancel that order for those oth ¬

I er flowers for Miss Cromer he calledI

to one of the men And put thesedown to my account Then he turnedto Jack Simpleton he observed

Why didnt you get Into the gameJack shrugged his shouldersYou wanted to see what she would

do You dontdeserve her JackI

001 suppose you think you do palm-ing

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yourself off as a floristThey had passed out into the street

Iand stood looking after the girl withthe huge package of flowers The ex

j florist looked squarely into the disagreeable eyes of the man facing him

j Jealous he commented shortlyYes Jealous if you like Are you-

I going to be here next SaturdayThe young man of the flowers

I brought his gaze back from the girlturning the corner

j Ill go youeven to win lier he saidAnd Ill win

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1 A certain member of the house oflords when traveling In Ireland took afancy to a handsome Conuaught ladand engaged him as footman

OBrien said his lordship to the I

new servant one morning see if yourmistress Is at home today-

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That her ladyship is your lordship-was the ready reply of the unsophisii i

cated youth Sure 01 jist saw her j

ladyship go into the dhrawing room I

t You imsumlerstuud me OBrien I

said his lordship stifily Go and ask I

your mistress if she is at home todaySure now muttcryu the puzzeI

footman as fIe obeyed if his lordshipaint Quare Why Oi saw her ladyshipwith my own eyes And now Oive gotto ask her that same and shes in thehouse all the toime

Then thrusting Ills head into thedrawing room he asked Are you athome my lady

No OBrien not today replied hismistress and the footman retired slow-ly

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in utter bewilderment-Well well exclaimed nonplused

Pat Where does she think she ispoor soul Sure its mad she is andthe master too Mores the pityLondon Mail

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Breaking It Gentlyj The greatest error that a father can

make lato omit to note the year thatis at the top of the current almanacand to forget that his sons grow oldereach year The father who thinks hisnineteenyearold son is still a child Isliable to get a shock

Beg pardon father says the lad4 who wishes to break the news gently4

but do you mind If I bring a friend into supper this evening I

j Ill think it over my boyI For a little music1

Does your friend singj Has a beautiful voice says the ladenthusiastically like nightingale

I Ob with incredu ityWhat ageAbout my own age father-

i Well you can bring your friendbut mind its not to be made a prece-dent I dont want the house overrun

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with them And no staying lateI Shell

Shego back to her mothers at 10

I Its a young lady Ive been fond offor some time father blurts out the

I lad and we are going to get marriedjsoonILondon Star

Vereeha lna War PictureAn art critic says of Veresehagins

war pictures The greater number ofI the artists pictures were extremelyI poor as art many of them rising nott above peep show value and not a fewI are utterly insincere Vereschagin de-clared

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I publicly that the chief value ofhis pictures was their faithfulnessscenes witnessed by himself yet he de¬

IPlctedInBloWing From Guns In Brit ¬

I resp Mohammedansbeing slaughtered by British soldiers inuniformsof today though nothing ofthe kind has occurred since the mutinyHe showed the Entry of thePrince of Wiles Into ah IndIsiiF city

sin blazicg ui1Igbt though the officlal artietfwho accompanied the kingsays that througi a delay the entrywas accomplished night vThe paint-er

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himseIfifted tome thattbe pic-ture

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of the British soldier left to dieand fester alone In the jungle original ¬

ly representedra Russian oldler bu-tuitere I

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S1 To theVictorI

The Spoils iBy Hubert Johnstont ixti

Copyright 19by Hubert McBcan Johnttom ii

When 1 got Phyllis nl <Aie in the eon ¬

ferva tory I promptly prbposed to 1uc

again Fact is I would n have eoiuuto the ball at all if it hadnt been that 1

intended to try again to win herJack said Phyllis cienuuoly I

wish you would bring nje a drink nfwater Dancing always makes me sithirsty

Phyllis has changed the subject ev-

ery time just about the same way Iknew there was no use arguing so Iwent for the water Only I broughtlemonade instead

But when a fellow comes back withthe lemonade after such an incident asthat and finds another chap holding theladys hand and his other arm hover ¬

ing suspiciously along the back of thechair I think he should feel jolly wellsore I know I did As for Joe HaUTden he looked bored when I came hiand half swore i

11 beg pardon said I If Im In-

trudIngPhyllis eyes twinkled and I kne

she was laughing at meJust then Dawey Graham came in

This one is ours Phyllis said heholding up his card the third waltzyou know

Thank you Jack said Phyllis asshe drank the lemonade-

I went down to the smoking room for-a cigarette to steady my nerves Idont know and for that matter dontcare what Joe did

However I had the better of him forI took Phyllis into supper

Accept him Phyllis I growled sur ¬I

lilyNot yet said PhyllisGoing to I questioned In the same j

tonePhyllis brows met In a perplexed

frown She appeared to be pondering-the problem very deeply

Ive thought of a way to settle it be¬

tween you she condescended to reply-at length Tomorrow morning Im golug up to Grovehurst Hall and you andJoe are to run a race up there in yourautos The one who gets there firstwill will win the race finished Phyl-lis

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lamely I

I knew what that meant If Haddons touring car wouldnt be able to I

beat my dinky little runabout it wouldbe because he had a breakdown I suppose I must have looked what Ithought for Phyllis looked at me In-

quiringlyWell she questioned primly what-

is it now Dont you think it is worthyour while to enter that race

The prize is worth it Phyllis said-I looking straight Into her eyes Phyl-lis

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blushed the sweetestjrosy red Butdo you think the conditions are exactlyfairPhyllis eyes twinkled

No she said I dont but youknow beggars cant be choosers

That settled it I would make therun anyhow

Will there be a booby prize award-ed

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I asked-Philils shook her head I was seized

with a bright ideaYou said you were going over your¬

self I ventured I ought at least tohave a consolation prize Will youmake the trip with me7t

Phyllis looked graveIm afraid It will look like favorit-

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said Phyllis but I guess I canThanks I said With good mas ¬

cot Ill stand a better showAm I a good mascot asked Phyl-

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May I never have a better I re¬

plied devoutly Im willing to takechances on you for a good deal morethan a motor race

Phyllis liked that Really I feel as ifI were quite clever at times Then shetook the wind all out of me aain

The race will decide that said shebriefly-

If the way I fixed that runabout tipfor the run had anything to do with itI felt sure I ought to stand a chance atleast I got a repair man to look Itover and then after he was done Iwent over it myself and tapped everynut and bolt As I was coming home Isaw Joe Haddon driving down the riv-er

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roadAll ready said Phyllis as the clock

struck 9 the next morning And In amoment we had started the twentymiles We hustled down the road likea monkey that had dropped its tailthrough the slot and twisted it around-a trolleycabIe

The cool November wind sent a greatcolor up into Phyllis cheeks and aluxuriant golden lock fell loose andswept across her cheek I was making-up for any time we had or had not lostand I wondered if she wasnt a bitnervous at the harebrained pace

Too fast Phyllis I questionedJust a little she replied-

I pulled the lever open another notchand we could actually feel the machinetake a fresh jump forward

Phyllis clutched at iny armuOhrsbeerled with a terrified lit-

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scream I meant to go slowerCant do itt I refilled grimly

JTberes too much at take on thisrace >

Phyllis looked at me from the tall ote-IVe iuwvspffl well be-

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bal-tiieiejoii d 1

iaTC delllODBtratCt1mypo-dtatb81J7hcn1I retorted Youd know

PddoUinbesthft stone tbatitj-t j > > v jr trv W-rthi MAC a d rm esrtail-

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the front wheel traveled fifty feet be-fore it hit the dust again

Oh gasped Phyllis again do becareful Jack or well be killed

The machine was already going itslimit or 1 would have opened it somemore I made the pretense of putting-on more speed I was having my re-venge

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Im being careful I said as wellas I could for the wind but Lve simply got to make it Do you see Joe be-hind us-

Phyllisi

could not see himThere are no auto tracks ahead I

observed If bes anywhere he mustbe back of us

I sized up the track ahead Iud turn-ed

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to look back There was an autobehind us-

Phyllis I murmured reproachfullyyou said you couldnt see any one

Thats not Joe said Phyllis withconviction

How do you know I asked Its-a yellow car and his is the only yellovrtouring car around here-

I dont care persisted Phyllis itsnot Joe Haddon So there

Well take no chances I said mali-ciously

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It may be You werent evenable to see an auto when you lookedthe first time j-

uDo you think Im deliberately lyingto help Joe asked Phyllis Icily

No I answered but the issue istoo Important to trust to such poor eye-sight

You goose said Phyllis irreverentlyThe

puff puff of the big machine wasclose behind us now and I would havegiven worlds to have looked aroundand to see who was in It but the riskwas too grea Another mile and wewould be at the Hall So long as I keptthe middle of the path the big carcould not pass us I determined tokeep it-

Get over shouted a hoarse voicebehind us Thats not fair play

Alls fair in war and I said it lowand left the sentence unfinished Phyl-lis

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heard it and I felt her small glovedhand rest ever so lightly on my arm

Go it she urged-As we swung through the Hall gates

and ran up the broad avenue the tourIng car passed us It contained onlyDawcy Graham-

I slowed downPhyllis I said did you know all

the time that that was DawcyPhyllis noddedAnd Wheres JoeT I demanded-I dont know replied Phyllis 001

told him No last nightAnd what made Dawcy follow usT

I persisted still unsatisfied-I thought It would add a little to the

excitement of the chase said Phyllisnestling into the hollow of my arm if

were to borrow the machine andcome too Dont you think it did T

But it didnt matter what I thought-If you hadnt been perfectly blind

youd have guessed it last night saidshe

TIle Inpadent ReporterIn the year 1874 the Marquis of Duf

ferin and Ava then the governor gen¬

eral of Canada visited Chicago Con-cerning

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that visit he has written Theday following my arrival I spent in bedwith a very bad nervous headache afact which was announced to the pub-lic

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In the morning by a sensational par¬

agraph In all the papers to the follow¬

ing effect His royal nibs down with-a colic Doctor sent for In fact allthe time I was at Chicago the papersteemed with similar elegancies theconcluding leading article in the lead ¬

ing journal being headed Goodby OldDufferln Another paper devoted twoof its columns to a description of an in¬

terview between one of its reporters-and myself in which I was described-as sitting in a silk dressing gown suck-Ing sugar and water through a strawwhile I communicated to my interlocu-tor

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whom I always addressed as oldfellow various state secrets and aminute detail of my private affairs J

though it is needless to say the authorof the narrative had never been within-a hundred yards of me

Easily ManagedA famous lawyer once had a sin-

gular¬

case to settle A doctor came-to him in great distress Two sis ¬

ters living in the same house hadbabies of equal age who so resem ¬

bled each other that their own moth ¬

ers were unable to distinguish themwhen they were together and it hap¬

pened that by the carelessness of thenurses the children had become mixedHow were the mothers to make surethat they received back their own In¬

fantsBut perhaps suggested the law-

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the children werent changed atall

Oh but theres no doubt that theywere changed said the doctor

Are you sure of itPerfectly-Well if thats so why dont you

change them back again I dont seeany difficulty in the case

An Appropriate HymnThere was 9 certain young minister

who came to grief while delivering hisfirst sermon

He had dressed under a great dealexcitement previous to entering thechurch and neglected to fasten hisnecktie downbehirid-

During the course of his sermon the >

tie gradually slipped up over this col-lar

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until nearly every one in the congregation noticed his predicament andsmiled radiantly at the situation Con-cluding

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his the young min-ister

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sparring for an opportunityadjust the tie said Let m join Insinging btmnNoM-

Beliid1inoriJ ttMf the hymn at ran-dom

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not knowing the nature of thewords Hie coflgregatIoturued to tbhymn then gave a gasp and BeariymJi-

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