J,lH'Willll,li'.lV.UN. '.Jk.,i NO USE TO HIM "Now, Bir," eald the architect, con sulting the elaborate plans and dia grams before him, "I want to consult you about the position and so forth of the drawing-room. Don't you think" Mr. Struckoil obviously didn't. Suddenly leaping to his feet, he struck the table fiercely with Ll3 fist Then: . "Look here, young man," he roared, "I've had enough of your silly nonsense! I want a house I can live in not a museum! Drawing-room, indeed! Hang it alL I've let you put up a smoking-room, when I don't smoke; a music-room, when I can't even play a mouth-organ; a nursery, when I ain't got no nurse; and a pan try, when I'm never short of breath! And now you suggest a drawing room! I can't draw! I never want to draw. What, then, do I want a drawing-room for eh?" f TOR, GOOOKess SAKE, ATJI-P1 -SToP PER5PIRWCJ. Do UKE V IDo get Some ice. r Hi vtt I' ''y PROFESSIONAL RIVALRY Everything in the street was dim and quiet, for the thoroughfare was in a highly respectable neighborhood and the hour was 2 a. m. In fact, save for a stray, wandering cat, and a policeman, now rounding a corner in the far distance, there were no signs of life or animation anywhere. William Sikes stepped out from the shadow of a friendly tree, glanced furtively around him, and then as sisted Tom Crooke, his bosom friend and partner, to alight from the drawing-room window of No. 63. "Well, old pal, what luck?" he whispered. "No luck at all," growled Tom. "The bloke what lives there is a law yer!" William looked apprehensive. "Then how much have you lost?. he asked. PAYMENT IN KIND Jasper Katchfea was undoubtedly an exceptional shrewd lawyer What's more, despite his severity, he had won for himself the whole-hearted respect of his staff, from clerks to office boy. The latter, in fact, although he got far more than his fair share of stern rebukes, so far from' resenting these admonitions, felt flattered by them. One day he was met by a boy who worked in a neighboring office. "What's your salary?" asked the other boy. "Ten thousand a year,"- said little Tommy. "Go on!" "Go on, yourself!" retorted Tom my. "As a matter of fact, though," he added, "I get six dollars a -week in cash, and the rest in legal advice!" o o "Don't you know the difference," said the vounsel, "between a horse and a donkey?" "Well, sir," replied the witness, "I should never take ye . for a. horse," 'jj