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van Told mg a bi<* secret otust before HE dis appeared he did - kTS a oreaofou 6l<r secret. < 0nu7 h/aa and ms j ' knovjjs rr *j \c G ?6 but i f?bu BLUE slnjce. van disappeared fron\ hi5 . safaatawom So sudden ukg ! va vJOQUlon't" CATCH m? worrvin' ooer an7 th?m' LIKE that ' Burr usTeh, na zvobodx-ask AMYBODV ?f i Aik?t ?to8ooi i Dowt exaonr. l/v/ i caref ir a\ n r nonwa your Business i wtu kcfep afttr hf* tlu ME gets lt, watch ' hi*' Oh, Look! He Swallows It, Hook, Line and Sinker! J You CftHT fool he/. Yol\?e that big .-handsome officer umd atixj/ws t?\es ~to scare "The csiri-s'Aj \ how you? 1 J NEavems: ke's Dumping up a hi) ?ou)h like. a ,? "ITpiCK montfey ! pj all wen a^e^ ?n allw.h.y.! r~ WsajQ LEAVE IT TO LOU US BOYS Shrimp Is Somebody's Nobody JUST SO VOU N ME ! , ?? VMPfT's TH' USE. O' TFM_v<\N UKE l?\ v BOOB ! "TvOUoMT '1 M\G<-rr WELL Pevv/E. ~OLT TC VJ\rv.F=??JO S WEEK EtiO PftRTV ?THOO&Y^ A..DOW* V.MO W TvV^VR. MEW VAOUSE ?VLL P>S?K. A VOUCeMftti ^ ir-i "TO V-A1 OVA, HO1. ? ?UT u 1 TtAOO&HT VO\Jv N\\GrttT VAPsve SEHSe. EHOU&H TO KNOW OtSE1 Sf\Y, MISS'. TVvEftE'S 3.000 PEOPLE TrMS TOVJM' D'Y* > SPEC.T Me TO i KNOW ' E-f^ L all. "V VO VDU r-\EPSN TO T&la. ME YOU OOH T KNOW WHERE T*AE a^OWMS LWE 1 ,_ THE. BIG LITTLE FAMILY It Was "Peace Without Victory" in Casey's Case! W WAY <5ALW*#N f MlTTlNCj <2oMES>oDV ) /-r'n 'TENTDlj { -To-DAV /f-T5-TWIS S !v dropped brick / ( ? <%jp cant e*l vk oM'CA'aeV "The ] v. cronmn((s1' people GARDENER ^TDooCIJ L AN' CieY AWA/ J w~- y ^?.WITH IT'* A j VfoT- AFTE-R ) f tf^TTEKTiosfALiy ^ \ DRoPPthJ' A 3 / BR\CK OK %*?SN& \ VCNCE.! \ Ao Me wpffe } AtffcR XDRoPp&fe'T^ BRSCK ON HlM"? ATt> vfot H S 6ATD - T TT^ouCKl Sbo ALm<*5 'oAiD "THAT VOU WA<b A LOVER OF ( Peace: ? . amffiBBsr HmTHWlHIL^ < ? *rr.s A>b C? NV fcjy^ vurw fiL)T> c <QUt4* H. *N LITTLE MARY MIX-UP MiiiCE ~P\&. *<ILLS ! ? t w4eree ? rfow? T DONT /^C/\N ?fe ATfe TH-ET.TIE I m^ah fi-e ^ -SlTTm* JN IT ' WAMTt-15 .To -i>'T~ ON TffE oH-^q/V. 3"Rorrn-Ef< i s JNTa Trt-e. rtlHCt. pie1 J Daily Short Story < o.mi'i.kti.; i.\ this is.sri:.' "Valerie Breakp the Spell." attempting Ihe race vm .s us"' loner. r ronn'niKntl' ~ ro always the sift? a? % w-??f sisri-f ?Iu ilPt 1. e'7| a t ie r II el J11'luckV?1 h '"?? 'o'luok toi. ?U&m ?"? ?< <xz >??*",% mUn%o%Vi''rC ????> ?... mensely. "|le ... herself jIM_ don't know how manv ^ um for ' somebody bought hi,UK ca,'s. Finally child burns both hands"'! ti,e P?or unwrapped, lit,,!' before it was we children had broken the !ry hoa,e*1 look at me. When I A drum. And dear child, i was i,, v?u>' age young ,?an |? (c/rocervil.i,,,1!:!ndkl He beg-nn to act kind .If1 business, and they had to ? h" f?ueer one dav !? wcinda stopped to ?u?haW!l?'" -Miss breath. "Belr.K a ' ..' l and gather man i transferred \Vi l- !?? v'oung w0 neat young di-iru.r V a^fctions t<> outwitted by theHatnri, u,tisl1,M '-wan ?an off with ?! nr.w. tr,1"IU lu?k. He Bood looking. 11] admit/' OW; rather terruptl" ''Vvho^s'that v'?'1 tin,e to In the road tinkeringwith'a*,.iT" dou " Young PhlllinJ f 1 a red carV" fhnp. but. Valerie' L,8Uess" A nice better not got acon-i in?"\ft warn vou know our luck." 1 inted at all, 'you It0/?1 U>'^deveiope<1 ' ?J\m o re, Quite P?nied him on t$e JJ1,Y"lerie a??m evenings he bromrhi k. ?' 0,1 Hn.v from the bank thev ? SOt olr carlv "Vsfc. fr-vsi ruiH S"' 'w&. s? the 1 ??a j'S?r,?'l1,""??C5o"";?y?u"'i'h ''WUr. "Th V,n,e:" worry about old 'fdy dYsmalTy? ,UCk'" mumbled tho window.0 h\'n!rke(1 laughing to th tn.it widow cxoenl j 1 , t,le image of Plump! My. mv if o rk?r and not so ter"oirf luck!" if that isn't Ihe Hat? I ooke?rfin noyed ?rled n,ece- but she ffi? P?"? ,to?hebUt Porch. Hm- h'rn8 j"see" h on ^e swing." m' 1 scc. lie's to hang her cheeks^cou"dC'HVaroMy beHev? 7Uh paI" She forced a laugh saving ,er eyes I haven t a season tfckV ? carr.e'essly, know. and ran out of th? ' you Jim seemed to k^., f 0 room, noon at the bungalow v? ,al1 a'tcr hcrseIf that he wouid V 'r e assdred usual m the evening 1q u ovcr Jcr at all. She dreaseH k 1 not mat" 'ried to look as if she en 1^^ P.reUie8t Pfr. and wjITfcd Ami J d bor sup sit still no longer run s,Le could field to gather daisies shl i'bfck great quantities som!,L? e ^'ueked ?ot noticing i ? 7orS r??ts and glancing backward half Xvn? f ke,>t seeing J|m at. her heels tant oC Palpitating heart -1 'nally, with bouse, fiung her dai?inc ? .7 to W"wi?>"8;;i?d AV^?i?^orlbb*ce A lint Luc in da was kin/? ?ka remarks. "And " rofnin., i ? niade. no "I won't leave you her "US niece, you need nor lin .r n,^rcss so tliat for it " 1 llc ,f ?nyono should ask .5 and very paie It ? thinner mIip u'liH i? j ^ fts the woutiier My dear " cri??i ?freed TwUh >??r soon as they were in fh\ [jUclnda ?? '"If h" ?? SV'h', is his brother's wi fe and h pir! knew it himself that tliev hart "eyei; the bungalow till he saw her that ^ft ernoon. He had to , l.at aft~ grumbled so about drlvinjTher to .lent st when she could searcMy sland l*e toothache any more. She said?" the old iady^s mou'th^Tth^K -".nd sobbing hysterically. ' But. my dear! He's not here H? came again an dagaln and finally'went away w?h bag and baggage Poor lla\^er.ilf.de?U?k-eUinS: Way from thut aif W'5* " ?'"?d ? n'rin with brand-new resolution. "I'm goine: for'al]:^ lh;U IIutte' field luck ^onco A few telephone calls and inouiries to Aunt. Ijucinda's shocked astoniliT ment?and Jim was located. The gob lin about Hattcrfleld luck was dead for that very eveplng Jim and Valerie Mi?iY fP ?iUt unJor the trees, but the bors n? on(fer disturbed the nelgh Making It Worse "Is that a portrait of your grand mother when she was young?" said an awkward visitor. "How it resem bles you, Miss llowdle!" "Now, you only say that to flatter me. Grand ma was quite a beauty, and every body Iknows that I?ahem?T make no pretensions of that kind." "1 as sure you," exclaimed the visitor, "flat tery is far from my thoughts. The family resemblance ?is striking. I've often known ca-^es like that. There were two sisters I knew when I was a boy. They were wonderfully alike, like that portrait's like you, and yet one of them was as beautiful as a poet's dream and the other was dread ful?that is, I mean she wasn't at all, or, rather, she was lacking in that? that attractive quality, you know, that constitutes?" What a lovely frame this portrait has, eh?" Practical Mind During a political campaign a certain orator spoke to a great gathering of country people. He was impassioned, he was impressive, he was grand. The thunderous applause of the crowd told him so. He thrilled with the conscious ness of his power over the minds of men. And. being in this state of mind, he stood in tho midst of the assem blage. after speaking, and listened to the comments of the audiences. "What do you Jhink of Ills speech?" asked one old faxmen "Well, replied anothkr old fellow, running his fingers through his ample whiskers, "I think that six hours rain would have done more good." It All Depends Ardent Wooer?"Do you think thut money is necossary to happlnesa?" Dr muro Damsel?"Not if one ha? un limited credit."