The Celina Democrat., December 02, 1910, Image 7

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8YNOPSI3.
Archibald Trhun, a populnr and In
diilt'nt younii bachelor of Ix)nil.m, ro.
ceivt-s news that lie tiaa bnn iimda lit-lr
to the i-Hlalft nf hln Aunt Unurgtana, wllh
an IncimiM of tao.uuo a year, on condition
tliat lid ln-i'f .nii ciiKnxrd to b married
within ten days. Falling to do ao the
lK.ny will a to a thli.J cousin In Anior
tcii. TIib story npeiia at PusHa Wyrkoff,
whr-ri- .nnl Vincent and hi wtfft, friends
Cf Trrhuno, are illm'iiHnltiR nluns to find
lilm a wife within ttio pi-s-rlbei1 time. It
lernis that I-ady Vincent la ono of sevon
persona nnmeil Aantha, nil rlnae girlhood
chums. Hlic decides to Invite two of tliam
lo the niMle and have Archie, thero aa
ene nf the guests. Agatha Hlxth etrlkfs
Archie na a hnndimluted beauty. Airntlia
First 1m a tin zy American girl. Linlr
Vincent Mis her husband that Agatha
Pluth already cares fur Archie. He gains
from Agatha Rlxth the admission that
he cares for him, but will require a
month's time fully to innke up her mind.
Agatha First, neglected hy T.-rhune, re
feivea attentions from Te-dle Freer. Four
fliivs of the. precious tlmo hnve pussed
when Terhune la railed to Tendon on
business. Agntha First, on the plea of
ilcknees, ex. -uses her.ielf from a motor
trip planned hv the Vincent. Later they
ee Agatha First picking flowers with a
iangn mun. The Vincents discuss
Agatha's seeming dnplleltv. Th follow
In day the. party visits the ruins of an
Old eor.vent. Terhnne continues his at
tantlons to Agatha Sixth.
CHAPTER VIIContlnued.
Freer had returned from his visit
to the rulnfl and was endeavoring to
Interest tho rest of ua. Arch and
Agatha Sixth and Dearest and my
self In a dissertation upon rose-windows,
when Agatha First interrupted
oh by running up and exclaiming:
"Do tome and see tho waterfall.
Foderson says there's a beauty over
thrro In those woods!" She had been
flown to the road with something or
othor from the spread, where tho au
tomobile and the chauffeur awaited
our return.
" waterfall!" ald Archibald
-Dear me! How jolly! Let's go and
ee it!"
t omo on, then!" cried Agatha
First, pausing and looking at him
expectantly. Ho rose obediently, but
Derore he could more than utter the
words "Delighted, I'm sure!" Agatha
Blxth had risen also, and was now
confronting him, as she coldly and
- haughtily reminded him that he had
promised to go and look for wild
flowers with her. It was putting the
old boy In an awkward position, I ad
mit, but that's no excuse for his sub
sequent behavior. A tactful speech
would have saved the day, but that
something perverse about him, which
he has in common with most men,
mado him want most at that moment
the girl who wanted him least. And
that girl was certainly Agatha First,
for without waiting to see whether he
came or not. she had run off by her
self, all eagerness to see the water
fall. Witnout considering the rashness
of such a speech, Archibald replied to
Agatha Sixth's rebuke by remarking
casually: "So I did promise to go
and look for wild flowers, but I didn't
know about the waterfall then;
wouldn't you rather come and see
that first?" We shuddered to hear
aim, Dearest and I. It was pretty bad,
you know. Yet, as I say I thought
I understood just how he' came to say
the fatal words Just what spirit
prompted him. But Dearest thinks
not. Sho says that he's far too cal
culating far too much on the look
out for his own Interests to run the
risk of losing Agatha Sixth deliberate
ly. She thinks he was only embar
rassed. Hut we both thought that
tin most peculiar thing about the
whole affair was the fact that Agatha
First, having left the group immedi
ately her unfortunate invitation was
given, must have been quite Ignorant
of the trouble It had caused. She
Boomed, Indeed, the whole time to be
absolutely oblivious to the situation
In regard to Agatha Sixth and Ter
hune. And this was the more ex
traordinary because any one else, any
Impartial observer with his eyes
open, must, It seemed, have been
aware of an affair of some kind or
other between the two. But Miss
Endl'jott, it appeared, walked with
her eyes shut, like a person in a
dream,, her thoughts upon some other
world or scheme of things removed
from ours.
As matters stood, however, the re
mit of the waterfall proposition and
Terhune's ' mismanagement of the
crisis it brought about, was a flat re
fusal on the part of Agatha Sixth to
accompany him anywhere, and his
frightened and tardy pursuit of
Agatha First, who was beckoning
him to follow from the edge of the
woods. By, Jove, it made me feel
Inclined to go after him and tell him
what I thought of him then and there,
Mica Lawrence looked so forlorn and
wretched as she watched them disap
pear into the woods together.
"The beast!" I began, "he ought
to be" But Dearest interrupted me,
and I realized it was because the
young lady was still standing within
earshot. "Donft, Wilfred!" she said,
"Agatha doesn't mind a bit do you,
flear?" And she smiled confidently
and encouragingly into the other
woman's face. It was the required
tonic evidently, for Miss Agatha Law
rence somotlmes called Agatha
Sixth at once controlled her quiver
ing lip with a display of self-command
upon which I inwardly compli
mented her. It's a trait of the Amer
ican girl, I think, that fine self-control,
and something that I admire
greatly in my wife.
"Of course not," she replied stead-
ly, and turning upon the bewildered
Freer, who was standing by, with the
sweetest possible smile, asked him
If he would mind hunting wild flow
ers with her. The invitation, I
need not say, was accepted with
servile gratitude hy that undis
erimirmtlug and impressionable young
rnnn. I.Ike the little dog under the
tt'.blo, Fi'oer was never too prouj to
partake of the crumbs.
My wife and I left alone, she broke
at onco into lamentation. Her plans
wore all going astray, she declared.
Match-making was perfectly horrid
and she would never, no, never, un
dertake It again. As for Archibald,
she gave him up. Sho couldn't under
stand it. at all. Why couldn't he
make up his mind which girl he
wanted and stick to ltT A mnn who
wily had ten days In which to choose
a wife had no business to go on as
ho did. Why, she'd never got him
married, and he'd lose his fortune!
Hut that wasn't the most Important
point to be considered by any means.
What bothered her most was that
poor Agatha Lawrence had fallen In
love with the marplot, and so far as
she could see and this In spite of her
best offorts the poor girl was des
tined to lose him after all! O, it
was really too bad. Terhune was
too, too trylngl I must really speak
to him and find out what he meant
by playing fa8t and loose like that! I
give you my word I've seldom heard
her go on so about anything. 8he
really felt distressed by the unaccount
able and rather mysterious color our
matrimonial project bad assumed, and
was much concerned for Agatha
Sixth's happiness. The other Agatha
we did not seem to be as interested
in somehow, as she had neither a hus
band or a fortune at stake with which
to enlist our special sympathies.
"After all, Wilfred," she said, hear
ing a deep sigh, "the course of true
love never did run smooth!"
"Nor yet the course of true match
making!" I answered and we strolled
down the sldo of the little hill where
the picnic had been to go and look
for wild flowers ourselves.
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W't V I . T J i 1 L If J -. '
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USE OLD FINERIES
LACE WAISTS AND SILK SKIRTS
FOB NEW BLOUSES.
Practical Woman Can Make Good
Us of Ancient Materials Every
thing Can Go Into Bodice
Nowadays.
CHAPTER VIII.
It was on the return trip to the cas
tle that I found an opportunity to talk
PT-r-.wo-yr.. s' errt w
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tlently, "that's Just what you're doing',
I should think you could sxe you're
ji'opardlz'tif your chitncos with Agatha
Hlxth eyery tlmo you so much as
glance at Agatha First, and really,
when you consider that you've nuked
the girl to marry you and are sup
posed to he awaiting her answer with
all a lover's Impatience, It doesn't look
well. It doesn't really! What do you
want to do It for, anyway?" I paused
in my tirade, but he iiiado no motion
to answer. "Why, It's plain loony of
you!" I exploded In my Irritation.
"For a man In your position. It's posi
tively suicidal to fool the way you're
doing. I shouldn't wonder at all II
Miss Lawrence refused you eventual
ly, and then the game would be up
Indeed!"
"What game?" said Arch, If yoo
please, just as if he didn't know what
I was talking about
"Why, your aunt's property In Au
stralia," I bellowed In his ear. "Yos
can't inherit It If Agatha Sixth won"!
marry you, can youT"
"Can't I?" he said simply, as If II
didn't matter at all, and I nearly lost
my patience.
"How could you?" I returned. "Ths
time's up In two days; Is It likely you
could get anyone elso to marry you lo
that length of time?"
He looked up. "I shouldn't care te
marry anyone else," be said. "I hap.
pen to euro about her," and his ex
pression was so earnest and siuctrs
I had to believe him. ,
"Well, then, for heaven's sake, mak
a little more effort to convince bei
that you care!" I advised, but mon
gently, and we walked on In silence
I broke It first, as he didn't seem 1b
clined to talk. "Honest, old man," 1
said, "I wish you'd tell a fellow what
you're up tot I hate to see you ma
king a mess of this thing, for no good
reason. If you didn't like Miss Law
rence It would be different. But you're
self-confessed as to that, and It's es
pecially bard to bear when Dearest
and I have been doing our very best
to help you. Tell me what It's all
about, can't you? Why will you per :
slst in running after Agatha Endlcott
just at this critical stage of the
game?" ;
"My dear fellow," he replied, "Ti
tell you everything In a minute 11
there were anything to tell. But there
Isn't, not a blooming blessed thing: 1 designs r suitable for the plainest
deny your lust statement, however. ! talIor gowns.
ine veiled bodice with lace under
part, commonly begins with a com-
'Plete blouse made with a high stock
of an all-over lace. A plain or pat
terned silk, or a Persian gauze founda
tion, which Is very stylish, will stop
at the line where the Jumper Is to
cover It and be filled In there with a
stock in appropriate materials. The
jumper, which Is of gauzy veiling in
the dress color, is the easiest thing In
the world to make. The kimono model
la the favorite for this over-blouse,
and Is fitted with one or more Gibson
pleats at the shoulders, or else tucked
hack and front, or across the shoul
ders only. One strikingly effective
device with such waiBts Is a broad
band of some rich trimming going
around the foundation at the bust
point, and showing richly through the
&Ae HOME
m DEIMOMENT
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The woman who has old lace waists
on hand, or a skirt or two In floured
or plain silk, may now find use for
these -illapldated fineries. A llltle
study of the shop models In both ele-
jant and practical blouses for winter
wear will demonstrate how these on
clent materials can be used up, for
everything can go Into a bodice now
adays, and veiling one stuff with an
other Is tho madness of the moment
Granted there must be a little good
lace for the yoke and sleeve bottoms,
an ine rest tnat goes into a corsago,
made after the present styles, may bo
patched to any extent. As for silk,
all that Is necessary Is for It to be of
a rich color, for the Bheen of red, blue,
orange, or violet must ho visible
through the covering of veiling, mar
quisette or chiffon. A summer foulard
'n black and white since these mate
rials wash like rags would be Inval
uable, for this combination Is stylish
under a veiling of any sort In any
color.
The veiled waists, especially If they
have three-quarter sleeves, are shown
principally for dressy uses, but the
style is too useful for the home dress
maker to Ignore when making over
old textures, and If trimmings and
models are sufficiently simple, such
TASTY DRESS FOR A GIRL
Navy Blue Serge Is Most Attractive
of Materials for Misses'
Costumes.
No material Is nicer for girls' cos
tumes than navy blue si-rKe. The ono
we show here Ix In a thick muko of
this. The skirt Is a plain gored shape,
turned up with a deep hem at loot.
The semi fitting Norfolk Is cut three
quarter length, and has material
strHps taken over shoulders to lower
A CIRCUS CHEETAH
Cy IZOLA FORRESTER
Copyright, iKIU, by Asauciaud Lliurary 1'ress.
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"A cheetah," said Murray pleasant
ly, "Is the pet of kings and rajahs
nd nabobs and the other classy gen
try of the far eust. Ever see one?"
"I'm not sure," little Sammy Clancy
answered.
The two showmen were on the train
n route to Join others of the tent
family to show in Philadelphia,
Clancy was new to the circus busl
, ness. He had appeared out of the
i west without warning and had bought
' J out the Itawllngs and Wells Oriental
! hippodrome on wheels, so to speak.
I Both Itawllngs and Wells bad de-
camped for New York without speclfy
' Ing their Intentions aa soon as the
transfer was made, and the new own
; er had appeared simultaneously and
bad picked up the reins on tbe run
1 away outfit and stopped the danger,
i He was a very polite, low-voiced
chap, about thirty, smooth shaven,
dark, with a slow, boyish Bmlle and a
! steady eye. The show people liked
him at sight, and within a week re-
spected blm. He did not yell at them
i nor use large language. As Murray
, expressed It after a personal experi
ence: i "He's an ultimate conclusion. So
I and so's the case, and there you are,
, and what are you going to do about
lit? He's a wise little boy, and he's
, my boss and the rest of the show's,
: too."
j "There are several In this country,"
I went on Murray. "Some of the parks
nave mem. nut iney ail seem ais
! pirlted. I never saw but one live one.
You don't know any of the old timers,
' do you? Haven't been In the busl
1 ness long?"
j "Not so very long," said Sammy,
i "This happened nearly eight years
ago, Just about the time small cir
j cuses began to lose their grip on ac
! rotmt of vaudeville packing the the-
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"Here You''.
r.e and Asked Ua to Help You."
confidentially with Terhune. He and
I were walking home, as seven was
rather a crowd In the machine and we
wanted tbe exercise.
"What in thunder do you mean by
It?" I demanded when I had finished
setting his erratic a ad Inconsiderate
conduct before him In Its true light
excepting, of course, the details of
the incident of the automobile in the
wood, and our later discovery of the
checked coat in his closet. AH refer
ence to this little episode and the
suspicions of Dearest and myself in
regard to his connection with it,
had felt obliged to omit. We had de
cided not to mention the subject to
him as we had after all only clrcum
Etantlal evidence upon which to base
our belief that Terhune had been
Agatha First's companion that day,
For, after all, the checked coat we
found In his closet might only have
resembled the one I saw In the car,
and he might easily have; owned one
of the kind without our ever having
seen it Our friendship with Arch
was too dearly prized by us to risk
falsely accusing him. And then I
couldn't help feeling that after all I
had rather surprised them when I had
come upon them In the woods, and In
seeing what I was not meant to have
seen, had rather played the spy, how
ever Inadvertently It might have been
done. And I did not relish' making
use of information so obtained. It
was better, much fairer to Arch, we
decided, to act simply as If my dis
covery had never been.
"Here you've gone and asked us to
help you," I went on, "In the matter
of getting a fortune, not to mention a
wife, and wben it's made as plain as
it could well be that Agatha Sixth is
the girl for you and you admit fancy
ing her yourself, why, then, what do
you do?" I stopped and faced him.
We were crossing Hartsmere common
and the castle was already In sight,
and his eyes fell before my Just in
dignation. He didn't seem anxious to
tell me, so I set to and told him my
self. "Why, you go" and spoil It all
by flirting with Agatha First, nov
don't you I"
"Spoil it all?" he
looklna; up. "Yes."
I can do that much for you. I am not
running after Miss Endlcott not ths
least bit in the world. I give you my
word I'm not!"
For a moment I felt a curious sense
of positions reversed, as if some time
not long ago I had been the one to
speak so to Terhune, and he to lec
ture me. He is older than I and has
always been the one to look after me,
not I after him. And this feeling al
most Impelled me to drop my In
quisitorial tone. But I thought of the
automobile In tbe woods and the scene
I had stumbled upon and grew Arm.
Really It was too much. I couldn't
let him string me like that!
"I don't know what you call It" 1
retorted Indignantly, "but whether you,
think so or not, you're with Agatha
First all the time lately. Why cant
you let her alone and 'tend strictly to
business?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Lace With
Jumper.
edge back and front. They are left
unsown at waist, where a band is
taken and fastened in front.
Hat of coarse straw trimmed with
black satin bows.
Materials required: 6 yards 48
inches wide, 2 yards sateen for lining
skirt, 4 yards silk for lining coat
xcoooooooocooooooooooooo
neck, with a stole drop at the front.
The same lace edges the sleeves of
the Jumper and forms cuffs for the
gathered undersleeves.
This bodice, like all tbe others. Is :
adapted to simpler materials. If a
gray dress on band must be fitted out
with a waist use any colored silk ;
blue, old rose, violet, green or white 1
for the foundation, and then get a
veiling In the dress color for the top.
Moire or silk in a matching color
could bs employed Instead of the lace
here used. A well-made waist In this
style would be suited to a handsome
tailor suit, and if liked the Jumper
part alone might be employed as a
model for a collarless short-sleeved
house effect. In fact, there Is no end
to the possibilities of this jumper, for
It is adapted equally to plain and
dressy uses.
Like a
Him.
That Animal
Kitten Around
Tame
LACE BAG LATEST NOVELTY
All-Over
Marquisette
A Fat Reducer.
Before starting to starve or drug
off your extra layers of fat try the
effect of this simple exercise, which
Is a great reducer of adipose tissue.
Standing with knees close together.
rise on the tips of the toes, and, at the
same time, elevate the chest and force
down the. palms of the hands as if
pushing hard on a board. Bend the
bands up slightly so the muscular
strain comes on the fleshy part of the
Jiand close to the wrist.
Do this whenever you hanoen to
think of it during the day, and you
will soon notice a decided difference
in your flesh, particularly in a promi
nent abdomea.
thin outer material. Narrow velvet
ribbon, or plain satin bands, trims tho
white stocks and undersleeves of
these bodices effectively, while the
blouse itself may have quite another
trimming.
Persian silk and Indian cottons In
a blur of rich color shape the more
practical waists, those intended
strictly for the plainer tailor gowns;
but when these gaudy textures are
veiled with something else, they at
once become things for dressy use.
Our illustration displays a blouse of
a simple all-over lace in a rich cream,
covered w!fh a kimono jumper of
king's blue marquisette. A lace in
blue and black encircles the round
SOME USES FOR OLD HATS
Great Saving of Time and Lace Ef
fected by Country Woman's
System.
A morning visitor at a country
house found her hostess busy with
mysterious little dimity bags, that
ere about ten Inches square and fas
tened with a draw string. In answer
to her query she was told that these
were "lace bags," and that samples
of the kind of laces they contained
would be sewed on the edges like tags.
She was furthermore told that al
though the proceeding might seem
fussy, it was a great saving of time as
well as of lace, for these fragile bits
of trimming get tangled and torn if
put in a box, even if folded at first.
After a few hunts for a particular
piece the lposened ends ieem pos
sessed to knot together, and It re
quires great patience tj undo them
without tearing the edgf-s. The sam
ples show just what kinds of lace are
bundled and safely pinned at ends.
and just the one bag need be opened.
All the bags are put In a large box,
labeled "lace," and this has a partlcu- I
lar space In the sewing room closet I
Work Baskets and Bags May Easily
Be Constructed From Die
carded Headwear,
Make Use of Spare Time.
Young man, don't sit with folded
hands, calling on Hercules. Help
yourself. Take an hour every day
from your frivolous pursuits, emnlnv
that hour profitably on some hobby,
and If only of ordinary capacity you
will master some science. Try the ex
periment Even though you niav now
be an Ignorant man, you may become
well-informed man in ten veara.
Hundreds who have had no better op
portunities than you have risers ihn
asked wlthotr j the commonplace. But they ms4
I affirmed tmpa- I iar of their spare time.
They may be converted into vrork
baskets. Also bags.
Tbe crown of an old felt hat makes
a good foundation for a bag, having
stability enough to withstand being
poked into holes and not worn out
easily.
Cover It with some pretry material,
and it will look like some flimsy bag,
while actually it will be as substan
tial as one made of leather.
More Interesting even to fashion Is
the work basket made from an old
straw hat
Trim off the brim, Iinr, the Inside
of the crown with silk, bind it around
the top edges and finish in any way
j your fancy and ingenuity may suggest
The leghorn hat turned upside
down and supplied with a ribbon han
: die, makes a pretty basket to use
i when gathering flowaxv, or a holder
(or various articles, which may be
bun i an.
In Filling Sachets.
Fill the tiny bags with a mlxea
powder of iris and heliotrope and add
a few peppercoras, which will both
preserve the perfumed powder and
bring out its sweet scent
Such bags and baskets may be made
into most acceptable articles for salt
at the fairs and bazaars which will
overtake one with the coming of the
winter months.
aters and getting the best acts. One
of the last to give up was old Pop
Atkins. By Jove, be trotted over his
old circuit with the same old ele
phants and wagons and animals that
tie a been giving them for years. His
wife died that year, but he didn't
care. They'd trained the daughter,
Clover, to take her place, and she
took better than the old lady."
aanitny evinced a fresh interest.
Good looker?"
More man that, son, more than
that. She was the $10,000 beauty, all
right None of your little sawed-off
soubrettes! Slim and fair, she was,
and graceful why, Lord Harry, you
should have seen her ride a horse we
had. It would waltz on its eyelids If
be lifted her whip. But the cheetah
loved her best. Pop used to beat it
and poke It playfully with a hot Iron
and so on. Once when it didn't mind
him he stuck the lighted end of a
cigar on the tip of Its nose. Oh, yes,
rop was surety playful."
; "Were you with him then?" asked
Sammy.
"I was up to two weeks before it
tiannnnr. Tl T , .
uu. iuc-u ruj ana i narj a
gentlemanly difference of opinion,
and I went east He used to whip
the girl the way he had her mother.
She'd fight back, but it wasn't any
use, and I Interfered. Well, he was
her father, and there you were. And
she was too proud to have him ar
rested and testify against him. So
after I'd pounded Pop and relieved
my feelings and been declined by
Clover, I left the show. She was
working up an act with the cheetah
then. You know what they look like,
bigger than a leopard and not so
crafty. They train them for hunting
over in Persia and India. This one
was trained to hate the hand that
struck him. So it laid for Pop."
"Who took care of it?" asked Sam
my lazily.
"A kid Pop had sent for from the
show where bo bought It down al
Coney Island. lie wasn't good for
anything around the show, but be had
that animal like a tamo kitten around
him. He and Clover had all the care
of it, for the old fellow was asleep
most of the time. One day It got
loose. 1 hoard about It from a pal
of mine who stayed on for the sea
son. It was about two, as the show
was breaking up for a new town, and
the cheetah got out and calmly
strolled down the main street In the
moonlight. It si'f-ttied amused and In
terested, but when a principal citizen
got busy with a shooting Iron II
Jumped at him and chewed bis shoul
der. Then this youngster went after
It, but It had tasted blood and was
feeling nighty airy. It only cuffed
at the boy, but it laid him out, and
all at once Clover heard the row and
ran out of her tent and down the
street after It. And say, she bad her
belt, little elastic business with a
pretty buckle on It you know the
kind girls wear and she put thai
around his neck and led It back to Ita
wagon. How's that? Plucky? yes.
While the hoys were hanging bacfc
with pitchforks and nets and hot
Irons "
"Another time It had toothache and
they got a dentist In, and she made
him give It an anaesthetic. Little
things, but they made that Leathen
cheetah animal love the girl as If It
had been a pel cat.
"Pop was thinking of selling out
along this time, and the prospective
buyer came on from Kansas City to
look the show over, instead, he
looked Clover over, and spoke to Pop.
Intentions? I don't know anything
about them, son. If he had any good
ones he certainly kept them out of
signt. lint he made Clover the bonus
in the business deal and he bough!
the outfit that night. 'Long about
12.::0 he comes out of Pop's quarters
and makes for Clover. She hadn't
Kone to bed. She was over at the
cheetah's wagon talking to It and to
the kid. It was moonlight, those
nights In August when the moon
comes up like a great flame-colored
blossom, and they were in Kentucky,
near the Ohio border. The kid was
playing on a mouth organ, real sofl
and decent, when the big chap came
over, took hold of Clover's arm and
told her what the deal was.
"When Clover screamed Pop him
self came out and tried to reason with
her. She was to go on that night to
Kansas City and marry the fellow
there and then back to the show. Pop
said he was sick and tired of the
whole show business and was going
abroad to seek a long-deserved rest
from his labors. And he struck her
with one of those short whips they
use on the animals when they lift
their upper lips and growl."
There was a brief silence. The
train was speeding along at fifty
miles an hour. Sammy stared out of
the smoker window contentedly, In
terestedly, and watched the landscape
of New Jersey take wings to itself
and roll up like the scroll of a parch
ment. "Then what?" he said finally.
"The kid let the cheetah loose,"
said Murray slowly. "And when the
two of them grabbed her and tried to
carry her off It leaped on their backs.
That's about all I know. Pop left the
hospital five months later with scars
that he'll bear all his life and the
other fellow lost one arm. That chee
tah was a discriminating animal. It
died from a bullet Pop managed to
land right finally; but It had done Its
work well. And the other two skipped
out that night, the kid and Clover. I
always thought they made for where
her mother's folks lived, in Indiana
somewhere."
"That's just what they did," broke
in Sammy happily. "And the folks
down there was good to them. They
let the kid work around the farm, and
Clover got well and pretty. Instead of
looking like a wax candle most of the
time. They lived there up to a year
ago. It was a pretty good farm. You
haven't seen Mrs. Clancy, have you
Mrs. sammy Clancy? No? I thought
not. She's going to meet us in Phila
delphia tonight. She still likes the
business, somehow. I guess its Just
because she's Clover, and I'm that kid
that, looked after the cheetah."
A Light Support.
"What Is it, do you suppose, that
keeps the moon In place and prevents
It from falling?" asked Aramlnta.
I think It must be the beams." re
plied Charlie, softly. Shelburne Falls
Messenger
Natural Query.
Mrs. Thynn Don't you think I loos
plump In this gown?
Thynn Yes. Did you have It made
at an upholsterer's?
Study the Child's Style.
Children, as well as grown-ups, have
a style of their own which should b
carefully considered In dressing them.
A child with a really pretty fact
may look positively dowdy if she li
not becomingly dressed.
For instance, a thin, lanky little girl
at the "awkward age," has her pe.
cullarities distressingly emphasized
by the snug, kimono-sleeved, round
necked blouses and scanty little skirti
of her plumper sister.
The roly-poly, on the other hand,
may be made to resemble a small, but
active barrel by wearing stiffly etarch
ed. frilled skirts and full ruffles ove
her shoulders. J
More than that some children lool
better In perfectly plain clothes, ana
some In frills. While good taste pre
vents elaboration in children's frocka,
this distinction of tho plain or the
fluffy may be Adapted In moderation,
IN THE CAUSE OF MORE PIE
Traveler Made His Protest, and the
Result Waa Both Prompt end
Effective.
An intimate friend of Frank Sea
man was spending a summer out ia
the mountains of British Columbia.
On one occasion he wrote Frank thr
he expected to move his camp in
few weeks and take a certain rou
by water and rail, to another part oi
the mountains. By return mall he re
ceived a letter from Mr. Seaman say
ing, "Don't take that route. Take
the train to and from there the
boat to . Stop off at and stay
there a while. They make the best
pie At tbe hotel there that waa ever
made on this earth. Don't fall to put
yourself in line with it"
Mr. Seaman's fondness for pie as
sumes, at times, serious forms. When
traveling in British Columbia himself
he spent some time at one of the
but Mr. Seaman was not satisfied with
the size of the pieces of pie. He ar
gued the case briefly with the various
waiters, but got no satisfactory re
sults. Also he stated his convictions
to the manager of the hotel, but that
functionary was not altogether a free
srent and could make no change. '
e pursuit of pie, however, Mr. H
an cannot be baffled. Shortly beiw
j inner one day he telegraphed thu
general manager of the C. P. R. at
Montreal that the slivers of pie which
were served were not adequate to the
rest of the scenery. The message
flew across' the continent and at din
ner that evening Mr. Seaman's waiter
obsequiously set before him a large
half moon of pie. From that time
on there were no further oomplainu.
It Frequently Happens.
'He married her for her title."
'You mean the other was- ki
largo hotels belonging to the Canadi- i uont you?"
an Pacific Railway company. Tbe j "No; her title to a lot of Talua! 1
service in those u excellent, J real estate ' J;