Show THE COURTING COAT coata aven a woman could 14 h 0 nil ned moore war wan strewing 11 alaur pl aur from big pipe 1 I beckon the tb doctor poke spoke the lb truth red ped ire ive cot got to do it but it a toe the devil a own I 1 luck u ck 11 bed ned moore lowly slowly reloaded his pipe A fortnight fortnights holiday well I 1 I 1 can manage the time but bow how about money haring lake will eat up a tao SO bill in lee less than ten daya days I 1 I 1 here pipe waa was abandoned for a moment while pocket pockets were emptied ahat hat about clothe clothes I 1 mum must have one new dew rig must but how I 1 the ile pipe wai was resumed rei umed and ai as the moke smoke curled in meditative rings above the smokers a bead the lines on blis 1 forehead deepened I 1 hot hate to do it but bane hang me it I 1 tee are any other way and ill the price waa As only C dirt cheap anyhow who II 11 know the rig was wa second hand and if it an n one doe does guess aliat list the devil do I 1 c care a re when ben sed ed moore arrive 1 at the au etc ond and hand ohop he made the painful discovery die covery that the blue eerie terse aull suit he be to buy was wa built for a man twice big size axe it wai was his first ex r P fience however with a second hand tand clothing merchant and constitutional bashfulness made blin an eay easy victim ten in minute I 1 nu ice later he ift that hop shop the owner of a tweed lounge ault suit handsome it li is true but a combination of yellow and black aggressively I 1 horsey I 1 in color and pattern 0 a 0 0 0 nhen hen ned moore caught his first view of 0 the crowded veranda of at the monmouth house he wished he hadn haan t come and after working his hi way through a bevy of pretty girls aur our rounding the main door he be decided to akia dincer dinver in the big dining room and up modestly in the small cafe later aa as he finished the jersey duit dust from train his pale fare fact be he 1 I 11 christen chr laten my new outfit to night I 1 there 11 be L lu ill ibe the cuff tufui anil and perhaps III 1 II 11 get reconciled to the vulgar thing after wearing it la in the twilight in a moet most curious fashion the modest upper supper ned moore had planned while vy way back to I 1 lat emmr summer and was wa 0 80 happy living over chopo th dr door wt sweet lay lays then pom hr ly so like you pai pass 4 oswen en me m and the iea sea fitting in 0 ao so tru true with my sweet dream aben an arci arm atole stole around mf me tha same old I 1 yellow and dd black coal coat and kiy bird bless ny my soul inn man cut in the angry lover eyeing ned moore ID in you re ve not got on an my old courting our ting rig I 1 see it all 11 II now nell ell dar dear don t say another biord ord it a all roy my ault ault I 1 d all 09 business to sell 11 that dear old court lox ing coat it waa was rank sacrilege 0 0 0 a ned moore found something more than health at the seashore rae hore his bearl heart and be I 1 turned to new M york a new man am ething time soon stratified had opened bachelor aea to the loveliness lovell neu of 0 woman the loneliness of bar bachelor belor life tor for in alx all months he married married and settled down to bard hard work and home life hut but tor rea ona sons the nature of which be did not explain to hia his little wife he neier parted with his hi own ovin courting coat even when its daya days of active service bad had departed dep arteil artea billack and bite I 1 v I 1 ir I 1 CO 1 I 1 I 1 le I 1 I 1 d X I 1 P 14 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 Z i 1 I II 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 w I 1 I 1 1 I 1 fol I 1 IT S ALL A MISTAKE I 1 dressing developed into a full ull fledged dinner he ile seemed to have put on a new appetite with hie his new sult ot of old clothes and a new nes thirst as well for be he found himself ordering a pint i ft ef champagne that bottle ot of wine be he enjoyed thoroughly twilight deepened while ba dald and there came to the ex invalid with the gathering shadows a strange longing for companionship through the open window came the heavy salt air bearing to hi his ears the mingled talk and laughter ot of the many people on the bands sands he ile waa was dominated by a new born asire to draw nearer the heart ot of life to come cloar in touch with that crowd ot of pretty women down by the sea and so he paid his bill put on his bat hat and was A as soon one ot of the multitude detore before he bad been on the beach ne the minutes he found himself smiling at a pretty girl and a moment later be he inked boldly at a second As he passed along he be o erheardt that girl say ay to girl i did yu ru see that as awful ful impertinent hind isome man wink ink at me I 1 1 then suddenly be he came into the presence ot of the prettiest woman he hid bed ever seen een she was visa all alone and halt reclining on the sand was gazing gating stead fasti abrora the fea sea to where the harvest mo n now slowly lifted out ot of the green waters j before be he kne knew what hat he akas as doing nad N ed moore had stepped behind the girl dropped on the sand lipped slipped his farm arm around her waist alst and wa as giving lier an old fashioned hug that the woman oman took tool madly to this embrace was isas quickly proved tor for her head dropped against ned moore it shoulder and a little hand stroked caressingly his ellow ello and black coat sleeve 1 11 I must say something thought ned moore and he was sas on the point of speaking gilhen ben another wan spoke tor for him 11 ell I 1 im m darnel darne 11 I 1 and when ned moore looked up he ar tar facing him a man about his own lie and build man w hose face ace was livid vi with till passion 1 the intruder didat didn t give ned long to think however hoever for he burst out IN hat at ia is this nell ell V ahat hat in der I 1 he ile got no further for with a shriek tha woman oman sprang away from ned moore A hen she faced him she looked an enraged tigress she was too angry lor or words answer Ans me nell answer 0 it a all a mistake ailrad a fu I 1 mis IRIS take cried the young woman 1111 mistake stake nonsense no truth jack joel and the pretty tear stained face was lifted toward the 8 angry agry man I 1 was sitting here sie slie ran on her bar voice tremulous waiting for yo yoe and I 1 bad had just dreamed my ase I 1 I 1 |