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Show of loIet like tie 1 worn ncrh you cut lotijj khiee grant IrtnorlAct cl a luinl.li ! in my tomb." a trap ram e to in. "Not wn that. M.e answered. rig orotMy. "You nr.M not make believe to no. Hob and i,ro practical BY MERRILL TOWNE We knew the management, and . ' like to and all the Committee Appointed to Consider Me the ku. (jewel laid c .t in the rude glare of I Proper Means of Dealing With I ; Certain Portions of Presl day." :! It t me, 1 be "You butt the dent Mrcsage. i Mich ou. hM a little fragrance 1 know "Yes in a way. It N making be you are a fraud," she hail. jib mv make liiitve. one can llevc m will that foti tin. lightly. "Yes. I have thi real. she said, Ter Washington. Hepre-- ntative She had a little thin volume In her see the garden although me Is out- with a low reKnance- - of voice. Introon Friday hand. It was daintily bound. A gold side with the tare, bald wall between. "If the Pint c hi Ms the whole world, kins of New York a resolution, which had been duced daffodil, prim and shy. Mood in sil- And no charades ever did the make let him chi at h'mi If. I agreed And upon, providing for the apIn the houette on the cream eern-r- . "The tomb Is mpty. ipiite like that." lower right hand corner was the jan-t'pointment of a special committee of The Poets voice had odd cadences must go. name, also in gold. In it Mimetimis, The tomb i empty," he acknowl- five members to consider the proper "I have always means of dealing with that portion known that you edged. "Ned cvm ashes. "Perhaps tome day jou will f the presidents message which knew," the poit answered, gravely. cover It. She paum! at the doorway. "You have a habit of seeing our souls. "We have talked a great deal of criticises the ccngiiss In prohibiting "Perhaps. It Is diseonei rting to us." nonsense," she said. "It is refreshing he detail of seeiet service men to "Ant! come Into the garden, Then they both laughed; his laugh ami I will come to meet vou." to talk uonser.se when one Is prac- duty outside their own bureaus, as gay as hers. j tical." The resolution is preceded by a "If vou mo me. arc to nonsense the cm tut can talk "What "They pal "Of course we shall ne vou?" ri citing some expressions preamble went Poet offered ill d fense. And she i ( r "Thi-imust be hundreds w antler an Elf? he the lues: ac. No effort Is made "No. no. They are what vou fancy and haze J'o give voice to the feeling of the lug round, let In on sufferance. The down to the world of purple should he pat. You hae smelt the gardener has said to them; "You can mvMirlous the louse. In presenting the resolution stringing l.gbts fragrance of a thousand blossoms in have a look round, bit vou mustnt Mret-ts- . Mr. Perkins made a brief statement, loxe's garden hut you have always touch. That Is tiepressing. I don't lie went tack and gazed at the raying that he was satisfied that the been Oil the othir side of the wall." think vou would recognize me if 1 Ivory box. Feme of the shadows had t'ouse would not hesitate to take such will me a even allow not "Yqu were cue cf the dtjnssed; I should stolen into 1.1 fare. etion as the digniiy of that body re-- . glance through the barred gate?" Two months aftirward the Poet ; uired. He said that some of the he chint'MH-- hy a humility ur.to w hich "No. not even that." she said, se- I was not Itorn. tried to do something only remotely j president's expressions were unforverely. 'Thilanderings and flirtations Oh, what is that quaint old akin to i ootry and failed. A small tunate. "And. are hut the faint whiffs of the pr-fum- box? child, led by a butterfly, followed her The resolution was adopted, and over wall. die the floating desire across the tack of They passionate She to of the the shelf pointed top Perkins of New York, Den-bMessrs. unconvery easily. I think you have no bureau. An a horse. The child, runaway of Michigan, Weeks of MassachuIvory box, yellow with heart at all, Aubrey. and ami carved all over by Indian scious of the danger, crossed safely. setts. Williams of Mississippi age, He grimaced disagreement. who cared for small people, The on Poet, were Indian and Missouri rested of appointed Lloyd patience "I am sure of it," she added, em- figures He reins. the clutched at severing the committee. there in an exalted loneliness. phatically. "And yet you write I am reached last but the missed the relnB, In submitting the resolution, Mr. a "That, he answered, slowly, is angry at every tear, and at every sigh, hex. knowledge of all. Perkins said that the statements by and at every smile, of which you cheat, to Elf. home Bob came the gravely the president could not be lightly disShe laughed a happy, me!" regarded, as they might impair the with something of inquiry in It. He had been to the Poets room. "But I do? he asked, a trifle laugh, of the congress, and that will In them with his Poet the I'sefulness It is a curious premature sarcophaeagerly. undue obtuseness might argue a lack was for there he continued, with the wooden was always unnamed, gus, Yes. But I feel the fraud all the voice of a only one he" so intimate "he desired of proper guide. time. Of course it Is mostly myself. She wheeled around and stared a little carved Ivory box standing on 1 think of Boh when I EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES. read." the top shelf of the bureau to be at it. Yes. they all think of Bob," the "I do not know what you mean. But buried with him. I took it down, and for Poet said, and if there was a sadness If you stand on this grandfatherly the Up opened. Inside was a water-colo- r The Year 1908 a Record Breaker Uncle Sam. in his tone it was so very slight that chair you can hand it down to me. sketch unfinished. It was your it was unguessed by her. "Bob sells. Then I can hold its manufactures Washington. More mysteries and face, Elf. Bob Is really a very useful chap. United her blue She with the from eyes big opened were exported know. in "He comes home In a month," she sudden illumination. 1908 than "You are like a huge bumble bee in States In the fiscal year of of tomb "The the heart the Poet, volunteered. the web of a diligent and respectable any preceding year, aggregating In "I am glad. Elf," he said. s of a billion dolspider. You have broken down my she whispered, very softly. value She smiled at the term. It was the little laborious web of mysteries all So the Elf knew the last of the lars, according to the annual - report Poets own, invented for her ever so but one small corner. You must not Poets mysteries. of the chief of the bureau of statisat two least before know long ago, that." years, tics of the department of commerce-anIn a Fall River Factory Family. she married Bob, the Poets friend. "Then do more showman, please, ; . labor. Another family, the Perosts, makes Of course you are. You are bis before I go. His report shows that th-- value of friend and mine. I have been outMy little ewe lamb, Elf. Steal not a pretty good grade of childrens hose to Europe is increasing yearme the jast of my mysteries," supporters. This is paid for at 75 exports to husa from have such rageously lucky ly,, being $308,000,000 in 1908, as band and such a friend. the Poet Implored. cents, the gross. This profit is someagainst $355,0O0jK)O0 in 1907; '$318,-000,00- 0 I Before she Mrs. Perost is a fraud, we detert "The friend go, said, severely, what exaggerated, since in 10V and $283,000,000 In mined. bunching into one small hand a para- must buy. out of every 75 cents one 1905. In 1908 copped led In value of china purse with a spool of white cotton. The contractor exports t QEurope,' of this material Not to me. she answered, smiling. sol, a You are quite transparent to me. I defective catch, a handkerchief, and supplies one spool. pf cotton with each $97.000 000 being sent. Refined min, see all your little tricks it is like the little slim volume. gross of work, but it is only half eral oils came next, totaling $55,000,-000and of iron and steel manufacIt is a curious premature sarcopha- enough, as he very well knows, and standing at the back of you when you tures the value was $47,000,000. he are acting to an audience in front. gus, repeated, hurriedly. "It con- Mrs. Perost knows that he knows it. The vahie of manufactures exportHe made a wry face, and she tains that which is more precious than Minnie Perost, aged nine, is the only from ed this country to all North the colors of the rainbow, and more child old enough to help. When she laughed. America the year was during beautiful than the lisped love words comes home from school she works, "Is it not good to be understood? of which the principal item It holds enshrined the and between them they earn about 75 was iron 6he went on, rapidly, making a pretty of fairies. and steel, valued at $72,000,-000- . of heart the Poet. cents a day. They have to work pretplay with fluttering hands and laughTo South America, which comes It holds you heart? queried she, ty steadily. Mrs. Perost has five chil- third on the list, we exported $72,000,- Arent you glad that some ing eyes. one kipws you quite intimately? in a crescendo of incredulity. dren. The two oldest boys are In the 000 worth of manufactures. There are so many who fancy they Even mine, Elf. Catholic protectory, and in her secret The value of manufactures export-(know the poets heart, and I stand unBut you have none. to Asia in 1908 was $72,000,000. heart Mrs. Perost is glad of the fact. seen and grin behind you because I Not now. I keep it there on the The two youngest boys, six and seven, Of this $25,000,000 was in iron and know you havent any at all. It is all top shelf. It was inconvenient. What have long since passed completely steel and $23,000,000 in refined mincan a poor Poet do with a heart? The from her control. They are called bad eral oils. To , Oceanica $40,000,000 sent, You have found me out. Elf, he great public would not like it, for it boys even in this neighborhood. This worth of manufactures were in was of wUich worth said, soberly. "It really is all art all would creep into his songs, 'and we before they are old enough to enter $14,000,000 iron steel. ,and t t gold and cream, and, big margins and all know, oh, wise Elf! that there is school. trick. Up here sometimes I have a nothing so unreal as the truth. So I When a mother works all, all the Insurance Man Freed by Court. :regular orgie of being myself. No one took it out of my breast and put it up time, what opportunity has she to disNew York. John R. Hegeman, sees me but the stars I open my win- there in the ivory tomb. I am very cipline her children? Rheta C. Dorr, president of the Metropolitan Life Indows to them, and they are horribly proud of it, because it proves that I in Broadway Magazine. surance company, .was freed by the was once as other men. s shocked, and draw clouds over Smallest Newspaper. supreme court on Friday in a decisWhat use, did you make of it, quickly. I read evening papers 'and my bank-booThe smallest newspaper in the ion that, if it stands, will serve to by the aid of a Aubrey? illumines and does not The use that foolish children make world, according to ;lhe publishers quash all indictments now outstanding lamp that officials. This Is, choke light. of toys I broke it. statement, appeared a few days ago against insurance a to statement, by District She clapped her hands. I "Nonsense! believe it never on the lower east side of New York. according exwho, Jerome, however, Attorney He took up the slim volume. It is of the size cf a postal card, with woke. case to to court the take the pects These are well done, aren't they? on the address side devoted "Perhaps not. But its dreams were one-haof was appeals. Mr. Hegeman We know that, and we know that they beautiful. to advertisements, and the paper verificain the. wi,th charged perjury are frauds. Because I have no heart. The tomb is empty. I am quite proper printed in' small type in Yidtion of a , report 'made by the Metro"Because you have no heart, the sure of it. You are only trying to for- dish, under the title the Jester. The politan Life Insurance company to Elf repeated. "I wonder what it feels get that I am not an audience, but the name denotes its character, and it the superintendent of insurance in like. Is it like acting charades? Elf who knows. contains principally, humorous para- January, 1005. Tbe 'matter reached Not, quite. The graphs, with local, national and inter- the appellate division of the supreme Ah, true I had forgotten. But it is making believe? court through habeas corpus proceedtomb is empty. But there is a fra- - national points ings., . ymu A fri-Friiiu- e lt. HEART POET'S - eo-pit- . 1 M-t- b-ll- s ( I I love-songs,- " ic-ke- e y irrec-ionslbl- e self-respec- t. three-quarter- . blue-stone- d $189,-000,00- . d . art, . them-jselv.e- k lf . I |