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Show B fM t 1, I I 'i ; f u 1 Pi I 1 i The Little Florist -"' B a EC I , ..it n i ' i ( 1 H l i I. " '"',' H f f j They M-cro neighbors, T m . 1 I Ho was a florist, 'arid had Hopes of' B f in making a good living. Sho Mas mak- H yjj lng a prosperous living by managing B j Bt an Inherited nursery. Hq was, young. HB 1 i fl Sho was younger. Thcro similarity HV I J censed. Ho was Tugged,' uricultuccdj ilH fl plain, rough, wUh!j a certain fchijn of IJH ! ' j -virile, forceful hora'oHncj3St'dlfypul to la analyze Sho was' pretty1,,' college bred, 1 ' I aristocratic. Ho bcllevod In brawn JHJ ( and brain. She bollovcd in blood and H ' j brooding. H , ( Thoy wore ;not neighborly, - She H it called hcrselLa,,''hortlculturlsf.""" Hc I aS-Waoyi8iPdnrji(lMa; jW , ' jour 'ferbuwlB?'' asked Undo Wllllatai IjH i ono'nlghfcas he and pick-sat smoking H B J) "I'ni'puuinE-oW'peTinyljIcBallritio H ? lntoto'kwchlfllPlfiii.uJbBn'iiln. H ft u , "Foollahtool .Who Qvor.hcardsteU IssM M ' of rIslhll-flowors1,or,fruftJwlth"gasr Ifs'asln Nature." , . V I "Tou'll seo," said DlcJtvUffrribrclo puff! at his plpo and a far away look In bis bjuo eyes. 1 ' ' ' '"' 1 t H !' i.( r il), i , "It's porfoctly scand'lpu.sj' sniff 9 I Aunt' William ono bjtiprlypld Tru- . ary ovonlng as sho sat by tho kitchen flro mending a palr.btJDlcU's'Bocksli ' f "WhichT" askod William, , looking ,: vp n-om -his-newspaper nbBehinfnd 1 iMi il H ' " l "" I "pjek's goln's-on." t . JiZV'.m "whoro's ho goln'nowt' he askedt' bis Jmliid'tlH on'theTpa'pof.'' --1"''- "Don't you knowT"sho demanded, I looking 'at him: peVercly, "that pick li efspondlpg!,OT'rir1ponny hqi jgqtf In 1 the florid' for a big black machine an' tl ' lot o' rusty pIpesT" ,i -..,., II Uftclo William looked cnifhed If;,, 1 I "Listenl" she said, suddenly.hoid' tins tip ono of Dick's socks warm ugly. 4 ; Bno onithejcrlsp, nlght,-alr thore fcS, ijf am the distant Tinging blow of 'ham- Si n 4ft xnerj,upon stool. ffr 11S J4st then the.: tblephono' bell rrig' fi f loudjy. aaa J JL , "Qoodnoss mo!" exclaimed Wllllam, B gB r almost dropping, jthq lamp. , Stepping m S h to th'o Instrument ho put iho receiver LB ' t 'E 'Itt to his car. H .' W II "1! Dldc.nuBsell :ttieroT" oikedj aq' M J if Iff unftoillapTbice,),J J l"- ' " LB ' il H "No. He's away at - work Mm thls. ssB V 'Iff a 5 r-ls nB'l.-. ssV I r 'fi i I "Wllfyou tako a tncssago to hlm'at B J ;l 1 1 "f'ho'ro you?" B I a . m "Sever mind me. Hero's tho mes- B I 5 fl ag4 It'B fmnftant. pifeintnussell PPJ I la that! tho wehthor'clbrkSvlros'Sdvoro H 1 R ,ffi !' frost to night.' Good-bye." B j I A j tramp of about two hundred yanla M I r II 'through tho snow brought Undo Wll- 1 1 1 i ff lllani to tho "gassy madhouse," as m '' iDlctt's neighbors politely called the J, I r; atnjture Jft B ' , fesS "tVho'd7that?sk4'Dlck.'a4vl)cf if 4 '"iw- '4n 11 fH 11 ir? ,11 'thatifipT-vj 1 y u 0 & 1 K to "Thoro's to bo a sevcro frost to- H ' ?L nlgat Weather expert says so. An' H 1 i . I'm a freezing out hero." H j f ft Dick swung tho door wldo open, fl iij j "So thoro's going to bo a blgrfro3t H '11 , tonght, eh! Did you notlcwwhit tho B j MS therTncnnotcrjialO) hpn,. you t" left !BBBl i homo?" K Eg "It said five b'low zero." .0 5 Picking up tho lantern, Dick hurrlod. k Si J outside "tho -door v and consulted his- B ) I&S own thormomctor. B ) V ?f i S "lx olow iov," said ho, thought. Vi 'f I' I fully' B f '' ? It ? Then, hastily giving somo Instruc- Bl HF L ' tlons to tho workmen, ho put on his BBl . 7r 1 ' BR -. 1 ') u ! " HB "I'm Putting Every Penny Into That RH Qat Machlpe," IBB1 ' WS CORt and hat, took up tho lantern H 1 I) ajalni'and turned to Uncle William. H ' TV r- "Uncle Dill,1' said ho earnestly, "1'Te HVv ' MaB working and waiting a long time for this night Sit still and get warm tlUIcomp,back..',I)t , ,h I .II. , Dick wont straight to Helen Item-lngton. Item-lngton. Ue knocked on tho .door, soft-"' ly. His heart pounded fiercely. 'j ,f,"Wh6 ls'thro?;yaskou;, puWcd, i)iarlitcdlrdiblnep)cpj.thrdpgh tho, door, , ,. , , , ., Ut"h?tf 'only iDlcii Erinssell.'i 'ho said qulotly, 'There's an important mat- terT must aec you about'" - Thon-8ho"oponBdnho"doori-hangh- tilyr fearfesaly, ??, iVtiTZ- J ZZ rX1 "Como Jntotho,,aUtlng room, Mr. TluTMMOliJhU-tlTa'Jglrl IHgldljrCJJt BPWvl T Jfrri jftsBf sBmT ( fj - VJajw-iiJm IJatatftsBflf.-i BtiBsHnufWllHAhkr' fr79Tirwff'rT T-Vl&f'' PBwBBBWflsCTIN- llrVsK('iJlul ! tkiiimT: MBiKrfftvrBMliflrTsf L Mil' 4V' f JMlrn1! J " Hi TmBferaPI They Looked Into Each' Other'a Eyes ,j Helutlnflly. Incredulous, Mute. 'nlghiM'baidlw (blushing like a girl, "and I como to warn you." "Haye you warned tho other neighbors?" neigh-bors?" she 'asked quietly, ' ' x '"No-o? Triat 14, tV '" r"Why-havea't jrou?"-.-- -- "Because I well-bother lt"all!" he ,stammored, suddenl getting vrarm all over "because' 1 thought of you first 'And 'I only got the news a' fewinln-'utos fewinln-'utos rigo. And 't 'couidn't,1 If I 'waited to( save-all -the orchards around hero. Buf ttcan' sive'youraandray owa and,UpcloBJU's,"., ,,..., -"How? - ' ".".A. V "Wlthrthena-plant IWe beea building, build-ing, and-and-7-'.' , ,, , , , ;IIo hesitated, stopped. ."Never mind tho, details, Mr,',Itun; sdll," sho said hurriedly, as sho, arose tc( her feet; "It is late, and tHero (s. your own garden to tbinki cf.'.v Mind, must tako its' fahanqesl' as "It1 always has done. ' I thank" yoV . YVi,"J l"But,'' lnterrupte'DIck. n hcatoodi u and faced' ho'r-T'i'l)utt'h'eJW8an naln "J I " m n Thon a sudden pompfoheriww Wopt , through him; ''Ho understoqd hor strange 'oxpres'sloh. 'il.tli'rdVo, wpuld"havo said' dlodj upon ihlalllpsv Ho Warphed out , ,', ',','; ..,'..' MIbh Remington, loft alone, took up' a book, jand , 'tried ,'tQ.' read. J, But she could not 1 iii'f 1 ' I Looking out In th6 direction of Dick' RusseU's farm, sho saw that his ,orn cljard, was fenqompAscd.',and 'cVossed by systematic! rows'i of jollowt tight jots, blazing and stroking Mncaddlly n the still air. ii'u "1 , "jThn' tho truth," camo homo to her. " H was not Insane. Ho was merely a genius, Ho was rlgh 'sho-was wrong. , Ho had'' como to hor In manly 1 helpfulness, and she had-;; The tears 1 came to her oyos,1 'But not for long. Hurrying to the hall, sho put on hqr heaviest ,boots and warm wraps, and stoppod outside. But ono thought possopstfd her to And Mr, Russell and tisk his forgUcness. Tho rest did not mattor. Sho found him, as fato would havo It alone. Hearing footsteps, Dick ratsod his head. "Helen!" , iThey looked Jno each qthor's oyes hesitating, Incredulous, muto. .'Words camo, at last. "I misjudged 'ou,' sho said simply, humbly. That Whs all. J' That night Dick 'Mid things" man-lj man-lj things, rapid, clovor things. Ho hurried Aunt William and tho two men, Undo William hurried two horses, and tho two horses hurrlod load after load of sparo Iron piping to vnrlous places on Miss Remington's farm. Bui first, with great Joy'land 0' fllo), Dick cut a uido opening jn the fence. Under his vigorous strokes 'tho jWjres, parted with a vicious, ro-ltictapt ro-ltictapt snap, and tho victorious besieger be-sieger passed through into tho prom ised land. , Qulckjy and doftly tho men began coupling tho Jengths of plpo together, while , Dick, vlth ono band almost frozen, went back to find hU lost mlt-t,en. mlt-t,en. Finding It, tho pipe laying progressed pro-gressed with greater rapidity. Soon 'v'i i fli W '.!!' ,UT J ,-, the Remington orchard was tncotn passed and'cnJHod wlthllh'esliil'black tubing Hatdfupoh the snoW crauVWttf plpe-leagth pierced lnthd ehtef Wltfe- i, tiny' drlllodi holo. " 'l9';ul fel Teallgreo helo'w erot J -' Jwiu Wearied 'and. cold "the JcW'Stag gored to tho- gas house and1 sank" ex' hauitectcon the fltfor.'.j'AfteV'-a's'hbrl r8t Dick consulted thethcrmometei IT , .: fie y.. 0 ijnuu'' again. .. . RfIto telowl' '; , r yl'I'yo dono lti" ho gasped triumph antly! e l W As woeks and raontas-jKonti-hy, th Wisdom tof.pcJtrBjpgiIgtJi4.qa'i.becam JBBorknd more maoifqsii and) when Mptt HtnoVcamo, pie (Ooly.orchardi Whlch"boro fruit crops In tbatATlllag More tho thrdofYa'rft20atr'Prlftlewoll. Dick1! bank' a6co;uiiCr6v tfodiglous 8. Tho'ast'enfpaht of Miss Item-gtbn'smortgage"dfs"ripnea'Ted. Item-gtbn'smortgage"dfs"ripnea'Ted. WThO,ibVfcAch iri1fcnfco'-rbarfler, onc opbri,', slowly, wfden6d;c'Mife Sundered wli-cS, onc'parted,' refused to rounlto THo'wa'y' ltitb paradise Tcnialned open. 6Wo 'hlght-he asked Jat question that Wcstlan wtifch has'ro-echood1 in th unlvorBo sIh6o'Jtlmo bcgan-Mind Miss Rortlng'ton,' blushing archly said: fVcs, Dick." AT THE)B9if?NTqFriTrie EAr?r Why, tjw FurJajthe Mvj,ulap to 1 The man .who fflQsM if ew.York only onco Jn tea yearsr said Jie could nbt understanAyWjhyttqjJvea in Cen trol ParkVs9emcd1so' muc'sck up than thojrostof the animAiarbut,er he had traveled 'about' 'town for sot cral days ho saw through It. It was because OF p'er'coiiPoTHtiVftirTleri? In town" haVo"choscn'fa 'blaJDldfek'Ibear for an' ''advertising sign. 'WhyMHe' qlher ahimahiMn the'2(6o should!' M5 bo' discriminated ''against pufezkd" 'tha1 man not n little.'' One day'hoasked'a urrler!'about If ": J ' 1o flx" ' H"It'ls because the bears last longer than 'anything else,'" said the furrier! '(to-all thtf ahlmals 'in "New ortfriI Aoh't'knoW'of any 'that'have'a' Mrdef tlrno th'an'thoso'thflt stand outside Tar-1 rfdrs' stores, winter and 'aumm'eV,'" and! fef to drtm1Jup(r5ft?Sftllftlr.ftPDl9Jr' ffwirlte 4?esPj waHoany.offfeFencei whatIklnd)of,0weh.cjt cpmoBjahing, Kqftf rlitil blowsy hftt,iproold, pap WHCTAtiftAyRi tfi!)ifitafldl attbqfr jpflsjt, md swelfflrr.lrqejfK aa thocmajr, Le. Naturally, all those changes aro pretty hkMl'Utf'h'elfe"rild6Jfftnfc?,onbno bjitrbedrs tah1 stafi'd-'tho straln'.-f Sortie fufrlors h'avd "tried 'tha fox,' lyni-amfl tther1 anlmhls'iiow an'dtlidn'ara'VeilJ (tiro, but thoy havo mostly co'merb!k' totho bearjaanqstj aqf,act$.ry Mlttjt. ,Jaeyrwat.tppiifl,;4tooh tA. lt6JnrtJ4o1)to treated M && fast for twenty-flvo years, so JhV brings him down to a comparatively low prlco afljsrJtdh'to-NlsWTtorkv Press. 5 1 It f t.r ' i..r f r trim nrilM . |