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Show ~.... . . THEJORDANJOURNAL.MIDVALE,UTAH [ l , --~,_,_, ______ ,,,,,,,~,,.,.,,,,,,,,,_~-,----------~~·• • FO R.. ' SPOOF SYNOPSIS.-Lured by hi~ four year-olil playmate. Jean Lane, Fran!< Hall, agedwall .six, ofven on tl)e forbidden a lures dam, in a small Ontario town. He falls Into the water, and ts saved from possible death by cLinging to Jean's outstretched arms. day Jean Informs him that Next becal,lse of their adventure or th" day before he is In duty bound to · marry"grownups." hi'!'. He ag-re<>s whenJean they are With 's broth~r John, also aged six. Frank begins school. Two years lat~r they are j?lned by Jean and Frank's sister Marjorie. A tittle later Jean con (ides to Frank, 111 verse, her hope of some day be""m!ng "Mrs. Hall" He accepts the Frankdies. is fourteen "proposal." when his mother The boys are eighteen when John's father ts killed In an accident Two years later Frank's father and John's mother are married. DlssatJ,fled with conditions. and ambitious, the two boys make plans to ~o to Manitoba and "homestead," the girls agreeing to go with them. They set out. At Regina th"Y meet "Jake," who agrees to find them satisfactory homesteads. He does so, and the two friends tile claims on St>clions Fourteen and Twen tv -two J~:4 sagely advises the ~d ventur"r"' {n the purchase of suP' plies, alA in a wagon drawn by atheyoke oxen, and with atutur~ cow. fourof arrive at their homes. CHAPTER V ' said .lean, who had a strain of delicacy in her that at times contllcted with her surroundin~s. ," A h. that Is Ofle of Its chief virtues. You may not know ~·et, but you will learn-at len st.- so Jal1e assured me-that population Is not nearly so scart'e on the prairif's as tt seems. He sa~·s 111Ut the inmates of one of these littlt' l>adlf'lor sharkR in man.v cases nmnber liternlly n1illions. Mi11!ons. 'VeilI bey .don 't like tar paper. Blessed bP lar paper!" I scratc·hed the outline of the sllftC'I{ in tlie sod with my shm·eJ and began digg-ing a cellar in the cl'nter of the !'ttl t e ll 1ot · ~' or a d ep tl1 o f near1Y two teet I dug tltrough a brownisb-hla\'k loa m thnt turned easily and threw dean from the shovel. Then I strlJ~J,· c a sticky. yellow clay, and the going was much slower. But by the time we hear·d .Jack's hoRrse voice and his 1 t red oxen clicking their hoofs up the trail on the evening of the se<'· ond cta.v I had succeeded in making a hole which we a!:!reed to call a cellar " Next day we set about our build· Jng in earnest. There were no union hours with us. We worked from early morning until after sunset, and laid (!own our tools at lflst with affectiOI)· ate reluctance. We were stiff an<l sore in every jolnt and muscle; our hHnils were calloused and our finger nails were battered wlth misdirected energY, but our henrts were with the gods. r relflle only absolute truth in sa~·lng that when om· shack was finlslwd 91~e moved into it with a sensf' of aC't'Ompllshment such as perha[JR no king ever knew amid the luxury of his palaces. As soon as Otlr first building was fi,nished we started a similar one for .Jack and .Jean. Then we built a little 8 tnble down in the gully for the oxen, the cow. the pig, and the . hens; we lmproved the crossing of the stream; we dug a well; we plowed a small area on earh farm and planted It to oats. and then we went on plowing for next The mornf~g was another gorgeous burst of sull.sh in e. 'l.'h e· gi 1' Is w lrere early about. As I carne up from the stream where I hnd washed, I met Jean going down, wearing a blanket. Indian fashion, for luck of a bathrobe.. A weel1 on a dusty trail had made the pres\~nce of snow water, as deep as one wanted it, a peculiar luxury. "Gee, but it's good to he alive l" she exclaimed, swin?:ing her arms, to the peril of her costume. ''Does one al ways feel like this on the pniries?" "Always mildly Intoxicated, so .Jake says, but those at·e not his words. That's why wes!emers are more optimistic-and more reckless-than easterners. Alwa~· s Hn atmosphere jag under their belts." "Here's to Jake,'· slle cr~et!.. "Hnve 'l>ne with me!" as she took a grf'at chestful of fresh nir. "See you at breakfast-if T'm sober enough !" That day, anu those tbat followed, were bllSY, busy clays. The oxen were tired and footsore with their long journe:·. and we decided to let them rest, but Jack nncl I took no holiday. I was del erminf'd that on the \'ery first d!IY I would plant. spme crop on my farm, so I started at orice to spa de Up land fo1· a gnrdE>n. By mid-afternoon I had spnded qnite a sizable garden plot. Then I bl'OI'e the clods as best I could and planted a few rows of potatoes. 'l'he roll owi~g day I continued my digging, and thnt evening, with a:;<sistance from .Jean and Marjorie, planted onions, carrots, beets, lettuce and radish. We agreed that by the third day the oxen should be ready for the road again, and Jack was away soon He Saluted as He Brought His Horse afler sunrise of tile bright spring to a Standstill, morning. He took the trail for the railway station some thirty miles to season's crop; we bought a mowing the south, and the sound of his wagon machine and rake--on credit-nod cut umhling over the soft earth came an ample supply of wild prairie hay oating bacl• on the breeze as a sort for our winter needs. We had decided of accompnniment to the bellicose that, as fall came on, Jack and I, with voice wblch Jack affected when he the yoke of oxen, should make a pilgrimage into the more settled districts was ox-driving. My next effort was the digging of with a view to getting work with some a cellar. The location of our shack farmer, and so replenishing our rehad to be decided upon, and for this I sources. called Marjorie and .Jenn into council. It w'as a hot day in the middle of "'"e agreed that it should be .., 10se to July when, up the trail from the south one brow of the ravine, and that Jack a speck grew out of. the distance. should builr1 his close to the other. Traffic did not often come our way, so that each would command an un- and Jack and r both stopped work in broken view of his neighbor. Perhaps the field to study its approach and to even then we hnd some premonition conjecture as to whom or what it might of the spectf'r of loneliness creeping be. As we watched, the figure took the down upon 11 ~=: tlwoul(h the ntr;~t mists form of a horse and rider of heroic of the snmmf'r or the snow-wraiths of size charging down upon us literally the hli:r.zard. nnd alreall.v we were out of the heavens. As It approached planning our linf's of defense. the mirage lost its illusion and horse ''How many 1·ooms will there be'l" and rider carne back to earth. By this asked .Tf'im. "Let me see--reception time we were sure that the glint of J:oom, Iivin;; room, parlor, clinin:; room color which had seemed to dance --you ;r:_~·''~ at Jenst ha,·e that." vaguely about the figure had a basis in "\Ye shall," I said, "nud one door fact; there was no longer a doubt that will lead into. them all. A room is an atom of scarlet was approaching anyt l ling you call it. We can change along the trail. the name as we change the [Jurpose. Leaving the oxen to their midday One moment it is kitchen, the next, meditations we walked over to my living room, and so on," shuck, where Jean had already joined "Dra\1' a p!n 11 of lt.'' snid 1\tq.rjorle, l\lurjorie. It could now be seen that tnrning up the planed side of a board. the figure was approaching at a rapid So I sat do11·n and drf'\V a plan. while gait, anu its outline, no longer blurred the ·girls wntchec! over my Rhonlrlers by the shimmering of the mirage, with as mneh intPntness as thou~h r stood out sharp and clean against the l'o·ere an architect designing a palace. uistance. It was a mounted policeman. "'l'he house will he one story," J As he drew up beside us I had a explained, "and long, and narrow, he- sense of being in the presence of physltuse tlint is the simplest as l'i'ell as , icul perfection. His horse, although the cllenpPst way to build it. and we wet over the flanks, showed little sign are to !Je nur 0 ,,:n carpenlers. The of fatigue; the dust of travel clung to wallf; will be of shiplap, covereu with the rider's sunburned face, but the mntchrd ~iding, with tar paper between. smartness of his bearing and uniform 'l'he r 0 of IYill be of two thidnesses was unimpaired. He saluted as he of boards, bent to 11 gentle o•;al 0 ,·er brought his horse to a standstill; then ' · d spr:mg Jig!Itly to the ground. a stout rirlge-pm'lt an again with tar paper between. ; You have no lllea ··1 ije:~ I am right," he said, address·mw much the \Vest owes to tar piJ- ing Marjorie and Jean. "Won't you per. wberever", the 11 ew settler ;;oes, introduce me?" jj'oes tn.r pa-p~r., ',.I would almost say," Marjorie wns the first to act, alI continued, ,\'!rtroing up to my sub- though I suspected, even then, that he ject, "that if a fl. 1g is ever nf'eded lind spoken more particularly to Jean. !'or tJ!'ese ~~fi~l"h· prairies it •:hou l(l ·'My brother, Frank," she said, "and be a banner of tar paper, nailed be- T .Jean's. brother, Jack. This Is Mr. tween two laths. 'Oh. say, does the Brook." ;ar paper banner still wave?''-you see, We shook hands cordially, and Jean It hns possibilities." :tsked our visitor If he had had dinner. "[ bave not.'' he confessed, "but please • • lt<>~~Ft1r S1f~~I> •~----·-·-·~,····---··-,----,·----------------·--,--·· Author of ahout the West to know that a catf'hy gone bettt!r sinre I discarded my com"Th~ c""" Puncher.'' "The Homeste~tdn•" nickname. once applied, sticks. So pass. The bullocks ne\·er took kindly IJy Spoof I 11m, to everuiJody, except the to the compass. No dtlUbt It was a " dPar folks at home, who, of course, foolish notion of mine thnt ll. furro.w could nc>ver understand. When 1 wrote should run eitller east and west or t t1e governor and sal d t 11e peop Ie here north and south, seeing t h at the wh o1e don't go to any trouble." But the called me Spoof he answered. 'Sneh farm has to he plowed an;;way. I now girls were already in the house, muk- insolence l I'd have tile lnw on them! Jet them veer and t<~ck as they please, ing preparations. ltemember you are still an English- and we are making considerable head· "There's a stream around here, if m;~· tLI,'tn '·' Poo1· old ,.!:!. overnor !" way." rnaps are right.'' the policeman con· "Here are some Jettet·s, ~Ir. Spoof," "Any Cl'OP in?" , I inued. speaking to os, "and both Dicl! ~nid .Jean, extentling the little bundle. ''Not this year. A chap In Regina and I could do with water.'' "I B roo;, 1 t h e poJCPman. I' 1e ft nem 1 k ·u·r. advise d me toplantasa("Ofrolledoats We led him d..wn to the stream. as he rode by a few clays ago." and raise my own porridge, but, thank .wd to the well, and although I was "Good old post oflice l" :Spoof ex- [leaven, L'm not Seotch. No reflection rli8pused to be prf'ju.liced ngninst this claimed. "\Vouderful l!ow they chase on the Scotth," he atlded hurri\Jdly, :<tl'ttllJlin!! ~ youn!:! '" fellow who seemed a beggar dowu. Isn't it'Q Tlwy even noting a warning !lash in .Marjorie's to take more thnn a casual Interest in know me by my Can>1dian na we. Good eyes. ''The,Y ure a very wonderful .Jean, I lost much of that prejudice old P. 0." people. They eat oatmeal, and thrive rhrou!!h a little incident that hapS f d · t I· t t poo rna e us come Ill o liS en·. on 1t. A very wonderful people. Oh, rwned when we reached the water. The furnishings were not elaborate, I say l Can't we have some tea? • A\though Brook was undoubtedly suf- hut they had a little air of something Beastly dry business, homesteading; fering from thirst he removed his that seemed to be missing in ours. no afte!'n0on tea. I must speak to my han;e •s bl t, so t h a.+ h e cou ld d nn · k ·tn There was a tin trunk, which had been man about that. He's the same man <'omfort. before he accepted the snt on until It had a great depression a8 mixes my whisky and sodas, accordproll'f'red cup of water which Jack in the top, and a leather trunk, gener- ing to the governor's Idea of It," Spoof brought him from the well. Jack anJ ously plastered with labels. There I · d d d exp ame · • I spoke of It afterwar and agree was a great box, yvhich he .used as a The girls went inside, and In a short that a chap who did that soi·t of thing table, and dishes of inappropriately while brought out h!a and sandwiches, was a good bit of a man. delicate china. There was ·a folding "Do you ltnow,'' said Spoof, when After a hearty drink Brook took off rot with steamer rugs. Qmte · a hand- the girls had cleared up tbe tea things his hat and tunic, produced towel. some shaving set was strapped to a nnd were out of hearing, "the thing soap. comb and brush, and cleaned up wall Of the tent, an·d a great curtt·idge of which I stand most in need at the even more thoroughly than se«med belt with a prodigious revolver hung present moment~that thing which is ~Accept only "Bayer" package nerPssaru. As I watched lJim partin~ from a tent pole, while a rifle leaned so essentially English, and from wh!cb ' ~ which contains proven directions. his hair by the reflection in the water against it. Spoof evidently meant to I have been divorced for more days Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets I renlized that Brookohad not forgotten sell his life dearly, if there should be than I care to numher-that thing for .Also bottles of 24 and too--Druggists. 11·hat so ll.Iany of us pioneers often any demand for it. Three or four Eng- which I would gladly give half of my A,spirm ls the trade mark of Banr Manutacture or Monooc•tlcacldeeter ot Salic~Ucacid diu forget-the value of personal ap· lish magazines lay about, and a to- kingdom, meaning the northwest quarnearance. While we walked up the oocco jar with pipes stood in the cen- ter of section Two? No? Observe What Is a Corn Club? Mule "Swap" Brought bnnl; t0get1Ier I admitted to myself ter of the table. But what caught the blushes beneath my sunburned ']'he method employed to l!elp the that although 1 was as good a man as .Jean's eyes were the pictures on the cuticle as 1 admit that for weeks I rarmer raifle hetter corn was the snbFor tune to Lucky Man he was, I didn't look lt. walls. Spoof's tent was up less than have not had a bath. For weeks, lit- ject f'or cliseussion in the geogTaphy Elevt'n years ago Joseph Beach of The meal which the girls had pre- a day, and there were .pictures .on the erally. It my poor governor could class. In answer to the question, Caldwell, N. J., dt·oye his balky mule, r,an~d loosened all our tongues. and be- walls. know that, not even the hide of a polar "What is n corn clnhT one of thf' l\I:111d. down the streets of the villag:e, fore it was over we were chatting "This Is my diggings," our host was benr would reconcile him to leaving me girls replied: "It's the cob with no ftnd met .John Gosman. They stopped merrily. Brook had the latest gossip saying. "A llttle crowded inside, ' but to live the life of a savage.'' corn on it." to talk. Then Gosman noticed the fidgfrom Regina, and interesting news plenty of room outsid~. The law of "W~ can soon fix that-I mean, we eting ~Uautl. about lllmself. At last he had es· compensation, you know. Have to do can furnish the wherewithal," said I, "How'll you swap, Joe'l'' asked Gascnped from barracks, tempora,·ily, at for the present. Beastly expensive ''and I will expect the deed of eighty "DIAMOND DYE" ANY man. any rate. He was detailed to two business farming. We'll hav~ some lea acres In r etum." So we led Spoof GARMENT, DRAPERY "Can't say, .John," replied Beach. months' relief duty at a point farther presently, if there's any spirit left In down to the pond. "\Vhat you got?" west; he promised himself another tlle spirit lamp. Sorry l can't offer you ,"l\Iy word, my· word l'' said Spoof. "Got a piece of land down B'loric1a mefl.l at our board on his way baek. a anything better." So he rattled on "Why didn't Jake tell me about this? Just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye way; Palm Be::Jch or West Palm .prospect which Jean and l'llarjorie nnd and made us fef'l very much at home, I will have that land guide's gizzard Bent'h, some such a place,'' Gosman Jack received with much satisfaction, even while I found rising in my heart fo1· this omission! My word, if only Each 15-cent pack- answered. and 1 trust I showed no smallness some yearning of sympn thy fur him. I had a bathing suit! I say, do y.ou age contains direc· "Worth $75, you reckon?" Beach about it. The sun was setting when our little think there would be any great dantions so simple any 1 asked. At length Brook insisted that he caravan started homeward, casting its gpr-any danger at all, that is-of an woman can tint "GnesR so, let's s'wap," Gosman remust be on his wuy, but before going man1rnoth ~l,adows across the soft, interruption?" soft, delicate shades plied. b~ laid a dollar bill on the table in paywarm prairies, and bearing Spoof's "Not a bit. We have that all oror dye rich, perma· And tiH'Y signed the papers. me1lt for his meal. \Ye objected n>ost promise to, 1·etum our visit at the gnoized," and I showed him a red nent colors in linBeach is departing for Weflt Palm strenuously to accepting money for ou1· earliest oppol'lunity. handkerchief tied to a stick. "When gerie, silks, r:bBeach soon to look at the property, hospitality, but as he pointed out that the pond is in use we fly this banner bons, skirts, waists, for which ile has been offered a small it was the government that footed the 1APTER VI on the bank of the gully, and we're as dre. ses, co' at s, fortune. bill, we allowed ourselves to be persafe as Sunday. The girls usually stockings, sweat1\[nucl is dead.-New York Hf'mld· suaded. Governments. like rallwnys. S[Joof was a~ ::lOOd as his word. The have tlleir plunge In the miudle of the <:overings, hangings1'rihnne. are legitimute prey. Also, from some- following Suml ~· we saw his ox team afternoon. for that matter, and leave :!rs, dr.aperies, everything ! where, the policeman produced a small as a s 1ow 1y-g;ro -vmg ·on in the:·~ ev~ . , on sec tl on us undt'\·t'ded poP-seso spec,, ~1 ~Buy Diamond Dyes-no other kindl>ox of candy, which he presented im- Eleven, aucl 11 mile away we heard re- ning.'' and tell your druggist whether the mapartially, to Marjorie and Jean. Bnt murks to the "bally bullocks'' which, Spoof was nlready half undressed. teriitl ~·ou wish to color is wool or sill,, you most important, in so far as this s1 ory presumnbly, were intended to be confi- "My word, and do the young ladies ready tL or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed is conremed, was a bundle of letters. dent! at , swim?" enjoy your They were tied to,.:ether with a stout ~oods. social duties, "I just brought the bullocks for ex".TPnn is the best swimmer I ever sports or string, with only tbe baeks of the en· ercise,'' he explained, when he drew knew." I confessed, modestly, "'Ve recreatioos t velopes exposed, and on them was Radio for South Seas up befot·e oui· shack. "1 could have liwd beside a rh·pr at home, and she written in a bold hanu the single word Reeeivin . ; sets are to be distributf'd wall•ed much easier, and much quicker, had a way of bagging all the prizes at "Spoof." by a Ilritish mi:-:sionary to nativefl in but they keep my arms and \'Oice In our S\\·irnming races.'' "They're for a young Englishman the South Sea islands. Coconut palms, form.'' "She bagged bigger gam6 than that," who is to be a neighbor of yours," The girls were \l'niting In the shade .Tack [JUt in. "She stored up a lot of SO to 90 feet !Jigh, nre to be used for Brook explained. "He left word at the aerial masts Ltegina post otl.ice, asking to have his at the eastem side of the shact; in trouble For herself and the rest of us mail sent out if there was noy chance. their Sunday dresses of •1'msy stul'f hy pulling our worthy Frank out of the Did you ever have a pair of soles It seems he had so:ne local fame under af)]JJ'oprinte to the hot '>'P:tti>;::· they millpond one clny, after the bubbles outlast the uppers? IE not, you have hnd br~un to rome." So then I had to never worn USKIDE Soles. People , the name of Spoof. a-nd the clerk in !uoked very sweet and cl!anlli:,·:. write that they can't wear USKIDE I tell Spoof about that incident. But I "Ah, here are the latlif.':s,' ' said the post office readdressed his letters out. It is the Wonder Sole for Wear! by the world's largest rubber that way. That's discipline for you l Spoof, and in his manner therr was a avoided rt'fer<'nce to the pledge that Made manufacturer, the United States Rubhad followed it. touch of gallantry thllt in Silllie way l\1y word, what they wouldn't do to u ber Company. Comfortable, healthful, seemed f<•re1gn to either Jack or me. waterproof, good-looking. Tell your man in the force-" repairman to put USKIDE Soles on "Heal prairie roses, and no mistake,'' "I know h,im," I broke In; "at lenst your shoes. Buy new shoe~ with This girl Jean seems to be USKIDE Soles. USKIDE will cut your I have heard of him. Jake, our land as he took their hands in his; "It's ;hoe b1lls down. Get g·enuine USKIDE. HIND pretty interesting to any male jolly df'cent to asl• a strunger over. CORNS Removes Corns, Calguide told us about him. Where does rhe name is on the sole.-Adv. louses, etc.~ &tops all pain, ensures cowfort to the who comes along. Is Frank All this out,-of-doors; dawns, sunsets, feet, makes 'P•aHdng ea.sy. l5c by mail or at Drug• he settle?" j~~alous of Spoof? gists • .Hiscox CiJemica.l Works, Patchogue, N.Y .. "Northwest quarter ot Two," said sky, distance--all \'ery fine, hut it isn't Form-Fitting good to be too much alone with it. the policeman. "Two miles due south Dum-I'll het the mosquitoes nearly of you, as the crow !lies, or would fly Hather overwhelms one. don't you ru inf'd your fi ~hiog trip. (TO BE CON'l'lNUED.) if he had occasion to. Spoof isn't; there think?" Dumhbeli-Oh, no; when we got in "I have felt that," said Jean, while yet-I came by the quarter this mornthat pup tent of onr!', thPre wasn't Needs 1,000,000 farmers. Land prices low. Cheap for $1,200 ing. I suppose he's traveling by ox Marjorie was fumbling for words. Ten crops averaged $300 an acre net incoms A western young mnn visiting New any room for· mosqnito<'s.-Life. annually over5-yeo.rperiod. Cl im~tte healthful, team and will arrive some time later "Lt's too grand; lt oppresses one. It's good schools aDd roads. Write forinformo.Lion. York city thought it would be fin~ to in the season. You'll see his sign up -it's all soul ; no body." Shave With Cutieura Soap huy his SWf'f'theart's en!);agement rin:r "That's it-that's it!" Spoof agreed. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE on .Two when he gets here. and perAnd double your razor efficiency as Tallahassee, Florida there. I<~ntering a Fifth avenue stor.• ''All soul-no body. I shall write that haps one of you wouldn't mind drop---..., well as promote skin purity, skin comping in on hlm with this mail, If he to the governor. The governor, denr he \HIS waved from one lordly clerk fort and skin health. W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 45--1925. No mug, no doesn't call on you witi'Jin a few days. old chap, thinks this country is rather to another down a lon!i aisle and at slimy soap, no germs, no waste, no iniHe's Eng-lish, and he may wait for an a bit oll' the map. I llave promised to last rertchPrl the countt>r where there tation even when shaved twice daily. Bass Doubly Hooked sh6ot him a polar bear for Christmas, was a personage who sold engagement introduction." One soap for all uses-shaving, bath\Vhile fislring near Piqua, Obi~,., We shoot> hands .with the policeman and he's quite looking forward to it. rin.:s. "HPre are sonw rather neat ing and shampooing.-Advertisernent. \Yal!ey Gensinger a:1d l\Iiss Belle ring-s," saifl the distingui~hed one. He writes to lmow if I find the native and parted with him, and the girls O'Brif'n hoth hooked the snme ba~s. stood watching the scarlet figure as it labor satisfactory, and can my man ":Snw ll, of eOLit'St!, hut in good tnste." Verification Our young friend liked their looks. It i>l belieYe(l that the two minnow mix a decent whisky <1nd soda. I must faded to a speck in the distance. bu t was pained to l.;arn lh('y ran bait:=; were within a few inches .llf Offirer-Sny! You enn't swim there! "Isn't he wonderful, Frank?" said set his min<l at rest. I let him think from $3,500 ro $5.000 ll[liel'e. He adBather-I !mow I can't. I'm dl'owueaf' h other and lite fish got the!'' botll .Jean, turning to me with an enthu- I run quite an establishment, you un.l mitted. in some c·onfnsion, that he ing! nt one strike. siasm dancing in her eyes which, under derstand: lHl sends a check now and wiRllf'\1 sorue1 hing a little c·heaper. any other circumstances, it would have again. which, of eoul'se, llears a relabeen good to see. "Don't you think tionship to the position I am supposed Tllen the miglrt.v one l'enl'hed into a hin and ln·ou>'ht up a handful of spark· that he--that all of the mounted [lolice to occupy in local society." "Doesn't your conscience trouble lrrs. "Take ~·onr pick.'' ~n;d loe, polite-are very wonderful?" "All of the mounted police are won· you?" Marjorie queried, the con versa- ly repres~ing a yawn, "$1,200 each," The honle-town ,iewPier sold that derful,'' I agreed, catching at the im- tlon having swung into her orbit. "Not at all. 1 am doing tl1e gov- ring.-Capper's Wf'ekly. personal noun. Two mornings later we saw the e rnor a kindness. He S]Jenlls rather When Brides Were Bought white gleam of a tent on section Two. too much money on whisky and sodaWe quit work early that afternoon. particularly the former-so I am mereWedding glft::l apparently have dehitched the oxen to the wagon, and ly getting !Jim interested in another \'eloped from lhe earlier custom of ex· went down eo masse to call on St}OOf. kind of e)l:lravagance. A Younger Son rha11ge of gifts between bride and He saw us when we were yet afar is a very successful fonu of extrav- hri<lPgt·•JOJn, in turn bnsPd upon maroff, and, when It was evident we were agance, don't ~·ou thin!;? Whut 1$ it ria;:o;e hy eonsl<leration. where the suitor headed for his tent, he came striding Kipling says-'By the bi1 ter r''"'cl the llnd to give to the father of hil!: in· out to meet us. He was tllll and slim Younger So'l must tread,' m· ~"1!11'\hing tended wife a h,·ide price or present and sunburned ; he wore leg!flngs and like thut? So why shoulur:.'t i!~l '' gov· 'nrl Ihe daughter 1vas provided with a corduroy trousers and a belt, and be eroor sweeten the bittet· t·oau r, li!t.ie, .lo•wry a'! a renvn gift The p.lre fo~ J bride sh"w~ cousid· took otl' his hat when he saw the girls. and drink less wlti~:l'Y to his soda1" \Vhile we were busy thinking 0f erahle ··aria1ion, aeeorcHng to the "l\1y first callers," 11e said, in his clear, English voice. "This is jolly de- some appropriate remark 8poof re- wealth of the interested parties and the ncr>ompllshmE>nts ot the bride, cent of you. \V on't you get down, membered nts bundle oC papers. "I ventured to bring these over," he Among .,..,rtuin tribes a couple of pigs ladles, and visit my farm-this Is It, MOTHER:- Fletcher's Cas· all around here--while we unhitch the said, tendet·ing them to Jean. ".Just or g•J>~ t!'l ~ef'med to he sulf\{'ient capsome old copies of the Illustrated Lonitnl necessary fot tm·estrnPnt in one hullocks and turn them to grass I toria is a pleasant, hannle* AnJ(Ing the suspect you are my neighbors from don News and the Graphic. '£here are goo,l husky helpmnt,... some sketc!Jes by an a1·tist showing his Bedouins of. Mount Sinn! Westf'rrnat·ch Substitute for Castor Oi1, Parel~ourteen ?'' "Fourteen and Twenty-two," said I. conception of homestead life. I rather tells us the price of a girl is "ft·om goric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, especially prepared ucting as spokesman, and introducing suspect the governor has let him read to $20." hut sometimes amoul.'.t~ to $30 for Infants in arms and 01ildren all ages. ''if the girl Is well connected .md very our little party. "We have heard of my letters." you, but only as Spoof." Presently the conversation turned to handsome.'' To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of "Spoof Is :ood enough. In fact, I agricultural topics, and we were more Proven directions .£.!! ~ package. Physicians everywhere reco=end it. A man w!th 'l.n elastlr ltnAglnr.tlon think It Is rather a ripping name, don't at ease. ''My plowing," Spoot explained, "has Is apt to mistake It for hi~ cnnsrience. you? And I know enough ll.lready WNU Service Copyright by Robert Stead .. .. 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