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Show TT T V' V- ' V er was for anything nor ter anybody) asters By a BOOTH : eO"'T ple V -- 'TARKINGTOfT nP. MljhV zi 0. (V Continued. m out." I shared his confidence VI. Autumn trailed the last leaves bePenalcy had jusi opr-arthe from hind her fly ing brown robes one night ; door, returning at noon from his we woke to a skurry of snow next when Hamilton Swift, Junior' morning; and It was winter. Down twice came piping from the library. town, along the sidewalks, the s Where he was reclining In his wagon set lines of poles, covered by the window: them with evergreen, and ran streamCousin David Hensley ! Cousin Da ers of green overhead to encourage the v!d. come !" he cried. Come festal shopping. Salvation Army San-Clauses stamped their feet ami rang running ! The Hunchherg are here I" Of course Cousin David Hensley hells on the corners, and pink-facecame and wa liume liare'y children fixed their noses Immovably Introduced to the whole Hunchherg to display-windowFor them, the family, a ceremony which old Iiob. season of seasons, the time of times, who was with the hoy, hail previously was at hand. Undergone with courtly grace. To n certain new reporter on the They like Dob. explained Ham- Despatch the stir and gayety of the ilton. Don't you. Mr. Han libers? Yes streets meanl tittle more than that lit fhe says they do extremely!" (He used days had come when It was night in Bitch words us extremely" often; Inthe afternoon, and that he wns given deed, as Dowdell said, he talked like fewer political assignments. Tills wa rli'ld In a hook." which was du annoying, because Beasleys candidrcy dare say, to h!s English mother.) And for the had given me a Im sure," the boy went on. that ill personal governorship Interest in the political situathe fai.iily will admire Cousin David, tion. The nominating convention of les. Mr. Ilunchherg says, he thinks his party would meet In the spring; they will." the nominat'd! was certain to carry I ml then (r.9 Boh told me) he went the election also, and tints far Beasley Clmost out of his head with Joy whet, showed more strength than anv othv Beasley offered Mr. llmichherg a cigni man In the field. Things are looking ml struck a match for him to light it. his way. said Dowdell, lies always But whar. exclaimed the old worked hard for the party; not on the darky, whar In de name o' de good stump, of course," he laughed ; "hut Gawd do de chile get deni names? Hit the hoys understand there are more lak to skeer me! Important things than s; e clmmklng. Thai was a subject often debated Ills record In Cotcress gave him the between Dowdell and me- - there wa confidence of evtrvhody in the s'ate. and. besides that, alwnvs trust nothing In Wainwrtght that could lur Suggested them, and It did not seem a qu'et man. I tell you If uo'hiug c probable he could have remembered happens he'll get It. them frsiii over the water. In m.v opinIm fer Beasley. another politie'nn ion they wire the inventions of that explained. In an interview, because hes Dave Beasley! Yes. sir. I'm fer busy nnl lonely litt'e bruin. met the Hunchherg family, myself him. lott know the lays say if a man thp day nfter their arrival, and Beas- la only for yon. in this state, there ley. by that time, had become so well acqtui'nted with them li.it he could remember all their names, and helped In the Introduction. There was Mr. Iltnichberg evidently the child's favorite. lor he was described as thf povsesor of every engaging virtu1 and there wns that lively matron, Mrs Hunchherg; there were the Hunchherg young gentlemen, Tom. Noble and Grandee; and the young Indira. Miss Quern. Miss Marble and Miss Molnnna II gay and pretty exceedingly There wns also Colonel Hunchherg, an ncle; flnallv there was Aunt Conley Hunchherg, a somewhat decrepit hut very aminhle old lady. Mr. Corley Llnbrhlge happened to he calling nl the same time; and. ns It appeared to be Beasley's duty to keep the conversation going and constantly to Include all of the pnrty In Its geneial flow. It struck me that he had truly (as Dow-desnid) enough to keep him busy." The Hunchbergs had lately moved to Wninwrlght from Constantinople. 1 teamed; they had decided not to live In town, however, having purchased a line farm out In the country, and. on account of the distance, were able to call at Beasley's only ahout e'gh times day. and seldom more than he evening. Whenever a twice l mystic telephone announced that they were on the way, the child would have hfmscK wheeled to a window; and when they came In sight h would cry out In wild delight, while Beas'ev has tened to open the front door and admit them. The He-- d and Front (and Backbone Tlv'v were so real to the ch'M. an' Too), of the Opposition to Beasley Jleu Icy trenfed them with such conWas a C'ose-Fiet-sistent seriousness, that between fh Sort of Man two of them I sometimes began to feel One Named Simeon Feck. that there actually were such people e snt much In It and he may go hac' and to have moments of n It : but If hes fer you. he means It that ! couldn't see them: nnrtlcoieri1 aa each of the Hunchbergs developed We!, Im fer Beas'ev ! There were other candidates, of a character entirely his own to the last peculiarity, such as the aged course; none of them formidable; hut Ant Cooley Ilunchhergs deafness, on I wns surprised to learn of the exist-.- , wh'ch account Beasley never forgot to cnee of a small hut energetic faction raise his voice when he addressed her opposing our friend In Wninwrlght, his Indeed, the details of actuality In at" own town. (What are yon surprised this appeared to bring as great a de about? Inquired Dowden. Dont you light te the man as to the ch'lcl. Cer- know what our felks are like, yet? tainly he hullt them op with tnfln'te If Rt. Paul lived In Walnwrlght. do On one occasion when Mr care. yon suppose he could run for con1 without some of his near neighhe call to stable Hunchherg and happened getting out to try and down fng, Hamilton remarked with surprise bor that RImpledorla had come Into the him?") The hend and front (and hnekhone room without licking his hand as he too) of the opposition to Hensley wns osnnlly did, and had crept under th table. Mr. Hunchherg volunteered the a close-fistesort of mnn. one nninptl Information (through Beasley) tha ed no Inpen his approach to the house he had Simeon Beck. He no-seen RImpledorla chasing a cat. I' considerable Influence, I heard; wns s hard worker, and vigorously seconded was then debated whether chastise incut was In order, but finally decided hy nn energetic lieutenant, n young that Rlmpledorlas surreptitious man man nnmed Grist. These, nnd others aer f eutrnnee and his hiding under they hnd been able to dmw to their faction, were bitterly nnd engerly ophe table were aufflclent Indication that he well understood his baseness posed to Beasieys nomination, and worked without ceasing to prevent It. and would never let It happen again I quote the Invaluable, Mr. Dowden And so. Rensley having coaxed him out from under the table, the offender agnln: Orlsl's against us because ... sot up." hegged. end was forgiven. I had a quarrel wait n clprk In Beasley's o dis the splendid shnggv office, and wanted Beaslev could almost head order my hand when. In turn, charge him, Hnd Bensle.v wouldnt to show that fh" Sim Peek's against us out of Just plain patted i wrongheadetiness and beci-ureconciliation was unanimous. he nev of-Or- tner-clvant- u -- d s. 1 -- - Hard-Knuckle- d il r. half-surpris- hard-knuckle- - f fi 1 the other day; he said our asked him where hed find anybody more a man of the common than Beasley, he said Beasley win too much of a society man to stilt him I Tito Idea of Dave ns a society nmni wns too much for me. nnd I laughed In Sim Pecks face, hut that didn't stop Sira Peck! Jest look at the style he lives In,' he yelped. Ain't he fairly Look at tlmt big lapped In luxury? house he lives ini Look at the way he goes around In that hig ear of Ins anil a nigger to drive hlin, half the time! I Imd to holler again, and. of course, that made Sum twice as mad ns he started out to he; and he went off swearing hed rIiow me. before the campaign was over. The only trouble he anil Grist nnd that crowd could jpve us would he by finding out something against Dave, and they can't do that because ther isnt anything to find --SB ijpE, 1 mutton-hea- candidate ought to be a farmer, a umn of the common people. and when I rnuims rgg- g- had a talk with the old In his life. this on Is Winter Time Your Backache Time? lat-t- er score, hut wns somewhat less sanguine on some others. There were only two newspapers of any political Influence In Wninwrlght. the Despatch nnd the Jouri a I, both operated In the Interest of Beasley's party, and neither had come out" for him. The ARE winter months your backache lts little wonder, then, that every cold gossip I heard about our office led me Docs every cold, chill or finds you suffering with torturing backache, months? to think that each wns waiting to see attack of grip leave you lame, achy rheumatic pains, headaches, dizziness and what headway Sim Peck and his fac-t'o- n all worn out? Does your back throb and would make; the Journal espeannoying bladder irregularities. nd acne until it seems you ju.t can't keep cially. I knew, had some Inclination to Don't wait! Delay may lead to serious going another day? coquette with Peck. Grist, nnd Comchionic kidney sickness. Realize that or was Then look to your kidneysl Grip, colds pany. Altogether, their faction kidneys have weakened m fighting the your not entirely to he despised. and cfii.ls throw a heavy strain on the deal Thus, m.v thoughts were a grent ki ineys. They overload die blood with cold created poisons and give them tho h-more occupied with Beasleys clmncts lp they need. Begin using Doan't Kid-ne- y poisons and impurities that the kidneys than with (he holiday spirit that now, Pills nave to filter off. The kidneys weaken today. Doant have helped vitli furs ami hells and wreathing thousands at such times and should help of this become conrush under new ,oik; mists of snow, breathed good cheer Ask inflamed. and your neighbor I you. gested over the town. So little, indeed, hod evethis spirit touched me. tlmt, one ning when one of my colleagues, in the standing before the grate-fir- e JAMES MASON, carpenter, 2rfd N. 2nd MRS, LESS EVANS. Park Ave., Park City, reporters room, yawned ami said he'd When a cold nettled on my kid he glad when tomorrow was over I W., Lehl, Utah, says: "Frequently colds settled Utah, eiys: on my kidneys, leaving them weak and causing uskul him what was the particular neys, I started to have trouble with these ortrouble with tomorrow. free. The the action of these organs to hack liec.itne too and acted freely my gans. They lanhe explained, Christmas," kidney secretions were highly colored in passage lame and achy. Mornings when I got up, I was Like Always so tedious. guidly. and there was a dull ache across my hack just so tired and stiff I could hardly move. Through Sunday. KidI over my kidneys. One I six of Doan's Kidney Doan's of a used the advice of friends. It makes me homesick." said anPills fixed me up fine. My kidney acted properIn benefited fact. Pills me and ney they greatly. other. a melancholy little man who ly ami I felt splendid. trouble." of me the cured Deans was forever bragging of his native 'TBEiCMi .mav.'tvrrtt- g'msBB&swrr. Duluth. I rejtenled "tumors "( hristums." D row !" It was Christmas eve, and I had not known it! I leaned hack In my clm.r in a sudden lone.iness, what pictures Christ-m- s Co., Mfg. Chemists, Buffalo, N. At all dealers, 60c a box. Fostcr-Mnbur- n coming before me of long-ageves at home! old Christmas eves when there was a Tree. . . . wsm M.v mime us called; the night city editor had an assignment for me. "Go up t" Sim Pecks, on Mad'son street," ' he said. He thinks he's got some- FADELESS DYES tiling on David Beasley, hut won't say any inure over the telephone. See A Heavy Hand. Sympathy Astray. CRjWLED lUT, AS IT WERE what there Is in It. Prof. Ihirre.i oendell, Yales brflfc It was Saturday u.glii. I I hint picked up m.v hat and coat, and and taiuous critic, was talking In the gutter stood a large, red- Under the Circumstances, Batter left the office at a speed which must faced woman. On her ample form was at a lea ahout a new novelist. LitDid a Seem Jur.t aint Comp have gi.en my superior the highest "lie has a heavy, awkward hand, displayed a card, hearing the words: tle Bit Unreasonable. At of real. Journalistic When my conception said Professor Wendell. Disabled pollcemati." a telephone station on the next corner Ik reminds to wants he Passers-by- , md read the to card impressive stopping was persuaded to An Englishman I called up Mrs. Apperthwaite's house and drop coppers Into the womans ac as umpire in a hall game between of the divine who went to the Jail fo nd asked for Mr. Dowden. outstretched hand, soon formed quite un American and an Austiallau te. m administer the last comforting rite Wl.ul are you doing? I demanded, a small crowd, and at last the InevIth of the church to a murderer. In r e first inmug, a i e. when his voice responded. Hi, gaol, moil, he suld e for he wad on the three men on bases, the star hatter of itable appeared Playing bridge." he answered. a S ot the scene. 'Duguld. gulhnvs (jV moil, American team stepped up to the I, Are you going out anywhere? ready, the rope's ready, the hangundd "What Is this?" he asked the wom- plate. No. What's the trouble? Is ready Duguld, are you reads T an, pointing to the card. one hall," called the umpire. I'll tell von In'er. I nmy want to all right, guvnor," replied the Exchange. Its called the hulls. Two umpire. see you tnn'ght before I go back to woman. "I disabled Idm last night so called (he umplie. "Three the office. !" London Im Just collecting the fine Comedy and Trageoy. Four halls, batter out." (titled the All right. I'll he at home all the Answers. Comedian loop 'tito my place un4 who was immed'ately mohbed umpire, evening. hy tl e members of the American team. let ns see your face occasionally, old I hung up the receiver and made off Sad RssulL What dye mi an h.v culling me out, man. on my errand. "I thought she married that .voting But. laddie, yor good Truged'itn you hig boob! shouted the irate vicDown town the streets were crowdnllllonnlre to reform him." wife likes me not. of the tim ruling. ed with the puckuge-ludepeople, She did. hut It worked the other Comedian Oh. thatll all right It But. my dear fellow." explained the bending heads and shoulders to the way. Now even his fortune is d I have no amuses the children. London see an. "cant Englishyou hitter wind, which swept a blinding, slect-llk- e place for you 7" snow horizontally against It is a divslciil InqioKsihlllty for them. At corners it struck so tuintil- -' man or woman to be happy without New Discoveries. Making It Snappy. nous a blow upon the chest of the He doesn't like the words of oar "Wlmt are you geitln out of your sense of humor. that for a moment It would Parts I ddnt car thee days?" hall them, and you could hear them Idm Give It Is work more than play that air. the Columbia the disgusted 'ed, replied Alts like gasp'ng men young. .leal r. motorist. keeps Yet there in surf. a heavy bathers wms u gayety In fills eager gale; the crowds pressed anxiously, yet happily, up and down the street In their generous search for things to give away. It was not the rich who struggled llirougji the storm tonight; these were people who curried their own bundles Inane. You suw them: toilers and savers, tired mothers and fathers, worn with the grinding thrift of all the year, hut now for this one night the money, cHteless of how hard-savereckless of everything hut the Joy of giving It to bring the children o.v on the one great tomorrow. So they bent their heads to the freezing wind, their a. ms laden with during bundles and heir hearts uplifted with the tremulous happiness of giving more than tlwy could afford. Meanwhile, Mr. Simeon Peck, honest man, hnd ehoseu this When ijrin awake t night, at ntght, or hamper your days. seuson io work harm If he might te the gentlest of his fellow-meEtop counting imaginary sheep But it does supply all thfi I found Mr. Peck waiting for ma and think what is probably the worith, comfort and satisfacat his house. There were four other tion that can be desired in ths cause of your sleeplessness. men with him. one of whom I recogmealtime beverage. nized as Grist, a squat young maa Doth coffee and tea contain Yoar grocer setts Pestum la hlnck hair and with sllpery-lookln- g that irritates a element two fbrms: Instant Postum drug wr mustache. a lambrequin They sensitive nervous system, often (in tins) prepared Instantly In and hats coats tM their donning in the cup by the addition of causing restless nights and hall when I arrived. bailing water. Postum Cereal NV (TO BS CONTI ED.) drowsy, irritable days. (in packages) for those who to make the drinK while prefer Puttin One Over on Em. A delicious, hot cup of meal the is being prepared; A country man and his wife, wh Postum contains nothing that made by boiling fully 2d had Just come to the city, went Into can deprive you of restful sleep unnule. restaurant. They sat down Hi the for been had and able nearest waiting quite a while, when the manager cane over and said. "Pinch n me, tint thN I catiteria. You'll ho-a to serve yonrr'f." Her hr'i'iioi'i. co Reason t ering to himself. aroe a w n h. able, ami ' Made by Postum Cereal Company, Incorporated inisi ed. lie Battle Creek, Michigan Mary. II Does Your Back Foretell Every Change of the Weather? Do You Feel Old and Stiff and Suffer Sharp, Rheu- matic Pains? Then Look to Your Kidneys! J -- it Use Doans Say These Good Folks: e lx s o l Ms pVT fl jftjidaey insures Frosh Charm to Old Shawls dyes or tints as you wish PJTNAM mnn-in-blu- n Tit-Uit- fc d d Something to think about PoStUm self-servin- ! ! Lets l e.--- -- ' M' t ; -- FOB HEALTH There's a - |