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Show Why not?" I asked. "Oh I dont know. You see the ract Is well, theyre a lot of old fogies up there. v You dont want to !.. Done with Dominoes and Will ' Keep Your Friends Guessing. It It there. Take - luckily bother with that push, Matt. my advice. Do business with them, but avoid them socially." I want to go In there, I Insisted. 1 have my own reasons. You put me 1 hay a: River, cart onkefp, 8 p, ihUn Hatjj head la, - b if, Butte, mother tarrelei cted a? ttoraej, 're ai fleepn J W BUS of 1 1 0 1 n ertti imlng t a: d kJ mo, rh fr'ln ll CODti ance 1 was alone; ever since that A good trick with dominoes la perhad been cutting loose from formed as follows: Arrange 12 of them iho ola crowd from all Its women, In a circle, as shown In the accomand from all Its men except two or three real friends who were good felpanying picture, and tell one of the up." lows straight through, In spite of their spectators that you will point out any "I tell you, It'd be no use," he redomino that he may think of. made the mistake of crossing having plied, In a tone that Implied he wished the KITE FIGHTING IN INDIA. When he says he Is ready, you tell dead line between amateur to hear no more of the matter. him that you will count round the cirand professional. I leaned sport You put mo up." I repeated. "And over and tapped Sammy on the shoul- It Is a Real Craze and Gambling la a cle by touching the dominoes proif you do your best. Ill get In all Feature of Sport. miscuously, each touch counting one, right. der. Ive got lots of frlenls there. And and that when you have counted 20, He glance round, and when ho saw youve got three relatives I11 the com- me, looked as If I India knows nothing of flying kites Including the number of spots on the were a policeman for mittee on membership." pleasure, as Is done ln America domino thought of, he roust tell you to who had caught him ln the act. "TJZECQSftte a4YH) GRAHAM PHILLIPS, Author At this he gave me a queer, and Europe, and is carried on with stop, and your finger will then rest sharp L Howdy, iytfi soBBs-iszissoqh&1!vk) (pyyssflT glance a little fright ln It. lnce've8 seen vn11 that 1 marve,ou9 Uigenutty in China. Kites on the piece chosen. so loim I laughed. You see, Ive been lookLet us suppose, for Illustration, exHe smiled-- my couldnt resist the temptation to In are flown there that they may fight, notion of honesty ing Into It, Sam. I never CHAPTER III. Continued. " is a take done Good Literature, that ke thlnka and by the cutting Jump fighting plains P later Blacklock always amused him. As you please " till Ive measured It. terrupt. Hope your friendll excuse ell fix it other's each strings. he said, with a shrug. Then I saw me. Howdy do, Miss Ellersly? And a "Youdo better wait a few years, I The string Is sewing thread, the put out my hand. a fleeting flash of until" he ,7rieht, said I. And from that serious look-j- ust then and and strongest, smeared with finest began, waa supped It silent. behind She almost his smiling mask; turned red. took it reluctantly. warning I waa She was glass mixed with mucilage. ground manner and and he added carelessly: "Be careful mo a very unpleasant loo- kin her tone Until what? said I. I want you giving Pulled tight and drawn against an Inced me. I suddenly realized about your own personal play, to siKak frankly. but,foSme 8omfbody- - other thread, also pulled tight. It cuts as good an im-0- doubt if Textile can be nut care thing i wasnt making see, Ilke a knlf0 a "Well, lot of enemies you've got been flattering my- higher."' g3 1 had lot of fellows whove lost money ln A good string must be long enough It must have been my mood that deals And youve to let the kite ascend a thousand engineered. theyd will-,Is kprevented those words from making say all sorts of things." a man has money and light enough to let the klto bear yards, fool can the he readily Impression on me they Bhould ,pend It. take care of that," said I, quite Ill at It that height, and fine enough to on have made. Instead of appreciating easy In mind. he gets ,U mto Imagining cut another "Mowbray string. Langdons But I had bet- - at once and at Its full value this chariw with women. he? Well, hes my Isn't a kite president, Making requires as much care 8 than that for thinking acteristic and amazingly friendly sig- closest friend. I spoke quite hon as the choosing string, says the to them, as a nal of caution, I showed how stupidly 41 oot unattractive of the New York World. estly. It shows how simple-minderespondent I me when I liked Inattentive I was by saying; Just a moment, said Sam, red as The fcjte jjag to sweep through the air SomeWomen had was In certain ways that 1 had never me thing doing? Something new? nothing; women had liked once noted the Important circum- a cranberry and stuttering. And he I with the swiftness of a swallow. There-mad- e was. a motion to come out of the box I The Domino Layout. But he had already gone further stance that this closest friend had ney didnt know who I fore It must be small, extremely light I ana like not did me. woman than his At same notion of the join time this warMiss never Invited me to his house, or anyt that friendship Bn(j strong enough not to tear as it of the double-deuce- , you, of course, not So he replied: And yet, by the way she looked ranted. Oh, no. where where Id meet his as Anita and the other fellow began to II gashes against the wind; for the edges knowing that. Begin, touching the turn away. of her efforts not to do Simply that everythings uncertain soclates at e in spite ftre not turne(j over and gummed down pieces with your finger, counting 1, 2, Introducing distance. But I was not the man to be cheated I all around, as they are ln our kites. could tell that I had some sort nowadays." Sam looked surprised. Oh, ln that 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and so forth, skipping I Why My mind had been all this time on case," he said, Ill see what can be In that fashion. I wanted to see her, casual Interest for her. in such a kite the balancing Is a far about the circle as you count. But t,he like me? She made me feel those Manasquale mining properties. done." But his tone was not quite cor- and I compelled her to see it and to more delicate operation than ln large wken you come to the eight count, you feel it. Dont let me take you from Has Roebuck told you dial enough to satisfy me. I didnt belong to her I now said: reason. and then must touch the double-six- , offendethat I had to buy those mines on my To stimulate him and to give him your friends, said I to Sammy. PerMy ways and my looks count regularly around to the right me a good deal; own account? an earnest of what I intended to do haps they'd like to come with you r. She disliked e will be 9, double-fivId, Thus She would eared me a little. Yes," he said. He hesitated, and for him, when our little social deal and me down to look at my horse. r so on, until you come and 11, . I can a she had been gratl-- again he gave me a look whose mean- had been put through, I showed him give you good tip hes bound felt aafer If when he tells you tc to double-deucher curiosity, gazing in at me ing came to me only when it was too how he could win 110,000 ln the next to win. Ive had my boys out on the Is the domino h because that stop, I think, Blacklock, youd bet' three days. late. :gh the bars of a cage. And you neednt bother rails every morning at the trials of all the four spots on which of, thought about putting up margins, said I, as the other possibilities. None of ems anot without hesitation as I ter turn them over to me. added to your count of 16, makes 20. I cant," I answered. I gave my 1 often had before. M afterward left me with her, I'll take care of In It with Mowghll. This rule hold good, no matter what word. said the young lady Mowghll! sent him to bring her brough-.that domino may be chosen by the spectfc As As you please," said he. to the Broadway entrance. He stammered a refusal and went she had begun to turn toward me as tors. and I were standing there alone, Apparently the matter didnt Inter- out; but he came back within an hour, soon as I spoke the magic word tip. He began to talk of the per- and, ln a strained sort of way, accept- There may be men who can resist ag In silence, I turned on her est him. CAN YOU MAKE THESEt that word tip at the race track, but Yon dont formances of my little ed my tip and offer. nly, and blurted out: me. Beachcomber; and after 20 minutes Thats sensible," said I. When there never was a woman. Little Houses That the Birds .Will said Miss Ellersly. a little, smiled slight-"WhMowghll! be reddened Find Delight In During 8ummer. What a quaint name! a quaint remark!" said My trainer gave It, said I. Ive A friend of mine, a dear little boy looked straight at her. But you How the Kits Is Mads. got a second son ot one of those of 11, received a lovely toolbox for a broken-dowEnglish noblemen at the birthday present the other day. He bamof Two kites. and pieces heavy head of my stables. He's trying to Her chin came out ir eyes met Is with his tools and very handy tie, her eyebrows lifted. get money enough together to be able boo are taken, thinner than a goose eager to fashion pretty things. Then, even and are and scraped to show up at Newport and take a quill, tom of herself as well as of me, "Can you tell me something useful smooth. locked herself In behind a frozen shy at an heiress. and nice to make?" he asked me. the in are shown These diagram thtlness that ignored me. At this the fellow who was fourth Ah, la the carriage, In our party, and who had been giv- as A, B, and C, E, F, D. They are laid she said. I fol-from 12 to 16 her to the ing me a nasty, glassy stare, got as on a square which Is curb; she Just Inches square. No twine Is used ln ed my hand, as was red I Then noticed nodded her Sammy. just that he was an Englishman, and I all tb making, but the bent stick is kept lasting little head. kw you but chuckled with delight However, I ,n P8lt,on wlth four small pieces of Saturday, old man," called I said: "No offense Intended," and PaPer Summed on at the points C. E. brother frlendlily. My lowering D. The straight stick is similarly had alarmed him. clapped him on the shoulder with a F, fastened at the ends, but the piece of Bmlle. He'B a hat party is off." said I, fellow, good friendly curtly. Inches long B I lilted my hat and strode my man Monson, and knows a lot paper, at is two or three away. and triangular, for it acta as a light about horses." I had formed the habit of dis-:n, Miss Ellersly bit her lip and col- rudder. the disagreeable, I soon put The kite has no tall. The exposed out of my mind. ored, but I noticed also that her eyes But she took From Two Cheese Box Lids. edges of the paper along E, A, F and were dancing. her my joy In the taste of things, D are not bound or protected In B, C, ldnt get back my former keen Sam Introduced the Englishman to and have to bear a consider- And then, with the approach of the 'action In all I had done and me Lord Somebody-or-other- , reI forget any way able strain when the kite makes a spring season, I thought of the loin?. I The luxury, the tangible and said: what, as I never saw him again. I dash of turn the birds, against the wind. acea of my achievement, no long-iv- e turned like a bulldog from a toy tei Why not build a birdhouse?" A small piece of paper Is also fasme pleasure; they seemPd to rier and was at Miss Ellersly again. Are they hard to make? he queswhere one end ot the loop at tened G, to my Irritation. Let me pht ts little something on ot thread is tied, to which the long tioned. worked myself up, or You're ot Mowghll for you," said I. I will show you two pictures rather, down, Is attached. The other end ot ch a mood that when bound to win and I'll see that you string and you can copy them. birdhouses, my office of Is the at the tied the crossing loop old me Mr. don't lose. I know how you ladies And I showed him these: Langdon would like pieces of bamboo. 'o come to his office as soon as bate to lose.' Oh, I like them, and I will try The diagram shows the back of the That was a bit stiff, as I know well kite; the loop is on the other side on I snapped out: convenient, shell he does! Tell Mr. Langdon enough now. Indeed, my Instinct the face. would have told me better then, If 1 (lad lo see him here whenever The bcBt kite of this kind that can alia." That was hadn't been so used to the sort ol be made does not cost more than one stupidity. 4 pre 'm assertion women that jump at such an offer, of my right to be anna, that Is, two cents, although d as an and if I hadn't been casting about sc wealthy kite fighters pay as much as a I had equal. always to desperately and in such confusion foi dollar to a man who pretends he can Langdon, and to any other some way to please her. At any rate, make a kite which will be volets of finance, whenever I unconquergot a summons. hardly deserved her sudden frozen able. For, while I I I dch and look. stammered, beg pardon," Kite fighters are most careful about powerful, I held both h and xnd I think my look at her must have the balance of their power, In a sense, on suf-ce- ! kites, and when a been very humble for me, I knew that, so long as I kite seems all right In the hand, their 00 Absolute The others ln the box were staring Intent eyes notice a fault as it files, control of any great tment of Industry, these rulers Come on," cried Sam, and, pulling it down again, they add round at us. t destroy me dragging at my arm. "let's go. should they decide a piece of paper the size of a postage they needed Won't you come?" I said to his si my holdings or were stamp or a small twist of cotton to satisfied with ter. I shouldn't have been able to kee; one side, or they pare one of the use of my my Pr I was my state ot mind out of my voice, 11 sticks, and so get the balance perMade from a Keg. surprised when LL BEE THAT YOU DONT LOSE. In my office a few mini'YOU'RE HOUND TO WIN AND I I had tried. And I didn't try, fectly true. ster. my best to make them pretty!" will you attend to the matter at the Trust the right sort of woman to f or so, he drifted away. I envy you a talllsh, slim man, I want to be warned so see the Do," I answered, "and when they Gooy-By- , In Travelers? man a of in sort Babyl" thing right he said, pausing con In wires are of set own with a bored, weary vour enthusiasm, completed you can place one In has been I can pull my The German empress through any and. all kinds of barriers "Wherever I am. 1 wish nd a the tree back In your garden and one slow, bored way of talk- - my doorway. cert." to the that heard and manners happiest and of M say periods caste hatever breeding else. 1 were somewhere 1 had Til let you know," he answered, Her voire was much softer as sh of her life were the few weeks follow- on the center part of the grape always said that If I had I wish I were doing somewa myself I should Im doing. head. bis I must here have wished I think hanging said: ing the birth of each of her children, arbor." this all stay thing else. Where do youthegetdevil are his queer ac Thank I didnt understand wngdon. when she was able to retire from pubsame." you, just the fight? What then. Though I was an expert expression, as he came Into my joy of the lions I A Pony's Good 8enae. were SAm and as As soon alone, lic duty and enjoy her new treasure. a ono of fighting for? ' In finance. I hadn't yet made a study It happened when the youngest son 1 cynical amusement, you didnt wait for a reply. A girl ten yeara old, named Mary tell I your hope youll apologized. He ere saying to himself: "Our of that other game the game of said L of the German royal family was an In- Sears, living In Arkansas, waa riding I thought over my situation steadily "gentleman." know sister I'm sorry for that break," And I didnt Blacklock has awoll-fant that one of the ladles of the her pony along a highway when he the to my caught went down "Oh, thats all Hght," he answered, at last.'' Not a suggestion for several days. I how seriously the frauds and fakirs upon going Into the nursery shied at a cow and she was thrown household, 1 looked everywhere we were away easy again, now that aantor. of resentment who play It take It and themselves discovered the empress kneel- to the ground and suffered a broken hastily, at my Im- - country allplace. BcarcWng. "You meant well my belonglngs among his confusion to a ridicu- from the others. I attributed beside her babys cradle. ln tke drmnmtBncc9. last ing At arm. It was a mile to the nearest n he had about ac- and motives the thing. searching, restless, impatient. Her majesty rose hurriedly, and house, and the girl was not able to Rujlty of an Impertinence. what the lack lous mock modesty , I In cried as I knew what ailed me me my anger came forward with her eyes full of "Motive hell! being ,Bgutt. amused patience with from cepting favors; It struck mount again and ln too much pain to be- at myself. "Nobody but a man's God yawned so gloomily tears. rjI,Sr Of a friend. I see," said was that I had once thought beauti- particularly silly on this occasion, walk. 41 was to give as well knows his motives; he doesn't even )ou have got Textile up to everything No," she aald, smiling unsteadily I was cause for once he The pony seemed to understand thla sufficient found once know them himself. I Judge other ful, had as to take. Into the anxious face of the terraced a time, and he galloped away after expect to be He didnt call for his profits, but by what they do, and 'I"' head of the Textile In the midst of the aplendM. nothing la the matter. I was and reached the house of a planter Just had I see Ive gardeners ,iad keen t)llt y his pansy beds my short and slapped my wrote asking me to mall him the Judged In the same way. I baby. You know and kept up a whinnying until he was only saying good-by- , Then suddenly 1 have to give him up I stopped 'olaw and had fallen to him and taken notice ot and a man sent to fol check for them. I did so, putting In got a lot to learn. exclaimed. I to remembered the Travelers Club, and It la the last night. "A woman! confu8ion following his broth- - Sigh. the the envelop with It a little Jog low him back to where the girl was A woman I need. death. As he was Just then "Thats what his memory on the club matter. I asked him what hed done about found. It waa plain that the intelliwoman a wife. of a for sort nearly I've been thinking It over, didnt see him aguln The Chosen One. Vaii011.1'' mo,y for his share In right gent animal knew that something out lonal Coal A little Wlnsted Vt., girl, an adopted month; and though I searched and said he.1 "Are you sun you want tc ot the usual had happened, and ln thla undertaking, he had his trail. On open- run the risk of an ugly crooper, child turned the tables with case RE3PECTA- - sent, I couldnt get stunning just aa good a messenger as a ana m.U ,mh Textile up toward I was going Matt? CANDIDATE onload him of effect upon children who were teasing boy would have been. ing day at Morris Park, two, or throe A the boxes 1 turned him round so that we were thousand shares he, of her because she was an adopted child along the passage behind this new business proper- In the grand stand, on my way to the handle To I)o you want tc to the parents who loved her as their each other. faring repurchase the shares after In PH,t,n An Adjustable Personality. see my horse taken profits and Textile had ly 1 must put niyse'f do me that favor, or don't you? I own. My papa and mamma picked paddock. I wanted to Llltlo Ian was trying to dress himd bark was about to run for the Sal- demanded. look the whole waa her reand wanted me that to Its normal 60. out, me," self after his bath. l(e got his shirt and In touch with respectsI" magundi Sweepstakes, and to tell my Mv 11 P to 98 by the middle in line I'll do whatever you say," he re- tort Yours hud to take you Just as on front side behind. Looking ruefully fume InKllpr.lf Sum him $13,000. month,I'm thinking only of ycur la Jockey that Id give you were, whother they wanted you said I. And there. WII r plied. 1 down at himself, ho said: w d stead of $10,000, If he won for had terests. or not." bettor stop." me Guess I'd butter turn myself around up down. to bunch put a put quite a,'mt 90," said ho. "That want you "Let me take care of them," said I so my shirt will button In fnnt." I spied my shy boxe give "n the of one s Care. In club Grsndmotherly all I find Ill need for el"The You put me up at that betTravelers!" echoed he, friend, Sammy. He was looking One day a little boy. went out In the I dont want to be row. I'll send you the name of a Leas him. seen ever look. Enough to Ralss a Building., ? country to visit his grandmolhor. That atiout ter than I had seconder not later than noon. ,, Q ltl hunting up an Invest- - a blank Travelers," said- less pallid and pasty, less A small boy,, arter watching aotne heavy-eyed- , a The chicken, picked aald. grandma evening he 1 name," Up goes your " Of tb. bt b- -.l a man who had been shirking bed ith?!? my Oh, grandma!" the little boy ex- builders making mortar, aald: "1 tn,,st Put It UP most or tne like and cold But dont blame pio for the con4 cocktails members on as What a lot of dough tot! has up An.1 and do you undress your chickeeping My! it claimed, bolnt de- or I two of pBf," 4. wlth make." baths. He was at the rear of the box, queocoi. (To bo Continued.) ken every night?" my public letter Iva been men I do business Into tone wu a gentleman. 1 want to get talking with a lady and Toul,l Bo above 95, and 1 those I an ir it It He laughed. my public." is? i hofp;; TRICK. PUZZLING As soon as I saw that lady, 1 kn what It was that had been hiding ai the im of my miud and rankling tot tea 'e hat e Blx-fiv- five-fou- reea l Alice 0 1 id atl ' wat 1 Donili, v Inti n ol hi p d 26, ac ifactur md Is Man: a, son can n eka tp Inal i t kull, blow ot; 1 g . in Hr Bathe Guthrie result t wile t 12 at the HeK i ramie a ring fic Rail a of a a: mg, , (res a for ill be i brouiv--t rear onvlr.' t ting pass anti; Lang-appeare- d scrioo: This care-dresse- date et for I by Jagget. it. TJ dlstrir and r' d the d a. at jig 8b; ;o HI ; a L' roenb were h ai non ad an itrk. ipper trss 1 Grond a do" beet , a0 core" llcan. of j J usslW the a'', Df iod I rera' fstateV n tb'J ittifat1 adria f t a |