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Show V. jgmmuiiiximniii 1 1 1 n Arnold' suid. The Arnolds Lslktd ol It, linked, to each other, until they fell asWp but even then they did not talk of It quite so long as their host worked cleaning up The car after the trip. Wheeler kept the automobile now In a neighbors barn and tok care of It hlmMf; It was much cheajv er than keeping It In Dearborn's gaIt Cost Nothing That Wonderful Gift But Oh, the rage. Horrors of Ownership That Followed. There were several other friends In the As ami IV s and two In the Cs who were taken out In the Wheeler automoBy ELEANOR PORTER bile lefore Herbert one day groaned: Aothcyr of Pollyanna." Just David." Etc. "JesMen, tbla alphabet business Is H. Kleaaor Portr. 7 killing me. It does seem as tf Z never CoprrUM would be reached ! "Why, Herbert and. theyre all our -- y TWELVE HUNDRED DOL-'- Does It cost that all that? Hut then, friends, and you know how much they j LARS a year tho Wheelero had the car doesnt cost anything." she think of It." I think of (oatrlTfd to lire thus far with tome added soothingly, after a pause. It, too, when the dinner "Oh, no, the car doesnt cost anyforts and a few luxuries they had checks ami the supper check come thing only eight or ten dollars to lit. Jessica, we Just simply can't stuud rea married two years. Genial, and hospitable, they had even bring It down by train, or else two It JcRslea frowned and sighed. soterulned occasionally; but Bralnerd dollars an hour for a chauffeur to I know, s modest town, and Its Four Hun run It down for us," retorted her husdear; but wheu the car band. tfven ta lnT,sh display. " didn't cost anything 4red vas "Eight or ten dollars! Two dollars In the bank Herbert Wheeler spent Well, lobster salad and chicken was an hour to run It!" lenj hours handling money that gasjl Jessica. (tattles cost something," mentioned the home and to Why, Herbert, what shall we do? man grimly, spend not his only hurry I know- It ; but It em so so selother long hours over a tiny lawn and There Is only ten dollars now of the blade where household of to fish to last every nil rest of tinier the money garden, go ourselves with .those by t lettuce-hea- d were the mouth; and theres this week's empty seats behind us. And there are grass and every have promised to take. Hermarvels of grace and beauty, simply grocery bill and a dollar and a half so many for the laundry to pay! bert, what can we do?" because they were his. That's exactly It what shall we I don't know; but 1 know' what we It was June, now, and the lawn and were but do? very the garden Important; snapped Herbert. This thing was cant do. We cant feed them to the It was on a June morning that the getting on his nerves. tune of a dollar nr two a plate any - Herbert But we must do," laughed Jessica longer." large blue envelope came.The Idea of giving up vent home that night and burst into hysterically. There was a long pnue; then Jesa automobile be- sica clapp'd her hands. the kitchen like a whirlwind. "Jessica, weve got one at last, he cause one owes a grocery bill and a Herbert. have It! Wpll have has dollar and a half for laundry !" cried. ket picnics. l' take lunch from the -One whatr Well, we cant cat the automo- house every time. And, after all, "An automobile." bile, and It wont wash our clothes thatll he lots nicer; dont you think Jessica sut down helplessly. In each for us. so?" hand she held an egg she had Jeen Nuturally notl Who wants It to?" Well, that might do," acquiesced electing two big ones for an omelet Jessicas nerves, also, were feeling the the man slowly. Anyhow, there "Herbert, are you crazy? What are strain. wouldn't be any dinner checks We might sell it" you talking about?" she demanded. Sell It Sell our automobile "About our automobile, to be sure," passed and September came. he retorted. "Twas Qousln Johns. flamed Jessica; and to hear her, one TheAugust Wheelers were In M" now; they would think the proposition was to had been for I heard today hes left It to us." Even das, Indeed. To us! But we hardly knew him, sell an old family heirloom, beloved luncheons were beyond for years. and he was only a third or fourth the Wheelers' pockethook now. and no Her husband sighed. cousin, anyway, wasnt he? Why, we friend had been Invited to ride for a never even thought .of going to the Isnt there something somewhere week past. The spoiling of two tires funeral I" about selling the pot to get something and a rather furious accident to the , "I know; but he was a queer old to put Into it? he muttered dismally, machine had necessitated the Wheel-ercodger, and he took a great fancy to as he rose to lock up the house for spending eveiy spnre cent for rethe night. you when he saw you. Dont you reWell, I fancy thats what pairs. member? Anyhow, the deed is done." well have to do sell the automobile In the eyes of most of thp town the "And Its ours? a whole automoto get money enough to move It I Wheelers were objects of envy. They bile?" Two days later the automobile came. lind an automobile. They could rids "Thats what they say and Its a Perhaps the gtocer waited. Perhaps while others must plod along behind car." the laundry bill went unpuld. Per- them on foot, blinded by their dust "Oh, Herbert!". When Jessica Has haps an obliging friend advanced a and sickened by tlulr noisome odor pleased she clapped her hands; she loan. Whatever It was, splc and span of gasoline. clapped them now or rather she In Dearborn's garage stood the three- As long as the Wheelers were declapped the. eggs and In the resulticently hospitable" about sharing their ng disaster even the automobile was car. the tovvnsjtenple added to their for s moment forgotten. But for only envy an Interested tolerance based on s moment. a lively speculation as to when ones "And to think how weve wanted an own turn for a ride would come; but automobile I" she cried, when the Imwhen a whole week went by, and not promptu omelet In her lap had been one of the many anxious would-bbanished Into oblivion. "The rides guests lind been Invited, the Interest well have and we wont be pigs! and the tolerance fled, leeving only an Well take our friends angry disdain a destructive to happi"Indeed we will, agreed Herbert. ness ns vvns the gasoline amell of the "And our trips and vacations, and car Itself. even down town why, we wont need There were some th!i g.t, however, any carfare. Well save money, Herthat the townspeople did not know. bert, lots of money I" , They did not know that, though the Er well, an auto costs something Wheelers had a motor-car- . they had to run, you know, ventured Herbert. almost nothing else; no bevv clothes, Gasoline, ' 'course! bnt whats a except dust corns and goggles; no new little gasoline? I fancy we can afford, books and magalanes, except such as that when we get the whole car for dealt with the practical upkeep and sothlng 1" operation of a car"; no leisure, for the Well, I should sayl" chuckled the car must be kept repaired and shinmin. ing; no fresh vegetables to eat. for "Where Is It now?" the garden had died long go from "In the garage on the estate," rewant of care, and they could bny only turned Herbert, consulting his letter. gasoline. But they did have an autoIm requested to take It away." mobile. This mnch the towti knew; As If we and there came a day when this fact "Requested ! Only fancy werent dying to take It away!" loomed large and ominous on the hor"Tea, but how?" The. mans face izon of the .Wheelers destiny. kd grown suddenly perplexed. On the first day of October the bank In which young Wheeler worked closed "Why, go and get It, of course." "But one cant walk In and pocket Ita doors. There had been a defalcaa motor-ca- r as one would a package tion. A large sum of money was miss, of greenbacks." "The Ides of Giving Up a $3,000 Au- ing. and Ihe long flngwr of suspicion "Of course notl But you can get It tomobile Bocauoo On Owm a Gro- pointed to Herbert Wheeler. and run it home. Its only fifty miles. Did he not sport an automobile? cery Bill and $1.50 for Laundry. ELEPHANTS BOARD AND KEEP 1 -- U fun-lerin- y, ! nl - A Carver. , The new bourder shyly took hts seat at Mrs. Simpkins' tuble. Tbouundi of women have kidney and Muy I ask, sir," wild file old hoard bladder trouble and never upect it. er. what your oteupalion U? Women' complaint often prove to be Oh, I am a sculptor," replied the nothing else but kidnev trouble or the new corner. result of kidney or I ladder diaeaae. You curve marble, do you?" purif the kidney re not in a healthy ondiLon, they may cause the other or- sued the vctcrun. 1 do." gan to become diwaeed. Pain in the hack, headache, k of amThen. continued the other, I see bition, nenrouane, are often time j will le n vnlunlde acquisition in you of kidney trouble. Dont delay atarting treatment. Dr. this happy house. Io you mind comto (Ids end of tne liib'e uiui KiUner't Swamp Root, physician' pie- - ing up enption, obtained at ny drug store, may carving the fowl?" be t the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Not Ever. Get a medium or large size bottle ltuatuH Kamho, in an (to from any drug tore. ain't the man 1 uvter wuz. However, if you wish first to test this rreat preparation send ten cents to Dr. Time vvu when I eou'd whip the ol Kilim r A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a worn im in u fulr, suin-utight. ample bottle. When writing be sure and The Old Woiuun (overhearing)- mentiou thw paper. Advertisement. , Yon's a Muck liar, Biistti JMmsing. Tlniew ur.nt, time aint, uu time aint Somewhat Contradictory. vvuz. Nushville Tennesseean. to gwlne She (tenderly) "And are mine the He "cs, only bps you have hisxi-d?NAME BAYER IS ON and they are the sweetest of all." GENUINE ASPIRIN MOTHER, QUICK! GIVE Take Tablets Without Fear, If You See the Safety CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Bayes WOMEN ! 1 hme-prepure- d a e 1 1 . anyhow." "I dont know how to run an automobile. Besides, theres licenses and things that have to be tended to .first, I think." "Well, somebody. can run It, cant they?" "Well, yea, I suppose so. But where are we going to keep It? "Herbert Wheeler, one would think you were displeased that weve been given this automobile. As If It mattered where we kept It, so long as we bid It to keep!" Yes, but really, Jessica, we cant beep it here In the kitchen," he cried Its smashed two eggs already. Just the mention of it," he finished automobile, the admired of evety eye. June had gone, and July was weeks old, however, before the preliminaries of license and lessons were over, and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert "heeler could enter Into the full knowledge of what It meant to be the Joyous possessors of an automobile which one could run ones self. And now well take our friend," cried Jessica. Who'll go first?" with the As the ArLets begin nolds. Theyre always doing things thouaand-dolla- r for us." "Good! I'll teephone lira. Arnold tonight. Tomorrow Is Saturdav, Well take them down to the come home by moonlight and lake and "But there are places garages wont It- be lovely? Oli. Herbert, are." there tilings, Herbert; you know You bet It will," exulted Herbert, "Yes, hut they cost something." "I know It; but If the car Is ours as the thought of the Arnolds admirfor nothing, sterns as if we might be ing eyes when their car should sweep A Me to afford Its board and keep!" up to their door. afternoon At three oclock Saturday Well, by George! it does, Jessica; that a fact," cried the man, starting the Wheelers with their two guests to LI feet. Theres Penrlmriia dow n started for the lake. It was a beautito the Square. Ill go and see them ful day. The road was good and evbout it. Theyll know. too. how to ery one was In excellent spirits that fri It here. 111 go down right after Is, every one hut the host. It had lupper. And, by the way, how about come to him suddenly with overwhelmthat omelet? Did our new automobile ing force that he was responsible not kve any eggs to make one?" only for the happiness bnt for the 'Veil, a few," laughed Jessica. lives of his .xife and their friends. There was no elation In Herbert What If something should go wrong? 'Vbeelers step when two hours later. But nothing! did go wrong. He young bank teller came home from stopped twice,1 It Is true, and examDearborn's. ined carefully his car; but the only ""ell. I guess we were up against result of his search was a plentiful tt, Jessie," he bedaubing of oil and gasoline on his groaned. "bats the matter? Wont they hands and of roadway dust on his tnke it? Never clothing. He was ued to this asd mind; there are did not mind It. however ur til he yes. they! take If and take went to dinner abihe Lakeside House of it for fifteen or twenty dollars beside the fresh daintiness of his wife month, according to the amount of and their friends; then he did mind ri I hove them do on It." , "Ly, i nevr head of stub a thing I The tide home was delightful, so the whlw-Icall- half-holida- y. y. - , it f A means? Had not the Wheelers for weeks past fiaunted Ihelr wealth In the very eyes of the whole town? And so the town talked and wwgged Its head, and back In the tiny house In the midst of Its unkept lawn and garden sat the angry, frightened, and appalled Ileriert Wheeler, and Jessies, his wife. In vain did the Wheelers point out that the automobile was a gift In vain did they hare to doubting eyes the whole pitiful poverty of their dally life. The town refused to see or to understand ; In the towns eyes was the vision of the Wheeler automobile flying through the streets with selfishly empty seats; in the town's nose was the hateful smell of gasoline. Nothing else signified. To the hank examiners, however, something ele did signify. But It took their sworn statement, together with the suicide of ( ashler Jewett (the proved defaulter), to convince the town; and even then the town shook Its head and said: Well, It might have been that automobile, anyhow The Wheelers sold their elephant SVAHP-ROQ- F A Short Time Ago J Weighed Only 80 Pounds I Now Weigh 112 Pounds and TANLAC mp-to- j I it what bailt me up eo wonderfully , taythfr. ju-i- under-tone)-:- Barbara Weber , 3 IS Van Nett A ve. , San Francitco. She it' but one of thoutandt timi larly benefited. If you are under weight, if your digettion it impaired, if you ate weak and unable to enjoy life to the fullett meat -ure, you thould take Tania C. At all good druggittt . -l p " Cro." 1 1 NEED FOR CHILDS MOMENTA BOWELS If you want the true, world famon instantly opens your head and Aspirin, ns prescrllH'd by physicians for k makes must over twenty-onbreathing- easy. 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To appreciate ton or mired good - advertiaennut. the value of tills reward we must reA Mistake. member that tin Victoria Cross is for There was a commotion In the thea- ir soldier, general or private, flic high-es- i ter and the usher was seen ejecting a military order. In tile last war tit the utmost fifty man. The man was sputtering angrily when the manager came into the have been nvvurded. However, several dogs belonging to the British army lobby. lime received tills honor. These were: Why did you eject this man? ioh, of the Royal Berkshire, width in asked Die muuugcr. He vvns ldsslng the jierforninm e," t lie Afghanistan war suvd t tie life of several soldiers; Jack, which accotn replied the usher. Why dll you hiss the jierform-nnee?- " pllshed the sume feats at the battle of the Alma, and Jerry, u hero of the asked the manager. stammered Crimean war, which received from the I s city of Dublin a mesial and a dinner. the man. I m The tslds are that the mess made the Samfriend lieslde me: It Pitts- dog happier than thf medal. New my, York Tribune. burgh Press. Vio-lorl- kind-th- en i 1 1 m-tn- S-- y nt a 10 This Kind of Thing, Served Up Dally, Would Drive Almost Anyone From Hia Loved Flreeide. George, dear," cried wlfey from tho huve you shut tho dining loom window?" . bcilt oom, Yen, love, the plate buwUt behind the bookcase 7" lut Um 1" "Have you put the dog out? Ych. "Mute you bolted the scullery door?" "Sure." "Turned off the gas In the cellar?" Yeti, precious." Wound the clock? Ye, darling." , Brought In the mat from the porch ?" , t." up the 1 hove "Yea, yes, tny sweetheart. done even that." Well, theres no need to get wild uhout.lt. Why cant you come to bed at some decent hour? What on earth have you been doing down there alt this tlmeT' Londoq Britains Balmy Climats. London Dally Mirror ller hair I gentlemen whose frontispiece was as always exquisitely dressed and her Idle to Borrow Trouble. elongated and solemn as that of a rare shoes In perfect shape. No more In comes soon enough without Borrow Is dress the way of old fiddle. required of any It does a man no good despondency. woman. we so?" What makes you think to tarry around a lightning rod to atrkeptlcally Inquired. tract trouble. Augliey. Juit So. Because," he answered, ulthough I oeenm nilaa a to not Your heart bent I It am am swore that appreciated fin your years of strength prepare does not hurt my feelings in the least" now and then." "Engine trouble, eh, for your years of wen k ness. doc?" Kansas (Tty Star. Proof. Tit-Bit- I am a philosopher," admitted the n r their motor-ca- r. Yes. I think wed better sell It." agreed Jessies tearfully, when her band made the proposition. Of course the car didnt cost, us anything, but we Cost us anything!" cut in Herbert Cost us anyWheeler wrathfully. done Its nothing but Why! thing! cost from the day It smashed those two eggs in the kitchen to the day If almost smashed my reputation st the cost ns ev hank. Why. Jessica,-It'- s fun. friends, erything food, clothing, and almost life itself! I thick well sell that automobile." And they sold It. hus- Wishing for sleep is a poor way to get it A LITTLE wisdom in the daytime A- is a better assurance of rest than env amount of anxious wishing when at (light. nerves are What you do at noon often has more influence on sleep than what you want and hope for, at midnight. Coffees drug element, caffeine, whips up the nerves, and when its use is continued theres usually a penalty wfuch no amount of mental effort can avoid. The part of wisdom, as so many thousands have found, is to turn away from and adopt rich, delicious Postum as nerve-stimulati- on the mealtime drink. 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