Show THEJWISSIONARY BOX r 1 0 Thc young Frenchman who fcomc time ciulio department of 1 poo stlrrou up nu cnllcllepi tmJt a Ms storo In his endeavor to buy poker chips which lie called sheeps has hud another experience I In the boardinghouse where he lives bonrdlnlhou9 thuro Is I the usual nBdorlmenl of board 11 hUe people and as It Is 1 vury well conducted IIODBO moat of thor arc per manenl and there Is C sort of family air about tho place Among the features fea-tures of tho house arc an exConfederito Colonel from Virginia ti young woman I I who is 1 supposed to speculate In Wall < plrcol IL more elderly woman termed tho I sinter who 13 l much devoted to church nnd mission work the young Frenchman i referred to and n facetious young man familiarly Known by the sobriquet of un f j cle With tho exception of the church jimlmlsslonworkor the foregoing frc I i quontly engaged In a little pokor game In the evenings after dinner on a penny anto basla I I Now In the couree of the poker playing I the Frenchman developed n tendency that a New Englnndor would characterise as being nenrthnt Is I he did not accept his trivial occasional losses with complete I equanimity lie 1 oven kept an account Interval showing which ho consulted at IntelaIM exactly how much he WHB In or ou1 I l Of course this was more or lens Joked 01 and the Frenchman cnmu to bo very sensitive I sen-sitive about It Indeed he felt so asihamed Ilo I l of thia chiracteilstlc that evidently was apart a-part of his niture that lie really seemed to Jan It To show that he was try to overcome I 10 WIJ I not act tiiiily wean several times ho brought Ilt largo boxes of candy to the poker table and OIUH ho oven appeared with a bottle of champagne Ono evening Just alter most of the family fam-ily had assembled at dinner the mission lady produced n small carlhenwaro Jug with a sit In ono side of it near the top Wltl the admission of coin Addressing the I party she said Jart have brought here this evening this lltllG Jur which 1 hope to have filled will money for our church mission at Jiang I low in China and I trust that you will all contrlbulo liberally Uncle 1 Shall give > ou the honor of making the Ilrst con tribu tonJ So saying sho handed the Jus to tho uncle j I am very sorry sister that I cannot conIc Into your IUIe game replied the uncle Tho fact Is I do not believe n missionaries nnd therefore cannot compromise with my opinion In conlrlbut ng to tho cause I really think they do a great deal of harm In the world rhey break up tho heathen respect for his own religIon and Impress upon him something that ho cannot understand that Is not adopted to his needs or nature and that I rnrclv galns his real allegiance Losing 1he iOn of his own exgoils and not really ccomlng closely In touch with the new system his notions of morality grow lax laxJU l then tho uncle saw the Frenchman French-man pass through thy hall and go upstairs to liN room to make ready for dinner An idea l thereupon came to him and lu 1 > said But while sister i cannot consclen louely give any money to this cause my elf on thin occasion I am not averse to ending my Inlluence In your behalf Do you know how much money you already have In this jug Not exactly but I think there must bo about 5 Good However we will Just sec cx ctly how much there Is So buying tho uncle rallied i all Iho money mil of tim Jug Into his napkin ind It counted up just LS5 mostly In tty cnl pieces ali quarterdollars Having counted the morey the uncle put It Into his ct pocket at the same lime assuring the Flstor that he would be responsible for the amount Tho boarder all looked on with much I merest to see whut would happen l < xl A few moments later the Frenchman ppenicd on the scene AC rthc usual greetings the uncle who sat next the I icnchman thou awlrcsHuil him Monsieur Frincals the good Sister Blank has brought here a little earthen ware Jug which I hold In my hand and which she wishes as to 1111 with silver roncy in order to buy tho benighted heathen Bibles and liverpads And 1 1 am commIssIoned lo give you the opportunity to mako the llrst liberal contribution It Iii a great opportunity to show your generosity I gen-erosity and also your alicction for the icalhen and tho sister For Beebfls and leevalr pads Vat eea I eel zest leevalr pads Oh they arc small red llannel affairs lo provcnt the heathen from developing ulmonary 1 complaints I Ah zat eec eel Well I sink znt 0 good sing Monsieur 1Oricle nnd 1 glffc zhooht bo much like you do Now the uncle was not very Hush of i noney at that particular hue and the frenchman happened lo know it and therefore he felt iiulto secure In this Proposition But alas he was playing nto the uncles hand wlih a directness that scarcely could have been antlcl mlrd hAh i said tho uncle taking two Iftycent pieces from his pocket and put ling them into the Jug to come Into this pol then will cost you Just one dol Inr InrThe A The Frenchman waa dumfounded However How-ever Frcnchnln that ho could not be bluffed and also perhaps lo punish lie uncle for his temerity the Frenchman French-man promptly poked a dollar Into the Jug and then adding I another hal olur triumphantly tri-umphantly remarked Aha I see ze dollar and go you fecfty conU3 bettalr aha Oh you cant bluff me when It comes lo a worthy charity said the uncle as ho oaw the Frenchmans fiftycent raise and In return raised the Frenchman another an-other halfdollar By this lime the Frenchman had grown tremendously excited while overybodv about the table was convulsed with laughter The sister remarked Come thats enough uncle No cried the Frenchman let heem poke IICOM monnalo Into zls zhug oniell ho has no more mommle to poke onto heem Zen 1 vccl slop to raise hcem So the Frenchman and tho uncle al lernalely saw and raised each other unti the original gS < which tho uncle un-cle had put Into his pocket had been placed hack in the Jug duplicated of course by tho Frenchman The next raise of the Frenchman was not seen Aha cried the Frenchman In triumph ze oncle does raise no longer Ho cd ndmeel himself valncu Vive la France Tho peoplo about tho table shouted congratulations upon the Frenchman for having downed tho uncle and the foreigner was in high feather The uncle un-cle remarked however that he would probably receive more real credit for his contribution because he Jllco the poyr widow who cave her mile In tho Bible times had given all he had while he believed be-lieved the Frenchmun had yet some mono left Oul yts an Id thc Frenchman I have atlll some manual left and 7hoHl for zls I BXtl oiffft more ilfioe ceiil I was a bcatillful triumph Tho Frenchman French-man was the hero of the hour His name was coupled with that of Andrew Carnegie Carne-gie as oiu of tho benefactors of our time For several days afterward the Frenchman French-man wns oulie patronizing hi his Intercourse Inter-course with the uncle nnd oven offered of-fered lo lend him some money If I he needed It But In nn unhappy moment Ihc atlraellve young broker lady told him how he hail been done IIo wnc Infuriated I Aha1 he eXclnlnicd 7An oca 1 ouot rngeloux I I have been bungoed Een mj own countrlo I must tko zo life of zlir cliche man Wo cannot J oe Uif lon l-on zls same hemisphere Now my friend vat 1 do light hoem a duel nl Oh no nothing of tho klnd The undo would simply laugh l at you If you talked about lighting a duel with him Now lol mo advise von what to do Whm you come to iho tablo this iV iiinga lli th lute ol course Just smile and say Aha I have jtit learned today thu Joke about the missionary Jug Thai was very clever It I Is I out > on me Then every body will foe that you tike It In good pare and they will nil rather sympathize with you You mlglrV even otter to shako lumtJs with the uncle on the occasion Aha Yes eet vim one on me Zat ccs very irulee And eel ccs not lo laugh and to shako ZH hand of zat oncle lan But no zai i > es eeniossceblc Yes hut you think l > over I am giving giv-ing you good odvloe Ii was a good jpko on you and you will help your popularity by inking I it 11 a good i spirit I That night the nronchman came to thel table a little late as he had been advised Before taking his sent he struck an Ill I ludo and exclaimed ulcos and hcntlcmans except Monsieur zo iOitelel 1 want to say to youa all at I have como onto 70 mlssloimrlo hot Ho I COg on niolin hn ha I I laugh wl Iv you all except Mnnnlor TOncle 1 hal goovo znt monnalo In no good peorlie 1 nm not rafereulng hcem 1 hopo It eovoalia all zo duI hvazoim wlz luovfilr pads I lila zat a pnd of zo same bo procureo for rls ouele and zm cot be fi > i x on hoes bouehe ant and zhen llemans 1 zholn you ocn re laugh to me The laugh was on all rl hl Hardly bodyivijs ab1e cat much dinner that night Again the Frenchman was the hero ot the occnsloij l Frenchman After diniiur the yourig brokorcsssalQ to j under Hut did you not nhake hands with lie Shake hands wig zo Oncjo Ah znt was too much I cannot vvet break zd facho wlz hcem Some day maybe For p week longer the Frenchman re fused lo noilce the Uncle though o several occasions they look part In thc sumo poker game Finally however when howls fortunalo In winning siolargo Inokpot from thouncle ho stretched O mhlshunl across the table with tile remark Ahn Now I have my revanche Now cet enz zat I Oun once more nlmko zu nnu of zls Oncle And now for several weeks there has I Jd no rlpplo In the peace of this dollpht ful bonrdlnghouse M Kurlz In 1 Y Commercial Advertiser r |