Show f fJiF r I E 1 rr e r I1Y D1 l fKF EN W1U alighted from the conch of tho east B bound flyer at tho Michigan Mich-igan Central depot mere wits min utftent lock in his clear Blue eyes usually so keen In observation of hIs surroundings and lie was liiiimtlent at tho slow progress of the crowd 111 teilug through tho gate lie I I imlil no attention to lie l happy reunions of friends and relatives at the station the oxclnmn tlons of delight at the meetings fell on deadened cars Pushing through the crowd he hurried hur-ried to a car ami soon alighted at tho old familiar corner Tho street looked just the sane Tim IIOIIRU however was dimmed It no longer looked like home Tho oldfaHhloned shutters were missing tho II II Itt sedate front was altered and bay windows protruded above aw well as on the ground floor Mrs Klabblns dont live hero no more said the untidy young woman who answered his ring With saddened eyes ho retraced his steps to the corner Entering I tho drugstore drug-store ho satlstled the proprietor that he wns a stranger by buying a cigar and then rather dimdently requesting tho privilege of looking at the directory direc-tory Tlio only FlnhhltiH ho could find was Edward who was credited with being In the saloon business Is air Nubbins hew asked Will at tho number Indicated Thats me replied a short thickset thick-set man with cold gray eyes and a roll of fat hiding tho back of his collar col-lar As ho answered tho stranger tho di J 1 II I If i 1 11 r Motherl color left his face Ho recognized his stepbrother Den saw that this was the cause and smiled rather bitterly Where Is mother ho asked of the man behind the bar IIdont know stammered Flab bins You lie as ypu always did said Bon his Jaw coming together like a steel trap and his bluo eyes Hashing Klabblns moved toward tho cash register reg-ister isterYou You need not trouble yourself exclaimed ex-claimed lion contemptuously noting tho movement I taro no time to talk to you now but I may return antIIt I havo cause your revolver wont save you Where Is your father fa-ther Dead sulkily answered tho saloon sa-loon keeper How long Four years And mother Hens voice was low but there was a menace In It that caused Flabblns to draw a little closer to the register I haint seen her In tlneo years She left the house after a row wld Bess You know what Bess Is The next morning the following Item wall Inserted In time leading papers pa-pers of the city WANTED Information as to tho whereabouts of Mrs Daniel Flabblns Box X 21 Eddying flakes formed a curtain of whirling white shutting out the dreary landscape and covering tho frozen jagged earth with a soft mantle of snow as shaking himself like a great Newfounldand dog Ben Will waited Impatiently for the opening of tho door of tho great institution for the housing of tho poor When admitted ho paced the plainly but comfortably furnished reception room hungry for a sight of his mothers face The opening of the door caused him to turn with outstretched arms Ills eyes blinded by tears saw a bent form moving slowly toward him one hand toll worn and brown tho blue veins standing out upon it grasped a cane with which to steady the tottering totter-ing footsteps above tho bent frame In which beat a mothers heart crown Ing It with a glory all Us own was a sweet old face Mother Ben my own Bon Oh exclaimed Ben quivering with anger to think they would allow al-low you to go to tho poor house They shall suffer They Hush Bon said his mother softly soft-ly I placing her hand over tho lips of her son This Is Christmas and I am going homo with you Ah such a happy Christmas Well may wo Bay Peace on earth and good will to lCD If n man Is prosperous ho has no use for his friends If ho Isnt they have no use for him Tho great trouble with things wo rut for I nothing Is that wo generally have to pay tho freight Onehalf a successful mans success may ho due to good luck and the other half to good judgment Suspicious people are apt to lose confidence In a temporanco speaker who wtpR water from u tin cup 1 Too many Men pea > for iliu thlnpj they are too lnt > to work for A man boasts or his had habits < > t > 1 y when they w tho best ho has Any man who trusts to his cunning for HiicceiH Is noxt door to a thlof Sonio men ran argue a point foi half a day without offering ouo gorM rca son What thlh country needs Is less ItS nctment of lawn fiat more enforce mont |