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Show I VISITS WITlfjl I VlM&EIir Time's Forelock. BB i SMALL boy friend of mlno A has gone up In North Cs- BB kola to spend his vacation BB . on a ranch. This Is his BB second season at tho samo (SwU? Place. Last year ho BB Mf Wt learned to rldo a pair of BJ KHiMftM western ponies In truo BB JJarviU broncho-busting style. BJ vag) When ho loft for tho north, BB 3 6? hls rat--cr wired tho ranch- BB nmmmM rnan to lot Theodore (tho ranchman's son) meet HJB my boy friend with tho ponies. BB Tho mother had cnutlonod him td BB wrlto Immediately upon his arrival. BJ Imagtno their surprlso at rccolvlng tho BB following postal card In rather too BB prompt tlmo to bo rent convincing, tha BJ postmark being obliterated: BB "My donr parents I had a flno trip. BH I did not chango cars at 2 o'clock In thoo morning, t had plenty to cat on tho way. Thoodoro did meet ma at tho station with tho Your loving son, Frank." BJ It was qulto evident that ho had BJ written tho mcssngo on tho train, In- BJ tending to fill In tho blank spaces, In mWM tho oxclt'omont of arrival, or whllo yot HJ on routo, ho mailed tho card nnd the BBJ folks buck homo nro still wondering BB If his dream of six months (to ba met BVJ with tho pontes) hnd beon realized BB or whether ho proceeded to tho ranch BBj In tho prosnlo carrlago, a method ol BVJ transportation most unappealing to o BBj boy wearing n cowboy hat and carry- BBJ lng a lariat In his satchol, BB gwsk BB In Nature's Mirror. BJ I watted Ions bostde the stream B A-tryt for riiyllls, fair and sweet. HH At last sho come nJown tha path HH I.Ike aunslilne raclnir, soft and neet, Upon tho brldca ahe stopped nnd cried, B "I did not know I wna ao Intel H What la It aparktca way down theret Oh, mercy, Is my hat on atrnlghtt" "The Ben,i that apnrkle there," I aaliV BB "Are alura of niont entrancing- huq' H Thnt lure my heart to rculma of love H And lead me onward, dear, to you!" And an wo peered ncrosa the rati, BB My arm atolo 'round a blushing; prise, H For what alio aaw within the stream Was Just her own black, ilancliiK eyes' e-- BB Rag Time. 1 - 'BB Sometimes a man goes on tbo loo- BB turo platform to keep from being loc- B turcd a homo. h tt it Ba When a man's watch fails him In tho night, ho figures noxt morning bo BB Is lato anyhow, turns over und goes BB to BB it it BB A mnn of tbo namo of Smith never BB misses meeting all tho nlco girls at BB tho summer rosort becauso almost BB any kind of n hostess can recall o BJ name as common as that BJ vrj'" ' BB Last winter I thought: "How nlco BJ It will bo when spring comes and I BB will not havo to keep tho fires going!" BB Now, ns I sadly commune with myself BB nnd mop tho sweat from my dripping BB Srow, I am prono to Inwardly remark: BB "Oh, If winter would but coma when BB I no longer will hnvo to mow the BB lawn I" Durn It, what soason Is It that BB a man don't bavo to do chores? BB ft -tr it BB I had to buy a pair of suspenden BB yestorday, Christmas was too fat BB away to risk It. Speaking of bus- BB ponders, reminds mo that there Is s BB now ono out tho "You Can't Sot BB 'im," or something llko that You BB put them on under your shirt and BB wnlk about proudly showing your men BB friends how a fat man can kcop his BJ trousers up with a belt Deceitful BJ wretchl Ain't men the worst? BJ SHSHS B In Heaven. BJ Angels, for tho most part, seem to 'WM bo hatloss, judging from tho art ex WM hlblts. This will do away with tho an- WM noylng custom of calling a man up- B stairs to advlso his wlfo whother or Bfl no her hat Is on straight Hoaven Mm must bo a happy home! O-0-0 BJ How to Do It. BJ "How would you approach a girl BJ you wore not sure you could kiss?" B "Ily kissing her," promptly responded BJ IIIgbee'B friend. BJ |