Show YOUTH WAS A LITTLE BITTER uncles quite natural desire did not seem to him to be altogether reasonable howard Is quite a spendthrift ilia only living relative Is an old uncle who Is not and there are other differ ances between howard and hla un cle says the cleveland plain dealer however one day not long ago our young hero more or less diffidently approached pro ached hla avuncular relative with the intimation that it would be a graceful thing for the old chap to loosen up young man said the uncle you are a spendthrift it I 1 had money I 1 would not give it to you but I 1 have no money you seem to think I 1 have a treasure hidden away somewhere get rid of that notion I 1 have saved up a sum large enough to bury me de bently aben I 1 die and that Is all now get out A friend of howard asked him a lit tie later in the day why he looked so thoughtful 1 I was just wondering he said here that old fellow got the idea hat he ought to be buried decently |