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Show some pleasant .my cocm ranRwyg, meaiorieS ttt castle d.ua hriii NAILED Was 1 Upon his heels came a er from Dick with a tend,r, Happiness htt.e note to the effect tha't not leave the courtroom to meet her Weary with the strain of her PEACH W. A. Br tUm with Mills, anxious aud a she was not long in reaching the Lambert home in the suburb ' She hurried to her room, lounging of the hundred i" ... w&dow watched the huuous winning in her mind. Would the hotel Mary to herself Hazen write? Would Dkk believe crowd, and thought was her? Would it be a little canker in vaat throng that in all his love for her that old Urn short jitB: n shevas. la escapade? Mrs. Lambert's gentle voice asking to go for a rtle broke into her to keep a lunch-i- t her She went lover thoughts. thankful for the with ber-- the week change. At the end of the two hoiK i" a brief hut beautiful ride they returned and Marv went She knew how his the hall on the wav'to hr through caught sight room. The mail hud been left on the would heart her n.UoW little stand; and there she saw Mu note in the handwriting that .she knew are. Maweet here you only too well. frantic. sh friusoiue as ever !" a voice said seized the note Suddenly and rushed to he room. herself ahrlnk Inwardly Dick would never see that not. last of the volce--the from Hazen. Then she heard She to hear. Iick'; , w e the cured trom the hall p lean, tanned face of seemed eauiog i,er trf ip into to her that fate was fasten!.-hi- s grip upon tier on side. Slu instiled himself In the seat oppo- started to hide the every note; then sh ms ana ,., her, heard his -i swear you are prettier door. Thequick step and knock on th ler. crisis had coine. Ijjpuused to be!" He opened the door on her lnvity talk I that liked Hazen. tion and came to her, anxiety in XU I don't now. I thought you .,, ,,.-.- uf c,W WIS l1! r . Si ?iV - tw re-lttt- love-loo- ilSr ;ere to the Artist I owe my great success to to be frank with you. His Friend-- Ah, so the that made you famous was onepicture portravias a cow? a cow, ,.i.. Artist Not exfictlv T . landscape in the country und a cow mwl u'ot of the paint from the canvas. I railed ii,e -- m ...i .11 Calling to His Mate" and here vjcici I am. a r,u brought me I was, -- bat business Come, It's a long , ' , fact" mm mm mmri HAVE LONG HELD Getting It Right. Tony and Ivan are two citizens who are tr ing to master the niceties of our luuguage. When one of them makes a break the other tries to set. him right. "It's a fine day under head," remarked Tony. "You mean." cwrrevted Ivan, "It's a fine day overneath." SAVE AUTO FROM AUTO GAS POISONING WINTER TROUBLE Motorists Are Warned of Danger From Carbon Monoxide. Care of Finish, Engint and Battery Among Most Important Items in Cold Weathsf. PTE HOT WATER Discipline. "Why did the sudden hush fall over the crowd when that stranger came into the room? Is he a constable or something?" "No," answered Cactus Joe. "Most of us fellers has played In wild west films, one time or another. That r Is a motion picture director." fel-fe- The Unlucky Thirteen. You think it's unlucky to be 13 at a table? He I do! Why, once when there were 13 of us round the table I had a most delightful girl sitting next to She me She And she died! He No I married her. Never Satisfied. "He used to say If he ever made ten thousand dollars a year he'd be perfectly contented." "And now that he Is making that much, is he?" "Not at all. He's constantly grumbling about the income tax he has to pay." A Hale a Fish Story. You have more brains than fish. Hardy Thanks for the compli- There Is an Ever-PreseInsecurity to Owners of Cars, Mora Particularly When Closeted With Their Machines. nt INJURIOUS A writer to the New York Times calls deserved attention to the marked difHeat Is One of Vital Factor In Driv- ference lu the danger from fumes of ing During Severe Weather Use Illuminating gas as contrasted with the automobile curbou monoxide gas. cf Rad'utcr Shutter or Cover There Is a vust difference," he says, Is Favored. "between Illuminating gas and the esAdvice. Wifely Protecting the finish of a highly caping exhaust fumes from an automo"That you, dearie? I'm detained at oliiiluHl car and conserving the heat bile while the engine Is running. Propthe office on very Important business. nergy generated by the motor are two erly harnessed, escape from death Is Don't sil up for me." "I won't, dearie. You'll come horn? dghly Important things to any motor- easy white using Illuminating gas. As to the latter, no escape seems possible, ist. as early as you can, won't you? Aud even In the open air. There Is un Another of feature ' highly Important John, dear winter driving Is the care of the stordanger to operators of automo"Yes, what is It?" more particularly when closeted In the car. biles, age battery "l'lease don't draw to too many inThe finish of a car may be exposed with their machines. side straights." to serious damage during winter, due The attention of the New York to the fact that mud and water frozen board of health has been called to the Nothing Gratis. from carbon monox"These city folks make a heap o on ttie paint dull the finish and cause danger that exists the paint to chip. During the winter ide gas, particularly to those who sit fun of us agriculturists," said Si Slm-ltmonths extreme care should be taken on low benches along pleasure drives, to keep the finish free from dirt. Con- examination by blood tests of pleasure-seeker- s "Yes," replied Farmer Comtossel. who have suddenly become III trary to popular belief, hot water "One o' these days we'll have to get should not be used in cleaning a car, from unforeseen circumstances 1ms together an' chnrge 'em extra for as it is equally as Injurious as mud proved that exhaust gases from passing beln' entertainers as well as proand Ice. If It Is not possible to take automobiles are responsible for their ducers." Washington Star. condition. This may appear fishy, but the car Into a warm place for washing, where the Ice will thaw and can Is nevertheless a reality. The danger Is materially Increased be easily removed, lukewarm water when the winter months naturally may be used without Injury to the finish. bring persons In close contact with fhe fumes while automobile engines ara Heat Vital Factor. Started In tightly closed garages, b Heat Is one of the factors in winter driving. During the often the result of carelessness on the summer months the average driver has part of those who Hive not been Inlittle trouble with getting bis motor structed In the peril of such a proceed" warm enough to operate smoothly and int. The general public mny he Ignoreconomically, hut during the winter It Is ant of the fact that, according to promdifficult for some cars to warm the moinent medical authorities, the contintor enough to lusure this efficient operaued breathing of even extremely wVulc tion. As a result gasoline passes by the mixtures of carbon monoxide and air A PHILOSOPHER-Rabbi- t pistons and gets Into the crank case; may cause Injury to the kidneys, heart, I expect a rabbit trap Is the gasoline does not give Its maxi- brain and nervoR. Automobile maini" like the stock market won't hurt faeturers are fully aware of this danmum power nnd the oil Is not heated you If you keep out of It. to such a point where It will lubricate ger. It has been stated that the varithe hearings and gears as It Is Intend- ous organs of the body can be seriously Wise. affected by poisoning from breathing ed to do. A wise old man Is Mr. Bright, His method down the years This passing of gasoline to the the air containing so small a quantity Has been to keep his mouth shut tight crank case may be pn t of carbon monoxide. considerably re- as And open wide his ears. "How many automobile owners know duced by the use of a radiator shutter or cover for keeping the engine warm that carbon monoxide Is a colorless, It Is Possible. Idle periods when It may be odorless, tasteless gas? It Is extreme"How did the tortoise happen to during out of doors or In unheat-e- d ly poisonous, because It combines with left standing beat the hare?" Numerous devices are be- the red coloring matter of the blood garages. "Dunno." Exmarketed for this ing purpose, ranging more readily than does oxygen. "An Idea occurs to me." posure to as little as 5 per cent ennses from a waterproof covering to an auto"Well?" headaches. The dangerous symptoms matic control shutter. A "Maybe the hare got held up for shutter which serves the purpose of come without warning." speeding." conserving the heat of the engine to a very great extent and Is very economiProper Steering Grip. Couldn't Cut Her. cal to Install can be purchased from Mrs. Bumps I've been thinking a any reliable accessory dealer. There long time of dropping her from my are also on the market several devices list of acquaintances. which are quickly and easily Installed Mrs. Gumps Then why don't you and prove economical heating units. do It? Battery Important Factor. Mrs. Bumps She knows more gosThe storage haltery of a car Is an feature of the operation sip than anybody in town. nnd one too frequently neglected. Cnre The Jazz Family. should be taken at the start of the cold Snip Well, after all, there's no weather to see that It Is properly The proper way to grip the steering i charged. Any service station will be place like home. wheel Is to straddle a spoke with the to this information. j give you Zip You've said It when the missus glad fingers of at least one hand, ns shown. has a talking machine, the daughter a During the winter months, due to This Is a safe method, especially when the short days, the lights of a car are uke, the boy a radio and the kid a driving fast or on a slippery road. Give me the cabaret for peace used a great deal more than In summer. The starter, also, Is used considand quiet ! erably In getting the car running when It Is cold, and this results In drawing a Mother's Break. "What's the delay?" asked mother, groat deal of power from the battry. For these reasons the battery discoming to the front door. charges more quickly than In summer, "Pa says one of his cylinders Is missThere are more than 00 parts of a nnd It should be remembered that a ing." car that need lubrication. ' fully charged battery never freezes, "Well, you children get to work and one will do so easily. while n hunt for it or we'll never get off." A tire should receive as much attenFreezing of a battery will ruin It and tion as any other part of an automofl large repair bill. owner the cost Caution. bile. "Would you marry a man for NOISE CAUSE OF VIBRATION riches?" Keep si rings tight at the axles; "Not without careful inquiry," relooseness here causes most spring plied Miss Cayenne. "Some men get Whern Bolts Become Loose at Base breaks. Wrench Should Be Applied to rich by such close economy that noMake Everything Tight. body can break them of the habit." To obtain one barrel of gasoline, the oil Industry has to produce nearly four If a motor Is subject to considerable barrels of crude petroleum and byvibration there Is danger of the bolts products. coming loose at the base. A wrench should be applied occasionally to make Before driving away In a car that mire that everything Is tight. If this has been blocked on a steep grade, Is not attended to, almost anything throw the loose stones or other mamny happen, from oil leakage to terial off the road. They are dangerwrecked engine. ous to drivers coming along later. hand-operate- d ment. Hale Whaddye mean, compliment ! think that fish are Intelligent? Hardy Well, you often see them In schools, don't you? Do you POW-WO- ' North Amrlcan Indians Continue Ceremonies Which Date Back to Time Immemorial. The mysterious performance known among the North as the pow-woAmerican aborigines dates back to David Brainard time Immemorial. At says, In his "Indian Narrative": a distance, with my Bible In my hand. I was resolved, If possible, to spoil and pre- their spirit vent their receiving an answer from the infernal world." Elsewhere, speak theii ing of the Delaware Indians and Of 'I Know to I Do two men? azo! WS WOI'k medicine Not Want "They are men, he says: by those among them new-dru- A LITERARY She'll Never Desert That. to Hear Itl" much awed She may not cling to him In sickness anJ In health. But sh will stlc:k, you bet, As long as he has wealth. are called That terrible night of selves who to have power of are who supposed Uie know thnt TTnn or poisoning them to Into Mil fumvarKtiHrtri enchanting allusions to It. fact well, what In WORM Bookworm No, Mr. Bug, I don't care for those cheap trashy novels at all. I prefer a more classic diet. Mrs. fnrtV llfllla AUTOMOBILE run-dow- n death." The Eskimos also have a sorcerer Not the Right Kind of Model. over the who I don't see why you never conjures Wife or diviner, 4 with sudden Exsuspicion. "Arctic his in a model. My first husband Keane, for Dr. me use sick. Me grew calmer. Dick Lambert, this Angekok, as always did. of says plorations," loved her in a way far nobler he Is called, that "he Is the genera! Artist Yes. my dear, but your first "an Mills' love even dreamed of be-s was an illustrator of comic who prescribes husband counselor would trust her and said she directs what wounds, over and in sickness w would papers. believe. Is the policv of the little state, and It's a case of A Handy Man. being In love really the power behind the throne." some one else." Mills sal,l evenly. you hear that Skeets Ild Clancy Mary smiled, secure In her hnppl-"Mor- e on the stage? is Seeds. the poet, Banana Hum that I. am to be e trying to raise the Is supposed is Nancy popularly banana 'ed next The week." to be seedless, but Its seeds are known morale? ls leaned saw him he was back, and Mary saw De Candolle mentions Clancy No; when I to botanists. narrow eyes dose. The old fear the curtain. the by that thev are seldom produced culti- raising 1 !lVer her' S1,e realiwd that he cultivated varieties. It Is the her with the old A Popular Malady. desire, and vated bananas that reach consumers in t,,e man." though, uf nilotner man p09. source of tl "He looks like an America, and Europe incurable as ,.,,, , an he has hut Indies. yes. hig these being the West Mills asked. it seems." states A correspondent of Discovery "What Is the trouble?" jhard Lambert," Mary said quiet- - that he lived many years In India beof work dis:'n" she knew by Mills' "Anything In the nature a seed, and then only after fore seeing ,1,e we,g,,t of t,,e There he came agrees with him." being sent to Bengal. five times in or four across seeds only folded his hands. Climbers. " bunches of saw "My dear the fruit. He eating Notmuch family are great asm yours t0 use" fine large bananas on the grow ng "The honors, are they social were called pirants for however, and these p.ants, wel 'lis fi,Ce epened: "I "seeded bananas," proving to be """I hould sav so. Why, they're such hean-bk' ,J,n,'ert would like to heir even named filled with flattened black thick. 1UlU' t;l,e of our climbers that they have t?Ii!!iU night seeds a twelfth of an inch Ivy." their youngest daughter 1iSm?n,r ll0r feet- - MI know 1 How to Be Popular. . Discouraged Weather Prophet. it t". rose to our local forecaster some points from Lord are Here his "Did ye hear that feet, j; nilght tell Cliesterfield's prescription for Poltransferred?" to i trvln' get What's the trou- his famous 'No, I didn't, Si. arity, taken from 'In pow-wow- , able-bodie- "lwr 52' iru l 'd tel MFDGET MOTORCAR ., J'ie?" reni('i",,Pred lit how SIi,ls : .Indulge people's eaknesses Urongs are Never show contempt. never. Our that! Wju0" e contempt often forgiven: Iki !. s;ni,ttlon was!" It forever. lmve nlwiys loved pride remembers more learned. Y,... "'oisod seem wiser, nor Never me then you with. bl;. thfn the people you are 1 snow like your watch . I Wear vour learning not pull It out do u It Was fe". best for hnth nf in a sSke pocket; to show you have It merely and "Cant npere'1- "To 8P!11 ""Jo ftffl'm. the man he Is distrait with iflors. 'r7 ,1liap- nl now I'll spoil fears man or the worna. e 1Ike f"'1 '"m note with d whom you can m make Those ! your hanplwill . wItn a k- themselves better ,. uht his welL "Bastn, I hare u",l!'l"'t do You - NC' m. ' WHe says the climate doesn't agree with him" That's Reasonable. won't you give Sonnyboy-Dad- dy, me a bicycle? afford It. son. g;inavboyA man shouldn't marry afford It unless he can Are. So Many of 'Em version of film the saw o of It? think stirv. What do you yHTt' no version; it's a perversion." -- ' DURING COLD SEASON ever-prese- MiSCalculainre "Did you hear about Old Man Covne going to the wall?" "You don't say? And It was his daughter who married Duke Notting-left- , about two weeks ago!" "Yes, think of how surprised that duke will be when he hears of himN self marrying fur love." South." "Sweetheart. What Is the matter:-Yolook and mother" I since time "Read that letter, Dick," she said V. ! (hat with you about two trembling. t it?" ,. niL'ht. Ions ago, wasn't He read It, smiled and looked up with hidden mean- - "It's said, smilingly, Just a pleasant note from Hazet la his eyes. Mills, whom I have met on a hit in bus' Please, 1 am trying iv ness. A note of good wishes says he lataad forget you." pleasant memories of you, whon , n nn ti;.. fnnlr nn - has . he' knew years ago, and he "Forget me i hopes yoi "Mary, you have fnt note of possession. pleasant memories of hlm." a me to sense, in always belong The tension broke. Mills had beer-fairen though" he then Mary stared at Dick In she Sever, Hazen; with agony in her eyes, telling him be Rlehh in Hidden fear. Suppose tween sobs of that night long ago wher IVdii come und she had to Introduce she had eloped with Hazen Mills, anc then, coming to a realization of what she was doing and bow little, face t face with the future, she cared fo him, she had made hlm turn back o her meeting with him in the hotel an his threat, and of taking the letter. As she finished she felt Dick's smooth, firm cheek rest against hers and he spoke softly Into her ear: "i knew of that stunt long ago, honey Your dad told me about it. The only thing that I care about Is you made Mills turn back. I don't blame Mills that must have been something of a jar for him. Don't ever think about it as you have. Let's not think of it At present you are mine and ruin alone. Isn't that true?" As she felt his lips upon hers, the old singing happiness came back, ami a gay little thought danced swiftl through her mind It was a big "H" after all. -- MODERN ART "So you are married V The Lidy said he was. And then he handed her that old line of talk about Wing sorry he hadn't met her In tiuie. "But you are Just In time," she simpered. "Next week 1 get my final decree of divorce." Then it was his move. NOT POPULAR "Why don't you go to the bank and borrow money?" "I did once, but I don't like their methods. They expect you to pay It back when you promised to." CARRIES FAMILY The Near Actor. "You say you were nearly an actor?" "Oh, yes. so I was. In the p st; And this Is the way that It happened, I once had my leg lr. a cast." "'Jill' ' r latelr. 4 Mm X r i Prophecy. "Well, my little girl, and what are you going to be when you grow up?" Screen ChildOh, I'tu going to figure in several divorce scandals, at least. movies y .. Overpaid. "Tennyson J. Daft receives a good deal more money for his poetry than he deserves," stated old Festus Pester. "How much docs he get?" we asked. "I haven't the slightest Idea." Eehlnd the Times. Clancy What would you do If I kissed you? Nancy How do I knowT You know very well that I haven't been to the y ' "' i A, 1 y This iniiigei motorcar, invented by A. Y. Hoc, an Euglisiunan, is big enoiin hold his family hut small enough to go through an ordinary doorway and light enough to park on the back porch or even to take up to one's apnrtment on a cood elevator. Ti e car Is built on a motorcycle chassis, with two tlnv it upright. Handlebars takes the place of a steering "trailer" wheels that to I.'.-e-p wheeL " , |