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Show year-oi-a I "X J - Sam Hava Three Horee Hair Snake . ' Br A , (Copyright, -- 1911, WkMlw BywHcata, lac.) la the period of highest sdeotifle Interest; It Is the bug season. Bchofleld and ' hi Penroa Sam stood enthralled. Williams, friend, ia renrosen mck yarn, staring at a (magnificent creator they had dlscov- wad upon the atalk of a huh bosh In tha fence corner. The thing area to atin, It might have been a pixie's m--' eertfna, painted dusty; green and ornamented : With brilliant pool balls from a pixie pool table. To Penrod 'and Sam it waa known as a "tobacco Worm," and It waa the1 largest and Tat itest theynad ever seen. - The two Jboy stared In silence for long time? finally Penrod spoke -- In. a hashed - There, are some things - . Instinctively, ba , OB a" boy, ' " smtkflessu mom y cannot buy. . - ' Thriller BOOTH TARB3NGT0N M . "Penrod P floor- - ' What time is It getting to beP he leaped between her Penrose suddenly Inquired aloud. and the sacred bottle, that aha might Maron a war There little dock not see it H trusted no woman In but It had garet's . dressing-tabl- e,., ats-terl affair leant .of all a any weighty " stopped. Upon an Impulse, he Jump- , ed up and ran downstairs to the Tana sent me up to see what-yeiiolsrold ' "L'. aredplngP .7 reassured hla soothingly. It marked r . "Nothing."-, fifteen minutes after ten. , &Then why la the' world doot :yos .'; " ' ; Come to breakiaatm This was a shout from the yard, and "Well. I am coming, ain't IP Hla going to the door, Peqrod beheld Sam tone was that of a person unjustly WUliamsi radiant with excitement ; "What you aU dressed up for "Come on over to our stable," shout-this mornlngr" "I never did see such alnyPIar-gase- t athfmP exclaimed. : Penrod did not atop for his hat; f "ton say that every day," Penrod re- Jealous fear, suddenly roused,. added torted plaintively. tear to hla feet " Aad whea they - "Penrod I Are yoa comlngP reached Sam's stable he was profound"Tea, rm ready." he announced un- ly reived JaJlndam'a "snake" no expectedly, having managed, with hla more advanced toward the grt'at transhands behind him, to conceal the bot- formation than his own. He expressed tle beneath jhls pillow. this was much ' the opinion, indeed, that v7. e e e ' ". further along. , : SitingJrraJhe,table at JtheJlrst 7"WAy7howjcould AM be!" dfimanded possible moment he returned to his Sam resentfully. "I've hecn.aijttlh'here own room, and, in-tdoorwayTwaafteokln'. at mln unnamed fear. Katie, and never took idy- - eyes off him. Well, strnckjuth-a- a the housemaid Was putting the ;oom 6lr, 1 saw him breathe he did It lota You can't tell It Just lookln In order; .but she had not touched the of times You got to keep bed. Once more able to breathe, he se- at him this: way. cured the bottle and departed, carry- lookln! at him and lookln' at him; yon ing It under his Jacket' in front with- bet I saw him do It, all right 1 And out Katie's noticing anything unusual once he almosjKlggledJ? In hla manajr or busum. "'Almost wiggled! Mine did wigHe started down the back stairs, gle P Penrod said end thereafter bebut retreated, hearing his mother be!- -' lieved it low, in conversation with the cook. "Well, so'd mine," said. Sam. " Young Zoologists; reared and Weeks A sister, nppearea in the ummer-tim- e Sam," he suggested, edging away. Til go and be getting the bottles ready te put 'em. In. No,strP 8am Insisted. "Ton started to pull em and yon ought to do It I didn't start to Fall 'em, did "Now, see Penrod became argumentatlTe.- "You better qult talkln' so much," Sam Interrupted doggedly. "Go ahead and pull those two hairs out of his old tall or pretty soon the man'U come out IP here" 7 77 ' -- and drive him away, and then where!! We bet Ton started to dolt, and so It's 'your business to." t'Well.-- I am goto toain't NowP Sam exclaimed.: "He's quit lookln'. at us. Quick P 1..:--i-voice. Seizing thl opportunity, Penrod H wonder What he's thlnkln' about ventured was reward' Thlnkln about how fat he la, may- - ed. The the deed andseemed to have elderly horse ire, uS6ccV. l w. i " fmrnftM. M. T-lknow: wwcb oWt. you hit head is, laid Penrod. ed the. ravishment by nothing "I bet yon dont, either." . more than a slight shudder. whoever said I dldr Penrod . Prellmtnarfe to the great experi" retorted crossly. ment were grave WelljjSldJ say 1 dldr - eare. The worked out with obtainsaid yon. did tartabTe were largest; empty bottlei selected, cleaned, and filled -Ml AMf 1 vfili fnto mitam. Than . with Koftfttn ttXTmovimehroalfie part of tEegreen Tniirthii'i.. h h.. Jnn hi. creature distracted the attentipa-- of were lowered into the Water, and the . both boys momentarily. noraeg-- . were coreea. -- After that a "Look P .Penrod cried. labehrwas-past- ed upon ehchrcxhlT movin'P v r . the- - owner"s-name-a- nd address Cllmbin' up. the hush, observed Itlng was not com8am. "That shows which end his head Penrod paid a visit plete, however. ' , 1st It's on top." - , to the kitchen clock, and, after some fa be en "top Just severe exercise In computation, the irtcanse Jie's cllmbln np the hush," following note was inscrlbed in pre Penrod remarked scornfully, "I guess else duplicate upon the labels: heeould baek up, just as well as elimb "Hair from Jacop IL'KrlBh and cos - ,., ,, . up, eouldnt her . horse tail put in sixteen minutes of "Well,- - he wonldnX": 8am argued. evelen. o'clock n July 11 Snak comes "What would he Want to back up for. minutes ofvelen.ecloch July S2." when he could Just as asy climb up? ' Penrod took his bottle to his room His head's 011 top of him, and that that night; it stood close by his bed' proves It" t side throughout the long dark hours; ' Penrod laughed pityingly, "Suppose and once, waking suddenly- - hrgropedr 7 sumpthlng was after him; he'd want for It feverishly, In fear. His fingers , to have his head on the bottom end found the smooth, cool curves of Its ao'a Be could keep watchln out to see neck, and, reassured, he slept again,' a if It was eomln' after hiqTup the stalk, smile upon hla face.. And In the morn: . wouldn't he? That- - proves It, I ing, his waking eyes anxiously sought L ir i . et Vell. " 7 ' - - was concerned Sam was overwhelm-- 1 ed; he had nothing to say. He dug the ground with the toe of his ahoe, de-- "I bet once.- - I know. sompia abont tTesshopperajthatyou-flo- . n' . , chew tobacco." t-thla Penrod yelled ;vv; consum-- la -A- taur scorn. oawalt;fe.Sisiegiui to browse -- the grass Jt':: aearc&Ing. Grasshoppera ehew tobacco P'bowl-e- d PenttMl "GrajshoplwwTchew te-- " baceof- - Grasshop oh, ho, hoP'v. fHereaald Sam,' bringing a grass- hopper?rfor his Inspection. "Too watch -- ' "- 'raow.-rrr-r- - He gave the grasshopper a command, squeezed him slightly, about the mld- die, and proved the case absolutely. 'laolrlhereTeedrBoufrshlng xhiblt Anpon his thumbnail. . "Now, to say tasshoppers dont - thew-. : pumtz. - .7- r- ' Penrod was beside himself, .but not , (as would have been proper) with con-fu-st on; ecstasy waa his emotion and of an there followed a hour for the grasshoppers In that por' tion of the yard.. bad-quart- er . ' - ' TwlaaldUfiam-!Tvejuknowi- L grasshoppers chewed tobacco ever since I Penrod paused to seek farther waJviridJ!Siiiiii knowledge at its fountata-hei- d. ; elserv tit Inquired hopefully. with Justified resentment "Lemmeaee. 1 I bet you dont know if yon Oh, - Trat hyes black hair from a horse's tall In ' ? bottle and put water lo If and leave " It (here for three Weeks, ItTl tarn 4nto - ..,v Us tv' nake.":&-y?:S- "l 4e 7 '. aw- - mII Bntw at! loTsi tHuna round in the bottle from the way he waa layln yesterday; kind of looks like he was restless, to me; And there's sumpthlng like Mttle bubbles on him up at the end where his head's V gola'tobe." ' The Wlr In Penrod'a bottle had no such accomplishment for its owner to vaunt; he looked coldly at Sam, end hegnn to whistle. "yes,. sir,. Sam went on, with unction, "that snake of mine looks to me like it was goln to make a mighty fine snake P Well, f dont know," Penrod said, slighting. ."I like 'em kind of quieten" . Nor did the fact .that his treasure exhibit ho tokens of the transition jn any way, except thus Jto rouse hla chiampionage.. No. slightest doubt "ever shadowed hla ardent confidence; sever for on Instant! . Tadpoles became frogs; caterpillar make themselves Into cocoons ; and cocoons s; he had owned are. cocoons that showed no change In appearance until the very hour of the butterflies' emergence.The half la the. bottle looked every day more a nd more like an attractive young shake,' and by' the time Penrod discovered of iJuly would that the- - thirty-secon- d really be the first of Aagustr It seemed to him that It almost was a snake, m knew too, aaid Penrod. : - Oiat, ever ; tfnce-- 1 - waa " -- - Penrod paused ; a sudden light In his eyes. " "Sanv dld you ever try Itr- No," aald Bam,1; thoughtfully. . guess when I head It we dldnt have - any horse, and I waa too little to get from any other people's horseor umpthlng"-'-r.tify.-Ms7 Wf.'p:.' Penrod Jumped p eagerly. . ."Well fwe arent too little nowp, he shouted. , f' "TayP Thla Jubilant outcry from a!mdyii--'fcff--fr- --' ?rr-- v. 'Bam , demonstrated ."what";reclpsocal The finer week of the three was one Area of enthusiasm were kindled la his internal excitement heightening al- bosom on tbe lnBtant 'Where's: a of most unbearably as the lima ap1 - ' horser ' proached. Then,, the. rst of August -" Blmultaneouslr their eyea fell upon dawned fair and: cool; no sweeter ld . have been selected In they sought la a side street birthday-couStood a grocer's wagon, and the. gro- atl the year. Penrod woke with the cer had Just gone Into the kitchen At- -' feeling that riches had come to' ' " tached to the wngon waa an elderly joyous hlrain his snake. . " ' ' bay horse. Attached to the elderly Aa his eyea opened and fell upon the horse was a black toll. "The pros- bottle, bathed In morning 'sunshine on pective snake manufacturers drew the chair by his bed, h stared with ' near the raw material. Joy.7The hair had iltcred its position -"" The elderly bay horse switched bis in the water during the night ; the mirblack tall at a fly, a gesture unfortn--.- acle had begun, to work, and' Iff minbate for Penrod, upon whose eager utes of )1 would see It consummated. . " 7 .'Be dressed slowly and tremulously, countenance 4t culminated.;' "Oof p na Jumped back, sputtering ;' wonderisg what be. would name It ; and the horse looked around Inquiring-Then, Instead of descending to break' 'If, then, ofseeing boys, assumed' : an; ex? fast he sat upon his bed to gaze upon 7, the mnrvrl, and continued to sit end implacable fury.; '',eaeto sit. c Mean while, urgent reon," Ram'fged.n,uU 'em out slt-- nd ""7 S Two's enough." quests for Ms presence In the dining - Pvnrod glanced uncnslly a"t the room went .wholly unheeded, - until Rhone's borUontal asra. Yon pull 'em, finally Unrgawt his pretty nineteen- really-butterflie- 1 - -'a- -- v-.-r- - t '- , - ' "o . - - e j( t - " I Sam-WilUa- v- ' J 1.. - rec-o.r- n connect-edwttlrwe- d, - , e. the-radiu- s - ir . te -- d. fln-ge-rs, King-Cho- -- girl-reou- ld '" one-fourt- h - nt two-thln- ls enn-a-k- ef " ru h h - VI-l6- coin-cte- evl-dcn- ovetf-hearin- 7 . - well'-te-d- - , d . . r : r , r , jniyr - ' A, , " - -- " re ' -- crowcllng ltlhg of Lhastt. ilbet. Is believed to mark a center "of the universe, The Stone of Scone 'was originally supposed to be the ancestral god of pie Irish Scots. It was kept In the gray old castle of Dunstailnage untD It was carried to Scope and the Scottish kings were crowned upon.lt. fto. ward 1 carried It t Westminster ub-- . bey, and it forms tbv seat of the coronation chair used by all the British . sovereigns. At Mukden, In Manchuria, the con- kquerlng. Japanese round, tne blacstope of .the ilanchu dynasty, which has also been Kilpposed to "mark the. .. center, nf the world. - tlie BittaTlid ' lieen"iny sh not And If overhear conversation. this the "Where's my bottle?" demanded, SEEK OF REVOLUTION " he had, he could not hnve understood frenzied boy.. ; he have traced "nere," said Katie, disengaging the .it Much less wuld between a hnlr from Mayor of Goston Asks Canadians for empty bottle, "from the towel' with any Gun Said to Have Been Taken the Jacob it. Klrsh' tall of elh!rly which she was drying It. "You didn't at Bunker ' Hill. seem to cure enough about It to answer horse and the fact that Ethclbert Mags- unworth Rttts was defined to remain me, and I poured the water out,, so Pelln could use It There wasn't willingly a bachelnrrr Boston for The return nothing In l.t at all except a hnlr that gun snld to have been captured by the must 'a fell In It somehow, and went Straight and Curly Hair. British on June IT, 1775. at the battle of the of manner the The waquestion down the sink when I poured the Bunker Hill, ' and which now of of the and curly production' straight ter out" on the square at Quebec cita-de- l. stands varieties of the hair a long been Penrod ran amuck. was referred to the minister of hitherto no With a manlncal yell he struck the matter of conjecture, militia at Ottawa. .. has been explnuatloa bottle from her hand and fied toward satisfactory In Quebec mllitarjr-circle- s opinion the front part of the house. In the forthcoming. It Is only I town that as to the adWsablllty of returning the In Is hulr circular straight always cat encountered a he young library gun is divided. Some offltol9 believe which had recently been adopted by section and Is usually thicker than It would be a bail' precedent, while his mother for "eood luck." having fol curly hair, which Is rlbbonllke and others consider it a matter to be hair Is provided with a e- lowed her on the street ArTeaHy tifAnc-Ea- ch settled by ihe rtepnrtjiient of milltld. imceous gland opening into it, togctntelllgent cat would have fled from There Is sohie doubt 0 to the origin muscle connected er with with a it path at highest speed, but this of the gim, which, Is a small piece of one came running to htm, hopefully. It The size of the glfind varies considIn different individuals and apartillery thut coukl be packed under proved to be the most important mis- erably the arm. There are .no authentic In nnd better developed pears larger take of the young cat's life. the-guwas .ever "to. prove-that h To one maddened with outrage nnd thcaegro races. The muscle Bunker Hill, but at captured rtuntly been hnfTlong gland wlttfthe agony injustice, and suffering It has been generally accepted as a as having an Influence on the heart's Idol of having Just had-h- ls erec trophy of war captured, by the Britof the its balr, causing poured down the kitchen sink, the position ish troops forwnrd the root of the tion by pulling fr pet--nanother sight of person's Such artion of these little mus-blr. ribbon pampered, and wearing pink cat In rage glad erects tail or a straightits aa-- 1 tne meet to Penrod cry. Plunged haired dog causes the hair of Its back Vance of the young cat' who turned too to rise In a median crest Then? Inlate, but precisely In time to leave his fluence in man Is commonly observed extended tall In the feverish clutch or in the coudltlon known ' as "goose the maddened boy. akin.' .Once, twice, thrice, Penrod swung that electrified cat In a great circle, of a full arm undrhalf with In discussing criminals a thinker cat The a tail. swept the air, shriek1 v . Ing inconceivably with horror, and at said; "I firmly believe that the re the top of Its third orbit went so sponsibility, for the majority of crimes "You SUrtod to gfitl 'Em, and Yea Ought to Do It" rest not upon the criminals themselves high, and so heartily. It brought down SERVING A USEFUL PURPOSE but Uon the shoulders of their pa "Well, who said he dldntT I didn't a glass globe from the chandelier. Proceeding to the top of the front Pro Bono Publico: , Nothing but rentsr At first like that sound may stairs, he heard the voice of Margaret say he didn't did Startled exclamations came from the a circulars In the" mail Just campaign very extreme statement, but upon noW. and-M- r. "Well, who said you did say" Bobert Williams,' Sam's AndMhey don't dan, bit of parlor, aud, following them, the pro- second Is all on it after thought frag- --- food to anyone. iaenlor- - on. vacation. A "Come on!". Interrupted Penrod. jectors thereof: Margaret Mr. Ethel- I deration t tuo "f""11 follower up speaker -- Oh, I dunnosl back mine." at "Let's look and Mr go Taxpayers and Jkibert bert told MpgsworthJBUts glance over the railing revealed the two dollars' worth to the Junk man "No, sir! I want to watch my own Williams. They reached the library niiTfirsrstateriicnt with a second! "A confrontchild who Is not taught the vu!n of collegian, beautifully attired, snake change, don't IT You better In time to yesterday. the young cut become leaned egaihst-th- e ing Margaret-wh-o here and wait till he's all good aviator, and, released from a hurtling obwllence In the home will be less livestay newel post la a way very hrritatlag HI Position. flUd changed, then well go and see If band, mount upward and upward upon ly to r&pect the laws enacted by comto a brother who wished to get out munities for the Kood of that lurtr been reading right smart In "I've Invisible currents till H disappeared" to the stable without being stopped or yours" bumanltv." the papers. . yur of late, about the "No. sirP shouted Penrod over his through the upper section of a win- family When Margaret got her Prom this point of view the"obcdl- - txenttnent they're giving old men unquestioned. home the on as he started the "down shoulder, was from which top." dow, back to the newel post like that Pen-ro- d ence of Utile folks assumes mammoth ion in the Bart soni'ers, to make .'em Crimson. Infuriated, Penrod turned proportloflSrfoMhey-nreTio- t knew she might stay there "hours trot To goln' back to watch a good chil : only youTig,'nitatnrneighbor. 'What do 7 "7 snqkeP upon his UuiBfounded sister. and" hours!" dren, but citizens In the making. you think of the Idyl Do yoa. want -He passed through the kitchen of ! bleated. ruined "Yoa my snake be to be young ag'InP 'Margaret" said Mr. Williams, In a his own home at the same gnlt disre"Yoa watch what I do to your old gold Mexico. Tree ef voice wholly Inexplicable to Penrod, "I "In some ways, mebby, I monght," Agave bouse-malgarding a request by Katie, the fishP Chinese history records that one Huf believe you care more for the bowl of '. lie darted oot of her dHnlnlng for a hearing. Shea, a Buddhist priest, a native of Tlldge. "But when 1 look at my four. mister Penrod she began. "I'd like and though she pursued, and Cnl.ul In the. year 409 returned to teen children and me." rlckylect thai I'd to know what fer you want" Ilobcrt William pursued, and Ethel-be- rt capital of the dynasty of he younger than they. are, and such Penrod reared from the haHwaylnto "Cat furl" facetiously shouted Pen-ro- d, had he Dltts Mngsworth pursued, TkJ, bringing with him from the coun-ir- f being the case, they'd' sure settle on Margaret's room, and feeling satisfied ascending the buck stairs.' seized upon the bowl of gold fish and ot Fusang. where .he had been me and beat me to death, I dont have- that she would not come there for a "Catalready to biitchus make, kitten .fur, was out In the hall with It .before the acting as a missionary, a number of no hankering to be young agin," - :. Jong timjwithdnrw the treasure from with Py- rr be laid curious articles as hand of man or beneath bw coat, set It upo'n her dressKansas City Star. glfU for the emis-' fearful Jiowi a Next him. .moment ' peror. Among these were a material ing tabli, and seated himself btslde It sued from Margaret's roonu Mrs. 8cho uioa Oa the halt table reposed twn straw resembling aUk, with very strong Crald fisht Colorado Highest State. I fU'10, hurrying thither . from her own iials! tum was ItohenV; ' the other. threads, and a mirror. From the de With 4h prospect tefore Tdm of aiKirtment encountered her son fa the which bore the mark of a London Colorado is the highest state m the " scriptions the former Is believed to what waa going to happen at or be- passageway Union. Only about of the mnlti-e- , w the hot of Jrithellkrt Mags-wort- h have been fibrous material from the 7 state is under 5.000 feet shove-se- a ' fore, 16 minutes of 11, the lives of oth-Tenrod, what's tho matterP. uitt. agave tree of Mexico, called by the leveL - while er people who had aa hope; of own-ifrom ranire "Where a wy SnnkeP doore the Margaret Ashing through missionary; "fusang," the name also 8.000 feet to RCOO feet. Tliere are pet SMkes hatched . la' the -- boU -- Where's hatr way, uttered a lamentable outcry. But applied to. the country, and the lat 14 peaks more than 14.000 feet above tie seemed pitifully vacant He felt "My snake P he brtlowed.X i wmt Penrod discriminated nothing between ter I believed to have been not un sorry forJRobert WTlHums. . He pit- my. snake! Where's my these hats. With mighty effort he like mirrors used In Mexico and other sea level and 000 more than. 10,000 ied the young man for having nothing feet. The United States-ro-ast onrf "Penrod, aw yoa crar.rr sheMeLiJuatedtheppw of the American continent parts better 0 do Jhaa to talk to an unin" S geodetic suney Axes the two highest down and poured water and Ami as What on earth are teresting girl about whether she Uked peak. Mount' Massive, 14,319 feet, and "My snake! ; Iloft U wi Mnrgnrefs equally as he could Into the t'wo hat. "tlorrora him as well M she did some gold qf th Sea, , Mount Elbert, 14.404jeet, as the two bold Then IVha'a threw the empty boat took It? he bureau and it t gonel ' A ship- - doctor on an- - English II net I fish u a glasa-bow- l The highest point in the 7 e7 highest. Who's been In there! Who's got' my ly Into'th atomnch ef Ethelbert Mags-wort- notified the death-watcsteward, an ' United Slates Is Mount Whitney, Call " A motor whizzed la the street and, snaker . Bltts, hi newest pursuer, and Irishman, that a man, had died In statefornla. 14.601 feet. glanciug ul of. the window at his .' Mrs. Shofleld began to be atnrmeu wttn a grent and demented roaring, room autaber. 43. The usual InstrucPenrod, found .ocwalon fa be In arnest, het son's mariner and look dashed out of the open-doo- r d and tions to bnry . the 'body were given. fthost Named, as Corespondent . sorry :far. another young - man, were frantic and his words, to her, aw'sy Into space. hours Inter the .doctor peered Some, t unlntor-esUng T,h- - ahittrfnf her hnslKind'g ; coming to Interview the and remained ; . s did7 , aald Mr, P : "Ugh PJtts, r Into the room and found that the body wife was named as corespondent In, -- " girl; and "from,;varlous : "Penrod," she auld nervously," tyou where be was,. two hands upon the wss still there. r7 ucceRhi! divorce suit HJed. by of 'late, Penrod had little must ,ike. aotne . castor "o.!l.H There area of contact' Out Itobcrt Williams tie called the matter to the attention womnn of Newark, N. J.7 The womun doubt that this one, toorXTould be dis- wasn't any snake lit Margaret' room. ran "the front upon porch swirtly put to the Irishman, who replied: testified timt her hnsbund hnd left cussing at the first opportunity,, what I hfrder-wme-apirtnl- rf f some where a colored boy, wttb a bucket of "J thought yoa sold room number 46V her 11 days after their liked. marriage.' A ' Margaret 7 7f thing; a minute ago, and P In there. soapy water In one Land, and a scrub- I wtiit In there and seen wan of thlra few dttva Inter his mother came after He was 'a dainty,- and exquisite If there'd bcen.a snaie I'wre nhe'd bing brush la the other, stood gn.tlng In a bunk. 'Areyedeadr saysl; 'No.' hit...c!the.BI?foriner;;:wlf'.ba4 J much have screamed, but ahe went down- la thf direction of- Penrod's.evunlsh-mea-t says he, "but Pm pretty near young man, more than dead,' So' Rplrltnally visited and wnvtin-' ' " him ' " It and and stairs again, Robert seized upon the bucket I waa getting ready to bury him." ' 7 ; encouraged by Mrs. Schofleld; was In he th wrong "agliln, marrying 80 did Penrod go. downstairs again, and was back lu tjie" bull; and had the was he who had given Margaret the mother declared, according to the bowl of gold lUh which lends some ne plunged, three stf pe' fct a time, and goId almost water 'the soapy In th 8mahup. . v. , plaintiff's testlinoay. himself Into" the m:1or, instanUy,. flopping rather, feebly, but flavor to Hobert Williams' dismal explodedWere'the parties In the automobile Mogsworth whero Margaret 'tat flooklng f nlatly ftUve.. . accident mad nervous by the car's Lithuanian Letter, Cltts was generally believed to be al embamssed) with Mr.Ethelbert Mags- - 5.rQuickP.ne sold to Margaret "Get turnlngoverl". .' , .. Tlie altentlon ' come . to a of ' stmnster .C09-lellne worth U had I of (who fortunate clear .water. don'tknow lMttv yontn; pull very happy and "Well, they were very much upset" hasVbeen, of called to1' Rpringfleld mo-ta take her te drive and was frowning) they can live in these suds more than bad a y acht' Somewhere; he had a letter son. to a Rpringfleld woman ' ' " 4 who1 bad a tnlnute. Don't stand there! Hurry P car, then at the cnrbS 'herliad and Mn Bobert William Crisis.' A and postmarked. "Uspallnt Lithuania, t Botllng Ana ahou she returned with the pail money enough to buy alijhe candy in come to take her for a walk, and "They say the hotels are facing a October A;..!!K2.VThe envelop was Penrod the pitied scowling), and; town If he chose; yet gold: fish; (nho be whisper l to her: "FU bring yon cook famine.'' made from aBoMon hewspnper with him. .Sixteen minutes of eleven that wcr swimming), s another glass howl for them thla after- - . "Ah. that la one ovet t hlch the imh 7. ' " aa unprlnted piece of paper pasted for --moiling would find Mr. Bitta utterly J'bexe'i my xretfi---nc ww stew unni tt roasu the hotels." 4aoev Doo'l the. address. " .MEl 7 7 ""' - - lilrrhlMaBawoTth mereiyngM!h y .2y,, -- ut to - -- -- -- -r The worship of stones Is an ancient and universal custom. Up to (be end of the Nineteenth century the peua- ants of the Norwegian mountains eherlslied --round atones which ' they kept' In s comfortable bed of fresh straw; Onee a week these stones were carefully washed, smeared with bulier or steeped In ale, and' hey were treated with great resiect that ihey hilglit bring "good luckHfr the house. Kaubs, he holy stone of Meece, ! worn and poiisUed by the pisses of the street he passed a grocer's Wagon which bore the title, "Jacob It. Krlsh & Co." Attached' to the Avugou vtaa an elderly bay horse, and attached tothe black "taiL cUlerly;!ay Horse was And-othe ether side ef the horse, Ien-rod- 's eyea-adii!rl- be-fo- lly concealed from the view f Mr. Bltts, stood two boys, tturlng morbidly at the black toll. "a Sjsir7, sold nlpger told me tlmt tlm reason mine some "sirup in It eiidJjrfiulto'tlethMinew - tunnod-t- o a snake was because have It till I asked you, and you come you have to keep-I- t three weeks with In, and I startedto ask you what fer out ever lookln' at It If you look at you wanted it, and you says 'Cut fur it even once, Just to gee how it's get ta -- iuake kitten - britches with, and tin' uloaglt's spoiled. Well, we tept went oh upstairs, and lookln'. at 'em a hundred times a day, "Where. Is it?" shouted Penrod I bet and that's what was. tha mathoarsely; and even in this agony of ter with 'em! That's why theyidldtft ' suspense marked that the clock stood turn." "Mine wonlda !" Insisted Penrod lat at 20 minutes of 11. "What did you 0 With my snake T" terly, "There wasn't anything wrong never sow no wnBbe ynnJ with mlndT Mine voulda turned, any think Pd 'a touched it If 4her'd V way!!! Mlss-Marg'r- Many Races Have Accorded Venerav tion to Inanimate' Objseta, fer One Reason or Another, -- tennntall jras safe, and Penrod lose In Joy. -' Never Was treasuroor Mely guarded or more steadfastly wal hed; and, as the days pnssed. there tievel oped lat Penrod'a mind a som ewhat defldlte picture ef the little cbropnn in soon to be it would have brown eyes, obedient- - and faithful, tike a And, while these thoughts dog's. floated within, him, he would alt by the half-hou-r, gaslng at the bottle, a gentle and warming affeetiod emanating toward 1t from him. - Twenty-on- e slow days must pass the rapturous event; twelve had gone when Sam reported that symptoms of JheaTealchnngeJsere-ap- i pearing In his "snake," which he had taken to his home, (They bad discarded the termJhair oa the second day.) goiu-nsn- . hist-ne-was- "I bet you dont know grasshoppers ' ' In the bottleand it 1 And yet Ethelbert had glvm her the . in tne nrst place' A, week later, thlr young man eame- -f forth melancholie- from aanaterriew-- 4 with Miss Schofield. He bad received the information from hep-- In a gn-- . ral way there were times In"a" gfrfs life when the man who appeals to ber must be. of the general type of e senior In college; and speaking if a girl feels that way, the best thing she can do may be in general ro" "wHit" for that senior. Generally speaking; she added... she be- V '? lieved so. As Mr. Bltts walked gloomily down id -- Williams snn-a-ke- P . Thatwns why Margaret went uif., a nine tuier, msteaa.or anvmg. -- - - sing my-dres- My hat!" said Mr. Bltts. "I be ueve mar uttio brute has ruined It. I'declnre It's too bad." 3-- miC six-tee- guessP 7 So It did eo far as Sam ena-a-k- "t . - Margaret Jumped, ..pood gracious! ! What la the world" I left It In l want my a bottle on your "Oh P Margaret laughed relieved. "There: was a bottle on table; and noticed your name pasted on It; but I don't think there was any . ... thing inswe except water." Penrod Jumped up and down. "What did you do with UP he roared. "I gave It to JCaHe and told her te ask you If yoa wanted It aud If you didn't .Penrod. left an werturned chair to' hlaze -- hisytrhll. He burst Into the kitchen, and Katie was there, bending over tha sink. Where my snaker walled Katie. ..clutcWdg "Oh, Lord-at her heart "Whnt'd you do'wltb ray What did I what?" - -"In a bottle!" he bellowed. "Mar garet gave you tuy bottle with my It ! I want mr Snake !" "There w'psn't anyjsnakflinJt" said Kati- e- "There SvnRn't nothlnMn says the bottle "had your snouiu asa you did you want it, and I showed it to Delln and she says she wants it to-p- , v . .. 2: J X i i v 7 |