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Show .k -- A STORY, t tPW I'lihCi,' f'"1 m t a ' you mean to Insinuate that 1 am man?" Well, Admiral, It is a long life at ' .ra in sea. their younger days are d gs, and take it out of themseivc-Kd i non when they grow oiler they are Mill hard at It. and have no chance of t'"St or pence. do not think, a sailors 9 n ell-p- rt e -- 1 1 mAWeiS;. h'lm 1 h'V a good one." "I H tell mi what, HY A.COsjfs sounds h,nh,' ' not? The . if there ' v . 1 . In with a deprecatory shrug. "Tin point is that If you died where would be the security then?" "1 could insure my life, and make the Policy over to you." Your premiums for such a sum, If any otliee would have you, which 1 very much doubt, would come to close on five hundred a year. That would hardly sult 'ur book, "Well, sir, what do you Intend to pro-P'W?" asked the Admiral, " mlKM. to accommodate you, work 11 ln another I should send way. fl'r a medical man, and have an opinion uP"n your life. Then I might see what could be done ' "That Is quite fair. I have no hat thPr may tlnJ l,,forp you a re niv ..I,! 'HSt.nU'0,t' wh,n a must stow''.Way ,lls ril,p' But here's their Rrul tllelr Plate Is on the corner , thI!" f,,)or' n was flanked on either m0,k entranpp a rw of brasses, u ranging fro,n the shlpbrokers and the soil ( Wtl re 0(,(uPled the rt ground t,,rough 8 i'mg succession of v 17'.Indian agent architects, survey ors, and brok. they were in ",,IU'S none st'iir air, well and railed at first lit growingcarpeted shabbier with every land- ng, brought them past innumerable doors until, at fss association. PR, CHAPTER XIII. II KN "Well, money-lend- falr enough." hVe t0 hanVt'Sr1 m,",y' but Ad- e are times 1,(, MMWOHAL DOYL& -It 7;'St hromismg. board, does it ln,"rvlp' looks as i in ..o Pt to (He per cent. I sir," said the miral hotly, "if you have two pairs of g'ons I'll undertake to knock you out uml r three rounds. Or I'll race you from here to t. Paul's, and my friend lien will fair. I'll let you see whether I'm an old man or not." "This is beside the question. said the A I)r. Walker had departed, the Admiral lacked all his possessions back Into his sea chest, to that. with the exception of one little brass-houn- d "There Is a very clever doctor ln the treet here. Proudie Is his name. John desk. This he unlocked, and gr) and fetch Doctor Proudie." The took from It a dozen 'uth was dispatched upon his errand, or so blue sheets of last, Just under the while Mr. Metaxa sat at bis desk, roofing, the names of minB his nails, and shooting out little paper all mottled over with stamps Smith & Hanbury were to be seen comments upon the weather. Presently with very large V. U.s painted in large white letters across a feet were heard upon the stairs, the He panel, with a laconic invitation to push moneylender hurried out, there was a 2ed upon the heads of them beneath It. Following out the sugges-on- , ' sound of whispering, and he returned these carefully Into a small bundle, the Admiral and his with a large, fat, greasy-lonkln- g man, I placing them In the inner pocket of companion clad found themselves In a in a much worn frock-coa- t, and a dingy apartment cat, he seized his stick and hat. lit from a couple of glazed windows. very dilapidated top hat. th, John, don't do this rash thing, Doctor Iroudie, gentlemen, said Mr. ! Mrs. Denver, laying her hands An table, littered with pens, Metaxa. papers, and so seen little an almanacs, "I have American his sleeve. doth sofa, three chairs of The doctor bowed, smiled, whipped off Only three years since varying pat- oil, John. his hat. and produced his stethoscope con-- ; Don't leave me terns, and a much-worcarpet, I left the service. of rue, but I stituted all the furniture, save only a from Its Interior with the nir of a conjn. I know It is weak ei large and obtrusive porcelain spit- - jurer upon the I stage. "Whichheof these it bear It." jThere's my own brave lass," said toon, and a gaudily framed asked, and very gentlemen am to examine?" somber which picture above the blinking from one to the other of them. hair, grey-shdown the hung Smoothing Ah, It Is you! Only your waistcoat! ''replace. Sitting In front of this pic-- . lived In honor together, mother, rp-ture, and staring gloomily at It, as being You need not undo your collar. Thank please God, in honor we'll die. No the only thing he could stare at, was a you! A full breath! Thank you! Ninety-- I how debts are made, they have Now hold yout small sallow-face- d owes boy with a large nine! Thank you! the and what boy be met, fo a moment. Oh, dear, dear, breath for who in id, the h, of intervals his art and not the money, we. He has munched sedately at an apple. what Is this I hear?" lie can't find It. studies is he to find It? What is It then? asked the Admiral "Is Mr. Smith or Mr. Hanbury in? then? It becomes my business, asked the Admiral. coolly. I '.here's only one way for It. "Tut! tut! This Is a great pity. Have "There ain't no such people, said it it may not be so very bad, John. the small boy. you had rheumatic fever? not best wait until after he "Never. "Hut you have the names on the Iwe people tomorrow? "You have had some serious Illness ? door. ,ey may give him little time, lass. "Never. Ah, that is the name of the firm, you I'll have a care that I don't go so "Ah. you are an admiral. You hav fw Its only a name. Its Mr. Heubt-,at I can't put buck again. Now. hern abroad, tropics, malaria, ague 1 . It's Metaxa that you wants." r, there's no use holding no-know. "Well, then, is lie In?" and there's no sense in .) be done, "1 bate never had a day's illness." "No, he's not. her fingers He dota-he- d ng it." "Not to otr knowledge; but ou have . "When will lie be back?" his sleeve, pushed her gently back Inhaled unhealthy air, and it has left "Can't I'm to till. sine. He's gone Jn and hurried from the murlunch. Sometimes be takes one hour, its .tfiet. You have an oigani' 1 distinct." but mur 'igbt and sometimes two. It'll be two today, I less than half an hour th Admiral "Is it dangerous?" I spei t. f ii in said lie was hungry 4 whirled into Victoria Station and "It might at any time become so. You I. w . m." uf.O" cxer'd-e.- " Jl himself amid a dents bustling "Thin I suppose we bad better call should not take violent "(Mi. Indeed. It would hurt me to run fg, who Jostled and pushed In lb" again." said the Adnuial. led terminus. His errand, which a half nilb'?" "Not a bit." I know Charles. Isivnied feasible enough in bis own "It would be very dangerous. bow to See these little manage Imps. Vg.tr! now to present dlfliculties "And a mile?" shila here, here's you varmint, young earning out, and he puzzled over "Would be almost certainly fatal. for off ltun and fetch ling you. your !, he sh'iuld take the first steps, master. If you don't tiring him here Then there Is nothing else the matIn j '.the stream of business men, each ter? five on I'll side minutes the dump you bis definite way, the old Ilf tilt "No. Hut If the heart Is weak, then little to Janingnti head when you get back. Shoo! in his grey tweed suit and black Is weak, and the life is not a everything He charged nt the youth, who hat strode slowly along, his head Scat! one. sound bolted from the room and clattered and his brow wrinkled In per-t"You see. Admiral. remarked Mr. madly down-staire. as the doctor secreted his stethSuddenly an Idea occurred to Metaxa, "He'll fetch him." said Charles. "I.iet ' I Hie? He walked back to the railway oscope once more in his hat, my reus sofa home. make ourselves This at for. uncalled nd bought a dally paper. This not were ,w pudd. entirely does not feel over and above safe. It Imarks doctor's opinion irned and turned until a certain the am that sorry fifteen-stont e men. was not for nn met his eye, when he smoothed not more favorable, but this is a matter ie, but Hut this doesn't l""k quite the sort of a A, and carrying It over l of business, and certain obvious preseat, ler if r eded place where one would expect to pick up cautions must be taken. to read it at his leisure. some t; 1, "nf course. Then the matter Is at an indeed, as a man read that money." "Just what I was thinking, said the end. Moidlily nn, It seemed strange to him that should still remain any one In this Admiral, looking ruefully about him. "Well, we might even now do busiI have heard that the Ah. well! of ours who should be In straits ness. I am most anxious to be of use to se. Vant of money. Here were whole best furnished offices generally belong you. How long do you tldnk. doctor, ise to the poorest firms Let's hope It Is that this gentleman will In all probaof gentlemen who were burdened They can't spend bility live?" a surplus In their incomes, and the opposite here. anyhow. were loudly calling to the poor and much on the management "Well, well. Its rather a delicate queshim tot boy was the staff, tion to answer," said Mr. Iroudie, with to come and take It off thplr That pumpkin-heade- d hell l 4s. I suppose. lie. by Jove, that's his a show of embarrassment. Here was the guileless person our man. I think!" tk ! -Ik' "Not a bit, sir. Out with It! I have 1as not a professional moneylend-(l- it voice, and he's got As he spoke the youth appeared ln faced death too often to flinch from It who would be glad to corre-etdried-u- p now. though I saw It as near me aa you Here, too, was the acenmmo-I- ? the doorway with a small, brown, little chip of a man at his heels. He are. Individual who advanced sums ise. was clean shaven and I ten to ten thousand pounds (TO ns Conti scan. I mobile it with bristling black hair, and keen "The or security delay. ' out very )' actually paid over within a few brown eyes which shone RIVERS OF THE DESERT. ran this fascinating advertlne-conjurln- g brightly from between pouched under-lid- s and drooping upper ones. He ad- Some of tho Strnngo ITnnks Thsy Ploy ihysloi up a vision of swift ngr rushing with bags of gold vanced. glancing keenly from one to Now and Then. 4 aid of the A the other -- f his visitors, and slowly poor struggler. at ihe s A large contractor Is authority for tbe d his 1 gentleman dbl all business thin, by per- - rubbing together statement that In proportion to tho advanced money on hands. The small boy closed the door vseivve li.inapplication, number of streams, there are moro or nothing; the lightest and behind him. and directly vanished. said the Metaxa," ltciiben Mr. am "I bridges ln arid regions than In any promise was enough to content "Was It about an ad- other section of the country. Of course, crdlng to his circular, and finally moneylender. vr asked for more than five per vance you wished to see me? he only referred to Burh bridges an span This struck the Admiral as far "Yes." what were formerly or are now the well "For you. I presume?" turning to defined channels of running water, ln promising, and his wrinkles 4, and hla frown softened sway Charles Westmacott. parts of the southwest creeks and rlrera lwd at It. He folded up the "No, for this gentleman." looked often appear and disappear so quickly? surprised. t. rose The moneylender from the seat, and desire?" that It Is not known whence they comoj himself face to face with Charles "How much did you tiacott. "I thought of five thousand pounds." nor whither they go. Sometimes a 4' lo, ; said the Admiral. Admiral!" Btream vanishes and leaves no signs;, 4'eo, Wcstmacott!" Its disappearance Is marked "And on what security?" sometimes Charles had Hrlt-ts- h tbeen a favorite of the seaman's. of water ln the neigh"I am a retired admiral of the increase an by re you doing here?" You will find my name In the It cuts for sometimes navy. river; boring I have I have been bewhatever doing a little busi-m- y Navy 1.1st. There Is my card. but channel, a nice 1 get IH50 a Itself aunt, ltut I have never here my pension psjvers. old bed Is usually left It the of comes If a In Don Ion before." you that perhaps year. I thought be perfectly dry. These changes generally !e the place. It smothers me. were to hold these papers It would I should pay you. take place after a flood and necessitate a breath of clean air on this that enough , I security and repay One Greenwich. ltut you You could draw my pension, of t:.'0 a the construction of new bridges. yur way about prettymaybe rivulet ln southern California has well ln the yourselves at the rate, say. little Ove per cent Interest year, taking your required the building of five distinct 1 1. 1 ktnw something about It. US well," bridges. About two years ago the I v A never lived very far from It. "Whst interest?" Pacific rnllrond lost a stream Southern K nid deal of "Five pet cent per annum my aunt's busl- the Whitewater river, wfileh had called laughed, Mr.Metaxa never been known to fall before. Dury.ui (mow Dread Street?" be inld "Five per cent " an angry, per be would sixty I nt f Chenpslde." ing the wet season It became "A month! That turbulent nnd destructive flood, but ,,1, tb'n how do you steer for It cent a year." me out a course precisely." when the rain ceased, It gradually i T7' '"u keep to it." that Is monstrous. come to me. ltut and left no trares of Its future D Admiral, I -- I k gentlemen to have nothing to do. don't course. own fr e wl you Tliev come "f their I imi. there with pleasure.' U or A young explorer wan sure that ho iltlon though? Well, I'd take It are my terms, and they can take . find the mouth of any stream, could if you would. I have The It." so leave selecting one whoso outlet was nnd Shall I s'niih A Hanbury. financial "Then , Id from brta, not known, he began his tour of lnves-tigstreet, rose mutiny ent Kir t'lr mad., their wny to the river- hours After riding many ion. "ltut nM ' his attenu.., Khitl) rh.lt th be Thames to St. K ca-- e nnd we through the heat nnd sand, li.no unusual rather '""t "a mode of travel which a short time attracted by for was what j u. tion "f doing filler way a Hie Admiral's taste i , "r"'"r" which (,th,.r objmts, whoa suddenly ho ro! t.r course the l!,b' "n ,'r ny he told t n niih I in, I"1 and membered his mission, and looked for '1 j nn NMi'Ultiy ut ull, missbm nnd the 9, five thousand h(l, rVer, but not a drop of water was ,ul1 !' led to It, Diaries West Hiim imii "Well," he exclaimed, "I In slnht. of city life enough eunbs ..n il.'; ,. "" lu,b' trr. .r Iqistticga, Why nii( th" darned tiling went Into a" found (tint but lens at ' totti'irow. You a"" ilii r a Ti" f" Iletico In both than ntijhow." ground are i'l. " binde up Ills ttilnd not I V'untf man. What age t An old t Inter says that ninny of tho bun s, until tu nmiter was Miialb't' streams of 1"1 desert hno no nutlets, but simply na W nn n tu.it .. r headwaters ii, ,r" ''T l""tle," said the Ad-- : !. tv lat-'r'-i tin and a final ending. Iniilal r oi" t for I t i uu t r, .Id'. rt is "idy f ti t; 1 !v' f Gsem,s sec xpe umv " nt which bad I lie m temp ! n it'-- ji arm-chai- r, i j y. s. 1 no-an- 1 "- e. blue-chinne- wlth-ipens- e, blue-veine- I ! fc . . i Ad-mi- r, . ' xi::: 1 . phiGtl I i dear, Mrs. Thumphius I must hurry," said her lorgnettes. after dinner. "I am this gentleman going to the club. This Is Shakespeare night. What do you women know about Shakespeare?" snorted Mr. Thump-kins- . "A womans club is all right when it confines itself to tho hunting Tlicro are more reasons for tho Issue of "How Shall We Keep Our tiK hu holy days than appear on tho Husband's Home Evenings, or "How lace of them, hast June Arthur grad- to Fry a Toadied Egg. but a way off uated Iran the local high school. He when it tries to wrestle with Shuhs-pearwas dressed in a new $ S suit and the liarbtr had pul starch on his face "We don't talk about how to keep for the first time. That night the Mrs. husbands home evenings," oration with blue ribbon thrills around it was put away in the escri- Thompkins indignantly. "Who in the toire in Aitluir's room, ami the next world wants to keep tnom home evenIt's a relief when they stay morning, bright and rather early, Art ings? went out prepared to halter and tame downtown. the v ide, wide world. "Anyhow, resumed Mr. Thompkins He had read Hunlette's unruffled, "women's club meetings Kobeit "Uise and Kail of the Mustache," and must be Ihe funniest things In the he knew that lower and conquest world. What do women know nboul slumbered at his very teet, waiting anything, unyliow? And to think of only tile determined prod ln the ribs them talking about Shaksneare and It would be to awaken it to yeoman service. For the classics generally. months ho had been posting up on diverting if it wasn't so confoundedly Napoleon, Alexander and J. lierpont heart breaklngly sad." Morgan, and he knew it was a cinch. Mrs. Thompkins merdy look d ut Thus, or so, as we said be- her liege with a ccuuuifeii.i.ng exfore, our young hero went out into pression on her lace and ollV.'eil no the maddening mart with his halter, reply. prepared to get a stranglehold and an "laKik here," said Mr. Tho, overdraw check on this mundane "I'm sorry y u m men, suddenly, spheroid, iy noon he had succeeded I bellove that utter all von me trying In working up a lively appetite and to know something. The tnn'de is from mere force of habit, turned to men gaiornHy laugh aed the ancestral board tor sustenance. that the in mid l Ip you out don't go Now, As he stretched his long legs under IM just go to the dub with you tofather's (aide, kicked the family cat the nn nibers a bide and gi ami tucked the haberdashery inside night will do ihom some good talk that his hoard collar, a pained expression Mrs. Thompkins ! "imirird. bn: Mi. of wonderment flitted across lather's face at sight of the empty halter Thompkins would haie his wny. and so the two wem to tho dub. .Mr. dangling from Arthur's belt. Hut he asked grace with emphasis Thompkins had to tool Ills beds In on the "We thank thee. () Lord, for the hall outside int H Mrs. Thempkn-- t ot Muniug this sustenance," and Arthur's moth- secured him the prlx er helped her Honaparte to more pie. In and addressing tin imemld-'ie- . Dm lug the torrid mouths Arthur Mr. Thompkins wa'ked bui 'y n continued to talk about tying tho and was insrodiued in i"e p'e ill 'Ut. globe to the manger and feeding it lie felt a lit eut,is-ut re t ' " sawdust, but owing to poor success he saw a ball lull (,t women, nil d ad- between meals, be seldom mentioned the matter when asking for a second helping of rice pudding. One hot August day Art awakened to the fact that pa was worried about something. He seemed to be of! his feed, asked grace in a mechanical manner as though be didn't believe much in it, anyhow, was short ln Ills answers and had a strained way of looking at him that suggested he did not fully realize the strenuous campaign in which his sou and heir was radically engaged. This happened again and again. Every time Arthur rode up to the banquet leading an talk. I think you waii'ii wonid be empty halter, every lime he asked wiser If you gti'e up tins lite ury and for more strawberries, or was late to w rk nr.d stick breakfast six times a week, father historical pan it ycur to link teas. ami tittle-tattlGossiping grew cold and reserved, while a reis more in v.ojioii's line than and proachful hovering something lte-nr- y di a q.- - Intis, Yen seemed ever near, a harbinger of profound the trouble see, ladies, ii that you weather and Ipbs stormy pie. In the meantime mother continued cannot make a par. c cut of a sow's to fortify Arthur against the world ear,' as Sliakspeaie tins and it Is for a mind to with sundry squares of pie and Impossible these grasp steal, ginie snbjmti with white lies to pa about what time he men concern them.'.eiies. got in the night before. All this was which " tdon'preparing Art to eventually throw his "Mme. President," said a cold faced lasso round the waist line of Madam Earth and to rise triumphant ln the woman in the back of the hall, hh historical echoed books of the next she glared at Mr. Thompkins through generation. While the laurel wreath of fame was being worked over for Artie by mother, pa was down at tho office swearing at the office force and thinking of the melancholy days to rome. The first frost was on the morning of the day after the coal man presented bis bill and the tailor where Arthur had his fancy vests made, suggested to pa to pay up. It was a bad day, anyhow, for father had eaten I sprinted down the road a scant some lobster salad and sinkers the four or five fc t In front of the largest night before and earned his flmbrella and most determinedly ferocious dog all the way down town to caught It was ever my 111 luck to set eyes on. in a heat wave as dry as a gentleman Just as I was on the paint of colfrom Kentucky In an Iowa prohibilapsing, a compassionate fanner t ame tion district. By the time he reached out of his burn, and eumpreliemllng home for dinner he was a grouch for the situation with a few well chosen your whiskers. Brave man and strong words Htnl emphatic kicks drove the that pa was, he could not be expected ravening beast away. to long withstand such a strain. "Say," lie asked curiously, "what And the melancholy days came In been a doin' up ter o' Silo yer with a vengeance! a met Arthur ter make him set bis purp on with pa's own choice of wen pons. like thet?" ye There was a prolonged seance in the I from whore I woodshed. Reporters were barred. All hadNothing," ln replied, the dust gasping for dropped we know about It is that next day. breath. Not a single thing. 1 only before breukfast which did not and asked him to sell there stopped eniue tiff until an hour after he was ine a glass of milk, and he willfully up. Arthur tearfully put away whut sicked that that man eater on me was left of hla halter strap, uie a without a word of warning. I'll get light repast of oalnuul off the top of a run. and- -" a cornucopia in the dining nami, and "llo, ho, ha. ha, ha!" chuckled my off like a gun you didn't know cm tier, bending double In his mirth. was loaded. That sunn day he got a Y did? An say. I'll bet ye asked the horse jtib engineering power of him too. Now. didn't ye?" jerllte, a grocer's delivery wagon, and th "Of course," I replied, with ungrateworld Is still unhaltered. te e Iness. "You don't Siipisise told Mot ill Never go up agninst tho ful old scoundrel wlmt tho think of him world on a diet of applesauce, tow. do yon? And the mKoiiKclonablu 3 5 5 " villain sb ked tl at "Th r n ri y u kI1 In course," Interrupted "Ih course. Ttt S 111 up Mini lh Itp, ' farmer, mu!. ling Ills load nlfirma-hi Iti H'tir tf itnnith Iut a h,j. iih.ti! Mil- !, "t) Sl.- Is sour, sonrer'n all f thr k n In hoii.t '! e milk thet ever till ted. on city fel- -' Tli.it thiJltt k"iwi ;im th. nmutht n ' ('j In' mill, off'n Mm " 3 3 3 "t'.i win?" I demanded, "There's "If Kline Ill'll I tut seem tu want 0 'Uh awful lr u't In asking for n to d n I'liice but s t .itniiqd, had to f t "ilk, is tl or'? And '111 s'uafi " !a he) toiil.'nt be hired tu o to to to 'all for It " hm u u'l e w a .cm," Urn le By. i' ' t ( i " r'.'o a utiitt excuse ' 0 x ' 'i'" i r, leaning n 0' te r itmc of the new " " m " aeaii st the hart) ? e i t e 1 up'-In- !r i'-- W I , j "I understood that was to talk to ua about Shakspeare and not to scold ua for our lack of mentality. "Well," said Mr. Thompkins, "I am willing to talk to you about anything. There Is hardly any subject that could be mentioned on a which a man is not fifteen or twenty times better informed than a woman. You see, ladies, a woman's all right, but sha "Will the speaker kindly eonflno himself to the subject on which he was expected to address the dub," said Ihe president, severely. Of course, of course." Mr. Thump-kltis- . Well, Shakspeure was a great man. He had a great head and a great mind. He wrote a lot of great plays, he did. The truth Is, ladies, while I could talk all night on this subject, perhaps, wo would save time if you were to ask question. In my general talk 1 might hit on just the toph s on which you desire enlightenment and again I might not. Now if von will ask questions I will answer them for you." "Do you think the Baconian theory field by Ignatius Ikmndly tenable?" Inquired the cold faced lady from the back part of the room. "I don't think you make your question clear," said Mr. Thompkins. "Do you think Bacon wrotes Shake-pen-e'days?" asked the woman. "Of course not." replied Mr. Thomp-I- , ins. "If he hud they would have la en Baum's plays, wouldn't they? Anybody ought to know that. "Hut m ary people insist that Bacon wrote tin m." said the stern lady. "D n't you cut believe It, replied Mr. Thompkin'u. "That's tho trouble with you wonim, your believe every-likinSi me ones been stringing you." "Would you name the six days of ShaUspcnt'c which you consider best?" i'sked another questlonere: "Sure," sttid Thompkins, 'Hamlet, tild 'Two Orphans' and 'The Waifs of New York, and 'Richelieu, and th 'School lor Scandal." "Was Hamlet Insane?" asked an--; other woman. "i) yes," said Mr. Tlionipklna; "Shiikspeare doesn't mention It, but they bad Hamlet In a big house In Paris for two years before the tho time of the play." "I thou glu Hamlet was a Dane," spoke up another woman. , "Not on your life," said Mr. Thomp-sins- . "He was an Iiallun organ-grindwho had to go to Paris because the sheriff was after him tor murdering Ophelia. I think we have had enough of ibis farce." said the president ln chilling tones as she rapped on tho table. "We are not here to listen to such frivolity. If the gentleman thinks lie can amuse iis by such banalities lie is misinformed. Will tho gentleman kindly withdraw. Thompkins went down the aisle umldst an oppressive silence that could lie distinctly felt. He was so crushed and frozen that he hid under tho Blairs until tho meeting Anally adjourned and his wife came and dragged him out and took him home. s g. j e gt Har-rower- 's er month now since a feller, slick i perlite an' eltyfled, came along ter farm one day, an bought a glass milk from ol' Slle. An' all ther tl: ho was slppln at It, he done noth but pralso It up fer the best milk ever tasted ot, hadn't never dru such milk nowhereg, which nat'r tickled ther ol man conslderahul, havin' ther scrawniest, meanest, m no'coiint herd of row In these b parts. Ther milk bein' so superfine, cordin' ter him, ther young feller v ded sot on bttyln' ther hull herd Imi Jit fer a dairy farm he told Slle waa startin, an arter consldera dickerin over ther price, ol 8tle g In an reluctant' consented ter t him his dunghill cattle fer Alderi prices. An ther feller was so a foundcdly 'frahl ol Rile would rep an go hack on the deal, leastwise he said, thet he made the ol' n sign his name ter what be rallct option, agreoln on no count ter" "Well, what has the old unhung an's rascality got to do with his human treatment of me?" I asked, my frtepd In need stopped to chuc and wink humorously at me. "Wall." he went on, a broad ; on hla face, "ther young feller a been seen 'round here none sh but ther ol' man ain't forgot him nt nil on count of thirty days arter t Uutr option bein' duly signed bjr havin' ter make good a note of h fer f:!"0 what'il been discounted n nt the bonk nt ther county sent. 81 which slid happenin' It ain't nov heeu snloohi'lous fer fio one fer n ter buy no gins of milk off'n ol' he wav ) ItnrroAi r." Ab x Rlckoit, In l more'n six Yoik Times, 1 1 f ( i . I i m i t . ;! ' 1 i ' i I, ' , "' a i ' (ill I , i l e to I . i three a, tu". l,i u it ' " (.1 1 |