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Show , ! idi 6. ! 111.4 t ' r t f 1 I1 i KJ.f of 1 ', . , .St!' , f I ever, t t I her At, t e shadowed ft't l'ie jain an i al tie danger tf ct fc.ieol.tiO "w r t C A r- -t c ec to entirely avoided by the tux of d- I'RIEN D," -l a j Tfo Ciory GGViJZuG bottle. A booklet, giving all details, will be ent freeby ISredfield Regulator Company, They Jiuv I and ty, TTl ULUii zLIJLjEj) cxn American Eoy In Pesris. BY ZOE ANDERSON NORRIS. Piter Bros. Drug Co., Logan, Utah; Franklin, Preston and Montpeun -- 4 I ' rWM months and. by Jove, they have forgott d ten till about me." TTktrE However, Kesalt. Deetdedly They hndn't- - The mails bad bee That was all. But the duf had For weeks nnd weeks he had bpea pursed. of his wife, but for weeks suspicious Opposite the table Is a big carved chair, nnd weeks ha hnd carried a smiling lie went over to it, doubled himself up face and held her on bis knee as If he lu a disconsolate heap there, clasped his two hands about bis knees and dropied believed In her as ho did In his holy hit chin on his youug breast, which grandmother. - All things come to thft, husband who waits, and there came an, heaved. I hesitated for one moment only. Then evening when a district messenger boy, I weut to him, took his head In my delivered a letter Into the wifes hands. hands. dicprJt lack.hcnt,fonjard The era tty husband whs tiuutlni for a him. collar button at the moment, but be With a sob he. threw his srms around was not deceived. Ills first Impulse me oml gave me.. a bear, hug that took to rush upon the faithless wife and awav my bieath. me!" brain, her, or at least break her neck, You era cried. I killing Quit! lie hngged'me all the tighter. Looking but he got a grip on himself and waited up radiantly, he, whispered: Let's forget for a more complete vengeance. those people hack theie. They hove forafter t's 1 e murried, you and X for two hours and after gotten Tt. sleep apd live In a little flat and he happy ever making sure that the wife really shim after. bered, the husband crept out of bed to " World yon marry a go through her dress and secure the I asked. He moved Inch by Inch. He held "pon't be mean." be commanded, letter. Goose pimples formed on breath.1 his frowning. took him Just 31 min I It his rescued .hnd . I myself. legs. time this By utes by the clock to fand her pocket, stood a little way off. I wPI tuarry you, I told him from but he persevered, and the damning there, when you have got to bo as old epistle was at Inst In his bands. In bis J as I am and I ns young ns you." heart he was vowing to show no mercy, But that will never be, boobjected to cut her up with a dull hatchet Inch wistfully. when he suddenly heard her Inch, by arrivOf course not. foolish." I had . ed St my door. Any war." concluded, voice saying; I was going to pay it out of my own with my hand on the knob, laying tha l'U he awfully question, of marriage aside, here is your pin money, John, but glair to have you take It off my hands!" Woman, what means this?" he shouted as he tore the letter from Its envelope. It means a bill of $14 for my last new hat, as you will see. Get Into bed, dear, before yon have a congestive . M. Qcao. chill!" Aud-kwse- vtjMwsaswi. Copyright, 1000, by Zoo Anderson a; a, rajwr7 totgot'eu me, ke nl3 ey havent been over fere sn Pnsll'r Brstltl! i MOTHER'S ( j liniment of pnceleM value to all women. Sold by all druggists at one ' wa' XTorrla. OTt same Inexplicable reasou they jwisa over Christ mat day iq You ought to have knewa, he stormsince you write. Yen writers, you no respect for the private affuhs of cheer instead. There is so you make money out of them on Cbiistnms duy, iio.JM'X.aud-jTnrpfniu- " people, you pubtinh auytl)iug. Nothing la private pudding. There a as no use, lu to you. Nothing is sacred. hanpiug up a stocking the night before Doddy, I remonstiated, that was no because there was uobody to till it Be-affair. You said it right there at private aides, unhappily, uiy stocking hanging the table with a doxen lh.teuuig. DiUu't time is over. you? It We had expected something I did," he acknowledged defiantly, Doddy", the boy from Milwaukee, and 1. but do yon suppose 1 thought opce of We liadbeeu prepared by the Swede The accent on. that you came u it h' the lung yellow mustache who sat you? I forgot you. near the tears. bringing bo Just were a It the foot of the table. r; that yen weie sit- like any' other day, he hud said, and it i tlug there tithing the thing down, con-i- d been,' only worse. , 'gratulaling yourself-tha- t you were to get T see-la the hrst plaee. it mined rln the u uiueh worJ for lt-- " ond place, it not only rained, but it pour Bo much a word! " A ed, and, in the third place. Poddy and I A 'pcuuy-a-iinr- r doesn't gel so much a word even. ; btKHjmnTch'd: Poddy," 1 said presently, quite calmly, If you want fully to appreciate an American boy like Poddy, you must first too, considering everything, I didnt Pt live in Pnglsud awhile. Then he bursts a cent for that anecdote, not a red cent. ' upon you with the radiance of a noon-- , It was a piivnto letter not Intended for Won't you believe that?" day sun. Doddy could hardly any that 1 publication. failed to appreciate him. lie never - You can't believe anything these peoThey t racked a joke that I didn't laiigh until ple who wiite say, he declared. the tears came. If he told a story, he mix their Imagination up so with frts considered cute practically being the only thnt they get so they cant tell the truth. Amciican at the table and consequently Yon know it. And pow tee wliut you the only Individual In possession of a have done. You have nmde me notorisense of humor snffletent for the under- ous. Po you suppose I want cheap newva-pnpstanding of it his sole audience. Thus notoriety like that? I Lute it! 1 between much telling of stories and more hate it!" laughing at them our friendship appeared was itilefcen to the dust muts. In to be cemented, to be planted squarely a Istorm of anger ho flung himself oot of it but firm foundation, a sure and, upon room and sla mined the door. the that as that you such is about just things After that he sat dumb and untorgiv-lig- 1; can never tell. at one end of the long table, and we It wus over next to nothing that at the other. It wns Impossut silently quarreled, the simplest thing In the world. sible to catch his eye. lie refused by to It wns thlsTbe lirstllmcJ saw him hr as a look to rrveul his coguixuuce came luto the dining room with his head laueb existence. . of my a barber into went I close. shaved approached. Ye Then ed, France and celebrate the New have no Year e -- ll penjiy-it-line- penny-a-liner!- aswv&n st t&2i then I .li.lut know to utart him, d -- penny-a-liner- We n(gs BY FREDERICK OPFER. i : , g I am from Boston, and"-Land- lord What did you do that you had to leava Recent Arrival (Importantly): Buxxard Roost; tharT I I often Uroon of you ot night, And I an suro oa I can bo Your vhitkm olvaja hart whits, Llk Unci Thom.., and that Jou'r wry good and hind and tat. . bn i And tell you at tha chlmnry plaoo How good yon art rarh year to mo To bring mo egra and railroad track blocka and Jumping Jack And trumpet sKasii: I I ,Jt 1 want to hln your (miUng faco And rida oa honeback on your hneo t wUh, when Mat yon coma. Youll from your pock ot playthings tik d drum Booldo my bod, s big And tang it bird until 1 wok Than giro mt from your grant tot band Tta things you bring trom riryUmt Jl x ss as SSSiAS S lignrettea In that pretty new httls NSpoleon. place of his- old one, which was fiuger mmked and worn at the' edges. And now It was nil over. lVrhaps he would acorn to take it from me, a penny-a-liuc- r, a scribbler who mixed up her Imagination with facts in o alarming a manner that the had at last arrived at a' stage wherein she could no longer dKak the truth. The morning arrived, and, as I say, It not only ruined. but it poured. ' I deposited a franc or two in the haul of Bctlie, who brought ms my thocolnic, to remind tajsalf that It wns Christmas day, and occupied mjtelf briskly with my toilet to keep from thinking what a rojul'good hoim-r-lnnr havmg-ethey were-ali- TBE-H Hope, what 1 gave a few finucs to xlorenee of the translated to them. So it happened that Velvet foot and to AIme,-theook, after in writing back 1 mentioned Doddy and w hicli I went out into the rnln to the . related this nnecilotejjfJiiin. where T hought a great Gere FCT-azurHow could I know that :they wonld I Fr-nhun-roses for mademoiselle, of hand my piirnte letter over to a? edt. , s h to her, received her andths jlUcbtvtpuIilHompl-.- f Hr ex-l- y k and comi)limwitK, to ln Krii.h rnth thnjjhe and, ryiiring to my for a glint of fun, would copy the little . sotreclj regulrnble. at that penny- long ajp ay story here, the; ;e nud ettrj where, and . y whkU I was solook-- business for tlmaa thatin fourojr doTVU lllK(U by tho hoy from' Mil w d vi-same papers would appear upon the ta 7ed kee, trying to pretend that It was only bles of every American reading room in an oi..dinary every day and not Christmas . Paris, and. worse still, thnt numerous frimds-o- f the boy would hand him cop- rain From my wmdow l coiiM tc ics nnd laugh? For, alas, I hnd given desceudin dismally Into the court, the v. i corner and the hig This was my first Intimation of It' I , pahns hu, Idled in one was sitting In my room mending my glove &? I cini8 up ,rr'nn p, K when there came a knock at ihe door. a feeling of such intense weariness. times Ent re! I called out in ny newly acOne bright spot alone gleamed throtjgh quired French. The door opened, nnd the window of the couiterges room, there stood Doddy. which wns opposite mine, two stories be1 sprang up. threw the glove uxide and his fire over which he bent, ran to meet him, glad, ns I always am, to low. It was reading all the letters before he sent see the boy from Milwaukee. Come in! Come in! I cried. I am them up to the rooms. The day passed somehow, and It was dead lonesome. Bring your mandolin dinnnd lets linve a jig. 1 have learned the evening. The boy had not come toroom. I sat waiting for him in my ner. now. by accompaniment piano But there wav never on nnswerlng I waited n long time. I had hla cigarette a Christ-rm- s smile on the boys eouutcuanee. He faced case In my hand ready, for after 1 wan diter-luincsuch loncliuisa of day cold to me with a look thnt strmk my if possible, to make friends with heart. The smile died on mine. 1 startto ed hack ns if I had had a blow nud him again. 1 vaa aft aid of going stared. Could this ,be my dear old Pod- sleep nnd dreaming the day all over again --ted i And ao i DRAWN ,je the. that 86 BCETO dan- - kWirt8 And then lU know you, nd youll indi- Row muck lliknltagUu bring; 01 Unrest lu And bow Id Uk to ora yog go And ta s lino, old Jolly king, of RnV YqentP . Whooo throoo oliould ta of frootod ear 111 80IB6 fnPllt Whom crown tta tally looras obould yond mok mo Jump Chriotmos ora tortU soon ta taCTED. And lot mo fondly giro s lump Of sugar to your good old drer, Plraat don't torgrt when in you com " bof U Ta piny upon thnt big rad drum. Bo II with Joy Krt ' . R. K. Mcvcn-nuc- t, . l.itHob IS I polifB ;7T (loon intentions. should I mauo' . daily. of tha THE FAXISS SCHEME. T V to-he!- 1 rfTilsikor ot rk A House-Plahli e e. j jaiielaUUett s nts k.tlac fo- r- :h it Suitable for Christmas Gifts, alsjo Holly and Bouquet Green md A H- - THE a; LOGAN NURSERIES. R. 'fW o'vt.a,.. WWW MU 6(1 13. uy 1J dy 4 V" ' ' At "I Why, certainly. I gasped, for two if jou 'like! Where in the little Mich- rn that Isnt used or in the hall or out in the big hall, with the concierge look Ing on? For there wns no salon, nnd the 3 5 i) 5 All the Comforts of Homo ,m. all the . 15 SOa.nir OOa. fill Joatb- D1 rent newspaper, Apollonaria. r; j Ticket Office, c i .. 11. - Just stand natural, and youU all b t nppmmhrd-tTmr1t- seeing me, but glanced up withn smile. II is face In the light of the out a idle hurt ray heart. - -Wont you foigive me, Doddy? I lm it I . w UJ- - seccr-t-h p!ored et! I promise you. I dosed mv ifneers over the eignrette en'e. I was afraid to- give it to him just y,.,afra:d he might fang it back at me or bang it on the floor, for Doddy wn- 1 so young that I often wondered bow mdhor. happened to h t him stiny so tm rtarted at wiVflotTT-rrtWV.'rttr- ttf -- 79 W. Second South Street, F. Meslen, General Agent, Salt Lake City. Now don't crowd, gentlemen. 1 i Tickets at Offices of Connecting Lines.' - I , , Leaves Denver 4 00 p rn for Omaha, IYOrla, Chicago, Joseph, Kansas City, and St. Louis. Another good train leaves at 10,00 p.ta . THico! 3lccpcr.,SAltLake,t9 Qiuaha.anJ Chicago daily Traig for Black Hills leaves Denver 11 :3Q p.ua. -- 4- ( Press a button, and the porter will bring you almost anything you, want or can think oi a a magazine, a pillow, or a bottle of ' d was not the twinkle of a laugh at the comm eriiis nnMTtr or in his eyes. - - ' h 1 - -- a. v. .J t T0!b he lti aching In the podii!.1 1 produccil a slip cut ftont a pnv,v and thiuxt it at mo. 1 tool; it womloriugty my letter with the and road n scrap fr---i nod Jus cute Utile hair account of Do-ldruttlr.tr Joke. I rend r the finish, then up at him. from liopie. "Well, what of it?" I inquired. What sort of Christmas liavo you Nothing, Whit of It? he Uhxd. I ventured, talking high nnd light had? at the been tiling poking only tliry have i? ns nothing at all had happened. me the whoie day long; nothing, only ly. .u iho tone I m intmasl! he l peatiii. . am .the tuglimg rt k of the establishi was enough, the .f 1'itiiv. I hoy am the joke meet, to gi t Dhl you get cuv prt .its? I Pk who didn't fcnow.rnou.h-Freret wlsi'A betaftewm kiri 4 H Tf JTr"6Wf7 it I l.lfc tin U. , Gb. Doddy I 'OK Dnldy!" I riched. nmnnci hardly iuvm wii, mi the eo.i And afv.r ft tmm, vety humhv. I didn't U ft me uuihr the im, ly .night It wa, ti my, thnt he vox eft i mean it that wey, I exrlmurd. mu o r ' . f vvoiils it t tied n p'.lvife lot Ur. I never rip . would cupti..li,i It ,'i ' M Uiw could I kr'.w t'-- t . be publhl i I A- e .r' : i v .m.v. would get i..u. tkg k..ius cf mi tu.t.'rl -- the Burlington's Chicago Special. 5p.m. ,0 - j . Dftllr 9 conveniences-o- even more salon or som thing, if Impressive. This is no joke. snid he. nnd there an "hotetsrfl f r ptodAimukll.-'vJ-.Lcioee-ew-lW--fr- rr lart I h6ard his Ptchkry la the door nnd his footstep in tLe hall. I wa until he should haTe hnd time to ligl.il his cn tidier then, softly opening m.v door. I went out nnd halted, looking at him. He was standing by the heavy mnbog- any table upon which flickered his candle, I havent much pride when It cumej to a question of happiness or mihappincsH. lu full p.m. iJ otliorw ise. - sluiuld like to see you for one moment. he snid in a manner ns cold as his face ond in the firm, severe tones of a P ID, ilixedfc . 18 ch h ir a . i TOMMY TO SANTA CLAUS. Tniftt s tar old frlead to me; nml ta ctrtlUa Mteul at U,asU He j enough to get him to stop. to make tue a present, nnd I was lo was funny-.me ns struck That hilariously' him ouc. Even the foreigners laughed when It was make There Is a little bnst of Napoleon In a shop down in the ltue St. Houore that CROWED HIS CH1X UX HIS Y0CX0 BRKAbT. You get it tor I want," I told him. ease I promised yon.Ar.d -- ease ddelenrette ruo, oimk wUl buy you a cigarette I thtew It at him. !n the same shop. They cost about the In my room I stood before the mirror same money. Is it a go?"t my ' crushed pompsdonr and shook arranging we Its a go,If. answered he, and at smiling myself, ao glad was 1 to ho bands on the boy once more, when with friends As a matter of fact, I had already pur- there came a tap at my door. chased the cigarette case. It was stow1 to it, opened It and peeped ed sway In the bottom of my anuoiie out. tiptoed Noiv and again diawer for safe keeping. I took It out and looked at it, thinking I - V t, J Cbiistmaaday I pretending accordion Asked to kindly contribute for the b enef.t of the champion of the world. iyer cCj ibnerA . |