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Show or.in;, ri.n. satihuav, jantaiiy Tin: moijnim; SPORTS Fir.eleutvrg court lou-- y. lu acaini viu a him ing a exti-d::e- espite charge I'ci'.td UI mil.-- : in a un' - a cilcerlhge lo I.b.c . NETTIE ThE NEWSGIRL." - RAILWAY g'and jury ACCIDENTS. ' Emeryville today, favorite, tw eecoad chelce Cemmiaaion Recommends Remedial honor. An-Ea- JlZZtH. 2-- 4-- ASCOT PARK Action by Congr. Washington, Jan. 4 lu view of the aeveral recent liwaKtruu tail road seemingly due lo the failure of the operation of the block signal system, the Interstate commerce ci has forwarded to cuugr. a recommendation fur the enact nirut of a law that will enable either the commission or some other gureruuieut body to ccuduct experimental test of automatic dt vices fur the prevention of railroad accident. The communication say the commission i credlubly informed that such devices have be.-invented and express the opinion that they ought to he listed at the government expense. WRECK Three Person RESULT. ON 8ANTA FE. Killed and Five Seriously Hurt Albuquerque, X. M.. Jau. 4. anta Fe paaseeger train No. 1. westbound, with aa eastbound collided head-ofust freight train at Console latiun. IDS tulle west uf here, at 6 o'clock thl morning The passenger was running at full spnd when it struck the freight, which bad failed to take a aiding. Thre men nere fatally and five seriously hurt. All are Mexicans who wire riding in the smoking car. Tin-- engineer saved himself by lam Am Jumping. Many passenger were bruised out Komom-b- o none was seriously Injured, outside of those in the smoking car, whica was Taylor aecond, telescoped. no 4.-- L 1 'Second race. Brooks course gileno won. Frees ia second, third. Time, 2:05 Third race, ala furlonga George won. Prince Magnet Foucaita third. Time,1 1:15. Zeethua Fourth race, ala furlong third. won. Waterbury aecond, Greeno Time, 1:14 Fifth race, mil and fifty yarda Lord Mbllck won, Lucrece aecond, Pmvoat third. Tim, 1:46. Blath race, five and a half furlong Allerion won, Banlado aecond, Joan of Arc third. Time. 1:06 1-- To Your Good Health Spoil. -i- ''Nettie the Newsgirl." at the Giund tomorrow night U said to ivm.uu thrill enough to make three siicce-tn- l plays, but ibry are nut so u iilMy eenMiiiunal hut iha1 when one leave-th- e tueaer he will feel that he has been ireolv repaid. Plenty of xihid, clean cimiedy mi. sevtral pleasing specialties are throughout the play. The plot i laid in New York uy, whica gives ample held fur splendid scenic sellings. a fact that ka been takeu advantage of by the producers. v. THE LITTLE DUCHESS." , ciusiderat iin If it damage i indicu d tuiiuu th ipun liiuuuih liie uperainm of the t!i. mhr -, ihat the compani s: :ni i nc lands after two ycuri. fiMm ibe t.me ibai the plain goes lni. ..ii:iiiMC. n. if tne owners elec:, t lion price to It i lu- pie u: ugivt-- ;,i;j Brigham (,'ity that ,,rk on the removal uh.. ueeu furti'shed by the rm.iojd li.:i:puli and placed j! the ,! u! 'lie sugar cotupaiiv piiti i:r : vii.t-kri'- . : - Tho New Yo.ir has come and we tvg to announce that ui s sill aMi ii.itiu be vit'.rirdi made to ha ell tic beets, i.i the factories in Cache couiitv i;iie the road leu.ir.ig to i,ituga and loading ptaiious are u ii ud in coUdi'.ioit. Tne valuation. paa:le - ciuihiug some If the manageniMii eai oliouage tiudili ' a ll i U accept Fiie caiiyuu as a lo'.nipiiAsUde to secation. a tunnel will w- run U.iongb cure enough lo insure a dai.'y shipthe Oquirrh range u? .o ment connect with the iv iiu.iu-- s of the Already mold Itu set in aud many Highland Hoy mine. Tin- uu'hcl. as of tin- vegetables uie uuht for sugar making purpose-- , lulerniitieut rains, proposed, would lie spout ll.fuu in length and pencaie the ore sitowt- and frost have pionii too dambodies about 1.UO0 tiei lieljw it- - pn aging a test for the durability of the sent lowest working-;- . Fending the bee's aud a iwiliou uf tne crop liu. driving of the avenue an aerial tram- oi: the ground may be turned into way will be built and operated over teed for cat Lie Owing to the maui delays caused the mountain, and the re delivered I'.luck of cual car and late shipthrough that means i the point of reduction. The company nould be ment ihe season will consume moutli at the lno- -t conservative required to build a tail road and spurs At the foeloric in the to connect with the tracks of the San Pedro, Lu Augeles fc Salt lakr north runs in ay be made well into the month of February, as the crop : and Western Pacific railroads. With the plant Imati-iu Timh'Ic large and faclllile for handling it are couuty. Salt Lake sonid continue io no mute cciiienk-u- i than they are lie retain the main officr of the com- calv. pany and be it chief source or aup- RECEIVERS FOR NATIONAL. piy. SUMMARY. Omnibus Claims Bill Discusaad Hours. Fiv uce 1-- 2-- at r continue to latvyr in bohalf of sick We will continue to cure them. peurie. ! con-cei- alt-ios- - if Deadlock Breaking ij7 we will If you are ixiu-iilt-i- fet The newspapers and public, not only of Xew York aud Chicago, but everywhere else where it was seen, concede ed Anna Held's production of The Duchess" to be the moat lavish and beautiful, not to say eatravagsut. musical comedy presentation of several seasons, it was this production that presented the famous Sadie" girls, with their svelte figure displayed in expensive Parisian gowns, originating a type In musical comedy iLs' has since become widely known as the The same ooeiunilt-equlpiuen- t "show girl. brought out the now familiar fencing girl, a costume that ha-long held away as a favorite In the art store, a well aa the unique bathing girls, aud other striking costume. VENTURA SAFE. "The Little Duchess" ia not only preeminent In the display of feminine San Francisco. Jan. 4 Anxiely for charms, but la also decidedly a laugh- ihe safety of the liner Ventura was ing show." The rlever book by Harry relieved today upon rereipt ot new B. Smith gives unlimited opportunities to the comedian there being no that he bad reached Honolulu Inuu less than aia decided comedy charac- Australia and New Zealand. The Venters. Charming Countess Olga von tura, under command of ('apt. Hayward, was about three day overdue Hatifeldt i the aiar of the organisaarrival at Honolulu. Though detion. In the title role, in which she upon succeeded Anna Held, and she ia ably tail of it her trip haie not been la believed lormy weather supported by Robert Lett, Irving the arrival of the Ventura at Brook, Harry Carter, Eugene O'Brien, delayed Honolulu. George Moore, Madeline Cook, iKttie Dtiebel. Ernest Fisher and a large aud BOYCOTT JAPANESE. attractive girl contingent which makes an ensemble of fifty people on tlie San Francisco, Jan. 4. -- The local The Little' Duchess should stage. union dt dared a boycott carpenter' welcome at Grand. a the offering prove against the Japanese today. Any member of the union who employe COES TO TOOELE COUNTY Japanese labor, iiatnmlxe Japanese merchants or purchase good from of Japanese i lo be lined employer of Smelter Management Company 1U. Haa Practically Decided on Site. LABORERS FOR HAWAII. It 1 probable that the new smelter to be erected bv the Itah ConsolidatHonolulu, Jan. 4. The territorial ed Mining company. Say the Deseret board of immigration today authorised News, will be located near the mouth E. R. Stackable, it agent in Umdun, of HI ue canyon. Just back of the town to charter a steamship and bring tn uf Tooele. While no definite con- the Island one thoueand Spanish laclusion ha been reached in the met- borer. ier, this much ran be laid. It i up to the ritiaena of Tooele. If they are PLAY STOPPED. agreeable to it, the big plant will be built there, and the buuine derived Paris, Jan. 4. Ihe chief of police from the operation of the plant which has stopped the performance of "A goes to Murray at the present time Dream of Egypt, which waa given at will be transferred to Tooele capital (lie Moulin Rouge Ian night with the Marquis de Moray iu the principal city. So far, it ha been the disposition role. of the people of Tuoele county to invite the smelter, and they are ofWHITE HOUSE RECEPTION. fering many inducement for them to come. Manager Chancing and Am Washington, Jan. 4. President and have been on tho Mr. Roosevelt entertained at dinner representative ground and have come to the coneht tonight In honor of Speaker and Mlea ion that the Pine canyon site haa Cannon. Llt-tl- u-il- a - r- is. 11 i hat iuiliu-dlu'- r l.i prevent the lu o' mled mi the ground . i -- HOUSE Waahingivn, Jan. 4. The Omnibus claims bill, carrying appropriations for claims under the Bowman and Tucker acta, was before the house today and discussed fur five hours Speaker Cannon announced the apFAIR GROUNDS RESULTS. provement of Representative Engle-brigh- t of California for a place on the Jen. '4. Fair New Orleana, La.. Ground reaulla: Flrat race, ala fur couir.li tee on mines and mining, vice Wbolleaaa wan, Dueaaa Mr. Williamson of Oregon, removed. longa, celling The speaker baaed hla act inn upon aecond Knighton thlid. Time, 1:15. the grounds that 51r. Williamson had Second race, three furlonga-Di- ck Toro fulled thus far to attend a single aea-kloRose won, Blue lce eeoond, of the Fifty-nint- h congress. He third. Time, :36 Third race, aia furlongs, handicap -- has been convicted in partidatiou In in Oregon. Colloquv won, Judge Davey second, land frauds De Ora" third. Time, 1:12 THREE DIE OF POISON. Founh race, mile Orbicular won, Missouri lad aecond, St. Valentina Lo Angeles, Cal., Jan. 4. Three third. Time, 1:40. Fifth race, mile, persona are dead here aa a result of won. Fire Alarm second, lady ptomaine poisoning, cauaed by eating Vouilnt third. Time, 1:45 canned beans. Henry Carter, a well Siath race, mile and a sixteenth, known resident of Ontario, hla daughselling Ambell won. Lemon Girl ter, Miaa Mabel Carter, 26 years of Scalplnck third. Time, 1:47 age, and Charles Edward Abbott par tosk of ranned beans for luncheon MANZO RELEASED. while on a camping trip, and were immediately taken 111. They were St. lauia Jan. 4. Aaron Lopes all able to go home, but the tllneas ot Mutuo, formerly a member of the all three resulted fatally. Mis Carter Mexican Junta lu St. Louis, was formdied yesterday and her father and Abally released from custody by Judge bott died today. selling-Impertl-B-- for Soon or They Will eonvuoiKinvi the new year sick, come to us nnJ we l will a ire you. WE WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR Drs. Elliott 25 . were Angeles, Jan. Thre favorfeature at Ascot today. ihe being ite fared badly, only two even odd, Lo Angeleno, at Kreeaia in had an eaav victory over race over the brook the second courae. Weather cloudy; .track faL Bpdlilll! First race, five and a half furlong Sly Ben aecond, Von Trotnp won, Time, Lord of the Heath third. In, c iui;n-..i'it- erowd outsider divided fourth Jlack, favorite in left at after being practically on and wun by five the poet, awie w2Tflrt furlong Tit na II. Goes vBlnok 8am eeoond, Joe hkJf furiun lbgecon? ince! i A. Powell aee-ou-il . Dor I. third. Time, 1:24 Third race, five and a half furlong oond, Haud aMidea won. Cheer 1:10. Tim. third. Matthew Ura race, one mile-dr- ew Pburth Rot-won. Early Hour aecond, Mach 144 third. Tim. w- Ml May fifth race, oneniil ChiEl ecend, dith won, Uubhlhorpe huahua third. Tim. 1:4 aiateenih gixih rao. mile and a Clamor won, Gateway econd, third. Time, 1.B1. chiadvantage which s.im, ller cinwieri:i-i- i :u n,.; p In addition to ill. :i uiii.g cmr.pauy Mutt Be Cared buying a latge waci i mud property owner uu!.r, of the nmi. diate veciniiy ui ;h c ,'puscd M-i-i r S n two picim-are ptvsii.'c.l i ti.'n. One f litem is ;o gi-- ll:e in-- sol lie t.iNe:i ii.su ton- - ,ii m :i uiluiug Company siuukt tast-liieir land and atvep su au.i!..i. msti .iu'hi-.-iti.u-ou-i-i- to Mcx.cm. Out Li-- tiltound to tuDhiuiKixe t1- . J and the returned no b:;l. tlw Francisco. Jml .Tv.iLble weather there A - wj& race. emeryville t!s- (Si Norris, Years SPECIALISTS 25 Years - 2361 au-oth- New Haven. Couu., Jan. i. H. Stuart Hotchkiss aud Frederick T. Farnsworth were aputnied permanent receiver of the National Wire corporation by Judge Rrback of the superior court today. Liabilities of the concern re placed at I'J.tHMI.nnU. BARTHOLDT RECEIVES KAKOME CONFISCATED. Ttikio, Jau. 4. AVE. NEW YORK A BIG CITY. Tho Official Gazette stale that copies of the Japanese So- cialist organ Kskutue, issued si Berkeley. Cal., bsve been confiscated, and that it circulation tu Japan 1 prohibited. The paper urged the assassination of the Japsitece emperor anil Prebldent Roosevelt. New York. Jan. 4. Controller Met received from the city paymaster yesterday the report uf the latter' tranc-aettofor laoti, showing that tb city paid out for balarie and to employes 9'P,!i7j,3.'i9. That was 95.3111,311 mote than the city paid out in a similar manner In J9u5. MEDAL. Eat More of the most nutritious of flour foods QUAKE. Honolulu, Jan. 4. The seismograph at Pago. Samoa, recorded a heavy earthquake shock, December 25, according to advices received here today. The earthquake la supposed to have I wen In the Centra! Pacific ocean. . llneeda Biscuit the only perfect soda cracker. Then you will be able to More Earn because a well-nourish- ed JURORS EXAMINED, txam-Inail-j- body 1, value received there EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ACT. is no food so economical as Washington, Jan. 4. The recent derision by Judge Evan, in the federal court at laiulavllle, and by Judge l, in the federal court at Memphis, declaring iincuntUuiional the employer's liability act panned at the last session of congress were brought to President Roosevelt's attention today and the announcement was made at the White House that the President will direct that an appeal lie taken from tbee decisions. President Roosevelt ia greatly Interested in Utla act. Uneeda Biscuit Mo-Cal- RftRRRRMNMARRMMMAMlMMAMMMqRMMNfMMIMMMANAMMIMRRMIAMVMIMfWMRMMMMMk A Save More because for Ruef-Bchn:it- x By v has greater productive capacity Thus you will also be able to fi San Francisco, Jun. 4. The of members of the grand Jury a to their impartiality waa continued today in Judge Dunne's court when the cage was called. o o V! t HI Washington. Jan. 4 Representative Banltoldr of kHsaouri today received the bronae medal for lihiti of (he Association for International ConciliatUm. voted to him by the general council for his effort iu promoting peace. SUBMARINE WASHINGTON a dust Qjf I tight, moistur 9 proof paekagg. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY MaJEwA , , . . 1 . i '' Jt ! w eihs Joy The Story of a Courtship That Was Conducted Jw In a' Manner Wholly Unconventional Jw . ! : t i fropvrighi, IW, by Jdne Kill Joy.l ER VICES had not be- not as pretty as present company. he a chuckle of gallantry. Sally rewarded the last remark with gun in the little white smile. Then her thoughts seemed to wooden arevert painted her new neighbor. . to church, and th conafraid Miss Corlnne Woodward Isnt gregation - was gos- the kind Harney would like, she said. siping in the sunshln She waa raised In town and was a under the budding schoolteacher, but she think she tree and along s line know more about farming than half . f posts where the horses were hitched. "Harney Brill is sprucing up considerable. Wonder if it aint for th benefit of his pretty new neighbor? thserved Jim Stover, shutting one eye 0 give importance to the observation. Jim's audience of three men looked t him It was well unbelievingly. known that Barney Brill had paused through several unsuccessful love added, with Tn bn af-A- ir. 4k say Barney ain't making that bollop for nothing. Jim Stover's partiality for Miss Bally Brill, which dated back to f'hooi days, quite eaplained to Sally's those ho heard Jim's talk this morning the' T'ung man's almost womanish Interest n finding a wife for Barney Brill. As lun as Barney remained a bachelor he stited hla only sister to oversee his house end would not hear of Bally raving home to marry Jim or any one .e. The Brill property a fine farm and had been left to Barney lately, with an unwritten under- tiding that he would provide for "iiy. nr. m the event of her marriage, h'r downr. provided she married so? ttti Barney's approval. ftf course Bally m'ght have married spite of Barney and sued for a ' ( ,he (ate. There were sysn-'i- T I" Jersey township T, ',Td her to do this very thing, Sally was twenty-sevei!. not getting any J' H was considered out- Mraus fn- Barney to play dog in the hindering the marriag of his Cupid had been so lovely day, Mlea Woodward? d 'nit-stea- por-fc?- ) j"-e- n, - if JL'BT TO THINK WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED FOR NINE TEARS! the country people. And to think of ' her living there with only her aunt j and a hired man!" . "Don't see no harm In that, said Jim. Guess she's able to do the boos- in' and take care of herself." But you know Barney has always had hla own way. He can't endure a toward himself. Sally Brill would listen te no q,,"rr"' wlth her brother, Ph. del,5r hr tnsmage, she said, unto n rJ,'5r' tonoent should he given . ' Meanwhile ih and Jim lonntd hMrt be taken cap- l!v, r." 1 nnoc",t,,r Plo,u?d to that end. .hi . " ,h,nk,"9- SsliT." said Jim hnm from church, ,;f. behind the crowd as lover got more than half 01?Tnr P to Mlae Wood. maklng 11 I, - she be- gan. with a beaming entile. ' Splendid I Tou can meet hear thing answered Corlnne Woodgrowing, ward. Then she asked a little abruptly. 'What are you going to plant in this field '1 think Barney said he wa going to plant ry. or. perhaps, barley. Why not plant clover? - Rye, you know, or barley either, will injure my peach orchard. reInjure your peach orchard! peated Sally, bewildered and a little hurt. It seemed to her that Miss Woodward wa dictating in an unwarrantable way. don't understand what Tou will you mean. she faltered. have to talk to my brother about It. That's h up on the porch. Well, ril speak to him, said Corlnne. She put her strong white hand on the top of th fence post and vaulted over Ilka an athlete. Barney must hav seen th approach of the visitor. He was a little flushed and curious looking. But there was a composure and air of preparedness about him; which, with hi new suit end fresh Sunday shave, went In hia favor. The scallop on Ms hair waa In evidence, too. and altogether Barney wa looking hi beat. Glad to see you. Mlea Woodward. he said, extending hia hand. 1 was Just remarkin' to myself that your peach tree link first rate since you've had 'em cleaned out. Have a seat T Tcree or fuyr rush chair jttood about i j I . boaeing woman. Maybe he might tack about a leetle. Then if he was enough in love he wouldn't know he was getting bossed. WelL That's o, admitted Sally. I'm sure I'd like to see Barney get a good wife He'd make a good husband for any one that'd appreciate him." Might be a good idea to say a word like that to Corlnne Woodward." I don't believe It would do any good, . Thing like that have got to be Ir ft to work out natural. f'.'1.1',!. Woortwrd! Why. Jim. IF They had come to the parting place. ,h",",,h' !" Mid Sally. I don't Th large Brill house with Its broad Brfluintni-- batween them front porch and old olyte dormer winthan bowing and per- - dow loomed forth behind a film of v, further Good day."' Sally hand was on green leafage. Wow,wd I a mighty th latch if the gate. lt's awfully ain.T;""- BW." Mid Jim. of courae good uf you. Jim, to wait for me u Jtm. might have been beard halfway across the Woodward flelils. Dll, Barney! What if she should hear! protested Hally. Let her hear!" laughed Barney, with a note of combative determination. All she wants I to make a fool of Her eyes were twinkling. It was ihe first time since the talk on the porch about the peach trees that she liad said so much tu him. To Harney looked haif ashamed. tell the truth. Miss Woodward, there's something the matter with them, and me." they won't sell! he blurted out. Folks Oh, Barney, no! She Isnt trying to fancy they taste of pumpkins. It beat make sport of you! plead-- d Bally. me! Maybe," he went on, looking Ihe "She's aa awful pretty girl, isn't she? girl straight In the eye, hrln' a Hhe ain't bad looking. 1 guess sho you're ao well read up in scientific know It too. farmin', you can trll me how It Is? All at once Corlnne Woodward looked They My she' a beautiful manager of a house. cautiously ventured Bally. a little guilty and regretful. Hhe came I wa thinking we might invite her closer to the fence. "Yc. Mr. Brill." and her aunt over some evening to tea. she Mid. T ran tell you why It I, We could have Jim. tno, you know. and who la to blame for It." Tou don't My! Burner thought It' nice to be neighborly." himself wise In the wsys of women, "Invite em all you want, but I'm going to plant rye in that field, Mid but he I didn'l understand this one. wish I knew who was to Well, Barney, setting hi Jaws firmly. True to hi word, Barney put In his blame. Do you mind teliln7 No: I think I ought to tell you." she rye. Bully prepared her little supper I did party aa an offset; but, to her dismay, answered without hesitation. It!" Corlnne' aunt sent a polite note of reexclaimed Harney, forgret. It was all that Jim Stover could do to comfort Bally now. getting that such expletives were not Don't you believe it' all over yet. Bally. said Jim. Long' Barney keep that wallop acrost his forehead there' wait. 'Fear to me the hop. Just callnp I gettin' a leetle slicker." Corinne Woodward kept bees. Barney Brill raised the finest cantaloupes in Jersey county. His cantaloupes were celebrated and brought fancy prices when shipped to New Tork and Philadelphia. Mis Woodward planted a common variety of pumpkin close to her neighbor' melon patch. In August the melons were ripe. They were large and looked well, but Bally fancied the flavor of them waa not what It had been In former years. Beams to me they tuste like pumpMaybe I kins," she said to Barney. think so because I've looked so often Woodward's over to Ml pumpkin patch alongside the fence." Harney could not hide hi vexation. Ha would not acknowledge that there was anything the matter with his melon. He told Bally she Imagined th pumpkin flavor and scouted the Idea that there was any truth in It. voice. . y! r un-end- ly u la ing to pece... The preceding February, however, a businesslike young woman had appeared on th seen, taking poaaeealon and beginning Improvement. Th Improvement had gone on until now the place looked very different. Th property had come to Corlnne Woodward through th death of an undo, who had neve taken any Interest In It Glancing to th left, Sally Brill saw the straight, graceful figure of her neighbor on tho other side of th new Mis wire fence. Woodward wa looking at a freshly plowed field on the Brill aide. Daintily Bally picked her step aero a atrip of the plowed field. Intending to have a friendly little chat. Ain't It a tell you he's getting ready to do asserted Jim. It ain't only 'hut he's got a new suit of clothes, but hr' taken lately to combin' his hair in scollop arroiit hla forehead. Mind I t agHin, what I Just on the porch, and Corlnne appropriated good naturedly," she went on. I was Just telling your to think we've been engaged for nine one uf them. Now, If you're tired waiting sister," she began, Ihst I hoped you year! and could get to like some one wouldnt plant either rye or barley In don't mind me. Speak your mind right that field on account of my peach trees, out and you can be freo and Mis Bally kindly invited me to Jim caught Sally other hand. come up and talk to you about It." Mis Woodward think our rye will Shuck! What you talking about, Sally? I donY want to be free that spoil her peach ordiard, put In Bally way! I want moat etarnal bad to get tremulously. Tou don't say! How that? asked Barney off our bands, and then we'll both be free te marry! Barney complacently, es If he expectJim's optimism reassured Bally, and ed a Joke wa about to bo sprung upon she tripped along tho path toward th him. house light heartedly. "The matter Is nut vsry easily exAcroee the fence to the left lay the Woodward plained. Mr. Drill, nor perfectly unacre. For year thl ground had been derstood, said the visitor, with a Tenant had left It withneglected. straight, serious glance into the open, out paying rant It fence had tum- questioning eyes. But all the Mm bled down and th building were fallIt i known to scientific agriculturists 'I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE BO CHOICT ABOUT THEIR COMPANY. that peach tree are injured by proximity to rye nr barley. And. you see. you havu other fields In the far end of your farm that would be just as good for rye as that one, while 1 can't move my peach trees. Not very well. slid Barney. What I alyou aay is mighty interesttn,'. ways supposed peach trees was tolerable contented and happy when they had gond soil to grow on and got their yearly prunin' and was kep' clear of weed and insects." He suppressed a Didn't know they sarcastic mile. wa so chulcy abuut their company. Bad as some folks. When the visitor tmd gone Barney broke out. into a luliicking laugh that But when he sent his melons to the produce men In the city, who usually tyer glad to get all that he cauld ship. Don't Complaint followed complaint. send u any more cantaloupe," wrote the commission merchant who took the up lo the They're largest lots. standard In flavor, and our customer won't have them." Disgusted. Barney stopped sending Rather in market. his rantahmpe than lake the low rates he could get he preferred to let the melons nit on the ground. It waa provoking and humiliating. One day. tramping disconsolately through the patch, he saw Corinne Woodward across the fence among her pumpkins. Their eyes met. Why don't you send your cantaloupes to market. Mr. Brill?" the girl asked. cadence In her Hltli a nt mihi-bievou-s IT WABX'T WITCH EB; IT BEES." SAID CORINNE. WAB pullen of the pumpkin blossoms to tha melon blossoms, explained Mis "I knew that ilii would Woodward. happen when I planted my pumpkin so rinse lu your melon. Harney Krill pushed back his straw hat a if he needed the cool air on hi forehead to help him to think. Ho It wm you?" he Hid accusingly. Yes. And you did It because I planted rye close to your peach trees T' Yes, Mr. drill ; hut If It was 11 te do over again" I guess wa are about even now, ain't wer Oh. no. I'm the worst regretfully, Well, anyhow, you've hit me hapl. Miss Woodward harder than you know. I was prouder of my cantaloupes than of anything I rained. I am very sorry Mid forlnne. I wish I could make amend. Suppose I give ycu my next year's crop of peaches by way of compensation? Well, that's fair enough. I'll think about It." said Barney. What Harney thought of the prop-altlhe prudently kept to himself, being averse to hsvlng his affairs ts!k-Occasionabout In the neighborhood. ally he met Miss Woodward at na evening company or a church socii.1. On the evening of the first Tuesday f November there was a benefit lee u In one of the churrhee, the subject beOf course ing The Habit of Bees. Corlnne Woodward waa there. Barney Brill waa ther too, and they mtt coming ont of the church door. Mighty fine lecture, wasn't It, Mis Woodward? and Instructin'," remarked Barney. Corlnne agreed, and they proceeded homeward together. Jim Stover wui walking with Sally. This talk tonight about bee kinder reminds me of the trick bees played with my rantaloupes this summer. said Barney to the girl by hla side. It was the first reference to the matter. 1 was hoping you had forgotten that, Mid Corinne. with a little laugh, T believe you promised tn make It good?" said Barney, with a F ep under the brim of the velvet hat. "Yes, I know- 1 did. Ton ah. ill hav my peaches next year If you want them." Td like to have them on one condition, said Barney, and that Is provided T can have yourself to sweeten them. on i - It was shortly after the lecture on Bees that Burney said tn Bally apologetically: WelL I guess you and I've doadlorked your marring for a considerable while, too ahesd rxw and gel married as soon as you Jim-thin- Too don't mean considered refined. to tell me that you gave the pumpkin taste to my melons! These ain't the please." And how about you. Barney? Inday of witches!' Can you mi Sally. It wasn't witches; It was bees. quired said Corinne. along alone? "I'm not giiln' 1o.be alone smile "KeesT" repeated Barney helplessly. "I'm goin' to Hurry Mis Barney. atmul the only way i "Flitting from flower to flower, quite Woodward. It's regard loaa of the fence, I bey carried the get even with Lei- Ber - - ; i |