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Show Social ,, By DONAL H. HAINES An Instance of Moral Perverseness That Demanded Physical Correction rmillllTIHMMtlttttt I in 7. by XmmI h. iuibm.1 V gESltKO shifted la hte fCoprrisht. ' ff yt-'settled hi mere mure firmly upM hi bmc cod. with hi flovcd hand folded mi the top at bis cbm, turned hi ftanrt rat, gl gala to th Mt of play. On U aides of 11 T must nee more af thte strange man." ha told hunaelf anil walked to the gymnasium, where he sal for an hour gastng at the oelllng wiih a air. When Babbingion' great bulk emerged from tlte door leading to the both an hour later, ileebr too and walked to luoet him. "Mr. Babbingtoa? ha naked. Th other nodded. "My name i Deebro," he went on rapidly, his suddenly keen eye searching the other's fao e. I come from the Maine part of the country that you do, and 1 thought possibly you might give lu news of an old Mend, Morton, Harold Morton. Did you happen to know him?" Babbington I alar d a hand ta hla soft hat, half removed It and then stroked hi thkk black hair In aa embarram. ment which prevented him from meeting the ronfuMngly direct Mar which cam from behind the shining eye- him mea and women were abandoning at eathaidasni. themselves to esc hut bis cold neutral lulled eye folio rd th movement of the tuuddy figure. no the gridirno without a trace of excitement, though they loat no details of the play. l Uf your pardon" Deabro's high pitc hed, nrrvoua vote rut Incisively into the thrMty cberr of which th man pect to him Ban delivering himself but eaa you tell me who 11 th black man at lachleT" -Habbtngton." mapped the other glasses. "Morton?" he said Slowly. "Morton? abort ly and turned again t hla cheering, while Dee tiro murmured courteous No. don't believe I know him." IlMUlkle "Ah, of course," Deobro hastened to And he thought perhaps" Tuning a pair of fleldglaaeea upon nay. th field. Deebro Batched th strng-glin- wove n few sentences of easy fiction befigurr Intently for a taw mo- fore tuining abruptly an bis heel. A few hour later he sat In th bilment; then, laying th Muorutera arid and lighting a ctgarotto, he Com me need liard room at hie fraternity house listo talk to himself In a low tone, utterly tening variously t th talk at th men w hU h ventured about the .gams af the oMJvtou of hie surroundings. match lea physique," he muttered, afternoon. The comment were ell live"coupled with a tan which might have ly, enthusiastic, on the team's chances, been Adam' aa devoid of th park at on the individual prowrea at th men. and constantly recurring in the hum Intelligence a aa o'e the very emwas Babblnglooe of conversation bodiment of the gum h I playing." name, It iB intent gaaa noted a audlea at the padded figure below "The lineal lyp. of g player the rrop hint and an eager crunlng of nerk from of new men him produced," a fair haired In at tba man with a Mg voice called friitrt one the BMU of the big eland. opposing player lay ai retched on tba end of the euuoky. room, adding that turf writhing la pain, while a group of the fellow wen worthy of marking any th vlaitlng eleven' supporter leaid gridiron with hla cleat." from their Mod and pointed tmpoientiy "Right you are!" Deebro broke in n, suddenly. The men around, lb tables aeruaing finger at the man celled who mood looking down at the turned in astonishment, for to have prostrate figure with his bond! on hi Itesbro offer comment nn matters of tble nature prge unusual, massive hips. An offltiial approached him nd gesticulated menacingly, "Right you are, I eay," ha repeated, nodding slowly in blank and leaning hack ln hla chair and surveyunrnmieeliendlrig acquiescence. ing' the curious face through hi "Bubblnglon! liabblngton!" rhorueed glasses "Thin man 1 the very emvarof tba short, inspiring slogan the bodiment of the spirit fostered by this sity cohorts, and the big man lifted his beautiful gems of yours built for a head and milled foolishly In unfeigned human chopping block or bat taring ram aa the rase may demand! By tha exerdelight. A cold little sneer gathered about the tion of those mum-lefor whlrh he le mm ere of Pcshro'e nsiuth aa he no mure responsible than Thom peon watched the Incident. there fur hie red hair, ha brings down .What callousness.'' he exclaimed on hie richly undeserving head the freplied cheer of a sport craned crowd. softly, "what savagely unconscious 1 the man an nuachronlam Ha sends n nwn lets fortunately enor only s brute? Kwh simple minded dowed physically tliar himself into a unroticera for physical agony caused by few moments of unhappy oblivion and one's owa hende is the mark of more then grins at you with craaa satisfaction coarseness or a throwback. when you sheer him not tor himself For half an hour longer he watehad or because hla name means anything Its bbliif ton's part In the prams, then to you, hut simply for what he has ' left hla aeat, utterly utironai-latithat done." ha Baa turning hte back on a triumph Tha speaker paused fsr a moment to which presaged a brilliant aeaaon for flick the ash from, hie cigarette, and and walked slowly out of th neither he nor bin liatenere paid any th ' attention to the sound of heavy foot- big galea. bird g step which came from the hallway to the 11 It la interval of silence. This 1 subbing too comes out at no--n here." Deabro continued, "n graveled, course filtered 'clod, aitb a giant's strength and the broad ideas of s goat, hungry fur notoriety of the sort hi great muscles can command, and you pamper hie rheap cravings with unction. You sit la the stands and shout yourselves huarse while be in battering tome poor fellow in the arena, and you will go further. You will desire th capture of thle athletic lion In spit of the fact that he ia a- -a social Impuaal-iiilitand you will be crowding around y, 1 - Bab-bingt- ua a tm, At the gat Deebr paused ta light a cigarette, and th flare of th match aa he shielded It from th snappy October wind brought hie thin features Into prominent; against the darkness. standing under a tree not a dooen yards away, turned a tha sulphur sputtered end saw. Hia great hand clinched instinctively Into a flat, and he had already taken a atep forward when Daebra turned and started quickly down the street, a little cloud of the pungent smoke from the Turkish tobacco drifting back over hla shoulder. Babbington waited a few momenta, then stepped lightly on to th sidewalk and followed, quietly at first and then without caution as Deebro paid no attention to th footfalls behind him. He glnncsd now and then at tho receding lights and then increased the length of hie strides aa Deabros phrases throbbed through hie mind. Houtel Impossibility!" he muttered, gritting his teeth over the phrase. "I'll teach the Uttt whelp!" Hla' eyes never left the moving spark which marked th other's position, hut every time he started to close th gap between them someth lug checked him. Hla thoughts refused to run to any but a given point a fierce desire ta get his hands upon the man who had hold hia Ignorance up to a roomful of man white ho stood and listened helplessly, As ho hod stood under tho troo In front of tho house ho had felt only a sene of Impotency, of shame, a gulping feeling of disappointment which was not easy to understand, a sickening realisation that soma of Desbro's words hod rung true. He knew and nt tho mere trying to put your fraternity pins an his coat. Huh! "I talked with the man, looked Into hie great, oxllk eye dead, devoid of the spark of rent life" , Th unfinished sentence broke abruptly, and every eye In the room followed Denbru'a startled glance to tha doorway, where, turning hla cane In bis hands and staring at th speaker with an expression wholly Indescribable, stood Habbtngton. For a moment there was the dead alienee of utter embarrassment; then one by one the men turned to th tables, while Habblngton cleared his throat and spoke. 1 came to see If possibly I hadn't diets nee between himself and Deebro, within breathing hard. Somewher him a sense of butte Justice stirred, and his tightened hands relaxed. A sentence dinned Insistently into his ears; "Wasn't It true? Wasn't It truer Deebro stopped abruptly te light another cigarette- - and hie pursuer halted la th midst af a stride. For an Instant he paused Irresolute, divided beta ess the lingering dvaire ta close his fingers on Desbro'a neck and a sudden impulse to run, to get away from everything, hack to the life whore other men bad lived and talked like hlmaelf. The hotter sensation triumphed, and Babbington had taken three quick, lithe steps toward hla when, silent as th shadows from which they sprang, a little knot at mea throw themselves at Deabro. Tha shock of tho attack not only drove from Babbing ton's mind every vestige of hi own wrath, but bereft him for an instant of the power of mattes. He heard Deebro give a low exclamation and saw by tha teat flicker of the match the slight figure attempting to shield Itself by leaping behind an Iron pole. In another Instant fi found himself te the center of a preaa of struggling figures. He received blows and felt the impact of hi hand against flesh as he returned them. "Where are yon, Deebro?" he shouted. "Sing out!" "Here," cam a .choking votes from behind him, "quick!" A club struck Babbing ten's arm wttk a numbing shock, but he kicked the man wh wielded It Into insensibility and. the next Instant was tearing another rnfltea from off Desbroa prostrate form. Two of the assailants lay an the ground, mere blotches in th darkness. The others had disappeared. Deebro rose to hie feet slowly and took a step toward hia rescuer. I aay," he commenced, then Mapped abruptly- - "Ko this te th cheap coals of flrf method you pursue. Is It?" he continued, with a sneer. A sudden easy smite passed aver through tha deemed alreet. In t of the fraternity house they rpamuq without words. tot! through a broken crossing Mngton was so Miff at tsTi next few days that the proctiie coach nun-in secret and wa solicitous in ij ! for Babbington was valuable. Going ts make a Bother t'karacitf atudy of the gome, Deebro-- " Deebro shook hie head and smiled, I'm continuing one," he ausatni henly. It was with s more Interested w, ooldly critical expression that he ta. lowed the movements of tho mm so white striped field beneath hire. TsI problem confronting the vanity ten. wae a different on from that wS Deebro bad watched on tho first Mon, for Instead of feeble opponeeti who would only afford them goodprsc-ti- c they faced an eleven of their tea class. From the first the enemys tactics had been obvious. They realised that h Babbington there was o Hying -r-p-a tton which barred all progress te the vanity's goal lino, and toward thi wearing down of hla great trend they had directed their e (Torts, had been ted to th side lines pale -- i bleeding, and the Itet of the visitor substitute waa diminished, but stU Babbington formed the center uf every attack and was tha rock about which split th enemys onslaughts, it was not a showy pxhtUtioa, but tt wo splendid piece at physical stamina, and tha great crowd was appreciative. They saw that BabMngton'o endurance weuid make victory pomlble, and they rote in a great wall of color and cheered him furiously. "Babbington! Babbington!" Close to the goal posts Babbingtim raleed his great frame from the tangle of the teat attack which had ahattand face. No;" he ansurered Shortly; "this te its force upon him and faced the shout, what I came for," and he struck Des-br- o lug crowds fllowly he raised a huge squarely In tha face, felling him in- fist and shook it In the face of th multitude, which grew wonderingly silent. stantly. Cure you," he shouted, and th For an Instant the knowledge of the strength In his great muscles frightened sound at tha hoarse voice carried t every port of tho stands, "leave ay him, and he leaned aver Deebro anxiously. flattened that be had struck no harder than ha Intended, he leaned . Deebro smiled quietly. "In the term social Impossibility, " against the Iron poet panting from hie exertions. Th two roughs on tho ho mattered, 1 was guilty at grass ground recovered their senses and scutWhen the whtette sounded the end of tled off Into th night. He could bear Desbro's watch ticking and kept track the half, ha scrambled down fram Ms of the eeoonds tor two full minutes. seat climbed the wire tones Inclosing Then he noticed that the fallen man th field and walked toward Babbingwas bareheaded and puttered about on ton, who, with hanging head, was walkhis hands and knees in the dead loaves ing slowly toward the side lines "Will you shake hmndA Babbington! and th filth of the gutter until be he asked, smiling. found Desbro's hat. Can you walk? he aaked shortly. Babbington looked up In surpriMi The disheveled figure nodded, and in then his somewhat heavy features silence they made their way bark lighted up, and the Mg hand shot out viv-tl- (J. - Steb-bingto- h, con-geeti- nn i nr morning. i -- misunderstood you," he said, turning t thought he reddened that he had come ou mentioned t the house lu the hop of Ingratiating Deebro. "That turn himself with a man wh belonged to n was Morton, nasu'i Deabro, redder than any man had ctaas beyond bia reach. But when Deo. broo fare was flashed te him suddenly aver seen hint, podded without speakout of the night all of these mingled ing. "i thought possibly I hadn't under- emutioo had keen welded suddenly stood," Babbington explained, backing Into a hat flams of animal rag deawkwardly out of the door, "and I did manding the an torn of atonement which It knew. know n man named Horton." Block after block the man In front At the outer door Deebro said In a colorless tone. Surry you took the walked, turning now to the right end trouble la come clear up here." to which now te the left, sometimes walking rapth big man mumbled inmething la re- idly and again idling along at a snail' pace. They passed through the busiply and went out Into the night. A few momenta later Deebro passed ness streets, luuely and deserted under the door at the billiard room, wearing the raincoat and slouch hat whk-hhInvariably wore on the evening walks which were ss much a part af his existence as his meals "He'll have something to think about during this night's stroll," remarked low tone as th on at tli men in familiar figure paened th door. "Pretty raw talk ta have the object of it hear." No man pretended to know th abject af them nightly walk of Desbros. To aU Inquiries he responded that "they gave him a chance ts think without Interruption " They took him from the college section of the town and tested many times until the small hours at th . Bab-blngto- HE ASKED. BINGTONf th harsh glare of the am lights. Here Deebro paused to talk with a police- man with whom ha seemed to he on excellent terms, and, turned suddenly cold at th sight of th patrolman, crossed the street and nearly lost hla man, who wheeled abruptly Into a dark aide street. wns conscious that a Babbington struggle had commenced within him Bab-bingt- en and that the first heat at anger was H grew ashamed of hla passing. growing calmnoaa, fearful lest the cooling Influence of tha walk rob him at th merited retaliation which he knew hla massive arms could administer. Catching at hla fading anger, he increased hia stride and shortened th A ROUND. TABLE FOR JUVENILE READERS, WITH A MENU OF FACT. FUN AND INFORMATION MIMI ; - - i; I On Jeboeted Wings rr :: ' By ALBERTA PLATT society, He begins hte career In the mud end ends It In the air. The mother dragon fly drops her eggs Into the water of some quiet pool or brook, where they lodge In an aquatic plant under the water or else Mnk to th bot- - ; at the totreM of th many ren owned th dragon fly does no harm, hilt rosily much service, as It consumes that we see about ns In the AuguM greet numbers of harmful Insects and mi whine te the dragon fly. te a grout enemy of the mosquito; As Dragon files or found all over the dragon flies are always found about the world. and there or many curious suwater In which mosquitoes breed It te perstitious in regard to' them. Oil at not wise to Injure o single on of them. ONE S it waa watching on of these Insects glowing with changing colors like the er. was overheard tellWg her that she tacks and Mick them In the soifM that te said to have given th Idea plumage of the peacock. Tho dragon must take It right back, .because that' upon which you wish to draw the eraL Get a piece of thread, knot K Into a of the wheel for tha steamboat to I la fly te In no hurry to leave th plant, but was what tha old hen measured by." The larva lives under the water for from ten months to a year. When It te time tor the young dragon fly to join Its gorgeous fellows In the air, It crawls up the stem of a plant and when It te above the surface of the water takes a firm grip of the foliage by means of th strong, sharp hooka which are attached to its body. Then th thick skin, which for several days has been losing lla color, begins to split, and th dragon fly emerges from the rapidly drying caver. The wings of the dragon fly are new wet and wrinkled, and tha Insect slowly expands inventor. balances itself there for an hour or two, possibly to accustom Itself to the wonderful new world Into which It has climbed and also to bo euro that Its body has grow dry end strong. Then it lifts up thoss crjrMal pinions and floats gloriously away through the sunshine. The life of th real dragon fly la briefer than that of the larva, for th first frost kills It While life lasts, however, It enjoys every minute of tho time. With Its great jewcl-ll- k eyes alert It flashes hither and thither on the lookout lor food Insects, and when It finds one It darts down on it with Incredible swiftness tearing it to pieces with Us strong Jaws. The dragon fly prey on mosquitoes, spiders, beetles, flies, pollywogs and some fresh water Insects Aloe, dragon flies are not very peaceful Insects. They quarrel con- loop, slid then put It over the phi. Br THE GOAT COMES FIRST. stretching the thread ta Ha fullest Ha Bwltsertend te the only country In the world where the goat 1a placed ahead of all other animate and even of human beings. If a boy plagues a goat, be can be lined and sent to JalL If a person meets a goat on a path and drives him aside, he can be arrested. If a goat enters tbs yard of a person not hte owner and Is hit with a club or Mono, the person guilty of the offense muM pay St cents. If an engineer sees a goat on the truck, the train must bo stopped until the animal can be coaxed ta remove himself. lts with the point of a pencil and thmI moving tt round a wall defined TO DRAW AN OVAL. will be produced. The else at th wl The illustration shows a very simple depends upon the length of the thresA method by which an oval can be accuIf the loop te small the oval will b coor drawn. two Taka tin rately rrespondingly so. pins - tinually among themselves. Often yon will see twe of them engaged in a fierce battle. They are harmless so far aa human beings are concerned because their Jaws are not formed to do us any Injury and they have nothing with LITTLE MISS GRUB. which to Ming. ONK ON THE COON. A HUNTER OF YOUNG WATER BEETLE. tom. The larva, as the infant dragon fly is railed, te ,soon stirring. It te a little gray, six legged insect that runs n hither and thither on th muddy of th pool with groat swift ness. No bread and milk d'et In the shape of plunt Juice for thte insect : Instead It te from Ha cradle a ruthless hunter of young water beetles, grubs and leeches. What It cannot catch it traps, hiding fh the shadow of a Mon or root and bot-'.in- t which doubtless erery boy and girl Is since by doing no you are only benefitaware is that if they get into the hair ing tho annoying little bloodsuckers. Few Inserts hnve a more Interesting they will sew one's earn up. Another notion la that they go about seeking life history than tli diagoa flies. They to sting people la the eyes. These ore are most numerous In August, and that some of the stories thnt have hero told te because groat hordes of them are to mo by credulous country beys and then emerging from the earlier stages girls, but I hope no reader of this png of their growth, which or far different te foolish enough to believe them. The from the lari one. The dragon fly may fact te that no tor aa human folk ore truly he said to ho a climber In Insect GRAVE TO GAY. darting out Its traplike jaws with their to grasp the unwary clawlike te-- ih passerby. When the proy has been caught the claws are drawn back, and it 1s f towed away In the dragon fly's mouth. In thin tho water Mage the dragon fly has no lungs, and bo It breathes like a fish by passing the water through a tub in the body, which is lined with ' gilla. These gills lake the oxygen front the water, and It 1s passed out at the other end of the tube. The larva ran discharge the water with force when It wishes to dart through the water, and are daily THE LARVA CRAWLS UP STEM OF A PLANT. THE them by means of pumping air and the white fluid that serves It as blood through the many veins that are spread out upon Its gauoelike surface. InMinct seems to teach It that the greatest care muM be taken in this, as should tho wings now be Injured in the slightest way they will never become perfect Gradually the air dries out the tissues Until they stand out transparent and performed throughout the the shepherd's barometer. The curlier orbl. the wool the finer will be the weather. It te easier to tie a knot than to unKlience te better than s speech to no Reynard Pay, Coonie, when Is a gray squirrel n chipmunk? Coonie Give It up. Reynard When he b run through tha mill; a ground squirrel see? THE HEN'S GAUGE. A little boy and hte sister were allowed this summer to collect the eggs from the hen coops, bnt jthey wen told they must never take away the nest egg. The llttl girl, however, did so one morning by mistake, and her broth line of the proposed canal, than on any other equal amount of territory in the A cheery and contented soul Was little Mistress Grub, Although within th garden walls 8b met with many a snub. When rude remarks fell on her ear Bhe'd wink a merry eye. Tou will not soorn me thus, said b "When I'm a butterfly." to give then to receive, but some at us it only from hearsay. Th find lifeboat was launched In ( days, has slept has amused himworld. The average amount of rain whlrh 17M. self 4.AM ku valid miles, and tie It The thumb Is stronger than all the fall south of the equator te only twenty-purfHtee. A single oyster produces about i.OOC.-8- 9 has been ill (00 The amount of coal shipped to LonA roiling etane gathers no moss, but other digits together. dipt six inches; north It te about thirty-seve- n young In a seonon Tie a 1e inan that knows himarif. don by rail tind canal every year in tt has a deal of excitement. It Is always .easy to forgive other and a half inches. The teu'b of mercury nt 49 degrees haired people, it te said, as a well mcr S. 00.000 ton. Light All things come to these who wait, Opportunity never knocks loud people's enemies. te like that of a red hot iron. role live ionper than dark haired. It - hurder to do nothing than ta do enough tn awaken a sleeping man. Wood pigeons do more harm t Brit- but you might save time by going out A Maiiattciun has eatiinaled that a Hope te invariably a man's test a wet. emiieihing. men More have died and are buried ish than any other birds. to meet them. man fifty years old has worked LM It te estimated that J.HTO marriages Tlir wool un the lack of a sheep te in the Isthmus of Fans ms, along lha Wecrops all know that U Is more blessed A light of candle power can be plain- M ' know Methlnks that little Mietroe Ha wise advice for jw- "Don't toss your temper, boy Whatever ' elee Orab da jrm Should other scoff well, sever and by It may be by You'll gayiy soar above them aa JuM Ilka a butterfly." a at a distance at ana throe candlepower t dollar you have to far ta as big ss the on fln bss been made so ,t tt weighed only OTndtUrty r grains. It ra,Ni indth of an Inch In |