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Show SIX GOOD SHORT STORIES. I Kf T0GSI11LY HIS HAT. Ml ' 'assB 90S s' iLaaaaaal J A Smith Jr. Is In the habit of dining at the Olbson house restaurant, nil&f'f'i HaLaaaaal and one d-nj during the past week came out second best In a passage at re- fHHtt' r' 'fXiaaaaaal pnrtee with Claude, the boy whp nttends to the hntnek. RIsSliIii'' tflaaaaaal Mr Smith ssllled forth from the restaurant after cnjnvlng his meal, and ijiilti ? ulaaaaaaa! at Claude handed him his tnp-pleco he thought ho would quiz Uia lad. il'WP' uLaaaaaafl 'Is this my hit?' ho asked. RTOSt V i 'ijaaaaaaaaa! 'I don't know," whs the answer. Eu'' jWtiiaaaaaB "Well, then, why do jou hand It to me If jou don't know whether It la mjr UsiliririLaiiiiH hat or hot?" queried Mr Smith shurrlj IHsli? V' 'LllllH ' llcinuoe thnt Is tho hut juu bunded to mo when jou went Into ths IBnLf ! rrstnurint, ' nnmvried Claudf sKsairVli. fiLllllB The bov's untnwr 'tunned Mr Smith and he did some rapld-flro thinking? fSOr.:1' naillllB nn ho left ths hotel Cincinnati Hnqulrer W Pw Jj ' H WHY nil TOLD THE TJIUTH. f ptlV--j' aiaiW Atlornej-Oeno-al Herbert Tirker of Mnachuelts sajs that. In the earlier M. j WM dnjs of his oxprtlenc nt the bar. he vvna examining a juunn witness from. :!f,rfr illLllfl the countrj who cllspltved cvldemo of umisu il mental acutences. In one pan- TOljfli' I 1iV sage of anna belwcui himself nnd the witness Mr. Tarkcr wns distinctly a IffijA ll -jM poor secund but ho fallcsl to prollt bj the experlinie and continued to Invito 3Vt 1lH W1111V tiouble l'rettj soon he got Inln hot water again This time the troublo Vkv 7, '! )!l''IH was over an apparent conttli-t between the lads testimony, as given before n, 8ffi 4 J)' JaillllB loner court nnd that which he odeied under Parker's cross-examination. SH-ci f vSLllllH "Why oi jou tell a different storj now from what jou told ln the Tollca KM? 1 lifslaillH court? asked the liwjer iiwp 'SLIailllB "Ilecause" came lho ready retort, 'there was a bright lawyer examining ?JVli iSiiHiiiiB me then and I got rattled, but I'm not rattled now and I can tell the truth." 5.5 j " .5 (SsaiiiB m' tJM WHY HOGG- HAD NEW WAITEIt, ) itVli I1 JiftlsallH At Reaumont Intely the waiter who eened former Oov. Hogg was ono l'l3 ' .H Oeorge, n sable-skinned gentlcmin of numerous accomplishments. George la wl"? li IjH a model waiter. Hach day nt dinner George would receive from tho Governor i'LV HlllBailllH his tip. U tlmrho reviled In wealth Ho was tho envied ot ull tho other i M 't'lllllH wnlteis. lle was the happy possessor of a "good thing" . SiC-i flkaiiiiH 'lho other day when th Governor entertsi the dining-room ft strange dirky Kfv tOl $WM stood behind his chair "W here s GcorgC" asked tho Governor brusquely. SlVV i liUlllllH The new wnlter bowcM low. Isc jouli vvnltnh, now, s.ih," ho said softlj. "But tvih 1 IllliiiiH vvheios George?' again asked the Oovnur. Again his new retainer assuredlJ U j (9j 'ksjH him: "Its jouh waltah now." lho Governor looked up from his paper sharp- f T3?i '.'. . i! IB Iv He was somewhat mjsttded. and with lnereaslng emphasis demanded! H C'w t llijilllH where George was, mi) how. itl't. ftsaillllfl "Well, jou see, sab," began the newcomer with somo hesitation. Gawga win K " i'lisailllB and I was out las' night plajlng craps Gauge went broke; I won hit pile. SSBlsf 1 lH Then" hero his voice dropped lower and his manner wna confidential "hn RfV Tv1 ( ilSsailllH put jou up agin threo dollahs, and I won. So, Ise youh waltah." Detroit Si' r ' iLiiiB WHEN THE BISHOP FOOZLED. ' fO'l ?' iliaiiiil nishop Toiler ts an enlhuilaiitic golf player. Some time ago he waa on ilfi'tS f isLiH the links at Knranac. accompanied by a cnddlo who was himself a golfer ot RtitfcklK fl iiiiH arknowleilged skill. Tho bishop made reedy for a mighty drive and with ono wlHiVr ll llllH tremendous awing ho topped tho ball. Of course he was deprived of the con- fflSm,frffl iHlfl joliilon which In Mich caseo scrvea to soothe tho temper of tho lajman. All ffllMI'L.'fll aiiH ho mild was. TiSWU .H! 1 kiiia "aiwh-sh-sli-shl' tflivl iI'Mt iliifl It wiis his way of relieving his feellngt. Then he tried nga'ln. Thl tlma ESffl ! R HiH he ocooped up somo cubic Peot of sod. and onco moro tho sibilant but lnoffen- WW. U Li LllB slvo and Incirectlvc. protest escaped his lips. Tor tho third time tho bishop IkMl 'Hi sliB teed hit bnll, for the Uilrd tlmo hid driver missed tho mark, and for the third XrlM iH LlllB time ho unburdened his oppressed soul as above. The caddlo could stand it Hl4i! HI aailH no longer. BrFHiltli JiiilBBBBBBI "Hnng It, manl" he erclalmed, "ah-ahih-ah-ah won't send that ball where Hll ! iLliH jou want It to go."-Brooklyn Kaglo. i snera rafBi' 'J.s)aH THE S0OK CHARLIE WANTED. r jHR; H .v. Dr-p,,n"ni'. Emerson, the son of Rilph Waldo Emerson, was recently bLtI ' LiH tho victim of his own generosity. In Concord, whero Dr. Emerson lives, ono USL I ; ' sIH of the best known characters Is a slmplo-mlnde.1 old fellow, whose actions UKU ' ! ' LIlllB in"? ,h.0,'llnBcra with an Inexhaustible fund ot amusement. Among tho BaW'iLv - siHIB odd lea of tho old ciMlger. who In locally known us "Chnrlle." la a fondness for alW Wt siHiB cadlnir. No one has ever discovered how- much of hie rending Is for pleas- Ww i fill tiiiH '-., ,clmrlle I' never seen without nt least one book under his arm. WEt J di 9sliiH Tho other day "Charlie" camo to Dr. Emerson, and sild sorrowfully! "Doc HSF J 1't lLlH tor, they won't let mo take books out of tho library any more" WsS' 1 " laiiiiH ,, , ,.)r' Km.ri)n has a lino private library, nnd moved by sidneo ln "Char- &AX ikl HsilaiH lies tone, said kindly: "Never mind, Charlie. You may tako uny book ot IH'.iF. i 3saiiB mine jou wish." IfjJtJWiF. r i M Sntlsned with this assurance. Chnrllo" departed, and did not return for San' v'ji IsliiH several dajs. Then ho camo back, nnd said doubtfully: "You said I might MttKt iH kliiiH take any book of jours I wanted, didn't you?" iWBLl f j1 paHH Tho doctor ostcnted, wondering what was coming. BHSt ' n'lf illH "That means uny book jou own. doesn't it?' queried "Charlie" HsiWl'V '! LiiH Again tho doctor assented. i ffililC 'ifi ' riiiiiil bookNevv'York Trlbun?""0" tr,umI,hantly' 'ko your mileage lj Jj jM HE GOT EVEN. fl '.tyi., ' i Toward tho end of a recent voyage of ono of the big ocean liners ono ot ifiMi '' 'i isiaaH tho passengers gavo a champngno supper to tho other male passenger Each KfeW,'. , ' ililH ono of thoso Invited was to under pnjmcnt by singing a song, dancing a Jig gift ! ' t (l LH or tell riff n, story. Among thoso on board wus one person who had won a illsfc'V 'A saiiH reputation for inoiwiicss. for In splto of lho constnnt atream ot moss-grown BsTHn.i.' BBal tales which ono Is forced to ll-rtcn to on shipboard, ho had never tried to flfifr; ' ' i EaaiiiH rcengo himself by telling ono of his own. Accordingly, when his turn camo Slftfl? , '!) to speak, cverjono listened eagerly. 811 j ' JIBBI ' Gentlemen." sild he. as ho roso to his feet, "I can't sing a song or tell a 0$ 81. UauBBjl storj. and I have never danced a Jig. so I can only offer a conundrum. In what B JUL . HtBH way Is the Uird kinder to a turkey than to man?" Kf IHl:i llflBBai Of courso everyono gavo It up. gk Jifi I ' BBB "Ilecause," camo tho answer, "He doesn't allow It to bo stuffed with cheat- ffE fE' !l BBh nuts until ufter It Is dcad."-l'hldelphla Times. 9$ i l j |
