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Show , rVJl-ft4 ra-6 iijAtf Mmim2 m.Mtal mm cupola I M SKETCHED v I My BYROM VMLUAMS W ! I Tlicre are mora reasons for the mtlamliol) dnjs than appeal on 'ho Ineo of them last Juno Aithur grail tinted f i nm the' loial high sihool Ho was diessed lu a new $18 suit and the- baiber had put stanh on his faco for tho lliht time. That night tho .latloii with blue ribbon thrills mound It wns put nvvnv In the crl tolre In Arthur's room, and the not morning blight anil lather early Art went out propare'd to halter and tamo the v lilt wide win Id He- had lead Hubert Iltirdctto'a 'UImj and lull of tho .Mustache," ami ho knew that power and conquest slumlii'ioil at his veij feet, waiting onl tho determined piod In the ribs lo awaken It to jeoinan service Tor months ho had been posting up on Napoleon, Alexander and .1 l'lerpont Morgan, and ho know It wns a elmh Thus, or so, as we1 tald bo foie, our joung hero went out into tho mnddenliig mnit with his halter, propaied to got a htianglohold and nil overdraw check on this muuilano spheroid. Iij noon ho had succeeded In vvoiklng up a Iholj appetlto and from mere force of habit, turned to tho nncostrrl board for sustenance. Ah ho stretched his long legs under father's table, kicked tho family cat and tucked tho haberdasher Insldo his boaid collar, a pained evpiesslon of wonderment flitted across father's faco at sight of the empty halter dangling from Aithui's belt Hut ho asked graeo with emphasis on tho "Wo thank thee, O Lord, for this siistenanie, and Arthur's mother moth-er helped her Honnparto to moro pie. Dining the torrid months Arthur continued to talk about tjlng tho globe to tho manger and feeding It sawdust, but owing to poor success botweon meals, ho seldom mentioned the mnttei when nsklng for a second helping of rico pudding One hot August day Art awakened to tho fact that pa was won led about something. lie seemed to bo off his feed, nsked giaco In a mechnnlcal innnner ns though ho didn't bollovo much in it, nnyhow, was short In ids answeis and had a stialned way of looking at him that suggested ho did not fully icalio the stieimous campaign cam-paign in which his bon and heir was iiullcally engaged. This happened again nnd ngaln. Every timo Arthur rode up to tho banquet leading un empty halter, every time ho asked for more strawberries, or was late to breakfast six times a week, father glow cold and reserved, whllo a reproachful re-proachful and liovoring something seemed ever near, a harbinger of stormy weather and less pie. In tho meantime mother continued to fortify Aithur against tho world with sundry squares of pio and white lies to pa about what timo ho got in tho night before. All this was preparing Art to eventually throw his latso 'round the waist lino of Madam Kartb and to rise triumphant In the hlstovlcal school books of tho next generation. While tho laurol wreath of fame was being worked over for Artio by mother, pa was down at tho offlco swearing at the offlco forco and thinking of tho melancholy days to come. Tho first frost was on tho morning of tho day after tho coal man pre-sented pre-sented IiIb bill and tho tnilor where Arthur had his fancy vesta made, suggested to pa to pay up. It was a had day, anj how, for father had eaten somo lobster salad and sinkers tho night before and carried his ftmbrolla all the way down town to gt caught In a heat wave as dry as a gentleman from Kentucky in an Iowa prohibition prohibi-tion district. By the timo he reached homo for dinner ho was a grouch for jour whiskers. Hrovo man and strong that pa was, ho could not bo expected to long withstand such a strain And tho melancholy days camo in with a vengeance! la met Arthur with pa'B own choice of weapons. There was a prolonged seance In tho woodshed. Iloporters were ban ed. All wo know nbout It is that next day. before breakfast which did not tome off until nn hour nfter ho was up, Arthur tearfully put away what was leit of his halter strap, ato a light repabt of oatmeal off tho top of a eornucopla in tho diulng room, and was off like a gun ou didn't know-was know-was loaded That samo day ho got a Job engineering tho horso power of a grocer's deliver wngon, and tho world is still unhaltored. Moral Never go up against tho world on n diet of applesauco. 9 5 5 "'1 here s man) a slip Twlxt the ,up and iho Up," I) nt Fi'ldoin in time, of drouth Dors a hlghliill niKs "1 ho homo f the kiss That orlllee known as the mouth! 3 9 5 "If somo men thai Reom to wnnt to do nothing but sit around, had to la) eggs thoy couldn't bo lilted to sit BtSlI nt union wages" Uncle U). O To promuuicw uu name of tho now king of Seivla bmcue thrco timos ..ml ha vitfii in ilinc to spine it on tho end of th ieej |