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Show THE RIDDLE iiy OLIVE n. BAr.TOS .. ii , at O !:, by MeClurt Niotpaprr andKatt.) "What K'H down the chimney down nd up tho chimney down, hut won't to down-tlm rhlmney up nor tjp'lht chimney upl" Jimmy Sudd, third row. K re-cltad re-cltad Us Hddl glibly tkraugh a. mlMlag front tootk. Vh wboe! Mt yatrllUd not (hat It a rldd), fcr Iflss Katon karaait bad mitmitH Oia forat of raeraaUM tfcat way, tanca to Ikatr Uht. kat (Ivay wr 0trtfl4 ky fka Mnalty af SM vrvp-afctaa vrvp-afctaa iimmr rfoa4ai. AtUr atomaat atlaa Mafsn tn '(Mtad (!?. "OiiffVM. joo say It agal". ilwWJ! It'a aoelr tang w, yoo knaw. Now ga ' rtwwlfj' - Again Jlaimy, rntstad with haportanee and tha alsa of hta riddle, repeated, (ha arasalag word. " "Tkat rwialaly 'hj a twfd ea. Jimmy." lllaa Batoa raatarkrd awlt-lug; awlt-lug; Ihm rMtlarag that CO pa'f " eyas reeedtly coneenlratwl on third' rnw. nr, had shifted Nhlnd har,ib thrued. ' ", Mr. Ullfnnl, the principal, had entered terj quietly, Ttdetitly utlo time to bear tba simmd rendition. Mfs FUten'a ebeka toak an a deen-.Lcr deen-.Lcr Une.ol4)lut,yBttk rasa tt tV .ih-aslon keaiitlfolly. "v w "Oh. Mr. Mllfnrd. ww'yow-)ii0, jjpew rtddtwl UVVwrfatium ifmt.' -w Suppott You Say It,' Again, Jimmy, f t " j yuukiMiw, atid'-wa tknliglit' wo'd hare Utanufnc n-cliancf. .lTr.iw tired ofr I our old games." . , Mr. -Ulllurd u-u tdlejit fai a W9r- niaat; I lion atd orUuiy. "atlaa RatoM 111 ind down soma (irlaary blstory reader. 1,ka ehlldraa will Ilka them, t Uttuk, uud they are mora Improving than than rtddlea, I'm 'aura." Whero- upnti lit went out and eleaM tho door". liut not before ho had wn tha deep rose lu ills Katou ehaaka deepen to, a painful crimson an aha eaught lha fiup'llcd rebuke. Outside ha hesitated au hiMsnlr then suddenly squaring hi jlnonldera be al'rode ovce.to.bls desVlniUM-afflceC where he savagely grabbed up his pan and proceeded to finish tfca appllea- thru blank far the following term. Why wae It that Hebecca; Baton In- slttnl so pu Invitlug reprints ndT , Why was It aha 'waa alWaya doing something entirely' wlthouV-'precadtm't,, etablsJilng a system of' hM", Jura, Jan to speak tearing down achooriblea dally, abolishing that military precis Ion that had been the very faundatloo of system. j I "Of course," he reflected. ir die-cl1ino die-cl1ino f iierfcct. and" (he pulled n record of No. 5 out of n pigeonhole) "her year's uverage Is tho highest In tin school. Iiut riddles I In school f- ,i-elf. The smlfe had disappeared from his own lips, but not the curiosity from his bruin. Ho sought .lb tmy's desk and Mmwed him tint 7 9 nro not G4, "Oh by the way, did lb y guess your rid die. .Ilmmyl" he tUi-d casually. "So. sir!" nnstw'tiil Jimmy promptly prompt-ly and proudly, "I had to tell em." Hut he tntmitericil no further Infor-matloii, Infor-matloii, "Will yu pleiiM- xtop In the ofnea before you go this evening, Mlsa Katon?" he said at be left. "Tba ap-jdlea.tlnn ap-jdlea.tlnn hlanks ie ready for Beit jear awaiting jnnr signature." At r:ir erei.r blank had bean flllwl. from Mis. Tlbby Tllbnry wno taught AUG In Nd. I, to Miss Marcla Stone who broke it.ro Meglnner'a Latla In A IMkall ant ana. Mhw Ratoa fr Ka. G had t appaarad a fcer algaarora fa Iter apptetleB. nAad aaatjrar Mr. Hlekard lllifcrd, lrtClia. also kad aat'ut dw hla en. tJnlll en hour eg bo kad fully lutMilfd ( dga tr the axt tana. Why I baa was ka waiting? Ho taeked aaloJ.t at (Re kbik far f, R.,Ue 'ihwi (a kail ta tk eii!iir. Tkings wera- kefiaatag atawfy ta clear .o la life wind. Ha wre raaVtr.lg new, verj keanly ttby Im wauttor woiild at apply for aaxt year, H all de-peaded de-peaded oh llcbaeca ktatoa. A thadbw had taiao over the sun and darkened Ike warld. At tba same Instant a quick ttltie gnu of wind Idnw inme paper off his i!k. Hi? had no) i-.-ftlcer' tha s'-T-m 't'rpachtn?. He ii.it Jhu -.'hiiJ'iw IreVde IiJ'.h and 'oped to i-'rk up the fk-mtam! llrt when lie IiimiiI the door f No. f Kpen mhiI vl Kifity attd wi una sJip niteVI i . ,t! e open door of tka lilss Katun!" life w beside hr In" en distant. Tki' torn waa dtreetty otvhead a a ad U a tsirdark in .Ike Vail ka coat scarcely seo-WXruf, Mat a krJgt tei. auh'k' btt ttl-reve-tt-litg eulhilitMiad tifaa t-ontidratf. Bke bad kac cry lag I " c !".' "Too cant go aiit aow," he pr'alwat-ed, pr'alwat-ed, kattlug oat a detakitnt haad. "It'a 'bfwgtoBlng to poiir." A dtafenlig crash drdwnad. kla Isit word's. "Corned 1 won't tat youl" ka taslstad aa atdr agalti moved toward (he door, nXttf-muring nXttf-muring n remonatranca. t - Going luto the office and returning with an Miatiralla, he asked euriouaty, - "Aren't you golligJ (o ipply for 'neit term? We nil. wanl you ilcfc,vyon know." rfKf "No. I'm not going to apply, Mr. Mllford, Mll-ford, I I don't want to cftma back, If I do it villi be thei-nuie old thing jou'll disapprove of every thing I do. nnd and make foil of. all my- ideas. Why, we. were having lira moit fntt today when ymi fame In, and yod qiillw spoiled It all. ' "Oh, I iniiotn't stay. Tlio s-pte.Jif j the storm's gone mumf; aid'lt'iwahia ly raining at all." j ' p( " Ttiera was lib stopping ber tkh time. There was nothlagito do hot follow. Tin coming aloog whether 'you want me or not, ko declared. Tva got two qiWlaoa to ak you, and Iv apt ta kuw tk entayf both." lie had eaught up and dtawn ker trA through hhi'arni. "Tear qaflooaly. Tbo teara Had alto goa wf. "I don't want you to apply for a ertioul nwt year after all. I wnj yon j to marry me and Lean house foe ma, .11 love you. nebecca, Yto enutj about ypn. Da you would -yool Bean cotitd you ovar Iov..dcv do you think, dear sueh- ah old bear aa 1 'ami rI 111 UriiikvaiKMt It," she Mid faintly, trying to' be" rf matter of ; fact And fortunately, the kindly nwf brella ahlalded them Ju'st (be. frotn. too curlone ayes. , " ' "Aad the other WMt'n the otAoi'' qaeatlon, dear?" aeked Hebecca aflar -awalle when they reaenod tha corner and staod waiting fori;lbca'r. . "Ok,'' laughed Rtehant T$ farmt-ten. farmt-ten. But do fell hie. it'a, wtjrVied ft? , to death. What goe dawn the chimney chim-ney down and up the chimney down, but won't down thu chimney np nop up tho chimney tip?" "Why,' an umbrella", xt course 1" i-ke answered demurely, . j |
