Show tHis t His Honor and andL L the Mayor i iBy S i if By 13 AD SCHUSTER f u ilEN young oun Luther Luthel elected 1111 mayor or of Minden 1 he sat hack back In hIs chub that he might SUIe sin SUI e vey reflection on lu fro the thc door of hIs bookcase There are nrc no two wn ways s 's about it II he said I urn the bi In bi true the littie lit lit- tie puddle dle It Is up UI to me to act the part 1110 Modestly estl i I It occurred to that n big i frog might aught trout a little puddle to toa n a large lu te one lie thought tit If the and with the excuse that every er c has hils the ri right ht to ns es Spire pictured us the lint of the While bile House After all 1111 It hull had heen rather re- re r Ills hIs rl the e to The rho san of old Luther I 1 ell l who trots II by h the us II n a han less leJ lIow ha had ed disproved the sl cless co ld not he be w sv n nonI nover over onI su man went tu III college how his father had to save the hl nor nor- essary sal money Ile He set Cl up 11 nn an nod when he won hi his t tic l' l t cast was ed he s as en his noy ay to cases and and Luther I. d With s of f at ato o y ilu cd his n men meno wil h his III lodge I le Ie was was' elected mayor mn I iIo Ie hack In his chair and nd ii lit t the refection of nf a 11 young n lIun an ss who hc was svgs a little stout vJ something omet II he about the nay wa his hIs forelock tC his Luther looked alit of the window nile saw lW his walk by y The became It a n It was like f father not to In tr try to live up to the Ule Item r I In the old lIa days s 's Luther hall had for that funny cap ap with Its ears buttoned d at the top tut the thc slouchy slouch walk and the general disregard ar for appearance When he hewus was a lad lac the older man used to take hint him to the fields to 10 study the hinds un and more particularly the rocks were wonderful line days for foro fora o a boy Luther agreed aglee But Luther loud haq leis his ey on the state slate capital cons con gless nn and beyond hond while the father continued ll to pica pic up UI Iod rocks and shady the specimens which he received fi other places They had drifted apart Luther regretted It hut but he knew It was the fathers father's fault flow lIow could a young oung ma a wide awake man find Interest In the pursuits ot of an old one who puked pled about In the hills and spent long hours writing long articles con con- corning tho th t things he found foun Of these article the father never sni said any any- thing for he sensed the lack of Interest Inter Inter- est In the son semi Luther wondered It If i they brought touch money money It was I lo lon even n possible lc the load sent him to roll e. e Tile The other disappeared up tip the street nod nodding to acquaintances as hoe he went ent I They The all laugh at hIm said Luther Lu Lu- ther laugh h at his queer clothes and lois queerer manners I must tell dad ad U tl spruce up must begin to look 1001 I the part for m my the sake sake ot of my future In his hots new capacity the young oung ot of lIn Haden en received many letters let let- t r ot of congratulatIon Invitations to toI speak and of f tin tin- I came one day from fromn froma n a distant cl a message which was wasI I even ln mote mol than he dared lIell hope A fi delegation e would arrive in linden lIl on onI rhul daJ It said and It looped to I have the privilege e of conferrIng upon I him nn an Ironer She he richly deserved I It must he be Luther reasoned that they appreciate the fact that i went Into the race for single single- the handed youngest Jm est candi ate to as as- Aire pr Maybe It It i is because I won sO i hl It b be they nave Uve heard of my record In office My M. inaugural address If I cIo do sn say It was unusual I The delegation must he be In fitting manner Luther decided the council c chambers Would do and Issued invitations to city end end- country om olti- I to be present For puce II the fa fa- Ll alive to to the sun sons itu- itu Of course course you un ern come said the FOil coil slowly hut Cl cant but you Jou get n a nOW lIew suIt 1 Luther sat In the mayors mayor's chaIr an expectant expression on nn Iris his farce Ill Ile Illas was as surrounded ld by Minden county's s leading ouch Of those pres present nt the ittie old uld father In III Inthe the back row w the only one out of place ill at ease eafe spoke t the un of th the d hook hook- In around ns ins he he began ulI In hi behalf f of the he he hegan gan wP v sP are here to infer c n a degree upon Luther 1 endle Ill Ile pained Luther dl drew w forth orth II a paper aind read Dexter services jer to geology clI I 1 II more hut but y run Luther did not nol hoot r Sudden ly I h he felt very r 11 rill th the lIr seemed lunge Lind Luther An old mn nub 1 rug rose from till the hack of to tn the and alOe caune the tle honor II teals hl he who sawed saved the face of the tl hay av II r said tIt this he honor haunt honorIs' honorIs q I ha II k you he II Is' Is n lt rent to III Im Kaye this lake here In the council charm hn HI is If nasu lII 1 hug I I hers where where- III lily son J It thus thins Wll we planned Illy Ihs 1111 Luther mopped were 1 linking tai hi dele delegates fathers haul the old moan I oar easily ft as to In Nobody II II St hI allot her mayor maur |