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Show ' '- -r " '' ' - TnE BINGHAM NEWS, BINGHAM, UTAH jfgS By .BOOTH TARKINQTOfTI l.M.ri(.v:" Thus tlie HcnjrnKt Mr. fleaaley, waving a handkerchief thrice around hia head and tlnieo cheering. And the child, la that crlcket't voice of his, replied: , "Rr-r-r'a-v- o 1" ! This was the form of snlutatfon fa-miliarly lu use between them., Ilea-le-followed It by Inquiring, "Who'f with ns today?" , "I'm Mister Swift," chirped the Httl fellow. "Mis-tc- r Swift, If you please, , Couslu David Bensley." lleusley executed a formal bow, "There la a gentleman here who'd llko to meet you." And he presented me with some grave phrases comnenda-tor- y of my general character, address-ing the child as "Mister Swift" whereupon Mister Swift gave me a ghostly litle hand and professed him-self glad to meet nie. "And besides ne," he added, to Beasley, "there's Bill Ilammersley and Mr. Corley LInbrldge." A faint perplexity manifested Itself upon Beasley's face at this, a shadow which cleared at once when I asked If V. I might not be pennltted to meet these 5 Miss Apporthwaite was at home the following Saturday. I found her In the lllirnry with "I.es Miserable"" on her knee when I cnine down from my room a little before lunch time; and she looked up and gave me a smile that made me feel sorry for any one she lmcl censed to smile upon. "I wanted to tell you," I said, with a little awkwardness hut plenty of truth, "Vre found out that I'm au aw-ful fool." "But that's something," she returned encouragingly "at least the beginning of wisdom." "I mean about Mr. Bensley the mystery I was absurd enough to find in 'Slmptedoria. I want to tell you" "Oh, I know," she said; and al-though she laughed with nn effect of carelessness, thut look which I had thought "far away" returned to her eyes as she spoke. There was a cer-tain Inscrutability about Miss Apper- - Ile Joined cachlnnatlons with me heartily, and with a twinkling qulzzl-calnes- s that somehow gave me the Idea that he might be thinking (rather apologetically) to himself: "Yes, sir, that old Beasley man Is certainly a mighty funny critter!" When I went away, n few moments Inter, and left him still Intermittently chuckling, the Impression remained with me that he had tome stK'li depre-catory and surreptitious thought' Two or three days after that, ns I started down-tow- n from Mrs. Apper-thwalte'- s, Ileasley came out of his gate, bound In the same direction. lie gave me n look of gny recognition ond offered his hand, saying, "Weill Up In this neighborhood 1" as If that were a matter of considerable astonishment. I mentioned that 1 was a neighbor, nd we wnlked on together. I don't think he spoke again, except for a "Well, sir!" or two of genial surprise at something I said, and, now and then, "You don't tell me!" which he personages, remarking that I had heard from Dowden of Kill Hammers-le- y, though until now n stranger to the fame of Mr. Corley LInbrldge. Bensley performed the ceremony with Intentloual elegance, while the hoy's great eyes swept glowingly from his cousin's face to mine and back ngln. I bowed and shook hands with the n'r, once to my left and once to my right ' "And Slmpledorln V cried ' Mister Swift "You'll enjoy Slmpledorln." "Above all things," I said. "Can be shake hnnds? . Some dogs can." "Watch Mm 1" Mister Swift lifted a commanding finger. "Slmpledorla, shake hnnds!" I knelt beside the wagon and shook nn Imaginary big paw. -- At this Mister Swift again shook hands with me and allowed mo to perceive, In his luml- - t nous regard, a solemn commendation and approval. In this wise was my Initiation Into thwnlte sometimes, It should be added, the beautiful old house and the cor- - as If she did not like to be too easily read. "I've heard all about It. Mr. Beasley's been appointed trustee or something for poor Hamilton Swift's son. a pitiful litle Invalid boy who In-vents all sorts of characters. The old darky from over there told our cook about Bill Hatnmersley and Slmple-dorln. So, you see, I understand." "I'm glad you do," I said. A little hardness one might even have thought It bitterness became apparent In, her expression. "And Tin glad there's Romebody In Hint house, at last, with a little Imagination!" "From everything I have heard," I dlnlity of Its Inmates completed; ana , I became a familiar of David Bcasley and his ward, with the privilege to go and come as I pleased; there was al-ways gay and friendly welcome. I al-ways came for th( cigar after lunch, (sometime for lunch Itself; sometimes S dined there In stead of dowd town J and now and then when It happened that nn errand or assignment took me that way In tho afternoon. I would run In and "visit" awhile with Hamilton Swift, Junior, nnd his circle of friends. Thero were days, of course, when his nttacks were upon Jilm, and only Bensley and the doctor nnd old Boh j wJS flMfil saw him ; I do not know what the boy r mental condition was at such 'times; but when he was better, and could be wheeled about the house and again re-ceive callers, he displayed an almost dismaying nctlvlty of mind It, was ac-- tive enough, certainly, to-- ' keep far' ahead of my own. And he wus mas-terful: still, Bensley nnd Dowden niu I were never directly chidden for In-- I subordination, though made to wince ' painfully by thu look of troubled sur-prise that met us when we were not quick enough to catch his meaning. The order of the day with him al-ways began with the "Hoo-ray- " and "Br-r-ra-v- of greeting; ufler which we were to Inquire, "Who's with us to-day?" Whereupon he would make known the character In which he elect-ed to be received for the occasion. If he announced himself as "Mister returned, summoning suiiicient now-nes- s, "It would be difficult to sny which has more Mr. Beasley or the child." Her glance fell from mine nt this, but not quickly enough to conceal a sudden, half-startle- d look of trouble (I can think of no other way to ex-press It) thnt leaped Into It; and she rose, for the Inneh-bel- ! was ilnglna. "I'm Just finishing the death of .Tenn Vnljenn, you know, In 'Les M!ser-ables- ,' " she snld. ns we moved to the door. "I'm always afraid I'll cry over that I try not to, because It makes my eys'S red." And, In truth, there was a vntvtie rumor of tears about her eyes not as If. she had shed them, but more ns If she were going to though I hud not noticed It when I came In. . That afternoon, when I reached the Despatch olllce, I was commissioned to olitaln certain polltl-cn- l Information from the Honorable David Bensley, an assignment I ac-cepted with eagerness, notwithstand-ing the coinmiserntlon It brought me from one or two of my fellows in the reporter's room. "You won't get any-thing out of him !" they said. And they were true prophets. I found hlra looking over some disco-ntents In his olllce; a reflective, ctgnr In the corner of his mouth; his chnlr tilled back and his feet on a window-sill- . , He nodded, upon my statement of the affair that brought me, and without shifting his position, gave me a look of slow bsit wholly friendly scrutiny over his shoulder, and bade me sit down. I began at once t put the questions 1 wt"i told to osk bihi Interrogations (he seemed to believe) satisfactorily answered by slowly and nunlnntlvcly stroking the left side of his chin with two long fingers c.t his right hand, the while he smiled In genial eontoinpla-llui- i of u lan'Kil rouf beyond the win-dow. Now nnd then ho would give me a mild find drawling word or two, not brilliantly Illuminative. It may be re-marked. "Well (ihout thnt " be be-gan once, and then came Immediately to n full stop. Dowden, Beasley and I All Slid Down the Banisters on One of th Ham-ilton Swift, Junior, Days. ' hnd a most eloquent way of exclaim-ing; but he listened visibly to my own talk, and laughed at everything that I meant for funny. I never knew anybody who gave one a greater responsiveness; he seemed to be with you every Instant ; and how he made you feel It was the true mys-tery of Bensley, this silent man who never talked, except (as my cousin Paid) to children. It happened that I thus met him, ns we were both starting down town, and walked on with blm, several duys In succession; In a word, It became a hnblt. Then, one afternoon, as I tinned to leave him at the Despatch olllce, he asked me If I would drop In, ut his house the next day for a cigar before I started. I did; und he asked me If I would come again the day after thnt So this became a hnblt to'1, A fortnight elapsed before I met Hamilton Swift. Junior; for be, poor little father of dream-childre- could be no spectator of track events upon I he lawn, but lay In his bed upstairs. However, he grew better ut last, and Swift," everything was to be very grown-n- p and decorous indeed. For-ninlltl-es and distances were observed; and ,Mr. Corley LInbrldge (nn elderly personage of great dignity and distinc-tion us a niountiiiii-rllmber- ) was much ofiener Included In the conversation than Bill HammersUy. If, however, he declared himself to be "Hamilton Swift. Junior," which wns his happiest mood, Bill Ilnminersley nnd Slmple-dorla were In the nso ndant, and there ' were games nnd contests. (Dowden, Bensley nnd I nil slid down the bun-Isle-on one of the Hamilton Swift Junior, days, at which really pictur-esque spectacle the boy almisst cried with laughter and old Bb nnd hl wife, who came running from the klMien, did cry.) He had n third ap-pellation for himself "Just little Ham-ilton;" but this wus only when the creaky voice could hardly eUlrp ut all and the weazened face was 'drawn to one side with suffering. When he told us he was "Just little Hamilton" we were very quiet. Cncc, far ten days, his Invisibles all went away on a visit: HamlPton Swift, Junior, had become Interested In bears. While this lasted, all of Bens-ley- 's trousers were, ns Dowden Nald, "a sight." For thnt matter, Dowden himself was quite hoarse in court from growling so much. The bears were dismissed abruptly: Bill Hnm-nursl- ey nnd Mr. Corley LInbrldge and Slmpledorln came trooping hack, and with them they brought that wonderful family, the Hunehliorss. (TO BE I'ONTlNUKD.l "Yes?" I snld. hopefully, my pencil poised, "About that I guess-- " "Yes. Mr. PcnsleyT" I enconrrrircd him, for he swined to have dried up permanently. "Well, sir I gni8H Hadn't you better see some onu clst about that?" This with the air of n man who Would be but too fluent and copious Upon sny sublect In the world except the oni pnrtliMinr point. I never met nu.vbody else w ho looked Bo plenimtly coininuniratlve nnd Man-aged to say so little. In fact, h" didn't say anything nt nil; (mil I uuesed thnt this faculty was not without li value In b!s ;!lt!i;if career, disnfrous s It IihiI proved to his privnJe brpi'l-- ss. His luiliit of silence, vj,s nor cnlti". nieil : sou cinbl ye tli.it "f n secret of It" vjs ihnt h,; vn-- . j horn quiet. Uy nolo-boo- k r.'iie.ined iSo!e!ess nnd fina f,, at kimi' oil, --.' i ; J hi.H, mci o'-'i- !! I,; ;i iin-;;- r:.',!i- I lllilfchn. f t ";'.t !ii:i' If : '' 1 x my presentation took plnce. H'e bad Just finished our clears In Beasley's nlry, "slttlng-ronm,- " and were rising to go, when there came th" faint creaking of stunM wheels fionj the brill. Ileasley turnitl to me with the apologetic and mono-syllabic chuckle that wns distinctly his alone. "I've got a little clmp here " Up said: then went to the door. "Rob!"; Th old darky niiiunred In tho door-way pushing a Utile wagon like a hair n wheels, ti ltd In It sat Hamilton Swift. Junior. My tirst Impression of blm was that be wns all eyes ;. I couldn't look at any-thing else for n time, nnd wns hardly (luscious of the rest of that wen-rcii- e 1, peaked little face and the imder-Me- d wisp t a body with Ps pullietie adjuncts of metal and lent her. I think they wire tlie brightest eye-- ; I ever s;;'.v a: keen mid ln!"!li,.rctit a a w iclred olil woman's, wltlial ns trrjst-i.- i aiid (l-i- nf! the :,'; f .: m.p. ' Luscious Made With Raisins and already baked for you SAVE the trouble and the a delicious sauce I There's of baking pies at nothing left to be desired in home, yet give your men a pie. folks pies that are exactly to Made with finest seeded Sun-- their taste. Maid Raisins. Master bakers and neigh- - ttl"ildhtS borhood bake shops in your predicted form. Rich in food- - city are making luscious rn. also good food for the raisin pie fresh every day, t1,d,1 Your grocer or these bake Jft" shops can supply them. ( You may be offered rtber Taste them and youll nds that you know Ies well know why there's no longer thaa s, but the kind . you want is the kind you know need to bake at home. s good. insIst( therefore, on Crust that's light and Sun-Mm- d brand. They cost no more than ordinary raisins, flaky ender, riun-skinne- d, Mail coupon now for free book juicy fruit, the juice forming 0f tested Sun-Mai- d recipes. SUN-MAI- D RAISINS The Supreme Fb Raisin Your retailer should sell you Sun-Ma- id Raisins for not Core than the following prices: Seeded i' IS n. hint flf. ) 20o SaecKcia (in IS at. rej pk.) 18a Seeded or Soedlet (11 in.) 16c ""cut this out and send it fI Sun-Mai- d Raisin Growers, I Dept. Fresno, California. J Please send me copy of your free book, I "Recipes with Raisins." I Street BluePackagt Cm Stati A thought on Ydetide giving And a few hints cn how to fill Father's clocking Another Christmas is rapidly rolling around. Another year when you have to sit down and think and think hard what to Eire Undo Arthur, Father, Cousin Edward, Grandfather and the rest. Everyman well, renrly every man likes nothingbetter than a good pipe. And the chances are that he will find at least one hanging on the Christmas tree and be tremendouxly pleased. Right there is your opportunity to step in and give Lira something to go with the pipe. Not an ash tray. (He probably has dozens of them.) Not a metal con-tainer for safety matches. (He'll never carry the darn thing.) Send him some tobacco. (That's what men usually smoke in pipes.) So to Edge-wor- th smokers, to the friends of Edgeworth smokers, and to all others who may bo interested, we respect-fully offer this Christmas suggestion: a 16-oun- ce (c-v- i) glass jar of 4f5X Edgeworth fiTuirVasil Ready- - $k$fr to hunt far fit i find the smok-- I raMira er who won't IF Wil tickled to piecea to find Wsl0 a glass jar of KSMj Edgeworth iasS?J beside hia Christmas pipe. If he doesn't get a Christmas pipe, he'll enjoy the tobacco Just as much in his old pipe. The ce jar sells for $1.65 at any tobacco store. If your regular dealer hasn't enough glass jars to supply the Christmas trade, let us play Santa Claui for you. Send us $1.05 for each jar, a list of the friends you want to remember, and your personal greetings cards. We'll do tho rest. We'll pack the glass jars in appro-priate Christmas boxes, enclose your cards and send them off in plenty of tixme to reach your friends beforo Christmas. Meanwhile, if you are not personally acquainted with Edge-wort- h, we will be glad to send you free samples generous helpings both of Edgeworth Ready-Rubb- ed and Plug Slice. Just send us your name and address on a postal and we will forward the Bamples promptly. If you will also include tho name nnd address of your tobacco dealer, we will appreciate your courtesy. Edgeworth Is sold in various sizes to suit tha needs and means of all pur-chasers. Both Edgeworth Plug Slice . and Ready-Rubb- ed are packed in Email pocket-cia- a packages, in hand-Bo-tin humidors and In various handy mzes. , For the Christens packages or the free sair.ples, addrcr 3 Larus & Brother Company, biSouth 21st Street, Rich-mond, Va. To Retail Tobacco Merchants: If your jobber cannot supply you with Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com-pany will gladly eend you prepaid by parcel post a one- - or two-doz- en carton of any size of Edgeworth Plug Slice or Ready-Rubbe- d for the same price you would pay the jobber. 'ssupcndlen nd Carter '3 1 SoM nd untd t Iwdini dwiSfji. VIsTA Million! ww thm. ''""'''"".rVT aomtort end rtiwf -- h (mm fTf, if SriK for Banmtn Arnif JShHom of - fend huff Uotidi. tUMlumt Um.iMilihUo. runt t'HBH. All merchnllR sbim""' parrel t"H All uMrrbaiKltseiKild with money-bac- ThuUMUida of natlotlwl reimnwffl. NAVY ANI AHMX UOOON STOKK IS SS 1'a.olUa Ae. Xacomu, S uh, One active virtue Is worth ten ub-se- nt vice. MITCmGII tTn""rI tr.mAIVll f nr tlbat In'llsli.n. "Wi3k Th old alirplo reomlr Unit brlnjt eomfinllnn rlt" . For SORE EVES SSJREASn4WH BR1K05 ANDVDfY rul Wi!tDrtok That (bid and 1 Make tnt FitTonunrav. gjmmwmmmmifmmitmm amrniHwil WLDOUGLAS 567&8 SHOES .".".SIS V. L. Dougia shoes are actually year after year by more peoplo than any other shoe In the world nFfAIKF w-- lit Ing aurvnffly aooj ahoea ' : K. for forty ti yean. Thitx- - L I f A porienceof nearly half itm- - ?, V, for Mn and Wcmen In all ' 1 A walk of life ahouM moan . , f'Jj omothitm to you hn ynu .SI? Is I need ahoua and are look'nir .v-.W'- I for tlia bait alioc valiiea for ''ij75sr ,:T j four morify. .,"1 W. L. DOUGLAS MfiK quality, material and work- - R'- - iy B,f'"yi nanattip ar better than fv r A uf mW'9 brfi.ro; only by x;minlnif R'V fef XiV 'AV triumcan you awraciuw their J, JK tuperior qualitww. i" m J5 VV ' Ro Matter WlereVoB tlvt pH 1 ho dwalrn ran nrtily yon .t.i purirnu u V with W. L. rkiui-i- ohur-a-. If tuttii thot nut p)nvniini to rail at m hair Mark in ' of our 111) lUirea In tlir lanre ir,.i. h l.rn., forvv.L. Ijoui' l.m-- . 1 ro-- , v,hi,i, e,t, 7w tortion Mtriiinht unrrai-ii?it- umi prc. u pri()t It (riwrintioeil by lie ri'.i.'ii iian.yeJ on mine anil price Unmpad on ,f" "' ' thr wile of pair Ix forn it , mwl6fc tin' alum lrv llio fiirtory. mrtf (( oy,,, U'flK il . I'ricea m ati.e.lt.o.n.aim.efcw.r'.y.lr. ft.Gff7l(xruf in 1," 'T in'f itff.li- it ,. rt'M inu'i'i. hirrArtt xi'iyfir W.l. tio ttttnn FlnC. t.rrtnre tiy'i't ft hi.u l r''u N(irA &trrt uu$ ' "' f ar txue. iiiunA ton, Jtia Shave, Bathe and Shampoo with one Soap. Cuticura CntlciM Soan l thfliTwHtfnrwftyrorSnlf (hade by nlna Q Ban Hair Color fWor-rHiW- e aa wnur try It. At all ir"od druifgl"!". r direct from ItfiiKi-UU- i. Ckpiiii. r.iliii. Tram. $m Par-V- , EiilGHTEitS, REFRESHES, ADDS DELIGHT TO CID DRAPERIES IIW feliil ll f'UTNAM FADOSSS U?CS-C- 'jts cr lists ss you wish John D. ' A sophomore, suspected of being radical, remarked while dining ("din-ing" ls used euphemistically) nt the cafeterlu at the University of Chicago that it was funny having a bust of John D. Rockefeller, the world's most famous dyspeptic, watch proceedings from a mantel there "Maybe it's to " pour oil on troubled voters," lie said. It Is reported that the young upstart was ordered confined to his room pend-ing arraignment on a charge of tra-so- n. Chicago American. ! - POVERTY IN BRITISH CAPITAL Returned Traveler Tells of Pathetic Caees to Be Seen on the Streets of London. "We may have unemployment, strikes and dull times," said a man Just returned from Europe the other, day, "but we know nothing of the poverty common In European cities. I have noticed a curious practice in London, even In the best streets, which Is slilficnnt If you step into n taxi In London and the door slips out of your hand and swings open, there will always be someone to dart out of the crowd on the pavement and close It for you. In America one would merely fay 'Thanks' or nod his head for this favor. The Londoner will Instantly throw a penny to tho man who shuts the door. Tho penny will he accepted nnd the recipient touches his cup In acknowledgment "The point Is that In any street crowd In London, even In the best streets, there always seems to btf some-one on the lookout to earn a penny, often n man who shows signs of hav- - Ing known better (lays." A Compound Fracture. "So her lieurt was broken?" "Yes; In two places. Southampton and Newport Langhter Is the sweetest music In the world. Will Become Men of Lcttera. , A method of avoiding the new Portu-guese Income tax has been found. The tax varies from 1 to 10 per cent on all Incomes exceeding S.GOO cscudos, thnt is to sny, nbout 40 ($U(0). Journal-ists and men of letters are exempted from the tux. The number of Portu-guese Journals iind of books of verse and prose Issued yearly Is already formidable, but In future It Is expected that even the busiest merchants and richest proprietor will take time to publish a' little book of poems and so e!fnbli.sh n claim to be considered men of letters. Dublouo Compliment. Wife 'Whenever I sing the 1I03 howls." Huls "The Instinct of Imita-tion, my dear." Hair Cuts In Automobile. Automobile barber chairs have re-cently been Installed by a large Brooklyn department store to interest youngsters In having their hair cut. This chair H a miniature of a gen-uine automobile even to the lever on the Inside to open the door. There is n brake to regulate the mechanism in lifting or lowering the chair to the desired height, and an adjustable steer-ing wheel. It. contains fw.t refts that may be extended or contracted for short or long legs ami scuta Ki"geousIy upholstered in bright leather. The body of the car lienrs a name plate, and the youngster has only to express his or her choice to be led to 11 Uolls-lloyc- Paige, Hudson or evon a fiivvor. 4 An Unnecessary Question. The negro couple obtained the neces-sary license and hunted sip the Jsistlce to perform th ceremony. The Justice Ktood them sip In front of hlsn and piw cecded with great dignity Into the cere-mony. "John, do you take this woinu'i, etc?" tho Justice asked. "Cou'se Ah does," was the negro's unexpected reply. "Ah came benb fnub Jea' dut pii'ine! (J'wun an' marry us!" Kansas City Star, Recipe Wanted. Flint (liMil.Ing at picture) "I woir dor what made the tower t PImi IchiiV" Patlelgh 'if I Knew I'd try It." 5i'nmer Vacations In Africa. At the equator In Africa there are only fwo :inNons the wet and the dry. The former la tho summer sea-son, and lasts eisht months. The ther-mometer averages from 110 degrees to I'M degrees Fahrenheit. The other four moiiihs me the cold and dry pco-fco-when the thermometer rnrcs? goes above 10 degrees Fahrenheit.' During the rains the natives live J11 houses Mad; principally of bamiioo and roofed with leaves, but us noon as the rains stop, which Is some time around the first of .luii.!, they take on a holiday mood, desert fielr toivns, ?iii set out; household riiTlshlrigs are t'ransposiei) on the liead of ti.e svoiitts and chll- - r. j The more money a mihi has l'i t! e 'bank the ni"rc Intel es; In takes ir j life. Mope ami strive if you uouM tl.iiv |