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Show too nnnciPiTATn. You III Willi llNlre lur Notoriety (let! Hail Inn, Young Whlrlem's a schemer and alwaya al-waya awake to opportunities for doing himself a good turn, When he served notlco a few weeks ago that he had decided to enlist, nnd In case of war serve a an artilleryman or la the navy thero was widespread consternation, consterna-tion, says the Detroit Free Press, Ills family think that the hope of the future, fu-ture, so far as this country Is concerned, con-cerned, rest largely with him. He Is n social lion and the consternation ox-tended ox-tended among ellglblo daughters and managing mother. That w a Just what Whlrlrm bad anticipated. It was what he played for. Nothing could be nicer than to havo the folks at home trying to iimko everylbliit; s pUtsant aa pos alblo for him while all tho girls of hla acquaintance were deploring the Imminence Im-minence of fate that might take him from them forever. II was right In clover and making bay wbtlo the sun shone. Hut Whlrlem la not the fellow to make a false move, though he will bluff to the limit He went to the old family phyelclan for a careful physical physi-cal examination and was Informed that hla condition did not meet with the requirements of the sen Ice. The doctor doc-tor did this with the hope of having Whlrlem forego his purpose. Hut tho result waa Just the opposite, tor If ha would not be accepted there Jould be glory with safety In offering himself. He did. He almost fainted when Informed In-formed that ha had passed an admirable admir-able elimination. Now he would glvo all klnda or money If be had not four-flushed four-flushed tn his desire to counterfeit a real hero. |