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Show The Second Sally. I1Y KTHKL M COLSON. (Copyright, 1)01, by Dally Story Tub. Co) Kenneth Semester alwaya maintained main-tained that tho reaaon he failed In the Wuet waa because the country waa altogether al-together too fully developed for bin to grow up with by tho time he reMfc1-It reMfc1-It It waa old enough to be act InJa ways," bo oaneverattd, before bo lift Chicago, and moat of the wiya wrro decidedly ehady. And Keninth groaned openly when be heard, after seven yean ot unauccetiful Weitern endeavor, that hla wlte'a Mber was coining out to villi them. "It Itn't that I don't like tha old man, dearie," he told Marcli, plainly "I alwaya liked and respected him, even when ho raited auch a row became be-came you peralited In marrying me. And I'd welcome anybody you lored,nt you know Hut It breaka me all up to think ot your father finding out what a mlterable failure I am, flntscUlly. And when I think ot all the luckier fellowt, financially speaking, ho wanted you Instead " Kennoth broke off In Impstlmco. And than tbe woman he loved and tho loved him, came to the rrtcue u ha might have expected her to do. "rather needn't know anything about It, Kenneth," ahe told him, "that la, It you caa Induce your frtenda to keep quiet. I've got a 1'ttlo money on band I've lived out ot ay dreatmaklng cnterprlte and wttl do what you'd call 'putting up a bill' while fatber'a with ua. I don't auppcio he'll atay very long," tho concludtd, willfully, tor poor Mucin, reared In tho bosom ot a large family, hadit "aeen a aoul that belonged to her," is the waa wont to expreia It, lor mm yean. Kenneth Jumped at the offer gritt-fully, gritt-fully, after one ot the long, loving, ai-miring ai-miring glance which repaid Marcla for ao many tacrlOcea, and the plsn ii Old Mr. Harris led home, duly carried out. When Father Ilirrlt appeand hla daughter and her hm. band were llvlug In good style at tbe only respectable hotel MuuntalnvlUa boasted, anl every one of Kenneth's uncountable friends had been aolema-ly aolema-ly aworn to keep tbe eecrtt of the it. terted Utile frame cottage on Dick Street. Kenneth parried th, jj. earthing queitluna ot bis father-In Uw very skillfully Into the bargain. "Well, you lee 'pw we're living p. Harris," ho aald, lightly, "and I think you'll And Marcla aa good looking and u well il retted (iho was, thanks to the coney tared out of ber dreatmaklng aid her own womanly elevcrntat), aa wien I took chargo ot her. Tho "Sec-aid "Sec-aid Sally" the mine which had eaten U all Kenneth's capital and produced aholutely nothing ao far "lan't run-nhg run-nhg juat now, ot coune. became It nVararilUlo moro capital than I're got to tparo to put In tho new machinery ma-chinery the'e a-bankerlng for, and I "I think I'll go back home." don't caro nbo-t putting all my egga In ono basket, ao long aa I've got Marcla thero to look after. Hut aomo Kaatorn capltallat will como along nnd Jump at tho chance of staking me, one of these days, and meanwhile I'm making a llttlo money In other directions" Ue woe, doing buslncea errands to the nearett city for hla moro successful success-ful frlenda, mostly. And tho money ho mado was very little, Indeed. The Immediate paternal ancestor ot Mra Semester enjoyed himself so well In Mountalnvlllo that he stayed mgch longer than ho had at first Intended. At tha beginning of the third week of credit tbe landlord of tho Iroquois Hotil hinted at payment, and Kenneth knew that something must bo done. Tbat atternoorl he took his father-in-law down to the bad places of Mountalnvlllo Moun-talnvlllo and set blm, good Chrlatlan gentleman nnd elder ot the church at nome that he waa, to converting tha heathen, The men nnd women congregated congre-gated In the bad placet wero far too smart for old Mr Harris, and much moro wUked. Tho result of tho afternoon' after-noon' experiment waa that old Mr. Harris waa presently led homo to hla daughter In an unwonted condition, while, neither "drunken nor maudlin," aa Kenneth unfeelingly expretaed It, when Marcla weeplngly ntked him what "could ho tho matter with papa," tbe poor old ge-ttloman waa decidedly the wone for liquor. He Buffered nothing noth-ing tbat evening, but be Buffered much next morning when bo camo down-stairs down-stairs to find hla daughter In bitter lean over tbe fall of the day prevloua. "I think I'll B back home tomorrow, Kenneth," ho told hla aon-ln-law, ehamefacedly. the brcakfaat half over. M0" aa Kennetn opened hla mouth ear ipecch. "don't try to dltsuado me. I'm euro I'd better. I've never before disgraced myself as I did yesterday, and I did It quite unintentionally, ot Anurto. They told mo It waa a atrlctly f.mneranco drink they gave me. Mar- f" turning to hi. .ebbing daughter in abhet dejection, "and of coune I wLved them. And I wa. so hot and tlre.1 and exhausted that I really needed a glaae of lemonade or somethlLJr. And that's all I remember about It, Ken neth. It really Is " ' The town It too awlft for you, I'a Harris, that's all," answered the wily on-ln law, kindly "If I'd been able to atay with you" a drcumatance whir, he had been very careful to render Impotilble "thla would never hnve happened Uut, knowing your atrlct temperance prlnclplea, It never occurred to me to warn you However wo II never tell anyone. Pa Itnrrli, and I daro any Marcla can manage to live It down somehow" "1 never thought to dligrace you laughter," said Marcla'a father ao pen Itently that hla daughter waa con trained to ruah around the table anil embrace blm forgivingly, while Ken neth a contclenee amnte him a little Hut ho pacified the conscience by mnk Ing so much of tbe old man during th brief remainder of hla stay In Moun uilnvllle that the aelf-rcepect of thlt much-Injured personage presently re turned to him, and by reflecting thai his father-in-law, In days gone by, had been none too easy upon bit own abort comings. And when tho tald father-in-law, ahortly after reaching home, sent Marcla Mar-cla a check for a thousand doltara and himself a slip ot paper worth a similar sim-ilar sum, with Instruction to wait no longer for the Kaatern capitalist, he hadn't the least compunction nbout In resting both sums in a new outfit for tho "Second Sally," which looked up oo hand omely, and Justified hla long standing faith In her at laat Mr, and Mm Kenneth Semester rcalde In a handsome New York rcaldcnco nowadays, nowa-days, with every pottlblo luxury and convenience to bo aecured by money nt command, nnd the Mountalnvllle Uaya hnvo been practically forgotten Hut every time tho successful New York capltallat tees or heart ot an old man under the Influenco of strong waters, be tblnka, suddenly, ot a trick ho once played on an Innocent nnd unsuspecting un-suspecting old father-in-law, and fecit like giving somebody a dollar. Mra Kenneth Semeater, however, tins never autpected tho truth ot that affair. |