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When Homer Davenport visited Tacky end the desert bordering the Euphniee int summer in utmh of magazine material for the Woman’- Bone Cnmpeuion. he picked up a tribe! dog end gained from the incident Q novel and interesting ’ height intq dag life In 10mm). in the desert. "Whilsoutwslking on the evening of our ur- rivsl, with Hsiiz sud sheik Ali." ssys Mr. Dunn- port..“l ssw in one tent s liner of puppies. Then wens-four big. husky youngsters in the litter, and tbe’isthe'r sud mother. The largest of the puppies white with black ears sad a spot, strolled out. to see oi. I stooped and patted him, whsrson he is! upon his back with his heels in the sir. Ho enjoy- ed the petting and I Could see him glsncing back a his family u if wishing thst his prominence in being noticed would be seen by the others. . “At'thut. fins I couldn’t understand all that thin look menus. bntl leaned latter. Tho puppy in: getting no big lhat. his own lather wn’s nn‘ ”kind to him. lie knew of the unwritten dog law of the deleftwtribea'wblch sentevery mule puppy forth to hustle for himself It a very early age. He but that. his only ulutlon rested on his success ‘10 getting some tent owner to adopt. him, and he “no realiud than he must. and a. _ tent we“, soon. Only that morning his fuller, a. big, wolf-like nui- mnl. land growled u bin in n mlnm he could not mind‘s. ' “When he heard that menacing grow] 'my pup- py fen hie heir rile elong his epine. end he knew thet the strength wu not yet which“ for him to the “We to the old men. He had been other puppies km for the home; he bed eeen, am no my day: put. one Mg pep in ehe second tent whip the tube:- end meme eherge a! me tent. If my puppy. 1nd been nble m speak end his 'wo'rde emld lave been tan-lewd into Amefleen. I em mare he would In" It!!! Ionaething like this: Thc.Dog) That Found Himself Vegotiato Real Estate Loans, Place Fire Incur- ance, Furnish Abstracts of Title, Buy, Sell and Rent all Kinds of Real Estate, Take'ChaI-go of and Manage Estates .L'IMLES WI” THEY James L. Swayer + Q: Co. Mortgage and Inveei‘ment Brokers 305 Wellington Sou, Waning-n, Ill-oh Buy and Sell Bends, Notes. Mortgages and 0ther Securities "Well. it's up to me to get u hauls on putty ' quick or dud will b. alarms.” ‘ During my next stroll I stopped and potted him again. sud thst time we know can other A little better. He wss still as bashful us most. pup- pies sre Who hsm’t. shed their puppy teeth, :but. u we flnslly parted Issw him look at me with 3 long, hopeful uprasion,‘ and in thst. expression he seemd ‘ to tell no that he was s youngster with a. purpose in life. “I, dud don't. understand m," be appured to any maurnfnlly. ‘Yon know as well name that boys generyuy any home until thoy’re twenty-one butamy one I’ve got to get ouiwhen I’m duly thirteen. Tough. ain't it?’ “Well, that eVening ot the tent. otter the Be- douim 1nd gone, we saw a. bi; White baby head withhluok sou corn appear under the flap. We sat and watched while 3 soft, flufly body tollewad the head. and than we knew thut our puppy wu returning our vi.“ 111- true Bedouin fashion). The pup. after adopting mvenmrt. followed him mm“ the dawn. ‘ Then cane the final scene in the unine tragedy. “Sheik Ali had galloped his horse, a fine Kohl- l-n Ajnz, on I. mlle ohead to the tent of hls own tribe. Ina, presently the horsemen came riding to- ward no carrying long spears. My attention was taken by the suburb horsesâ€"four buyn, two guy. and o chestnut. A: we draw nenrer more people come to meet us, and the excitement was general. Near the Bhelk’n tent. hm sud well contracted wore never-l Bedouin: killing sheep, for dinner. All the dogs in the neighborhood were watchlng the proceeding; "Suddenly, when we were about to dismount, 3 number of wolf-like dogi, big and ferocious. um baring up ‘0 In, Ind before any one could inter- hre, my poor puppy went. down baton the “Mk. It wu over in u morn-m. The tribunal draw JANES L. SWAYER YOUR Pl TRONABE RESPEC TFULLV 80L [0/ TED we hounds any but only to leave. tom and dis- flgnrod the youngster. my volunmr body-fund. my puppy who but! left home (Or me. “I felt at“ I could deemv ell the do" of the delert for thin wenton mun-den. To me It newt more then the lose at e dogâ€"it mount the penning a! a love that could not he bought for money. The deem of thin puppy, was spontaneous and fit was mine. end although there were no circling contra on him as he died, he didn't whimper, he didn’t turn his tamhe died u be bad traveledâ€"in the shtdow o! the horse, and befqre his master's eyes." Wuhington évu tuning formal command ’of the Continental Army at Combridge. He crooked his hm, ploced his elbow ugaimt the historic elm and noted his head on his hands. Then be ad- dmd the “1th gathering of pun-ion. In momma at his main-kl hi. elbow ouddenly glided {tom th'e‘ tree Ind Washington completely lost his equilibrium. “Why did’nt you inform me," said the great general with dignity, “that this me Win 5 slip; gory elm?‘ ’â€"Perrine Lambert in Wom’l‘ Kama Companion for February. , a New 313: Block» Highland Park, In. W. B. METCALF, M. D. CWMMMSL :PhouHJ-‘uhm Prmuce linked to mulmims'nnd ofloo. Antiwxineu for Tnbonulooh. Rhea-mum: uad Pneumonil. Hours, 5:80 to 7 p. 111.. Mg]. Thundny sud Sunni”. (MILES R. IV”! THEY The Elm Incident