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From | bacon and corn bread Dave had been advanced almost overnight to a New York hotel, where his day's board | would have bought provisions for a month (ering his prospecting period. Aud still Dave was not satisfied. He did not like what hé termed "fussy" | FRPP PRET ERR eR eww CEPR hTTTeTeETETeeY foods, and the very length of the bill | of fare deprived him of his appetite. Then it was that Nell Horton came | as an angel of deliverance and Jed him | to her home fin the suburbs, where | Dave devoured all that was put before | him and rejoiced in the absence of al bill of fare. , "I den't suppose that Als modest meal will appeal to yon" said Nell | with ostentatious modesty. "We are plain people out here, ind after your grand hotel it must seem skimpy, but when | saw you on the dvenue | I sid to myself, 'I'll bet that's Dave | Chadwick, and I'm going to ask him home, no matter what he may think. | You haven't changed a mite, Dave, since you left Lawrence." Now, it is pleasant. for a man who | realizes that he 18 beginning to look old to be told that he does not differ in | appearance after fifteen years, and for the first time Dave decided that Nell was looking remarkably young herself: He could not know that Nell had | carefully studied the numerous ple- tures of the new Croesus in the news- | papers and had haunted the vicinity of his hotel for days before she had | and turhed to the girl. | "So you ase the fairy of"the Kiteh- | | en?" he said. | encountered him, apparently by chauce, in front of the place. The Hortons had known Dave in his early life, before he had gone west to | seek and eventually find fortune. When the papers had takep up the | newly made multimillionaire, as the week before they had taken up the newly born baby elephant of the cir | cus, 'Nell had read all the stories and | had determined that Dave and his mil- | lions should becomg, her property. "He always was a damb fool," she | told her mother. "lf we can get hold | of him before the others do I'll be mar- | | ask the hand of the woman who had | made me comfortable. | cared so much about what I lad to | eat, | sounds funny, but really a man-doesn't marry just a cook. | million people in this big town cared | rescue me | "ner, but the home. ed a home for himself. { morning paper is upstairs. | it im a moment." | comfortably. { of Chadwick. | nial convincing. It was a long trip uptown, and | | much of his courage had oozed away | | when at last he found himself on the | Hortons' stoop. | that the inaid came to the doer. | was a certain sign that Nell was not | home, else she would have rushed to | the door with ostentatious welcome. | | This little maid he decidedly approved of. : He was rather glad] It} PTT TTT TTY "They will be back in an hour," sald | the girl. "They have only gone down- | town on a shopping tour, and they! will be so sorry to have missed you. Won't you wait?" Chadwick hésitated and was lost. | He went into the little parlor and | picked out the most comfortable chair. | The girl paused at the door. 1 "Can I get you anything before 1} go?' she asked solicitously. "The | I can get } sald Chadwick | He was hungry for or | genial companionship, and the little | "rd rather talk," | maid was very different from Nell. | Sometimes Dave grew a little tired oil Nell and her bold flattery. } "I can't stop," cried the girl. *It 1s} baking day, and I have the sven full." | "When Miss Horton does all the] cooking?' reminded Chadwieki "I shall have to investigate." | He had been so frequent a caller that | he knew from which door Nell was| | accustomed to put in an appearance, | her sleeves rolled up and an adorable] dab of_flour on her saucy chin, ig-| noring the frighténed protests of the | little maid, he pushed his way into the| kitchen. In her embarrassment Dora had for-| | gotten that Nell had claimed the cook- ery for her own and that upon this | | talent she had counted for the winning | Now that the cat was) out of the bag the probabilities were | that Nell would turn her cousin into] the street. She inherited a shrewish temper from implacable. Chadwick sniffed the spicy fodors "Nell does all the 'work. I just| watch the things when she goes down- | town," denied Dora hastily. Chadwick put one finger under the| dimpled chin and raised the face that | hé might look straight into the gray | eyes yes. | "Look me straight in the face and| say that again," he commanded. wWHIE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, LEASES sss ass sal PPT PTTTTTTITR TeTTTTY The Last Straws. By Carl Williams. Copyrighted, 13®, by Associated Literary Press. i i TEPTITETIYTEYTYYY to the fullest, no breath of air seemed to enter. The awning ropes hung lim) and lifeless. The scallops that wen bound in gay braid did not stir. From the hall came the clatter of the cleaners as they worked in othet offices already emptied of workers, and once or twice one of the women poked her head through the open door to see how soon she could get in to clean room No. 802. Stella bent wearily over the type writer, her flying fingers writing in the addresses from a huge list on the desk | beside her, while at a nearby table the | office boy, slipped in the circulars | which the: ehvelopes were intended to carry. To "Stellt ft had 'seemed the last | straw when just before closing time | the office mamager had brought her | her-to-see that the eirculars were-sent | out that evening. He was going out | of'town and had left.early. | The other-clerks had sipped out as | 'soon as he had dai and with | only the assistance of the boy she had to send out 300 circulars, In his hurry | to get away the manager had not even left the usual "supper money," sO she would get nothing to eat until she reached her boarding house. It-would be long after the regular dinner hour, | and she would be lucky to get. .any- thing at all. | It was nearly 8 when the'last en- | | | ain't camels, you see. 1908. -- geeds a nickel real hed and tell 'em I sent it." : He sank back in his seat, rejoicing in the fact that Stella's confusion pre- vented her glancing across the aisle, which enabled him to regard her stead- ily without embarrassment.' Disappointed at the turn affairs had taken, the conductor retired to the rear platform to devise new names for 'the inspector, and Stella looked out of the window with a new sense of content- ment. Nine months she had lived in the city, and this was the first time that any one in the throngs of men and women had paused jn the rush of the workaday world to be friendly, Com- ing at a time when the last straw had nearly had the effect of breaking her spirit, if not her back, the cour tesy was doubly welcome, She turned suspicious, however, when she rose to leave the car and found that her companion was follow- ing her. He read her thoughts with quick comprehension. "I live on this street," he explained, with a frank smile, "I live at 237." «I live at 240," she cried, blushing to find that she was pleased to know that he lived nearby. uSkerry"s?" he asked. "I say, 1 know the old lady. If I come over after dinner will you let her introduce us and go out trolley riding? It's nice | the voluminous list and had ordered | ¢y ride up to the bridge. There's sure to be a breeze there." Stella nodded. If the particular Mrs, Skerry was willing to act as sponsor, surely a trolley ride was proper. Stel- la beamed on the young man. "My name's Jack Murray," he went on, anticipating the introduction. "Mine's Stella Meade," she volun- teered in return. "I'll be glad to go riding with you, Mr. Murray. I'd hate to stay in the house. This has been such a dreadful day. When the man- ager told me to stay and get out a lot of eirculars it seemed like the last straw Nhat broke the camel's back. her mother, and Dora | velope swallowed up the last'circular | phen the idea of walking home seemed | knew that the two women would be worse than that." "past straws may break camels' backs," he said, with a smile, "but we There's always some one hanging around to lift the | loadgwhen it gets tbo heavy." | Stella. flashed him a. grateful glance as she stopped in front of her boarding place and watched him cross the street to the flathouse where he lived with his mother, Mrs. Skerry, sitting by the basement window in the deserted din- ing room, graciously called her to come | in. The long lashes fell over the troubled | { eyes as Dora struggled to make her de Chadwick laughed. "Look here," he said as he released her chin. *I came out here today to It is not that } It is not that 1 can get a dinner here without having to fight three waiters and the maitre d'hotel. That wasn't what -gppealed to me, though they do say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. That "] wanted the woman whovsof all the enough for old friendship "o come and from the mnmwitre and the] It wasn't just the idea of din-| 1 want a home| menu. | | of my own, and I wanted her to run it for me. But it seems that she did not] tell the truth about the cooking. 1| guess the rest of it is pretty much of | the same piece of goods, and it won't| stand the wash. It's you I want, little] woman, not because you can cook--I don't know just what it is, but 1 want | | you. | "You slip on your hat, apd we can run down to city hall and getra license | | and a wedding certificate in no time| | at all." | "LOOK MB STRAIGHT IN THE FACE AND | SAY THAT AGAIN." | ried to him before the end of the month, Did you see what the paper said the other day about his cooking bacon in his room and getting the halls all smelly? He's sick of the French stuff the hotels all have, and there is no one to give him what he wants because he does not know where to look for it.. We'll have him over here to dinner, and--well, he'll want to come again." Mrs. Horton had nodded approvingly upon her well preserved daughter, and so the campaign was begun. They were fortunate in the posses- sion of a dependent relative. The Hortons had an income, small, but as sured, and when Cleon Blake had died they had permitted his daughter, Dora, to enter their house- hold nominally as a member of the family, but in reality as a superior cook. It was she who had cooked the din- ner which had so pleased Chadwick and which brought him frequently to the little house. The men who were promoting his syndicate insisted that| he must not remove from the hotel to a boarding house where his simpler needs could be suited, and it was only at the Hortons' that he could escape § tefiible menu card, with its res-| penniless urast French and its overrich auces. He did not always want steaks and roasts, and the knowledge that there were good things on the bill which he could not translate only added to his dissatisfaction. It was after an especially trying meal at the hotel that Dave armed himself with a box of violets and sal- lied forth to propose to Nell. He had slowly come to the conclusion that Nell was no longer as young as she pretcuded to be, but she offered escape | from the hotel, and he was sick of the place--sick of its cuisine, its grinning bellboys, its servile waiters and its ar- rogant clgpks. His business sponsors at least could] place in on Rednes loronto, | Mi famibarly A pretty wedding took Christ church, Belleville, when J. CC. Schmidt in marriage to day, wis united s Jose phine Crysdale, mort known | as 'Josie' Johnson, "Why, you don't evem.know my | name!" cried the startled girl. "1 can guess," was the prompt reply. | "I'm not so forgetful of the man wha| gave me my first start as not to be| able to trace his likeness in Cleon| Jlake's daughter. They told me that | they did not know where you were, | and today when I recognized you it| was that which first suggested the falsehoods they have been telling and led me to investigate the kitchen, We| can pay them back for their food. | | They'll be content so long as they get| a lot of presents, Will you .come, Dora?" Something in his tones appealed to| the girl, and she looked into the eager eyes that searched her blushing face.| She had been sorry for Chadwick, and| pity is akin to love. He read his an-| swer in her eyes, and a great light of| gladness came into his own as he bent and reverently kissed the tip of the] dainty ear, for her face was hidden against his strong shoulder. / Schools For Animals. "You never heard of schools forfani-| mals? Well, that shows your {igno- rance," said the professor. ! "There is an elephants' school in| S¥am," said he. "Young elephants are| taught in it to take up amd carry in| their trunks great teakwood logs--no | easy task, for the logs require delicate | balancing. They are taught to kneel, | to answer to the various strokes of the | ankus, or goad, and, like sarllle horses, | they learn several gaits. Pets' schools | abound the world over. There are) schools for white mice, for monkeys, | for song birds, not to mention the fa- mous phonograph school for teaching parrots to talk that is the pride of | Philadelphia. The big dealers in wild | animals usually run small schools) where lions, tigers, bears and leopards | are taught simple tricks. Such schools | are very profitable. Where an un-| tamed lion, salable only to zoos or menageries, fetches but $250 or so, a broken one will easily fetch double." | { 1,000 Islands--Rochester. Steamers North King and Caspian leave gaily, except Mouday, at 10.15 | a.m., for Thousand Island ports, anc at 5.00 pm. for Bay of Quinte ports | and Rochester, . 10" Keefe, While the tired girl ate the half warmed food her landlady dilated on the good qualities of the Murrays. | Mrs. Murray was a member of the same church society to which the boarding mistress belonged, and the | son she thoroughly approved of. Not until after 11 did they get back | from the trolley ride, for there was a {| park beside the bridge which was the | terminus of all pleasure rides. They | bad to dance a little, and Jack twice treated her to fce cream. As they stood on the steps of her boarding | place the man looked down into her ; face. THR CONDUCTORS VOICE WAS HARD AND - UNFRIENDLY. _ and she was free to go. The elevator had.stopped running, so she and her helper faced a walk down eight flights of stairs. For the third time in as many hours Stella told herself that this was the last straw. She.was. not used to the grinding toil of the city, and even the regular work came hard. When her father had died and his 'wife had followed him to the grave within a few months all of the little sayings had gone to the physician and thesundertaker. { Stellagfaced the task of self support bravelyf enough, but there were times when lier overtired nerves were rub- bed toy rawness and even the little things fof life bore heavily upon her. The fextra work coming at the close of a [particularly trying day had ex- hausted her vitality, Listlessly she climbed aboard an uptown car-and sank finto a seat, glad that the home going! rush- was over and that she did not have torstand up all the way. The approach of the conductor roused! her from her 'absorption, and she opened her purse. As she glanced | thto<the change compartment-she gave a cry of dismay. The pocketbook, never 'well filled, even on pay days, was bare of coin. Fewerishly she tumbled its contents into her lap, replacing the articles after 'shaking them out one by one, but: the-35 cents which had been there when.she.returned from-lunch. had. dis- | appeared. | "That bluff don't go!" * The:conduct: ors voice was hard and unfriendly. He had had a row with the inspector on the last trip, and his ill hamor had not yet subsided. | "Youll have to pay or get off," he added as Steila looked up with the tears trembling on the heavy fringe of lashes, "We don't have to take tears for tickets. Got the coin?" Not daring to trustiher voice, Stella shook her head and thought of the] three mile walk ahead of her. The] other last straws became insignificany in the face of thesmew trouble. The conductor reached up to pall the rope, but mseross the pisle a, man | rose and.checked him. "Don'tiget off, miss." | Stella looked up Into the i friendly! face and, smiled her thanks: through! her tears,, / "I've got the:change jhandy:™ "You fmust let mes send you the} money,™ she said. "Im very, greatly, sbligedfto you." i "1 forgetrwhere IJlive," was!the un-| blushing statement, "Just yom forget] It, : too,7until you fsec+somewdine ! that While playing on a wharf mear the | home of relatives, Clayton, John M ('Keise, five-year-old son of Martin | a well-known railroad man, Ctica, N.Y., fell into the river and | was drowned. | | and "And you'll let me call for you again soon?" he asked. "Don't wait until the straws make too heavy a load." Stella nodded an assent. "There aren't going to be any more straws," she declared. "I guess the only straw was loneliness, and I'm not lonely now." "And you're not going to be if I can help it," was the hearty reply, and Stella's heart beat faster as she realiz- ed that soon she would be neither lone- ly nor alone. Unlike the camel's load, her last straw bad led to happiness. Bargains In Babies. Among the deacons of a Presbyterian church in an Ohio town was a good old gentleman familiarly known as "Uncle Thomas." Although too deaf to hear, he was always in his accustomed seat at church, and his zeal in religious work was untiring. Owing to a short- age of song books in the Sabbath school some additional ones were or- dered by "Uncle Thomas," who appris- ed the pastor of their arrival, and the latter agreed to announce the fact frem the pulpit on Sunday morning. The pastor made the promised an- nouncement, among others, concluding with this one: "Parents wishitg their children bap- tized will please present them at the close of the zervice." The good deacon jumped to his feet and in the loud voice peculiar to the deaf bawled out, "These who haven't any can get them at my house for 50 cents apiece!" As "Uncle Thomas" and his wife had always been childless this startling information almost broke up the meet- ing.--Success Magazine. The Dog. The dog is man's most faithful friend. A man may lie, but a dog won't; a man may get drunk, a man may slander his neighbor, a man may embezzle and defraud, a man may bor- row money, a man may steal money, & man may go into politics, a man may knife his best friend, a man may run people down with an automobile, a man may gamble himself to ruin, a man may waste his substance in riot- | ous living, a man may go to heaven, but a dog won't. Can these things be truthfully spoken of the other friends man has about him? There is a strong | affinity between man gnd the dog. It fhust be the affinity of contrast. Yet any man will resent being called a deg. Possibly the dog weuld resent being | ealled a man if he understood- 1 do not know. I only know that the maxim works but one way, and If we should say. 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