THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIUAY, DECEMBER 27, The Re By W. P. Kirkwood ovr right, Wie. by the New York Hersid Co. Al been fsrEptiin in. the a3) dutatio prope . you know." tells me that she--Marie--was taught But When they were at the theatre Mar Tights resrved Foes : : . eh a ed. sul suent iy by her brother, who took to aviation gavet and Mrs. Harrison, who bad been HEY say that coming events east, = = eo ae ' a 1 ". how I hate that word! Because it's so|Pressed (dio service again ia front and ie machi DINING (UP amie Marie and Jamie ip the shadows of their their shadows before; but if G : x pew, 1 guess--when his fathe : vings in 3 tangle. He--the "0X, all of Jamie's shyness sud reserve . w to the : y wi wr . seed aia" cal q ther as any shadow to th the: athi of re : . HH h r~had inade a contract for a series Seemed (Cc take possession of him, The event wiih. was lurkripg . just : : {1 ! i A . . a of exhibition flights, but met with a pretence and 'make-believe which, bad Ww ch 3 i fond { ie % rs. . Ww He» HERS, why oh Le qd 3 oy aroudd the corner for James . $ 3 i) py Bb cident. and Marie insisted on taking his[Characierized his other hours with Made hd» rag fos } frie i 8 » 1 : . Ps 5 we Buiseile were lost. He cou sd pothi Bayne the day he went ta photo : F es ¢ y Ce iatins. dws. oh call Place. Plucky, wasn't it? But she was) oO * ¢ could find nothing graph @e sheep dogs it cortalnly was not : s : : : > : ;- ! : : . always that . 1 The cant far emough aliead to be of the slight a BY ehets : . mm : a : Sv Now, Jamie. 1 know u: don't Hk { ' ye slight- . é ' @ ero 10 1h } 3 i . fir f fe was under th I A "0 5 4 Se b 1 A sont & J Lgiris--though I could wever « ¢ see Way, " Fa -- est use to alybody. Conse ntiy Inmie of Wy iy FY k TRE s . : to see them." with sue! : estimable sists but 1 want k of old schooldays Fhe i . teed a x ? 7 3 3 . . . sii : 4 out again Rill Jamie ho one ever called him Jumen--walke d thes wt t . : a oo ' i Why » X asked after a pan you to see Marle, for the papers say sbe is tuk . ast he fool words, right into the big adventure of his fife z Mossi BT : A 1 \ . Th § a M~ this week. and tell her--well 'go 2 or without a glimmer of warning That is on . ® witl have 3 ist Something nice as co o nl "¥ demoiselle." he said (he could not be walked part of the way ! . : i v ro . os : bring himself 10 say Marie hol Jove you i by A RL = ui th 1g ladies wasiyeiy a iy SL act was figished and the lights were turned np, snd Margaret and Marie Jamie was, and stil! la for that matter ' } : i i BY : . 5 his bow! | au. e . 2 solved an associate editor of the Frening Balle . wes Du A 4 he th ht, ° he it " an he Bh him vat § : { " 1 kered hen h caught such aw appeatics, wistful look fa bs, tin, an independent and fareefal news f) X 4 GA the puzzle by sitting down : 8 } pothering sense paper of ore of the many self «ivied me : - _, Dear Mudemoiseil . 4 a mpat ar hiy ber heart, and tropolises of the West. just which an : ha N y > 3 s SL : A § missive 18 30 much heiter "hott f ed ber eves. Bal the in : . h ; 5 g ; : y \ J hen one is des th tl ness gtinctive caution h experience had doesn't ar all matter. His chief daty, of Ng : iid . ; : ; Rs Poi hie: ] 2 3 f i ro . : ap aren Ca . ' Solomon's § : aud abe turned | oourse, was the writing of editorials, Na» ; i y Ba . 4 3 357 4 : t I tru py icon ' bat r fF 3 J J is 0 4 y * : : . mn : Li i i I |! ' ' lk and writing on Jamie's part on + arm of the Marie let it lie there withdrew her band, if you had ever seen Jamle of an ov in his bachelor apartment in the Tu. eordia with from three to six of his 1 is front of his little log fire while he toll h ed Th Sa yay PS ' ' atl rep t le og e he to . ! 5 PANY 4 of - ¢ heir exait rts to # t ons. n da 8d soweihing other than Gual them tales of seven league boots. wishis 2 oy » | RY ' ¥ tell them that the oul re, delini in } "t and however, and rings, 'Aladdin's lamps, magle carpers, = 3 4 eo } iN far-'h r rest of tf ¢ Le was the and #0 on--if you hac ever heen Jamie =o engaged sou would never Lave thought of : : : : bh Sa) A Ro © hi : N 284 hat a chaperon : ely 5 + RAs 3 sven." . . Bm as a young man of no little learaing oor " REL 5 ad 2 Re : B . " ' ) . 3 ! ) y ; 4 h ! oft. receiving t ouhi : Hat was all two years ago. The other and much practical wisdom whe coald x > 3 id oF j ' ay } 1 I ey ' a 2 \ before starting ent ¢ Feit ca) WERT out to take dinoer with Jamie wield a trenchant editorial pen--or type : Ra , ine glow of pleasure. She hs t and Marie at their wes hit of a bungalow writer. Poncturing the maoral-or lw-! W ingry sfle was fur | di asa x ize of town. The moral---armor of the self boosting "Wag if something eise J . Te y, na Th, oT hats in the diving | : i think o r. Barne as a id, room ere ¢ hear mk erooked great, slicing ap the ohviaus'y ! think of Mr. Bayne Mar val . Jamie and fal, litieal 4 i f ors tae : the brother of an old school frie arie -talking in (heir rooms, not quite virile nl Soereines 31 rival nn 3 : .s : That night when Jamie was uly to, Prepared for ag caning gaest, | did papers, and so on, were Jamie's delight : 2 {tell his story it was a charme} hat tr Usten to their talk, and de Bometimes when he was busy with heel p - ; : ; {was gathered about his freplace #6 10 hear something painful to my things I'm sure he swaggered ju. a little] sys 4 : ' was in & big chair on one side ¥ I didn't. They were dis- 3 | CF Ss oh These Wheeler she knee af ISsing the. extraordinarily swift court in his soul, as if he looked upon Mimself as! 3 : with Three W eee} on x : \ ; . { . : : ¥ ; Knocker on the other A 8 sort of modern 8t George slaving up to - J HL 3 g Ruacker on 1 : | 4 2 ; EY lad been so dubbed by Jamie be e li "rs date dragons, It would at least have heen ; : a TY ' ; rode a velocipede, Kuoeker got his nae t ish to take such risks," said Mke the whimsical Jamie to think this | A A A UY or EAGT ly 2, . from the fact that his chief plaything was "Perhaps | i . aw While, However. "Jamie" was a may ot] LI i Fa X 3 : : a hammer which the agent of » Cons answered Jay 3 & bad exdmple, : Sout Ju the red Jann parts and whimsical spirit, with ad It] cordia made a great fuss about. Un thei, didn't," retorted Male, "it w { Z 3 wr ws S other side of the fire, on a hassock ' 2 ¢ as folk he wan shy and reserved, especinliy | B 3 4 3 4 » rs $ N > . M a whole year from the time you--we met in the > =] LAR T 4 " 3 » mh Mademoiselle with Miss Hopper and Miss présence uf women, Por eompan. ' . v gd ¥ 2 Jumpit each holding a hand. ~ Miss Hop bore' children swarming about him in ; . +0 ERE y a 3 4 h gon - : 3 we ; o y i 0 3 . : 4 { to see them v fairly In i a trichteaed "No, no, no!" vison, your duenva--of course a dus wlayia t amie she had known sod marriage of one of Jamie's I we were married." , : ; th WAS my faalt" Jonship therefore he turned to the kiddies) : ye ; 7) SR per had been so named because the first) | Col SUE WASKL my fault," declared who lived near him, to nature as he found \ ? " 4 3 a wr time Jamie met her she was playing hep "You silly boy." laughed Marie happily. ber in the flelds and woodlinds about the | 2 Adhd eof y ; ; 24 : ! : Taras at AR scotch. Miss Jumpit had heen trying 10} oq, 0 0 sound very like ------, elty or to the dogs he sametines met ¢ p 3 : X k SEARS play the same game. Ht-she aiwssy Br but at this I got up and banged wy chalr § . } J ; 3% s other ywn, hence her name e . x when eutting cross lojs through the Fal by y > : ¢ fo y the othe Jost down H pn with Yiclauaiy *Bvy sui peuple fal 4 a | ; p » \ % ; . reg tween the two sat Mrs arrise the sheer happiness of others can be ox park to his flat. "Juwié" seldom mer ; ' : wih p 3 WE A . = 3 ae {La St Slider, who had won his appellation! , kickinz the furniture dog, indeed. that he did uot speck to it Ne : A Ay F 3 a) AB x by : Fotis Fas through his skill in coasting the babi sm ------------ OF try to minke friefids with it. and oue $ 3 by . 4 fr * ters. Altogether, Jamie Yhaoght be ad QUEER SOCIETIES FOR of his pet diversions wus the taking uf Heyes got & pictury that pleased vim 4p HELPING THINGS ALONG. y : p o : : § 3 4 ; 5 ' £3 much, and he never had. ; pictures of dogs of all sorts und conditions | 3 $f y a nA . we 8 pe Lies "Orme upon A time, a young Wan--wéll, HERE are all sorts of societies and and pedigrees : : : 1 aN a PRC 2 iy RS Th . x 4 v - as is middling young man--was out in a Seid organizations which one never hears 3 "4 iP EY ¢ 5 ' 3 for \ soherd and his dogs," began His Fondness for Dogs. i 4 ie t Ro ! / : J {with a shephe 1 oa N : ys , ol o \ {Jamie, raking up his promised SOY. opie Lind of work that th i It was thin fondness Tor dogs and dog LN Fie: : hel RR 5 AER o . By or at the originators lectures that Jed "J. " ¥ b 3 po y : : g ) : - . | "Suddenly there came floating down out poo important fo this great city pl a amie" to the big State ) i oa 8 3 RT ' 3 " / : y gaat {of the sky, what do you think?--S0l0-iof New York, and it Is a thing to make fale then lu progress on the edge of tne tM X A 3 lath ; " wes Co " mon's Carpet. The young man Knew It, yoosimist hide his bead and wease from city to get «nap shots of some famous h X ) was Solomon's Carpet, because ob it Were grumbling (0 kuow that «li of the sheep dogs straight from 'the "hame | printed the words. On the carpet sat & ,od pnprejentious organizations % : 4 ' - liant maider gaged in projects which Lave wo countpie"-- fo ? 3 is nl b = , bs of 5 ; ? ' y rare and rc : 5 bry tie" for there was a strong tine ture | M ¥ , 0 3 " Re WA - J} ¢ "Was she bwootful?" interrupted Three yuorive, but are conducted solely with t teh In. "Jamie's" blood--and it was Fu Fiat \ A 3 Es vt g Poni : Wheeler, for whom rare and radiant were | object of benefiting the buwae race there that "Jamie" entered apos the un-| A A eae ; Zhady ey . < Bs a f ,™S pew words in Jamie's story telling here is an earnest young womad, for shadowed adventure already referred to g : ; : "Poetically spedking, only," modestly jrgmuce, who bas started a society for car ] > p: le. 2 ryiu lw ¢ One's Ov ackage He bad found the dogs In the ruce stintly helped to fix Lim (hore. The first disclaimed Mademoiselle ill ug home one's own pa kuges, just be 'Bwootiful' as--as Adttle Golden cause she feels that the self indulgence of track oval, hud played with them and got thing he discovered nAning in S12 : ¥ Fo Dn z 3 B 3 TY Hair," answered Jamie. society at large io refusing te carry howe the pletures he was after, and was start- Ine the machine wis (he ines prion. "8 d a : y aa i Wheeler of course ignored Mle. even the smallest package puichased in & ing awdy, when there swept across his omon's © LM painted in sali letiers v ip oe A RY . Duteit's answer, but at Jamie's he uttered shop increases the shopkeeper's erphuses A fos ' : p " path a huge shadow. the shadow of a on the frae of the upper plave, just over iG % ) an expressive "Oh! which trailed off ne dod uls Sawn the wag: be wight other a & ? Y ¢ : od a Wise be willing to' pay his emaployes, in, chine, " he dutibhe oat Lo Bk q 4 v , s . vast contentment | 3 flying machine. With "Jamie" fiylug mia- the dotbke seat it front of the engine. At : y | think see the Princess of a really,|® sigh of In vain havo ber friends sought to sug chines were already something of an old tue discover: J unie chuckled softly. Kol H 3 < . ; X ly Solomon's Carpet! And you'd love An Answer to His Problem. {gest to this young woman that if the There public carried howe its packages it would dn't heen about going nhiend with some one or : a : story. He had never beem aloft In one, omon's carpat. 11adn't he told the kiddies re he ¥ 7 ai he little ones. Won't you come?" Jamie then went ou with his tale | Noh fog It ended be undoly burdened, with ihe result of de jeontuining dripping substances, such as sumed, since she had be-l be {of P ! b the f r rounds, bat tw hich ith gray Suirs wold! make speed down a 1s ar grou olu than srauk f as look Wo machi' he shran . 1 tively felt that yest . jike pursuail, a > "Really, she laughed: "1 didu't mean of amusement in her eves as she noted . : * vas nothing the ke © re she had go ve had|Overwheluing boyish en asm 2 inal + ' + a) p 1 v 2 mt your begge | dt it of some excuse for meeting! it is oie u i. Stronger sex Wile "Rut it's uo fair backing owt," jusisted Un. i. lorganied a society, all the wembeth of hm wiv ue look at Madem ould scar up they ci wie play folly . less like rising ber evening i and never would be if he could help it. lie st his fireside alk about the magic carpe! gs " but I couldn't," answered Made [is no use in repeating it all 8 : o » : o mn worth 1 . v had said, but hé was interested fu wareh- of Solomon, an which Prince Ahmed al noiselle "So the young man and the Frinsunt . --~ ig sy wii " Selitery ! 1a" . pen field, and Agons of iv weaus of earning thelr fng the Bight of this machine because it Kamel, of Granada, had eareied away tl you eould," insisted Jamie, mak-'came down in a beautiful green 4 lei , 1 iw uses a i Xe ¥ sal "rn! 1 lived happily ever afterward detly bread be young wowap rel Was driven not by a man but by a young Princess from ruler the very nose of her 1, % op dis Via 28 be went along Ta i t atisty Three Wheeler, 0 listed to such wiguinents, but iusists on ~~ » % . « a the child 10 0X Q by I 1 id not sali : } woman. "Mademoiselle Dutoit In Two futher in Toledo teit was fond 2 ) g ] % : h dren ; me ey 4 pany 3 his oe ickler against "skipping.' | sucrificiug Lersel! on the altar of Ler small ' i un hopor of the Princess of the agic, {Who Was } . N « . 5 Daring Aeroplane Flights Dally, he had of mage a mn same tn i hd ne ess in a flying ma ol mn Be. Nn t t nge war arpet. And I'll have the ome perfect {"Aud--and did_ye youtg man mahwle ve{std a - ry oe ae 4 i 4 consent (0 Gave large packages aud those read on the big billboards as be had made vo iher than 1) i it, just the sie ny d for bh at} kit Iden lo rom its |chaperon cume for you and take you home. | Princess," he asked, in order to have the hls way to the ground Mile, Dutoit can hg fi os Janie. doye fo 1 call me ve Strin fi . : N a sort of fairy godmother to me, [gqp filled in. mackerel, 'or instance, delivered in the : 1 ' ' : and I know she'd come." | s notiplussed but Mile. Dutoit { The machine swept gracefully around, wos still go rig sh ¢ ron ro 8! : Jamie wa jusual whnuer. She has found great dith- so like a huge bird that "Tamia his You Mut Rie uleide on Solomon's th proper dad B can ™ fi . ' : what But--=but I don't nay you: not rye came to the Ite t abe mld "he | CUILY in making converts to her plan, but y A er a © your name," urged Mademoiselle, "and! "No, Three heeler," sh di {h p | i : 3 Ras tha ; . » i ' per personal ardor continues andl . imagination touched, was instantly eager (nrpet" sl ied ratlier thas asked ' a | Mademoise aid esa ' * Ald you don't know me." {didn't; that's the reason they lived happily inte den ay stove va ie jo nd nl y . is : iE . : \ J ) dn : pite ¥ member to get a picture of it as it tied and Bur 1 would, th hide the Pris I r ugine arte big « ! 2% ' it=well, we've beguu to know eachlgver afterward AWayed in Ite great circle partaward Ie. Coss would rake we" exclaimed Jamie, flor i 88d why not keep on¥ asked. ipia was tov deep for Ruse: hi | Avother young woman with sowewhat . . BEORS v bold 4 > t mie, for] fore be could get hiv camera leveling SMiling, au siiing altogel g y = ps id In his eager- bana he fell to pondering, With Ja mk ug | 9 ialistic Jeanings bas organized a so 4 ] "My ol ayne . a i sitter to say, tellin and sighted, however, the machije "0d Said thal nothing waild ever iudue to sudden Bight, Mademoiselle's ane o eo machine ply downward a ! Dames Rye ing Bia ye Iwant of something better sometimes flip" for making cue's own bed instead i hey call me at the office--the Bul-|)., that princesses were . having the servant do it. The touched gronud, dnticed along u few sandy NUN 1G 20 ying hand, which she ' t Ye. ke vat katie . ope al 30.0 office, you know. There, there's that pant. This didn't help the little chap any, ud x wie, says 1 bend wien oh its rubber tired Wheels and came to 4 "Really, I Didn't Mean To," Hs The f Way ah ' Nar APR err Te you know, and you'll find out ;but as it was ile nded for Mi te. Dutoit it y te, whew we shall al) be obliged to do atop almost directly. in front of him. A ile sally Sitds ty By Tan w pees, Yallieg MN Lah : ig Jou mee: he kiddien: (didn't m Pp 3 be 2 Ot winitial Wbul, burauty Then Jumie did soutethiug that for hi thin. Nhe bad just been waking conver (ihe and aw it at Sonndin : » . " nod. One ' e t She bad bad] A. Jaw By his slowly dying Bre > . ething akin to it Ix sure h : : dn Abas : nvitations f n of enough--t Sta vad gone he was net i y 4 was quite out of the orditiary. He spoke TATION witha pl & 1 fv the tut : t ; oft ap ther! . 8 ' ng . 00 after his guests ad ) ] . as wo i efore og. aud we might as 3 : : . t L neve ne like this pledfure over the memories : "pH : clear, t . fy i 1 th f : mL with w ATEN to Mlle. Dutoit. The words leaped out lea i sin od * ee ut searching his mind rseives lor the fuiure bY terest in her noe al du aprreciation gre emed to be slay way Le ) : : t a ¢ tags. Tabor. now aa i in- without forethought vn his pare, quite us © "M0 i a : A . : of verined) Hyey = ay 3¢ an \EIX, to iuvite her to dinners, ic, come way to jo on knowing Made Wak iGg Gur own po _ - of the name she had Ziven it esides from ter Jamie Yor vi ' . tof : ti ud to after. . io J I eas b that v ' Lg eu . + Mf he had spoken to a child playing with _ ae . : . Bley vo . ls wa, down, kept } any tha 3 and to after theatre sup-|oiselie. He sskel nothing more than Bas of gaiine society of persons pledged tend sigh af gray dhove hi Clie « ie k wi ue hated them for it! $n he wotl e going av i te J the squirrels in a park. he had tute nih Be lay ye ui ¢ eaciiement anied. 1 5 pan oar ha A But pat. She wonld 8 BEA Ra to § belr own beds every day ln --h tetuples, and had felt what the eamiloi boy shouts whet ORs atx Lo. E68 x . Mis Was dilterent, and the man himself What was be to do? Of course "Imi UES YOU Calilé 4OWa so anickly,"| i 3 | ai . . dd to different iad aitends seeg % the She as bad wore wembers to ne remiy » he could the parcel carryio \ he sald, lifting his cap. "1 was just going was nothing of the coward Wie pares; carrying Joung 4 | woman, but her membership is nol as yet 10 sulp you--gake your pictore, | wean" Mademoiselle smiled. There was ce: i y nothi t tainly nothing in the manner of the sin. : » little folk, you know gain, but sone bad suggested itself; | . . fy . Bick : YUW es 4 \ gentleman who bad spoken to give of | yielded at last wo Junie experienced in such things. | Which - ed a N nae woujen * » tor) 4 : o . i fmatches e himself will ame culy wag fence. "Too bad," she said, "bat it you by "Sl Pw mol." protested Mudemoiselle Shu bad a Yes, would come foi ' hat ber sympathies had x object ' % { watching the half ue s half y 1 fie or ¢ , 3 e of the little Si i matches becacse he objects to Jorge walt a Witte I'm Soll up egies" § Aat hire iv a rik: Fob, Buin ale : } u eri Th r x te of the li XK. She gave Jami ie} wen touched to the quick Ly 6 zt i an ue a - iy «Yoo, under them drop away, Even ths BSE hy ut and wxtesdie bis ba > Mle. the uame of her hotel, and he left, promis | ih him and bis borrowed childs javmatities o VR bg chopped down so Thavk you," absweted Jumle, ugam| " i ane ox fg J and helt t " : "rp : whided seriously, grand stand over to their right, wiih it i . i his! BE to i for ber the following evening | there bad come something woes matehay can. bn. made. of touching his cap. Ul surely war." "Who sever eard of sh aceidert 10 Sol | (Loring crowds, seemed 16 b hin . g Fi anita he 1 morning Jamie found awaiting}, ache in ber beart at the tho What is the use," be says, "of Mle Dutoit's words set June's Blowin Carpet rged Jamie stoutly, gaxha : Rd hd AR ANEW mm 3 Lum at bh ee a letter from bis ome | cn pleasant Bours were so fleeting tecting the forests from fire by a There was an ladefituble tone | "itil % h foald : Be Higgs : an instructor in a girls uid have been asier for him. But hel expeaditire of givat sams for re No Was settled that Janie shoald Jui Tues suept avs ! aid 3 Is and then deliberately Lursing ap whe ii fo Bi 5 x nu more away. The! dnt | tt, and her good might had Suards and thet delibey u w hha . s Niag aka + 3 v 8 and acotut ia Chet "heh it wonld bel faucnwisdile for te Hight, open fwids, ac N EE : digits he ox letter <oniby whole forests of trees every yesr in these utterly useless to attempt to cepraduer (nf = kyeritody's Daddy goleg Up on Sok ne gram stabd, Madetiselle in metiect! ught! Dear Jamie Boy ve just learned! 'Fowsed evening ibe next day he found wocden Matchen?' Almost every ome print, but it was there, and it delighted Lon ( ape," cgekled Jamie alt to, ivel of wae wonderiai machi gui : > : . Sash J ithat the Mile. Dutoit whe is going about i in atewer to his problem, He wired tol sympathizes with this poist of view, aod Jamie's sensitive ear, as the siels wil ao. "Sunt the Kiddies' eyes stich [1 circle fabs ighor.. ou i 3 pa He try as an aviator--of should 1 say | larga s sisier {it is possible that in time the suti-wooden > . i r i 1 some and trim in a Khakil ois : : n 5 } fing t Lad Arend fpriirix tis a girl who was in my class{ "| gevd jou dreadfully. Dou't worry, jwatch soclety will be quite large : face figure clad : i > : i ry a ay : . fs tore. vans. a : . These ure only a few of them. Thete suit pleased iy eye. As she went] "Vou have chide ou asked Mile Dutoii trac " A Me 4 Wo years at Miss Laird's. Her gum [nut cole at once. Answer. nue inspection of her hie Sok Ee Sa on 3 : asiablle. : sie tin Marie. 1 wonder what Miss Laird] The answer came the test morning -- [is ala the woman whe is orgtuicing & ¥ SoOR. Ris hs a sist : . ae . : : v : ti o 3 1 an ma, with] alitupily. facies Janie as be took i Riri ABER Si ap hal = : Boe free bund [would say if she knew. Her flesh would] "Will asrive at Give I. M society for the extermination of cats ia he mechasicigns Jame noted her slight] veai they anutang. dad > Roradolue {i o wpon siniply corrugaie. But Marie was a dear| Op ceiving this message Jamie at once cities aud the other woman whe is of ber cledr brown eyes, ib which "Ouiy Lorfoned curt," he Bussvied | fle nla i ; PF WT fan's 0 he said and 'we all loved her and were awfully 'ahoned Mle Dutoit that bis sister was the head of a weret wovemeut for the ¢ ¢ 1 rry when she had te leas some family ming that evening, and asked her to proper ng ation sud cout! of agrees break-up, if I remember. Jane Porte: | ols thew for aa evening ai the thesire car conduciors Sith clituivn "per