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kg: '• #7- <55?? ^ , £»* ^ ,«•-' ^ * N '**. ?'*«' *% • 1 . *r - \t. , * ^ -•' :\'"•"••*• •'-•• ^'?v<\ '"• ••'. -•• -. 1;". v Vafc;.:'":." :i-'•••* •'.W.i 'V-'.'SaF. " Mel V"st-'" afC m: : or* Foot H«C«; • •••r? _ V Br MAKTHA M. by McClur* N«w«p*p«r Syndicate. Latimlr dropped reins to applaud his own minstrelsy uproariously. But :,Mt because be also had got a bund- MM born in. He was cold, sober-- withal in merry mood. Moonshlnlng was not bis vocation, bat merely on« of his humorous accomplishments, like Addling, out-jumping and out-wrestling conceited newcomers, aud raising the tana at revival if Sister Andrews failed to show up. That happened rarely--like other rarities It was the Inore welcome. Said the irreverent: "Nothin* but a pig could out-squeal her"--some few even adding that to do it, a pis would have to be sound, able-bodied, and in fine voice. All apch Joe Latimlr reproved severely. "Tain't right ter make fun o' no urt o' religion." he said. "And believing that she can sing is her reiS; ^ fi -t-.fi QBeaxlj Joe was a tolerant peraon. Be had need to be--Brush Creek »eighb<>i-bood so abounded In edged personalities, the hair-trigger opinions, notwithstanding a scum of progress rested on its surface, in the form of dubs of every sort, community undertakings, demonstration agents, rallies of all sorts, even now and then a close approach to a pageant, though never so called. In the annual fall parade of county schools. The bone and sinew of the region merely tolerated these frills. But it fell hard for good roads--such • help in getting otherwheres when otherwheres was advisable. This presupposed autos, which were no longer rights, albeit aone so plenty except among the timber folk or those who bed bottom land to supplement their i hillsides and upland plateaus. "Bad men in full flower wen conspicuously absent Potential ones? Hut admitted of debate. Born thirty years earlier, Joe Latimlr might have toted a gun quite as a matter of coarse. As things stood he rarely went armed with anything more deadly (ban the songs he made up to suit all occasions. Socially they were deadlier than bullets. Joe had never read ••Gervantes Smiled Spain's Chivalry Away." Thus he was doing something ef the kind in the Twentieth century Wtth no spur of Imitation. Two things haled him to the Panton dance against his Inclination. One wore skirts and answered to Molly Doke; the other a feeling that If he stayed away things might go wrong-- and in a mighty ugly fashion Molly Duke had a nimble tongue, feet as nimble, a pretty wit, a prettier face, along with a heart that knew not the (eel of fear. Joe had settled it with himself to marry her--after she had her fling, and was ready to be tamed •He could tame her now--but It would be hard, tedious work--besides, he had a sense that it would leave a sedi ment of unappeased longing which later might flame dangerously. All " this inarticulate psychology and com {ilexes are still afar from Brush Creek. "A filly's better'n half broke k when she's run hertfelf dead tired," .said Joe to his inner self--therefore Ik let Molly play unhindered. That bad been safe enough before . Sake Dyer came back from outside Wjearing yellow shoes, a green hat, a fancy haircut, silk shirts, scent on Ms handkerchief and a world-weary air. Naturally anything so resplendent bad It own way--for a little while, at Jaast. He introduced successfully the hesitation, one-step, tango and fox trot, but when he ventured on the Jtlmmy Ma Meechum brought him up ujlth a round turn. "Ef yer britches Mods ye, git somewhar's else ter asriggie 'em looser," she said pointedly. Thunderous applause, led by Joe Latimlr. No wonder--Jake had been dancing with Molly. She stood dHrkled between confusion and resentment, her cheeks scarlet, sparks at bottom of her eyes. Jake grinned at her engagingly, saying with his best •.%©w: ; "Let's do it again Moil--these here liayseeds need lots of breakin'--but Jtiey'U be eatin' up the new dance in the least little while." Thereupon Joe 'Ndaugbt him neatly under the chin with _ blow that sent him reeling, and in re- .1 bound from the corner of the chimney "; ahelf to the floor. Again the crowd applauded--Joe all sickened at the ^ found. Angry as he was, he knew be had made a mistake--Molly lnstic- ' lively stood for and b> the under dog. t IVith all the gathering thus laughing :•$ fcostilely at him, Jake was sure of her j?| feckless defense. He was nof mistaken. With a mo- &INT" fon leap, half glide, she was be- %4i Jpide Jake, helping him scramble to ( Ills feet, and steadying him after, it \ , J'Now--you please take me home." she •p ! jsaid clearly. "Taln't worth while tryln' • to civilize rowdy crowds." Head and arms bare, she sprang ?«• N through the outer door and rah down £ ' .the path to the way that led home. H' was Ume meet all the way ia^elear MS«adMp*4lMfi||K there was a black dot of ifcadaa llfttin way above where the footway crossed the spring branch. MoHyknaw every stone she trod--she Skimmed than at such a rate that Jake, still a trite giddy, lagged, #ena*bly. As they came to the waterside he panted: "Let's sit down--I got ter ketch my breath. Up thar in the black dark--so's folks wont talk. No need of going home for a long time--we can have Just lots o' fun away from them fools.** "You must be one of 'em--didnt I say I was goln' home?" Molly r»> torted gayly. "Maybe your beauty shows best in the dark--but I'm for keepin' in the light--so hop along, son--hop lively.'* "Shucks! Til take you home, but not till it suits me," Jake answered roughly. "You puttin' on airs don't fool me cone. Come on up yonder. Nobody can find us," seizing her tight and making to drag her to the clot of shadow. Molly did rot scream. Instead she writhed violently. She could not free herself. She had been caught in a choking hold from behind. Her breath was going, her strength, but not her will. Suddenly she was free, and Joe Latimlr drawled, "Since you were hell-bent on goin' home, Molly, I come along to aee you got there safe.'* Shame held her silent Jake started to run away, but Joe held him fast. When they reached a broadish space, of clear moonshine, he said, waving toward the meadow at one side. "There's the place to settle this. Come on you two." But when the grass land was reached he made no hostile motion. Only folded his arms and said, nodding toward Jake, "Nobodyll deny I could beat that to a pulp, else throw It over my head and break Its back. I shan't do either thing, bad as they need doing. It will never be said I bemeaned myself to fight with him for my wife. Here we stand, Molly-- two that pass for men. You choose betwixt us, but first hear this: I'd a-kllled him bade yonder"--this through set teeth--"only you had sorter give him leave, standin' up for him and runnln' off from the crowd. This I say in fairness to him. Nine in ten might a-done -Jest the same-- give 'em the chance." 'I hate you! Hate you both! I wish you'd kill each other!" Molly raged, tears raining down her working face. Joe half smiled; Jake rushed at him, an open knife in his hand. Molly caught the gleam of the blade in the moonlight. Instantly she flung herself in front of Joe, thus a free round arm caught and blunted the deadly blade, but not before the owner of the arm "had thrown the other about Joe's neck. Joe held it there, looking after his fleeing adversary, and said with a laugh, "Jake, he's bound to have excitement; can't get a fight so .he makes it a foot-race." There he stopped short for Molly hung on him In a dead faint--her first and last. Tab Frocks to theftrnnt; Baby's m "M W DRB88BS," "moral ni, tra «i pORCH all descriptive terms that undertake to fix the character of practical tubfrocks for summer wear. Designers are giving a great deal of time and thought to them and are being repaid by an increasing demand; for tub-frocks have grown prettier and more Interesting all the time. Since they began using organdie, dotted swiss, or voile with the heavier cot- all wash dresses. :• Dresses * voi)% dotted swiss and orare elaboflkted by many pretty tttmiuings, withdrawn work, hemstitching, herrlMKNSe stitching and line openwork embroidery favored for voile. DecoratitfM wade of self-material are liked best on organdie and dotted swiss. The latter is usually made up in combination with organdie which serves for bladings and pipings. Tucks and hemstitching are used in v 1W* ft-.W twl PRETTY TUB FROCK8 HARMONIOUS CONSISTENCY "What la the meanlnf. <xfVconsi»- tency'r* v "Consistency, my son, has to do \ * with the fitness of things." "I don't know just what you mean." ; "i wlll give you aa example," "Yes. sir---" "A freckle-faced girt in a polk»-dot dress, leading a coach dog." y**, --* f If She Were Teaeher. ' Little Girl--If I was a teacher I'd make everybody behave. ! Aunty--How would you accomplish that? Little Girl--Very easily. When girls j uwas bad I'd tell them they didn't look (pretty; and when little boys was bad I'd make them sit with the girls; and when big boys was bad I wouldn't let them sit with the girls. Taking His Time! He--C-e?can you g-g-get B-B-Bright- I Ion for m-me on the telephone, p-please? And how m-much will It b-be? She--Fifty mllee--18 pence for three minutes. "W-would there b-be a red-d»ductloo for m-me, dido you tb-thlnk!--LendoQ Answers. t Made In U. Assistant--Is this Turkish rug? , Storekeeper--Who has been asking t about it? Assistant--A lady who wants ft Persian rug. Shopkeeper--Why, of course, lfa a Persian rug--tell her that ifi f«ry rare. THE room was very still. The' gaunt figure on the bed lay motionless save for a slight lifting of the chest at long Intervals. The face was turned toward the wall, leaving a trail of thin gray halrwisps across the pillow. Just outside the door two phys!-1 dans talked together in low tones. If there could be something that would rouse her," murmured one; "something that would prick her willpower and goad it into action! "I suppose you're thought of--her, her son?" inquired the other. *Oh, yes. Jed wae sent for long ago, but he had gone somewhere Into the interior on a prospecting trip, and was very hard to reach. He has not been home for years, anyway, and the Nortons--James is Mrs. Darling's nephew--have been making all the capital they can out of It and have been prejudicing her against him-- quite unjustly. In my opinion, for I think it's nothing more nor less than thoughtlessness on the boy's part." Back In the sick-room the old woman still lay motionless on the bed. She, wns h?d . S. A. a rarerr siaa«r4 v -t • The Uninvited Rat. 4£ttbM>f our greatest pests, the mon rat is not a native of many of the countries which he infests but hailed originally from Asia. The appearance of rats in western countries belongs to comparatively modern times, and the first species to arrive In Europe was the black rat. This species strove In Europe for quite a while before arriving In the new world, crossing the Atlantic and colonizing these shores about the beginning of the Seventeenth century. This rat was the common house variety until about the time of the Revolution, wben the gray rat made his appearance. He came to Europe from India by way of Russia, and is sometimes called the Norway rat from the mistaken notion that he came to England via Norway, and thence to America. ? First Marriage in Canada. According to "First Tbings in Canada," compiled by the late Georgen Johnson, for many years Dominion statistician, the first marriage In Canada was that of Etienne Couillard and Anne Hebert, which took place in Quebec in 1617. The bride was thc| daughter of Louis Hebert, Canada's first farmer. He came from France and first settled in Acadia, now Nova Scotia. He was the first to utilize the salt water marshes at the head of th« Bay of Fundy by building dikes to keep out the tide. In 1617, the yeaf of his daughter's marriage, he removed to Quebec, took up land adjacent to the city, and beggjj cultivating it. • * : " 1 tons, women have shown their appreciation of the dainty note introduced by these diaphanous goods and they are wearing simple, cotton dresses everywhere. "Wash dress" Is a very broad title and even the summer party frocks of organdie -may be included under this bead. -' In ginghams the big demand has been for checks, most of them small, showing a color and white. They have been made up with white organdie in so many different ways that we hardly think of one without the other. A green and white checked gingham, with bands of white organdie, shown at the left of the two wash dresses pictured, Is very neatly made and is as pretty as can be. A very open green and white braid overlays the narrow inserted'bands of organdie and these bands trim the collar and cuffs and divide the overdress into four panels. The collar and cuffs, girdle and bodice, and two wide bands at the top of the overskirt, are cut on the bias of the gingham and bias bindings of it finish all edges. Two pearl buckles and a tie of narrow black ribbon finish a dress equal to almost any demand of a 'summer's day. The morning frock of candy-striped cotton, at the right of the picture, Is as simple as possible. It la a play or River's Freakish Movement. The Cumberland river lias the di» tlnctlon of leaving Its home state and entering It again. It flows through the eastern and south-central part of the state, then turns south Into Tennessee, but farther west enters Kentucky again and joins the Ohio a few miles east of the mouth of the Tennessee river. , Usually everything he needs, and some luxuries besides, await the arrival of the baby, but It is not the part of good judgment to provide more than can be used. The little newcomer sleeps much and grows rapidly, so that his first layette Is partly temporary and soon replaced. The minimum of articles includes three of all the garments worn next the skin, as shirts, bands, flannel petticoats, sax and bootees, besides three dozen diapers, but it is usual to make four of each of these little garments. Comfort is the most important consideration in the affairs of the baby arid the layette for a summer baby will differ from that of the winter baby. Mothers are the best Judges of the number of dresses and petticoats needed to be worn after the little one emerges from the "slip" stage of its existence, when he spends nearly all the time asleep In soft gowns, in the summer time a very light flannel coat, a shawlette, or two, and flannel or crocheted socks are useful. On cool | days knitted wool socks, bonnets and sox make It possible for him to enjoy the outdoors, and a set of these knitted | garments is shown in the picture. No layette Is complete without one j or two rubber drawers to be worn | whenever tbe baby is out of doors and part of the time indoors. A record A Convenient Affliction. *Td do something for that cough if I were you, old man." "That cough, my dear 'boy, Is lndlsif pensable. Whenever a life Insurance agent calls to see me I turn it on and be never stays longer than three minutes."---Boston Bvenlng script Tran- SOME CONSOLATION "Am I the first man y«M ItfCttd?" You're among the •reL" ..if'-. The Higher Immorality^; From an Exchange--There one way to get ready for immorality, and that is to livtf this life bravely and cheerfully aa we can.^--Boston Transcript. About Troubles. _ Troubles come, Right well I know# ' But remembsr I Troubles go. *: in the Agrarian Bloe. *What has been your previous experience T\ "As field manager." "For whom ?" " ;• ^ f't: "For Farmer SI Corntfliwwf. Jttit slde of town. I managed his field hands for him two summers hand run* ntng/^-9arm Life. • Hard to Believe. "The gentlemen of the jury groaned aloud when the fair plaintiff told how she had been pursued day and night by the defendant." *1 noticed that, but an eldarly spinster on the jury sniffled." "Naturally she'd be from Missouri." --Birmingham Age-Herald. Authenticated. ft never supposed that the stories of girls' enormous appetites for Ice cream were true until the other night." Indeed! What convinced you?" "The arithmetic. It distinctly says that one gal Is equal to four quarts." >;t ?s'i. JAY'Jf MIlfllllttiM " 'W. jgWllgi JLooked Pretty Blue for a Tim% but Wfe& Jt ^ Alt Over--But That's ths Stolg 0 • By ELEANOR POWKKR ^ at 'Nbw,' "Jut BnU,* Copyrlght by llwiw H. Porter. if',':. " t, yl:. . ;•! worth to get here. There won't be ^ goin' back yet awhile fer me nor no ,•*'* one else, I ealc'Iate." ^,, * It was not without talk and a great $£*'* * deal of commotion that the unttta^C^T/'iltS addition to James Norton's households v effects was f i n a l l y deposited in thW^'V *'* darkened parlor. Jim, perspiring,* red-: faced, and palpably nervous, was' lng on tiptoe through the sitting when a quavering voice from the bed||i room brought him to a hqlt "Jim, is that youf^Xi'" "Yes, Aunt Abby.^jTo;V; "Who's come?" ' *-* Jim's face grew white, then red. ^ "Ocome?" he stsmmered. "Yes, I heard a sleigh and ve<cai,'"-'-» who is itr y..-& ' "Why, jest jest a man on--en bust* ' ^ X ness," All day it snowed and all that night £^ nor did the dawn of Friday bring clear : i ^ skies. r ' & The sick woman was better. "Jim--Aunt Abby Sat W W*Hnrtee In Bed Todayl" COMFORT OF HIABY IMPORTANT BOVS VARYING IDEA ON PARENTS Average Boy's Estimate Changes With the Advancing Years but Gen- ^„ erally Has Same Ending.: estimate of his pii'Euli shifts aa the years go by. Up to five or six, he thinks them the wisest Individuals on earth. He quotes their r sayings and considers their opinions final with the preference given to the maternal wisdom. By the time he Is old enough to take his bath alone, he : thinks over the matter and decides that mother Isn't as smart as he thought she was, but father knows a good many things and cites to himself their respective opinions on swlmmin', fish in' and going to the barber vs. maternal halrcllpplng. About the time he sneaks dad's razor to his own room and experl- ; - ments a little with the fuzz on his chin be concludes tint father Is well-meaning duffer enough, but mother : nows less than nothing. Five years later he pities the ignorance of the whole world and especially that< of the old folks. At thirty, about the time he wants to borrow money from dad to cover some of his financial mistakes, he thinks father's and mother's advlcW is pretty good sometimes. Ten or fifteen years later, when he has a lad or two of his own, the old boy begins to wonder why he never appreciated the old folks. At sixty, when his parents are dead, he idealizes them as the greatest •characters of their age and spends hours telling his children how implicitly he always heeded and obeyed the slightest wish or command of his parents and how he ever and always took their advice In the crises of life. --VannZJttt f work frock, vary easily laundered and designed for summer outings and active pastimes as well as house wear. These gay striped cottons. In a color and white, are very cheerful and crisp looking, so that, even In the least pretentious of dresses, we may follow the pointing finger of the mode, which seems fixed In the direction of cheerfulness. Sometimes they are trimmed with simple cotton braids, but bands cut on the bias of the goods or with the stripes running horizontally make a finish that cannot be Improved on. Ijands of this kind are used In the flock pictured. "/v™ book -used to be considered a pretty little lukury, but these'books have proved themselves so useful to physicians that they ought to be Included among the things that count as worth while. Keeping Down Bxpeaeea. "I see King George Is trying hard to keep within his $15,000,000 allowance.'* "I laof just what he Is up against. Considerate, Mistress--Bridget si* people are coming for dinner tonight. Code--Will yes be able tq coqk f<* that many.--Life. ' t . Negligible QaalMei. "Do you believe that spirits come bade to this earth?" "I don't see why they should do so," replied Senator Sorghum. "They don't need money and they haven't any Is *• ^ That Settlea It. "I have bad new*-*#*, m Oar- Life as I See It. The man who darts ahead of an automobile should never marry a girl who darts bade. "So?" "Yes. I visited a fortune teller's this afternoon, and she told me that I i going to marry a handsome man." Utidar Eben. ." ' "De world was made in six daya," said Uncle Eben; "but de modern improvements on it takes thousands a»' thousands of yeara.' Summer BtCT. I One of the newest uses for clre ribbon is on the summer wrist bag. The bag itself Is made of colored linen and the ribbon sewn across it in narrow stripes of various colors, with the ends dangling two or three Inches at ttye lower edge. Each end is ornamented with a large crystal bead. Fastidious Styles. lingerie of flame georgette Is being shown and It Is by no means a pale flame and the effect is heightened when several butterfly embroidered in black form a straggling sort of decoration. Pale yellow undertliings are shown by the same shop. These oddly enough haVe little trees and houses embroidered on them in purple Repetitive. Ptafcer--I think, that Reginald la a four-flusher. Tunn--Well. I know that he's a seeond- story man. "You don't say so!" Tee; he has never^taid aa original wondered so often before--why It took so long to die.' For days now she had been trying to die, decently and In order. Ella and Jim were very kind; but, after all they were not Jed, and Jed was away--hopelessly away. He did not even want to come back, so Blla and Jim said. There was the money, too. She did not like to think of the money. They were talking now--Ella and Jim--out in the other room. "You see," said Jim, "as long as I've got ter go ter town termorrer, anyhow. It seems a pity not ter do It all up at once. I could order the coffin an' the ^Undertaker--it's only a question of a few hours, anyway, an' it seems sUch a pity ter make another trip--Jest fer .that!" In the bedroom the old woman atirred suddenly. ^ A fierce anger sprang Instantly into life. "Jest fer that," Jim had said, and "that" was her death. It was not worth, it seemed, even an extra trip to town! And she had done so much-- so much for those two out there! "Let's see; terday's Monday," Jim went on. "We might fix the fun'ral for Saturday, I guess, an' Til tell the folks at the store ter spread it. Puttin' it on Sat'day'll give us a leetle extry time if she shouldn't happen ter go soon's as we expect--though there ain't much fear o' that now, I guess, she's so low. An' It'll save me 'most half a day ter do It all up this trip, It was snowing hard when Jim got back from town Tuesday night. "Whew! It's a reg'lar blizzard," he began, bnt he stopped short at the expression on his wife's tea "Why, Ella!" he cfi^d. "Jim--Aunt Abby aat up ten mlntUtes in bed terday. She called fer toast an' tea." tjlm dropped Into a chair. "But she--hank It all, Herrick's comln' termorrer with the coffin!" "You hadn't been gone an hour 'fore •he began to stir an'- notice things," moaned Ella. ^ t "Gosh!" groaned Jim. "Who'd 'a thought It? 'Course 't ain't that I jgrudge the old lady's llvin^," he added fiurrledly, "bnt jest now It's so--unfliandy, things beln' as they be." It did not snow much through the night, but in the early morning It began with increased severity. The wind rose, too, and by the time Herrlck, the undertaker, drove Into the yard, the storm had become a blizzard. •«1 calculated if I didn't get this 'ere * coffin here purty quick there wouldn't %e no gettin' It here yet awhile," called Herrlck cheerfully. "Sh-h! Herrlck, look out! he whispered hoarsely. "She ain't dead yet. You'll have ter go back." "Go back!" snorted Herrlck. "Why, man alive, 'twas as much aa my life's Ivory Pendanta. ' Pendants of carved white Ivory are | very popular now, especially when worn on the end of a narrow black ribbon. Beads of carved ivory and bar pins carved In very stylish. \ the Had Them All. <4 Mar you and your wife had words last night" "We did, but I never got around to Ming . ^i^msricatt Weekly. J, At noon the sun came out and thqf wind died Into fltful gusts. The twqf. men attacked the drifts with a will^ and made a path to the gate. The# even attempted to break out the road|| end Herrlck harnessed his horse an4r;~ started for home; but he had not goi 10 rods before he was forced to ft back. "'Taln't no use," he grumbled. "iX ij calc'late I'm booked here till the crad£^y o' doom!" "An' termorrer's the fun'ral,'* jgroaned Jim. "An' I can't git nowherAv r'--nowhere ter tell 'em not to come ill Saturday dawned fair and col<# Early in the morning the casket waf?.^ moved from the parlor to the attic. < : > It was almost two o'clock when lou(|<' voices and the crunch of heavy teamj^- 1 told that the road-breakers had comc^ ' "I set ter work first thing on tbl£ road," said the man triumphantly t«p: Ella as he stood, shovel in hand, ajfe'1 the door. "The parson's right beh)n#: an' there's a lot more behind hlni," Gorry! I was afraid I wouldn't gijp* here In time, but the fun'ral wan't tlljb; two, was it?" "There's a mistake,'^ Ella said falntl$i ;: "There ain't no fun'ral. Aunt Abby'|jtjH better." The man stared, then he whistle# softly. Mrs. Darting beard the bells of thiH': first arrival. T guess mebbe TH git up an' set n|| a spell," she announced calmly to m<p' That*s Parson Gary's voice, aa' |. want ter se him." ; ' But, Aunt Abby " began Hip;' feverishly. "Well, I declare I If there ain't aip other sleigh drlvln' in," cried the oliF _ woman excitedly, sitting up In bed an# peering through the little window*. Must be they're glvin' us a s'prls* party. Now, hurry, Ella, an' git the# slippers. I ain't a-goln' to lose non« o' the fun!" In state, In the big rocklng-chalr, th* old woman received her guests. * 7 One by one the days passed, and Jlfb and Ella ceased to tremble every ttnijb the old woman opened her lips. Theip was still that fearsome thing In tlj|l; attic. "If she should find out" Blla hatf said, " twould be the end of the money --fer us." "But she ain't a-goln' ter find outj^ Jim had retorted. ^ The "funeral* was * week old wheat Mrs. Darling came Into the sitting room one day, fully dressed. "I put on all my do's," she smilingly, in answer to Ella's shocked exclamation. "I got restless, somehow, an* sick o' wrappers. Besides, I want to walk around the house a little."1 And she limped across the floor to tb» ball door. "But. Aunt Abby, where ye goM* now?" faltered Blla. "Jest up in the attic. I wanted t>r see " She stopped In apparent subprise. Ella and ft* bad sprung to feet. v "But you mustn't i--you ain't enough !--you'll fall!--there's nothin* there!" they exclaimed wildly, talking both together and hurrying forward. "Oh, I guewi 'twon't kill me," saldt the old woman, and the hall doer closed sharply behind her. "It's all--up!" breathed Jim. ^ ^ Folly fifteen minutes passed baftdK the old woman came back. : •It's real pretty," she said. "I alkg|| did like gray." "Gray?" stammered Ella. "Yes!--fer cofllns, ye know." JUn made a sudden movement, *n<t start to speak; but the old woman raised her hand. "You don't need ter say anythin'," she Interposed cheerfully. "I jest wanted ter make sure where 'twas, so I went up. You see. Jed's comln' home, an' I thought he might fed--queer If be ran onto it, casuallike." "Jed--comln' home!" The old woman smiled oddly. C "Oh. I didn't tell ye, did It 111 doctor had this telegram yesterday, an' brought It over to me. Ye know he was here last night. Read It" And die pulled from her pocket a crumpled slip of paper. And Jim read: "Shall be there the 8th. For Go£!a aake dent let me be too late. "J. D. Darling.? •yi M Ci '>4j L QUALITY OF FOODS Hard foods are a necessary part of a hygienic diet. The teeth need exerdse It must be remembered. Therefore, one way ef keeping teeth In good condition Is to eat hard foods, such as breadcrusts, toast, hard fruits, nuts and fibrous vegetables. Hard food the mHt*m and gastric juices to flow. If In addition to being hard the food is dry, the greater the flow at tha saliva and gastric Ju!«fc FIREFLY ILLUMINATION c'r ' • i'-tt The firefly is a well-known beetle the elaterhlae family, which is abll to throw out a strong and apparently phosphorescent light in the dark. The illumination is intermittent and appears to be under the control of the insect's nervous system. Both the aMle and the female fireflies emit light, as well as their larvae, the eggs being luminous even while still in the m $