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. ,1». q. .. - '1<â€"«â€"1...-,.....§ .‘ I'.” ._ '.‘ "1’5 11‘3’1174- ' fins-s. .143. <- o..- 4-, . . 1 3,- .. v» .â€"1.'1.;‘z,1.1.1fe... .v. .. . itlllliliilelS HEWBH A Laughable Story of a Man Who 1 Met His..Match Mrs Colechin rushed e. citedly into "the kitchen, where he1 husband sat Over his breakfast, with a telegram in her hand. “Sam!" she panted; "Uncle Nedâ€"is In Englandâ€"just sent thisâ€"from 21.11 erpool. Something to do with sell- ~‘1ng his silver mines." Mr. Colechin stared vacantly at his “life a moment, and then jumped ex- citedly from his chair. “Then heâ€"he'll he in London by mid-day!" he gasped. “He’s going to uses his niece's husbandâ€"the stingy old rat, with his one letter a year and not so much as a tenner postal order in it! I’ll rush off first and see our foreman about having the week off; then l’m bound for Enston. Mean- while you see about setting the spare room straight, Mary; and have a nice bit of dinner ready for himâ€"under- stand?” “But, Sam, he’s praztically a mi!- lionaire; he’ll be putting up at one of the big hotels!" ' “He’s coming here! He's got toâ€"if 'I have to drag him! If i can’t con- wince him he‘s got a duty to his down- «trodden, «well, I ain’t his nephew-in-law, that’s all! ’ ‘ When old Mr. Flinders stepped out of the railway carriage at Euston he found his niece’s husband waxing .‘ith outstretched hand. “Samuel Colechin, I guess!” ex- claimed the man from Nevada cheer- ”y. “It was real bully of you to come ,1 d greet me! Peihaps you can put ’ 1 on to a decent cheap hotel, right 11\'. , “Hotelâ€"pooh! You’re not going to a hotel; you’re a-coming home to Mary and me!” retorted Mr. Colecliin, de- ”tci‘mincdly. ”Walkâ€"wall, Samuel, I guess you know best; it'll be a save, anyhow. Do we take a car?” “Car!" echoed Mr. Colechin; “not me. 11.3711 take a cab, it’s more pri- 1:1 to, as l W: nt a talk with you, and~â€" ' a .111 it' s quicker.” “I‘ve had a bully passage,” replied the old man, in answer to a solicitous inquiry; “i won a wager of fifty dol- lars on the heat, so my fare didn‘t cost me a cent." “Thought it cost about is ‘35 to come 1:11e1‘!"...11‘ =‘Ir. Colechim ala. “med by l. is 1elati vcs saving propensities. "“'ll1:- 1's first (11bin."e:gulainc1l Mr. 'E‘Zinrgers "i came secondâ€"I had to; a ! .‘.-l1 steerage was hoo‘. :ed.’ M1. (‘olccltin gasped and was silent. ‘\ all, how do you piosper, 11e- -pl1ev.“;‘" inquired the cheery traveller a: length. “Very bad!” snapped Mr. Col echin. “it‘s a fight against o1erwl1cl1n .ing odds for the likes 0' me. Trades rho. 1.111(1 101 us 1.10111 hesgais. lf 1 cal) 1111. 5.) 11110110 \. 1:11 suiliciuit faith it; me to ad.:1:1cc any a modest fifty quid, I’d be my own boss and never without a job in the shop, I’ll war- rant.” The old man secâ€"med to miss the point of the suggestion. and by this time the cab had pulled up at the (lolechin domicile. Mr. Flinders put his hand in his pooket when they descended. “That's all right, uncle!" suggested the other feebly “Very good; I guess you understand the customs 0’ this country better thanldo." ...» . . poverty-stricken relationsâ€"’ 1 cl what I may be able to do for ye: -cei's,” he added - and similar vermin. so when that chao National in Character, Distinctive in Appearance, Dashing in Style, Modest in Price Features that have made Progress Brand Clothes Famous. Made and guaranteed 6] II. WII'EBEHG & 00., UMITED, Manfred/.3 Mr. Golechin paid and said things {to himself. 3.1m ne'u come to take possession tor fifty dollars’ rent ‘and followed me up- stairs, Iâ€"I forgot myself, andâ€"well, when I’d done with him, I dropped him out of the window.” “You what?” shouted Mr. Colechin. “Number two, the ‘counter jumper,’ wasn’t so foolhardy. We had a game of American football down the steps. I guess he’s now putting out a con- tract for sticking plaster and raw beefsteak. " n o o n s n u - Uncle Ned went away early the next morning; Mr. Colechin pleaded a bad billions attack and refused to leave his room even to bid fareWell to the visitor. Later in the day Tom Dirk came in smiling, with Lucy hanging on his arm, looking as fit as the proverbial fiddle. To Mr. Colechin’s look of as- tonishment, the young man answered by putting his finger to his lips and making motions in sign language. "i'm sorry for your sake it didn't come off,” said Mr. Dirk, when at last the two men were alone, “but I’dldn't get a chance to work our dodge. As soon as he opened the door he recog nized me. ” 1teco0‘11vrdâ€"you9” “How was i to know he’ d been ques- tioning Lucy and that she’d shown .1im my photograph?” “Well?” “Oh, he was awfully decent! Asked '11.) a lot 0’ questions, and wound up by giving me a hundred dollars to start a home with and a bit of advice.” “What advice '3" “Well, it you must know, he said: 'Beware of Colechin; he’s a sponger. i could tell it the moment he Started pumping me and pitching his tale 0' trouble. I plumbed him up and made him show his coin, 11.11iâ€"â€"’ All right; don’t look at me likâ€" that; I’m only clling you what he said.” u. :11 :11 as 111 a :1: Uncle Flinders was thoroughly en- joying his week with his relations, he declared. He insisted on being taken to all, the show places of the metro- polis, and wound up each evening with a theatre or music-hall, but at the .crltical moment Samuel always had ito pay; the old man would put his hand in his pocket, and then exclaim: “I’m fair muddled with yOur English coinage and customs; you settle this time, nephew.” l Samuel thought of Saturday coming along without wages; of the bills run up with trades-people during the week for extra luxuries for the visitor; of the money he had borrowed for the same purpose. “lie may ‘part 119’ when he‘s going, said Mr. Uolechin to himself, “but - then again he may not.” With a bril liant inspiration horn of desperation he sought out Mr. 'Iom link, will young man who was “keeping com- 1 puny” with his daughter Lucy, and confided in him the story of Mr. Flin ders’ meanness and hardheartcdness, concluding with: “Now, we. must touch him some how, Tom, and i want your help. Sup- 1posing I owed. lots and lots of rentâ€"â€" more than we do owe, i mean. Wha ' would happen?” “You’d have the ‘bnn‘s’ in.” “Quite right; and if such a thing 3happcned in his niece’s own home ‘ and he hasn’t a heart of concrete, he’d Now, in consideration pay ’em out. and Lucy, young man, I want you to be a bailiff for once-â€"to-morrow ai’ ternoon when Uncle is packing his There'll be no one else at I’ll arrange that." trunk. home, ‘ “ltw's a “ticklish 1111),” said Mr. Dirk, scratching his head doubtfully; "but I'll take it on. old man, if you like. And about that big bill at; the gro- “Tho manager ought to call before ink ing proceed- lugs; I shouldn't wonder it he came soon after the bailiff." ”You can't be both!" retorted Mr. Colechin. “No, but I said Mr. Dirk, . BEATS TOBACCO ,Does Value of Poultry Raised In Ne- have a friend who'd brask’aâ€"Kentucky, T00 with a oblige me," grin. c c o n o v v o Kentucky is the greatest tobacco- producing state in the Union, but the 1909 egg crop in Nebraska was worth $500,000 more than the 1909 crop of. Kentucky tobacco. 1 If Kentucky continues to gain in lthe value of its poultry product for the next ten years as it has during the ten years past its own poultry product lwill almost if not quite equal the val- ,‘ ‘ 3 1.1 3 3 3 3’ use of its tobacco c10p annually. 13" I(.o.ec...n “as. ”“1”“ ,8 19‘}; Kentucky will soon be numbeied while €02? 1111.101. 3“? arrival ‘Eeno‘d lamong the important poultry produc- 23,833. glimmed‘iinn “'1“ “1 e:.pz:s..ion \llng states of this country, if present " P'g‘ ty 8"“ concern. indications are a safe guide upon “Sam. ” he said "you’ve been gettigg 3 , ' ‘ ’ con 1 51011 . you “self into a “019’ I guess.” which to base c u s ‘ “l have, sir iwl 111921.11, have I?" jerked out Mr. Co‘cchin a'vkz-snidly. "There’s been a 111.111 to tune pos- sesl01.of your goods, likcwise the more where you one Mr. Flinde‘1‘s was sailing on Satur- day, and he spent the whole of Friday afternoon in making his final arrange- 111cnts. Mrs. Colechin and Lucy went out shopping, and Sara discovered lr.tcr"ti1at he, too, had an appointment to keep. Uncle Ned would not hear of him breaking his word, and volun tecred to keen house until his return. i ANTS AS BISCUIT BAKERS f There is always something new about ants. A caiefnl study has reâ€" cently been made at the great forestry ‘school neai Dresden on the habits “l’m sorry, uncle,” was the contrite iof an ant which is both a. leaf- cutter reply, “that 0111‘ -.r1s?‘cs s‘. .31. ild rate (and a seed- -gatherer It was noticed come to a climax flu '11;1; your visit. I 3 that most of the seeds, especially those‘ was expecting ruin, bar 1 hop1d to {101' leguminous plants, were aIIOWed to' stave it off till you had gone. Are 'geiminate before the ants put them‘ ‘theyâ€"stil! waiting, Uncle?’ tout to dryâ€"evidently to allow the‘ “No, they are gone. That’s the part lseed-coat to burst; but the germination that is troubling me; they .ill ne cr ‘is not allowed to go far enough to fer- collect another account, I'm afraid." iment the starch into sugar. When “Whatâ€"what did you do?" asked Mr. Colechin. with a vague suspicion of remaking “Wrong ‘jV'e’ re rather quick in Nevada; we' re up to all the tricks of sheriffs {J “upiletoi‘ of a 3 ‘ng bill,Satn1c.l” 'the seeds"arc dead and dry the ants take them back into the nest chew‘ 3them into a dough, and then bake 'this in the sun into minute biscuits, iwhlch are stored up.- .-.. n. --m\vâ€"---- -â€"..... g...“- u.. .111. _-‘.Idsg...» a. «in... .. . Au: ..._.-...1 a .1 Mdk~ ' Congenial Clothes A young man’s . credentials to society are signed by his clothes. The youth just verging on man’s estate prefers PROGRESS BRAND CLOTHING because it has the cut, finish, dash and style, congenial to' his youth. 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