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1 V' W iinWfcmwaii I Vfcv 7- <4... ,. *A i Wj Geoffry .Finds a Friend--and ;;,' '•" --'an Enemy. Synopsis -- Geoff ry Carlyle, master of sailing ships at twenty- six, is sentenced to 20 years' servitude In the American colonies for participation in the Monmouth rebellion in England. Among the passengers on board the ship on which he is sent across are Roger Fairfax, wealthy Maryland planter; his niece, Dorothy Fairfax, and Lientenant Sanchez, a Spaniard, who became acquainted with the Fairfaxes in London. II CHAPTER III--Continued. "» " ---2-- ,. 1 "Why especially with me?" 1 "Rather a hard question to answer at the very beginning," I smiled back pt her. "Yet not so difficult as the Hoe I shall ask you. I am only one of Itfty prisoners, scarcely cleaner or fnore reputable looking than any of §ny mates. Yet surely you have not Ijought speech with these others} then rhy especially with me?" Even in the growing dusk I could told me who you were, and then explained what had occurred at your trial, naturally you became to me something entirely different from the others. Were you actually with Monmouth ?" "In sympathy, yes; but I bad no band in thjp actual fighting. I was not even ashefre until It was all over with. Still I shall pay ray share of the bill." "And you know what that means, do you not? What will happen when we reach Virginia?" "Perfectly; I have no illusions. I have seen Just such ships as this come in. , We am to be advertised, and sold to the highest bidder. A. week from now - «hail probably: be out in the tobacco fields, under the whip of an overseer, who will call me Jeff. All I can hope for is a kind-hearted master, and an early opportunity to escape." "Oh, no!" and In her eagerness her hands actually clasped mine. "It is not going to be quite so* bad as that. That Is what I wanted to tell you. Tt*t is what gave me boldness to come across here to yoo tonight. It has all been arranged. You are not going to be sold on the block with those others. Uncle Roger has already contracted with the captain for your services. You are going north with us to Maryland." $iark a red flush mount into the clear I drew a deep breath, and in the Sheeks at this insistent question, and sudden impulse of relief which swept loi r an instant her eyes wavered. But '0- She -possessed the courage of pride, , , and her hesitancy was short. *•>' "You Imagine I cannot answer. Oh, I: Jfcut I can; I know who you are; my uncle pointed you out to me. I am • ' traveling home with him to Maryland. I am Dorothy Fairfax. He was present at your trial before Lord Jeffries. You are Geoffry Carlyle, in command • of the ship that brought Mot \iouth to : England. I beard it all." "All? What else, pray?" Her eyes opened widei/-ln "Bnddwi .. .furprise and she clasped and unclasped f. lier hands nervously. : ' . i "Do you really not know? Have yon never been told what happened?" 'vV "Only that I was roughly forbidden ft fo speak, called every foul name the £learned judge could think of, and then s • #entenced to twenty years penal servi- J, tude beyond seas," I answered soberly. "Following that I was dragged from w4 the dock, and flung into a cell. Was V there anything else?" ^ ^ iiJVhy you should have known. Lord J, Jeffries sentenced you to death; the ^ , iflecree was signed, to be executed Immediately. Then influence was §>rought to bear--some nobleman in j V Jforthumberland made direct appeal to the king. That was what angered 'ft ' Jeffries so." "An appeal I Forme? Oood God! 8'.,toot Bucclough--was it he, the doke?" "Yes; it was whispered about that " the king was in his debt--some word J-/;* «f honor, and dare not refuse. The " Jword of mercy came Just in time, ori J " jdering Jeffries to commute your sentence. At first he swore he'd hang you, king or no king, but his nerve failed. My uncle said he roared like a bull. This Bpcclongh; la he not your friend?" ' I hesitated for an instant of lndeci- /xii,? sion, looking' into her face, bat the truth would not be denied. ."*• "Scarcely that," I said soberly. "Nor ^vw£*:.can I solve entirely his purpose. He la my brother, and I am the next in line. We are not even on speaking terms; yet he is childless, and may feel some measure of dislike to have the family end in a hangman's knot I can think of no other reason for hi* Interference. I knew nothing of hit actlom" "I am glad it became any privilege to tell you. Besides, Captain Carlyle." Blmplj>, "it may also help you to understand my interest. If you are of the Carlyles of Bucclough, how happened it that you went to sea?" "Largely necessity, and to some extent no doubt sheer love of adventure. I was a younger son, with very little Income. There were then two lives between me and the estate, and the old duke, my father, treated me like a servant. I always loved the aea, and at fourteen--to get out of his eight, I think largely--was apprenticed to the navy, but lost my grade in the service by a mere' boyish prank. His Influence then would have saved me, but he refused to even, read my letter of explanation. I dared not return home in such disgrace, and consequently drifted into the merchant service. It is a story quickly told." "Yet not so quickly lived." "No, it meant many hard years, on all the oceans of the world. This is the first message reaching me from the old home." "I have seen that home,"11 she said quietly, "and shall never forget the Impression it made , on me. A beautiful place. I was there on a coaching party, the first summer I was In England. I was a mere girl then, and everything seemed wonderful. I have been away from Maryland now for three years. Nothing else would satisfy father. Maryland is only a colony, yea know." "Your home is at Saint Mary's?" "Lower down the Potomac. Have ftm ever been there?" "Twice; once as mate, and the last time as master of a ship. My latest ; voyage in these waters was made pearly two years ago." ' "It is not so strange then, Is it, that I should have felt interested in you.?" •he asked suddenly, as though Justlfy- 'Wben Urcle Roger flrst over me my own fingers closed tightly about her hands. "I owe this to you; I am sure I must owe this to you--tell me?" Her eyes- dropped, and in the dim light I could mark the heaving of her bosom as she caught her breath. "Only--only the suggestion," sh§ managed to say in a whisper. "He-- he was glad of that. You see I--I knew he needed someone to take charge of his sloop, and--and so I brought you to his mind. So please don't thank me." I shall never cease to thank you," I returned warmly, conscious suddenly that I was holding her hands, and as Instantly releasing them. "It will save me the degradation which I dreaded most of all--the tolling in the fields beside negro slaves, and the sting of the lash. Ay, it means even more--" I hesitated. Instantly realizing that I must not utter those Impetuous words leaping to my lips. "More I" she exclaimed. "What taore?" "This," I went on, my thought shifting into a new channel. "A longer servitude. Up to this moment my one dream has been fo escape, but I must insisteat, alaMR '«* 'Nt mand. abd she healtatad no long* ta meeting the challenge. "Your pardon, I am sure--Lieutenant Sanchez, >thls gentleman la Gaptain Geoffry Carlyle." He stood there stiff and straight against the background of light, one hand in affected carelessness caressing the end of a waxed mustache. Ens face was in shadow, yet I was quite aware of the flash of his eyes. "Ah, indeed--some passenger I have not chanced to observe before?" "A prisoner," she returned distinctly. "You may perhaps remember my uncle pointed him out to us when he flrst came aboard." "And you have been out h^se alone, talking with the fellow?** 1 "Certainly--rwhy not?" "Why the man is a felon, convteted of Crime, sentenced to deportation " "It Is not necessary that we discuss this, sir," she Interposed, rather proudly, "as my personal conduct Is not a matter for your criticism. I shall retire now. No, thank you, you need not come." He stopped still, staring 1>lankiy after her as she vanished; then wheeled about to vent his anger on me. "Carlyle, hey P ho exclaimed sneeringly. "A familiar sound that name in my ears. One of the brood out of. Bucclough?" "A cadet of that line," I managed to admit,, fponderingly* "To* know of them?" "Quite as much as I care to;" his tone ugly and insulting. Then an Idea suddenly occurred to his mind. "Saint Guise, but that would even up the score nicely. You are, as I understand it, sent to Virginia for sale?" "Yes." "For how long a term?" "The sentence was twenty years." "Hela! and you go to the highest bidder. Til do it, fellow I To actually own a Carlyle of Bucclough will be a sweet revenge. "Twill count for more than were I to twsak the duke's nose." "A very noble plan for revenge" I admitted. "And one which I am not likely to forget. Unfortunately you come too late. It happens, senor, that I am already safely indentured to Roger Fairfax." I turned away, but he called angrily after me: "Do not feel so sure of that Cariyle! I am In the game yet." fM:' CHAPTER IV. Black Sanchez, "Pirate. I rested In my berth for a long time, staling blankly up at the dark deck above, unable to sleep, and endeavoring to figure out the true meaning of all these occurrences. I felt that I could understand the Interest exhibited by Dorothy Fairfax, and, greatly as I already admired her, I was not egotist enough to even Imagine that her effort to serve me had basis in any personal attraction. But what about Lieutenant Sanchez? Why was this unknown Spaniard already so openly my enemy? Could It be because of Dorothy Fairfax? I felt finally that I had the clue--Jealousy, the mad, unreasoning Jealousy of his race. I had no false conception as to this; no vagrant thought that her Interest in me was any more than a passing fancy, born of sympathy and a desire to aid. Nevertheless, as she had thus already served me, I now owed her service In return, and here was the flrst call. If conditions made It poa» sible It was my plain duty to place myself between these two. What mystery is back of the Namur of Rotterdam, the strange ship which the Fairfax party encounters as it sails 'up the bay? 8anchez shows little interest, but Fairfax and Carlyle are worried. What can the strange craft ha doing in thla spot? (TO BE CONTINUED.) RICH LAND YIELDS LITTLE Mosquito Coast Might Be Made One of the Most Productive Reglona of the Earth. Utilities Measure May Cause a *-:§|trikew to House, Fron», Present Outlook, i/w T "I Have Seen That Home." u* 't *&>?.: give that up now. You have placed me under obligations to serve. Between us this has become a debt of honor." "But wait," she said earnestly, "for I had even thought of that. I was sure you would feel that way--any gentleman would. Still there Is a way out You were sentenced aa an indentured servant. I saw the entry myself. it read: 'Geoffry Carlyle, Master Mariner, Indentured to the Colonies for the term of twenty years, unless sooner released; crtnie, high treason.' Any Indentured man, under our Maryland laws, can buy his freedom, after 'serving a certain proportion of his sentence. Did you not know that?" I did know It, yet somehow had never connected the fact before directly with my own case. God I what a relief; I stood up straight once more In the stature of a man. I hard ly know what wild words I might have spoken bad the opportunity been mine; but at that instant the figure of a man crossed the deck toward us, emerging from the open cabin door. Against the gleam of yellow light I recognized the trim form advancing, and as Instantly stepped back into shadow. My quick movement caused her to turn and face him. "What!" he exclaimed, and evidently surprised at his discovery. "It is Indeed Mistress Dorothy--out here alone? Twas my thought you were safely In yoar cabin long since. But-- prithee--I mistake; you are not alone." "I was preparing to go In," she answered, Ignoring his latter words. "The night already looks stormy." "But your friend?" The tone In whld|Jbi «poka was If Columbus could return today to the Mosquito coast which he once discovered he would find it only slightly changed after four centuries. Columbus was so favorably impressed by his visit to Nicaragua that he attempt* ed to establish a settlement on the Mosquito coast. His project fell through, not, as might be supposed, by reason of the name of the region, for that name was not given It by Columbus, but Is a corruption of the name of the Indian tribe that Inhabits the strip of land. Mosquito coast has disappointed other promoters of colonies also, and refuses to be turned into a bustling, commonplace trade center. It has made d few concessions In the way of small towns which seem composed of accidental collections of huts. Elsewhere Its rivers swefep down from the protecting mountain ranges at the back and flow at will throughout the level lowland of the coast strip. As they near the shore they break Into wide lagoons, marsh bound and desolate. The country Is like the Nile valley in fertility of soil and flooded plains, but unlike that Intensively cultivated district In productiveness. There Is much casual f rming on the dry land of the coast, and the results arouse Vonder as to what might be done by a middle-western famer with, an inexhaustible fund of energy and resource* fulness*--"Niksah" to Chleago Pally News. ONE WAY TO CHECK THE ROW Bill About Which All the Dissord'ta ' Cantered Must Be Reported HfV Committee--Claim Enough Votes Certain. ».• Springfield.--A "strike" Is promised as the feature of this week's session of the Illinois legislature. Representative Snell, Democratic house member from Macoupin county, made this prediction as the lower branch adjourned last week. The nearest to an agreement that can stop the deadlock threatened Is an arrangement whereby the subcommittee of the house committee on public utilities will meet early In the week to pass up8n the pending home rule utilities bill. This bill, if enacted in the form desired by some of the downstate communities, would permit city and village boards downstate to have the final word on franchises and permits ns to public utilities operating within their boundaries. Unless there Is a radical change in the plans of the anticipated "strikers" there will be nothing involved in the proposed holdup that affects Chicago directly. An agreement had been reached, as stated by Representative SnelJ, In charge of the proposed filibuster, whereby the subcommittee of the public utilities committee of the house was to meet at the opening of this week's session. The house and senate adjourned under Joint resolution due to the reception on Monday in Chicago of Colonel Sanborn's regiment and other Illinois units. If the home rule bill emerges from the public utilities committee it is probable that the row will be disposed of. Should the committee report out the home hule bill with the recommendation that it do not pass, Representative Snell and his allies. Republican and Democratic, will be forced, under the rules, to produce 77 votes to recall the home rule bill from committee and to place It upon the calendar. ' The claim has been made that more than the required 77 votes can be developed In behalf of the home rulfe bill. Much business was transacted by the house last week. The second reading calendar was cleared-of the byis that are marked up for enactment by the legislative session that will adjourn two weeks hence. One Important bill, advanced on the second reading calendar, was that appropriating $20,000,000 for the Illinois waterway. The surface Indications are that the $60,000,000 roads appropriations will conform eventually to a program of the state roads department, meaning eventually that the Shurtleff amendments to the $60,000, 000 bill and to the federal aid roads bill will not develop as legislative en actments. The following bills were passed in the house: H. B. 622, Holaday--Amending the law In relation to conspiracy by making violations of the act punishable by a fine of from $100 to $5,000 or imprisonment of a year in the penitentiary or two years in the county Jail. H. B. 623, Holnday-?-MakIng the penalty for abandoning a child a fine of from $300 to $1,000 or Imprisonment from one to three years or both. H. B. 115, Hicks--Authorizes school districts to issue twenty-year .bonds to take up anticipatory warants. S. B. 227, Kesslnger--Provides that any girl under eighteen years of age convicted In the federal court may be sent to the St. Charles Home for Boys. S. B. 282, Lantse--Increases the pay commissioners of the highways from $4 to $6 a day, and limits tax levies for road and bridge purposes to The rate Is now 61 cents. . H. B. 607, committee on thSrJudl clary--Making the penalty for carry lng deadly weapon^ a fine of from $25 to $1,000 or Imprisonment of six months, or both, failed topass, It received only 61 votes. Jtsijjtoves Vocational Approval of many vocational edwfiSc tlon courses in Illinois was made ro* cently at the first session of the sjlata board for vocational education since the enabling act of March. 6 was passed. These approvals take in 64 cities and include agriculture, industrial and home economics courses. Tlie.se courses are in 41 counties well distributed over the state. It was estimated that at least $30,- 000 would be given to the state boArd for distribution among ten cities this year for industrial schools and classes. : Vocational courses now in operation : and approved by the board Include agricultural courses in the following 38 cities: ® Anna, . Jonesboro, ' Areola, * Armstrong, Atwood, Belleville, Bradford, Bridgeport, Carthage, Casey, Centra* lia, ChrLsman, DeKalb, East Lynn, Galesburg, Gurnee, Jerseyvllle, La Salle, Leland, McNabb, Metamora, Milford, Momence, Montlcello, Mt. Carroil, Murphysboro, Newman, Oakwood, Oblong, Palestine, Paris, Roanoke, Robinson, Shelbyville, Sparta, Spring Valley, Taylorville, Toulon and Wellington. • Industrial courses were approved III the following eight cities: Alton, Galesburg, Joliet, Mollne, Peoria, Rockford, Rock Island and Springfield. Home economics courses were ap-~ proved In the following lS cities: West Aurora, Batavia, Belleville. Chicago, Cicero, Ea-st St. Louis, Galesburg, Geneseo, Highland Park, Jerseyvllle, Leland, Lincoln, Mendota, Murphysboro, Normal, Shelbyville, Sparta and Wellington. The following 41 counties are represented by courses approved by the state board thus far in agriculture, home economics and trades and Indus* tries: < t , Adams, bureau, Carroll, Christian, Clark, Cook, Crawford, DeKalb, Douglas, Edgar, Hancock, Henry, Iroquol^, Jackson, Jersey, Kane, Kankakeo, Knox, Lake, La Salle, Lawrence, Logan, McLean, Madison, Marion, Massac, Montgomery, Peoria, Piatt, Put-- nam, Randolph, Rock Island, St. Clair, Sangamon, Shelby, Stark, Union, Vermillion, Will, Wlnebago and Wood* ford. . Fifty-seven evening trade extension Classes In five cities for persons engaged In daytime In skilled trades. Part-time trade extension classes In three cities who give a part of their working time to school attendance. Part-time commercial schools in two cities for persons at work In offices who give a part of their working tiuie to school attendance. Part-time classes in salesmanship in two cities for girls at work In department stores who give a part of their working time to school attendance. Part-time general continuation schools in three cities for boys and girls fourteen to sixteen years of age who are at work on work permits and give a part of their working time to school attendance. Full-time or all-day trade schools in four cities preparing pupils to enter upon work in skilled trades. For agricultural school and classes, approximately $30,000 will be given by the state board for reimbursement to about forty-two cities this year. For home economics schools and classes approximately $12,300 win be given by the state board for reimbursement to 18 cities. of $1. Qreedy for Wasps. The common green frog has beta dis* covered to possess an insatiable greed for wasps. This extraordinary appetite does not seem to be in the least checked by an occasional sting. The protecting color of the frog, which sits motionless upon leaves, no doubt deludes the most wary of insects Into sense of LodlwBIa- Oovrler- Journal. In 1917 the production of coal In tha United States Is estimated to bava IBlMU- - tafi ta aagnoannft •^Hgipitr . 8till Hope for Eight-Hour Day. Women of the state are depending upon Governor Lowden to help them win their fight for an eight-hour day and with his aid they are expecting the house to force the senate to recede from the position It took on the bill two weeks ago. Miss Agnes Nestor of the Woman's Trade Union league, persistent worker for the eight-hour day said she believed the house will restore the eight-hour provision to the bill and put back the section applying to department stores and other mercantile establishments. The senate made It a nine-hour bill and took out the stores. eef . f , & fkri A cream sauce pRureif der, uniformly wafer-like slice* of Libby's Dried Beef makes • delightful luncheon at little cost. Ask your grocer today for Libbjr* • Dried Beef. tibby, M?Neffl * L&by • Chicago Horn of Plenhr OffersfctiHem " La*tgi Western yesnhttheL the world--the asme __ __ „ biHty of production upon her. Whfle Mtfh price* for Grain, Cattle and Sheep are sure to remain, price of land ia much below ita value. Land capabla sf ytoMbig 20to48 bush •Is of wheat to tha acra can ba had on •aay tsnna at from $18 to $SO par aero--good grazing land at much laaa. Many farma paid for from a alnale yeer*i crop. Rabins cattle, sheep and hogs brings equalaucceaa. The Government •ncooraaM farming and stock raialnfl. Railway and Land Companies offer unuaual lndacemtnU to Hom Shaken. Farrna may De atocked by k>ans-at moderate interest. Western Canada offers low taxation, good markets and ship, ping; free schools, chinches and healthful rilmate. a For pattiMlafB ss to Mdoesd railway tstas, lwrtl«iothBd,a» tratad Iterators. «t«.. apply to Sopt. ai lunfc., Ottawa, Cao^ or C J. InaritM, Raw 4B, IIS W. Alias Slnst dkassjl.; iw g. V. lhrlswM. tit Mknm Aw--. Dtw*. jBck Canadian Government Afents Ominous Intimation. : "When I marry I will treat my wife with consideration, but I expect to be master In Jiy own house." "Of course, you do. We all begin Ufa with great expectations." Best for Baby Soap Be.. Ointment SI 50o..T»l«n» ah. Bsmpla Important to Mothora nu malMd frae br Ontloara, Dept. BTBostoa." Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORLA, that famous old remedy nilCV CI V If 111 f o r I n f a n t s a n d c h i l d r e n , a n d s e e t h a t i t ; U. of I. Commencement Program. Invitations were sent out from Champaign announce that the annual commencement exercises of the University of Illinois will open at 9:30 o'clock on Friday morning, June 20, and close the following Monday morning. . Class day exercises on the campus, a military band concert, the annual meeting of the Phi Bcfta Kappa society, meetings of the alumni council and executive committee, alumni class dinners and a band promenade concert In the gymnaslm annex will fill the flrst day's program. Alumni reunions, meetings and dinner's and the president's reception will be held Saturday, June 21. The baccalaureate address will be delivered in the Auditorium on Sunday, June 22, at four o'clock in the afternoon. Diplomas will be presented the following morning at ten o'clock. Bears the Signature of, In Use for Over 80 Tears. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria That Useful Guardhouse. "Them gua'd houses at the t&inln* camps is- shuah doin' a gran' work, Jes' like the Red Cross," observed Cindy, the colored laundress. "They saved mah boy Puke's life." • How Is that, Cindy?" queried her employer. "I dunno how they depe it. Only he wrote me a postal card sayln' if he hadn't got ten days in one of 'em he'd a' been a corp." Illinois Banks 9how Big Gain. An Increase of $63,000,000 in deposits and an Increase of $71,310,833.85 In the resources of the banks of Illinois Is shown In the bank statement Issued by State Auditor Andrew Russell. The Increases are shown In the statement of May 12, as compared with March 4, when the next previous report was received. On March 4 there wfere 869 banks In operation In the state and a total of 803 on May 12. The total surplus, contingent fund and undi\ided profits Is $101,484,013.18, an Increase of $5.- 058,604.03 The report also shows an increase of $00,767,685.91. Other^ Increases are: Loans and discounts, $56,182,943.72; United States bonds, $5,861,070 3D; cash, $11,758,382.09. Bill for Uniform Textbooks. A commission composed of the state superintendent of public Instruction and the presidents of the state normal schools to install a system of uniform textboks In Illinois Is provided for In the Perkins bill passed by the house unanimously. Changes shall not be made In more than two books In any one year. It was brought out In the discussion of the measure that Indiana under its uniform textbook law gets books for Its schoolchildren from 60 to 80 per cent cheaper than the price the books are sold in Illinois. Indorses Tax Commission Plan. "The Illinois state and local taxes amount to more than $150,000,000 annually. Thfe best machinery possible should be put Into operation for the Just and equitable distribution of this burden," says a statement from the City club's committee cm revenues and expenditures. Indorsing the bills now pending In the legislature for abolition of the state board of equalisation and the substitution of a tax commission of three members, and received from Chicago by legislators the 1 past woek. Awards Last of Road Contraeta. The division of highways has awsra> ed contracts for three stretches of federal aid road between Chicago and St. Louis via Peoria and Springfield, to a Chicago company at Its combination bid of $218,792.08. Th?se three sections are north of Peoria, between that city and the Peoria-Marshall county line and are the last of the contracts to be awarded for which bids were received May 21. The Individual bids of the company are: Section B, $71,292 section Ci, $67,051, and section |I, $80l- 441. Urge Lowden to Veto Seizure Bill . The United Societies for Local Self- Oovernment of Chicago appealed to Governor Lowden to veto the search and seizure bill. John Koelllng presl dent; A. D. Wtelner, chairman of the political action committee, and Anton J. Cermak, secretary, warn the gover nor that "there is such'a thing as going too far." They appeal to him In the interests of "personal liberty" and also of "peace," and set forth that they will ever remember him gratefully If their prayer is Kranted. , . • V ' ; Why the Changed Phrase. , Bon ita had been taught to say, "Excuse me, please," on leaving the table before others. One day she astonished mamma by remarking, "Please half excuse me." . "Why, what do yo\i mean 1" asked her mother. "I'm only half through eating, of course," mapped Bonlta indignantly; "I'm coming back!" * Knocking the Judge. • discouraged counsellor remarked to the court, "My poor client is little likely to get justice done her until tfce Judgment day." Well, counsellor," said the judge, "if i have an opportunity I'll plead for the poor woman myself on that day. Your honor," replied the other, "will have troubles of your own upon that day." The undoing of the work that Satan finds for idle hands to do furnishes employment for other people. Truth Is mighty, but. fortunately, a lot of it can be suppressed. ALL fins. H« til--n.ocnifn ntgl.cow- MtsI, esa*t spin • tipo*«r: will not.ssS or bijara aavthiogk • OMnatssd atfcethC prepaid. rTST BlUk Ass, Brooklyn. N. £ Good Advice. "I am to make my first public speech tomorrow night. What would you advise me to do?" asked tha young man of an old-time after-dlnn<^ speaker. - "Are . you fond of Tnnr "tffl f1** children?" asked the old-tlnier.v "Yes, very." ' v "Like your home?" "Very much." "Do you enjoy having an occasional evening at home with jrottr wife and kiddies?" . "I certainly do." "Well then take my advice. Makethat speech of your's tomorrow as bad as you possibly can. Make it so bad that they'll never ask you to speak in public again, and live In peace and contentment the remainder of your life." A Liberal Helping. The Wyn-Jenkins were giving a lit4 tie dinner party. Pa Wyn-Jenklns waa carving a fowl. It was older than It looked, and, the knife refusing to do its bit, the bird shot into the silken lap of the principal guest. Mrs. Wyn-Jenklns went pale, but her husband hever lost his sang-froid. "I believe," he said to the guest, recapturing the bird, "that I've helped you to too much. Allow me to take back a little." Speaking by the Card. "The bride looked like a queen." "Yes, and the bridegroom looked like the deuce."--Boston Transcript Why Complain of Poor Coffee Or The High Price of Coffee when you can have a superior beverage of rich flavor and V V health value by drinking the POSTUM It's an American drink whose high quality never varies. Its price doesn't change and It's economical. -- : TWo sins, stsally sold St19c sad 25c. Everywhere at • iVh '£m