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“Below tWet [OILS '0 the In INGELOw hat i us ay ,‘Q “80 “LG H ml D" (suld H I. flat at. ac. 501 Q.‘ larly. footed But But, who can understand such disâ€" eases? After years, or even decades. it is liable to break out again; just as hydrophub'm, may appear after nine days, nine weeks, or nine years. so this disease is hard to get rid of. 13WULNBMBLB. )l I know this by my uwn experience My Paul and l were both} assigned to the same battalion, and often guard- Bd the lead mines. and when, in the told. or [D the furious snowswnns. the others complained how chilled the) were. we whispered to each other; “ What can ’u be that burns so in om hearts: of course that was a long tune ago, and I feel nu return 06 the malady it was very hard [or the country to have a regiment infected by so dun- Ierous an ailment. Wherever we went we could not remain in a village o: )r city. but. were obliged to encauu' .n the open fields beyond them. There ourrtcmles were placed around our Pump. which no stranger was illlOWct: .0 pass. We weie never permitted 1c write to our relatives or to receive let- ters from them. All our non-commis- aionetl officere were assigned to us from other regiments, and they were compelled to report taitnfully every morning and evening our conduct, words and looks to their Captains, the Captain to the Colonel, and th: Colonel to the Governor, who sent them directly to St. Potersburg; Where they were read aloud. If I swore and my l’aul sighed, they read- in Si Ponerahurgz ”Peter swears, Paul Sigir ed' \‘\' men it began to appear in the coun- fy 1t spre'ul through all the pro- xrws an less than a month. for it :vs mure swiftly than any other peS- lt'll -.-, and had not the wise. rulers of gnuntry taken it in time. it would u -- swept the whole empire away. But my uppoeml it with power and wis- .m \Vlmever “as too much affected x “no (llSt‘iL‘ie was cured by firm and w‘. others Ln whom the malady was ‘.\~ deeply seated were placed behind r l walls that they might. not infest Izo‘ln and those in whom the sickness; 2" :10! yet broken out, but â€"Nlhili8nl u ":6 disease I meanâ€"merely showâ€" .l nmptoms of it, were formed into :wml regiments and sent to Oran. . Astruvlmn. even to the icy coasts l .\h‘., and to cold Kamschatka. Afâ€" H‘ the) were transferred to these tlu regiuns their pulses were felt J see if they yet thrubbed reguâ€" B111 '11 is tune to speak of 111) Paul He belonged to highly respected pa~ rents. 111:1 father was Patriarcn,un11 1r.» muthe1 1133 the daughtex of . Greek 11131101), who possessed all sorts o; Bern-1:1 l11dden from other mortals She knew how to cure “About medi- omen to predict [air or foul 11'1eat1er .0 destroy baunlul crmtures, and .51. JD \111en 1111.11 son Paul 11113 hornâ€"- one never had an) othexâ€"she took the 111m; winch 13 left 111 the sacrament cup and washed the chud's whole body w1111 1t. [1113 made 1t impossible {01 any huaule weapon to wound Paul. He 11111.1 always first 1n the battles and nkummhu and never received a sermon. But you ell know bun; 1111)“ 311011111 1 say 1110 “e? After we had eerved a long time tugetuer in the exiled regiment, news came one day that the Oran Regiment â€"-thut was our nameâ€"must prepare to march. We were to move eonthwerd from the far north; and it was doubly hot there from the re e 00 the one and from the oennon. at was being waged ageinet the heethen Turks. We rejmoed in the prospect of lighting; it wee fer better then the cold. erhepe the deetiny of my e men might chence there to hll edvew tuneâ€"end it dd. LIN y. it time a pestilence was rag- :x.roughout the vest kingdom of { xir. more destructive than chol- more contagious than typhus feV- ,m fortunately easier to cure,much »-r We, too, were attacked by the we, too, were easily, very eas- ured of it. The sickness begins rt strange condition of the mind; muni si-elus heated and the breath- n'i'umc‘s Oppi'essed; everything ap- s m a. different light; one is dis- med with the existing order of .45, bugs for impossibilities, and nngiilu notions. Just think 01 .;u iibtfikfi'u consisted in being dis- '~z.'~¢i With the course of affairs 0 Holy Russian Empire, and i m: all men to be equal, the mas- m imttci‘ than his servant. Heuâ€" m-otect us from such a mul- o.‘ 3 Ram of Battle: Told by an Old Rus‘ian Lodior, en uh M month- olmod balm '- imd the Russian army poe- .. Brave aman, and it will .lw his like again. .Long will xxused ere another comes who .iw his name‘ forgotten. Sure- rm think of it. We were ‘both “lien Muraviof’s attack was But, hush! I‘ve said u‘ was. You need not know. (but. he lived, died. and was BYLIE cit In must 1' xmjuro his image before my ware. Let. me recall him as men a child rolling in the me; as he looked when a. glfufed in hi8 band and the forward!" was given. and Lft‘d when he grow old with at". me far behind him. It General and I. a private the. cure was reached the south. Once we halted on the top of a hill from which we could see a. great river. We were told that it was the Danube. We exulted,with- out knowing why. On the shore of the Danube was r). fortress, with massive walls and huge red towers. whence rows of autumn looked peacefully down at us Dear. beloved can- non. Here, oppus'ue the citidal, we stop pea, and a. stttely, aristocratic man rode in front of us, doubtless a. per sonage of exalted rank, for he had three stars on his breast- Pausing before us, he surveyed our ranks. It was a great, honor to have him inspect us, but. the speech he addressed to us was a still great- er one. “Children!" Yes, he called us despised, forsaken orplrans,_ ‘.‘_c_hlldren." n I “My Children: The mighty Czar he- stows his favor upon you. The path to return is now open to those! who have strayed into the ways of error. You whose names might notAbe apok- e‘n‘,â€"whosé_n'1_em9ry was consigned_ to oblivionâ€"you wxll receive back name and fauna upon the field of glory‘ and l renember every word of his speech as if Lheard it this very moment. honor.” “Do you see those walls? They are the first gates through which to en- ter the domain of the enemy oft the Czar. The Czar grants to you the first lanrels of fame. You will be the first to march against those ram- parts. and toâ€"morrow your names will be recorded as glorious heroes; the first lady in the land . will fasten the consecrated Image upon___ your banner. .Long live the Char We joined in the cheer with inde- scribable delight. . Then, to the sound of inspiring musw, we were marched, in the Pres' ence of all the regiments, to a. ' Open space, where an altar was erect- egl,’ at which the Bishop of Moscow oifwiated, gave us his blessing, and administered the szwrament of com- niunmn with his own hands. â€"~.-;-- vv ."t'u I...” 5.1-.- 7 Then the picture of the Archangel George was fastened upon our ban- ner and twelve standard bearers were *jhwen from our number, that if one “’f“_ the other might raise the flag aloft Then all the strange officers. from mrporals to Captains were summoned from our rengenL and replaced by our own men; in this way some of our comrades suddenly became offi- cers. My Paul was made Major, because he was thoroughly educated, and 198- :quTd to a good family. I remaln- ed a. private, because I can neither mad nor command, I can only obey. II 11‘,â€" In a. close column we marched t9- ward the wall of the fortress, amid deep, ominous silence. Not one Of us would have wished to remain bo- hind; all resolutely pressed forward. The cannon looked gloomily down from {he ramparts, as if amazed and uncer- min what to say to us. LL- Then the order came: ward!" __ w- We had reached a point where the walls formed two projecting angles. ind were wondering that no shot had. yet been fired. Now a. rocket hissed. :rorn one of the red towers, and at the; szune instant cannon thundered on thei right, the left, and in front of us. and.‘. like a. whirlwind sweeping over neat-L ly arranged hayslacks, shells and grape 1 shot beat upon us from three sides at; once. At the first discharge atwen-g {y-four-pound ball felled my comrades, In the rank in front of me to the“ ground, and buried me under their' \orpses. I could not move. A frag-j ment of shell had torn my shoul-‘~ «ler. l carry the soar to this day.‘ Fori that reason I witnessed the spec- iac e. One shot followed another, the balls from the cannon directed upon us from all directions at first raised a dense. cloud of dust over the whole battlefield, amid which I could see nothing but our banner. Twelve times it fell, but twelve times it was raised itgain. When it floated aloft for the thirteenth time, the fire of the hostile wannon seemed to be turned exclusive- ly upon it; the missiles rent) it to tat- iers, but it did not fall Gradually the cloud of dust dispers- ell, the blood-soaked earth sent up no more, the cannon were silent, and, as I looked around me, 1 saw the Whole Oran Regiment lying upon the battle- field in exactly the same order in which it had marched. lt was like ,an uproot- ed forest, where one trunk lay on the right, the nth on the left, but no two far apart. Here and there a dying man was still writhing, but most had been killed so quickly that they no longer moved. Arms and heads which had been torn from the dead bodies lay scattered around me. The banner was still standing in the midst of the battle array, and among le standard bearers who had fallen LLL his right and left sat a hero hold- ing it in his hand. The dust. and blood with which the halls had covered him almost conceal- ed his face, nevertheless, l recogniz- ed him. He was my l’uul,holding the {lag there alone in the midst of the (ledvd. As I could not drag myself to him 1 shouted: - "13 it you, Paul; my dear Paul?" Paul looked back, and when he saw me he waved the banner, shout- ing:_ A. _‘ "Wâ€"v '-vâ€"â€" "Paul, dearest final, are you wound- ed?” I asked. “1 belLeve so." he replied. “A grape shot tore off both my feet, and now I am standing with my knees in the uapd, just. as 1 £911.” --0 L‘, A.- L‘j â€":.Long live the Czar!" . At the same moment two balls whtz- ..ed over his head; he did not, even wouchsafe them a glance. uwuu, JWV wâ€" â€" v'vâ€"v 1 was surprised. His mother had bathed him in the consecrated wins so Lhat no hostile bullet should harm him. But he boldly wnvod his banner. I look- ed back to see whether the rest at the troops were hastening to our relief and perceived that. tho regiments had all boson roosllod and no one’ was Ip- pro-ohms us. Of course this was all right; a rivsto loldier must nova: criticize t s not. of his unper- Our oanmbndora sounded tho recall, but. 9b Turk: duod not luv tho'u' buts-I. but mhon the] w sol sit- tlngon thp cro' dwith Manor he botanic. ut' :- 12h. wqtoa tarot. Int than to .3. nan-u to [H the balls ' For- the whistling and buzzing of the bul- lets, telling me whence each one. came and where it would go. Que struck the staff, another pierced his hat, a third tore his overcoat, and remained in his pocket. Paul took it out and showed it to me. off ”Do you see that the bullets cannot harm you I" L said to tum. “I can't upfigrstand how your teet were torn 1n the evening, when the fog and darkness begun to gather, the sharp- shooters on the wall stopped, and we remained alone. Even in Siberia the nights are not so long as that one. The stars moved through the sky at a snail's pace. At first the new moon was visible, then it disappeared. We had expected to be carried to the camp when darkness closed in, but no one came. Doubtless. they had more important things to do. I lay there a long. 10118 time, half awake, half asleep, tortured by thou- sands of horrible visions, until the hor- izon gradually began to grow lighter, and morning dawned. . .. They were buried. We were the only ones who gave any Sign of life.‘ ‘1 did not tell the surgeon that I was I wounded, or he would have had my arm amyutated at once; 1 pretended that it was only the weight of the; corpses which had kept me prostrate, and as {soon as they were removed I rushed | to Paul. With the utmost caution we 'took him ’by the arms and lifted him from the earth, and behold! neither iof his feet was injured; they were as mine or any one of ‘the others’. Yet ; he had told me himself that a bullet éhad carried them away. The surgeon explain-ed this by saying that the ball had undoulbtedly passed close beneath his feet and excavated the earth under Ethem, so that he supposed his 'l’eet were torn away because he had sunk into the pit so suddenly imade and could not discover his mis- Itake w--â€"â€" â€"‘â€"â€"V My Paul 'cx’vaa still sitting among the corpses, and when he saw that I could no longer raise my self, hd turned to- ward me, saying: ’ . ” The enemy has put out a white H flag. The Turks granted our people an armistice to bury their dead. The bear- ers appeared with their biers, accom- panied by several officers and a surgeon, whom the soldiers dread- ed more than the hostile cannon. He inspected the bodies in turn and said: “"his man is dead; this one is dead, The incident created the greatest as- tonishment. The soldiers carried my Paul on their shoulders back to the camp with the standard he had. saved, and the officers examined in amaze- ment his clothing, which was riddled with holes, while there was not even a scratch on hishody. - (‘1 tw-avoa v-- â€"'â€" The great (}éhg}al reported to St. Petersburg that the Oran regiment had done its duty. Paul was made a Colonel, and after- ward be pressed steadily on in the pathway of fame and the favor of the Czar. No matter how high he. rose he never forgot me, but always managed to have me ordered wherever he went. Whenever he rode along the front he always spoke to me. \Vhen 1 was among the sentinele he often came to me, drank from my canteen. and kept me supplied with money. Every one knew by this time that. he was invul- nerable and that no hostile weapon could harm him. He moves through the bloodiest battle, just as a man with leather gloves thrusts his hand Lnto a beehive. All good soldiers loved and honored him; only cowards and traitors bore him a grudge- To them he could he inexorable, and he never forgave anyone a. neglect of duty -â€"not even me. â€"â€" __v_ Once. I lost the. bayonet from my 3‘31" and he ordered fifty lashes to be SW81! me. But 1 deserved the pun- Ishment. When he was sent, to SebastOPOl. Where visions of fame allured every 591m”. the enemy quickly discovered h‘s.[’1‘e89110e. for {he intrenchments which he defended could not be ap- Droaehed by the foe, but were con- stantly pushed forward toward them. He always led the attacking parties h”1139M; he directed the work of con- structing the foretifications, carlng n0 IfIllpl‘e for bullets than I do for 188. â€"‘-vw' .Smnetimes he left his bed at mid- Dlight to inspeat the cannon. During one of these rounds he found a young marine sleeping beside a, mortar “1' trusted to his care. Paul fUI‘IOUSly seized his pistol and shouted to the man to rise. He started up and. lus face blanched with terror at the Sight of the dreaded commander. ‘fYou have been asleep at your post!" send the General. ”I haven’t slept for four nights,” stammered the y,"outh “and 1 could not keep my eyes open." A ‘I ___.. This wretched excuse enraged my Paul, and be dealt the fellow such .a blow in the face with the butt of: lns Pistol that he knocked out one of his eyes “'lhere, you scoundl‘e“ Now your eye_s w 0th shut again!’ D I. , __‘ Then he did not, vouchsafe him an- other glance, or he would have seen that the youth staggered to an old sea- man, who caught him in his arms and wiped the blood from his face with his handkerchief. It was the young marine’s father. One night the enemy opened a. treâ€" mendous fire upon the Kornilofi re- doubt. [ was at my post. covered by my gabion, which was already halt shattered by the halls. Hanstonee do not {all so thickly as the projectiles sent by the foe. Every moment three or four shells exploded near me, and my comrades fell like flies. A shriek and another man died. In the midst of this terrific fire '1 saw the General walking over the bastio . ‘--- -A-.. Lâ€" ‘LA 9’ V' - 'I. V'V. ”V ‘vwâ€"-â€" . When his plumes were seen by the 1181": of the rockets, hundreds of bul- lets whizzed past him at the same mo- ment. But he moved on smiling. Just as he passed me a hissing rocket shot y no. . "Take care, General.” I shouted. . " You here. Peter?" he ”Kl. turn- lqg, and Monod me to follow him. He led the way to ls corner of the bastion. where all but two of the cennon in 9. battery bed been silenc- u “Then more must be had." said Paul. and sent me at once to the buttom of the walls. whence, by means 01' ropes and pulleys, new cannon could be brought through the covered passages in five minutes. ‘6' ‘hey must be placed in position," cried Paul, and twenty men sprang for- ward to push them to the loopholes. Before one could count ten. not a man remained alive. Twenty others leaped into their places; the guns moved lor- ward. The enemy poured a shower of grape-shot upon them. The gablons were adjusted, sacks were heaped upon the breastwork. Of the second twenty only four men returnedâ€"but the can- nonflvere in position. “Who is the gunner here?” asked the General. "1,” replied the old marine. “Look carefully in the direction from which you see the enemy tiring,” said fiaul. “Notice the point and aim for l .” The enemy were now firing without light-balls; so we were in such darkness that no one could see any other per- sons movements. “Very well,” replied the man, thrOW- ing himself down beside the cannon to be able to get. a. better sight over the breastwork. “Do you know where you are to shoot?" asked the General. “Yes,” said the gunner. ffflavg you aimed?” “'l'llen fire.” The order was executed. It was not a cannon but a pistol shot. Paul fell back against me as it the earth had opened under his feet, and. clutching my arm. gasped: "Peter, 1 am mortally wounded." "Impossible!” I cried in terror. “Yes,” he answered faintly. “That was no enemy’s bullet, so it struck me.” “Yes," cried the old marine with de- light, “it was my bulletâ€"for my son’s eye. The soldiers threw themselves furi- ously upon the assassin, but ere they could seize him, he had vanished. Leap- ing over the parapet, he was impaled upon the palisades below. He had chos- en the shortest way to hell. _ “v w-v- -v-'- My Paul breathed out his life in my arms. Homile weapons could .not harm him Had he not. fallen by the hand of a Russian assassin, he would be alive now. May God guard every nation from the weapons of its own Uncle SI Ilmekeu ls Very Much Like other "9". Uncle Si Hackett was behind his coun- ter weighing some sugar for Mrs. Skinner's boy Bill when Ezra Rabb dropped in to get a new Whetstone. “I hear this mornin',” said Ezra, “that Pete Hodg'uu died last night over on Willow crick." - “I want to know!” said l‘Uncle 6i “Must of been powerful sudden. Poor Pete. [He had his faults like the rest of us, but there wuz never a better hearted teller lived. And '30 Pete's Q‘Omel That there man never had half the erediti he deserved. I doubt if he .wuzn’t lots better than the folks that used to run him down. He al'ays shed a kimd word for everybody, an’ there never. wuz the day he wouldn't drop him} own work to help a neighbor “ L MD â€"â€" v‘. . Poet Pete!" . Duffie used to drink right smart, duln’t he?" asked Ezra as he reached down into the dried apple barrel. .. . "Why, he took has dram, .sald Uncle Sh, covering the barrel wall a board and laying a subsonl plough on top of it, ”but they wa'nt no better man almgetshner izn. the county than Pete. lie was as {me a man as I ever saw'. As I guild“ he had [us faults, but outside of them he wuz a shpre ’uougah gentleup‘tg and one 0v the high 0 -.:‘-n“nn 1.711 “All '. “t"“e” °'â€"~‘ . . .. unmledest, _(.th~r15tglan Citizens A -4, Ulhllucuvov s- u- _*______ ll Kinder lazy. i ul'ays thought," said Ezra. _ _ Ibiza. "llhnt he “mm." suid Umc-le Si,‘ warmly. “Pete took (things easy". but ef ever wuz a man tried to do his duty, and was good to his family and friends, it wuz Pete. I” don’t mind any man in the whole country we could have any wuss spared.- thrwn Pete Hodgim., and ef t‘her town wuz to do its duty it would call a meetiln' and resolute some about the lose his sdeath will be to the com- munity." “Here comes Jim Hoskins,” said Ezra, “maybe he kin tell us what wuz the metter with Pete. Hello Jim, know what Pete Hodgim died of ?” “It Wa'nt Pete," said Jim. “it were Sam Hodgin, his brother." “It wuz Sam wuz it?" said Uncle Si, taking of! his spectacles and wiping them on a bolt of calico. “Well. now! Think 0v the ways ov the Lord. He's taken offl Sam. the best man for forty miles around, and left that lazy, trifl- in'. drunken, low down. Sheep-stealin' brother Pete of his {or to cumher up i the yearth l" £1145“. "lthat \he wit-1.1m." said ‘ warmly. “Pete took: (mfmgs Here are some maxims for clerks that have been studied out in a long course of business :â€" I UL Ulmlucoa .â€" I Never do toâ€"day what you can {shove off on a fellow-clerk to-morrow. Keep at the back end of the store as much as possible. so that 'the other boys will have to wait on krustomers. Always keep a novel under the counter to catch up when the old man is out. Keep your eye out for eeoft lsmap. Don't do any more work than you are paid to do. Be the last one to come in the the morning and the first to leave at night. _ Don't do a thing outside of your pre- scribed duties. Find fault with your place and $9.1- Show up the weak points of your establishment to the clerks of other ’you hear mind; has. - Weston to leave whenever fault is (and with y LVN” vv -â€" Believe that the world owes you t living. and act on that belief. If the above rules or: strictly fol- lowed you will be out looking for a fib in about thirty (by: from do“. FOR CLERKS TO READ. 9. THE WORLD’S WAY. All A. Inge“... Conn-Inner ‘l‘hnt ID“! 8“ Work "cry Well In Actual It». "I always curried aset of climb- ing itons in my hand ong." said (In retired burglar ‘to go up verandl 908" with. where there wasn't am roiling around to stand on. but I had often felt the need of some contrivance which I could carry and which would enable me to 80 right up the side of 'a hots! to a second-story window in cases where there was no veranda. who“ the cellar windows were covered with Gratings, or where. {or any remn.1 wanted to go in at such a. window. 80 I set about rigging up an apparatus that should be light and strong . cud easily portable. and that I could op- erate myself while I was standing on i it. ‘ “It was of 3 steel frame. construc- tion. the ooa-trivance that [got up. with a little shelf on top to stand on. and it worked telescopically, flip side rods rising in sections, carried up in guides and held by ratchets. [could stand on the top of this thing and by turning a wheel raise myself up, litt- ing a section at a time until it mu all extended. it I wanted to go that high. which was about fourteen feet. [tried it on my own house below I took it out with mo. 1 had a good deal of trouble with it at first and some Pretty bad falls but I got it no ti» nally that it worked all right. and then I started to put it to practical "The first house I tried it on was in the omnntry. a big comfortable- looking house that I might have got into almost anywhere. but i had the elevator along and I thought 1 might as well try it. So I set it down on the ground alongside the house and set- tled it down firmly and got on to it and started, turning on the wheel. it worked smoothly. and I raised myself gradually until the platform with me on it was about half "way uptble first story window; that brought my head about on a level with the sill of the window above. Then something hap- Pened. i don't know just what. but a ratchet slipped, or something. end the elevator just collapsed and settled down with more noise than 1 liked. but it didn't seem to attract anybody,_ and when I'd give 'em time and nobody come I tried it as well as I could under the circumstances, lound it. all right as near as loould cell and rmsde an- other try. And it worked just. beau- tiful until I was up with my (net not more than afoot below the second- bory window all], when all of a sud- den the thing smashed down into about seventeen million pieces, (ly- ing in all directions and landing am about twenty (99$- quy. I __L "'Say! You didn't do a thing but. bust; it, did you?“ I heard somelxxly 5115'. and. looking up. 1 saw the man that said it throwing open the blinds and leaning out of the window next I “But I didn't go in; Iwent away. and left him toolear up time .M'reck of the, elevator and I never DUI”. an- other one. to the one ol'd been trying for; she'd been looking at; me all the time. “And you pretty pear busted me laugh/m. he says. “I ham't. had somucn fin In forty years. Now, you come right in, old Sportin' Blood and pick out anything you want. in the house. It’s woth it!" THE OLD MAN ASSERTED HIMSELF. Incl Not Want Any 0ch Flam-lug on Illa Ileana. It was Sunday afternoon, and the old gentleman responded' in person when the doorbell rang. Furthermore. the old gentleman was not in the best of humor. However, of course, the young man didn't know that, or he would have been ready to dodge. ’Dhe young man, it may be explained, just to Show that everything was in accordance with the rules of polite so- ciety, never had met the old gentle- man, but: he had met th eold gentle- mkm’s wife and the old gentleman-11’: daughter, wad bad been invited to call Whenever he was in the city, and it so Mwened that he was in the city thia lovely Sunday afternoon. “Idâ€"awâ€"Miss Brown in?" askedme young man. :4.an it so happened that the old gentleman had. his opinion of any Lne who said ”aw." and it was not a [let- tering one, either. Consequently. ht growled out webbing to the effect that she, was not in. ”So sorry. you know." said the young man. ' ‘he old gentleman didn't know, but. he took it for granted and made nc further comment, ' 'l‘hyehw it, seemed to dawn upon the young man, who was fumbling {or a card, that perhaps he had made a mis- take. “Uhâ€"awâ€"beg a thousand pardons,‘ said the young man. “'1 bought it was you know. So sorry. My mistake." He was. turning away when anothel thought occurred to him. and be quick- ly turned back again. “aCa youâ€"awâ€"tell me where she- awâ€"l'wes?" {he asked. “Here.” replied: the old gentleman. “But you told meâ€"" “I told. you it wem’t her house. and it isn't her house." interrupted the old gentleman. “It's my house. 1 don't count for much in it when she and her mother ere both here. but it'p mine just the name. She mey get 1t some tine. but I don't went any out-of-town dudes figuring on At jolt yet. There are enough In . the neughborhod. who ere going to be dmppomted.“ A; muel, however, the yam ml wee equel to the M Ir-d. “Aw!" turned bluntly - ”V“. "It is not." the old gentleman re- THE RETIRED BU RGLAR. $1.3“! it!" he