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Page Four HENDERSON AVENUE SCENE white coats. It was some time before he felt Proboscis’ nose in his coat pocket. Too late he thought of his roll of bills! It was disappearing down the goat’s throat before he could grab after it! The words which followed may have conveyed nothing to Proboscis’ ears, but the tone did, and the gestures were those of a man angered to madness. Soon, however, his passion was spent, and Farmer Stott started a slow return to his boarding-house. The day, which had been gray and cold, grew more threatening as he proceeded, and snow commenced to fall. Farmer immediately thought of the kids, ex posed to the cold. “Let ’em freeze! Serves ’em right for having such a mammy. Darn her; she never has brought me anything but trouble, any way.” Thus soliloquizing, he proceeded on his way. Hut the appeal of helpless ness proved too strong, and he retraced his steps, more rapidly now, until he reached the spot where the kids lay, cowering under Proboscis’ shaggy coat for the protection it gave. Proboscis fled at his approach, keeping her eyes on him, but at a safe distance. With a kid under each arm, Stotty made' for the tumble-down farmhouse which had become his property when he bought the land on which it stood. Its use as a human habitation had long passed, but it would do for the Koats. Proboscis followed, far enough in the rear to be out of danger. The snow was fall ing faster by this time, and already a fleecy mantle covered the ground. two years’ ago. A handsome house c cupies the site of the dilapidated buil ing that was once the Cotton homestea Blooded cows graze in the fields, whi Mr. and Mrs. Stott happily dwell ther Needless to say. Proboscis roams tl placs at will, monarch of all she survey Spare Time As a general rule, we may judge tt character and quality and usefulness a man by the way in which he speni his “spare time.” It is understood, ^ course, that “spare time” is all of t** time not spent in the reg^ular vocatio' or task or labor of earning his da''- bread. The wise King Alfred is said to b*''' divided his day into three equal P*''*’ Bight hours for work, eight hours foi fo' Into what had once been the library of the old house, the kids were carried. Proboscis coming in too, after eyeing the door suspiciously. Fifty years ago this had been a room reflecting taste and the means to gratify it. Even now it showed traces of its elegance in the carved mantlepiece and paneled woodwork. Rotting shingles provided the fuel for a fire that soon blazed in the open fireplace, while with out the storm raged and the wind grew stronger, shaking the old house to its foundations. It grew dark, and Farmer Stott decided to spend the night there rather than risk the three-mile trip in the storm. Crash! crash! the plaster on the wall was shaken loose by the impact of a limb driven against the house by the force of the wind. Stotty, who had been dozing, awoke with a start. Proboscis roamed restlessly' around. Clink, clink, clink! Proboscis had found the hole in the wall, left by a portion of the falling plaster, and was making a meal from what ai)peared to be a piece of canvas, while a metallic sound resulted from each pull at the cloth. A stronger tug brought out a canvas sack, and gold coins poured out on the floor. Farmer Stott’s hasty but thoro search revealed five bags In all, each with two thousand dollars in gold. * * * One who has not seen the old Cotton place, now known as Stott’s Farm, would never recognize the desolate place of play or recreation, and eight hours sleep. Many thousands of Amerlc** king-alfreds might do the same llO or today, if they would, for there is one to say that they must do this that with sixteen hours out of ^ twenty-four—not to mention twenty on Saturday, and every houf Sunday. ery lilt oi As recreation is a very broad tbH iti it may not be too much to give a of every day to It. Recreation anything that ^x-ill re-create, that rebuild, revivify, rejuvenate body ^ mind to fit them for the tasks ® coming day. The best of recreatiofj,^ believe, comes in a change of occup® ^ A blacksmith may find healthful r .. ation in a judicious game of but he must be careful not to ^ his activity, for nMise4ee -are created while they are active, wise, a professor of mathematic® find recreation in a game of chesS' chief thing is tbaL,_no matter i'> recreation chosen, it should conf’ the Izaak Walton formula, and in offense to God or. man.” to Your spare time is your o»’*'- with as you see fit. How are 9 it? If an hour or two addit**’® this line has come to you of are you doing with this extra Are you making yourself around you better b^ause of leisure, your greater time fo*” your greater time for useful Or are you simply adding ^ ti'^ spare time to the hours of *1 you may have been wasting If you are spending your your extra spare time wisel)* fully. Judiciously. uMfuIly,
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