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I J By ANTHONY REIMERT~' j
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I 'C' VERY time the stranger camp into
~ the office he stopped to chat' Witt
Doris. He was a pleasant, youngish
man, with a hearty, infectious way
that took with : her j tremendously.
Finally he asked her eut to dinner.
“But I don’t know your name,”
Doris prptested.
“John ‘Smith,” he answered, flush*
in*.
I That dinner was a great success.
Deris was a wary little person, but
John Smith proved a perfect gentle
man. He took Doris to the beach,
j and on the way back he asked her to
marry him.
But there Doris held back. “Really,
II don’t know you, and you don’t know
me," she protested.
! And there the matter rested. , Doris
was thinking of him. all that morn
ling as she worked on the list of
'names. There whs something so cu
rious about him, IHe was the most
! trustful man she had ever known.
He believed hev'efcytblug—not that
Doris had lied to him, you understand.
But he belierSd everything.
He Was just like one es the men
[enl the,sucker list. It must here be
explained that the firm for which
Doris Worked prepared sucker lists
foe all the fake mi and mining com
panies, all the fake medical com
jpaniee-Teverybody who ‘had anything
1 whatever to sell te boobs. And Doris
worked on these lists.
! There was a separate llat for every
state In the Union, and there was a
separate list for every big city. Once
your name got on the sucker list,
from your having bought Holman’*
’Bitters, a sure-cure ter indigestion,
or oil stock fit .live Merits a share
well, there it stayed.
And at the head of every list was
tfeb Qaipe of A. A. Ababanel. That Is
to ‘sfly, the lists were arranged alpha
betical?. and naturally fr. A. Ababanel
headed them.
Notthat Hr. Ababanel bad a resi
dence In every .one of the states, of
count. But he bought medicines, he
bought gold etocks and ell stocks, and
he appeared übiquitous. Doris got
weary to death of* reading the name
Abahaael.
“Tfcu poor boob surely wants soma
one ,to look after him,” she said.
Sh« Was sorry In a wily for Mr. Aba
banel,, always cropping up. She
musing over John Smith all the while.
Hr. tylafinons called her to order. Mr.
Simmons was the head of the Arm.
Doris blushed and took bp her worik
agal*.*’*
“Say, Miss Jobes, there’s been one
or two lottera complaining about
uamee being on the list*,” he said q
llttUf later, “if anyone domes In and
maktt a kick about it, you better
scratch him •£. { I dunno how they
fpund out that they’re on oar lists,
hut there 1 you are,' and we can’t have
no trouble.” 1
' Doris agreed, and Mr. Simmons
went out to lonch. He had been gone
about five minutes when Mr. Smith
came in. Doris’ heart beat heavily.
Then she looked up and nodded, .with
feigned indtffierence, and went on With
her work.
•Boas in?” asked Mr. Smith.
•Out to lunch,” said Doris
Mr. Smith cflme and; stood quite
dose beside her. “Bow about that
little proposition, my dear?” he asked.
"UK Smith,” said Dorisi “I—l’m
1 afraid m have say no. . I respect
1 you an# I ilka you. But I—l fed that
we don’t kAaw each other well enough
ito become engaged. Besides,” she
addgd, with a flash of intuition, “I
hav# always frit that you are keep,
lug something from me.”
i Mr. Smith looked guilty. "I—I” he
began.
; “You may have been, married—"
| "Never in my life. Mias Jones—
j Boris, if yon won’t marry me I . don’t
I know what Til do. Say yes.”
“I—l east,” said Doris; and at
that - moment Mr. Sttunons returned.
He came aoroawtte room.
"Good-day,” Mr. Ababanel,” he said.
J Deris stared in amasement.
! “Oh, Mr. Simmons, yen’ll have to
S' * e my name off that llat of yours,
being pestered te death by mlu
concerns, and I’ve learned that
j it’s through yen. Just because I used
jte be simple enough te let myself get
[Stung Isn’t any reason why I should
i be persecuted.”
“Miss Jonas, nee that Mr. Abab an
al’s name is taken off,” aald Simmons,
as he went te his desk.
; Doris serstehed off the name with
; thankfulness. She looked up at Mr.
Ababanel. "I knew you were hiding
[something from me,” she said.
“I—l didn’t dart admit a name like
that Oh, Darin won’t you—T”
I “Yas, I wOl,” arid Doris. "You need
some one te take ears es yon, even If
1 She has to call herself Mrs. Ababanel.”
Cauao and Effoot
Ancient Mariner—Once I was ship
wrecked on an Island where there were.
Only wild women with no tongues.
1 Seaside Visitor—Wonderful. And
couldn’t they speak?
Ancient Mariner—No; that’s what
made them wild.—Reynolds Newspa
per, London. 1 ; ,
. ‘ What Bette/ Opportunity.
‘ Merchant—Tin afraid you era not
qualified for the position; you don’t
know anything about my business.
Applicant—Dbn’t J, though 1 I am
engaged to your typist—London An*
I JAMES H. FARLEY I
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Vessar College girl a like to indulge In strenuous games. Here s'opho
fcorea and juniors are playing hockey, it’s a splendid fiction picture.
USE TMES MU) TRIBUNE P£NIY US-IT PAYS
THE CONCORD DAIJ.Y TRIBUNE
TODAY’S EVENTS.
Friday. November 10. 1923. i
Centenary of the birth of Henry G. j
Davis, U. S. ‘senator from West Vir- J
gin la and Democratic nominee for vice
president in 11104.
Delegates are to assemble* in San
Francisco today for a national conven
tion of the Association of the Army of
the Knifed States.
A meeting of the General Council of
the Presbyterian Clnireh is to be held
at Atlantic City today to determine
budget requirements for 1024, estimated
at $15,000,000
.Making highways safer for traffic
will be among the chief topics for dis
cussion at. the annual convention of
the National Motorists’ Association,
which meets in Washington today for a
two-day session.
BANKER’S FRIENDS ELATED
“Twelve years ago ( became afflicted
with stomach trouble which steadily be
came worse. I frequently became pros
trated with colie attacks and bloating.
My doctors wanted to operate for gall
stones. 1 wished to avoid an op"rn
iion and on advice of a friend tried
Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy with excellent
results as since taking it about 2 years
ago my trouble has entirely disappeared."
If removes the catarrhal mucus from
ltie intestinal tract, and nllaya the in
fluiipnation which causes practically all
stomach, liver ant intestinal ailments,
inclosing appenhicitis. One dose v ill
convince or money refunded at Gibson
Drug btore anu druggists everywhere.
I Again the Malady of Youth.
Our recent note on James Russell
I Lowell’s confession of “incurable child
hood" has led a correspondent to send
us the following quotation front the
letters of Franklin 1C Lone: “Although
an ‘aged man,’ «s I was once described
In nty hearing, I am the youngest
thing inside that I know, Jn my curi
osity and my truthfulness and my
Imagination and my desire to help and
my belief in goodness and justice.”—
Boston Transcript
■> Charles R. Forbes, former director Os the Veterans' Bureau, ts shown here on the witness stand before the
Senate Investigating Committee, testifying in his own behalf against charges of alleged waste, etc. Members
of the committee, seated left to right: Senators David I. Walsh of Massachusetts David A. Reed of PennefV
vania, and Tasker O. Oddle of Nevada.
One Blemish on Red Squirrel.
The red squirrel is a great favorite
in the districts, where its
pranks and habits are well known,
says Nature Magazine. In some places
It is called the pine squirrel or chick
aree. It has one bad habit It is very
fond of eating the eggs of several of
our song birds. Otherwise It feeds
upon pine seeds and those of some
plants, as well as buds and Insects.
It ranges over a large part of eastern
North America.
Forbes on the Witness Stand
PAGE THREE
Nothing to It!
A century ago Jane Austen wrote:
“A woman of twenty-seven can never
hope to feel or Inspire affection
again.” Can this be why the ladles
linger so long at twenty-six?
Moral Reproof.
Burglar (to pal)—See here, BUI,
here’s a whole (lrawerful of silver yer
overlooked. Do try an’ be a bit more
conscientious, won’t yer? Boston
i Transcript.