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CHAPTER XI. ContlniKd. '
13
"If I Ain't Lorene going to be mar
ried next week?"
"'S the talk. But, as Mis' Percy
ays, there ain't nothln' sure till It
happens. It's easy seen she ain't
struck with that young Chase. She
don't b'lieve he's much In love. Says
he's Just as calm as vegetable soup,
He tends to business Just as steady
as if he'd never beard of love, and
be gives right In to all Lorene's no
tions. He ain't" Impetuous 'nough to
suit Mis' Percy." '
Mrs. Penfield was amused. That
red-hot unreasonableness never made
any hit with me. My observation Is
the lover that pursues the hardest,
flees the fastest. What I like 'bout
Dick Chase Is that he keeps bis bead
The love 'tween those two young
people has grown naturally and stead
ily, and It stands ten times the
chance to last."
Mrs. Wopple bridled with faded co
ouetry. "Me, I don't know nothln'
'bout that slow kind. Joslah was iw
ful eager." .
A vision of Mr. Josiah Wopple
with the sneaking gait and the crafty,
peering eyes flashed Into Mrs. Pen
field's mind. She prodded her lmagl
nation to picture the resistless Impetu
osity of his younger days, but found
herself lacking In the requisite visu
alization. .
"There's all kinds of courtln'." she
said, with polite vagueness. "Yes
yea, Lettle! I'm In the bedroom."
Mrs. Wopple rose hastily. "I'll be
goln' If that heathen young'un's comln'
In. Ton got a big Job to civilize her.
Run over when you can, Mis' Penfield ;
you ain't very neighborly, I got a
brand-nevtf dress to show you, and I'm
cmbrolderyln a beaut'ful table cover.
I know you'll like to see 'em."
"Yes, thank you. I'd Just love to
see 'em. I'll be In as Boon's I can
get a minute."
"O Penzie," cried Lettle, when the
caller "had gone,' T got" the'swellest
pickings." Proudly she exhibited an
old pasteboard box well filled with
Ink bottles, each containing a small
residue India Inks, red, black. "Ain't
It grand? I guess It was a school or
omep'n mebbe. a feller that draws
these here pictures In the paper."
Mrs. Penfield surveyed this charm
ing find with some dubiousness. "We
hain't got any Immediate call for Ink.
Lettle. And, honest, dear, I hate to
see you so set on prowling.".
Lettle gazed at her reproachfully.
"I've always brung In things. I told
you I would when you said you'd keep
me." : :.
"Yes, dear, but there are lots of
things that would suit me better.
You've got to get over this habit, m
January yon must go . to school and
learn things out of books, so't you can
grow up smart."
"Jimlny!" exclaimed Lettle, In dis
may. "I'll bet I can't never sit still
I wtsht they taught school by running.
And look here, Penzie, you Just give
these here Ink bottles another up-and-down.
They're grand, and III be
twitched If I can't think of somep'n
to do with 'em."
Mrs. Penfield, washing potatoes for
upper, decided to accept ink bottles
with polite graciousness. "Put 'em
ea the lower shelf In the cupboard,
Lettle. Sometime we'll play an Ink
game. I'll show you how." She put
the potatoes is the oven and regulated
th drafts. ,. .
"Mis' Penfield," called,, a voice, the
owner of which was nowhere visible.
JMls' Penfield, can you come over?
. "That's Mrs. Catterbox," said Mrs.
Penfield. "Something's happened.
You watch the fire, Lettle, the way
. I've showed you." !';: : - ', , ;
She dashed through the house,
toward the driveway. She was used
to these calls out Of the atmosphere
and had become very accurate In dis
tinguishing one voice from another.
Tenants of The Custard Cup were
prone to shrill their crises and their
demands In the direction of Number
47 without, taking the trouble to send
their bodies with their voices.'
' It aedmed that Mrs. Catterbox . had
become exasperated because her very
young son Timmy, when sent upon
nearby errands, was in the habit of
losing whatever he had gone after.
Today Mrs. Catterbox had sent him
to the corner drug store for ten post
age stamps and, had charged him,
with particular vehemence, not to lose
them. Timmy thought he wouldn't
For ones he wou'J prove Ms trustwor-
thine lie ha J therefore Immedi
ate?! e"' eil the ten stamps to the
roiv. material of his coat sleeve, and
-t" t.tv T""-na of the mucilage for
i" u r r " J.
T ; "s i.j t! .y:s that Timmy
! 1 c- 1..,. ;e w::a the stamps.
-, i" v r,o denying that
" r "j rt ti.p-n c.T.
I It U J i l -11-
v mi
Ing, and had even snipped the outer
fuzz of the goods ; but there her Inge
nuity had failed. It was left to Mrs.
Penfield to divest Tommy of the gar
ment and Immerse the strmps, face
down. In water, which presently dis
sipated the cohesion.
- "They'll be worth money when they
dry," she said pleasantly, "and you
can stick 'em with mucilage or white
of egg."
But on her way home her mind was
full of perplexity. "I wish there was
two of me or something," she
thought "Land knows I'm glad to do
anything I can, but I got a house to
keep and three children to support.
It's going to take me day and night
both, at this rate." .
The problem had assumed serious
proportions. More and more fre
quently Mrs. Penfield was summoned
In different directions, to solve dlffi
cultles which the tenants might have
solved for themselves. Often she
worked far Into the night, Ironing or
sewing or mending, because these
tasks had been crowded out of her in
terrupted day. Moreover, It meant
added expense for light and fuel, to
say nothing of the heat which was
repeatedly wasted In the daytime be
cause of sudden calls from the neigh
bora. Thr situation had grown out
of the .few duties which she per
formed In exchange for her rent and
had grown naturally, because when a
person of general utility "Is found, he
Is generally , utilized. Mrs. Penfield
was finding herself In c quandary.
She believed In service, but she was
also keenly conscious of home duty.
"I'll bet I'll have to keep office hours
before long," she told herself, as she
entered her own kitchen again.
She found three hungry young
people awaiting her.
"What are we going to have for
supper, Penzie?" asked Crlnk, whose
Interest In this subject was constantly
to be depended upon.
"Well, my dear, we're going to have
grand meal. We're going to have
baked potatoes with . chlpped-beef
"Hello, 8pittiri ;
gravy. I bought some milk on pur
pose. And for dessert' you'll get
steamed raisins six apiece. Ain't
that finer ' .
"Ye-ah," grinned' Crlnk. "Just so
we get full " ,,
"That's the Idea," she encouraged.
"There's one thing I don't want you
children ever to forget, and that Is;
It's a privilege not to have but two
kinds to a meal. Some of the hlghest
np folks do it and you read in the
paper "bout their .living simply' or
'eating abstemious It's .considered
a great ' credit to 'em ; and, land, you
Just ought to read the health books.
Why, they pretty near all agree that
the main trouble with folks Is having
too many kinds of food at once."
"Is 'ere any cookies?" inquired Thad
persuasively. -;
"No, Thad, yon can't have two
sweets to a meal. Taln't healthy."
"'i "Didn't you hear her say ralsmsT
put In Lettle, with -- great snap.
"They're more tastler'n cookies any
day. . Say, baby. If you want cookie,
eat more potato. Can't you Agger
that out for yourself?" ,
"They don't taste the same," pro
tested Thad plaintively. . '
. "One's Just as filling as the other,"
smiled Mrs. Penfield, stirring thicken
ing Into the gravy. "Land, this sup
per's tasty 'nongh for anybody. And
I wish I could get you to remember
that taste o!a't nothing but , a trick
that yonr mouth plays on you. What
I'm chief j o'nilcg s; U your ltoia-
acbs. And you got another grand
treat coming .. tonight I got a fine
story to tell you Just's you go to bed.
It's 'bout the lazy beaver." . " '
Why, Penzie," Crlnk pointed out.
"I thought all the beavers liked to
work." . ' '
"The reglar beavers do," admitted
Mrs. Penfield, "but this one didn't He
was kind of a disgrace to all the other
beavers, and I guess they s'pressed
him somehow. But his story Is out
at last and I'm going to tell It to
you."
"Glory be!" cried Lettle. "I can't
stand 'em too good. When they're
bad, there's more doing."
CHAPTER XII
A Busy Day for the Gong.
"Fll Caesar, be still!" commanded
Lr'tie severely. "You can't have this
chicken, 'cause I'm 'going to raise It
for Penzie. Poor little feller I" she
crooned. "We're going to grow you
Into a nice hen, ain't we? Get away.
Filibuster Caesar Penfield, I tell you.
This here chicken's been chawed Into
a'ready. Think I'm going to let It be
et any more?"
Her hands being fully occupied with
the Injured chicken, she emphasized
her attitude toward Fll by vigorous
thrusts of her foot. She was sitting
on the back steps, binding up a long
yellow leg, the accidental bruising of
which bad been the basis of this gift
No one would have thought of giving
her a whole fowl; but when she had
been found lavishing sympathy upon
this maimed specimen, the owner had
bestowed It upon her with relieved
carelessness.
' And Lettle bad accepted It eagerly.
The half of a person's kingdom was
as much as she ever expected, and (
that half considerably battered and
tattered. The time had not yet come j
when Lettle would wonder why she .
was living ; so far her brief years
had been filled with a desperate
struggle to keep that life existent j
without regard to Its purpose, and .
until recently there had never been
anything but the merest scraps to do
It with. .
"Awkl Awkl" complained the
chicken.
"Woof I Woof!" worried the dog.
"Shut up, both of you," advised Let-
tie sharply. "My lnndy patience, ain't
you both the limit? Keep still, hen,
can't you? Don't you never want two
legs again?"
"Hello, spitfire.. Where's - your
Cncle Jerry?"
The child's black eyes flashed as
she looked up. Instlnctlvelv she dis
liked Frank Bosley, and the feeling
was constantly being strengthened by
his treatment of her as a superfluous
thread In the fabric of humanity.'
She made no reply.
"Wliere's your Uncle Jerry?" he re
peated.
I don't know," declared LefJe
briefly, tying the bandage Into a hard
knot. . '
Is he at homer ,
Didn't I tell you I didn't know
where he was?" inquired Lettle tdrtly.
He shrugged his shoulders in a way
thst discredited anything that Lettle
Penfield might say.
She glared at him, started to speak,
then- paused. - A plan was springing
Into being In her mind. She would
do something for Penzie. More thnn
once she had seen Penr.le's fnce grow i
sad nnd troubled when this man and
Cncle Jerry went, out of The Custartl
Cup together, and her lightning Intu
ition had told her that Penzie dlsap- :
proved of the friendship between the
two men. .Now here was a chance ,q !
show Frank Bosley how the family
felt toward him. Then perhaps Jte ,
would let TJnele Jerry alone. Penile
would be delighted. . . I
"You'd better go home," began Lt-
tie mrectiy. sne uea a string to tne
well leg of the chicken and fastened ;
the other .end to a nail on the outside (
wall of the kitchen. . .
Frank Bosley laughed not so much
In amusement as In lazy defiance. 1
"Winston!" he called, with his eyes
on the loft "Hoo-hoo 1 Winston I"
Lettle turned on him. "What d'yca
mean? " Didn't -1 tell you he wasn't
herer -..",. ' . . , '
You did not," denied Bosley coolly.
leaning against one of the clothes-line
poles and smiling at her scornfully. I
You said you didn't know where he j
was.";;"..- ,: -
"If he was here. Td know It, 1
wouldn't IT she .returned,, with equal
scorn. "He ain't to home. : Do you
get It nowT"
looking np, he aVe a shrill whistle.
"Hoo-hoo, "there t Winston 1" 1
Lettle. tying Fll Caesar to the new
wire fence to forestall further Inferesi
In the Injured chicken, tightened
the knot with a Jerk and wheeled
around. Her lean brown Angers were
working. "Don't you b'lieve what I
sayt When I say he ain't here, don't
you bUeve rae?"
He gave her an Impudent took fron.
his prominent; heavy-ridded eyts. "No,
I don't If yon want to know. What
do you ' think you are, anyhow? You
ain't anybody. And atop sasslng me,
darn you T J..:;'v':- i:' V.
A flush rose In Lettle's pale cheeks.
She stamped her foot "I am Some
body, too,", she stormed. "I'm going
to be a One woman sometime. ' Penal
says I'm to be. Sol"
Frank Bosley threw back bis head
and laughed. ; Straightening to catcc
his breath, he suddenly bent forward,
as If limp from merriment Lett la.
watching, felt her rage turn to fea
to cold terror. Was It possible thai
Penzle's love bad held up a false tiop
toencourage her and that everybody
else looked down on herT
(TO BB CONTINUED.)
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LESSON FOR JULY 8
MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS
LESION TEXT Luk i:l-JJ. IS-II;
1:1-20. 41-51; John 1:15-I7.
GOLDEN TEXT "Thou Shalt call HI
nam Juui; tor He shall aav His po-
pi from Ihalr ilni." Matt 1:11. '
REFERENCE MATERIAL Matt.
l:ll-S:ll; John 1:1-11; John 1I:I-17.
PRIMARY TOPIC Marx and th
Baby, Jeaua.
JUNIOR TOPIC Mary and th Boy,
Jsu. I
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
ICS Notabl Incidents in th Lit of
Mary.
YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Mary, th Mother ot Jaaus.
I. Mary at Nazareth (Luke 1:20-38,
46-88).
Mary was a Jewish maid of the
town of Nazareth. The first Informa
tion we have of ber Is that she was
engaged to be. married to Joseph, a
carpenter of the same village. It
seems that the custom among the
Jews was for betrothal to take place
a year before marriage. During this
Interval the woman remained with her
parents.
1. Gabriel Sent from Ood to Mary
(vv. 28-38). It way during this Interval
of betrothal before Joseph and Mary
were married that God sent the angel
Gabriel to announce unto Mary that
she was to be 'the mother of Jesus.
Isaiah, more than 700 years before,
prophesied that a virgin should give
birth to a son whose name should be
called Immanuel (Isa. 7:14). Though
at first perplexed, she accepted the
annunciation with remarkable courage
and devotion. To be told that she was
to be a mother was nothing startling,
for- this was the normal -desire of
every married Jewish woman., Under
the circumstances she accepted moth
erhood at a tremendous cost. She was
conscious of ber virgin purity. She
knew that to become a mother under
such circumstances would expose her
to unutterable suspicion and shame.
This was the view that certain Jews
took of the matter, for they Insinu
ated to Jesus that He was born of
fornication (John 8:41). Her faith
was such that she responded wlthl
noble courage. She said, "Behold the
I handmaid of the Lord ; be- It nnto me
according to thy word" (Luke 1:38).
I 2. Her Wonderful Song (vv. 40-58).
i In her embarrassment she set out on
a visit to an elderly kinswoman named
pizabeth. Having sought the sympa
thy and encouragement of this friend,
her triumphant faith csrrled her be
yond the misunderstanding, the scorn
and shame which awaited her, and
caused her soul to burst out In this
most wonderful song of praise.
II. Mary at Bethlehem (Luke 2:1-20).
What Gabriel announced to Mary
was now being fulfilled. Caesar's de
cree concerning taxation brought Jos
eph and Mary to Bethlehem at the
opportune time for the fulfillment of
Mlcah S :2. Because of the crowded
condition of the Inn, the birth of the
world's Saviour took place In a cave
stable. ' ' "
-III. Mary In Jerusalem and Galilee
(Luke 2:41-52).
Jesus, now at the age of twelve,
was a child of the law, for at this age
the child took his responsibility as a
worshiper. , j
1. Failure In Vigilant Care (v. 43).
They had lert the city and gone , a
whole day's Journey without knowing
where 'the child was. I
2. Fuilure to Understand Fully,
Jesus' Action and Words (v. 50). No
particular censure should attach to
this, as It ls beyond our ability even
now to understand all these tilings.
3. Failure to Properly Sympathise
with' Jesus'- Deepest Longings and
Emotions. , "How Is It thut ye sought
me? Wist ye not that I must be. nbout
my Father's business?" ' -
4. Failure to Perceive Her L!rat of
Masterfulness. The time comes when
duty to God tukes precedence over
duty to parents.; AH these limitations
should be viewed with the background
ot her deep . devotion to God. ' Her
whole life was lived In .spiritual at
mosphere. She was Just the kind of
woman to whom God would' (rust th
upbringing of His Son. Jesus went
back with tliemj to Nutureth and was
subject unto them, - ; -.. -.-i-.'';, '
. IV. Mary st th Cross (John 19:25.
27). ."'7V 'tv-K
This was a great trial . For any
mother to see ber Son dte Is a trial,
but what must It liuv been for fhl
mother' In the face of all the sacred
memories that clung to her sottlV.lt
Is beautiful to not th tender, care
which Jesua In Ilia dying houi manV
fested for His mother' II Committed
her to the care of John John ac
cepted the responsibility ot son and
took her to his home.
.:'.''' Our Mistakes. .
There are few, very few. that win
w themselves In mistake, though
ill the world see them to be In down
right nonsense. Swift, ;
" No Such Thing as Luck. s v
There Is no such thing as luck. It's
a fancy name for being always at our
duty, and so sure. to be ready when the
jood time comes. ; ' .
The Art of Learning.
The great art of learning Is to un
dertake but little at s time. Locke.
Bolt Hits Chimney;
Kills Two on Hearth
Cordele, . Ga. Miss Dannie
Blow, sixteen, and hat brother,
Dewey, twenty-eight, were killed
by lightning at their home near
Luvlnla. .
The bolt passed jjown the
chimney ot the home and struck
the hearth where the boy was
building a Ore. .
8.
HARD LUCK FOLLOiYS
THIS UTILE FAMILY
Heart Disease Kills Three of
Them and Father Dies in
an Accident. V
Sioux Falls, S. D. A peculiar and
unusual series of tragedies lias fol
lowed the famllv of itr Sor.x en...
- - - mm. m ' aau-
Bery of Montrose, a tlllnn nu, cu...
- . au ....... uiuu,
Fall. Runtl na.j. . .
wiuuus, er iweivs-
year-old daughter, dropped dead at she
was preparing to retire for the night
The girl bad been the victim of heart
n-ouDie during the last few years.
Some years aro h far hop xr
Flsnnery was found dead In bed as
the result of a sudden attack of heart
failure, and some time later her mnrha
Died In the same manner.
Her husband. Peter. ua tntnni
killed several years ago, being caught
iu iue engine in the Flannery Imple
ment house In Montrose. . Mrs. Flan
nery herself must be free from heart
trouble, or the numerous shocks she
has experienced by the sudden deaths
of members of her famllv wonM ha
killed her long since.
Since her husband's donrh ah ha
gone bravely ahead with life's work;
ana nas reareri nap vnnn fsmti a
- f via.., .HIULIJ IV ,
the point where four of her rhiidran !
are nearly through school and ready to
sssist in supporting the family.
OMAHA MAN FOOLS SLICKERS
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Uses Counterfeit Money and United
states Agents te Turn Tables en
Confidence Men.
Omaha, Neb. Playing counterfeit
money against a "rfet-riehinirk"
scheme, Carl Todorlf, business man of
this city, "out-slicked the stickers." As
a result, two men must go to prison
for ten years.
Blllle Gorels and Lewis Dnrhnff in.
proached Todorff and gave hint a
chance to pay $35,000 for some treaa.
ury paper on which to print $100,000
worm or money. Todorff "fell" for
the 'plan and gave the men $35,000
In counterfeit bills, whlrn h nh.
taffced from a United States marshal
after telling him of the game.
uorgls and Dochoff were shadowed
by government men and arrested for
conspiracy to commit larceny. The
two men were "tried, convicted end
given long prison sentences.
POISONED HER OWN BROTHER
Woman Wished to Secure Young
mans ure insurance, Newark ..
Police Are Told., '
Newark. N. J. Slow Doisonln? of
an eighteen-year-old youth by his mar
ried sister, who wished to obtain bis
life Insurance, was aaeged bv nollca
of this city when they arrested Mrs.
John . Creighton, twenty-four " years
old. The murdered boy was her broth
er, Charles Raymond Avery. . ,
Soon after it became known that
the youth's Insurance would go to his
sister, police were Informed that the
lad had been poisoned by blssister,
by "a friend." An investigation was
made, and arsenic In large quantities
was found In vital organs. , w
Anonymous .notes to the DolJce also
Insinuated that Mrs. Creighton poi
soned her parents. V
BETRAYED BY HANDKERCHIEF
Strangler Is Mow Under Arrest Is
Paris, France,, for Slaying
Two Years Ago.
Paris, France. A strangling mys
tery two years old has been cleared
np by a handkerchief Id . Paris,
France. Pierre Limouiy is under ar
rest. v
The hahkerchief Is the one which
was stuffed Into , the mouth of a
wealthy woman when she was
strangled to death. Officials, when
LImouzy admitted that he formerly
lived near the scene of the killing,
found out from the prisoner's, rela
tives that a cousin .bad given the
handkerchief to him. -J
' Skirt Pockets a Rum Cache.,
Lewlston, Me. barged with hiding
liquor In his blind grandmother's skirt
pockets, Rt nald LeBlanc was fined
$100 and sent to Jail for 60 days. Le
Blanc used the elghty-seven-year-old
woman as a blind when officers
searched his home.
Bes Get Frisky at Auction Sale. .
Hamilton Park, Pa. Thirty colonies
of honey bees went on a rampage dur
ing an auction sale. The bees, prop
erty of George W. Petzen stung scores
of persons who had gone to the house
to buy them. Tlie sale betted $250. '
Woman Kills Self With Hatpin.
, San Francisco. Despondent because
phystctnns told her she could not re
cover from a rerlous Illness. Mrs. Ida
Jenne stabbed herself to death with
s haf;!n while lying on a hospital
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"Why," asked nn arid-looking guest,
"do they call Petunia a wide-open
town?"
"B'cus 'tis," responded the landlord
of the tavern. "Why, as soon as It
gets dark you can hear phonographs
playing In 'most every block,' nearly
all over town." Kansas City Star.
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NOT REALLY BAD DEFINITION
Small Girl's Comprehensive Statement
of What Constitutes "Queer" Po- -
pie Had Germ of Truth.
" i " '' 1 '' "
When Dr. James M. Nlcol, a mis- '
slonary in Syria, was In this country,
he was addressing a Sunday school on
the subject of the country where he
lived. He was endeavoring to make
the small listeners of his American '
audience understand something of the
strange land una" the strange people of
Syriu. He said that the Syrians were
queer people. Realizing that some of
his smaller hearers might not under
stand what he meant by "queer" pec-,
pie, he asked :
"Do you boys and girls understand
what , I mean by queer people? What
sort of people are queer people?"
VTheri he waited expectantly for an
answer. After a little time a little
girl six or seven years old timidly put ,
up her hand. ;
"You know, little girl?" asked Doc
tor Nlcol. "You may .tell us what sort
of people queer people are.'- ' -
"I lease, sir," began the tot, "queer
folk are folk who ain't like us."
Want Male Teachers for Boys.'
s Boys of school age nowadays should
not be taught by, women; they need
the firmer guidance of a male teacher,
according to a resolution passed re
cently by the British Natlonhl Asso
ciation of Schoolmasters. - -