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There's something doing Inside. Waste Is being carried off. You breathe deeply. And that Is Important Moat persona use only half their lunga. ordlrarlly, for breathing purposes. Deep breathing puta large quantities of oxygen Into the blood. Muscle and nerve get their vi tality from tbe blood ' Besides, In deep breathing waste Is carried off by ex halation. And there's the skin. Millions of pores are opened np by tbe perspiration, and- waste material la eliminated. I And digestion: Walking belpa that Important func tion. The exerclae puts an edge on ap petite. And good digestion wafflfw appetite. Moreover— Here Is an Important Item seldom considered, bnt of great Importance: The doctors will tell yon about the dia phragm. The diaphragm la a sort of movable stnge floor between the chest and the abdomen. It la raised or low ered by the contraction and aweltlng of the lungs. Now: When the Innga are deeply tilled by walking the diaphragm goes down and presses upon the liver and etomach and spleen. It la like a maasage of these organ* and keeps them In good order. The best way to atlr np your Uver la to atlr your legs. And. moreover— Nothing Is here said of tbe mental benefits of walking, tbe exhilaration of tbe open air, tbe Joy of well lubricated movement ' Habituate your legs. FORGET IT. Do not nurse your grievance. If some one bas slighted yon or wounded you let it go at that Do not let your complaint of the Injury grow chronic.. And. above all else, do not put yo»r grouch on exhibition. Hide your sore to*. Because half the slights yon com plain of are Imaginary; half the Injus tices for which you suffer self martyr dom were not Intended. Ton fed those troubles until they got rips. Some people put themselves Into an attitude of continued suspicion of neg lect or Injury. They And what they ars looking for, whereat tbey make ev erybody miserable by continual chew ing of the cud of resentment How treat your grievance? Forget lilt The more you dwell upon a thing of that sort the bigger It gets. The long er you drag It through your mind the deeper you cot the channel until by and by it becomes a well wont rat Get out of the rut Force yourself to think of something else. Make new channels for your thoughts. Change the subject Get busy trying to make others hap py and thua make yoeraelf happy. Ton will then have no time to bother with your grouch. That Is one wsy. Another way which has Ugh sssc tlon is to heap coals of Bns upon the heed of the one who baa Injured yoa. Speak some pleasant word or do some gracious thing to him wl*> has tried to hurt you. and If be la guilty and baa a heart In him be will be sorry. Too ees- > By this treatment of the other foi fbw yon will do tW»: Instead of the other, fellow getting yoa Into bis pow er by making yoo miserable yoa will have evaded bis shaft add turned his malice back npon himself, la any event forget Do not permit your mind to rub a slight wound Into a teetering sore. Life Is too short for sacb abnormal cul tures. Treat the skinned surface with an antiseptic and let It go. Forget It! LET OS BE 10WEST. "To toll the truth." said my friand. "I greatly prefer a book hy H. O. Wells or Harold Ban Wright to. Shake speare." "Good!" aald I. My friend Is s collars graduate, a professional man and a student And. above alt else, be Is given to fraak We agreed, he and L that la oar eptnloa a lot of Bbakaqware'a ataff waa bombaatk-. aoax of It allly. aad that while many of hla atterancao were aabUaw and ho waa a matebleaa oaer of words, some of hla play* ware padded, aod ba wrote nraeb rapid traah. Why be hypoeittkalt Why pat Rbakeapaaia'a poereet oa a Ptaoe with the blgheet la IHaia— H •ad make bettere that It la beat? Myaelf. 1 am a great admbav of Ha lo aad Tobtoy, bat I admitted to W frteod that Bago often nodded aad Tolatoy wadtogj,; 1 ' Tba troth te- Becaaae certain, author* bare boat pat op aa exemplar* la wrttlag meoy peraoaa who cannot brtnr thamaairae to an appreciation of theee aothort are ■aoeb gtrad to lytag aboat Utttr prater- And there'* mute. There are tbeoe who will attoad too recital of a aererely rlaaelcal program aad without understanding too moate will feign the otmoat admiration aad GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1913. or art Ton have seen lome who will go Into •cstasles of encomium over • picture or a statue, concerning which they have little real appreciation, merely because somebody has pronounced the work to be a masterpiece. , Or oratory. It la easy to get the applause of the multitude tor some sapient spouter of platitudes who somehow has gained the hallmark of popular favor. Let as be honest Do not mlannderatand me. There must be standards, and we should al ways strive for the best, but— Why should one simulate an enthu siasm he doea not feel? Are not honesty and sincerity of more worth than a sham reputation for excellence In matters of taste? he t us tell the truth. ' K MADE BIS OWN SCIOOL. Not every hoy Is like this one. Frank Andrea of Springfield. N J., aged fifteen, made a school for him self. Many boys of fifteen .regard school as a sort of necessary evil to be borne because they cannot dispense wltb It Not so young Andrea. Hla father lost his Job, bla moth er became 111. There w«re several oth er children, all of whom were too young to work. Frank was compelled to quit scboel aad help support the family. He found a Job In a factory at Newark, walking two miles to work every morning and back again at night But— The Idea of leaving school troubled him. He went to tbe board of education of hla town and asked the clerk what chance there might be to attend a Bight school There waa no night school. "Unless there are a sufficient number of applications to sbow a sentiment In favor of It," aald the clerk, "no night school will be started." "How many applications are neces sary T' asked the boy. He waa informed that twelve or fif teen would be enough, whereat Frank began to try to get that many. ID order to do so be had to convince some of the working boye of tbelr need of farther schooling. - And Strangely enough, be fonnd hla prop aganda an nphlll task. He would say to the boya, "Do yon want to be a fav tory hand all your life?" And. aome of them aald they bad no further am bition. ' Frank Anally got fifteen of his friends to Join him. "It Is likely," says the report, "that a night school trill be established In SprtagflekL" Surely. But whether or no, It Is qnlte certain Frank Andrea will not be a factory hand all bis life. The repabllc : spells opportunity. As Garfield beautifully Mid, "Oar so ciety la not Hke the society of Europe, where, Hke the strata of the earth, one layer holds the other (Irmly down; bat, rather, It Is Uke the wared of the great sea. where the lowest drop may rise and glisten on the topmost wave." Frank Andrea of Springfield, N. J.. to on* of those drops. TIE BANK OF PROGRESS. "Nothing draws like compound Inter est," says a banker. The tables tell us that 11,000 depos lted In the bank at 6 per cent com pound Interest Will double Itself In about twelve years. But— There Is a hank that paya at least 10 per cent compound Interest snd In some cases more. It Is the bank of progress No bank in the world la safer or bet ter managed. No deposit was sver lust or failed of credit Interest and prin cipal are paid promptly. Deposits may be made at any time either in a lump sum or In small In stallments. TbedepoositsT They are such valuable things as thoughts, reeolutions. Ideas, effort, self denial, ambition. These constitute snpltst They are taken over the coun tor at the bank of program at par. For Instance: Ton have an idea that la worth while. Ton deposit that lnraatmeut la bask. It begins to grow. The In terest is added to the prlncipel. and both continue to grow. Tou may draw oat the interest from time to time and still have on deposit a big Idea Or— Looking a boat, yoa discover thst many persona fail from lack of con centration. Too Invest In the bank efficient singleness of purpose. Tour efficiency Increases by com poand interest By painstaking effort yoa multiply yourself. Toar scope snd eapsdty grow an til in a few years you have s fortune la yourself Or— Ton deposit la this bank s resolution lay it concerns the ass of tobacco. If yoa kssp your rssolatloa on deposit yoa will draw added strength of nerve aad cleaallnsas of habit la a few years yoa will have fortified yoar rasa lottoe by compound Interest It pays big! Tbers an mors value bis tblegs than mooey; there ars better banks than the First National; there Is a hlgbsff rate of iatersst thsn that paid iaa*- annually. The beak Is spaa. Start an sceoant today. A OmVZIUML PASSMML { Wbaa IMon Rmwili atood op wttfcs MM la Ma breaat and mad# Ml apooeb too world waa thrilled by too apectaclo of high coarage. I It was aH| in* pan atory. Bot— If am that day you tamed to tba 1»- ! ride pagae of yoor oewapaper yoa raad a atary folly aa etlrrlng, though on a j leaaeretage. Old Jamee Hennery. atxty-eight, waa ■ croaalag fiagtun la gjrrmruaa, K. T. Oa that day bo waa atrock by a rao away taxicab. Holding to tub marttoa. ha waa dragged along by It, bi ulaifl aa to haada aad back and ansa, aod at-' watfetUad. ▲ crowd gathered, aod thay atarted to talf tba old vaa to tba boepKal. I JOM' iiieu riannery tienm ioe wiuum of au approaching train. It waa Ilka the clarion call of u bugle to the sol dier. He broke through the crowd and, though aluiuNt fainting, wigwagged his train across. » And again: William Rugh of Gary gave up his leg and life to the surgeons In order that the life of a girl whom he had ■ever seen might be saved and died with a smile, saying, "I am glad I did If He well deserved the teara of an ad miring people. But on the day be died a docen par sons In Maaon City, la., voluntarily gave great patchea of their skin for a similar operation. In short— Scarcely may you name a heroic deed don* with altruistic passion bat that It may be matched by others foil as glorious. > During tbe past few weeks, on the faraway plains of Thrace, In the bloody conflict between tbe Balkan allies and tbe Turks, have been enacted n thou sand deeds of lofty unselfishness. Bulgaria's queen served In a hoapltal aa a nurse, clad In a nurse's garb and doing a nurse's work. Other women of princely blrtb served In Ilka capac ity. Tbe facta are- The whole world, aa never before, la being stirred by tbe divine passion for service. That imsxlon knowa no boundary of race. It Is as universal la Its scope—and as cheering)—as the wsrmth of the glorious sun. "THE WOMAN TEMrTED ME." "Sixty-nine per cent of the inuiatea of a western prison," says a recent writer, "aay tbat they were led to com mit crime by tbo extravagance of tholr wlvea." Balderdash! Within the limits of a reasonable probability It may be stated that 60 Per cent of that (II) are unconscionable liars. There's Adam, for Instance. Scarcely can there be a doubt tbat our valiant forbear lusted after tbat forbidden fruit until bis mouth water ed over tbe thought of Its sacculeuce. And, after he bad hypnotized Eve to the point of plucking away the apple; be laid tbe entire blame on her frail young shoulders. "Tbe woman tbou guvest me, she tempted me." And the males of lineal descent from Adam to now have followed the like tlcuse. Now— It must be admitted there are some silly. Improvident and extravagant wives. And It may lie tlint some bus bands of weak brain stuff have Indl rectly been driven to the commission of a crime by the sort of wife who Insists upon s|iendlng more money than ber husband earns, but— The eicuse Is a frayed one. The reasons why n man pet* drunk are varied. He gets drunk because he wants to drink, or liecuuse somebody Invites bim. or because he has made a bad Investment, or because he Is nmd •t somebody, or Just lierause. Coder tbe Influence of the liquor he commits a crime. ~*- Whereupon, having lieen brought to >y. he wblnea abjectedly com-ernlnp hla "wretched domestic affair*" and avow* that be wa* driven to the crime by the extravagance or the nngglng or the unfalthfuluea* of hi* wife. Moatly anch ,charge* are libel. Bxceptlona aside, more men tbnn women are extravagant. -And the av erage wife will undergo more peraonal aacrlOce for the auke of tbe family than tbe husband. And. exceptions aalde, wlvea are more faithful than hoaband*. Tbe woman, however, la made tbe scapegoat for the husband's alna. That buaband wbo aeeka to bide hla frailties behind a woman'a petticoat la moatly not merely a liar, but a cojf •rd aa well. WIAT IS TIE MATTER 1 This la tbe story: Henry Welnbauin of New fork waa a clothes presaer earning sl2 a week. On thla aum be supported blmself, his wife and foor small children. The wife died. Welnhaum was confronted with a situation most heartbreaking. He moat care for tbe four motberleaa children and at tbe same time be away from bla home and employed at bis work, else tbe children would have nothing to eat. * Somehow for several mouths be nan aged to get along. - • iThen be did shout tbe only tblng be could do under tbe clrrumstaoces. He married again. Unfortunately be made • poor choice of a second wife. Hbe complained that tbe children made too much work and demanded that tbey be put In a pub lic Institution. To aare hla little family from aneh a fate waa Welnbanm's purpose In.get ting ht» children their new mother. Be wanted to keep hi* little brood to gether. Therefore lie refnaed ber re qoeat She atied lilm for divorce. On Ju«t what ground* the dlrorc* waa granted la not clear, but tba Judge gave ber a decree. Aa part of tb* judg ment Welubaum waa ordered to pay the woman H per week alimony. Of course the man could not pay that «niii and xuifiort hi* family, Tba other da> he waa srrmted. hla atraara, with i-o*ta. a incoming to VMM. In default of payment be waa sent to l.udlow at reel jail. Kow- , v-, Wife Xo. i la free from tb* care of tb* tronbleaoin* children. Welnbanm la In jail with no pro*p*ct of release and tb* children are ward* of charity. Even the jailer remarked wben Welnbanm waa romnritled—Jailer* are not particularly free with sympathy— that "there muat he aometblng tba mat ter with the law aomehow." bad lhere la aometblng tba matter with the law. But what? The law Is out of gear. And yet It la dlflcult to And tba cog |Od flditJtt It. WHnbaom la guilty of nothing bat tba beat Intentions and yet b* la la Jail. What la tb* sistter with tb* law! Or ts It merely that Welnbanm to poof T OuWttf t-iuic amtif RIMTS, tIM fMPMf XHiP Sam Pinney's* Ghost Trial For Heresy That Came to a Sudden Close By CLARISSA* MACKIB Elder Jones thumped the gatepost with bla heavy cane. "I don't care what you aay. Ram Plnney," he cried angrily. "I know that any man that believes In sperrlts can't be a Chris tian. So the ret" The ruddy faced little maa on the other aide of the gate smiled with boundless good nature In bla twinkling eyas. "And I aay," be said emphati cally. "that If I aee a ghost I'll believe It Is one. Did you ever see a sperrlt, Jim Jonos?" "Never!" aald the elder ploualy. "I don't believe the good Lord means any of us mortals should look on sngels and auch until the great day comes when all eyes shall be opened." "If you never saw a gboat then you can't be eximcted to believe In 'em," remarked Ram Plnney eagerly. "Now, "WOCLD TOO uum I* 4 OBOOT IF TOW ' SAW OHM, IIiDIlT" If It ao be that you think I'm not • Christian beoauae I claim to hare aeen the (boat down to tbe old mill, I gueaa I better atay away from church till I get over whatever'* the matter with my eyealght!" . . - "Maybe you better," anapped the elder aa be turned aalde. "Wonld you believe in a ghoat If yon aaw one, elder?" aaked Sam Plnney over bla fat shoulder. "No." Tbe elder pauaed and bla long noae sniffed tbe air hungrily. "Seem'a If I emailed blled dinner." "Ones* you do," grinned Sam. "Ann Ellxa'a been at It all tbe morning. Suet pudding too," "Gorry!" ejaculated tbe elder. "1 waa wondering If we couldn't dlacuaa thla here ghoat matter a little more thoroughly. Now, It ain't necessary ft* me to be bome to dlbner," be Mut ed'shamele**ly. "That'* tho best of Jeet having a housekeeper." remarked Sam regret fully. "If you feel like you can get a better dinner al*ewbere you can say you won't be home. Yon can't work that game on a wife." "I uaeter play It on Ellen wben site waa living." liegan the elder, opening the gate and eliding hla thin form lo alde. "I export Mr*. Plnney llkea to have comtiany once in awhile to praise op her victuals. They aay buabande don't appreciate what their wlvee do for 'em." "Waa that I lie way with yon and Ellen V asked Ham Plnney Innocently aa be ted the way around to tbe aide door. "Ellen's dead and gone, and I don't think H seemly to Jeet al»>ut her." aald Ellen's "relict" stiffly. "Twaan't a Joke; I wa* In deed earnest" affirmed Ham. "Well, Ann Eliza, here'a Elder Jonea. Couldn't pa*a by that Idled dinner you're cook Ing. so be'* come to help us get rid >f It" "Riled dinner!" qnotb Mrs. Plnney scornfully. -There's no lilted dinner la this house today. I guess what you amellcd waa Mr*. Bartnn'a dinner cooking across the atreet. I'm having • aort of plcknp dinner—aome cold baked liean* and fried brown bread and cold apple pie. Come! Kit up, abler. The colfee'a hot anyway." Elder Jonea got through the meal aa bast be could for the wrath that tilled hla aoul. lie felt ln»tloctlvely that Ham Plnney bad played a joke on him. ■nd he longed to reqnlte hla Injured dignity ■am Plnney talked of gboata all dur Ing tb* meal. Mra. Plnney Joined la with cheerful corroboration of her line band'* opinions. "If what I aaw down to tba mill ain't ■ gboet then 111 go jump off tb* dork," aaarrted Ram boastfully "Then yon'd be a ghost youraelf," laogbed Mm. Plnney comfortably. "What did yon see. Hamr aabed CI 4ev Jonea for the tenth time that day. "Looked like ml*t. a aort of rapory atnff rising op and floating till It took shape, and I aa* It waa tb* *id miii*r blmaelf." "What waa you doing down there at tb* mill ao late at nightr repeated the elder, alao for tba tenth time "Looking for that eoafoaad*d to* terrier pap of mln*. He's got a habM of running off nights, and aa he's worth a lot of .meo*y 1 can't afford to loa* him. I found blm watching s rat bole down to tb* mill, and I declare to gra cious If tb* JUtl* feller wasn't scart half to das* when that gboet rls ap ■■«*nnt liappeued after that?" de manded the elder, although the recital waa uu old story to lilin. f "Nothing mnrh. The miller, be point ed to bis IHIMOU) where the bullet hit him as much an twenty years ago. It happened when I waa a lad. The ter rier J eat ant and trembled, and waa Jest going tu aak the miller where he'd come from wbeu he faded away." "That would have lieen kind of Im polite. Ram." censured his wife mildly. "Yon don't know whether that miller come from heaven or aomewhere else." The elder turned an indignant face toward Mrs. I'lnney. "Then you be lieve In sperrits. too?" be asked. "I believe In. whatever my husband doea," said Mrs. Plnney loyally. The elder arose anil buttoned his coat tightly over his thin chest "Mrs. Pln ney and Mr. Pluney." he said, with dig nity. "I am sorry to aee two such In telligent human livings given over to the counnela of the evil one, for ghosts and such bilk are nothing else, in my opinion. 1 reel It my fluty—my bound en duty—to hrlug tlio matter before the elders. Why. It's almost like here sy!"' . "Like fiddlesticks!" cried Mrs. Pln ney, wltb such energy that the elder bustled toward the dimr. "Thank yon very much for your boa pltsllty," said Rider Jones constrain edly. "Don't mention It," said Mr. Plnney. When the elder's coattalls had flap ped through the gate Mr. Plnney look ed at tils wife's good natured face and burat Into silent laughter. Ell7.it." he chuckled, "that there elder has got to see a ghost before he's convinced that I was speaking the truth? I exiiect we'll be hauled over the coals by the cominlttea if Jim Jonea has hi* say." "Let °ein haul," said Ann Kllta de fiantly. "I'll slick by you, Sammy, even If It lx my prlvste belief tbat the ghost you saw was nothing but a cloud of flour dust settllug down from tbe rafter overhead." "Flour dint!" echoed Sam ecornfully. "I brushed your clothes tbe next morning." remarked Ann Kllsa signifi cantly as she proceeded to cleur tbe table. Mr. Honey's prediction proved to bo correct Mr. and Mrs. Plnney were summoned before a small committee of the elders of the cburcb to whlcb they belonged to answer some questions concerning their outspoken belief In disembodied spirits. It waa to be a private bearing presided over by tbe minister himself, a tall, narrow cheat ed, narrow minded ahepberd given to driving his flock liefore him over cer tain straight path* and never permit ting the slightest divergence from the closely defined way. The especial ab horrence of tbe Rev. Mr. Weeks waa the theory of ghosts, and he bad final ly managed to eradicate from the minds of bis congregation tbe belief tbat the old mill down on. the river waa baunted by tbe spirit of its mur dered proprietor. For twenty-five years this story had been a favorite one among Reelon folks, and very reluc tantly they relinquished lta hair raising horror. Now here were Ram Plnney and bl* aenalble wife loudly acclaiming that Samuel himself bad had an encounter with the ghoat of the miller. Aa Mr. Plnney had conveyed the newa to Elder Jonea at the flint opportunity the good elder carried It directly to the ROT. Mr. Weoka, and In due aeaaon a committee wa* appointed and the I'tn neya amnmoned to appear lie fur e it aud explain their actions. In the meantime the Plnneya went tbelr waya soberly. Industriously and ever cheerful. Am (lie Friday evening drew near their equanimity did not abate a Jot. ami Elder Jonea made an eepeclal trip |>a«t llie Plnney home Jo aee If Kam bad not lost aome of hla roay color or Mr* I'lnney did out ahow evidence* of ineutal disturbance. A atorm came, a bowling gale of wind and aleet that rattled agalnat the church window* and aent little on pleaaant thrill* down the aplues Of the few people gathered to bear the ex planation of Samuel Plnney and hla wife. The church was dark sod gloomy tare where a few llgbta abode along tbe north aisle. Tlie pnlplt was a shadowy blot against tba dlmneee of tbe chancel. Tbe elder* were gathered in tbe laat six pew*, snd two chairs bad been set In tbe alale for tbe of fenders. Tbey were all there waiting fer tbe Plnneya. The wind scresmed mourn fatly, and tbe elder* shifted uneasily In their seats. Tbe church seemed s dark snd dismal pit beyond that little drrle of light Tbe outer door creaked' aolemaly, and Mrs. Plnney, roay and freeb from tbe aleet awapt world, ■tamped noisily la and stood bar drip ping umbrella la a corner. "Sammy wIH be along right away," aba whispered blsalngfjr aa aha ac cepted ooa of tba aaata that tba mln later Indicated "fleems dreedful dark and gloomy In bar*, alder, don't ttr aba wblaparad to Mr. Junta. Tbat gentleman ooddad a stern ns aaot, and Mrs. Plnney aat atlli for severs! moments. Tban aba to road bar bead and corloasly survsysd tba dark ened Interior. "It waa on a nlgbt Ilk* tbla that old Dr. Uttle bad a stroke la tba pulpit" aba ventured again. "Seem's If I could aee bim Urta mln ate rtandlng there ao atout and bandaam—be waa good to look at—end tban all to one* be flopped right over and became a atlff corpaa, aa dead aa I ever want total I » member the wind bowled aometblng awful tbat night, and It rained and rained till It aeemed aa If all the angela were weeping liecanae au«h a good man waa dead! Well, well never ao* Urn again," ab* sighed regretfully. The membera of the committee look ed very much aa If tb*y could full/ undergo tbla deprivation. Mr. Waeka frown«d portentously and aak ad Mrs. Plnney if bar bun band would keep them waiting vary much longer. "I'm expecting trim every minute," ab* wblapercd In reply. It waa Elder Jonea blmaelf who sud denly aroaa to hla f**t and thrust a quivering forednger toward tba pulpit "What I* that}" be asked la a boars* ▼ote» . With on* accord they lifted their •yea aod stared at tb* apparition which confror'ed tMm. Btrading bafore tb* pnlplt, one fat onfl buttons of his long ministerial coat, stood what looked like the wraith of old Dr. Little, who ten years before had been the pastor of the church. His round face, with Its little wisps of cinnamon whiskers, shone palely out of the darkness, and In his eyes there see tried air unearthly glare—lt might hare been the reflection of the flick ering lamps. His black clothed figure seemed to melt Into the surronndlng blackness below that fat white band. •All at once the band was lifted as If In denunciation, and then the appari tion grew smaller until all at once It disappeared from sight. Tliyre was a sharp Indrawn breath. "Oh. what was that?" cried Mrs. Plnney alTrlghtedly. "It was a ghost," said Elder Jones, with conviction In his rasping tooes. "1 saw It tnyself. I knew Dr. Little like a brother. Why, I know It was him!" i The other members of the commit tee silent and disconcerted. Mr. Weeks rubbed a white silk handker chief over his high dome shaped brow while be struggled for expression. Mrs. rinney was darting bright eyes from one face to another. Her own lighted up with commonplace satlafac tlon when the door creaked" solemnly once more and Hamuel tiptoed in, rosy and dripping with the winter storm as she had been. "Itere'a Bnm," snld Sim. rinney. •'Now, I aup|ioae we can have the meet ing." There was a ahuflling of feet among the ciders. The atorm ahrieked more wildly, and the vicinity of the pulpit tpoked forbidding enough. "It waa Juat aucb a night aa tbla that Dr. IJttle waa took bad," began Bam Ptnney aa ho approached the little group of men. Elder Jonea waa on' hla feet, hla banda Angering bla hat "I move tbla meeting bo adjourned for more evi dence In the caae." In throe bewildering mlnutoa the church waa emptied of everybody aave the two Plnncya, who confronted each other with loyal, affectionate eyes. "It waa a dreadful thing to do, Sam my Plnney," cblded hia wife, "and you ought to be aahamcd of it If one of them men bad remembered that Dr. Little waa your own uncle and that you are featured juat like Tiim you (orb .*«*>»• MtvtH ionm soddsslt Anoaa to in run Amu pointku to tbs pulpit. might bare been found out What did you do with the doctor** broaddotb cost?" "It'a on the other aide of the stone wall wrap|ied In my rubber ifiackln toab," aald Bam cheerfully. "Wbat I've been trying to impreaa on )beae fellows is tbla, Ann Kllzn-tbey "can't convince me I ain't aeen a ghoat till tbey allow they're gluwt proof them selves." "You ought to cut the church lawn Sll nest aammer tu make op for tbia," said Mrs. IMnuey aa they wended their way home. "I'm willing, and yon better get up the nlcsat old fashioned biled dinner you know bow to get awl invite Jim Jonea and all the other elders to It and the Orst one that mentlona gboats don't get auet pudding," aald Bam. , And. as was their way, the Plnneys cheerfully suffered the penances tbey had ordered themselves. Two IriaUuieu were working on the roof of a building on day when one msde s misstep sod fefl to the ground. The otbor leaned over and called, "Are ye i dead or alive. Mlker "Ol'm alive." aald Mike feebly. "Bore you're aucb a liar Ol don't know whether to InHsvs yes or not" "Weil, then. Ol must be desd," said Mike, "fbr yes would never dire to esll m s liar If «H wor slolvs."— I'hll- Sdelpbls Itecord •Imply a Bad Actor. Tbe Lady- How did yon com* to be Uirowd oat of employment? 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