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Vol  XXVI.
NAZARETH, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5,1917
No  42.
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mrs. i>imn resniclcd him with indlv,' nation. "You aro," sho said coldly "The family of the late Mr. Rodgors Warreu lives liero. I presume 1 In- slight rosonil)lance in names mislcl you. Edwards, show the gentleman out."
"Just one moment more, ma'am. It wae Uodfrei's Warren's chlldreu I was lookln' for. A. Ilodgers Warren lii' called himself, didn't he? Yes. Well, the A stood for AW.Inh; thut was his Christian nnmo. And ho left two chil¬ dren, Caroline and Stephen? Good! I thouglit for a jilTy I'd blundered in whero I Imd no business, but it's all right. You SCO. ma'am, I'm their un¬ do from Soutii Denboro, Mass. My namo Is ICllsIia Warren."
Mrs. Dunn ga.sped. Edwards, peer leg over her shoulder, breathed heav¬ ily.
"You ure—their uncle?" repeated the lady.
"Yes, ma'am. I'm Ulje's brother. Oh, don't woiTy; it's all right. And don't fret yourself about me either. I'll set riullt (lown out liore and read my paper and wait till Carolino or Stephen get tiome. They're expectin' me. Mr. Graves, tho lawyer, told 'em I waa comlu'."
He calmly seated himself and ad- Justed llis spectacles. Mrs. Dunn step¬ ped back into the library and wallvcd to the window. She beckoned with an agitated finger to tbe butler, who Joined her.
"Edwards," sho whispered, "did you hear what he said?   is it true?"
"I don't know, ma'am."
"Did Mr. Warren huve a brntlier?"
"I didn't know that ho had. tha'am."
"Do you—do you tJilnk it iikoly thai he would have a brother like—like that?"
"I don't know, ma'am."
"Was MI.SS Caroline expecting him?"
"I don't know, ma'am. She"—
"Oh, you don't know anything! You're impossible.   Go away!"'
"Yes, ma'am," said Edwards thank¬ fully, and went.
Mrs. Corcoran Dunn stood for some minutes by the window, thinking, or trying to think, a way to the truth of this astounding development. l<"'inally she creakingly crossed the room ai>d spoke.
"Mr, Warren," she said, "I foel guilty in keeping you out there. Won't you come in to the library?"
"Why. thunk you, ma'am, I'm all right. Don't trouble about me. Oo right on with your readin' or sowiii' or knittln' or whatever you was doin' and"-
"So you are the late Mr. Warron'.i brother?" asl;i'il lhe lady, making hor flrst lead in the gama
"Y'es, ma'am. Ills older brother. Bljo wa.s ten yoar younger'n I nm, Mrs.-er"—
"Duun. I am an old friend of tho family."
"Tliat's good. I'm glad to hea.'- they've got frionds. When you're in sickness or trouble or eorror, friend¬ ship counts for cousidor'ble. How nre the young folks—Caroline and Stephen —pretty smart, hoy?"
"Smart? Why. they are intelligent, naturally.   I"—
"No, no.    I  mean are they  pretty
W€U?"
"Very well, indeed, considering the ¦hock of their recent bereavement."
"Yea, yes. Of course. And they've moved, too. Movin's an awful Job. Tbey say three movin's are as bad as a flre, but I cal'late I'd rather bum op a set of carpets than pull 'em up, 'specially if they was inanred. Taln't balf so much strain on your religion. I remember the last time we took up oor carpets at home, Abbio—she's my •econd cousin, keepin' house for me— said if gettin' down on my knees has that effect on nio she'd never ask me to go to pr.iyer meetin' again. Ho, ho!"
He chuckled. Mi's. Dunn elevated her noBo ami looked out of the win¬ dow. Then she lod another sinall trump.
"You siiy thai Miss Carolino aud her brother espect you," she said. "You surprise me.   .Vre jou sure?"
"Oh, yos, nia'aui; I'm sure. Wheu Mr. Graves oame down to see me, last week 'twas. I told him to say I'd be up pretty soon to look the gi-ouiid over. This is a pretty flne plnce the youug folks have got here," he added, gazing admiringly at the palnthigs and book¬ cases.
"Yes," assented the Indy coudesceiid Ingly. "I'or an apartment It Is really quite livable."
"Mr. Graves cnme to see you at your home, did lie?"
"Yes. ma'am; at South Denboro. And he ccrfulnly did have a rougli passage. Ilo, lio! Trobubly you heard about it, liein' so friendly wtth the family."
"Ahem! Doubt loss he would have mentioned it. but be has beeu ill. I hope Mr. Graves' errand was success¬ ful" "Well, sort of so so." "Yes. Ilo came to see you In con¬ nection   with  your  brother's estate-
She did not look nt the captain wnen \ she asked this que.stlon. Tliorofore j she (11(1 not notico liie glance which he • gavo Iior.
(;r, ana i vo oome some o(jiisi(icr nio ways 1 1 SCO you two young folks and tulk with you. I've (wue becauso your pa uskeil mo to.    I'm used to roughin'
"rm-lim. Somethln' of that kind, j it, lioon lo sim a good many v'yugcs, -Mrs. 1)1)1111. I can't help thlnkin'," ho and if a font her IkhI ain't handy I cun wont on, "how nice It Is that Caroline ¦ Kot my forty winks on
and Stovo Imvo such a i-'ood friond as you to hoip 'oin. Your husband and IJije was olmnis. I s'pose?"
"No, not exu<tly. The friendship was on my side of tlio family."
"So? AViint to know. Your husband dead, ma'uni?''
"Yes." sho answered shortly. "It- It looks us If It might snow, doesn't it?" sho Fiiid. cliuiigliig the snli.iect.
''I shouldn't wonder. Have you nny liiiUlrou, inu'ain?"
"One—a son." The widow's tone wns Iriirld.
'"So? He must lie a comfort to you. I s'pose Iikoly he's a friond of my nephew nnd niece too."
"Certainly!"
Tlioro cume the sound of langlitor from the passage outside. The hall door opoiiotl. A moment later Caro line, followed by her brother nnd young Iiuiiii, ontorod tiio library.
"Oh, Mrs. Iiiinn!" f'urolhio cried. 'I'm so glad I accept od your-Mal- '•olni's—Invitation. We liad a gloriou-: rldo!   I"—
Slie stopped short. Captain Warron had risen from ids chair and was fac¬ ing hor.   Jlrs. liunn nlso rose.
"Caroline," sho said nervously, "this" —pausing on the word—"gontloman Is here to see you.   He says lie Is"—•
The captnin inioniiiiiod her. Step¬ ping forward, he seized hia iiioi e's hands In his, "Woll, woUl" ho es- (dalmed admiringly.    "liije's girl, that
"Wall, well!" he sxclaimed admiringly. "Bije's girl!"
I ain't seen since you was a Uttle mite of a bnby! Curoline, I'm your Uncle Elisha!"
"Good Lord!" groaned Stephen War¬ ren.
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CHAPTER IV. A  Little  Business Talk.
F tho caiiiuiii heard Stephen's fer¬ vent ojiHUlatloii ho paid no atten¬ tion   to   if.   Dropping   hi.s   nicKos hand, iio o.Mcndod his owu toward his nephew.
"And this is Stephen?" lie said. "Well, Stove, you and mo liuve never met afore, I b'liove. But tliat's our misfortiuie, not uur fault, hoy? How are you—prolty smart?"
The boy's line wus llumiiig. Ho mum¬ bled sonu'iliiiig to tUo effect that he wns all li-lii enough and turned away without ll' I'I It ing tho proffered haiul. Captain IMisliu glanced quickly nt him, thou ar liLs si.-itor.
"Well, Ciiiullue," he said pleasantly, "I s'poso i iiu've been expectin' uio. Mr. Graves told you I was comin', didn't he?"
Miss W'anon also wna Hushed with embarrassmont and mortified surprise. "No," she stammered.  "He has been IIL"
"Bho, you don't say! So you didn't know I was cumin' at all."
"No. M'o-we have not heard ftom yon since he returned."
"That's too bud. I hope I shan't put you out auy, droiifdu' In on you this way. You mustn't treat me as com- p'ny, you knnw. if 'tnln't convenient. If your spare room ain't rendy so soon after movUr, or uuyihing of tliat khid, I can go to a liotol somewliero for a day or so. Hiuln't I bettor, don't you think?"
Caroline hesitated. If only tlioy might have boon spared this publie humiliat!(ni! If tlio Dunns iiad not been there! It was Imd enon.gh ti>liuv(> this dreadful country umde come at all, but t<i have liim come now, bofoto they wore preiiared, before any expla¬ nations lind been made! What should ; she do-? [
Her iMMJthor, tidgetiug at her elbow, not daring to look nt MaUoim Dunu, who ho knew wa< ihuruughly onjoyhig the scone, could siaiul it no longer.
"Caro," he snappod, "whnt are you walling for? Don't you know that the rooms nro uot ready? Of course they're not! We're sorry aad nil thnt, but Graves didn't tcil us, nnd wo aren't prepared. Certnlnly he"!! have to go to the hotel for—for tlio present."
He. ventured to raise his eyes and glare Indignantly at the captain. Find¬ ing the hitter liKiking Intently at hlrn he dropped thom a:;iiin nnd Jammed his cUuchod lists into iiis pwkots.
CuiKsIn Elislia pulUnl thoughtftdly at his board.
"Humph!" he grunted. "Humph! Thon I carinte inayl'o"— Ho took a step toward the door, stopixnl, turned bnck and said wltli calm «'oeislon: "I guess I'd bettor stay. You won't mind uie, Cnrolino—you nnd St^ilien. You mustn't. As I said, I alu't couip'ny. I'm oue of tlie famiiy. your im's broth-
tiio floor. So that's sett led. and you mu.stn't have me on your coiiscionce. That's sens(>, ain't it, Mrs. iiuiin?''
Mrs. Corcoian Diinu did not iloij;ii a reply.   Caro'i?i(> answorcd for hor.
"Vory woll." sho said coldly. Stoi>- plng to the desk sli(! rang a bell. The butlor apiH'urcd in the doorway.
"I'llwards." said Miss Warron, "tliis gontloman," indicuting tiio captain, "is to Iio our guest for the ]iresont. You may shrm- him to his room—tho blue room, I think. If it is n(jt ready seo that it is mailo so."
"Yos, Miss Caroline," replied Ed¬ wards. Uotiring to the hall, he return¬ ed with tlio suit caso.
"Will you wish to go to your room at onc(>, sir?" lio asked.
"Why, I guoss I might ns well, com¬ modore," .•inswerod Captain Elisha. smiling. "I.lttlo soap and water won't do no h.'irm. I'act Is, I feel's if 'twas n prescription to bo rocomm(>'nd(Ml, You needn't tot^o that valise, though," he added. " 'Taint heavy, and I've lugged it so fur nlready senco I got off the car that I fcol kind of lonesome without it."
Tho liutler, lu^t knowing exactly \)'^ to unswor. priiinod slieepi.slily. CaptaTn Elisha tnriHvl to Mrs. Duun and her son.
"Woll, good aftornoon, ma'am," he said.   "I'm real glad to have made jcur
acqnalnbince. Yinirs. too, sir," with a nod toward Malcolm. "Your niotiior told ipe what a friond of the youug folks you was nnd, as I'm sort of U'tiu' pilot for 'dm just now, in n way of speaklu', uny friond of llioirs ouirlit to be a friend of mine. 1Ioi>o to see yon often, Mr. Dunn."
The yonng man iiildrossr>d smil^'d, with nmii.somont not at all conooalod, and languidly admitted tliat ho was "charmed."
When the captain finally dei>nrted, preceded by Edwards and tlio suit caso, Stepben Warron •throw himself violently into a olialr l>y tho window. Young Dunn laughed aJ.iud. Ilis moth er flashed an ii/dignaist glance at lilm and then huiTlod to Caroiiuo.
"You poor doar!" slw o.Kclaimed, put¬ ting an arm .ibout the giri'i-- shoulder. "Don't mind us, pl-i-aso don't. Mal¬ colm and I undorstund—t'jut is, wo know how you feel and"—
"Oh, but you don't know, Mrs. Dunn." cried Carolino, nlmost in tears. "You don't understand. It's so much worse thnn you think. I—I— Oh, why did father do It? How could he be so inconsiderate?"
"There, there!" purred the frl'3nd of the family. "Vom mustn't, you know. You really mustn't. Who Is this man? This uncle? \^'liore does he coma from? Why does he force himself upon you in this way? I didn't know your poor father had a bpother."
"Xoither did we," growled Stephen savagely.   Malcolm laughed aguln.
"What does it all moun, dear?" begged .Mrs. Dunn. "You ure lu trou¬ ble, I'm sure.    Don't you think we—
"What does it all mean, dear?"
Malcolm ami I—might be able to helji you?    Wo sliould so luve to do It.    If ' you fool that y">u can conlide In us, if | It isn't a secret"- j
Sho paused ex'iiectiuitly, patting the i girl's   shiiuldor.     But    Caroline   had heard young liuiin's laugh und was of- | fended and hurt.   Uer eyes Hashed a.-- . she uiisworod.
"It's nothing," she said. "He has 1 come to si>o Us on a matter of business, | I beliovo. I am nervous and—foolish. I suppose. Mr. Graves will see us I soon, and thon everything will be ar- : ranged. Tliank you for calling, Mrs. j Duun, and for the ride."
toiinig us ntiont ii'.o advnutugos ot n sailor's iife.  .\nd Stove's face!  Ilo, ho!"
Ills mothor snorted disgust.
'Was it iiiMossary to insult him tho first time yon and ho o.^ohangod a word?"
"Insult him? Mim? Ila, hn! Do you imagine that u hayseed like tliat would j ro(.'ognizo nn Insult witliout an uitro- diK'i'iii? You don't intend ]iutting him on your calling list, do you'.'"
"I intend cultivating him for the present';"
"Cnltivaliii;: him?"
"Yes—for the presont. Ilo Is Bod- gers Warren's broUior. Tliat lawyer. <!raves. traveled miles to seo him. What does that moan? That In some Important wii.\ he Is connected with the estate and those two children. If the estate is worth anything, und we hare reason to believe it is, you nnd I must knew it. If it isn't It Is even more imiiortant thnt we should know liefore wo wa.ste more time. If Cnro¬ lino is nn heiress, if she inherits even a moderate fortune"—
Sli(> slini.ugcd her shoulders by way of tinish to (ho sontoiice.
When Captain Eiishu emerged from his room aftor a wash and change of linon ho found tin; library untenanted. Ho strolled aliont, his hands behind him, iiisiiecting tho pictures with criti¬ cal interest. Caroline, dressed for din¬ ner, fonnd him tlms engaged. Ho turn¬ ed nt tlio sound of her stoii.
"Why. hollo!" he crioil, with hearty enthusiasm. "All rigged up for inspec¬ tion, ain't yon?"
"Inspection?"
"Oh, that's Just sailor's lingo. Means you've got your Suuday uniform on, till t's all. My, my! How nice you look! But ain't black pretty old for such n young girl?"
"i am in mourning," replied his niece coldi.w
"Thoro, there! Of conrso you are. Tut, tut! liow could I forget it. You si^e, I've bwn so iiiuny years feelin' as If I didn't havo a brother that I've sort of got iiso(l to his bein' gono."
"I havo not." Hor eyos filled as she said it. Tho captain was greatly moved.
"I'm a bluuderin' old fool, my dear," bo said. "I beg your pardon. I jo try to forgive me, won't you? And, perhaps —perhaps I can make up your loss to you just a little mite. I'd like to. I'll try to, if"—
Ilo laiil a haml on ber slioulder. She avoidixl llim and. moving nwuy, sented herself hi a cliuir at the oiiposito side of the desk. The avoidance was so ob¬ vious as to be almost brutal. Captain Elisha looked very grave for nn in¬ stant.   Then bo clian2:od the subject.
Aftor somo further conversation, dur¬ ing which Carolino w.is plainly ill at efiso, dinner was announcod. When the (5apt.ain in iiis onaint way described to Carolino and Stove Iiov.- lie found his way in Xew York Caroline was bored, and .stove was almost brutnl with his Interject ious. For the hundre<Uh time j'-'aroline nskod Stove what ba-l prompt- t-d tier father to make tbe captain their guardian.
-Vfter brea'iifast the next morning came the 'business talk." It was n brief one. Captain Eli.shii soon dis¬ covered tiiat his brothor's children know Tory little concerning their fa¬ ther's affau's. They bad always jileuty of in'^ney. had boon indolgod in prac¬ tically cvi-vy WLsli and tud never had to tJiiiik nr plan for themselves. As te the .size of tho esiate, tley knew iiotli- j iir_' more tiian Mr. Oisives had told them, wnich was that, instead of the soveral nallions which nimor had crcd- itetl A. I'.odiiors Warren with ikissoss- hig. ,$.'j(V».fNKi wnuid probably be the extent cf their inheiitauce aud that therefore they must live economically. .\s a first step in thai dlrecUon they had given up their former home and moved to the apartmenl.
"Yos, yes." ninsod the captain; "1 see. Mr. Graves didn't know aljout your niovln', thon? You did it on your own liook, so to spe.ik'r"
SiejihoE answered promptly.
"Of conrso wo did," he declared, "Why 11..T'/"
"N.I roa«on in the world. A good, sen¬ sible thing: to do, I should say. Didn't anybiid.v udvise you whoro to go?"
"Wliy sh».uld wo iiotHl advice';?" Agahi it wss Stepiion who roi'lkd: "We aren't kids. We'r* idd onougii to decide some things for oirsolvos. I should think."
"Y'eis; san-'n. That's right. But 1 didn't kuow imt p'raps some of your friends mlgh.'. have helped along. This Mrs. Dunn new, she kind of hinted to me that slioJ—well, dono what she ¦could to mak^ yuu comf'tnblo."
"Sho has." a rowed CaroUne warmly. "Jlrs. Dunn ami Malcolm have proved tleir friendshijr in u thousand .ways. 'V\ 0   never  can   repay   thera,   Stophei
PoBf«l La-JT^ ntqaln that HUbscrii.'Isiiifl ka paid ill OBaptSf. A penclJ -viArk i» ciTle ia«ikBs y<a}u 8Ci')!,tt.m i» rtae, w? ^-.lU tfi.'isai: /oa Um a  prompt muditwmm.
"Yes. Yos. I counted this mornin' wnen l g(Jt uri. l was inrorosieu naru- rally."
"Sure! Xanirally, of course," sneered th" boy. "Mid you think tlie twenty- t.wi» iiundrel wjis tho rent of the entire building?"
"Well, I didn't know.   I"—
"The ront." iiitorniiitetl Caroline, with
It WIUS a very plain hUit. but Mrs. ! and I, never." Duun did not choose to understand it (     "No.    There's some tiiin.:;s you can't
as tiiK'li.
"You're sure you iiaOu't hetter teli me the whole story, de.'ir?" she urged. "I am old enough almost to bo your mothor. and liorhaps my advice might- No? \'ory well. You know best, but— ! You understand that it is something other th;Ln moro curiosity which lends me to usk."
"Of conrso, I understand." said the girl hastily. "Tliank you very much. Perhaps by and by 1 can tell yuu ev¬ erything. But We must s(>o Mr. (Jrares first. l~<'h. don't ask me more uow. Mrs. IHinii."
The widow of s.p astute a politlclau as Milvo I mnn lind beon in his da.r could iinvo scarcely failed to proflt by his teachlu;.;s. SUiroovor. .she possessed tnloiit of her own. Witli n tinal pat and a kiss she prepared for departure. Aftor tho iiuir liad been i^liuwu out .by Edwards, on tho way home lu tho car Mrs. Curcorau Dunn lectured her son sevoroiy.
"Havo you no common sense?" she demand."!. "Couldn't you soe that the girl would have told lue everything if yiu hadn't liHi-'hod like nn Idiot?" The yeuiiii man laoKhod ui^ain. "I'.y .love:" h'.' e.Mlnijiied, "it was eniui;;h to mako a wooilen Indian lauL'h.   The old lav with the barua. les ,
. ever  pny,   I   know  lluit.    Mrs.   IMiniii
found this Hi.-e pliio«- for you, did she."
"Wh,^•.  yes.    Mrs,  Tiuiin  knew  that
we liad decided t.i move, aud she hus a
I consul who is Intorosted In Xew Yurk
! property.   She asked hhu, and he men
tlonod this apartment,'' I     "Olio of his ovi'ii, was il?"
"I believe so.    Why are you so par- ' tlcular';   Don't you like if?" \    "Isn't ft us go(.v! us those lu—whnt do yon call it.   South Denboro?" Steplien ' ask".] nialioionsly. :    Captain Elisha luii<;h<'d honrtll.y. I    "Pretty  nigii us good,"  ho said.    "I didn't notice any better on the w:y to tlu? depot  as I drove up.    Whnt's the ront?    Vou'll oxcuso my nskin', things i.oin' as thoy nre,"
"rwciity-two hnnd rod a year," an- sworiHl his niece cul.lly,
Tho captain Uviko I at hor, whi,sfled, oroko off the whist!.- in t!i(> mliidle and did n little mental urirhiiiotic,
"Twenly-two hnn,'red a year!" lie re- neated. "Tlnit's one lunidiwl and eiirlitr
oda H month. Say, tliat cousin of Mrs. iinnu's niu.n want to get his iuvostment back. You iiiean for jnst tho.se tou iHinis?"
Stephen bin:,''!'s1 sci.rnfnlly.
"Our guardian has. been counting, l'ar(y" ho ri'miirL-.»<J
"Did yon  t'llnk  it was the rent of Vrm
li'itire  building?"
dignity," was twenty-four liundred, but thanks to Mrs. Dunn, who explained to her cousin that wo wore friends of hers, it was reduced."
"Wo bein-,' hi reduced circumsiances," observed h-.-r brother in supreme dis¬ gust. "Pity tho pour orphans! By gad !"
"Tliat wus roal nice of Mrs. Dunn," de- clareil Captain Elisha heartily, "About how much is she wuth, do you think?"
"I don't know.   I never iniiuired."
"Xo. Weil, down onr way." with a chuckle, "wo dou't have to inquire. Ask anybody you meet wiiat liis nost door neighbor's wuMi. and he'll toll you with¬ in a hundred, and liow he got it, and how mucli he owes, and how he getis along with his wife. Iio, ho! Speakin' of wives, is this Mr. Dunn married?"
He looked at ills niece as ho asked th* qnestion. There was no reason why Caroline should blush. Sho knew it aud hated liorself for doing it.
"Xo," she answered resentfully; "he is not."
"I'mhm.    Wliat's his business?"
"He is connected with a Produce Bx change house. I bellevo,"
"One of the firm?"
"I dou't knew.   In New York we are- not ns well  posto*! or as curious con¬ cerning our friends' private alTairs as your townspe.ijile "seem to be."
"I guoss til it's so. Well," he went on, rising, "I gnoss I've kept you young folks from your work or—or piny, or I whatever you \\7as going to do, loug enouL'h for this onoe. I think I'll go out fur a siiell. I've got an errand or. two 1 want ti> do. "Uniat timo do you have dinner?"
"We lunch at Iiaif pa-^t 1." answered Caroline.   We dine ut 7."
"Oh, yes, yes! I k.-ep forgottiu' that suiiper's diniu-r, Woll, I presume likely ril lie liack for luncheon. If I ain't, don't wait fir me. I'll bo homo ufure suinier—thoro I go again!—ufore din¬ ner, anyhow     (;.. n:!iy."
(To Be Continued.)
Order of ths Thistle. The Order uf the ThLstlo, tbe Scota equivalent of the Garter, is supposeit to havo been f.iuudod by King Achaiua in "sT A. t». It was revived by James II. in ll'kST and ri'-estabiished by Queen -Vune Dec. 01. 1703.
Tile insignia uf the othi.-e Is a silver star in the sliape of St. Andrew's cross. with othor rays issuing between tlie points of the oross. In the center on a guld hackgruund is a thistle enameled in natural clurs, surrounded by a groea circle bearing the Inscription, "Nemo me impune lacossit" ("No one Injures me with Impunity").—Loudon Glob^
Yellow and Suffrage. Yellow was originally udoj.ted by the woman sur.n'.dsts as their color be¬ cause of the Trnge victory hi Kansas In 1887. Thli victory was regarded as of Immense importance, and yellow In Ihe ejes >if the loaders of tlie" more- mont, was inseparably associated with tho Sunflower State.-Youth's Compan¬ ion.
Sc Have We.
"I have but one amblMon."   •
"What is that'/"
"To some day be as bappy as the \»o- pie lu the newspaper and mu.;a7,ine ad- vertisoments look while shaving or washing t!;eir teetli or appivlng a com cure."-Florida Times-Union
Suspicious Conduct.
"Ofllcer. wliy did jou arrest this nio forist?"
"Susiiicious actions, your honor.    He was within the speed limits, Hounding lis horn properly and trying to keep on I lio right siile of the street."—Philadsl Pjila I'.ulletln.
Left Something.
Beporter -I am t .id that your trust¬ ed cashier has left tho bank. Bank President-rias ho? Thunk heuseu we have tbe IiuIMIol' to utart \'Uh ugiihil
Boston Xruiiscript.
Ufe without Inughhig hi a Anmn liJank.   Thackeray.