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TUB LAJ* ^?| * ??? ? f" try its I Y might ' ^ l night ourney lnever J ? I MtSSED THE DillN! 8 By STELLA SCHMIDT. Though the moon might n time of rising and the stars grow tardier and tardier each In making their stealthy J cross the sky, old Mrs. Searsoi ?W??VU 1U CWIJ UU) UCV her dally life. In the daytime she read her n 'per. She read It slowly?rea politic?! new*, the society noi murder* and the advertisement! began at the beginning and 8h on and on steadily to the end neglected do part. The politics bad not the slightest signifies iter, the personal gossip and 1 otety notes were absolutely unl ant from ber point of view, t vertlsomeota wbetted no deslr she had no desires to whet. She tj read the newspaper, that w In the evening she cooked h? Then she ate it all aiooa S not know what a monotonous r woo. She (to tt, suiiuunded 1 teded portraits at the dead. HI torgottso long ago that she n ikes. The pain at kmethiei oould never know agstn. h sooM she ever know again dea inbttfam. Oil mn?ii>w ??i f?i after twr ?u orw she est cmt on her ?nd vtUhtd the pa?om by. watched them without taking a tarest In them. She could sec at her neighbors and she bean Every now and then the i who lived aerose the street tr talk to her. The woman who across the street was lonesome, dead were Btfll dead to her, ai longed to see them and kiss the! She often looked over at old Sears on and felt old Mrs. Sea loneliness, too. The woman whe across the street did not realize a potent anesthetic time had ] Itself to be In old Mrs. Searson'i The pain of loneliness was r bar. So the woman who lived aero stroot hit upon the Idea of gi* little dinner and Inviting old Searson. In doing thlsf she well. / Old Mrs. Searson hu<i watch* postman pass by her house day day as she had watched every 01 everything else pass by. Whe morning the poet man entered gate and knocked on her door, very strange. He handed her ter. She opened It and read w may particular surprise the inv1 to the dinner over the way. Sli the people she read about in the 0 ^ She Ate It All Alone. paper every day, was going < dine. Then when she began to It over she realized that she human like other human being! then a really surprising thing about. She recovered from the thetic. She did not sleep much that Tossing and tossing on her bet thinking and thinking, she was ly wondering what Bhe should to the dinner across the way. she was very human. She was excited. In the morning she got up unu early and at once she began s ing among her clothes. How w fully thoy had endured the pi of the years! The garments she selected a* ting the occasion she laid out the bed at nine o'clock in the ing. She had her breakfast all its proper place, an hour and i late. She did not read her news she indulged In abnormal quauti tea, ahe varied her diet at lunch ?h? did do housework and nc Jug. She did nothing and yt was busy. She broke a plat spilled water. She flnnJlv tr? inio a rest In order that she might be for the dinner. So she lay do' her couch, being careful not t turb her finery that was spres on the bod. There she soon di ofT to sleep and slept soundly. When she awoke with a si wag dark in the room. She groped her way to the \ and found a match. Striking 1 looked at the clock and dlsc< that It was two hours past th< set for the dinner at the house woman across the street! Old Mrs. Searson was re 1 lev yond measure by this discovery she did not have to go to the at all! She pot all her clothes back fully In the trunk with calm sa tion. Then she ate some brea drank a cup of tea and relapse her oorayU Ufa.?Chicago Oafjy .U.O, ? owspa. I d the J its, the Y i. She A e read I U She t 1 news V n oe of A Lbe so- ^ mport- J he ad- Y ea. for % ^ i mere r-S 4 |c be 014 ?? |? *:* # HI M had Y ? en > m she ets1 a itr* or M . ! r meal : X porch 1 She % J?7 h>- : ? little J f*?-r. X We must led to A lived X ^ H?r y move to i id Bhe lr "p"- .! US tliers in I ) lived % ? roved t entire sto i case. "'J" X Dry Gooc ?8 the J / ring a =.^. X / Hats, Ca| ? y low pi ie and n one X 1 her V It \raa a let- ^ dthout ^ ItAtlon V "I Goods Mi = V V 6c Calicoes at ft, } 6c Ginghams at V 30c Dress Ginghams at WK W v 50c Mohair Goods at fj Y 75c Dress Goods at ? ? $1.00 and $1.25 Dress Goods ^ $2 00 and $2.50 Blankets at.. $1.50 Blankets at ' V jut to s. 10c Outing at think t was a IV 10c Bed Tick nt 8, and IM camf ^ 30e Feather Tick at ants- t V 30c White Sea Island Goods night. > i. and 42-Tncli White Cloth, 21 van chief- J wear V 40c Underwear at Yea, even ^ 50c Underwear at isuaiiy ! V $1.00 Underwear at learcb- > onder- A $i .25 Men's Dress Shirts at. issag? X ? .. Y Ladies' and Men's $2.00 Sli< i befit- ; > uP?n > $3.00 Shoes at morn- J ou'lJ Y $4 "30 Shoes at a half + paper. A 75c Children's Shoes at. . .. Ilea of X ,lme- Y Men's $2.00 J'ants at ? sew- +J* ' J 1*1 j Men's $3.00 Pants at t good i X Men's $4.50 Pants at fresh A V :o dla- V ============1==: id out -opped Y _ Y| JV 1^^^^ rr. | lyl P| 1 orered ?? i ill* VI ed be- % . Now /? dinner 1 : care- 4 itlBfao- A ICA8TER NEWS, JANUARY li WWhVHVV4V?*VWVA?V? rW V %^yVVVV VVVVVV rnr EMOVA vacate tTTis buildii the stand formerly the Moore Block. > ck of MERCHANI Is, Clothing, Ladie >s, Ladies' Coat ! tLCES. : : ist be Sold At/ ^72" 4y2c sy2c 39c 48c at 63c $2.68 98c 7y2c 8i/2c 19i/2c at 7i/2c Is $1.00 23c 38c 68c 73c >es at $1.48 $1.98 $2.39 48c $1.39 $2.23 $2.98 mffiMv. && *&&& .... *.>, ~ JPiMiiL'n:- ' IIIfli^JOO^BBIWl 6, 1914. It Regardless of1 Men's Suits $3.98 \ Men's Coats, All Wool $1.98 Boys' Suits $3.50 Boys' Suits $4.50 Boys' Suits $7.50 Boys' Suits 10 Balls TlireadTorT 21 Yards White Homespun 15c Face Powders $1.00 Suit Case $1.50 Suit Case T --ji (n.u'' ijun vase, ouiiu .ueainer $3.00 Trunks $3.50 and $4.00 Trunks $7.50 and $10.00 Trunks Men's and Children's Hats and Caps. .. .15c Ladies' and Misses' Hats at low prices. Boys* Pants, sizes 5 to 18, at 19< 150 Pairs of Dr. Jacob's Children's Shoes, i at, a pair Andross Scoggin 12y2c Bleaching at 12V&? and 15c Cannon Cloth at $12.50 and $16.00 Ladies' Tailor Made Suits P|1 CHEAPEST S rr ON KAKT1I. II 1 1 ig by February 1st will occupied by Allison Bro-Ve offer to the public our VISE, consisting of Shoes, s and Gents' Furnishing, Suits, Millinery, Etc., at ? Y ? A Cost I T ? ? v ip to $12.48 V V 1 11 nfrt <fcO QQ M ' U KJKJ y?,iWSJ Y $1.25 up Y $2.48 > Y $2.98 ^ $4.98 X 5c V 98c A 7c 88c 98c f $2.98 X $2.39 f $3.39 ?$? ^ $5.98 V ! up to $2.48 ? V 3 up to $1.98 |>1.50 values, V 83c .... 8 l-3c V Y .9c ?? at... $7.98 Y T ? ?????? ?? T TORE ? X v * A X X Y * Y ? Y up $ * ! I ? y y f T T X T X ? X X X ? t T j X ? 1f T T f T V T ? ? ? ? T T T Y