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HEART OF TflE SUNSET By REX BEACH Author of "The Spoiler,," "The Iron Trail,'" "The Silver Horde, " Etc. Copyright by Harper a Brothers CHAPTER XIV-Continued. -14 "Heaven knows! Out in the barn ar under the house." Taking advan tage of the dressmaker's iomentary absence fronm the rootm, a'itloiit con tinued in a whisper: "I wish you'd talk to (hid an(d see what you innke of 1un. Hle's absolutely--queer. Mrts. Strange enii to have a pectlitr effect on hint. tthy, it's almost as if-" "What ?" "Well, I suppose 'in foolish. hut ('mi beginning to believe in sl'e!! . 1: tnow, airs. Strange's husbnild Is 1 :' of----necromanrer." "Iiow silly I" '.here wIaS no further o; - for words. us tLhoe' womn% .. :.:.. .thst instant; hut a li: ' r A ..:. r went In search of 1:..'o. .... . 4zrabiy mystilfe'. As h .e :. rd htxrra hubiiliing., she .:n;red :t an' . ure hastily disal-l-i: _ !t: the &Gnrn. 'ht' ilgure r1 'ye a su0sp 'e us re semiianc'e to It lao JTones. y t w hen fie followed, he was nowh're to he .eS'fl. "qtr. Tones I" Alnire called. She re ,eated Itlaze's natne several tItuI ahen something strred. Ti' door of a ttiIUrness closet opeted enuti I1 usly, and sot of the hln etkness peer.ed I'alont 's fither. lie lootked Itore owlisl than ever hehind his Ig, goli-riit silr :tt(Ides ''Winit In tihe w1orli are y totig in th're?" she ('rch. Blize einerge'd. hiInking. 1i1k w:s dlUsty anal pl ir'th ing.i "I1111, Mlz Aust in !" ht' saluint hir writh at poor assumtionh oft bri'ezin s'.. "I ivits tixin' s0me1 harness, but I'm dght glid to sfee YOU.'' Air~ue re'garded himt qitlzztnaly). "W~hnt 11n81de you hid(14?" she nslo'd. "Ilide? Who. mo?" "1 saw you dodge in here like a gopher." Blaze confessed: "I reckon I've got tie witllies. Every woman I sete look. Uke that tdressnoter." "Palomat wia'S t'lling me nhout you Why do you hate her so?" "I don't know 's I hate her, but he and her husband have put a Jinx of une. They're the worst people I eve see, MIz Austin." "You don't really believe in suet Udtngs?" Blaze dusted of' a sent for his visi tor, stying: "I never (id till atIeIly tat noiv I'mi worse t1an It pla:intati ih migger. I tell yotu there's things it this world we don't sahe. I wish you'( get Palona to fire her. I've tried no Zinled. I wish you'd tell her thost 4dsses are rotten." "But they're very ice ; they're love 4 ; and I've just been Compilliment ini her. Now what has this woman don, to you?" ft seemied IipossIile that a inan 3laze JTones' characi t er could actuiall 'Vhe Door of a Harness Closet Opene and Out of the Blackness Peer Paloma's Father, har'bor crudi~e supet' itions and Ibere was no initkling his earne neM wheni he sid:i "1 ain't surtte whlether she's to him -or tier husbnid, but misfor'tune I toldodJ me to herself." "ilow?7" "Well, I'mz sick." "You1 dlon't look it." "I don't exaictly feel it, eIthe11r, I am. I doni't sleep good, my hien indin' up, I've got rhe'umautIim, elomaich feels like I'd swallowed so thing alive-" "You're smiok lng t oo much," Alb affirmed, withI convictlti. But skept ielsmi airousedl Blaze's 4gnatlon. With elahorate siarcaism, retorted t"I reckon thait's why my .1 team of mules rnn away anud dlrag me0 through a ten-incre patch of gr burra, ehi? It's a w~onder I wa tilled. I reckon I smiokedl so Hi thiat I givo a tobacco heart to the b thiree-year-old, bull in my pastui Wa i Smkg him to deaith, all ri KtKI g Probably it was nicotine poisonin' tha killed twenty acres of mny cotton, too and mnaybe if I'd cut out tobacco I'( have 1oiated that bond issue on th( irrigation ditch. But I was wedded tc cigarettes, so my banks are closin down on nue. Sure! 'fhait's what a man gets for snokin'." "And do you attribute all these mis fortunes to Pailoan's dressmaker?" The mnan nodded gloomltily. "That ain't half 1 Everything goes wrong. I'm scared to pack a weapon for fear I'l injure tnyself. Why, I've carried a bowie knife in my bootleg ever since I was a babe in armas, you might say ; but the other day I jabbed mnyself with it and nearly got blood-poisonin'. TPhis fellow, Strange, with his fortune tellia' and his charms and his conjures, has hocus-pocused the whole neigh borhood. le's gettin' rich off of the 3Iexleans. lie knows miore secrets than a parrot." "l le is nothing mnore than a circus fakir. Mr. Jones." "Yes'in ! Just tho same, these greas ers 'd vote 18ii inito1 the legislature if he askeI ihen. Why, he knows who fetehtd bitc I licardo Guzrnan's body ! lit' tol inte so." ".enl : laire lto!:ed up quickly, th:ei the S e h t her face. After a ..e ... "l'et 1aps lie could - I want to know?" i iin Started," 1 .. .y. .er he'll put a . 1I had to do 1 ... " lt !y. '"WVell, I up . \: ' with Lewis. I ake !. s T1.!+I n\ :t thie bott101n ( the :', nin lhe hoped to prove : on t 1i : 1. Ut tir g.veiinileIt woln't .anythling. andl he's stiluWi. for the ii mno bhini'. I don't kniow1 : ny mnore l:- 1 a' dn's thtan you do. 3Mlz Autin: :!l I kn-w is that I got a ser lit in i t hU'e1'ld 11(1 I (tan't get 4t "wd of her. ''ve got a litptul of trIlb's if may )\w\n." "iis I too tof-ult for ine.' she de eh:;red. riuin . "lInt--l'm interested 1n hliat yiu say aliut MIr. Sran te. If he .\l'xiE+ mn tl li n 11 ruch p11 1.lerhalps h+ ''1nn1 l it lt' seni hin::. I do h'opie \ I h:t V n ii lore t litt'ii tulies." '" l sily t) '-Ulpe''." 1l:e urgetd t '' ?:'y. "'ll be ins Us so tn Its that ta:ru iht's gnie," Jhut Ahltij' re d c'linedl. After at brief that wi'th I'atlta, shit re'Jinolli lite i.Llsit1't" 1111d plrepaltred fir thet h1)1n11. 1Iii ride. At ile gate, io'wever, sit' 1181t Dave Law, 01n his ne0W 11n1re, 81111 enit I1:1\ve had lear imei the object of he'r visit to .J'ite-sville he insisted upo1)n1 ac rotlijallying hei', It watts early dlu'k whe'n they reachedI l.as 1'alinaus ; it wats nearly tiiulght wthen I ave threw his leg across his sattldle iand starte'di bota1. Allre's p:arting words rang sweetly in ils cars: "''Thiis has been the p leas antest day I can retninher.'" r 'lie woris thornselves teant little, iut l1ave had caught a wistful under u eto' iii the 5i'aker'S voice, aid fancied he intl stent in her eyes a queer, half - fri;.lht''nei expression. as of one just awa':kenedl. * . * * * * * t Jose ":anel1n-z had beheld Dave Law at the i.as l'anlils tablet twice vithitn SI a fw'' days. lie spent this even1ing lI h1orionly etuitposinlg a letter to his friend iad patron, .en. Lis Longorlo. CHAPTER XV. Tinti aswhe Phili St:-anlge itna ted fairgroun ititt seasidle a smn par l fr'til C n1ey Isltid to (jtgsta, it his hait Iterted wairdoe trunkls wer( lat s of oldh cotii::,es, scr'aphooklts of t'lliniigs, atid a good'tly collection of lithoi gratphls. somett iadvertiisintg thle su pernaturial po~wer's 'of "'I'rofe.ssoir Matg, Sove'rtigni of thle I l'ein Wt'rbi,"' atiul t ross."'li In tse .gnu dy po irtaits ol '"Magi tilt Mystce" no 'oine w'ni'i hanvt reco gilz'td l'ii St range. A ii' ever SI reni. iallt' watilti itusavlezibent Strang iip'adlthe tlond bushy-heial. "Al lh' Le t ( ttrde at rt of th pser.lv. thitlessd tohI litwnlssof t ots n im( had entii wcnsulit titooet ilht toi d Phirtl, triaslr tm ali eideiicest ftlut fhe tangesiit had tiidtofiubt lifei. 1-'ort a long1itimei thes wite ht confesed t' fat Io i nterest11 in he;lli repugnanceill h. Snake-c higi sheha ft liessi g for a itnan of rleent i ossssedtit to lesan~o to featu fris, n la vti' o schte euphiimstle 'itles gtal "S d, untisg nehan, titss" andtgt "lteih 'ltd ia Memeist" ailed to ro li e pair. in tt'ulragar Wit i athe:i mind s' lif thes ao 11't dislin~ 1 inatingci's hii ad heiiimeto 't- ditsigoo Mrsitrs. u Strangi's t I sensibiliies that )nshe lhad''lrt( voi tfyanial rtufrnsak tha ma for hi ms't citt Ior tsehn 1111uliore cneil, me tinsalyside hadc prevaittt ierupo t, toh linakela (hat'ntgse.Beoeo re u'The te nad enottoben, fore histh' rts Strng far hape nurapin deturess, ao me omnniywhc wa not onl la ne upon the figures of her customers than hanging python folds about her own, and he found his own fame growing with every day. His mediumistic gifts came into general (iemand. The coun try-people journeyed miles to consult him, and Blaze Jones' statement that they confided in the fortune-teller as they would have confided in a priest was scarcely an exaggeration. Phil (lid indeed become the repository for confessions of many sorts. Contrary to Blaze's belief, however, Strange was no Prince of Darkness, and took little joy in some of the se crets forced upon him. Phil was a good tan in his way-.f conscientious that certain information he acquired weighed himli down with a sense of un II "Over Her Head Floats a Skeleton-" pleasan~it responsilibility. Chtancing to mteet D avye Lawv one day, he determined to relieve himself of at least one troubl~esoaie burden. liut Dave was not easily approach able. ile mlet the miediuma's aillusiOnls to' the occult with Contemptuous amuse ient, nor wotuld lie consent to a lpri vate "'readling.'' Strange grew alnost de perate enough to speak the ungar nlishe'd truth. "You'd better pay a little attention to me," he grieved ; "I've got a mes sage to you frot the 'Unseen World. "Clarges 'collect,' I reckon," the luanger grinned. St range waved aside te suggestion. "It came ulnbwidden, and I puss it on for what it's worth." As Dave turned awaty, he added, hastily, "It's about a skeleton in the chaparral, and a red hiired woman." oave stopped; he eyed the speaker curiously. "Go on," said he. But a public street, Strange ex lphiied, was no place for psychic dis cussions. Dave agree. When they were alone in the fortune-telling "par lor," he sat back while the medium closed his eyes and prelared to explore tin Invisible. After a brief delay Phil began: "I see a great many things-that woman I told you about, and three ni. One of 'em is you, the other two Is Mexicans. You're at a water hole in the esquite. Now there's a shoot lng scrape; I see the body of a dead lma"fh. And now the scene changes. Everything dissolves. I'm in a man l'sn; and the red-hired woman comes to)ward mhe. Over her head floats a skeleton-'' tave broke in crisply. "All right i ".et's get down to cases. What's on your mind, Strange?" The psychic simulated a shudde a oain'ul contortion, such as anyone might suifer if rudely jerked out of the snirit woorld. "lhi? hat was. I-? There ! You've brioke tihe connection," ho declared. "IDid I tell you anything?" "No. But evidently you can." "1'um sorriy. They never come back." Pil was hurt, Indignant. With some stillness he explained the danger of Interrupting a seance of this sort, but J.aw remaliniedl obldurate. "You can p~ut over that second-sight stufft with the greasers," lie declared, sharply, "b)ut not with me. So, Jose Sanchez has been to see you and you want to wvarnm me. Is that it?" "I don't knowv tiny 'such party," Strange pirotested. IHe eyed his caller I for a moment ; then with an abrupt - change of manner lhe comlalined: "Say, lB ! Whlat's the matter with I you? I've got a reputation to pt'otect, and11( I (10 things my own way. I'mu get i ting se't to sipy you something, and you g tiy to mattke me look like a sucker. f Is that anly waty to act?" e "I pre'~fer to talk to you when your o'5yes are i'o(pen. I know all about-" "Youj do'n't know' nothig aibout anuy a1 thng,'' Stnappedi the other. "Jose's got it 'it hii for xir's. Austin." You"X'l said you ldi't know him." "Wll l I dion't. ie's never been tc usee Ole in is life, but--hs sweetheari c S. -lWsaI Alorales conies regular." toa!JOSC's sweethleart 1" A "et. Il'r an oehave joinedou togeth~er since yushot l"'anio n I hey'rFe fraitnung something." a shIknew," lie said( slowly. "I s-loons to be lik~e a killing." er Dave nodded1. "Probably is. Jos; -would like to get mae, and of course th<i oggirl--" lhe "Oh, they don't aim to get you. Yo1 a a in't the one they're after." ag "No? Who, then?" ed I"I don't know nothing definite. Ii to Ithis business, you understand, a fel d low has to nut twma nd two toenem All the same, I'm sure Jose aun't carv ing no epitaph for you. From what I've dug out of Rosa, he's acting for a third party-somebody with pull and a lot of coin-but who it is I don't know. Anyhow, lie's cooking trouble for the Austits, and I want to stand from under." Now that the speaker had dropped all pretense, he answered Dave's ques tions without evasion and told what he knew. It was not much, to Dave's way of thinking, but it was enough to give cause for thought, and when the Inca finally parted it was with the un derstanding that Strange would promptly communicate any further in telligence on this subject that came his way. On the following day Dave's duties called him to Brownsville, where court was in session, lie had planned to leave by the morning train; but as he continued to meditate over Strange's words, he decided that, before going, he ought to advise Alaire of the fel low's suspilons in order that she aught discharge Jose Sanchez and in other ways protect herself against his possible spite. Since the matter was one that could not well be talked over by telephone, Dave determined to go in person to Las I'almas that evening. Truth to say, he was hungry to see Alaire. By this time he had almost ceased to combat the feeling she aroused in him, and it was in obedience to an impulse far stronger than friend ly anxiety that he hired a machine and, shortly after (lark, took the river road, The Fates are malicious jades. They delight in playing ill-natured pranks upon us. Not content with spinning aud ieasuring and cutting the threads of our lives to suit themselves, they ztust also tangle the skein, causing us t, cut capers to satisfy their whims. At no time since meeting Alaire had Dave Law been more certain of his moral strength than on this evening; at no time had his grip upon himself seemed firmer. Nor had Alaire the least reason to doubt her self-control. Dave, to be sure, had appealed to her fancy and her interest ; in fact, he so doianliated her thoughts that the ih aginary creature whom she called her iireall-husband had gradually taken on his physical likeness. But the idea that she was in anly way enamored of him had never entered his mind. In such wise do the Fates amuse them selves. Alaire had gone to her favorite after dinner refuge, a nook on one of the side galleries, where there was a wide, swinging wicker couch ; and there, in a restful obscurity fragrant with flow ers, she had prepared to spend the evening with her dreams. She did not hear Dave's automobile arrive. Her first intimation of his presence came with the sound of his heel upon the porch, When he ap peared, it was almost like the mate rialization of her uppermost thought quite as if a figure from her fancy had stepped forth full-clad. She rose and met him, smiling. "flow did you know I wanted to see you?" she inquired. Dave took her hand and looked down at her, framing a commonplace reply. But for some reason the words lay un spoken upon his tongue. Alaire's in formal greeting, her parted lips, the welcoming light in her eyes, had sent them flying, It seemed to him that the dim half-light which illumined this nook emanated from her face and her person, that the fragrance which camne to his nostrils wvas the perfume of her breath, and at the prompting of these thoughts all his smothered longings rose as if at a signal. As mutinous prisoners in a jail delivery overpower their guards, so did Dave's long-re pressed emotions gain the upper hand of him now, and so swift wvas their up~rising that he could not summon more than a feeble, panicky resistance. The awkwardness of the pause whIch followed Alaire's inquiry strengthened the rebmellious impulses within him, andt quite unconsciously his friendly grasp upon hier fingers tightened. For her part, as she saw this sudden change sweep over him, her own face altered and1( she felt something within her breast leap into life. No woman could have failed to read the meaning of his sudlden agitation, and, strange to say, it worked a similar state of feeling in Alaire. She strove to control her self and to draw away, but instead found that her hand had answered his, and that her eyes wvere flashing recognition of his look. All in an in stant she realized how deathly tired of her own struggle she had become, and experienced a reckless impulse to cast away all restraInt and blindly meet his first advance. She had no time to question her yearnings; she seemed to understand only that this man offered her rest and security; that in his arms lay sanctuary. To both it seemed that they stood there silently, hand in hand, for a very long time, though in reality there was scarcely a moment of hesitation on the part of either. A dIruniken, breathless instant of uncertainty, then Alaire was on Dave's breast, anid his strength, his ardor, lis (desire, was throbbing through her., 11er bare arms were about his neck ; a sigh, the token of utter surrender, flutteredl from her throat, She raised her face to his and their lips meltcd together. (TO BEU CONTINUED.) Cossack Superstition. Among the numerous superstitions of the Cossacks there Is a belief that they will enter heaven in a better state of moral purity if tliaey afre personally clean whon killed -in battle, Style in Emotion. "Now some scientific sharp HfnyS there are styles in emnotionis." "I b)" -lleve it. I know some woenlIi who a Iways wear their dignity Niied." INmAToNAL SIJNDAYSII0oL LEssoN (By E. O. SELLERS Acting Director of the Sunday School bourse in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JULY 22 SENNACHERIB IN DAYS OF JUDAH. LESSON TEXT-II Kings 19:20-22, 28-37. GOLDEN TEXT-God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psa. 46:1. Last week's lesson was a great pic ture of the reform of the nation. To day we have another picture which needs to be carefully put before the children. It is a national picture of a ruler and the invasion of his country. In reality it reveals the principles which are the same today, and which affect the lives of boys and girls as well as men ; the dangers, temptations, the need of prayer, the need of a life of faith in God, the care of a heavenly father, deliverance and victory. It is a great thing for any nation or any individual to have such a marvelous experience of God's salvation. It oc curred probably B. C. 701, the latter part of lezekiah's reign. Assyria on the north was enlarging its borders and seeking to overcome Juden. Read parallel accounts in II Kings 18; II Ch;ron. 32 and Isa. 30:37. We have on the Taylor cylinder an account by Sea nacherib of the victory over Hezekiah, found in Nineveh in 1830 and now in the British museum. I. The Situation. When the great Sargon died at Nineveh, the Syrian governments sought to assert their In dependence. It was a good time for IIezekiah also to assert his independ ence. Accordingly they refused to Pay the customary tribute to Assyria. For a time Sennacherib was too busy at tending to other portions of the em- . pire to pay much attention to the city of Jerusalem. Later, however, he sub dued the cities on the coast and threat ened Egypt itself. ii. The Supplication (vv. 20-22). God does things because we pray. There was more power in IIezekiah's prayer than there was in his army. Through his prayers he laid 185,000 of his enemies in the grave. Hezekiah's God saved his people out of the hand of Sennacherib (v. 19), God did it. One great reason why he heard Hezekiah's prayer was because it was for God's own glory that Hezekiah asked (v. 19). One great reason why so many of our prayers are not answered is because they are selfish-seeking our own gratification and not God's honor (James 4:3 R. V.). Rending his clothes and putting on sackcloth, He zekiah went to the house of God while his messengers sought out the prophet Isaiah. From II Chron. 32:20 we find that Isaiah joined with -lezekiah in his earnest prayer (Matt. 18:19, 20), thus the king and prophet worked as well as prayed. They showed their faith by their work (James 2:17, 18). At the same time they waited upon God for an answer, not because God was unwilling to bestow good things, or must be importuned, but that his gifts may bring the greater benetit. H~e sometimes delays his answer, thereby fitting us to receive them he cause of the intensity of our desire and to appreciate the things lhe has to bestow. God is as ready to say to us5 as to Hiezekiah, "Thy prayer is heard," if we will not meet the condi tions of prevailing prayer (I John 3:22; I John 5:14; Rom., 8:20.27). ill. God's Glorious Deliverance (vv. 23-37). God permitted the Assyrians to attack and they thus imagined they were having their own will and could do as they pleased, but when his "rod" had done its work, they found the dif ference. The God against whom they ravedl guidled them as with a "bridle" and turned them back to Assyria. Sen nacherib considered himself more than a match for God (Oh, 18 :23-25) but had to return like a conquered beast of burden with God's "hook" in his nose and bridle on his lips. God al lows the enemies of his people to go a certain length in order that his people may be humbled andl seek him. Then he puts forth his hand and says, "This far and no further." Jehovah gives us the same promise he gave IHezekiah, "I will defend1 this city." Is not the city of Jerusalem that God defends more safe than a city defended by an army? (Psa. 40:5, 0; 27:1). God had promised David that his kingdom should not perish, for in it lay the hope of the world and his plans for the redemption of mankind. Not be cause of the people (did God defend the city, but because of his oath. This is a most dlramatic picture, the miys terious destruction of the Assyrian army (vv. 35, 3(6). The Lord sent his angel, literally lisa "messenger,'' who applied his own plan for the accom .plihment of his putrpose. There is a sort of a grIm irony in the ending of Sennacherib's enreer, Ile who had so dleintly asked, ''Who are they among all the gods of the country that have delivered their country ouit of mine hand," is led back to the htouse of his own godl whom he imagines to be so potent to worship and in thai very presence is slain by the( har ds1 of one of his owvn sons. 'lTe limportance of this event is shown b~y the fiact that it is referred to in three books of the Bible and probably referred to anoth er, occupying seven or eight chapters, besides beiug recorded on the great cylinde to which referennce is made. MRS. KIESO SICK SEVEN MONTHS Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Auro Ill.-"For seven ion~ month. I suffered from a female trouble, with severe pains inmy back and sides unti I became so whak I could hardly walk from chair to chair, and got so nervous I would jump at the sligi 'est noise. I was -ntirely unfit to ao my house work, I was giving up hope of ever be ing well, when my sister asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. I took six bottles and today I am a healthy woman able to do my own housework. I wish every su fering woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham e Vegetable Compornd, and find out for themselves how ood it is."-Mrs. CARL A. KIEsO, 696 th Ave., Aurora, Ill. The great number of unsolicited tes timonials on file at the Pinkham Lab oratory, many of which are from time to time published by permission are p-.. of the value of Lydia E. rink a.. s Vegetable Compound, in the treatment of female ills. Every ailing woman in the United States is cordially invited to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass., for special advice. It is free, will bring you health and may save your life. SOME STRANGE INDIAN NAMES That Red Men's Cognomens Retain Plc. turesqueness Is Shown by Those Figuring in Recent Land Sale. 'That Indian names still possess their early strength and l)lcturesqueness is shown by the names that figured promlinently in the recent sale of In dian lands in the Standing Rock reser vation in North and South )akota. An inspection of the list reveals such n:utes as Kate (lood Crow, whose nearest neighbor is Baurney Two Bears. Mary Yellow Fat aljoins Melda Crow ghost, while Mrs. Crazy Walking, on the southeast quarter of section 19,23 25, has probabliy reached the state in dicated by her name by being in the :aue section with Elk Ghost. Mary Lean Dog rather envies Agatha Big Shield, her aristocratic name. In like tinner, .Jennie Dog Man and Mary Shave Head may be all too will ing to assume on short notice the he roic name borne by Morris Thunder shield, heir apparent to Long Step 'I'hundersliieid. Mrs. Did Not Butcher, judging from her name, is in no condition to supply the wants for her nearest neighbor, Mrs. Frosted Red Fish, who lives on a half section, not far from Helen Difli cult. And on festal days there gather such notables as Francis Many Horses, Joseph Shoot the Bear, Mrs. Stanton Grindstone, Mrs. No Two horns, Plus Broguth, Good Voice Elk, See the Bear, Married to Santee, 11cr Holy Road, 'Tiberius Many Vounds, Plus Shoot First and Shave on One Side. WhItewash. Mayor IHosey sat at a dinner ia F~ort Wayne beside a pretty girl. "Oh, Mauyor 1Hosey,"' she satid. "I saw such a good flmn play last week 'The Man Who Failed.' You certainly must take It in." Mayor' I losey frowned. "H umph,." he said. "T1hey're always screening failures." Two Spendthrlfts. M!ary-I spend1( as much as you do. Alice-P'erhamps, butt I have less to show for the money.-Life. Both wveddings tandl funierals admnit men to the silent majority. 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