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siegen t response. "That was Just me e-talkiug to you all the time. You all time think ycu talking to little girls and all timea t ain't nobody but me." A light dawned on the Innocent one He promptly bung up the receiver and got down out of the cbalr. Before Jim? my waa fully aware of bit intention. Billy Lad thrown blm to the floor and waa giving blm a good pommeling. "Bay you got no ugh?" he growled from kit poaitlon astride of the oth? er boy. "1 got 'nough, Billy" repeated Jimmy. "Say you sorry you done lt.* 1 any I sorry I done it." abjectly repeated the younger child. "Get up. Billy, tore you bust my stommlck open." "Say you ain't never a-goln' to tell sslfcodty. cross yo' heart." waa the next sal 1 gay I ajn't never goiug to tell no I StoesSay heart. Get up, Billy, tore ou makes me mad, and ain't no te.isag what I'll do to you if I get mat" Bay j you's a low-down Jesebel skxnk. 1 1 * 4't going to say I'm nothing of the kink" spiritedly replied the under ^S5C o t**Tou all time wanting some bod) cavil theirselfs somepin. You're a .owdown Isabella skunk yourself." You got to say It," Insisted the victor renewing hostilities. TU key I*m a Isabella, 'cause be? eile discovered America, end's in Bible," resiled the tormented 'kiss Cecilia 'splalned It to Mi* . Billy Jimmy's 'ad' accepted his compromise and flattened stomach, relieved of ' Burden, pu?ed out to Its usual ?amlas as that little hoy rose to his ssivlng: Lamb would 'a' died a-laugh Rily, if he'd seen you telephon "Heel better never hear tell of it," -as the Billy, front threatening rejoinder. CHAPTER XVI. The Hurrbie Petition, sitting m an old buggy la the live ; stable, hsd Just m n k 4 an 1 in.er%stiAg pants, an* I 'shame' to as"k tier. An* I don't believe young 'omans patches the breeches of young mans what they'a goln' to marry nohow. Do you? Aunt Minerva win' never patched no breeches for the major. And then," with a modest blush, "my unions Is tore, too, an' I ain't got on nothln' else to hide my akin." Again he turned hla back to his friend and, his clouded little face look? ing over his shoulder, he asked: "Do ' my meat show, Sam?" "She am visible ter the naked eye," and Sam Lamb laughed loudly at his own wit "I don't believe Ood pays me much attention nohow," said the little boy dolefully; "ev'y day 1 gets put to bed 'cause aumpln's ail time a-happenin'. If he'd bad a eye on me like he ought er they wouldn't a been no anaggln'. Aunt Minerva's goln' to be mad th'oo an' th'oo." "May be my ol' 'oman can fix 'em, bo's dey won't be so turrlble bad," suggested the negro, "'tain't fer, so you jea' run down ter my cabin an' tell S jkey I say fix dem breeches." The child needed no second bidding ?he fairly flew. Sam's wife waa cook? ing, but ahe cheerfully atopped her work to help the little boy. She sew? ed up the union suit and put a bright blue patch on hia brown linen breeches. Billy felt a little more cheerful, though he still dreaded confessing to hla aunt, and he loitered along the way till It waa nearly dark. Supper was ready when he got home and he walked Into the dining room with his customary eaae and grace. But he took bla aeat uneasily, and be waa bo quiet during the meal and ate so little that bla aunt aaked bim If he waa aick. He waa planning In hla mind how to break the newa of the day's disaster to hor. 'You are improving. William," she remarked presently, "you haven't got into any mischief today. You have been a mighty good little boy now for two days." Billy flushed at the compliment and I shifted uneasily In hla aeat That I patch seemed to burn him. I "If Ood'd jest do hla part," he said darkly, "1 wouldn't never ,1t (h no I meanness." I After supper Miss Mlnorra washed I tho dlahea In the kitchen sink and I Billy carried them back to the dining ! room. Hla aunt caught him several tlmea prancing aide way a In the most Idiotic manner. He waa making a ! valiant effort to keep from exposing hla mar elevation to her; once he had to walk backward. "William." Bhe said, sharply, "you wilt oroak my plates. What la tho mattir with you tonight?" \ Tittle later t>"?v wore ?ItHn* iflil ly bl MU& Mio getting ou sharp wir caught lr tore a gr* pain m%4 1 investigate trot reeult, negro ajkd with Bam Lamb. He waa of the vehicle when the art und the broken rod bo bick of hie trousers and hots. Hs fait a Uncling toted orer bis tbouldsr to Not being satisfied with gts turned bis back to the nxtejely Inquired, "la my brseeh ?* tote. 3am?" sy em Mat," w%a the reply, "dey tag ews'ed wm Dan tar Beershebn." 1 kroln' to do 'bout MV ask? ed the j boy "Aunt Minerva sho' will he Ostsj I These here's bran-epankin' new to i je what I ain't never wore today lAtn't you got a needle an' tbread ?> > a iyou can fix 'em. gam?** "Nary *rl needle," said 8am Lamb. Ts mr utjkm suit tore, toof asked Billy ag'tln Itumrcg his beck for in tteetltrn. Hit fr t made a cloae examine "Ye* unions le Injured plum tcan hlt discouraging declalon. ysr-i ter me dat yo* hide [too; fiu'i got er turrlbl plghed The Injury to the small importance?6? ? lev from bis aunt?but the trousers wae a lerlout (ould get 'em mended fore be eald wistfully wbet dV euggeeted Mlee CeclllVll holp yeh; Jier bouee an' she'll dsrn eh." Ited eee, Ham, me an' Miss ed an' we'a Oxln' to soon't I put r.n ?m?r reading "The Christian at Home," and he was absently looking at a picture boot. "Sam Lamb's wife Sukey abo' la a bjfntlful patcber," he remarked, feel the discouraged little boy waa si? lent for a few minutes. He had worn Aunt Cindy's many-colored patches too often to be aabamed of thla one for himself, but he felt that he would like to draw hla aunt out and Had how she stood on the subject of patches. "Aunt Minerva," he presently ask? ed, "what sorter patchea'd you ruther wear on yo' pants, blue patches or brown f "On my what?" she asked, looking at him aeverely over her paper. 1 mean If you're me," he hastily ex? plained. "Don't you think blue patches la the mos' nat'ral lookln'T" "What are you driving at, Williamr she asked; but without waiting for hla t~*wer she went on with her read? ing. The child waa silent for a long t ne, his little mind busy, then he began: "Aunt Minerva?" She peered at him over her glasses a second, then dropped her eyea to the paper where an lntoreetlng l.tlcle on Foreign Missions held her attention. "Aunt Minerva, I snagged?P unt Minerva, I snagged my?my skin to? day." "Let me see the place," sho sah', ab? sently, her eyes glued to a paragraph describing a cannibal feast. "I s a set tin' on it right now." ho re? plied. Another long fllence ensued. HlUy rim%n\v**A ?m settle ?he matter. his way. ke made no answering comment. t. v*or| ?Ts gettin' sleepy," -je yawned. "Aunt Minerva, I want to say my pray? ers and go to bed." She laid her paper down and he dropped to his knees by her side. He uaually sprawled all over her lap dur? ing his lengthy devotions, but tonight he clasped his little hands and rear? ed back like a rabbit on its haunches* After he had rapidly repeated the Lord's Prayer, which he had recent? ly learned, and had invoked blessings on all his new friends and never-to-be forgotten old ones, he concluded with: "An', 0 Lord,, you done kep* me f'om meddlln' with Aunt Minerva's hose any mo', an' you done kep' me f'om gittin' any mo' Easter eggs, an' playin* any mo' Injun, an' you done kep' me f'm lettin' Mr. Algernon Jones come ag'in, an' now, O Lord, please don't lemme worry the very 'zlstence outer Aunt Minerva any mo' 'n you can help, like she said I done this mornln*, an' please, if thy will be done, don't lemme tear the next new breeches what she'll gimme like I done ruint these here what I got on." (TO BE CONTINUED.) TURNS OUT A GIRL. "Oscar Owens," Laborer in Spartan burg Factories, Discards Cocoon and Shines Forth Butterfly. Spartanburg, December 26.? "Oscar Owens," who was known as a boy laborer in the Spartan mill and at Saxon mill for a year or more, has turned out not to be "Oscar" but Mary Owens, a very comely young woman, who says, by way of explain? ing her dl3gulse .that she adopted men's garb In order to better trace a husband, who deserted her some time [ ago. The discovery that "Oscar" was not a boy came about when "he" decided to become "she" again, abandon the search for her husband and return to her drees as a woman. She made the change without attracting sus? picion at the mill village, but after she reached the city persons who knew "Oscar" notified the police that he was down town masquerading OS a girl. When approached by the officer she denied that she was "Oscar," say? ing "Oscar" had Juat gone to Ten? nessee and that she, his sister, had just arrived in town." It developed today that "Oscar Mary roomed with a Holiness minis? ter, who claimed that he was not aware that he was really a girl. He has not been seen for two days, Tb? g'rl und her family have been ordered to leave Saxon, but thare ] win be no prosecution in the case, NEW ORf.fcANs curro.N LETTER. Strike in Lancashire no Nearer Set? tlement Than Formerly. New Orleans, Dec. 27.?Liverpool cables this morning show that no se tlement has been arrived at In the strike situation over the Holidays. Some express the belief that the strike will not last long because trade is too good. Others, say that yarn mills will also be freed to shlit down by the weavers strike. Manchester has the foiling In the Press this morning: "Nothing has happened to promote the hope that the lockout of 160,000 cotton workers in Lancashire can be avoided. Gen? eral suspension of labor in he Eng? lish cotton dlstricta is not improb? able. Our market opened 5 lower, but rallied again on New York sup? port. 11 seems that there is a good strong buying in that market based on the id?a that cotton is low enough and preparatory to an eventual turn. This buying being based on very broad views disregards althogether temporary influences. Yesterday spot quotaflona from the principal South? ern markets indicated an easier tone generally. Demand continues one sided and unsatisfactory. Thief Captured Tuesday Night. Willie Jones, a negro thief, was captured Tuesday night about ten thirty o'clock by Policoman Lawrence while he was in the act of getting in? to the Boston Candy Kitchen, a store that has suffered several times dur? ing the past two weeks from depreda? tors. A number of times the proprietor of the store. Mr. H. O. Metrophole, has found cash gone from the draw which was left there the night before, so the police were notified and a trap was set at the window whero one bar had been bent down, but which waa rplaoed after each visit by the thief. J^ast night Polb-eman Lawrence was on the watch and he came up be? hind the negro as ho got Into the Store through the opening. Inside th?? proprietor hoard the noise made by the negro In entering and he and his olerk at once caught th?' negro iu<i held blm until Mr. Lawrence oouhi arrive, when he was turned over to Jailer Owens for safe keeping. The negro was no! known to the police although he st;it.'?i that he had been living hers for about a year, He gave his name as Willis Jones and stated thai be bad corns from Wil? mington it was suppossd thai he was the person who had made all of ? b*? raids Oll Ihr MttirM ill.rln t ihr? m.h GUARANTEE OF GQITON BILLS. TRANSFER OF CLEARING HOUSE STRONGLY OPPOSED. Effort to Get International Cotton ?Bills Committee Removed from New York to Liverpool Believed to be Ruse t*> Force Absolute Guaran? tee of all Rills of Lading?Plan Strongly Opposed by New York Banks.. New York, Dec. 26.?The suggest? ion recently made by European cot? ton buyers and their banking repre? sentatives that the seat of the so called International Clearing House and cotton bills committee be trans? ferred from this city to Liverpool is meeting with determined opposition in some quarters and comparative in? difference elsewhere. Two of the largest banks of the city, whose dealings in cotton bills are especially extensive, are opposed to the change, as also are a majority of the committee on carrying roads. American bankers profess to see in the possible transfer an attempt by the foreigners to bring the American shipper or banker to the point where he balked last year, namely, an ab? solute guarantee o. every bill aocept ed here. Furthermore, It is pointed out that to move the Clearing House to 1/ pool would entail much additional ex? penditure in cable tolls and other? wise .all of which probably would have to be borne at thl3 end of the line. "The whole thing Is but another way of asking us to pull their chest? nuts out of the fire," said a leading local bank officer today. "They seem to be suspicious of us abroad because we are handling this business at practically no cost to them. ?The fact of the matter is that our friends on the other side could rem? edy the entire situation by simply agreeing to buy of reputable ship? pers and not in the cheapest markets, where chances always have to be. tftfc* en. "The proposition advanced by Liv? erpool would give greater advantage to the dishonest shippers without the slightest extra advantage to the man whose business is being done In open and honest fashion." The National City and National Park bank* hare written to domestic . nippers pointing out that they have nothing to gain by the transfer of the * Clearing House. Vice President Oar din, of the National City Bank, who wag an active member of the com? mittee which caused the establish? ment of the central office In this "city, was recently In Liverpool. It Is understood he Informed the officials of the Cotton Exchange at that centre of his bank's opposition to the transfer. The Guaranty Trust Company, which is most active in the supp- ?1 the leading house here, seem^ to have dopted a neutral at titdu kh< n tter, while certain in? surer oom] ales whose business might be incr< sed by the contem? plate j change, it la understood, are in ft i .oval to Liverpool. Mr a] stra C. M. Muller and famll Mountvffln, S. C, are visit? ing e thn resld -nee of Mr. end Mrs. W. Y. L. Mir*.hall. . . 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