At throe o’clock of a n>Ud October molding two dcety. brown object*, ' ooe large and one small, were cart from the Harrisburg Limited at Columbia CrostToad* The limited was t good twenty milee an hour, and both packages bounced riolenUy and then tagged together Into a small : beep oa the station platform. Each hollered from the. Impact. A thin trickle of Mocd ooxed from the larger •Meet, which was 8t. Uni* Pete while the smaller one. which was s United States mail-pouch, sustained a rent In Its aid* and most of Its tents were scattered under an adja-

At a quarter part three Pete sat np and gingerly felt the * id of his i with his flnger-tlps. "Yoose kin malm me.' he i mured, “but youse can’t km me! Then, with r groan, he rose to his feet and tentatively shook oat his

' he maid, “and

i' “No bones cracked. ' —holy crlpss. wot's dl

He stopped and grabbed the torn v pouch, whereat two letters and a postal card tumbled upon the platform. These he gathered np. together with the three envelopes beneath “ truck, and thrust them Into the bosom

or his ragged shirt

- . "Dey rare gits a heavy mail In dl: burg!” he continued, and slunk dowi the track »o where a switch-lamp gleamed on the frelght-sldlng. '■here he crouched beside the light and carefully drew the letters from his shirt The first two bore the Imprint of a mail-order house, and these laid side An oath of pleasM«e marked the opening of ths'fnird, for a crisp dollar bill reposed Inside. He polled out the greenback. together with Ita accompanying message, and snread the letter on Ms knee It was headed ’ Denmark

Center." and read:

the bag. which he slung , and. resuming his slouched off np the

road.

Peta ■crri.-ed from his hiding place ‘s*™’ 1 * • heavily. Oh, the luxury of

^eel-smelling bed for Jurt

„ he reflected.

“An' I bet the cooks good pancakes, too," ha s »id aloud. He hung his

NH^AoMtif-

“Whd mu c.uple sirup." he went on.

“wld real— : > ginger. I ll do U. It l

i In dst whole dollar for

True, the tut, an old broad-brimmed "l been Intended for a head larger than Pete’s: but “ ked It to one aide the klsh and the misfit barely apparent. He had beet, bathed and shaved and iboee had been polished, so there nothing about him that suggested the hobo. He had jtafcreetly effaced himself daring the ninety second stop at Coland H was only Uali. had gained some headway as it fcft the station that he Jumped nimbly to the side cl the track. In Ids right bn.-d he grasped a brand-new valise, which two hours before had bang from the front of trunk store la Denmark while the proprietor was busy Inside. It was now welghtuJ with two bricks and curely locked, and a* Pete stepped

of It ’ Could youse direr Hiram Towner's place*

I am eendimr you a dollar this week tot two because my wife Is sick and 1 sln’t got the two This makes a balance*of five dollars on the third note, and three dols. interest what we agreed on. Respectful. ANSON BURRfTT. Pets picked up the envelope. It addressed to "Hiram Towners, Columbia X-Hoads " The next mlsaivs »»> a postal card directed to Miss Ethei Towner*, and reading as follows: Cyprus. Pa. Dear Niece: Expect your aunt and me home on Saturday. 1 must tell you that 01 cousin, Charles Psrshall. who y< hare never seen. Is visiting fast fro Oklahoma, and will probably stop off to the X-Roada on No. J tomorrow Friday. He Is a bit beany and rough In hli manner, but give him the spare room and get Electa Wouters to sleep with you. He will wait till ae come. Tour uncle. HIRAM TOWNERS Pete next examined the remaining envelope, and the chuckle with which ht recognised the name of Hiram Towners merged into a grunt of disappointment when he found n enclosed. Again he applied himself to the deciphering of the script— which, for Pete. «as a task of no mean proporilon. He made It out

thus:

Dear Cousin Hiram: When I seen you In Cyprus yesterday 1 thought t.s how I would pass : through Columbia Crossroads on Fri- 1 day Well. Hiram, 1 can’t do It. buf must be In N. Y. City on Friday, so 1 I write to tell yon that I can’t. 1 am sorry about it. but will write you before I leave for Okla 1 am your cousin. CHARLES PARSHAI.U Pete looked up Into the sky. w here a fat October moon was paling to the

“I snttlaly l". he replied. ’To: Mr. Townsr’s court* from Oklyhon 'Dat’s me,” p«U said. •‘Wen. now." Henry went on. ''that's wot I thought. I got m; buggy ou side, aud I'm e gobt* to drive you up. Ten minutes latar they drew up at tha Towners’ side gore!., snd twenty minutes later Prte was regaling himself with fried ham sad hot biscuit, and Miss Ethel Towner- snd Elects Wouters, Henry’s elst.r with as bloodcurdling yarns of fighting Indians down In Oklahoma as his Imagination and s dim reeol)<-'t on of his dime novel days could supply "Yes, ma’am.” be said through e heavy mouthful of creamed !«tatoes: “dere wut Ofiy of *sa. an I fought my way t rough dr hull bench ” ’ And did yoe kill any v them Mies Towners asked. She wus a timid spinster .f thirty, with s pleasant fate and Urge gray eyes, and she bung OB Pst'-’s every word like a serone Desderoor "Only six.” said Pets aodirtly Miss Towners gave e little cry and Eleesa Wouters gasped. Mias Wouters was stout and forty, and her rod face fairly glistened her Interest In Pete’ moving tale. He continued to rehawh old l eadle novels for the benefit of the two women until tha kitchen clock chimed ten. •Mercy me!” Miss Towners cried. “It’s bedtime!” When the house was locked up Elects Wouters showed the guert up to the spar* room on 'he second floor You’ll practically have the whole house to yourself.’’ she said. "Miss Towners an' me will sleep In t!

wing.”

I hope you ain't goln’ ter have : nightmare,” said Pete. 1 hope not.” Eleesa replied dou! fully. “I gueks you won’t." Pete looked at the snowy bed a:

•SjfsaHSmHmHpapP!

serration was at first an In robe rent frothing at the month, later, hr eliminating the expletives, which outnumbered the rignlflcsnt words by ten to one. Pete gathered that the yeggman Invited anyone to unwind him and try Pete whipped out his Jackknife and. leaning over the back of his aeat. with a few deft slashes rid HoMn-the-Cbeek of bis many wrep-

-Now cc-ne on. yon four-flushing

B.rrut CITIES HAVE CHEAT FUTURE

six promissory notes . _

He turned them over one by one

•irhMi heavllv Ports on the Coast Bound to Grow

"Homo folks be bluwed!" he burst Enormously «• ths CoUntry'a out at length "Dere’e one way I kin Wealth UDevs loped. sonars roetelf. eve® If I sln't got no

hnmcfolks” I Beattie on Puget sound In l»lj

He shuffled np to the desk and id- cleared for foreign trade ships wiu

dressed the captain In charge. 2,058.604 tons tonnage. Nsw York atoa.

“Gimme one of dem stamped ea- leading it and New Orleans coenL*

vdooes an’ sheets of paper, boms," b# third. At the pr'aent time, says Ur M ,d Christian Science Monitor, there art

•WeD. well. Pete," the captain s*»d 60 deepwater ships la SeagUe’s bar

hobo!” he said, snd darced In circles ^ J M he handed out tha tor loading for foreign or Atlantic ■* oat. “Come on Youse can , ......

“DaPs Me,'

length the faint murmur o' the two women's conversation ceased and. shading his lamp with his hand. Pete explored the mysteries of the hallThe next room, evidently that of his host, contained. In addition to the ordinary furniture of a bedroom, a small safe and a roll-top desk. By force of habit Pete whipped out his knife and forthwith attacked the lock

of the desk. It yielded almost Imme-1 chair

dialely and Pete tost no time

Cyprus county buckwheat and sur

“T am your cousin, (’baric* Par shall.' " he quoted. “Dere ain’t narten . dc matter with dat idea, nelder!" Sound* of tuneless whistling came down the road wulch aktrted the track and Pete gathered up his plunder He iimped hastily toward the Marion platform and replaced the two mail-order letters and the postal card oddresued to Ml** Ethel Towners In the torn sack Then he dolged behind the small shanty that served a* a waiting room and ucket^fflce

itlgating the neat little bundle of I '*>11., papers in the pigeonholes. ! dst—”

He drew ap a chair and set himself to systematic and thorough examination of each envelope There wa* much correspondence, of a sort which Indicated Mr. Towners’ business of nou -shaving and money lending to be In a flourishing condition. One pile of envelopes contained nothing but letters from Anson Burritt. They disclosed that a debt originally contracted for fifty dollars one year before had swollen to almost two hundred dollars by proces* of Interest on interest and fees for drawing legal papers. In addition, there were six promissory notes for varying amounu. Pete thrust all of them, together with the correspondence. Into his breast-

pocket.

Thence he passed to the perusal ot other letters. So Interested was he In the tales of usury they recounted that ho entirely failed to notice the light creak of a footstep on the stair outside. Nor did he eo much as lift his eyes from the absorbing page until a cold actuation In tha back of bla neck made him straighten up "Not a peep." said a horse, familiar voice, “or I'll blow yer nut nwlf!' Mechanically Pete raised his heads above his bead and faced elooly

round.

Holelti-de-Cheek'" he exclaimed 'St. Louis Pete!” the other gasped, vering his revolver. "Wot In Sam Hill are youse doin’ here*" ‘Put down dat gun an' I’ll tell yer.” Pete replied. Hole-ln-tbe-Cbeek laughed scftly “It ain't loaded.” he said. He was short and thin, as become* a porch-climber, and when he spoke he thrust his chin forward after the fashion of Chatham square. Oh. It ain't loaded, ain't It?” Pete Jeered, and stepped back nimbly. The next moment two dull smacks announced the Impact of Pete’s left and right on Hole-ir-the Cheek's Jaw. s a clean knock >ut. and the yegg crumpled up on the carpeved

Pee needed no further Invitation, and i ha luscious cakes followed one another down his throat as if they wero affixed to a patent belt-conveyer. LIU!, pork sausages to the number c! ten :, compenled the pancakes, and thro* cups of coffee helped to wash it all down- At length he drew his ack. stretched hla legs and

a contented sigh.

Pete. "Come on! Youse can pat me to sleep wher I ain’t lookin'. Do it bow. when I’m ready for yer!” Pete clinched and uncllnched his tata a might, after all. he reflected. )pp4 the necessary air of verisimilitude If be went back to the Towners’ house with a bleeding noee or a black eye. A stinging blow in the ear cryitaUlxed kc to decision, and he fsced Hole-ln beck, confident, with his superior _ it and reach, of his ability to irmwck out the yeggman In one round. There was blood In the yegg man’s ./ea as he feinted and circled around his opponent, and Pete bad all he could do to ward off the nasty little that Hole-ln-the-Cbeek aimed si It was at this Juncture that' Towners' mare, the Instrument and

of poetic Justice, emitted a

strident neigh. Pete’s eyes shifted from the direction of his antagonist for Just one Instant, but In that brief

moment the mischief was done.

Five blows smacked on hls Jaw with | the precision and noise of an automatic pistol- Earth and heaven reeled for the hobo and vanished Into darkness, taking with them—to complete the metapboi—Pete's every chance ol chicken fricassee with beaten biscuit: : for It was not until an hour later that i

out of hls stupor and scrambled painfully to hls feet

Simultaneously. In the town of Denmark, ten miles distant, Hole-ln-the-Cbeek emerged from the Blue Front Livery and Sale stables and carefully tucked away a fifty dollar hill, the

price he had received for the

Towners mere and family wagon.

ladies." he said. “I must say

floor

r him wltn his eyes

Pete stood

bhlaif.

"Had to bull In. hadn’t yer?" he isald bitterly, addressing the prostrate and um-onaclouE burglar “Couldn't take de hint when I chalked It up on de gate for yer!” Vigorously he Jerked the sheets from Hiram Towners’ bed and ripped then Into long strips with his Jatk-knlf-l Never was there eo complete a Jolwof trussing ea Pete made of It. he huts lied Hole-ln-the-Cbeek tually bound tn double-knot-g* and gagged with an inktowel. As a finishing ew a pillow slip over hls

ictlm'a head.

de bed fer yours!” he mutmd rolled Holo-ln-tbe-Cheek

irpel.

of the com pi I-

meet :< -named unaltered, for at this Juncturo a tremendous banging DC the floor a!*rTs brought down small flakes of piaster a® Mias Townsrs' Uhls and the house rocked with the commotion El era shriek id and clutched at the tablecloth, dwhile Kla» Towners sat bolt upr.ehl end turned whit*. Land o* Goshen!” ehe cried In a lull of ih- noise "What la that?” pete rose to hls feet in a carefully devised . tltuds ot strained attention. "It sounds to me," b# said, after another a.-nes Of bang*, "like dere wux aomt-bodi up dere. Hare yonse got a revolver In de house*” Miss To»n#r* pointed tremblingly to a shelf tn the kitchen and Pete xt once selxed th* firearm from between the tewcadd) ..nd the saltbox. Us alx chamber- v ere loaded Thrustinc it Into hls coat pocket. Petr tool the stairs three at a Jump. Immedlat*!. thereafter Miss Towners and Eleesa ran into tha front yard snd. standing at the gate, uttered scream a't-r scream. "Jest a- it day wus paid fer It,” Pete

thought

He enter-d his bort’s bedroom and careful!) Trod three shots through’ the float »ti.dofr, whereat the quality of Mia* 2owner#' screams became doubly piercing. Then Prtr t„re the sheets, mattress and apring, irom the bed and exposed the b-,nd and half-suffocated yeggman in-tbe-Cbeek wriggled like s snake t ut hls thongs held fart ’Touse do ..-ot I tell yer” Pete cried, "or I’ll , ut a slug Inter yer an’

finish de Job'

He llfte-i ii„i. tn-the-Cheek from the bottom of th,- !>ed and set him against the wall Then be removed the gag. As soon as tt burglar could enunciate a stream . • profanity Issued forth, all of which caused a broad grin on

Pete’s face

"Keep it up’ be said- "Keep It up! ! Ye’re booklln me game.” i For five minutes Fete turned over I chairs and kn™, od down pictures In dramatic counterfeit of a struggle to the death After this there was a Btlllne*K of about ion minutes, during which he rocke,] an d wheeled in an ecstasy of mirth Then he aelied the mummy-u rapped Hole • In • the - Cheek and bore him - rtggMng down the

stairs

When he appeared at the front door Miss Towners lav 0 o the grass-plot -as opening

A week later Pete sat In one of the Metropolitrn Army shelters and gazed mournfally at a large sign over the

clerk's desk. It read thus:

Square yourself with the home folks, ana write now. Bumped envelope end sheet of paper at the desk

for the asking.”

“Home folks!” he muttered bitterly to himself. "Home folks!" The words sUrted a turbulent train of reflection, and step by step he went over hls experience with the only home folks he ever knew. At length be reviewed the period when he examined the contents of Hiram Townera' desk: and. thrusting hls hand Into hit breast pocket, he drew forth the

Lost No Time

Investigating-

stationery. ”1 didn't know you bsd any

home folks.”

Pete grunted In reply and took hi* booty to a nearby Uble Here he squared his e'bows and. with lolllnc tongue and a furrowed brow, directed the envelope to “Anson Burritt. Denmark Center. Pa " Then be Inclosed the six notes, after carefully tearing off the slgnr.mres. and finally so dressed himself to the writing of the

following letter:

! port* and due to make the pa*,*,, through the Panama canal A cot sideraMe numerical and high tonna* proportion of tbeaa reseats are Am*lean owned and fly the stars aut stripes They Indlcata a mouatinj volume of business for the port aaj for the region of the country of which It is one of the several doorways to the outer world: ao that when U* statistics of 1814 are complied tbs city's relative rarjt will not hero changed. What wf d be disclosed prok ably will be 1U supremacy on the Pi clflc coart and 1U lead over most of

the Atlantic and Gulf porta.

The natural resoorcee cf this city as a port of entry and of exit were « ceptional prior to deliberate planner by cltlxens for their use. Equally *. were the potential stoves of wealth in the vast hinterland which the rail ways focussing Seattle tap. But w bra the nation sc', about Unking the At lantlc and the Pacific at Panama, acl when the citizens of Seattle ereatrd a port commission and began den oping the harbor and providing ter mlnals then a new day dawned, aad the results are now apparent: and cot the least of the gain lx from groan of the port aa a place tor trensshi; ment of goods billed through to A*i»t Ic porta. West-bound cotton and tar bound silk symbollm a double currer. that flows In and ou' and oat and la And as for lumbar, the Pacific »loj*i are under attack to provide heev timber for the world, now that exp vti to the Atlantic coart and to Euro;have the Panama canal freight r*u What Is tree of Seattle also Is trw of Tacoma. Portland and Vaneou'Seattle’s pre-eminence la In degree usi dm In kind. All outlet* of this «notmuusly rich region of the North Ac.rr lean continent are bound to grow np Id.) under altered conditions ol bo* nea» conditioned by the trteroce*.sbert cut and by economic char.p> following the present war. They* abo

will profit by coming

Alaskan resources under restriction

In territory ena reterriab there larger proportion nf ita wealth, blur

give Hiram Towners. 1 tore off the | J names. He slrtenl) dun yon good.

ger fool than I am—and that'

sum. Your friend, "ST. LOOEY PETE.”

proi>erUes

Pun-:,lne and Strawberries. If on, needs a sea voyage to store the health, go to England, real rest a five hours' Journey out if London io 8*1 combe. South Devta will bring one to a sunny em ment. A correspondent writing f™ 3 Salcombe to The Lancet, says: ”U*week tl am writing November IL had on my table peas, French bc*t* globe artichokes, tomatoes and str<< berries fresh from my garden ** grown without any special ellenu* at all. The straw berries have our chief dessert for more than >- week* now, although the same p!M’-> gave ns a splendid crop In June. T day roses are flourishing gayly. » one can scarcely realize the a»i 'eather experienced north. TU* fortunate enough to live In ho ,J!rt sheltered from the northeast c 1 warmth aud snnablne. Last wist* »e found an aloe tn full flowr bunches of sub-tropical flowers gsthered."

4UOB-

tnod'-'E

•**

and closing her regularity No lips, however, herself Into <k>

nth will* spasmodic .rid came from her ,t,a had ahrieked

u-tc silence.

- i--u on the ground. , ■ „ -em tn Oklabo-

retrent of Eloeza’* p on the atalra: but •dammed In the diatau

!;\«ted sgln!" said Hci

driving rap

the next morning Pete] ward tlie sound of a vigorous bell- Cbeuk dout. i- stairs. He *'• rambled | ** Incapab id opened the door. | potatoe* he muttered. SDiflln* 1 The Join r which came up the seemed to •ake* ii sassidee* n’j pow ers, an

In auch pn

,« harneased Hire to the family minute* he was the highway to- . lt b Hole-ln-the- ,! 0t the rear seat, ■n as a sack of

l

Portraiture In Italy.

The Pnglne d’Arte. of Mllar.. cl tober 20, commenting on the elo* 1 of (he biennial Flue Aria Exhibit‘ I Venice, nays: “As In roost | Italian picture exhibition there I great scarcity of portrait*, and ( question naturally arises as to 1 ! Hds scarcity may be attribute-! ! want or demand? Until thirty ) ! there was an abundance «-! portrait painters In Italy, but i then they seem to be altogether »* r ! in* The fact that not a Mngi'' ; trait of artlatlc valnn exist* in ,u »f either King Humbert aud Q vrl Marghertta. of the present King '••rio and Queua Elena, nor of two popes, the only good r” “ J merits of these royalties being bv 'i] ••tgn artists, seems to point to » ’ : 1 c»> of good portrait painters In n»'’|

WHO COMPELS YOU TO ACT?

That All Action is of One's Own Volition Is a Fact to Be Kept In the Mind.

toilet w itb the ] ungaxKed •Ry fireman and tn live I like the rated himself at the tng.

In front of a pile ot ’'Hole-Ini! «ats. I emnly. "yot u Mr. Farahall. ’ said dat Hue of i’t oftar. ye get roal Hole-ln-th

agon, however, eggtnan'e vocal out blasphemy

■ofUNl.n. it, a t u made hls first effortn n, tt,,. i,.,|room seem mall uik nf .. mjihers' meet-

Don't you fool yourself with Uie idea that you arc compelled to do or be anything. You are not doing things because you are compelled to. but because you choose to. Because there la some Hue of reasoning within your self that keeps >ou choosing to do them You never lift your oand uu less you choose to. You never get out of bed In the morning except you choose to. You could lie down or. the beo this moment and never move hand or foot again if you chose to. and your friends, or your town, or somebody, or something would

wnat you do. and keep ou a*k ns ua

tU you know the truth.

Lay the blame for ever* thins o. your own choice, review tu.- JLh Uon* and make the right choice fo

every atep; and you win .. . , ly find yourself walking the freight i '* "-* 11 “•«

and narrow patfc ,h. t u Infinite peac, and freedom. You will fl ud your ™ er * '“m,, 10 l!,flnU8 •““> ihelr ,o Ultlag cheerful!) )our 0¥|l

Gun Without Raooll.

An offirer of the United Slate* i ha* Invented a gun that fires » J P«und projectile without recoil xuti. because of its absence of p |

heart.

i Who."

"Who's

A game which v.... of fun with children of n from eight u, twelve is

•trip ot sheeting or ihlck pap.. r doorway and gather • P

or dlrtglbk

The gun it most interesting h "'. both ends open to the atm-ospht M •hfll hat the projectile "tted In' " end. and In the other end la a m bird-shot The shot is of euri- r

weighty to furulsh the requlrvl ” J

ledium y

t of y

yn!t fooling yourself by laying U>e blame for your condition*, or your feelings, or your thoughts o- actions on to somebody else. Trace everything back to Ita root in your own choice, ob j Ask yourself why you choose to do

tlou when the projectile U dl»«h from the other end of the gun

atret.K Kun *• fl red the project:I' o-r “ ”' on «uc .id., , ia ni ,„ on , tiii : froa. ih. bro.ch

•hat neither side can

■ l ^» f^ or topknou of those on“^ I w *r Map, Boost

'•nail hul» ] T1 "' rflocta of the war are f» r

r .,rNo.o«2dV"Vr i “

nose* through the hole, the other Side must gur from Just » glimpse

ie muzzle at a hi* J he shot is dlscl^'f h at low velocitr | ioost Laundry B' 114 1

| keeper found hU laundry bUl i I c ™“lng rapidly. He was comp- ! ptac * • notice which read: “Cu*’

! til* alngJu leg. I ar * requested not to draw on

| clothe Maps of the

will be f,

d in the smokii;

S4 s l