Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1923, Page 62

1 12‘ E had come home from France without a scar—to be blotted | out of life by a flivver, as you would swat a fly. His wife, who was also his gal- lant pal, knelt by to help him say goodbye to ‘this world—which may also have been his entrance to an- other, but anyway— Running true to habit, the soldier who had dearly loved his fun-times with friend wife, voiced last words in whimsical disregard of the inscrut- able Commander who stood by to muster him out—and the poor kneel- ing thing answered to his humor— women are as brave as that. “Don't try to be too good when I'z gone—I don't want you to be such a high-up sngel that I can't chum in with you." ‘1l just be good enough, buddie- T 2 he had gone the: And she ‘had sent him away with a smile. * ok Xk HE was a most sensible “our: flat heels and no frills— A she had led her flock of other tour- ists through the Capitol grounds un- til they came to B street, where she stopped to Well, thi; idn’t ‘wonder congr vs dylng off. urse— Come on_girls, s that lunch—though I'd Mxe to stay for the funeral. Tourlsts seldom have time to g at the foundations of things. The fore t! one flock took no the building going up alo they had eyes for were tombstones and a great mound raw earth opened more ex an prosaic fa that some of the earth dug for the building had been piled on the marble 1 conflicting version of the world * ¥ x k 5 MAN was selling pencils on the street. : to be doing it, but, anyhow: A man was selling pencils on the street And as he sat on the bricks ‘in the near-dusk another man came ‘along. Architecturally, he was a bay-win- dow man, with a comfortable, fat|| face that bespoke good and gone dinners—just as his fine clothing gave promise of more good dinners to_come. Vou don't have to be a saint to hete ~ut the needs of the poor; every- day yamanity will suffice so, the man in his buttoned-up overcoat—a big, ulstery coat with a newspaper crammed in a pocket—paused to con- sider his brother of the bricks. “What in blank are you sitting on the ground for! Don't you know you will catch your death?” The pencil man answered that he had a bullet in his thigh and it had to be rested now and then. : T see—In the war, ¢h “From start to finish’—: “And peddling pencils!—sho#ws what sort of government we've gol. Pen- sion?” : “Not yet, but hoping.” : “Why don't you work at sdmething better than this?’ “Nothing doing. Not strong enough any more to handle rough work and no_training for collar stuff.’t i “Too bad. the right thing by you felfows you would have your bonus anil every- thing. Here you go and save this country and all the thanks you get out of it is a handful of spencils— unless, huh, huh, you are:like the | chaps I read of in the papers, with | a good bank account salted down and your limousine waiting around the corner to take you to yourt—" “News to me. So far asq can see with the naked eye, I've gol 49 cents “And this government feqding Eu- rope. Here son—" and:the man went into his pocket. : “Put this newspaper under you. It will take off some of the chill.” And the samaritan passed on. You remember there were two in the Bible. —_—— Two by Two.; From Harper's Magazine. . In a Sunday school aiass in a Western town the youngewoman in| charge asked: ) “And how did Noah speyd his time n_the ark?” « “Fishin’,” was the sugggstion of a boy pupil. z “A very reasonable Juggestion.” | sald the teacher. “But,” _continued couldn’t have caught much.’” “What makes you think that?’ “Because,” answered the lad know- ingly, “because, you see,:he had only two worms with him.” - I Around the CityI By Nannie Lancaster. Maybe he had no right || It the governsment did || the! boy, “he - THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D:_C., NOVEMBER 11, 1923—PART 3.’ The Hecht Co., 7th at F . Special Selling! Wool Brussels Russ Presenting Twelve New and Beautiful Patterns 9 by 12 $24.85 8% by 10% Regularly $30 seamless, Superior quality, wool Brussels rugs in twelve new and un- usually attractive patterns for your selection. 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