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Rags and.Tags. * By Minerva Spencer Handy. BPIIA the fast that Toby was ® rag nan, or rather a rag boy, " ‘he was as contented and merry Jad as any in the world, But he wed for some sort of companion. /One night Toby found a whining dos Hae 4 cellar grating and took it home. “Mrs, Reed, his landlady, put both aim id the dow out. ' LMNever. mind, oli fellow!” Toby mud, iting the dog's head. ‘Two's lots more y than one. A few rags more or a day will take care of you, and ne what may I mean to attach you ame, IN name you Tags, for that butter with Rags than any name I ‘of, We'll go of Into the world + and perhaps me good Muck. I need it all right,'’ ‘white Toby made a better arrangement for carrying his bundle. To Toby's sur- prise Tags stood up on his hind legs fend waved his paws as if he were try- ing to thank Toby for befriending him. Toby was 80 pleased he danced up and Gown for joy) at which Tags began to ‘walk on his forefeet. Then he made 4 Like a wheel, Seeing a clothesline in an adjoining inclosure, what did Mr. Tags @o but jump upon that andSwalk upon ft, exactly as the performing dogs In the clus ald, Toby was go excited he did not know What to Uo, He reallzed that he had foutid his fortune in the little animal he had befriended, MSWhht'a this on his neck? he gald ay he discovered a, collar which had completely hidden Tag's shuggy ooat, he athe want collar Of gold, and several stones of @fferent ‘eilors, spelled out the name "¥ortu- poby took tho collar to the police sta tion, but no owner ever appeared for it pr for Tage. ‘Then Toby started in the show business, trayell through #ev~ eral Staves aud dell the ohildren Werywijere by the @ ‘of the clever ‘Taxs. He made more money than he aver dreamed Of In tho old rag-picking a atch, when Taga beman to show ny of age and rheumatism Toby in- ed his savings and when Tags w Ci to sit on his hind legs, much to walk on them, he was given a fine couch and was always sure of a mt on the head or a dainty morsel fram the boy, to whom, in exchange for and 3 pity, he ho had been a ‘'Fortu- (Copyright, 1005, .by the National | Press ae Agency.) ( SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS anne young hire Starth and Frank Lan- quarrel ut a music-hall BESTS ry’ Fan, niece, be “Banjo Bert) mits naire, Later, Starth is found stabbed slut, and “clrcumatantiat eviunes. qoute Fn concealed aah Acueter "Banjo use of the scarlet ft the Inquost, “Prank—Innocent—Tamaroo,"" Tuvan moots “ianjo.” Berry and» a young man named Natty Denham. Jarman invites Denham to vialt him, Den ska Berry, if he to wee "Bs Murman later mentions the hame. in the prescnce of his housekeeper, Mrs. Cook, Who saya it {9 the name of her daughter slolen years before, Tancaster learns’ that, Denham has the mark of the ‘scarlet bat’, on the left arm, Tancam oarlet n hie arm. esarman that his aunt Dore Pep holds a sented gnvelope which contain the secret of his birth. an, to fee [anoaster'e aunt, Lancaster afd Darrell ‘me Hey ie CHAPTER XII, (Continued.) _ The Unexpected Happens. Darrel, with his sjde-glances, saw ¢betr embarrassment, their flushed cheeks, their efforts to appear easy, and took note of all. But with great self-control he continued his conversa: tlon with Mrs, Perth. For quite an hour he talked, and then rose to take ‘his leave, at the same moment as Frank announced his intention of de- Derting, "1 am stopping at the rectory,’ sald Darrel, when they passed through the gate, “You come my way, I think?” ~ = "For some little distance,” replied _ Frank, always guarded, but suspecting “Ro evil on thé-part vf his companion, + For a time they strolled on in silence, \ down the lane, and out on to the dusty white road, Then Darrel commenced * to converse on indifferent matters, and fol stories about Africa, Also ho re- lated his experiences in America, "I was at Los Anegles,” he aid. Tittle pet dog named Tad ti eraered off with a strange young Patani, his master ted a disaster ‘Through 4 s sundy World “Lost and Why Don't You return of lost articles the half a million readers of you may bring | Hore Tags was placed on the ground | oP BACT E Gep GSS Y°ORM § gether with the names of two of his important battles and the Who can find his name, the names of the battles and the correct d Answer to last week's puzzle—Georgo Washington; Monmouth, +1781, A Long-Jawed Man. | tow flying Jeap and vurned round and round | 2 # The Scarlet Bat Frank remembered how at the theatre he had said that he met Berry at Log| were prroated, 80 } simple makeup at almost uny so: cla! gathering, With a litte iamp-black or a burnt cork yo can paint a face and mus- tache on your forehead ns in the first ONE REASON, picture, Brush your hair back 90 us to give as much room as possible for the extra face, then with a plece of good | ¢ I OTS. of fun can be had with this your audience roar, - — Be aLey/ “Pa, why choly days?’ stiff cloth or a table napkin cover up| “Well, one reason, T guess, is that ay lower face and paint on it a|tyse are the days when most people ee, and you will have the effect ace back from thelr vacations and can figure up just how much St cost ‘em," frees in the right-hand picture With a little moyement of the fore Yhiengo Record-Herald. Anweles, but made no comment on the} departed, and Kingsbridge is a quiet, remark. Darrel still continued to talk | clean, country town set in the henrt of Ul they havted in a qulet side road, | the Yevonshire hills, At the top of whenoe Frank branched off to the|the stesn Hirh strect dwelt Miss Shanty. ‘There Darrel stopped. "Miss! Dorethy Drake, and from her window "he sald, the could see the silver waters of the his Jealous eyes on the young estiary and a panorama of Undulating Btarth ts in love with you, abruply, nun’ 1°. lands. The window was Miss Drale on the Khodegian . Gerful colors of the sky, "1 don't know, w! t say these things, fon, u “This much right, caimly, She was a qu tend to make h y wife. If you Out and leave her wone Lill ray tng: if you don't I'll have you You understand me, Lancaster Frank's heart almost stood s am_not- | "Bah!" said Darrel, cutting him short, | she spoke. you disginde reuraelt you should re- move your rir, fancied it was your volce when you spoke, and L saw that Resture you have of livbing ‘the ring Up-and down your finger. Also the ring Naelti 1 remember tt auite well. Evank cursed iis folly. ‘The ring was | A Noticeable one, set with two black | Pearls, More ofa Jndy’s ring than a | Mt because It | man's It was, but he wor had belonged’ to his mothe no chance of keeping up’? Sharacter in the facd of su “But T assure you. Darr cent.’ he protested. "E'don't care two cents if you are in-| nogont oF @ullty,” sald yiitrel, coolly. | “Starth was never a a of mine, and objected to my murtyiiiie bis slater I've set my heart on making her my wife, becatise I love her with all my heart and soul, She loves you. “No she doesn't!’ “She loves you," peralsted Darrel. “Do you think T can't tell. I'm too deeply In love with her myself to make any mistake, I'm not golng to have you queering my itch. If you leave her alone, and clear out, I'l hold my tongue," “And if T don't? “Tl write to the London police, In+ spector Herny will be glad to get yout into his clutches, Now vou know," ‘without further words Darrel tur on his heels and lumbered down There wis | 18 assumed 1 evidence. , 1am Inno- For afew moments Frank stood alton |). in. the shadow, feeling ae tough. ah | Any t brightness had died out of hiklite, H | Where to find me," felt that he did not much cae If jal Sige 10 Wore) arros pearing was the » ‘ aying. the. thong! Mildred would ‘he ‘told that sie won look upon him with loithing, made hl ¥ shudder. He tried to stifle his end hurried into. the house to the author, i what was beat to be done, At. thas! moment he sorely missed the wise head and stanch frlendshin of Jarman The do was wide Co Wily @ jor of the Shan open. Wondering at this, for was of that suspiclous nature Ways Kept windows ‘bi \closed, Frank stepped Into the State, the d room, He glanced toward the n Blece where he had placed the pote Hraph of Balkls, It was gone, A sud- den suspicion seized him. the kitchen. It was emnty. the grass Cellow: an automobile "Aw, B'wan, CHAPTER XIII, A Quaker Lady. lets has ter wark?” = S a < > < Fa ae 2 6. 2 a B: z 3 3 z ‘Then, trutt schoonety ran as far as the Atores, and smurel’ng was a tine art; siinved Cree times a week. No, slr: |, but mow the glory and excitement lias mill'naire game fer mine, t’enka.” HE ORED: Jar etand, @istance around Claire's neok Here we haye the name of a great American who 1s known to every one, to- ” rule measures the various distances, Bald the elephant unto the etork, When you're dining with me Eat your soup if you will And the same for potatoes and pork,’’ head you can give a life-like expression to the eyes which {s certain to make they call these the melans “Wihat do you mean?” demanded the favorite seat, and there she sat Knit. secretary indignantly. ung for many a long hour, watching And you are in love with her,” went the landscape changing under the won- homely little per- ually clotted J a grey etuft sald Darrel, | gown, and wearing the white, close-fit- I lov Miss Btarth and I ine | ting cap of the sect she belonged to, {Her serlous face was of the hue of | ,and she hed mild blue eyes, expression ot which, added calm look, soothed all to whom and pointing to his ‘left hand, “When! When any one was in trouble he or Millionairing Too Hard Work. OUR IRVING BACHELLPR, t who {8 @ sts dent of sociology, while | Mics In sight, visiting his native town up took a troll along @ country road, No- tieing @ tramp lolling dn undemeath a tree, he said to the lazy “Wouldn't you Hke to be wealthy and ride around in growled the hobo. “What d'yor tak me for? Don't cher s'pove I lenow how thard dem ft “Oh, I don't think ‘the work they hive ¢o do would INGSPRIDGH ts the quainteat of tite you very much," said Mr, Bacheller, towns, and was of great Import- ‘‘Dat's where yer off yer trolley, boss. Why, I hear ance before the era of steam, ‘it some o" dem rich guys has ter change deir phoos nd put on cloan shirts (wice a day, besides gettin’ not any of do Guessing Distances., LMOST overy one knows that the|! A head of an ordinary horse is sa/ | jong a» @ baitel, But not many persons would have thought eo without measuring, When you have a rainy day or @ dull evening try a distance- guessing contest. Let each player have pencil and paper and write down the lw: of things to bs measured, All have @ voice in making up the liste, Some one suggests height of the table, All then write “height of table" and each pute opposite his guess of the height in feet and inchas, In the @ame way other objects are nelected and tho dis- tances guessed—width of door, dimen- mons of room, length end height of mantel-pleve, distance around or Jack's head, dimensions of books and boxes, height of chairs, pictures and | vases. Finally the papers are signed and ex-| anged, and #ome one with tape line The best guess for each object ts marked by @ cross, the poorest by a cipher, It will be amusing to see how wild @xme of the guesses ara ———_— A Dinner Party. “How awkward you are with a fork: Do feel perfectly free; With the tp of your bill The Bruins’ Call. By Harriet Nutty, R, and Mrs, Bruin went M ‘To make a party call, Mr, B. was rather big, But Mrs. B. was small. ‘They might indeed have hired a cab, But they preferred to walk; Ava 0 they did, and passed the time Tn edifying talk, “Your furs are fetching, too for "Twas six o'clock, and very Inte, | you know there je a But the friends they went to see cep & fet Were all at home and s0 polite hae oft ple noes? The Bruins stayed to tea. | aot PPLLODIDS-PDOHESHOHSHEDHE GOOELOGHEG ©6449 GH GIGOSHOHHOHH GOT CHOC SISLILOHL OSHS FOOSE GHHSHHOSOD $90 HOSG-HHHEGHIOEHOOED: wv & By Fergus Hume. i But Frank's ambitions ied him to Lon- don, and Mies Drake, knowing that behooved him to figtt the battle of life saw him depart, with a sigh. she—It was usually @ she-came for cups and saucers, advice and comfort to Miss Drake, and both were freely «iven, She kept onty|portraita in oll of Mise Drake's one servant, a stout wench called/tors decorated on the wal Keala, who adored her mistress, and | not claim descent from the famous Sir who made it the study of her life that | Francis, but admitted that she derived Miss Drake should be comfortable. The | her blood from a distant brandh of the old lady had a little money of her own, and with thigand the twenty pounds 4 month which came from America ahe lived in what she regarded as a luxuri- ous Way. But Miss Drako'a luxury | only slater had travelled in quest of a woud have been the penury of other | situntlan-to Amerion. and more modern people, SUPT, MAXWELL has a | Jarred the Bugologist. large collection of notes which parents have senct teachers, One of the, gems 4s as follows: ‘Teacher ~My kid says you want to see me, Mo and my mite have a deltca- teasen shop and I help in an undertaker’s store, amd we ept elgtw children, Folks I has got to live and die, too, road like a heavy, clumsy. steer, so I'm busy all the Ume, Sorry I can't call on you, you want something in my tine you know to coljecting 4 if “A Forget Party, By J. V. Roach. 66TAID my son post that letter zB fave: hint yesterday? asked Ned's mamina, Ned's had dirod Into tha tnpide note vt of Dis coat and brought out @ crume pled letter, "I'm so aorry, mammal" he cried, seeing the grieved look on his mamma's | face, , too, AM sorry,” responded mamma, ‘as that was a letter dnviting Aunt Amy to stop off here on her way home® “Oh! Oh!" cried Ned, “And I do sg love Aunt Amy!” "Ir vou catch this mall the lottep may yet be in time,” sald mamnia, Ned mn off as fast as he could to post the precious letter, Another day it was @ sdhool bool which he left out in the orchard. It rained all night and ruined his book, | Ned tried to remember, but always fore got, One day Uncle Charite heard Ned say to his mamma, ‘Plague take my forgetery!" Uncle Charile knew that Ne@ had been forgetting again, and thought of @ plan to cure Ned of thie habit, “Ned will be elght years old Satur ald mamma that day at tea time, in I have @ party with both boys jand girls, and plum cake and candiest"* cried Ned, "Of course you can," sald Uncle Charite. “I'll buy tho candles—eight and one to grow on." “Til bake the plum cake,” ata mamma, “I'l write the invitations,” sald Sister Nell, “Vil make a heaping platter . of fudgrs. laugiied Aunt Amy. who, after all, hdd gotten the delayed letter in DIRECTIONS—Cut around the outline. together. Paste under laps A. Form wagon and two parts of the goat together, and the ween 8 compl ‘she? ind aion g the top of the ha nnect corners with lape B. Fold up base of goat. P: Paate the two parte of the boys) the cream, It is t40 hod A Valuable Suggestion. EORGE always saw the bright aide of things, and was never 8) | happy 99 when! he successtu'ls Bald Mrs, B., “That coat, my dear, | caught some one in the trap of his Jou- Is just the thing for you.” ing, He mecently came into the kitehe= ophank you, my love," said Mr, B | where his mother was preparig a fish he exclaimed, empe, way) te Can Any One Be So Queer? In my geography I find some things immenacty queer, Buch as the folks that le in bed all day, all night, all year, ‘They run along, now fast, now slow, but hay And do not seem to hunt themselves if sumetiiog mukes thom fall § Perhaps they have an arm, or two, or three, or even more, And though they have no throats ner tongues they sometimes fairly roar. ‘heir heads are very emall indeed None of them owns a penny, yet a Such folke, with neither fingers, nor hands, nor eyes, nor ears, Nor legs, nor backs, you must agree are surely rather queer, no feet at all, ‘that fish smells Hvety their moths are Very wide; have banks by thelr a! asked his moc, a i strange peashells Bho saw | Lancaste he asked, | were ranged on the mantelpiece, and Mis: vane Ain “ten cael chine, use alt Latter and n ue shoore® od for py, nat time they ae : -converwaiion St Miss Drake was Bhe had bean greatly chee insistence on Frank's inno- her vitor ‘at. out gf worndentil "hiked ithe Gometimes he oame to see her and were always feativals.' {; family, the love of travel and seafaring was in the Drake for two of Miss Drake’ en merchant captains, and her oame Mies Drake st ly refused to believe # and prayed earnestly that his innocence would be made evident She firmly believed Devieved he was her quiet vole roa thou tae Reena bras blood, haa be ate good anne ine. peri Bs ite of her undoudt-| ins os ‘They were all dead now, ‘The room in which she sat was as|Drake alone remained, nothing was heard jauaint as herself, and almost as emall. al isa ppen od Kezia grew au er on was made of the matter sh Ng tea patently summons in the small room in the smal! The furniture was ol’, and polished | house at the top of Kingsbridge High brightly by Kezla, Tho curtains and hangings were faded. but the room was brightened by numerous antimacassare worked by its owner. There was a|the time when he wae intrusted to her) anxtous, aaa china cupboard containing hoarded| charge at the tender age of two years stranger had it the olrommatances of the orime,” “go Coe reed Bf ie ehe hiner until the atreot, Miss Drake missed her nephew, | nyemed, She was much attached to him and had done her best to bring him up, eine Hi COR man, as the po- ne: pollcer Gh! has Inspector Her- ere?" Mise © nodded and looked at enticing: with hor head. on one aide Took possession of Wrank's’s fame of law and order, jettar exldreewed to me and learned th Wi Lant 4 oie Pecans ply med Miss Inetsten. i that hel ae ‘waa dnni few y papers ell Iran BOOTH TARKINGTON relates Slectutiy am incldens | that ocoured durhig a re- cent vistt to Gis old home, White in # barber shop he “overheard # conversation between two Hoosiers who knew ‘him when he was a boy, but aid not recognize ‘tim: as he was belong shaved, linen one of hin an JPSSH LOWISOHN, who recently returned from met at the Bennings track a sad-eyed individual, who looked as if he hat jost his lest cent on a long shot. “What do you like for this race?’ inquired Lewi- I'm not a sporting man," answered the solemn chap; “I’m only an entomologist. & devote my time Weshington, mart mistaken, pends ul what you. know Friend Jarman, Fray bim, 1 never, aw Why oy oy as Kc ? ‘brake, rt cia th ‘the. victim of whi jot aor ras he Med sg enriet of, ae 3 Prather t this nebn. ‘belleve thot vite “Oh he rae hid, “Ts that #0? Why, he dXin't look Ike a fellow who vemarked the-other. ho ain't took a drink; it’s a dum sight worse I hear he's writing novels!” And he used'to be such a nice young "Indeed? Well, you will find a lot of two-legged spiders. in the betting ring, but I'll fay you a thousand to one that you won’t find any files on them,’ Then the wan-faced visitor went on his way won derig what species of apider exisied in a ring with 19) would take to drink,’ Life Contract that Pays. LEADER MURPHY, ‘Tammany, #ald to @ young friond who recently tovk a Giogatnen tne ete of nb End 1" wad, papa, “will wend cp lee’ cream,' «| danced for joy and ran’ off, te ob with Aho. ad and jump, sam ¥ morning Ned's mamma sent, hin 80 far to Mr. Benton's, who rateed | Yeterables and chickens to sell, Tey | as he would, Ned could not get Dil just dinner time; tut he tol iti Been all about his mitile ba Mr. lenton gave hi ute little bant chicken for a Died tide: lay preset, shad "Do you think," asked Ned at “my party wil}, come right St ao‘clook st “Well, well.” said Uno'e ak T forgot to. make. the ‘And 1," eald-papay “{2emar (0 ordhe “Tt docon't iniiter at a Nell, “fer I forgot to inv! nald alo'ce Peralta the arty.” Na Thee grew longer and aA US Iaked AU be meaeeran’ whee hed ft spoken yeu Burely she had not Lore Invehed Unele Charlie fore mma oO tid. speak, en ry ad 0 ‘| t90 mulch, Ned buret thto ne ‘ant mn up to hie own Nie Hom. ‘after what seemed @ lone, long ‘aime ‘to Ned, und (3 Ned A 4 ti Sie patatre with a Woe gene Mam cake, fOr Cry as at When Ned forgot, whieh fi m did, ome ‘gne would “aay, an we better ha another forget Bart 150949050996 SG9SO9GOO HOS OO e rose and produced fi cutitaira pandie of en SoBe with the lean postmark, te arena n'a hands aa, bs havi am abtatied n, he examined Ww N Nite 1a t0 te old Taay k= ! amin im stealthily and. anxiously. atte frowned, as if trying to: solve EMfdrele nothing here likely. to throw any light on the snbjeot,” sald: Bus- Inco, -.¥ing up. the bundle’ again. tn, th at thou expect to. find, nehed his netheralip in pers plexity, thought to find: some me: tion of Banjo Berry,” he sald, frowi seems to me that he feat the Re evi n—an evil nan!” said Mise pr Ko," Shaking her head. yh, he's son Bey ued ustac: he tald his Hand! i is no mention of an after the boy gti, oft teaaie Fustace. looking at his hostess shai rehat there are no late lette ithe Min Drake nodded. *Quite 80, Friua Jarman, Bor many years there “Franks fa twonty-1 His. birthday In a! tow The old lady took off and rubbed them, with a. Vehed ain tate t prared about to say something, put ugning hee mouth firmly, she ity oprman was ‘ansioved. a he not fe open (Ww y However, ho mate: go iFect be me but resuined the gonversation a he had noticed nothing, "Do yor Pitti Mr. Lancaster ie ena tts, cannot say, T think hi 48| eine Drake bh A worrled. *roote, ‘Sue Evie mam 340) ins ae aor Bh0 to Joann, but thea D walt ibis twenty -f fhe waa entitled oo ent iD Kay in Septe: aieen what hie b bs ine Diane et hare ey ‘ae ihe is entitied to aaige mney? he ated theron. Wil, es (Ud ‘There ta. ho Beiend eae, te oad Rie toe tees then, wend 10m hub here |g some mystory’! 1th bow continued Mise’ Dral tia Led apes mark a} st A then tl ins, meas t was for the ment! tetten ia afl Bra eae to iy) that Fl me partnor for Mfe: “Well, I presume you find housekeeping more expon= sive than you antlolpated, don’t yout” “Why, mo, I cant eay that I do,’ replied the new Benedict, “EDow do you figure that . out?” “Easy enough, You ees, I dont have to buy bou- quets, candy or opera tickets any more. Besides, hing wite has am inoome uwice as big as my salary, and ae one upon supplying me with a, wardrobe and rouse ns ne jt * of ‘”