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_ ere Stan am ee eee ‘ World Daily Magazine, Tuesday: January 16, 19147 Ly MA SAYS You dave BRING THa HAIR BEEN BAD TODAY AND BRUSH, THA RAZOR J GONNA ADD To Your h STRAP, ANY THING “PUNIGH MENT BY MAWING/ : mn \\ You SQ. @¢T Wisk You Go AND FETCH A UIT Me SiR HIPPING UTENSIL Fables of | Everyday Folks By Sophie lrene Loeb Copyright, 1912, by The Preas Publishing Co, (The New York World). Those Bridges of Sighs. message and runs away with it over DEAR ROSIE-you HAVE \~ INHERITED 100. DOLLARS- CALL AND COLLECT AS SOON’ AS bp | Poss BLEY) Range Riders le HEAR TRE ~ NEWS, ROSIE ! 9 i) Another Great Cowboy Romance (SMACK #) NCE upon a time there was a it- [the bridge. * a 4 O tle woman. This ittle woman had | Of course the wise doctor prescribe: Ag samepeassy —{ ont ' ByC. A. Seltzer, Author of “THE 1WO-GUN MAN” many troubles, But, strange to [Sething Jack ALWAYS DID desp So HAPPY ! ay, most of them {48 @ Fesult he Is out the very next day Dot's DE | Ver HAPPEN. [With the Sullivan boy. And the thin BEST NEWS Mishing Co.) | down toward the bed of the river, then yi {ttle mother, really weighing two pounds L Got 018 + cuarrons, [28 UrKed his pony into # alow, ewing- t Poa hide ra WHY ghe worried so, " ~ ° 4) 1 GOT OM | san lias sett his | UME Galop i ft or. waian at ONE instance of lier im- k 2 y) ‘ < | YEAR! a At ten i| t of making he bh t A yy XG S, Narrow plateai before K fbn Dot ght Hat alted to take hi | a letter hoping for a CERTAIN reply. pte of eo bis eran 4 y decided and anticipatin them before the ¥ urrived, Which, in him, perhaps @ intle down etream, he saw a thin skein of amoke g| from the chimney of an adobe hut at : She just knows, before it arrives, the adverse answer. John's business is not flounishini the water's edge, Back of the hut ‘he a Vela MME 4 \ Caen ate AP Tact, it is getting WORSE, " iNet, \ x = saw a rickety corral, ome sheds, and a tammon eversday [8H¢ do when it is gone? Why, 4) WIFIE, AN LL \ CHAPTER II. man moving about among them. With 3 1. Wi ¥ J " (Continived. profes: caution Montana rolled t se ny tt Na y reer aati ob be ous \ \ TAKETT IN THE \ \\\ | The Trail of the Serpent, | ?!8t0l4 examined them eninutely, on { sortie i, Hittle Jack comes [1% Eee eRaE TACERTER OF" Be KITCHEN TO | \\ | r Serpent. thon returned them to thelr holsters, j Hie IRENE an. arom, school [6 SAV See 6s AIN'T doin’ anything to | ‘Thon he spoke to his pony, guided i ta i tons and ta a bit warm, | Strange to say, all Nese crossings of —— Rosie! WUT | cross ‘him, remarked |'the sloping trail that le@ down to Gre Why, dear me! The child is feverish [the bridges are DISASTROUS ones. Sho are 4 Nis aie y one night to a tall) broad level at the river's edge, and @m@ must stay right at home—perhaps a ne baron yy eee eter An a —— r who heaton n j tehe AL ld trail leading toward it. was typhoid. “ é wW Fifteen minutes tat ni | ae c _ EASY to make them joy journeys. Her " WHAT I DEAR ROSIE — WE it's his eyes that make me feel like id later, while loping | And atter the feverish one has 8 |aicnts might. have brought hAPPY end- HERES ' ANOTHER NEED A.FREAM IN teetheg drittin’ 1h w polar com Chan goes this tral, his pony swerved sud- played his tongue t y three times, a Al ACI 'y, and reared high in the air with bared hie chest for signa of amall-pox |2S% She tnrsets to reeson that no one DE OTHE! eM OUR CI rata iF somethin’ awimmin’ deep in ‘em—like be} a gnort of fear. Erect, alert, Montane YOU ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO Filb THE: POSITION PLEASE SEND US YouR PHOTO' AS THAT VILL DO ever accomplished any great good or LETTER ! was ever happy without faith. Had Leander of old worrled about bridges he would never have reached ess Mes )yig Hero, Had Cacsar previously he would | crossed his before he ARRIVED at them. waa fikgerin’ weeks ahead of ped tho reins, swinging both guns reckon he ain't exactly @ poise while his eyes searched o1 chicken,” i “| the objeot that had startled: his pony.” Porhups it was this sentiment that| At @ distance of fifty feet from hin sont him, the following day, miles out | Won the id of the river trail, was cece a, boy in @ faded blue gingham ‘pi | of his way to Toban's cabin, where he) fore Ten feet from aah the shaad and things and been fully phrenologized about tle head there is an IMMEDI- ATE decisio He has it. throu her bral xet it! Heavens! Ty he shouldn't Bet ing woyld never have written the evers c th ic oyld he MU i WwST. AS YYELL dropped a word of caution ipo the! of @ thicket of flimy mesquite, crawled the poor hopeful SI AHS R RC SCALE AED AIOR A nester's ear, &@ five-foot rattler. The brawn head ene p a “Toban's got a wife an'*kid that’s got | Was raised sil@htly above the sand and J Seo eae eT cae eta tm dro cuemrerme auuge bane! tobe. thought ef," he admitted, cont | {he sinuous body moved slowly toward rather Co anything else In the |pHOUGU'T it was to intercept the halle- aac Tat to RU MELAA CHAE Sueeie: ain EBL | Ue a? workd now he can liujah of hope rather than the miserere awe tink tas aeons 6 Pa In tho boy's hand was a short branch And he jus: can " of rrdagiving. u In’ the Bar Crone to auit.nie-'| Of Chaparral, end this he was gpyly — Why it would not be such a fine So the ttle woman awoke one fine | oor re ap lam ety Porgy Tita | Waving at tho great snake, \ to play marbles with young Sullivan. | morning to find little Jack had become seif, but 1 reckon that kd needs lla) For an instant Montana sat motio who NEVER DID go to s hig Tack, strong and all the rest of it, father worso'n the Ol “Man needs | lese tn the saddie, and tn that instan Yet, no—ho must and ail her mental trlals and tribula- nas aa Weed ait Sieh ad umaving, erase room, with horrid | tons MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED. Vpon.6 day tap een from the.one pend nel ee wwaying @racefully a e 7 va wat when Montana id Yorne not be allowed even #0 Not only for herself but for those who} encountered the Tange boss, riding in| “Good lord! Playin’ with « rattler!" harmless ilitie plece nad everyday dealings with her. ' from the herd, It was in the early! The ejaculation mingled with the re- while he Is thus Jack, in the common course of events, morning and Montana was on his way| ort of one of his heavy pistols. Dit woman downstuirs is at leook unto himself a wife, and she nat- out for day duty, The gange boss waa| rectly he was down beside big pony and to Do Vatil the Doctor © urally became to him the FIRST lady alone, and Montana pulfed his pony to| leaping to the boy's aide,” where te So that by the time Fat has ar- log the land. Then the little woman, of a halt when within a bundred yards of| kicked savagely at the writhing, head- rived home she is a neryous wreck and |course, happy in the feeling that “all's » witting carelessly uy his saddle as Lv Taam thee ovens te ape ae MURIIy wOhe tiKOHRH avery até . . y approache J tter Epa tanh ee ey ee re GG eee ers ekery lee Strays worldn* their way] liad not ehanged his posltlan except to 4 ene creek yesterday, sald irow an arm over one eye while he She -docm't seem to see, that the Jboen wiser to have looked for the ver the range boss caine within leaned back to look up into the inter- “germs” are peanuts Jack had eaten |iining in the many cloudy hours that ~ = pockited ie money aud. was eating tl 0. ™ ead. ds on reckon I'll round them up to-da: 's face. yesterday, and that the Uttle resentful [had come to her vieton, Choosing Careers. “Make ‘ita a mamdag ed ‘Parhament, “ies,” | his coete “After the petorman (gions Workin’ down? musod tho jonny,” eald Montane, having stomach has sent a warning message to| MORAL: A REAL BRIDGE AT Aa father coumsted a, tend ax tat the erie of the fond. stall wtanding tn frott and tay Alatanse, bons, “Why, then they, was gota’ tor anake into the mesquite . G G a 1 1s > DeAL” MEhaat eokon was what the brain of the coming citizen, HAND IS EASIER TO OROSS THAN what corset, to elect for is . Yaad who hed ward Shallow Bend! ‘Toban'll row r aa But the little woman intercepts the THN BRIDGES OF SIGHS. the feed Meu a saan cee bn te The Show’s Merit. Re coments aay. 8 re oe ah amen Se fy ene) there Se ee OTL Matern Glee shave. et e lve fathe 1 ” ways does.” ——- shen aie he Ea a Ome ty | Pie tal, bar ond in rome of the Gearing ety all." te, aid Kon we won't take any chanoes|of a playmate for him, ied dog utter Mad Oren: cage the, Detrolt News. ———————— on nnendin’ them baok,” said Mame] ‘L. don't Jike mans who don't mind The Bottle’s Aroma. tana with sinister steadiness: reckon} thelr own business,” said the boy, fim e 9 Are you the manager sof the show's the boy ? be knelt to prey to know where that place |) V'll.just t#hing his inspection of Montana, ot ay n t Ss i wea. TYPIOAL, olf time “etreuit rer’ “Oh, Lanh teman, “‘heee’ drep down an’ get th “You don't!" Montana was etty ince a i se ig tm rapa there nee , pct eM Belin 3 slowly whitening, On the Bar Cross tts pla ne hi + be ited, He . a, wad nia) fanse his word wag law, but something “You don't? Well, I'l be blowed! Hw ithe gagerinienit. wes tried and when the friend Biciek glia remembered | ods os tt the, reputation of tls tan. lad don't'like anyone to Interfere when the result was the father re hed ths orded lim about to be flabbergasted by a ratth r thut wholes ich amounts Now what de you think of that to aweethat men Jmes feel when nerv , in the presence of & man who holds Ife K Advice to Lovers The Girl on the Gar. fauired wi rf “but gerer mind] He was’ nuiel for two vhings ed : along T found lim sitting cn the Bible, be had Sw in. ho said, ws tue Ue doy. Take the dog 4 sin in no uncertain tones and the familiarity A with, whiel he addressed the Lord ia prayer, ing the space held no lsteners, jit | cheapty ‘ laughed: loudly and EAR girls and young men, please do not make tn- ef a | "Some of the boys Pte Pop gd you've the scowl on the boy's face deepened. , acquaintanceships on the cars and elsewhere. 4 S h l D , pet, 1d. B D Ww come over to the Har Cross just to start | “You're s ad man, * he sald, #¢ lengua? D le do not do Maybe she is tre- a Cc oO oO a y S Ener he how oe Moray y 18 < arom sith Toma 4 arevalys tA aeenhet demanded Oontana, cada the girl who sits opposite you every s : ; x iJ not. If tt lx, think you ought t know "You are." persisted the boy, “Aine you go to work, Maybe he has the nose that the boys won't stand for no dirty people who shoot pretty snakes that deal hero, the man who ts alwayd.on the work, Toban'y Kot a wife an’ a kid, boys want to play with bad men? $ o'clock ear, And maybe unknown girl and anonymous ‘ somo of the.baye have outtonad up — Montana cocked his head sideways at man are as nice as you are yourselves—and maybe not. to the kid derful. If you're goin’ the boy, but smiled with grim lips, The down te Shallow Bone te ok for strays yoy slowly scrashbled to his feet and we! od, Bul u're Koln A 7 An introduction isn’t just an empty formality. It's a Leer hal Asam be Patan soe La stood. at 6 GSR DSe MereT eyeing the safeguard, And every time you ignore it you court danger. , ure an’ have, & yighty. good ex-!" ts, you think I'm @ dad mapt® Just remomber that the next time you want to speak to the couse. | dutred Montana, stealthily sheathing girl or the man across the aisle. Montana still #at carelessly tn: his! Sisco), ‘*Phunderation! Say, but you're saddle—one log thrown over the pom-| amart kid, Youtve fumped onto some. | mel. He shifted Just @ ltttle as the hin’ that {t's taken grown people to fim zane dose gehen a Apeenina woe rel jout—when it been too late. Yes, hat he might look squarely at him. "re #0 | e been in’ these here parts quite | domes . , but =f reckon ye "he aad his eyes cod and | You never can tell. And that Is the point of my argument. Betty Vincent An Obstacle to Marriage. motier and his mother have quer- “E. ©." writes: “I am eighteen 3 not to let any family aim- O14, and my flance is threatened wi et your relations with each boy, defiantly, the ra eae My pa : pppoe: Our Mahe we tance uri a! ve found that when a a repeated the nam riage. W all wand To PR nt his busin 4 aa Huet sour parent |[RUAED “Tam e with a Now Pateves, ; Ses) HE CL MLD Gs recelving mn. Shall I co ons from WHEN NOU Fee! inue my} ‘SuMPiIn bed | Nou, CUT ’ The STRING: ps tightenin “Moanty’ what I've just 1 Montana, his rlisht ? nore {8 no reason w! ould Mmit herself to your) nee no engagement exists nel of the saddle fu pistol butt. "I * He tug was I reckon I'd tell you 1 hear that you're some) M if you 1 up with OW Doing opposite the ceping up the slope hat hint?’ questioned paer to tho boy. He nod, writes: ‘Ie 1t proper for ‘ h other?" mind your . they are engaged. wn al] Mar » from his gun Pelt Montan ank you.” Montana smiled sneers | an he draw his f the sada A, WOW VAT fiance's parents ave several times entertained me at should I ask them to my! courteous to return thelr | ‘ i | Inapproor'ate Presents. oH, Mt writes: to w paid any attention jas i them?" watea fod. should La ,You should not any planation of 1 t 1 it as tact{ully as possible, 4 ' werrto the mesquite j others unless you are engaged to b never have made you such! / bikini} Cre wee Ms owt he s ith 1 snake by the In that cave tell him frankly that you | g Nena . : Rally Ord bam wer 80 the bate Myst be courteous to your acquaint! vp uo. wettevs 7 am In love with @ maint 1 p won't any bitte’ now, T for hin: {Christmas present. What shall 1 di | © then 4 6 et iD y ‘an’ you c'n set right there an? Return it to lin with an explanation | Pee . play with him es miteh om you please 1 «yin away now, for I've got some portant business to tend to,"" - And now whimsical youth decided wpitulation, It had been Mon+ na’s smile, Bad oF not, when a man of fellowship into ® j “MR wr Masih proper {OF 8) isl yi eenea ty boy to kivs 4 girl goodnight?” young lady whom 1 It is not considered good form unless] some time, but we ¢ riding in love with a ‘@ not @een for ‘Teepon Might 1 the two aro engaged. OO ne) a ae al eed aw and presently * 4 hd a sand dune, Ho kept the dune “B. L." weite: ught my flance to! surely. That ie a perfectly legitimate a Sim ‘ana "she tien Wetil. ba made @ friend, behav coolly to me because my way of proposing. yy dase of @ bill that sloped (To Be Continued.) i | [3 ‘ p calle Ey ait he ah ONT oy r}