The evening world. Newspaper, November 23, 1912, Page 9

TNT cu een iN il ii il ee ti \ ul FOOTSTEPS? , HEDE, THERE AND Bessie’s Visits to Slumberland "22-3 SerLesNem By Eleanor Schorer BY EyvBRwyBDODW RS. KELLY says that her hus- band has so many bad habits he can't do any of them justice. The Coming of the Law “THE TWO-GUN MAN'S” Greatest Novel PE ceneies Aiden Seitaee — RNR ee © fo) 5 [3 wy <= = 2 3 (Co esis —< Sean : ~— Pyrat, 1912, by the Outing Publishing Co.) pened. #0 you 1 I know what you ny ot 12>) as SYNOPAIA OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, come Son have come to kill Mgnt Hollis, » New York sewavaper man, armen Ie that correct?” tke Hoa batted tame pad c- whe of me hore h ye Spot's eyes narrowed—into them @ Hedgeville wants to know. tet The law ad come an appraising, speculative 0 be ation ‘6 her at fou've or ‘ww a dutiful wife if Barden, ae aftr at Dey att grumiy. Sut it you fevwes ‘why alde't if she can't get the husband. Veule Wacletin a aenty ate 'She Tinea Ss you slope?” "1 her, * ng He looked at Hollie with @ half sneer, tl “ndtt Senders 45 cnougn le to decide whether Since George Fork got married he has learned how to light his pipe in the The Hollis was a brave man or merely a wind and to enjoy a smoke on the back ons ae ie dios ay 2 sai ibs laaal * porch. by Dis fa Hollis sion in Ten @pot's fake cor bie pw “atte ag, efor of tae ine exe and his own brightened. At fast Mr. Plank says he has taught his wife an socente domo neta, ter Tnierey Ne had planned a form of action and ‘ 7 a FR ae Me, Ricker office rat offers to tay oo coolly estimated the distance Between to Keep still oftener and keep it up cls ter reftaey. and declares elf and Tan Spot. While Mollis had longer at a time. “the law's woe it iin an Renee been speaking Ten Spot had taken a dyer, warning tne 6 step forward and he was now noi Fred Horne got some money from his ferem Ae! four or five feet ibe: uncle and spent part of it before he Ten Spor had it a week. bint) “Bho ts a butterfly of fasMon.”" “Bhe goes through clothes more like a moth.” HE families of two neighboring flats were ve Playing 10-cent limit poker together. After the busting of a pot the opener Grew one card and the mistress of the flat where the game was played also drew one. Ghe held to start with the deuce, tray, four and five of diamonds and acquired the six of the game sult. The opener bet a dime and the woman merely ealled, When the cards were spread her h band went up in the air. “Why, didn’t you raise with that hand?” he exclaimed; “didn't'you know it was worth it?” “Yes,” answered tho wife, “but I didn’t want te break a quarter.” VERY night before she went to sicep Bessie said her prayers, ae all tin eed.) How a Bad Man Left the “Kicker” Office. wer or when brooding over an injury, —did not even know him—had never seen him before, and how Ten @pot could deliberately shoot him—without provocation—was incomprehensible. He wae convinced that, in order to gheot, ‘Ten Gpot must work himeelf into en ar- time when all kiddies were just going to bed. And there at the top of the|tinoial rege, and he delleved that the & man could kill when provoked to am giz-shooter. I ‘But he had done nothing to Ten Spot doubled under him and he co! Tice tears Mrs. Derks says the greatest trouble ae ¥ exactly what Hollie had with her husband is that he won't maky he eaten Se ene tte Se een waiting fer. up his mind on a subject until he knows CHAPTER 1X owun or Seema ye to oa | for. some of the facts. q weapon; sagged, the pth muasie pointing downward—the man's mind had Become ¢: trom hie pureen® temporarily diverted Re caw Hollis move sudden! forward he remembered his gun rf =| UST how one man could be ee Wied 40 swing its musszie upward, but entirely remorseless as to it was too late. Hollis had lunged for- shoot another when that other Ward, hie left hand closing on Ten Spot's man was looking atraisht into ey in @ fun his eyes Hollie cond not un- derstand, He could readily realise how q2h@ Would-be kiMer aid not have even time enough to pull the trigger @f tts it tell thuddes aung pseu, fom his hand and inert, motionless heap near pages With a grim smile on hie face Hollie ‘ed up Ten @pot's weapon and placed it on the desk, For an instant he Mood at tha window, looking out tato the atreet. Down near the Fashion he ew some men--Yuma Fd among them No doubt they were walling the sound good children do, and when she had finished she said: 'adder stood the Angel of Prayer lstening to the praycrs of the kiddies as| vile epithet which Ten Sppot had ap- of the pistol ehot which would tell ie twhere do prayers go?” they floated up to him. piled to him immedthtely upon his en- them that Ten Spot had ‘of “I'm going out to get some oheese for a rabbit. ; Bessie could tell every time another prayer was sent up. For he caught | ‘ance must be on atta jolie grinned widely—Yuma "T should think he'd prefer lettuce.” And atways her mother would tell of the beautiful place ‘way up in the} 40, an one by one. And one by one they turned into flowers in he hands. | For perbapa a minute “Hela sey = aky and how she prayers went straight up there. And what wonderful flowers and how many hundreds there were! | denld whe steed the desk watching Ten Spot. was Mo niark on Spot ‘0 he resolved to give the man no Jaw to show where Hollle's bow ned opportunity to work himself into a landed, for his fet had struck flush en Bessie took the Dream Man's hand and fell asleep, Together they trav-| where prayers go, and where all the pretty flowers come from too, The rake, He smiled again as Ten Spot the point, its force directed upwaed. elted far, far away to a place where Bessie had never been before, and there| Angel of Prayer throws the lowers down to earth, I'm always going £0 40¥| suit about inshis chal antit ao woe ia dnetan yn mouth had been open at the le steamer was on the point of leaving| * Last night the Dream Man came to Bessie and whispered in her ear: “On,” aaid Bessie ae they arrived once more at the foot of her uttle|? hot him down at once, and the passengers lounged on the deck| — «7 pave a treat for you, little lady. Come with me.” white bed and she opened her eves to ace mamma close by, “I know now and walted for the start. At length one of them espied a cyclist in the far distance, and it soon became evident that he was doing lovel beat to catch the bout wae 0 great ladder reaching fer imito the cloude, my prayers, 80 that lots of pretty flowers may grow in my garden.” & Ponition to make & auick a from the Impact of the thee ne deabt his lev eats Up, up the ladder they climbed into the clouds. It was eventng—the ILEANOR SOHORER, "Ten Spot,’ ts picturesque had muoh to di Teady the sullore’ hands were on the gang- Bad id by Ai potas! M4 h tly, not removing fis of unconsciousnees”" "M* 10P8 perto® vays and the cylist’s chance looked small, in- 6 eyen for the she atl alighteat fraction of oe aot ent x ’ ¥ end then with deed, Then a sportive passenger wagered a 7 ; i cond; I have an effort sat up and looked at hi ; 19 con- h to a shilling that he would miss it, R t Bl k d Wh t Copyright, 1912, by The Prem Publishing Co, |no criticlam to make, I have always queror with « «lance magne gmaing oae'ne woul’ m1 Repartee in Black an ite or te erm By J. K, Bryans} (i cristnce iosee J have ainiya uetor with avant pune Set ing my visitor recollect ever At least I do not hie own on thes Hollis weapon and the deck became a scene of wild excitement. desk, t ant of past i criticised w visitor events seemed to nn be ueoerne who oa he concluded with fered brain, “ne grinned cei Se ‘Ten Spot'n lips curled sarcastically. fiw oe Soe wolfe, be Aprarently he would not awerve in his Krepreading his taoe, deterinination to provoke troubl aia a “Lord!” he sald ¢ruculently, “that tenderfoot! Oh, there palaver makes me aick. I reckon suddenly looked up at you're too white-livered to criticise # fashing with rage and a man that's lookin’ at you. There ain't got nerve enough to oriti- he de Hollis slowly raised his hands and ,,i¢ Placed his hands, palm down, placed them on the arma of his chair, tR@ Moor, preparatory to rising, but Apparently to steady himself, but in i his s when he heard reality to be ready to project himself ly humorous: out of the chair tn case he could dis- jot You Just the Instant cern any Indication of action on Ten feet. I rather thiak Spot's part. things here now." ‘ Spot.” he id In a low, even, ed back and looked well-controtied volce, conciliatory, but y | reckon you are,” filled with @ maniineas which no man ethod of action having “No; he'll just do tt” a J “Come on!" “He won't do ft" “Yes, he will. He's done it. iurrah!" In the very nick of time the cyclist arrived, sprang off his machine and ran up the one Yi gangplank left. y Cast off;" he cried, It was the Captain. “Doc, are broiled lobsters unhealthy late at night?” ; “Welt, if the broiling doesn't harm them I can't ace how a little thing , like late hours should injure their health.” RD butlding is as much a piece chers Have Big Ears." Well, it doesn’t) of carpentry as is house bulld- refer to the utensil that holds water or ing, Only it ¢akes longer. | goes to the corner side door, er’ lh : 4 an-| «4 } rn ry could mistake, “at 4 o'clock this af- ed itself to him, he c: Sometimes a cen- si elang term with some @uch mean 1 kept house a few days when you were “Goodness, little boy, who taught you to swear ‘John, you are awfully foolish! . he continued fire or more, |g as our word “chap” or. ‘fellow, my dear, and then went boarding. like that?” “1 know It, my dear; but it le my mothers | ogee re yo an a ee ane ible rates onettetaT How Some Words $ ang ny that time | Thus, “Little Fellows Have Big Ears” | arding?, Why didn’t you go on keeping “Taught me to swear? Why, I'm the guy wot | fault. She always m Pp under a ci am not telling who gave me the infor- dropped into it, moving elibeee ieee Got Their the word's first {8 a more sensible rendering of the | hou kidel” : quiit! mation,” he added as he saw Ten Spot's When he spoke his voice was cold aod meaning 1s usu- Proverb. “Couldn't. All the dishes were dirty!” i] hten, “but thin is what hap- metallic, and ally changed, ‘When you first came into the ef- | fi sald “yo For example, the old word for “neigh: | nA LPP PLP PA PPP LPP ALARA PLLA A AAA AAA AAA ALARA RPP PPA PALL PLRPRPRA APL (tere ne ald, (You applied a vile por was “sib,” One's good nelghbor | y MANNNNOONEN Jala it again. You have nekeg eat eu was known as one's “good sib.” This T V a ‘ - , |1 don't shoot you. If you really went Became shortened to. "godaib,” and| e : RRRA RINT FON pact Gee BM EY REE eT eR Jinan ghoct you. If you really” want Inter to “gomsip.” ‘Then the word's| fe ith cloned for Just one mites oe whole meaning changed and gosslp no| ‘ou want to continue to live you ean longer meant good nelghbor, but applied idn't mean a ween to the sort of talk exchanged between | those two occa, good neighbors It's up to you. ola word for “farmer was “bor.” he latter fldgeted, sham, (And “boor’ later, was used for deserib- dening his cheeks, ‘nn Ped- ing farmer-like or rough persons.) The Why," he sald finally, “I reckon he farmer living nearest to one was known | don't £9, tenderfoot. You see, she's only & noma de ploom whic y the “nigh-boor,” and this phrase in f ploom whic h We Uses when | We wants to rile somebody. 1 cert'nty couse of time was twisted to “neigh- | bor.” wf i ve do ” Numbered Car Lines. a ne Just that, grinned Ten Spot ruefully jh shorely some 8! ee olf with them. the: clawa of yor An’ U done latted at Duniavey an’ Yuma after you'd clawed them pe His face sovered, his eyes aude jenly filling with an expression o} flant resignation + OTF names of street car es are usual source of perplexity to new arrivals In a city, and the confusion is often Increased rather thon mitigated by the signs on the cars, Al m tells | consular report from Amste “I reckon when you're done ¢rifiint us that in that clt conventent pli with me you c’n start to pumpin’ your Deen ed each car tend, he sald. rere ain't no use ef mber, saya the Itle Amer=| prolongin’ the agony.” He looked steage Min Faun al vs he. Bol ane A 1 " ry 6. ily at Hollis, his eyes filing with pe j / the trolley pate on each Nervy Nat—This is a find! | Nervy Nat—You're a big gray Nervy Nat—Here’s my next pa- Nervy Nat—Ah, my next! You, The Dog—Oh, I'm a kitten all|j 7718 No atin placed his hands beside tlent. You think you're a dignified my boy, are a nice green, shiny Nervy Nat—Now, this will be a him on the floor to rise, hundred yards shall try the hypnotic power this 4 ight! You o'n open ball when you wre always re squirrel! Shin up that tree and old Johnny—now, don’t you? W: little frog, That's the way—hop * pl a aoa ra 4 to in directing inquirers., -Most| 200K says we all have latent with make @ noise like a nut, Oh, | Your not—really. You're the queen along! And If you're a real good severe test, You're an Angora kit Nervy Nat—There must have) en eee ae tem now, Tt eee d n cities have @ similar system, Us My first attempt will be with J of the ballet. The light fantastic, ten—— been @ chapter on doge in that | to aie off my pins like a coyotet™ s gabled works very successfully, i yon approaching eparrow-cop, don't knows This le toe cag book thet | everlorked, . @e Be Continued) Paes oy pe ed } ‘