The M. A. C. RECORD MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. S P E C I AL L I T E R A RY N U M B E R. V O L .: 14. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, J A N U A RY 5, 1909. N o. 14. THE CHRISTMAS BOX. ANNUAL STATEMENT. t he see t wo o v er p l a i n. far as it, for h er s he w as w o n d e r i ng t o w n, w a t c h i ng s l o w lv s a nk b e h i nd t he M r s. W a l d r on stood in t he k i t c h en w i n d ow of a little c o t t a ge situ t h r i v i ng ated in t he o u t s k i r ts of t he t he N o r th D a k o ta t he s un as it s n o w, w h i c h, as e ye could r e a c h, lav w h i te a nd g l i m m e r B u t, level i ng g l o r i o us as t he s u n s et w a s, s he did not t h o u g h ts w e re t h o u s a nd m i l es b e h i nd s o me h e r, a nd h ow t he f o l ks in t he b ig w h i te f a r m h o u se a m o ng t he p i n es of t he old M a s s a c h u s e t ts h o m e s t e ad w e re g o i ng to s p e nd S he k n ew t h e re w o u ld C h r i s t m a s. be r o ws a nd t h i n gs r o ws of g o od on t he o l d - f a s h i o n ed p a n t ry s h e l v es ; s he k n ew t h at t h e re w o u ld be a l og tire in t he b ig t he hall, t h e re w o u ld be and s he k n ew t h at a brilliant l i g h t ed colonial p a r l o r, as t h e re a l w a ys h ad b e en ; b ut w o u ld t he s a me to t h e m, w i t h o ut h er and R od n ev a nd t he b a b i e s: lire place in t he d i m ly it s e em t r ee in just t h en t h e n, as he t he d o or o p e n ed a nd Just to see R o d n ey pick up s he t u r n ed toss h im h i gh in t he t he b a by a nd air, and placed h im l a u g h i ng and c r o w i ng in h is s w i n g, t u rn to h er a nd say c h e e r i l y. " W e l l, C o e. o ur first C h r i s t m as in t he n ew h o me p r o m i s es '<-> be r a t h er cool to u s ." " W e l l. I h o pe it will be cold, so little like h o m e ," s he a d d ed as to s e em a a n s w e r ed •• A ny mail. R od ?" s l o w l v. a nd t h en BUSINESS OF " C O - O P" SHOWS L A R GE I N C R E A SE O V ER L A ST Y E A R. T he f o l l o w i ng is a s t a t e m e nt of b u s i n e ss d o ne by t he M. -V. C. B o ok B u y i ng A s s o c i a t i on for t he s e ar c l o s i ng S e p t. L T 9 0 8: CASH STATEMENT. RECEIPTS. Sept. 1, '07 Cash on hand Sept, 1, .'08 Mdse. sold 1L .'. - " not in cash acct. _.: Certificates sold (419 at 75c)...'- .:,'; Cash with treasurer .. . .. .. . . . __ $6 22 19,412 28 20 19 314 25 310 83 Sept. 1, '08 Amount paid for merchandise DISBURSEMENTS. . .. $18 - Insurance . . . .. 1 Freight Salary - . - - . - - . . . . .. Exchange Telegraph Rent F u r n i t u re Cash on h a nd ( a sh with t r e a s u r e r. . . :i}.. . . ." . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . ._:___ .. . . .. . . ., ... .. . . . . .. . ; MERCHANDISE STATEMENT. ._.:_ Sept. 1, 07 Inventory stock _.. Sept.. 1, '08 A m o u nt paid for merchandise . . . . . . . . . .. ... : / Total e x p e n s e s . .. _.- , Net gain . .. . . .. Sept, 1. '08 Merchandise.sold .. Certificates of membership Inventory stock . .. . . .; .,_ . .. —. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. l ie s h o ok h is h e ad s o b e r l y. " N o ," he said, " N o b o dy h as a ny mail to n i g h t, not e v en a C h i c a go "for t h e r e 's a b ig b l i z z a rd M i n n e s o ta a nd t r a in in f r om S t. P a id p a p e r. r a g i ng in t h e re h a s n 't b e en a t o d a y. W i t h o ut r e p l y i n g, C oe h u r r i ed Merchandise s o l d . .. Expense ,. Inventory . .. Membership t i c k e t s. EXPENSE. $50 00 350 65 847 53 17 50 19 25 175 00 36 50 1,496 43 50 27 248 94 $20,069 77 . .. $2,671 48 _. 18,274 13 1,496 43 415 90 . . .. $22,S57 94 -- 314 86 - - ;;-;" — $22,857 94 1906-7. .$16,048 65 . 1.132 26 . 2,671 48 206 25 1907-8. $19,432 17 1,496 43 3,111 22 314 25 $20,058 64 $24,354 37 1906-7. 1907-8. $38 40 305 67 588 65 14 60 9 26 175 00 $50 00 350 00 847 53 . 17 50 19 25 175 00 36 50 $1,132 26 $1,496 43 I n s u r a n ce Freight Salary . Exchange - Telegraph"..:'. Rent . . .. ----- F u r n i t u re Electric light. tea t e a rs t h at w o u ld i n to t he d i n i ng r o om to p ut i s h i ng t o u c h es to t he to h i de t he t h e m s e l v es into h er e v e s. so w a nt to be b r a ve s a k e, but not f r om h o me a n y t h i ng else). T h is w as u n e n d u r a b l e. l o w ed h er w i s t f u l l y. w o m a n ," he b ut s h e 's a t r u m p ." • t he fin t a b le a nd force S he did for R o d n e y 's l e t t er I let alone a l m o st fol little is h a r d, R o d n e y ' s" g a ze a g h o st of a t h o u g h t. " It t h is w e ek " P o o r, f a rm to as h o u s e, a nd A f t er s u p p er C oe s e e m ed to h a ve t h at f o r g o t t en t h at it w as so far t h ey w h i te t r i m m ed t he tiny t r ee a nd filled t he t wo little s t o c k i n g s, s he t a l k ed g a y ly of t he m o r r ow a nd of t he g o od d i n t h e ir n er t h em for s t o re f r i e n d s ', t he P a l m e r s, on t he o t h er side of t o w n. in at t he last, y e ar a nd n e c e s s a r i ly T he m e r c h a n d i se sold d u r i ng t he y e ar s h o ws an i n c r e a se of $ 3 , 4 6 4 . 81 t he e x p e n s es by $ 3 6 4 , 1 7. the1 y e ar a l a r ge a m o u nt e x p e n d ed w as for s a l a r y, as s h o wn by t he past t wo y e a r s. T he e x for 1907- in p r o p o r t i on o v er D u r i ng c o m p a r a t i ve s t a t e m e nt of e x p e n s es d u r i ng p e n se f or 1906-1907 is a b o ut 7% of [90S is a b o ut 7 . 7% of sales, an i n c r e a se of 0 . 7% in e x p e n se to sales. t he s a l e s, and t he e x p e n se i n c r e a s ed F o ur h u n d r ed a nd n i n e t e en m e m b e r s h ip t i c k e ts w e re sold d u r i ng t he y e a r, an i n c r e a se of 144 o v er t he p r i or y e a r. f ew C h r i s t m as m o r n i ng d a w n ed b l e ak s n o w r l a k es It w as e i g ht t he u s u al C h r i s t m as c a l m ed h ad h a ve F l o ss t h i m b le t a b l e. B ut as R o d n ey said, a nd g r a v. w i th a f l u r r y i ng in t he air. o ' c l o ck b e f o re m o r n i ng d o wn e n o u gh b r e a k f a s t, w o u ld w e ar h er to t he " It w as C h r i s t m a s ." e v en tiny g o ld e x c i t e m e nt t h em t h en a nd for to K n o w i ng t h at h is w i f e 's o ne w i sh n ow w as t he h o me l e t t e r, s i n ce o ne of h is g i f ts t he m u c h - l o n g e d - f or o r m o lu clock, R o d- to h er h ad b e en in for h is i m m e d i a t e ly a f t er n ew n ey W a l d r o n, clad t he g l o v es a nd scarf, s et o ut b r e a k postoffice fast, a nd as h is w i fe called a f t er h i m, " H u r ry b a c k ," he l a u g h ed h is h is p r o m i se s h o u l d er at h e r. "I w i l l" o v er of t he w i nd T he s n ow c a me B ut an h o ur w o re on a nd no R o d t h i c k er a nd n e y. a r o u nd f a s t e r; h o ur t he c h i m n e y. A n o t h er half w e nt by ; t he clock s t r u ck half p a st t e n. T he c h i l d r en h ad b e en m a de as s w e et a nd clean as h e a rt could h o w l ed t h at t h at w i sh a nd C oe herself, r e a dy to g o, w a i t ed by t he f r o nt w i n d o w. But t h ey could n e v er v e n t u re out in s u ch b oy a s t o rm ! W hy d i d n 't c o m e? D i d n 't he k n ow t h e re w a s n 't a t h i ng in t he h o u se s u i t a b le T en m o re for a C h r i s t m as dinner.- m i n u t es d r a g g ed by a nd t he w i n d o ws r a t t l ed d i s m a l l y. W h e re w as t h at b o y? realized S u d d e n ly t h at t h is b l i n d i ng s n ow s t o rm must be a b l i z z a r d — t he first s he h ad e v er s e e n — a nd t h at R o d n ey m u st be lost. (Continued on page 2.) s he ALUMNI In t he Record office there is kept a card catalogue of all s t u d e n ts w ho have ever been connected with the college. In order that this m ay be kept up to date, please notify us of a ny change of a d d r e ss or occupation. W. J. WRIGHT, Editor. A from l e t t er I ). S. B u l l o ck of C h i l i. S. A ., i n f o r ms us that he h as c h a n g ed h is a d d r e ss a nd s h o u ld n ow a d d r e s s ed M i s s i on A r a u c a n a, he l ie T e m u e o, C h i l i, Casilla 7^. y e a r. h o p es to visit M A. C. next M r. B u l l o ck w e nt to C h i li i m m e d i ately a f t er h\> g r a d u a t i on in 1902 as m i s s i o n a ry i n s t r u c t or in a g r i c u l t u r e, h is w o rk b e i ng t he l a r g e ly a m o ng l ie incloses a d e s c r i p t i on I n d i a n s. of a s p e c i es of fish, Qalaxias />'///- iocfci, w h i ch he h as d i s c o v e r e d , a nd w h i ch h as b e en n a m ed for h i m. ( i. I I. Ellis, ' 0 7. as a result of civil s e r v i ce e x a m i n a t i o n s, w as r e cently p r o m o t ed to be I . S. E n g i n e er in t he R e c l a m a t i on S e r v i c e, Ik- r e m a in at W i l l i s t o n. will p r o b a b ly i> t a k i ng X. D ., a n o t h er y e a r. l ie a vacation of o ne m o n th i n c l u d i ng holjchu s, most 01 w h i ch at his h o me in F l u s h i n g, M i c h ., called at c o l l e ge D e c. 18. P r o f. V e d d er h as been a s k ed to n o m i n a te e l i g i b l es r e c e n t ly g r a d u ated for s e v e r al k i n ds of civil en g i n e e r i ng w o rk at g o od salaries for s u ch ben inner.-. u n e m p l o y ed to it t h e ir interest to c o m m u n i c a te w i th h i m. t h e re a re a ny find If t h ey w o u ld "oS. |. M i l M r. and M r s. B e n j a m in ler, 8 20 C a p i t ol A v e ., X .. e n t e r t a i n ed t w e n t y - f o ur g u e s ts S a t u r d ay e v e n i ng in h o n or of t h e ir d a u g h t e r, M i ss X e l la F l o r e n ce M i l l e r, w h o se e n g a g e m e nt to M r. E r n e si I- S h a s s: b e r g er of H a r v e y, Illinois, w as a n t a ke n o u n c e d. Republican. place T he vyedding will in J u n e . —S t a te M. E. Hall s p e nt t he C h r i s t m as vacation at his h o me at C h e s a n i n g, M i c h. He is t e a c h i ng at X. Y. M i l l s. M i n n. l o ok p l a ce T he m a r r i a ge of M r. R ay A r t h ur S m a ll ami M i ss R u by M ay D e l v i n, d a u g h t er of M r. a nd Mrs". C h a r l es E. D e l v i n, T h u r s d ay e v e n i n g, D e c. 24, at 8 o ' c l o c k, at t he in h o me of B i n g h am St., L a n s i n g, T h ey will m a ke t h e ir h o me at S an F r a n c i s c o, an w h e re M r. S m a ll h as e n g i n e e r. a p p o i n t m e nt as assistant t he b r i d e 's p a r e n t s, r e c e i v ed H e n ry M. C o n o l l y, ' 0 8, a nd M i ss R u th F o s t e r, g r a n d d a u g h t er of M r. a nd M r s. H e r m an C o ok of E a st P a u s i n g, w e re u n i t ed in m a r r i a ge D e c- 24. M r. a nd M r s. C o n o l ly in C h i c a g o, w h e re M r. will r e s i de C o n o l ly t he p a rk c o m m i s s i o n. is e m p l o y ed by T he M. A. C. RECORD. T h e M. A. C. RECORD THE CHRISTMAS BOX. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DURING T HE COLLEGE YEAR BY T HE MICHIGAN S T A TE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE W^ J. W R I G H T, '04., M A N A G I NG E D I T OR ASSOCIATE EDITORS <;. u. C O L LI NO WOO i). K A RB \ RA V AN H I I . K N. 1). N. I 1 A N S K N. . 1. <\ UK OA M I'. ('. L K M M O N. I. W. I ' M A I M N. A V IS L I L L Y. F T . O R K N OK I ' O l ' S O N. A. M. H I L L F K. A. M. B BS R 1 I M - J F. I . I). M AC L AC II L A N. A T H L E T IC EDITOR ' II A S. II . !•: I t WA R D: SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEAR Remit by P . O. Money Order, Draft or Registered L e t t e r. Do not send s t a m p s. Address nil s u b s c r i p t i o ns and a d v e r t i s i ng m a t t er to t he College S e c r e t a r y, Bast Lan sing, Mich, A d d r e ss all p o n t H b n t i o ns to t he Managing E d i t o r. Husiness B u r en P r i n t i ng Oo., L22 Ottawa S i. Lansing, Mieh. t >n*u-i' with L a w r e n ce A- Van fcast, E n t e r ed as second-class mail m a t t er at Lansing, Mich. TUJSSDA); JAN'RT y, jgog the The Spirit of Larceny, A few weeks ago a student at the Iowa State College was arrested on stealing apparatus the charge of laborato- from ties, eonvicted and senteneed to the pen for a term itentiary of five vears. W h e t h er or not. the penalty in this particular ease is excessive is a matter of judg ment hut the principle that thieves of public property should be held than thieves of no less responsible private property deserves commend ation. imposed T h e re is a peculiar temptation at taching Per to public property. sons who would never think of tak ing the property of a private indi vidual feel no compunctions of con in " running-in " property science belonging the to the State when loss affects no one particular person and where, in man v cases, less effort is made to discover the guilty par ties. Even our own college is not free from this practice. Every \ ear is missing less apparatus more or which in most cases is traceable to a section of a class, often to one of three or four individuals, and some times in which case suspension or expulsion Prosecu is the usual punishment. tion and fol larceny, is not lows usual cases of insisted upon. Last \ ear several cases of theft of private property from the bath house were reported, and only last term money was ab stracted several times from student rooms in the WomedS' Building. imprisonment, which to a single individual, the slight Unfortunately incon venience caused the college by these is small as compared depredations injury to the with the self-inflicted character of the perpetrator of the crime. A habit once formed is not easily broken, and, once a habit is formed of " running in " small arti to the cles, it is but a step forward the theft of private property, or sums misappropriation the victim of the habit be should sometime placed in a position of trust. large of In justice to the individual as well the student body, the college, as and the State, the action above re ferred to must be commended. No doubt other be forced to follow the example. institutions will (Continued from page 1.) He was probably freezing to death at that very moment! She couldn't even see the gatepost now. And through while all this was passing her mind, little Flossie, the gold thimble still on her finger, slipped her hand quietly into her mother's and whispered '"Where is p a p a ?" Five minutes more, a shuffling on the porch and faced woman threw open the door to ad mit a half froz.en man, a large box, and several brown paper parcels. the white that was she was To Cora Waldron the most thankful moment she had ever experienced, and not ashamed of the tears in her eves as she drew forward an easy chair and gently placed her husband it. But that is not all. In half an hour, after a drink of something warm and soothing, Rodney was himself again, and after producing three fat letters from his coat pocket, which he read with as much interest as his wife did, he proceeded to open "the box from home." in T he Waldrous dined on oysters, beef steak and custard that noon; but it was Christmas, nevertheless, for the box had come with the first blizzard. A L I CE E. J EI F E K V. THE LOST WATCH CHARM. to the buggy T he country fair was in full blast and Prank was going into town to spend the day. He had dressed himself for the occasion in his best suit, which he had carefully pressed the afternoon before. He was about to j u mp into start away, when his father called out : " H o ld on, Frank. Mr. lackson was over here y e s t e r d ay and paid the me for the calves he bought other day. 1 guess y-ou'd bet let- the money and deposit it in take the bank for me. fifty dollars in this roll. like to have so much laving around. Be sure and be careful with it." T h e re 1 don't is " Sure, dad. Y en can trust me. I'll deposit just as soon as 1 get in to town." . '" Well, be sure you do. You know there are a lot of sharps in town on a day the lookout for honest farmer boys." this, on like " D o n 't you worry, dad. I'll see that it's taken good care of," laughed F r a nk as he placed the money and book in his inside coat pocket and hopped into the carriage. IJV,VI i ^ t ti i i av 1. • i n iw Lin., Re Leaching town he leiftpis horses at the: he Methodist church hitching sheds, and went to the bank. H o w ever, he had been rather ambitious since leaving home, and found the bank was not vet open. " Oh, well, it won't matter," said F r a nk to himself as he turned and started down the street. " I ' ll take a little look around and come back later." He had proceeded hut a short dis touched him tance when someone on turning, he the shoulder, and found Charlie Carter standing be fore him. Charlie was known to everybody in town and was a friend of F r a n k 's father. He had been a gambler, but had now reformed and was lead ing an honest life. Like all re formed criminals he was a relentless enemy of all confidence men and grafters, and had frequently saved the young men from being fleeced by this class of men. " H e l l o! F r a n k ," he said, shaking the young man's hand. " I saw you passing and thought I would stop and say good morning. You are in town for the fair?" that, you know. " Y e s ," answered F r a n k. " I couldn't miss I guess we are going to have a big- time too, by the looks of the people that are driving into town." • " It's going to be a big day, all right," answered Charlie. " T h e r e 's a big bunch of grafters here too, so if you have any loose change, you want to keep a tight grip on it, and don't let any strangers rope you into their confidence." farmers. He watched " T h a n ks for the advice, but I guess I'll be able to take care of myself all right," laughed F r a nk as he moved on down among the many husky the busy carpenters erecting the booths for the street stands. Walking on he came to the depot. l ie noticed a string of yellow cars on a side track, from which some blanketed horses were being unloaded. F r a n k, being a lover of horses walked up to one which had just been unload ed. '• Well, what are these beauties for?" " T h em horses ? T h e m 's for the This one's races this afternoon. to old man Salina Pearl, b'longs tew Wehber's cross Smith down ing. Y ep them are sure daisies. Say, I3ub, vevvseem like a good sort. D'vou want to earn a half a cart wheel ?" "How.'".asked F r a nk who was willing but cautious. "By leading this yet nag, Salina, up tew the grounds. W e ' re short a man, an' if yew'll take this tin up, I'll give yew a half a buck, an' get yew on tew the ground free." F r a nk could see nothing wrong in this and assented. Half an hour later inside the he found himself safely fair grounds with an extra half dol lar in his pocket. His conscience was beginning to trouble him about his neglect of his father's money. " It won't matter," he the stock, that part of told him self again. "I'll take a look around and then go down-to the church for dinner. I'll put the money in then." And with this resolve he straight- way forgot the money. He moved toward the grounds where the stock exhibit was being held, and spent a long time looking over the prize cattle. He was crossing over to the sheep exhibit when his attention was sud denly arrested by the sight of a well-dressed elderly man, who was poking about in the grass with his cane. He had evidently lost some thing of value as he was quite agi tated. F r a nk paused a moment, and then lost- something, asked, " H a ve you sir?" " Y e s, yes." replied the man with out looking up from his nervous prodding. "I have lost the charm which was attached to my watch chain. In whirling my cane I the charm and it Hew off. struck It dropped in the grass somewhere straight-: about here." T he man ened up and the broken fob. showed F r a nk " W as it a valuable charm ?" asked F r a n k. " Very much so, to me. It is a solid gold locket, set with a two- carat diamond, and is worth nowa two hundred and fifty- days about dollars ; but it has a personal value of much more than that, to me, as it contains a picture of my wife and little daughter, who is dead. the only picture I have of Maud and I must find it." It is little joining sympathetically T he man then continued his fran locket, tic search for the missing in PYank the search; getting down on his hands and knees in order to cover the ground thoroughly. the more After they had searched for some time without result the man looked at his watch, gave an impatient ex clamation, and to F r a n k, said : turning then " Would you be willing to stay around here and watch for awhile, young man ?" " W h y, I wouldn't mind if it will dp any good. But 1 haven't very much time. Would you be gone long ?" track. to the " N o, not very long. ten dollars for your I own sev eral horses that are entered in the races today, and as it is nearly time the first race now, I'll have to for re If you'll hurr\ main here and keep a lookout for the locket until I return, I'll give you trouble. I am Mr. Black, from Kentucky." " W h y, certainly, sir; I will be pleased to oblige you." And F r a nk hugged himself for pure joy. Here was ten dollars coming to him as easily as the fifty cents and entrance to the grounds. " V e ry well. I'll be back as soon trust as I can, ami I am going to to remain here until I return. you that for locket I would not lose the way, if yoii money. And, by should happen to stumble onto the locket, bring the j u d g e s ' s t a nd and ask for me ; any of the judges will point me out to I'll gladly give you a you, and hundred dollars if you succeed in finding it right over to the locket." Frank's eyes widened. A hun dred dollars was a larger sum than he had ever possessed, and he be gan searching for the locket with redoubled vigor. He had been thus occupied for about fifteen minutes wrhen another man strolled by with the ground. As he his eyes on passed, near F r a nk he suddenly- paused and picked something up from the ground at his feet. He examined the object, which he held in the palm of his hand, very closely. As he turned the object over in his fingers, F r a nk saw that it was the locket. locket. After Frank thought fast. He was not going to let that money slip through IT is fingers if he could help. T he stranger, unconscious of any ob server, continued his examination of the a moment's thought, F r a nk approached. "Have sir?" he found you asked innocently. " Y e s ," replied locket a valuable the man holding inspection. too, I something, up the " R a t h er should judge." .find, for F r a nk eyed the trinket hungrily and tried to think of some plan by which he could get hold of the locket. T he one hundred dollars looked pretty- good to him. lost " Somebody it," continued the man, ag he sprung the locket open and examined the pictures in " T h ey must value it. highly, side. too. I wish," continued he lookino- caref ully around, " I wish there was some one to whom I could give it. I have not got time to look up the I must hurry to the train." owner. " Y ou might give it to me, and try and find the owner," sug I'll gested F r a nk eagerly. laughed. T he man " If this The M. A. C. RECORD. thing is worth a hundred, it's worth five hundred. And yet, you, a per fect stranger, ask me to turn it over to you. Oh, no, young man, I'm not so easy as that. There'll prob ably be a big reward offered, and I can sell my chance in the thing to someone w ho will watch for me." " What'll you take for i t ?" asked father's remembering his Frank, money. " Well, if you want to take the chance, I'll let it go for a hundred. T he owner will probably advertise, and offer two' hundred dollars at the least for a reward." F r a n k 's face fell; he didn't have that sum with him, and, anyway that was all the reward M r. Black had offered him. T h i n k i ng it best fifty dollars for to risk his father's the promised one hundred dollars reward he said : " I haven't that much with me, but if you'll call fifty dollars a fair price I'll take the locket off of your hands." T he man did not wait to argue but said, " All the locket. Give me your money, for I'm in a h u r r y ." right, here's F r a nk promptly produced the fifty dollars without a twinge of conscience. He had reasoned out that it was his duty to double the . T he exchange being made, money. F r a nk hurried at once to the race track. Reaching the judges' stand, he inquired of one of the judges for Mr. Black. " Mr. Black ? W ho said in the nearly is he ?" judge. thunder crazed " M r. Black—Mr. Black of Ken tucky," replied F r a n k. He has a lot of horses entered here and he said I would find him here at the judges' stand." whether this locket had any name of a firm on it's inside rim, young man ?•" " W hy no I didn't think it could be anything but a real good locket. any A re you sure thing," gasped F r a nk as he realized the extent of his loss. it" isn't worth " It isn't worth fifty cents. You have lost your money my boy, and the the only thing left is to report matter the police. T h ey may catch them, but it is doubtful," said the judge kindly. to F r a nk took the locket and walked blindlv away. Grown boy though he was, large tears began to fall un heeded on his nicely pressed suit. He did not worry so much over the amount of money lost, but over the cause of losing it. He had betrayed his father's trust. H ow could he explain his foolish actions ? With his mind filled with all sorts of bit ter thoughts he stumbled through the noisy crowd to the exits. Pay ing no attention to directions, once outside the hated fair grounds, he continued his burdened way. Sud denly a hearty voice hailed him. " W h y, F r a nk O r c h a r d! what on earth has happened to you since I saw you last?" to see F r a nk lifted up his head Charlie Carter before him. He was so grateful to find a sympathetic firiend that he told him his troubles at once. " P h e w ," whistled Charlie, "that's, tough. W h at did look like? Can you give me some more de tails ?"" they F r a nk described the men as best he knew. " Hold on—did you see he had a peculiar twitching in his left eve ?" " Yes — I mean Mr. Black had this twitching in'his left eye." " H e y! W a r d ," sang the judge, "look after.this fellow will a Mr. looking you? He's Black." out for " M r. Black? W h at were his initials or what horses had he en tered ?" inquired the more polite W a r d. " W h y, I'm sure I don't know. You see he 'lost a very valuable locket and offered me a hundred dollars reward if I should find it. While I was looking for it, another man,, in passing, picked up an ob ject near me. I was on my feet in an instant. As he turned the ob ject of his find over on his hand I saw it was a locket. On looking at it more closely I saw it was set with I knew a-very handsome diamond. at once to Mr. it belonged Black. T he stranger let me see the inside and to my joy I saw there were faced two pictures, a sweet lady and a small child, just as M r. Black had described to me." that " Well, well, quite a coincidence," they the judge whom murmured had addressed as W a r d. " As the man would not trust me with the locket, and had no time to get it into proper hands, he sold it to me for fifty dollars. So here I am looking for M r. Black. Surely he must be around here. See, here is the locket; you can see for your self that is a very valuable one." " My poor young friend," said W a rd after he had examined the locket closely, " You have been made the victim of a couple of sharps. You will never lay eyes either on your money or those men again." " But look at that diamond—you must be mistaken." " Did you happen to notice to " T h a t 's h i m! " Hooray, we've got 'em pinched already. T he sheriff, on my advice, in as suspicious has just run them characters. H u r ry up and we'll see if we can match up. T he Mr. Black you describe is a smooth one. He is Snookums W ad in the gang. I can't make out who the other one is unless it's Pete Gamble." And he did not have to hurry F r a nk to ward the cheerless grey stone jail. On reaching the jail Charlie Car the ter explained the situation sheriff,and the men were brought out. h i m !" shouted F r a n k, when ' M r. Black' alias l Snookums Wad ' was brought in. After hearing the story once again the sheriff without any hesi tation produced a roll of bills from the safe. He carefully counted out a roll of fifty dollars, then turning to F r a nk he said : I have son, learned your lesson. You were fortunate however in having learned it with no loss of money. But I think you are an honest lad, in fact I know it from your actions. H e re is your father's m o n e y ." T h a t 's think " My vou JERRY'S REWARD. " Have a shine, s i r ?" A tall, fairly well-dressed man of perhaps 40 years of age, who was standing on the dock of Forty-third street, N ew Y o rk city, turned his gaze from down the bay and looked down at a crab," who eagerly awaited an answer to his question. T he man stood mo the boy did not urge tionless, but him with words as most of his kind would have done, but there was a look in his big blue eyes that spoke more forcibly than words. typical " street Finally the man smiled and ad dressed the boy with : " Well, sonify, who are you, and to shine my why do you wish shoes?" " A u, q u i t y er kiddin'and sit down the box here so I can earn a on nick," answered " H ow d'ye s'pose I know who I be. Me pals call me J e r ry ; so I guess that's who I be." the boy. " H ow old are you ? " questioned the man. " H u h, I don't know nothin' 'bout that," came the ready reply. T he boy had been working so deftly in the meantime that he had neatly finished his task, and as he arose he spied the steamer " Fair field," which plies between N ew to pull Y o rk and Richmond, about in at the dock. T h is meant a rich pull for the boy and he was anxious to get away, but he stopped short, however, with his mouth agape, when the man slipped a crisp two- dollar bill into his hand with a slap on his back, a chuckle, and " k e ep the change." This was beyond the boy's wild est dreams ; it meant so much in his meager too far £one for speech, and he could only look first at the bill then at the man. life. His breath was " T a ke it home to your mother," suggested the man. "I hain't got none," replied the boy. T he man was touched deeply as the boy continued, " I can't take your coin, sir, 'cause when me moth er died I told her I wouldn't take nothing that didn't belong to me." He laid the bill in the man's hand turned his tear flecked cheek and away quickly. T he man took a step toward in Virginia, while the bov, and, laying his hand upon his the boat shoulder, told him how to his beautiful would carry them the boy home listened It was soon ar ranged that J e r ry should make him a visit at once, and if he liked it he could stay as long as he wished. possessions—his His sole earthly shoe-box and papers, he left on the dock. intently. Many " W h at you want me to call yer, s i r ?" said the boy as they clambered "Well, you might call me aboard. Mr. L o n g, if you like, J e r r y ," an swered the man with a laugh. things were talked about on the way, mostly new and won derful to J e r r y. While he knew all the intricacies of our great me tropolis and many things about men in general unknown to boys of thrice his age, his knowledge of the most simple things of life was ab surd. After two days of extreme happiness for J e r ry the boat whis J e r ry and his tled for Richmond. companion rest, the landed with and J e r ry again found himself amid familiar surroundings. He was picking out would-be customers on every side. T he pair entered an automobile, and soon broad fields opened up be fore J