The Wingham Times, 1896-05-15, Page 2WIN"GlIA.M TIMES, MAY , ib969
By A, Conan Doyle,
4.11. ,Ivrv
14 I
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101or0 1fl tipt0 0121110. 1 114111-
U/14•s ou that 1 hall pecked tip rennet long
elf incilleine. Owetine witeu
m
Soettett wen dowt svolt it, fever a 1
little A 11110,18821 iler Wi:41 140141,41 111,
14, $111111i11't 1iI1 1i 1 11 L vitode. Ile I
Wit4 t1201: to death, allot hall glow to 8 t
10/21,1y phyro 141 4111; 1 took hint in
hand, 11;1,11111 he war tut ve 11011141811 Will 1
111111:11 141114140, and • leer 44. roup10 01 1
tame his 1 (sot him it II
Walk, 1 10 took a 141
theft, awl, WIIII 14 letr
weenie, but 12410 1212V4
'04y 11114. 1 1014,2411.41
f rote lotto and tine made lino. all 4,11.
look, of me.
'leaven for 111111 221844 11'11 11111110---W11,,
i' ijuti 140111111161.1, 111141 112214041 a hig,
ThfiltiV 081100 11110014V1t, ‘1111 11 1 (Wind
ihitt 110 Wall 411 vote41 to no, end would
do vete thine. 11, 001'1/1, 1114,, 1 flow try
chime,' to 4'14"411', 1 1 alioel it 'este'whit
111112, 110 W184 to 111'11111 11114 hoe 1 1'0111111
011 11 0011'1111 1141111 10 au old %Opal
Whirli WWI 1102e4' g11111.411,',1, 1411,1 ther'' lie
watt tO 14101, 11444 1111, 1 ga Ye 111111 di; 00.
cunt ing for Out trc moire. A G it. I., how-
I'r, rump what had waited ior so
on;,t., treastt I. had 141.111 r 24401. It
710,4, 1111 at llit, 14411 f the Mr.
,411 14441 0,111 W rho til't4 1.14•011(111 111.110111.
y. 1 None tIG ( we and bad a 104'l (It
..4. Idave. but 1 111 141 lint See 110W. With
It:, IA04,12 1,14, 1 via; to mill.. my way
10 ,o leermel, bowl vete iib''I 44
.44,L, atom, 111 the tyof, and 111.4, alsatt
4.1. Sindh 4'8 1411j '14(14 it 14011114 it 10
111. 111i11. I voted lee 41 1I
oiely 'Hamlet, Toit‘ot, 1 1.1.4i1ig1. him
.441 22 me w
It n 11 long rope womid
oftlef 14a 2v111,t, 1 o ould elotab
t 11,4, met 110 so 12 nuolo his way
!a emelt, I 118 roof, lint, ne 111.1ityls woulk
ittI" it. Ifartholomev Muth', woe still
11 .11e r. 11, to hits ('4t41, cl'ouga thoiteht
„ I lel dem, , 4.1e: elnrve Se ey ‘,‘ 141
Llill 101' whi 11 1 Iota. up 1120
o 1.. I route! Won e vet tiler v o it as
te, 11 1 1114 a peaeceVete 1(1 11)'i hu-
la ,,041 Witr lie V1113 14 I 14114114, 114111
2 tit 1144, rope's. ( felt ( 111 is it lika for
little 1414,140,411111 1.42' 11 41, 1 14,01: t110
2 itille lir hi 1 vt, epeeist,' rourde of water t
414411 41 let of ennui, teneetuitte ittel teweet :
pinto tree t
114, wita 4-4.41 1111011 owl tru,,, Was lit th,
'A thee . No 101111 1,,V1,1, had a more faith. 1
1,1,11 1,I"1", •‘,' do', IliV:111 1111111001 lie bad 1
018 la, tt 111 1 Iv, 221141114, As it rhillice.l, 4
lallvoi .,r, 1 lt-ve wins on- or 1 11. eotiviet.
peer I dwelt Oleo, a vile l'el Pan 22 Ito
14(444. 14 '(''4' 111141.4-41 a Hutu ,0 01 nt,11:1110.1
ftild 411 111'111/4 la,. 1 11,1141 H122113%1 ro2$44..t
Veil!: a 4,0, 111111 1141W 1 bad my elittnee,
11 A2..1', IL, ir 14 0' 11.01 blue 11 114(11111 114,1'
'24,11,3 144111 I might pity my 'Ida before 1
left the ieletel. II,, tee., I oil the brink
Willi 11.,„ Intel.; to 1110,`. null his cari,1120
tat. itio 1A111111410r, 1 lot:11,0 i shout ror 14
biorro ro h. at out ltia billow. Avilli„ Ind.
litnie i tad 1 I 001.. T11011':12 (112002. 1111141'4h(
caut., int 1 ilt,,, ;wall 'awl 14401w141 2110
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three 14/1414 hops 1 4\1114 0, 1 hint, Ito pm
him ('441114414' 1(1 hitt rilitatlei
er, bitt :1 at ettel,
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111 1 lio \via"! ,..2102‘, wtp2.0 1 hit hon.
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wiroo 1 airr oir1.. found It I 1 ii
Mill le leo quiet mititille 1 meth, foe
tint boat mid in net houe we were well
tett .441 .1,81, 11211411414. lin il bronchi it II hat
1 4:011'0,41a1:: and 1, i it down, 411441, ilieit
li t 41L4wit 111y4e,11', Ill yin'; lirs, 1, 13 the
iitul of the four upon 11/14, told ., to chow
1 1414
lit
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1.:,1 to Iltaa, lvloi 181 11 as st right, to
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eke 4;;It it you. 1 Ittelehearki a wat0r-
inwe (typal: 01 the 81044 of 1.1111;111.18
141 1)1(114, On i1,441,4147,, ro 1, 111011p:111 SILO
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1,111' 4,414111, 114, 1.114,8', ut . doubt, dna
(h4 re 11110 1,10111e84,1•011' its 44., 1184 h1.‘12,1t8
14
11111' 111 1/111'74.14'1.1140 A 11 th is the truth,
mot if 1 1011 it to you, g 124101(2022, it is
1161 lo a1o12140 ;volt -lot you hlteC. 1101
(111110 1114, It Very rood 1 Ill' ,-11111 it is be -
caws l (('1 k'\8' the best, defelica, 1 eau
13l4!41e 1141 'Ilia 10 110141 hue 11011111444, but
1( 1 ail 1)4'' world loure how badly' f
have myself liven serred by NI Nor
" 111.1(14, end beW intiectut I am 01 1110
death of his 14(111," I
".\ very retuarl.abl ote(koit," maid
nt
'1l''1'1)1('14Holmes. "A, Mt iug wittftotp
ti4 au (''11 101111 I,v interes,ing eatie, 11'11c,r0
la (41(1 4111154 111 1411 11021' 10 1110 ill OM
141.0 part or 141(4(1' litirrative, exc.( pt
tlio t you 111,okt:4e11' seen.ten rope, That
1
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iot .41184121, Ily I. le 421)14', 1 1111(1
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211 he annuagett 10 1.110411 ono al US 111
Ole boat,
"110 1111(1 10141 111011 I'11 Sir, 0714'e411 fit°
8W,,,p1.110 Itt 61(0
t11110,"
`'e't h, of cotiree," (old ' folnies, "I had
not thought' of than"
''1?, oleo, any „oae. 1 elle olden yen
wodla Illie to tisk ale a l'" itektel the
tem viet drably.
"I think atot, thank you," nay com-
panion neewered,
" Well, Holmes," l'titticl Atbehtey
.1 0n08, "you al V It Mtn ril 14, lune urea,
loot eee en 'know tees you aro it eon.
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1 lieto gotio re eh' r fur an 'loner wlutt
you iced yeur fib ael tudecel me, 1 8111111
1(11111,18' itt 1,11m, $,41kon ,,v,. lin vt, out,
01 01'3'-44,111,1' Ili to 1,44 It' 1114141' lili`k 4141.
Ion , 'Pito eel) still waits, and 1 here are
2 '*2'' ilul wet ors lloWnslnirs. 11(111 tioteh
ithlmed zo you Nell •foryour ni (detente..
Of kennel) you will lick wetted itt the
trial. flood itinht to e ott,''
"Good itight, getitlettwn both," fetid
Join' thee S1111111.1. •
"You nee!, equal'," remerlokki, the
WIll 3' .1 trues fel ti ,1t', loft 1111, v keen "I 11
011ie 14)1 ('4 toiler vent the t yeti limit ('1224.4tee v. all :2•0111* W04141011 101;:, w1111t0ytT ,
', on. not,2 112120 2102b, to the !Alnico:an :
at 1110 .\ utlatutuKsics." i
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lit fly dratte, ' T i quarkal, ;111 er We 111111
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vett me emote:till .te 14(121,"I Was it little 11 '11. "1111,V0 'y'till any
reasem 2,,, te, ,,l ,....v..titlioa v, -jot my
rhoiveli" 1 n --1..e.4.. i
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witielt 1 matio 11 cort of ten
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rout felteett tit Ire 41 4.11411141 \vita it ettecto
44 Melee. elle:rime, They were it rum
nod Tonga mei 1 soon managed,
to mkt tiv denti nimite.e them, Theo. Iiti ,
Ono 2 02,2 goml tote I ity 1. t hey lel you
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if 1 w.01,,, 1(4 roll 14(414 ;al tho
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th,.„„ I neol iketekte. eve
if „ 400 4s-2''41
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(.11,, %Odell $2,1114 In tlit, 14
often think of those, lines of old (teethe;
Week' (Piss de, !Werner elm' Itte2.6212 Alit
(Or *Hutt.
Venn emu witenifecti Stalin war und tam
Scheinten (let hoer.
By the way, :apropos of this Norwood
Inismoitsyou mee tuat they had, as I
eurtnieed, a confolvrate in tho house,
who ectuld he none ot hor thee Lel Pew,
1.1.41 bUtler ;1.0 Jout's 11118 the litidilittled
P0188' of haying caught Om limb in his
great 1I1t11,"
"The divi40n44eeue4 ratlicr Unfair," 1
reniou,e4i. "YMI MOM' 1101se all 1110
work in tido businese. I got 44 2211(0 out
of it, 411,1441-1 gob' the credit, pray what
ie,intliisit for 2 ‘tit?”
'Por Inc,'" haitl Sherlock. `I tellitike,
1 '11101'0 Still remote -of, le. ('0141 (1'' lent le.
.
/1,11(1 lo' titre tubed by, 1011g 22'llit,„4 11=11
1 UV fur it. ., I
A. l'Ion for .eausttles.
'0482 pXD,
I have 'throve 1u1 tt warm regitril for I
n, teaktetle, Not tl at 1 am esoac ially
fowl (if tea, but bemuse around the
teakettle el tistie. all tho a .1,1. a ssocia-
I irate of ehildhooti, youth, and home.
People may oeut ini9ntalise as th(ke, like
idiom the brainier; of the word "'worth -
atone" ; hearths have not been tnalle of
etone for a loug time, and in theee days
plenty of homer; L1"44 «17116(10 without (111Y
real hearth at all, Hut whet ie /1
hearthetone wi Client 14 teakettle? There
ullev he, and are, tomes without 11
hearth Olin it wouli be hard to find a
home W11110111 it tea ktetle, I weer Haw
hut ono 01181( 4)1 seeltdestitution tunottg
eu
i
pposedly civilize(' 1)011(448, 44114
I
made haste to suppl , the erying want
et tho very mixt oltestnuts-thno,
.No filially ean}1' reared properly
without tu teakettle. lf 1 wirer' had .
ocetimion to Ilse a clrop of hot water I
would et ill have e I'll 411 been -use of
km homelike )11iyairereoney audits con-
soling rong, end became() it expresses
1111 1(11,14441' 1' of domestic., comfort, ('011
((('14(4, eitecelttlitess kw]. pott.co ; for tho
swum 11444011 that 0. would, iitwo tilt)
"Fannon,' Almanac." jittneeng under
t he ceid of tho Minitel piece in the
icitebeti, nth' it smooth, plump, well -
:Cod foal self-sntisflital eat lying in the
sunshine on. the ;bond window -a.
Tate, the eat (lista up my window -
plant SI Se1'4440114,14, the Kora into rags
'whenever lie get,' Into the sitting -room,
mimes eut of his W.41,111 11014 hi 1110 Shod
and litiW1N at the 1n' 1-)l�1(1' in the night
and 48 CUIly dett1r1111114,11 to sleep ally-
wherck vise but on the whitlow -sill ; but
when he dose happen to int bribed. or
cototea hire issit igIt bore live minutes, 1
um reticle. to .forgi ye 'dm every t 11 i ag
for the sake ef the pee ee ful, prosperoue,
t confetti hie air which Le gives to my
humid'. eetablisinnent, But even he
could not innke it seem liko home with-
out the presence of, a. teakettle.
An empty t eakclet le, or a cold one,
eliould never Ito allowed in any \yell-
reguleted fluidly. Nothing is more
vexatious than sillteu, in some sharp
need of hot wattle., ono seeks the tea-
kettle and finds it tol(1 or empty. It is
like Heel:leg a Imolai) sottl foe help and
Hyalite thy, and finding it entitled to the
mink 4441.104.4 i yes.
'Hui m»niater wbethor a, tenkettlo
be made of tin, iron, or ('4)4) 0l', tile
ouly mealy ha(1 tottkettle is the eold.
end 01141141 ono i eo 14' ate 11,0118ekociler
won't!, evoid inconvenienee, fretfulness,
delay, ireptitienee rola othrocrial,h,r4h10.
i1,,s14, lot 1101, Noe tO it that her t,,111.0n10.2
121111t1101, '1411tek 118 1,:r010.18, Or Se0111.011
211(1 11. 41111, vall Foe 10‘1' face in it, is al-
ways full awl alwieve hot.
OneWey to,Oiet itteli.
44 ilaylit 1104,41 41,011044,
An, 'lc,
ti.„12 plen et eta ell ek other
pepete her let. tr. I'm he, oie
mot 1011,11 1111"1.1', • 2.1.,1 W11111,1•01` IS
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"1 4 41e4," I etuoltitet, "that mes
21 ;',,,L1•112 21141:i 420 the entre', lnat
5. Zee
see et io elteet.le upon
les 4.ellen le, , 11 • re 11411. 48-4 "see 0.
4,'k,w1,, • 'AS /a
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14. 41.1,11.4. “„,
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• , -et, 1 ell,
tne V4 spl:t 1o:4a
1110
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...vet fe!flow.
•
If you want to get rielt end famous
at a Single ratlike: \\lite a popular song,
" I'm devothitt 1 y nat'1,. now to
writing ct topical settig," Rik it young
musical entltueinsn tho other day,
" Thal S the ensivet way to net before
the publie anti got a pile of money
b
" may happen .0 hit the popular
fence', and then P 1 he fixed for life,
Take this little Foe " You Can't Play
111 141,2' Beek Ytted,'. Titermade a big
toll 'tor the fellow
rho wrote 11:. Ite
was a ('111111440 tour r rvori 24'I18 148 poor
11.13 410111$ t urkey. .fe live' 4. itt it it t tie
homon e 1'%,\ los' 8 reet-,-1111, I believe
--that didn't even i hate% a back yard.
Ono 141444.14 (141-' 1,114'141' l'ellS SliggeSted tO
hiu by a song tlllItlut actor friend of elwail tor 111(„,
his had written Oi4. 4 11et4" -171,,,I111 tho .4 N. ou always le
mane lines, anti lo‘ ,t.t 41(421,41 111411 wroto low. But you sh
this rilly little efffision, ' Xott (laiet, 011,11
nay in 141y littek YlIrrtl,' ''4410," said .htek
".'111titt effort eint.lbe'l things for him, "Then Volt 11111,41
Tat, wns smooth,111rop; Actor (hat,
1 1 o s 114)',\(',11111',4ill', &l)4y,
" now chimos 1 . minis matle a
111'l 41(0' out or .. Actor the Ball" iS an.
old story, 1111.ymol1gooro 540( 011 Easy
titrect 31181 been1184, 0 1214414 the first to
Nina' ' 4'1W001` 1\1111./0,',
'11101'408 11 (()l'4111114 ill it if you tontkli
it popillilr Vein, 111111 that'What -I'm.
aiming at."
„ ... .
A itoneenstle tt Aneettoto.
, V,
0111Y. (111'.\" NOWA (110 latts 1.4014 Beacons*
tiold NVIIN 221l4.4111444 111 MN R121111114 (It
ilmetetelen 141(45101',' 441' was, a eeost ea by,
It 111 11.1,1141W11 1,141‘1,41110114,1' noted for 1118
really Wit. It 1101114 W111te1-ti1110, and
1110 Weather 111111.11111113' 1.41,1"01e, the
1i1latt0r, 11.1142' paeitm his respeels to
his lorti,Itip, taatueineed to make On
pp
a- 1,1 for o 'nth, hi li.
'How oiitvat hot, 4 I, ttdd you to be
eerelnl mid prepere or it veiny flay?"
"Alt I thet 'S 1 "eh encktettit t eo I did,
my lord." said. titt$ ('4114(4.14 .2214'!,',! vil-
lager t "but fleet who 4.1 01' thOliglit Of
14A111Allt,11,z'.1:1;‘..
.1intl'''4''"
'4'1245 1''0L,2' 1.4i1;lt10ie:lived
eteet.
lira 'AST aoxr.
She had never been known by any
other name dont Little Stray, Jack
ha,1 found her 0110 cold, dark night ly-
ing lu the enow, 81)11 1081 brought lier
Immo in his arms, urging his boeso to
its utmost 84.100(1 141644 death might stoat
his now-foun(1 prize before he had look-
ed. mem her thee,
Site wits only a child then, and now
site had grown into a tall, $lender maid-
en with a gentle, quiet feet, and great,
soft, Week eyes, whieh Dirk firma:need,
"reg'istr shiners." Jack hail takee Diek
and his wife itito his eaten, rent free,
ou condition that Mrs. 1 )ick slionlel be-
etow it motherly wire upon 01(3 little
'2214441.
Sho was. quite content to go alma
the cabin in the mornings, helping lIrs.
Dick, awl to spend the afternoons
I Notting over the rountry on her pet
Bea 11 ty's tete It, forelaok had ta tight eler
to rkle as skilfully and fearleeely its tt
cowecty. and had loL1gl1t her the pret-
tiest white A1'4b1141 that had over been
teen In tlte west.
Nobody ever 1814'W where Jack came
from, nor why he v.; .i.., tier how he
(-one, nor anything 1 .41 hint etgeept
that 110 did come. Lot that - made no
(114101.1' 1l4'4',
Ile may have mitnifested sundry
weaknessee upon his arrival aertoeg
them, as, for example, the pesseesion of
a Latiu lexicon 4,111(4 1611 old., tliumb-tvoen
cow 01 44118 Odyssey, articles (filitO es
suggestive of the "tenderfoot." But
tht se were forgiven upon the diseovary
0( 1)1:4 inua qualitiete
For Jack was the best rider ever
known hi Thnutler camp, and he could
1441006 11 bird ou the sting further than
any other emu C.011.1(1$(..43 it, 1111.(1, llS biS
61(4 11124,11 adilliter, _„Dic lc, avowed, "lie
ctli „swear Most ilea u tif o I when he got
a A ,
Onee :flick Wellt 1,101111, 111111 evhen he
canto haelc "Little,Strao" had grown
front child to maiddii of seventeen, and
s
11.,
he reepoieted to J i ck's greeting iii so
shy, yet withal so neteeful a manner
time ho began dimly to recognize nu
ahnoet impeecejniblo bariler, wliicli
something he could not, uuderetatel
84,411114,14. 440 have threwn between. them.
The conviction soon prevailed in
Thunder camp theti Jack was about to
make 'mother dontestie move. en(1 tho
01412(1 'Was interestql an(1 approviug, its
usuel , where Jackcoueerned.
1„,as
Ho thinw
gs er'We 1(11 ViVi4411211(1a4411211(1tO
Th 1.1 odor camp. Vi.V111.11 '521118 tut 111111118-
44141144)41)"tenderfootl" Nevertlieleee, he
11•41.4 210t only tolerated, but made wel-
come fol. ,fttek's sake. It evatethe sup-
position that 'Vivian. Iola been 111 140)110
'War 4.01111e0tedWith tliat 111114110214'il past
of J tick's mid the possible \Tributes, of
wit le It it Od been so -enerously forg11,011
by rl'hundor ((amp 1411 view of subse-
quent development. •Even the fact that
ho had liven ordered west for his heelth
Nem.; graciousey ove looked, out of 1:43
44(111(14 fen. Jack's feell' gs.
As °indoor air an exereise weeo held
to he tho seroper re eedies for Viyiad's
ailment, evitittever itWaS (the physic-
341118skilfull,v preferred it to thee most
convenient of all 11121.1.adies "overwork")
it 'was ockeessary that much time should
be spent in riding toil hunting, so every
tine afternoon saw ,Aitck. and 1 121.1111.1111li
Little Stray out ith the horses and
ge 118.
"ily ;MVO ! "Wlit it rider 8110 is 1"
said Vivian, W110 hi 1. luit lalfOre seem-
ed. to Luke much mit co oe the girl.
"Yes," said Atte. I with pardonable
pride. "1 444.444411(4 114
"Plum you_ are a eivell of a teacher,
ShO'S a 418114,041, pro t, girl."
"Yes," 8:1(14,J 11(41. '('411113'.But Vivian did not observe the cloud
tonal his titee, and et Inimical: ,
"Not a beauty, yo 1411021,', lint 801110-
thili44 1110110 011eetiVe ,a, girl with char -
actor and charm of e prestoon. By the
way, Jock, have yottatiopted. this kind.
a
of thing for a per milem,y, or is it
merely temporary, a ta are 3'011. coming
:Intel: to he enibrace, 1 by the arms of
isoviety ?"
'Tite 'trios of soc ty tire quite too
resneetable to ',mitre ek me. Smote. has
not beett found oat; ,' have."
"Notteeneck. Society is always evade- 4
to receive ti loan if 14.1' nkpents and wee
1110111,y. A1141 3•011 lit 20 .14.1ein 3" of money ,
now , ,f a e is. i $
"Things that 11201 4.0,2? can buy IVO tO0
ro 11 heterodox fol.
mid think of tlici
"jeCk,iiii(5r old jaiik," she said. "It's
all over. Don't be sorry. I am glad it
is so, I came between yoa an(1 your
friend,. and I am glad to ,go away and
leave you together. ).ou will be
friends with him when I am gone,
won't you?"
"Whether you go or stay, my (Ian,
ling, I will be whatever you: want me
to be."
"You have always been so good to
1(1- Iteve done you any wrong,
dear,lack, will you forgive me before
I g.o?"
"You have done me nothilig bot
good. ; only good, clear little one."
Helton to kiss lter farewell, and her
petting breath died on his ilpe,
0:Li1tny AT MOM.
Ambito, charming and aristoctatic,
n tle, reeoly becomiug dress of an
order,
.141 medic, ditto, (lite°, in the vastly be-
coming. (11.1.r48 11.1100181. order,
1441e110 -A eerie() telex() in the east
end.
Anthill" -"You Were ! The very last
person eltotild have 1-1104444111 01 seeing.
What 4.11 the world brings you hi these
parts? And what IV sweet little love of
ii, bonnet and eloak !"
Mereitt,-"You-Aminta ! You can't
think how deliciously refreshing it is to
800 eumebody you -need to know beim.°
e
rmt
sense
i.1
ti"
. .
Marela.-"Was .
r
i
u-s• ' •l
-
oEu ditor tfuriou
ly;-S
o it was you who
you hadan object illife I I wish 1had 'ut that bout pin311 my chair, was i
knewt before I mode up this costumeYscoundrel?
for myself that there Weis teorder with
such a perfect (11844481. of a (trees as
youps. I don't think it interferes with
one's moralinlueiit.e, nd-er-power
ever the Juasesto te properly gotten
p, do you ? Ceui(,ted have. 444)711.41 tete.
-11 penny el:M-4114 tat me where you
are staeriug, ani what you ae doing -
1 , , . ei ^"
Aminte-"Two loi
.ups ? I gavo eup
eager last month, (211 you
know -I haven't tut ideawhat 111'1141'11(10 -and 11021,' quite di, like it, which ie a
perfect blessing, 111etause the eelf-cle
nial gove on el tho '4841'14', yott 410(2, and
the uopleiteionness doesn't. Olt, I'm
living 111 lieuriette street, and I'm
01017(4111)14' the people, I mut have been41011244 ittamest throb weeks, I think ;
,.!.•
andpmaid-fathers are so nusen-
,
pathetie-theat it wat only 11 freak, and
wouldn't last. It isso horribly clown
and respeetable tlett I venie you for
the lrst wek 1. wits perfectly miser-
•
a:, bM'le:a."
: 1
e ia-"Yes, I k'inow that fooling
myeelf, where I am, in Powers t'ou't.Acourt sounds betifully immoral,
(ion% you think ? slut I aware you
there 11)41411't lieen rsingle brawl, or
coota drunken Irilinan, settee I have
igen there ; whilesimile of the children
mortally Ravea. (11(110)111 pinafore one, a
week, tineainithevery fortnight. How
we pat elevate your masses ?'
Aininta-"\Veil, I don't know ex-
actly. A nan fropt Oxford' -1481;l1 an
exquisite, intelectnal face, only nether
84>0411' by the most fightfulboots,-givee
t ie SWeutest 111(14, ela8SUS011 "Valburne
and 1tossetti. nd that sort of thing. I
go to ket;I the musees in order, (mite
fortunately for 1110, except ono I1111SSe
t
1010 Walacoster, onger, -who came Ili
bee:418e of the son e he 141)144., andwent
to sleep (111 the ti (4', And then there
are teas for Fecal) rs and 1111114406'. 10241
you hve to try a ci drop in a IOW re-
lining words wi 1 thstorm.. .And
what is your orden for, Mrcie ?"
Aitreia treadly-"011, it's called
'The eokiety for the amelioration of tho
condition of the toor in their own
homes,find it monts that you can. 011
I
them, and toll the a not to hang out
their 221(8)411144 to dry in the sitting -
mono They have 't anywhere else to
but that's not your .
fault. Aiehow t briug ufourteen
childrenon. ten (41f)11111424$ week, nd I
that kind of 11141454, which wouldb
easy enough -only it is SO dreadfUlly
1
n.seolraging 1101011 y0111111 cut, (1(4 you
1i!
iways do, that the poor 111)4111,2' (11.'("111
more 1117111t 1heir own 114'220:ie
i
1111112 you (to. \\ hat-er-mado yot-go t
in for elovat•ing, '1inilita?"
Altillta (Willico 11usion and a slight
11i
Marcia(wth a blush).,- 0410,1
(There is a 102214 t4 e.)
Aminta-"Was it Chalie, Marcia r
it Tom, Aninta?"
(There is the longest pause of all.)
Arainti-"Because ifit 81101414 heve
been Charlie,it wasn't thathe did not
care for you, but that until 4441433.Julian roost thoughtfullydied Jest
week he. hadn't enough money to 81(31'
116
that? And if i
should have beenTorn, Aininta, until
ligot 11114 ('01122221('011222214481011, you know, a
of honor -such an inconvenient
thing, isn't it ?--prevented him fo
telling you his reel feelings."
(.*2. p448140,)
lareit-"Ca1Soicee to tea with
tee to -morrow? Five, Powers cout,
you know, Tom might be there, too."
Aminte--"Ishallbe delighted, if you
don't mind my bringinChrlie, who
is coming to see e in Henrietta
stieet."
jlarcim.(as they part)-"Shll you
muchmindcoming clown from your
ainttt Y7seott deadfully miss
yoursociety for ameliorating; Mare(1114 4(14
00 Did,
Poet--Diayou fel the force and di
rectness of that pointed. article I left
foryouthis inornino ?
oovo'.'
hupm,
ellatu
n4.r
11110 1‘11 11S11111t1111e
t',61t11110 1414!0-'I 4t' and 44411,141.1*2'441131'N (le 21orla kolht
nt roa,11“.C11Y tit11U,7011014'
hkin111 V.,,,t;,,t 1120, It 44142latt 10
in Ipili71‘,1 (0'.'. .Ort
1,11,1214 041 •1 111t'llt 14 Sella
WU1141i* 11N •l4'1,4\ 0521' iette alado
our on41 ',al,' St:a.that ofwItelttul-
Ggo'sod oWvaolrdP4121.4121.4,204' 411541.2'21411541.2'21
genets of tocoa ittetreentney tor 4444,2'141' Work
tiieSt.e, "a
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:
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.
.tnt
tI Stglr•p
;
'
leconically,
sock the imporanee
of 181"L114411154 her oatwhere 1448' can leiVII
4101‘14 thing or tho '(1114.lit 1411(1 ho eulti-
Netted and becom like other young1814.44'S."'Seher renin 14011S4 OW 1111010
sa fnh. mar for 2122' pistol, .1
would shoot122,r tin mah4120 ,201trt tuna
ratlicr than10 wil4 you wish,t
itopprecptibln 21uolow crept 120.
(24' 0(814111. IWO 11uk1 whse frteutehip
had heretofore beinso 3111111'k foul so
eti one,
They Ivory out together oneofterPoon
wheit, wearied With tho reetraluttool
urged on by res t a it!, , te
others and 10.11' k 11 SWIttpaeti toWark111
ft tellee born,di4a 100 1,W113",
Tlie3 811,21. flit, 1111der 4\1111411 111411
1118 delilt0 11001
14:1144 (121,'l' the fen
to eve him dasha
or bare (teemed, I' at e .t
lictli 144411111,4' from their hoess.s.
'lek was the 11 t 1lea t 1140 0e101
4110 ‘‘Wits A41:411 n 1244.' l'Alliiilly: Over
120r 141l4112 11111411 I0141n.of ('(1114'4'5'(4in Libeautiful es. She lifted14'i'betel witheta Ott t and laid it on his
Mee.
"ft 21" 114,14 our fault, Ileaty, You
elipits.tAula feu, n a, :on eould't h
Jaelshlled to ft 12041.
"%AA, dear old 114'),,," site Whia*
ed. "Tao me lee e,44.,q44.,q4,1,25.3\. they 1414141401' 10220,
walking a 00 with head 4.', 152
sornwfally,
11(1 like teeelt ol
e. Then Iley 1keke1
tetteross theetretell
hang it, V011 know
btudo-1'0o in foit ?"
(
Altirein, putting tioWil her elmmid
I
looking up with in1
orost)-"Yvs.',
A28int41--"0, J. licdt know exactlee I.
Lots of things. 'he world alwevs ",
Fi'L'IlIS I'll 1.111.1. J1011(141' (((1ti1(1 011(1. ('1 (11(2 1
1401114011, (1011't pill 11111110 1211(1 WO *Were, 1
42101114410 lie bill'1,•11 1111270 for tho rest. of 1.
110' e elle 111 11(4)11 pelfj10, where mamma
' sai11 peer mentnitt , is so effete, you ;
. lolow 1 eliouldillul lots of clutice !
eweitime nuk, whieli was enough to dis- 1
convoy?: + any girl, Ana 1 loolzal (wet! 1
soutt.lnaly's 1t1.44g4ok-1 forgot wilt Se.-..- 1
ill It magaZin0 /1 forgot *which -all ,
about. 421(441114.11 '(4 1,•01,k ; woman with 44. 1
eitpititi, yon kilos', Whieb iS SO 1.1.111144" t
6 6\11114'111 1 Wil it 11, ' 1;410 - "110W Odd! It 1
' W11.4 ,1114 the 841111 Willi 1110 !"
131.1‘1).ii.t1,,1101 1 0 1110 feeltu:s null ,
A tithitit isyitti ttheti(atily) - "With 1
I
t
121111via , "Alm (4 exactly, ro. tried 1
for 1
02 cry tiling, you linow. I. 11 beol in tor ,
golf itud skirt do teing, and literature. I
4( 1141 18 1111111(1 city. 8, 1111d neW Wonuti1,. 4
110011, alld reeltil 4, owl cooking; and I
ktnium \eolith "I 1)11'76111g' au(' '''
evereeitittg, lint it NV:1,1 -1111-."
watally)- &anoint k
81,,wstt.tist,,,,t I
'elitreire---"I wasn't a. bit hasty, I
LIFE ON A FARM.
Harriet Clifford sat in front of the.
fire, 41181 43' hands lying in her lett,
ind her faee distinct in the firelight.
110 WaS very pleasant to look upon,
tod. ,r01111 .A1.111012", f tem the arrn-eintir
tppoeite, looked at her with earneet,,
lreamy 03'044, :18 0140 2111437 contemplate
pretty picture.
It ink 411'11 you should prefer a.
arm6r's life out west."
"Yoe would not like to bp a farmer's
'twit e, then ?"
"I? Would I like to be a. galley.
lave ? Not I ; I like to live daintily
ind wear pretty dresees and French
Uppers, and -and perhaps one flay a:
liamond ring, and I dete8t WOrk !"
13oth felt diet tho little half -laughing,
peech had settled a question. Unit lay
(loop down. below .the surface.
John Agnew went to his western.
arm the next day, and :Harriet stayed.
It homo with her piano end the thous-
and trifles which served to while away
ter leisure hours.
But as the days crept on Harriet
Clifford became conscious of a growing -
vacuum in her life. Until JOhll Agnew
went away, she never had kuown how
she hari. grown to expect his visits, and.
remember and treasure up his words.
And Harriet drooped a little, she.
scarcely knew why ,• and. Aunt Moroi& -
afleised a month at the seashore.
just about that time Sabrina Elton
came 017011). t110 far west .on visit -au -
old schoolmate of Harriet'sr-autlHar*.
Har' -
riot asked.- her to tea the first week of
her stay in town.
"Is' it vey lonely out west ?" asked.
Harriet.
Its splendid," paid the -young lady.
"Lonely, indeed ! 'Why, they have the.
nicest $ociety out there ht. tho world.
1 wouldn't come back here for any-
thing,"
"1 once knew a „eeptleman -who went
to Wisconsin," said Harriet, diploma,
tieally, "a Mr. _Agnew."
"Mr. Agnew ! VY -117," said Sabrina,
withwide-open eyes, the owns the next
farm to papm-s, awl We like him so,
niuch ! Papa, sttys he is so thoroughly
in earnest in whatever ,he does. And.
you used. to know him?"
"rlvatito gO aWa she said, who
they ho iala her WWII. her OW1
4,n."" Atka leave
k416
'tThs wout out. awt Wt thotitalm
'0 1 41421 11141
and ',lath. Only J
11,1114.01..W11411111:,
eeesue, 194) when foond out that 2
m the tetclety for the amelioration, etc.,
you know, ou vould ehoose your Mil ;
(121014", 11111.1 11114 tts (144 WW1 111t.. re -
flue of the population. I hail the sweet- 1
t\tit 444114.0t1418 of clips tend bonnets ana
.4141'em80. mums.
Aminta. 44211,12 tender tulutiretion)--
"IIawilbtray,t.:\i‘ef
meet-10:113.; was natal",
my
peopl.‘ pt-rseettted too dreadfully. Anil
Tem would say, p, epic, temerkaa
Whim, 'now 1.44114,41 t*i 'your eister,'
site's been cussed 4.41 love, I euppos.e.
They all do it,'"
Ambito smith a•statt and a blusli2,-*
"Tom -; And that's lust what Charlile
-you weal to know cherlie where 140 41
Vere in the world, didn't yotti-sesteu
tdiont
1,yes.”
"Strange he has never spoken of
you." .
"Not at all Strange," Said Harriet,
biting her hp. "1 dere say he has for-
gotten tee long ago."
Anil Herriet began to talk very fast
and discontentedly- about something;
else.
".Erarriet doesn't look 0, bit well,"
said Sabrina, before she took her leave.
"Mne Clifford, why won't you let her
come home with me for a few weeks?
Our western Climate wOUld brace her
up like a tonic."
"What do you say, Harriet ?" asked.
Mrs. Clifford, with her eyes full of ten-
der inaternel anxiety,
"I -I elle-mid like to go," said Har-
riet, hanging her head. "Only for a.
little while, you know, mamma."
Harriet praised the beautiful weet
with sufficient euthusiasta to gratify
oven Sabrina.
"Ws a. pity Mr. Agnew hits gone to
Chicago," eaid Sabrina, "but he'll be
back before a long tone. In the mean-
tit/nee-0a eon faantese yourself -very tol-
erably with -George Skyson."
For Mr. Sicyson, rieh cattle. farmer
in the neighborhood, heal fallen desper-
ately in love with the pretty little
eastern lassie, and made no secret
whatever 00 14.114 infatuation.
It would be difficult, however, to de -
scenic Mr. Agnew's .astonishinent, one
lovely Auguet evening, on -entering
the 2tton domains, to see Harriet sit -
t11144 on the cIoorstep.
"Harriet l!"
"Yes," 441414 Harriet, laugbing, "it i-
1. How ao ;:vou do, Mr, Agnew '0'
And Mr. Agnew, instead of riding on
to• the neilre§t post town, as In, had in-
tended to do, stayed. and spent the
eveniug.
044e September afternocnt Mr, Agnew.
walkoci in with a tiny tiower-pot under
his nem
"liere is the geranium you. wanted,
Mies Sebenta," ectid, glancing rather
etseontentedly round t he room. "Where.
is )hrl let lr"
s reit in the toletlett," st.thl
iorking her erodlot uortlitt
vhious13: through *2. 84114.18 ef weasetea
loots 7, "and I haven't a bit of patience
left with her!"
"Why not `e"
"lieettuse hna unide tip Inv mind to
. her.tar. nohleen, nA,