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1M4 1., 1: atherine /curer !
'f wast'hrlsUtiur
e
"IHE ISN'T COMING."
eve, and Curl's
b 1 t uirn
restaurant nal
beginning t0
nil unit gay,
lauyhiug folk,
who sauntered
lu by twos and
threes, the men
slapping ohs
another on the
shoulders as
they passed,
bantering the
little German
proprietor and
laktag e n I til
stud' easy pos-
aeaalua of
things, as If
they were well used to the ways of the
plate. • Shabby and 111 kept moat of
them looked, but their facer were
bright and their lips were bubbling
with little snatches ut gong. overfiuw-
Ing evidently from hearts full of gay-
ety.
At one table In a cornier sat a man
■part from the crowd and clearly ob-
livious to the Ilfe of the place, his eyes
eagerly watching first • the clack and
then the door. Once nr'twice be start-
ed and halt rose from Ilhecbalr as some
one entered, sennuing at face closely,
only to sink back with alloug sigh. It
was flee mloutea of 7 o'clo'k. "She
Isn't eoming,'• he thought. and' he let
les chin fall heavily Into his palet
while he tried to gatherthls thoughts.
At last, half conscious + of some, one
approaching. he looked up and found a
girl standing there, her hand out-
stretched. "I am late," she said?bur•
rledly. "IIave I kept: you waiting
long?
"Yon, but It.do•sn't'matter. Nothing
matters now that yam are here," he
said warmly, taking her hand In loth
of Sin. 'Sit down mud 1..1 me look at
you." Ile drew out her rhntr and
seated himse!t opposite. 11,1h were
anent for a moment while they Doled
steadily Int rayh ether's ryes. The
color rose slowly in the girl's cheeks,
and she turned away.
"it I. almost like nil times, Isn't Its"
she asked, with a nerrons little laugh.
"Like nil the best of the old times
rolled Into one," he said. "Ge:I vns.
bow I have wanted to be bark, Joyce!"
"We are loth growi1,c too old to he
sentimental. Jack. I want you to tell
me all about Paris nal your sievesa. •
I read about you nod 3V9• very proud
to be an old friend of tbe distinguiah-
edyoung American anilst, Mr. Johti
Hamilton Seawell." -
They were Interrupted by the welt- !
er, an old friend of 111e two. who low-
ed and scraped an Infinite number of
times before they could strip him, "Teo
night we are to have all the thing% we
used to pretend we didn't Ilke bemuse
the figures were too steep for our In•
comes, with a rew or the more milliner
things thrown In fur mold lung syue,"
be said, resuming the mew' card.
Joyce nodded her head and smiled, and
the order was timidly given .after a
long eonfereute of the three,
When the waiter drought the dinner, I
the tub's was heaped with tittle dishes
"aoMIKIM»+ HER IMAat WoULi %TEAL.
11E;w-zszt Lill say TUa CANVAS."
of all aurts, more than they could pore
sibly have eaten If they had Iwen anv•
lug up for this one meal duriug all the
time of their separation. In reality
they were both to.. excited to be hun
gry, and their tongues went so fart
that there was tints only for apace nsllc
dips Into the various Wishes. \Then
the dinner tapered off to •eofee and
cheese. however, they both fell Into al-
len.e. The Mau lighted n cigar In the
old easy wily they were used to and
said between puffs, "1 want to•tetl yeti
a story, Mlle. Joyce, If you will Veleta"
"I shall be moat happy:" abs .0141
with assumed gayety. "But be sure
to stake it end well. 1 don't like sad
stories on Christman ere."
"i 'shall do my best not to make It
end unhappily, but that isn't for me te•
say. Well, here goes:
"(Mee neon n time there Head a
dear. foolish maiden nib"! n .tup141,
struggling artist, who•a she :refrlend-
ed. The maiden at least ought to have
been very rich, possessor of stately
mansions and all that sort of thing, if
she bad had her deserts, but, truth to
tell, lath of them were very, very poor
-no pror'that the maiden used to wear
frayed Wits and cracked shoes some
times, though she •Iaugtled and pre-
tended she did It for fun, and the art-
ist was ao poor that -well. be was
poorer than any really respectable per-
son ever was before. The two lived
next door neighbors high up In the
same 'cheap boarding house in a busy
little city called New York. Sor some
uufntbomable mason the maiden took
pity on the artist and used to help hint
out of his domestic difficulties stud try
to catch an h.s own, ar/Ilse azul te•.rs
It cannot bo too clearly stated. for the atatl:ment le beyond any
goal' Ieation or cantradlctlnn, that never ethers 11.0 Muskoka Fre
L smtwl iorConsu,nptives was opened la 11.02, !las a sing.e nppllcart
bay.► t-t:fused admission, because of his or her poverty.
:./ref p,,ra::, s, than any other charity in Canada the
f!USKOKA FREE HOSPITAL
FOR CONSUMPTIVES
is dependent upon the contributions of the Canadian public
for its maintenance.
cf
•..,t1INISTRAT10N at tt.ntN(. MI .Ruts 'ERIE. HOSPITAI. FOR (•ONSI'MPl IVES
Private philanthropy has erected the huildingl;-prot'iding
P1t•commodation to -day for 7i patients, and which the -trustees
arc prepared to extend, if circumstances warrant ii, to -too beds.
These beds arc for those ih anv part of Canada, without
means, who are suffering from this terrible disease in .fhc
incipient stage.
There is no large endowment, as ir>,somc public institu-
tions, the interest of which will go a long way to pay the
runnin;; expenses.
The monthly -hills, covering cost of administration, salaries
of medical men, nursing clerical anil uomestie staff, besides the
heavy expenditure for matntensncc of codizatieRt, are depend-
ent for payment almost entirely t n the contributions that come
to the treasurer from kind irk nt;s•t:ncughout the Dominion.
Could Not Pay Has Young
Wire and Child. '
pa. (i. Ir. CAMPBELL, GRAND
VA1.LIa, ONT. ;-I have a patient,
1f1 ve.ire of age, pith toher,ulmir.
Ili. eirr,mt.tmic,•. are not .sell that '.
he y.ndd par. a• Inc liar rt t'nnng n• to
and child to support. Could you
make room to 1 a1 the Sanitar-
ium?. 1 think Inc plight impolite..
Let me know what y'cw would advise. '
Destitute.
J. AUSTIN, KIr sI11 NT, ORT. :
We hste a man, unmarried and
destitute, afflicted with lung trouble,
whom we wish 'o send to the Mo.-
keka fere IIo.pita! for Con•ump-
1iec:. ('lease let me know what we -
hate to do to gain adrnrssion for
him.
Where. Will Your Money Do More Good ?
Contributions may be sent to SiR WI. 1t. MEREDiTH, Kt.. Chief
Justice, Osgood') Hall. Toronto, or W. J. GAGE. Esq..
b4 Front Street, W., Torobte.
Ap linitlons for admission and 'Illy ether information from
J. S. IslICRTSON, Secretary National Sanitarium Association,
(Saturday Night Building'. 211 Adelalee Street. W., Toronto, Canada.
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%ingino lrl)l'i3tnict8 Caro's.
as well. She was hla good nal and
Made the days of etruggll worth
while for the stupid artist. : re used
to write wonderful stories -in ch too
wonderful to be appreelated • 1 the
earthy editors she had to submit help
to. In spite of their poverty, they sett
to have goal times together, those t 'n.
When things grew very somber th
would help each other jeer at fortun
There was a little restaurant why
they would have jolly dinners when-
ever the artist sold a sketch or two.
earl, the keeper of the restaurant. wee
their friend and served them goal din-
ners seasoned- with sage philosophy.
The dny dawned when the artist had
an opportunity to go abroad and study
hia art under the great masters --(Inc
thing he had longed for all itis life.
"When the chance calor. however, it
seemed a small thing compared to the
loss of themnid-
en. There was
not money
enough fur both
to go, so Inc pre-
, ferred to stay
- and make n lit-
tle home for
her In the busy,
heartless city.
But 'or •e
the Malden was
cold and' nu -
yielding, telling
him that she
didn't care
euougb for him
•to share his
THET WERE: INTER-
RUPTED aT TUX
WAITER.
home.. She sent
. him away with
a heavier heart
then be had
ever had before. Ile went to Paris,
where he pitched deep Int.) work to
try to forget the maiden, blit thoughts
nt her would creep In In spite of
himself, and sometimes her image, a
laughing, haunting Image, would steal
In between hits and 111s canvas, and
then Inc would have to give up
work for that day. It wens no use.
ile would go out on the streets ami
walk and walk mud walk, trying to
wonder it the. maiden's aunwer was
final, calling up little scones of their
days together; eoujurtug up her barks
to nee if he could not again read In her
eyes and find something there that Inc
wanted. Ile wrote her long letters tell-
ing her n great many things that were
not always klud. Some of the lettere
lie seut acroaa'the ocean to her; others
Inc tore up and tried to forget. Itut
there were only three letters from her
In all the four years he was gone, null
they all ratite on christtuas eve. Long
friehdty letters they were, just like the
chats they used to have, but with too
sign of the thing he wanted her to
write above n11 else. The stupid artist
worked an hard that he could hardly
help winning some shadowy sweetie In
nil tint time. There was a picture or
two In the salon; Ills Instructors grew
eocourngln. :here was n line now•nnd
then In the papers, all of which puffed
pin up mightily because he vainly
hoped they might make some difference.
w1111 the maiden.
"When four years hod passel the
artist thought he might return, to his
home in New York and atnrt hili work
there, Ile told himself over and over
agnln that he was going home to the
maiden, end his heart trent absurdly
with hope of seeing her and then sank
he*vlly again at thought of the change
the yenrs might have made, of the es-
trangement they might have brought.
irnring the time be had been away she
had written many stories and had final-
ly convinced the editors of their worth.
He saw her name In the. contents of
a number of mataalnes. The old days
were changed. Remould' no longer find
her in the ebisap'boarding bowie. If
she neat him away three years before,
she probably had almost forgotten him
In all thin time, int the thought of the
('hrtntmas letters spurred him to write
to her and tell her of his retnrn. Ile
would resell New York the clay linters
t'hristmae, the enniverenry of his Irnv•
Ing. Wneld she meet him that evening
at half post t; In the little restaurant?
He would wait for her at their Rath
table In the corner, and they would talk
over old times. The nrttat arrived In
New York nn the day he expecte!, and
all afternoon he,wanaered about, wait -
Ing tor LUQ n0ut of their l•ny;.hel11e1T,
yet half dreading it fiw fear sale should
Hut coeur, !tut the good fairy wanted
her wand for Id no this tlule, for the
maldeu really cnule. end she tit just the
same, dear, sweet maiden ns In the old
day's, only the alml+by clothes are re-
plin•.sl by new, well cut things. and
there is a quiet Meet' prosperity :Ibset
her. aim looks Just u little older• per.
imps. and the eyes are n tritle in we
serious. but they nre the same tender.
splendid eyes., retleetiug a big.- sweet
opt. The two Mikis! over !many
Ings. but 'all' the time the nrtlst has
• lr'hel the maiden's eyes to Ree It 1111
CO 141 thtd there any sign of what 1•r
l'ns lungrrd far all These yearn; n dif
tern) t answer to the que411141 he pmt
10 lie, four years ago. Ile Is u•a•_er to
offer n .tin In make a h • Tor l.er -.nd
to spent 1!i•t Ilrc• tm inz to slake icr t':e
knpplest. roman Its 1111 the wort I."
Ile look I over i't the girl. "It is '
t•'/u 10 Pinel Jnr• etot" " 1'' 0.1 r••i a 1..
Iler (leewere tln.ls• 1, end sac
wa.'eying w u tier spexrn. She look. FHE HOSPITAL FOR
ed up at him nwmeut, and herwk. a SICK CH1LDRD
WPM Rhinln;. •1 ant to go back a � 11
little and (loner
this worn a,onlrenl, llanitax and 'te-
nant() have taken part, and the exten-
sion of the Government telegraph line
is of great nasi;tanee to these people
.who have 'never had a medical mnu
muting !hent before. With almost the
amine limit The Quebec Telegraph
r + to with n report tint °wine to
some miatnnnntrenient of the mails
ptnees halm Xntaahquan eastward and
nnrthwanl failed to set their lettern.in
Septenlls•r• and will not now receive
them until, the winter m1Yl in Jan -
rusty
Head our clubbing oilers nn this page
ie ppeaa
Is To Von!
your story an:pe. 1
'shall begin when. the artist Itn4 Sts
opportunity 1.' go ubrond and study.
When he told the ` olden about the
chance and °Renal t give It up for
her it was the kar ,•s thing M1e ever.
I had to do in her life to efuse the ser•
ruler•, hint elle bad aotne wall ANN(' of
right, mud she knew whet tbnee yeare
abroad w'otlld mean to hl fnulrreso
she rebuffed hint ,cud made m I1tTTln!
Ming she knew his head lir•tnted,
Ihungdt lits fu:111a!t, genen'ou. .art led
Iol,l: to nffrr the other. Ile Ili.) ;Int It
was Iinrrl for him, perhaps, but It 1104
Paris, with all Its illcerslon., nue the
spur of his new work, while 'she •14
only the lonely sense of his' nlsen.
She -most UI IOWA the places wher
• they. had been
together. nail
sometimes the
clays dragged
en that only
the thought of
the millstone
she would have
leen to 111m If
'Melted acceded
to his plat) kept
her from doing
.owe desperate
t It I u g. Then
there mine ids
letters begging
her for same
line in return,
nod that wens
the hardest tat•
11e of all. She
fought It atemd;ly for three days (,-
fore she wenn. She knew If alio wrote
Lr him her letter,.' woulei keep her
In his mind and that some time she
'night carelessly say something to
bring him bac!: sooner than he might
to cane. it war Lard notto yield t:,
w'Imt inc. heart pleaded for, tint she
felt he could do lila best work est off,
from thoughts of her and then"-
Joyre paused.
"And then?" the nein said qulnkly.
"She thought ilerhnp' he might !mars
fooled himself that he wanted to marry
her while cire•nnistnnees drew tla•Ir
Ikea no elorely together. Now that he
wait seeing more of the work) And
meeting other woolen he would weigh
1!te matter and would learn his mind.
If he cnn:e beck and atlll wanted her,
she would know he meant It, and" -
"Yes?" the man broke In eagerly,
"Thnt'm all," elle ended l;llnni•ly, smil-
ing up nt him.
"No, not ell...Together ahnll we try
to end the Rtories with 'Tiley lived
happily ever after?'"
Rho rtnnhed Ont her blinds to him
for answer And pile closed them ten
Ler:). In tib.
For it Caren for Every Stek Child
in Ontario ninon, Parcel*
CMOS 1101 Afiord to Pay
for Treatment.
•
01' ar tit
The limpet] for Children, (`allege
.t r..•t, Tor,nllo, alai rel. •u (*11,.,. 4101
neither, of (Intano for faro!s to maintain
-- the Ihmeaml .Irk
children that it
nur-ta within its
M:+II♦ .'telt• year.
"Ilse'Impost is
nal a !oral in.litu•
troll -Lot, I'rorin.
eial. The sick
I .tr,t.l lr.,m any
(Tn•nrio
iii wL� •rril ;u. nl In
✓Ly 1.n) 11.e• I t • • ame
1, tnr111.;.• As the
.oduht living in Tor-
" sec WITH urn onto asci it treated
IMILI- frtr
The fospitnl hind last year in its Sol.
and out. R:Nt patients-. .UI ,f three were
from 271 places outside of Toronto. The
00.71 tr
1.77 et..
per la.
tient Or
day, and
t. he re
were Ili
sick lit -
Ile encs
{ day in
the Ilou;
pitnl.
Sinee
its .0un. "mew ret, u:r. among, Ac5T
dation saniyei.."
the 1I'.pitel haft trim. fed 12,120 ehildren.
About 8,15),, of thea. were unable to pay
and were trentt,l free.
Your money
ren put got
den hinges
on the door
of the
Ilonpital'.
mercy.
14vert
Lady rdnlinr
may IR; the
Friend i
Need to
"SHE t'?1'n 711 lila
it °N1)EKYyl. croute,,,
° Lonely Labrador.
it .keep. one busy these Act's, to
remain abreast of n11 lint t.1 mint
on in this htg entintry. The trengrnphv
of the West chenvrs every week, bet
Lnhradnr. the Brent eastern nnknnwn
land lying 1 -side f`ennde'a front Anne,
1s gradually Awakening friar the seem
of reentries. hr. Wilfred firenfell
writes thin the mission Inc represents
is mulcting R }mirth hnapftel in f'en's.
dtanl.nhrannr, which will ince2romiles
from the rnesnrt otlw.f .hoenital..',n
'saslaatra
snses.. BREAK/MIT. Snmelssly'a
e
child.
Ynor dollar nifty Ire it door of hole to
ssanr•Iewly'. 1.1,04. The Hospital pays out
dividends if health and happiness to sof•
fs! ing r•hildhn..i nn
eters dollar that is
!Mill 1•v blends of
little chi'dren.
If sort know of
ant e•hild in 1 ern'neighborhoodwin
is sick nt eripplr•rl
or II 41 club leer, '
.Pod Ilia I sunt'• ------
,temr to the Ito.. Two 'TEN Pn°T AMIE*
Id:al. IR I1Aetsa
Srr what can Inc done for .lob from chit.
ten. There were MI like eases last year
nd hundred. in Al %e.;rr.
a►MRR Arm
P1ea.e .end enntrihnlien• re .f Rea.
Rohcrt•0n,Chairlwan, nr to Douglas hnei.t
an, tiec.-Tre.a, of the Hnsmtsl for Sick
te'hildtea, College titreet, 'Toronto
,A ROYAL POKER GAME.
Kew Klee hada4aaa Wound t'p 111a
]tow fear's Freels isles.
C. It. aluckeutie,' deserbblug Ix the
tit. Lout* Republic is New Pear's tiny
to old Hawaii, says:
"After dluuer we adjourned to the
royal library, where we fouud curd
tables duly equipped. 'We generally
wind up au evening of this kind wills
u game of 'esker.' avid Kulakann. '.‘re
you all mullein? Every nue saes. euu-
'e'ut, uud It was my luck to Il seated
et the king's table.
• .ext morning tt'Uen' at brtuhllia('
the hotel one of the klug'a equerries
came to my talkie Mid plasesI a chumuls
bag containing forty ten -dollar pieces
lu front of me. saying the king had
sent them with his eumpllueuls. one
of the„ladles of our !arty who had
witueswed this aoutewhut uuusual,pru-
eeetinoasked tile ' bt' the,king aholri.l
scud un• such'u pre -scut.
d
"'1lndum,' l replie, 'the .hlibutw
aud alxpcm(.w which In the days u(
mo youth 1 oust upou utl+slou:u•y 11•.n.
tees to 1111) popguns and bl:ulkete for
1he Sandwich Islanders lump Imo
morning been returned to me a hue•
.81:11•4
ead
Mistletoe and Helly.
IIangln' or the mistletoe -- chars where
ind,
An' ab1•t Sts«11,4.. a■r°ry ■■ the hull s.
berries red'
An' Ill., r) es tiny shine like m1.'14111, an'
Hs. sneelest word that.” said
Ile w hlapers 'neuth (Inc mistletoe an•
11011) .
Ilanuln' nt the mistletoe -an' take ,..,i,
rug) plum.
Laughin' lips an' bright' cheeks, wi0•rt
the dtrnples ;rye to race'
.4n' 11.,le,, to that story that holds
In its embrree--
Whine. red 'neath the mistletoe
hull)' O1
-Atlanta ConlIlltutn.
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