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Exeter Advocate, 1900-11-15, Page 3So Inc this season wool goods have had ;he Preference, but now as the festive ,leason of balls and other social func- tions approaches the deniand for silks • for dresses grows larger. There is and can be nothing very novel in silks, for - everything that is has been and will be again, but natutally the weavers and de - e s eneus have striven to get some now teemes, arrangement of color or twill or other ' BOLERO GOWN. trifling difference. For instance, there is • the satin regenee, which is 22 inches wide, • and this has a surface of extreme Solid- • ity and richness with the back of the fabric quite as handsbrue as the face. This is all in black, and yet it will not be confined to the needs of the middle aged, for quite young glees will wear it, the only thing being that for the young et er ones it is considered better form for -1-)twill he for day weare while for the evening , attire, and indeed when it is mele, up in all the magnificence of the • preeeent day, with pounds of fine cut jet e, s and yards of thread lace and many • I i er things too numerous to mention t s a magnificent affair. The younger wo- anan has her skirt made plain and ex- ceedingly stylish, and with it she wears Q separate waist.of some kind, generally of thin taffetas, with lots of work to ruake it costly': then • a belt of some sort of metal or perhaps a ribbon twisted along the lower part. This for finish. The Egan is seen on these so often that one forgets to mention it unless it is in some way remarkable. For the young, lady no trimming is con- sidered suitable, but „the greates,t care is expended in having it se perfect that it might have grown so. I said that the black silk skirts for young women are • only for day 'wear, but I forgot that many of them have been planned for theater and Opera, and such have low or half low evening waists to wear with them, and these are so dainty that they •need no other explanation.' Only naany ' BRIDAL DRESSES. of them are of speeiteled lace and thin •silks and panne 15. ee, • dressy in itselese For these -waists., there are some spatially designed silks, such as • embtoictefed, printed warp and brahled taffet14, all in exquisite colors. • Pure • bite taffeta is made with a very high luster, and there is no kind of fancy that cannot be wrought with it and its natu- ral aids in the way of trine:tame Velvets are so numerous in all the ramifications that it would be impossible to do them justice when one remembers that there are over 100 diffesent shades and weights in the panne velours alone. Colored silk velvet in all the season's best shades and black are the best, but the panne releve, the velouts dicsoique, • printed panne and the velours reflet and the velours du "lord are all in vogue and much liked by those who prefer novelty to durability. Many of these last men- tioned goods are used to make blouse • waists. These are as bloirsy as those worn by Mrs. Cleveland while she was the hely of the White House, and they were described as the bloueiest blouses that ever were made. Velutina comes for'itopularity and makes a better ap- eseseasesseeeess • The mercerized cottoas aro produced in tit the designs end colors of Plain silks, laid they are made an With, 110UnCes and cordiegs ared tucks, just like the finest eltiste The short waleine skirt has brought alit an underskirt just 30 inches long, and where it is wiehed to give a . skit; effect at low cost a shirt is made ' with tee upper part of some one of the sotton stuffs, and at the bottorn there me )laced two or even three flomeees of elk. These should be set at the edge el the hem to the cotton. For just such uses as skirts the sills is now water- proofed, and that almuet covers the whole list of materials made tvatesprooe by the cravenetting process. The only thing I can find Muff about in regard to this evatesproofing offabrics is that it does not seem to have Imoa thonget of as a distinct blessing to men. The bolero or Legato—for it is hard to tell which some of them are --seems to be ubiquitous, and every one is different Prom all the rest while still being one or the other. An elegant dinner gown for some one of our millionaires is made all of white crepe liese as to seise, with the exception of a shaped back breadth of golden, brown velvet, which hangs down in the back, as can better be seen in the picture then described. The figaro is of the same velvet, and hi front there is 11 full blouse effect of! the same. Over the crepe lisse is set a deep flounce of fine while lace, 'and that has a Sell ruffle of chiffon at • the very °ego. Along the sides end remitting up over the velvet and the front oe the skirt is a dainty applique 62 detached design. The bolero also has this same kind of trimming all round At and on the sleeves, -which reach but to the elbow. The neck is finished with a guimpe of white these, and this can be left 611 if it is desired to have a more dressy effect, As this is now the time wheia dinners and other swell functions are in order, I will tell of aim -Leer, superb evening gown for such occasions as do not require full dress. 'This is of taffeta in the dainty coral pink, and the whole overdress is of cream Irish lace. This is made exactly like any skirt in form and fits over the hips like another. There is a demitrain. The waist is in form of another variety of figaro, with a full vest trout 01 coral crepe liese. The high stock is of the seine. At the waist there is a wide cinc- ture of moss green velvet fastened with three very fine buttons. Some of the new buttons are as pretty as jewels. The sleeyes are long and so arranged that they can be worn with a lining or not. This is handsome enough for a wedding, • with the wearer as the chief mourner. ' ieatee THE U NSU CP 551'*Ute. We met them oil the coinnion vow. They meted and geve 110 seen.— Telelleiu ltelueitsrtei,ha $1a t(llisidiviu dlosSet.he day,/ Ranged in a gide, place we see Their mighty vaults contain Figures to greet for victory, iseaste too unspoiled for gain. Ifere are earth's splendid failures, come From seerious foughten fields; Some bear the wounds ot cendAtt; some , Aro prole.] upon their shields. To us that still do battle here, If WO ill aught prevail, Grant, God, a trilunph not too dear Or strength, like thoiri, to fail, --13lizahetil C. Cardoso in Century. • 13 Ta.,LICILL8 Ilovv a Son Was Opposed by BIC io ; katiler In the CilOied3 of a Wife. s ga.*1-**5.0",0°'0'''Ge"34046.06 She took the town by storm. There had never been s'uch an ereelte- . ment in the staid old village of Wia liamsburg within the aleatory of the old-. est inhabitap t. • Mies Blanchard and her brotheaS Hart -- ley cattle to 'Williamsburg for the benefit at Hartley's health, which was feeble. They took rooms at the Jefferson House 'and remained there a eouple of weekse at the ena of which time, liking, the vicin- ity so well, they leased Egerton cottage for a year and removed thither. The Egertons had gene to Europe and left their house, all furniehed as it was, be - Lind them, but Mr. Starling, the agent, had refused to let ie until the Blancearche came and captieated him along with the rest of the townsmen. e„ ' The Williamsburgers were' delighted . . with this charming acquisition to .their society, and really, after Lucille had brighteued a half dozen of their parties and social gatherings with her presence, it became a problem how the place ever became tolerable without her. . I suppose some description of the fair siren is necessary, though no mere pen and ink portrait can ever do her justice. She was tall and fair, and her bearing was regal. 1.1 she had been born to the purple and ermine, she could not have borne herself more royally, Nature turns out about one such wo- man ha the course of a century by way of shelving whet she can do and alter that rests from her efforts, and gives 133 ,/,70 - men with pug noses and wide mouths and watery eyes, and, having seen so little perfection, we get used to the sham -and learn to think it quite tolerable. Every thread of Lupine Blanchard's head was a Primed sunbeam, and when oue saw it on her head, undulating,- glit- tering, curling over her fair brow and down her peerless shoulders, he said to himself that no paintee's brush could ever picture aught so glorious. Her „eies were brown, deep as well, and luminous with feeling and shadowed by lashes as dark as those which veil the , dashing eyes of brunette beauties in 'southeen Spain. Her complexion was perfect. No rouge Or pearl powder combination could ever hope to rival it, and her sweet lips were searleteed ripe as the wild meadow strawberry. She sang with rare Sweet- ness and 'power, but she never .played--er piano was too common a thing for a wo- man of her rare perfection to touch. Her brother was a pale, grave faced man, some years her senior, I suppose. though one could not guess her age. She might have been 18 or 40, and such a woman never grows old eind is as lovely in middle age as in first youth and decid- edly more dangerous. All the young men in town were deliri- ous about her. Some neglected the maid- ens they had hitherto thought faultless to worship at the new shrine. Husbhnds made their wives jealous and had to en- .. LACE EVENING TOILET. dere long curtain lectures for expressine Speaking of weddings makes inc think their admiration of the brilliant stranger. of two new brides to be and what they But Miss Blanchard's conduct was ad - are to wear, and as misery loves company- rairahle, so all the old ladies said. No one could possibly find arty fault with it. perhaps some other girl may find a hint in one or the other. One is an innova- She was gentle and courteouri to all, but tion anedlow, being of white cashmere, familiar with none. Among her adorers with the cincture belt, the deep cuffs and there was not one who would have dared the yoke all smocked closely, so as to fit to press her hand or touch a stray curl the different parts to the figure. Sh.aplis • of her bright hair with caressing fingers. ity is the ,keynote in this dainty bride There was a fine frost of reserve about dress. The white cashutere is so sof( ` her, pure and clear as sunlight, but irn- and snowlike L3flit becomes one of the , pervious as an armor of steel, which prettiest things imaginable for the pur warded off familiarity and set Mies pose. The dress was not so long as most Blanchard within a magic circle which wedding gowns are, but around the bots no one had the boldness •to crosia tom wasa six inch flounce headed by two Of all those who were ready to cast inches of smocking. The tiny bunch of themselves under her chariot wheel, Les - orange blossoms and the veil make this ter Hathaway WaS 'Mat in earnest. This meet for its purpose. It would make any Young man's infatuation was something bride,lools sweet and girlish. ,1 fearful to witness, for it took the form 'Tire other dress received its chief almost of madness. beauty from the way in whicb the waist io-Ir,aprettyesehadbevileneiunggebeauty, poArneNniueotte0 was made. To Make one like it needs a M to the advent of Miss Blanchard, but skillful dressmaker, and even then she efter he had felt the charm of Lucille's may make a intstalse, and that is fatal. The folds are so placed that they form Presence he forgot Annette'e existence. Points at the bottomHe belonged to a proud family, the old- , and the waist is Pointed, both back and front. The ma- ; est and niost respectably connected of terial in this is of taffeta in mat, white, •ielY in the country. Hathaway II- all, the and around the bottom are six rows of family lesitlence, was one of the finest e white silk featherbone cording, the same Places in he state, end the wealth and as that put around the bot02 the taste , which had been lavished upon it tenn waist. This dress is m dith a very and its furnishinge would have built short trate.' The present fancy is to have a little village 01' tenement houses. •„tee fall back from the face. But No member cif the Hathaway farailY' the majority of brides prefer •that it • ever so remotely connected, had ever seen fall over the fece, and so each one committed a crying sin or made a misap exere.ises her werogative of American fleece, and judge 'Hathaway, Lester's father,was very pompous in declaring that when his sou married it must be to rt. lady whose birth and breeding were equal to his Own. The juclge was a middle aged, courtly gentleman, somewhat lofty in his man- ners and very fond of talking of his f am- ily lineage over a bottle of wine which was mellowed by time and respectability, like himself. He had been a widower five or six years, rind Mrs. Charlton, the honsekeepe er, was as jealous of the family honor as the master eould possibly be. • It reached the judge's ears at last that Lester had fallen in love with the beau- tiful newcomer, and it gave his aristo- cratic. stomach such a turn that he did .not taste a mouthful of dinner or touch the bottle of old port beside ills plate. He awaited his son's coming in all the dignity and state of his wrath ancl read hint it long lecture on the desperate wick- edness of his conduct. "BM, father," said Lester when the old inan stopped to breathe, for he was a little asthmatic, amd this long speecb acted unfavorably on his wind, "you heve not seen Miss Blanchard tine, of course, ave not capable of judging 'of her rnerif s. She is lovely tis an fined, and I know you would admire her e wer should bed her," haveseen some fine W0111011 in my, day," returited the judge with dignity, pearance than any of the ball silk varies DAINTY NEGI,IGEE., citizenship and declares her right to pars SLIP her happiness in her own way, end that ie to have the filmy veil down. The mercerization of se many cotton For general Wear tlie mercerized elcirts eare very fasitionable and quite ee useful. goods so that thee look every whit as 011 as silk and wear bettee than elite 1d61evorydaY lias revolutionized the skirt and now no oue wears a silk skirt eept with a very fine !tees where the 'firer expects to see her deareet enemee Bouquets are largely a matter of choice, and all white flowers and orchids in thole curious tints and shapes are really the preferred flowers, but unless one has the purse of Fortunatus it is juet as well to decide that roses, stephanotio and white carnations or violets are best. "and I have had the reputation 01 being popular welt the ladies, but I never se leer forgot myself tre 0 member of the Hathaway fainily as to yield to the nese!. natione af a ilainelees t decntu css. LV;(;<1;11',"Ise wrathful, my son; 1 anl oily calling her by the name she de- serves. She is eonte peer girl who wants to catch a ric1.1 husband, aed she smiled on you because she fancies; you green enough—excuse the slang, if YOU please— to be deluded by her arts." Lester flung lihnself opt of the room in a pet, and the judge ordered, his Iroise teed went te take an afternoon ride. Call it fate or weatever you please, just as the judge was passing Egerton cottage out rushed a big dog and fright - cued ads horse SQ that the judge was thrown, but sustalued no injury beyond a fe.w, bruises and the demolition of hie gold retuned eyeglasses. But the fait mistress of the cottage came flying to his eide and carried him into the- lumee, leaning on her arm, and stood over him with eologne and rose- water and was so sorry that the dreadful thing had happened. "I shall never love Flight again, for it was rny dog that caused the accident," she said plaintively, with her beautiful eyes ea,st down and het scarlet lips made up •ready to cry. "Dear me! I. am so unfortunate!" .The judge 'was eharined out of himself. Ile had been ready to worship the girl for her beauty at the first 'glance, and her dietress finished the victory. . • Hetook her little, trembling hands in his and said softly: "How can I ever be sufficiently erate- ful to Flight? For it sedits that his agency has procured rue the acquaint- ance of Miss Blancharcl." 'He remained at the cottage to tea and in the evening Lucille drove bios home in her, pony carriage, and when she left him: Judge Hathaway was conscious of only.one thing in the world, and that was that Lucille Blanchard was the most magnificent woman he had ever seen. He was very close mouthed and taci- turn to Lester all the. next' day, and as evening drew on he astonished every- body by ordering the carriage: He was going to call on a lady. •And Lester, by bribing the coachman on his return, learned, to his inenite amazement, that •his father had actually called at Egerton cottage and remained an hour, and fur- thermore that Miss Blanchard had come out on the piazza with •hira, and the watchful John was certain that he had seen the judge kiss her hand! • Lester was very joyful over the intelli- gence, for he felt sure that his father had relented and that Lucille had charmed /aim so that he would consent to have her as a daughter; and the young mau fully expected a settlement of ten thousaud and the parental blessing without delay. ,A,few evenings later he met his father and Lucille at a ball where he had hoped to monopolize the lady's attentions, and so engaged Ia; she with the old gentle - mart that she did not give a single dance to the son. Lester thought this was car- rying, the matter a little too far, and when 'he met his father in the hall of Hathaway House as they returned home he said: • „ "Father, you are pleased. -with Miss Blanchard, I should judge, by the way yon have kept her to yourself this even- ing." , , "Yes, I am pleased with her," returned the judge. "Ahem, ahem! She is the Most splendidly graceful woman I ever ,eteeteeeteiee cl, Lesteie. I have been thinking latele'that the liel'aueeds a mistress." Lester's heart gave a great julep. It was coming, surely, and he was all ready to throw himself upon Ills father's 'neck and pour otet his gratitude. "Yes, father," said he eagerly. "I bave not thought upon the Matter until recently," pursued the old gentles man with refreshing cooltiesat "but. mak- ing the acquaintance a ellse lielanchard has-eah—ette, race—ires-eturn.ed, my, thoughts inio n new channel, She is a very fine vrestettn, my son, and this even- ing she has eonseatedi to become my wife and your matter?" e Leztee started back with an oath too song to chronicle and burst out of the house. -The next morning he left town and did not return for five years. When he did' sie, he 'found airs. Lucille the mother of twins and the judge pompous and eaPPY, though a little mortified by the fact, that .his wife' had been ,the elaugh- ter' of a washerwoman. But she was very beautiful' and the judge made the best.of her birth. Mr.- Hartley Blanchard was married to Annette, Lester's old sweetheart, and poor Lester, feeling that there was little chaace of his getting much out of his fa- ther's' property, now that the old gentle- man Was raising a -new family, married the Widow Hedge, who had half a mil- lion and was se happy as people in gen- ctal, for how many of us, think you, ever reach the pinnacle of bliss we have dreamed of reaching? --Cleveland Plain Dealer. , Tem eisesseiseves "Is Mr. Butler dead?" asked Queen Caroline of Archbishop Blackburn. "No, maclaria, but he is buried!" So every kind' word we utter, every loving smile, is enwrapped with the divine life. No oee ever saw the grave of a good deed! • Fellow teachers, we are net working for ourselves. We are building for an- other. The master builder will not ac- cept any work that is not clone for hint aml the blessed eternities. Wemust be in sympathy with, Ill111 and develop' his plaps. I have often been struck with n which of ui:n- atilitt,e1,Nvs,at.norati;oct, ecls8oattie,dh iotsifilealeenia.lea.sritdAyernectdo 1Lipilli).neaesnoidyl earnestecopversation they tasked him if lie felt sure that in the course he was "Oh," .said Mr. Lincoln, "that has ..God is working with you?" exclaintecl The clergymen looked up in amaze - am not particular about' it." usual, very kindly received. After Much never cruised nie a momera's thought. I leters waited upon him ,and were, 11.5 pursuing God was working with him. moot. `'Whatl Not particular whether has always eeemed to tneeof much more importance whether I am working with. God."—Joel I.orinan Steele, Teacher and Author. 'elite an Ad-vartetarge. Fire',flee Mao—After all, a dee PiPs has an advantage over all others, Second Ditto—How' e that? First Lazy Man—Well, if you Id it fall on the privenient you needn't trouble about picking it up.—I,ondon 'Pelegrapia, under e 01 relit ins tali eem. "ill'his," lensed the 1)00110 011101 el as he coinnleft•d inessatte—`1,1ns is a far. see' n g clocuimei ." "It ought to be," thought 1110 psivate secirelary; it title I alit 10010 American. 44; THE CITY AN!) THE SEA, in none the city beads a servile knee, proud and scornful on her heightaba sta ds And at her feet the great white mozniN; ,sea Shouldels incessantly the gra)" sold One, the Almighty's child since titno began, And cnoethe might of lla000,l, born of elodo, For all the city is the work of man, 11111(111 the sea is C•od's, And she, between thQ essan and the town, Lies cursed of one ad by the oilier blest, tier staling eyes, her long, drenched hair, her gowrl Sea laved and soiled and dank above her breast. She, image of her God, since life began; Lite, but the might of llornnion, born of clods, fler broken, body, Spoiled and spurned of man, 13ut her sweet soul is God's. —11 Pauline Johnson ("'rekalalonwake") in Zrank Leslie's Popular Itonthly. asee4aellesedeeets-e•e4aSes-te.elesPeaaelesetesee DIAIIOND RIG. 31. QUAD tCOPYRIGHT, 1200, BY 0. s. 1.11W1S. 4.•°..°10'..0444444.04+6411+**4".4":4 If any one had told my friends that I Was possessed of the slightest spark of romance at the age of 45, the informa- tion would haVe been received as a base canard. A bachelor of that age who has drifted about with all sorts of 'People end bumped up against all sorts of adventures is •pretty sure to have had all romance knocked out of him. He thinlss more of his hat than his heart and more of his pipe than the fe- male' sex. Yes, I was a hardheaded, practical man, and ,harthe most beau- tiful woman on earth attempted a flir- tation -with me I slaould have scowled her down. That was the sort of man I was, and I gloried in it, but alas, no !Jean can tell juet wbat day 61 the week he is going to fall over his own feet tend make an ass of himself. On a certain Tuesday I took a train at Elmer Junction for London, and as there were but few passengers I had a compartment to myself. I had been busy with a newspaper for half an hour when I noticed a small package lying under the opposite seat. • I found it a plain pasteboard box and was pre- pared to find a specimen of free chew- ing gum or a new brand of troches in- eide. It was something different, how- ever. It was a lady's' diamond ring I GOT A PECK OF LETTERS. made up of five stones of the purest water, and on the inside were the ini- tials "B. P."The ring was a double hoop of gold and had probably beer • made to order. It was lying loosely It the box, and the box lead,once contain- ed steel pens. I argued that it must have been some careless person who carried a valuable ring around in that fashion and that it had been lost by a passenger who had left the train at the junction. I am only a fairly honest man. My first Idea was to keep the ring to my own profit, but I ren.aeneberecl that I was known to the railway porter and that the In'operty might be traced to nae. Ifenot strictly honest, I am pru- dent; and I therefore gave up the idea of converting the ring. I would hold it for a reward, however. 'That bauble must ha-ve cost at least $000 and was perhaps valued beyond price as a gift. i. figured that I ought to get $100 out of It, and I figured just what I would" do with that extra money. Half an hour later I felt a• curious sensation stealiag over rile: I began to feel sen- timental. I began to connect that dear little ring with a dear little blond hair- ed, blue eyed girl. I got up and kicked myself three times and caned myself a fool, but the feeling did not go away To my astonishment a.nd indignation I found it growing stronger, and before I knew It the grip of rentance had got me by the neck. I was a man of leisure, though I had no great amount of money to my cred- it. I would hunt up the owner of teat ring, and If all things went well I would marry her. I settled mn that n ae I kicked myself again. Com- eme MOO sense told, that I might better fallvein love with the old apple woman at the Waterloo teeteinus, but When romance takes hold CO113E1301) sense has to let go. For a week I watelted all the papers, but the ring was not adver- tised. This seemed to prove to me that the loSer was either rich and indiffer- ent to belt loss or that for some reason the loss had not yet been 'discovered. ,Romance made 'ine, anxious, and 1 therefore went to tbe expense Of adver- tising in five diffeeent papere. 1, simn ply etated that a diamond ring had been found on a railroad train and ask- ed the loser to correspond. Inside of three days 1 vete-deed about 150 letters in reply. 'rimy memo from till ewes of placee and from all sorts of people. l'he number of stones was given all the tvay fl'0131 0110 1:0 ten. and was mentioned. Tbe 150 Writers were not answered ree. 1 Was a bit nettled at this neglect on her paet. She was not "sleeting my romance half wity. I almost every eallrond In the Ideation) alltes and liars, and tlie true loser had advertised a seeond time, tine this time I gave date and day and train. Again 1 got 0 pee o letters, and at least half of them were from people who bad an - A raii,,vilt:0".fli:1';'11 wrote Iteeniug an article Of value fol ewereel bore. ''A'a non describe the ring I was than before, Indeed a was\ the line I had made myself a thiele,t , that he would take great plemsitree,,, seeing me behind the bare. ' I was now in love with the loser of, that rig. aentirnent had a final grin on me, and I got all scats of silly no- tions into my head. I must see the af- fair to the end at whatever cost, and the end must be my marriage with the fair haired Beatrice. That was the he name I gave lier, and I put her age at e,ie 13 \Tithe -tit stooping to reflect that I • was probably as old a man as laer fa- ' tiler. A third crop of advertisements went out. ',Phis time I called It a hoots ring, and I got 200 replies from loser of hoop rings. In sending out the fourth batch of advertising I described the ring With the exception oe the in. tials. The replies ntanbered over 400. , I also got something beyond replies. A. detective followed me to my lodgings ahcl was insulting enough to ask: , "Look Ireee, old man, what sort of a game are you trying to play on ill Pa,bNliocnwelotfh5tohteirt britnisgin?'e'ss,,, 1 replied Ili , My anger at finding 1 bad been dogged. "But It is rny business," he insisted, "I don't exactly twig your lay, but I'll • , have an eye on you for the next few weeks and be prepared to make it bot for you." "If you Want to know who I am, go to Brown & Brown, solicitors." • "I'll find out soon enough without any help teorn them." For half an hour after be heed gone I was too put out to feel much romance, but ae I cooled• off it came gently steal, ing back,,and I was more than ever de- termined to find my unknown` love. With that independence,whicb should characterize the actions of a fairly honest man 1 advertised for the fourth time. This time I asked "B. P." to • communicate with me in ease she had lost anything. There were just 107 "B. P." answers, but among them I select- ed one which appeared to be genuine. This "B. P." had lost a double hoop diamond ring` containing live stones. It had been lost ou n railroad train and was a birthday gift from a dead moth- er. I was asked to call at the cham- bers of a certain solicitor to have the ring further identified. 'There is noth- ing romantic about calling on a Solici- tor. I had been in hopes to be invited to a Sloan square mansion or a grand country seat, and I was disappointed. It was quite possible, howet-ee, that the blond haired heiress would be, at the solicitor's and that all would be well, and so I was ou hand sit the ap- pointed hour. So was a stern faced and aggressive tooking housebolder, to- gether with a slick looking villain whom I at once spotted for a detective and a young woman whose hair was red instead of 'blond. The ring was speedily identified by the stern faced man and red beetled girl. eB. -P." was Bertha Perkins, and her father and her maid were before me. Perkins was a country squire, and on the night pre- vious to my 'fleeing the ring his daugh- ter's jewels had been stolen. The hoop ring was part of the plunder. Of course I was ready to hand ove the ring, but it wasn't to stop there. That red headed timid was sure she recognized me as. the man who Was hanging about the grounds a fewhours • before the robbery, and that •villain of a detective writs only too glad to snap the handcutCs on iny wrists and hurry • inc off to jail. It took me three days to prove myself a respectable character and an alibi. The.y had to give me my liberty, but it was grudgingly done, and the detective said he'd have an eye on me all the rest of my days. The rontance had departed When I was locked up. I came out of jail deter- mined on securing, reparation. Old Perkins had belped the red headed girl to concluee that I was the robber, an'd I went down to hes country seat to re- eeive an abject apology or pull his nose. He not only refused an apology, but threatened to kick me oft` the grounds, and the red headed girl de- clared that I had a cast in my left eye, and by that cast she would swear to me in any court as a man who would not stop at murder. There was one more thing to be cleared up. I wanted to find out about "B. P." herself. Was she the blond haired, blue eyed girl of my dreams, and was she worthy of my love? I load not long to wait. I was tvalleing, from the coluatry seat to the village when a dogcart knocked me down and rolled me all over the road, and the driver halted to call me a tramp and threriten me .with the law. 'fbe driver was "B. P." Her hair was ble.ached, her eyebrows colored ancl ber nose turned up. She had a big mouth, bad teeth aud milky eyes, and when she drove on she whistled like a titan. Courting* In Cf.se.ovot. At night Cordova sle:nps early. A few central streets are still busy with people, but the rest' are all deserted, the houses look empty, there is an al- most oppressive silence. Only here and there no One paeses heedlessly along a quiet street one comes suddenly upon a cloaked figure, with a broad brinuned bat, leaning agahtst the bars of a talus dow, and one may catch through the bars a glimpse of a viwid face, dark hair and a rose (an artificial rose) in the hnir. Not in any part of Spain have I seen ' the traditional Spanish lovemaking, the cloile and bet at the hapred !ow, SO frankly and so delightfully on view. It brines a touch of g0111.11110 ro- tnance which it is alln0St difficidt Ler those who lepow tennie eider!' better than the countries in tvhieh Ille is still 10 its way a serious travesty to take , quite. aeriouely. Lovers' 1010515 011 each Side of the bars of ft Window at night in a leareow street of white houses— that, after nil, and no1 even the mime- Oloris mosque, tnny pteemps be the e most elvid Pecollection tant one brings ei away with one float Cordova,--• eters day Review, toe 12 0051ia//.