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So far this season' wool goods have had
sIse preference, but now as the festive
teason of balls and 'other social Lune -
dons epproaches the demand for silks
for dresses grows hewer. There is and
; can be nothing very novel in silks, for
;everything that is has been and will be
kgain, but natura113,the weavers and de -
'feigners have striven to get some 'new
arraiagemeut of color or twill or other
1 rhe mercerized cettons are produced in
di the designs and colors of plaits silks,
Ind they ttre made up with fiouaces aud
cordiegs and tucke, just like the finest
silk skirts. The short walking skirt hap
brought out an underskirt just 30 Indus
long, and where it is wished to give a
rieli effect at low cost a skirt is made
with the upper part of sonse one ofthe
1011011 SttlifS, and at the bottom there are
slimed two or even three flounces of
iilk. These should be set at the edge
of the hem to the cotton, For just such
uses as skirts: the silk is now water -
moored, and that illatOgb COretS ille
whole list of materials made waterproof
by the cravenelting process. The only
thing I can Mel fault about in regard
to this waterproofing of fabrics is that
it does not seem to have been. thought
ef as a distinct blessing to men.
The bolero or figaro—for it is hard to
tell \Odell some of them are—seems to be
ubiquitous, and every one "is different
from all the rest while still being one or
the other. An 010,?,:ant dinner gown l'oe
some one of one millionaires is nand° all
of white crep0 lisse as to skirt, with the
exception of a shaped back breadth Of
golden brown velvet, which hangs down
ia the back as can better be seen in the
picture than described. The figaro is of
the same velvet, and in front there is a
full blouse effect of the same. Over the
crepe lisse is set a deep flounce of fine
white lace, and that has a full rufile of
chiffon at the very edge. ,Along the
sides and reacbing up over the velvet and
the front of the skirt is a dainty applique
of detached design. The bolero also has
this same kind of trimming all round it
and on the sleeves, which reach but to
the elbow. The neck is finished with a
guimpe of white lisse, and this can be
left off if it is desired to have a more
dressy effect.
As this is now the tine when dinners
and either swell functions are in order, I
will tell or another, 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 'visit 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
BOLERO GOWN.
trifling difference. For instance, there is
the satin regence, which is 22 inches wide,
and this has a surface of extreme solid-
ity and richness with the back of .,,the
fabric quite as handshrae 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 g1r1s will wear it,
the only thing being that for the young
will be for day wear, while for the
cll1r ones it is considered better form. for
eviaing attire, and indeed when it is
ma4o up in all the mcienificenee of the
presient day, with pounds of fine cut jet
she ids arid yards of thread lace and many
er things too numerous to mention, it
is a magnificent affair. The younger wo-
-man has her skirt made plain and ex-
ceedingly stylish, and with it she wears
o separate waist. of some kind, generally
of thin taffetas, with lots of work to
make it costly; then a belt of some
sort of metal or perhaps a ribbon twisted
along the lower part. This foh finish.
The figaro 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 greatest care is
expended in having it so 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 bare 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
steed no other explanation. Only many
BRIDAL DRESSES.
of them are of senehrled lace and thin
silks and panne x v6e.f72-11.11,i41iingethat iiL
dressy in itself. For these waists there
are some spedially designed silks, such as
embroidged, printed warp and braided
taffetas, 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 trimming.
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 different shades
and weights in the panne velours nione.
Colored silk velvet in all the season's
' best shades and black are the best, but
the panne releve, the velours dieroique,
printed panne and the velours reflet and
the velours du nord are all It vogue and
much liked by those who prefer novelty
to durability. Many of these last men-
tioned goods are used to meke blouse
waists. These are as blousy as those
worn by Mrs. Cleveland while she was
the lady: of the White House, and they
were described as the blousiest blouses
that ever were mede. Velutina coulee
In for popularity and makes a better ap-
'pearance than any Of the half silk varie-
For general wear the mercerized elcirta,
are very fashionable and quite es useful.
The mercerization of SO man' cotton
goods so that they look every whit as
well as silk and wear better than silk
for everyday has revolutionized the skirt
ttde, and noW Ito one wears a 011 ekiit
except with a very fine dress where the
wearer expects to see lier dearest enemy,
10
THS UNSUOPES5F1-1i-,
We met them o11 the coninion way;
They passed and gave no sign --
The limes that had lost the day,
The failures, halt
Itanged in a quiet place we see
Their mighty ranks contaM
Figures too great for victoiy,
ileal ta too unspoiled for gain.
Iiero are earth's splendid failures, come
From glolious foughten fields;
Some bear the wounds of combat; some
Are prone upon their shields.
To us that 1i11 do battle. here,
If so in aught &nevelt, ,
Giant, God, a triumph not too dear
Or strength, like theirs, to fall,
—Elizabeth C. Cardoso in Century
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LUC/LletC1°.?4'
- 41/4iad 0 13.,
? %low a Son swas Opposed by Ms
Wather In the Choice of V
ri Wife.
Site took tlie town by etorm.
There Lad never been such an excite-
.
meat in the staid old village of Wil-
liamsburg within the memory of the old-
est inhabitant.
Miss Blanchard ancl her brother Hart-
ley came to Williamsburg for the benefit.
ell Hartley's health, which was feeble.
They took rooms at the Jefferson House
and remained there a -Couple of weeks, at
the end of which time, liking the vicin-
ity so well, they leased Egerton cottage
for a year and removed thither. The
Eigertons had gone to Europe and left
their house, all furnished as it was, be -
bind them, but 11Ir. Starling, the agent,
had refused to let it until the Blauchards
came and captivated him along with the
rest of the townsmen. -
The AV Ilianasbuigeis Isere delighted
with this charming acquisition to their
society, and really, after Lucille had
brightened a half dozen of their parties
and social gatherings with her presence,
or figaro, .with a full vest front of coral it becrune a problem how the place ever
crepe lisse. The high stock is 01 the became tolerable without her.
seine. At the waist there is a wide cinc- I suppose some description of the fair
ture of moss green velvet fastened withsiren is
three very fine buttons. Some of the necessary, though no mere pen
and ink portrait can ever clo her justice.
new buttons are as pretty as jewels. The
sleeves are long and so arranged that ;She was tall and fair, and her bearing
they can be worn with a lining or not. was regal. If she had been born to the
This is handsome enough for a wedding, purple and ermine, she could not have
with the wearer as the chief mourner. borne...N,,herself more royally.
ature turns out about one such wo-
man in the course of a century by way of
showing whet she can do and after that
rests from her efforts and gives 00 wo-
men with pug noses and wide mouth e and
watery eyes, ruid, having seen so little
perfection, we get used to the sham ,and
learn to think it quite tolerable.
Every 'thread of Lucille 13Iancharcrs
heaffwas a rirismed sunbeam, and when
one saw it on her head, undulating,: glit-
tering, curling, over her fair brow 'and
down, her peerless shoulders, he said to
himself that no painter's brush could
ever picture aught so glorious. .ffereYes
were brown, deep as well, end luminous
with feeling an,d shadowed by lashes as
,dark as those which veil the flashing
eyes Of brunette beauties in ;southern
Spain. Her complexion was perfect. No
rouge Or pearl powder combination could
ever hope to rival it, and her sWeet lips
were scarletwed ripe at the wild Meadow
strawberry. She sang with !tare sweet-
ness and 'power, but she never played—R`
piano was too common a thing for a wo-
man of her rare perfection to touch.
1 -ler 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 olcl and is as lovely
in Middle age as in first youth and decid-
edly more dangerous.
All the'young men ha town were deliri-
ous about her. Some neglected the maid-
ens they had hithertothought faultless.
to worship at the new shrine,. Husbands
. made their wives jealous and had to en -
LACE EVENING TOILET. dure long curtain lectures for expressing
Speaking of weddings makes me think their admiration of the brilliant stranger.
of two new brides to be and what they But Miss Blanchrerd's;conduct was ad -
are to wear, and as misery loves company- niirahle, se all the old ladies said. No
perhaps 'eoute other girl may find a hint one could possibly find any fault with it.
in one or the other. One is an innova- She was gentle and courteoue to all, but
f
tion anyhow, being of white cashmere, familiar with none. Among ker adorers
with the cincture belt, the deen'cuff ansi 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. Simetis 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 cashmere is so sofi her, pure and clear as sunlight, but im-
am] suowlilse that it becomes one of tie, .Pervious as an arinow of steel, which
prettiest things imaginable for the pup" warded off familiarity; and set Miss
pose. The dress was not so long as most Blanchard within a magic circle which
wedding gowns,are, but around the hot- nonsne had the boldness to cross.
tom was a six inch flounce headed by two Of all those
who were ready to cast
themselves under her chariot wheel, Les -
orange blossoms and the veil ,meno this
young man's infatuation was something
meet for its purpose. It would make any
bride look sweet and girlish. fearful to, witness, for it tookthe form
The' other dress received its emee almost of madness. ,
beauty from the way In which .the waist : He had been engaged to Annette
was made. To malt., one nee it needs a Morse, a pretty village beauty; previous
skillful dressmaker, and even then she to the advent .01 Miss Blanchard, hut
maeanatike a mistake, and that is fatal. qfter he had felt -the charm of Lucille's
The folds are so placed that they form presence be forgot Annette's existence.
points at the bottom, and the. waist is ' He belonged to a proud family, the old-
; est and most respectably connected pf
pointed, both back and' front. The ma-
terial in this is of taffeta in mat, white, anY in the emintrY. Hathaway Hall, the
and around the bottom are eix, rows of family residence, was. one of the finest
white silk featherbone cording, the same Places in the state, and the wealth and
taste which bad been lavished upon it
as that put around. the bottom 'of the
waists This dress is made with a very and its furnishings 'would have 'built up
a little village of tenement houses.
short trahres The present fancy is to have
,thes,vt511 fall hdek from the face. But No member of the HathawaY family,
the majority of brides prefer that it ever so, remotely , connected, ' had ever
,
shall fall over the face, and so each one comnated a crying Siltor,made,a
misal-
exen'iss's hat,' peerogative of American 'lance, ansi:hedge Hathaway, 'Lester's
father, was very pompous in declaring
thet When his son matiried it must be to
a lady whose birth and breeding were
equal to hie own: ;
The judge was a middle aged, courtly
gentleman, somewhat lofty in his man-
ners anffvery fond of talking of his fam-
ily lineage over a bottle of wipe syllich
was mellowed by time and respectability,
like himself. ,
He hacl been a, widower five ' or six
years, and.Mra• Chariton, the housekeep-
er, was as jealous of the family honor nS
'the master could 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' his plate.
He awaited' his son's ,coming in all the
dignity and state of his wrath and read
hi01 a long lecture on the desperate wick-
edness of his conduct.
"But, father," said 'Lester .when the
old man stopped to breathe, for he was
a little asthmatic and this long speech
acted unfavorably on his wind, "you have
not seen aliss Blanchard and, of course,
are not capable or judging 01 1101' morns.
She is loaely as an angel, and I know
You would admire her lvett should see
he4"have scen 50010 nac 'WOIlleit in my
day," rettirned the judge With digaitye
DAINTY NEGLIGEE,
citizenship and declares her right to, pur-
sue her happiness in her own way, and
that is to have the filmy veil down.
Bouquets are largely a matter of choice,
and all White flowers and orchids in their
carious tints and shapes are renlly the
preferred flowers, but unless one has
the purse of Fortunetus it is just ets; well
to decide that rose, stephanotis and
White carnations or violetare best.
ttesefasef
I`and I nave had the reputatten of being
popular with the ladies, but I neves so
far forgot myself tis a member of the
Hathaway family as to yield to the faSci.
nations of ft nameless adventuress!'
"Father!"
"Do not be wrathful, InY son! 1 inn
only calling her by the name she de.
sseves. She is some poor gist who wents
to catch a tieh husband, and she smiles
on you because she fancies you green
enough—escuse the slang, if you please --
to be deluded by tier arts:,
Lester flung himself out of the room in
a pet, and the judge ordered, his horse
anti went to take an afternoon ride.
Call it fate or whatever you please,
just as the judge was passing Egerton
cottage out rushed a big dog and fright-
ened his horse so that the judge was
thrown, but sustained' no injury beyond
a few, bruises and the demolition of hie
gold rimmed eyeglasses.
Bet the fair mistimes of the cottage
came fining to his side and carried laim
into the house, leaning on her arm, and
stood °Wet hirn with cologne and rose-
water and was so sorry that the dreadful
thing had happened.
"I shall never love Flight again,for it
was my dog that caused the accIcient,"
she said plaintively, with her beautiful
eyes cast down and her scarlet lips macle
up ready to cry. "Dear me! I am so
unfortraiate!"
The judge was charmed out of hinaself.
Ile had been ready to worship the girl
for her bee -ay at the first glance, and her
distress finished the victory.
He took her little, trembling hands in
his and said softly:
"How can I ever be sufficiently grate -
2411 to Flight? For it seems that his
agency has procured me the acquaint-
ance of Miss Blanchard."
He remained at the cottage to tea and
in the evening Lucille drove him 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 cell on a lady. ;And Lester, by
bribing the coachman on his return,
learned, to his infinite amazement, that
his father had actually called at Egerton
cottage and remained an hour, and 1 ur-
theemore that Miss Blanchard had come
out on the piazza withand 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
him so that he would consent to have her
as a daughter, and the young man fully
expected a settlement of ten thousand
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 se4); she with the old gentle-
man that ehe did not give a single dance
to the son. Lester thousdit 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
Pc said:
• "Father, you are pleased with Miss
Blanchard, I should judge, by the way
you have kept her to yourself this even-
in -
"Yes, I am pleased with her," returned
the judge. "ahem, ahem! She is the
most splendidly graceful woman I ever
'IrtWw end, Lester, I have been thinking
elaat the hall needs annistress."
Lester's heart gave a great jump. It
was coming, surely, and he was all ready
to throw himself upon his father's neck
aucl pour me his gratitude.
"Yes, father," said he eagerly.
"I have not thought upon the matter
until recently," pursued the old gentle-
man with refreehing coolnese! "but. mak-
ing the acquaintance off Misi; Blanchard
m racs.---yeA—tuened my,
thoughts inio it new manna. She is a
very fine ;en:kneel, ray son, and this even-
ing she has consented to become my wife
and your enntelerl"
Lactase etartecl back with an oath too
merong,to chronicle and burst out of the
house. The next morning he left town
ancl did not return for five years. When
Pc did so, he 'found 'Mrs. Lucille the
mother ef twins and the judge pompous
and happy, though a little naortifiecl by the
feet that his wife had been .the 'daugh-
ter; ail a washerwoman. l3ut she was
very heautiful, and the judge made the
best of her birth.
Mr. Hartley Blanchard was married
to Annette, Lester' e old sweetheart, and
poor Lester, feeling that there was little
chance of his getting much out of his fa-
ther's property, now that the old gentle-
man was raising a.nesv family, married
the Widow Hodge, who had half a _mil-
lion and was he happy as people in gen-
eral, for how many of us, think you, ever
reach the pinnacle of bliss we have
dreamed of reaching? --Cleveland Plain
Denier.
911hei Veetekees
"Is Mr. Butler dead?" asked Queen
Caroline of Archbishop Blackburn. "No,
madam, but he is buried!" So every
kind' word we utter, every loving smile,
is enwrapped with the divine life. No
one ever saw the grave of a good deed!
Fellow teachers, we are not working
for ourselves, We are building, for an-
other. The master builder will not ac-
cept any work that is not done for him
and the blessed eternities. We must be
in sympathy with him aud develop his
• plans. 1 have often been struck with
an anecdote of President Lincoln which
illustrUes tide A compeny of min-
isters waited upon hina and were, as
usual, very kindly receieed. After much
earnest' conversation they asked him if
Pc felt sure that in the course he was
Pursuing God was working with Min.
"Oh," said 'Mit Lincoln, "that has
never caused tile a moment's thought. I
am not particular about it."
The clergymen looked up in amaze-
ment. "What! Not particular whether
tGboody. is working with you?" exclaimed
"No," said the martyred president. "It
has always seemed to me -of much more
importance whether I am working with
God." -L -Joel Dorman Steele, Teacher and
tiatin Ad:Varttage.'
First Lazy Man -7 -After all, a clay pipe
' has au advantage over all others.
Seeond Ditto—How's that?
Flrat Lazy Man -:-Well, if you let it fail
on the pavement you needn't trouble
about picking item.—London Telegraph.
lliiifley Clio circumstances.
noised the public official as be
compictnd 1111 ine-isage--"tlits is a fan
secin-, 0 omen en t ,"
"II ought to PC,'' !lime -lit the pievate
vemetnrse "it has I'm enough." aalti
more Allietiettli•
THE CITY AND THE SEA.
ne none the city bends a servile knee.
Purse proud and scornful on her heights
&lid at her feet the great white inoatjag heft
Shouldeis incessantly the Clay gold sAnds.
One, the Almighty's child since timo began,
And onettbe might of Mammon, born of clods,
For 111 the city is the work of twat,
Bi all the sea is God's.
And silo, between the ocean and the town,
Lies cursed of one and by the other bleat,
Her staring eyes, her long, du:ached hair, her
gIwo
Sett laved asd soiled and dank above her breast.
She, image ot her Cod, since life began;
Life, but the might of leannnon, born of clods,
Res broken body, Spoiled and spurned of man,
i3ui her sweet, soul, is Cod's.
—E. Pauline Johnson ("Tchahlonwske") in Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly.
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31. 971,A.15.
OOPYRICIWP, 1100, Br C. B. LEINV1S.
If any one had told my friends that I
Was possessed of the slightest spark of
romance at the age of 40, the informa-
tion would have been receleed as a
base canard. A bachelor of that age
who has drifted about with all sorts of
People and 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 bis
heart ad more of his Pipe than the fe-
male sex. Yes, I was a hardheaded,
practical naan, and ,liad 'the most beau-
tiful woman on earth attempted a flir-
tation with tam I should have scowled
her down. That was the sort of man I
was, and I gloried in it, but alas, no
man can tell just what day of the week
he is going to fall over his own feet
and 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-
side. It was something different, how-
ever. It was a lady'e diamond ring
s."
---seses...,s-St hem-- sesneenweh- se -s •
I GOT A PE01 OE 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 le
the box, and the box had,once contain-
ed steel pens. I argued that it must
have been some Careless person who
carried a valuable ring around ID 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 preflt, but I remembered that I
was known to the railway porter and
that the property might be traced to
me. Itsnot strictly honest, I am pru-
dent, and I therefore gave up the; idea
of converting the ring. I would bold it
for a reward, however. That bauble
must have cost at least $600 and was
perhaps valued beyond price as a gift.
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
etealing over me: I began to feel Sen.
timen tal. 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 called myself a
fool, but the feeling did not go away
To tny astonishment and indignation I
found it growing stronger, and before
I knew it the grip of romance 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 built up the owner of that
ring, and II all things went well I
would Marry her. I settled -ou that
even as I kicked myself again.. COM'
mon sense told um that I might better
fall lu love with the old apple woman
at the Waterloo terminus, but when
romance takes hold COLIIMOD sense has
to let go. For a week I watched all
the papers, but the ring Was not adver-
tised. • This seemed to prove to me that
the loser was eitber rich and indiffer-
ent to her loss or that for some reason
the loss had not yet been discovered.
Romance made inc anxiou,s, and I
therefore went to the ONpORSO of adver-
tising in five different papers. I sim-
ply stated that a diatimild ring had
been Lound on a railroad train and ask-
ed the loser to correspond.
InSide of three days 1 reeeiVed about
150 letters in reply. They Caine from
all sorts of places and from all sorts of
people. The number of stones was
given all the way from one to ten, and
alineSt every ra 111`011.(1 ln the kingdoro
was mentioned. The 150 Welters were
'alias and liars, and 111(4 true loser had
uot answered ine. I was tt bit nettled
at this neglect on her part. She W418
110t meeting my romance ball way. I
advertised a second time, and this time
gave date and day and train. Again
1 got a peek of letters. and at Meet half
of them were from people who had an.
severed before. Ae none of them could!
deecribe the ring I as no better Oft
than before, Indeed I was Vi'oro OIL1
A railway ()linemi
al wrote
e that n
keeping an artiele of value fotilld en
the line I had made myeelf a thief mad
that he woeld take reatpioasure in
seeing me behind the bars.
I 'was now in love with the loser of
that ring. Sentiment had a firm ,grip
on me, and I got alI sorts of eilly no
tions into my head. 1 must see the af-
fair to the end at whatever cost, and
the end must be my marriage with Liao
fair haired Beatrice. That was the
name I gave her, and I put her age at
13 without stopping to reflect that I
was probably as old a man as her fa-
ther. A third crop of advertisements
went out. This time I called it a hoop
ring, and I got 200 replies from losers
of hoop rings. In sending out the
fourth batch of advertising I described
the ring with the exception of the ini-
tials. . The replies numbered over 400.
I also got something beyond replies. se
detective followed me to my lodgings
and was insulting enougia to ask:
"Look here, old man, what sort of a
garae .are you trying to play on that
public with that ring?"
"None of your business," I retailed lei
my anger at finding I had been dogged.
"But It is my business," be insisted,
di don't exactly twig your lay, but I'll
have an eye on you for the next few
weeks end be prepared to make It hot
for you,"
"If you want to know who I am, go
to Brown & Brown, solicitors."
"I'll find out soon enough without
any help from them."
For half an hour after he had gone I
was too put out to feel much romance,
.but as I cooled off it came gently steal'
ing back, and I was more than ever ,de.
terutined to find nay unlsnown love.
With that independence -which should
characterize the actions of a fairly
honest man I advertised for the fourth
time. Tide time I asked "B. P." to
communicate with inc in case she had
lost anything. There were just 107 "B.
13." answers, but among them I select-
ed one sylaich appeared to be genuine.
This "B. P." had lost a double hoop
diamond ring' containing five stones.
It had been lost on a 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 tomantIc 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 dieeppointed.
It was quite possible, however, that
the blond haired 'heiress would be at
the solicitor's and that all would be
well, and so I was on hand at the ap-
pointed hour. So was a stern faced
and aggressive looking householder, to-
gether with a slick looking villain
whom I at once spotte.d for a detectivei
and a young woman whose hair was
red instead of bloncl. The ring was
speedily identified by the stern faced
Mall and red headed girl. !`13. Pe' was
Bertha Perkins, and her father and
her maid were before inc. Perkins was
e country squire, and on the night pre-
vious to my finding the ring his daugh-
ter's jewels bad been stolen. The hoop
ring was part of the plunder.
Of course I was ready to hand ave
the ring, but it wasn't to stop there.
That red headed maid was sure she
recognized me as. the man who was
hanging about the grounds a few hours
before the robbery, and that villain of
a detective Nt'llS only too glad to snap
the handcuffs an nay wrists and hurry
rne off to jail. It took nae three days to
prove myself a respectable character,
and an alibi. They had to give me my
liberty, but it was grudgingly clone,
and the detective said he'd have an eye
on nae all the rest of my days. The
romance bad departed When I was
locked up. I came out of jail deter-
mined on securing reparation. Old
Perkins had helped the red headed girl
to conclude that I was the robber, and
I went down to his country seat to re-
ceive an abject apology or pull his
nose. Fle not only refused an apology,
but threatened to kick nae off the
grounds, and the red headed girl de -
dared 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 tblug to be cleared up. I wanted
to find out about "II. P." herself. Was
she the blond haired, blue eyed girl of
my dreams, and was she worthy of my
love? I bad not long to wait. I was '
walking from the country seat to the
village when a dogcart knocked me
down and rolled me all over the road,
and the driver halted to Call nae a
tramp and threaten me with the law.
'rile driver was "B. P." Her hair was
bleached, her eyebrows celorecl and her
nose turned up. She had a big mouth,
bad teeth and milky eyes, aucl when
she drove on she whistled like a mall.
courting Yu ce.rdovet.
At night Cordova sleeps early. A
few central streets are still busy with
people, but the rest' are all deserted,
the 'muses lools empty, there is an al-
IDOSt oppressive silence. Only here and
there as one pfteses heedlessly along a
quiet street one comes suddenly upon
cloalsecl figure, with a broad brimmed
bat, leaning against the bars of a tvin-
dow, and one may catch through the
bars a glimpse of' a laved face dark
hair and it roee (an artificial roeel in
the hair.
Not in any Part of Spain have I seen
the traditional Spanish lovemaking,
1110 cloillt and bat at the barred win-
dow, so frankly and so delighthilly ofi
view. It brings a toncil of genuine ro-
Mane° vs.:hied) it is almost diflieult for
those who li:now comic opera better
than the countries In which liPe is stlii
in its way a serious travesty to Lake
quite seriously. Lovers' faces on each
Ode of the bars of a winclosv at night
in ft narrow street of white houses—
that, after all, atid not even the inirrie-
alous mosque, mny perhaps be the
most vivid recollection tlint one Menge
itway whthi otie froze Cordovas—Satur-
day Ideviear,