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A GEV AULD WIFE.
A littio old woman Nrith soundless shoon
, And a heatt as hard as flint,
In the light of the sun and the glint of the moon
lier looks are as white as lin,
xllackcilt youth, ,and she, flouteth love,
For a goy auld wits is she,
And the sands beneath 011(1 the stars above
Were new in hos memory.
She tuucheth the rose, and it falls apart; •
The otonc, and it crumbles away,
But never a tear to her eye shall start,
This spirit of yesterday.
For this little old woman the sphinx he11014`
When the dawn of the world was bright,
This little old woman \Vila came from eld
Ere the Lord made day and night.
She °respell about in her soundless sh00%
She singeth a ,dreary rhyme,
And the Mitions drowse to her eerie rune,
For the gey auld wife is Time.
--Margaret E. Sangster in Harper's Bazar.
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. THE ) ME1.E0) ' DIIIIMOND
i How It Was Recovered by a
•
Detective. '
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It was the night of Nov. 4, 1890,, as
Mr. David Allen sat blue penciling
,.•••-• some proof sheets,when there came a
ponderous thud that -to him seemed
just under the window. It shook the
whOle house, and when he looked out
of the window he saw that something
had made a deephole in the garden.
The next clay he dug up a small Me-
teor. It was a most formidable look-
ing piece of metal, It contained at the
surface a small crystal. • .
. The stoue in , size and hape resem-
bled the egg o, a rock pigeon, but in
•color it was watery, with just a tinge
of yellow. Mr. Alien wrapped it up in
tissue paper, placed it in a box and call-
ed on the scientist: to ask his opinion.-
Dr. Ileford said it was a leopardite—
. . . .,
a mineral, lie said, found always in a
,
, crystallized condition—and talkeda.bout
, lateral planes, oblique •prisms, •trans-
' lucent edges and wound up by giving
the component parts of this wonderful
• -atone and its specific gravity. ' a
"Is the stone of any value, Dr. Res.
ford?" Allen asked. ,
"Well, scientifically, yes; •intrinsica.1-
ly, no. ' But before returning, it I
would like to make a further and more
•* exhaustive inquiry into the chemieal
,
parts of it."
"Certainly, Dr. Reford: •Keep it as
long as you wish." Then Allan went
borne.
• He thought no more about it until
his friend Sones,asked:
"What have you done with the peb-
ble, Allen?" '• • , ,
"Oh, I tookit to a local doctor who
-
dabblesa bit in ecience."
Did •13e tell you what it was? I'll
tell you why I ask. • Do you remember
. Clayton' or Yale? •Well," no matter.
He's a wonderfully- smart chap. I saw
him absolutely make a diamond a ,few
— isoeCits. baelts• ,He explained •that • the
pinhead he ,p`Soduced Was or the first
water and that wheii electricity was
better • known diamonds would be as
cheap as they are now dear. He placed
a few nietals and other Ingredients in-
to o crucible and then polled the lot up
by the aic.1 of a powerful electric cur-
rent, with tile result I've told you:
Now, Clayton says if he could only get
an ocicl hundred or thousand degrees,
I forget `syhicb, More heat he could
make a tliamoud as big as a hen's egg.
Despite all efforts of Allen. to dispel
the thoughts conjured up by Jones' re-
marks the wetter would recur. Ile
tried to laugh it away, but to no avail,
• so he walked over to Dr. - Ilefercrs to
•'ask for the pebble's return.
The doctor was la and disengaged. -
"Well I\Ir. Allen. I have dissolved
tratthe.t stone. It was'nothlug more than
Olass." Dr. Rellord showed Allen a
wiltle necked vial with some whitish
liquid ha it and beneath W11, leh was a
small ridge of green sediment. .
• -. "There," said he, "is all ,that'is left
• 'Of your treasure, Mr. Allen:"
Allen was disappointed in not having
the pebble to keep as a memento. He,
however, said it couldn't be helped. •
"Pll tell you what I will do, Ale. Al-
len. Pll soltdiry that sediment so that
you may lia,ve something to remind you
ef your midnight visitor." -
1 Allen jumped at the offer and left,
•' contented.
About a week after this 'Dr. Reford,
acconaPanied by , .a youngish looking
man, called upon Allen.. The doctor
' Introduced the youngish looking man
as Dr. Smith. Ile said Dr. Smith was
going to take charge of. his Practice
while he voyaged to Europe.
' The next day a ,e,-eutlemanly in.divid-
ual called to see Mr. Allen on urgent
business.
"aly nava° is John Westlock," said
he, "and I'lla a detective', seat to you
under Instrki,7 from Mr. Alberti
•gtee...e.eirrin .0' yours." t
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od beftvens,•rausa, -- ' tip-fe
'fording to Mr. Tones, sir, a few
q back you had a Meteor fall in
,
a, rden," -• '
id. What then?"
I sent a pebble It contained to a
1 doctor named Reford for exam-
' "Ceetaluly." ,
"Well, sir, the day before yesterday
' this doctor called upon Mr. Clayton,
the eminent scientist; and explained
that the ineteor fell in his garden and
that he found tbe'pebble. Mr. Clayton
examined It and found It to be a most
valuable, dianiond. A few minutes aft-
er the doctor left n -lis Clayton's house
your friend, Mr. Jones, Cal ed and was
' fold the story about tbe meteor. He
•
•
was sittiSlied that somehow this doctor
, had got the pebble.frout you and had
deceived you, Of course it's. your , af-
fair, thy advice lsworth any-
thing go and get -what lie says • le
aid that rental/1S of your pcd)ble,".
• TO this Mr. Allen agreed., •
. Together they journeycYji to Pr, :Re -
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, , •
fOrd'S Atiti Were. somewhat surprised
'when not the doctor, but the houSe-,
keeper, cam° to the door.
"Oh, Mr. Allen, is it you, sir? I'm so
glad to see yoti! Things is In an aw-
ful moss. 'Afore any of us were up thin
morning that Mr. Smith—or Dr. Smith
(contempttionslY)— leaves the` house.
Soon •atter the mitster was PP tiler°
was an awful row. He SWOOO he'd
been robbed, and when he heard as
this Smith man had gone I thouglit he
vvas going mad, sir; indeed I did. Ile
raved round the place like a regniar
luny and then ran to the tailroad sta-
tion."
•1•1•. Allen had no difficulty in obtain-
ing the vial, but Westlock learned uoth-
Mg at the'station. There had not been
a, single passenger either to arrive or
depart. 'nese two doctors seemed to
have vanished completely.
The green sedinient was analyzed,
proved to be nothing but copperas in
'Solution, and with that solitary piece
of inforamtion the police and all con-
cerned in the matter liad to be content.
Allen had almost forgotten about his
pebble, when NVestlocK, the detective,
called again.
tilr. Westlock, any news?"
asked Alden, somewhat surprised.
"rye got your .diamond, Mr. Allen.
As no outside news was obtainable, I
came to the conclusion that there had
been some foul play, and for the last
fortnight I've been searching the
neighborhood, and met with success
this morning. Both doctors' bodies
were lying in Meridon quarries bidden
among a lot of'understrowth. To nie it
• •
Is clear, Dr. Reford must have seen
Smith biding or seeking shelter, and
the two must have had a struggle on
the'cliff and in their f.reuzy have fallen
over." ,
Allen took the pebble and examined
it and deelared it was the one he had
extreeted from the meteor. Ile said he
wanted to sell it at Once. It was de-
cided that he should run up to toWn
and if possible dispose of it. Allen had
provided himself with plenty or work
to occupy hini during the journey and
was onit,e absorbed in it when a •band.
somely dressed woman entered the
compartmeut wherein he sat. This
rather disconcerted hint, for he smoked
heavily. The train was again. in mo -
,tion, when .the door was suddenly
opened and an elderly gentlemanssturn
bled in.
Ten minutes later, without any warn -
Ing, the elderly gentleman stood up,
covered Allen with a revolver, and -islet
m ended.. the d iamond.
,
"Don't move, „my good sir, or you'll
find yourself perforated with a chunk
of lead, and you, madam, had better
keep quiet also, as the threat, I am
sorry to say, must extend to you. You
see, our friend there has in his pos--
session a diamond worth nearly half a
million of mondy, and we don't pick
uP» fortunes like that' every day •of the•
"Now, then, slit -hurry up; I can feel
the train is slowing up, and 1 'mist
skip out lively,, you bet. Don't get out
. • —
your precious* diamond hurrietny , or 1
may think you mean mischief, and pull
this trigger. That's the ticket, slow
and sure. Thank you; just place it on
tbe seat here. m much obliged: Ah,
the train' is slowing up nicely. Give
my regards to Inspector Westlock, will
you, and tell him only for his untiring
efforts our little, gang would, never
have got this plum. Smith got the
doctor fooled, but made a mess of it.
Good evening, madam."
All smiles and contentment, the eld-
erly gentleman got ready to "skip."
The train was running into the station,
and still covering Allen, he tried to
open tbe door, but it was stiff aiad ne-
cessitated his stooping awkwardly,
and, of course, removing his "bead"
from Allen. The handle went click,
and 'when the elderly gentleman, lookea
round, his face was a picture.
"alove and you're dead," said in a
vole,e that unmistaltablY meant it.
•
To Allen's titter astonishment it was
the lady passenger, who was standing
and leveling two' Inisinesslike revoiv-
,
ers -at [he elderly gentleman.
"Drop that revolver: on- the floor be-
fore. I .count five or t.fire. One, two,
three, four"--- • -
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The revolver -was:-, dropped on the
.aarriage• floor; •••-•
The lady, passenger thereupon walk-
, . , ,
ed up to the -man, one re,volver dea.d set
_
all the tiine, and calmly slipped' on
handcuffs just as the train came to a
standstill.. • •
'The mart ,was walked off into cos-
,todyOtlie lady and Allen following.
"You don't reCognize me, Mr. Allen?"
the lady asked.
."No—I'm sure. 1 don't." ,e•'••
"Myenaine is Westlock--ajohn West -
"Well!" was,all MreeAllen could say.
, "Yes, sir -4, got, thy; cue the day but
n • ,
one- tat,nat ye,eterdtiy. I saw out' gent
there, hut he didn't spot me in the togs
of 'a farm laborer. The rest was easy,
although- 1 should hike to find out who
Smitli really was."—Boston Traveler.
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A kineleo,lione ceinelatenee. '
Edgar Pemberton tells the following
amusing- anecdote' of a rather startling,
not to say brusque, coincidcmce that
once befell Mr. NV: S. Gilbert' arid Mr.
John, ll'are, the well known manager.
"Rehearsals," writegr.: Peniberton,
'are enough to irritate a saint. ,When
Ma•Gilbert's 'Brolcen Hearts,' in which
' Mrs. Kerdal played Lady Vartir, was
in coureed of preparation at the Court
theater, he and Mr. Hare so differed ris
to the way ,in which a certain scene
should be presented that to prevent an
ontbrealt!,eitch at the Sallie mornent and
With011t ft WOOd to one another reset Veil
to leare the Stage. As every one
Sloane Square station is' close
to the Conit,theater, and in a few' trio,
ments .indignauf,author and tie;
annoyed manager, bent on getting
away from each other, found theni.
selves' face to face in an otherwise
empty railway ebeapartinen.t. The lot-•
mor el' the, situation ,of coura.e saved
lt."—Mainly About People, .
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Jao
IN rli
A f -Garr' 3I-41"he Tsame,' sayS N
pullin myself RADReps„
' 41-1* —"
,
HAD A KEG OF MOONSHINE IN HIS
ARMS WHEN HE, MET A BEAR.
What Followed and the con.eduelon
Ife Reached When the Trouble Was
All Over Are Grapialettlly 'Vold by
tile Old Possont Holster nitrogen.
iCopylight, 1900, by 0. 0, Lewis,J
"1 was recionin to go In with ealue
of the rnen on a inoonshine still," said
tile old possurn 1rtintel3, "but the old
woman raised s'cli a fuss about it that
I had to give it up. Sloe jest sullfed
and cried and acted up fur a hull week,
and she couldn't sleep nights fur thinit-
in of thein revencw fellers. 'Wheti
they got the still runnin, they Wanted
somebody to cart•y the kegs over the
mount'in to market, and they coaxed
me into the job. It was a trip of to'-
teen miles, 1111(1, of co'se, it had to be
made at aloha I tlasto't let the elcl
man know what I was doin, but as 1
had to her an excuse to be out I told
her I was coon huntin. I'd hin out
'three or 50' nights when she turns on
" about them coons, Zeb'?
v
Yo'e bin out every night 'since Sun-
day, bat yo' hain't dun brung hack a
coonskin!
" 'Coons, is mighty shy tb 10 time of
year,' sayS I. •
" `Oh, that's it! Coons jest keep right
;tie 51101 says;
away» from 'yo', do they:.?' »
,
" 'Pears lilce they do; •hut 103» hopin
to StrIlc-c: 0 big lot of 'em all to Once.'
" Zeb White, yo',niind what I
tell Yo',' says slie as site. loolts straight
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191110 lIP Ad'IN S IETNTHIN IN TEE DARKNESS,
through me. 'Yo' jest keep right on
coon huntin, and aro'll find a coon soon-
er or later, and it'll turn out a mighty
bad find fo' yo'.'
'Tben 1 knowed she s'pected what I
was up to, but as she didn't say nuthin
mo' I didn't.. That night when I went
over to the still I felt a little skittish.
Tile old W.Olnan'S words had kind, of
skeered me. Them revenaw fellers eves
'-
around lookin fur stills, and I was lia•
ble to run across'eni in the woods any
time. If they ketched rne with a keg
of moonshine on my' shoulder, it meant
a Year in, prison» fur me fur suah.
When Jim Harper » found I was skit-
tish, he says:
`If it's got to that p'int whar Zeb
White, the celebrated b'ay killer and
Possum hunter of Tennessee, has be-
come afraid of rabbits, then he'd better
stay home of nights and --play cheek -
"Then Bill Hope chips in and says it's
wonderful that a man who has killed a
wildcat with a club should be afraid of
woodchucks. "l'he other' two men
laughed at me and» said I was' gittin
old and feeble, and, of co'se. the talk
elled me and made me determined to
go. » It was about 10 o'clock when 1
slunga keg of moonshine on my shoul-
ders and sot out. » -It wasn't a cloudy
night, but a mina wanted tbe eyes of a
cat to foller the paths over the hills
and through tbe bresh. I tried to think
it was all right, but the old, wonan'S
words kept comin back to me, » and I
felt my knees grow weak as I scuffed
along.. I was jest about half way over
the hills and had sof down to rest when
I heard a b'ar sniffin in the bresh. The
noise he made was a sort of sniff -snuff,
with a woof at the end of it. That s
the way a b'ar allus does •when he
smells a man at night.
"'Look yere, Zeb White,' says I to
myself as that War kept comin nearer,
yo' ain't in a scrape then I'll eat
nay butes. In the. darkness and over
these bills yo' .can't run fur shucks,
arid how yo'.gwine to fight a b'ar bare-
lianded?'• , • ,
"Yo' bet I wished 'I had heeded' 1:110
old women, but it Was too late then. 1
thotight the best way was to git up
and go, along and.,,give that vainuint a
cold bluff.. but I wastrenibliii all over
•
as I made forward. I tried 10 whistle,
but my lips was dr.y asr,Pallen 1 start-
ed to sing, but lily own voice skeereSi
1)10.. I was IIIOViU along slow aliI 1
,
op -
in the b'ar would take the bluff when
run up stinting in the darkness.
1 putout my 11101111 arid felt the fur of a
I
b'ar, but I 'hadn't ruore'n teched hire
wlien sulithila hit inc goligsicie tide tread,
'and 1 u,ont head, over heels down hill
ftic1 into the b.ushes, -It was as if a,
n) 110 had Itielied me on the ear, ,alicit I
had jest•sense•'nulf to wonder how it
wOult1 feel w•hen 1110 critter begun to
te!tririe, to 'pleceS. heard him Snutlin
a,m1 snufliit arid' movin around, but lie
didn't come•to,Me, and binieby I heercl
him aWay.
"When I' went head over heels, I leet
IDe keg 1 "ilidn't stop to look Inc it
w-Isett 1130 b'ar tu v I re. buS I etawieti
tacit to the path» and started off. • I was
ft:elin the tha,tiltftilest mail la T,ennes-
e00, » 1:116tigh iny bead felt • as big, as a,
Ino 11, when somebody grabbed rue find
fleshed a light in iny face, rl'itue rte
ou live, I lied ruu ag'in three' reve-
tv fellers NV110' wais» It'dill and waltili
ru'r the. » • »;
"i 'Gond. °Venni,/ Zeb White; Said 0.11,0
of 'em as they made 50011 It was rite.
,
1
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set
,
together as hard as I could,
" 'Out fur a leetle wall- tills evenhar
" 'I be.' ,
evenin te walk. Alebbe yo've
bin. pickin wild flowers'? Ry the way,
whar's the' keg of inoenshlue?'
"I jest bhiffed 'Qin right down," said
the Old man, with a irim smile. "Ae
the keg was gone 'and they » couldn't
tech me, I wasn't afraid to talk. They
threatened and bulldozed, but I stuelt
to it that, I was lookin fur coons, and
they ditsul hold un o Biniebv 1 stacted
tor liome. I was mighty narviis about
mo' tfars, but 1 g,ot Imam without see-
m any. The old woman was sittin 1-11)
readin the Bible, and she leolts up arid
quietly says:
" 'Wye home ahead of time, Zeb. Is
coons skeerce tonight?'
" 'Mighty streerce.. '
" 'Dias& see any 'tall
" 'I jest met one.'
"'1 see yo' did, and ho fetched yo'
that clip on the ear and sent yo'
home. I reciconed yo'd meet tip with
a coon if yo' kept on. , Better Wash off
the blood anti rub in some pOSS11111'S
fat.'
"And while 1 was doin it," said the
old man th whisper7 "I heard the old
- - • ,
woman gigglin softly to herself and
bobbin around 10 her'eheer. 1 clasn't
ax her no questions, laeltase I'd made
a fool of myself, but do yo' know syliat
•
I've allus thought? Say, now, but I
believe that b'ar In the path was ,my
old woman! YeS, sah, I believe she
put on b'arskin we land in the house
and sneaked out into the vitoods to
meet tne, and when 1 got close up to
her elm fetched me a whdck with a
club. I dun believe it, sub, but as it
saved me from them revenew feller -4
and state's prison I was much obletaged
to her and didn't raise no row." •
QUAD.
THE SCHEME WORKED.
A Seherse by Which Ilrovrit Quieted
Wife's
To be »perfectly holiest. Brown gloe,s
not go »to his (3-rlewold street office
every night that he tells Ids \vire be
is going there. The lousiness -winch he
says is pressin» is frequently- imagi-
nary and the nian whom he is going
to meet does not exist. Lle » belongs
to a club, and clubs have their attrac-
tions. I -Ie thought that his wife was
growing suspicious, and Brown ,is re-
sourceful. »„:
On the evening in question, as the
lawyers wouldsay, he told her that
there was a matter of business tam,
could not possibly. be deferred until the
next day. About 9 o clock. she anewer-
ed the 'phone and Was asked if Brown
wa.s_at home, aud she replied that he
was at his office.
"Guess not,” was the alarming re-
sponse. "I was just down there and
alb leoked dark"
She rang off viciously, if »women ever
do such .things, ordered a coupe, told
the driver to go as fast as the ordi-
nance allows, kept »taking On temper as
ae went and flew up stairs to the
office as though a: rnouse were in hot
pursuit. » » Her husband met her smil-
ingly, islstod» that she had given him
a delightful surprise, put his easiest
chair near the light, »hande»d her a pa-
per and apologized » for » having to, re-
.
slime work that would possibly keep
him till 3. » She could.not explain, she
cduld /10t keep awake, she was asham-
ed of herself, and after lamely telling
ldm that she had dreamed tha.t sva
ill she left. s
In ten minutes lie was at the club
and shook bands with a man who smil-
ingly asked if the scheme worked.
He feplied that it was as good as ready
-money »hior at least 00 clays, and then
each boug'nt a stack of» chips that pass
In the night. ,
it» King's Peas of lAromait's Beauty.
Charles XII of Sweden feared only
one power in the world, the power of
beauty; »oniy a handsome woman could
boast of making him quail—she put
bini to Iligiot » He said: "So many ,he-
roes have succumbed to the attractions
of a beautiful face!. Did not Alexan-
der, my pet, burn a town to please a
ridiculous adventuress? I » want my
life to be free from such weakness;
history /oust not find such a stain upon
lb" '
He was told one day that a young
-girl lied come to sue for justice on be-
half of a blhatl octogenarian father
maltreated by sold' ts » The first in-
clination of the king., a strict clis,c1plina-
dart, was to rush » straight to the plain-
tiff, to hear the details of the mislle-
it -manor for himself but Suddenly stop-
ping he asked, "Is she good looking?"
And being assured 'that she was both
very 'young ',and untinuallY lovely, he
sent tvord that, site must Wear a veil,
Otherwiso,be wood() not listen to -her.
, Tbe 1'Onti,o114.1,
The Presbyterian Ile -View tells, of a
Scottish 1/11111Ster selio, reminded, the
.
Lort1 in a. nrayer, "Poi'', as tliop know'
•est,.1.11011 dO not gather grapes oc thoi.t-ie •
nor figs of the national emblem." '
This i elle,tte ic hienee. to» the this-.
tle as tile national einbleln of Scotland
Is ,deliciolis," says The Review, "but
how 1 ssould have surprised the writ -
the
, e • - ,
ers of foul' °•oe9nIs!"
, • ,
Ittiesed.
"It's always dangerous to jump at
conclusions," said the careful trlan.
"You're liable to nitrite yourself ridicm•
bus, to say the least. '
"That's rie•lit," replied the • Jersey
, ,
combInter, "I jumped at the
ponpltb-
51011 Of a fertarbeat ollee• fitid missed
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110 rafildropts fell each, drop e living soul
Joyfully they left their cloud liome
Rushing dosvnwatti through the unknown
And some fell on the parched ground
And gave theit; new life to the grass,
And some into Stalgtir, sooled rivers, 51(1
V/Ure, 011,1 with 000111;
46 001110 into' laufJ1111/g strcams 4n4danc"
11 m
thr lives throti,g
h, ,
Aild some into the deep, wild ocean. '
And seine into atenant qUiCi4 6fOu1ed
raindropo.
and when they were tlked the wind stooped down
aod tti 11 ii.intliops 1001110.
---1Lozaret ercwoli in Lippincott's.
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Inie'news and the desseu't» were serv-•
id simulfaneonsly.
"By George, if I hadn't nearly for-
gotten'," » rinoth Stafford 1)ere. ,He rum-
mag-eil in au inner pocket.
"Can't find the letter. Must have
left it at the otlice. Anyhow, it's from
my cousin, Godirey Chester"-
3`;,I•ow, Henry," interrupted the inild
voice of ItirS, Stafford 'in amused ex -
pustulation, i.`,,v1),y will you keep tip
that 51010011 about the consinship? It is
mythical, and you know it!"
"It's eel -ninny remote," co-uctided the
bean -ling paterfamilias at the opposite
end of the table, but there once was
a relationship—a long time ago, I ad -
10311. But Chester and I have traced
antil we Sound Lle's a good
fellow, Chester. I've always been -erg--
ing him to manage that our young peo-
ple may become acquainted. He writes
that » his (laughter 'will paSs through
Chicago toinorrotv, 011» the way to New
York, and will spcind 0» 'feta days with
us. He» says lie wishes one of my fain-
ily would ineet her. Mess may soul,
here's the letter after all!" He put »on
his spectacles and read aloud: "You
can't inistalt-e he'.» She's a curly head-
ed little girl in a gray gown» and a hat
with gray feathers. » She's' a nice child,
and r11 be glad to leave her meat your
youngsters.There!"
nA: child!" groaned Ralph, who -was
22 and studious.
He swallowed his cafe noir at a gulp
and rose disgusteally. '
"Youngsters, indeed!" cried Dick dis-
dater:ally. "Does he take us forkin:,
derga rtnere ?" -
Ross, who was the eldest, smiled in
quite a•superior and disinterested fash-
ion. FIEi boasted a »flourishlng nus'
tache. He was studying law. Plainly
the subject had no interest for him.
"But one . of you, must meet the
child!" cried the head of the house.
"You'll go, Ralph?"
"Can, t sir g
I na doing an article on
the architecture of the tenth eentur.y.
It takes a lot of research. » I'll -be all
nording» 111 the Newberry', library."
Henry Stafford, ifuge of girth, roseate
of visage a.nd twinkling of eye, turned
-» his face imploringly toward his,young-
est son. » » » » » •
"You, D' k 9"
"Got a golf match•em Can't make it,
sir." •
'"Dear, dear! If your sister were only
-
at home"-- •
"She'll be back tomorrow afternoon,"
put in Mrs. Stafferd, » » •
‘"But the little girl gets here » in the
morning. She must be inet. She is
free) a comparatively small. tOWD. She
'Would be quite bewildered were she to
find herself atone la Chicago."
He sent the good looking young fel-
low- with the mustache an appealing
glance
"I wonder now, Ross if you"—
Ross laughed leniently. ."You poor,
perplexed old chap! Yes, I'll see that
the hill gete h»ee'e all riett!" •
ft`G• ondl"- saidHenry Stafford, with P.
sigh of relief. » "Good!" '
But when the western train disgorg-
ed its » jostling multitude in,the• Union
depot the following, morning Ross Staf-
ford, standing close by the iron gates,
Sound that he had undertaken a task-- of
greater magnitude than he had at the
time imagined. 'There was such a crush
of people stout and thin tall and short,
b'ts anci little There were children—
processions of' them. But the,y alt
1 seeindd to belong to the folks who bit -
dell them along. Never a glimpse could
i he catch of' a curly headed little girl
in 0 gray gown, wearing a hat with
gray feathers. Or was the dress brown?
By Jove! He wasn't even sure of that.
The last laggard group trickled away.
Ross knew the conductor of the Den-
ver train arid spoke to him as he came
hurrying along.
"All, off your train, Brigham?"
"Sure!"
"There was a little girl coming to
Chleago--had curly hair, a blue dress,
a green hat — blest if I remember!
Weenit she on?" t
"Alone, was she?"
Strong claceSe is recommended
ga od eral i on ; it is suitable to, those who
suffer from "nerves," for it acts as a
sedative, but if eaten to excess its ef-
fects are not good.
"No, slr. Didn't come. Sure? »Course
l' am." , • •
,Itotis wheeled around. "Well, I'll »te°
epliono tliat she wasn't :on,
Dad cari wire her people and tintl out—,
I beg ,voint pardon!"
' And he'Sliddelflv found himself bow-
.,
ing profcminliy, hat, in hand_ before »a
young woman With :whom he had al-
tnost collided hi his baste, a slender
young 'WO Ma 11, a gracefnl young wom-
an, a lovely young woman, as Ins sus-
ceptible heart instantly ackniowledged.
She accepted his apology with a
slight bend of the head and a vivid
blush. Half way up the stairs he
glanced baelt ad sow her » standing
Nviiere lilo Inici left her. Flo licsitate&i
01/1 Welit baCit% „
"You are waiting for some one? Can
I be of eervice?"
"Tlitink you!" What a sweet v.olee.
"I niu afraid there Ilas been a n)istake.
No one has come to meet ole. May I
ask You -to call a etrb?"
And when he lied done so, wlicri she
Pools accirdre Wisdoln and loitfets go laid thetiked sytten he stood hare'
work totoorl'Olta. » » »' headed on the curbstone ae the vehicle
, sea
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tolbell be rece11ected,tb4thli•bP,
not listened to the addreSS 01.1.e had glv
en the driver, •Ind, lie walked off. in
t,°NgweevreinrS'alr'aasgethaettelil:oodist:Ileajellilebaeni.allYtYP:iiitt
though the late August sunsitifle,folt1R
its way, into bbs» Otrieel never load
reading ot the iftiv ,Seemeci 511011 a»»,kU
and firc?some drudgery; 'never .:•,44
pages blurred 'tido IL
meaningless 1)litcit Inarks, but, '4•00'
,
never bettit•e hall a bewitclairict, ,ro141
face eritne between hia and his 1..io.Or'
i.ace ie»d»dish nolti ripgleteo cl •
tered attund a •-V-hite fercaleael Mid :leieyes IL c,01.01 ot ),)00(.,111EKI violets. :•
•
. He leaped from lais'seat as a bidet
thought stiatek biro, Ile could hunt-LIP.sis
the-mitbmian. Lliat: 'was, the tlairig to „
do! 'But, filfliaugh he hung around IDe
depot for two whole !tours and qbes-:• ;
tined non,ry iebu
could not find tile 0100 he sought. 11
eras evidently, that pat•ticular'Catanan's
busy day. ,
Tired and disgusted, Ross Stafforo
took a •plunge at tile athletic' club, got
hinisel-C lioitie, shrugged himself Into
his evening clotlieS, for he •was going ,
out after dinner, and went down to the ,'
parlor to Ifild liiniself face to face "With '",
•
tiae» divinity of the red gold ringlets •41
and tile, violet eyes! » '
"Itoss, my dear," (...00f_fd Mre. Slat
ford, "let rne introduce yon to 111ssn,,,,n•."
to 031100 this morning. Why, 'you"—
'Chester, solneliow You
Por they were smiling at each other, ,
—naerrily, spontaneously.
eindeeci, no, mother!'PerhapS
held the pretty hand she gave him., a • "s.,.•
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little • longer than 03095 ne•ccssaty. "I .
inet A•tiss Chester this morning. DiSi
she not tell you I put her in a cab?" • '
3(11105 Chester laughed. Ross Stafford
laughed. And the bevvilderntent of, the
neati of the house of Stafford, of the
,
golfing son, and the studious son, as
they in turn w'ere presented, set them ,
laughing ag,ri In. . »• •
"Lord bless ine!" cried' Stafford son-'
ter; rufiling his hair, "your father said
you 'wereta little girl!" ,
"Oil, I shall .never be grown up to
papa!" cried Miss.Chester.
"Ile said,", stainniered the young '
gentleman , who was getting up an.
ar-
tiele on the- architecture of the tenth
centuryn"that—that you were a nice 0
chil
d."
"Don't you
queried Adele »i1
• t,
,•••'
Chester 'mischievously, "that Pm •• •
Whereat Ralph grew guiltily red.'O
Helen Stafford reached home before. ,
dinner 'was over. Her brothers' rap-
turous reception amazed her. Never -
had She know how they missed her!
'Nor could she dream that each of three » » „ • ,•
111
, • .:,
intire.e
young» hypocrites was saying to him-
self:
-
nShe won't go east in such a hurry it
she and Helen take to each other."
They» did take to each other 'toss
Sound it was not nec.cssat,y to keep
engagements that evening and pet-init.
ted his friend ti, cool his heels alonc al
then » appointed tent CZ'S OtiS. Italpb
learned his tenor went wonderfully
well With the pnre soprano of otheii
,guest. And Dick was .ettg.ailxiiiits 15»`
initiate Aliss Chester MC0 the wysteriet
of flantilif,:lilspicitures that he made hind. -
self no end of a bore. » The country
cousin of the Staffords did not go eno »•
that» week nor the next. » When She
did go, all the ,frairth and laughter ot
the Stafford domicile seemed togo with
her. One riot -nine- a weiilc after her de-
parture Ralph and Dick said -some bit-
ter » things when they discovered that
I -toss hacl found out be tnnst attend to
business in Nev York and had left for
the city on the midnight train. And
when Ross returned, silent, but sn3 i 1-
ing and exultant, they were not at all
backward about telling laim with » true
fraternal frankness their opinion of his
conduct.
"You were awfully good to go to meet
that little »eountry lassie," commented ,
Ralph » witheringly. "r believe you
knew all the time she was the prettiest
kind of a girl!" •
'Kindness—•slieer ' kindPess on » my
part, dear boy. I3ut, as» 1 have striven
to impress on you, virtue is ever its
own reward."
"Oh. come off. enti eat d Dick. You
just get the inside track, and y011 Lep
Ross pulled his -mustache.
"I assure voti 111 faltine• my late hasty
trip I had only» the best interests of my
brothers at heart. 1\ly sole anabetion
was to secure you » tbe most charming
sister-itl-law in the world." » » ,
Belett jumped up.
"Ob. Itoss! Did you—clid sh6"—
He laughed qtaig-zienlly. "Adele go -
me a message for you, my dear, Siie
said to tell you that yoti are to be"—
"What, Ross?"
"Bridesmaid,"—Buffalo Commercial
nititrruil.iruted.
"I !lave a young iirofessiolitil
i Cl the, s'etel'all lay-yer,."who,is very
hright ritelaittily, but an, abciiniitably,
,poor story teller. In fact, I believe it Is ,
liis trietitill activity that ataltes him a
bore tui
"The other 'mauling, I met•Iiim ota the
wfty dowu itrwri. He greeted ,me cot--
Ily and with tite an: of a inan wl)o
hall something good on ills iblud that
110 itrust share with sortie one. else.
'Say,' he said. 'T'n-i going to tell you ,» »» »'
tlie best story ;von ever heard.' •
' "0,1 coni:se 1 inn:artily resented this -•
Statollient, tlio,ligh I said ttotliing.
started with Ills stol•y, brit ht: intd not
gone very far beft)t•<) he made a loneb Dy •
and tiz-esonie tlisctirsion front the sith,
ject. Ile jiiiriped tl 6 traclt two or firro,e.•.,`
tiines ill this way. 0111111 IiIlalIy »hit Sto.
h 1pf01100sS»o11, was a»5,7
I 1:1Y-IerelE'l 10
ef
,
\see reached 0113cliS parlt, he
,stonlied itticl began to 501110111 lus I;110C.'9'
find 1'111) 1115 hands Ia Ibie 11.)051 paculiar
`ViThat in the tvorld aye 9011 •
that for?' I rislted. ,,i7,•'—••• •
trying to expreSs my humi1f
tion," ho cc>tilied edeekly, 'Blamed if l•
na \ t CoIgol»ten thc t est of that itt
rsr.' "—I)etrOlt Vree PreSS. »» »•
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