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Gentility
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CHADTER IV. ed Perhans, nn the contrary. the WAS
it was st.prii, with the dweet drreee, rether nattered axid pleased at the
tb, that fr. Trelawney had taken
lust beginning. Even), day the ear
grew e greener. and trotieg leaves
burst and flowers bloomed. Was it
not something to thank God for to
oe restored to such o. world ?
"It seems so beautiful of Gm sun
Zi shine4 sir. when yeu're getting
better," Letty Fold to her master,
in Uer simple grateful way one day.
"Ito so glad ital goiog to be sunte
nwr ; it seems to Len) one to he
gled."
"Yes—I am glad too that the sume
crier is before us." he answered quiet-
Jie w0S u Man at most timen who.
Absorbed in his own purettitewas
affected very little by the chaugee of
the seasons ; but now in his weak -
Imes. which forced upon him an un
accustomed idlenessthese sweet
bright days tbrough winch he Watch-
ed the world reatialteng to its new
1.04 routed him also a eeeling
of almost hitherto unknown pleafinre
and interest. Tbey did not thrill hitt
heart, with delight, perhaps, as they
liettenn yet in his calm way he
erieneed (rod einnetimes that his life
had been epared to eve thera ; he
would sit often for a lerie.• Mine
seetthing the -colors on the treen or
in the sky.
-Yee. it is a beautifal world
Lett:7." he mu:voted one day In a
mer to something that, tho girl hod
eaid
lietty1n1 eutle, simr•lee alinost
to the dated ; Ole might have se-
etly 'tepee (for she was elweys
anXieli$ about the future for her)
that potnibly he would end by "doe
ing• something" for her presently
something that should raise her
above the tiecessity of worning hard
for her own living, Mrs. Markimm,
for herself, was far from, a weeping
woman, but there were times when
she could almest have been grespirig
ter her nieee. Letty was so unfit ter
fight her own way in the world ; she
would probably all her life be eei
much, in need of somebody to hold
eat a beeping hand to tier ; if she
made a friend of h,er master would
it, not be well for her in the time
to cowe? She roay have argued in
tble way with herself, fergettieg—as
Trelawney too lorgot—that Let-
ter was not any longer a iU POW.
And aa for Letty berself. were
UMW not days never to be forgotten
while she lived ? She wee One of
those gerle whose paeelonate power
of loving eemus to be the one power
they baxe, and their devotion te
some great worehip the only work
in this world that they are Wed. to
do. Such women Must lied a. god
and hero somewhere, feed, though
. Trelawney was certainly in
eality neither god nor her, yet
Lctty might have done worse, per-
haps spend her life—as she did
burniug incense before him. He
chiltIntite ways that made her pre_ was at least not a bad man. nor one
:once Soothing and acceptable to
Mr. Trelanne:.. Daring these weeks
of convateecence he fell into the halo
it. of haviug her a good deal. with
him. He was weak that solitude
wee mewl:tome to him, and wothe then he wnnted nnthIng mere trera
irapoesible; he wunted moue mild in.21tize, came in the memory of Motu to
teretd that. eheeht men, and tweedy iseent cold wad colorless and almost
without tiriugand he found aie blank to Lolly, eo uch fuller, end
in der.
she wee m
itt teatime mime diweeter were those others in which
wont et, nail& above ter etatiou Ural :she was Ming now, when Seemly an
her Keen" never Autfurbeei hint ,hour passed but, he asked some ser -
was ignerunt, but. her ignoranctilvide hd4,10 her-nwhett even 11 she were
only atterted hint Wa m that a Child. Foot wan hina she was near hille—
ho moil to OM ir,lvr 011110f.1 as hu;when he talked to her as he had
reiglit Moak if she hod been a, OHO never dem tefore, no was a verY
no. in teeming wed, but In grave. quiet man, who In a genera,'
deemIt wee an wine teleg to ovity tallied little and thought much,
tio, but he wan a lonely num. shut but in Gime idle days he had no
;out et preemie from his natural oe- strength to think, and so, for oem -
citpietion. and too weak •in will per- pation. for amusement. for some -
baps. ior the moment, to deny to mite the minter hours Pam,
coif any Jeep that be could tind to be talked to Letty. It was an en -
m
alio the slow bourtertainment that bad no dangers for n palin.
For a few is, at. Mon he had him, and he was Catfish, or forgetful,
merely sent for lier for half an hour or hultherent enough not to think of
to come and read to him. and AD her.
bad come and performed her little Sometimes' he would amuse ber or
eervice, and departed again ; but Wiped!, by telling ber things that
preeently, when he grew hater, and had happened to him long ego. Ile
wan able, as the (hide became Ixiirtn.. had traielled te good deal when he
me to spend the greater part of his was very Strung. and he used to
thee out in the garden, they were 'toll her &bout the life in foreign
more together be" a great deal, She countries. see sitting the while near
would frequently then, at hie re- it° /Om teeth her work, which often,
quest, bring out her work and sit in. the Interest with which she lis -
down, not, with him, but within erne. terien to him, would drop upon. her
shot of him, so that lm could call ;knees. She tend to listen like a
ber if he wanted anything, and lie felnid, with a, child's eagerness, and
fell lute the habit soon of calling ignorance, and belief. Ile told her
often. He would call her, and gen- 1 things that were so new and won-
derful to her, and her delight and
surprise in them used to please him.
She would ask him questions some-
times, but never more than a few
questions, for she was always shy of
him, and too conscious of his con-
descension to her not to shrink from
doing anything that might seen as
if she put herself on an equality with,
him. She never once through all
these happy days forgot that he was
her tnaster (her master, and in her
heart her lord and king), and she
his servant.,
who would willingly slay her for her
folly.
After a very little weille those Ars
days, when he had merely called her
to him to read for a little while, and
trails when she Went to hini he
'Would keep her near him for a long
tittle. Sometimes she Would stand by
his their while ehe stayed, but some-
times her standing gave him a sense
of unrest, and he would not let her
do it. At first she bad begun by
never sitting down in Me presence
"except when she was reading to him,
but he brolte through the regulation
after a time.
"You had better sit. down, Letty"
he began to eay, half irritably.
"Yon make me feel that I am wear-
ing you out when you come and She was very neat and deft in
stand like this. I give you so much waiting on him. „Oho moved quickly
running about to do that you may and quietly ; her voice was sweet
well sit down and rest while you and gentle. The entire absence in
ean ;" and, though sbe did not want her of all that was coarse and vul-
to sit down, he woe so disposed to gar was the chief charm she „had in
be impatient xvhen he was crossed Mr. 'Trelawney's eye., "My little
.x,nat she lied presently to give up handmaid," he used to call her. He
her opposition. would pat her shoulderkindly some -
"
"You'd better do what he tells times by way Of giving thanks to
you Letty," Mrs. Markham too said. her ; he would often tell her how
"There's no harm in it—and people useful slue was to him, or would
when they'reeill, they have their praise her to Mrs. Markham. He
fandes, you know. len sere I'rn would frankly say—
obliged to sit down when I'm wig' "I hardly know just now what I
him, for I'd be lame with the aced- Should do without Letty ; she is
ling in my feet if I was to be kept both eyes and feetto me.d
oii them for en hour beside his. For a long time, even perhaps after
chair. Oh no,. Letty, it's quite right he had grown strong enough to have
you should sit down if he asks you, dispensed with her services, he con -
as long as he's ill. It would be tinned to make her read to him—
' quite a different thing, you know, to partly from indolence, partly be -
do it at other times, but now it cause the, sound of her voice had be -
don't matter, child." come pleasant to him, and 'because—
' Lefty had taken her difficulty to he -said—the practice was good for
her aunt, and this was, her aunt's her. If she were to be a school-
decisioxx on it. Foit:, circumspect mistress, it would be useful, for her
though she was, no thought had yetto be able to read well. , 'would
entered Mrs. Markham's mind of nos-. ask her about the work she was do-
sible danger to Letty in this in- ing with Miss Watson, and once or
creased intercourse with her master. twice he went over a few ofher les-
.
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sons with her • but Letty was slow
ie. learning, ed the part of teacher
was not the sort of part that euited
Mr. Trelawney. Ho might recent
inetul it (as he had done) for netts",
but. for bim that kind of work—so
far, at least, as concerned its lower
branclies—wae too dull in its mono
tonous routine to hove ally power of
niteresting
Se he did not help Letty much
with her learning, but contented
himself merely with making general
inquiries as to her progress—etieept
whew, she ventured to bring sespecial difficulty to him that She
had been linable to solve, or when
OnCe or twice he took up some um
sel ot history that she was feebly
studying. and clothed it, dead bones
with flesh for her.
"Mien shall I be myselt again,
•Gibson ?" be said to his doctor one
nay in Itta,y.
"'What are you in A hurry to be
yourself for 2" the other answered.
"Do you mean that you want to go
bade to your writing 2 If you are
wise you will do no more writing
for the next six monathee
"Six months V" ocheed Tre-
loweey. agbaet.
"Well—perhaps we won't cell it six
months, but—say three, at any rate.
Why. many a. one is a. year 'before he
gets over tbe effectie of such an 111-
VOSS as you have bad. You inay be
thankful to Oe as well already as
you aro."
"Rut I think I am better than you
suppose me. I don't think it would
hurt me to werk now."
yeu tried it non would pretty
on change your opinion,
'nut I would only do It in niodema-
tion."
'Far better not attempt, it at
Tette my advice, Trelaweey, and w
patiently. It will be better for you
in thee:tied. I am sure yeit, have very
little to complain of. I don't pre-
vent you from reading—and you can
talk to your friend, and, if you
want amusement—well, like; that, Man
of Ilroweing's, you can play a de-
cent cribbage with your maid at
night before you go to bed. Can she
play cribleage, by the won, do you
think --that neat little maiden of
yours 2"
"I can't play it menthe" said Ur.
Trelawney, rather sharply.
"Well, then, you had better learn
It's a capital genie. 1 daresay Mrs.
Markham knows all about it. She
might teach you both." And ?Jr.
Gibson went away laughing.
Rut Mr. Trelawney did not take
his doetor's advice. nor learn to play
cribbage with Letty. The evening
were warm and long. and he pre-
ferred to pane them in hiS garden.
• or in taking longer walks abroad.
Mt would take these longer wants
mostly on the evenings when Letty
went to Miss Watson's ; on the
others when she was at home he
more often contented himself within
the range of his own grounds. Ile
had let himself drop into this idle
habtt of nunting 1.AV a companion,
and inconsiderately and unwisely as
he got better be went ea doing wheel
his illness had tempted him to begin
to do at first. Ho liked her well
enough to bo pleased to have her
with him ; Ito lilted her youth, and
her pretty face, and her gentle, sim-
ple, modest ways. rte was b.:melte/1,
too, by her devotion to liimself,
widkh was the devotion of a Child.
he thought (or persuaded himself
that ho thought), and partly from
gratitude fox' it, partly because he
knew that so Small a thing from
hint would give her pleasure, he
wOuld often deliberately go and talk
to ber, intending by doing so to
make her glad. It was a dangerous
gratification to give her, and he
ought to have known that ; but
perhaps ho thought too little about
it to recognize its danger. Ile mile
said to itimeelf, gently, and even
with a. kind of tenderness, that he
was glad he had the power to attach
the child to him. Ile said this to
s. Markham. herself.
"Letty touches me with herdevo-
tion." he said. "I don't think
liato a truer friend in the world than
she is. If it should over be in my
power to show that I am grateful to
her, you and she may both be sure
that I shall not be glow to do it."
Be put out his hand to Mrs. Mark-
ham as he said this. "I think no
roan ever•had a pair of kinder women
to take care of him," he said.
"Oh, sir, we do no more than our
duty. It's you who are so good to
Lefty," the 'poor soul replied eager-
ly. "I'm sure Lefty may well love
• au, and bless the day that brought
her here." And she went away.
when she had made this , answer,
with her heart light and glad, for
had not her maker almost said that
he would "do something" for "Jetty,
and waS not the seeing Letty pro-
vided for the 'first, hope of her
heart ? She thought too that the
girl was too, nauch of a child, and
Mr. Trelawney, too much removed
from her both in age and rank, for
the kindness that he showed her to
do her harni. '
(To 33e Continued).,
::1rst t� the erv s
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, .
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t t MANAGEMENT.
l'Pret- J. II- erisdale, .agrieultierist
Dominion Feeperirneetal Fat ea• reda
-
eenely, at, Amherst. N.$.. addresses' se
the meaffiers Pf Neve. Scotie Vain"
triers' Associations on the eubject of 'LI
"Farm, Me.nagetileat." The subject
was welt received and opened up en
interesting and lively diaCusSion. A
brief review of the atitireSs is Imre
given ea.
kept near the surface. Then, who
shall be so bold as to say, Nay 2
The introduction of Such systen1
of rotation and cultivation on an'
farm has many advantages. To bo
brief :
1. It incremies the fertility
duction power. It bas been
o double the retures in a
Our cenception of suCCesS in fann-
ing to -day is broader; our efforts.
therdore. let us hope„ shall be more
happy in their results. Success to-
day to the average termer meaue
(1) an increasing income from his
ram ; (2) an increasing fertility 01
his farm ^ and (8) inerea.sing air
of honie.likeness, heauty, and neat-
ness about his farm. These three
con Mons, =long up our Weal of
sateess, are so closely interwoven in
litheeireel.ae;ArrIrleealrieCet" tghi"ntgtnilSOPSne
the development of the fano.
so far as I can see, is limited by no
hard line. Take the horizon. the ap-
parent boundary recedes as we ad-
venee and is ever in Gm dint, haey
distance. ever reeeding. Ours be the
joy of hastened; its retreat.
Just as the past history or Can-
adian ;agriculture has been summed
up in the phrases "Grain -growers."
"sail-robbere." ;Aga thofattire
history be epitomized in "clover -
growers." "farnerbuilders."
Immedietely under the deed leaves
our forests lies a more or
deep layer of lese
BLACK MATERIAL.
This is JOIQVIZU as biome ne
reasons wily our arable eons are
longer as fruitful as of aid is the
lack of this homes. The lutiuence of
humus epee a soil is nueet etartlitig,
eoneleting as it does of decayed
evict' bl
• e&CCe y
rich in plant food in very available
form. Its pretionce prevents the es.
cape el Serenity from any soil
through washing, and is, therefore,
valuable to all soils, not alum
Sti110tteCe rich in fertility ideal. but
4 retaiver of fertility otherwise
leely to be carried uff by curface
water or worized down beyond Igoe
reach of common roots by percola-
tion, in brief, it improves the Ow -
:deal condition of the soil. Rums
being eo great a factor in soil fer-
tility. how Monti we get. it ? flow
sliall we inereare the :Aare. and
how retain what we gain ? Varra-
d manure is a fruitful eource,
and. held: mime it follows that the
inerease will be slow. Another
SoUrCO IS sod. Everyone knows the
rieh Soil, giving such relatively
heavy crepe, after a sod bus been
turned oeer. It mews odd that the
averego farmer has not. generale
sneaking. availed himself at eliorter
Intervale and with snore regularity
of this evident means of increasing
ble cropsLack et huntue .•-
gular or uncertain treatment of
soil, are the two most common and
injuriONS mistakes of preeent-day
agriculture in Canada, but both am
easily remedied. The remedy Is ex-
pressed in one word—rotetion—a
gular
SUCCESSION OF CROPS.
Let me suggest one. It is of four
years' duration I First year, routs,
ensilage corn, potatoes, and peas ;
second oeine grain seeded down to
doer and thnothy ; third year, hay
(chiefly clover) ; fourth year, hay or
plisture plowed in August.
Nature, you will observe, puts her
humus on the surface. Judging by
the rank growth of vegetabfe matter
in our woods, it is a good plan.
Experiment bas proven 'dine and
*again that it is the best plan. '3.11e
earliest and most important root
extensions of any plant are near the
surface ; the percolation of water
tends to carry fertility downwards.
Therefore, theory would any keep the
rich soil on the stwface, the lower
soil will look after itself, eseecially
where some deep -rooting plant, as
clover, is grown at intervals. Na-
ture, experiment, and theory unite
in recommending that the humus be
WEN ARE MAUDE
0 0 ERATION" 1l'aXNWQ
It lessens t mieLaunt the
er of it fen re to -oath when
rig down.
It lesser the labor of eultiva-
r there is only one hallow
plowing to do mice ni four years.
4. It fee:Hittites ferna or,eration
by having ol the work or a certai
kind In one field.
5. It leseens the cost of fencing.
for there need be piny four fields on
the farm.
6. It, is an incentive to orderlir.ess
tidiness ; e. little bie of system
in -
dues more.
Look DEW°
Injury to piants by Owed
under two beads ; erst, whcr
plant iteell bas been eaten, secou
; where the juice bus Leen suened out
cern Dees a Iatteiness 01 30,1-2
and lays Dends Qi
12 T'ex." Cent,
An lieeresting experiment in eo,
operatiie storeiteeping has been car -
elect on f0:.• Senie years at the Jittle
raining ' town of •lieeksville, l'ae;
kifteeti years ago eighty inirierS who
weno dissatiseed With . the prices
cliarged at the academy store. deter,
mined to set up a, co-opevative store
f their Wan.. Woreo el Mote were
engeistmert Acquainted with tho
Rochrdale system of co-operatimo
aell it was the success of that eye -
em that led to the experiment at
ankaville.
The par value of permenent etock
teas fixed at n1.0 a Share, of ordine
tee stock at$.5 a share. Keen
oceholdor pain into the association
10 or more, which was invested be
(finery merchandise Slid? as Waa
le4v1140 tbe twsues. jwied$, coowee 4 at the compeny store.
igt4tryst;fveresh. ::titteterpciliaLs areeZzieel. • 2;14,7 slt:ceer:eld:resreelace:trieZ/thet:
tbAtInt:aiggIry 17:anerli5s7711:::::cal::::::::::: '1017::::::treler:::::thase::::::411 7dgwcoarts °a:ti4g4114at
develooed eaws fitted for cutting and directors nIr tlbe 41s514.11atkr4^ 11114
etroyed by usipg foinvo9 54,141 Talo,,times vele-pet, to the itestructifsge
'areenice. Tho iveects ef tbe sevontli the 4iIm"Qqrs'
tyro dodo 101(14 lor,e‘„mo Le,th, For three years the aesociation
which they ineert niter the tiSsues of led a struggling c'Xi6iter4e°'• "
the plants sueing out, *the elliee,
;leasing tne plant V) el(31141.1)Eie
wilt and toie. This ciene
elilde5 all the scald $eets, Omit llce, squash hug. harlo-
t and terr4Pill bug, etc. The ex
real application of twee:deal poise
ona to pkinte woule 110.Ve little or
elleet upon this group us the
poisou does not enter the cells of
the plants. Materials are used
dislike to the mine owners. Wbe
Ited al.so the company store. e At
.o end of that time
1114 STORK QUIT IR:SINES%
1896 the codiperaeive afiSOCiam
was revived. wog, Pi the old
klieldees reepoutied to a call fee
secting. and Ole meeting appoint,.
committee to obtain new stock -
,
act externally on the bothee of such Newstoeblaoldel re were easilytained and the store was .1'ne
stah-
[Relied. At fast tlei store was he
in a related !lenge. but later the ar,
eocietion Wilt a sterehome on its
own lot. one of the best situated for
illeeets either as a eiliaStie or to
onother or stide them b siosir
their breathing oreeare. lesects
not breathe through their mouths,
as do higher out/male. but Ilireareli
email openitags on either side of tiskr tle411-4es in the v4144ge' Wh° esee14'41
beaks ealied epirticlese fly sprayingtieu aso 1111mght QUI"' lot`i andouyttolog of c..awl lo or oily 3iatliorc Lowe% the latter Zoe etorelee,
over the boy. lawn Forze4,5 ote in making the -e changes the u&SQ.
cloeed mad tiro creature is destroyed. flatieu tletern4ned tn se" it8
ram reanoae 01,104, eeirediely to fl,)043.5 for ceelt. 111414 is, creait Was
in.c.":'-ts which WA upon the eeteeeee DONgor allowed on yernmeent
of riblIniet or pato the eon. lEC)01:0h it- was cotithiated on
stde
i
tion ill teeir lie-ee in an ettpeeed cote, the i'itUinoric" ti.
dition where ere.:e ewe reoday 7.4749 ehaW was at greet unpopular,
rem -till by one (Pit mee
olboiN gogli. In a crelnitienity itOS±Y, eredit-hardered
tillifioalpieidieZetelr not 4littl.ontt elltuojoei telhot fol'Ilitqiircanelultint,""Irtriw5("nort9113.901seto.flilli.r:ti.al
ground. for a tient while, and paee
a portion of UK* !lives uw0lti tne
roots nelow the eurfecee The white
1 grub or root lire are common ex -
the foreer Veit; lilting, ire
nee store dripped off, This loss.
hiiwever, wee only temporary. and
Itke, flow was erectility more prosper-
ite than ever.
Perhaps the le4et. eNidenCe of the
Feet while the taller ie mie (4' ow improeetnent' wrought by the cash
seekling group. Still °titer ieseete' Fevel.ern was the inerOnfl) irt dividends
lire do straw. grain. weds ong Inouye. illeroeght about by it. The ° annual
metered droenete oi tee ram wbeec dividentle unt'er the eredit system
had been about fl per gent., but
intel*Ito/,Q:e'rd.nrisenstend nplareetsrrIthrtfiLdidelou; wader the COSil system tliey doubled
and reached even 22 per cent. on alt
various gases are employed ter their
destruetien. Failnerg Sh0Ohi Care- R0OFIS Tairelli0f.le4. 'Tile increased
fully consider tne nature ot tbe n -i 4ivicletni•`3 attettet° black 'Insert'
eeet before applying. any renietly.
vorm•••=•,•
VAIXE. OF SALT FOR SHEEP.
The value of salt for :beep
ACM R by an experiment In Fiance. e
where three lots of animate, fed
ante on hey, straw. potatoes and!
beans for 121 days, one lot hail no
salt, one had half an ouuce of ealt
each every day, and the other had
three-fourths of an ounce. Theee
that bad half an ounce gained four
and a half pounds each more than
those which had no ealt, and one
anti one-quarter pounds more than
those whieh had more then half an
ounce. So it SeMS that too much
salt can be given, as well as too
little. The salted sheep. clipped one
and three-quarters pounds more of
wool and a better fleece than those
that had no salt, showing better re-
sults in the wool—that. is, larger
profit than in the flesh.
ere, and brought trade from neigh-
boring relliniaillities.
'rite laFt qUarterly report, ot the
a. eocia tini :31110W5 211 Btockholeers.
For the peel, five years the store has
dime a Imentess of about $80.600
ninnally. and each month shows
INCREASED BUSIN'FSS.
The jag quarterly report showed a
• business for the quarter of more
an ,e. O.
The meociatiou now owns the
• best Mainers lots in the village. It
has a Virgo store room, beuides
• tables and a, warehouse. For a
• time the aesonatiou did a genera
hauling business, but the demands
upon its teams for the delivery of
merchandise from the store has made
it neemsat7 to diecontinne this
branch of its activities,
•Bitany of the stoddiolders have
from $50 to $100 drawing interest
in the association's hands, and the
• association actually has more Money
than it can advantageously use iu
itiFhtisiness. The surplus for the
last quarter was neatly $1.000, and
the last annual dividend was III per
cent. For money of the stockholders
held on deposit the association pays
5 per cent.
One very important influence of
the association has been the lesson
it has taught of the moral and fin-
ancial value of cash buying. Where -
ever the eompany stores here exist-
ed the credit -hardening process has
reached the greater part of the
community, with the result that
many persons are -constantly in debt
and few save anything out of their
earnings.
Nearly all the people of Banksville
who are not fhoronghly 'credit -hard-
ened deal with the co-operative store
and it has many customers from
•other communities near at hand.
4
OATIRYING THINGS TOO FAB.
Mrs. Jones (poking her husband in
the ribs at 1.80 a.m.)—"Get up,
quick, John 1 I hear burglars in
the dining -room rattling the silver."
J ones (sleepily)—"All right,
m'dear. The spoons are only plated,
the most of 'em, so let 'em go it 1
don't believe there are any bur-
glars there, so now."
Mrs. Jones—"But there are 1
They've got the gas turned up to
the full height, and—"
Mr. Jones (springing hastily out
of bed)—"Eh 1 What ! I'd like to
know if the gas bills ain't big en-
ough already, without having a gang
of burglars breaking in and running
'em up any higher. I'll see about
this in a huriy 1"
(Seizes a revolver and disappears
in the dilection of the dining -robin).
A DEN OF HORRORS.
Ardent Sultor—"I lay my fortune
at,,, your feet." The Fair One—"Pore
tune 1 I didn't know you had any
money ?" Ardent Suitor—"I haven't
much, but it takes very little to
cover those tiny feet."
,
OF COURSE .1e0T.
,
Politietaxu-No; I never read what the newspapers say about me.
lialcii.BlarS,9-4 supposie yoti wouldn't believe it even if you did.
,
, ,
Grimshaw (in a tone with lee down,
its back)—"There °, is one room In
1 -loon's house Which his wile never
enters. although her husband sits in
it for hours at 'a time."
AskinS—'`Good gracious What is
the*,reason she never goes into it
Was a crime committed theiV.,
GrimShANV—` 'Not exactly a crime,
but Tioon hinlelf selected the wall-
paPer for it."