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"IEEVON•"
OR, A HOPELESS LOVE.
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CHAI'TElt 1.
"It's the stupidest place you can im-
agine, John. 'There is absolutely no-
thing to do, you know. Hilda and the
13arc,m iter off riding or walkingi most
of llic time, rued mother bleeps a good
part o1 the. tiny. It was selfish of me
to ask you clown; but it was you or
euicide, don't you see?'
"Complimentary, 1 must say! To pose
as the rival of a misapplied razor or an
overdose of u:senic is seeule•ttring 1 nev-
er hoped to attempt, even in my mo-
ments of most daring ambition."
Itutger van Slack and his friend, John
Dare, were seated upon the veranda of
the linty modern house in Patonket, and
fes they smoked their fragrant cigars,
were confronted by as fine an outlook
as the New England coast affords. Be-
neath thein the straggling village lay,
with its old-fashioned houses, gray with
age and weather-beaten from the storms
of a hundred winters, half hidden by the
luxuriant foliage of ancient trees. To
the eastward stretched the broad Atlan-
tic till it met the sky. The isabelline
beach fleshed and sparkled in the morn-
ing sunlight, while the playful break-
ers rushed In and kissed the hot cheeks
of the fevered land, and then hurried
back again, as if in consternutlon at
their own boldness, into the sheltering
bosom of the another sea. A newt breeze,
spiced with salt, gave a bracing flavor
to the air and ever and anon carried
up\tard the murmur of the restless surf.
"Yes," continued van Slack, "it is an
awfully dead hole, and that's the truth.
1 don't do anything but smoke and
send. At first I used to stroll through
the village, now and then; but the na-
tives, who don't seem to be especially
hospitable, looked at me as a lot of
Pruesian peasants might look at a
Frenchman, so I shun them now as
much as possible and confine my walks
to the beach. Yau see, old man, this
little hamlet," and the speaker waved
his hand towards the village, "is a to-
tal abstinence stronghold; and, as he
deer. old Etechabites have learned that
we drink wine up here, they look upon
Us as lost sheep—sheep ready for the
slaughter, 1 should judge, by ttie way
Stirs scowl."
As lie leaned hack in the lounging
chair and gazed upon the glories of the
summer day, 'finger van Slack looked
bored and restless. Ile was a tall. well -
formed young gran, who had been an
athlete in college and still showed signs
of gr eat physical strength. His face
was clear-cut and symmetrical. Itis
dark hair and tnou: tache made his skin
,Peen] sornetvhat pale in contrast, but
when his smiled the whiteness of his
gel feint teeth changed all this and re -
Moved, as It were, the chromatic equili-
brium of his countenance. But he did
not senile often. "IL would he greatly
t(. the ad\ anlage of Bulger if he were
more conceited atout his teeth," John
Dare had once remarked to Miss Hilda,
and there was a good deal of not very
essential truth in what he had said. But,
for all that, ktutger van Slack was an
extremely handsome man, and there
mere those who said that he was well
aware of the fact. Perhaps he was. A
woman w do is beautiful is sure to know
ll; why is it a relate kr a comely rutin
it. under -Ann(' the shire. told him by his
mirror
John Dare was a striking contrast to
bis friend, van Slack. 11 he latter was
lull, Dare was short; van Sleek hail
black hair inclined to euri; Dare's hair
Rice of no well -authenticated color, but
-arns generally dcso•r lhrd as "lightish,"
And was straight anei wiry. Van
AN 011) 11%11: RURAL DOCTOR. IL
1�':n5 an-�u1,n•rat and Used l:urati�e
He
Methods .411 His Own.
ove Came Too late
A pec t%• of rnen «ere dis, ussing the CHAPTER X\XIX.
passing of the old time country doctor In attempting to outwit John ROa
lefere the ndvr,rice of modern science, ledge. Corine lard made a dash toor,rd
and (ne of theta told some stories of a the rear end of the ear. Had she but
et aclitioner of this type who was the looked through the window she wc:uld
terror of his boyhood days. have seen the object of her thoughts
"Ile was a curious old autocrat, wi(h hesitate en instant, then turn his steps
curative methods all his own," said the iu the sante direction.
gentleman. "1 remember once a boy in her wild haste Corine even forget
churn of mine became antic•ted with ti to lower tier veil, and as sire sprang
Large swelling or abscess in his throat, froth the car she sprang directly into the
which was growing rapidly and tht•eut- arms of tri • roan of all others from
ening to make breathing impossible. %vitoru she would have fled—John Itu(k•
"Int. X------ was called in. After ex- ledge.
amining the patient, he turned to the "r:or'inef'
he cried, holding her oil at
Mother with the command to bring hen arin's length and guying ni the groat-
peinted to a prominent paragraph, anei a red hot poker. As he was never quos- est of consternation into her face, as
asked Dare to examine it. Dare took honed or disobeyed, the %vermin hastened though he half believed that his eyes
the paper and r•eatl aloud the follu\vipgk'heel one in the kitchen tire. were playing ihit'e .
advertisement: "The Editor and Pro ��\\ h(n she brought it to the sick "Let int eo! Leun,e �+kl, ,
t
(. t Brneurf rilb(•1,t cdrick(:u-
pr'ietoi' of t!io f'alonket \Veehly Clarion, mom the doctor grabbed it and ethane- rine, wildly, struggling
being ), hist nt, ],kd a mud thing
6 in poor health, Is anxious to dis- ed to the bedside with the gleurning to free herself fromlis grasp.
posefa' Itis paper to responsible par- roint levelled at the boy's head. "Not until yeti havep t ,le
ties. The Clarion is on a paying basis, "'Open your mouth, sir," he coni- you are doing,, " 1 the what
and can be purchased at once for cash mended. turning herhe said, still re-
el"
ainirtl,► his hold of her arm. Then,
at a price which will ensure the par- "The boy did open his mouth to emit suddenly, a terrible thought caiti' to
chaser a gond return for this investment. a terrified shriek—which broke the ab- hien, a thought 6o horrible that it al -
Apply at the editorial rooms 01 the cess and saved Itis life. most took his breath away.
Clarion, Main Street, Patonket." "I have said (mit Dr. X.-- was nev- "Are you t►ere \villi- him- (serine?"
"So this is your plan of obtaining ex- er disobeyed, but 1 recollect now one 0c- he demanded, hoarse)y. . "Answer me
citeulent, is it?" John Dare laughed rasion on Mitch a family attempted to rand answer me truly,in the sight of
heartily as he returned the newspaper set his orders at defiance. Yon see. he Ileuven, areyou her
to his host. "You think of devoting was really more Intelligent than the run e with that occur -
to
} g sed villain, Gilbert Forrester? Are
your great talents—ahem!—to country of way nut country doctors of those days —aro--you eloping with him?' he cried,
journalisrn? Well, well, this Is rich. Ile watt to Holland for a year to 6tudy speaking the last word with difficulty.
Personel item in u New York news- when he was young, and brought bark "Nol" elle answered meetinghis gaze
paper: 'Mr. Rutger yan Slack, the welt- Bonne advanced ideas, one of which was unflinchingly.
known , , . 6 y• ,"I—I—am running away
young millionaire of Pafrael5 the efficacy of fresh air. from hone, but 1 am all alone, no one
Wei -on -the -Hudson, has purchased the "You know Chow country people close ei with one."
I'atonket \Weekly Clarion, and will here- the windows of u sick room tight. On "Von roust come with roe, Corine" he
alter devote his time and ability to the occasion in question the patient was said, gravely, but sternly. "I shall not
spreading Prohibition editorials among down with fever. Entering the room, let go any clasp of you until I understand
a small but healthy and hard-working Dr. X---- raised both windows, order- this affair perfectly. As your father's
clientele.' Sensation in society end at ing that they be left so. partner and friend, and also yours 1
the clubs! Town Totile boldly asserts "The women who were nursing maple claim the right to an explanation. lino
that A. van S. has gone insane, rtlucih no objection at the time, hut no sooner not fear. Corine," he added, as the girl
to the regret of a large number of friends had the doctor departed than they hash began to weep violently, h •stericalll .
of both sexes. gossip whispers that a ened to close, the windows. Sone dis-y y
"No matter what you have done, my
broken heart is trying to ease its pain lance away Dr. X-- happened to look heart could find nothing but pardon for
In retirement and hard work. In fact, around and beheld what they had done. you, as you should well know."
old fellow, the Imagination can not "lie turned his horse, drove back to His tone was so gentle, caressing and
grasp all the possibilities that patent the house, entered the front door, nei- tender that it le little wonder that the
themselves at the idea of you becoming ther knocking nor ringing, mounted the poor child felt impelled to obe his re -
a rural journalist." stair., walked to the sick roonh, lifted quest. y
the thick knobbed cane which he always
carried, and deliberately smashed one
"well, well, you mustn't let your
imagination run away with you, John,"
remarked van Slack cahnty, as Dare pane of glass after another, until all
paused, out of breath. "You see I should were delmofiShed. Then, without a
be somewhat shielded by the fact that word, or so much ns a look to right er
John Dare, the noted cynic and man left, he strode from tiro room and drove
of the world, was my partner in the en- away.
terprise. Then again, Nev York need "The patient recovered."
know nothing of the affair. This place
has about as much intercourse with the `—'♦" ��
metropolis as the moon with Mars. Now, SENTENCE SERMONS.
we'll run the pater for only a few weeks The hotheaded often get cold feet
and then get rid of it—give it away, if
necessary. It won't cost any vast sun),
and In exchange for our money we'll
enjoy quite a new sensation --.something
rather hard to obtain In these days.
My Idea is this: we'll turn the Clarion
into art anti -Prohibition sheet, show
these old Puritans the error of their
vat's, stir up a lively discirssid,n 1n Pa-
lonhet, become local celebrities at n
bound, and thus manage to kill time
that would otherwise pass very slowly.'
"Ilurn!" exclaimed Dare meditatively,
as he ,strolled his mustache; "so you in-
tend to din ide the honors of your pe-
culiar crusade with rne, (10 you? Well,
that's kind, certainly. But do you rea-
lize, Van, that while the fun in all this
l.+ somewhat problematical, the hard
work is a glaring and uninviting real-
ity?"
„'There you go, as usual, in your
matter-of-fact way," van Slack remark-
ed In a tone of annoyance. Ile was
never able to endure opposition calmly.
"Birt you don't look at the affair from
the right point of view, John. The
paper cornes out only once a week. You
won't have nearly as touch work as you
had when you ran the Skyrocket at
Harvard..
Dare sot silent for n tow moments.
Then he the ew away hes cigar•, nn.) ris-
ing from his chair placed his t►nnd en
van Slac'k's shoulder. "Well, old nen,
1'1' stick by you in this matter," he said•
with more earnestnrs5 that MP cireurn-
slaIeu s scented to warrant. "\\'e'll buy
the Clarion. end stir up the dust in this
ar,tedrlrt'itin town At a great rote. In
Pict 1 couldn't stay here with nothing to
Mack's eyes were dark and hrillitint;Ido. %%intron staying a quarrel with that
Nye's eyes, like his hair, lacked in pig- confounded German Baron—and that, of
anent and hnd never inspired irnpres-
Sionnl,lc girls to gossip. 11111 Dere pos.
Bused one ornnunemtel feature in which
he look great prt e. Ilis mustache was
rote ti softer than his hair and more
pie/ea/need In color. Nature. ns though
ashamed that site had granted ltirm no
treaty at his Huth, had tried to ease
u r cort�ricne'e t • ea isr
betel n handsome Iiireute adornment.Aral Dare wits more than grateful to
her for her1)1r(ly l:irr(Incsc. It some.t•nne., seems as though the possession
et ere. good feature till slake a roan
more vain then if he were an Apollo
ese m top fo toe.
"Well. my dear fellow," sold Dare,
le he %%etched the smoke from Isis cigar
Meet iso' sea -breve nnet disappear, "you
lhrtn%v very well that I am glad to be
1%rlh you again. Where you are is the
la ad of the table In trey opinion. as 1
leute often told you; so 11071'( waste any
J :apathy on 111e. So tar as 1 can see,
falonl.et Is a henutiful spot. As for
Ile se natives,
you . heu.e
d placate them.
lust appoint me Envoy F.ttranrdimar y
suit .Minister Plenipotentiary to treat
atilt them, and i Jt agree to estnhlisli a
,ir.lisfactor;v modus vivendi. 1'11 even
el( tit cr a temper -awe lecture. if neces-
aary. And %%in their friendship at one
111 o1,e,"
Van Sleek cttrilo•l dubiously. and
emokcd on in silence for n time. FFertilityhii n►
.
Noel. orm('%%h,at feelulfintly: "look
hero, John. l trust hove sorne exCite-
tmcnt one way or Another. Acturience
has got we ill its grip. I dill not wantie. Cottle fo the ole..-eovele,l 0141 town
In the first pliiee. and now 1 trust have
•om.'ahing to hold ore here, or i shall
pack my things and silently Steal away
More many days are over. Oh for nRight at Newport or a donee at til
Pier! Ulowe%ere an idea Cali& into my.
eat yesterday that suggests an escape
item ennui for befit of 11A. provided
Niece i'atonket people' are n., excitable
as 1 think they rue. I:\cuse nee lust a
\ an Sleek rose from his chair, crrLs c(1
Me pian, and entered the hc,uce. 11r
ellsne'el at once, holding In l0 hand The elder a nian 1 c'or,,, s the 1, w. r
0 uc%v.yiar•er. Qpening the elteet ho feel friends ti( has.
course. roust be avoided. But tell tele.
who runs this Clarion? Du you know
the editor?'
"No, not persnn:,lly." said von Slick.
nnsw•ering flare's Glut questionestiquestionfirst.
"1 have seen hien in the distance a num-
tier of times. Ile rejoice., In the good
old name of Isaiah Isaiah Durke•', 1
y 61\ Ire h nl in roan_
1 believe. But he is not what are rolled
'the braise of th(' paper.' 1lis wife. they
icy, occupies that proud posilinn. It is
her intellect which has made the (:tr(r-
inn really quite superior to the ordintry
run of country newspapers. This
current gossip, you knew, for 1 du11
speak horn ons• personot knowledge lien
the sllejecl. Mr=. Durkee has the term
irtlion of being extremely handsome. as
well as clever. in fart. the natives (11(.,11
here consider her the Inenrnation of all
that is wife an.l liertutiful. I overhea•'.l
some of them tolkimg about tier ()lie
evening, and 1 really think they consid-
er her n Arrp ernat+,real being 'They
argued that Isaiah Durke%e was a strong,
(healthy morn when he married her s noir
years ago. 0111 Ihnt 85 he is new run
down in mind and Indy his wife. must
have had fin uncanny infuonrc over
him, (sever blesses. fhesc natives,
aren't ties? But they are more liberal
than those ancient New Eileilander_
wit+, hurtled a \%itch lit the Make as soon
as they had unmasked her. The I'atnn-
'e s
k trier seem e&rn to have nn affection for
Mrs. Durkee in spite of her withering ef-
feet upon Isaiah. (The night Mout tt
week ago 1 wos down by the water
watching the morn come up. when 1
was surprised to hear one of the mast
perfect t•ofe'es i ever listened L)-er deep,
rich. pn'sfonafe contralto- singing an
antique French ballade. There. was not
the slightest tourh of Yankeeism abort
the pronunciation of the olisolete words,
rind i wonekcred who the singer Could
be. 1 have since termed that it must
have lieen Mrs. Durkee. (hough where
File n eqti re.t her l reined I'm sure 1 don't
know. Alte,g. t!i• r the woman i.s quite 1
mystery"
('1'0 Lr (:ontinuc(1.)
"1 wills going to start for horde by the
next train. but this meeting with you
so unexpectedly has caused me to change
my mind. I will wait oser until to -mer -
row. and then you shall aecornpnny me.
1 ern going to take you to the house
of a friend, a Mrs. Taylor, and on our
way there, as it is some little distance,
you shall tell nie all."
Corine clung to this outstretched hand
as eagerly now as she had attempted to
free herself from him a few moments
Convenience often poses as corn- since.
science. Ile called a carriage, and, dazed es
The honest caul: does not fear the the girl woes eli0 ohs quite surprised
knocker. to herr him gi\e the driver the same
It doesn't take runny Lrucers io rn111:E' address that she had heard on the lips
a binder. o, the good farrier end his wife. it
Jump at n cent Jusi•un and you will was seine time ere Corine could control
find confusion.
Oily words easily gu.h from rocky
and barren hearts.
Things are not sanctified by taking
out their sweetness.
Unless you lay out your work. your
work will lay yon out.
\\*t►ile Sympathy waits for second
thoughts selfishness gels the floor.
The things you lock at Ir. private de-
termine what you look like in public.
You cannot prove your grit by 1h:ow-
init sand into the world's sores.
No 1111111 ever made enough money to
build a rnnrlsolcrcrn for his guilty past
herself to tell turn all, but this she did
at last, omitting nothing.
She could see his strong tinnds rlinrh
themselves together and the veins on his
while forehead stand out like whipcer(is
as she recited how Gilbert 1 -erre -ler h:e11
lured tier from the farinhouse, Laying
1111.1 I trey should 1.0 wedded as seen as
they reached Lexington. and when they
had arrived there, how he had told her
that he had changed his mind, that he
had ceased to care for her, hawing earn-
ed that she was not to be the heiress
of her father's millions, and how 1,e had
coolly advised that the only thing to
1(eny n man thinks lie is spiritual b(!- do tinder the cieciimetan, es seas to re -
cause he has forgotten how to t.cc turn In Linden Hall at mice, and ho\t
sutural.
You cannot discount the patriotism
that never warms up till the pocketbook
is in danger.
Tremble is the nrtiy thing ithat lioness
In answer to the prayer fur eornethiilg
to turn lits. It took rne, and hoping that 1 would)
The tear that nee company a ch(king die ere the journey's end was rea••hed.'-
she would die rattier than look her Ta-
ttier and Alice in the fuee again after
writing them that letter that elle had
gone from them to become a bride.
"So 1 took the first train that came
Wong." she added, "little caring where
up gree• ,5 are nut always those o1 re-
pentance.
The elan who is sitting hard on
thorns in his (evil lot has a tine appre-
cintu,n of his neight:or's roses.
The than «ho has brain: hark of his
forehead never needs to bother as to
t►o\v the front of it 1nokc.
If you cr.n keep ss\rol in a world
where selti'hlless is turning rnen emir.
you are doing 17)01P toward its enri(hing
than all the . t1\er mines of all the ages.
BOOK OF PIU)t'l1E(:IES,
Tuscan Pairs, 1'nlrli•heq a hook of
Itemarl aide I'ure(-ts 1' .
Sonic emeation has been cawed !n
Italy by the publication of the prophe-
ciee comlained in an Old Latin tonne,
i►rfnted in Venice, k.D. 1788. entitled
"Liter (10 Praedictionibus." by Father
Appian() (tuenafede, a 'Tuscan priest,
who had in some instances been re-
ntal 41.1113' Accurate in his forecasts,
.\muni! 1110{e that "CI,1730 true," are : I me 11 r•r. and lioW lucky that fattier had
in the year 18,a5 Ihousiii els of William,placed hie stlunbles in his cog solder l
will go forth to brittle in foreign hinds,' arid forgot all about it lentil lie u0pao, i:-
an(1 ss'... cover themselves «•inti glory, • d it enol found them the 1.0. notifying 1110
This is correct, for a Mrong Sardinian polio(' of his riser at once. c it is well
contingent took part in the Crimean ; that Ito girl rine! John Rockledge Will
war. never bion. how near she .'81ne to di. -
hi 19It5 a terril.J.' earthquake Will rle• grae•e ono! or•rest. One she ul.1 never ac•
\-1state Southern ItalyCu,. a 1.,•r:,•4) nl a serious charge with -
In 1:106 a smiling landscape will be nut the hest of proof, a'" father de-
peat
by volcanic outineaks. which d. !tired."
will repeat themsehe� in the following On the following -\\
h e 1 ll inti day (:Defoe end her
year. 1nird;v cheerful re ;%s this for the 111('!'' pt'oteetnr. started for ti' 7120, endVesal fan villages 1 ! fres! tvrr5 the joy of the intens (.f
in 19(16. the book says further, ltaiy Linden 11011 where Alice. fnoking (real
will be made the recipient of great the window, sate thein walking up the
teenage frorti the most powerful na- gra\.'led walk together.
r.
(ions. This is supposed to refer to tine They' had come just in time, it seemed,
1lilarl E lttbitron. for only an besot before tin order hail
fhe work ends with the year 1912. ` been Ser%ed upon Richard Re Howto
For 19O7 it predicts a great revolutionquit Linden /loll tyithoul drlay. as it
in Central Europe. \etre) a Sir.,ng manli was to t•e put up at rturtion thefl,ilowing
will usurp the power. Ahd. finally. in 1 dose The horror andc•ut,trrnalion of
foie. a terrible war w s., lay tveste the both Corine and John Iteckledge con
whole of I..rlro} e, and famine rindbetter be t►ungined then dlescriled «'tyro
misery wet 1,1' rampant. they learned for the first tune of I.ncy-
_ • yd r Berk ey's Brenn l rmorl':age. which
- 1::1.1 turned out so 41i-:)strously.
1a;ft(ll'I;'S MOST PRECIOUS I3t>nly. The meeting 1 etwr(n father and
daughter was pitiful in the extreme. It
The f)uhe of Dc%anshire possesses, (S 1 wa= dk ideal Ih'it the lather should.) not
en twilit-40o.,(;!nude l.or7'7rirle's "Book of ' know of 1'1)1 inn's e• -I pn(!r.
Truth,'. \\•ihi,'h k relaid to be eine of 1h(+ 11)5 (e%\ n rrint' Fill a scrrne(f etminst like
rat.. st snot most valuable %•oiunlen in n dreary to Ilicl,nrd Barlow. And from
Europe. It is worth six tines as runlet) the mons1 Id of Cosine's cooling be rr.le-
o= the "\Laurin•' Prt.te. the most cosily ed to call fur the L•enutitltl siren wt.o
l•e.Fok that the Brinell Museum Can had lured all ni los "0)11111, ns \\•011 LS
Ld•11-1. 'I lie Late Duke 1c4Juscd an offer his 1. att. fare him,
of $1(10,000 for it. \\'teik° Ilse) \5e 1e (lit iurng ho\% 111 y
"Pons chill! poor. terrified tittle Co -
rine!" he nl,iruI•lre.i, ectruku►g the little
fluttering wlsite trends gently. "Hew
mach you have gone through! i Flinll
seek Giltert Forrester out without delay
incl avenge %(Mr \vr(•nes at his hands
as only a Ke mlu• l:y gentl(rnen can
avenge them by a duel!"
"Oh. no. no!' crie(1 the g:rl, in affright.
"lie might kill yore."
"I could not d1e rel a feller cause," he
declared, d, quietly.
But the girl cc:rn1,e melt to %vcrl.
afresh. The v(ry thought 01 moll(' ,1(,1111
Rucl,lec!ge lying cold 1n death e11 me -
count Of her nt:,cl folly Riled her \% i111
unspeakable 01.1110- rind in th1+t one in -
:dent the truth %%ns r(•s(frd to her.
that he wus dearer than all the «•otid
t.a her.
11e• re was much reneler h aliel) eve, 0
Jelin Rockledge mil\1.1 at the 'Tis 1. 1
home. leridtig Corine in ey the band.
And ..tilt in(re constrreation when he
told there rill her story.
"H. 1%1 m-! w't,ret n mistake «•e all
1.3,3101' ss eF ;,ice1 l 011 to (
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Try
LSD
11
CEYLON NATURAL GREEN TEA once and
you will never return to the adulterated
eas of Japan.
LEAD PACKETS ONLY. 4e, We, Ger per Ib. At All Grocers.
HIGIIIST AWARD 8T. LOUIS, 1904.
wcr•• to lett hint that he Heist vacate
Linden Hell at once, wonderful n► ws
came to theri. There had been a ter-
rible railroad wreck some few hu1)dr0(l
u►ilcs distant, etnd the dispatches said
that Gilbert Forrester had been killed
outright, and his cuntpanron, a young
and beautiful woman, was rnortaliy
wounded. \\'hen it became oppat'c-nt
to her that she could not live the night
out elle sent for a lawyer, and then
and there did the only graceful„ wo-
manly, kindly act that she had ever
done In her life—made a will leaving all
the property that had came to her
through him lack to Itichnrd Barlow.
Thus, by this time the lawyer was
able to be about, he had come into pos-
session of his own again, and the bit-
ter experience through which he had
passed caused hire ever alter to be a
wiser man, and to remember that a
widower should look long and carefully
ere he leaps a second time into matri-
mony.
During the happy weeks that followed
John Rockledge wooed Corine so suc-
cessfully that when the October sun
kissed the waving leaves from yellow
to brown and gold, she had promised
to reward his fuithfutness and adoring
love by beconing his bridle. And Dr.
Robinson hod won a like promise from
gentle, blushing, sweet Alice Warren.
and thus a double wedding was sol-
emnized at grand old Linden Hall, and
11rs. Sheldon, who was iitstaticd house-
keeper again, and all the old family re-
tainers, were as happy as happy could
be over the grand event.
One thing always puzzled the lawyer
vastly, and that was how his young
partner happened to make such. an edt.y
conquest of l:o'ine.s heart, for he lied
expected considcralle trouble in that di-
rection, and why it was that she never
spoke of Gilbert Forrester, whom he had
imagined she was eo madly in love with.
Ile never knew the truth, as old Dr.
Baxter, his wife, and every one on the
Ashton fare) were pledged never to re-
veal Cosine's folly.
Roth wedded couples still lived at L.in-
dern 1lal1, for the lawyer could not bear
to have his darling child, nor his clearly
loved nic00 removed from his sight.
(:orinc promised to remain on on.'
condition. 011(1 that condition was tol•i
with much laughter, and that was the
golf links, which had been all•eweil to
overrun with weeds, should be restored
to their former glory, Clint everything
about Linden Hall should seers like old
times.
"Ay. (he time when you will, the mer-
riest sprite in the neighborhood and
the queen of the got/ links," laughed
her husband, cotcl►img her in his aims
and covering her blushing face with
rltl.tltroue kisses
(:orinc's wilt was Um. find soon the
golf links, which had become so famous,
blossomed out in a grander glory Item
ever, and one day en the links, while
--
THE TRAITS OF GENIUS
PROFEssOlis tilitl)i4' F:\'tttt:iii i4 IN
APPEARANCE AND TASTES.
Absent-mindedness Is a COnln)O11 Char-
acteristic -- Poets Ofteu
Precocious.
Under the title of "Curious 'Traits in
Men of Genius," Prof.I.orubroso con-
tribu(es to the Parsi twine interesting
facts.
It is pointed out that the great major-
ity of men of genius are to be found
in either of two classes—the tallest cr
the shortest. Among sten of average
mental attainments the greater number
are of average height—of this class 16
per cent. of tow and 68 per cent. of
medium stature. Turning to men of
genius, 37 per cent. are low, 41 per cent.
high and only 22 per cent. n)edium. Ex-
amples of .short geniuses are Epieletus,
George Eliot and A. C. Swineburue; of
the tall variety are Tetrarch, Goethe,'Tennyson. An equally well defined
statement may be made regarding thin
and +stout men. Of stout geniuses may
be mentioned \rector- Hugo, Henan, Lee,
Rossini and Halzac; of thin are Pascal,
Kepler, Voltaire and Giotto.
MOST MEN OF GENIUS
have a high brain capacity. Lebon, on
e\an►ining the skulls of twenty-six.men
of genius, found that they yielded an
average capacity o1 1,7311 cubic cenli-
meters—a little More than 200 in excess
o; the average.
Of the bruins of twelve famous Ger-
many studied by Wagner and Rudloff,
eight had either a decidedly low or a
tory high capacity; Uollingcr, 1,207, and
Liebeg, 1,352, for instance.
On the other hand, one had long he -
1105(d that a great development of ',rain
circumvolution, together with symme-
trical beauty of the fare, were general
charact(risties of the ninn of genius; but
here also the exceptions are nu►nerous.
an extraordinary en(cialien of the
sk nil being frequently notice,rlle.
\\'e have not dealt %vitt) Milani:nation
et the brain rnen)hranes, shown in each
• ll Se as I))nnizc•tli's; and we may con-
trast with the facial beauty and har-
11toniotts skull form of Helmholtz, Dante Schopeni)aocr the abnormally large
1.alures (hereditary) of Such men as
Skoda and lobitis, who possessed el -
most idiotic looks. 11 is interesting to
note that Clement VI. is said to have
acquired genius as a result ofea blow
whi..•h his skull recrivr(i in his childhood.
iThe Austrian novelist, Marcus Clear,
had a sinilor experience.)
A corltnton chnreclerislir of the crea-
tive genius is contempt for the work of
othsre. Napoleon would have nothing
to do «ith skein. and Richelieu thaw
Corine stood by her husband's aide, she ' into a lunatic asylum the men who dis-
covered it; \'°Haire denied the value of
fossils to science. Darwin jeered n1
itypnotisi►. and Virchow absolutely de-
nied 1)at \\ inisrn incl criminal anthro-
pology.
locked up in his face and «ltispered,
slyly
"inn yott know when I first commenc-
ed to think you nice., John, and saw that
you 118(1 a splendid face, and was quite
lovable-?"
"Mien was that, my darling?" he
asked!. casting an arra Omni her, de-
spite the fact that they were by no means
alone on the links.
"\\'beth 1 sew you teeing your first
drill," drel.,11(1 Corine, with a laugh.
"Then train this hour on i shrill be-
come a flowers golllst," he declared,
"for 1 want you to keep on admiring
me, unlit adnuretion is emerged in the
most wonderful love that ever found
lodgment in a girl's bosein. 'Then, and
not until ten. will you love me as
love you. sweetheart. and will continue
to love you until 1 (1t•,"
THE END.
(SNI' \\ 110 PIIA(.Tli E1).
A little ter] %e, as sent fn a hurry fer
the dater the other dry. and when she
rearh('(i the Steps of the physician's
nlTlce she found there a donor of (ivin-
Ily. the pistol' of Ilio' church \vier)! elle
(ttlrnds,
"Well, my little girl," sold the min -
:liter, who r(rogrrtee(I the child].
"w!)rrl ,, tho? r n r
11 tl l tinthlnl, .rrjr.v9, 1
hope."
"1 don't knew frer sure." said the girl.
"Only we can't tinct my tennis ball. high
cr Iow. and we think, perhaps, the
baby's eonlinwed 11,"
"Dear, rile!" eve liiirerd the reverend
gentlemen. much amused. "And so woo
ABSENT-MINDEDNESS
is v'ar'y common %vitt' the roan of geni-
us. Newlon one day wafered his niece's
finger into his pipe, 'Tuchrr'ed once
(ergot his lion nntne. The Archbishop
of Munster. seeing en the door of his
visitors' room a notice whirl' reed: "Thr
master of tires house is out." remained
there no nhtirlg his own return!
The gods must have On especial fond-
ness for peels, for they have a decid-
ed way r,I (sine young. Of 46 case:.
.showing an n' (nage of u. years, nine
poets died l.rtoofeet the fig.'s of '26 and
37— 113 rota, Shelley, Kerins, Leopardi and
Poe aantong there. Of 39 artists and
eeulplors. the average age attained was
c;, one, For Puny, dying swing, aged 30.
Of 30 1ii l- einns., with an average age
o' 6e senr, Alder \%ns lie years old when
he dial. and Verdi 113; while lour other,
died yeui}' Bellini, [Ozer!, Schul,ert.
Mendel-solun.
Poets are often precocious. 1): ittr
w rote A 8(1)1101 to heat ice when he a\Cay
S yie
Ar of 1, \le,zfir't gave' n er,lrr.•rt t (i.
'I'asso \% role % erses et 10, nod Posen! at
13. 1t is, on the other 111111d, true that
',erne men 1111we been back« and: Alfieri.
\\ rei. 1 htniteoldt, i.itinaeu z. t'1:tutierl
and Dorhenirhinn, for Indoor'.
Hatred of tousle has been a rharnc-
ter i;t ic, (.f some persons of genius, es.
/serially in liternlure, p)►ilounphy nnrf
h1slory ('.�!„ Johnson, Victor Hugo.
('nthrru►e if., '/. a. Napoleon. Fonit tt' !c
and Gauthier. (1.a the other hand,
Arlinng rirdent lovers of rouse! have
0,..a01 the (100)61'. well. I'm a docfnr. slno(1 :\rislntle, Deride!, Darwin. Goethe.\\'nn't 1 do ?'' Carlyle, \ioore and Ruskin.
"Ilse tilde girl eyed trim a Moment 1n
a tmwn study, as though the 1dr0 was JAPAN'S 1'(11'1't..\TiON,
new tinct might br good. "No." she sat•t In st'eeg 001111 -net will) the unccrtnin-
nt 1,.'.) .'stinking ltd•r hent with . r'(tion. ty akin( ul Ihe population of Chinn 15 the
"We want a darter that pro(aIseQ, not t \(rclliess of the figures given for Hie
one tint prcnche8." population of Japan in etre Japancso
Blue-txeok for 1!M6, which has hemi
Disease takes no summer
11 you need flesh and
strength use
Scott s Emulsion
summer as In winter.
sem fa fete imaPp(a.
acorr & Powxr., c>te.,aAta.,
Taw.to,
sec. asl0d.ess 4t; druggists.
41111mmrre
polity,' in 1'ngIi'h ly the Jt►l,an(se (lov-
ernrnrnl. The population of the islan.15
constituting Japan pi eper is 47.812,7(x. ,
end that of the I5innd of Formosa 3,-
0:49.235. Japan comprises 100 train ie.
lands, milking the name "Leland F:rn-
FF•ro" peculiarly approprin7 '. The total
area of these islands is 01,nut 161,000
square miles. It is noted that there Is n
close approxirmation to equality in rho
d1vioori of the populaten between the
two sexes.
"Could ye identify the rens+0 That
sthruck 30 1" asked \Ir. Miff. Its. "Do
ye mem' to Insult fee.:" rciein. ii 'ti.
Ie -Oen. "in course (1i could not. ,\f't..r
Oi got through nit 'inn his 'uu n 1t tt,E.r
wout(Jrr't know '1)1).'
DANGER IN VEGETABLES
A NEW 711Eo111' IN Ill'(:1111) f0
Unmet' Specialist Says t:unIJ►l;,int is
l'aust(J by lulralival
Parasites.
The question as to whether it is ad-
vsable to operate) so fre'eluently for
appendicitis continues to Units( the
i►itcru_ t of French plhysicians.
el. ..lar►churd, t1 sltulinb light in the
Viand' f► medical world, now cotes for-
ward with a startling new 111(....i cutch
entirely upsets all preconceived notions.
Ile (tsscrts—arid says his assertion
lucked by Prof. Metc r►ikotf, of 196
Pasteur institute--thstl appendiciths :s
undoubte.tly caused by intestinal
worms. 'These are of three kinds. and
the most dangerous is that known us the
trygocephal, which rousee the .sharp
pains and sysuptonls winch indicate
appendicitis.
'fH. _,01 EI'l1A1. EGGS.
Microscopic examination in every
case of appendicitis that has conte un-
der the obser\ ation of Prof. Blanchard
and Prof. Metchnikoff has revealed tiro
presence of these paraeitea in the appen-
dix. "Appendicitis" says Prof, Blan-
chard„ amore especially occurs (luring
the trot weather. and although not con-
tagious or infectious, it frequently as-
surnes the character of an epidemic in
certain districts."
Now, according to the profes-or,
market gardens in the neighborhood of
great cities, such as Paris and London.
are frequently itanuresl and fertilized by
the deodorized and chemically treatc.f
product of the city sewers. In these
market gardens the vegetables are
forced, and examination shows licit
they contain nurnerous intestinal para-
sites, and especially the eggs of the
dreaded trygocephal,
OPERATION UNNECESSAiIY.
The professor says that a sw'gicnl
operation is absolutely unnecessary,
and that it should never be performed
unless some hard substance, such as a
cherry stone, has been accidentally
swallowed by the patient. Ile urges
legislation to forbid the use of deodor-
ized and chemically treated sewage HS
manure, and that thymol should be ex-
tensively used against intestinal
worms,
"Appendicitis," nd Is Professor Blan-
chard, "when not the consequence of
the accidental swallowing of some hard
,ubstnnce, is undoubtedly caused by the
parasite to be found in cabbage, tur-
nips, carrots, and cauliflower. The
danger lie, in eating vegetables that
have been forced by manures or waterel
by contaminated well and spring
water."
MENFLWK, KING OF KINGS.
The Man 'Who Has 41ade a United Na-
tion Out 01 Tribes of Savages.
Perhaps the most interesting of reign-
ing kings is 1f.•nelik of Abyssiniji,,..lie
was born in 1842 and claims to tee the.
descendant of the Queen of Sheba, «rheas
own son, of the same name, was reput-
ed to be the son of Solomon.
The s isitor to the capital of what
3tenelik hus made a united Abyssinia
15 agreeably surprised, writes Itc►hert
skinner in the Independent, to find hiut-
s011 travelling over smooth and well
constructed roads.
The imperial palace occupies thet crest
of a bill and dominate; the whole city.
`Landing in garden grounds enclosed
ly a !belched stole wall, it comprises
a number of buildings, to which access
obiaimo d by traversing several court-
s aids and a spacious campus, where
are stationed the only body of regularly
European trained troops in the I;thi.)pi-
an antsy.
A wade doorway of Indian design ad-
mits the nowt:trier to the auetlence hall,
a large half ' itichlike structure, with
a roof s if►pu►rted by tinder lrt.ige work,
at they far end of which stands fhe
throne. The floor is covered with Ori-
ental rugs, mixed oil!' certain pr -ducts
of T'reneh and German loop,. Beek
of tho lin• s former' by' the pillars are
111(1SFed on ceremonial occasions, ill ei-
ther aisle, hundreds of the chief people
of the capital, dressed in many colored
raiment.
The throne itself is a sort nf-(Y,'�an,
and occupies a platform sermounled by
►• glided canopy, the gift of France. At
receptions each sire of it Ls .le•tencled ley
Iwo young princes with guns, while
1ehin(1 an(1 around ore groupc,l the \titn-
i-tees. judges and (;Ilice:rs of the court.
'The first impression made by the Ent -
f.( ror is a dt,tincliy pleasing one. lits
la is intelligence F
facelotto rot 11 c(+
g n and his man-
ners are 1h(•se of a gentlemen no less
than of a king. Ile sits In Oriental
fashion, his legs crossed arid his arras
sustained 1.y Iwo cushions.
ile Weals as outer garment a red vel-
vet mantle, which affords glimpses of a
snowy while underclothing, and about
his heed i.; wound a white handkerchief.
Diamond (ardrof►,5 hang at either r heck,
and both hands are adorned with rings.
To converse with the stranger he
snakes use of his private seerettiry, who
is also his interpreter, since he speaks
no other language than 11105.1 of
smut. Some scr(1pe of French he r101,
u f)011 ()(•Caston, 0711/103' 31t r,i» s. rind 1,
on English af;(;1kinI person he will, a:5
n ''1)11 11lnerit, Any ►i "Ite+w'd .l "
The Emperor's thirst for informatiu.n
is phenornenarl. and his knowledge of
other countries is more considernl,le
111nn one might imagine from the mea-
gre sources at his disposal.
The Empress Milt; rarely or Weser
ossicle At the reception of yirritors, un-
less 501110 public eere►nony is 'melee()
nlsolulely requiring her pre:once. She
Ls said to he a \vermin of gaol fer'r of
character and to trove been in li•'r youth
of striking beauty. She is now 47 yeare
of age. And is the doughl. r of n terrier
fins of Gondar and one of the here(fl-
Lary princesses of rho nbsnriee,l king -
dent of Si0nrn, the inhabitant: .4 w peen
are repleted for their white ...Linc. Sev-
ern) timee married previously. she be-
come the wife of Mlenelik in !Seel. 'flrey
hove no children.
\Ienel•k calls himself "Ihe Lien et the
Tribe of J'tdoh. the chneele of hie Lord,
King of Kings of Ethiopia,"