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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1900-11-15, Page 5Wi TJ POETS, Pring. ,fnop well I know you, Sprig, and 80 restrain ady foolish muse from all Buell flatter- ings vain nis "mild" aud "gentle" -lest I be re-, paid, Wee as Marsyas of old and flayed Ibis time joy hail and catting sleet Instead -I pray your geing may be fleet, 'Whet soon I MAY fOrget and drowse ' away ilYty wearbeees beeeath Dear aummer's sway, Summer, Ineallferable season a the Sum Mien. will your noisy insect court take 7our orchestra that rests iota -ay bight; Tour unties with uaconquerable stirgs; ;When will they flee -whet for do they have wings? How torn before brave Attila= with a shorn, Winn silacOr me and, put tame all to z rout.? Autumn. You dismal mourner. Wailing by the bier Of Summer dead, with lamentatione drear, XVIVing MO frantic ever aid anon. With reraluiseences of Summer gone. Wow roindeltbeg her tenderest airs and tones, Saw harrowing me with 'horrid Shrieks aud Malts 1Wnee good old Jelly Winter only liere. Xal Wen forget yen and TOUr evil h.- eon Winter, TE4Oary imposterwith remelt jovial air, Mau tOole the green earth prisoner nn. aware tand pieloned the trees taut Inoue and call rao Spring to free tbent from your icy thralL gen manacled the stream who tugs; in valet aro loose bimselt from your relentless chain, Red beart la ead, nay lyre tr, dumb, VW, Geutie eprleg-Olei will you ever 'come? Oliver Ilerford, b Seribiletae. ROW ROB RAN AEI It is probably a low estimate when oue says the bays cot et ten matte up their minas at ems the during tbeir careers to run away from home. There are various auses taat con- tribute to the forming of such resolu- tions, but wbatever tbe cause. tbe boy le always Arm in the belief that he is uot being usea rbt, and that the only Wan to better his condition is to gather ap such persorial property as be can iconveniently carry and get out into the world, where he can melte a name for himself by killing Indians, or pi- rates, or by becoming a great detec- ting. Semetimes the boy resolvee to be- come a pirate, or bighwayman, caul it in not always the not vicious wbo form such a deterniinatiot. To the Mind of the average boy tbere seeres great deal of romance in such a •eareer. Far many weeks Rob Norton had heen planning to leave the paternal roofetree, and it Must be confessed the readinn of a most improbable and im- possible pirate yarn had. brought aboot this reckless determination. Rob had made up his mind to be- come a pirate! Itrany a night he dreamed of treading the quarter deck and roaring out his orders to his gallant ereva Many a rich prize had he captured -in lila mind. He had fancied himself performing all manner of desperate and daring deeds, and had even decided he would be known as "Red Bob, the Rover of the Deep." He thrilled all over whenever he contemplated the magnificence of the title. Working on a farm was "dead slow" --if I may be allowed to quote Rob's own definition of it. Hoeing pototoes and chasing cows his mind revolted against. By shrewd dickering be had been able to get hold of a cheap revolver, and this he concealed under the eaves in the open chamber, where likewise nestled the pirate yarn that had so fes- tinated and bewitched hini. If Rob's father had known he pos. sessed the revolver there would have been trouble, and the weapon would have been confiscated. It was some time after he obtained esossession of the revolver before Rob neatly settled .on the time of his de- parture. For two or three days he had shirked about his work, and the result was he got a good "dressing down," and was told he would get another if Jae did not complete a certain amount of work the fpilowing day. "I'll never do it as long as I live!" -declared Rob. s. But he took good care not to utter the words aloud. That night, when all the house was still, he gathered up a few things and tied them in a small bundle, and the -revolver and the wild pirate yarn were brought from their place of conceal- ment. A wiudow, of his chamber opened out -ma the sloping roof of a shed, and, noldirg his shoes in his hand, the boy ,crept silently forth. The night Was dark, as the moon bad not yet risen. gut Rob knew every Inch of the vlomity. Ile crept to the lower edge of the roof and rind down es. board he had leaved in *a slanting pa- esition for that purpeea * •"I'll never come back here again." •te 71+11ttered. eat -se -show, the thought did not make f;‘,e! as hilariously happy as it sea at. He 'remembered he' was •run- •tr.o away trot:Debbi Methereatida herd lump fOrland in his throat, but he OnieklY eholted it down, It Was beneath tbe dignity of a pi- rate to feel any regret. He slipped over the fence into the cornfield, where be henitated for a mo- ment. A light breeze was stirring, and all about aim the long leaves Seemed whispering, mysteriously. The sound made him shiver, and be almost wished that he was back in his comfortable bed. After a little time he Plit on his shoes and started down between ate long rows of corn. The shadows were deep about him, but he saw a sheen, of silvery liglat appearing on the eastern borizon, and he anew the moon would be up within half an hoer. He had abnest reanked the limit Of the cornfield witen, of a Midden, hie 'teen gave a great tlaunaP, for a dark form seemed to rise before aim only a few steps away. It WaS a human figure, there was no doubt about that, and Bob found hint- eeif motionless with -was it fright? Could it be the bold Rover of the Deep was seared? He did not make a sound as he smile Lo the ground, keeping his eyes on that 11 figure looming up before him. He remembered hearing his father reading in the weekly newspeper about a des- perate wretch wieci bad nearly num- aere4 A man in neigiebariag town, and it was gala the perpetrator et the deed was atilt at large. Had Rob suddenly come loon, this desperado? Ute began to tremble, for be realty reit odd, despite the fact that the eight was warm and pleesant. Be bugged the ground, and longed to.fite the uhe known move away. But the strauger stood perfectly still, eeembeg to be listening with great in- tentneee. Rob wondered if the fsaae bad seen alai, and decaled be had not. The ealiautes dragged slowly away, Tao boy on the ground Meld hear his heart thempipg vigorously In his bOS,, DM Still the dark Agure remained me- tionlese. Rob thought of creeplea away, but be believed the man was waiting for hint to melee arta a move. Then he remembered his revolver, It 'wasn't loaded! " The weapon, was utterly useless as mens of defense. for be did not even bave any eartridges to load it with: By this time Rob felt really alarmed. Ilia teeth would chatter so be feared tbey would betray iiim. He Would bare given tbe revolve and. (be pirate story, too, if he bad been eately back in the house. By looking intently at the man be tonal see his bristling beard sticking out around bis frme, and.tbe way the fellow wore his bat was enough to in- dicate he was a ruffian et the deepest dye. Suddenly Bob remembered the moon would soon be up, aud the thOilglit filled him with terror, tor he now un- derstood wbat the wretch was waiting ror. Tbe moonlight would reVeal the hid- tng boy. Nerved by bis great fear, Rob crept cautiously away, expecting to be at- tacked at any moment, Inch be' inch and foot by foot be crawled away. It eeeraed that he moved with the slow. mess of a snail, but he knew the need of caution. He crept every bit of the way 'Melt to the fence, and, instead of climbing over, be found a way to get through. He had changed his mind about run- ning away that night In fact, be had postponed becoming a remorseless and red-handed pirate. He was relieved beyond measure when he reached the shed, and he shinned up the slantleg board with agility. In at the 'window he softly elimbed, closing it behind him, and he did not feel really and truly safe until he was in bed with tbe clothes pulled up over his head. The following clay Bob went out In- to the cornfield to see if he could find the tracks of the man he had seen. He was walking down between the rows when he suddenly came face to face with -a scarecrow! He stopped and looked the thing over, feeling very foolish and insignifi- cant, for he had rigged it up himself when the corn was first planted. It even wore an old bet of his upon its !lean and the bristling Whiskers he bad seen the previous night proved to Le whisps of straw. With one blow of his fist Bob lumcked it over. But he was cured. He sold the revolver, humeri tac pi- rate yarn, and remained at home. Advloler: ihe "Why do you not tell the bachelors hou to choose wives?" asked one of them, after reading the profeseor's advice to the girls on the question of choosing husbands. T -his query is easely answered. In the first place, to label the girls who would make the best wives would be to give away state cta rots. One may- laugh at the follies and foibles of the s.ex, when, by point- ing out the same, good may be done; List it wou'd be unpardonable to give the man inaide information about the elserhrod of such a grave character re that ytquested. A man centemplat- '-.7 mar' ego should be able to settle oile,5 '4n for himself. One who r•1:not iT• ringuisb the difference be- -pea U;' e false and the true should e.achelor. Boys should not • perfidy • of mankind," • lz-s, little Mize Dresden. "Here. My has sent me a valentine 'rs beginning, 'Oh, the earth • : s:tres too costly for 'thee,' look it to the store to see • , 1.hey told ,ne it was • , 6ea/;oia,;, but marked down - SOME ENG USTI CIITINS 11-1E.Y APPEAR TO BE pE011ealateY MANY. e Women Not ao Smart 14 Dress as ii,Their Sisters jAmerica-Sarah Pero. nair4IC Coming Arpiallo--NO. More WAISts Like Wasps. For cnic a1' certela dainty ele- gance, no fen is more 15 favoe with: Ladd" Modiell this season then ettine china, Fur is the only material ,a ;which gray is not a cold color, and chine/dila and bleak velvet is an ideal combination for a winter toilet, givins; filt once an aPPearar,ce of warratn au tielicacy of coloriee that Is decieledin fetching, The wrap ot chinchilla ettown in the accompanying illeetree Chinchille for Carriage Wear. tloa is the model ot a cape that was designed for a New York girl, wecee marriage to a Russian nobleman, twa yeam ago, was a noeable event. Tile pave is very full, -with a deep, round ollar aed two long tabs, which reach da the bottom of leer frock in froat Mlle cape is bordered with a band or ellinchilla, with the dark gray str:P s running around. The effeet 13 'X.- tremely goad. This wrap Li More deie one to be worn over a barri- o= frock and on occasions when it is an advantage to remove it ea -1'y. Chinchilla is most becomirg ro tee brunette wail a clear skin. or to the blonde witb color. For wanting purposes the short skirt has not appealed much to Om English woman, who is still a wearer of trains, wleich she hale up without the faintest concern as to whether they clear tbe pavements. And teey usually do not. One is inclined to 1 0 - (love that the worst she has heard of the women of London leas some foun- dation in fact. The mondaine waren you meet in Bond street otten is ae well turned out as her Aimerican cousin, in Fifth avenue. But the ten hundred women you pass in Regent street, for distinction in dress a..d poise in bearing, are nothing like as &mart as the ten hundred ot Broad- way. Reports of mussy tulle bows and lengths of pearles at the throats of Englieb.women are true. No cesaree le considered suitable with these fi- neries at the throat. Our trim linen collars and neat tailor-made ties w e almost unknown here; certainly tee), are unappreciated. It is hard to forgive our Engli friends their tawdry neck dreasing. But a few hours of walking in t .e highways, climbing- into and o t f. buses whieh seem never to have known the broom of mate and ad ?fa. erican is more lenient aim. the soiled hems of skirts, whica ara tact rule. A notable London gown, mad; or rather dressy afternoon use, Is of black Amazon cloth, close at the hips, flaring at the feet and traintd. Oho bolero is rounded over a broad cud; belt of black panne. Such bands of blue Panne, the tint which one sees .n a fiery opal, decorate the broad culler and make a bolero border. Blue panne is knr•.zed through two oxyniz- ed silver rings at the jacket front. The high collar and the chemis.e.t3 are of white china crepe. A fortunate plan. for the preserva- tion of a silk slnirt is an Eng_ish idea. The petticoat is of flowered white taf- feta. Red is the principal color ie she blossoms. A piece of red taffeta, an inch wide, is stitched onto the edge of the wide skirt frill, and there ie a narrow red taffeta dust ruffle under- neath. The designer intends that the small ruffle and inch strip shc-uld be replaced by fresh strips and • reflee, perhaps several times before the skue is worn out The only coraplexion I have seen in England which came up to • expecte, tions was that of a guard at Wind- sor Castle. White and pink roses are the only fair comparison. The aver. •ege Englishwoman lacks the complex. Ion of tradition. And no wonder, with so much eating of pastry. The regu- lar diet of the Englishwoman Would alarm an American college girl. New color, here, vrhich Bona street • disPlaY/Dg in herksack frieze, a heavy home -spun, fuzzy materiel are dead -leaf red and a lleW myrtle green, dark. with a fuzzy' white that is pieea. lug. Shrimp pine comes ertt in erne and eillt '.crape, anki the lovely °opera 11.41;41 bine appears again tor separate' :W4zsts, and necawear. The new violet for silk waists Is rather bluish, Serail Bernhardt Is coming to the; country. Wan you see her ypu aele aehold, not a vamp -waisted picture of feminine grace, Out a new woman -- actually riew. You will not know her! ]Dress reformers bave tried for years to accomplish that which Bernhardt brought about in a, night to allAig- ton." As a boy, Rat and undeveloped, deirder as the proverbial reed, without the fashionable la -curse at the hiPet erhieli even men affect, she stood be- fore a critical audience cempoeea ot part Pertains and part eanteriene- one ready to hiss, the other prepared to eoldly gaze -when, of a sudden. hissing and sneer were erne& into rapturous applause. That whieh thee, did not believe they would like they received with enthusiasm. The temie nine figures, natural and unfetterede won its own applause upon its OWI race, not upon Use grace of steel and. bona Tae Venus 4e Mho and her old time relatives have been shown us fer years as tbe high and trite type feminine form. But, while we leolted, , n e - beauty lurked la sueli broad lame, "Put the Venue into a tailor -reale gowe and she would have a waist line a waeberwonean." we said. And no anielint of talk could convince the world of women that a wastierwo- artan's waist was beautiful, 1tio More WalliteiXike "Wssps. Is It etrange to eee the Freneb wo- men, whose waists were once litre WASPS and whose corsets were made twith full, stiff, round busts, now dressing without the curves mad look- ing entirely for a straight trout 1111(4 Our grandinotbers called that the buske-not buSt-line, and at ene Ira. lod it was rather et:part-to keep the busk line straiglet But they eltd it without a board planed firmly upon thc ' e tigure. and tbey re. ' us. attempt to curve tbe back. int= 4, ii. ea'Aigion" Bernhardt wears no ce.set underneath, but a atiffeeea a' ist that adds ber Arm and laelps ae. muscles. It bas a frontal bone, tiat to keep her moons rairitary out treat wrinitiliag, and there are deluge In the back and two more bones fer etis tack 14.CeS. But it is loose aril straight up and down -not a coreet by any means, Women. Nebo have gradu- ated entirely from the "eteel cage." as the dress reformers love to eell the closet, are wearing a levee piece of ribbon, well boned and tied .n trout with aurae* rIbbons. It is no MIA broader than the belt ana lo In onkel ) to keep the darts frau) dragging and Icutting. But let not the eflanee wa- xen try this mode of reform or the pill come to grief. It takes the b. rd - est or breast muscles and the ehaela'st Iabdomen. If you are flabby don't try dt. Exercise and get strength, but don't trust to that ribbon sumo t tea itil the muscles have arrived. '.." 2.o Sarah lialonas Um vreillt. The nevi coats of 'winter aro straight in front -few there be with the ineurve at the waist. Bernhardt las given us the Aigloa coat, wil.h. le like a. manes Prince Albert, w re two little capes upon the should s, and she has given us the up and d own military Jacket of fur or cloth, with its braes buttons. The belt ma be a Fauntleroy, 171110 is a broad band at ribbon, knotted at the aide. To one woman belongs the credit of have big changed the figure fonainino. Dress reformers had 'worked upan it for a century and accomplished enly ridicule. A year ago to -day they ;were no nearer to a reform than they were one hundred years ago to -day. The word dress reform meant some- thing funny, generally in pants, and the awfully b aely bloomerswere the most popular feature the reformere LIO itts0 dead. That wretched little skirt which fell over the blo, .ers to the hips add- ed horror to n•:., edready horrid thing. Flirt with these bloomers Shudder at the thougi, Not a line of beauty remained whe, they were on. And the awful bloo:/.er coat -what a t log it was. with its box plaits and its lit- tle frill standing out around the hips! Not a person living can declare that dress reform had raade one step of progress in a century's time. One hundred and ohs years ago thp same loose and admirable points of dress ivCre seen as were embodied 1, the gowns of one year ago. But Bern- hardt didit, n'ot by suasion, not by ar- , gument, not by scare, but list by t looking pretty; and women, eager to took that way, ran off and found tea themselves the new 'French figure, with a lovely new corve lurking in the deaths of the back: ' BRAVEST ViE-Afirt";.4 her and oat s-,4.7 .,,,,!,5, .400- r 'Ana cues e st/ . teat you an'd'RheekisnoLsoabt;oeleurteal'ia- tailest4ttsIo‘loovelohyeco i Tal,:aeterowratsh :owwe.dt. bd ion:7s:: ma:stel:Ied. "And wlaich of them asked you to ar, "He did," replied Jehe eurtly. Kate could only say; "Well, tble mission, as you term it, certainly le • thedhPi,icno, ble; 'sear said John, -It will all seem quite sireele wilea the explanatioe et:Mee, it any le needed, Ie. fa-ct, I think it wIll explain itself. Just you keep these eyes .of your °Pea Iand you'll see a all very shortly.' Presently Jolla touched tele eomPatn ion slightly on the arm and drew her i into the slue) of the village jeweler, I 'Now, I want you to Pick out tae t Idnd of a wedding ring you think the bride shaudd get," he said. Wawa be had paid and pocketed tbe ' PiaiigQ14 t he y retamtl:Wnlkclowntrviliagestretard stoT ped at the local office of a great metro.. pelltaa daily and Desmond, ieavirig ICate at Ono side, went up to the desk and wrote out a brief notice and was about leaviag with her wben the ad- vertising clerk called after liira and said that be ban not told him -when he wisbed the notice inserted. "Way, to -morrow, of course," Pes, nand replied. "Now, then," sed john, as limy tweed into a side street, "we'll go amd make arrangements for the pareon to tie the knot and thea we will /Ave ; %Wished our Medea." f They turned into the gravel walk ileading to the Rev. John Bardaya ?Douse and han Just readma the vine - i clad porch wben Desmond stopped I=mat thouglat ot an importaut taleg suddenly, as if he bad but that ;ne- tted, timing to rate. who was stand- ' Ing close to ban, almost waaspered: 1 ''I want to aalt another favor et Yoll:' a ending bis face close to here. "I want you to let me Rise you before we go zninttere." And it was done in a rata en Before rate could recover from the Perfect amazement into waicb John's action bad tbrowu ber he had dexter- ously drawn ber arm through las and, leading tier up the steps, bad rung the door bell, Tbe Rev, Mr. Barclay anewered tee , metallic swernees in person and gave izatiar:rieaedrn2tec,°frodrI4IsbweeialeaQdraseu* supposed John an agnostic and didn't think that be 'numbered members ot the clergy among bis intimates. "Mr. Barclay," began John, when bey had entered the sang parlor, 1Vbere tbe goad gentleman's wife was eated doing some fancy work, "I've come over to-nigbt to arrange for wedding and I want you to Wrenn the ceremony." "When is it to come oft?" asked the peloecrugeyt.man, consulting r oratill date from book which be drew his waistcoat "Immediately," said abon. The Rev, Mr. Barclay cast a meet glance at Kate. "And who are the puttee to be mar- ried?" he asked. john took rate's hand in his own Qua answered firmly: "This lady, Mies rate Evanston, and myself." Kate could not believe her ears. She stared at John in amazement. Be has- tened to reassure her. "Tc eare excited, my dear rate. Calm yourself." The wbote truth luta come to her. The explanation of the raysterious er- rand was solved. She looted into a-ohn'a eyes and read love unspeakable and her own answered in kind. She went through the ceremony like one In a dream and feared it was a dream and hoped if it were she would never awaken. The parson tied the knot and John slipped the ring which Kate had se- lected upou her finger and then the parson insisted upon his osculatory perquisite, and then they started for home, both supremely happy. All the way back Kate clung strongly to Iohn's arm. Before they had quitted the Barelay garden Kate said to Desmond: "Why did you want to kiss rae before we went into the house?" "I'll tell you," returned John, promptly. "You see, Barclay and I were classmates. I know his propen- sities, and I didn't want to suffer the reflection in after years that fie had kissed my wife first." When the happy couple reached their home Kate said: "You are the most audacious man I ever raet. You bought the able and even inserted a notice of our marriage !Wore you asked me to marry you. 01 me why you did not ask me first? vete did you know I'd not refuse to In --1- r ou and make a scene in the Mir t5-'er's house?" And Desmond answered: "When a man of action sees it girl kissing his picture lie knows that the time for action, not words, has come, and he carries her off to the parson." Kate blushed furiously, and pressing her face against his shoulder, whisper- ed ever so low': "I love an audaciou,s man." -Chicago Daily News. "None but idiots Led lovers debe el constaat repetition et the saz thing." A tiny ilea el curious eaten, Arrayed in crimson slashed with green, Came dancing oter.the hill at, morn, - To where 1 wrliderea ell forlorn. And though I knew tame-1mM 41M well, t langhad to hear each tiny bell That tinkled on leais taSeled cap, And fondled him"hhou My laVa i Oh, folly wiSel ob, folly -sweet! A thousand times to m4 repeat, Tiie message that be sends by you; A thousapel tinees it will be new, -Arthur Hear'. MAN OF ACTION. jonn Desmond awoke at 3 in the morning and teed abtrat in his bed. Within iis a fierce struggle between tlae brain and tbq heart was in Prog- ress. He empleyed every schenie that be was aware et to court or ceiripel deep without mimes. •Sutidenly the truth dawned upon him, like a, fleod, of soft werne light. lie was in love. Tbe Imre of his life, am- ` pared with whiea all bis past loves 1p -were mere Idle faucles. The battle t was over. John Desmond, thirty, law- erer, athlete, an of the world, was AQUgUered. 4 Beiug a Man of action. Desmond no sootier aeltneWledg,ed to hitliSelt that be really WS to love with Kate Evans- , ton Ulan he resolved to marry ber at • the earliest possible day, Kate Evendale Was seated at tbe pine in the drawing room of airs, Saulsbury'S beat/Mel bora% where slie 1 was employed as companion to the lay or the house. The rich ligat of a middle May evening pervaded the nlaea Her fingers wer softly bringing back memariee ot "Erminie" and other Ca- elno deligats as her thoughts traveled ; bade over the past After a. time she arose fram piano and Pinking up a number of 'Me - i tegrapha of John Desmond's trieede ' that lay upon the table, seated beraelt upon a sora with her baca to the door , and proceeded to contemplate each of tbera. • Desmond returning home early caan evening let himself Into his aunt's house very quietly with lais latelatey, leaping to catch Kate at tbe piano in • the middle ot one of tbe sweet airs be bad grown or late to love. He approached the great drawing room doors and took a peep tbroagh • the crevice wbieli separated them. In an instant his bead seemed to twee beating 'with almost eleetrical smitione nese, for the sigla, which . smatidenod brain encountered filled bim with rage and Jealousy. ; With a beart or ice and lead be was f about to turn to leave the house as noiselessly as Ire bad entered when the I sinking sun shot a ray of light thtouga 1 the room rind revealed something ; which made the blood C0111.8e faster througa bis body than it bad over ' coursed before. Then he turned awn, and, closing the door very softly be- hind him, descended the front steps of I the bouse and passed down the street Mrs. Salisbury and Miss Evanston were at their dessert that evening be- fore John appeared, He bad left wore in the morning that be might be de- tained until a late hour, and so they I had not waited dinner for him. Mrs, Salisbury noticed that her nep- hew seemed to be laboring under con- sidereble restraint and bluntly aslted him, the cause; but the good body's so- licitude met only with evasion and she • presently gave up all attempts to draw anything from him and retired early to her room, leaving John and Kate to- gether. No sooner bad Mrs. Saulsbury quit- ted the dining room than Desniond turned to Kate and said: "Miss Evanston, I'm going to ask you to do me a favor." Kate looked at him inquisitively. "I want you," be continued, "to ac- company me on a bit of a shopping tour, I've got a peculiar mission to execute and I want your help. 'Will you do it?" "To be sure. I shall be most happy, Mr. Desmond," Kate an-swered, "and if you'll excuse me I'll be prepared in a very few minutes." The streets were dark by the time they left the house for the shopping quarter of the town, and Kate took Desmond's arm. They had walked for a few moments in silence when Des, mond said: "I want to exanon - "e • -se and no doubt you, too, e ' peculiar. As a matter of fact, I've been commissioned to arrange for the wed- ding of two very dear friends." "Two couples," Kate asked„ quietly. "Why, no! only one couple; a man and a woman," John answered, some- what puzzled at the question, "And was she a very dear friend?" the girl on his arm asked. "Yes; the dearest friend i ever had among vanneh; in fact, the only wo. man I evereallsr cared for." In a tnoinent John was half sorry, half glad he had said this, for he felt the little hand of his companion -With- draw until only the tips of the fingers tested upon his arm. •"That's a good a sign," he mused. For a mcpment nothing was said; tnen Miss Evanston broke the silence. "And didn't she care for you?" she asked. "Yes," he repRed. "She loved me • ea ehe still loves me." i'.esently Kate's curiosity got the better of her judgment and she asked: "And the man-grou sap he's a dear friend, too?" "Yee," replied Resmond, "the only ,no 1 ever,' trusted ilteolutely " • Stoinaeli to Fit. During Sherman's I'lViaroh to the Sea" rations were often scarce, One day an officer found a soldier eating a persimmon, and said to him, "Don't eat that, it's not gOoa for you." "I'm eatin' it because it's good," he said, "I'm trying to pucker up my stomach so as to fit the rations uncle Billy Slierman's a -given 110 The rug -"Say, but dat new feller don't do a thing but put 'em to sleds i oft." The Mug -"No wonder! He wuz a preacher before be took , to Prize , igneine" A military centenarian.' "Want of Watch, n arake4 4 Many cases of poor he .lth come from vant af va fulness.. 'Wut if you keep your Blood pure no thief -Can steal yoUr health The one effeetive eeteral bleedvale ti!1' isykeid'ei Sersaperille, 2-t Item, aisoppotnts. ;ovum Iliclood-41fy at' e suffered waft pain and distress from ea affection of the throat mused iv impiare Wed. $110 Was alraOat in despair eveterz alie turned to 13(00tV8 8arapaxiU 1.7c bottles of this medietee cetlintleteita glared her," IOW. Witeataaa, Oat. Ont, taaraftila -"Hearne Sarseperillehaa cured me of seraalk, I was wean and de, billtated aut1t. Amite me strong and vela Atter •a severe cold bad catarrhal beer. Agaia resorted to this mediclue andit mad. SAaAn B. Daaor, Annapolis, N. 1$, flood% 3.4 ciao liver las; Oen Oltthirtk t. tak wftbWad! AN EXP1FUMENT IN LOVE. Cot the Itaehelor Wethlluz. VW/Mato taltt, lie WPM SatisOetl. Taemoirs lifted his dein from Iris "damn and als eyes from the tog of lets ellea and dared dolefully. • dirin't believe atoll bave me," Ite laid far the Scene dozenth time. eMeared tar. "Way saeuld she?" he aeked, mane aneutatareln. "Why?" 1 ealced, reilettively. Tremoirs glanced at me. "What fan B110 see la me?" be demanded. "True," 1 replied; "wbet?" Trernirs regarded rat doubifir "It's erase presumption le me to el to love Mr," lie asserted. nodded oarNitbuslasto essent Treraolrs glared at me for a full Minute. °Sbe is So larely and Pure de -and beautiful, that tor a rinigh. grabbed. worldly fellow late me to teearra her everes ne all mutt," he "It Is." 1 agreed "Contend Tout" triea T hotly- as gooa as non are. ' "Undoubtedly:* I observed, In ea We Castle a tone as 1 could manage. "And I'll peewee to leer this very Liglit, It you do think I'm tau big a scoeudrel Treratars vainouneed, as he hastily departed. Well, 'I eoppose I'm out a wedding present, but I've proved my theory, which is that the selt-abeegation JOT. s indulgot in is &imply unconeeloue. pocrisy.--Puck. Renewed the Gruilze. Even an old sore will give al A twinge if it is roughly handle& aay the Inatbes Compenion. Two eidcriy n met at a. reception (me eveninge, and after trey bad been introduced to ach °tint., one of them mid: "I beg pardon, Mr. Tarty, but ere you related to the family et that name who lived in Ilatteton about fifty years,* "I am a raember of the identical far. dly." replied the other. "II resitiel' there myself fifty years ago." ;lama you are Columbus Tarty?" "Yes."' "I am deligated to meet you again. Do you remember Wesley Weston, with wbom you played when a little boy?" "Surely! Are you he?" am." "They shook hand e again, and after it little pause Mr. Weston' said: "You remember we awl o. uarrel about something or other the last time we met, and you pushed me over into. a tan -vat and ruined a suit of clothes for me?" "Yes, 1 remerabei it very well. Hai bar "Ha! hel We can afford to laugh at It now, but it was a. serious matter to :me then. I have thought of It =arra\ times since and made up my mind long ago that if we ever met again I would tell you freely and fully forgive you tor the mean little trick." "But as I remember It, you were ens tirely to blame in the matter:* "Not at all. I hadn't done anytnIng to you. However, as I said before,* I don't hold anyt spite over it now. Il torgive you—" "But I don't want your forgIveaean, sir! I won't have it! I told you-.---" "Sir!" "Sir! Good evening, sir!" "Good evening!" •'And' the grudge of any years agv, resumed business, so to speak, at th, old stand. Cheerful meet. "The bell," said the prosy In:lentos 'has almost superseded the knockers - "And that is the reason," eaia tir Cheerful Idiot, "way it le a knOckeree -Indianapolis Journal. Filipino Plea for Parley are era away his ftag of truce And sadly muttered, "Wbat's the, use The Spaniards, though to justice bleed. Were tar more sociably inclined." • Mary Grigg, wife of Robt. Webb, died in Staffa, on Sunday. Oct. 28tla, at the age of 76 years. She ,wae the motlier of Richard Webb, formerly of Exeter. Children Cry for CASTOR IA. Children ,,,Ci‘y for