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on the smiling ocean -the bride Ot "no Solt ileikr that YoU Were -?N'--I
hint ;lee; whom she ...2.01ge hose given there?" he esked. "netnember I saw hi
up her young life.
HastilY disrobing herself, and with It?"
you -and. I saw him! lio you deter Ye
PraYer on her lips that Ileaven '‘Nt)...' she gesTed. PiteouslYe "how
ould he kind to her, she crept into w
Ye
ran I -when -you -you saw rne„" d
bed.
a
• she stammered, with a hard sob that ,,,
Pot, ewers she tossed restless/7 aofteeed his anger straw -My -he loa. -se
come to lier.
upon her palowe s/essts would net ! ed her witit such a greet. eee, •
..1 N.,, in be 4. vele, hollow-eyed ••fee else," he said,. with grave, ete ha
.7;-..ezert1ng line.
Reif.
bride on th; morrow," she told here ; fee eignity, ''teil me the Ob:ect .0! ea
el'
Rut when the moraine breeze pink :' etreutistitnee that exteuiestes or ON' th
1 teat secret aieeting. If there is ate; •
;wed teoldee ie the esesterri she% eeeth- ; plains stet an (mien be Irene end ' es,
balm ni fizocl" Ittla still been de- , te..4 tne. and I will fully pardonea
lead peereen intereate nervous.
re d her. I/er Nast peened and she „ Tixere must be seafect conxidence and „et
The pretty pearl and gold clock. on ) altar and ukyself.n
i trust between the bride I lead to the . tut
the mantel poin'kel to ten. A servant i $he wrung her little white hands ee
TS bet no word same 10 her front • auseer him.
heel broug,ht her a le:noting breSt. e together in agone; etill rib(' aid net nes
rredericia or even front Vivian.
had
I "Still you be freed); with me and hat
"It s. 1..• • 7 . eke 1 ..• . eeeretek she sent tell me why you Met him there?" Ile
to ete.e• to her 1 k . , ssi;ed, with a quiet ertilness that he
be, each tette, Much to lIelena's stir- ght have warned Jr.
entes, 'Vivian reeve -NM to come on one
wreteet (a another. aI--I--can riot,. Frederica," she ew
lora
At thee( the guests, who had teen .ssecs murmured, incoherently. gra
meted. As; nes some other time." -
laviteci ill witness the e•Teznony corn- . -
Wa$ ablave with lighte
event -eft to arrive. Cameron Bel) eri ee a t. Love, yearning love, .4.,t7„1„.
'here was a. great struggle in Fred -
prompted him to tette his der/inn in '"'
'teen garret to /element . bis ;arms and kiss away the tears Ite -
nals
lee) br i r
----7(Tr-e;;;;e ziee(
ecl soot
so. much in- all my 1
.deeerve to
0,14Atguzipinonetehlanzet"gs4thaarisrh,
•i with in the hashes
cried Vivian. •'The
turn Over in hie ae
;knew of the disgrace
brozerlit clown upon an 11
• ; to -night. The guests
sea away, arid to-morr
el la of the scandr(I. leredere
ese poor fellow, has left the city
ether than bare the .disgrace of see,
g ilk the papers the story of how
is -bride-elect fled from him on whet
hing kindness •
ete tee , mahe lip her mind wilethez
she would confide to him her secret
laugh retie I rn. "t.
es I The time was up, and after a hest,
ee _ese.e toting rap upon the door which met
tsweirauesre!•
With ne reSnOrMe, Frederick boldly
\-e if he
wool en.t,e;herie inthuestillh'exeriettltsrsnetesfi to elerrel;
011 t�1 0 roan." he murmured, es he nervous,
°flared name toweled the ben and dispatched
ha.ve been one of the eervaets irk quest of .her;
ow,s papers (Ike weddiug guests would be allele
oils. •
At that monkent, 'Vivian, radiant
shimtnerieg silk, hurriedly- entered
the librarY.
elle cried. approach-
ing ben so ifly, and with an open
diary in her white jeweled hands,
"I have semething terrible to tell
you. Oak, you stend shock -,_n
great slicea? It is about Helena!"
He was a man of strong nerves,
yet he trenk'lel. ancl his face, even
CC) his
hT'srzi.I.,",.1-‘i•111 difficulty.
"leredere Piled. In a :shrill
eesseeer I &rated strangas•
!h*olkart .elielessa has fled)*
e • he went
on, excitedly. "Quite tee ininittes
age one of the cservant$ met Helena
hizrrying rapiely front the huitee.
few nicanetats leter eurringe dashed
peet him, 0011 then the terrible truth
bust upen hitn; the girl who was to
be your bricks -oh. it is horrible to
6ay it, 1:ut ueuet say it ----she has
eloped! The (leery have just foetal
in her boudoir prOVe8
Frederick cestleton did ektet cry
oet, or utter 4 sound, There are
griefs which strike too deep for
words, his was one of them. In
that terrible moment ties loving
eeart in his boSone seeuied turned to
stone, all his umuliood appeared to
die.
Tbe soma) of merry voices from
below amused him.
He held out his trensle
the (Hare) hnt tae uordisligetsbenninedd t.411)1'.
Waver mid (lance before his eyes.
"Read what is written there, Vive
an," he said, hourseiy, "1 eau not,
make it
$he tool; it from him nod read the
lines Helena had penned, slowly and
deliberately.
" 'When he searches for we lie evil
net And izze„ tor I ehall be far away
with the :van 1 love.' "
A terrible silenee ensued as the
lea words fell from Vivan' s Ups,
and she elOsed the (Miry.
"ere' Once I see it all nowt" he
cried, in wild despair: "she has elem.
eti with Ilerbert Renwick, my rival
and bitterest foel":
A groan, wrung front the very
depths of his heart, burst front his
white, set lips. "False to me, and
loved her sot" he cried, in the
voice of a, man who has been driven
suddenly mad by some tragic sor-
threatened to take ter-
rible rengeanee upon ant," he elute
tered; "but rlittle dreamed be would
-humble my pride in this dastardly
faehion--the weeding guests azszena
Med only to hear that my bride -
elect his eloped 'with lily rival!"
"Do not take it leo hard, Freder-
ck," murmured Vivien; "perhaps
there was fete In it," she Added,
with glittering eyes.
"There Ives a cum in it, end
yow of vengeance!" he cried out
with terribbe bitterness, eetting bis
handsome white teeth Iletel togeth-
er; "a cerse in it that inust be wiped
out In blooc11" and, seizing his hat,
he rushed toward the door with des-
perate, recklets fury.
"What woule you do, Frederick?"
teed Vivian, in alarm, bounding to
his side, and seizing Ms arm in ter-
ror.
"X would defend the Castleton
honor!" he replied, with gathering
fttry. "I will hunt the man down
Who has stolen my beautiful bride
from rne, and lie shall answer for
St.
'There will be rnurder done, see
it In yoter eyes!'' gasped the guilty
'woman, who well knew that Helena.
had net fled with Herbert Renwick,
but had simply gone to Squire Can-k-
eron's lonely gra-ve to tveep out her
sorrows there.
She had thought exultantly as she
followed Helena, that if she could
by any means induce the girl to ac-
eerrt money and leave the city at
once, all would be fair sailing; she
would tall her that Frederick had
disrais,seci the guests and left the
eity-at the male time forbidding
her the house; then she would be
forced to take the money and go.
She knew her well enough to believe
that she would never seek an inter-
view with Frederick, but go quietly
away; and in time Frederick. Castle -
tem would learn to forget her love-
ly, childish face.
And now matters had turned out
so much different from her plans.
It heti never once occurred to her
that Frederick would. seek Herbert
Renwick on such:an errand:: she must
prevent a zneeting at all hazards, for
then Frederick ,would find out that
she had not eloped evith his rival
He shook off her clinching touch.
"I shall not entailer because
she loves him," he aeswered.
will fire into the air, but this bullet
,shall pierce my heart, and when I
Lall eh.e Castleton honor Will at .leaet,
he avenged."
"Oh, no, no!" gasped Vivian, beat-
ing the air frantically with her
White jeweled hands; "I will tell you
the --the-
-seseese-aeseeeestaseeeess
age,"' '4Da„isy I3rooks; Etc.! Etc.
11.
'as to have heen his -wedding
A sob broke from the girl'
tieering litee, but Vivian went on
ith concentrated scorn and intense
tterness. "I -wash my hands of
11 forever. My home is no longer
urs. You are an outcast Cm the
Grid for •all of no. Never dare to
oken the doors of Cameron Hall
aineado you comprebeed?"
moaned the girl, in an
athY of dull despair that would
ve touched eisy other heart to lay
ve Vivian's.
'I want you to uneerstand, to%
at it Was 1 who warned Preder-
of you treaChery. I who discos--
sd that elendestine meeting in the
;or with your old lover. X who
et hen to the arbor that he might
your lov-
who We
-
110111 what
X have to
v that has
ould have
debt ot
slowly,
,
tness your parting with
with les own eyes.
sed the guests, t
heppeneel. for 1 bate
e you, Ilelena.''
Then it hi you mitosn
nk for tbe bitter some%
lien nee -you, sh
ed me an everlasting
titutle?" said the girl,
I am at a /cies to )
12 varelow -he rasteneat."
In her boudoir linty, the mai
wastng the laet touches to th
aridiatessers t
o er lovely eyeS on '.
„ his wedding -day, but outraged pride
eves stern. Duty to hitutself deemed- Atr11"`
11 -filet she should speak. If all was WI
. it v.h0 i 1 . tett. should she-- %Tilt
who was to be his bride within the
Ab.
-
Ale how fair Ilelerza looked in ter hour-ere:use to confide be Wee? ; from
sfaiteisxg robes of shimmering eatin. ;r ee will have you el? yourself for eeilli
with tee filmy bridal -veil tossed back ' ten nunutes to think over calmly the • I. th
from her loveiy face, aree the crown request I have made of you," he
lee, soft, brown. glossy curie.
of orange.blossoms bindlog her child- i Paid. eeith sorrowful firmness. as he , tiles
rliatikenels flashed from her slender f find, upon my rrt urn, th4t you will e'eu
turned to quit the room. "and if I - Tivia
etitsitoue them.
fil,m ears, but her dark, restlees eyes I wedding ceremony will not
teerozet, her white arms. and shell- 1 not, take ste into your Conildetgwoe, tot , df lg.° r'
the wifI take t
Miss lIelena. Yeti are eieePla have no such dark secret as that . Am
eierieet." cried Nate'. in ecstasy. "No from me; deaely as I lore eve 1 , et Vi e o MY heart Must s werl
Wonder eire Castleton adores yew; would part with you (last." and eel! word
Erni look like an angel. If you I •turned and left the rooted metal
ervould only let 1110 put on a little I Ile ecareely meant fink words as he
pale."
rouge." she said. "YOu look so very 1 uttered thinen be would lieve laid i harm'
1
It wanted a quarter to eight. lion: bis bezutiful chieling; he Meant eine-
I down leis life rather thaa part with,
otrange it was that Vivien had not ply to force the eecret from hor.
n near her the whole day loeg. Jealousy was his one besettiper sin
Fifteen minutes more and she ' and h
e 00111(1 owoubl be standing in 'the parlor be- tbet Helena. should meet thus ?secret- 1 and 4
not endure the thought s enc
Wide.
•npatb. the doral bell, at Fretterickes ly his rival and bitterett foe, Her- I I rep
At that moment a servant at the worde to him had beets that he i the do
bert ilenwick, the rive' erleeee /rust 7 Went
rare roses with the message from lana.
itt:or handed Helena, a bouquet of Would take a aser.ibie revenge upon i will
Frederiele that she would Please see Ala yes, he roust know what pass- i ;tarn;
taee in: in the libreu7 at once. Helena's • ed betweerz theml
flushed brightly with the light Far one awful moment aSter the flingin
meet her handsome lope,
tof love as she hasterted down to ' door had closed b • 1 em Helene t 1
1 went
ie
1.ow he would fold her -obese to to the marble Inentel that yeas not 3
etood, int and trembling, elinging need t
Ile would lead her proudly among, ' hands.
his 'wart, and kies her quivering lips. more cold than her nail white areas"
the brilliant throng of guest's to her he laughter aad ft -1y vole *5 float- . away t
momente more and ehe would be his ; few made he,
eneath the dotal ben. A few . tag up to lier frtee the parlors be-
And
-wife, and she would never know art- ,! seetned to :,,,Iiiie 1..r.
Talat, :mei t!.e room ' 1 t:indj
tYther happy trionient after that un- -, ei meet have r,ir,- u.1,. (..,11.1.1 out- , Twes,ned
til she was far away with arederielc i "air and rocna as 11111.!: What it is . h' eart.
, eroll's
upon the blue, smiling ocean, leav- , that has happ.: e,". to :: 4.."
behind.
Ing the old life and the oid dread far : Like one strizk ;.--.teLly Wind, . lifeless
- The
With .her heart all in a ftutter she 1
1 she groped her e ee e ete the room i "teem/4,
gilded swiftly. along, her pattering with the breath
:..: :;:'• ;-.-es.
and out throiseli t a : eaese. odorous ; -
footst,eps making no Sound upon the She quite forgot i. .e. s he- bridal- ; leIAL nia
thick velvet carpet. The sound of dress that was trailing
I
her from below, making her heart or that the thin Neel
revelry an.d gay -voices floated up to dew -wet grass as she !serried along. ( eee e, eel
aa, lee ; passedo
. . e .
beat faster with a tender glow, branches as she dew past.
remelt, on the i ii---gure -13,
pushed open the door mottle,. She forgot that the sharp stones
1r' federiek, stood before the mantel, , were cutting through her dainty : .. e -
bis handsome fair head leaning ' bridal e -
hes hand against the eold, pulseless .' her tender feet.
on i white satin slippers and wounding : tearing.
Heaven
niarble-hie back t oward her. • A dark form folloet-ed the white, i floviIngite, nf
How -dejected and tniaerable he ara flying figure, but Helena was so dtv.- '
poured. Eta looked anything but a ed by horrible pain. that she did not -
happy bridegroom. Perhaps that seed.
wea only her fancy. i d
dark, gl
er or a
Helena tiptoed skyly up to ees
u.peurned
It was Estrange, when the burden of i ne Pee
stare, and glanced up into her lover's eh* ehould have down to Squire Caen- I light fe
-woe fen upoia her the heaviest, that 1
handsome face. Row strange, hag:- eron'e stave, thrown herself upon it, 1 ness, p
wildest Vivien. %%-ith freming
fierce- glitter lighting up the
restlesS eve,s
Rut for Are. Oenteran weuld
be yours." said Helena, eakely„
in g her enemy full and unAincle-
Y in the face, "You w It ',"
limed Helena, "that Squire Cam-
. on las •death -bed, eiit you err
his wealth -save :,%'our dower--
ng all of his fortune to me; and
rough pity, $ecretly elestroe'ed
vill that was in my favor, andrited
you Inheall. And newer,
Callicron. May Heevon forgive
for langetting what I have done
em. and turning me from your
an outesat upon the pitilees
ti!"
1 in all the long, eventful years
elan Cameron's life thoee piteetts
s rang in her guiltee ears, "An
St upon the pitilees world!"
at will is burned and out of
5 way-seey should I fear
cried Vivian, meth trium h
tt
UCftmace. "You could Dot prove that
it ever exiSted-people would Wink
you mad if you ever hinted of the ex
e of emelt a Yee. mad.
At cone ler an'insane asylum.
eat what said before." else
on, mercilessly; "never darken
or of Cameron Hall again. 7
give you money to pay ;your
o some distaist cite', and her(
circular eloalt and hat," else
on, throw imr ole her wraps and
g them together with a puree
g 's feet. I fancy you Will
?tent to cover your bridal fin -
:mitering, "a. woinanes veep -
with these words she flitted
hrough the cold bright moon -
leaving her helpless viatint
rig alone beside Scpere Cana
lovely grave, with her band
tightly over her brealcing
next moment she had fallen
among the wild flowers,
tbeir tender life out as she
mexit later a 'wayfarer, who
st his way, and by chance
that lovely, isolated grave,
th amazement a white -robed
Ing across it wrapped in
ell,
d his hand over her heart.
s, she is deed!" cried,
off the N-eil from the marble -
ace, and pushing back the
:eating, dishe.yeled curls of
ossy hair. "Is this a raur-
suicide, I wonder?"
red down anxiouely at the
face upon which the rrloon-
11 with such pitying tender-
eered a raoment, and then
ack with a. cry of intense
nd horror.
di It is Ffelena!"
Zi was Afark Forrester.
gc1.3 e`e.'rld White it looked,
was a wonder that the odor of face -there, weeping tears theA griev- surprise a
ported the hag gras8, and hte her : started b
the roses she carried had not ware- ed the angels Ise enemas. "My Go
was so much engrossed ht kis The marble 'moss and the other she !
i
ed. him. of her izeee preeence, hut he One 'white arm. she twined around I The .nie
"Frederick,"
eh* called softly avel gaspingly, while the e teate poured 1
"rig hands to hire. "Vrederiekr'
eteee ey, holding out SKr little, eutter- down leer lovely, white, uptuened 1 On the
Ple rstarteeti cue wheeled suddel wreitg, and here on my knees, on ee; ;
fee. IA* min, "I did you a creel I e eamesom
Helena
areetted, wad the stream* light ilk ki What. was to have been my wedding- 1 tngi;
- awful blue eYeas eatteed het tre eight, I have come to atone for it. "e„,"e4";
telikt to•towel ittee
tt out in elerm, but les dia yet at. On the raorrow they will find ree`e a'
the arrival
They 1
his mother
Friends
there, rec
Renwick,
-sea/nor hear.
thoughts that he appered iteither te raised to the star-gen:limed hea,ven.s. 1
• "Squire Cameron," she murmured,
°RAFTER lax.
eventful evening on which
was to have been married,
man with a Veiled lady
o his arm, walked restless -
down the platform of the
station gloomily awaiting
of the outgoing train.
vere Herbert Renwick and
•
and acquaintances passed
caring only a. bow from
who seemed inclined to
avoid them.
"It seems hard to part with you,
Herbert, my boy," said his mother,
sobbing behind her veil; "but you
know best, dear."
"I could not stay ie Baltimore
knowing that Helena will be mar-
ried to my rival to -night," he an-
swered, hoarsely. "1 =est go away,
as far away as I can get; and evelen
an able to bear the pain of meet-
ing her ca,baily as Frederiek's Wife,
X will come ba.ck-not before."
His mother looked up at him wist-
fully.
"My poor boy, let rae go as far as
the next statioxi," she cried, as the
train dashed, puMing, up ,to where
they' stood.
eOuld not refuse his mother her
last request when • Heaven alone
knew -when she would see him again;
and hie friends zaw, him tenderly as-
sist the eremblieg, slender, veiled
lady upoe the ear; another :noel:tents
he had lett -the city that held his lost
Carling.
We mu.st now return. to Frederlek
Casiletoe whom we bit eaxiouste
awaiting the expiration cdeehe -ten
*Mutes 41.bnx Jilleheaele
0 d as hoi looked team tete t1•, eriek'e bride, but the pale, cold bride
her, report your grave, not as ]-ed-
it*
ftstikey, ee &Wee% I of death. Sweet 011ie Cameron, you
, omet toviltr—the Wards name and position 1 have
eel- leer to keel' seemed os b2. claimed, I hope that you have par-
leaan deszek tak ittfer.,-,340, Wine cloned rae; indeed / meant no wrong
44114 -Tided ft. ' in' coming here; It Was only the
Below, the wed/lean sette4ts ix -,...s. , thoughtless ha '
d, tewaitiag tra ap
he bride cosi txtocese. teh fa tiftliV'
pegitzl
"Releziaru' tee enie, gently ale
a-braptly, "explain te mit, if 1514311
f
tice mystery el Igen stied's
I xeceeneeeell le the reSs
eleILYPTER
0 vend words Cad away iat
' silence, %le sew tee quested*
'ale as a keens blighting
a,tzght of tar etrikes aeiot,-,houtie
'Wer. She otzleered troza'llead
t, and drooped tiefore the pitflese
r of his cetera. accusing voice.
e color fled beim her evitentee
-and the light died from lice
'go dark eyes, raised eo pate -Artemis -
to his. She tried to answer fest
words died away In a 'Caine
eeented to Helena that the great
adelier above her head west
r ing around her, then ellence eeed
4fless reigned; 'yet through it all
teuld se e Frederick Castletenee
ise faee and the tragic ?stare* est
.1.0 1
eak of a young
girl who did not know, did not rea-
lise the fatal step she was taking!"
She remembered the tender love the
poor old squire hsed lavished upon
her, and In the hour ote death he
never knew the truth, and sob afte-r
sob shook her slender frame am she
knelt upon his grave, over which the
wind moaned so 6°1W:tally in the
cold, white moonlight. 'Ile pale
1210011 glimmered down. upon her
flashing diamords and white, upturn-
ed face, her bridal rob ez all wet and
soiled; surely in all Its rounds einee
the world began it never (shone upon
a sadder sigat,
A seep sounded beetle her, and as
1-lelena started back a Term:lien's
hard, inocking laugh fell upon her
ear. It was 'Vivian -she knew It
even before Ishe started up, callInga,
faitely upon lierieente.
"So I old ou here, upon what
was to kave been your wedding-
ehe efdad, baratty, epezraing
the gine /ram her ems wait*
*vriect.d UN*.
110viati,i,'" *ow Ne`, .11
ftIVA 1110Mquitifr bVIP
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But Frederick Gastleton would not
listen.
"Send the guests away, Viviaa,"
he cried, tearing himself from her
clinging clasp; •`*1 Can not !one
theml" In another instant he -woe
gone.,
Hailing a passing (soup% he order-
ed the driver to prdceed directly tat
Plertier't Renwick's lodgings-, prey te
find that he had left the city (sud-
denly.
Inquiries about the city elicited la-
forma.tion of a conchisive character
-
At about the tenie the wedding cere-
mony at Cameron Hall was eupposed
to have been preceeding, Herbert
Renwick', with a heavily veiled
clinging to his arm, "wen Saeil to
board the Kew Yoek outg,oing train.
ceserainueD
A SHREWD HEN,
Xtow Sae Worked a scheme to $av
Iter Neck.
"I don't care within 'bout a hen's
inorals seong QS she's a good layer,"
remarked it beetle broWed Man to 2, fel-
low vegetable 'vender as they were
aboUt to enter a. restaurant ma State
Street the other day. "No, eirreel eke
if she eatet lay 1 git rid of her rolghtY
suddingl,Y. Xes, sir.
"But 1 had a be las' fall What was
a, caution. Lay) •She coulebet lay
Sbe vea'n't fief earthly good ge
a layer, an yet $he was the Most lUrely
hen 1 bad, She WAS a- gay deceiver,
tut, say, she netted we wore egg money
than all tire rest of the neck put te-
gether, I had noticed for some time
that elle Was a dead leSs le the yard,
u one day 1 said to my old woman
that 1 gnessed the next time we had
company we'd better let her 4gger In
the dinner. She was a-eatin corn right
at my feet at the time, an when went
Ole to Stete to the Weinall that there
Wae 130 1150 lo keepitt 41)021 what didn't
lay none she perked up her bead Ma
looked at me long An earnestly, Says
4.131Y woman, "I'll bet that bea knOwe
what you are sayln. Saes I:
41 •bope to gum she does, for I Metal
'business. Isio aigs, no fodder, ill nay
yard,'
"That be stood us If she Wits turned
to stun for 'bout a Mainit aud then
scuttled off. The next raornin when I
Wet out she come up a-cluckin au act-
in queer, At last I made out that she
wanted me to toiler her. Sim led the
way to a ole tooihouse, an if there
wa'n't elese to a dozen et fresh laid
algs. Course 1 was surprised. 1 know -
ed she hadn't laid no alp for several
reeks. Well, 1 took 'em In,an the
ext Peernin I found tbe same thittg,
ben 1 begin to feel interested. More
so 'CAUSE: George Perry told me at the
store that afternoon that his •betas
wa'n't layin none, fle's my neighbor,
you know. That night I watched,
Party Ito= I see'd wynoupayin hen
teleadhe a bull eolony of Perry's hene
across Jots to the toolbouse,
"Then I understood, She couldn't
ley uo alga herself, but she was tryin
to aave her hide by intluencin ber
neighbor& An, do you know, she kept
that up till STIONV eonte. Ail nil mein
her, 'cause she lr.nows on Nehat condi-
tions she keeps out of the stew. Us,
sir. She's a, shrewd hen, an if she was
a man sbe'd life my mortgage inside tot
a year." -
e11. ordere.
An Irish recruit had the Misfortune
to part company with his horse. A.e,
cording to custom, the sergeant strode
up to him and demanded, 'TM you re-
ceive orders to dismount?'
"I did, iorr."
"Where from?"
"From hind quarters, yer bortori"
said Paddy, with a grin.-TIts. "
Azt Ineorrigibee Brute.
"They tell me •that you have been
traveling abroad," said the young wo-
man who tries to make conversation.
And the man who seizes the slightest
pretext to be disagreeable answered:
"Perhaps you -will be kind enough to
explain bow I could have gone abroad
Without traveling."
demounted Var.
"1 wonder why we always have some
very bleak weather after the beginning
of spring," the obeerrant boarder re-
marked.
"Oh, the weather bureau has some
winter remnants to work oft," the dry
goods boarder said. -Pittsburg Obroni-
cle-Telegraph.
Criticisms.
"Some novelists don't know what
they're talking about. Flerh's one who
speaks of a girl's 'raven hair.'"
"What's wrong with it?"
"All wrong. Ravens don't wear hair;
they wear feathers." -Philadelphia
Times.
Only Open Date He Rad.
Magistrate -How did you come to rob
this man in broad daylight on a fre-
quented thoroughfare? "
Eligh%vayman--I couldn't help It, your
Worsbari I bad an engagement for ev-
ery night of that week.
When Charm ldeeta Charm.
lir. Jackson -1 done hab nay rabbit's
foot erlong, but she give me de mahble
beaht jes' same.
Mr. Johnson-Mebbe she done bab
her rabbit's foot erlong too. -Smart Set.
Sensational Turn.
131013bS-fle• told roe a hair raising
story.
Slobbs-A.bout what?
Elobbs-The profits in Belgian rab-
bite:
Rim Threat.
Lovesick If. enk--If. you refuse me,
Angelina, I'll go to the lion and *all
bim a liar. -New York nverting Aar -
nal.
courtaey,
-"Willie," said the email hey's; nnatter,
«1 hope Yen are Dell* le lee eleY/4081,
( ereeem, I ane eicked She ea,a
tramp, het ati o
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CHEsTKIT GIRL.
4 generous act is eouine
It hoes to soothe riCalle 11ralou1%44
And It reacts with silent •
Ir love e gener
lin Incident that once wa
Coatitms the truth or wit
•QH1OK HATCHING.
blest Some Brnotioat Mats 4,terat settine, mien
irk the Poultry
Reese.
s 0
force
ous coursa
s read
at is •sale.
A little maid with cliestauts rera
In,eltee u. you to buy a Share.
elite lad was peer, but sympatbizecl
Aed, handing her a tele, be said:
"X eantiot use the elieeteuts,
hut tette the coin 1 hand you here."
She curtsied low, and hied aiVar--
HIS girt had ailed a Want Mai day.
tame twenty years of lire had sped;
eta. had, meantime, a emitter wed,
ellen passing by their library,
The yowls. groira up, she chtuiced to sive
Wizen lie liad lea she sought to know -
Why he had eome-thoughts backwerd
ems -
vacant post he wished to get
'Within tee beak -not filled as yet.'
"Shall It be hist" '•1 don't quite Imo:v."-
"Z hope It max," she whispered low,
With that reharsea, home needs that day,
And cites his geuerosity.
The man was poor. discouragee muck
With pressing wants was ort In touch:
But giearos of hope and trust were Idea.
Oft trials borne tterompllse thxsl
A Users? serraut hbr In Ogee
Who brought 4 note for blue one night.
"The plaele Is mine:" "We equal her
breed)"
-Remarks he to his partner sale.
An liesitle mite 11 ebeque come:dal-
A gift or many rotates revealed. t,
Tee Rimer eet had not been lost
Or elm, tee sliver rein who tossed
To her, the little chestnut maid,
closfle twenty $48T4 ago-lt sale.
treat teoughtful act of Mildness balm
eiad art Impress, ell its own,
»low tt refulesest ivins intereat rare,
To 14955 A home to 111111 was fair.
The govl we do comes baeh agate,
Affords ue pleaeuro-nover paint
-3. v. Shave, in Toronto Star,
SHORT GUT TO TELEGRAPHY.
trument 1:1i5t elves Complete
weseee or Atorse atpimeet,
the ordinary teleoraph pte.
Icing time to read intZlibly 'the
i f the sounder. An1 Iia' instru-
appeared. which is designed
mplit,y instructions in tele-
graphy and *0 give in a co1)2para-
tive/3, (short thee a complete lama.
ledge of the eforse alphabet, The
etnnigraph, ae this instrument kr
called, consists of a base board, on
Whieh are an ordinary key and
sounder and a, toothed disk. A spring
eneetact 411134ee5t to the wheel en-
gages the p0riplira3 teeth of the
disk. XI the disk be rotated elle
spring contact is forced. outWardly
by the teetb, but drops back auto-
eaateSeallee Arid thus makes and
breaks the circuit. The experienced
telegraP11 Operator detecting thine
lectioue end breeks of the sounder, re-
cognizes them as the dots and -dashes
of the Iforse alpha.bot, A close , Sn-
41:Action of the disk reveals tlie fact
that the teeth are so arranged as to
spell the sentence "John quickie" ex-
temporized Ave tow bags." If the
disk be turned In a torward direction
this oontence, thus °deny worded to
include every letter of the alphabet,
IS ticked off at the sounder; if rotat-
ed
in the oPPosite direetion the sere
tenet.: will be teiegraphee bavkward.
Teas disk, whieh is completely under
the rentrol of the student, can be
turned at any desired speed, thus
giving him art admirable opportun.
Ity of trying himself at all gaits. 11
he is not a quick reader the prac-
tice can be taken na a slow Mill and
gradualworked up, until it roaches
speed that would try the naost skill-
ful operator. Another advantage ol
this applianee is tbat the message is
delivered with a distinctness which
the most perfect operator -can never
hope to attain, When the student
has learned to receive messages at
all trades of speed he can take up
the tr;msmission of messages In the
regular way by means of the key
which forms part of the apparzi.tus.
lifansons Cab in tb43 12. S.
Engliehwoman who has been
spending the winter in New York
tells this story in an English paper:
One day she took refuge in a Fifth
avenue drug store during a rain-
storm, anti going up to the young
man who presided at the soda. water
counter she asked him: "Do you
think X could possibly get a han-
som cab?" "He looked at me," she
said, "and seizing a tunebler in his
hand, 'No, ma'am,' he said, 'but. I
ccui mix you a horse's neckl' He
thought, I was mad, and I thought
he was rude, but after all it was
nothing, for one of the most famous
drinks in America is literally called
a 'horse's neck,and, as I sub-
sequently found, it is extremely
good. It is composed of ginger ale,
W1112 the entire rind of a lemon and
well iced, and as the man thought
neer liansona cab' WaS a drink, he ina-
agieed a 'horse's neck' would do
quite as well!"
Had Them to Spare.
King Edward accompanied his par-
ents duriag their historic vii( to
Paris, in the A,ugust of 1855, and
he and the •Princest Royal had a
raost delighteel time. Ineleed it was
/said. at the. French. court • that the
Youeg prhit*. so much. enjoyed hiin-
s,alf that he actually implored the
beautiful Mir:press gugenie, who had
been so kind a hostess to her young
guests, to aek permission for Lbem
to stay on after. their parente lad
-geee. When Her Inapeeial Ilea.jestY
reroa.riced smilitagle that Queen Vic-
toria axle Prince Albert would not
be able to spare their two elder
ehildres, the little prince answered
eagerly: ''N'ot do without us? Pray do
aet thielt that for ,there are stx more
f um at home. They 0011 do without
us squit,e well for a little utile," a,
view 'Wheel), however, did not find
acceptance in the proper quarter.
"Anodyne excelled" .Teered.
_fee the Sessioe . of the" eongress
el .,sergeoee in Berlin, Pt:of.- August
Pier, 4g *19 Uni'verOty- Griefewald,
falea,leor oe the "anodyne md
etho,"
eooluekeeeg- sof cocaine helectiens, ander
*le geleacie annebranes. ?add ehe meth-
oirtv rtagoi tried en '1,200 emcee
Su* ANA ,x010 trite eatheseastier ap-
ael,,Ar1/441*,VY i'43-4/33.3 the, F yen chevei.
, isharitagatl
rdedt
e nd
iwtst
4.0100,44000001000,:$•
13'5
a
Other tlings being equal, a chick-
en hatched 122 eerly April is worth
twice as Mat. AS one hatched
.•alum, ft costs a. little *pore to raise
it, but ou the other hand an April
chicken ie les$ likely, to be troubled ‘,
with. lice. A pullet of the medium
sized breeds batched in April ought
to begia laying in October and will
produce eggs when they are high,
While a. late pullet reserves her ener-
gies for providing eggs when they
are low, The coekerels of the eerier
hatch are ready to eat Or sell in tee
early fat/.
The only place for hens or chickensF
at iny command is 411 •ordinary hen-
house in which 1 keep LI bens. If a
hen was set in the henhouse the
other hens would lay in the riest, aud
201204 cbickens batched, tbe hen, fp
trying to defend OM from invaders
Ws likely to step on and kill theme
$o 1 got S. box 18 inches long, 14
inches aide and 18 inches high. The
top was taken ofr and split so that
one strip was 7 inches wide, which
Was eailed to one side of the open-
& as show n the cut. Two short
pieces were nailed on this at A and
13 to bolsi the door. "ills box is used
for a nest in whieh to set the hang
and it stands on the floor. Several
loles4r leered hi tbe box tor u
WJie a ben shows a. strong indium.
t*o toSit, 1 make a nest, in the
box, put in two or three ebiaa eggs
and aloft the hen in. The not atter-
noon 1 open the door And lift her oft
to feed. After she becomes acute -
tented to the new nest, the real egga
are put under her. ICeep the hex
closed during the day and open tato
In the nfternoon so she can come oft
to feed.
When it is not practicable to givo
this care, the door is simpty takeiz
off at noon and rephwed at night.
Almost, all the hens lay before noon
and the- sitting be is not apt to be
disturbed after dinner. 1 hare fre-
qUently bought sitting hens fro=
People who do not care for them. If
a. hen 10 civeftfily moved After dark,
there is seldom any trouble abouf.
her sitting in the new quarters,
FRUIT TREE BORERS,
Valnablo SuegestIons condensed. rrorrt *12
Zeporiment Station III:Iloilo
Many orchards suffered a heavy
and unneceesary loss during the last
summer from the attacks of borere.
Most fartnere do not native teat
there is anything wrong with the
trees until the leaVeS turn yellow
and begin to Sail in midsummer. Af-
ter this stage has been reacted there
Is little hope for the trea and it dies
before frost. A glance at the tree
Will be sufficient to see that the bark
au the trunk is dead and black i22 ir-
regular spots and lines. Just be-
neath the dead bark is the borer's
burrow filled with worm dust. If a.
large spot of bark is killed, the bark
and wood begin to rot, aud are some
filled with a, mushroom growth which
develops the eruitiug portion on the
outside of the trunk and resembles
that which is seen on rotten logs.
The rot may hasten the death of the
tree, but tt. tree tbat is sound and
free from blemish is very seldom
ever attacked by this rot. The best
thing to do is to keep the tree free
front borers and other injuries. The
land should be kept free from grass
and weeds and well cultivated. Good
clean cultivation is worth more than
all the washes and dressings that
C4 n be applied to prevent borers. A
good wash, however, is often worth
many times what it costs to apply
and will do much toward preventing
the attacks of borers and other in-
sects. A one -pound caxi re concen-
trated lye dissolved in two ler three
gallons of water makes a very good
tree wash. Another good wash can
be made of one-half pint eine tar„.
one-half pint carbolic acid, and tv(oe
gallons soft soap. These washes can
easily be applied with an old waitee
wash brush or a swab made of old
rags tied on the end of a stick. The
wash should be applied two or three
times to the trunk and large limbs
during the spring and early aim -
mer.
new Fell Startele PEN.
Plant a Plot of CoVr Deets.
I think: many farmers, and particte.
laxly those who have no silo, lose a
great opportunity in failing to plant
a field or plot of cow beets. Oa
good land it is easy to grow. 12 to
J.5 tons per a,cre. These roots will
keep withou.t any trouble in aby cel-
lar or frost -proof basement, and
prova,a great addition to the win-
ter food for cattle and Itogs. In no
other way have we ever.,been enabled
to winter brood sows at so little
to'iL in )larch we were &keeling a.
buphel per tiOr 1;0 our six calves and
they appeared to thrive with. little
or no graine-Aficlia,rel leirtue>e.
Value02 Yeeding Standards.
Feeding, standards are useful as
guides re:thee th'in. as rules. Any
standard is better than none, blit tete
choice will vary in or in pleating a
season's 'feeding campaigs, accord-
a.nee 2021 12 eundry considerations:
alley may be aeed in ca,lculatieg a
ration or in planning aseason's feed-
ing campaign.
Cleanliness in Cheese making,.
The e'reattat eleataline.es must be
obeertTd in all stages of cheese mak-
ing. 1'he veesels muse be washed.
With bollix nine awl etublectexcl 'to
.eteetae, if eseeeiale. Weebout leech ,
Peeeautioae eke lease eveallis wee
noseible,
0:10, WAILS ht..**
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