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"Joan O0rtiltirtliene1 A. new
name, surely! Hartley Craven .put
(keen the manuscript 110 liati beim
frightened by the Otero or the beige, that very little on ber part would kiee,,e‹..e.<<ngeeteeeteetiqelateciteeeeeeer
bepatn to rear and kick, ano a (110- earrow it still further; and she was W
ment later started off at a mad gal- afraid, llow should she (weave the "
lop. A. young girl and a man, cross- net that was clouing round her?
Ing from side to side, were M ime "Then, one day', she learned that
ntieent peril. The man, hearing the her lover IVS. back in England. lee
shout, drew back; the girl had no was in London, quite near to leer- tee
thne. She. glunced at the °moaning editor of a, magazine that Role its
terror, wavered an instant, and Wits thousands of copies each month, Her
on the point of falling when a. tall heart leaped at the news; it seemed
figure dashed forward, a strong arm like the direct interposition of
sho0. out, and she was dragged as by videlicet. To go to to write,
a miracle into safety. The crowd waa impossiele; bet elie quirkly
forgot to theme 1.`, W110 all so Redden. planned a scheme that should at I 0111
her heurt'e desire and teill preserve
her dignity-, She wetild write a
story and send it, to him under the
name she hart aseemert-e, story cun-
ningly disguised and yet so plain
that he could nut fail to imetersiand.
Aed-ancl if he silll cared, she rea-
8111100, ho 'mottle know that the way
to reconciliation was open.
'So, with infinite pains, ehe wrote
her story and sent it to be typed;
and as' she read it through finally
before posting it, looking neat and
niee and altogether deferent In its
new guise, shte sinilea faintly at her
auckicity, - It wart so absuedly
mielseent.
'After that she waited two, three,
four weary weeks, and at the end
of them her answer vaine-a earelees,
cynical note t hat stung her to the
quick. She had bared her sae' for
nothing. Yee, he had Peen it -read
it; there could be no mistake, for
his signature was there -1J, Hartley
Craven.' 1 mocked her misery!"
"Mollie, you are Joan Carmarthen!
l'ou!" Ton seconds ticked oft ae
eternity in his brain; he read the
riddle of years in a flash.
"Yes, I am Joan Carmarthen," she
said, slowly. "Do you clonbt it?"
"Doubt 111 Oh. that 1 gould!" Ile
wrung his hands in silent despair.
"X see it all now -all! At the time
1 put it down to colneidence, the
•rony of circumstances; I neVer
dreamed of -of thie! 1fo1lic, I am a
simpleton. 'flint night eitnely
writhed in bitterness of spirit. Posi-
tion, money, f ri ends -what were
these? It was you wanted -and
never guessed! The next eay I
threw up my post and went abroad;
it was, that or go mad!" For a.
full minute they sae silent, 'When
he spoke rtgain his v'oice was a thing
unrecognizable. "Is it -is it. too
late now for us—" But she cut
him short with a cry, holf pain, half
"My cardi" fluttered the old man
reading, glad that it marked the end to the rescuer, Ile was blanched
of hie task, aim stared thoughtiolly 'with terror. "Yours, if you please.
Into the live. The hou0 was late, I
1. can't thank you. new, but, to -
Snit he still other work to do; immeoggeen,
yet he showed no disposition to pre- ,elie rest was lost. The two were
1-"•°1-1. Truth 10 411 1114 'd•ruch hustled into a between, mut Tretrtivy
him curiously. Obviously tha work graven, ereshiug the piece er paste.
of a beginner, ntivice written on board into his pocket without SO
eveey page, still it gripped, It had much as looking' et it, passed on,
about it that umnietaltable, muletin-
able something that was the real
thing.
Here wee fact sufficiently remark-
able; bet it was the other that ap.
pealed To him nue-re-the timer per-
• * * *
Twelve months later he WaS back
in London, cured as., the speeiallst
had said, and Lady Silvereton, hear-
iug of the fuce, sent him a card for
sonal application. Ile laughed awk- her next reception. She was one of
remedy as the force of It came those persons who pride themselves
hem, to me,. g„inejemen, of on knowing everybody; and her re-
course; still, it was strange--alncan- cePtions were always crowded.
lie went, and WaS speedily over-
ny.
whelmed 'ttith questions. Whore had
Mutteriog an admonition to him-
ee he been? What had he been doing?
self to "drop tide nonsense,"
Wan he better? lie replied to one
swung heck to his dose: end took up
end all with the utmost good humor,
his pen. and after a while, draWing aside a
man whom he hnew, put a query on
his own account. It had been on his
lips for some minutee,
''Who's this Mies Carmarthen
everyone's talking about?" ha asked.
"Oh, don't you know?" was the
reply. "She's Lady Silverton's new
lion -girl, 'who wrote 'The IlitirblerS,'
vou know'. Remarkably clever for a
"Madam," lie wrote in his charac-
teristic scrawl, ''T have read the en-
closed MS, and cc.= emery to bow to
Teturu it. et, is good work -by far
the best that has reached me for
Irony a day -'but I dare not print it.
Frcothly, I do 1101 like the end of
yotir story; it. is too harsh. too bit-
ter, too uneomprourising. The great
reading public likes a happy eyeing; fleet bottle. You qnust read it. Quite
and, after all, the demand is not. un- art memmeeg quantity she was till
reasonable. In 13)41 1)10 Y0"1" heg.,.0e 'Lady S. unearthed her -governess, or
ine would untioulfieuer marry the something of that sort. Positive
nest mini who asked her, aim eettle talent that wornan has for discover -
down quite naturally into a content- ing Maldive; geniuses,"
ed wife and another. The hero does eye, I believe you."
not matter; you can nmee him learn ,, ▪ r a ordinary! She seems to
golf if you like -this is a sure Pa- take 'eni all under her wing in turn.
!tame for his complaint. Forgive elm. lem to introduce you. The
these frank eomments, and believe me girl's here somewhere."
feitheully yours, J. Hartley Craven "lees; 1 mast. 0 ood-betel"
eEdi(or)." They separated, and Craven's
.read it through, put it ready thoughts flew back with a rush. So
foe the office -boy to post in the his swan had not, like so many
endreng, and laughed again, loud . others, turned out to be only a fear.
anti Ring this dine, though, as a duckling! Soccess hacl come to her "No, you must not say it. Alive
matter of fact, latiehter was farth- early. Well, she had the right stuff thieg but that! Gli, why did 1 lot
est from lils re.al thoughts. Then, in her; he fret sure or it whot he it coma to thio? Can you not
n-itli a enal ehrug, he squared him- read that -that other thing. guess?"
self for more work, must get a copy of "The Waeblers" "Guess!" A moment's blind grop-
But he had reckoned IvIthout to-morroev, ing, a brief obsession, and then he
host, ltis thoughts reelect' to be The crowded rooms and the hurly- reeled; the world seemed to be slip -
chained to everyday affairs; and after burly of voices became wearisome; ping away from hen. "Ah, not
a brief attempt he finally gave it up, the conservetory offered a welcome that!" lie faltered, "It would be
lighted his pipe, and sat staehig in- contrast. He slimed tiwough the too cruel:"
te vacancy. Each Maly ring of open door, and walked slowly, grate- "Cruel!" She termed on bier al-
most fiercely. "W'hore is the fault,
then? Do you blame me/ Do yOU
WO1Xle.e that, sick at hea,rt and weary
of it all, did what every woman
would have cione--said 'yes' when he
asked me?"
"But you ca»not marry him! You
dare not!" A sudden insolence pos-
sessed him -urged 11110 on. "You do
not love henl You are mine still -
mine to the very tips of your
fingers; the last drop or blood that
Is in 10111 Do you think I do not
know?" Ha rose; made a superb
gesture. "Why, one look at you!
Psliew, it is iropoesIble."
There was a pause. Her fingers
toyed nervously with the folds of
her drese end her lips quivererl.
"Oh, as to that," she said, slow -
1Y, '.1 haVe nn doubt that 'shall
settle down quite naturally into a
contented wife and mother."Chat
was the phrarte, I think?" Another
pause. Suddenly her eyes, that for
O monied had glittered like steel,
became moist again. "Besides, why
worry? You and are not children;
we are used to wearing a mask. Eate
has played us a scurvy trick, hut it
will not be for long, and thent-t-"
"Mollie, no more?" All hie cour-
age had gone. "You are not seri-
oust-you cannot be. Tell me that
you are only keeping up this pre-
tence lo try wed" She clasped her
bands in an agony of regret.
."011, that it were so!" she whis-
pered. "Jack" -•11 was the first time
sho had egad his Christian name -
"do you not see that it is too late
for -for -that? I connot draw back
now. :r have promised; end to break
my promise might -might ruin a
third life. We have no right., you
and le -yon understand, dear?"
The pleading voice ceased. Int knew
tliat she was looldng at him, but
he dared 310t look Meth.
"You run determined?" he breath,erl,
1'1 -leaven helping, yea,"
'The Whisper fleeted to 11101 aerOSS
12113)1 of toilette awl two straidel
faces peeved out of the silence. lle
swallowed the himp in his throat
10111 gripped: heed at. his self -Control.
''Then. -this -is 'Lhe end of the
story'?"
"Yes; the end of the story ana
-good-bye."
Bravely she mot big eyes. Boili
had Herm and stood with hands
joined. Neither «poke, the monied
was too exquieite; but that silent
hend-clatee tho faint pressure that
went straight from heart to heart
81111 twain to brain, said al/ that
they could have told in Worde, and
more.
And then a derriere thing happen.
ed. Thrusting aside the chairs on
which they had been silting, 0, man
stepped forward and SioOd beside
them. The giel started. A. Wild,
inttel rarity danced through her.
"I' must epologlee," he said, "for
havieg listened to your converention.
As a matter •of fact, could not
help lioleg no, for you blocked the
only exit3 there was to my position;
arid although I tried OnCe' Or twiee
to attrect your aLtention failed to
(112 90,"
recovering from his 8)11"
p0101, noted a. Man of meddle age,
ereet and soldierly, With hair be-
ginning to act geey' about the
tear/lee.
"I rtill f/10.t.1 theft it, Wee go, hate -
smoke that rose trained for hint a ful for the cool atmosphere and the
girl's face -a clelicate, oval face, with sense of calm. Was it fate? Sud -
finely -chiselled nose and a mouth denly-could it bes-no-yes-impossi-
that drooped Just faintly at the cor- blot For an bested his heart seem-
ners, ect to stop beating. Then it wont on
Ire had seen it so many timae-all again furiously, riotously, with big,
the lnet three years it had haunted gulch jumps that sent the blood rush -
him -and now this othev girl with ing to his face, and left him for a
her fledging tale had brought back moment standing there helpless and
old memories with a vividness that inert,
startled hil11111alle hire afraid. All the world only held one object
"The end or the story!" He gri- far him at that instant -a girl in a
Maeed, and stirred uneasily. Would soft white gown wlio came towards
it -would it ever have an end, that him clown the row of palms, In two
other story? Or would they just strides he was at her side,
drift on and on for ever, growimg "braille!"
farther apart with every day and "Mr. Craven!"
every ;year? He went oVer It all Quickly his eye searched out a
again for the thousandeth time. leety quiet corner, and without a Word
clid. he do it? Why hadn't he truster' he drew her arm in his a.nd led her
her? Surely he might liave known to it. Wiwi: they were seated he
that tile rumors which reached Idol looked at her rapturously.
were lien--thase lies, that out of their "Have I fointu you at last, little
own month were condemned? Ilut, girl?" he whispered, "or am I
no! "Fools reth in where angels dreaming? Shall I wake up to find
fear to tread." He did not day to that I have been cheated?" Ile
think. Ire sent his letter fun of laughed softly. "Dreaming! Ah,
bitter, biting words, hurrying over hew good it is, with the knowledge
the 7,000 miles of sea that divided that reality is behind! Where have
them; and a Weak afterwards would you heen hiding these yeare, lit -
have given his right hand to be abth tle truant?"
to call it back. Worse still, when eTruante Ale surely not!" Her
he got back to the old countey again, breatli came in little jerks; Rho drew
penitent and ashamed, Mollie had herself away slightly. "'You have
vanished; and all they could tell him no right. to call Inc that; you who-"
was that her father heel died • "Foreive nth!" The whisper came
and that,she had gone. to London, in an indent, "No! It is I who
The thought made him furious, have played truant--worsel Can you
London! Slime then he had tramped eVer forgive me, Mollie? Can it -can
»lithe upon miles of streets, watched it ever tr. the same again?"
all the theatres and railway-station:4 "The same!" Iler vOiee thrilled
in tarn, in the hope of aneing her; lithe -had a note that was like the
but what chence was there? It was rushing wind before a storm. "Dare
hopeless -impossible, As well search you ask? Listen! I will tell yOU a
for a needle in a haystack as for story. niece upon a time there VMS
0110 perSOn in this hive of millions! a girl who lead a. lover, who was
No, He had lost. her. For all he everythem that was good in her
knew she Might. ha dead, And he-, eyes, a hero among men. They Were
He took a 5111011 phial and a hyped- to have been ma.releel, hut as the
emir. «yriege out of his pocket and tiold drew near duty called hen to a,
placer) them on the table. Those. distant comery. Ire went, 'telling
were hie Modri 11001. HO waS a chug- her to be breve and to dry en her
slave -as low as that. Heaven knew tears; and wcok. by week afterwards
lie had tiled to break bintheIf of it; he wrote long teeters to her, full of
in leis better moments had vowed glowing words awl plwases, that
often 110Ver to tuuch the beastly stuff were like oases in the deeere; she
again; hut What was the Use? Just used (0 wait hungrily for their C0111
1)5 surely as night followed day the Mg and eroon herself to sleep with
i»sidlous cravirig returned; the faint them under her pillow. But orte
sweet odor hud becoine the very day-crasheether idol fe11. The post -
breath 111 life to him, the brief 114r, man brought, worde that made her
valia that it brought the pit -emcee of
earthly bliss. go hot with inclignation, made her
wonder it love and honor and justice
Where wotild it elide Only the were only empey inernere"
other day lie 1100 been told by a The matt ill her side winced,
specialist with grave. fare thet an- "Spare me, -Mollie!" he breathed%
"11," Yeel, 170,11t1 ieg about et "ir was nned--senseless! A week af-
crisis. Ile advised a (henget, a long terwarde 1 would have given allele
letliclay, with plenty ef henithy ex- thing to have recalled that letter."
cement. "(1 big-ganut slioaing ill Her breast heaVed; She pressed her
Africa!" he had said. "Mit yore' hands invitee' till the tiny wrists
New; with plenty of fresh air, get quivered,
plenty of hard exercise. You'll be "She gave her lover his freedom,"
nnothee men in six inontliel" .And she 'went on. "It wee all a hicleoue
here he was 8(311, eeby had he hot mist ake, but what could she do?
gone? Why did be /ewer when every Soon afterwerds her father died, and
tlay's (kitty Was dangerous? Sucl- she was obliged to go out hate the
denly lutlid shot nut; he gripped world to earn her own livieg. She
Mettle and ityrInge, flung them or the came to London, and after many
floor, and grimed them 1 o powder trials, Many reblIffS, secured. a, post
under his heel. His mind was made as goVerneSS, so her new life bee
ho would go to-nmerow, Another gan. She had one motherless girl
eecond and ho liad dived into hat to look after; and in the new inter-
n:11cl overeorit, and, fearing to look eds and the 1111W thitleft 501110 al ilia
behind, plunged Into the old riorroses begaa to slip away in-
Thectern-land Wee thronged; the sensibly.
holism Were just emptying. Croerds "But aeon a', Work difficulty pro-
of people bloelige the pavemeete; seeted Recite Dimly, oely half ene
radii Whietles Were Wenn evel'y deretanding at first, she beenme
Stela; all wee beetle and Imre An aware that, the rehttion between her ever," tontinued, "for leave
at Meth theee Vette a thot, employer andhereelf Wiwi. narrowing, halted /hinge Of l'elfleR otheylvise 35
About the
ouse
withal] for your new ha e will he
7 • forthcoming, Bake with a top crust
Pet' or boat with ii...-teringue or whipped
ev
Rii cream, as you prefer.
ihl I
1'13 UNTS FOR. YOUNG MOTHERS,
mit
it Mothers should remember that it iS
of grime importance to look well to
1 a childth first teeth 0f3 welt as to
hie riecond men The second are likely
Ito be infected by decay of the first.
met, and dediets fully recogethe the
neeeseity of looking well to the early
r Moth. A tooth grows from a little
O sae or pocket. in the gum, and, the
g seeencl teeth beim; developed clime
1 to the first ales, 11 is only natural
r to believe that the mirk teeth will
d buy° a good chance of affecting their
o successors,
- During warm weather milk for
1- children ehould always be boiled be -
1 fore using. To do this, hent to
n nbout 170 deg, Fahrenheit, mid 'keep
t at this temperature for about thirty
s minutes. This precauLion is especial-
, ly necessary when an epidemic of any
- kind is prevahmt, as i»fectlem is
e warted more quickly hy milk than in
- almost any other wee*.
t Babies nee generally vary thirsty,
when teething, but do not constant -
o ey give them nei/k to (teeth. Cold
I boiled water is much better for
y quenching the thirst, and, as 0 rule,
- babies are lid given nearly otough.
o Milk Is a food, not by any means a
thirst quencher.
t A. doctor, writing to the 'Lancet,'
a advocates the use of sleeping sacks
Tor children, with arms and a butLon
t at the neck, inetend of a nightdress.
a, The child could not walk about ia a
d sack, and, therefore, could not got lo
d a fire and ignite its clothes, for it
o would be naked. One defect of or -
O (Jimmy nightdresses is that a. rest -
leas child kicks off the bedclothes and
,y rolls up the nightdress ender its
a arms, leaving its legs and half its
body exposed.
The nursery should bo the sunniest
1 room in the house, but do net choose
O rt, top room 'unless it is absolutely
- unavoidable, as the ceilings are gen-
- erally lower than in other rooms,
e and being close to the tiles are (er-
e like flowers; 'unless they get plenty
rzbly hot in summer. Children arel
of air and sunlight they cannot be
really healthy, and, as microbes
1 flourish in (lark rooms, this is an
- additional reason that the thildren's
domain ;Mould be flooded with lisht,
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!A FIGHT TO THE FINISH
4 leettlerth.bte'etetleleeteee>e)›e4th)Oelie
WAYS OF leSING APPLES,
'Ilie necessity of fruit, all the yea
round, aS part of the daily diet, i
generally acknowledged, Amon
thugs the apple Is given the Jiro
place. Eaten raw, there is no bode
stImulad for a eluggish liver, an
the liver is as important in th
scheme of !faille as the ten coin
muniments. Bo bilious and be a vi
lain -one is the natural sequence o
tho other. Ent apples, and you wi
bo both happy and good -you can'
poseibly help it. Think of Eve a
the exception that preyed the rule
A lot-er of the delleiolls spheres, blt
ing into the spicy heart of a fin
one, sees a "very brilliant silver lin
ing to the cloud his Sualceship cas
Creer Paradise, at all e12er1t5.
W i tholl t Ill/plea-011e S1111(10005 t
thinle of the howling wostel Witl
apples -one Carl answer satisfactorh
at any season, the vexing old con
undrum-"what shall we have t
eat?"
Apples fried in butter or pork fa
are nice for breakfast, or with
roast of pork Tor demote
Red ones of a size, scooped ou
neatly, make Pretty cups for
salad, These applecups may be nile
with a mixture of cold, thoppe
meet and bread erumbs, seasoned t
Mete, soften with melted butter, an
ba,r1recidi
apples, combined with color
and walnuts make a salad fit for th
gods, and beside which their ambros-
ia would he insipid,
The very nicest way to bako then
Is to select the sweet ones, cor
them and fill with a mixture of su
gar, butter awl. chopped nuts, flay
oriel with cinnamon. Pour a litel
Water around and bake earefuliy, To
make 'porcupine apples' just steel
them full of shredded and blamed
aim 011 die
The "apfel Mellen" of our Cenral
sisters -well, you never tasted any
thing better. Try this recipe.
MIX a good tablespoonful of baler
Into two cups of flour, in which you
have sifted two teaspoonfuls of bake
ing powder and a teaspoodul of
salt, Beat well ono egg, and fill up
the cup with milk, Grease a large,
shallow pan; and spread the dough
about half an inch thick have pared,
cored anti quartered apples ready,
end press them into the dough in
close, even rows. Sprinkle well with
sugar and cinnamon, and bake in a
moderato oven half an hour. This
is excellent for the Retie folks, and
good hot or cold.
If you ara lookingfor all In01ian
apple pudding, let yonr twat end
right here. Take one half of a, cup
of 21201058e8, 0/10 qUart of milk, one
teaspoonful of salt, three scant cups
of pared and sliced apples, to which
you will add a quarter of a tea-
spoonful of ginger and cinnamon.
When the milk boils in the double
boiler, pour it slowly on the meal,
Cook half an hour in the boiler,
stirring often. Now add the other
ingeodients; pour 1111,0 a. Ciao, well
greased pudding dish and bake slow-
ly. Eat with cream or apple syrup.
Apples are delicious stewed in a
rich syrup and when cold covered
with a meringue, sprinkled with nut-
meats and slightly browned. Gelatine
previously dissolved, may be added
to tho Srilp while still warm. Turn
into a ring mould. At serving time
1111 the centre with sweetened whip -
Pod cream, with or without nuts.
These jellied apples should be served
ice cold, Evaporated apples stewed
re improved by adding raisins in
the proportion of half a cup of rats-,
ins to a half pound of apples, Elev.]
or with lemon.
A pio not like that his mother1
used to make, and perhaps not even
merit, is built as follows;
to his 21035 of thinking, an improve -1
Lino the pio-plate with the best'
crud yell can (mike 'and rill with!
pared [dillies, cut in eights. Sweeten'
well anti dredge with cinnamon and'
flour. Pour over ail one-half cup of
rich cream, or the sante amount of
made custard. Top orf Hubby's din-
ed with It quarter section of this
pie, and see how quickly the where-
--
BATTLE BETWEEN' BIG RED
ANT AND SPIDER,
The Ant Overcomes Great Dife.cal-
ties and Earns Ms
Dinner.
I was confined to my hod in Manila
Phillipino eslands, with denglle fever,
writes a traveller. Through my
mosquito bar 1 watched the red ants
001(11 its tji;piciZzLi;l1
5 Wh1812 tho henA
of the dry season in the Philippines
lOid 0)1111100 up.
Every morning an army of the lit-%
tle scavengers came briskly out frOnli
their nest of clay built up somed
Where behind tha partition and 00-
1
ployed over the floor in search of
anything dead 00 aliVe that might'
At first as I watched them they
seemed to work et, random.
Their one afternocin when the sun-
light was exceptionally bright I
noticed an ant considerably larger t
' and longer Iimbeci than his fellows
moving leisurely across the floor and t
1(31128111)1 frequently to look about
111311, ;Daring 0310 Of these Pauses c
ttvo ants hurried up to him from op-
posite directions.
The three seemed to hold a consul- i
tation, and presently the two retire
ed an if to carry out the orders of
h
teir commander. 1
Foe fully a half hour the big ant
continued to 1110120 leisurely about, c
inspecting hero a body of ane
ts S
they toiled at a bit of chicken that
had fallen from my plate, there a
couple that were devising some y
SehellIC te get a kernel of rice across
a crack that stretched like a great
canon between them and their for-
tress behind the partition, and In
still another quarter a trio tugging
at a green bug that was not yet
dead and that clung tenaciously to
A BAMBOO SPLINTER.
In every instance the little fellows
redoubled their efforts at tho ap-
moach of their commander, 1)130. 1(1
111e *2(350 of the green bug with no
satisfactory results.
For a minute the big ant
watched the efforts of ills fellows,
and them as if in disgust at their
p0111110101 11(1,51110 23113012 0.110 prey, seat -
tering the three toilers in ((8 1111111)'
directions, and seizing the bug by a
wing quickly jerked it from ths pos-
ition and started 013 across the floor
01 n great rate of speed,
Presently the big ant, with his
1101V feebly struggling captive, reath-
di the widest crack in the floor; to
the other ants a yawning ((((11, 'to
cross which they were obliged to
make rt detour of half the length of
the room, But the captetie had no
idea of sqlittudering his thee in this
Way,
Ar.prOaChing the brink, he SW:Wan-
ly SWUng himself round with a
11111111(1(1' 1)10110?) that threw his hind
lege high in air, runt as they de-
scended they :lust tOUcheil the further
side and his feet took o firm hold.
:As the btig droliPed Wit of sight it
looked for moment as if the 114111would be drawn after it, bet the
hind feet held fast, and presemtly the
captain. emerged trimnpliant 011 112
llts booty, starting off in a. bee line
for the clay house behind the parti-
tion,
All wont well (111 115) came to .witli-
in two foot of a pool of water that
tho servant hat' spilled upon the
floor When the empty (1111101)0cans under the legs of the 111'05801'-l1.necessary precaution to keep the
• tri from climbing up., and taking
poseessiene The eaptoin dented 'the
water from afar, rose hp anti in-
sPacted it till he Was Satisfied that
it Was impaeSable, and then began
81
ATOn PVITOUll TO TOtt% MOM,
moVehlent tool( (1.13)1bey,ond
the range of my vision, and a rno,.
mom hirer was serprised to 800
him heating a 11(20(3' retreat,g
tuggin
frantically ut the bug, 11177011 as de-,
feat et 80101088 tug, lit a 11,1i1 p1011'
prevent IL from fulling into the
hands of the slimly.
Suddenly the ant stopped and
sprung round defiantly in front of
the bug, and the next. moment I saw
4 (3111)' 113)11101' varlet•y which Us-
tually trevels with huge 1)0011115 111(0
Ilea) approaching warily, ft shoe
fornard a few 1110111.8, paused, Shot
(010 1(1 agate, and then 81011011 to
chbate 111), advisability oM
f (enet!,
ing to rupture the bag frm ohis fel-
lollvlultnadalltleio".1asted only a moment.
The antr
t's (enap evidently failed
him nt the near approach of his big
antagonist, and in a sudden prole: of
fear lie retreated bolded the bug,
Like ft flash the 24111(101' leapoll upon
the choice morsel, and hurrying away
with it to one Of the tomato cans
unr a deleg. of the dresser mounte
to the edge and began leisurely lel
devour his prize.
For a time the ant seemed frantic
with grief and rage. Ife clashed
aimlessly about looking for the 1)1(32,as if lie could 1101. believe that he
had really been robbed.
As the fruitless search continued b
eitled to bece om112131'))anm
e d or
ntee
excited, chasing about in hig, zigzag
loops as if demented. Then of a sud-
den lie paused on the very spot
where lie 110111 been robbed, and after
what seemed to bo a moment's re-
flection started off On the
TRAIL TIIE ROBBER.
The spider recognized its enemy
from. afar, and dropping the partly
devoured bug into the water, rzul
around to the further edge of the
•
The 8111 seemed quite to have re
g.,,,Ted his sou -possession now, and
reaching the can climbed deliberately
uP, and raising his head cautiously
over the edge 'caged the °hied of
his visit. Quick as thought the
spieler was upon him, and for 0. 1110-
anent there was n. contused bler of
shilling gray and red, as the two
fought desperalely on the jagged
edge of tho ran.
Suddenly there was a tiny eplash,
and a moment later I (31101 the two
struggling in the water. The 5133 1113
(101'112011051015010811(2efforts to 0111111)the smooth side of the can, but the
ant, far more active in the water,
always dragged it back. in a few
Moments the spider doubled up con-
vulsively and lay', a still (1Tay
upon he t 81111)1113 01' the water.
The ant, with the dogged persis
{envy of his race, fished out of the
water what, remained or the green
bug, dropped it over the side of the
can, and descending leisurely, car-
ried it away to his clay house be-
hind the partition.
HOUSEHOLD WRINKLES.
To Make Brooms Lase -Never stand
them downwards on the time: when
not in use. Put a piece of 5101,1(1throught a. hole in the handle, and
1211.11(3 them up.
Wash hair -brushes in hot soda -
water, then rillSe in cold water, and
they will be Olean and sweet.
Vishv DialleS and Plates-LThe un-
pleasant odor that arises when wash-
ing plates that have been Used for
fish entirely disappears if a little
vinegar Is added to the washing-up
Water,
After baking a 8121(0 511(11(1 the ten
inmediately on taking it from 'the
oven, on a cloth which has been
wrueg out o/ hot water. Leave a
0(3' minutes, and then turnout. The
cake will then come out without any
Placa an apple in a till with a
alce that you want to keep; the
cake will remain beautifully moist.
Wine stains will come out cei 1121011
f the stained part is held in boiling
nilk for a minute 00 tWO.
Cheese shoUld 11e3)e8 he kept near
older, milk, or create. 'All thoso
things absorb the flavor of the
heese, and thus spoil their own.
Clean windows in damp weather
vith a lieLle methylated spirit, and
,011 will have no difficulty in polish-.
ine them
T o clean an enamelled bath, take
one heaped tablespoonful of kitchoti
salt, moisten it with turpentine, mut
with it, scour the bath, Then rub
with a clean cloth. 13e1ore beginning
operations take care tha11. the bath
16 Perfectly dry,
To tad the purity of coffee, pour
cold 'water on it. If the water as-
sumes a brownish hu, it may be
concluded that there is chicory with
it.
A. bit of camphor put in the reser-
voir of a pareffin lamp wi/l make
it give a better light.
'An ordinary egg weighs from ono
and quarter to two ounces. A
cluck's egg weighs from two to throe
ouncee. Two ounces of unmelted
butter equal in see.° 11l1 Ordinary egg.
Two tablespoonfula of liquid weigh
one ounce. Two heaping tablespoon-
fuls of powdered euga.r weigh one
ounce. Ono heaping tablespooeful of
granulated sugar weighs one mmee.
Two routided tableopoonfuls of flour
weigh ono ounce.
THE RAINY DAV ITAD 002I1.e,
Mark Twain tells a story ot
low -worker who was recently in re-
ceipt of a letter f10111 a 111011 who
has regitlarly made it a medico to
borrow Money fronthim,
111 this letter the writer surprised
his correspondent by 5a35111g: "This
time 1 /Um decided to reeterse the
11511121 order of things, andeth
, teed
o
f borrowing femn you, 1 enclose
herewith 45, which I am geleg
ask that you will lay aside for me
fee a rniny
But the recipient of the letter
-60111(1111 find any remittance, He
marched foe it on tho floor, under
the Met, everywhere lie
thought he might, lircvo chopped it,
Then (Mite ace' dentallY 110 turnee
over ilia sheet on which the letter
VMS 'Written and discovered this
postscript; "I've just looked out of
the window, and find it'S raining liko
the very dickensi''
slimed have been ignorant. You,
Miss Carmarthen" -he turned to her
with a courtly how -PI have to
thallic, in words whicIi can, only feeb-
ly expreSS my real feelings, for the
sadifice that you wove prepared to
make on iny behalf. More I dm°
not trust inyeedf to say; but T., too,
have a, duty to perform, and it is to
retharre yoti at once, freely' and wn-
conditionally, from youv engagement
to nun I am glad that I suerender
you to a man who is worthy of
you. You, sir" -he -turned to Cray-
en-"onee did rto a service which: I
ean never forget; you Saved my
Hee" Ilet held out a, card.
"That is youre, 1 think?"
Craven looked at it, mien now
he had net graspen ilie signifi
canoe of what wag happening.
"Yee!" lie Wetted out.
"Eato seems to have drawn our
throe liveg together it some inexpli-
cable mattner," sold t•lie other.
"You may remember -you must re-
raelliher the eiremustancere under
Which yott gaVo it to Inc'. Two days
letce. T called at your office to thank
you in Mere appropriate terms than
were poseible ret the moment, and I
wee told thet you had genie away."
Ito paused -pet out hie hand. .1'1
thank you now -from my heart!".
Another eecortd and lie turned mei
evaliced away. Aral Hartley Craven,
turning also fowl realleing at last
what had befallen, Talk0 tliat 11133 e011N-
pan.1011'S geee, behind` a veil of rniety
dareprette, elione with a light that
wag iteW and wonderful. And hie
heart gaVe a great bound of joy, for
he knew t1ia0. love lied entered into
hth Ninetieth and that "the end of
the etory" Was not yet,-Lenelon
P11-
)( nlan is So imrearremble 110
evoeld rather hay dodoes' bine than
•
PEWS SOLD BY AUCTION
SOB= 35ET01)1 AS 1(1.UCII AS A
COM) 13035113.
Sittings In Solna Vailhionablo
New York Churches Aro
Very Valuable.
Many roadvrs lmvo probably beard
of New Yurkth Malone Oraee 01111reh
Ilroadway and Tenth Street,
whew there iS a choir of "babies".
teething in mete from four years up,
whieh ehureli is said to be erected on
1111111 more valuable oven than that.
whereon our own St. Paul's kitandS
sayS .1.,011don Here it is
the custom to olTer by natation ttll
pews which the present ownerth tie -
eine to eelinquish, and which possi-
bly may have been in theiv family
gem' 2411)00 the ellUreb XV118 1,11111,
A few months ago Pete No. 40 in,
thr eolith transept of Clrace Church
Was put up for auction in the New
York Real Estate Sales Rooms for
1.he trustees Of the estate of the
late Henry Ray. The bidding was
started at, 14500 0.1111 1081., rapidly to'
$1,000, When there 1805 a pause.
'1711011 80111001111 offered another hun-
dred and the bidding advanced to,
121,500, mid was jus1 about to be
knocked down for this sum 11711011 a
10r. HanliltOti 11. Xing sprang Jut -
other fifty nncl secured the pew for
8011101.11ing like $1,53)0.
On being asked 11120 was spendin(3
aI1 thin money for his men religious
comforts, alp. King stated that he
1111,1 1/1110/12111ed the pew for another
person, hut whom
BE REFUSED TO S2'ATTe.
The new is a "family" ono and bolds
six. is iiphoistcred in dark 0001, and
according to the auctioneer, 00112-
1eelable enough to foster the highest,
forms of religious charity. The pewee
lo Urace Church avo also subject to.
a gromel-rene whiehethe OWnera MUSS
pay, and Ivhleh, acc.ording to the
size of the pew, often runotmts to a.
considerable sum. All the pews in
Grace church with few excoptiors
are owned by those who occupy
them, and when one does 111101 its
way into tho market it is eagerly
purchased by rich parishioners who•
are only too anxious to buy their
00111 13111 1(13233.
0,10 of the most fashionable cburch-
es ill NeW York is st. Bartholomew's
on Madison Avenue. This is known
as "The Vanclerbilts' Church," for
hero the millionaires of that name.
worship. Sittings in St. Badholo
mew s can often be rented but nOW
reildote purchased, inost of the pew
being owned by the residents of
"Millionaire Row," or leifth AVenue
OCOSIO/lally, 110111.112er, 0. Petv in M.
church hair eoure under the hammer,
when it hes brought a considerabl(0
sum of money, aS 1011011 as 85,000
hoeing been paid for six sittings
near the 1)101111.
In the Roman Catholie Cathedra
close by, pews ere. also. sold by auc-
tion at times, and, owing to the
magnificent choir which this chine.
supperts,
BRING SMALL FORTUNES.
On days sueh as Easter or Christ-
mas you are only allowed in this
caehedral by ticket, and 01/011 then
if you do not own a. pew you must
Purchase a seat for 50e. or $1 as
the case may be.
For this purpose there are Men seat-
ed at Tittle tables on each side of the
noddle tusle,• where you can pay
your money, after which you will
be shown to a seat. If you (lo not
waet to pay, then you are turned
a.Way. E3)011 in the small Catholic
churches you are expected to pay at
least efic for your seat, and in ad-
dition place a contribution in tl
bag when the offertory comes round
The cheapest price for Which
church pew has ever been sold b
auetion is said to hage o
eill're0 ill Brooklyn, when six sit
tings in a Protestant place of WOr
Shin Were knothed clown for $12e
In this case there was no groune
rent to Pay, so that the pew ma
be considered something of a: hal
gain. It 01a5 stated at the time o
the sale that the last oceasion on
which a Pew in the same cherth 110.01
been put. up for auction it' had
brought no less te. BUM than $1,750
The purchaser of the e1.95' peo
bought it WI a speculation, and a
torwards sold it'privately. at a hanc
some. pron. •
• —ea
GENIUS is LovELonx.
Great Natures Seldom Win Peetppie
11e85 In Marriage.
The part that love has idaYed 10
the lives of men and women of geni-
us 11e12er fails to intereet tho lest
of the eyelid, but it, is no matter ot
eurpriee to stuctents of human na-
ture to einem- how kW of those
love stories have tapresented any-
thing like 1.110 happiness whith falls
to the lot of Well behaved nobodies
with only every clay capacities, and
hopes and aspientions.
Occasionally two great nateres may
reach the heights of those megnifl-
so
T1
or
th
ce
wI
'Pt
gr
lio
35
71)
Wo
XVO
'(ve
Wo
coot solitudes of gehlus together, and the
enjoy thole splendid isolaLion in an e the,
atmosphere in width the noire come 11 mg)
monplace worth] he exceedingly bored „1 tat
anti uneottefortable. It hare probably bee
boon the (tenni of every great min21 yet
to eujoy tire intrilecenal companion- fon
ship, and, in the first singes of t the
Youthful hone and ardor, perhaps, to gen
1 Mei
expect it
Tie comprehending in how few cant.) had
the anticipation bas been ecalizerl, Sea
we etrike the tragic note of so neareeg' dist'
111ael NOUS 11)ver4, already etifliciently keel
handicapped by sotelid poverty, sick3 (21131
-
1108S, 8111'l')' 1)18.11), arta by the never 9/
ceasing etregglu for 1121110 and renege 00)
11111011,
'A. man Could eave 0 lot or money. •
by etoppIng extoicing if he (3ide I mtel
have to spend much more to keep ' (en
from getting mad with 1111115011 for at"
00I11e-e"
1g 1.:;
Tiss Gracie, 1111(351 have this
Iillc11 c-'ri'Pi
Sjeon i 51) 82111030111" l%
e -"Permit me to (wahine. Thig lit-
tio hamlind of ferne, 11. t 11101111111(0
of Lbis delightful pie11etter4
1 ho
1VOr
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