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CITAPPER XVI. -(Continued),
, ..."There is eoiriething.inetthe.watee,"
.said: "ehmething -, • •
tb--Yee. We a dog," he ,said. 'That
,te Whet .y-ou saw' drop over ehe Meatier,
By George! tam P901HMO Chap lo.olos in
dist/lees; sewn s tie if he were elearly done.
Can you eteee?" he asked, sharply. .
"Oh, yea," Ea lo repaiml, , languidly.
"Itheamee l'an going for him, and it will
help anti if .you ca ii steer etraglit foe kiln.
Ito' leeks nearly eyed out.'
'Wiry eb,oulti you trouble -it's a .long
vea.y off; it will be deowned before you
Can get 410 010 amid.
"I'll diave to go far him anyway," he
said. eheeefully, and he began to row
hard.
Distance is deceptive on a leke, and
tale ace VilE1 farther off then they theught;
but Staltord met hio back into ib as hard
ma am had done In has easing dayo, end
-Maude Falconer leant back and Watalted
Im with intereet, and (something even
letroeger theft iaterest, in her measked
eyes. Re bad turned UP the sleeves of
,his enamel oblrb, anti the mumece on Me-
' Millie were febanding out under the'ettinan,
leis lips were eet teghtly, and there wale
the anten's fiown of determination on h's
basely.
"It has gone down: it's. no use," she
said. "Yoe may as well otop and xest."
He lookee over his shoulder.
'No! Ile Wits come UP again!" am ex.
mlahnede it was AlOtleeablie that lie caeled
the dog -""die," evlege She' spoke of it a,s
"it." We tsball get him in .time. lioep
the boat straight!"•
,Tbe words were uttered In a tone of
command, and they moved her as tho
totteli-eof hie hand dead flone; and she sot
her mind upon the ,taisk 011 ehe had never
, 'before est it anon .enything. Beaching
fortvard, Vualing •witth the long,
S tefulee stroke Of tate nettetised oarsman.
Stafford sent, the boat along like an L11.-
1'ow, and presently heedroye it up to tam
spot, wham the dog eteove In its death
struggle. It ves a tiny. blieekeendstan
termer, 'and. Stafford, .fts he aooked over
his shoulder, s.dw the great eyes turned
to him with a piteous entreaty that made
Ole heaet uthe.
"Turn the boat -quick!" he cried; and
as the skiff .slid elongeide the dog, he
swooped it up. ,
The snits 3111210 0. lIttle gasping org 11k0
. a child, and closing Ile oyes mink into
' Staitordts arms :with- a .sltudder.
"Is it dead?" .asked Maude Falconer,
lookine not at elle dog but at Staffevd,
for hie face, :which had been red with
exertion a anontent ego, had become sud-
denly pale.,
"I don't know-nol" to «Mel, absently,
alt arie ehoughte coetred on the dog.
He wiped it ao dry 216 he eeuld with his
blazer, then turningeaaide, be *Pelted hie
shirt and put the cold 'morsel in aris bre
"Poor little begger, he's like ice!" he
said, in a dew yoice. "He would never
have Irot to the shore: are's so em-aal. If
I'd come b,rattcly! We'll get eome at the
ferry. Can you tow?"
"Ho." the eaS4. "Yee; I mean, 1111 try."
HP held ent hie hand.
"Mittel hew YOU cross. Take off your
gloves liret, or you'll blister your hands."
She obeyed, her oYee downeast, They
cm/mimed places and he showed her how
to hold the. '
"You'll do yore well, You eau a:ow as
elowlY 013 you like: Ile's alive; 0 men feel
hien move! 'Poor little thapl Sorry to
'Weide° you, Miss .11131ooner, but ehe only
theme of eaving hifn 30 to keep him
warm."
She "lYaS talent for e element, than she
glanced. ,ot adm.
"Vetere fond of deger"
"Why, of eouree," he answered, "Aren't
You?" ,
"ree; but I don't thigh rd tttk prime
mania for one. You were feveriehly trot
just now, and that Ilittle beast must be
stone mild; You'll got bronchitis 01' 601110-
1111,10. Mr. Orme."
"Net II" he ao.ughod, almeet ecoenf ally.
"He's pulling round, Poor little 13011011
Here we axe."
He reached for his weft and weaned
the terrier in et, and quite 111K01160i0U13
of the girl',s :watethful eyes'held-the little
blattleondean aw•ed to his face for 21 mo-
me»t.
"Aal right now?1' ale murmured. "You've
had a 11P1TOW 02111641.11 for it, old chappiel"
Weth the dog under atis arm, he heaped
Maude Valconee ashore end led .the way
to tho hotel,
"Tea." he said to the waiter; "but bring
me some innerly and :milk lliet-end look
abeam,"
Maude saralc on- to -one of tam belt011Rdi
111 '010 beautiful 'tertian in tale eentre of
the e,aare and looked straight boron, her;
and Stalked cuddled the dog er, to him
and looked Impatiently for ialie waiter,
greeting litm when he oame with:
What en Infernal time you ye been!
Then he noneed Settle -of enixtuee
clown the.dog' throat, and balding over
hint repeated -tate dose tattooer feur times;
and nresenely the ratio stirred anIt alloyed
Ito head, aatel openfilg Ite ewe leoked 0131
into Stoffortrts, ond weakly putting out ite
tongue, aiekett his hand.
•Stafford laughed -for tate well-known
✓ eason,
"Paucity tittle chap, Ien't ha?" he seid,
with a moved mante .affectation of aevity,
"He'e made a otelenfild fight for tie and
won through. He'e a pretty aittle mor-
sel -et well-bred un: wonder whom he be.
twigs to?"
"To you-mt, 12081 1ij 110e does," said
Maude Fea.coner. "You eouldn'.t have
fought aineder for 11 11 it had been a, ata -
man being,
e011, a dog's .the next thing, you know:"
he said, opologetecalay. "I'm afraid it's
been an awfulnuisance and Jtroublo to
you. Yen haven't biletered your hands, I
.hope?' Lob me seel"
She streteale,d out Lber hands, palm 11p-
w axdo, ain't he t.00lf ellem and examined,
them.
'No, 11.h11,t'e ell right! Sell'e well that
• en -ds well.' You went a fete lessons with
the senile, Miss Pelconer, and You1d 'melte
a sefiendid beat -woman. ,Perhaps.. you'd
let nee ,givis you one or Iwo 1»
"Thank You; Yes," she said; and -18 1100
suemriee with hos of' her 'usual hale-
soorn f ul lang tior,
"Ilete's Lthe tea. Any partitsalar kind of
calco you fency?",
She said tbat t.lic ealcos weeld do, and
poured out the tea; but lie eye some anillt
in,to his eautter and gave Genie to the tee -
vier, slowly, niethodicalay, and with 01
tfenderneses and gentaeness waeoh was tiot
tom, upon the seal ware watched .him fie-
vertlY, beroze payine any attention co
hie own tea.
• "I :wonder whether you could stand,'
raY little neau,' ibe ea.id, alt -it ale put the.
• terrier on the ground.
It (stood upright and ehivering for a
moment, then put its tiny vales on Star-
ford'e lutes and looked up into his face
appealinglY.
"Not ttp yam. usual form juet yet,
eh?" said Stafford, and .he nioked it up
gently and put it 011thie kiree.
Maude Falconer looked at bine
"Give et to 1200,'» she seed. "Men haVe
no in;. Heel be anore comfortable with
the mute whom she had backed hmself to
foul; lest , ter 1010111 .1151211131611 esnsation
el .edieleation-Liend was it a subtle feare
-3V00' 804111116 111111011 Ler, ' •
"By Gem:gel-eh must be going!" he eaid,
suddenly. ,
Walell they got to the boat he propoe-.
ed Toll the terrier in this eoat, but
Mande oheolt her head. ,
'I'll 'muse it going home,' she aid.
"You will? That's very ,good of yon!".
li said quite gratefully, • "Ile'r, se luelte•
tittle ,beggarl" See seinaelfed, P•fter
ao he 1,00lted 01 the black little
anousel curled. UP on the pretty drese.
"Supposing he ian't claimed, would you
care eo have him, Miss Falconer?" '
.Phe ;looked at the dog,
"Thank you," eh* .said. "Bat what shall
I gee) yen 26» xeturn. It% unlucky to give
an Laid:mail withont eonn, coneidevetion."
"Oh, glve me aeother eong," he replied.
"There ie itobody about." .
&be opened her ales, then checked her:.
self.
•
"No, I can't, eing .again," sho eaid, in a
0055 eoiee. . •
"011, all reieht. 01 knee good for you to
eine too meth in the open wir. Tel welt
WI this evolving, if You'll be good. enema'
to sine for 1113 'then."
They lauded and walked up to the
house. As they readied the bend leading
to the entranee meth, the stopped (sett
held mit the deg, which had been staring
at Stafford. and 'whining at intervaae.
"Take it, elettem. It is fretting for you,
and rd rather not keen H."
"HesiltYl" bo said, and she saw face
brighten entidenly. "All fright, df you'd'
rather: Come here, 'little maul Watfet's
Year name, I wonder? What 'renal *0
eala bim while we're got him?".
"Call him "Tiny; bee Meal enough,"
she said, with a. shrug 00 1601' shoulders,
"Tiny it es!" the assented, brightly.
answer Ito it in IL day or two, yoteda
eee. 0 11060 you haven't quite «Peat Your
drees, Alias Falconer, and wontt regret
your sem!" .
She looked at her dress, but there was
a sudden significance in bar slow, linger.
lug response.
•"I -don't -know!"
As she vent un the 64416 she looked
over the rail and, SAW Stafford's tan figs
are striding down the Jaall. Ile 1s'ZR3 eoftly
pulaing the terrier's ears and talking to
it du the-lengoge dogs understand and
love; and wben she sank into a chair 11
thee room, his face with Its manly tender
neee vas still before her, his deep =mete -
al voles. with its note of proteetion and
0110001', Still rang in her ears. Rho sat
quite motionless for a minute at two,
thou she ewe and vent lo the glees and
'cloaked at herself; a lout, interat look.
"Yes, I tun beautiful," she murmured,
not with the oelfsatiefaetion of varlitY,
but with a calculating note in ber voice,
"Aan I-aan I beautiful enough?"
Then the 'meting away from the glass;
eeith the motion which reminded Howard
of a "tigress, ,end, setting her teeth hard,
laughed with eelf.seorn; but with some
:thing, oleo, of fear in the laugh.
"I am a footle she 'muttered. "It can'e
be true. So eoont So suddenly! Oh, I.
can't be Stith 01. fooll"
CHAPTER XVII.
If everybody vas not enjoying himself
Lae the Villa it certainly vas not the fault
00 4010 host, BM Stephen Orme, II0312011,
011 he drew his chair up beside Stafford.
'when the ladiee doul left the room after
dinner, ,and the gentlemen had begun to
glafree laughter at the rase Chateau
claret and the Windermere Port, Made a
Tentath to this affect:
"UpOrt my Ivord, Staff, it is the sweet
houtsaparty which I haVe ever
joined; and as 10 010012? Tether in his elms.
aeter of host— Well, words fail to me
Meese stly admiration." •
'Stafford glanced at his father fet the
Mod of the table atut nodded. Sir eta
paten had been tale dire tied soul, and
spring of the dinner; talking fashionable
goasie to Lady, Fitelmeford on One sido
of him, end a "etedy girl of twenty" oh
the other; exchanging badinage with
"Bertio," and telling deeply interesting
,stories to the men; and he wae now ,dra.g.
ging reluctant daughter from .the grisn
Baeon Wirseit Laud the almost, 'grimmer
Griffenberg, ae ho saw with pne eye that
the wiee 10:13Cirettlatifig. clad 391116 the
other that no one wee being cemelooked
or allowed -to drop intis dellneeS,
"A, mesh marve1loue Mani Nearly all
the summing the was cloeete(1 :with the
financiers; in the atternoon he went, for
a ride with Lady Clatioford; be wee it)
attendance at the solemn function of af-
tornaon tea; dm playe;t croquet -and play-
ed at well -at half -past 112101 (12 six I sew
him waaking round the grounds with the
ntrorde ond the Fittherfords, told new he
is laughing, end talking with the abandon
of a boy of flveaddeventee erhile the boy
of flee -and -twenty site :het:0 lag grave and
ettonb a‘s 13 boshall 04163, em. nog like a
honse-or a Bir Steehen Orane-histeatt of
I fooling about the Lake with .the meat
beautiful woman in the Party."
'And ,lue friend has spent the day in a
deekschair en the terrace," retorted Ste&
ford.
"At any eate, I have been out of anis.
chief," said It0NM111. Then he remember.
ed his wager With biaatie Falconer, and
added, rattler emnoreefully 1 "At leaet 1
hope to. By 010 V1P,Y, don't you cello any
expreestoti 01 oeinion thee Miss Feltoner
is the most le6ntif01 'teeniest here -or (flee
where?"
Stafford svoke from the reverie
which -he nently alwayo deoeped when
•Howard waa .andenodded if -Hirer-
entay.• •
"Oh, yes; she is lovely, Of conree." '
"How good of you, how kind and gra
Mous l" retorted. Howard, Ironloally, "So
my prince deletes -to approve of her? And
Yoe tele° condeecend to admit that, she is
-er-eatater clever?".
"I dereorty," said Stafford.. "I've'tseen
so lieele of her. She eeeme -10 200 rather
blase and cold."
lioested nodded. ".
but -the worst -of it ,119, 7011 01141`
001111t UPOP thee kind of girl: they are apt'
to warm up. sometimes, mid, Quite 'mime.
eeetedly: And -when they do ether -well,
they boil like a goyeor or a volcano: And
then -well, then it is wiee to get out of
reach, I once knew a vornan who 31II8
coasidered to be 1113 cold as elmeites-or a
rich a:elation-but who caught ffre 'one day
and burnt' up the man who ignited her,
01 cow-ea:Ws es my delitate way of say.
Mg: 'Beware, it,, my mental'
Stafford, snriled. Mies Falconer's nature
was e, mathee of „profound. indiffercsnce 'eo
lunt. S.Vre vas only One 11001011(WM1010111
ale 0011101 bestow a thought, and he was
thinking of her now, wondaripg, when he
should ism her, Whethor lfe might (Ifae
to, tell lter of his aove a.gain, to mar her
for her answer.
Once or twice his tether looked across
at him., ,and sledded -and smiled .ae if 11
loved to sec 311013, ancl vented to epeak
to him; .seed Stafford smiled and nodded.
baek, ee if he Undeastoed. When the
men :rose .to go to the drawing -room, Sir
Stephen eaught him up at the door, told
laid a hand upon ale arm.
"Hamm dear boy?" he asked in a low
voice, Pull of affeetion. "I've seen ecasste-
aw anything ef you. ,Ne, • nee I'm not
come:Mining! It 1.1,1 11T,Clerg0Gi10141
YOU were ao amee et, free,hand-but-but
gVe 11111206-11 you( Neves mind; bide crowd.
will have gone Preeently, and then--wh,
then seal have a jelly time te ourselves
Thing0 are going well," .he added, with a
significant emile, :mho glonced 1 Wheeh
end Glee enberg, 'who, 'well fed and tem
foetable, wore in- tront of them.
"rtn trlad, stir," ertid Stafford.
Sir Stephen smiled, but ohethed 11 eigh
and a shame of the .thouldere,
nry Melo schemes are liouriellitig;
but" -he looked at, the financiers agein-
"they are lather .a hard team to drive!,"
lee Stafford entered the dfraiwing,room,
he heard liady Olausford anentring for
bliss lesleoner,
want, hoe to sing, Mr. Orme, 81101-
O cannot 'dud bare , ,
Staffor4 went out hy orte of elle win.
dreve, and -saw Monde Falconer pacing
up and down at the end of the terrace,
fahe ve-s euperbly dressed, and as ale
looked 181 1201', Ibo involuntarily admired
tho glmed of her anoremente, Mr. Fttl-
eoUer was wailcipp; with bent hoad mud
hando behind to; 1)0811; hub 11000 and
again he aookea et her eidewaye with
Ole ,ehare eyeo,Stefleed did not like ..to
hsbereusst. them; and :withdrew to, thee
other end of the teeenee svith 11 cieere
Mee, to waft tat theY Joined him.
"Young Orme has come out to tool; fon
you," Said Mr. Falconer, without turning
hie heart
"I know," she seld, though she 1,1,30 )SO4
not turned. They want me to eine. I will
go ip directly, You have not ansWered
"But ho's Wet etill," he said, "Heal
snot) that pretty dress of youns"
"MY 010217 ,d.r.e4s was made to be epee -
ed," .ha eaid. ''Give it to nte, please, anti
"Do you mean it?" ho risked, with a
surprioe whieh made her flash svith re.
sentmeat, ,and something ,tike ftheine.
' For ametly, she bent fertverd, took the
deg trom him and brderi to settle
her lap; 'but the mite looked piteoliely 111
Stafford Len.d whined, its big eyes impitee-
lug him ,to let it cones back. But Smi-
te/el etroked 01 and bads it
oreeenely 14 oweled iteelf up .
"It has gone eo elope," ettid Maude. "It
hap won ftergoteon its freebie."
"Ole a way doge have," -seid Stafford,
"Ma& I smoke? George! 1101113 10 lovely
afternoon!" .
-Sam gls,nLeedeet him .aff he leapt beeflt in
his ohair, his Meg lege etretehed and
eraseed before
"You look arattnY," the smith seith
faint onssle,,
"001, I am," he mild, with 11 midden
fetish told a start; for now elifi flog ',sae
off hie mina, it had inetentay swung back
"Ole she 66600.0(1 03 ie gon.e.o aetien,"
elle Dal& 'and again the mocking note was
' 'absent front her voice
• Stafford laughe.e.
Sliket's putting 111 0011,221 ibigh," Ite
• Thee sat on in elleneet Stafford 0)61016.
40g of Ida., Mende looking do.wit rat the
Weeping dog, anti thirOring that only a
.few minutes ago 11 1310(1 been lylog to the
beeein of the may who sat, beside her:
. .
I
my queetion, father. 'Is Sir Stephen very
010b, or es eell tide only therms 1 as,,,
heard you ouy 00 eq'tcn: that desplaY 'vere
ofteu ouly c021e130 poyert.Y."
Peleortor eyed dier-ouriouely.
"Wile do you umakt to know? Mut
does lb muL1r to YouP" Sho ohrugglYa.
her ehOna.dere impatiently, resentehlly,
and he went ont 'Yes, lie's leen; con-
foundedly eo, But .he le' playing 41 big
eame, ;which he is mitining'some rielte;
u ud he'aa -want eil his 211031001 4< heap him
win ft."
• -"01,31eon are joining him in the gamier'
1140 asked. ,
Ole looked ,Let.hcr with .sUreniee. There'
woe a hate in beil voice witkill he had
• n -ever award before, '11 11010, which' eon.
N .eyed `to, lin the foot. thee, she, .31,15. 210
101190.1. 11 311-11'," hut Pi woman, '
31111011111)'' eoel, .I, don't, know why you
eel( Well, well !",-sh0.. hat» reneated the
ininatient geetnre. ha-ven't Made uP
-my aided yet, Ile wants one te join hints
I could be of eeeviee then; mettle other
hand. 7 'could-yesget in '1:/0s waY; fgt.'
know 60210 <0 ,the points or tale gains he'
le playing, Yee, I could help him -eel.,
epoil him."
"And which ere you going to do?" she
aelted, in 01 'law voice, hsr eyes veiled, her
lipo drawn straight. '
Falconer laughed
"I done, know. It tell depends. Widen
would you do?" ale aeked, half eat,ousti,
catty.
She was eilent fee a moment, then the:
0014,
• "You knew Sir Stephen seine time ago
-YeAra ago, father?"
Faleoner nodded:.
"I did," ale amid, shortly, .
'And' yell -were frlends, .end you ester -
rolled?" •
Ito .looked ett her with an ate of sur.
pefee, .
• (To be continued.)
--4.-
LonD
Kim lie, Sitecessfully Encountered
Wily Egyptian Officials.
"The Living Sphinx of Egypt,"
SU011. Vita' the title once bestowed
upon Lord Cromer, the great pee-
coneul. and maker of modern
Egypt, who at the moment of writ-
ing is reported to be lying seriously
ill at his. London residence.
Lord Cromer used quick and dar-
ing methods in dealing with Egyp-
tian risings. At One time Cairo
was almost openly disaffectea, and
the l3Ii10ish garrison was small. His
lordship, ihowever, caused it to be
known. that a, regiment was on the
way from India, but he was careful
not -to explain that it .consisted of
sick -leave and time -expired men
and bandsmen.
All the able-bodiea soMiers in
garrison were ordered to parade all
over the town in small parties, and
the natives did not take in the fact
that they' were a sort of stage army
--the same men over and •over
again. The last straw was when
Load Cromer coolly put on flannels
and publicly played game after
game of tennis. This filial pieee of
bravado nipped the threatened ris-
ing in the bud.
Several limes during his early
day,s in Egypt Lord Croxner's iife
was in danger, An English visitor
who resembled him wile found stab-
bed to death, hexing been killed in
Lord (Moaner.
mistake for the groat pro -consul ;
while on amothar ocoasion a, dervish
was found to have a knife ooncettled
in a petition which he leas about to
present to his loraeldp.
And it was bemuse he was, al-
ways a man of deeds, not words,
that Lord Cromer became known as
the' "Sphinx of Egypt." He nuide
himself a powee in Egypt ,which ad-
mitted of no rivalry, and, although
in- 1883, when he was chosen agent
and Consul -General, highly -placed
^EgYPtians told him it would he
impossible to do away with bribery
and.the buying and eelling of jus -
ilea in the land, the 'answer eves,
"I ant here to ehange .all that."
Lord Oromer once -went to the
Khedive to demand the instant dis-
missal of 0. high official who Wits
the Khedives intimate friend.
Enraged at the request, the Khe-
dive reit-tied point-blank to dismiss
him. ' Lord Cromer re-
plied, quite, coolly, "nnless I have
an order of dismissal in five min-
utes I will go and eable to England
at once that I am coining home.
That mean you): dethrone-
ment." And before Lord Cromer
left the palace he had in his pocket
the order he had demanded from
the despotic Khedive.
A» Young Diplomat.
110t0101010 be glad if I saved
you a dollar1''
"I certainly would, my can.'l
`'Well, yell 1' ein ber yeett p r om-
ised if I brought a g,00d re.port from,
amnyd tleadeteur, 'a give me a' doll a r ,
A Good Idea.
"That's •a good idea ma'am "
said the new .Servaent, having the
soda a,nel water mixed in them
bottles with squirts, I done tho
scullery floor in half the time, an01
there's -three bottles left out of the
dozen.
Midnight Toeatione,
Cabs are gett.ing to bc 11 nuis
ancea',
"Maybe we could eompel them to
have licenses.''
"I don't know iamb it would help
much, But .1 think they ough11 to
have to take out licenses Ito sing."
Mouey goes. Ever notice how
three $20 bills will go like 601
CI.OINN IN » REAL TRAgEllY
PLAYS JOKE WHEN Gina LAUGHS
AT -HIM-.
Romantic Tale Comee From Wander-
ing Circus In Russian
Town,
•
The romantic story of a clown's love
foe a ,beautifel. equestrienne, her .re-
iation of 1110 rididillollS, snit andiL Ira
terrible' revenge, has 'reeently..driTted
to $t. Peteislinrg. Mlle. Pleurette was
the principal hoesewoman; as well as
the principal attraetion, in an obscure
wanderieg circus, which recently came
to MIMI, a smail,town on the Volga.
She -was beautiful,,gracerul and an ex-
quisite rider. No ,one dreamed that
she would figure in a terrible real
tragedy of Unrequited -hive. Mirk°
Feetelich Was a down irl the same
circus company: .He wasin plain, suin-
ple4iea11ie(1 man, who looked seriously
on foolery as the means of a living,
and he was 'Usually such an orthodox
buffoon 'that no one had the reniotest
idea, that he, too, would figure with
the fair Fleurette in the tragedy witich
hes shocked the townspeople, -
'The military oilicere of Kasen
brought Mlle, Pleurette fie -sword, gave
their cheers and offered her their
hearts,. She graciously accepted all
their tributes, save the hearts. To all
would-be suitors she was adorable but
distant, '
Treated It as a Joke.
Among the . -Worshippers wad poor
Sestelich: The man waft too. 1)009-
130 give her -flowers, and as it was
part of 1118 business to cast loving
looka toward Mlle, Pleurette while she
was performing, no one ever euspect-
ed the sincere love which lay liehind
the motley, Ms loud applause was
never understood -not even by the
equestrienne herself. The little ser -
Vices whibli he rendered her In the
ring were regarded merely as absurd
burlesque.
At last he summoned up sufficient
courage to propose to her, She re-
garded his stammering protestations
with' amusement. "You are a clown,"
she said; "your business is to joke
with everybody; so I take your declar-
ation as a jelce."
Just then the bell rang for the per-
formance. Poor P'estelioh, too heart-
broken at his failure to notice the
gibes or an attendant -who had over-
heard his *declaration of love, went
into the ring -to make the People
laugh.
A Madman's Joke.
Ile succeeded. Ile surpassed him-
self. There was madness in his brain,
Caustic witticisms, such as he had
never before uttered, poured from him.
The people cheered him, thinking him
a genius. Never had they.heard such
brilliantly pungent jokes. Never had
he smacked the heads of the atten-.
dants-specially the head of the one
who gibed him -with such zeal.
- When he approached Mlle. Pleurette
and bent as it to -whisper in the ear
of ter horse, the .people waited in
tense silence for another of his bril-
liant jokes. But he uttered no word.
Instead, the horse suddenly plunged
forward" and became unmanageable,
oven by the aecomplished Pleurette,
• Three times the maddened anima'
tore- around the ring; then it tamed
a somersault, burying its beautiful
rider beneath it, crushing the life from
her,
' Mon ran to the rescue, but restelioli
was there before 1110111. Ile was laugh -
.i0131 and dancing at the side of the
dead Plettrette, and when ho cried,
"My bueleess 18 to Joke with every-
one -even with horses," people 'knew
him for a madman.
Be had placed a lighted cigarette in
the borse's ear. It was his last joke,
for on the way to the police station
be committed suicide.
• THE WHALE DANCE
When' the Eskimos Select Husbands
and Wives. '
A very primitiCe custom of the na-
tives of the Bering ahcl arctic coasta
of Siberia, a custom that has come
down from generations of savage an-
cestors, is the annual celebration of
the whale dance, when the Eskimos
select 'their wives. •
When the sun moves southward at
the end of the short SUllIMer season,
and the ice closes up the northern sea,
the whales eome down to open water.
Then in celebration of the season's
catch, .the ice dwellers assemble for
the whale dance, which lasts twenty-
one days.
The great dance circle is prepared,
and in the centre the dancers, both
male and female, perform the moat
savage Of evolutions and motions to
the accompaniment of rhythmless
beating of the tonitoms and weird
chanting. The dance songs tell of the
prowess of the hunters and or the his-
tory of the tribe. The movements of
the women are surprisingly graceful,
and they mean to show in their dance
that, as daughters of a great people,
they are possessed Of all the qualities
such women should have. The men
execute pantomimic scenes of the
hunt, and go through all the 'motions
of the kill; they spear the ice bear,
slay the walrus and seal, and finally,
with extraordinary contortions, van-
quish the mighty:whale.
During the last days of the feast,
when the time arrives for the selec-
tion ofhusba.ncls and 'wives, the man
performs his mate dance before the
woman, he has picked out.. In panto-
mime he promises to provide her gen-
erously -with the fruit ofthe hunt, both
food and fur. If she is pleased with
hire, she walks out and dances her
acceptance; and shows how she Will
look after the igloo. When they have
danced before each other, they are
married after the Custom of the tribe,
and he leads her off to his walrus -
hide lodge.
.During the dance they feast on
Whale. The skin of the baleen whale
is a,boutan inch thick, and looks like
rubber. The solid blubber between -it
and tile trUe fiesb is usually about
fourteen inches thick. The black skin
end the blubber, 'the latter cut to the
-
thickness or the former, is called Molt-
tuk; and is considered a great delieacy.
It IS eaten raw, and although it sounds
repulsive to the civilized 01101, 1, most
palatable. lt has a flavor something
like that of chestnuts.
I g aor a t.
My ignorance perhaps 1 show
In springing this one but
This thing I'd really •like to Itn,ow,
"What does the cut worm ont,1"
Nora's Refeaence.
Nora was applying for a place ELS
cook and when asked tor a refer-
cric,e, presented lithe following :
`"Po whom it may concern :
'This ig to certify that Nora Foley
has worked for a week and we are
eatisfied.''
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Good Things for Pienies.
Le111011 Cheese SandwIch.-Pia a
quarter of a pound ef, butter, a
pound ef sugar, the juice of',Uhree
lemons and 'the grated rind of two
into a pan and allow them to ate -
Come. very 'hot until the sugar mate.
Stir eonstaritly tlittil the mixture -
thickens. Then p111311 into iare and
cover them and keep them in 0100001
place: Spread between slices of
bread for a -dainty picnic eandwieh
or foi' afternoon tea: This same
lemon cheese can be Used in layer
cake 01' lb 'dainty ,shells of puff
paste.
Seeable Sandeviches. - Brown
bread makes excellent sardine
eandwiches, Malca, a paste of sar-
dines, tihe contentii of a can With
one anchovy, one ounce of butter
and -cayenne pepper, -salt and mtioe
to taste, ,
Minced Meat Sandwichee. - A
tempting filling foe sandwiches lo
eemprieeal of 'two-thircle Minced
chicken. 1117(1 one-thibd minced haan
and tongue chopped together.
Moistened with mayonnaise dress -
big and ,spread on white bread with
lettuce leaves, 341s 41 clelleacy.
(tola SandwieheS.-Rub the yolks
of three hard-boiled eggs to a
paste. Add two aablespoons of
olive oil, 'mixing with a aitver fork.
Now .acid -a pinch of .mtestaad. -cay-
enne pepper and salt, and Isetly
mire tablespoon of vinegar, When
this is thoroughly ;nixed, add one
• cup of grated yellow Cheese. Spread
on white buttered bread.
Eig Sandwiches. -Between slices
of buttered graham bread epread
figs which have been chopped to a
smooth paste. The bread must not
be eat too thin and the saa.clwiches
if 'they would be kept moiet anel
palatable, should be wrapped in
moistened tissue paper.
Where There Aro Eggs. -Many
persons do not know hew to herd -
boil an egg properly, arid conse-
quently have come to believe that
because the white is tough and the
yolk dIscolored the egg is indiges-
tible. An egg ehould be put into
*teem water and left until the wa-
ter is about 200 deg. Pahr. Then
it should be loDt 30 minutes antl
da,uhed into •cold water and peeled.
Alter this process the egg will. be
mealy and the white will be 'hard
a,ral firm without being tough.
Never let a hard-boiled egg cool in
the water.
Sardines in Eggs. -tallow one
sardine for each hard-boiled egg.
Cut -the eggs -lengthwise and ammove
the yolks. Remove the skiu and
hones from the sardines. Make a
paste of the yolks, the sardines, a
little minced parsley, melted but-
ter end pepper and salt to taste.
Pill the whites of the 031312 1211311) this
mixture and put two whites to-
gether. Gartish with fresh water-
cress.
Eggs with Ilana-Minee boiled
ham and mix it with the yolks from
hard-boiled eggs, with a little mis-
laid and cream. Then fill the egg
whites generously, rounding, each
off. Wrap in waxed paper to awry.
lieverages.-Grape juice, lemon's,
tea and fruit juices can all be used
for delicious punches if there.as ice
and plenty of good water. Iced
coffee, too, with whipped cream, is
delicious. Ohiklren like rasp-
berry shrub, which is made in this
way : Take seight quarts of fresh
berries, one pint of meetie acid and
four quarts of waber. • Put these
into a stone jar and let 'stand for
48 hours, stirring it occasionally.
To one quart of the juice add one
pound of sugar, boil 15 minute's and
bottle while hot. When the liquid
has tooled in the corked bottles
open and refill them ; ,pound the,
c-orks in very tight. 'If this liquid
is to be kept any length of time,
cut the cork off close to the bottle
and dip it in hot wax to seal -it.
Cold Meats. -Gold meats can be
served as they are, or in sand-
wiches. A ham is almoet eesential
to gobel picnic fare. Veal lova, too,
is delicious in sardwieheS, and
pressed chieken is one of the cold
meats that can be earried and slic-
ed at the picnic.
Baked litani.--Boak a whole ham
in cold water ovei. nighe; remove
and cover the lean side with a
paste of 'smoothly mixed flour 33314
w ater, talcing care that it is of suf-
ficient thickness to keep in all the
meat juice, Bake iu 01 modevate
oven 25 minutes for every pound.
Remove the ease, then 'skin • ociv,er
the top with bread crumbs and
brown.
Veal Lon.f.-Three aounde of
chopped veal, one-quartee o.ound
chopped pork, one teaspoonful pep-
per, two teaspoonfuls salt, one clap
bread arumbs, • two well beaten
eggs. Mix well, -press in aesquare
form -anti bake 1'/I hours. For
sandwicbee a perfectly square inol.d.
cuts to the, besb advantage.
Pr00e1:41. Chick -ova -Boil three
fowls until ale meat cornea off the
hones easily. Remove all tbe bones
and chop the meat ire fine, add a
Picea ermelted butter the aize ofos
large egg. -Season highly with ealt
and pepper. Take about oee pint
of the liquor in which the lOwls
were boiled, add to this half a box
of gelatine and let it di-ssolve. Put
the .chicken meat inte. a saucepan
and add the dissolved gelatine and
cook until the booth is evenly »die-
tributed. Pub into a pan and under
a heavy -ore-ss .un -til perfectly cold.
Ginger Su:vs.-One 'pint
see, ofie :cup brown -sager, aim -cup
bother and lard, 'one if:ea/spoonful
oi 10-410 dissolved in one-fourth cup
water, ohe [tablespoonful ginger
and flour enough to roll soft and
thin. Bake in »a quick oven.
Chocolate Cookies. .- Mat one
small cup of butter, .two cups of
auger, four eggs, one oup grated
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Beware of
Fake Balking Powder. Tests
("THE SPICE', MILL" (N.Y.), SEPTEMEER, 1913.)
Unscrupulous manufacturers of baking powder, in order to sell
their product, sometimes resort to the old game of what is knoWn 1101
"the glass test." In reality it is no test at all, but, in cases *here the
prospective 'buyer doOs not understand that the so-called "test" is
'alike, /mire and simple, the salesman is sometimes able to make, hint
believe it shows conclusively that the 6o -called baking poWdee he le
selling, and Which Of course contains egg albumen, is superior to other
brands Which' do not eyntain this ingredient:,
,
'Bulletin leo, 21; isstieci-hy Deity and Food 'Bureau Of :the State do
, .
Utah, reads as follows:- . . I
'f"lie sale in the State of 'Utah of bilking powders coniainied
minute' quantities -of .dried egg (albumen) is declared illegal. The
albunseit in these baking powders, does not actually increase 0114
leavening power olthe pecvder, but by re seriee of- unfair and deceptive
tests such powders are made to appear to the indecent conatither to
possess three or four times their actual leavening power."
eiloGclate, three cape flonr, one tea:
spoonful vanilla, Boll very thin
and bake in quiek oven» If the
chocolate is melted, it will mix bet -
'ter with the batter.
:For a layer eake, try the Oki-
fashion,ed Devil's Food, which
somehow always pleases Children;
The receipt is three-fourths of a
on of chocolate, Ono 02.2.31 217! brown
migar 'mad one-half cup of Sweet
milk. Set this back on the stove to
dissolve. In the mixing 'bowl, stir
one cup of brown sugar, one-half
cup of 6trbber, three yolks and one
white of egg,2-'4 cups of flour, one
;teaspoon of soda, 10110 teaspoon of
vanilla, and one-half cup of sweet
milk, Add the 'cliesolvecl mixture
from the above, and Tour into three
small jelly tins, When cold, frost
with white Ming.
Household Hints.
To keep your garbage Ona sweet,
put a folded newapaper in the bot-
tom of the can every time it is
emptied.
Boil a bib of orris loot with the
handkerchiefs before patting them
(in a violet sachet a•nd they will be
delighttful.
A good mixture to 'set color in
wash fabric 10 0)18 teaspoonful of
turpentine and a handful of salt in
110110 -8, pail orwater.
Some cooks always add apiece of
bread cruet tied in a cheesecloth to
the kettle when »cabbage or cauli-
flower is boiled. This, they say, will
absorb the odor,
A good mace for etewed fruit is
made by boiling 'A ounce of very
fine sago in one pint of milk till ,.so
tender that the grains almost dis-
appear.
in making omelet aerambled
eggs, to -six eggs add »a tableepoon-
ful ,of cornstarch and a half glass
of milk. The. cornstarch takes the
place of about three egg's.
If, 'when making boiled frosting,
one has cooked the sugar and, water
too long, and it gamins., »a, teaspoon-
ful of 'butter added will make ib
creamy and ernooth, adien beaten.
If 'several weeks or (nonths are
bo elapse when the food chopper is
not in use, run a piece of suet
through it, before putting it away;
then there will be no 'danger of its
ruTeher
ting.eason why
opals :aye so often
lost from their settings is that they
expand with heat more than other
precioes stones, and, consequently
force open the gold which holds
them in pla-ce.
To, prevent bread moulding in the
summer the bread ;box should be
thoroughly wasilied and scalded out
at least twice a week, &ad' it is
best to dry 110±n the 'sunlight after-
wards wiping out carefully.
If at any time you should have a
gathered finger or poisoned band,
take a cabbage leaf, roll it out with
a bottle until the juice eomes, anti
tie it on the affected part. This
will draw and eleaase it far better
than 0. poultiee.
When ming oil stoves, to prevent
them from smoking, dissolve one
tablespoonful of common salt in
every pint of paraffin oil, that you
ase. This oleo gives a much cleaeer
light, and prevents the oil vessel
from -rusting.
The bride now 'embroiders person-
al initials on towels devdted to her
own use, The colors match those
in her room, and full orate, includ-
ing wash -cloths and' bath mate, are
embroidered for eath ,bedroom.
In roasting any bier place the
breasb in the pan first when oub in
the 021013, so doing the juice will
Tun out of the back into .the breast,
making it naorts jolty, instead of the
juices from the white nieab settling
in bile 'backbone, •as happens when
a bird IS placed back down in rthe
Van.
Often in hot weather the batch of
bread or rolls hart risan before the
time planned to bake them. Place
thetn in the refrigerator and the
rising process -will cease, yet the
.dough will trot eottr. 'When ready
to bake, take net of the refrigera-
tor oad put in the oven.
• a
DEVELOPING THE MEMORY.
Moving Submitecious.Mind by Aiwa
elation of Ideas.
• You have often read that iE you
30114141 410 awaken et a certain h -our
in the mornirig you have only to im-
prees your subconscious mind With
that hour upon retiring and you -will
awaken at the 'appointed time with
out difficulty. Perhaps. you have
tried the experiment and been me-
cessful. •
I have discovered a way by 'which
the anethod can be extended a,nel
made more mcce.saful; writes
William E. Towne. •
• Supp.osing you want Ito venaind
yourself of something ol importarace
that you need to do early on the
followlieg day. YOU might -write it
down and put the raern‘orandum un-
der your watoh or fasten it. to the
pincushion on your dresser; but it
is a bother to have to u.s,o 01 inechan-
foal memory tickler for such a pur-
pose. It is like tieing crutches to
walk with. What is- your memory
good for if it needs bolstering up
constatitly by this sort of expedient?
You an teach your memory better
habits.
Here is the way: Say to yout »sieb-
oonseimis mind 406 night,: "When I
.putting rny shoee 011 121 the morn-
ing I shall remember that I am to
do so and so," describing the thing
you -wish to »call to mind.
By ,connecting your affirmation
with a:specific act like, putting on
your ehoes you give the mind a sort
of peg to hang the mental record »on,
and you 'will find the reaults will bo
more positioe. Of eouree, you can
if you wish »substitute any other act
connected -with the morning activi-
ties for that .of puttiog on your
shoes. The important thin,g is to
naako yew: affirmation positive and
specific by 'connecting it with some
act that eou perform every morn-
ing.
You see, you see making an ap-
pointment• with your subconscious
mind 130 0010010 you at a certain place
with -certain reminders and it is
necessary that the 'meeting place
should be familiar one an•cl Clearly
understood, It should stand. out
sharply in the impression you give
your subconscious mind ,and thee:
the recollection will be coreeep.ond-
Mgly sharp and clear. The mere
familiar .and common the act with
which you hitch up the affirmation
the bettor.
Able -Bodied Youths Seam.
Of every 100 persons 'subject to
military duty in Germany, 58,9 per
eent. of the farmea lads •are 311) 101?
service, against 31.9 per ent. in
Beelin proper, which shows the
smallest •percentage ol ,able-bodied
youths of any place in the empire.
The statistics, which are for the
year 1912, have just been maclepab-
lie. Wilmeaselorf, one of the Grail:t-
er l3erlin municipalities, which has
the loweet death rate of .any eiby
of Genaany, furnishes 48.2 recruits
for ,seevice among every 100 men
examined, a, figure exceeding that
of any other large city in the tout -
try.
--
Explaiiiitig the Bald Mead.
"This," said the chemist's assis-
,
tent, "Is a ino.st 'wonderful hair re -
Molar. It's 0121' 00111 perparation."
"Well 3110122 000 a bottle, ' said the
bola -headed man. But, I say, -corm
to think 031 111, why don't you use it
You're pretty bald yoorself." •
"I can't use. it. You see, I'm. the
'Befooe U.sing assistant.' The. 'Af-
ter Using assistant' is out at lunch,
You should see him."
When we see a inan do a, mean
trick we want to advertise 1410 310(613.
Bat when WB see him do a decent
trick we kn-ow he only did it because
we were looking at him.
Why take chances
by asking for "A
Dollar's Worth of
Sugar 7"
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