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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-08-22, Page 3The Rightful Heir \Wa 1" she repeated, in a sad tone. les, was,' he said, with a trembling hp. 'She died only it week aro, and 1 feel that it is dim to you, for your kind - Miss to me, that 1 should tell :you this. She believed. vitt hal, believed :oil these long years, 't she was most cruelly wronged. She Iriien 11-01 11 her beautiful home on alt of it, and has suffered in silence since, 1 know nothing of her sad try, believing my father had died re my birth, until 0 very short time :1r 1101 ow -n ilea tit. it was true that 0 had the certificate of which the rec. speaks, but that mean told her, and -n' hhovcd, it was a sham and n lov- ely. Whether he was ever told or :it, hued tliat his accomplice wits fofl- d :aid driven from the Hold, and a bona fide maaiage performed, is a mystery; In: I ,in rather inclined to think he slid rot tee, if he ever discovered my mo- ther's stesition in lith, he would iindoubt- edly Have been anxious to claim her as 001:. wife. She was a lady, and occupied a station in every way honorable before this sail trouble overtook her; and I to o -v, with this to prove it, can claim n moue as proud as any in England. She was the daughter of the hlargUi,s of Wycliffe, of whom you have doubtless 1 ea rd " "le it possible?" Miss Grafton exclaim-. greatly surprised; "and you an • mefore time heir of Wycliffe" Yes; but before I present my claim love a work to do. I mast find ]him who wronged and ruined my another's life," he returned, with firmly' compress- ed lips and lowering brow. 1'h,umk you foretelling me this," Aliso Cnlftmn soil, wiping the tears from her n•; 'I: h.. e often thought of the young girl, of whom my father used fro• quentiy to speak, and wonder if all was well with her, 1 congratulate you, 1 an p!wl that tie wrong -doer seas out. wittrd, anti that the innocent will be righted at last." y pooh, innocent mother can nev- er to righted; those years of suffering and Iluuilintion can never be atoned for," the young inN1 said, in trembling tones, "My friend," Hiss Isabel Grafton said, 010040g his eyes, with n eweet gravity that was alt her own, "can you not trust that vlse'e she has gone all sorrow has ceased, all tears are wiped, and that 'pain Is remembered no mo•e 1 She can see now, if you cannot, why all this was permitted." I !vie' "Miss Grafton, you remind me of my mother, only you are younger -oho used to talk that way to me, and she said almost the 011. 1110 thing to me just be- fore she died," ne said, with a touch of rl torence in his tones. :Miss (Grafton sighed, yet at the same tune her lips parted in a little tromtt• bus smile, The sigh bespoke the memory of some hitter struggle of the past - the smile of the trust and hope of which she had lust spoken, She set before 111111 a pen, ink, and pa- per, and then quietly left the room while he copied those blessed words from the loofa's .diary, which in one hour had changed all his life. Just as he had finished Miss Grafton etu:ned to the parlor, bringing a tempt - ng little lunch for him, and chatted so - 'ally with him while he ate it. When at last he arose to gb, bade her fan e„ell, and thanked her again for her ungues, and then went away, she, for e first time losing all self-control, xi'ew herself prose upon the floor and ed aloud: "Another, 0 Lord! Why in Thy erey dost Thou permit the brightest opt, to:be destroyed, the happiest and lost intjocent to suffer such cruel light?" Thus the story of another sweetwo- nars life was told, Isabel G'rafton's own youth had been blasted, her own heart crushed and.bro• ken by the treachery of one whom she :had trusted. She had plighted herself to Ain who, ail unworthy, had deserted her fol the brighter 811111e9 of another but the Cloy Before he was to have led her to the altar, Tie son of Marion Vance want forth upon his Melt -imposed mission -to find the man:swim hail :platted to 'betray his mother, prove to gin' the validity of his 10011ia30, and then, leaving hinh forever, return to 'Wycliffe and claim leis inher- itance there. Leaving hint thus engaged, we must for a time. turn 000 thoughts. in another direction: -to Paul lreesali:n, who was ,_ tolled from Newport so ahtnddenly, as al - reedy Mentioned in our story. It will be remembered that on the non' ni, lht of his final rejection by Edith' Doli on, he land received important let tors which' demamita this. ineuurdi immediate enc° nbr0a1(1. and tliat minnows) with hi I heart so sore from his disa:ppointtnont, he wets only too glad to obey, We hove already explained how Paul Tits sib,t was 1Clatcd to the ylatn•quis of Wycliffe, his grandmother being the Mar- quis' only sitter, and should lac die with- out issue, her heirs would imh'mhiit the proud name and wealth :belonging to hint. When the blow cause th ut iihsetvoyed all the marquis' fond ]rope.., and Marion Vance was driven forth frons her home to hide her dis rete, and bring up her iliegitimate child Inc from the inotncn- iatc precincts of Wycliffe, littlish Poul Tmessalia, then shout six yni 0 of age, woe at once iteknowledeted the heir, and from ihnt time. educated aiteonlinigly. It Mas the newts of the sudden death of time marquis: and of his own 0 Bete sign to his vast property, loth in Fiance and l;nglancl,• that lout hastened his de- parture are.from Nmw7pordt This letter, by some unaerogm 'iso neon, hod been nits-s,ut, SI PA del ,sari Tooth •hint 011111 mono than a month. after his lau,ivrao's death, and so, evithout any dehiy, he lutetenel to present himself at Wycliffe, IIe had never mentioned his prospects to any one during his sojourn in Amer- ica; where he had tarried longer iby a year than Inc at first art ,nselel, on ac- count of ills love for Editho, So, al- though ,he was .reported to be .the heir to vast wealth, no one really eooln 1 to knots' just its what the wealth consisted, or what his future prospects were. He was very rnocitt;'t and tom ssnluin;g regard. i ig theta, preferring to 40 Wawptcwl 9110' 10 1P)011 his ow•n trot; 111,1'1101141 1,010 be s uc1 rather than upon the dignity of 1 his inn ,C. Ire grandme. He took pos,lr- Olt of Wycliffe amino• dmtcly upon his return to 1 nglnml', and iu1"o of roll the property belonging to the previous 11111)]0i0. Anal 1'nt, in I:he midst of all 11,15 pr onperity, 1110 Incwise end and de - pr pressed ked, The one woman whom he laved could with him' end ' ids britht not .n.,eltt t t,ull t prospects, like the eesplles of Sodom, limed to mhos in his grasp, 0h, my bright 1?1ithn!" he moaned, "why maid you not have loved me. when 1 eouhl have given you everything that would make life .beautiful to you when yon are :o well fitted to gotta 'the pest lion 1.000 would. Have f1 lad as lay v l 1 nese beaadhuI things am e me 1st nh !:ery-they are nothing to hie ctlnt- paned with the boon T orate." This mans '11113 eonti iiiI cry, 0114 -he wouitl :)haft him8e11 away from suetylin- enan eye for days, saind Mettle with humo sell, striving to conquer :his hopeless love Then it began to be tui isporol and sag. putted to him fled; WPyc'.ibfe sorest have a mistress -he Iran o'er thirty, 'end it was high g ih titre fleet •sonie good, tune wenn. 011 elute there to reign, whore for so many years ti.ere had been no mistress, "(Ple, fiosl!" he cried, .after some one had sit eken to hhu of this; "I love lett rine-I cannot, I will not yield her place to another! Must it he -is there no es - claim?" s - c1 1 e end his sense of what 0000 right 'weeny told and 1 a 1 1 p rim that ought to be. And no eves. months t went rt 6y, while 011 the county yielded her hinny, awl every matron with a. mariageable dam- sel upon her hands showered lueen shim ,every attention that ler fertile lual,ns cnrlld simplest One day he was sitting alone in his library thinking of this -and et magniifP cent room, be it known, woe 1:111d0 liint'ry at Wycliffe, famished witihi ebony, up- holstered in olive, green and gold. The rich ebony bookcase, inlaid with pearl and precious woods, reached front ceiling to floor, and was filled with countless volumes, each collection abound in 11ni- inrnt covers, It had been ,the pride of the previosemarquis' heart,his one solace and comfort, after los bitter trouble came upon Trim, nod he iwad spent the greater part of his life thane among his choice books. Awl it .9.'1e11,111411 likely else to be the re- port of :Paul Proosn ia, for 'here be brought iWeisel1 and his troubles, and, locked within itis fort, no one (101.0)1 to intrude; 0 nd, as 1110. Fat there one morning thinkingbitterly of what m12 11 love been, a eorva,nt came to the doer anal knocked Inc admittance, With a shrug and frown of_ impatience. he awe and went to the door, where he was Landed a card. It bore the name of a noted lawyer from London -"Archibald Faxon." "Show Idol in," the yon; nfnh•qu:!s said, with a weary sigh at being oliliged ti ii,001 any ml0,1111d w0ndev1nlg vvihat this ranted stranger could wont of kiln. Thai Hon..lrclhilnald Faxon soon amnube i .L • les appearance -a wiry, sharp -featured rna 11, with n keen, restlesis eye that was e reveille of reading a. man through almost instantly -any one would have known h'' was n lawyer, and a amocs,fml one, tem merely to look at hint. 'Ile young lO to g his ,greeted hint with a Mesa of cordiality, 001 then politely hastiness, Minn state las s. malted for to Ile was not long in (inning to the pun ' I feu 1 have come to you upon a very unpleasant errand," Inc snid, snave- 1y wed sot with an appearance of re- pot e•pot in his monnev. 'Indeed!" was Paul Trossalia's indif- ferent reply, It tli;i not appear to him that any- thing wound move hint after what he had already suffered. "Yes, your lordship; v lots 1 h I have ,o pre- sent p, t P sent to you the claims of 0110,01''• to (Inc property of Wycliffe, and all other lxro- pem tea connected with it." Paul 'drossalut regarded the man with etimesl stupid wonder for a hlom:ent. A intoe ridiculous naae'tiem ,it etruel: hinh, could ,telt have been made by the most winless fool in the kingdom, P, Sm. 1 do not understand you," Inc managed to sa3', at last, 1 h noted li , Faxon very delibe'atoly town in the southwest of England, Aftet 01111 distinctly repented this statement. her death, prompted by curiosity, he vis - ire you aware hon- very absurd such ited the place where she believed she had an assertion s 0111110, Mae Faxon?" Peal been so grossly deceived, and accident- nskce1, w'it'h circling imps, "\Vihy, ally stumbled upon the evidence with I non the. only living representative of which I have presented you today" thr 00holi fnanidy, incl 0ihat you assert "Then his mother knew nothing of all ire sl irpdy preposternu»." this is -she believed up to the time of "Nnts0 much se ns yott 11100 sahpp0se,e her heath that elle had forfeited all returned hire lawyer, calm113-0 y, claim to Chia property?" 11r. Trcasaliat Mr, Tressalia began to grow rather inquired, gravely. rod In tate face nt this; he could not ex• °Most assuredly, or she would have aetly make out whether the lawyer returned immediately to her father and meant to insult 111115 or not; his inae'ne• vindicated herself, fon' the sake of her 1000 eourteaus, but Whot foe said sons child's future such an unheard of proposition that he h'31'h,l' did he not present himself to 1005 at n loss to (mature of ft; hip grendfnthe', that, as soon as he made "If that is the mature of your buss- 11000 with me to'dny, you will excuse sae if I say I cannot listen to yeti any fur- ther," he said, rather coldly, "Bear with me. if yoeplease. my lord, for 0 few moments," returned the im- perturbable lawyer, with a wave of his 0h0pdy hand, "and allow me to ask you a few questions, Did not the former marquis have an only child," "3'es; Lint she forfeited all claim to the property according to the conditions of the entail and was disowned by lier fn- tber more than twenty years ago" "'flat child gave birth to a set, I've been told?" remarked lir. Faxon, not heeding lir, Tressnlia's lust statement. "I really cannot say whether it sons a son or daughter," he answered, his lips curling just a trifle. "Whichever it was, it was illegitimate, and could in- herit nothing." "If it had been boo in wedlock it would have inherited the property which you now hold, would it not?" "Yes; but it was not born in wedlock, consequently all this argument it ut- terly useless," the young marquis said, impatiently, "Aro yon quite sure, my lord, of the truth of what you assert?" was the nest unruffled query. "Certainly; it is according to tiis., Vance's own confession to her fotho,r: she owed she had been deceived, and that only a nock marriage had been con- summated." "Is it not barely possible that hiss Vence herself may have been mistaken in the matter?" "I should think not, when interests of sn vital in(po•tasoo were at stoke;' Paul 'Tressnlia answered, with something very like n ,110.1• upon his fine fare. The question was so utterly devoid of Tense and rea0011, at least to him, that he, could not control it. lion "IN, nd e unvai Y 3103501 "No i .s most 11 Ile wi hnttle !. Wycliffe, moodily. "Ile is pt r y0111' lofdnhht alone Ho, T " 1 your (lisnpp01 purity 'numb be n replied, with the same nese that he had dis• u rh the interview, f shall resist to the iit- h s '1'011 vour client so. fight h mighty hard n'ill will one foot of ung marquis returned, m J to do s0, if necess,uy, 1 his mother's sake ~pressed deep regret at tont, hot her honor and lnhlished at all events, whether lie 001110 anything else or not. He will at once take\nheasures to estab- lisp the validity of hely marriage, that rill who formerly knew her nay know that v stain est, her char - inter, 01.10.00 of L n, r r x r I V anter " "Who in he? \'her theseyears? Wl here r ;w 5e been all lie rote?" de - mended the marquis, wit elet died brow. He saw the renaonnbldnes6, of what the young Maur contemplated, and .:chew that if those facts were once establish,°d there would be no ]hope left for him, `'•. "Until about seven years ngo.ho:re• sided with lits mother in a little 40.0444.44040.4400000.0 Scott's Ema rlon strengthens enfeebled nursing mothers by increasing their flesh and nerve force. t"c It provides baby with the necessary fat and mineral food for healthy growth. ALL DRUGGISTSI 50o. AND $i.00. this discovery?" the marquis inquired, thinking it very strange that he had not dote so. "Ills first impose was to do so. But he is very proud -he inheritsall the fire and spirit of his race -and, feeling very sore n.nd-iudigoalt at the treatment which his motlher receiood 1rmn his grand- father, he nattu•ally shrank from him, Moreover, he concluded that his friss duty wars to find the man who had so 1000301 him and her, and notify bins of the validity of the marriage which lie had supposed to be but a sham,' "Did he succeed?". "He did not, although he used ev- ery cleans in his power tEl discover the man's place of residence, and whether he was living or dead. He would not now present his claim to this property, but recently learning of the death of his grandfather he deemed it best to esta- blish his identity and continue his search afterward." "Ise is rather late in the dny; he should have come immediately upon the marquis' death, and before I had taken possession," Paul 'l'ressalia said, with some excitement, "He would have done so hnd it been possible; but it is only a fortnight since be learned that fact." ."On your honor as a gentleman, (10 yeti believe the statements you have made to me 10.413?" the marquis asked, after considering the matter in a long and thoughtful pause, and fixing his eyes keenly upon the lawyer, "On my honor as a gentleman. and ns a frioud of the previous Martinis of \V , cliff°, I have not a single doubt upon the subject" 1 "These are only copies," Ali'. 'Tressnlia said, laying his hand upon the papers before him. "Have you seen the original written in the hand. of Bishop Grafton?" "I have and examined them carefully,' "Does his signature there correspond with this upon the certificate of mar- riage?" "Exactly; except that tills is written seen in rather a bolder haat I hare also the sexton and questioned bion closely," lir, Fnxton returned, feeling deeply for the young mon; who was to lose so much upon the proof 'of these facto. "Where did you say the 010100111 is at this time?" Paul Tressnlia asked. "diene at Wycliffe, awaiting an in- terview with yourself. I think you will find him disposed to be very consider- ate and generous with you in his deal- ings; and you will acknowledge that, despite the obscurity in which he has been reared, he is, an honor to your race, Shall I bring him to you )sow?" 11r, Caxton asked, "If you please; I an ready to meet hint 11000," Paul Trcesalia said, with a weary sigh. Tho lawyer immediately prase and loft the room, but returned again almost in- stantly, accompanied by n. tall, horn - some stranger, whose peculiarly noble and attractive face at ode riveted Jattl Tressalia's eve. "lay told," the Ilan, :1re11ihold Faxon said, in his most gracious manner, "al- loy me to present to yen any client., who is also your relative and l(p the name his mother gave him -Earle Wayno1" ('10 be eootinned,( "Baht it is my duty to prove to you that such was the case, notwithstand- ing. May 1 ask your attention to some do- cuments which I have in my possessionl' and the lawyer, with great deference, dror fortis a package from itis pocket. With an expression of incredulity up- on his handsome face, Paul Tressolia drew up his chair to the table, to com- ply with his request, He spread them before him, and im- mediately entered upon as explanation of their contents, going over them step by step until in spite of his unbelief, the young marquis' face grew grave, anxious and perplexed, and 110 began to fear that this fair inheritance, his proud name and title, were in danger of be- ing wrested from him after all. Ile rend the oertificnte signed so bold- ly by ,Ioslnut Grattan, bishop, end rec- tor of St. John parish, and 'which had been giver to Marion upon the comple- tion of the marriage ceremony. and which also she had regarded only as 50 numb worthless paper; yet some 011110 - countable instinct had always prevent- ed her destroying it whenever she had been tempted to do so. He carefully read those extracts which Mo•ion's son had made from the rector's diary, and with which we nye so familiar. To listened with a very great deal - of painful interest to the repeti- tion of the sexton's story of his confes- sion, and how he became n witness to the marriage ce•emony, and lie could scarcely '(Tedlt his ova sense of heaving 115 he heard the marvellous tale, and ids better judgment told him that every word wds true. ]int when 010' is already suffering, as lie woe sufh'rieg, with his heart so sore nod bitter, one's natural antagonism and rebellion against the iron hand of fnte is more easily roused. So it was now with Paul Tres/010; he had 1e01 obliged to relinquish his .dearest hopes -to give up the woman he loved: and 1101v, with the ahnnst incen- testabic evidence before him, it seemed as if every hope of his manhood was destined to be crushed; and, with 0 strange pe vu/ivy, even in the farce of melt stern £nets as had pied been pre- sented to him, he snid within himself that he would not }'field his inhenitaitec to this mikrvovn child of Marion Vance. -the would not Give up his pnsitioi, his wealth, his proud and honored name. "It is it cunningly devised fable." he said, with a stern, white face, "and I defy the claim" "1 silt sorry, my lendt for, with oll my experience in the lou T nmust• say that. I never undertook a dearer case," the An Apology for Him. Philadelphia Press -Towne -lie has no regard for anyone else; he has no mill: of human kindness, Brovue-Oil, I wouldn't say that. Ife's a very spall man, you I:nom. Probably Ito has it, hut, it's condensed. WJSE PARENTS Guard Their Children's Health by Giving T hens Dr. Williams' Pink Fills. The health of the growing bey 00 girl should h( carefully guarded. During the ,roving time these 18 a danger of the blood bee 0pling poisoned and the health seriously impaired. The blood sl:culd be kept pure and the child will grow strong, healthy and active, Dr, 'Williams' Pink Pills are an ideal tonic for the young They never foil to bring color to the pale cheeks end otrength to rho growing boy,'. To a reporter of LAvenir du Nord,' Mr, Jos. Provost, of 5t, Canute, Que., tells how these pills saved his daughter Marie from a life of misery. He 'nye. "A year ago my daughter, a girl of thirteen, was very well She was so ill that I feared she was going into consumption. 'Though I tried remedy after remedy she remalpned in thio 00001 state for several months, ant I began to think she never would got better. Iread of the good Dr, Wil- liams' Pink Pills had been in is case of anaemia, so got some for her. Soon she began to improve, her appetite returned; she grew strong; color came into her climb and to -day she is as healthy as any lotus£, girl could be I firmly be- lieve Dr, Williams' Pink Pills sawed her life,' Dr. WW illiNns' Pink fills are equally es successful in bringing those of mature age back to health as they ore in build- ing up the young. They stake pure, rod blond that is why they banish anaemia, rheumatism, St. Vitus dance, heart pal- pitation, indigestion and tine secret ills of gh'lhood and womanhood. But you must get the genuine, bearing the frill name, 'Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for Pale i'c0.ple," on the wrapper around each box, All 01100 so -culled Pink Pills aro imitations. If ,your medicine dealer does not keep the genuine pills they will be sent at 10 cents et box or six boxes for Q2.511 from the Ih', Williams' .Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont. • 4 - SAVE SAVE YOUR OLD TINFOIL. Some Workmen Did and Made Matey' Enough to Bay a Library. Save and still your tinmtoil. Tile recent rise !a the price of tits has led 10 0 00ir- ions development in this and ather"eiltnt- tries. Several of the best known clioeobatc manufacturers on the contmdst111sec issued the following notice: '•13.o not throw away the -tinfoil m whitsl5(011)' chocolate is enveloped. It is 00lttp0sed of pure metal, a metal whielt pie deur. Keep it and before long it will be called for by our ❑touts, who will pay for le market value. The ho ulna. in - at rtes rt e c in- dustry 001 tlertnat spends nearly:.54,110),- 010 per annum w tinfoil, Med these rya, 000,0110 aro generally thrown to the winds Jt is farther explained tluat'the pics,- ent high price of tin is due to the aetio:1 of English and Dutch speculators who have forced it far beyond its actual value, What seems to give 001110 colo- to the alleged preciousness of the paper wrap- ped around the chocolate is the story told by 0 Socialist journal of llunhug to the affect that a group of world.( n were nth. to procure n. part of their centurion Mealy lay collecting ,and selling these fugitive .shects of tinfoil. From the Chicago Chronicle, Placing the Blame. Who is it father always blames When things go wro"g about the place? Wire bears rho brunt of everything, And bears it with a kindly grace? Who Is It farther blames when he Spills soup upon his iOundny vest? Whom does Ile censure Wbon he breaks A shoe -string while hes getting dressed? Mother. BATT II WITH A LION. Keeper Clavled to Death in a Theatre. :1 ui In was killed by a lint atlifetime- ter ou tiaturday 1101e r. it, dot s a Levesa t, ealomi Joseph "idiot 1 Ie an iyeti tit 41 tateset r r1 e1 1 10,0,1 1,111 101111 11 troupe of he ,iw h o h h !i- :f0is r tatty Loney, 1,188 Jibe." the Mins were to peewee' i Ut 1/11 1! till- otic, alto having taken lip a , ",,.ion ter the Lelia iia iii tin• theatrt "Agee :1C.1:1" ,cit, „I m to in,t (1(1101, to litteselean. oat to 100 1omn With the 11,1,0 Mad :be letsuned in the evening. 1lasselmuu 0pp"0011 0y- dieobey.d is struetions, told removed one of tile big- gest lions from one cage to another. 10 do this he had the cage transferred Lop, site to 1110 dao of 0110 of the d zssrag rooms behind the stage, Iiasselaucilhim- self 10115 ill the dyes 100' some. As 00011 as the dour of the cage was open, and1 before 11 tsselnuru had time to mature his plans, the Iion rushed forth sad i,11 - mediately made for the man . Two 01(0 1(1030es ran echoes the spud to a1 :j'1, 1 opposite the entrance, and the lady lion - tamer herself 50411 ur•rived, "Miss 1.11,1 p+alt to the top of the cage and tries pitchfork. T did also they Thou n hose 11011 was frig: The marl way few nomentiii At the ingi'tb'd„ hand at tine thgt lion got looseel114 0030 was dr0s t, an d 1t.asselnog5 into the cagy iron bar 111;)1}.. chair at Woo,. chair th51digh wherpup threw a sdested chat' aL-t1 animal sea' man, WW'l(g;" 1lnaae11111m throat. Tic digging itp dere, "as sly lion had head, but; The doe et.at the hen rri1Y a U'rdd to be 11,1010.., ,11„t:11,n1c calas1, r'. s, did at 1,1- lrto the els. he dirti (1111'red, Irl, is 01!0:0 aft,': 0002 tris 931 doer, hike ia'ra tlh aril 110ew a )tit the s00Luau li f'I)on. .Ville nd then sdWrated at the s left I r t 401(1 arm ae 0,4 111,.. Il la'H nd not ,3x0011, It :'sod into Ilaeeelins(1 isal- it wanted d to play." Tho Muth nm Lu',.Ln,tn's hrt attolort to Lite liar. t , 'he was uiil d t ,b ,c' e and panto. ,cod Int "tett:Jet, 11 t1, :. We14t 1 ,re scale rush I1011': '..a1 aflithe week and right arta,beer dion and compound fracture of th,, It ft tu,a1, L)eatll resulted from shuck hood les .1 blood. The jury returned a nodi .tncoov, 0l;• nod found that no one was to blame, MEN'S CORSET SILLS, Who le responsible when be While shaving cuts into his chin? Who loses pedro games that ,hue Was very sure that tie would win? Whose fault It Is when father finds His laundry not returned on time? Who gets the blame for 111 mistakes Ridiculous to the sublime? Mother. Who seems to understand his whims, And smiles at all las cranky ways? Who strivos to .patiently avoid The argument that never pays? Who takes the blame that father glues As though it were deserve, and then Awaits her ohancet to square up things When father lingers out till ten? Mother. -Edgar A. Guest, in ,retrolt Free Prose. -e..s Buttermilk as a Tonic. Ordinary sour buttermilk is a better touie, is a {better food than 1003 ever bot- tled or boxed up by the chemist or doc- tor. Bntteruilk in a very hearty food, Two glasses a da;y is emitted; for any one. This should be drunk with meals, or else should not 113 taken within two 1101100 of a mealsays Me all's Magazine, Time should be given for It to thorough- ly digest before anything else is taken into the stomach. 11 takes bntte'milk considerably over an hour to digest and 10 drink another glass before the first one is digested is only to stir up 111110nl- ty with the digestive organs. Really, the hest way to drink buttermilk is with the 1001ls as a sort of easily -digested lunch, He Made It. "Love," said the fair maid, "is the greatest tiling in the world." 'Don't you believe it," rejoined the young man in the parlor scone, "I nen greater Ilion love" "How do you figmro that out?" queried the fair pity of the prelude. "A manufacture:" explained the se 001 1s .beater than the thing he 10011:;• factures -and I make love Sec," hoax-"3'onr aunt seems Very ten. do' -heeded," Joey --"Fes; whenever T feel angry about anything i go to her," IToax-"f suppose on the principle that at soft aunt, sir, turaeth away wrath," They Are Always Paid -Coaxing a Man's Figure Into Shape. S1nce corsets nre generally regarded es exch,slvely destined to ,eminlne wear, it play conte as a surprise to many renders to learn that the annual corset bill of many a smart mon is much larger titan that of the average smart 0001011. Thls is, neverthe- less n fact. A lending eorseilere ,,,,o supplies most of them puts down a good customer's hill at 0£110 a. year. Let 110 one Imagine that it is only fops that wear them. The majority of wearers are military men, alio, I learn, require e, greater amount of padding than civilians. Others are ordinary well dressed sten, given to manly sports, and by no means effeminate. A man's figure has to be gradually coaxed Into ,.!.,.,,c and Is first of all put into a sort slue corset with scarcely any bones, until he attains by degrees to the full glory of rho Perfect figure. rhea process usoally takes three montlhs, and five special makes of corsets are employed in the development, or perhaps it weld be mare accurate to say the "repression" of the figure, The (smeller° to whom I am indebted far this information is loud in praise of her male clientele. They aro not fldgery, they have good taste, and 00 matter what other bills they leave unpaid etre is always sure of her money, possibly because few men would done face a summons from such a quarter, - From the Fall Moll Magazine. MARVEL OF SURGERY. • Artificial Feet for an Injured Actress. 13y a marvellous piece of surgery, }Miss Dot Stephens, the well known music hall artist., will be enabled to appear curly in ,Inly at ller Majesty's Theatre, A1':nb sell -the town she left one day lest Oe. - totter to meet with a terrible accident on the railw-ny. Miss Stephens, who was under a long enryngsonient or the Moss -Stoll tours, Wats travelling in a corridor roach en route for Glasgow, when she fell through ono of the doors end was hurled on the track. A passing brain crushed both her feet. She 100s taken to the General Hospital at Wolverhampton, Where Dr, Dent amputated the crushed portions of the feet. Not one of ihe' friends imagined that She 5301111 ever he able to work again; but the )W'olverhampton hospital staff were not to be beaten, and she was fit- ted with artificial feet at a cost of ,1;200. She is 11000 able to walk even a 0011310 of miles Without aid, and wilhon0 the suspicion of a ]imp. T.ondon Daily 1!ail, •.• An Uncomfortable Nightgown, She had been visiting/1100100 in Baltimore and, never having been to sea, determined to return hone to Boston oy water. 00 the morning of the second day out, a friend observed that, when the Indisposed 000 node her appearance on deck, she pre- sented evidence of gloat fatigue "Didn't you sleep well? sk•d the friend, alarmed at the ether's appearance. "The son has been perfectly 0n1111 Sl ry!" repeated the unhappy sufferer, "I didn't get n wink of sleep! m Oral out. I shall never tr.ivo-1 by water 000(10" "Khat causes tints excessive longue?" asked the friend. "Why, trying to sleep In 11101 thing. I saw a nerd 111 the stateroom telling how to Put on the life -preserver 01111 I thought 1 mulersf nod the. dlrecttons perfectly. But, I mamma? I didn't, for I was frightfully conscious of 1t, all night, -Success, A Desirable System. "I wonder Yf we shun ever have 0 tele- phone wlthmtt wires?" "I wonder if we shall ewes' have one with- out girls," • Mr. New'lyw'ed -"Pass me ,o bisenity please," Mrs. Newlvwed-"I made these myself Mr, Newlywed -"Alt, now I know what the Ribble means ',iot11010- ing for bread and getting a stone,"