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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-01-30, Page 3,1:','o''"...11'61 As( "No, you would not, of course! She I isn't. (0111 to 010 either, But I've seen piolile she doesn't like shrivel up at a look from Doris; and 1 think if 1 had done anything 0er)' mean, 1 should rum the other way if 1 saw her coming. She is a little too good for most people; 1 had just begun to think I should have to send up for an archangel to starry her, when luckily you stepped in and made it all right." "Draw it mild, Charlie, I'm a little in "awe of her already; she scet1Is' to stand out so far alive all the 0111er wo- me'rt 1 have met. Iter generosity almost appalls me, Do you know, s10 absolute- ly, .refuses to have any of her money settled on herself, and ineists that every; thing 0110 possesses 01)011 be entirely un- d1r.my control," ll, ye0! 1 lave 'often Beard her say she would never marry a man she could not trust completely, and that She • would not have any mean ,Honey quar- rels. It Inas been a great dread of hers that she would be married for what she haa, and not for herself," —"What singdlnr modesty in such a beautiful girl!" 'les; 1 like her for it, though." ' "One calm hole it,., Hitt I wish she would have. been 1)141,suad111 to, keep het' fortune in her own hands„ To telt, you the truth, the responsibility elarin0 my indolence." ;`Ii • seopldn't alarm Hine;. hullo, I i o c khink`I•recognize that 014 ti, yIttlois v torial" They were' \editing sluwly along with tui 4109:, beside tit . ;bio. of c:uroiagee, which werd"0Cntionlu'y` for the, 11101110111. A few ,stege brought them close to the carriage which had arrested 'Papillon's attention., )\11(1 bath moil raised their mats in an0wei' tit the baw:and'smile of itlady- w1108e eppetiram.e-wz011 attracting a good ` deal of comment of various kinds, •' The 'lady wino was then centre of so much 'observation could not be mere than five pr-sfx•fund-tliintyj and looked younger, a fact which was due as mach to a.40F.tam s'uufy, youthfulness, of, 8x4 ptes1101l;.. as to tine aid et 'pearl powder'' 110r dress partook sufieiently ofthe at: tributes of that of the granite monde and of the demi-monde to,; enable all acute observer to decide that she belonged to neither. As 01)0 sat batik; 0110111 and ab most inetionless, 1)y the side of a judi- ciotlslll f Opel in' lire We • s1)(' look- ed rather like andhQtessod'p1il'0spe1- sive wax doll, but, when she Bowed, emit, 011, :spate, and held out'1et dainty and perfectly gloved little Band ti) Pnpoloa, it was impossible to deny that site was charming. "1 haven't seed yon for an age, 311'. Papillon. 1 si)pl)ese you w•nn't conde- scend to cone:to the suburbs in the 0011• sun, :11l we poo' creatures just outside London can exliiet le to alateh a glimpse of yeit sometimes 011011 town is empty." "Scold Glyn tee, Mrs, Hodson, please." Mrs. \n, nn. Fut the good bay, .Irs. 1od- I son, "um I`not?', 1' called 'et the La)01)0 ten days ago, but you were out." "Welt, conte down this eceniug, ,and 1'Ii forgive you both,. There are two. charm. 'Mg girls can 4)4), 1 93i(les set coal mice people yoi) know, 011,-I mnsnt't forget to congratulate you lir, Glyn! 1 only heard the secret- today. ' .1 Hurst - call ep(n) Miss Edgoombe, and implore ler not to keep you 1111 to herself and ;lever let you]; .pony old -fogy friends got 0 sight of ` you" The line of, carriages had begun to mantle again, and with more gracious smiles Airs, 110(10011 drove on; and the young when continued their walk, "You are in, favor again now, Glyn. 1']! bet you ,1)bat„you like madame, will not he out next time you call.” "I10 you think not?" said the other, indifferently, "1 think I shall find the Lewes ,jest it lint, too for out of my way .just now, 1011111 Kensington will be about my limit for the next six honks." Six weeks! Is it to come off in six h)],,? In the middle of the sea0011, taw) 1 ' "Yes. Doris is gnim; to give up the end of the scone, which is cert oner- oes of 1014 1014011 she is 140 fond of excite. molt" "11'ell, 1 suppose elo' tvould1't give it up except for something ,]te li] ee bet ler. You are not going airily, are yell?" "Nn; w0 shall go straight down to 151!rleigh, her place 4n 111e Thanes. It will be just the right time b.) enjoyit, you see; we are both fond of the river, 0111 the thought of posting ahem tu'ottglt the. 110111 and (last frau cue place to another, orlimitingabout for some unc41nfo'table hotel in soon place which)" is surd 1'0 lo) 'either ovc)crohel01 or, deserted. 1'1401 Utero i at c1)`nting haiku n few' miles off only, waiting to be lived in, is ulsurd, We 1)0111 11)inl.." "What a sensible' pair ylou will be! .A model hu0band and wife! 1 shall have to dhow 34)111 off, and },mu 10)'1 eros upon yon. flow soon my 1 venture to count drown to be eaten tip with envy)" "\s soon as you like, You lcuow very well you are always welcome every- Btclwse 1 don't come when l.'rn, nit Wanted', I'll ,111)'0 11boat 01111 roo' atp and 410110 the creek till you si4111010 nuc that 1 !may lnn11 without fear of dieing cousin Coil. an intruder, .uy the bye, where is Doris today, that yuu are off duty?" "She lues.'gone down tolR1'ading with tier grandmother, 10 pay a far,'well visit beton, her murmge to somi) aunts elm arc going abr00d, She )•earn be bele till to -morrow. so, I feel rather straq(!ed" Shui] tee go to 14110' t1<eo 1)103" Loo hot! ,,1 want 1c1get;pu1 of Lon- don; it ;s too lute to `get dine) some- where for 1) pull of the river noir, Ihongb. :1b there is ills, 1podson'; vic- toria agatin! Surely shuts ai good d•'.tl more 10011). up than she Iused to b Iwo years sago. It's the fii'st Alma.l ie s:vn her 1y daylight sine( I've 'been b:dte ire' lace looks 41)1110 btu •fn.tlte, shades," • .les, „that is tate, worst, Rf;thait liijtit 1 stuff site u.es; it ;ns lextrenicl,1' inar- l1h);_.yo3 knots, all »bent it, or you Pretend very ryc11," 1'1 flatter myself f 0111) atalyee any bcnt!y, 101,1 tell you , rru(lq i.) 1vlial it uusists, Sncether in "rr'loutiur; 'pearls powder', or,nntttr1:l blgnm,'fe-attr'e;, pu.s�0u,'bi: tlic!(s;= Ncllai,Wltere chip, W0 go?"' "Suppose we go down to,.thc. Llwas? We are. sure' of tool ghouls and g,i1d champagne there, at else, rate,." "And' Airs; }fodsot) J114)0 i01Yti'' 00100 claming girls, But T ](now the sort of ri)ls 411)0 calls elmrnlinee and 1 don't., feel tempted; 'Besides, I Wouldn1t go. to the Lawns to -night, if I Were 'yin, (,IVa„ ",All right! \\'e'.1l go amt hear ]'anti; thein," sand (11311, indifferently. • CIIAPTEII II, In house of a wy,11-known .smear0 of Sahth, KblshigtonAlias Edgeombe sat at lmudicolt nth let grandmother and a girl friend, the Baty tnl'to. thaton which David -Glyn and Papillon had met Mrs. Hodson (luring altar stroll -through the park, Old Mrs. Ld„combe w110 It htuldsomc erect , lady for her age, which was about silty -three. She had been the constant gu1)rdian and-Contpaniou' of 'her" grand- daughter, to 1'1wm she was devoted, since the death of her own son end his wife, Doris' parent, ilei. advancing age had begun of tate'ta make her feel that the time was drawing 'jeer. When she roust a,csign her post. of ellape bpi to her hand - 001110, nntch-0oiight-after granddaughter to,yonnger hands; 4110 11nd been eager to see lie): chergethapp,ily„married, and had neer' the ' first to rejoice over, limy en- gagement '04 . David Glyn. The high- minded if someivhat extravagant prin- ciples whic!) Doris held in money teatime; had been inculcated by the elder lady, wide had determined to leave her own ooa0000000ooa1o00o0o 44x'0/ .4' Grippe or Influenza, whichever you Ile to call it, is one of the lnoiit weakening diseases known.. , Scoff €a e1Skti, which As, Cac” Liver Oil 1.`10 fil)'pOphchpi1at;:S 5ng CJ cd form, io "die ,rre.a'iee1) F''1 o.'. ;Slt,.b?,.3r; cit' krnOWn to medical science. r It is so easily digested tat i. tehitkC3 its o, the sy-stem, F %aking I F'iti Lkii»'"s 12.'.1111 new fat, and strengthening nerves and lI.ml)C . Use Scott's. En el$ Qf'l af'te Influenza. Invaluable for Coughs and Colds. ALL DRU00ISTS; 500. AND $1.00. property, which was eoned(ites1,1e, to her Ftauddruighter, under the ontu'e.contr'ol of the letter's husband. She had had reason, in .her youth, to be disgusted with sordid money quarrels, 0101 tine held Khat no man wail fit to he trusted with n girls happineas who could not be trusted with her money. She had. 'returned with Doris from Reading that morning, and -an old school fellow, who had called to inquire if it teas really tine •that the flinty-henred \lies l_dgeontbo had. at last sneemnbe(1 to •) (i moron Montle e110110n, having strayed to lmielleon--the three ladies sat around Ile, table talking about wedding presents an the trnusscnte, hull grin be malriell in a white or travelling (trees?" asked, Hilda Warren, n pretty,: clovertlooking little wannan, ralher erwentiic1lly dressed. "D1 ivory -colored brocade. I don't care for the thought of, .sneaking into the Diu rah 10 every -day ,dress, as if I felt ashnune(1'of what I was.doing,, and didn't Want to be noticed, I want to look 'my veyy, very hest, to make B%vid `eel' pritudeof rue, and to male the very idlert3' 'Who crowd :round the door to see what` the bride is like --as they always do, you. know—mu(lge each other 'and say, '3fy1 Don't she look nice!' and think ,any beshtu)d n lueky fellow,". Botha her companions looked at Doris with ;n expre3sien which plainly showed flint her last words echoed their own opinion. As she sat back in her (Their, nal spoke woolly, 11114 ,with teal 'pride 0) d pleaenre in her face, no one walla have denied that, as far as beauty went, herfutureIuisbend 1)011111 have found '11 ;mrd to 18411 t a' Letter choice Mise 11Adgcoui1e•ivas It 1)00110110, initial above the middle height of slight but well shaped figure, with delicately slen• 11)11 hands and fact, nod aimost faultless• lyregular Atee. As is usually the ease Will, beauties bf this type, the first impression of admiration in looking at the far .w )1i frequently followed 'by a 'sense that there )vas something wanting, tlmEthe beautiful eyes sparkled, but did' of speak, the well -cut mouth 5lniln1, but ever grew soft. It wast ohly nt, rare moments tint some passing: enl0tioil )v0h141 bring the rich color to ltee, cheek, and light up her. face 101111 a brilliancy 41,)1)1) was bewilehine. She «:10 looking Mb. boo '(is site, raised Iter 11rit ,ekes( to her old school fellow's hie and laughed, . • ] 31111'1 thiviPee 04104• seen. Mr. Lily11 1 • Doreen. ,; • 'Haven't pain? 1• have ar portrait of him upstairs_ come and tell me wh ;° you think of hill." 311e girls rose and left the ropnt, fol• lowed spore slowly by; the elder Indy; :and they, all three trent up' 10 tl)e draw- ing roonl;'Whidr was .furnished.ratler snnnlnelv','.Aiy,•l freak of itA y'nwng 1n13- .'1110 .1100r 5- •'110.1100• was stained'and p01101ed, and theri?;was only a 04041111s'quoroegarpet !n front of the fire -.place. The..tvinrlmvs and doors were drnped.with curtains: of dark crimean plush, lined with silk of Otienttl o'tl3'rn n;1l blended colors Tho wninaeeating npd'1)0odw04k were steiued the seine chime •as tyi floor, nrtrl tife walls. :Were'aohpapcipd)1mt.liutell in pale buff. The .furniture WAS covered. with1;etitus011 1111101), with es1ions embroidered In tunny alloys. '1'1)041 were marhle'statu• 0th'') in' the corners of, the room, in. high relief against ,thea lank, curtains; Ibe window0 were 1lockei1 by stands full leafy plants, the only flower' lideritted among them being'•"the pale, heavy, washed -oat -looking hydrangea.. '1 �wre was a• striating .411)00110e of nnua- meat on .1110 stands, the b100100ts, the easily upset1.411100 covered with trifles, which pinto progress (Hifi- cult in most modern drawilig-roans. Th00'wn5'0) large caned cabinet full o not very curnus.cearlositles, chiefly re- 11es of the campaigns of Allo. llllgeonthe's late hnskiuul,, who had bee)) n so11tfel there was 'a grand Matto; and was a large pile of music, i1)o you knew, 1 like this room better thou 01)y 1 know,'" said Hilda Warren, as they carte in, "1)o 3ou2 Most people call it bare, And I am beginning to' thank myself that it rather a mistake. It is a sort of temple to ,old luemeries. 'Thio floor and the hydrangeas ire for the sake of a French country house fused to step at when'I was n. child; the 'Cabinet and its contents' are a slirine't,o'grandpapa; the plaints are the sante as those we used to have in the eoascryatoly at Ambleside, where 1 was born. :And in the piano is the spell which enriiea me'back to any of thhie places and the people who lived in them. This is lir; Glyn." She took from the mantel piece n fraed photograph and handed it to her' friend, who looped at it long and citi- cally.m Ile is very handSome," said she at 141st; "old he looks very good and very nice, and altogether quite the right sort' of man to be the hero of your romantic dreams.never knew you wer 5o ro- mantic until to -day; you lutvegiven the ley of your heart to the right person, Doris, for yon' are much 'nicer now he has opened it. And who is this?" • 1'1130 1' the t 1 Mesta, peeving mut among on the mantel -piece, had ufeerthcd nn• utlel yurhztiY, half hiiltldcu hchiud u unmlclabrillf, '\V'h3', this (int, is'htumisome, too! Who is it Doris' 1sn't Mr, felts jealous el your haying another 'juvenile' as 0.941)14)' ant In 101111" Hilda 1)011)11 was eit utr''s eelle thought it 1(4113 the introduction of n theatrical tont into ler spelcl) which made old Airs. h tgecotnbeb row suddenly very upright. DorisAtool( the �)ortret1 nu 1)inety- flour her halo. Oh, no; Afi Glyn 111§ no need to be jealous; that is riot a tinted richt!" 0100 "Rival! I should think net!" buts 1;Ors, '.d e otehe, severely. Phe' mold, not to be mentioned in the sato ) '11th, 1 nm et ptosed et your Dee!' n• allowing it portrait of David t;hy. n ien1ainon the same Shelf with the f Auguetws Melton," ' "Well; grendmOm:nr, don't be angry: I didn't even know he was there, Ile had the sense to' creep into a corner where nobody could sec him and frown at him,.We'll take Min away altogether, sand 10111), Dncid to undisputed cover (ignty of the mantel -piece„' "Doris, 1. think that joking way of talking about thein is very unbecoming. I should think 11r. Glyn would disap- prove of3)iir keeping a portrait of Au-. gi101)1e at ,)111.” "if 314'. (11'n objects, Gussio shall go. Only don't cull the poor boy 'Augustus,' 31audhumuna, please," said the girl, good-humoredly. But Mrs. 1 (1ecombo was offended; and in a few minutes, after turning a deaf Dar to all her granddaughter's eon elllttory speeches; she made some ex- cuse about xcuse'about fetching some work she wanted, and left the room, "Now, grundo allmla is offended for the rest of the day," said Doris, v door when the er closed upon the old lady, "1 am so sorry; and yet I don't think it was 1113 fault. 1 did not Wrenn to vex her; but I:don't like to hear the absent ear sighted to stern silence without a little pity., -Who is this wicked Augustus, ,or this nnfortulate Gussie? 1s he a ne'er-do- well admirer ,for whom you have just a' ;Miner of lingering teiderneso? 1 shouldn't have suspected you of such a thing hcfore today; but, mow that you have proved yourself to be ,1 human by faliingin love with lir, Glyn, why, you may even be l;ufty of a feminine wealt- nes of being times' fora settpegrae01 Do tell 010 the store, Doris; I've' told you all niy love aflair0, and given you the benefit of a louee exp'efene1 ig these mutters. Now tell me yours, aOnd 1 wilt take your one confession 110 a balance lo e,' 14111(1,4441)1, You know 1 0111 twee. a eccret:" 'But there is no secret to keep said oris, long!)) g "And what do you nn"1.) by asking me to tell you my 'one' love story. 1 have hutl o))y one., unu taa:p. yo) know—my engagement to Mr. Gl"11yn" u1 that is not what I call 0 love. story—it is notsemantic enough," said Ililda, impulsively, "You are not what call in love with 31r. Glyn at '0!." '".Chem 1 am ,010034 1 shin neve,' 1) what. you call 'Ln love: 1101 what do you ):ant the to 110? You dent expect me to talk about hint in blank verse, 04 spend any time on my knees before his photograph, do you?" "Oh, yes, that is what 1 always do when I'm in love!" said llilda, drily, Now, llilda, telt me seri01101) what 114,1 mean, You have brought a grave chnlg against me, and you must prove it er withdraw it, lou have accused me of went of warmth=" Ou, dear no! I was quite touched by tho entlutsiasnr you showed when 111010' ed you at what time Alr. Glyn was conn hue to -day, '011, he may cone at three, or he 0103, cone at four, or perhaps he won't be here till we go out, soon after five!' That is what your said, with just a:; mush exeilement ale if he had 1ee11 a tradesman comping for un 4rderl Why, it 1 were111 love, and expecting the man 1 was feud of, 1 shouldn't be able to sit still; 1 should be mad with the hands of the clock for not going rotund faster; 1 01)01)1)1 get as book led set myself a task of reading so many chapters before I would let myself see what the time wus ngmin; 1 should upset all those nice- ly !lrragned flitvers by rushing to the window twenty limes! Long before 3 o'clock (lune, I should 'bo in a fever; while you—Doris, 1 believe, if 1)e were, not to come until --until 0 o'clock, you '04,u)d not say, 'Dow tiresome of him to put out all my arrangements!' 01 course 1 know your emotion of mhpa- timme Because he upsets your plans is munch better bred than my impatience to ee 0114 man 11//1100 I love him; but then you know 1 00) 01)!)' a Bohemian," Anil the girl, whose restless oscittblo nature betrayed itself as she spoke by qu!el, nervous movementsofthe hands as mucin as by the volubility 1with 1011011 she poured forth her words, dropped' front her chair on to a cushion at the feat rt her calmer companion, with a lit• tau curl of the lip to belie th0 humility of the end of ler speech. "Yes; but you don't snake allowance for the difference between,n)y tempera- ment and yours. You can't imagine me hnppiug about between the .clock and the door with my hands through my hair every two minutes, any 11101'0 than I can picture you sitting quietly and stif- fly on a' chair waiting with beautiful subinise oil until your hero, us you call shim, chose to shed on you the sunshine .of his preeence" "Olt, you want No to think that the djffor'enee between us is only that your affections are under better control than mine! Well, then, I don't believe it, 3'x11 could no more sit there and chatter to me 011111113 about a 40:0011 different things' while you w0r0 expecting ,lir, Glyn, if you were really' fond of him, than 'I could," "You mean that 1 nm tt cold-blooded creature—a sort of fish by nature, quite incapable of feeling any emotion above tepid point." ,No; 1 don't; I mean that you don't feel any emotion above tepid point for llr. ('lyn" "Bet, Hildayou 1011001'! =az' that. Imbed, at is not trite! said Doris,lata- 1 ((rbid l a.0 net nearly'' o'0)1 10 as, yoit am not even alae that l Lao feel qui11) so smolt --certainly 1 '114114 1)014 show as 101w11; but admire Ji l}'n more llem rn' art n I have f toe,: 1 pewee, hie opinion 111 everr- tl) „• kale 11ler so happy as when 1 m1 4)111 him; f try to please him far herder 111,nn a ever tried to please any ,1,( 1. before and 1 feel jealms of every l r woman he looks at, Surely aha s love 001Ch hiving! set lily rate, !: he best 1 lave to give." Hilda shook her head.' "Too calm!" said elm briefly. "Anal don't you think a steady feelite " 34 that, which never rues and neve ks i9.a better founda.ti1)0 for a. 16V 11114 10 to lasts life -time than a spay in ellte eil)4tiol Wlhie11 cur 110t 1191, 101101•, A Great Doctor Speaks of a Great Remedy Dr. William's Pink Pills Strongly Endorsed by One of tale World's Greatest k. o ,tors---liope for the Sick. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale1'eo- pie is the only advertised medicine in the world that has had the public ember- sation of a doctor of world. wide reputa• tion. Such an eudorsation s0uups Chili medicine as being worthy of the confi- dence of every person who is sick us ail- ieg,r A great fleeter would not risk'hIs reputation unless he was absolutely con. Went, through a personal knowledge dant Dr, Williams' Pink fills 10;11 do what is claimed for 1110111, Dr, Guiseppe Lappoti, one of tine greatest physicians of modern times, for years the trusted medical adviser of the Pope, writes the following strong letter in favor of Dye Williams' Pink Pills: '1 certify that I have tried Dr. Wil - limns' Pink Pills in four cases of the sine, plc anaemia of development, After 1a few vwe(lu of treatment, the result cane fully up to my expectations, For that reason 1 shall not fail in the future to extend the use of this laudable 100411110' Lion, not only in the treatment of other morbid forms of the category of anaemia or chlorosis, but also in cases of neara0• thelia and the like." (Signed) DR, GIUSPI'PE LAPPONI, Via dei Clraccht 332, thin,) ' The "simple ntaenthe of dovelopmelt" referred to by Dr. Lnppour is of course that tired, languid cou(litiou of young girls whose development to womanhood. is tardy, and whose health, at the period of that development, is so often imperil- led, His opinion of the value of Dr, Wil- liam' Pink Pills at that time is of the and scientific authority, n d nt con- firms onfirms the many published eases in which anaemia and other diseases of the blond, as well as nervous diseases, have been cured by these pills, which, it need hard- ly be mentioned, owe their efficacy to their power of making' new blood, 011,1 thus acting directly upon the dlgeotive and nervous system. 111 all et1ses of anaemia, decline, indigestion, ` and all troubles rhe to bad blood, and all affen• tions of the nerves, as St. Vitus' 11anee, paralysis and 10001noto]' ataxia, they are commended to the public with all the greater 0011feletec booms), they have the strong endoroation of this great physi- cian. bungs, on the whole, as mucin pain and disonefort las pleasure ever, to the ob- ject of it, and 10101011 you yourself admit you can feel for a succc.,lon of p^_)''1o?" finished Doris triumphantly. "And hew can you be sure your ad- in]r1tou apt': respect will last a life - stint eci1he7"asked the young actress ;persistently. "You have no more reason to be soue that this Mr. (Ilya, whom ,ynnimve-lanowm only 0 few weeks, will always be worthy of the respect and all that which he has inspired you With than 1 had for supposing the poor paint - or who followed 1e like any shadow would become the greatest artist of the day, just .leteauso 1110 very sound of his voice set me trembling.ivith happiness." ('To be cnmrinoen CORPSE SCARES BURGLARS. Ghastly Experience of Two Apprentices in Crime in a Paris Apartment. Two ,young burglars in Paris had a ghastly e);perience lately and a narrow 00001)0 froth being held for a crime w}tielh they did not commit. They were both new to the house -breaking gaune. They were lads of 10 and 20 years, blathers' apprentices out of work and penniless and yvith•associations in the Apache gangs now tcrronseng Paris, .raid, led them to turn naturally to cri100 ate means of getting ou their leen, They chose as the scene, of their first trial the apartment of a well-to-do en- gineer named Daneles, win lived all alone in a house ou the Rue Myrna. They undo their way into the house at night after the lights 11101 been put out, but as they figured before the hour at which D 1110100 110un11y returned from his game o: dominoes at the 11130 They got into the apartment, by a skeleton ken and shut the, door noiselessly behind then, Then while one of them prepared to strike a light the other groped his way a couple of feet forward in the ante., room of the apartment. As he did so he jostled against some- thing that gave way before, him, then en1e Back and hit him ratheh heavily, then leaked away again. Thu young burglar' 41)1.141)0(1. Ile 01001011011 Out his lauds and !'alt a eau's clothing and then the legs of the nun inside mud a chilly hands all swaying horribly to and Lo as he touched them, alis cry made his companion strike a match in n hurry, and in its flickering light thepair saw Danglo0 hanging by a rope.to the gas fixture. He was stone dead; but the couple said afterward that the hideously distorted face as they watched it in the light of the match seemed to be grinning at them as if to say: "Ala! I've caught you, have 1?" They dashed out of 1110 room and down the stairs at headlong speed The clatter they made aroused the concierge, and while they fumbled at the front door he scrambled into his trousers and boots and pursued theta down the street, A couple of handy policemen headed them off and they were marched back to the housee where the doors of Dangles' rooms were food open, plainly .showing that they had been there. As the, body was still warm, the police took it into their heads that the couple had murdered him as a sequr,lto robbing his plu;e. Rut the next day it was estab- lished that nothing had been stolen and also that Dangles had often tln'e,itencd suicide because of his shtfeIings from an incurable disease. The chair, which he had kicked front under him completed the story. So 1110 two apprentices in cringe will only have charges of attempt- ed burglary to answer. OOESN'T KNOW P91ESICENT• Michigan Applicant for Citizenship Is Equally Ignorant. Mike O'Reilly, born in Canada, but, a resident of Jackson County, Mich„ for twenty years, made application for Am- erican citizenship in Circuit court at Jackson the other nwrnieg. Ile 5Omre lie couldn't read, but the constitution of the United States had been read to him, "What are Lie throe dz.purtunelite 301 government terrier the constittution'l" asked Judge Parkinson, "1 don't understand you" "What is the name of the offi041 that the chief executive holds?" O'Reilly couldn't say. "Who is the president of the \'ailed States?" "Rosenfelt, Isuppose." "Who 40'08 pre-vrc1411114 before Roos vett?" "I could not tell you." "Who is gov0l'nor of Alicllig:w "I' supposed Rosenfelt was." "Can you tell me 0)li;,t depart) the government of the state' '1 laws?" "I suppose it's there in \Va5hid,'tisa;' "Whet do they cal] the body that m los lay's at 1110{141 thio stumped 0110111} of ail. „\Flo is the member of congr0:4f from this district ?" "I cannot tell you." , "\Mutt is congress?" "Che petition Is dismissed," said :fudge Parkinson, And so O'Reilly eannot;vite. SUEFPLCSS BABIES ARtIC ICKL'��ABS , \V'el] bi'bies ;deep soundly and wake up brightly. When little ones are restless, sleepless and cross i(; is the 111E0141014;