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"It is not quite so bad ns that yet," an existence of hard work for the ncc'n-
said Doris, laughing. "I10 will be back su,ie•, of hue, 4eath ig children in the
toanorrow 111 time for dinner, and be morning, studying design at night, with
llon down with ten. at the pastry cooks in the company
will bring Charlie Pali
him, 1 hope„ 01' two ui three more girl 8111e11ts, .is
But Mrs. Edgconbe's patience tuns ex-. her only recreation, and the (110 01ard
hauste.d. attentions of their ell -bred brothers as
"Charlie Papillon!" she exclaimed the only homage her fair face could now
obarply. "To stay with you for week hope to attract. An ordinary girl would
or so and prevent your feeling dull, I haw. sue!, gi 1 11(1ly. into the failed mid
suppose? A very proper person to choose! industrious h.tolc-artist, or the w'el1-man-
II 1 f I
ehonld think, if he does not succeed in
persuading you both that the duty of
learried people is each to go his own
fray and pay no attention whatever to
the tie which binds them, nobody- could."
,foot Doris saw her mistake, but hardly
knew what to say in defence of her
'Might little favorite Charlie which would
not draw doyen a fresh storm of indigna-
tion upon that easy-going philosopher's
head. Her foulness for him had long
been a sore • point with old Mrs. Edg-
combe, whose. principles, though not more
rigid than those of an elderly lady ought
to bo, were buckram indeed to Charlie's.
She had been in constant dread of his
persuading Doris to marry him, and s110
was now quite ready to consider him the
evil genius hovering about the ,young
household, c(nger to wreck their domestic
happiness by his Mephistophelian wog-
,gestions and influence. She had not.
thought, however, though she had come
down with 0 word of warning against
him, that he would begin the work of
ruin so soon.
"It was my, suggestion . that David
slimald bring' Charlie with hint, not for
a week, Ent just for a day or two," said
Doris, diffidently. "You ,sae, wandnnun-
nm, when you and l came down here
every summer, and had the house full
of people, the boy used to corm down
Here ns it matter of coarse whenever he
liked; and I think he must miss his
rowing and lawn tennis and the nice
people we used to have here, It seems
rather selfish of David and me to keep
the dear old plac all to ourselves, when
there are half a dozen unused ('001(10
that people would be glad to come and
fill, and the fruit is getting ripe' for
nobody to eat, and the boats aro falling
to pieces in the boathouse with nobody
to pull diem: 1 hate to go into the bil-
liard -room; it looks so desolate now there
11 are no cues lying about and 00 boy's
quarrelling round the table. I don't even
enjoy the flowers or the river so much
as 1 should if there were a lot more
people here to enjoy them, too, I think,
and David thinks, too, that when one
finds one's self in possession of nice
• things that lots of other .people would
like to have, it is wrong, not to spread
the enjoyment of thou a4 far as one
(aur."
"Well, I should admire your unselfish-
ness more if I could only persuade my-
self that it was genuine, my dear, But
1. do think tluot, if your love for eseh
other were a little stronger, you would
not have quite so much to spare in gen-
nrnl philanthropy:" •
"Bat ram philanthropical only to the
persons I like, ,you know. 1 an longing
to„ Warren poor Hilda arren away for a
little change from the misty, hot theatre,
just from Snndny morning to Monday
afternoon. That is not unsetfis'', b noise
1 like her and she amuses me."
This was another unlucky speech, for
Mrs. Edgcombo tolerated the girl only
for the sake of her old acquaintance
with Hilda's mother, who was still alive,
but who was living uncomfortably in fur-
nished
urnishe!1 apartments since the death of her
husband. That event, which happened
just after 11ilda's final return from
school in Paris, when sloe was seventeen,
had changed the whole course of the
girl's life. From Cage houses, pleasant
latus, handsome dresses, many friends 0
• she descended at once to two rooms, as
many gowns, about ns many friends, and
one pot of flowers in the window of the
dingy sitting -room. Instead of an intro-
duction into society', balls, concerts,
amusements of all kinds, and the 0.dmir-
sweet and irresponsible, in the midst of
us dull, staid old 111011ied couple. 1
don't myself think you consider people's
happiness best bytying them up in twos
just. at the age when they most enjoy
their own libelty"
(110. ldrbecombe looked lard et 1101
granddaughter; but Doris was Looking
sic sweet +111(1 bright that she could
scarcely think these words were dictated
by a feelingt.h+it she lead given icer her
Both adisbe-
r sr, i 1.pItI c
; liberty l0. . r;. t
n ; o y
nr to feel tint; it was time to turn the
10lother subjects, since the chance
of mutt agreeing upon points of domestic
interest had evidently grown slighter
than cow ,ice tine marriage of the
ungee ane; and before long they left
rue hirusi to enjoy the early evening in
the shade of the trees on the lawn.
The older lady returned to town before
luncheon the next day, unwilling to meet
either the grandson -hu -late, whose depar
tare land so much disnlea.sed her, or his
evil genius, Charlie Pip!llom Slie said
00 more warning words to theyoung
wine; £wt the last look she gave her as
sl,u bade her good-bye at the station wag
eloquent with anxiety and foreboding,
"ted bol, 1(11ected governess who will which made Doris smile whet she w00
never 1101' employers to forget that alone.
their position is u0fh(,g Hired t0 "1'o0r (II,ni dnmam(a. She won'tbe-
4 roer
that her father filled, neve 1 am happy. As if a women
Hilda Warren 000 not an o'diaary could help beinglappy with David1"1:
girl; and, after three or Four years of CI1AP'rEll
dreary, 111 -paid work, she gave up teiael burn, tool: all pains in ho' room ,that
int; auntie went ere thesnaking
stage, not1
ria noon to look ho" 0ery- hest. She
it (4 ( t1( laughing -stook performance ret the e in o put (01 an embroidered India -muslin
at a morning pe 11111) t,, 10 some int- ]sown of the palest yellow tint, and fast-
potaut and dirfienitp art, its she would p l
tined dark -red roses on his breast with
has o,) 11f in her rgno',uice had he been a diamond brooch. She was too band -
able to afford that incompetent display, source :Sup to young to need much aid
but speaking two line-( as a seye:nt in a y
ludas cmaaly. _speaking thea well, front dress, and she dislik dlabornt
too, so t;mt a good among the toilets whicl11' interfere with g g dopa of movement, But the simple style
than two
cuad hear then(, For tante ;he preferred showed off her rueful
slum tore ore's she lad(al been at. the figure, and, as the flush of expectancy
some theatre, earning a salary that been
rose to her cheeks while she wandered
byound almost Mare lived ore had she bee,( ,about the house, restlessly unable to 0c -
support
her which was net enough copy herself with anything until her
to support her m:0siwo upon without her husb.uul's return, she lokcd unspeakably'
nccess(ty el her :perding most of her lurch'.
daylight hours poring over her old wort: s
of Iii had not told her in the hotter 1111e
girl, whom she had often met at 01111-
adult
should bre nt Fairluigh as curly as
thea'a ,situ tlusy both lived in 11un31hle; se than 11110 00u1d not go to
the sante ouches site aa.rs :Aluck by what the station Cu meet hien, but had to con -
inferiority
to her 11 deep a nn e he e ow tent herself with listening for the ba'I:-
actruss nisi by adeep s0nse of Le' oam . ,g ho do's which would surely
designing.
1' 1 her pretty flee would surely
,. lead receivcd from hint that day, b^r
1\'hen Doris by accident found out this avhnt train he should come, but had still
disinterested good conies in my
way' to do in this'wnrld I do, leaving it
to chance to get paid in 0 beiten We.
But to hoar hint prose au i0 hies sweet
grave way about the people. he. knows
0x1 the hest way of showing them kind'
a
of n.0
il' ret c
• benevolent 1
' ; went ,a
meas
nsrfl
1 y 4
at the other end of life tnsteed of a
inm1laome young man at this, made me
feel quite• sentimentally toward him -•
1 did, really."
1;10 in awfully kid hoar ed ' soh!
a 0.;l
( does
• month softening. Doris, her i
he want to l e kind o now."
Oh, he talked about lis. Edgconbe's
loneliness note ilbc has lost you, and
a11001 young Hill's failure on the Stack
'Exchange, .mud even spoke as of he was
sorry for that Bitty ;Belton, who
5(1(0 SO rude_ to him ,iter )ere laid ,rs
cv&,pied him!"
"Oh, what has become of the hey "
"Ho is in very low water. I believe,
Things really have gone rather botany
with the boy lately. To begin with --
two months ago be thought three MIS
qtly' 11 cousin of his between tum and
a large property'; now the cousin has
•nuldwnly conte back from America or um'
of 11(01.0 place,r with a wife and a. whole
boat -lead of children. (froom 'canine 3110110/
might hltve, expected hes 0(113(11 ,o mnrrv..
fur he is quite young 111(111; but till it
(('tq fnco(rsnd111014. of 11(0 eth0r 11118',
101:011 0110 friend Augustus tus was i debt:
tool And 110w'his mother is ill, and f
believe,'0lhen she dies, his interest in her
money 04 50 1110 all :umaty. I sup -
art eo. 1(1 as a by„ r- ee of ''(,flat 1 r,'1
"Then why doesn't lie do sic uetl(.n;1"
asked Dols indignantly,
"What is he Lo do, If he were n 010-
cl inie'a son, he might drive a plow, or
it watt cart, or do lots of things; but
there is very little a gentleman inn d'(
without any training."
"I should titbit: Gussie. could drive n
water -cart"
"No, he couldn't" said Charlie iutpati-
ently. "Now how' should 1 look driving
a wither -chit,"
"Well, then,'he might rut well; Bud
rule paper in an office like you."
"Oh, you must have interest to et in-
to a Cmvenaneut office. Sven your Char-
lie didn't get there by the unaided light
of his natural genius. David ,poke of in,
ttodneing him to old Bramwell; he
misfit do something for him, if Melton
would go into the city."
"Ile ought to be glad to go ;anywhere,
instead of wasting his time," said Doris,
severely. "Mrs. Bramwell is gong to
give a garden -party; I'll ;tet her to ,sen i
(00aie 011 invitation '
Oh, don't lot her forget me tool i
like 'Mrs. Bramwell garden patties. 1
know a path in her garden that every -
but there is as "cat at the end close to
at sweet -brief' bush and right under 0
swath 0110011111 with 1)1010011. 1'11 take
Y011 thine and wall stay there all the
afternoon anon-- (a ions, David: •
don't know where you have been brought
up; y'ou might know it is not maoners
to conn. andf interrupt. Go away, I say;
we'll talk to you presently." Men, turn-
ing his Leek upon he; h r
591111101'ed up to them ,just es the din-
ner -gong sounded, ho continued to Doris,
more offect!eO1tely than lie did
before. "And you shall tell me all your
troubles, just as you have been doing
now; and then I'll comfort you, and we'll
be so happy,"
'1 shall really have to put you into the
crock, L'luarlie, said David,
"Oh, not till after dinner!" answered
l npil!oa with gentle remonstrance, ns
11 gva00 1(is 111(0 to Poris, nnt1 they all
we11, in -doors.
The three had a cozy lithe dinner in
lha great room which would hold thir-
ty; and at the close of a Very' happy
evening Papillon found himself installed
.for the first time in one of the best
bedrooms. In the old days, when lie hod
been one of the o'owd of visitors whom
Mrs. 11„eaotlie and lies grauddanght.er
entertained all through the summer, Inc
Im,.1 had, as an insignificant bachelor. to
content himself with ell sorts of in,-
promptu couches very near the roof.
lie leaned mut of the window, rejoicing
in his promotion, land smoked a cigar
ire 1110 moonlight.
Presently he heard footsteps softly de-
scending the. stairs, and the stealthy un-
fastening of the drawing room window
below him; and then he saw that the
midnight disturbers of his peace were
his host and hostess, who had stolen
out for just one more stroll in the sweet
summer night air. They sauntered to-
gether up the path on the left hand side
of the lawn, and disappeared bchh0d the
waited
shrubs and trace at the end, 1'30 nn ,1
at the window until they reappeared
from among the tall hedges of yew end
guide' 1O(e6, and watched them as they
slwtaly' returned toward the heiuse, feel-
ing quite poetical. They were such an
ideal pair. Ile, was so tall and well
built. and moved so easily'; she was a
woman of ideal beauty of face and
form Half -way down the path the shawl
she. had thrown round her slipped from
her land!, and her husband stopped to
draw it again into its place so tenderly
that Papillon turned away his head,
excited to enthusiasm and something
like worship.
"Where will this end7" thought the
philosopher presently. "'TheY can't go
00 like that h0 this °reveling wicked old
world of otos They are too pure, too
perfect,. They'll die and slide off to
Maven justas they are., without any
hasps 1 all -c rept lust the wings."
(to he mo, fined.,
•.•
A Bad Guess,
A spiritualist medium came to a
house and claimed to he able to locate
lost friends. The residents. dhad an old
horse which they had sold years before
and the old lady if the house wanted
to know where he was, She lx'ga1:
"\Vo had,,a very' good friend, who
always did all the work. He passed from
us several yea's ago and the Iasi we
heard of him' was that he was 111 'Lis
Angeles." Tale medium made, a few mys-
terious motions, knocked on the table
and then said:
"Your friend is in Los Angeles,nnd is
an -
the
f the tri s
inferiority to her. Mrs. Edgeombo, ort n,g oft dogs,
1 e 0 leer hand was struck witluast0111,1 - 11011 1100 their master's aproach But at
t 4 t thelasthe taunt upon her all unexpected
(01111 and Benne disgust with Hilda's the
as: he was 01audfng 011 a chair in the
cheer at a profession, and looked upon path outside the drawing -room window,
the girl, with lir somewhat masculine nailing u r :t straggling branch of e
1(0111)1(41 0l 0110(:011, and 11(101) preference g 1
for men's society, as a most undesitable climbing rose tree. She sprung down at
companion for her own granddaughter, the sound of time tread; with her face
whoa she :i11'a1d ' considered ratleu' too sp'lcling with pluasnre,
y "It 11as seemed such a long time to met
ndent in up$ erul in mind.- ;las it (emen 1o1g to'3011, 1)avid1"
DorisDo7a ((0nld not give up her friend, hos,- „Very long, my darling --long enough
ev0r, her sods as Helen's sensitive 1pride for you to grow much handsomer than
rondoher00010lyapleasurenottoelas- y
you were befell I went away"
ily gut held theguest;
young actress hal been "Ah,you see solitude agrees with (mol"
an t '' ere t at her wedding,
stud ,{art :ample enough to look up n ' "Haven't' Charlie had lagged discreetly in the
t01(1(5en ms the Sworn foes of 'Of
b6
wedded rives, and the introduction of hall, busy disposing of his }tett and lois
one of them into the scarcely LtunelA; Umbrella; and he now came( sauntering
household ret Fairlciglt was just tlu 01,10 -through the drawing -room and sl
thin wanted to make Doris's yrfll11(1 the steps at the door with an stir of much
01101(ice .of her .happinessown complete. modest diffidence.
"aL!' said she;.when Doris had re- `I haven't seen you since you have at
1' t 1 0(111 amuse her, tattled the dignity of wifehood, 'Mrs,
"tanked that Hilda 1 Glyn, and you look so umel1 more' coin -
(minding sit, will amuse your hu band, too, (minding thaw you used to do that 1
I flare say!' stand in awe of you,"
".ililcha nnmses everybody," anavve'ecl „Yes, you have. You saw me at the.
Mrs. (hu without taking any notice of vveddfn�."
the suggestion implied by her grand- "Al, that didn't county Thrn you
ma11(01 0 tone; "When she and Charlie were only a bride, and looked awfully
are together, one can do nothing but ashamed of yourself: You wouldn't have
laugh."nae stand in ave of a bride! Everybody
"Is Charlie growing haul of 1, see ting- could see you were sorry you had not
ed oma. Fnlgconbe, less stiffly, scenting, e1(0sen me, I heard people remark upon
IL 1)0110000, it, and say' hoe' mucin they pitied Glyn.
"Cllr, you Imes ('1111lie is fond of 00,113 Sidid 1''
pretty girl he meets! 1 thud: Hilda "If you have quite finished all the
ab
•
shares his very best affection wide about 911rtf and tedious romances you have
two others, thouola. He is rent!)' (ere been carefully making up all the way
tameattached 1u :1 'r, Last tido she from town," you may comm down those
crate to eco ale in tu;;n they were insep- y y
arable." steps and take in this chair for me," said
"'then why doesn't he marry 1100 3" Doris, gravely.
"Why, he couldn't afford to, even if "I will; and then 1'il make love with
she could! You ,sec, if they were to you while David gets himself ready for
marry', she would be spoiled for tut me dinner. flow glad you must be, David,
tress, and Ito would be spoiled for a- of an opportunity for 0 wash after your
butterfly. Each l4as 0 mesion, which long journey!" said lie, solicitously'.
each fulfils perfectly, to amuse and "And leave the destroyer of my, domes,
Onus everybody they meet." tie peace in full possession of the field 1"
"But isn't their own happiness to be asieed David, in this sweet, soft voice,
conside•ed'1" laughing
"Yes; and that is just what we all "Yes, 1 will fight you tomorrow
consider boot ashen 000 encourage them morning before breakfast, if you like to
to meander about at their ova sweet get up early'; and w'e'll choose pistols,
will and get eveybody's affection and bee:uuac 1 know 1 can shoot better than
you, (h we'll setflo it with boathooks,
out in the creek, if you prefer 000'
elty!" be called out in an obliging tone.
as Glyn disappeared in the house.
"And now that the hated tyrant is no
(((0rc," continued Papillon easily. "well
go and sit under the 110011 and flirt."
lawn to
strolled across the 1
And they.
stlo
a group of . itrdea-seats and 0hairs ulster
a walnut tree from which they could see
the smooth water of the creek and also
watch the boats and the rapid little
steam 1n,uchcs on the broader stream of
the river outside Then, when they had
loaned for a fele minutes or the iron
railing which ran along the top of the
bank at the edge of the water, and Mu-
ne had scolded her for .poling laerdnss
9,40 111u1 they had ua mdr.tel ea0h other
tierudely as to the di �tuencc from whore.
they ert0od to the opposite bank of the
creek he said refleetively-
"It is against my principles to praise
the 61( -bands of prdtty rind charming
women to their wives; but what a dear
old chap David is!"
Doris laughed, very much pleased.
"lie really is, you know i don't wish
to pre!udiee you, but I must repeat it.
As we were coming down in the train
ta-day, talking about one thing and an-
other, 1 couldn't help thinking that, if
ever a girl had a good excuse for throw-
ing honself away, it was ,you, Dorms,'
"Very neatlyput. I nm sure Daviel
would shed tears of gratitude if he could
wig r,0 " es °' said she, saucily "Where is C1arlioi
`:ere. l.dgcan1be 101(5 just wiec '(100;14 'e n browoht 1(101'1'
tr
ors which 1
have attracted, she plunged at once 1114)1 liking, in return for bung bright and
Don't neglect your cough.
'U`fttli
Statistics show that iii New York City afjo
alone over 200 people die every week from
consumption.
And most of these consumptives taught
be living now if they had not neglected the
warning cough.
You know
how quickly Scott'.?
Ernulrion enables you to throw off a
cough or cold.
ON'T SUFFER
ALL WINTER
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day
til d o•
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Read This ��a' .a
day to Core f oarselt Fy/ itch
„mice told him. Later I tonight hint to
add in the threes." Suddenly one day 1
noticed that when I said for the first
time. "Where is seven and three?" le,
put his foot on the co0rec'1 aiswer 1 .
fore I ultowo11 it to him. 1 thonpi'. .,
1000 only an accident, but 1 s1(1(1,
''� t' ll
e put b1
and
eight." three 1 I
n }
re
at *nee oil eleven. 1 govt. hint pro!
int multiplication (1401 division. 14 ,t
Pr. ln''r'1Iid1115' 'lA i.'SIaS. them all right. Tho problems were, en-
tirely news to hint and in no ease did
I indicate the result to hint beforehand.
think, I
took _0 tr;:, ;� n �uraehla of the c tri:; Not knowing what to it '
nerve. .its origin is generally (helmet- 1 the letters and said, Spell dreg this
tisnt and is the duce!; result of taking 0befuoo,ysnd 1 (1100r,l(hi111 ((0tclewswhat'
cull 101 this reason the disease (s coin.- 00.01, yet he sp0lled 1t oorreoty anal
molly know,( as sciatic rheumatism.' without hes itatum, 1 said, "'lea 1
There is only one thing more ,01111';11 it into German, liogt.r,' 'nail he spoiled
"Muni." 'Them 1 said, "Spell it in 1 n nth.'
and he spelled "chime" 1 merely placed
the lotto's of the words before him;
mixed in with others, and lie put his
foot on the correct letters in turn.
'showed hint playing cards which he had'
never 0e0n and he picked thein out cos-
rectly, Not owe did 1 previously inti'
than sciatica and that is Ilio treatment
of it, 118 practiced. The sickening beru-
inl of the ilcsh is only 0(0' of the forma
of cruelty' employed by the old school
doctors, and all too often this is entire -
h' vain for the relief gained is lint tem-
porary.
it is a scientific fact that the. 0,(jori- cate the proper curds. lie seemed t:
ty e f (wales cases result from 00410S11 re 'know them without even being told. I
to cold when the patient is is an ossa- resolved to experiment a little, n 1tool:
uric (at 1,1110dlras condition, in (01(11 (Le out the figure, again .old said snow
1(1'OVC in
1.11"711 'a 1(1')' ,1 Ic meed; no me two times throe,' mt the same time
argument to shots any is a,une11! pen'- fixing my 'attention on the tin t, Iia:
son that a starved nerve cannot be fed pot his foot firmly on eight, lfer wad'
lis• the application of 11 hot i110 to the the elm. A'11 this time whoa ht sumed
torr flesh. It may deaden the 50(111ic to he learning 00 rapidly 110 hod twee
!min for a time,. but it will not erre sole .imply getting the (gods of which I
thought.
1bs',lu-e 14:1 is the best aid to proper No further education 10115 nt c .try.
medical treatment. hitt: and Dr. 1Vil- lle could spell anything which 1 could
titans' I'iulc I'il{s, t h zh actually ma1:e spell without being taught. 1 asked for e
new blood and. ilius ford iLe starved l
nerve, will mire most cases.
)Ti'. H. 11'. 3walt r one of the leading
merclnats of Ile/Ilford, N. S. A fewyears
ago he was 11 great sufferer from this
excruciating trouble leo say's. "The at-
tack was so severe that 1 lead been off
work for rosin 81100, The cords of 1ny
legs were all drawn up and I 0(00111 only
limp along; with the .mid of a ,Lich. The
pain I suffered tut terrible, 1 (000
misery both day and night. ::very move -
1111'111 Oil 118011 rue such pain as only those
who have been tortured with sciatica
know'. I was treated by several doc-
tors, lint, they did not help me a bit. 1r,
fact 1 almost began to think ort ('0ndi-
11m1 was lil,cle's, when Be, Williams'
Tint: Pills were brought to my notice.
1 got a half dozen boxes. I had used
thin entire quantity before I found any
benefit. lint 100 encouraged and got
0i second half dozen boxes, anti before.
these were all gone every vestige of the ram present he gets the card I think of
trouble had disappeared. Not only
phi, regardless of any one else.-Iroan 1' R.
bet 1 was improved i0 health in ON L's "Boger" in the Fehru,u'y ('40111;,-.
way', as it will be really understood thatthe long siege of pain I had suffered haul Got His Omelet
left me badly nam down. I can't sped:
too highly of Dr Williams' pink Pails, "('50 never tried to be funny with a
I
can't reeannn0nd them 100 strongly' to waiter," the returned traveller Was say -
other sufferers,"
Sciatica is stubborn in resisting treat-
ment and the patient often suffers for
years. Dr, Williams' Pink Pills do not
;imply relieve the pain, They- euro the
u-
d ;car,1 raised by poor watery blood
They actually male new blood and have
therefore a direct and powerful curative
effect on such diseases as rheumatism,
anaemia, general debility ,and after 01-
fects 01 the grip. As the nerves depend
upon the blood for nourishment, Dr. Wit
(isms' Pink Pills are unequalled for the
treatment of riven the most severe ice--
vous disorders, such 00 neuralgia, par-
tial paralysis, St. Vitus dance and lova-
motor ataxia. As 0 tonin for the blood
and nerves they are used everywhere
with the greatest 0)10aess, building up
wasted bodies and bringing the glowSold
health to pale and sallow cheeks.
by ale medicine dealer's or by nail at
f,Oe a bo. or six boxes for 4;2.30 from the
Dr. AV-illiams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Oaf.
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"Constantinople," "'ihihi.tu ""photon,nils," and for problems like 2xl>t'Lvid-
eel by 2-1, Ile neves made a u11S1:1.
Fractions pre e01101 no di 1,1001tsca to •
him. Ile 0110(1ed color; eorreely the
first time he saw them and made change
as quickly' as any cashier. I also found
that he wvould do his other tricks for
me without bciug asked. If 1 uu:r013'
thought of him as he looked then lin
0wr,s :t "dead dog" he straight( 13' i.. be-
came, a °doad dog." At first he 101113'41
not perform at all for any one 0)01, but
so etime,a when a1011( • poison was
working with him and several ether
people were present he got the card. I
t ho''rht of when 1 weua oat of siehi. in
the fart"ber corner of the room .,<';r,
hoyvever, 110 will perform for several of
my friends, when I am not pre int .:el-
ecting the cauls of which they ter ,:
Of course, he does not do quite ,o s';e11
for them ns he doe0 for (100, anilif I
• "31y (fear, I don't expect', gratitude. Philadelphia Ledger. ,
ALL DRUGGISTS; 50e. AND 41.00.
married to a milk young xvotan.
----nee--�-
A WONDERFUL DOG.
Some of the Almost Unbelievable
Ticks One Roger Does.
T9ren 1 resolved to teach idol to spell
his name. I drew the letters of the al•
pliabet of square hits of cardboard and
laid them in front of him, the letters of
his name mixed in with other which he
WAS 1101 10 use. 1 did not teach him Gu'
"omnis of the letters but simply said:
"iet me see you spell your name Whet',is the first letter? " 1 he second
letter?" and so on natal he had spelled'
the word. I spent five or six less010,
teaching him , but he learned very read-
ily. I thought, however, that when 1
taught him ;mother word, and asked
for time letters in order, he would net
know which "first letter" to choose. For
this reason I drilled bit] very carefully
in his name, (and did not teach him any-
thing new for several ninths. 'Then i
taught hint to spell his last name, Ile
seemed to ]cant it as feint 144 1 told him
the letters, and did not confuse the two
Limn
n
Mae
surprised ised <t
least. sic
(c
lea. .
words
in the 1
ever, I taught hint still another ,word
with the same result.
Next I decided to try arithmetic, I
taught him to add every combination) of
two 00 far se twelve. For inht01100, l
would say, " Show 100 six and two:', at:
the same time putting ibis foot on eight.
IIe seemed neve to forgot after I had
ug, "since the time when 1 had a
experience with one in Californiait
lois several yeat'S ,ago, nil I was r11ti011'
n 1 ,r,.' I stepped oto a restaurant .ne
un 8 Hing .140' ur!rred a0 omelet. -y,
R'-11 t 1;;;.1.1Y asked the nate gf/gs',
"'111n, 0r,0 there more Irnd*r';y,gi'
onc0' 1 said.
sir,' he answered,111.,c are
1cvvrah q t
1100!), brine,) rite c e in au tri
0(8' 1(1,'
All right, sou' he said, 'fart 3or.'11
have to wait quite it awhile, 1t tikes etc.
tong time to make an ostrich -egg,
.et:
"I told hint 3 had plenty of time, Ile
rent away, and was gone fully an'ho (11,
Then he came hook (vitt'. a big covered
dish.
'there you toe, sir,' he said, placing
it helm me, and uncovering it,
"1Vd14 it was an omelet, all right,and
big enough. for half a dozer 1ncn, 11'110-
titrr there was an ostrich farm in the
ooigbhorhocd, and be got a. real os arch
egg, or whether bo made it frog a cou-
ple of (100e, hens egg, I donut 1.1'1)o,,
but I distinctly remember 111 e1 it (, st
me $2 --and I learned a. valuable 10,,,,o,"
-Youth's Con(pnnion.
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A LITTLE <L1FE SAV it
Baby's Own Tablets have .saved many
I precious little life. There is no other
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and bowel troubles, teething troubles,
destroy worms, break up colds and pre-
vent (1011(113' croup. And you Iin'e the
guarantee of a government analyst that
this medicine does not contain a particle
of opiate or narcotic. Mrs. J, Laoque,
Log Valley, Sask., says: "I am a great
believer in Baby's Own 'Tablets. I have
used them an many 00005(000 and know.
of no medicine equal to therm in curing
the common ailments of babies and
young
children." ,Soldby
medicine
:ti-
ers
or by mail at 23 cents a boy from e ! e
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„ Luh -_idle,
Ont.
King Edward's Thrones.
Ring Edward has more thrones Pisa
any other monarch in the wo01d ile has
three in this .London palaees. ane is mac
Rouse of Lords, one at 1l'estminstet,
and a sixth is at Windsor Castle. Tie
most ancient is the one at Westminster,
where each ruder of Great Ibitain is
(doe nod. The coronation ohm is a 111^s
5110. throne of oak, in 11,111011 seven Ed
words have sat. Beneath the:eat i0F"
sandstone block },.#lawn (s the “SHO
of Destiny," fr'ojtgr us hi0b1:
miden: of power`ofl?p`Q
The tilone.in the Ile
11f
Borne c t4 11, carved and giir
sludaled w11? crystals. 1'lie them: in St,
;hones' Patter is large, snub 0 canton:
ON 001 001011011 vc1vet 0(1(1)1 d-
ered;yytth crowns sot with pearls,
moot a ply throne is at Windsor. or. it is
eoN reed entirely of 00101d narw n-
„101 with p10c!ouy stones. pedally
Ohms. It 1005 presented to Queen Vic-
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toria by the Maharajah of Travancore,