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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-04-30, Page 3FICYSL. FO NE 11110111 was touched. She would not have let his. go like this; but, before she (nu1(1 do more than raise her head to emetic', the folding -(loo's opened and Dor- is mime Ile in, (Weide draw a long breath, struck with hearer at the change in her. The fair goddess -beauty was gone, the placid eyes were dull and troubled; new and sudden furrows in the s0obth face made it look to years older. She held* out her haw the young man with a smile (strangely different from the old serene one, but her voice was kinder that ever. "I awn glad to see you, Onssie, believe lee. Hilda has been rather lard 111(011 you; but you will forgive her, for you know what generous feeling prompted her severity. Stay in Pirie, until toomorrow;morning, and you shall take 110 both back to Ens land" still cosi,' bowed over the hand she held as if Melted. Innen receiving the commands of on empress. Whether it 0110 owing to Hflda's presence or not, heir husband's desertion had taken Doris further away from him than ever, "'Then I any come again in the, lam•n- in"'?" he stammered out humbly, "\\e will meet you stile station to- ut„reow morning in time to catch the twain for the midday boat. 'Thank you for your kindness,' (Rooke. Good -night," etwoci0ight, Doris." last resent. Ile bowed to Hilda with a fill, triumphant glance, to show her that she lord not 0o 1)10(11 the best of t( situatlee 00 she thought, end left the 1'00m, 'then Hilda grew soft Peale, and came and tlne(0 herself down on her knees beside Doris, whom ,:he emceed into an term -Micah, "V\ -hat are you going to do, dear?" site whispered. "1 nm Being to my grandmother first,' w(SWcrcd Doris, ",And then 1" '•I don't know. yet. I must think end' know, more than 1 do now." Wren a,.,,behad She was not quite se s tee). before; her late was more drawn mid her manner was altogether rather !none determined; that wife all the out- ward elmego (nssie's blunt tiding; had made iii lien'. She refined to speak again of her husband; and, when they started for 00)110nd the next morning, 'tilde did not in the least iouow what feeling tow0rd. 1100 was uppermost in the ,") of Elie deserted wife Gussic telegraphed to 11ie. Edgemnbo on the any, and the old lady stet them at Victoria. wth care on her kind face w'hieh told them she was prepared for the tidings they hroogl• [ - She woe retry cold to Gussiq ren•y Warta and bracimus to Hilda, whom she daring- ly congratulated on Charlie 1'upillmt's engagement "Ile was not good enough for you, my dear" she said sharply. "And, ww)lert we see bow a ratan tutus Out ,011a1 when 00 thought he was good enough for the w•a- man he married, 100 may 11101110 Heaven for a1 (1500pe from a( mal who didn't reach even that standard." 'Ilia discourse, delivered partly for the benefit of Cassie who of coursewas far beneath the lowest standing, Mrs. bldgerrrmbe could conceive, tickled Hilda Pretty!" ejaculated Jidda. set •nfnlly, "It takes time and mousy and a1 good' looking -glass to be pretty, 0er1 i have none of those thing,. Wily, Via older than sty (((Vu mother already, because she Enid in a. good stock of eujeyinert when .she was young, iauii I have only been able to glean a few eats, as it, were, of happiness. llvw does it feel to be rich, after you have been poem." "Oh, ;lolly!" said Oussie, with feeling. "And ,you feel so much better ton. Ev erv- 11od'y is alw,n's 00001111)1 me uu« t'aat. 1.11) a credit to n1,y species, instead of a poo' devil on sufferance wherever he goes." 13ut rich people ere better Dem ince. people said Hilda ennestly. ' fl you ;rive when worts rieh you are gent 100 neral 0perrhu ul0d; If rola give when y (u'• te pour, you are eat impro0'idemt t tial And loot: how sunny -tempered and sweet you can be' when you 0011 get everything yon wad! .)lost of thee virtues are out of tench of us poor people." "Alost cif the pleasures am, anyhow." assented (lussre. "Look- here—you Mil- lie no last night in away that, when I was poor and therefore wicked, woeld ha 1'0 made toy blood boil; even mow' 'that 1. ant rich and virtuous, it nude me rather wild at the time. But, if you like to forget all about that, and crime and talk about tate hest way of b1'(l0. (0od to Doris when we 0)0 both calm and less tired, VII cone and take yen to a concert to -morrow aftern0ou." "1 hut, eeneeeleie 000(1 llildu, with 11e11, i'Il take you to 1herhuuncl and \1 ala ei ,." ilrlda s law softened 'What time. will you come?" inked she, "One, two, three, four! Mout ineke it too late; the afternoon ie gam Mien! you know where you are." Hilda did not want to :nine too early 011 hour, hut would oot for the world put off the pleasure for longue than decency +luua01ded. "Say half -past two" Dnid she So the :l'1°''+-me'(1, was mad. an11, Hll.i ie e„inee hero1 eosin ((.,1eked, they parted good friends, without h tr• ing had time to disagree upon any s;dr iced. Hilda went, indoors woederi1g why Doris did not rune)')• him, instead of 1),n 0l: and Gmsie went away asking bin -....dr shy art earth Charlie Pnpiiloa aid cat stick to his colors and risk: a struggle, railer than lose such 0lirettee amusing little wife, n „ N ♦ x Deeks likened to her gruuhnoti0er's lamentations over men's perfidy until the caring,' stopped, when slim asked very quietly: ,.Where nave—w'her'e has he gone," gn: l ehmimmna f" 'To lirlghton, my dear. They have gout en t001ilh', it a)peers; the girl, have been taken. too.' the girls—,Nellie aini Ethel!" cried Doris, with relate In that case--" "Don't he [Deemed, ley 11000; the ease is quite strong enough hn'.)'ou to get your separation. You have only to wait as few months, and you can prove that law has deserted 0011, which 1; all you want. For 1 gait sure you do not wife 10 appawr in the Divorce Court." iutm out irrevereet mood; and, atter Liss- ,:Nm gram', dean', t (1001 waut to ap- ing Dmis and seeing ho' packed 00101y ,ear 1u any court at all. 1 want to wait into her grandmother's brougham, she � for him—ror :liter 10 101110 taut: to tar:,,, turned to the crest -faller young fellow with a sardoufe laugh. "Do you think you are too far outside the pile of respectability to get me a lmnsom. It will cost mm hwvtpence if I hove to send a 11011e1" \\'hen he had got on; for her and help- ed her in, he said meekly, feeling badly the need of Opeeing his heart '(1w11 0 friend he cared for as much as he did about Doris— suppose you wouldn't let ins see you home?" ]'es, :l would," said site premptiy. "it has been a most unfortunate jour- ney for you," lie silid, 00 they drove out 0100 stations "Yes," sighed Hilda; then she added frankly, "1101 not half ser unfortunate ne not going at all would have beet]." "What—when porn. Dais wa., 00 1111s- 'ar'able?" "She would have been more !miserable without me, and 1 should not have seen Paris" "Yost didn't see mach of It," suggret- ed 11nssie, after it panne, during which be debated whether lie should be shock- ed. and decided not. "Nu; but enough to live upon through at least three weeks of fog tied uwd and poverty in London." "Ugh! Yes, I kuonw" sold Ducie spits she ended, in a whisper. 'Aly dear wield, you don't understand the erase yet. said Ales ).dgcombe, with autuerntle asperity. As she had made this marriage, s0 00' nmv held herself tonialnnennt and remorse llul she then ab qualified, ppoa its proving u failure, to mud the lymphatic, whit -minded. \\ lute- the outset coldly misunderstood him, awl 'break 11. r)a-rid GI."has misused your ken at. the Queen's ]Hotel, mann a scene mistaken the, hard shell of his hull• 00(0'r to 111a ,')1e111 of era 11li0) year 00' i 1..elai inn and dl000l(rOg`enent..lftei' a ' Dual r0001v0 for rho kernel i1 100' collar considerably; -)n. 111Minim '0u and - newly 10ud 0011 she wejee0,1', smile? 10 this; were so, there ems Lupe , y short remaining trustee under your father's. will, say's ha 1110, a, tr as he e n mace ou lost every penny' it was in his tower t v y l y 1 to risk, '1'o trust yourself ray hinges' in the p0011 of 0 mal 1r11.0 ?me pro\ed to be little better than a1 enn1non se Miler would be madness. 1 Cannot allow it," Doris tris ,'dent lot nt few) ,'manes, looking at the fire.' '[111)1 she acid, fu such a mew voice that it was almost a whisper: "(Balmy, Davil kms behaved vory,ba(Y ly, 1 know. But it wasn't his fault as much no hers, tad 1--1 think ho had s0unthieg to ao)nplain of in me, -BA you try to Intal) it ep and wait a little! If he clues nut mime back, why, 1.hem you most do as you<please, and do ns you please; bait 1 1000)01 ratio would r take hint bud,—if he via old anie n0w Granite', you ame>t humor nee or 1-1 elle]) bleak my heart!" Mus. Fdgeumi,,. Heid outlier arms, and out anotherword, lm1 with one '1» d: look e. duumged by sorrowful :eyes time eineptict wean sealed In ween then, For 0 fotteight no trews was he 1101 of David. Mr. ll,daou, to esealw los ens d tus, had gone am •ual It s now clearly proved that his to tlr It che'.11 11 swamped in speeIllatimy under his ice ti"0, sone,' the y -gunge tho0,and poohd0 .Ewan: cared little about the loss td act money", and would not 11.110W that. 01 risking it, David had been worse then toalish she Rote her mmnaif01 s. n wtdewlwod with quiet eiginty, and rc fused to leave toe n, as her grandmother other w•t he d, her to do. hope .against hope (mei( doe! t o• Ver husband's return She per std width than object in rnr', 1t1 emi.in1ng in her own leers1, instead of 0t ul'ing at :Mrs. thlgcnmbe's,, as the het• ter wished. ale would mime loan, some 0toning quietly, she thought, and, walking into the drawing -room with the, cold look she knew so (vcll, would express great surprise that she had felt Huy' uneasiness on his ae• count, Oh, how she would 000100me the '1101101 loot: now! For Doris felt withir her tt power of dealing with his 'chilling moods which she haat never halt bole» e, Since he had warmth of•feeling for another w'ofnun, she argued, why should he not in time have some for her, too, now that, with 0o100ieg perversity, there hod grown up in len, since the discovery' of her dein• quenues, a tender0ese whirl she had either It for the inwunenlntc jnarble self het had always shown himself to be when with hell The letter she had written to him in Paris she found unopened in the library, where it load been put by the housemaid, 10noraet of his address and already sus- ieinus of the truth. Every evening, a0 ter sitting, sometime alone, sometimes with her grandmother, how• after hour, listening, molting, Doris would, as the (•10(10 struck eleven. creep into the Mi- nnie to 10010e sine that David had nit come in so gnietly with ifs Iatrh-ke,' that she had not heard him; bet melt nater dight she, wily saw, by the light of her Neale, her Own liter waiting fur him, growing darker'ard dustier each night, nndisturhed on the manel.pie00, :]r„1 at tl0e end of three weeks Deets felt Diet she 100"1 Wait: no more. l'ITAPTER XVIII. One morning, niter a night spent in struggles between her pride, her femint- Me timidity, and the }'cnrniaag for ate- onciliation with her Intsbandwhich grew stronger every day. Doris mum' downstaito outlet high color burning in her cheeks anal her eyes flashing '0itn the excitement of n bold resolution, .M- ier brenkfitet. she wrote n note to her grandmother. went upstairs again, sum - 1 vnieex, knew them as Moe, Ilod en.'s tem datigliters, Nellie and Ethel, The elder .1,nOed up crying )hs. Glyn!' while the e'oulger- whispered `SLI" nod tried to draw her mote nnpel-ive Meter back. Doriselcipped mid both girls node a step timidly toward her "Nellie—Ethel; How do run de,' -eid ski;, in a rather quavering rouge. "Quite well thank you,"(mid 'lcliic; and thew wa010 1(000. ()re (1010 tell'," sail Dais at last, }hacyott been here loug." "Since the failure—pupae failure," said Nellie, in a constrained tone, wr:til a scene that 1 t'hel's eyes were upon Ler and that she Hurst be circumspect. "Where are you staying?" "On the Parade," and they told her the number. It oras not fat' from the pier, "What ore you going to do, dears; IJ: Change bring a terrible ange for you, 1 stn afraid, this unhappy business," Nellie looked at her curouel'; but face and voice were both so kind, to sympathetic, that from curiosity min corning the lady's •st:ate of mind she fell tu1ie.ty abut her own, "Yes, it hes brought a clump, of eee tee, wad 1 don't knew what will be- over and see him, ?ts . he is liable to mime of us. Mamma never did erne retch pu0. 0"'"Y at. 0m•. 0001000." • "Not ex- atm1't ns. dent new we ate a eimeen(1'1100; I00-'0,10(1 t0 lire," that was the opinion bet-'' not only of the (teeter who (Mewled She woe stopped by a slap elbow —• him, but of his wife and family as well, Ethel's. The meat violent, however, she Upon visiting hitne myself I! found burst out more vehemeetly: nbul+lalt evidence to cenfherr their "What is the nee of hada;; what every- opfuien, body knows --hen Als. Glyn know., . Al•, Oldieg had for yea's beel1 nf• too' It isn't ns if it was only we, or Dieted with infinite, and bronchitis, but only she; it is all of 17s. 01rs, ttlyn, we noir a complication of (11)00000 1100 are Lound le stay with manes; het ravishing his system. lle had been yon are not boiled to have ' anything confined to hie. bed far ntouihs and more to do With a husband like 'pars; was rcdnaed to a skeleton. Though and, if 1 were you, 1 wvoule leave him evidently ghtd to sec me, he (sewers - to route to his 0)'(1"00 by himself. ,At ed with the greatest di111001t;y, and first 0010010 found it very amusing to seemed to realize Haat it 001(0 the have any one who was not papa Mena beginning of the end. IIe was daily her every day, and lir. Glyn, who hos growing weaker:, his. feet were ((001100 rooms two etreets off, might call as of- to twice their natural sire, and the ten its lie liked: it (0as all perfectly pro cold heed of death was nein his brow, per, because we were there, But, Bovie "It is n0 11s0,'' he said feebly, "theedee• Eagooe her eldest brother, has written ter's medicine is not helping me andI to hu' -,he had the letter this Dimming inn going down rapidly," I prayed —telling her, if she doesn't go to - him with trim ns 101 a ratan 011(111 to .pass he and. take us with him, he shall come and ti: eternity, 1(101 when T teak •00 hand fetch ns himself. It made her gory cross, in parting it was the lost time I expect• all she enrl,ped et lir. Glyn to A: y; aheadedly; but 1 tliek she will end by taking us." "I'm sure she will," stud the wride- Monett Iter maid, and supermtenuled te peeking of a small poi hmtnlcatt. Then she got a time. table, fumed an early train to Brighton, and ordel•od the brougham for half-posttwelve, She spent the time before stating in flut- tering about front hook to newellnper, front window to clock, like n r1,-1b1ss 0011d, 0101101 lest -Mrs. Ed rombe would eal1, as she sometimes did in the mo'n- Mg, clod try to )tinder her in her. great purpose, David would not amine back to her of his own accord; she had re- solved to btnnhle herself and try to lying hhn hack; it might bo shame that kept hhn from! her. Perhaps the yearn- ing eagerness Elle felt to 000, him again might have more power over hint than hey quiet sebmissim1 had had. Alays the some old arguments, the sewn trembling hopes mid eidlling fe:u's that had kept her on the. raek for,tho last three weelal What reason had she for thinking that the charms a ohfeh bad had no ettraetion for 1ii111 a month ono would 1(r,'itrisistihle to hint now' that he vas 001'e menpletc1)' that ever under ; handsome fere very gently-, • Jaime 1Lid Aragon, is deify our 01000 111 the ewey of an entirely' different type of l ".f expect you care snore for .111. Glyn the en 11,'(1001 of Palma m Majorca. The. Woman?"' Poor Doris! -She was too in. � than 000(000 &we for p0pa," oho said, in saeristan of the place takes •you to at yellow warble monument in the choir, opens 0 cupboard, and palls out a very ordinary coffin with at glass lid, As poor Dim Jaime died in the,fourtecnth century, he is not now at all a lively spectacle. His ntirnmy is made, gay', however, with .incitation revel robes_ cottony ermine, and so forth.---Tit•Bits. ♦-0--- Engineer Also Dressmaker, "Why I Recommend N Pink a Pal' " The lvar��ya�ar0. of a .11f.lilatkab,ae C Lre kohl b; a Presbyicro,�a Cler , aa=--='E��:; Stii ever E4rougtit Bah From Death's Door. St Andrew's Manse, 1'au'dt an I 0, f Jew. INS. i 'Though I have mem" l r ,ic'c n y self, and have not 1(0(1 ()minion to use Dr, 31'illia000' 1 nil pith., 1 thynt'ht. you ought to know of the remarkable cmc they have whought in 3lr. Oiding'" ease. During a visit to my home ie Mori- gmmish \, S., some years ago, 1 was sieved to find our next door 00 (hbor g g and friend,liiehael 01drn, very low, "fie isnot expected to live." nay moth - 01' informed ate, "and you mint go mouthed, and preternaturally .ileum Ethel, with at old trenchant, manna's' 10101BS OF SPANISH ROYALTY. which told t strange tale of the in- fluences 1000g Which the girls had been bt0040ht up. One thing more Dori, wished to lean, hid sl!e did not know' Low to frame the question. :0 Last she said hesitatlegly— t boost, it is not so bad for you es if Wm had had m0 )(roti','( to help y'ou, and nothing to --to fall back upon_" • Ethel gau'e forth a chat ejaculation which w0s 100 short. too hitter, for a laugh; ,nal Nelle 0aid. ]'u think. 1 :e+, __Me , (11y0, that, O (,.ruse we have gone to apartment on the Parade, lust as we used to, we live mousy (o poly for them with; but we haven't. You don't understand mnmm0, kb has been used to clo everything with as 0)11011 thea hi. of mmol as aa. !peen; 0)101, now that .she finds that there. is 00 - body to write out cheeks, or to buy her anything she. tarsen,, she is n great deal more lake :t helpless child than we ter'." Darts rens impelled, ars mm11 by the 0001 that so young it girl 01(001111 be able to make such 0 coldly a1revd valuation of her mother'- character as by the me happy position in which she saw her owe hueband to to pieced. Ethel,. who underneath her sluewducrs had plenty' of 10)10110 of feeling far those who wanted it, put her arae round the pale lady's neck, and, us her appeal- ing look was met by a smile, 10booe.d the "d 1 0: him In the hest. ihuc years later, rvh h on another visit to err nothet's, Michael 01)111. Lens s ' )y' in better health than T ecnnng had ever 1011 aria, Me 05 1 said, he had ala „was iron ailing, 10 sheer dos., g rm ite he. had asked his ,rife to ,ret'` him Dr, 'Williams' Pink Pills. They soon b }0n to help him. lfis appetite and strength begat to intern e, aid to the astonishment of his family aitd friends he rapidly regained his health. Now, though the, burden of well vigil four score years is upon him, he is able to du a fair day's work, and is 111 the enjoyment of good health, clan the asthma bay ceased to 0013040 iris as in former year,, Mr. Olding himself. 09' (0014 no hay" neighbors mid the writer of this letter, euraidenlly believe that hie ;1'escne from the Very jaws sf death s00iuing- ly so miraculous—is date and the bleesing of God' to the timely and.can- Dineen use of l) 'Williams' PinkPills. RIR'. EDWIN SM11IT 11, ,k. • lfi•. Oldfng himself writes: 174. tun glad Rev. Mr. Snaith has written yen about my wonderful cure, for I confi- dently believe that if it had we L. for Di, 1Will1ane Pink Pills I wieed have been dead long ago. It would be impossible to c ,,;orate tate desperate emelitiem 1 was' err when i logon to (00 the'.Pilte,' No bee thought I ciitil11 get better. I scarcely dared hope thy- self that. 1A. Williams' Pink Nile would lirleg me through, het they did and I have ever, since enjoyed gond health. 'Though I ant seventyiiae }'cars old, people are ft -Treys. remarking on how yonin,g I look—ani, 11 feel )koro(. 1 eon do it 'felt day's work and l ani batter in every way than 1 kraal a "'n for ye,u's. 0 cannot .say tom mob in an•ase of lh•, AV'iiila n,' l 011: Pills a'll' i tide, even')' opportunity 1 et10 't0 rrx'oaunead; (1(001 to irimtde aha "1"+ •tiling." Most Gorgeous Burial Vaults—Marble Effigies of Children, The e"curial in whieh for neerly dere centuries the Kings and Queens of Sp Oa have been binde)b is said to 110 the nt pan goods 1,0001 vault lin the world, Tt is ;w octagonal chamber, shirt) sax feet across, with its Willis, (ave where the coffins stand, entirely overlaid with precious marbles. The stnnoase• which Rade to it is of marble with jasper walls, The, general effect i; unspeak- ably splendid.. In the midsteof this main nifieenco are the nnassiv'e! black inarlde caskets let into the walls, containing the bodies thenl0elree. •They lite all ex• a(tly alike, inscribed simple' with the names of the different Kings and Queens. '1'h001' 00 room for jest sae more monnrchs•tu1(1 their (ann lis. Of another character altogether is the vault devoted to )pein s royal children —prinecs and prinecsses, here white marble rules, and very Manning arc some of the effigies over tate tombs. The local name for the vault is "the place of the little mr, el ":and though many of the princes who 'lie here were not at all angelic. in then lives the map wakes left by the white marble wings of the stat- ues is one of spotless purity, Ono unfortunate 0pnaush Icing, Don mama to understand these things; and so she traveled down to Brighton, wit0 n feverish longing to be at the end of a journey 0011101 nowt, she felt confident fn her excitetnelt, bring' her to the crown of her passionate hopes. With the 1nriv0l in 13rightnn, however, awl the 501110 v installment of herself a low voice; "and, if ca, 1 thiel: it will 1)11 come right for.y'ou. He is so affce- Donate that, when he finds out how cold lemma is, be will be vary glad to— be good again." So affectionate! Doris' heart leaped up with a pang of mingled 000') ,mm: ase from the window the gray sea wed the passers-by, not daring to go out, being suddenly oppressed by 0 vivid fear of e 1 ver' tarsen she had 001ue. to meeting y Ic If lie 01101(111 lie with diet woman', Now that She 0v0,'in the vicinity of her rival, Doris 'feeling toward her had sttel- denh' beeonu' more bitter. She pictured to herself the triumph with which 101'x, 1fodsnn would look at her, if she should rune suddenly fico to face with the young wife whom she bad eobbel of her husband. And Dorisvyi0hed, with a. sbarh1 revulsion of feeling, that she had not 0(1)010. 'Having cnme, however, she must nuke t'hi0 lent of the situation; mrd, hawing schooled 1)0000lf info smell outward minis ues,,.aa 0rould allow her to pass for a anona`hly euntented person, she left the hotel aloe lust ns the evening mist was beginning, to 1)0.01 1 over the sea, for a ,staying, ad, us the lost-nuu'k would be. pathetically, "It's bad enough for amen; 1)o'i, sobbed fur .some minutes ,iftl(' walk rhnag' the „jiff.\\hen 0100 was 1 9 I , wife Lo the old chain) crier, she fork fin eh tom" he knew that the monc;r but, pretty I snppe0e it is even wo' w wrath liar I'1ad dried- the id lade', la a f 110 I venal It! 0111 antler the to a io0 that. for n pretty w•umn01. she ere.,• :wd dried Leu to un, nud,ytth- Ia.ter int her head to go on 01, she o would hair 'if. almost to hetse4f, she site nerd her htushand had becun: rcumr- yet, and she (tumid risk any huuuli.10»', in atonement for her sake. -, She did trot 1 now' tyh01 slue satid to the girls after that.; she spoke ince erently about triflieg thugs, longing to be away, yet afraid to meet her husband lied Nits. Hutson, who weer,' both, Nellie said, somewhere on the pier, She made an apnointmelt to meet the two sisters again or the following day, and, glaneing before and behind her as she wet, hur- ried off the pier wihtout meeting may rigid off the pier without 11100ting any her hotel. Here The wrote a tether to her trustee, at very old friend both of her late father and of her grandmother, and begged hint, he being by this time, 110 she knew, 1-1.0041 1'0 of the deadlock to which her 1 0kahuna with ler husband had mime, to send J./arid money to the address she gave, She headed her letter with the 110101er and mall,' 01 the stn'et the girl., had given her as the place where he was -;;404440.3140.610404060 000.0 ":', F7 t e's Emulsion strengthens enfeebled l etr:i, l rriothers by increasing their flesh and )1. i..e',? force. It provides baby with the necessary fat and mineral food for healthy growth. ALL DRUGGISTS! 60o. AND 81.00. 5)010 4,04000600004004:400 knew, and could think better. As if, pour' crlOtuc, she wanted to think, or 115 if ale only thought she 'woe eapabl' of— "W111 he come heel: to 010'1"—wend an- ,wcr itself happily- by dint of frequent repetition! She w 00 (been the steep stone a0teps, past the antiquated. bazaar, where, school girls ma Saturdays eve tempted to 01.1111- i extravagance over wax-fiowers and pliet',ahrapbic albums and the mail es (element of at, wheel sof fortune. The pier was almost deserted, as elm expeeted; at the mid, on one of 100 sheltereu scale two girls were seated, talking Doris passed quite close to thein, and they re - cued, In abs any. at least, David would 1-e rescued 01010 the miserable penniless• nese into which her trustees' angry re• mo;tatrawces had thrust him, (To be cuutinued.) Remit,incential. Although. in a way, lie bas sone - thing tangible to show for it, Fivaloier Maim still has aa. great meaty of the ear- marks of a he. Cassie Chadwick,—Los Angeles Times. Any fisherman knows there 10 (mite m difference between betting, a bite and taking a nip, cngnire.1 her at the same mmneot that Never try to make a man feel at .he, glancing In the direction of the home if you kuow him to be heepcc10ed. kitten. '11m ani'unl 10rmw0 wahine- het captivity, 'the mother of this lnt l a,'1 ametl0t 0)110 1•ellcd that the young gold. take -r. Aire. Grommet is exhilatiligd.the GU?e. ! nr'n' to her ;guests, lint sag's she ((((1 00 rueful to harc 11, (holo o ,oaet:iimg oc to the animal when it. g000R)0l{p, Daring it 1oar 010011imie; ,iIH10)'•thm call of the mild—St. Louis Republic.'' The Hen as n Destroyer. (Baltimore Anterirut.) The fact that the hen is n consumer as well as a producer has been ton general- ly ignored. The literature dealing with the virtues and achievements of the hen tribe has consisted almost entirely of a praise that has been extravagant to a fulsome degree. 'the leen, unless kept under Watchful police supervision, is a land pirates a ruthless pillager that hos no more regard for vested prop rt:y rights than a wandering Mho. It is a well known fact -that- the barnyard cackler after laying a two•cent egg will frequently sneak into the kitchen gar- den and scratch np $1.71 worth of peas, beans and lettuce, .Yid, ea likely ns not, she will follow this up by beaking 11110 the strawberry patch nod eat 15 cents' worth of berries. This is no warped and prejudiced statement, and it 15 not. an overclrewn' representation of the destine, five capacity of the utnerupulous fowl. There vasa hen cnthnsiast some years ago who declared that the hens of the country every year pay 011 the rar0linal debt. This wild statement was at once accepted by millions of ehickenenthus- iasts as inn axiomatic truth. 1t is. in- deed, high time that the other should be investigated, )y. B. 1101dw10 one of the oldest and bet known era„iuere oa the y,Lssou'i Nellie road, for e lmnribel' of years has been not only the b1:ead winner, but the family "seamstress' for 0 1amily consist- ing of his wife and three daughters. Itis family is •»!y11” in California, but 'Baldwin still continues to sew for them and sends their clothes to them in the far West. Ile owns a beautiful home in this city, and it is not through poverty, but on account of his wife's poor health end the love of the sewiItg machine and his finally the he act0 as dreaslnnker.— Council lime correspondence lianas City ,Journal, Women Makes Pet of Wildcat. antes, (i. J. Grommet, one of .Alton's best-known society ladies, has a Alexi• eon leopard witdcat for a pet. it is a gift frau her husband, who is in Mexico. The leopard cat; which is a rmvtnre of leopard and waded-, is now Lour weeks old and is the size of a big TO CURE A 00101. UNE OA'i Take LASATIV1 Ilfii1010 quinine Tikne4a, Pruggisle refund money 1t 1t fails to cu00, 0. w. ti1(0(00'S signature is on eaoh box.. 00, Fewer Women Than Men Color 811na, I\ here one in thirty w(tmon is I. e dna blind tale 1.1 five meta is so.0' '1'lle physician; (ominur-.d 111-; nu Its w141 01(e' ti sting machine, "lou," he said, "rant tell green frr:n Hee. and are therefore defective, sir, Peg, you are net olisolntely,color blind.. Alratiu;elr'-,'(dor blind persons are tawny. Ye) w rare. 1 !cire. amt but one. 110 couldn't tell rid front yellow or ,yellow free! 1(11)0. .'\\'lav are mer'" 0(00 1).1,3 1'011;1100 than )0011011, as to )00(15 ('0lore' Sotl say 11 n, fir tobacco smu'ke that dolls and 0 co Isca, 0heel, I have noticed that 111)11' •o 01 a, have a soun:11'11A sin '101' vis.. on: - l'iaileilefuhin lit! 1'1(4,111. The Only Crime. is it poverty? Shaw says it is. l;ui what does pn001', mean: There are ever. sal ninny There in the awful poverty of l.t'tinst. There is rho dreadful poverty of health. These is a. wlocldng poverty,: the l:u' c 1 gond impulses. \nd there r, that other pnvertl.,._liie lar10 of wealth---againet which Dienes ha hugest. stm:gle.s Beginning to Be Apprehensive. rpounmme 1000 counting them up. 'Ilea the the eleventh girl I've been 05- 0,14,000 the last eixteen years," Le reflected. "Pd latter stop right 1)0)01. I raf thing 1 know I'll get the habit," 0 Fair imndred million:; of sa 114 0s are c,a,:rn y.0''1 alf 0,1 i!,1 00,tsts.