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The Brussels Post, 1904-11-10, Page 2rt rice fLibuty OR, A MiDNIGI-IT CALL. 1 CHAPTER XX. The lamps gleamed upon the dusty statuary and pictures and faded flow- ers in the hall, they glinted upon a long polished oak casket there repos- ing upon trestles. Ever and anon a servant would peep in and vanish again as if ashamed of something. Tho house was deadly quiet now, for Min. Henson had fallen asleep worn out with exhaustion, and Enid had Instantly stopped the dreadful clam- or 'of the bell. The silence that fol- lowed was almost as painful as the noise had been. On the coffin we?e wreaths of flow- ers. Hid sat in the drawing -room with the door open, where she could see everything, but was herself un- seen. She was getting terribly an xious and nervous again; the hour was near eleven, and the hearse might arrive at any time, She would know no kind of peace until she could get that hideous mockery out of the house. Sho 'sat listening thus, straining her ears to catch the slightest sound. Suddenly there camo a loud clamor at the front door, an imperative knocking that caused Enid's heart to come into her mouth. Who could it be? What stranger had passed the dogs in that wav? She heard crabbed, sour', but cour- ageous old Williams go to the door. She heard the clang of bolts and the rattle of chairs, and then a weird ery from Williams, A voice respond- ed that brought Enid, trembling and livid, into the hall. A young man with a dark, exceedingly handsome face and somewhat effeminate mouth stood thele, with eyes for nothing but the shining, flower -decked casket on the trestles. He seemed beside himself with rage and grief; he might have been a falsely imprisoned con- vict face to face with the real cul- prit. "Why! didn't you Iet me know?" ho cr'ie'd, "Why, didn't you let me know?" His voice rang in the roof. Enid Rem to bis side and placed her hand upon his lips. "Your mother is asleep, Prank," she said. "She has had no sleep for three eights. A long rest may be the Means of preserving hor sanity. Why did you come here?" The young man laughed silently. It was ghastly mirth to see, and it brought the tears into Enid's eyes. She had forgotten the danger of the young man's presence. "I ]Heard that Chris was i11," he /said. "They told me that she was dying. And I could not keep away. And now I have come too late. Oh, Clu'is, Chris!" He fall on his knees by the side of the corrin, his frame shaken by tear- less sobs. Enid bit her lips to keep back the words that rose to them, She would have given much to have spoken the truth. Ilut at any hazard she nmst remain silent. She waited till the paroxysm of grief had passed away, then she touched the intruder gently on the shoulder. 'There is great danger for you in this house," she said. "What do I care for danger when Chris lies yonder?" "But. dear Frank, there are others to consider besides ryyoursell. There is your mother, for instance, Oh, you ought not to have come here to- night. If your "fattier knew!" My father? Ife would be the last person in the world to know. And what cares he about anythieg, so long as he has his prints and his paintings? He has no feelings, no heart, no soul, I tray say." "Frank, you must go at once. Do you know that Reginald Henson is here? He has ears like a hare; It • will he notbing less than a miracle unlces he hears your voice. And than—" un un was touch Tho young n ed at Last, Tho look of grief died out of his eyes and a certain terror filled them. "I think that I should have came whispered. "I on't in n rase " he d a Y want to bring any further trouble npon you, Enid, but I wanted to see len the last of her. I carve here, and some of the dogs remembered ase. If not, I might have had no occasion to trouble you, And I won't stay, treeing that 'Henson is here. ,Let me have something to remember her by; let me look into her room fora me- tnent. If you only knew wTlot ed her! Andy •ou look as it you had no grief at all." Enid started guiltily. She had quite forgotten her role for the time. Indeed. there was something unmis- takably like relief on her face as she heard the por'ter's bell ring from the lodge to the house. Williams shuffled away, muttering that he would be more useful in the house thah out of it just now, but a glance from Enid subdued} him. Presently there came the sound of wheels on tiro gravel outside. "They have come for the—the cof- fin," Enid murmured. "Frank, it would be best for you to go. Go upstairs, if you like; you know the way. Only, don't stay here." The young man went olT dretunily. A heavy grief dulled and blinded his senses; he walked along like ono who wanders in his sleep. Christiana's room door was open and e. lamp was there. There were dainty knick- knacks on the dressing -table, a vase or two of faded flowers—everything that denotes the presence of refined and gracious womanhood. Frank Littimer stood there looking round him for some little time. On a table by the bedside stood a phot- ograph of a girl in a silver frame. Littimer pounced upon it hungrily. It was a good picture—the best of Clu'istiana's that he had ever seen. He slipped out into the corridor and gently closed the door behind him. Then he passed along with his whole gaze fixed on the portrait. The girl seemed to be smiling out of the frame at him. ITo had loved Chris- tiana since she was e child; he felt that he had never loved her so much as at this moment, Well, he had something to remember her by—he had not conic hero in vain. It seemed impossible yet to realize that Christiana was dead, that he would never look into her sunny face again. No, he would wake up pre- sently and llnd it had all bean a dream, And how different to the last time he was here. Ile had been smuggled into the liouse, and he had occupied the room with the oak door. He— The room with the oak door open- ed and a big man with a white bandage round his throat stood there with tottering limbs and an ugly smile on his loose mouth. Littimer started back. "Reginald," 110 acclaimed, "I didn't expect to see you here, or—" "Or you would never have dared to come?" Henson said, hoarsely. "I heard your voice and I was bound to give you a welcome, even at consid- erable personal inconvenience. Ifelp me back to bed again. And now, you insolent young dog, how dare you show your face here?" "I came to see Chris," Littimer said, doggedly, "And T came too late. Ever if 1 had known that I was going to meet you I should have been here all the same. Oh, I know what you are going to say; I know what you think. 'And some day I shall break out and defy you to your worst," Henson smiled as one might do at the outbreak of an angry child. His eyes flashed and his tongue spoke words thnt Littimer fairly cowed be- fore, And yet he did not show it. He was like a boy who has found a stone for the man who stands over him with the whip. With quick in- tuition Henson saw this, and In a measure his manner changed, "You will say next that you aro n1, afraid of me " he suggested. n "Well," Littimer replied, slowly; "I au not so much afraid of you as .i. was." "Ah1 so you imagine that you have discovered something?" Littinier apparently struggled be- ttvees n prurient desire for silence and a disposition to speak. The sneer And Suffer the Derangements P cuiiar to Their Sex Fitted That DR CHE'S' HER Cures Such Ills Permanently by Strengthening tha W5rdas and Miles/on, Dr, C1ia c s Norvo Food standis high in women's favor beenuee it in especially suceosslal in overcoming ills peculiar to their sex. When, on account of a run -clown condition of .lie system, the inuarles and nerves foil to control 1.'he a.cLion of the feminine organism, there is iboundt to come inset suffering, ]Icadacb e, pains in tlio back and flinills, Indigestion, feelings of dis- courageme1t and despondency, weak- ness and Irregu)arily rob life of the ?Joys Which woillci otherwise be pos- slblO, `4tlni:t,lating medicines cannot pas- nibly be of Ino'o than slight tempor- enty relief. To be of lasting benefit 1the nerves and muscles intact be fu1- dy restoren by such treatment as is +afforded by I1('. C1iase's nerve rood. Net only ie. the nation anti vigorof idle bodily organs fully restored, but orlew, firm. 4es1i 10 added, the form 18 %twin;tlet1 out, the Weight is increased, and Irallor gives way to that health- ful glow of complexion which tells of the full enjoyment rf health. MiiS. SYMONS, 42 St, Clair St., Belleville, Ont., states ;—"Some weeks ago 1 began a course of treat- ment with Dr. Chase's Neve Irood, and have found it a very satisfac- tory medicine. I was formerly trou- bled with nervous exhaustion and a weak. fluttering heart. Whenever my heart bothered me I would have spells of weakness and dizziness, which were very distressing. By means of this treatment my Iler•ves TIEING heroine strong and healthy, and the action el my heart seems to bo regular•. I can raeosmnencl lir, Chase's Norvo Food as en. excellent meat eine," Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 110 cents a box, al all dealers, oe Incimenson, Bates & Co„ Toronto. The por- trait and 'signature of Tara A. W, Chase, the !among receipt bookau thor, are on overY box. on the fico of his enemy fairly msad- denad him, "Yes," he said, with a 1101e of ela- tion in his voice, "I have made a discovery, but I ails not going to toll you how or where my discovery Is. But I've found Van Sneek." A shade of whiter pallor camp over Henson's face. Then his eyes took on a murderous, purpie-black gleans, All the same, his voice was quite steady as he replied, "I'm afraid that is not nicely to benefit you much,," lie said. "Would you salad handing me that oblong black book front the dressing -table ? I want yon to do semen 33ug for isle. What's that?" There was just the faintest sugges- tion of a Sound outside. it was Enid listening with all her ears. She had not been long in diecovering what had happened, Ouco the ghast- ly farcical incumbus was off her shoulders she had followed Littimer upstairs, .As sho passed B'enson's 1,00111 t• thedan voicesk on 0 of street her ears. She stood there and listen- ed. She would have given much for this not 10 .nave happened, but everything happened for the worse in that accursed .rouse. But Honson's last words were enough for her, She gathered her skirts together and flow down the stairs. Iu the hall Williams stood, with a grin 011 his face, pensively scraping his chin with a My fore- finger.. "Now what's the matter, miss?" he asked. "'Don't ask questions," Enid cried, "Po and get rile tho champagne nip- pers, The champagne nippers at once. If you can't find them, then bring me a pair of pliers. Then 10010 to me on the leads outside the bath -room. It's a matter of life and deaths." CHAPTER XXI. David did not appear is the Ieast surprised; indeed, he was long sines past that emotion. Before the bot- tom ottom of the mystery was reached a great many more strange things were pretty sure to happen. "So you bought that cigar -ease yourself'?" he said. "Indeed, I did," Ruth answered eagerly. "Of course, I have long known you by mune and I have read pretty well all your tales, I—I liked your work so much," ])avid was flattered. The shy, sweet admiration in Iluth's eyes touched him. "And I was very glad to meet you," Rath went on. You see, wo all liked your stories. And we knew one or two people who had met you, clad gradually you became like a friend of ours—Enid and Chris and myself, you understand. Then a week or two ago I canto down to Di'ighton with my uncle 'to settle all about taking the house here. And I happened to be in Lockhart's buying something when you came in and asked to see the cigar -case. I recog- nized you from your photographs, and 1 was interested. Of course,,I thought no more of it at the time, until Enid carte up to London and told me all about the synopsis, and how strangely the heroine's case in your proposed story was like hors. Enid wan:br•ed how you were going to get the girl out of her difficulty, and 1 jokingly suggested that sho had better ask you. She accepted the idea quite seriously, saying that if you had a real, plausible way out of the trouble you might help her. And gradually our scheme was evolv- ed. You were not to know, because of the possible danger to yourself." "At the hands of Reginald Benson., of course?" "Yes. Our scheme took a long time, but we got it worked out at last. We decided on the telephone because wo thought that we could not be traced that way, never imag- ining for a moment that you could get tine number of your caller over the trunk line. Enid came up to town, and worked. the telephone, Chris was in No, 218, and I brought the money." "You placed that cigar -case on. my doorstep?" "Ye.S, I was wound up for any- thing, It was I' whom you saw rid- ing the bicycle thronglf Old Stehle; it was I who dropped the card of in- structions. It seems a shameful thing to say and to do now, but I— well n o ed .7 a it, at the 'm . j 1,1 e And y I did it for tine1< 8a o of 111 friends. Do I look like that sort of a girl, Mr, Steel?" David glanced into the beautiful shy eyes with just the suggestion of laughter nn'tr them, , "You loose all that is loyal and good and true," lie exclaimed. "And I don't think 1 ever admired you quite so much cis I do et this mo - me, " Rntuth laughed and looked down. There was something in David's glance that thrilled her and gave her a sense of happiness she would have found it hard to describe, "3 am so glad you do not despise me," she whispered, "Desriso your" David cried, "'Wry? 1f you only knew how I, well, how I loved) you I Don't he angry. 1 mean every word that I say; my feel - Ings for you aro as pure as your own heart. 1 f you weld care for ma as you do for those others I should have a friend indeed." "You have made me care for you very much indeed, ilfr, Steel," ]Ruth whispered. "fall ane David---- Ilow nice my plant name srnmds from your lips. Ruth and David, lint I must holri myself ie hand for the present, Still I asst glad you like. 111)," "Well, ,you hove, been so good and kind. R'e have Anne ,you a great clog( of injury and you never bled us, Anrl you Oro just the mac 1 dfave. nlWays pieture] as the roan I could love. David!" "Well, it was only one little hiss, and I'in sure nohndy saw us, clear. Anti ]rater oa, When you ere my wits--" "Don't you think we had better keep to hastiness for the present?" Ruth said, demurely. "I'erhans. There is one little point that you mast clear up before Wo go any farther, IToty cid you manage to tarnish 111050 ten big dining - mount exactly ali% a?" "Why, the iurnitirrl is there; 1,t the top of the house, In a large attic, all the furniture to stored." "Tint the agent told me It had been removed," "He was wrong, You can't expect the agent to 1'0col10ct everything about a house, The place belonged to the lady whom we may call Mrs. Margaret Henson at ono time, When her home scheme fell through she sold ono hnu5o es it was. In the other she stored. the furniture. Enid knew of all this, of enurse. Wo man- aged to get a latchkey to fit 318. and 11iid and a malt did the rest. Her idea was to keep you in the dark as much as possible, After the interview the furniture was put back ng0111, and there you are," "Diplomatic and clever, and decid- edly original, not to say feminine. In the light of recently acquired knowledge I can quite see why your friends desired to preserve their sec- ret. 13ut they need not have taken all those precautions. Had they written—" "They dared not. They were fear- ful as to what might become of the repl" '13ut they might have come to me openly," "Again, they dared not for your sake. You know a great deal, Dav- id, but there is darkness and trouble and wickedness yet that I dare not speak of. And you are in danger. Already Reginald .Penson has shown you what he can do." "4nd yet he doesn't know every, - tiling." David smiled. "ITe may have stabbed mo in the back, but ho is quite ignorant as to what advice T gave to Iilnicf Henson, which brings mo back to the cigar -ease. You saw me looking at it in Lockhart's. Go on." 'Yes, I watched you with a great deal of curiosity. Finally you went elf out of the shop saying that you could not afford to buy the cigar - case, and I thought no more of the ratter for a time. Then we found out all about your private affairs. Oh, I am ashamed oimost to go on." The dainty little face grew crim- son; the hand in David's trembled. 'Ilet we wore desperate. And, af- ter all, wo were doing no harm. It was just then that the idea of the cigar -case cause into my mines. We knew that if wo could get you. to take that money it would only bo as a loan, I suggested the gift of the case as a memento of the occasion. I purchased that case with my own money and I placed it with its con tents 011 the doorstep of your house." "Did you watch it all the time?" "No, I didn't. But I was satisfied that nobody passed, and I was suffi- ciently near to hoar your door open at the hour appointed. Of course, we had carefully rehearsed the tele- phone conversation, and T knew ex- actly what to do, David sat very thoughtfully for some time time. "The case must have been chang- ed," he said. "It is very difficult to say how, but there is no other logi- cal solution of the matter. At about half -past twelve on that eventful night you placed ou 013' doorstep a gun-metal cigar -case, mounted in dia- monds that ,you had purchased from Lockhart's?' "Yes, and the very one that you admired, Of that I am certain." "Very well. I take that case with: me to 318, ]irunswick Square, and I bring it back again. Did I take it with me or not? Anyhow, it was found on the floor beside the body. It Haver passed out of my possession, to my knowledge. Next day I leave it at the office of Messrs. Mosses and Mack, and it gets into the hands of the police." (To be Continued.) WOMTN SIi017BLACI1S. The female shoeblack has appeared in tho streets of London, 'A begin- ning has been made by the wife of a well-known bootblack, and at pre- sent she only acts as her husband's understudy, but it is her ambition to run an independent business. The spectacle of ladies; having their boots or shoes cleaned in U]m streets is quite a common one in London, and, not unnaturally, the female shoeblack believes that there is a distinct' opening for her labors in this direction, ttir Cough Press your hand hard enough over your mouth and you can smother a cough, but you can't cure it that way. The outside is the wrong end to work on. the Sc19s - malsion 1} thoroughly cures coughs be- cause it strikes at the root of the trouble. The throat and lungs need a regular system of educa- tion to cure an old cough. The point of value about Scott's emulsion and coughs is that while Scott's Emulsion does soothe the raw throat and lungs, it also nourishes and heals the inflamed parts. It replaces inflamed tissue p IS U6 with healthy tissue—the only real cure for an old cough. Sand for Trot Rondo, 8(101 l' & 13O'ihl!1Pa, Ci titian 'remotes Oaf, More Delicious in flavor than the finest Japan tea grown CEYLON NATURAL GREEN tea is fast becoming as popular as "SALADA" Black tea. Sold only in lead packets. 25c and 400 per lb. By all grocers. oath ,9, `!1�1n0)9G% country e0mmulniLy should have a � ai TIE FARM. zo traveling library, rural free delivery, moral condition of tho coming gen- �t �p� dq�Q erlltien will find that rho colnpeiisa- z6me; zzlaV'ssii�tsdi� tion is greater 1,1(0,1 the expense, 'NUTTING YQUNG Af]7I1j ON '11111 The future of the farming interests T'ARi14, is vested in the young men. Agricul- ture is a1 industry that must not bo There is a turning point in the life allowed to suffer for want of compe- er every, young man. 11, is not al- tent managers. The life of both city ways possible for others to detect it, and country is dependant upon it. but it is at such a time that he We aro willing that a proportion of practically decides upon a vocation, the boys should move to town, and The decision reached at that critical take advantage of the opportunities time is seldom reversed, The quos- offered them, but we are not willing tion arises, is it not possible to so that the„ciLies should take them all, Influence young men at that crucial We want the larger part to prepare period' that they shall decide to re- the soil, plant the send and gather main at home on the farm? asks the harvest, so that when we lift Rev. C. L. Palmer'. our eyes on the open fields and It is a perfectly legitimate quer- drink the pure water front the spring tion. Many very desirable rural dis-we can say that it is something the tricts aro suffering for want of city, cannot give or take away. young men. The business houses in ----- our largo cities are on the watch BARNYARD MANURE. all the while for bright country boys For SOVe1 years, the Ohlo exper- aul we are willing to share with telephone, good roads and such oth- er advantages 05 our civilization an lv r attempt improve e y c nrpi; to imp vo the social, intellectual, financial and them; but 100 are unwilling to have intent station has been studying in them take all and leave the farms the field the question of conserving tvithqut their bone and brain. If ft and reinforcing barnyard manure. is right far the towns aid cities to send to 1,110 country for tho young mien, it certainly cannot he wrong on the part of the farmers to devise Director Charles E. Thorne says the result of this work is that manure, which Is thrown into an open barn- yard and permitted to lie there dun - ways to keep the bays with them. ing the five months of winter, be - The farmer's life affords the greatest fore it is drawn to the field, 3s pt opportunity for physical, intellectual Muting an increase of Drop, worth, social and moral iwprovenent. et present prices, 83.4.0 per ton of Parents can do no better than to manure, when the manure is spread give their children aood education, on clover socl, the sod being plowed Some seem to have good impression for corn and the coru followed by p wheat and clover without furtherthat an education ie liable to setae wheat or fertilizing. When the manure, instead of being throw,. into the barnyard, is taken directly from the stable to the field, the management and cropping being the 50111p as above, we get a1 in- crease of crop to the amount of $3.- 25 to each ton of manure. If, how- ever, as the manure is being accum- ulated, it is dusted occasionally with the crude phosphate rock of tho south, g'r'ound into a fine powder (called "floats" in the southern states). thus reinforcing it with phosphorus and possibly at the salve time preventing some loss of ammonia, we get a total value of in- crease of 85.18; the odd 1S cents more than covering the cost of treat- ment. The worst of the field has been supplemented by analyses made in our chemical laboratory, which show that from two-thirds to three-fourths of the fertilizing constituents of the manure may bo washed oat of it dur- ing the live months 01 winter expos- ure; they also show a very consider - DUTY AND PRIVILEGE, able reduction in total dry substance It is both the dutyand privilege indicating that it has required con - g sidorably more than a ton of manure of parents to 131a130 home the most attractive place on earth. No doubt some boys are driven from home by the attitude of parents. Too often the former are looked upon as if they were mere tools to be used and not enjoyed. It would be wrong for them not to work, but they should labor u cher congenial and profitable circumstances. No place on earth is capable of being made more delight- ful than the farmhouse. Throw open the parlor windows, raise the shades, start the fire, place some fruit and flowers on the stand, subscribe for dairy, religious, literary and scienti- fic literatul'e, purchase some of the latest and most interesting games, including chess and checkers. Have a dinner party once in a while and invite the young folks. Parents and 1 i r equality will children living or a 1 o 9 y 1nt,1 their highest joy in ministering to the comfort of each other. And from these happy homes but few boys will go. A special effort should be made to make fanning finalc.ial1Y profitable fitab] e for the boys. After one has complet- ed his education he should lose 110 time 111 entering ul)olt some work that will yield a reasonable compen- sation. If he cannot make money 011 the farm, he must go where he can, and it will not be difficult for such an ono to procure a good position. But there is money to be matte on the farm, and there is 110 valid rons- on uhy tho farmers' sons should not families, in which the mother or one be the ones to make it. Thee are of this children is all the time wile - the boys and girls from the farm and homestead. On the contrary, I behove that there is no better way to teach young 11101n to appreciate the farm than by either sending, or permitting tltens to be away for a while. The farmer boy must drink the water in 803110 of our towns in order to appreciate the spring or well at home. Let him live in a dark room 0 by 9, and he will think of the large, light, airy room in the country.. i1 few clays in some of the boarding houses is usually, sufiiciout to convince the young man that the only place to find the farmer's table is on the farm. But what) tho boys go from home to be educated they go, not, to male dangerous experi- ments, but to proeur0 intellectual culture. It is therefore important that they should attend only a first- class Institution. The training of the average country' school Is not sufficient for the business man of the present. as thrown out of the stable, to pro- duce a ton as taken from the barn- yard. From investigations on the quantity of manure produ;ed by cattle during the winter months of feeding, we aro ]cd to conclude that Ohio produces annually some ten minIion tons, and that of this un- doubtedly snore than half probably not less that three-fourths, is wast- ed. EXERCISE FOR SOWS. Sows carrying much flesh, made while confined . in small pens, will prove at best• unsatisfactory breed- ers. Exercise is easily secured in summer by .the use of pasture, but the winters are so severe inthb north that it requires some ingenui- ty to gain the desired end. Turn- ing the sows into sheltered yards is O. goal plan and if litter front the stable is thrown 11) the yard, exer- cise will be gained while working this over in search of waste grains, 11•ci, x e can e m s0 an be secured In no other way, the sows should be driv- en for some time each day by the herdsman along 0 lane or roadway 01' about the yard, DO 50'31 .1317 SENSIt'TVIOI, We frequently see unfortunate in- stances of extreme sensitiveness in different ways to accomplish this, It Is not possible to lay down a f circa ns nee, differ; and talc or n la s i the better way 1s to be governed by local coditions, Tho point I, wish to impress is that many young Wren leave rho farm bocanee too often 11t - tie or no financial inducement is of- fered thorn, aid that the only way to keep the boys at home is no. inane some material advantage in it. Per- mits cannotafford to ignore seen a mit eider atii)11 1111(101' exfst3ng condi- tions, TIM CII:UI3CTT HAS A PART. The church anti community have coneidoxrablc to do with the solution of this perplexing propleul, It may ho that some 0ountry elntrches have .nacre religion distasteful to the ,young by being overc0nservativo, ')'lee iountry church as well as also city church must provide for the social and lntol).ectual as wolf las the spiritual. The pastor of a rural con- gregation can do no better drat to 0rganlen a social or literary 80eiety, and after its formation not only, attend and 0njey the meetings, but take an actino part with the young p00ple in everything they enjoy, Church bilkers unties no (irearrtsteen ees 5horldl be intlfffereet to any . of the. 311terest5 Of the yOungv, Livery,' cring from the pain inflicted by 803110 perfectly innocent remark made by a trother 01' a o sill r r one f t D , O 1110 permits. Thousands of people are colt of sit- uations, and cannot keep good places when they get them, because of this weakness. Many a good business man lies been kept back, or even ruined, by his -quickness to telco of- fence, or to resent a fanciers slight. There is many a clergyman, well odu- cated and able, Who 38 so sensitive that lie cannot keep a living long, From -his distorted viewpoint, some brother or sister in the church is cd - ways liurtmf, hien—saying or think- ing unkind things, or throwing out hints end suggestions calculated to ihjur'o rtlim in the eyes of this congre- gation. Many school teachers are great ant - term from over -sensitiveness. Re- marks of parents, or little bits of gossip wlifcfn tare reported to therm, 1na1t0 theta feel as if people were sticking pins in them, metaphorically' spooning, all the time, Writers, au,- tliors, anal other people with artistic temperaments, aro: u1sually 'welly sen- sitive. 1)o you speak td1 lisTi?rn•Io gall Wall Oar dolhas t? o• 0.0•00tsooc*a: ds0•0 Ooao-ooa YOUNG IFOLKS LIZARDS AS PETS, "If there is anything we need to toathn another, drat Huaclfmoromus re 11151a118 ends rept111)8it 1s wbioh are held by ninny persons to be !roil- onous nee perfectly harmless. '.1'Ids is especially so of the pine tree liz- ard, or, as it is often (tailed, the 101120 lizard. It is true that Lhe liz- ard has teeth. but they aro almost too smell to be tithe, the finely ser- inted Jaws feeling just tike rile 0.1140 lips of a bass. Moreover, these lit- tle Sat:1'lan5 5eldern attempt to 1'Ite, and ionise interesting pets," says A. Spaid. "I have a box two feet long, 0110 foot high and six inches wide, the sides being of glass and the bottom covered with white send to a depth of two inches. With this 011 my study table I have a good opportun- ity for watolfing the five interesting inmates as they eat and sleep, Two are males and three are females, eas- ily distinguished by their color. Their color seems to bo influenced by the conditions of the atmosphere. Atter a rain or when they first come out of their hiding places in the morning, many of them . are very dark. Icy holding them : in the hand a short 171110 the color ebanges vett, percef'- t 'When my pets are ready to go to bed, they dive into the sand, where they 1.01)11in c000red up until morn- ing. Then 'here and there a head bobs up, and gradually the saurian either stretch out on the sand or prop themselves up on their forelegs in a most comical manner. They soon become alert and show how .teen their. appetites are if flies, crickets, grasshoppers or katydids are thrown to them. Frequently, when one has seized a particularly fat grasshop- per, another W111 attempt to take it away. They are also fond of roacrhes, but care nothing for 11ar•1- shelled beetles, They will not ssi,o nn insect unless it Is moving, and ;:ne often 11110818 When the attack is to be suade, a8 the lizard Opeus its month pen it little way before sp-in1'.m; up- on its prey. It uses its tongue with the same agility as docs the frog or toad, and gorges .1. large inso't pretty Inuc:h the san10 way crs 11 1,11(1,0 swallows a toad. "In 1st -avowing in the sand they make several strokes with the right or left forefoot, changing from ono to tho other; but when this dirt is to be worked out of the way, they use their hind feet with alternate strokes with; groat rapidity. The female in this way evidently digs into the ground, where she deposits a dozen or more white eggs, whicli she leaves for the warm earth to hateli. "I know of nothing else so easily tamed, When caught in the hand they seldom attempt to escape, A teamster who wits not aireid Lo handle 0 snake rould•not be persund- ed to touch a lizard, although they both saw the finger thrust .into a lit- tle seurhan's mouth. .Ignorance is hard to banish, but it easily drives away the truth. "They aro not only Harmless, but beneficial. ,Lying on the fences which sdn'aund the field of growing crops, they devour Many insects as these at- tempt to enter the fields, thus bvu,rtit- ing the farmers, who have 00 appreci- ation of their value." SARA AND H]✓IZ "DOLLY." Sara is a very diminutive fox - terrier. Sneto has a little brown spot on ono ear, and another on the tip of her stubby fail, but the rest of her small body is pure white. She is a very lively little dog, and wants to play all day Ione. She l;ns a small, hard rubber ball tlint we call her "dolly." Iter favorite way of playing with it is to stand at the top of the stairs and have some one toss it ep to her. She will catch it in her mouth, lay it down in front of her, Bien, with her little pointed nose, push it gentlydown, giving lit- tle series of"yaps" as it bounds n• S over the stairs. She then .its up and waves her little paws, ;ogg'ng you to toss it up agent, When callers time in sho immedi- ately brings lien dolly, (Irons it in front of Hien, sits ep on her hind legs, and with a funny Iittle bark, cocks her head on one side, saying plainly, in her dog language, "Please come and play dolly on the stairs with me." She is delighted when children come, for she knows that they never get tired of playing with lien. All the children love lien, Their mamas acknowledged that she was cunning and amusing, but they used to think that she was a very useless member of our family, They lfavo changed i n ]i 1,r b f day she their n i ds, Log of one sl made herself famous by earning a nice little sum of money for them. The ladies were holding a felt, to raise money, to send poor little boys and girls into the country, Wliere they could enjoy the fresh, sweet ala' and green fields that were unknown to them in their crowded Homes in the city. Sono one thought it would be nice to have Sara assist, Sla'e, thought so, .too, I guess, tor all the afternoon she stood at Iter post 011 a platform, and rolled her dolly down a long plank, '.Clio children paid five cents for ten "Losses," anis enjoyed tlio fun as much as Sara did, 111 rho oveeing their papas aril mamas be- came interested, and the mosey box in Sara's corner was very full 01 pen- nies and nickels when the flim el0sorl, Quite indifferent to the misty ire- m0rld8 of admiration showered- upon her when she was taken down from her platform, she took her dolly in ihor mouth and 'trotted home, That. night she lay dh)en to sleep With it betWeori bot' pa88 en usual, a, tired bet vary' contented little doggy, for sho Had lead a good long play at hoe favorite Itdh,