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The Wingham Times, 1911-07-06, Page 7TEE V INGU AI TINE JULY ti 1911 l.%JGa 0.9 v., • Parted at the Altar air LA TR ,A JEAN LUBBEY, Author of 44 Wheel Lovely Maiden Steers to Folly," "Olives Cauct- ship," "When 1Iis Love Grew Col3," Etc. fair 7,T r1 tJ67)�� \7i� v c�casaG ct>aer�cncnu^,c �>h pct°�`: 'i"' y ,i� �',i%' once, How pretty Trixy looked as she moved among the glowing roses, "earl told him- self. Strange that he had never known .row pretty she was before. "I am glad you are hero, Karl, that I may say in person that which I was just about to write to you to -day," said Trixy, looking up at him suddenly, "What is that?" he asked, drawing nearer to her. 'I should like you to be 'best man' at Doris's and Gwendolin's wedding," she said. "I am to be first bridesmaid, and am to choose the best man. I should like it to bo you, Karl, if you are willing," "Do you think pie more eligible than any other of your numerous acquaint- ances that you would confer suoh on honor upon me?" he asked, lightly, banteringly, "Yes," she answered, seriously. And again ho saw tit strange look cross her face, and her eyes fell before his searching gaze. A strange sensation' thrilled his heart. A sudden thought flashed through his brain. Trixy cared for him! Surely, it could not be egotistical limey. The thought brought with it great pleasure. He was young and impulsive, and, as - bis father had said, his heart was on the rebound. He took n step nearer Trixy, and on the impulse of the moment whispered .softly, as he caught her little white hand; -- "Don't yon think I could Sill a better :position at that wedding than a 'best ,man,' 'i'rlxy?" "Why there is no better position, unless you were one of the two bride- grooms," she declared. "Why couldn't there be three bride- grooms?" he asked. coolly. "I'm sure I don't know," stammered 'Trixy, wishing meanwhile that she were .back In the drawing -room with the rest •of the family. "I think I could fill the position of 'bridegroom much better, making it a triple wedding, if I could but find a 'bride," ho persisted. "Do you think I +•could find one, 'Trixy?" "Perhaps you aright find some girl foolish enough to have you,"she replied, blushing furiously as sheturned away from the audacious young fellow, and attempted to Cly past him over the lawn; but he held her hands fast. "Would you be willing to try the ex- periment, Trixy?" he replied; "it might .not be so very foolish." Half an hour afterward, when the 'lovers re-entered the drawing -room, Denis knew by the happy light on their -faces that Karl had found consolation at last. She crossed over to i Frederick's side .and laid her little white hand un his -arm. "Do you see how happy Trixy is?" she murmured. ".I am afraid we are soon to lose 'her, Frederick.' • "If by losing her I shall gain so noble . a young man as Karl for a brother-in- law, I would, be quite content. There was a time when I' felt quite bitter to- wards him, Doris, and that was in those sold days when I looked upon him as my rival In love's warfare. He was madly in love with my Doris then, and I half fear • is so still. I hope he may not wish to marry poor Trixy through pique," he .:added, anxiously. "('h, Frederick, you must not think tbat," cried Doris. "Karl Is too noble 'for that, I—I—refused his love twice," ,ashe'tvhispered, dropping her sweet blush- ing face; "and the last time, knowing his love was all in vain, he promised nee that he would try his best to forget me. Nothing but a dee,i, reverential, brother- ly love remains in his heart for me now." "I am very glad to think that," said Frederiok, so heartily that • Doris could . not help but laugh. "Are congratulations in order?" whis- • pored Doris to Karl, as she bade him good -night. "Yes," he answered; "I know you will 'wish me all happiness, Doris. I have �G20 O'0�Ui GteF 0"))0,? �•!o Eiv 0.c'`"t .l..�, � + ' t.1. yip t Q Uvii- HAS USED DR. F Oo WLE RS Extract of Wild ber • 11 Strawberry tra Y For The Lail? Fifteen Years Mrs. Duncan McRae, 62, 6th St. North,, 'Brandon, Man., writes:—"It is much pleasure for me to say that i have used. Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry in my home, every Summer, for the last fifteen years. ".I have six children and have used it on every one of them. "I use it myself and so does my husband. Last summer my baby, seven .months old, was taken very sick with Summer Complaint, and we thought he would die. We got a bottle of Dr. Pitch other." Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry and And standing lonely and eloue on the •carted giving it to him in small doses deck, the words of the port oopuu'red to her. Ah 1 how true they wrra—hnw true! won for slay promises brides he dearest and sweetest girl in the whole wide world, present company excepted," he added, gallantly. "I aur glad for yoer se i', Karl," smiled Doris.. "Is it to be a triune wed- ding?" "If you aro all agreed," he ae,:l]ed. "Of course, we will all be agreed open that question," sold Dori., heartily; "you know that, Karl." Mrs, Lancaster could Rod no fault with her son's choice. Prue, :he one desire of her heart was that he should marry Doris, but seeing that was out of the question, she was quite willing to receive dark -eyed Beatris as a daughter. The marriages wore set for a month from that day, Frederick declaring that he would not wait twenty-four hours longer, and that he had waited too long already to claim lovely Doris. Gwendolin's and Trixy's lovers were equally anxious that the marriages should take place as soon as possible. The Iong-looked-for day arrived at last and a sunnier, brighter day could never have been wished for. for the preseieo of n third partyrto ix- terrupt'thefr tender love -making?' When the steamer landed, on the other side they 'nest eight of Vivian, Not long afterward tbey roast of her 'marriage to a duke. The society papers often spoke of her after that—of her dresses, her dia Montle, and her cold, proud beauty. Sho gained for herself the title of "the beau- tiful icicle." By that they knew Vivian was not happy. .And in truth she was not --she had not married for love, Two years Doris and Frederick spent abroad, and at the end of that time, as Doris declared, Frederiok was more of a lover than ever One sonny morning saw them on board the steamer, bound for "home, sweet horse," They spent a week at Thornton Villa, then went on to the charming home that bad boon prepared for them by Freder- ick's forethought at Cornwall -on -the - Hudson. And there they now live—the bappiest ample the sun ever shone on. One of the kindest and noblest nuts Doris ever did was, when she heard one day of Madame Delmar's pecuniary troubles, to send her a cheek for an amount whioh covered her indebtedness. A letter accompanied it, telling Madame Delmar all. The check fell from nradame's trembl- ing hands to the floor, and her face turned from red to white as she rend the letter through, then passed it to her brother John. "If there was ever a case of heaping coals of fire' on one's head, here it is," oried madame, with a burst of tears. "I am glad she bears no , i11 will towards rue." "There are flaw young girls who would have forgiven you for the way you treated little Doris, and she has repaid. you, like the angel she is," said John Delmar, huskily. "Who over thought in those' days that Doris was destined for a great lady?" she said, slowly. "Treat every one kindly, and you will never come- amiss," replied John. "Are you intending to accept the check?" "I suppose I must," sobbed madame; 'but I shall try to repay Doris some CHAPTER XXXVIL--WEDDING JOY BELLS. Preparations for the weddings had been going on at Thornton Villa on a grand ,scalp, for over a fortnight past, and on this eventful morning the house and the grounds presented a veritable fairy- land appearance. The grounds were a bewildering mass of glowing roses; the fountains, with their tinted waters, sparkled like rain- bows in the sun; wherever the eye turned It was greeted by banks of deli- cate blooms. Lo ere the sen, had set the guests begano arrive, and a gayer, merrier throng never made the grim old walls of Thornton Villa echo with their laugh- ter. One by one the marriages were sol- emnized. First, Gwendelin and Gerald. Marston's, then Beatrlx and Karl's, then, last of all, Doris and Frederiok took their places beneath the great horse- shoe of white lilies, and the words were spoken whioh gave Frederiok-, for the second time, sweet Doris for hie bride. The congratulations and the grand 0°1111053n were over at last, and the car- riages rolled up to the door to bear the brides and happy grooms away and as .the carriages whirled down the avenue again they wore follewed by showers of rice and slippers and the best of wishes of the merry throng that remained at the villa, keeping up the joy .and mirth with danoiug and revelry far into the "wee sora' hours." "My darling—my bride — mine —at last!" whispered Frederick, as he found himself alone with Doris. "Now, front this hour, love, shall our real honeymoon begin," he declared:- "I will devote the remainder of my life to make you as happy as a little queen." They had taken passage on the Servia for Europe, and among the first names of the passengers booked they read Viv- ian's name. There was an angry exclamation of annoyance on Frederick's face as he carne book to their state -room and told, Doris this. Two white arms stole round Iris neck, and a lovely, dimpled cheek was pressed close to his. "Do not feel hard against Vivian, Frederick, dear," she said, availing. "Heaven made her our good angel from the very first. If you had not imagined yourself in love with• Vivian, and come up to Madame Debnar's seminary, that oventfulyday, to see about taking her to that ball, I should never have met you, dear." "Why, p declare, that's sol" he said.. "I never thought of that, I'm sure." "And if it had not been for Vivian's coining to Newport, and discovering my identity, I should never have been so desperate as to write that letter to you revealing the truth that I was Doris, whom you mourned as dead." "By George!—pray pardon the expres- sion—but that's true, too, Do>:•is. After all, We do owe a great deal to Vivian." Great was Vivian's consternation to find that Frederick and his bride were on the same steamer with her, but with the natural polish society gives to the woman of the world she snnothered• her chagrin, and stepped forward, greeting Doris gracefully. Sho bed been a little fearful lest Doris might give .her the out direct, but she risked it, s.ed'taus more than surprised at Doris's tweet, cordial manner toward her. "Yon took me at my word that eight at Newport, Doris," she acid. "I decare to you I never meant one -hell I said." "Do naot let that trouble you, 'Vivian," answered Doris, with a grateful senile. "It proved the blessing Of my life. It re -united me With ---nay Imsbsnd." Vivian murmured and smiled and turned away, for she save F rvaeriek ap- proaching, arid; she could net bear to wit- noes the little tendernesr,es that would pass between Doris and her adoring~ hus- band. "My plotting and planning to keep them apart from first to last has all boon in vain, ' she muttered, ttered, '•Heaven's Will was stronger than the will of wo- man. It seems they were intsn'ieel for land in threo days he got quite well, to lakept on with the medicine for about a week or more and he became as well es ever. "My little girl, two years old, was taken very bad with the same trouble, and I used two doses of the same medicine and she was completely cured. "Myself and my husband think there is no other medicine so good for all bowel complaint). "If anyone wishes to know what an excellent remedy Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawborry it, I am willing to Stell them what it has done for me." ASK pO1I a DR. FOWLER'S AND INSIST ON GETTING WfAT YOU ASK FOR. Manufactured only by filo T. Mi}bora Co., United, ToroAtn, ""Two shall be born the whole wide world apart, And speaking different 't, ngti"s and have no thought Gash of the other's being, an,t nn herd; And these o'er unknown sae to un- known lands Shall cross, escaping weenie defying death; And all tinooiijelsusiy Shays every not And bend each wandering step t.1 this one end--- That one day, out of darkness, they shall Meet And read life's meaning In eaelt other's !eyes." Vivian avoided thein as 'ain't, as pes- sible'on that trip going over, lint that, too, wad quite a blesaitig in ,11a„elite. What need had a happy bride? awl groom day." Ton years have passod since then; but it does not seem to have added n day to Doris's appearance, except to expand the girl into a most gloriously beautiful woman. She is the same Doris as of yore, only her eyes are a deeper blue, the sweet mouth a little more resolute, and her hair has taken on a deeper and more golden sheen, and is done up now in a coil more becoming to a wife than the fluffy, golden curls waving about the pretty, dimpled face when we first intro- duced her to our readers as a school -girl. Mrs. Thornton loves Frederick's wife quite as dearly as her own daughters, all of whom are married now, and are living around her. Madame Delmar still keeps the semin- ary at Beech Grove for young ladles and misses, and there Is a room set apart for little lads as well as little lassies. One summer morning a lovely child of, per- haps some eight years stands on the seminary steps, with a roguish pout on her saucy, red lips, because she has been kept in half of the recess to do her les- sons. If ynu ask her what her name is she will raise two lovely blue -bells of eyes, and shake back her sunny curls as she answers:— "Papa calls me 'pet' and 'little sun- shine,' but my mamma calls me 'Doris Vivian Thornton.' Do you see that little boy over yonder, with the wide sailor collar and dark curls? Well, that Is my little brother Karl. He is named after my aunt Trixy's husband." Sunshine and shadows cross every household more or less; but, taken all in all, it would be difficult to find a hap- pier family than that of Doris and Fred- erick. What is there to add when those whom we have followed through trials and ad- versity reaoh the acme of earthly happi- nese at last? Re -united after many days, heart to heart and soul to soul, we will leave thein, dear reader, these two who were so curelly parted, almost at the altar. "Oh, love, if life should be Merely the golden key To love more vast; If•there should be a place Where spirts can embrace, And kisses last." THE END. The Guernsey herd' belonging to Hoard's Dairyman is considerably lar- ger than the average of the breed. s Hoard's Dairyman attributes this in- creased size to the liberal feeding of alfalfa hay. Alfalfa, says Hoard's, contains a good deal of lime, 40 per cent.of the ash being composed of this. Lime and phosphate enter largely into bone construction, and herein is believ- ed to lie the secret of the unusual de- velopment of this particular herd. Something ' omethin k.tirtk7Noliwisrodinwarwiivaimmor ILEA AND JACK. lay "Catherine luarillfer, itiR V4 VI MINNJU'U44'NUI'M'hN'13N1NRMN4W1 In the loge when it was my habit tt sit up late into the night reading poetry, and to spend hall the day in .dreamingg it; when I ` wore my Bair so .long and my dress so intentionally noglige and the street boys greeted no as "Shikese' Peary;” when I was poor, and a soolalisl and a sentimentalist, and had plenty of time to fritter away, I used to bo a regu- lar attendant at the Monday popular concerts. I was too poor to take a re- served seat, and too enthusiastic to be content with a bad one, I never failed, therefore, to be at the side door of St, James' hall so early that I had little difficulty, week by week, in securing my favorite place in the front row of the orchestra: Truly, after the scramble in getting in, it seemed at first but a sorry, tedlaus business to sit waiting for an hour until the concert began. The even- ing paper; was soon read, and the cease- less chatter and restlessness that pre- vailed on every hand did not allow of any pleasure in more solid reading; but 1 soon found in the fellow -creatures who surrounded me ample amusement and food for reflection. There were other who worshipped as devotedly as I at the shrine of music, who carne as early to St, James' hall and gut their seats almost as regularly as I got mine,every Monday evening during the season. There were two girls in particular, whom I soon came to look fur quite eagerly. They usually sat im- mediately behind me, and I became a client ,party to all the gossip they re- tailed, to all the co.lfldenees they ex- ( -hanged, I knew the prices of their hats, how much a yard they, gave for their winter gowns, and for how long they wore the same pair of gloves. Moreover, I learnt that sequins had gone out of fashion, that an evening bodice is more becoming "out square" than "cut round," and that crinkly hair -pins "stop iu" much better than straight ones. It was a revelation to me—a youth destitute of sisters --to hear what girls talk about and how they seem to look at the affairs of this complex life through a medium of millinery. These two ad- dressed one another as "Grace" and "Muriel," varied by "dear," and I gath- ered that they were bosom friends whose sole opportunity of meeting during the week was afforded by the "Monday Pops." One of them, it transpired, was a student at the Royal College of Music —a violinist; the other I took to be a school -mistress. But, after alt, it was not they themselves so much as a third per- son of whom they constantly talked, that excited in me the profoundest curiosity. I remember well the first time I heard of Helen Ambrose. It was one evening when "Grace" was rather late in arriv- ing at the hall, and "Muriel" had had to go through a good deal of manoeuver- ing in order to keep a soat for her friend, a circumstance which had ,not improved her temper, nor.mine, either, for in her shuffling endeavors to occupy two seats at once Miss Muriel had unintentionally dealt me several nasty kicks in the back. However, in those days I was more accustomed to kicks than to the prover- bial alternative ha'pence. When, at length, the late comer appeared it was evident that she was in a state of in- tense excitement. Scarcely had she clambered to her place before she burst forth breathlessly:— "Muriel, what do you think? You'll never guess. • Who do you think is in town?" "I'm sure I don't know. Put your hat straight. Who?" "Helen." "hol" exclaimed Muriel. with an amazement that must have satisfied her informant's appetite for creating a sensa- tion. "Why has she come? Is she going to mirky ber debut at last? How on earth did she manage it? Have you seen her, or hoard from her?" "One question at a tune, please. I haven't either seen or heard from her. As you know, she has dropped nye. She has comp, I imagine, in pursuit of Jack. How she managed it is a more difficult problem to solve. But, did you ever know Helen set her heart on a thing and not get it? Penniless as she now is, she seems to have retained that peculiarity." "Come in pursuit of your brother Jack?" came from Muriel in a dazed in- terrogative. "I didn't know she knew him. Lou always said you meant to keep him at a safe distance, and that so far, they had never met." "0, bother, I didn't mean to tell you that; but as I've told you so much you may as well know the rest. It wasn't my fault, their meeting—I did my best to prevent it. It was fate. It all hap- pened in the strangest way. Last sum- mer Jack set his heart on having a month in Scotland. Finances didn't Admit of his taking a holiday pure and simple, so he advertised for a loottin tenens in a Scottish country town,specify- ing certain conditions. The result was an offer of old Dr. Skater's practice in Peatbnrn (of all places in the world), whioh he accepted. Then, without a word from me, ho remembered that I had friends in that part of the world, and one day shortly before he went to take possession, he said to rue: 'I say, Grace, isn't that place in Scotland, where you Used to stay, somewhere near Peatbtmn? If your friends are worth knowing, you might give pre an introduction'—I knew what the result would be if I did. And witch as I admired Helen as a friend, I always thought her too clever by half for a sister-in-law; so I got out of the diffi- culty by telling hm•—what after all was perfectly true—Haat there was only to mother and daughter now; that the father had died lately, leaving them miserably poor; and that they were not by way of entertaining just then. lie Merely said: '0, all right. It doesn't matter. I'm not particularly keen on other people's frienai:1, On the whole, I prefer to mane say own.' And 1 beard no more tea the subject," Pat I suppnsa your precautions wore useless?" "Yes, a0 soon as Iieien found that there was a young doctor to bo had in- stead of an old one, she sprained her ankle, Or got her mother to fall 111.E -I forget which. Perhaps, though, it's a shame to say that, for she's not what you would (all a vulgair schemer. She does everything so gracefully that I never know Whether she is genuine or not; but, somehow, she has worked havoc with so many hearts that I ean't help feeling it must be .ler fault -as Well as their n,ieforrune. I didn't toll you about it before because I knew von dislike IHeleir, and 1 have 0 lingering fcntlness for her in spite of the way she has t`sat- You can scarcely tell what--lt may be Hysteria, Insanity, Nerv- ous Collapse. You ran only throw off this depres- io:1 when the nerve ce11a are restored „ health by such treatment as Dr. a''i'.n;:,+'s Nerve Food. Your digestive system has failed to supply proper eu'ltri.l,tn''::t to the nerves and you r c. ml.elle,l to seek aid from other. It will tape gem. patience and per- .i:it'nt treatment, but there is no way ry a l,ii•h you run .0 (, rtain.y reetote '..e vigor a. by the use of Dr. 'a Nerve Food. i:t• h.st time to rt' t,'re the nervous lu is lung b: f••re such a critical u.r>?ition is reaeh.'d. Su"h symptoms .'.eeplesslla? s, Itnrytl:il:11P , nervous I.tYratien, muscular weakness, less f energy, failute of memory and pow - 'r of eoneeutrati,nl, irritability sand li.e-,ura'r.eni.'nt tyle r'f a • failure of b1<• ervnus system and \t'arti you of ap •rnneh hf" 1'rriOtts trouble. lir. Chase's Nerve Fund 00 cents a ,,,,it, C, boxes for x.:.50; all dealers, or i Beale: dtt, .mutes te Co., Toronto, .d me, And lG didn't want to give yon fresh pause for abusing her," "I shpuld certainly be sorey to have s brother of mine entangled with Helen Ambrose. What does Jaok think of her," "0, infatuated, of course, like every man who sets oyes ore that wonderful face, He carne home very badly undof the spell." "I am surprised at that. You knurl I. never could see anything so very re' markable in Helen. Resides, 41 anyone could take care of himself in such vita oumstwnees, I should have sold that per- eon erson was your brother Jaok." "I can't altogether agree with you. I. admit that Jack is not susceptible, but thorn Isn't a doubt that Helen is deeper• stele, fascinating. As Jaok says, there i1 a certain subtlety about her that sets hes apart from the ordinary run of frank English girls. Ho complaine that we are all ksoet?pitiably" obvisus. She is exactly the g el to attract him, Is thatyour neW "Yes; how do you like it? good fit, isn't it?" said Muriel, with complais• ance, and added, caustically, returning to the subject of Helen; "It's my opin• ion she's so subtle that oho deceives her• self as well as everybody else." "Perhaps. Well, the idea 1s that Mrs. Ambrose has some mysterious complaint, and has come up to town to see a special. ist. Jack is utilized to select him, and to give advice about private hospitals, nurses, and so forth." "And who is to pay the doctor's bill?" "Ah, that's the point. It will lar rather awkward for Jack if they do anything shady. They seem to be living pretty ex- travagantly, too, They've taken a flat in Ashley Gardens, whioh .is odd in people supposed to be reduced to an income of X100 a year." There was a moment's pause. Then Grace began again, impressively: "Do you know, Muriel, I never had any actual reason for distrusting Helen, but it's a most curious fact that, when Jack came back from Scotland full of her, I found she had never even told him she knew pro nor mentioned that she had been at the college," "And haven't you told him?" "No. I thought I would wait and see what turn things -were going to take." • Muriel sighed. Before the conversation could be resumed a thunder of applause broke out, Lady Halle appeared upon the rletform, followed by the rest of the quartette, and the concert began. "Poor Jack.l." exclaimed Grace one evening a fol weeks after the foregoing conversation had taken place. "He is looking perfectly wretched." "Have you told him yet that Helen is the friend you used to stay with near Peatburn?" asked Muriel. "No; and she has never disclosed our friendship, though,- of course, she must know that Jack is my brother" "She is extraordinary." "When she ceased writing to me I wondered whether she meant to drop me entirely, as I found she had dropped all her other student friends one by one. And now it is pretty clear that is her intention. Sho seems to have given up all idea of the profession, too, in spite of needing money so desperately, as they must with all this expense. Fancy, Jack has never heard her sing, althodgh he is continually at their fiat --didn't even know she had a voice." "Really? What does it all mean?" ' "It makes me simply boil with indig- nation to think of that girl, who three years ago was the rising star among singers. envied by every girl at the col- lege and idolized by every man in the place, calmly chucking the whole thing. With such a career before her l Just think, not only that marvelous voice, but such brilliance, too, in other ways, and that irresistible, magnetic personal - i ty !" - "Well, you know, I never could feel tha" "t.tip you say. But you never came directly under -her influence." ' "I'm glad to say I didn't. But I was the only girl in the Students' home of whom that can be said. I preferred not to sell my soul to a witch. I'm glad you see through' her at last. You and I should never have become such friends if Helen Ambrose had not, retired from the scene. I couldn't stand you when you were always raving about her." "Me ravel That was nothing. You should hear Jack." "I hope he does it in less faulty Eng- lish than you do." "Oh, pray, dear, spare me the peda- gogue. It's years since I left school. Here comes the quartette. It's Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden.' If you have a shred of soul ?'left in your schoolmis- tress' body you'Il forget that you ever gave a grammar lesson in your life." For my own part, since those days, I never hear the sad, solemn melody that has given its name to that great work without an aching at the heart and a thought of Jaok and Helen. The following week Grace told her friend in audible undertones that .Tack had asked Helen to be his wife, and had met with refusal; but no adequate ex- planation had accompanied it. The young man had admitted to his sister that he had urged his suit more than once, for in spite of her rejection of it, he dared to believe that Helen cared for hint. She merely said that it was impossible for her to marry him, and that she tvould rather not give a reason. By dint of %nuoh persuasion, however, he got .mer to say that she must, for the present, de- vote her life to nursing and supporting her invalid mother. "I rather fancy that kind of extreme penury that is compatible with an ex- pensive journey to London from the wilds of Scotland, consultations with two of the most celebrated doctors in the world, and n sumptuous flat off Victoria street:" was (.trace's sarcastic comment. "If it is nt''essary for her to support her mother, why doesn't she let herself be hoard at a few ooncerts? They would soon have plenty of money them to pay for all the luxuries they seem to indulge in." "How is she st pposed to be earning a living?" a'tid Muriel. "I haven't a notion. Jack sans that he thinks she gives lessons 'l seine sort, but that he doesn't pry. lip offered to let the mother come and live with them if Helen would consent to marry him, but she only shook her head. 'Yesterday he asked rue if I would go and call on her. Of course, I was obliged to refuse. And then I told him What friends HIelen and I 'used to he, and asked if he could Levine why she had co:we:lead the fact from Iti'1i all the time," "Didn't that open his yymt" "He turned vt'ry p.9 y. Let he only paid: 'No doubt Haien l:as sine geo.I reason. I will telt Ler to ramie and see " ynu if you won't go and see lien' " "Ani did he du so?" "'Well:" "27.41,o an.tvercd that sbo went no tLero now." #t�v `� . 'i ' . C. �i 4FI',"k^•.+J� ♦ -;•,t, . , ,AtC ���L:iA..°.`.�+>...a.�n..4ti, •t, u �'+. ,"v'., �. s"•>',, ,� •...^. m'a., a,+,:,"\ tom.. \. i'!,. L,':.�.�,'°.�:,��,.... 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Cr®a"E CAST RIA ALWAYS Bans the Signature of � e f r � V a TU i � . • Ott aAWJ) ilavo Always in Use For Over SO Years. TMC. C.NTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURAAY GTREET. NEW. YORK CITY fix, i ;".'-,'i'� •d.c a,7.-xe.,i!?,c:�".,:'. FYiv. •,.4,9' ; p,;ia 1'1t': , • "Sho does, though. I saw her the other night at the theater—it was Romeo and Juliet, at the Lyceum. She was sitting in the front row of the dress circle." "And what did she look like?" "For all the world like Rossetti', Beata Beatriz. You know the absurd affected way she has of doing her hair. Aud she was vary pale and sat quite still, with her head thrown back and her eyes shut nearly all the time, just like the pioture. She can't have seen much of what was going on on the stage. I saw lots of people watching her. I have no patience with woanen who pose." The note of death again! It seemed to me like a foreboding. In Rossetti's pic- ture io-ture does not the delve bear poppies, em- blems of sleep, in its beak, and lay them. in the maiden's lap, while the loves wanders disconsolate in the background? The next concert was the last of the series. All that I overheard, as we waited for it to begin, was that Helen's mother was dead, and that Jack now dared te hope afresh. I almost expected to see the name of Miss Helen Ambrose appearing on the bills as a vocalist before many weeks should pa But the concert season was virtuhlly dor; besides, the girl would no doubt devote a period to mourning far ber'mother, and must need rest from the Iabors of nursing. I was not sun prised, therefore, that this new star did not shine edit in the musical firmament. During the new few months I scanned the marriage oolumn in my daily paper with more than usual care, but no an- nouncement that I found there gave tid Inge of a union between Jack and Helen. About a year later I rashly acoepted an invitation to an evening party given by some musical friends at Hempstead. I went rather lute, naturally expecting to be bored. When I arrived a violin sole was going on, and I had to wait till it caine to an end before nay name was announced. I could see from the hall, through the open doorway, the head of the girl who was playing. Her face seemed familiar to me, and a moment's rapid search through the chambers of memory assured mo that it wns "(trace" —my neighbor of the Monday "Pops." A hasty greeting was exchanged with my voluble hostess while ^the violinist received her applause. "Will you introduce me to the lady who has just been playing?" I asked. "With pleasure. Doesn't she produce a delightful tone? I thought that you, who aro ;such connoisseur, our would be pleased d • ha c ps,-s with her, She is a great friend of mine —my last protege. Her name is Miss Harlow. She is just coming out as a pro- fessinntrl. If you have an opportunity, as ' n j nnrnalist—" At this moment Grape came towards the door., intent on finding 1 r Addle case, which had been left in ;the 1.:t11. I s•'iicd ivy opportunity, and Betio In:reduction was effected. WI exchanged a swift glance of rocog• rlita.n, and, "Tell m:'," I said, "did i rrry 'r,len';" oe g;i.l lo:tl:t'd at me wit`r 0 startled 1.. sai.rn and t"a roe, to h,•r eycn. t you to listen?" she asked, ro- pe dally. I .. z• :• + i leer question and repeated Cit 'aF.S ",t ,' ,It marry '.flan?„ t' 4. nt.:" she said, with almost u •'11 len is d e:1.,, I ':''w 1: r p,: n !v aside and we sat • i ',:, N:t'aiu1y ed.' told pie the whole 1 'r', -.eel h, w wee It," T atkcd, "that she 1 . , le ,t. Oen lived :aneerently so far ofcwee •0' '1t. t'a'r :xi. li,'ieii knew 1•, r net a. r no;ii 1 ,Cal:' live a few ' •th- a.:,t at sb. :i.':: -If t.'aa:l 11,1 .1.. •. t:.,^ , ,.•riaE ;, ,,, P'.ru ln.ret1170011 •l 1lee-, ss e 4 )'fl" Pet:en:net ie':," se' t11' -o- *'. VI 011101 ,j11,1:Vi ... ;WC.. ,-o ii'r' aa.b .o liaatily?„ ..Sr, ,,,:i i;l r.:..+•:: " E'.ti+i ti;C girl SEARCHLIGHT RAYS. The Effect When the Beams Penetrateei a Foggy Atmosphere. Nearly everybody is familiar with the beam of a searchlight and knows why the beam Is visible, while light' itself cannot be seen unless it strikes! the eye, its visibility being clue to par-' • titles in the 'air which really do reflect: the light to the eye. On a foggy`; night, if one will notice, the beano; seems to come abruptly to an end if the light is pointed upward. It does' this instead of gradually fading away; into nothing, as it does pointed hort aontally on a uniformly foggy night. The thing Is rather puzzling to one: first seeing it, but the reason is not far to seek. Where the end of the beans, seems to be there is the, place the foga ends, for the beam cannot be visible ted us unless there are small particles in; its path. Thls is of great help to sail -i ors in judging of the state of the: weather, for they can tell exactly how thick the frog is, or, rather, bow deepit is. They can also tell by throwing the light horizontally whether the fog IS' universal or occurring only In patches..l for if extending to a great distance the beam gradually gets dimmer and dim- mer, but if in patches the beam is: lighter in patches, and 1f it goes through a place with no fog at all that• part of the beam is black or invisible,: —New York Tribune. COFFEE AND TEA. The Bean Improves With Age. White the Leat Deteriorates. Cottee beans improve with age. Fire year old cuffee is Letter than the neer crop and fetches n higher price in the market. In two years t'otft'e will lost" JO per cent in weight, bet It ?fall in crease tra're than I(• per veer in print. r;'uftee Sho'ihi b,• u.t',i ,;'i'''.t:p alter roasting. 11 the h! ,w'u t?,':r as n;t;•t-ac oily the oil slut.,iti he ri; I.•,1 oft 1n a ,lli+'it. 1101 oven: ott,erwaa. It w:', ti, -ego :i ehen:teal t•t;t1,ge wait h tt aeteet the 111, ,r tEY.i.N c,,., teetne dry with age. teas ?absorb weenie( CV911 tz tn'tt in %in,' lht•'d rhr't'+, len ntt.-wIse des a,'t!n"i.11: ',t'N o,, rad t , :,se •.+. 0 Y.s 1s. -tretell P*4 i' :t ••'+ it? .11.11v... 130.1 1 'J1w- 1i,s .;'i:( 1' V, t' Ili' 1) ,>. .10,)!i., 1 L:a::, , Inc ti a t'a't or roues ct. reri1 the the !al le-kelt/Nes to ineet0 yn ,sp'it'e atr- t<a•nrP 01 tnnisture tr"n, til,? It'd when teeing ;dared in the z:us. oe lead lined t,twtt that rt'ey beeve ibex tea l,'avea st:n dried Mid then livened before P•, 6,n The tea P into be Le. tg yes i t , o t • too hot to handle with bare bandy and is sealed up in air tight packer's be, fore it has time to Cool and before ttze slightest suggestion of moisture reaches it.—New York World. A Word For Sugar. Pure candy is good for children. Purer sugar it good for grown people. Of course there are exceptions to every rule. If the doctor presetlbes a diet and orders a patient to retrain from sweets the patient is bound to obey his adviser. What is the use of calling a physician and paying him for sug- gestions if the tatter are treated 'with indifference? People In orditblry health need not be avoid to gratify an appe- tlte wiich craves sweets. Those who ,'::'`.' :•. t,ac•e looked lute the matte have been ?Pileus us lately that soldiers on the . I urhrl. "—I3l:i,` is 'Yat.' p p station trf I1 xotera rin,1 Cen- tel Ettrop., 1204 inereeta?tl 1101.1 1t37,- - na 1,l) (l to ortr4' 1(10,0it:l ttvithin the hint :;ev'enty years, while the w°teatanon,ve than tliminiuhcdtciihitltlu,i•1tnr'itory. aware.► hoed out better if they have i rations of sugar than if their food Omits this psalm commodity. A fond- ness toe sugar is often a detente against the temptation to uko tIcoholle etiinualani . 'Clic inebriate docs not rare. very much about pure tweets).— Christian Ilerald.