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r4' v if II h Hi VOL. X. $2.00 Per Year INDl'PUNDKNCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, U!03 Five Cents l'er Copy. 37, 8KCRKT BOCIKTIKS, AO, U. W.-INDEPENDENCE . Lodge, No, '3X imli ,wi Mou- day night Id I. AUK. hall. All sojourn ing brothers are luviled to attenil Kennedy, M.W. W.O.IXki VALLEY LODGE, NO. 2, I. 0. 0. F.-r Meets la V..udyn ball every Thursday evening. All Odd fellows cor dially invited la meet with us. J. K. Hubbard, N. Q. W. H. Craven, 8y. LYON LODOE, NO. 39, A. F. A A. M. 8 la led ouramnoiealiAna 8atur day evening 00 or before full moon eah mouth and two weeka thereafter. O. W Sbtun, W. M. I.ee a Hell, Hecy. HOMER LODGE, NO. 45 K. of P. Meets every Wedureday evening. All kutghts are cordially mvtted. W. U. Hawley, a O. MO. Gutter, llUi -SB PliYSIClANS-DEXTISTBY- OD. BUTLER PHYSICIAN AND , tnrgeoa. 8eey. V. B. Board uf Medical Examner. Office in Opera House block. EL. KETCnOM. M. D. OFFICE . tad reeideoce, corner Railroad ad Monmouth il., ludepeudeoce. Or, DR. J. B. JOHNSON. UE81DEN I Dentist All work warranted U live lb Kait f tatlafeolioo, ludepeo deaoe, Or. DR. A. 11. GILLIS.blPECIALIriT Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat. Of fice over Bueb't bauk, Nalrni, Or. 5-2B DRS. LEE A BABBITT, PHYSI clans ml Surgeons, Hpeeial at teutlou paid to diseases of women. Of flee over Independence National Bank. T. J. Lee, M. 1). W. Babbitt, M. I) C. M , Fallow Trinity Mellal I'olliip. ATTUKNEV& GEO. A. 8MITH. ATTORNEY AT Lav Will pmotire iu all lat and federal ronrta, AbalracU of til If farniabtd.- Office oer ludepaodroov Satwoal Baak. DALY, SIBLEY A EAKIN. AT luroayt at Law. Wt b tbaoiily Ml of abatraot buoka la Pulk ouuty. JUIiall abalraeta (uruiabod. Monry tu tuau: no eomulMuio etiargad 00 loana. OIBo. luotaa S and 8 Wilauo'a block, ll Ua, Orrn. AM. HURLEY, ATTORNEY AND , Ounnaalor at Law. Offlce, 111 1 to InJcprodtaM National Bank, Ind pendenoa, Or. BONHAM H0LME8. ATTOR oyi at Law. Office in ltinh't block, betwero 8UU and Court, 00 Com narcial atrvt, 8alm, Or. SASH AND DOORS. MITCHELL A BOHANNON, MAN nraclurera of ab and dMira Aim., aoroll aawiog. Main atreat, Iude pandeoca, Or. VETERINARY 8UROEON. Dtt. E. O. YOUNO, lata of Ne tburg, Veterinary Surgeon aad Deoliit baa mored to Iodepeodence, and opeoed an offloa orer the Iodrpendenee Nation al bank. TAILORS. WO. 8HARMAN, MERCHANT , Tailor, C atreet, near poatofiloe Unite in any etyle made to order at rea aonabla rate. Loam Telegraphy- A. TRA.DJS It Pays : : : Success Sure. Addrmin-J. C. HKYMOUK, Oregonlan Building. Portland, Orrgon. HOME BUILDERS Wilt eonault tbeir Iteat m tereata by purchasing their SASH AND DOORS of the reliable nuinufaularar, M. T. CROW, Independence, Or., auccea cor to Fergnaon A Van Meer. Bagar pine and cedar doori, lltiaea, on hand. SCREEN DOORS FARM FOR SALE. Well Improved farm of 231 aren, more or le. two iiillen north of Indcrwriduncc, on tlif , l..m ..lankun ItM.!, lift MBIVOI rimu, 1111 imivii.1 I-.-. - - time Uxult purliawr. rur ranner partim lan enquire of M, A. IMoe, Indepeadtnua, Or 'BANKS, THE INDEPENDENCE ssAs'National Bank ! Capital Stock, $50,000.00. H. lUlWt-HHKKU, ' . . hMidMU RKAU NKUtalN, VkK lrildnU W. P.OONNAWAY . . . faelilef. a general naaklng and nrhung tnwlnM transacted; hmu made, bill diwnulrd,pu merctal erdlta iranted: dKMlta rwted on eurtvttt acount nihjwt to chwk, Inlerwt paid na time depoalta. V f tmict.ruH. ,11. r.BiMllh. A.N.IMU, A. Allon, II. II. j.lriu ri J.ih.hIiiihii, l. w. Hntra, It. ttliaeiterj. Commenced Business March 4, 1889 RtatIUhtd by National Autliurliy. -Tilt- FIRST NATIONAL BANK. of ludiudutw,()rtfoa, Capitol Steak Surplya, $50,000.00 $14,000.00 I.M.lWI'KB, Ik W. HOIIKKTMtliC, rrwldoiit, Vloe tftdwt. W. H 1UW1.KY, l lil. DIRECTORS. J. ft, Cgnwr, U . Koberteon, lwl Holutlek O. W. Whlteaker, W. W. Clln. A aenentl aaaklug kualnm trauaaolvd Kuy aad ala etrbaug oo all liuportaul antnte, lviaalta rowtved uhtwi lnhwk or on eor- llrl.n.1 u( tri:i I'olin-llMii eiadv. umoe BtHirv a, m. u p. ni. 1. J.I1AKKI.N. TIIOH. Kfc.NSKI.I. Harkins & Fcnnell BLACKSMITHING Malnatnvt, Indtiiiidt'iii At the old aland ol K. 1'.. Kn-ngel, where you ran get your Wa;oo or Plow Repaired or otlu r iron work dune. HORSESHOEING done In tilt' inoHl niirovl manmr. As a Horseshoer, Mr. Harkins Is Well Known Througout Polk County. A. rilEHCOTT. J. A. VKMKKH. PERSGOTT S VENESS, froprtelnn of in ;?;;; ml MaRufar-lurera of and l)i alnra In FIR and HARDWOOD, ' ASD Rough and Dressed LUMBER. J. A. WHEELER, . Manager MONMOUTH DAIRY B. K. CHURCH, Prop. Will deliver milk In Monmouth mid Iiidi'peiirimice every morning for 5 Cents a Qmart Twenty tlckt'ta fr onti dollar. Leave ordt-m at Wulker RroH., fiuh- neiuknce,or M ulki-y A Hult'.Moiitnoutli Sperling Brothers Meat Market I)I,EK IR Choice Meats IlililicHt irmrkct price paid for fntalock, beef, niiittoii.vrtil, pork, etc. All UIIIh rmiHt be settled monthly, OPEN BUNDAV8 FROM 8 to Oa. m. frss SeliT&ry to all ports of the Ciiy. Main atreet Independence Shoemaker P. If. Murhy, Priiellcnl Hlioe nuiker, MhIii Hlreet, Indepen donee, opposite the opora house. Tile II ileal of xonclou Calf UHed In nil the better grades 1 1 ahoea. Every pair warranted. A Little Daughter Of a rinin h of rngloml miniater rured of a diatreaainjr raah, by Ayer'a SarMtpnrlllu, Mr. Ru MAHI Biiiks, lh wellknuwn IirngRW, S07 A!i(JIII t., Montreal, I Q., anyss I have wild Ayra Fiunlly Mmllelne fr 40 ymtra, and Imvo heard noili'im but good iwld of tlii'iu. I kuow of tuuuy Wonderful Cures perfnrmnl y Ayer'a P(irtiptrlll, nna iu utrtleutr Mn( llmt ft a liitle ilnnt; t'lar of a Ohnr. li ( Ive-I iml mm!. i-r, Tli rlolit n III. rally vaverwt fi-arn bead to foot with a r.l ami r. ri'MllnijIy troiililii.oin rah, ttoiii t It I. It ho had llffprml fr two or tlil.i' jrtr, In aplla tt tl btwt nimlleal lntui nt avallnhla. Itr f illirr Iu great dUtreiia almot the erie, and, at my reoniiuemhiMon, at t ,t Imaii to eil mliil.irr Ajer'a 8 ir;iuii, two b4 lie of which I'ffrt iml a eompleie enra, limcH to l r relief and In-r fnlln-r'a ilH(lit, t am nr!, pt fi I IimIhv, he would tpollfy In llio atrowgmt term, ei m Hi.- tio-rlii of Aycr'sSarsaparIHa Curcaothcre.wllcursvs'J THE--- 1N0EPEN0ENCE TILE CO. ll.w now iiiKtock mid Ih con U mini I j iimmifarturiiijr. tiling of all biMii for tlntiimand il ruinate. t.6. BRICK. BRICK YARD. J. R. COOPER Of liiileni'iiilencc, IntviiiL'rt Hleum iMiKint, a brick iiiacliiiiPiiml wvonil mtch of fincHt clay, Ih how picpimHl to kiH'iMin Imnii it fine quality ol lirick, hlcl will Imi wild ut. mutoii itllo lH('CH. Independence '.: liz d ForUand -ON THE ELEGANT STR. E12V00D- Fare $1. Meals 25c. Steamer KIwinhI arnvra tit Inleivii Icmw every Knndiiy evening and eaveant (I o'clock Monday morning, All other trlpn have U'en dincnniinued for tho prcMMil, HUMHAItl) A HTAATH, Independence Freight HolleltorH. A I,. JlK.llltK.V, II. F. lloi.MAN, Halcin Agent. I'lirlhiuil Agent. D. H; Craven THE- PHOTOGRAPHER 'lan he found at Wlilleaker'HOId Hlnnd Hid aollelta your patronage. Hu turua Hit only the Best of Work. ilve In 111 u trial ami you will hu con tinued that IiIh work In (liHt-chiHH. ' 111k I'rhiea nre very reitnonablu. Whitsaker's Old Stand. Indepondnnce Oregon i - di BEYONDTHE CITY. By A. 00 S AS POTLE Utoprrlght, la, kr Aulhera' Alllanea. AU rwbu newred.l mpmTvm. tiuuows SKPtmii, Mr. Weetinacotl'a groat meeting fur Ilia eufraJK'liUeinnnl of woman had paaa. ail over, and It bad bean triumphant atiMHwa. All the tuaiila and matfoui of the eouthom aubarba haU ralllad at her auuiiuonai there waa au Influential platform, with Dr. llaltnaaar Walker in the ohalr, and Admiral Bay Deaer among hie more prominent anprtera. One benlghlwl male had come in from the OQtalile darkneaa and had jeered from the farther end uf the hall, but he had bwn called to order by the chair, petrified by indignant gUncwa fniin the ttuotifraiH'blaud around him and Oiwlly eavnrted to the door by Cliarlue Weat niacHitt, Fiery reaulutlona were aai, tu be furwardmt to a large number of loading atateatUQii, and the niwtlng broke up with the oonviution that a hifwd blow had been at ruck for tlte oauae of woman. But there waa one woman at leant to whom the meeting and all that waa con nected with It bad bromiht anythlug but pleasure, tiara Walker waUlied with a heavy heart the frleinbdilp and cloae luttma y which bad apruug up between her father and the widow. From week to week it bait invreaaed until no day aver paaattd without their being tog,t her. The rowing meeting had bwa Uie exuuee for theae continual lulerriewe, but now the meeting waa over, and atlll the doc tor would refer every point which roue to the Judgment of hut neighbor. He would talk, too, to hi two daughter, of her etratgth of character, her dedal ve uilnd. and of the neeeneity of their cultivating br acquaintance aud following her ei am pie, until at laat it bad become hia tuoet common topio of eouveraatlon. All thia wight have laieied aa merely the natnral pleaaure which aa elderly man might take In tlte eudety of an In tnlligent aud haiidaotue woman, bnt there were oilier poinla which aeeuied to Clara to give it a deeper meaning. Kite could not fia-get that when Charlea Weetinacott had apoken to her one night ha hJ atludml to the pueatbillty of hia aunt marrying again. He muat have known or noticed aomelhlng before be would apeak upon auch a auhject And ttieo aguin Mra. Wwlacott had bereelf aait that aba hoped to change her atyle of living ahortly end take over complete ly uew dittlva. What conld that mean except that ahe expectod to marryf And whom? Hhe evented to eee few frlouila outalde their own little circle. Hhe muat have alludeil to her fattier. It waa a hateful thought, and yet it muat be f uciid. , Una evening tlm doctor had been rath er late at hta netghlair'a He umhI to go into the aduilral'a after dinner, but now be turned more frequently In the other dilu tion. When he returued, tiara waa aittiiig alone In the drawing room rend ing a tnagatlne. Hhe apratig up aa he entared, puahed forward but cliair and ran to fetch hia alipiara. "Yon are looking a little pale, dear, ha remarked. "Oh, no, papai I am very well." "All well with Haroldr "Yea. Ilia partner. Mr. Paaraon, la atlll away, and he U doing all the work." "Well done. He In acre to aucceed. Where la IdaT "In her room, 1 thlulu "8ha waa wlrbCharlea Weetmaootton the lawn not very long ago. He aeema very fond of her. He U not very bright, bnt I think he will make her a good bua band," "I ant aura of It, papa, He la very manly and reliable." "Yea, I ahottld think that he la not tlte anrt of man who goea wrong. There la nothing hidden about him. Aa to hia brightneaa, It really doea not matter, for hia aunt, Mra. Weatmacott, la very rich much richer than you would think from her atyle of living and ahe baa made him a handaome provielon." "I am glad of that." "It la between onraelvea. I am her trnatee, and ao I know aomething of her arrangementa. And when are you going to marry, ClaroT "Oh, papa, not for eome time yet. We have not thought of a date." "Well, really, I don't know that there la any reaaon for delay. He haa a com petence, and it Incruaaea yearly. Aa long aa yon are quite certain that your mind la made up" "Oh, papal" "Well, then, I really do not know why there ahonld be any delay. And Ida, too, muat be married within the next few montlia. Mow, what I want to know la what I am to do when my two little companion, run away from me," Ho atoke lightly, hut hia ryee were grave a, be looked qneHtionltigly at hia daughter, "Dear paM, you ahall not be alone, It will be year before Harold and I think of marrying, and when we do you, muat oouio aud live with na," "No, no, dear. I know that yon mean what you any, hut I hive Been aomething of the world, and I know that auch ar rangement, never auawer. There can not be two lnuHtera in a houae, and yet at my ag my freedom hi very neceamry to me." "Hut yon would be completely free," "No, dear, you cannot bo that if yoq are a guest in another man', hoiute. Can yon auggeat no other alternative!1" "That we remain with you," "No, no. That la out of the qnostlon. Mra. WuHtmuoott herself ,uy, that a woman'! flrnt duty la to marry, Mar riage, however, ahonld bo an equal part. nm'Mhip, oa nh Kinte out. I ahonld wIhIi you both to marry, but atlll Iahouldlike a auggeatlon from yon, Clara, at to what I ahonld do," 'iflnt t'ire no hurry, papa. let ni wait. I do not intend to marry yet" Dr. Walker looked dlauppotnted, "Well, Clara, If you can auggeat uotu lug, I auppoao that I muat take the lid tlutive myself," mild he. "Then what do you propone, papa?" She broi:ed herself oa ono who aoea the blow which la about to full, Ho looked at her and healtatod. "How Hko your poor dear mother you are, Clara," he cried. "Aa I looked at you then it was oa If ahe had coma back from tho grave." He stooped toward, her and kjaaed her, ".piere,' run away to yonr sluteri my'doar, and do not; trouble your lelf about mo. Nothing la aettlod yet, but you will find that all will come rUrht." Clara went up stair, aad at heart, for ilia win stire now that what she had feared was Indeed about to porno to pass, and that her father waa going to ask Mra. Westmacott to be hie wife. In her pure and eurneat - mind her mother', wufuory wat enihrinad, taof lalnt, and the thonght tluit any one ahonld take her place aecmed a terrible tlvemsrHtion. Even worac, however, did thla intirrlwge apaar when lookwl at frmn the polut of view or her father a future. The widow might fonoinata him by ber kuowletlua of the world, her daah, her atrnngth, iter nnooiiviintionalltyall theae qualltiue tiara wae willing to al low herhut ahe waa couvlmwd that aim would be nucmlurebhi aa a life oomiatu Ion. Hlw had come to oil agwhou hab ile are not lightly to be changed, nor waa ahe a woman who waa at all llknly to at tempt to change them, How would a aoiuitive man like ber father aland the conatant atraln of auch a wife, a woman who waa all doclaloo, with no aoftneaa and nothing aoolhlng In her nature? It paaaed aa a mere eccentricity when they heard of her itout drinking, her cigarette antoklng, her occaalomU whiffa at a long clay pipe, her horaewhlpplng ol a druukeu aervaitt and her compeu kmaldp with the anake Kliaa. whom ahe waa Iu the habit of bearing about la her pocket. All thla would become un en durable to her fuUier when hia flrat la fatuatlon waa itt, for hit own aake, tlien, aa well aa for ber imither'a mem cry, thla match muat be prevented. And yet how powerleae ahe waa to prevent it I What could ahe dor Could Harold aid her? Perhnpa. Or Mar At lat ahe woubl tell her aiater and eee what alia could anggeet. Ida waa in ber boudoir, a tiny little tapxatried room, aa neat and dainty aa aereelf, with low walla hung with lumri plaqeee and with pretty little Hwlaa bracketa bearing blue Kaga ware or the pure white Coalport chliia. In a low chair beneath a red ehoded atanding lamp eat Ida In a dlaphanoua evening dreea of inuiiMellne da ante, the ruddy light tinging heraweet childlike face and glowing on ber golden curia. Hhe aprnng up aa her aimer entered and threw her anna around ber. (9i puthni oeiMrd Mj chiifr nnd roe In )rtrh hit m. "Dear old tlaral Come and alt down here liealde um, I have not had a chat for daya. Put, oh, what a troubled face! Whal ia It llieiir Khe put up her fore Anger and amoothed her atnler'a brow with it tiara pulled up a etool, aud aitting down beatde her aiater paaed her arm round her walnt. "I am ao eorry to trouble yon, dear Ida," ahe aald, "but I do not know what to do." "There', nothing the matter with Har oldr "Oh, no. Ida." "Nor with wyCharlear "No. no." Ma gave a algh of relief, -'You quite frightened ma, dear," aald ahe. "You cant think how autumn you look. What Ult,thenr "1 liellere that Jwpa llitenda to 0k Mra. Weatmacott to marry blm," Ida buret out laughing. "What can have put am-b a notion Into your head. ClaraT "It ia only too twie, hia. I giiftMted it before, and hu liliinwl? alinoxt told me aa much with hia own lia hnilght. 1 dou't think that it ia a laughing matter." "Really, 1 could not help it. If you bail told uim that thuee two dear old hi dtea opHMiie, the Mimwh Willinma, were U:th engaged yuu would not have aur priwd me more. It la really too funny." "Funny, Ida? Think of any one tak ing the place of dear mother." Hut her aiater wag of a more practical and leaa at-ntimeiital nature. "I au aura," aald ahe, "that dear motlier would Ilka pupa to do whatever would make him moet happy. We ahall both 1 away, and why ahonld papa not pleaae himaolfr "Hut think how unhappy he will be. Yuu know how quiet he ia in hia waya and how even a little thiug will upael him. How could he live with a wife who would make hi, whole life a aerlea of tirpriwa? Fancy what a whirlwind ahe must Ui in a house, A man nt hia age cannot change hia waya I am anre he woahl tie miserable," lda'e face grew graver, and ahepou derril over the matter for a few minute,, "1 really think that yon am right, at iiniiiiI," said bho ut hist. "I admire Char ley's aunt very much, you know, and I think that she I, a very useful aud good person, bnt I ilnut think aim would do aa a v lfe for ioor quiet papa," "Hut he will certainly oak her, and I really think that ahe intends to accept him. Then it would be too late to in terfere. We have only a few daya at the moat. And what can we dof How can we hope to make him change hia minor Again (da pondered. "He haa never tried what it ia to live with a atrong minded woman," aald the. "If we could only get him to realize it In timet Oh, Clara, I have It, I have itl Such a lovely planl" She loaned back In her ohalr and hurst Into a tit of laughter so natural and ,o hearty that Clara had to forget bor troubles and Join in it, "Oh, it ia bcHiitlfull" ,he gasped at nat. "Poor pupal What ft time he will have! Bnt It', all for hia own good, a, ho used to say when we had to bo pun lahod when wo wore little. Oh, Clara, 1 do hope yonr heart won't full you." "1 would do anything to aave him, dear." "That's it. You must steel yonrsclf by that thought" "lint what is yonr plan?" "Oh, 1 am to proud of It We wiH tire him forever of th, wjduw and of all emancipated, women- i(,t mo eee, What are. Mra, Weatmooott'a main ideas? You have listened to her more than I, Women should attend leaa c household duties. That U one, Is It not?" ' "Yea, if they fool hcy have capably Itlcs for higher things. yhn she thinks that every woman, who has leisure should take up tke study of some branch of soiofloe, mid that fr aa possible ev ery woman should qualify noraelf for some trade or profession, choosing tor preference those which have been hither, to monopolised by men. To enter the ocrs would oulv be to intensify the pree- tut competition "Oulle ao. That la glorlousl" Her blue eyea were dancing witb mischief, and ebeclappnd her hands in her delight, "What else? Hho thinks that whatever a man can do a woman should be allowed to do alao does ahe not?" "Bbaeayaao." "And aliout dress? The abort skirt and the divided akirt are what alia be lieve In." "Yea." ' "We muat get In some cloth." "Why?" "We muat make ourselves a dreai each, A brand new. rhfraiiuuliwd, eman cipated drew, dear. Don't you see my plan? We ahall act up to all Mra. Weat maoott'a view, In every n-spect and Im prove them when we can. Then papa will know what It is to live with a wo man who claims all her right. 'Oh, Clara, it will t aplemild." Her milder aiater eat aechlo before so daring a acheme. "Hut it would be wrong, Ida!" ahe cried at laat "Not a bit" It ia to aave him." "1 ahonld not dare." "Ob. yea, you would. Harold will help. Utmldna, what other plan liav, your 'I hava new." , "Then you muat take mine." "Yea. Peruana yon are right Well, we do It for a good motive." Ym willdoitr , I do not eea any other way." "You iW, good Clara! Now I will allow you what you are to do. We must Dot begin too suddenly, It might excite suspicion." " "What would you do, then?" "Tomorrow we muat go to Mra. Weat macott and alt at ber feet and learn all ber views." . "What hypocrites we ahall feel!" "We ahall be her neweat ami most en thusiast lo convert. Ob, It will be such fnn, Clara. Then we aliall make our plant and tend for wliat we want and begin our new life." "1 do botw that we shall not have to keep It np long. It teems ao cruel to dear papa." "Cruel I To aave blmP ' "1 wiah 1 waa aure that we weredolng right And yet what else can we dot Well, then, Ida, the die la cast audVa will call upon Mra. Weatmacott tumor row." CHAPTER IX. a raaitv run. Little did poor Dr. Walker imagine aa be eat at hie breakfast table next morn, teg that the two aweet girls who sat on either aide of him were deep in a eon piracy, and that he, munching inno cently at bit muffin, waa the victim against whom their wih-a were planned. Patiently they waited until at hurt their opening came. "It la a bcantifnl day," he remarked. "It Will do for Mra. Weatuiacolt Khe waa thinking of having a spin upon her tricycle," "Then we must call early. We both intended to see her after bn-akfaat." "Oh, indeed!" The doctor looked plettnod, "You know, ," aald Ma, "it aeems tone that we really have a very graut ad vantage tn having Mra. Weatmacott liv ing ao neur." "Why ao, dear?" "Well, because ahe ia ao advanced, you know. If we only study her ways, ws may advance onraelvea alao." "1 think 1 have heard you sny, papa," remarked Clara, "that ahe la the type of the woman of the future." "I am very pleased to hear you speak to tenalhly, my dears, I certainly think that ahe la a woman whom you may very Well take aa your model. The more inti mate you am with her the better pleased I shall be." "Thcuthut la settled" aald ClarA de murely, aud the talk drifted to other matters. All the morning the two girl, aat ex tracting from Mra. Westmacott hcrmoat extreme views aa to the duty of the one tax and the tyranny of the other. Abso lute equality, even iu details, was her Ideal Euongh of the parrot cry of un womanly and ttumoidenly. It hud been Invented by man to scare woman away when alia poached too nearly upon la. riiou prceervea. Every woman should Indeiivndent Every woman should learn a trado. It was their duty to pnth In where they were least welcome. Then thoy were martyrs to the cause aud pio- neere to their weaker sisters. Why should the waahtub, the needle aud tho house keeper's book be eternally theirs? Might they not reach higher to tho consulting room, to the bench and even to tho pul- pit? Mrs. Weatainott sacrificed hor tricycle rido in her eagerness over her pet sub ject, and her two fair disciples drank in every word and noted her every sugges tion for future use. That afternmm they j went shopping in London, and before evenlmr strange packages began to be banded in at the doctor s door. The plot waa ripe for execution, and ono of the conspirators was merry and jubilant, while the other waa very nervous and troubled. When the doctor came down to the olning room next morning, he was sur prised to find that his daughters had al ready been up some time, Ida was in- tailed ut one end of the table, with a spirit lamp, a curved glows flask and several bottles In front of her. Tho con- tente of the flank were boiling furiously, while a villainous smell tilled the room, Clara lounged In an armchair with her feet npon a second ono, a blue covered book in her hand and a huge map of the British islands spread across her lap. "Hullo!" cried the doctor, blinking ojid sniffing, "where's the breakfast?" "Oh, didn't you order It?" asked Ma. "II Noj why should II" Ho rang the bell. "Why have you not laid the break fust, Juno?" "If you plense, Bir, Miss Ida was a-workin at the table." "Oh, of course, Juno," said the yonng lady calmly. "I am so sorry. I shall be ready to move in a few minutes." "But what on earth are you doing, Ida?" aekod the doctor. "Tho smell Is moat offensive, And, good graotous, look at the moss which yoq have made upon the olothl Why, you have burned a hole right through." "Oh, that la the acid," Ida answered contentedly. "Mrs. Weatmacott Bald that it would burn holes." "You might have taken hor word for it without trying," said her father dryly. "But look hero, pa( lee, what the hook sayst 'The aciontiUO mind takes nothing upon trust. I'rove all things! I have proved that." "Yoti certainly have. Well, nutU breakfast ia ready I'll glance over The Times. Have yon soon it?" "The Times? Oh, dear me, this 1b it which I have under my spirit lamp. 1 am afraid there Is some acid npon that, too, and it ia rather damp and torn. BSHLlliiHl r Higheat of al! In Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ' P3, H J3 The doctor took the bedraggled paper with a rueful face. "Everything swuis to be wrong today," be remarked. "What I, thla aud ilea enthuaiaam about chemis try, MaT "Oh, I am trying to live op to Mra. Wnntmacott'e teaching." "guile right, quite right!" said he, though perhaps with leas heart! no than be had shown the day before. "Ah, here ishreakfartatlaetr ' tint nothing waa comfortable that morning. There were eggs without egg apoona, toaat which waa leathery from being kept, dried np rashers aud grounds In the coffee. Above all there waa that dreadful smell which pervaded every thing and gave a horrible twang to every Mouthful. "1 don't wish to pat a damper npon yonr atuiliea, Ida," aald the doctor aa be pushed back hia chair. "But I do think it would be iNtttor if you did your chem ical experiments a little later in the day." "But Mrs. Weatmacott aaye that wom en should fine early and do their work before breakfast" "Then they ahonld choose some other room beaidea the breakfast room." The doctor waa becoming just a little raffled. A tarn In the 0x-n air would soothe 1dm, be thought "Where are my bootaT be aeked. But they were not in their accustomed comer by Ida chair. Up and down be searched, while the three servants took Dp the quest, atooping and peeping under buokcaaea and drawers. Ma bad re turned to her etudivf and Clara to ber blue covered volume, aitting absorbed and dlsiutemtted amid the bustle and the racket At lost a general boss of congratulation announced tliat the cook bad discovered the boots hung np among the beta tn the ball The doctor, very red and flustered, drew them on and stamped off to join tlte admiral In bit morning walk. As the door slammed Ida burst into a shout of laughter. "You see, Clara," she cried, "the charm work, already. tie bua gone to No. 1 Instead of to No. 8. Oh, we shall win a great victory. You're been very good, dear. I could see that you were on thorns to help him when be was looklug fur his boots." "Poor papal It Is so cruel. And yet what are we to dor "Oil, he will enjoy being comfortable all the more if we give him a little dis comfort now. What horrible work this chemistry it Look at my frock! It ia ruined. And thia dreadful smell!" Blie threw open the window and thrust her little golden curled bead out of It Charles Weetmacott was hoeing at the other aide of the garden fence. "Oood morning, sir," said Ma. "Oood morning. " The big man leaned upon hia hoe and looked np at her. "Have you any cigarettes, ChurlesT "Yea, ecrtaiuly." "Throw me up two." "Hera la my case. Can yon catchr A seobdein case came with a soft thud on the floor. Ma opened it It waa full. "What are ther she asked. "Egyptians." "What are some other brarTdsT "Oh, Itk-hmondOcmsand Turkish and Cambridge. But wh)T "Neveik mlndi" She nodded to him and closed the window. "We must re member all t' oae, tiara," sold she! "We must learn to talk about auch things. Mrs. Wcstniacott knows all about the brands of cigarettes, lias your rum comer "Yea, dear. It is here. "Aud I have my stout Come along np to my rooin now, This smell is too abominable. But we must be ready for him wheu he comes bock. If we sit at the window, we shall see him coming down the road." The fresh morning air aud the geulal company of the admiral hod caused the doctor to forget hia trouble, aud he came back about midday in an excellent hu mor. As he opened tho hall door the vile smell of chemicals which had spoiled his breakfast met him with a redoubled vir ulence. Ho threw open the hall wiftdow, entered the dining room aud stood aghast at the sight which met his eyes. Iditwai still sitting among her bottles, with a lit cigarette In her left hand and a glass of stout on the table beside her. Clara with another cigarette was loung ing in the easy chair with several maps spread ont upon the floor around, Har feet were stuck up on the coal scuttle, and she had a tumblerful of some red dish brown composition on tho smoking table close at her elbow. The doctor gawd from one to the other of them through the thin grayhaxe of emoko, but his eyes rested finally in a settled stare of astonishment upon his elder and more serious daughter. "Clara!" he gasped. "1 could not have believed itl" I . h .' i j-. .i lit ri "CUirnl" he ooitiird. " could not hatis be "What is It, papa?" . "You are smoking!" "Trying to, papa. I find it a little diffi cult, for I have not boenused to it" "But why, in tho name of gooduess" "Mrs. Weatmacott recommends It." "Oh, a lady of maturo years may do many things which a yonng girl must avoid." "Oh, no," cried Ma. "Mrs. Wostma cott says that there should be one law fornjl, Have, clgarol;tet paf' r. ..vn a ft ) i f rw a" rnmin fec&r "Nii, thank you. I never smoke ia the morning." "No? Perhaps yon don't car for the brand. What are these, ClaraT "Egyptians." "Ah, we moat have some Richmond Oeuu or Turkish. I wish, pa, when yon ' go Into town yoo would get me tome Turkish." "I will do nothing of the kind. I do not at all think that it is a fitting habit for young ladies. I do not agree with Mrs. Weatmacott npon the point" "Really, pa! It wat yon who adviaed os to Imitate ber." "But with discrimination. What la It that you are drinking, ClaraT "Rum, papa." "Rum? In the roornlngT He sat down and rubbed bi eyea as one who tries to shake off some evil dream. "Did yoo say mmT "Yea. pa. They all drink it In the pro- ' feasion which 1 am going to take up," "Profession, ClaraT "Mrs. Weatmacott lays that every woman should follow a calling, and that we ought to choose those which women have always avoided." "yuite so." "Well, 1 am going to act npon her ad vice, i am going to be a pilot" "My dear Clara! A pilot? This it too much." "This Is a beautiful book, papa. The Lights, Beacons, Huoy,, Channels and Landmarks of Great Britain.' Here ia another, 'The Master Mariner's Hand book.' You can't Imagine bow interest lugitls." , ' "Yon are Joking, Clara. Yon must be Joking." "Not at all, pa. You can't think what ' a lot I have learned already, rui to carry a green light to starboard and a red to port, with a white liglit at the masthead, and flare npevery 13 minutes." "Oh, won't It look pretty at night!" cried her sinter. ' "And I know the fog signals. One bhwt means that a ship steers to star ' board, two to port, three astern, fonr that It is unmanageable. Bnt thia man asks such dreadful questions at the end of each chapter. Listen to this: 'You tee a red light The ship is on the port tack and the wind at north. What course is that ship steering to a pmat'T The doctor rose with a gesture of de spair. "I can't imagine what haa come over yon both," said he. "My dear papa, we are trying hard to live np to Mrs. Westmaoott's standard." "Well, I must say that I do not ad mire the result Your chemistry, Ida, may perhaps do no harm, but your scheme, Clara, ia out of the question. How a girl of your aense could ever en tertain such a notion is mure than I can Imagine. But I must absolutely forbid yon to go further with it" "But, pa," asked Ida, with an air of In nocent inquiry in her big blue eyea, "what are we to do whea your com mands and Mra. Westmacott's advice are opposed? You told us to obey hot. She says that when women try to throw off their shackles their fathers, brothcra and - ' husbands are the very first to try to rivet them on again, and that tn such a matter no man haa any authority." "Does Mrs. Westmacott teach you that I am not the head of my own bouseT The doctor flushed, and his grixzlod liair bristled in hia anger. "Certainly. She says that all heads of bouses are relict of the dark ages." The doctor muttered aomething and stamped hit foot upon the carpet Then without a word he passed out Into the garden-, and hia daughters could see him striding furiously up and down, cutting off the heads of the flowers with a ' switch. "Oh, you darling! You played your part so splendidly!" cried Ida. "But how cruel it Is! When I saw the sorrow and surprise in bis eyes, I very nearly put my anus about him and told 1 him all. Don't you think we have dons enonghT "No, no, no. Not nearly enough. Yon must not turn weak now, Clara. It la so funny that I should be leading you. It Is quite n new experience But I know that I am right If we go on as we are doing, we ahull be able to say all our lives that we have saved him. And if we don't, oh, Clara, we should never for give ourselves." ; Continued next week. Hard to Sururl-e, Hhe dropped wearily into a seat in a Broadway car, and the girl who ao eoinpanied her said sympathetically: "Are you all tired out, dear? It a awful work, isn't it t" "I Bhould say so," groaned the "dear." "But, Helen, you don't know anything about the misery of it all You aren t engaged!' "No but Jack is so nice I shouldn't think you'd mind choosing him a present" "I know he's nice I That's the trouble. He doesn't smoke, and Pre always been glad until now I But I can't get him a pipe, a cigarette case, ' an ash receiver or anything 1 He doesn't drink, and I can't give him a traveling flask. He wears an incon spicuous watch chain made of his mother's hair, and I always thought it so sweet and thoughtful, but 1 can't give him watch things, you see. He hasn't a single vice, Helen, and you can't give Christinas pres ents to men who haven't! Why, even a photograph frame would be useless, for he has only hia mother's , picture and mine out, and they're al ready framed I What shall I dot' And Helen replied terselys "Break it at once." New York World. Do not criticise the writer who be sprinkles his composition with French' phrases. It is easier to hide one's ignorance iu a foreign tongue than in a language with which all people are familiar. ; J