% * ÆIKENSIBE BY MRS. M A R Y J. H O L M E S Aotkor #1 ” D»r» IV-aiK." "Tkr F s flltk Or»h«»> " " Hom o’cat on Ik« l i l i l í Ac." " t r a i Rl»* " HcaJavbraak." " IcaipcM aaa«," “ Cwuia «tangí,'' cK. poplar trees growing serosa Ihe stre~t could «he keep Ixick the tear*. A t last, summoning nil her couruge, she lifted her great brown eyes to Guy, aud said, plead- ! ¡ugly: "W ould you he ao kind, air, aa to lie- «in ? ” "Yea. certainly,'' ami electrified hy thnt young, bird like voice, the sweetest save one lie had ever hoard, Guy knocked down from the pile of books the only oue at all appropriate to the occasion. He commenced operation« bv sharpen­ ing a lead pencil. Maddy counted every fingmont as it fell upon the floor, wish­ ing so much that he would commence. Ilud Guy Remington reflected a litjle, he would never have consented to do tho doctor's work ; hut, unaccustomed to country usages, especially those pertain­ ing to schools aud teachers, he did not consider that It mattered which exam­ ined that young girl, himself or Dr. Hol­ brook. Viewing it somewhat in the light of a joke, he rather enjoyed it. When the pencil was sharpened sufficiently, he sturtled Madeline hy asking hur name. "Madeline Amelia Clyde," waa the meek reply, which Guy quickly recorded. Now, Guy Remington intended no ir­ reverence; indeed, he could not tell what he did inteud, or what it was which prompted his next query: “ Who gave you this name?” Perhaps he fancied himself a ls>y again in the Sunday school, und standing before the railing o f the altar, where, with oth­ ers o f hia age, he had been asked the question pro|siuuded to Madeline Clyde, who did not hear the doctor's smothered laugh as he retreated into the adjoining room. I f yo u a rc s u f f e r i n g from impure blood, thin blood, de­ bility, nervousness, exhaus­ tion, you should begin at once with A y e r ’s Sarsaparilla, the Sarsaparilla you have known all your life. Your doctor knows it,too. Askhimaboutit. C H A P T E R II . in ; town, and nsk its young master for Madge her schoolmate« called her. be­ the loan of three hundred dollars. S e re K re s . muse the uivuie suited her, they «.»id ; He could hardly tell why he had hut Muddy they called her at home, mid thought of applying to Guy Remington Conjunctivitis, which Is the mom there was a world o f unutterable trader- for help, unless it were that he once common form o f sore eyes. Is un Inflam­ ness in the roiivs o f the old couple, he had saved the life o f Guy's father, who, mation o f the thin, transparent mem­ grandparents, when they said that name, as long as he lived, had evinced a great bra no covering the front surface o f the while their dim eyes lighted up with regard for his benefactor, frequently as eyeball ami lining the lids. pride and joy when they rested upon the serting that he meant to do something T«»u tmial look w**ll «f»«r lit« #on41tlnn of your llvor ami bowoU. Uf»l«M th*»« 1 « dolly Oculists distinguish several varieties young girl who answered to the name of for him. But the something was never action of Hi« I m » w «I*. fwil«oi»mi« product« or« o f this disease, the symptoms o f which oliaorbod, roualnif h*art«rli«. hi Mnutiir ••, nou Maddy. Their only daughter's only child done, the father was dead, und in his era. dyapopalo, ood thltl |it«»*nllnu ll»o ahe had lived with them since her moth vary greatly In Intensity. T h ere may I hj strait the old matt turned to the son, «•tiorlilA from doing It* h««t work Ay«r'« »Mil« or« lit«r iitlla. A* t «•nttf. «N f«g«Uld«. er’s death, for her father was a sea cap­ whom he knew to he very rich, and who merely a bloodshot condition, due to the T h t doM 1« only out pill ot Mlliu#. tain. who never returned from his last he had been told was exceedingly getter enlargement o f the blood vessels to such voyage to China, made two months before ous. M o d « 9 9 J. C. A j r « r C o . I . n w « l l , M u i a slxe tluit they Unuiiie visible, nccura- dto uionufhotur«r• of (die was born. Very lonely and desolnte “ How I wish I could go with you clear pauled by an Itching and n feelin g as If 9 _ HAIR v in o * . would the home o f Grandfather Mark up to Aikenside! They say It's so beau there w ere dust In the eyes, w ith per- Amie cu«:. ham have been without the presence of tlful,” Madeline had said, as on Satur­ c a u tR Y I I c t o r a i . hajia a little sticky discharge with b Madeline, but with her there, the old day evening they sat discussing the ex glues the lids together Iu tho uioriilug. red farm house seemed to the aged couple Itected events of the following Monday like a paradise. Th o eyes uro also sensitive to light, und “ Mrs. Noah, the housekeeper, had Sarah Modero Jspsnvae i*om» uad nariR notes Forty years they had lived there, till sometimes uclto slightly. Jones there ouoe, to sew, and she told bear legenda In Engliak ss well ss In in* the rather barren soil of the rocky me all about it. There are graveled lu m ore severe cuses the discharge Japanese. homestead, and, saving the sad uight walks, and nice green lawns, and big, tall la profus«> and yellow ish, ulcers may when they heard that Richard Clyde was trees, and flowers— oh ! so many !— and form, atul the Inflammation may even C I T O Hi. V it o V O*»®# «no s ii N «rv'«i* I)i#»a*«a lost at sea, and the far sadder morning marble fountains, with gold fishes in the r i I A «>. rmaneritir curati by In. KItn®’* '»r.«*» extend to the er structures o f Hie S 'ry« lt.-*i..r®r ►»o.l f..r FHV k (Urial bulli« ami when their daughter died, bitter sorrow- basin ; and statues, big as folks, all over UMUM. tir. IL ILkll.tr, l«t.. «Il Ardi*«.. Pulì*..F a . •ye, and ao destroy the sight. had not come to them ; and. truly thank­ the yard, with two brass lions on the gate One o f the chronic form s o f conjunc­ ful for the blessings so long vouchsafed posts. In all her preconceived ideas o f this ex­ But the house is finest o f all Febru.sry liuld« ili* rword as Ilio ninniti them, they had retired each night in peace There’s a drawing room bigger than a amination. ahe had never dreamed of be­ tiv itis Is that known as tracnom s, or in which mo»t rlilldn-n aro boro; Juns with God and man, and risen each morn­ ball room, with carpets that let your feet ing catechised, nnd with a feeling of ter­ grauulur lids. T h is Is very difficult to sa ibst In whirh tborv ira feweat blribs. ing to prav. But a chauge was coming sink in so fa r; pictures and mirrors clear ror as she thought o f that long answer to cure, and often results In a permanent over them. In an evil hour Grandpa to the floor— think o f that, graud|>a ! a the question, "W h a t is thy duty to thy Injury to vision. It Is also quite con­ V i u l t Im o V o s e Markham had signed a note for a neigh looking glass so tall that one can see neighbor?” and doubted her ability to tagious. Indeed, all form s o f sore eys A llo ri'« F n o t 1 ».»’ A p o w le r . I l m oke« tìg n * or r now «Ilio-« (e*-l irei os«y ea«jr 11 u la 1« s a r r e m o n o w «lio«.« r t a , m n e • u uro r o b»r bor and friend, who failed to pay, and the very bottom o f their dress and know repeat it, she said : "M y sponsors, in bap­ Ir. r i. un* probably contagious, but some are • wraiin*. eslloti» sud Imi. Uro.1. setilii* ie ao it fell on Mr. Markham, who. to meet just how it hangs. Bold by «Il PriiggUta. l'rlrs 31®. Trial t**> k I - Dear m e! I won­ tism, gave me the first name of Made­ »»e malie.) malici FltKK. MIMI. AaaiUH Allea S. Addica* Alien K. Clluuleil, Olinole« the demand, mortgaged his homestead; der if I'll ever live in such a place as line Amelin, sir," adding, us she caught more so than others, and for this rea­ are uUejr, New York. and miscoustrued the strange gleam in son the most scrupulous precautions the recreant neighbor still insisting that Aikenside?" should lie taken to protect thu other long before the mortgage should be due. the dark eyes tient U[>on her, " I am afraid “ No, no. Maddy. no. Be satisfied with Windmills wore introduced in England he certainly would be able himself to the lot where God has put you, nnd I have forgotten some of the catechism ; metixbers o f the fam ily when o n « has by tho ('mandera, who had aeeu Iht-iu itf meet it. This, however, he had not done I did not know it was necessary in order any form o f conjunctivitis. T h e suffer­ us« among (In* S am oli*. don’t be longing after something higher. to teach school.” and, after twice begging off a foreclos­ Our Father in heaven kuo.vs Just what er should sleep In a bed by himself, aud " C e r «in ly . no; I do not thing It Is. I should have his own towels, w rs.'i rug ure, poor old Grandfather Markhim found is best for us; as He didn't see fit to how ’s THE? himself at the mercy of a grasping, re­ put you up at Aikenside, ’tain't noways l*eg your pardon,” were Guy Remington's We r ( o ff« r One II und red l>..U*r« Reward fnr any o r spouge, and ban dkerch lofs; and ejaculatory replies, as he glauced from morseless man, into whose hands the likely you’ll ever live in the like of it.’ esse > . id Catarrh tb al esitim i 1« cur.-d l»jr Ha l's Madeline to the open door o f the adjoin­ these, when soiled, should Is* thorough Catarrh Cur®. mortgage had passed. It was vain to “ Not unless I should happen to marry V J (TIKNKY A CO . Toledo,O vessel, and hope that Silas Slocum would wait. The a rich man. Poor girls like me have ing room, where was visible a slate, on ly boiled In a separate W o , tile Iin< 1 e r « l( n e .| . b a v e k n >wn F J. r i . o u o y l o r ib® !a«t L Tear«, a n d l«*llevn h i n t money must either be forthcoming, or the sometimes done that, haven't they?*’ waa which, in huge letters, the amuacd doc­ should uot go Into the common wash. hnnurabl® In all bnl»n®«> transactions tor had written "Blockhead." T h e treatm ent o f simple conju n ctivi­ (Mirfertly red farm house be sold, with its few .Maddy’s demure reply. » 111 ® in rarry “ out * any obllgo- and financially sbl# ' There was something in Madeline's tis consists chh-fly In cleanliness. The lion insd® by nl« fir* acres of land. Among his neighbors there W ith the earliest dawn Monday she WAI.rU M.. KIN NAN A MARVIN, was not one who had the money to spare, was up. and her grandmother heard her quiet, womanly, earnest manner which eyes should Is* bathed often in luke­ Whole««)® I >r e consulted, for the eyo T H E M I L K F A I L Is kept free froi« Others thought well of it, and so before short hair was deplored, as before her isfied It is nothing to me, only I had la a very delicate organ, and Irrem edia­ the close of the nest day it was gener­ looking glass Madeline brushed and ar­ associated teaching with women much ble m ischief may result If Inflammation stateness, sliminess and stickiness if it older than yourself. What is logic. Miss ally known through Ilonedale that pretty ranged her shining, beautiful locks. is washed w ith Borax and w ater in ths Is allow ed to run. Clyde?” I could see splendidly in Mr. Rem­ little Madge Clyde had been engaged as The abruptness with which he put the fo llow in g proportions— 1 tublcs]«>oiiiu teacher, she receiving three dollars a ington’s mirrors,” she said to herself, H A N D O R E N A D E S OF W A R OF '12. to a quart rtf water. week, with the understanding that she with a half-sigh of regret that her lot question startled Madeline to such a must board herself. It did not take had not been cast in some such place as degree that she could not positively tell O l d - T i m e O r d n a n c e F o u n d a t F o r i The story snd a half house in Milan, Madeline long to calculate that twelve Aikenside. instead o f there beneath the whether she had ever heard that word Henry*— I I » « * They* W o re I «od. before, much less could she recall its Ohio, where Thomas A. Edison wns tmrn, times three were thirty-six. more than a hill In that wee bit of a cottage, whose W h ile exam ining the contents «>f the meaning, ami so she answered frankly, Is still standing, though not lit to occupy tenth o f what her grandfather must bor­ rear slanted hack until it almost touch­ ordnance storehouse at F ort M c lle ir y ’ I don’ t know.” row. It seemed like a little fortune, and ed tho ground. " A ft e r all, I guess I'm A girl who did not know what logic I.leut. J. L. Holcombe, o f the 12-Sth blithe as a singing bird she flitted about happier here,” she thought. "Everybody a rtillery , discovered several ikes me, while if I were Mr. Guy’s was did not know much, in Guy's esti­ coast the house, now stopping a moment to fon­ dle her pet kitten, while she whispered sister and lived at Aikenside, I might mation, but it would not do to stop here, lioxes o f old hand grenades which are and so he asked her next how many cases supposed to 1 m * m ore than 1< si years the good news in its very appreciative be proud and wicked.” She pinned on her little neat plaid there were in Latin ! ear, and then stroking her grandfather's old, says the B altim ore American. Madeline had never looked inside a shawl, and, tying the blue ribbons of her silvery hair, as she sa id : Th e m lM lIcfi are o f the earliest make o f the happy homes of to-day Is s I«atin grammar, and again her truthful oarse straw hat, glanced once more at "Y ou can tell them that you are sure used t,y the U nited States governm ent, vast fund of Information as to th« " I don't know, sir,” fell on Guy's ear, of paying thirty-six dollars in the fall, the formidable cube root, nnd then hur­ but this time there was a half-despair­ nnd w ere probably placed at the his­ and if I do well, maybe they’ ll hire me ried down to where her grandfather and ing tone in the young voice usually so toric old fo rt when It was first erupted best methods o f promoting health and happiness atul right living and know­ longer. I mean to try my very best. I old Sorrel were waiting for her. In 1812. O w in g to the w ay In which I shall be so happy when I come back, hopeful. wonder if ever anybody before me taught ledge o f tho world’s best products. ’ Perhaps, then, you can conjugate the a school when they were only fourteen because it will then be over, just like verb Arno,” Guy said, his manner indi­ th<*y w ere packed the grenades had Products of actual excellence and having a tooth out, you know,” she said only the slightest trace o f rust upon and a half. Do I look as young as that? cating the doubt he was beginning to feel reasonable claims truthfully presented to her grandmother, who bent down for them. I f my hair were not short I should do as to her qualifications. T h e discovery o f the weapon recalls nnd which have attained to world­ better. W hat a pity I cut it the last the good-by kiss without which Maddy Maddy knew well what "conjugate” “ Now, grandjjA, drive tim e; it would Lave been so long and never left her. history o f the wide acceptance through tho approval meant, but that verb Amo. what could a bit o f the ancient o n ; I was to be there at three,” and splendid now.” country. In explainin g th eir use I.le u t of tho Well-Informed o f tho W o rld ; It menn? and had she ever heard it be­ "N ever mind the hair. M adly,” the old chirruping herself to Sorrel, the ¡inpa­ fore? Holcom be said that the grenades were not of Individuals only, but of tho Mr. Remington was waiting for man said, gazing fondly at her with a tient Madge went riding from the cottage her; she must say something, and with handled only by the grenndiers o f the door, chatting cheerily until the village many who have the happy faculty of half sigh as he remembered another brown a gasp she began: " I arno, thou ainœst, ship, who, w a lk in g out uis»n the y a rd ­ selecting atul obtaining thrt best the head, pillowed now beneath the graveyard of Devonshire was reached; then, with he amoes. Plural ; W e unio, ye or you arms o f the old fashioned fighting ves­ turf. “ Maybe you won’t pass muster, a farewell to her grandfather, who never umo, they arno.” world affords. sels, threw them Into the rnnks o f the and then the hair will make no differ­ dreamed that the man whom he waa seek­ erfectly at home, and naturally e n o u g h , California Fig Syrup Co., only, and a very disagreeable task, teaching young forward when desirous of showing off, she took him for Dr. Holbrook, wonder­ Madeline Clyde "to amo,” as she termed o f the m issiles by roasting It on the for sale by all leading druggists. A report was m ade to Lieut. the one whom Mr. Tiverton and Squire ing who the other black-haired man could It. and some such Idea flitted across Guy’s fire. Lamb and Law yer Whittpmore always f»e, and If he meant to stay in there all W atson, In command o f the fiost, who mind, ns he thought how pretty nnd H a lf guessing the cause of noticed so much. O f course she should the while. bright was the eager face upturned to his, said that he Intended to w rite to the not fail, though she did dread Dr. H ol­ her uneasiness, and feeling more averse the pure white forehead, suffused with a authorities and a«k permission to brook, wondering much what he would than ever to taking part in the matter, faint flush, the cheeks a crimson hue, dump them In the middle o f Chesa­ the doctor withdrew Into the background, ask her first, and hoping it would be some nnd the pale lips parted slightly ns Mad­ peake bay, ns they w ere so old fashion­ thing in arithmetic, provided he did not and sat where he could not be seen. This is the man who dy appealed to him for the definition of ed that they would he o f practically no stumble upon decimals, where she was brought the short dress Into full view, has tried to get "amo.” use w h atever In modern w arfare. apt to get bewildered. She had no fears together with the dainty little foot, nerv­ tho same service " I t la a liAtin verb, and means ‘ to of grammar. She could pick out the ously beating the floor. out of some love,’ ” Guy said, with an emphasis on A I.a H o r a e . most obscure sentence and dissect a dou­ “ She’ s very young,” he thought, “ too other make the last word, which would have made "P a ,” asked the wise little boy, "how ble relative with perfect ease; then, as young, h* far,” and Maddy’s chances of Maddy blush had she been less anxioua do they dock a ship?” to geography, she could repeat whole success were beginning to decline even and frightened. Mr. W ise never looked up from Ills pages of that, while in the spelling book, before a word had been spoken. (T o be continued.) paper, but answered off-hand; the foundation of a thorough education, How terribly still It was for the time as she had been taught, she had no su­ during which telegraphic communications "Dock a ship? W h y — er— why, they T o m i a r 'i M ista k e. Clean • Light ■ Durable periors and but a very few equals. Still were silently passing between Guy and Tea ch er— Now , Tom m y, toll us some­ cot off It* rudder, of course.”— Judge. Guaranteed Waterproof she would be very glad when It was over, the doctor; the latter shaking his head and Sold Everywhere thing about A sia Minor. Potatoes and meat aren’t the only and she appointed Monday, both because decidedly, while the former Insisted that at $ 3 0 0 T o m m y— Asia M inor? Oh, I guess It was close at hand, and because that he should do his duty. Madeline could things that should not he swallowed the Asia m inor Is some chap from A sia w&a the day her grandfather had set In almost hear the beatings of her heart, whole. Tor Instance, there’s compli­ M r c r c & f flff which to ride to AJkenslde, in an ad jo la­ and only by counting and recounting the who Isn’t old enough to vote. m ent» uers One o f the Essentials THE MAN WHO SWEARS BY THE FISH BRAND SLICKER u