THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE. He cannot walk, he cannot apeak. Nothing ho knows of books or men; He is the weakest of the weak, And has not strength to bold a pen ile has no pocket and no purse, . ' , ' Nor ever yet has owned a penny; He has more riches than his nurse, . Because be wants not any. lie rules his parents by a cry, And holds tbem captive by a smile A dt'Rpot strong through infancy, A king through lack of guile. . He lies upon his back and crows. Or looks with grave eyes on his mother. What can he mean? But I suppose , They understand each other. Indoors or out, early or late. There is no limit to his sway, for, wrapped in baby clothes of state, lie governs night and day. Kisses he takes as richtf'il due, And Turk-like bas bis slaves to dress him; till subjects bend before him, too I'm one of them, God bless him! Standf rd. great agony rushed over bis soul. He bear the stigma of being spoken of as trembled throughout bis stalwart a deserted wife. Can you blame tue if frame; one moment thus, then be I almost hated souf walked to the door; on the threshold be "Perhaps not. hut I sscsst It for the THE BOND BETWEEN THEM. TV K RS. LORDIN uttered a faint, I VI frightened cry as a dripping little figure came Into ber pres ence that summer afternoon and put up both bands, saying: "l'se been In river, mamma." She folded the boy to ber In an era brace that soiled her Immaculate bodice and dampened the frizzes on ber fore head. Wet-eyed aud alarmed she asked for an explanation. Itegjjie gave it In bis childish treble. "So It was Gen. Dartmouth saved you, my child?" half sobbed tbe liaughty beauty, forgetting everything " in her ecstasy of Joy over the return of her boy, her very all, from the swift waters of the river. He had fallen in while at play, and the angry current was whirling hlra onward to the rapids below. Gen. Dartmouth, austere and stately, was taking his usual afternoon 'promenade When the accident occurred. Although the child's screams brought many people to the scene none ven tured to risk life save the General. He sprang at once Into tbe river and snatched the boy from death at great risk to himself. He treated the affair very coolly, and himself carried Reggie to the door of his own home, and bade hlra go at once to his mother. Then tbe dark-faced man with military bearing went to bis hotel and exchanged bis wet garments ror dry ones. Mrs. Lordln was one of the group of very pretty women at the Riverside Resort She bad been a truest at Wll low cottage a month when her boy met hu uis misuap. me had noticed Gen wirimoutu for tbe first time a week earlier. He had passed her once, lift ing his hat with cool decorum. A hot fire bad leaped Into MIHIs Lordiu's fheeks, and her heart gave a sharp bound; then the blood receded, leaving ber very pale. "How dared he Intrude here?" she thought. "1 knew he was at Oakland earlier In the senson, and sought this secluded nook, hoping to avoid the eight of his hateful countenance." To-day, with little Reggie folded ' against ber wildly beating heart, Mlllls Lordin realized how much she owed to the General. She sat swaying back and forth, the tears coursing down her heeks. The thought of what might have been bad he not been at hand when the cruel waters closed over the blonde head of Reggie quite unnerved the woman of the world. She straightened herself up at length and sent the boy to his nurse. A maid entered with n card; It bore the name of George Dartmouth. "It Is well," she said. "I will see him and have It over as soou as possible. How 1 hate that man! Why has fate been so unkind as to permit him to do me a service?" She entered the drnwlng-room, never looking more be.mtlful, not even In the hour when she stood at the altar of the old South church, a bride of 18, seven years before. Her visitor turned from surveying a picture on the wall as she entered. Her visitor was very pale She grew rigid the moment their eyes met. She noticed a great change In him since the hour of their parting, now some years In the past. Thero was n whitening of the abundant hair at tho temples, a tlilutilug of the cheeks, and a slightly perceptible stoop of the stal wart frame. He was only five and for ty. It seemed to her that ho had aged with unnecessary rapidity. I cauod to Inquire after the boy. Mil- M " till 1. 1 tin 1,1,.,,,, ,.T ... lis," said he, without oft'erlne his tin twl Houbth'ss ho wished to save himself from rebuff. "lie met with no harm, n0w can I thank you enough, Gen. Dartmouth?" cried Mlllls, forgetting herself for tho moment, and exteuding both hands to ward her visitor. Then she suddenly bethought herself, and withdrew her bands as swiftly as she had advanced them. His clear gaze nulled her, nud ehe looked aside, dumb and coufused "I assure you, Mis. Lordln, I am amply repaid for tho little Incon eulence tho affair rnuxed me by learn ing of the boy's esenpo from Injury," said the General, his gnste lingering on the fair face of the woman haughtily. An awkward sileuco followed. Tho drawing-room contained no other occu pants Bave theso two. Had they been friendly the hour and place was every way calculated for a delightful tete a tele. "I wish I might repay you In some way, General. Reggie Is my all; had the fates been unkind and permitted blm to drown I should have beeu in despair. "Is that all you have to say to me. Mlllls?" She bowed coldly. He regarded that sale, haughty face oue moment, and a paused unintentionally. "I got away from nurse and come to see you, Gen'ral," cried a shrill, child ish voice. Two small hands clutched tbe wrists of Dartmouth, and tried to draw him back into the room. "See, mamma's crylu"; won't you say some fin to her. please?" The General, taken by surprise, faced about and caught sight of Mrs. Lordin with ber handkerchief to her eyes. The sight seemed to move him strangely. He suffered Reggie to draw bim across the carpet toward his mother. "Mamma, don't cry; the Gen'ral wants to speak to ybu. Tell her not to cry, Gen'ral. Her Reggie ain't drowned. Tell mamma how you did it, please, Mr. Gen'ral." The child's voice had a pleading ring. and Its very sound seemed to effect the soldier deeply. He suddenly lifted the boy In bis arms and pressed him close ly to bim, Imprinting a kiss on the smooth, soft cheek. And Reggie flung both arms about the General's neck and kissed him In turn, seeming pleased at the friendli ness of the man whose name was Id everybody's mouth, since he had re cently received bis party's nomination to Congress. "Reggie." cried his mother, "go back to nurse at once, you naughty boy!" Ihe naughty boy" looked appealing- Iy at his champion- The General stood irresolute, regarding him with a long ing expression. "He Is onr boy. Millis," he said, and then started and trembled at the sound of his own voice. He seemed to realize that be had ven tured on dangerous ground, and In this be was not mistaken. She turned upon bim with the menace of an aroused tigress. Not yours, but mine, George Dart mouth!" cried she, hotly, caressing tbe blonde curls that lay clustered like spun gold against her skirts. "Think you I would permit him to bear your name after the act of his father made him an orphan, in part, at least? From that hour, three years ago. he bas been Lordin, and, the name of Dartmouth has not been mentioned to blm. He knows you not; bis father died years ago, and this boy will never know him as he really was. Go now, before " A stern, almost angry look appeared on the face of the listening man while the woman talked. He felt a keen sense of wrong now, and resolved not to permit her words to pass unchallenged. "Madame," said her "1 would have quitted your presence before now but for this boy, I repeat It, our boy. You bad no right to take from him the name of his father. It is an honorable one. No act of mine bas ever tarnished It." "Think a moment," coolly interrupt ed the beautiful woman. "What do you mean?" "Do honorable men desert their wives and children? Wns it a mark of manli ness to fly from home, from wife and boy In the hour of financial calamity?" nut you had means. Millis: and I knew that you would not be happy with me after my fortune was gone." "Ah! You knew this?" "Yes. I was an austere man of 40 while you were young and vivacious. I was blind enough to think you loved mo. 1 did not know till It was too late that It was my standing and wpnirii you craved. You filled a high niche In the social world and was satisfied. Mv heart hungered for love, It was satisfied until the truth dawned one fatal day." " J lie truth? ' She seemed to have lost her resent ment, nud wns Interested In what he was saying. Reggie cowered. In bis mother's skirts and listened, wonder Ingly, to the conversation he did not understand. That It was for money and social position you married your father's middle-aged friend." "You say you learned this one fatal day?" "Yes, by merest accident. I had gone out, but missing my glove, returned to overhenr words uttered in the conserv atory by you." "Indeed!" "You were talking with your bosom friend, Almcda Wlnnns. I heard nlain- what was said. She laughlnglv re minded you of a former lover of yours, Albert Turner. In reply you said If it hadu't been for my money and stand ing you might have beeu Mrs. Turner Instead of an old man's slave." "Did J say that?" The wonmu'8 face was white as death, aud she seemed scarcely to breathe. He stood up tall and stern, continuing: The truth hurt me terribly. I felt like a criminal. Although there had been no coercion on my part, I could see that my money had won you aid 1 was miserable. I think, but for our baby boy, I should have been coward enough to take my own life. The rev elation of that hour broke my heart. (scarcely a month later the collnpse of bank nearly ruined me. I had $50.- 000 lu bonds; tbeBo 1 turned over to you through a friend, then quitted your presence forever. I knew that you could obtain a divorce at the end of wo years for desertion." ' "It was to please me, that you left me?" the woman asked hurriedly. Certainly. I knew you wished to be free from bonds that were galling now that wealth was gone." "Geu. Dartmouth, what If I tell you that I never received those bonds you speak of?" asked she with changing color. "What If I tell you that my bos om frleud. Almeda Wlnaus. dlsan- peared at the same time you did, and that gossips coupled your names? What I said that day lu the conserva tory was the Idle prattle of a silly girl, and meant nothing whatever?" "lou did uot receive the bonds?" "No. I have lived on the little left me by my father, who died soon after your- dlaaDpearau.ee. I have had to best Are you sure you were not In earnest when you told your friend that you married old Dartmouth for his money, Millisf "Was I so wicked as to say that?" "I think my memory serves me cor rectly." Mrs. Lordin had sudden recourse to her handkerchief. The General stood In an embarrassed attitude. "It was the boy who brought us to gether, Millis. For his sake may we root part friends?" He held out his band. She did not see the movement, ber eyes being hid den in the handksrchlef. Regjrie quick ly dirined the situation and seized and conveyed his mother's hand to that of the General We part friends, I bope. Millis?" "Y-e-s. if if we must part George," faltered a small Tolce from behind the handkerchief. "Millis, do you mean " "I mean that I have been a silly fool." she said. "I Itnever loved any one put yon. Can you ever forgive me, George?" ine pttiful little sob tlmt accom panied the request quite did the bus! cess for the General He stepieU uir- er to her and said eagerly: "It is my opinion that we have both been foolish, Millis. If it were not for that divorce " "There has been no divorce, George. "Is it possible? Then you are still Mrs. Dartmouth?" He trembled like one in a chill. I am still your wife, George," she murmured. W hue he stood Irresolute a small voice piped from below: Kiss mamma, Gen'ral! Kiss mam ma!" And Gen. Dartmouth dld. Waverley Magazine. TOO SMART FOR HERRMANN. A Card F harp Who Beat the Wizard by Losing; to Him. "The dead magician, Herrmann, loved nothing better than a game of poker, and by bis wizard touch could manipulate the cards beyond the possl bility of detection if he so willed," said R. W. Scully, of Boston. "But Herrmann scorned to do any thing crooked. If he, ever cheated he did so for a Joke and Invariably re funded any money won by his art. Once he was tricked In a very funny way. He got Into a two-handed game with a noted Western gambler who was almost as expert as Herrmann. The latter had been told to look out for this man, but he hadn't the slightest doubt of his ability to protect himself. "The pair sat in to play freeze-out for big money. Herrmann had a lot of rather worn Daper currency and some gold and silver, while the pro fessional bad mostly crisp new bills of large denomination. The game was warm and very interesting, but Herr mann bad the best luck, and be man aged to get hold of the new bills of high figure, the gambler acquiring the old notes and a major part of the coin. Herrmann quit a heavy winner, and then said to bis opponent: 'I want you to take back all the money I have won of you, for I did not play fairly. 1 wouldn't keep a dollar unless 1 had won It on the square.' "To bis surprise the gambler abso lutely refused to accept the offer. '1 played just as crookedly as you did,' he said, 'and whenever a man beats me at my own game he Is welcome to my niouey. All efforts of the magi cian to get him to reconsider were un availing, and finally Herrmann went away with about $800 of tbe fellow's new currency, while the gambler took off something like $300 that be bad ac quired from the wizard. "Later on the wizard saw tbe method In the professional's madness. He was telling some friends of bis queer ex perience while taking a drink In a bar room, and Herrmann, saying be was enough ahead to set up the wine, offer ed a $50 bill in payment. Tbe bar keeper, after a second's hesitation, handed hlra back the money. 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