Two Life
Lines
Tbty Divert, bat Finally Met X
X By T. EDWARDS ARMSTRONG
Copyright kr A mar loan Pries An
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I have often thought that If we could
eee the thread of a has life laid
- down on paper a aort of diagram
auch aa la used la mteorolot;y-we
would realise bow much fata baa to do
with ona'a career. Plata down on this
map the Urea of two persona starting
' from exactly the aame point, and what
I difference will occur wueu clrcutu
. atanoea throw tba one downward and
" tba other upward. -
. Until waa seven years old Ufa wa
kleasant to nie. Theu catua a auccee
. alon of disasters. My father died a
bankrupt, and within a month my
' s mother followed hlu to the grave. My
- alster Lucy, three yeara my aenlor.
- and I were sent to an orphan asylum.
- Oaa day a lady cam to th aaylum
' '; ' ' looking' for a girl to adopt Sh chose
liucy. who went away with ber. It
: ....wan a dreadful blow to me to be aep-
arated from my sister, but children of
that age are twig easily bent to cling
' to anything that offer. So aoou
learned to rely on others, bnt 1 never
" forgot Lucy.
When I grew okl enough to do any
thing for myself I waa discharged
: from th asylum. It aeema cruel to
- turn a boy of thirteen out upon the
world, but It la more cruel to refuse
admission for want of room and funds
- - to one of a still more tender age.
waa given a Uttl money and told to
shift for myself. . I bought some news
papers and sold them on the street.
- I tired as auch boys lira; but. having
coma from mora refined stock than
they, tba Ufa waa more distasteful to
as. A gentleman whom I ased to
wait for on a corner In the aaorntng
to sell him a paper asked me oe day
hew I would Ilk to go Into his bouse
aa a boy of all work. 1 told him I
woald do anything to get off th street.
Bo b took so bom with Dim and gave
as son good clothes. I became a aort
C aasistant In the kitchen, answered
. ' ball can at tba door and did errs mis.
SMsxO Ot4CS
tuts mam asms about m a." -I
waa fifteen and quit tali when I
Want Into Mr. 8ping1er's service. Be
fore very long b mad a butler of me.
My drift thus mad me a servant
Had the Splagler family been unkind
to ma, poaaibiy I might bar gone out
gala for a fresh start while I was
till young. , But they were very kind
t me, nod thla kept m In my position
till I waa eighteen yeara old. Helen
Bplngler, a lovely girt several yeara
younger than I. became Interested In
me. 1 having made certain references
to tier concerning pleasures I remem
bered having enjoyed before my par
ents died. I returned her aympatby
for me by loving her. Boon after mak
ing the discovery of this lov I told
her father that be most get another
batter. Ha wondered why I wished to
leave, but 1 would not tell blm. Of
course I never spoke a word of love
. to Helen.
Within two yeara I occupied several
places. Then I secured on as butler
In tba family of a very rich young
couple who bad just been married. I
waa engaged by the wife, who took
especial car to Instruct me In tbe
duties pertaining to a situation In the
be me of enormously rich people. Klie
waa very gentle with m and If I made
any mistakes refrained from scolding
m. Indeed, Mrs. Trevor waa so kind
lnd my Wages were so satisfactory to
m that I hoped I would remain In
her service for tbe rest of my natural
life. Her husband waa also an ex
cellent man and never gave me an
order without saying "please," and I
, never served him that b didn't aay
"think you."
'. On day th imetman left a letter
which had been addressed to some one
who did not live In the house. I would
hav given It back to him bad he not
hurried away. My attention was ar
. rested by tbe name on the envelope.
It was "Mia Ladle Deertng."
. Now, my name Is George Deertng.
and my slater's name, I remembered.
waa Lucy. I took the letter on a aalver
to my mistress and observed her aa
aha UnAmA aft fl TV. Mw ... . u .
- - aw hi vuiiriwv, IU .
ooened and read tt. . . I
Whafa the matter with yon,
George r ahe asked, looking ud at
me. " I had dropped the salver and
caught at the back of chair. -
"Nothing, ma'am." I replied, "only a
ttle diexlnesa."
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; "' But. ncoverlag' say' equanimity, I
, spoke of tbe letter ah bad opwueO.
"Ifa lucky 1 brought U to you. I
intenaea ce giv ii vtci iu id pun
"I'm glad you didn't. It Is from oue
who doos not know that 1 hare been
married. Luctl bearing was my ma Id
ea nam. I wouldn't hare missed get
ting th letter for a good deaf H fa
a reply from on I wrote some tlni
ago with reference to a brother I
bar been set rated from tor many
yearn.
"And does It alt you any luforwa
Uon about hliui";i asked under my
breath.
"Nothing that wUl enable me to find
him." aha replied, with .a algh and In
a ton Indicating that ah did not car
to b Questioned further.
Great heaveua, 1 waa my sister's
hutlert
My iositlon had suddenly become a
horror to nie, Ktoui th moment I
discovered that I was wearlug th
livery of my lost Lucy 1 waa In terror
lest she would discover my identity.
I. determined to leave her service at
he.
Tbe same afternoon, going luto the
room where I had handed her her let
ten, I saw them lying on a table.
Curious to know what bad been writ
ten about me, I took up the one 1 waa
Interested in and read it What waa
my surprise to read:
Dear Mlaa Deerlng I have Just returned
from a long sojourn, abroad and round
your letter. 'I can only'-UII you that
Oeorc Deerlnc left our service two years
aeo, since when ws nave neara nowiiua
of him. I resret that 1 cannot serve you
In the matter. I am very trutr yours.
- HELEN 8PINQLER.
What fatality la tol that has mode
me my slater's servant and caused her
to Inquire as to my antecedents from
the airl I lore aud who, like Lucy. I
separated from me by a great gulf r
George was the only part of my
name Lucy knew. The truth la, be
ing a servant and knowing that 1 bad
been born a gentleman, 1 was senal
tlve even about my name and alwaya
contrived aa far as possible to let my
Christian name suffice. At any rate.
Lacy had not thus far had any. oc
casion to know It Quite often aerv
ante are known to a family by their
flrst name alone. I knew our relation
hip, while Lncy did not I waa Im
pelled by something. 1 knew not what,
to talk with her about thla brother of
here. I Mid to her: -
I suppose, ma'am, from tbe letter
you got -that your brother's name la
Deertng. I know or did know a fel
low of that name, but he couldn't have
been your brother, for he came oat of
an orphan asylum."
"Then he la my brother!" abe ex:
claimed excitedly. "Can yon tell me
where I can find him?" -
I wouldn't Ilka to do that, ma'am.
for I'm sorry to aay he ta not of your
kind."
"I don't expect be la. I'm told tbe
poor boy waa turned out at thirteen
to earn hja own living, while I was
adopted by a lady and have married a
rich man."
"The one I met sold papers for awhile
and then became a servant tbe aame
as L"
"I learned that and wrote to one of
the persons whose butler, I also learn
ed, be waa. Tell me at once if you
know where he Is."
It waa hard struggle with me. For
a few moments I waa thinking what
excuse I could make to get away from
her. but she was so Intent on tbe mat
ter that at last, yielding to a desire to
be reunited to her. I said:
"Lucy. am George."
Though I wore her livery, abe threw
her arm about me, woman like, be
fore proving my identity, but it was
not long before I had told her enough
about our Uvea and our misfortunes
aa children to convince her that I waa
no Impostor. When we came to the
matter of my future Lucy said to me:
"I have been thinking alnce I learn
ed something of you what to do with
you In case I found you. Ton are. of
course, uneducated. Ton must have a
private tutor at once and prepare for
college. Ton will enter when most
men are graduated, but we can't help
that"
"But the funds? Surely you wouldn't
nse your husband's funds for me."
He would gladly give them. He
knows my antecedents and knowa that
I have a brother who waa not so for
tunate aa I. But I don't need to call
on him. The lady who adopted me
when she died left me a good prop
erty. But now go at once and get
some other clothes."
When my brother-in-law came home
that evening and I waa Introduced to
him, dressed like a gentleman. In my
true relationship be grasped me warm
ly by the hand and threw his arms
about bis wife, giving her a congratu
latory kiss. Instead of waiting on
them at dinner, I dined with them.
My alster carried out her plana for
me. and I am now at thirty entering
upon the practice of my profession. 1
am engaged to lie married, and my
fiancee Is one I have often served.
nr name Is Helen Bplngler.
nelen and I often speak of that day
when I, a waif of the street was
brought to her home by her father.
Bhe telle me that she bad no sooner
looked at me than she knew that I
had been born In a far different sta
tion. 'And I remember tbe pity I saw
In her eyea, the kindly way In which
she gave me ber orders, making tbem
rather Requests than commands from
mistress, and when I served her she
made It appear that she waa under an
obligation. la It wonder that I grew
to love her? We are supremely hap
py.
If my Bister's and my Ufa lines wart
armwn MP ! of at the
D'tlnnlng of my atory here would go
up and mine would go down until my
rescue by her, when mine would take
Budden shoot upward, meeting and
remaining thenceforth parallel with
here.
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GOWN FOR EASTER.
Tw Tsnad Matsrlala
Peaular This lessen.
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Apparel for Eastertide now Is upper
most lu I be feminine eye. Tbe accom
panying picture abowa one Of tbe new
est fancies In Easter gowns. Two
toned materlala are popular for this
see son. This frock consists or a com
bination skirt tbe upper part being
made of pale biscuit color serge aud
the lower part of .dark brown. The
skirt la made empire, and tbe Jacket
la one of tbe new Eton designs.- Tbe
entire suit la made very attractive by
the us of silk braid. The big bat
worn with the costume Is of tan chip
lib white inmipon. Tbe combination
of gown .and bat makes a stunning
Easter outfit.
Hst Fee Nsat Summer.
The mllUuers are busy designing
hats for tbe summer season of 1011.
Among tbe many dealgna la tbe tur
ban of straw shown In tbe picture.
btbaw TransM.
Trailing rosea anil vines give a truly
summery effect. It will lie observed
bat tbe shnpe Is not nialerlallv dif
ferent from some of Hie htudgear
worn lant semtuii.
Housewife Suggestions.
If your Irons become rough and
sticky, wash In warm soapy water, dry
and rub with emery paper.
A slice or two of lime or a slice of
orange added to apple satire, Instead
of lemon, give a delicious flavor. A
lime may be used Instead of lemon to
give zest to wine Jelly.
When laundry sonp Is bought In
large quantities, aa Is usually done,
tbe bars should be unwrapped and
placed on tbe top shelf of the kitchen
closet to become thoroughly dry and
ripened, before they are used.
When sweeping a heavy rug or car
pet It Is a good plsn to spread,. a news
paper on tbo floor and sprlukle It very
lightly with water. ' keep the news
paper a trifle ahead of the broom so,"
that the dust is brushed ou to It '
Don't throw away lemon peel. What
you cannot jme Immediately for flavor
ings you caff turn Into essence of lem
on quite as good as any yon can buy.
To make It fill bottle with rectified
spirits and when using lemons cut off
tbe yellow part of tbe rind and place
it in tbe splrjta. Orange essence may
oe made in tbe aame way.
Wh4 It tare., '
When money talks the only thing ft
ays to moat of ua U "goodby.
Read th Morning Enterprise.
OWEN G. THOMAS
BLACK8MITHINQ- ANO REPAIR
WORK.
Bast of work and eatlafactlon guar
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Kpert: It pays. .,,... ; ,
All kinds of repair work and smithy
work. Pramat aarwlaat
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tlon of your work ean be done while
you oe your ironing, wive me a trial
Job and aee If I eart't pleaee ysu.
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WHO STOLE.
THE JEWELS?
By DAVID tVALUR CHURCH
Copyright by American rreas Aaao
. elation. IMI.
I I waa taking dinner with my frleud
Horse Jouea aud his wire me otuer
day. Jouea lias a-vuiuuisteu a suua
sum burning up rascal, m
...r.U ha U a ilotm-tive. WlUtl WS
were drinking our coffee ami siuokln
I asked him to give me tlitf uioat iui
oortsut case tu which n oti
a a. . a
ever
been eiuiloyed.
Tou mean tbo iuoi uuHnnui
mv eninlover or to uie?"
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ii (nipt i
"Well, let It U Jbtf most liiii.ri".
case to you.'
All right,
I'll give -you lb WM.
llntua rsae.
1 saw his wife look up at htm. v
dently with an luteuti lo t.P him. h''
ha told the storv all the anine
Mn Wtlllauis came to tilt or
flee one day-she ws a wldow-and
stated that sonielhlim wm ixvurrluit
In her house she wlntied investigated.
She possessed a nninifr of valuable
family Jewela. which she kept In a
aafe Imbedded In the wnll on the sec
ond atorv of her dwelllug. he alone
know th eonihliiMtlitu. and yet the
jewela were gradually dlsapiearliig
Bhe had a governess for Iter children,
Miss Elisabeth Ward, whom she bus
ported. I boring been detailed on the
case, she waa rlvlnc these tttcis
me.At thla nolut I JntemiptiMl her.
"'I thought you said. Mrs. Williams.
that tou alone know, the .combination.
Ilnw ean Mlaa Wf,l Oljn the safe
without Itr "
"Tosslbly In this way? Bhe hns u
brother who Is a skilled mechanic In
the aervlce of a wfe and lok com
pany. He vlalta her frciilently. and I
suspect that either be has Instructed
her In lock nlckliia- or she conceals
htm In the house and he watches his
opportunity to pick It himself unob
served.' "It struck me thst to discover the
troth all ahe had to do was to watch
and abe would catch either Mtsa Ward
or her brother stealing the'Jewels. Hut
If abe preferred to pay a detective for
doing It I waa quite willing. I waa
Introduced into tbe bouse aa a nephew
of Mrs. Williams, from a distant Isnd.
and. of course, to Mlaa Ward.
I found the governess a very at
tractive young lady. Had I not felt
very sure she waa an adventures I
should' have fallen' In lov with her
Indeed. I'm not anre but- Don't like
to bear It eb. dr? . Tbat'a quite
natural. Ill switch off from that part
of the atory, though I'm sure you have
no reason to lie jealous. Well. 1, took
up uy residence for a few daya or a
few weeks, aa the cane might require,
and waa assigned' a bedroom directly,
opposite tbe safe In which the jewels
were kept
"It didn't take me long to find out
that Miss Ward was as smart aa
teel trap, and I made up my mind
that to catch her or her brother,
which was the aame thing 1 would
have to be awake every night In the
week. But she seemed worried, 1th
tbe true detective Instinct. I - saw
through that I Inferred that her
brother waa dominating her. compel
ling ber to keep on with the thefts,
while she feared thla scheme would at
last be detected and one or both would
spend a terra In the atate priaon. At
any rate, ahe was worried.
"I remained awake all night for sev
eral nlgbta In succession, and aa I bad
no excuse to remain in bed all day I
gave up th plan of catching the thief
In tbe act and determined to try and
worm myself Into, tbe confidence of
Miss Ward and see If I couldn't get
tbe secret from ber. I found her
quite willing to be courted and"
"Horace!" Interposed Mrs. Jones.
"Pardon, my desr.Tben to me: "My
wife can't lenr to bear m apeak of
my premarital affairs.''
"Of course she can't" I cblmed In
with Mrs. Jones. HowwQuld you
Ilk your wife to talk about ber own
premarital affairs?"
"Urn! Tbat'a different Rut to go
on with my story. I didn't get much
from the governe, and while I was
making up to her Mrs. Williams re
ported that she lisd lost another jewel.
"Meeting Miss Ward after this theft
I found her In a very bad humor.
.Why 1 could not understand, for nei
ther she nor any one else had been
caught stealing. Mbe astonished me
by coming out bluntly:
Mr. Selective, if von wlxh to find
out who I stesling the jewela change
your room.'
You could have knocked mc down
with a feather. I knew I bad met my
match and answered never a word. I
went to Mrs. Williams and told her I
would tnke a room farther from tbe
safe. Hbe gave me one at the end of
the hall where I could see without
being seen, the Hunt, which wa kept
burning low all night, being directly
over the safe.
Tlmtf passed,' during which 1 waa
getting Impatient at doing nothing,
though I waa not dissatisfied at being
tepun the house with Miss Ward.
Ono night 1 beard a light tap at my
door. Putting on a dressing gown, I
opened It MIhs Ward was standing
In a dnrk corner and pointed toward
tbe safe. There stood Mrs. Williams
fumbling with the lock.
She's asleep,' whispered, Miss
Ward.
Mrs. Williams opened the safe, took
out something, closed tba door and
went a wily. The mystery waa solved.
As a sleepwalker ahe was transfer
ring her jewela from th safe to a tin
box In ber bedroom closet."
What became of Miss Wardr I
asked.
Jones looked at bis wife and both
smiled.
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I CUPS HIS TOES FOR SPEED
T Arkanaaa Ball riayse
Thinks
Thalr tsngtn riir..r ....
Busesss aa Base Runner. '
lYobably lalairlng under the
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I theory that Moruecai iw,
. .i. nitehiir of the Chicago Ne
ll tloual baselall team, galued bla
t'elllclency when a Bnger waa
T .niniHHl off b thrashing ma-
chlue. Edward Urimtb, who re- T
cently alisned for lu run rumu
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team In to tiesieru
ha hsd his toes cut off to In-
ctvaa bit avrlfluese of fool.
Builtb formerly waa a City
leagu player of prominence lu
I mio Hock. Ark but found the
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abnormal length of his. toe mil- t
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Hated agulnat attaining any
kind of siiewl aa a ba ruuuerj;;
and ultimately retarded his ef- .
forta to attract uutnuBers In th ; ;
Ittreer 'wseball circles. .,
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PAULL TRAINING HARD.
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Big Things Eapeoted Pennsylvania's
Orsst Runner This ossien.
rennsylvanla "meu are . expecting
great thluas or wwwu rsun iu mr
half aud mil ruuiaUlsjr"n. Mat
year Taiiil was a dlnolutiiic!it. due
to the fact Hint be fulled to get Into
gotnl condition. This year wiinoui id
wilton facll, rsjis's cbai e gossan.
burden of tbe captaincy to bother hint
Trainer Mike Murphy expecta him to
duplicate bis records of Itm
Paull has been practklug fur tbe
past few week aud has displayed
soma of his old tlm form. In 1UU0,
when be. won the Intercollegiate mile,
Paull was considered to be ou of tbe
greatest runners Pennsylvania ever
produced. As this Is Paull's last year
at tbe university be will strain every
point to make a cleanup In all tbe
events lo which be la entered.
INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACES
erisa Fee Fisher Cup Will Tak Flat
n tak Ontari t.et, 2.
The only International Bailing races
on thla side of the Atlantic tbla year
will bo tliose which will lie contested
between limits from the Koysl Cana
dian and itm-hestcr Yacht chili for the
Flaber cup. now held by lb former, j
The flrst nice will be salted on Kept 2. j
the aecoud Rept 4 nod then continue I
each day until tbe series la ended.
the Reneon. which waa the winner of
tbe Caomla cup two yeara ago, as
challenger. It Is likely thst tbe Cru
sader will lie tbe boat to represent tbe
Canadians
Tbe races are to lie sailed on Lake
Ontario, and tbe course will alternate
between trlangulnr aud windward. Tbe
trlsncular course will e ten and one
half tulles, snlled twice over; and tbe
wlndwnrd nud leeward course four
and one-linlf tulles to each leg. eight
een mllea In all.
LANNIGAN'S NOVEL SCHEME.
Has Vlrginis Athletas Dssh Under
ope te Mske Them Run Lew.
Something entirely new baa been
sprung by "Pop" Lannfgnn. tbe versa
tile trainer of the University of Vir
ginia athletes. In order to teach thoj
men of his track aquad to run low be
makes tbem dnsh underneath a rope.
While tbe scheme la novel and original,
It will no doubt be of great benefit to
the sprint candidates. t J.
Starting out with not tbe brightest
prospects In tbe world thla year, "Pop"
boa developed a track team that will
bold Ita own with anything In the
south. Td Cy t B Coal Baren.
Ted Coy, the former Tale athlete,
football champion and bead coach.
Will go Into the coal business In Chat
tanooga. Till recently he had planned
to go Into the lumber business la do
quet, Minn., with bis brother, Sherman
Coy, the former Tale, football end.
Beaten t Bermuda Yacht ftaea,
Tbe annual Boston to Bermuda yacht
race will take pjace Jnne 8.
tamaon Hears Caae.
J. D. Brasher vs. W. U. Dohn waa
the atyle of a case tried In Justice
Samson's court Tuesday. It was a
case In whlfch plaintiff sought to col
lect for servlcea. The evidence waa
taken but the argument was post
poned until the last of the week. W.
M-. B'? J'wm ' Mtorney for plaintiff
aud C. Schuebel for defense.
Remember that In operating a good
dairy farm you are going to leave the
land to your children tn at least as
good condition as when you started.
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Choice office rooms In Oamhrlnus
block; steam heat See J. i. Tobln.
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