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0 her return from the ride. Winifred
went, it wae her custom, to the little
Ittlnf room appropriated to the ose of
Madam de Montolien. Lady Once wi
Ittlnf there, toe. She kissed them both.
"Yon bring the outer sir in with you,
my child," uld the old French Udy; "you
re ts fresh ts 1 new picked rose."
"We hsre hsd food canter across the
common, dear madame it makes one feel
fresh. Did yon both hare a pleasaut
driver
"Yes," said Lady Grace, "and t nd
yon hire got the ponies into such order
that they are as quiet as lambs. At
least Evsns fires you all the credit"
"He wants to see yon drive them In
the park," resumed Lady Grace; "he says
with a nsw set ot harness, and you in
the front seat, there would not be a more
lecant turnout' in London."
"Fancy such honor and atate for
farmer's daufhter!" said Winifred, halt
f rare, half Ironical.
Lady Grace took her hand and drew
her toward herself.
"My dear, what ails yon to-dayf Ton
re not like yourself. I neTer hesrd you
say these things before. Has Mr. Hast
ings anything to do with It? Tour man
ner to him waa most chilling. Did he
ever offend you?"
"Offend me? Lady Grace how should
he? He waa far abort mt when we met
before."
But her Toiee trembled, and she hur
ried from the room.
"Madame," said Lady Grace, "can you
throw any light on tht subject do you
know at anything ever passed between
them tljnt should snke her seem proull
nd resentful toward him?'
Madame de Montolleu hesitated.
"I should not feel justified in telling
this to anyone else; but you hart her
interest as much at heart I hare. Tht
summer before last, when he first csnie
home, nhey met by accident. He was
hsodsom and fascinating, and, I believe,
the first nit a of ton and breeding she
ever met with. No wonder, then, the
peer romantic child fell in lore with him.
Somehow they met again, and he made
n excuse to call at the Farm, and she
waa at home alone. I dare say he took
fancy to her, large-eyed, graceful child
as she was, and flattered and talked to
her as men of tht world will. She mis
took It for lore for romantic devotion,
no doubt, such as her foolish little brain
had conceived might be possible between
great gentleman like the master of
Haxell Court, and her own humble self.
I warned her I wanted to spare her tht
heartache the misery that such a de
lusion might cause her; but, poor child!
she was ao honest, so true herself, she
could not beliert the man sht worshiped
s hero could be capable of what she
deemed baseness, and at laHt, by a cruel
lesson I am not at liberty to tell you
how she found that, while ht waa feign
ing lore for her, he was, in truth, devot
ing his real attention to her cousin Flora.
It was grievous blow. Perhaps his pres
ence brought back bitter remembrance,
nd she Involuntarily resented what she
deemed his inconsiderate entity."
"I cannot understand It," Lady Grace
aid. "Twice to-day I saw him look at
her as I should have fancied man could
only look when he loved woman dearly.
And yet you may be right, for I remem
ber fancying there wsa a tinge of regret
in hit expression."
CHAPTER XIII
Lord Harold Erskine had never been
to stay at Endon Tale since Winifred
had lived there, and this was tht only
reason Lady Grace ever had to regret
her presence it kept the nephew whom
ht loved away. Once, when ahe had a
letter from him, tht read it, and sighed
heavily as she laid it down. Winifred
understood what the sigh meant She
summoned op courage the next time they
were alone and aaid:
"I know you are unhappy because you
do not see Lord Harold, Lady Grace.
Please let me go away somewhere for a
time, and let him come here, If he doe
not like to meet me."
"I do not think, my dear, that he minds
meeting yon so much as that he fears
his presence might make you uneasy."
"Oh, Lady Grace," cried Winifred,
"why should you why should he think
of me? Am I not here from your kind
ness and charity? I was only too much
honored by hit ever thinking of me; but
he will havt forgotten me now, and why
should we not meet as if such thing
had never happened?"
"I will tell him," Udy Grace said; and
tht wrote to him that very day, begging
him to come.
The next day he arrived, to hit aunt's
great delight The meeting between him
nd Winifred was cordial and unaffected.
The restraint wore off, and they relaps
ed into an easy friendship; at all eventa,
the young lady did.
Of course, as soon a Lord Harold
heard his old friend Errol Hastings was
at the Court he betook himself at once to
set him, although ht waa coming to din
ner tht following day.
"I shall most likely sleep at tht Court
to-night, aunt, and we will ride over to
gether to-morrow morning. Of course,
he atayt here tht night?"
"Of course, mp dear," and Lord Harold
rode off. The day seemed little dull to
Winifred after ht had gone. Sht dreaded
seeing Mr. Hastings again, particularly
before Lord Harold; and then sbt won
dered If her name would be mentioned
between the two men, and If so, what
they would say about her. Mr. Hastings
had an unpleasant recollection of Mr.
Clayton' remarks about Miss Eyre'l
flirtation with Lord Harold Erskine, and
an uncomfortablt sense of the latter'
present golden opportunities; and Lord
Harold remembered uneasily that some
thing bad been said about Hastings and
Miss Eyrt wandering together in tht
Haxell woods. By common content, then,
her name was avoided as much aa possi
ble, and the two mei had plenty of other
topic for conversation, until the next
day. Tht following morning Lord Har
old bethought himself of calling on. tht
Champions, and Mr. Hastings volunteer
ed to accompany him. They found Lord
Lancing and his sister playing croquet
with Flora and Reginald Champion, and
an Invitation joined In tht game. It wa
rnrlona enough that, although Flora look'
mA handsome, and used all tht arts they
had one thought fascinating, both thest
men contracted her unfavorably with her
Tht two gentlemen did aot arrived
Endon Vl until It wa Um to drew
for dinner, and only appeared la
.1. jiM.in room aa the long sounded
x a second ttmfc Sir Clayton gavt
A FARMER'S I
DAUGHTER.
J. FO R RES TER.
hit arm to the old French lady. Mr.
Hastings took his hostess, sad I.ord Har
old followed with Winifred. They sat
side by side st dinner, end Errol felt as
It he could scarcely take his eyes off her.
She laughed and talked with Lord Harold
ia a low, almost caressing voice, Mr.
Hastings thought; and it made his blood
boil.
Errol had, of course, never hesrd Miss
Eyre sing. When they went iuto the
drawing room'he said to her:
"I hear you sing very beautifully. Miss
Eyre. Will you give me the pleasure of
hearing your voice?"
"1 do not think my singing would fiv
yon sny pleasure," sht answered, coldly.
"You are, of course, accustomed to hear
highly cnltivsted voices mint ia only
rude, untaught, country one."
He drew back, wounded to the quick.
"Do come and sing. Winifred," ex
claimed Lord Harold.
Sitting down to the piano, she ssng her
most touching, plaintive songs, tut after
the other, with a pathoa that went to the
heart of each one who listened. She nev
er ssng more beautifully than on thst
night, and Errol leaned against the em
brasure of the window, where his fsce
was screened from observation, and
drank in every tone of the voice, which
wss not only beautiful tn itself, hut
which he loved. He never loved her be
fore or tfterwsrd ss he leved htr thst
sight, listening for tht first tiuit to tht
exquisite tenderness of her volet.
When Winifred hnally left tht piano,
the passed close to the curtain, and Errol
came forward. Sht spokt on tht impulst
of tht moment
"After all, my sieging was not worth
your thanks."
"Tou did not sing for me," ht answer
ed, bitterly.
Later, thinking over the eventa of tht
evening, he found It an utter Impossibil
ity to srrlvt tt sny definite conclusion
as to the feelings and motivet which In
fluenced Winifred's conduct toward him.
Was his presence really hateful to her?
did she bear an unrelenting anger toward
him for his unworthy treatment of her
long ago? and had every vestige tt the
lovt ht knew the had ones born him
died out?
"Bahr- he thought "I am a fool for my
pains. Is it possible that I, who am to
all intents and purposes msn of tht
world, should find myself eating my heart
out for the love ef a simple littlt coun
try girl? To-morrow shsll decidt my fu
ture course ot action, and if I set sht doe
not care for mt I will school myself to
meet her with Indifference."
At breakfast tht ftllowing morning
both Sir Clayton and Lady Ursct Far
quhar pressed him to atay until tht next
day, and he consented.
"And now," said Lady Grace, "yon
young people must go for a long rids this
lovely morning, sndH shall shut myself
up with my husband ' and his learned
folios."
Lord Harold went to order tht horse.
Winifred no longer' rod the quiet old bay
horse, but a handsome chestnut Sir Clay
ton had bought for he. Until tht previ
ous dsy Winifred had never In her lift
been provoking or a flirt but of count
those qualities must havt been dormant
somewhere in her heart, or they would
scarcely hare cropped up like the drag
on's teeth at a moment'a notice. Tht
whole ride through she flittered and flirt
ed with Lord Harold, and uttered littlt
malicious, biting remarks to Mr. Hast
ings, with the most naivt, unconscious
Innocence.
The ride most have been fraught with
considerable enjoyment for Errol, as ev
ery turning, every fence, tvtry htath
seemed to bring to Winifred' mind
some agreeable reminiscence connected
with her other companion. At they were
tearing the park go tea, a farmer stopped
Lord Harold to spesk about torn busi
ness, and Mr. Hastings and Winifred
rode on. Errol bent down toward her
presently.
"Miss Eyre, have I no hop that you
will ever feel kinder toward mt than
you do now?"
"I have no nnkind feeling toward you,
Mr. Hastings."
"Then shall I say less indifferent?"
"Can one help feeling indifferent?" re
torted Winifred.
He turned awiy, stung to ths quick.
Winifred kept up tht tame demeanor
toward the two men during the whole
ride; and then at night when she went
to her room, she cried bitterly, and hated
and reproached herself unreasonably.
"I do love him I do love him!" she
sobbed to herself over and over again;
but tht next morning sht wat aa cold
and repellent to him as ever, and would
hardly wish him good-by before ht mount
ed and rode away.
The afternoon's post bag contained two
letters in the same handwriting one for
Winifred, the other for Lady Grace. The
correspondent was Mrs. Clayton.
"Dear Winifred" (she wrote to the for
mer) "Do ask Lady Gract Karquhar to
spare you to me for a week. Mr. Clayton
has taken a villa on the Thames for tht
summer, and I am going to spend few
days there before we go to town for the
season. I expect to be very dull and
quiet, so that if you come to mt you will
be performing an actual charity."
The note to Lady Grace wat couched
in much the same terms: "Do spare Wini
fred, and persuade her to comt to me. My
husband and aunt havt quarreled, and I
am to terribly dull."
Mr. Clayton received Winifred with
open arm.
"I am so glad yon havt comer' sht ex
claimed; "your companionship will mak
mt forget half my troubles. Wt (hall
hart a tete-a-tett dinntr to-night Mr.
Clayton it In town."
Winifred had not been Bvt hours In her
friend's house befort the wat awart that
Fee had made a miserable marriage; that
tht had bartered all her possessions for
an Inadequate value; and that sht almott,
if not quite, hated the man whost name
aht bore.
During tht time that Winifred stayed
at tht Cedart, sht had plenty of oppor
tunity of obstrvlng how this Ill-assorted
couplt lived. Francis Clayton' manntr
to his wlfs was in Itself an offense, al
most every word he addressed to her con
tained a covert sneer, and ht teemed to
find no greater pleasure than In thwart
ing htr wishes and contradicting her or
ders. Winifred detested htm, and wa sys
tematically cold and repellent In htr man
ner toward him. Ht taw It, and laughed
secretly to himself.
"Littlt fool I" ht thought, contemptu
ously, "sht assume these sirs of virtuous
Indignation with hugt propriety. Per
haps tht simpleton think that I am in
lov with hsrl"
He redoubled his attentions a tcelaa
thst they sanoyed her. If his wife sat
dowa to the pisao, he would get up snJ
leave the room, or else exclaim:
"For heaven's sake, Marlon, don't make
that horrid noise; yon have not a vestige
of voice left Do get up, and let Miss
Kyre sing. Her performance Is worth
listening to. Come, Miss Eyre, won't you
siug me something ?"
"No, I will not!" cried WialfrtJ, aa
grily, one day, tears of veiatiot la her
eyes. "If you cannot admire the beauty
ot Fee's singing. I take It it n compli
ment that you should prsise me."
"My desr Miss Eyre, pray don't be
violent," said Mr. Clayton, with a ma
licious smile. "I sm afraid your temper
ia getting spoilt by Mrs. Clayton's ex
ample; mine his suffered already from
her baneful influence,"
"I think she must be aa angel to havt
lived with you so lonf!" Winifred ex
claimed, in hot, angry championship of
her trieid. She was not worldly wist
enough yet to abstain from taking up
other people's quarrels,
Mr. Clayton remembered her words,
and bore malice toward her for them.
(To be continued.!
MOSQUITOES IN LOUISIANA.
The Are Mia; sad Active, tat Oat It
a Monster ia Sia-.
"You may talk about your niosqul
toes up here tn the North," laid reel
deut of bayou Sara, "but If you should
spend an hour or so fishing In some of
our Louisiana swamp bayous you
would wonder that you ever camplaln
ed of your New Jersey or Staten Island
mosquitoes as an Instrument of torture.
There are eight or nine different va
rieties ot nioequltoes hatched In those
dark and noisome swamp bayous, and
no matter which kind samples you you
will wish It had been some other kind,
for It will seem that no other kind could
bit quite as bad t that one. There are
gray mosquitoes long, gaunt, wolfish
looking fellows reddish-brown mosqui
toes, black mosquitoes of bluish cast
nd on that la nearly green. The out
that will strike you a the moat for
mldablt I on we call a gslllnlpper
down there, aud It resemble that
harmless Insect both In site and make
up. It I easily half an hich long In
body, with a spread ot wing an Inch
wide, and a kit In which It carries it
tool that I a long a It body.
This fearfully equipped Insect mon
ster bis a saw, a gimlet, a lance and
a suction pump. As he can bore through
your boot and puncture your foot with
case and dispatch, you may wall Imag
ln how much protection clothing or
glove are tgslnst his insults. Fortu
nately, though, this glaut mosquito
Itn't poisonous. The damage ht does to
your physical comfort Is don by his
boring and sawing and lancing of tht
flesh. That hurts like pounding your
thumb with a hammer, and leaves a
spot thst will be sore and tender for
days.
"All the remaining eight varieties are
full of venom and vim to get It where
It will do the greatest barm to the
greatest number, but the worst of all is
ths smallest one of the lot This ts a
gray mosquito, not mors than an eighth
of an Inch long, but every placs that ht
sinks bis stinger In on you will Instant
ly rise np as big ss a hickory nut, turn
as red as firs and pain like a hornet's
sting. As ths reservoir containing that
Insect's venom cannot possibly bt
larger than a fly speck, ths virulence
ot it may be Imagined.
"Ths experienced person never goes
Ashing In those mosquito-Infected
bayous," continued ths Loulslsnan, ac
cording to the New York Times, "un
less he has bis hesd and face Incased In
netting, fixed on a light steel frame,
and with thick gloves on bis bands.
Gloves, though, are no bar te the big
gslllnlpper mosquito s kit of tools.
"Why does any one go fishing In those
noisome places? Because the fishing Is
always good, while It never Is In the
open water bayous of Louisiana. Perch,
bass, jackflsh, as the pickerel Is called
down there, and other fish of fair game
quality are abundant In those dark,
sluggish, root-tangled water, and the
enthusiastic angler Is willing to dare
the mosquitoes and other poisonous
denizens of those swamps to obtain s
few hours' sport with his book and
line."
Classified.
Stories of Father Taylor, the sailors'
friend, are perennial In their warm hu
man Interest. lie was a man who, at
all times, spoke with an engaging frank
ness which sometimes became more
brusque than was desirable.
A banker from the West End of Bos
ton once visited Father Taylor's ckjrch
during a fervid revival, and varied the
usual character of the meeting by a
rather pompous address.
Its purport was that the merchant
princes of Boston were a very benefi
cent set of men, whose wealth and en
terprise gave employment to thousands
of sailors, and that It was, above all,
the duty of seamen to show their grati
tude to the merchants.
At the close of bis speech the banker
was somewhat taken aback when Fa
ther Taylor rose and asked, simply:
"Is there any other sinner from up
town who would like to say a word?"
An Easy Job.
A certain member of Parliament has
expressed a pronounced disbelief In
most of the wonderful tales told of ths
precocity of children. He contends
that the stories are usually manufac
tured by older persons, with the sole
object of making amusing reading.
Once In a while, however, his theory re
ceives a setback by something In bis
own experiences, and he confesses that
he has come across some genuine hu
mor and some unconscious witticisms.
One such was brought to bis notice very
recently.
A Sunday-school examination was In
progress, and the examining visitor put
this question:
"What did Moses do for a living while
ae wss with Jetbro?"
Following a long sllencs a little voice
piped up from the back of the room:
"Please, sir, he married one of Jeth
ro's daughters."
Pleasantry in Passing;,
"Well, I declare," remarked the thin
man, who was being uncomfortably
crowded by a very stout person, "the
trolley company ought to charge pas
sengers by weight."
"Think so?" retorted the stout per
son. "At that rate It wouldn't be worth
tbelr while to take you on at alL" Phil
adelphia Press.
The greatest firmness la the great
est mere.
ADVENTURES OF YOUNG LADS SMITTEN
A HEROIC attempt to have a vacntloa at all coat wa made by a cer
tain boy, who experience Is related In Chums, lie Joined a circus
with the tutentlon ot becoming a lion tauier; but there was no va
cancy In that department, aud before he made up his mind what else
he would Ilk to do, the circus people worked blm In as "tent man." He
had to help to put up aud take down the great tents at each stopping place.
Incidentally, bt worked all the rest of the tluit at odd Job. The circus
men. In fact found blm to uaafal that they locked blm up In aa empty
leopard cag each night In order that, after having been kept at work all
day by a rope's end, he might not have a chance to abandon hi circus career
after dark. Ultimately. Um boy 10d for twenty-four hours In disused lime
kiln In oue of the towns he visited, and finished his outing by giving him
self up to the police authorities tn order to be sent home.
Not long ago an American boy, thinking that a vacation spent on his
uncle's farm waa likely to be without adventure, stowed himself away aud
journeyed a king distance on the sniffers of a freight train. II thought h
had done a rather flue thing, but that railway people held a different opinion.
"It's our turn now," they said.
Then they explained to him that to send htm back again would roat three
dollars, and he already owed them three dollars for tht trip down. So hs
wss tsken to tht machine shops and directed to earn lx dollars by filing
tubing smooth. A watchman was deputed te keep a fsthtrly eye on blm
after hours.
The new hand managed to write to bis people; but, very wlttly, they
agreed that to "serve his Mbe,," might teach him a useful lesson, so they
paid no ransom. It took the boy marly three weeks to Bit his way to liberty.
At a harbor of Continental Europe, In which a submarine war vessel
waa undergoing testa, a third yousfgvadventurer was smitten with a desire lo
become a "stowaway." He was continually begglug ons of the crew, whom
he knew, to smuggle him on board. At last, after a quiet tittle talk with the
boy's fsther, tht sailor consented.
Ia the dusk of evening the bey arrived at the meeting place appointed,
close to the sea. "We mutt latadfold you." said the sailor. This was
done, and then the boy was led at ait here and there for some time, between
two grinning mariners, and watched by a grlnutng parent When he was
thoroughly daxed, he was pushed kito a narrow, cold metal apartment, and
cautioned to keep perfectly stilt unfit some one came for him,
"And mind you keep that bandage on till you're told to take It off,"
added the sailor. ,
The boy watted for hours. It seemed to him hardly daring to breaths,
but trying to think that he was halving a great time. Then he took off the
bandage, he was In total darkness. More hours went by, and no one came
back for him. lie wat now not ouly hungry, and cold, but also frightened.
No sound reached him. Wss he really alone tn the submarine boat In the
depths ot the sea?
No he was not At 1 o'clock In thai morning his father, still imtllng.
rescued him from an old ship's Iron cistern. In which he had been Imprisoned
on the beach. The submarine boat and her crew had. In the meantime, been
towed awaj to another teaport; sat the boy waa a longer Interested In a
teafarlug life.
ODDEST COINTY JAIL
Graham County Jail, at Cllftrm. Arls., ts probably the most unusual In
America. It comprises four lsrge apartments, hewn In the side of a hill of
olid quarts rock. The entrance to Sue Jail I through a boxlike vestibule,
built ot hesvy masonry and equipped with three sets ot gates of steel bsrs.
Here and there In the rocky mall boles have been blasted forswlndow. and
la these apertures a series of massive bars of steel have been fitted flrmly In
the rock. The floor of the rockbotrhd Jail Is of cement, and the prisoners
are confined wholly In the larger apartments. In some places tht wtll of
quarts about the Jail Is fifteen fee thick. Some of the mott desperate crim
inals on the southwest border have been conflned In tht Clifton jail, and so
solid and heavy are the barrleca to escape that no one there has ever
attempted a break for freedom. The notorloua Black Jack wa thert for
months. Clifton 1 one of the great copper mining camps tn Arlxon. and
has the reputation of being as depraved a community as yet exists on the
frontier of civilization. In summer the mercury there frequently rises to
120 lu the shade, and In the winter It never goes below 40 degrees.
WITH THIS TR4.MD OSTRICH
HE HAS A WINGED STEED
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secretary of
the Interior, recently visited the Hot
Springs ostrich farm, and bud the ex
perience of riding behind one of tfle
largest ostriches In the country. The
ostrich Is known ss "Black Diamond;"
who Is big and fleet, and docile as a
well-trained horse. Black Diamond
was bitched to a runabout, and Sec
retary Hitchcock had the novel sensa
tion of riding behind this bird that
trotted as fast is a horse ean run.
'LUXURIES" ON BATTLESHIPS.
Modern Ttttal Carrlet 3BO Tone ef
Unnsctuarr Article.
Rear Admiral Bowles, chief of the
Bureau of Construction, has made a
calculation based on Investigations
made by officers of bis bureau of the
weight ef "luxuries" carried oa a bat
tleship of recent construction. Tn UM
preparation of plan and design for
war ressels there Is almost a constant
contention betwen the several bureaus
In regard to the weights that shonld
be carried, each branch contending for
the Installation of machinery and de
vices deemed essential. These contro
versies are usually settled by a com
promise, In which something Is yielded
by each, but the result Is often ansat
lsfactory, and not Infrequently has
proved detrimental to the efficiency of
the vessel
At a recent meeting of the Board of
Construction Admiral Bowles deelared
that on each battleship there were 859
tons of luxuries, a statement which
startled the members of the board.
Included In these so-called luxuries
are materials of every description that
cannot be classified as necessities, such
as furniture, Ice machines, refrigera
tors, radiators and the machinery re
quired for them.
It Is pointed out that flagships are
supplied with two bathroom and ap
purtenances for the flag officer, while
one bath tub ts deemed sufficient for
the ward room, In which fifteen or
twenty officers lire. There will be un
doubtedly a protracted discussion as
to what constitutes luxuries, but offi
cers genera ly believe that much of the
weights which Admiral Bov.'Tcs de
WITH A DESIRE TO SEE THE 0RLD.
IN THE UNITED STATES.
H' n - Tv-il-fTly
scribed might be abolished and the
space given to what may be called ne
cessities. There will be little discussion outshW
of the flag rank as to the necessity for
two bath tubs In the elegant sad spa
clou quarter aet apart for the ad
mlral. The additional bath Is provided
for the gueat of the admiral In cax
be should have ont, which seldom hap
pens.-New York Times.
A Ball or Fire from the Sky.
One of the strangest freaks In elec
trical phenomena -ever reported oc
curred In Northern California recently.
During the day ths thermometer bad
fallen, and about four o'clock there
was a slight fall of snow. There bad
been no thunder or lightning during
the day. Suddenly and without warn
ing, from what appeared a clear spot
In the heavy bank of cloud overhead,
a brilliant ball of fir shot from the
sky and struck the ground on a farm
about two miles east of Anderson, a
small hamlet The illumination waa
plainly visible In Redding, thirteen
miles distant A few seconds after
the descent of the fir ball there was
a loud report, like a mighty explo
sion. The shock was felt In Redding,
where windows rattled and bouses
shook. In the village of Anderson tht
people were panic-stricken. Glass In
windows was broken, walls were
cracked, bouses rocked a though
tossed by an earthquake, and tele
phone, telegraph and electric light
wire were put out of action for
time.
Din' Block la.
The term "blue stockings." is ap
plied to women with literary tenden
cies, is not now considered either ele
gant or appropriate, although as first
used there was some warrant for Its
employment Its origin Is traced to
the days of Samuel Johnson, and was
applied then as now to women who
cultivated learned conversations and
found enjoyment In the discussion of
queatlon wblcb bad been monopolized
by men. About 1760 It became quite
the thing for ladle to form evening
assemblies, when they might partic
ipate In talk with literary and Ingeni
ous men. One of the best known and
most popular members of one of tbes
assemblies waa said to bar been a
Mr. Stllllngdset, who always wore
blue stockings, and when at any time
he happened to be absent from these
gatherings tt wis usually remarked
that "we can do nothing without blue
stockings," and by degrees the term
"blue stockings" waa applied to all
gatherings of a literary nature, and
eventually to the ladles who attended
the meetings.
There Is no earthly hope for a man
who Is too las to acquire enemies,
FRIGHTENING A STRANGER.
Frheat of a North I'arollalaa t'all4
to Work He r.ltei-t-il.
Between two towns In North Caro
lina I met a man driving an ox to
cart and ou the straw lu th cart was
a young wan who appeared to Imvt
met with nu accident. Of court. I
lnttlml what happened and tlio father
said In reply:
"Wall, stranger, that's my son Hen
nd I reckon I klu give It to
straight Me and Hen was up to
Urovcmvllle this mawnlii' to gtt
pair o' butes. Wt went Into stoli
and asked fur butes aud In that stoti famous "Pansy" look, litis written a
was a huuiblo-looklu' critter who was novel for fiction readers which the
rutin' crackers and cheese aud aklu' I.othron Publishing Couipnny Is bring
the way to Plueville. II was a hum- lug from the pre. Its title la "Mnra."
tde-looklii' critter, wasn't he.Hcu7" romes from Itoiua Hint tli
"He was, pop." Pope has blessed Hen 1 1 nr. Tills bless-
"it wasn't none of Beu'a blsness t aeeuis, Iim not been liostowed
bout th critter," continued th old reremonlnlly, lint It will U none Ih
man, "but he waa feel In' kinder colty ,, w,.,.omp nit tl account to Hi
and wanted to do auuthlu' smart. It v,.nr.io author am' imMUhers,
looka the uinn over and then s says: Tl(, UiUm publishing Company an-
" 'Pop, I'm goln' to skerr that ku) ,. , Mry ,,. f ,.,.,
outer this town and half way up th u Ml.ywUr ,, ,.,,tv ,.,,,
mounting.'
"'As hw?' set I.
" 'By jelllu' In hit ear,' set lie,
H'Mtb he'll tkeer and niebb he
won't,' I. it look powerful
loneaom ttid dowu hearted, but yo'
can't alius teil how a critter will per
form.' "That's what you said snd I said.
waan t It. Benl"
"That's What W said." alghsd Ben. American-. in.- lonune win ui.ui.m
"I didn't want you to yell, but yo' ,,"rlwl of "Americans Abroad" and
folt colty ami wouldu't take my ad- nuwl" "'"'
Ylce?" Cliarlea Major' new novel It now
"1 Jest wantid to tkeer him, pop " nearly completed, tt It an entirely dlf
"Yea, yo' wanted to tkeer hlro. To' fereut style of a ttory rrom "Ikirothy
got around behind him and drwed Vernon" and "When Knighthood Vns
long breath and let 'tr go. It wat lu t lower," and those who Imvii sreii
a mighty yell. Ben tht powerfulleel the book believe It will grvittly en-
yell I ever beard. I'm brtgglu' bool
that yell. Ben."
Thankee, pop.'
"But It didn't akeer nobody like you'
thought It would. The ttranger J-t j
rls up slow and drswed bsek his flat;
a rat let yo' htv It on tht nose, ami
yo' didn't know nuthln' fur tht next
il ft ecu mjnlte. When yo' rum to h1 terwortb't atorles have served as back
tab yo' could hev mo' If yo' wanted ' rroumts for picture of groat historical
It. Ht tald that, dldu't ht?"
"Yes, pop, he said that," wbltpered
Ben.
"But he didn't want no mo'," contin
ued the father as he turned to me. "II
got all he wanted and torn to
ipare, and to w put him In the cart
snd art takln' him home fur the doe
ter to work at. Mehhe he'll die and
mtbb he'll git well. If he dies 1
ahan't blame that bumble-lonkln' crit
ter 'tall. If he glta well bt won't never
do no more yell In' In anybody'! ear,
onlets tbsr's a handy hill to dodge be
hind." "That's all and the purceahun will
move on."
TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA.
riaartt of 10011 Show Utcllae la east
I a port frota tht United aialea.
The latett available commonwealth
statistics throw some light on th
court of trad between America and
Australia during 1(K2 and Indirectly
Indicate the potilbllltle of 18.
The largeat Increases were In rail
way and telegraphic materials, the d
mand for which will be well maintain,
td during lUt3, as will that for flour
and grain stuffs, as Australia wtll re
main largely dependotit on outaldt nip
pile until the esrly part of 1IKH. Then
will, however, be a deertase In the
Itnporta of arms snd sintnunltlon.
Many of the decreases were unques
tionably a result of ths Imposition of
the federal duties, while others were
occasioned by the uncertainty with
respect to the final shapt of th Im
port. Tb decline In the values of the
Imports of organs, harmonium snd
planoa shows the extent to which the
spending power of the residents tn tht
rich state of the commonwealth has be
comt reduced.
The le v lest decrease wis In boots
snd shoes, but thli was occasioned
largely by the heavy stocks caused by
overshlpments tn 19(1. Th total value
of the American Imports during the
first ten month of 1002 wa il.flM,.
710, as against f2,115,Unl during the
corresponding period of 19(11, a do
rrees or int)I,,'lOH.
The decrease In Australia exports
to America was extremely marked, the
value falling from 2,140,OCV4 In luol
to 1,101,883 In 1(K2, a decline of
078,670, or nearly 50 per cent. This
was occasioned by ths short supplies
of various descriptions of pastoral pro
due, cauaed by th ravages of
drought, the exports of greasy wool,
for Instance, falling from 22,581 In
1001 to 7,400 In 1002.
A considers bl portion of the Amerl
aan goods shipped to Sydney are re
exported to the United States, ths
quantity consigned to ports other than
Sydney being comparatively small.
lirlsban la ths nntnln.,1 Im-mlnni i.
of the Canadlan-Auetrallan lln. but'!11' are ,'"tn,K''d pull them nil
th bulk of th trade Is with Sydney,
to which port the vessel proceed after
leaving Brisbane.
The course of trade betweeu the com
monwealth and Great Britain, Franc.
Germany and other counlrles has been
sffected In nrsHa-lv
r ,v nnlv iiiMiiuur . i I
as that with America, says a corrc ' ,are or,lltHl w'lh the tally of their
pondent of the New York Times, and It if,,!', 1" "',"M", ,l'"H'" '"V tarn
Is estimated that the total falling off . ? or f
for tb year will amount to several """ ""lll,"f 1,1 R rW- dangers
million pounds. Whether 1008 will c"""",,rtlj' ,,c"et glti-iieiters, and
show an Improvement remain to be Jf' ,''""u ""I nl''" ri'" nny a
sen. At present th outlook Is none ' , lmn' a,mt- Ml,H' f Hie nccl
of th brightest aud It I evident that , 'Cllr ,1B "lmllh "f "in rtvwr,
a tlm of trouble I lu store for thai , r J th wavM RW,"'l' lilie-c,ii-
Infant nation.
His Answer.
A washerwoman applied for help to
a esffil1iman whrt - .
the manager of a certain club. It read
.. follows: "Dear Mr. X-Thls wo-
man want, washing." Very shortly
the answer cams bsck: "Dear Sir I
dare say .he does, but I don't fancy
th Job."
No IjnnsTA Ram
He's bnt on marriage now, but whou
Ills marrlea life advance
Ue'U find himself, like other men,
In straitened circumstances. !
Philadelphia Press.
TJnole Ilastus.
"Stlddr huntln' fer trouble," said the
sable philosopher, "take de number off
yo' door, so's he can't flu' whar you at
w'sn he look In de directory," Atlanta
Constitution,
Based upon rouinulU' legend of Ills
native bind P. W. K. Hurt tins wrltieii
"Jnon-Sov Scotia." story of love
and adventure on and shore.
Mrs. U. It. Alden. the creator of the
title la "A Parish for Two" and th
story will Ik told In the form of loi
ters Iwtwcen a i-lubuinu and clergy
man. Charles Hiillell l.imtnls, author ot
"The Pour Masted Catlioat" mid alo
well known as a humorous reader,
will Issue shortly through Henry Holt
& Co. a liew txMk entitled "Cheerful
hance the author's already wide repu-
tat Ion aud great populnrlty.
l. Appletoti A Co, will publish till
t Pw book by lleaeklnh Butter-
wurtti muter the title of "Brother
Jonathan." tt will have aa It reuiral
character Governor Jonathan Trum
bull, of Cotiiiix tb'iit. All of Mr. Unt
characters.
Two years ago Alice Brown' novel,
Margaret Warreiier. was one of lit
best of the year. Her new book, "Thn
Manuerluga," Is, so far, only aurpassed
by "Ijidy Hose's daughter" lu this
sea-mi's (li'tUiii. It Is nt once an enter
taining story and a thoroughly antis
fnrtory presentation of number uf
Interesting characters, - Life.
George Ade It thoroughly represent
ative of the men who luive entered
literature by the highway of the news
paper office. Ill II I'M apiu-arani' In
print was made at the tender age ot
12 year, when lie contributed an e
eay to hi "home paper," the liasette,
of Kentlaiid. I ml. It was railed "A
Basket of Potntoes," and, oddly
enough, was In the form of a fable.
Anna ChnpUi Itny'a new uovel lint
for Its hero "Cotton Mnilo-r Thayer,"
whose father was a Hoatoti blueblood,
and whose mother w as a Ktiaalnu mu
sician, The Intti-r gave to hint hi
musical temperament, ami the title of
the book suggests the author's mil u
motif -the warring sirnliia, "Puritan
and Slnv," in her hero, The centrol
Idea I the mistake s woman make
who attempts to reform a mini after
marriage, Beatrix 1'iiiie, t, heroine
of the book, dlsi-overa during her en
gagement that Uirlmer. In-r lover, ha
an Inherited appetite for drink, but
from a mistaken sense of duly does
not break her troth, and her liit'iunlu
friends shrink from any intoi-fcre me.
Much of thn novel has a decidedly
musical atmosphere, ami the attitude
of some portions of New York society
toward musical pcoplu I well de
scribed. QILL-NET FISHING.
It It a I'rscarloua, I'trltons, Hard
Tolllns. Paselnatlua Occupation,
A gill net Is merely an ImmrtiM
strip of web quarter of mile long
by thirty Ave feet deep, floated lu th
water by cork buttons fastened along
the upper edge. The tld.-t carry It
down to the sea and back again, ths
men following and watching lu the
bot, dny and night, rain or storm, dur
ing the tubing si-itson, visiting tbo
shore only occnslounlty for supplies or
to mend their m-ts. Tln-y abs-p In a
little tent nt the end of tbelr rluinsy
boat, lioll their coffee over a lilt of a
kerosene move ami llsli without cens
ing. Salmon, swimming against the
tide, thrust their heads through the
meshes of tlio net ami are eniight at
the gills A cork on the surface some
time gives sign of their struggles, aud
the men In the IhhiI either come Im
mediately, pull up the net at that snot.
' an1 Kl,ff 1"M,k '"'"K th M9
I ,ellow ""I't'lng mid bloody Into th
: ""ol or ei-u uipy wnlt lint iiinnv
In together with the uct. Sometime,
when thn run Is largo, they cHfcu
scores, even hundreds, or llsh lu a
day, but sometime they trnvel up and
down with the tide ror days and take
nothing. At stuck tide thev brbo to
tnt''f tth to the scow or the p,imi,n
i-, .ruin um open I'uelllc, Here llirt
..-.,, seeking t set Ihelr nets out
to sea In order to get tliu lli-nt or tlio
run of fish, ,. sometime ciml.ed.
n..i.... , .,
nets, and even tli.Mr heavy 1-1 At
other tlm,-. Btm-ma, ,,- v Ji ' tie
ocean, overwhelm ll, J, " , ' ' H '
Ins In th ri.,. ....,. . lr "Hl
snd tear the.r nela am, " TVTZ
run them down, ni.d somen,,,, . r, v.
lliir oft Ik,,!. ..'... i... . .
....... c,,re neiH. aweeii mvii
tt '"H" ot
it In n iiimi'ii tl.
OU. tlm-Himu , 1
I ,n,V 'V . ''"'""'K necipuil.,,,,
glltU, Ing before their eyes like ii,
winning or Klbier, ,.t. t,om nl-
ays onward. Century.
4,000,0(w7nI,.pl.
Ohio collect over $1,0 DO; i
licenses r,0m 10,7;) snlo na.
When "you are In' tiuTTouiimiiy uf
runntrs, a trot won't du.