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A KINSMAN of
THE HEART
Christmas Siory
JOHN J. a'BECKET
CopyrtoM, ISOt, by
JoJm J. a'Btcbci
The touch of a hand, tho glance of an cyo
Or a word exchanged with a passerby;
The glimpse of a face in a crowded street.
And afterward life is incomplete
W- K. Hereford.
O you think she is a bride?"
Tho duchess dropped the
sugar Into her tea without
removing her glance from
the young woman in ques
tion. It was Christmas day at Shep
hcard's, in Cairo. The subject of her
Inquiry was interesting enough to seem
a grateful present to the guests.
Could any one doubt it?" replied
Baldwin. "It is as evident as that the
D
rich. lie not only belonged by birth
to the class which is not obliged "to do
anything for a living," but eleetlvely
pertained to that unhappy portion of it
which assumes the ennui of an exist
ence stimulated by no fixed ambition,
lightened by no detlnlte endeavor. Such
vital hardship has been known to drive
n man to drink.
The bride was one of two sisters cel
ebrated in European centers for esprit
and beauty. They were of line New
England stock, both parents descend
ing from families of high repute for
political and literary achievement.
Baldwin was forced to admit that for
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with anything so liioTlerii ns a jealous
husband. Hers was dawning on her in
that light. She could not Hatter herself
that the suspicious vigilance of her ,
matrimonial lord was the distorted ex- j
pression of a too engrossed affection.
She realized it as the selfish greed for
absolute domination which Is compati
ble with the narrowest of natures.
Compared to this degrading Jealousy,
which she quickly came to rate as ma
lignant, her husband's tendency to
stimulants, which also cropped out dur
ing this stay in Cairo, seemed almost
forgivable. Yet drink produced In I.u
cien Bonvale that dry, insolent irrita
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1 of tho intense glitter hnd warm brown
od the warm glow.Tiie acrid" smell, the clearness of the upper world they
scurrying Might of kits and the smoky j plunged into the stulTy gloom of stralt
llare "of the torches In these suhtcrra-1 ened inclosures underground. Descend
nean chambers. , '"K 11 fl!W teps they found themselves
"What Is an Apis bull? And why hi a long corridor, out of which opened
should it have a tomb?" she asked en-' several small rooms some 18 by lfi feet
rlously. hi dimensions- throne rooms, so to
"Oh. when they found a bull with pl,tnk- nf the defunct nnd sublimated
certain markings the priests made tho l'"n- ' the center of the room stood
people think Osiris had gone Into him, the sarcophagus, hewn from n slnglo
and thev adored the beast," replied hlock of granite or sandstone, the mass
Bonvale. quite content with this do-, lvi! sllc" hifoldlng the remains of the
er.v of erudition on the sublect. ! roul ,K,vlnu whMl H0 ""'' centuries
ngetf of Osiris nnd IsIs, Hugh ns aro
found in the tombs; Osiris -the Bencfl
centl "By him who sleeps at I'hllre," she
said to her heart
"Come, aro .you ready?" asked Bon
vale, reappearing.
"Yes," she nnswered quietly, slipping
the figures into her pocket
Ten years .later, on Christmas day
again, u beautiful woman in black
stood in the drawing room of her homo
Mrs.
Bon-.ale informed herself some- lli,u housed Jho masquerading Osi- In Philadelphia before u'small cabinet
If "s-
tjic More than a thousand years liofore
what more about the Apis bulls,
she was going to the Serapeum,
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bllity which is one of its unpleasanlest i necropolis oi iieiunei oovines at .mciii-, -- " ' "i '
pills, site chose to know what claim 'wi'i. nut ner own snort
this sacrosanct herd could have on tho lifetime back, n Frenchman of Boil
nttentlou of an intelligent New Kng-'higne, Marlette Pasha, had unearthed
land girl of today. She would hardly their tombs, long lost in the irreverent
have been a true product of her envl- enshrouding sand. Yet tho solemnity
tonmcnt had she regarded with aught' of it all, If any there was, did not
but quiet disdain the solemn mockery check the scornful quiver of her Up as
of worship which lay In adoring tho , Clarice rellocted that her heart asked
benevolent Osiris reincarnated In a not for orlsls, but for one friendly
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smart uisagreeame xiia.u mfX R lowluK rol)ort ,uul lwt Hllvcd
band." tlle wnv l0 a disappointing reality, lie
"Disagreeable! h d not su,nK,sed thc Kjri Was so
The surprise almost Pest ln U . u ,css h d he linagllIwl the
duchess- tone had warrant. The young (
genuemuu u, v.. t- Clarice Bonvale was so radiantly
riage and with the hall mark of breed
ing. His clothes were quite de rigueur.
Her grace wouhl have pronounced him
distinguished without feeling con
strained to qualify his moral or intel
lectual trails. After another quick ap
praising look at the man she said
bluntly. "You think she is so very
charming?"
-Your grace must see that she is
charming." returned the young man
calmly. "It was t!.e man. not the girl,
who belraycd Lis disagreeablencss. i
beautiful that the most blase observer
could not but surrender to some thral
dom. Her face was aristocratically
oval. Her clear olive skin, smooth as
a rose leaf, was suffused with the most
delicate pink, as if Cupid were breath
ing on her cheeks; a well modeled
nose, a mouth with clean cut, subtle
curves and sensitive to a degree, which
revealed perfect teeth when the lips
parted and lent n lurking mobility, al
most childlike, to her lower face. But
her eves and hair were the girl's
Look at thai!" I cr0Wnlng glory such round, lustrous
The girl had drawn eiosoi o ucr foHHiantlv soft and. despite a
keen alertness in their glance, incon-
CompauiKii ami ss:u sompu-.iug. ne
coiupressed his il'.n Kps and gave a
Fhort nod of his head iu acceptance of
her remark without turning toward
her. He was impatiently pu.&iug on
after the porter, th-. girl prc-'slng after
with a gliding briskness which kept
her close at his heels.
The duchess smiled again.
"Of course he might have turued,"
she said indulgently. "But there's the
luggage."
"Of course they should have turned.
There's the bride," returned Baldwin
dogmatically.
"Granting you the merit of your discover-,"
the duchess resumed with
playful sarcasm, "there are other obvi
ous points. For instance, they are
Americans. That is as palpable as
usual."
"Accept an American's thanks." mur
mured Baldwin, "not for the truth, but
your forgiving tone. Yet do you know,
the note of the thoroughbred American
is to be facilely cosmopolitan solvitur
cosmopolitando."
"So few of that kind come abroad."
replied the duchess absently. "But how
very rude of me! My dear fellow, I
never realize you as an American. You
always seem to me a charming alien
interloper at the United States embas
sy In London. Do American women
know Latin, by the way?"
"Your grace knows everything." The
young attache assumed the air of beinic
driven Into a commonplace as he add
ed, "Ignorance with you seems a cour
teous affectation."
"You have seen me put three lumps
of sugar in my tea," replied the duch
ess archly, "and know that I like sweet
things. Don't imagine that I shall pro
test because you pay extravagantly
pretty compliments.
She smiled brightly, then settled back
comfortably In her chair, raised her
lorgnette in a businesslike manner and
went on: "Let us pursue our analysis
of vonr interesting countrymen. Set
me right if I go wrong. She is eight
oen? And from New York? Not ac
quainted as yet aux fonds, with Mr.
Husband? He is very rich." Then,
dropping the rising inflection, she add
cd, with an assurance that excluded
doubt: "She has a Itaudnitz traveling
gown on. She will wear a smart Worth
gown at dinner.'
"I need not tell you that you are right
about the gowns. I can on'y know
that such an exquisite figure deserves
to be clothed as acceptably as possi
ble. As to her age, you are possibly
right; almost certainly so ns regards
the disagreeable husbands means.
Girls of her type marry money. As to
her habitat I hardly think it is New
York. The New York girl Is quick and
too proudly knowing to hesitate In
thought or movement But she does
not hurry. That is New Englandy or
western. Yet her soft gliding grace
unmistakably shows the southern girl."
By this time the couple under discus
sion had disappeared within the botcL
They had evidently Just arrived on the
afternoon train from Alexandria. Shep
heard's was crowded that year. The
little tables on the terrace in front of
the hotel were nearly all occupied by
people, chattering and laughing as they
beguiled that delightful hour of the
Cairo day with afternoon tea. New ar
rivals are lawful prey for lodgers' com
ments, and to have come two days be
fore Is to hold a resident's vantage
ground, which warrants a critical In
spection. Young married people, more
over, newly arrived or not are ever
and wheresoever targets for tongue
shafts. Two youthful beings mated and
licensed for happiness surely suggest
the fullness of life. Thc human doubt
ns to whether they have it makes con-
lecture interesting.
The young attache consulted the reg
ister later and learned that they were
Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Bonvale, where
upon he recalled what friends had told
him of their marriage at the American
chapel In Paris in thc beginning of De
cember. The groom was from Borden
town and. ns the duchess had surmised,
gruouslv beseeching. The long, silky
lashes, with their upward curve, failed ;
to lend even a suspicion or language to
their brightness. Ther delicately arched
evebrows were an added note of wist-
fulness. Iu the wavy masses of hair
there was a subdued glint as of bur- 1
nished copper. On her hands, which
were very temperamental, two or three ,
unique gems flashed with dignified j
splendor.
A transplanted Helen," thought :
Baldwin after a critical survey of the ;
beautiful young creature. She was a !
type, and he relished a new type of the I
eternal feminine" more than he would .
n lottle of Johannesberger from Prince j
Metternich's own cave. During his
dinner he watched her from his table (
with keen but well cloaked vigilance.
Thc duchess was right again. The
girlish bride wore a Worth dinner
gown elaborately wrought out In the j
highest elegance of the prevailing j
mode. Her neck was so round and !
plastic that Baldwin felt it a delight to !
see the shapely head pivot on it while
the tempered modesty with which her
corsage screened her exquisite bosom
showed a masterly knowledge of the
value of modified exposure.
The groom? Why. he was the groom,
a side light on the bride. Baldwin re
garded him solely as a correlated le
ing, an accompaniment to his wife, a
worthy one so far as externals went
He was not above noting that Sirs.
Bonvale partook moderately of the
champagne which Mr. Bonvale or
dered. He consumed most of It and
with something more than the rel:sl:
with which a gentleman drinks wine at
dinner.
"They are married, and it Is thc hou
eymoon." Baldwin remarked airily to
the duchess as he passed her table.
During the evening in his role of be
nevolous spectator and student of his
kind Baldwin did not neglwt to ob
serve that the young husband left his
wife alone two or three times, though
as yet she had apparently discovered j
no acquaintances at Shepheard s. These
withdrawals were to repair the fatigue
of travel by supplanting the wine at
dinner with more potent if smaller
drafts. Besides his absence of desire
to supply his wife with any other com
panionship than his own. thc perfunc
tory character of Mr. Bonvale's atten
tions attested no tender .solicitude to
make himself as agreeable as possible.
He seemed to guard rather than pro
tect his wife.
Later on Baldwin felt the young
wife's artlessly roving gaze veering in
Ills direction. lie considerately ab
stracted his own. When he let his
glance drift her way again, thinking
she would have passed him by, he was
momentarily flattered to find her eyes
fixed on him dreamily. Almost at the
moment her husband turned and. with
what Baldwin thought a tactless quick
ness, let his own eyes follow the direc
tion of his wife's to ascertain the ob
ject of her regard. With still less tact
he brought his thin lips tightly togeth
er, and his white forehead puckered
like a peevish child's. He must have
intimated to the lady his desire to
withdraw, for he brusquely rose nnd
looked about with the repellent air
with which some people insinuate, their
exclusivcness. She got up at once and
followed him from thc room with
graceful deference.
"He seems to like to st-ilk ahead and
let his woman trail after him a la the
ntmrlirinal lords of creation." reflected
Baldwin with a somewhat contcmptu
ous smile. "The honeymoon Is dwin
dling to a crescent, I fancy, and I
6hould not wonder If there were a Bon
vale Impaled on its horns before long.
But which?'
The Bonvales spent six weeks in
Egypt Mrs. Bonvale had that oriental
rolourn in ber memory ever alter wnn
something of the feeling with which
the children of Israel may have revert
cd to their bondage In that land. She
had little expected In a region saturat
ed with antiquity to make acquaintance
effects. !
As Clarice Bonvale's eager young ,
soul relKllcd under the scourge of this
double revelation a dull mist seemed
to obscure the effulgent radiance of the
orient, and an iron thorn pricked
through Its sensuous Indolence. She
was a soft, innocent. Ignorant young
thing, capable of heaven only knew
what possibilities. I ntil now rose
leaves had strewn her way through
life, and homage to hor wonderful
beauty had been a stimulating incense
to Iter brain if not to her heart. Shu
had always had her mother hitherto.
Now she had only her husband. That
she should so phrase it to herself tilled
her with a childlike shrinking and de
spair. Never before had her soul known
this helpless loneliness. It Is a deso
lating thing for a proud, anient young
wife to learn that she has married a
stranger who. as her husband. Is rapid
ly becoming a bereaving acquaintance.
There was a dumb cry In her heart
for some touch of human sympathy,
for the soothing support which affec-.
tion exhales. This poignant isolation j
was enhanced by her surroundings. I
The gayety of the hotel people; the su- j
lerflcial splendor, almost nakedness, of '
the orient's color: the melancholy of the ,
tombs, mournful memorials of a hu- J
man kind associated with so remote a 1
past as to be merged in the mythical; !
the stolid Insensibility of the sitting lig-1
ures in the many simps of the groat
bazaar, from which drifted perfumes
Her eyes were fixed upon something in
it Her air wns pensive, resigned, pa
thetically sweet, as she stood there lost
in memories. Her lustrous eyes seemed
to soften as she gazed.
At UiaVuiomcnt n woman who had
come through the rooms without being
heard on the rugs bustled up Ui her
nnd exclaimed vivaciously: "I knew
you would see me, Clarice. I am glad
I camu in unannounced so ns to catch
you in that inise. I wish you could
no matter what its erotic mark- touch to save it from an aridity like j hrn'e your picture taken ns you looked
bull.
lugs. Yet ages before Christ had coma that of the surrounding desert. Alas,
to Hood the chambers of the mind cowed by her oppressed feelings, intol-
with his mystic light the early kings of erantly resentful of Lucien Bonvale's
Egypt hud fostered the recollection of degrading Jealousy, scarce daring to
tluir highest divinity by presenting to call her soul her own, she appealed
the somber Egyptians "him who slept silently to the whole world for sym-
v.t Phihe." renascent In a lordly bull. pathy. and there was none to heed her
Her imagination at least found :es- nnd bring peace to her soul. i
thetlc delight In picturing the majestic With a quick sigh and n passing
creature with Its lustrous, silky hide, tremor of her sensitive lips she averted
the symbolic triangle standing white her dark, brilliant eyes from thc sar-
upon its brow, the hair of its back cophagus standing grimly forth in the
swirling to simulate an eagle, tho flare of the torches and without
snowy crescent Hashing on its stalwart thought or intention turned them full
flank" and beneath its pink tongue the uin those of an attendant
knot which fancy called the mark of He was a young, handsome, pure type
the scarab, the sacred Insect of Ptah. Arab, with clear, pale skin, clenn cut
Wlmt a destiny for a bull to be features, tall, sinewy, silent gentle,
taken from the common herd and In- mysterious, suggesting nn intensity of
stalled as a gml. eared for with Infinite repressed passion. In thnt flickering
attention during life and after death light, down In the gaunt chamber of
embalmed at enormous expense nnd death, his soul looked straight through
enshrined in n costly sarcophagus! if the glowing eyes which gleamed be-
tlie revered animal rounded a quarter neath hH straight block brows and
of a century It was imiosingly killed, grasped that of the girl with sense of
If death mine to it lefore that time all Its desolation and hunger. It was n
Egypt mourned, and sorrow settled on river of cool refreshment to her purch-
the land UUe a pall. So charmingly cd being. Life thrilled through her.
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Just ltow. You were perfectly lovely.
I nevsr saw you with that expression
before. You seemed lost In thought
yet U was happy, peaceful thought
What were you thinking about dear'"
Tlin Imly's eyes reverted to the cabi
net 11 if to discover the source of such
soothing memories.
"Egypt" replied Mrs. Bonvale very
quietly, with a faint peculiar smile.
"Oh, I see," murmured the other,
with n conventional drop in her hearty
volca. "You passed your honeymoon
there, didn't you? Those two little im-
ages recalled it I suppose. Poor Lu
cien! Did be give them to you? Who
are they, nnd what do they mean?"
"Isls and Osiris," said the widow of
i Lucien Bonvale. "What do they merfn?
A great deal, but I really can't tell you
Just what"
"Well, don't try, Clarice." said her
caller sympathetically. "It's the asso
ciation probably. I understand."
' She put forth her hand and patted
j the lightly clasped ones of the woman
! in black.
I "Yes," answered Mrs. Bonvale softly.
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The shackles, whose tightening con-: WJUI a "
strlctlons numbed her by their viselike ! "It's the assodatlon You will
grip, fell off. She breathed wltb thc Btny to luncheon, won t you r
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The beginning of its popularity was , 2
been a full minute. But it was a mile
stone from which life was to le meas
ured unca nance isonvaie ion tue In 1S0o wbcn partJ of hunters who
tombs of the Apis bulls ami I returned to ! a Bteam dch tQ Now.
Cairo she was not an alien woman . . ,, , - . . e ? . .
alone in Esypt A friend was with ! undland to shoot caribou called at
her. a kinsman of her hwrt-fcer proud. . Sargcntville. on Penobscot bay. to visit
hungry young heart. The memory of some abandoned copper mines a short
him in the long wanderings up the Nile J distance inland. The leaves had fallen
was a tiny, bubbling sring In her be- 1 from the deciduous trees, causing the
Ing from which welled solace and j dark evergreens to stand out In bold
strength. The rancor of loneliness had relief against a neutral background of
departed, the wasting touch of aridity j browns and grays. The owner of the
was gone, the eager stretching f irtii yacht was struck by tho beauty of the
for something on which to lean felt a scene and also with a practical .idea,
prop awl suinort The image of that j He hired men and horses and had cut
Arab youth, the strong gentleness of about 000 of the firs, which he carried
the passionate grasp he liad laid upon ' on The deck of the yacht to Boston,
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where they were offered for. sale. 1
The demand exceeded the yachtsman's
greatest expectations, for the whole lot
was. snapped up in 'short order. So
profitable was the first venture that In
the ntxt Christinas season fully 50,000
firs were sent from the shores of Pe
nobscot lry to Boston, where they were j .
strangely sensuous. lMt poorly Invigo
rating: even the thlu. penetrating cry
of the innezrlus. lurched .like humat him ir he did otnerwisc:
storks on tile slender miliar.-ts and iu- I Brought In by King Katecbos nearly
citing ihe Moslem to mechanical devo- j ft.000 year In-fore Christ the last of
tlons with their reiterated "Alia Akliar. ; thc Apl boils had passed out of Egyyt
Alia Akbar! I-a Allah 11 Allah! Heyya
alasallah!" the narrow, dirty alleys, the
garish Paris suggest! re 1105 in so much
of the khedive's capital-all seeoied to
drain her hcurt and leave in It a heav
ier burden of acLlng void.
The same numbing undercurrent of
sadness ran through their excursions to
the excavations. trii on the oily calm
or sluggishly ruffled Nile, drives to Ge
zireli, the pyramids, sphinxes, columns
or what not
Some one
land of myste
all one lovs it There is no half way
her, haunted her with a soothing swee
ness.
Site seemed to feel it especially at
Phlho. The soft charm of the little Is
land and the graceful ieaoe that brood
ed over it she felt her new kinsman
more in them. With a suiile it oc
curred to her that here .was ' where Osi
ris the BeneJIcent was laid to his rest; ; all sold at good prices, and in the foh
i!mt to tlu old E-rvittlan tlwrV was no ' Ijwlmr vear the trade was extended to
mightier oath than that sworn "by New York, where the firs .were as j SCRUGGS'
naif summarily eject the god who him who sleeps at Phifci'." It was at 1 eagerly taken. In lSu the shipments ,
nntrMl t f.iitiifnl ii-ii.iut and to bewail tlie solemn tomb that guarded the ' of trees from- Maine to the large cities j
stately nun which tie uau msi-sseu 10
lie again with M adorers that she had
met the one who liad l?d her out of
Bpyit. the dark land of Iter heart long
ings that could find no rest. When
wouM slie see him next? Would she
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ries their preserved exuviae had held
stately possession of tbe Seraueum
were waiting there for Iter to come
where they held their silent court.
So much lavished on a beast of '.In
field, and she, made in tbe likeness of
God. looked In vain for sympathy.
iwme touch of human Interest that
might ease her aching heart! What a
inckerv: This bull, flower of the ln-rd.
had Increased to alwut .V.f00. and in j
1ST9 over 1 ..',00.000 were sold.
In some sections, where thc fir Is es
pecially prolific, the cutting and. pre
paring of Christmas trees Is made tbe
occasion of festive gatherings, corrc-
to execute strategic movement. Final
ly the sport became so exciting and aa
OF NECKT1EPH0ID PWted that two men had their arna
1 broken, and I had to go Into the fight
; and declare a truce." W&shlsxtD
Star.
ever see him again? Awl. If she did. ' sjtouding to the huskings in fall" tisne.
whole families going Into tbe woods
and taking their dinners along. A
man cuts the trees close to the roots
had 1 and a boy or a strong girl cuts with n
sham hatchet the few dead limits from
Tliey were returning after tbelr long j tlie lse. Women and boys tie the
leagues up the Nile. At last their feet trees Into bundles of a dozen, and then
were set iKuneward. Tltere was not so thc lis rv est is piled Into hayracks and
coutd he say more than he had said in
tliat first quick. e!oe. magnetic fusion
of tlicir souls'; Well. Osiris tlie BencA
cent the struggler against evil.
been good to her. It was enough
THOMAS SCRCCGS. on Christmas day.
Cot packages galore, -Until
be woaderol U there could
By chanc be any mora.
much charm in that as that they were carried to tlie nearest railroad station.
ha said: -The east Is a bv force" of his lordly markings raised having Kcypt the place where -die had j The smaller children gather the trail- I
erv. If one cares for It at to the pinnacle of a nation's adoration! fr the first time realised Lucien Bon lug creepers of the ground pine, pluck
He ttfxa! each nn: xchen it cams
And sJowly crew enrased.
An not a package held a thing
That hl preat wrath assuased.
FVt each one. be tt Ions cr short
Or sllra or thick aod fat
f ontained. In varied shape and form.
n gaudy near cravat.
! k
gather the red fruit of the wild raisin
... !,.-,. I. Ii.tae i!rl frrm tl. ! liori of Imt SOV llBll Ulie nlglll at l.UXOr SIIC SIOOl Oil U1C
it n.i nil "it, wsvs." Clarice Bonvale , gained by this gift a husband whoe wharf, waiting to emlwrk on the little shrub, nil of which are packed In boxe
did not love it. She saw it all with her highest Torm or reguru was an tutowr
husband. She had come to feel him a ; able Jealousy, a life partner who was
disturbing figure in the foreground of ' already numbing the eager vitality of
jvcrv scene, even the widely extending
one of life.
her girl's heart and making it cry out
to iLself Iu thc yearning of its lonell-
Those ranges of boats with their ! ness. Why should the heart spontane-
curved yards make me think of great I ouly put forth tendrils if there was
dry sedges bent by the wind, ami those j naught which they might grasp for
tall, tufted palms look like gigantic j support no other heart to which they
feather dusters stuck In the sand," she , could cling, strengthening and strength
remarked once to Bonvale, with a slwrt ! ened by the preordained clasp?
steamer which puffed with Impudent
Impotence to 1 gone. Bonvale had left
her for a few moments on one of his
fuy. suddenly thought of quests.
Around her was a motley crowd, with
sprinklings of many nations In Its mov
ing mass. In the noise ami confusion
and small babel of Jarring elements
strong lingers suddenly slipped smooth-
and sent to Uie cities for tlie making of
wreaths and garlands for the decora
tion of church nnd home.
Tlie evergreen harvests are generally
bought by men who make a business of
supplying the Christmas markets of the
cities, though many farmers and others
send their crops direct to market.. For
trees five to six feet In height the buy-
little laugh. They were sailing on the
Nile, the yellow Libyan hills in tlie dis
tance. Thc quick wrinkle came Into ills
smooth forehead, and there was the
disgusted compression of his lips.
"You ought to learn to take things
as you find them." he said, with an Ir
ritated, monitory air.
The girl's mouth quivered to a slight,
proud smile, but formed no answer.
She had already begun to take Lucien
Bonvale as she found him. but her re
sentment at having to do so wns not
therefore the less.
She was looking forward with sharp
desire to the hour of their departure,
if she fell In unprotcstlngly with Mr.
Bonvale's proposition to go here or
there It was wiUi the relieving sense
that one more reason for remaining
would be exhausted. In this spirit she
assented to his wish to "do" the tombs
of thc Apis bulls. She hated tombs
more than anything first because she
was too alive not to detest tlie thought
of death, and then because she loath
Such was the leaven of thought In
the hungering soul of Clarice Bonvale
us she sailed up the ten miles of river
that lay Itetween Ca.iro and Memphis
on the pilgrimage to the tomb of the
Apis bulls. The trip should have been
an enchanting one. Streaming sun
shine, vivid color and air that would
have rejoiced spring buds lent swect
pss to tbe Egyptian day. But the mill
of her heart was grinding fine Its grist
of bitterness. In the near foreground
of every view, even the long vista of
existence, stood a human being whoe .
shadow fell upon her soul with blight
ing chill.
They landed at Sakkarah and made
the short transit to the tombs on don
keys. Clarice smiled faintly ns she felt
that the kindliest emotion nwakened In
her by this land of Ptolemies and the
resplendent Cleopatra was due to this
same small beast of burden strong; di
minutive, with demure relish of Its
gorgeous trappings.
The tombs of the Apis bulls were ns
depressing as she had Imagined. Out
lv. nossrssirelv. Into the baud which j rs in Maine pay S cents each, and for i
hung listlessly at her side. A flutter I trees six to ten feet In height th price ;
ran through her. Her own fingers, j P-W h? 10 to Xi cents. The five cent i
with nn Instinct of sympathy, closed i tree sells In the city market for 'Z, j
cents, wniie uie uiiecn cent tree oncn
upon those which had been so gently
pushed Into ber warm palm. She
looked up with a soft welcoming of
childlike eagerness.
There In the flooding light of the
moon stood her heart's kinsman, the
strong young Arab of the Serapeum.
Impassive. owerful. with a repoo that
the west knows little of, his dark eyes
under the strong brows burned with a
fire which told of Ills intense feeling.
His eyes bent on her unwaveringly.
He murmured softly: "I have brought
you my heart nnd something to remem
ber me by when you are gone so far
away to your country- n not forget
mo In the long years to come or that I
love you."
The crowd pressed. lie wns gone.
Ho hnd melted Into It nnd wns lost
Clarice raised her hand nnd with a
tremulous smile looked to see what
artless souvenir he hnd left with her
for remembrance of hlin two tiny lm-
brlngs f 1 or more. The total revenue 1
to Maine people this year from the i
Christmas greens crop will probably
amount to 5150,000. New York Trib
une. '
Gift" For Children.
Children enjoy things with which
they can do something. They nre hap
piest when both brains and hands are
employed. An Ingenious boy will get
more pleasure out of the material with
which to make a kite than .he will out
of a finished kite. Thus a box of car
penter's tools makes a fine present for
n boy, particularly If It is accompanied
by n few light boards and some nails.
A game that requires the looking up
of names or characters is a present
that can be enjoyed by .the entire family-
A box of ray colored beads and a
spool of wire will bo appreciated by a
quletjlttleglrj
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55"
twy.i ri I I -aam,-. xi i ill
Cbxtstmaa In Other laali.
In Norway, 'where Christmas finds
the land buried deep under the snoir.
the fiords frozen and the whole cooa
try tight In the grasp of the Ice, ther
are many quaint and prettj Christmas
customs. Perhaps the most lnterestlay
of all are the nesting and feedlas; of
tbe birds. A few days before Christmas
new "Straw and hay are pot Into (Ter
nest that can be found in tbe hollow
of trees and the eaves of booses and
barns, and straw Is scattered about
over the frozen saour to be carried
away by the birds themselves. Thea.
In every available spot a th thatched
roofs, on bosse tops, window sills aad
doorsteps, are strewn large tneaserea of
grain. It is a pretty sight to see the
flocks of birds swooping down to this
feast So they feed royally daring th
holiday times, making up far maay
days of scant living, for it Is bard to
find anything to eat where everything
la frozen so fast
The Tnletlte Lev.
A custom at one time prevalest is
England and still observed in some of
the northern districts of the old cess
try Is that of placing an Immense let
of wood sometimes tbe root of a great
tree In the wide chimney place. This
la often called the Yule log. and It wis
ou Christmas eve that It was put 03
the wide hearth. Around It would
gather the entire family, and Us en
trance was the occasion of a great deal
of ceremony. There were music and
rejoicing, while the one authorised ts
light it was obliged to hare clean
hands. It was always lighted with a
' brand left over from the log of a prc-
! vious year.
of
Near the
North Pole
i
. i . . r.. 1 1 .. 1. .7-m.1.1 Ua itnftnr nil.
hiiow iiuu jviij ,,.i, ,,u nni-iilile. Over It WO liiiu eacii
crse circumstances. As tbe Christmas , Mirjstmns stories. We exclnuig -d
chocolate, we tried to prolong as
ible. Over It wo tom eacn
mwTVTT Christmas, 18S3, was
. . ,, i.i
mr most meinoraDic one, nam
General Greely. the arctic ex-
i - "With mv commauu i
mutt;. .... -
was proceeding southward in the hope
of obtaining help, and about the 20 h
of October we ensconced ourselves in
1 1 little hut at Cape Sabine, Our sup
ply or rood was running very low, and
Vc were on very short rations, every
ZL lSs allowed just food enough iu
i. 4.nntv-four hours to sustain life.
Under these depressing dumstanc
o,irt the awful silence of the
imu .. - . ..,llf
polar night the clieenume
continued to maintain wns remarkable.
U would have been a splendid onpor
tunity for Dickens' character, Mark
Sev, who was always seeking some
special y depressing situation In life to
v
season approached we nil looked for
ward to It with eager anticipation, not
only as a festal day thc as-sociatlons
and memories of which would to some
extent vary the wearisome monotony
of our lives, but because we knew that
the winter solstice would fall about
Dec 22 and that then the sun would
return nnd the long, dreary night bo at
an end.
"Christmas day came nt last Christ
mas in tho arctic regions! At 0 o'clock
wn bad our breakfast thin soup mado
of peas, carrots, blubber and potatoes,
n,,.- -iiritni!is dinner wns served at 1
o'clock. Hearken to our menu, ye who
will sit down the coming Christmas
to roast turkey stuffed with oysters:
First course, a stew of seal meat, on
ions, blubber, potatoes nnd brend
i.e. omnnii r-niirse. served one
,..iik,-..ii.-p of bygone Christ muses
at home with the loved ones so far
away. We discussed the probability
of our ever reaching our own firesides
again, and we entered Into an agree
ment that If we got back to civilization
before another Christinas we would
pass the day together In memory ol
that awful Christmas we were then
spending in the realm of the relentless
Ice king. Alas, many of those brave
fellows never lived to see another
Christnias:"-BuiTalo Express.
ClirlnlnmM Dinner llec-Ipox.
Chestnut stulling Is the most dell
clous that can go with a Christmas tur
key. r-UU a quart of Italian or French
ch'estir.i s. Put In hot water and boll
until tl:e skl.is are softened; drain oil
n... ,,-.,(..: -Mill remove the skins. Prw
. ' V. i. n otmv nf raisins, blub-' nlf.m n few at a time, through a colun
i ...in-.' ,iiKHi.rt. n cun of hot! ,if.r mid B.ason with butter, salt and
chocolate. The best and most Christ-! pC!,:)cr. Add ehopp-d parsley, onion
masllke feature of this meal was thnt , nd bread crumbs and swison with
we were allowed a sufficient quantity , stock.
of It to satisfy the pangs of hunger, j ci'jlol Sauec.-Boll the giblets until
Our enjoyment of the dessert, one cup' tender; cl-o;) them, but not too Hue. and
add a tnbie-ipoonf ul of Hour to the pan
in which the turkey was roasted.
Brown the Hour, stirring constantly,
r.dding slowly a cupful of water In
which the giblets were boiled; senson
with salt and pepper and add the chop
iied giblets.
A Country Xnnn-il Vor Chrlatma.
Smith Africa was discovered by the
Portuguese, who were searching for nn
ocean road to India. Bartholomew
Diaz was the commander of thc two
little ships that formed tho expedition
in 14S(5. Eleven years later Da Oania
took another Portuguese licet south.
lie discovered Natal on Christmas day
and thus named It In consequence.
YULETIDE DECORATIONS.
Tin- ChrlKtilitiN Colum nnd Mnlerlola
nnil lluiv to liHi- Tiitm.
There Is nothing more delightful In
housekeeping than decorating the ta
ble, an.l itheady the dainty housewife
Is pondering the matter of appropriate
lloml display for the time honored fes
tlvul. The foundation of all artistic
results lies iu the pure white damask,
on which every bit of color will standi senlce should be china ornamented
forth as onlv a perfect background can! with narrow red bands, supplemented
, k . tt by the usual cut glass and silver. The
K. d Is unquestionably the true color star may be uueu niso wiui uonj u-
1 . ... . . .1...... lwlhi nf 1 n 11 rsV
or Christmas decorations, it we wouiu
m.il.e them distinctive, and this bright
coior gives always a suggestion of
warmth and chceriness.
A most charming centerpiece Is In
the form of a star. Directly under the I
chandelier, bedecked with laurel and
holly, place the table draped with whlto
iiien. In the middle put n tall and
graceful crystal or silver candelabrum.
rimmed with greenery and holly ber
ries, each of Its lights shaded with
gauze or (lulTy paper shades of a bright
scarlet At the base a large flat star
radiates from the candelabrum In live
points. A tin form serves as a founda
tion. This Is packed with damp moss
nnd then filled with scnrlet geraniums.
offset with n fringe of feathery green
rles. with a deep bonier of laurel
leaves, or another variation of this
Idea is to form the star of heavily
frosted evergreens, bordered with holly
berries.
While holly nnd mistletoe for many
decades held almost undisputed sway
ns Christmas decorations, their substi
tutes nre now numerous. Lycopodlum.
familiarly known as ground (or run
nlng) pine, has a light, feathery effect
nnd Is lovely for festooning ami ura
pcry, or It can be made Into flat wreaths
nnd tied with smart liows of broad red
ribbon. These wreaths may be placed
at the four corners of the table or laid
around thc candelabrum placed In tho
center.
"'tis eveh Tires 1"
Tls ever thus!" moaned Thomas
ScrugKs; ,
"In every Christmas wreck
I am the sufferer vrhp sets
U always in mo ceca.
Thi Hps were irrecn nnd red and brown
Ami black and pink ana blue.
With stripes and dots and funny Unea
Of truly awful hue. .
At last he fretted so about
The things thnt he fell IM,
And thn. to add to all his woes.
There was a doctor's bllL
Today, when asked about tho cae
He seems to prow annoyed
And answers that he suffered from
A slvgo of nccktlcphold.
-Judge.
Soldier Hoys' Christmas.
"There was uever any fighting oa
Christmas day during the civil war."
said the late Geueral Hampton when
asked for some reminiscences. "It has
beeu a loug time ago, and I cannot re
member much of those Christmas
tunes. We of the army had other
things to occupy our attention. But
Christmas was one day on which there
was no fighting. The men received
messages nud boxes from home, and
camp life got nn inspiration on that
day.
"I remember that on one Christmas
A "Hot Time" C&rlarsaaa.
Australia has hard work to keep cool
when it Is time for a visit from Santa
Clans, for It Is then mldsujnmer with
its people, who.are doing their wisest
to get away from the terrible heat of
ihe terrible sun. Funny though It may
lecm. they have in mind at this time
Ihe picture of tbe Jolly and generous
ld Northman saint who is making the
Add country- folk happy for at least
ne day In the year.
At each place a bunch of holly, tied
" . . . ., i - -
Tho little flowerets of the geranium , witn narrow gn-u numim., mm iu tue grolUMi wn3 covered with snow,
must be divided from the parent stem' name card aro placed. These cards are TuJ men nulKCa themselves "on sides
and packed quite compactly. - I etslly made round, with a wreath of f,lkc smhooibajg, and a tremendous bat-
ti i ..i..... i il. In wi,irt-iWn iirn fnlir '. lmllv lenves Oil the edge, palllted 111 .ft.c,,, ,v.r A Innir limn thn ran.
HiiiMit tint dishes containing alternately ' green nnd outlined In silver, with sll- i . . " , ' The Unes charged and wen falls to be taken up by the skin wlp
little mounds of ruby Jellies nnd can- ver lettcrlng.-Boston Cobklug School broken formed again and endeavored it off and put less on the next tune.
died chestnuts plied cannon ball fash- Magazine. ' . . . ,
lou. As far ns la practicable tho table "
Pottcd Plants aa rrrseata.
The last weeks before the holidays
arc crowded with belated shopping
trips and half finished homemade gifts.
Why work so hard to make "something
that will answer" and yet that la all
probability will meet no want and
therefore receive little welcome? 'why
not save one's nerves and give mora
pleasure by buying a few Noosing
bulbs in pots or selecting soaae thrifty
plants of oxalls, abutllon. ivy or se
ranlnm from one's own window garden,
making the pots pretty with paper and
ribbon after the fashion of the florists,
if you like?
For Roasb Basis.
When the hands look rough and red,
an ointment rubbed In will generally
make them more attractive. Mix to
gether one dram of powdered borax,
five ounces of rosewatcr and one-fourtti
ounce of glycerin. After washing th
hands and drying them well rub thU
lotion In. Put on only a little, and if it