f DEAD rAST
By MRS. LOVETT CAMERON
the meadow under tho wlllpw trees?"
How nlco It wnsl the softened Inmp
light, tho fruit nnd tho nowcrs, tho dim
background of pictures nnd old oak In
tho empty room for tho servants hnd
left them nnd Kitten, in her whito
dress, with tho light shining upon hor
corn-cold hend. slttlntr onnosltu to him
whllo they capped each other's ronilnis-
FAITH IN SANTA CLAU8,
I need to watch for Santa Clans
With chlldlih faith subllmo.
And llatea In tho snowy night
To hear his sleigh liolla chime.
Beside tho door on Christinas eve
I put a truss or uay.
To feed tho prancing steeds
That sped him on his
way.
1, IIIIU L11UJ UlllILIUll Vll.ll o ........... 1 1 M
conccs of those happy days long ago I Jalmof nfrJos"?
CHAPTER XVI.
Felicia, when alio drove nwny from
Mrs. Talbot's door, hnd been quite cer
tain that, in spite of her wnrning, Roy
would yield to the temptation o going
to cnll upon Mrs. Desmond.
Felicia had lenrned n good many les
sons of life Binco the month o Septem
ber, when sho nnd Mrs. Talbot hnd kill
ed time and pursued health together at
tho Yorkshire senside village. Sho had
gone through her experiences nnd they
had not been pleasant ones to undergo,
but, nt tho same time, they had been
beneficial to her, in thnt sho hnd by now
completely got over her fancy for the
"wicked man" with whom she had im
agined herself to bo deeply in love.
Lord Augustus Wray had not come
well out of his lovo affnir with Miss
Grantley. After an infinite nmount of
trouble, Felicia bad persuaded her fath
er to give a reluctant consent to her en
gagement with this penniless scion of n
needy aristocratic house, lie had con
sented provisionally, that is to say, if the
young people would wait two years, and
were in the same mind nt tho end of that
period of probation, then, Mr. Gregory
Grnntley ngrced thnt he would give them
ids blessing, with something substantial
added thereto. Felicia was overjoyed;
this concession upon her fnther's part
seemed to her to surpass her wildest
hopes. Two years to a young and enthu
siastic cirl who loves seems but n small
thing to secure the whole happiness of
her future life. She embraced her lath
er joyfully, and was overwhelmed with
gratitude nt his goodness."
Not so Lord (Jus. Tho stato of his
finances was such that ho could in no
way afford to wait two years for the
realization of his dreams. Ills debts
pressed upon him daily; duns pestered
and pursued him from morning till night,
he had raised the last shilling ho could
realize; he was, to use his own words,
"stono broke." To reouest such n one
to wait for two years for the fortune
which was to come to him with the lady
of his affections was like asking a stnrv
ing man to do without food for another
month, and promising him a good dinner
at the end of it.
Lord Gus kissed his intended very af
fectionately, wrunk his future father-in
law's hand, and profqssed himself deeply
impressed with his kindness. Then, hav
ing got in the good city of Bath a second
string to his bow, he put himself into a
train and betook himself to that nncient
town,
"I should have preferred Felicia, of
course," said Lord Gus, to himself. "She
is young and she suits me; but I can't
wait two years, not two months in
fact, for any womnn; nnd there is al
ways Mrs. Cogger I don't much like
the idea but two years! Oh, no,
couldn't do it at any price not good
enoueh!"
So, a week later, Felicin received a
letter from her lover, with the Bnth
postmark upon it. He was afraid she
-would think him a great brute, he wrote,
but then, he had never been good enough
for; she was sure to meet with some one
far more worthy. As for himself he
had thought it wisest and best to offer
his hand to a lady whom he had known
for many years, and who was good
nough to take him as he was in all his
unworthiness. Mrs. Cogger had consent
ed to become his wife, and they were to
be united early in the following month.
Se ended by piously praying that heaven
would wntch over his dearest Felicia
and make up to her for ail the sorrow
he felt constrained to bring upon her.
That was Felicia's lesson. She suf
fered very keenly at first, but she got
ovor it, being chiefly assisted by the
facts concerning her rival that came to
her ears. Mrs. Cogger was 50; in stat
ure she was short and inelegant; in fea
ture, plain and uninteresting; her man
ners were said to be vulgar, and her tem
per violent and excessively jealous. Mrs.
Cogger, however, was undoubtedly rich;
she waB the widow of a Bristol merchant
who had left to her nn income of bIx
thousand a year. Having purchased
Lord Gus, she proceeded to pay her
for the doubtful acquisition
in a truly liberal fashion. She paid his
debts, and sho made handsome settle
nnn him. so that he derived some
substantial consolations from his mar
riage in exchange for the lack of those
rnnnl eharms that a man is apt to
ii.iir HPKirnble in the wife of his bosom
Perhaps the one soft spot in her heart
tlin feeling that sne nau iur iwy
Roy who had never wished to marry
her, and whose heart was still constant
tn tun invc of his boyhood. She felt
that sho would do a good deal to save
him from pain, and yet she feared that a
certain amount of suffering must inevit
ably be in store for him.
..i,i.n it will be better that he
should see her and realize that she has
forgotten him and Is happy in her new
the best cure for him In
the "end," she said to herself, and at this
moment her urougnam urcn ni ui. "
,1,0.mt"f iTpr father's club in Pall Mall,
A a it did so a gentleman waa coming
jva it , f it,, .lull TTi.
slowly down uiu nn.j , , -
glanced at the lady in the brougham
.1 ..it (dlv. and then again more ut
tontlvely. Felicia, too, looked keenly at
him Where had sho seen that face with
i?rnv eves anu uio rennuu
'... ftnros? Suddenly there a
wk to her mind the breezy hill slopes
o Kepplngton Hall, tho flickering
Sunshine through the ; branches of t .
beech trees, me uiue -
. n,i flio crent stono housi
sleeping in its solitude near by; and then
the stranger who came :f "
then ho looked away for n minute, nnd
ndded rather quickly, "I am n 'poor re
lation' of Brian Desmond's, Miss Grnnt
ley, nn out-nt-elbows younger son of a
cousin of his mother's, whom ho has
taken pity on. I nm his bailiff or agent,
or whatever you choose to call it, nt Kcp-
pington. Lnm only in town now to sco
him on business. I suppose I ought to
have told you that before but, ono has
a sort of falso shame."
I don't see ' anything In it to bo
ashamed of," said Felicia heartily. "A
man need never mind working for his
living if it is in nn honest wny," nnd
site felt sho liked him nil tho better for
his little confession.
"I don't know much nbout work," he
nnswercd. with a smile. "I nm nfrnid
I nm rather lazy up there there isn't
much to do, you know. It's a very idle
life, I fear."
Still, whatever thoro Is to be done,
I am quite sure that you do it, Mr. Ralkes.
Ah J hero is my father. Papa, this is
Mr. Raikes, a gcntlemnn I met iii York
shire Inst summer."
"Oh! All! Well, my dear, you hndl
better ask Mr. Raikes to dinner. If you
are doing nothing to-night we shall be
in which Brian Desmond had had no ex
istence!
"Brian will bo here very soon now,"
sho said, glancing nt tho clock. "How
I wish he would como back; let us go
upstaira nnd wnlt for him in the drawing
room."
There was n sound of wheels nt tho irrom Father Tim, one gift alone
And cheek 10 fat that when no u
They hid hli eyes from "Wit:
A heart that overflowed with lovo
For little clrls mid hoys,
And on his unck a bulging pa
llrlniful of gorgeous toyi.
ir xhitiiron nf n liircer growth
rnnH imvn it Christmas treo
ighted to see you nt 8 o'clock slmrp." j ,
Sdgar Raikes was upon the point of t f
del
Edgar
pleading nnothcr engagement, but a cer
tain wistful glance into Felicia's dark
eyes made him change his mind, nnd he
murmured his acceptance nnd thanks.
Mr. Grnutloy stepped into his daughter's
bronugham.
"Tills man, at all events, is honest,"
Felicia said to herself, and then she re
membered that sho had liked him when
they had met him at Keppiugton, and
afterward, too, when ho had called upon
them at the hotel, only that his attention
Beemed to have been absorbed by Mrs.
Talbot. She recollected how foolishly
piqued and anoyed she had been thnt
this had been the case, nnd how angry
with herself she had felt afterward, be
cause she, Felicia, whose heart was at
that time presumably in the possession
of Lord Augustus Wray, should have
been so lost to self-respect as to have
felt jealous yes, commonly jealous, be
causo a goou-iooking young man, who
was a perfect stranger to her, should
have taken no notice of her, nnd should
havo seemed to find pleasure in the so
ciety of her friend.
door, nnd tho bell rang. For one mo
ment Kiten's faco was radiant; if it had
not been for very Bhaino she would havo
flown downstairs to greet her returning
prodigal, but the consciousness of her
matronly honors prevented her from do
ing anything so very undignified.
There seemed to bo a little delay
downstairs; no manly feet, conscious of
outrageous lateness, came tearing up tho
stairs two at a time Instead, there was
n measured trend of heavy steps followed
quickly by tho swish of a woman's silken
Bklrts against tho banisters; the foot
man threw open tho door nnd there en
teredGertrude Tnlbot In nniber satin
nnd black lace, with a huge bouquet in
her hand.
"Ah, my dear little woman!" she said,
affectionately and gushingly, "here I nm
again, you see! how too too lovely and
delicious you look in that perfect dress!
How well it suits you. 1 have just como
from Felicia's dinner party 1 thought I
would drive round by your door, anil car-1
ry you off with me to Lady Hunter's;
your brougham, 1 see, is waiting for you,
I can dismiss initio anu we enn
... 1.1 I.. fftl 111
Let others take the gems and gold,
And trltlcs light and ynln,
But give me back my old boiler
In Santa uaus agnuu
Mfo.
i mi w im I
M iiy JULES ADAMS POWKLL.
Into an unfastened window, ntood trans
fixed with fear at the figure before him,
but for tho moment only, wlion, with a
Rort of grunt, tho mnn moved toward
the pantry door. ... ,
Nnnnlo, honoflth hor breath, whispered,
MIt' a Indian, an he's como for my
turnovers. Cousin Rod said he might."
She was frightened and stood very still
-iilln tho other fumbled with tho lock,
which oon yielded, and when Nannie
saw tho man was really Inside tno pan
rv 1
u AND
I I f i I I 1 I .
v.wiuniK Diru ,.
Ilnrmnii n it . "iini
--"UUIO!
,11 mi wn rnllv Inside tho nun- u ... ... . ora ihni.
.I. t.n.ni.,1 nml nl in nut low linCK to inn ., i SWA n. ..
.VJ ,vl,rn. .tannin on " ' UIeto iJr " '
iiui i uiiui a "'i T,.--f . nun iii mn 1 1 u i . . -- nie
timOO, Bill) WU NH!ri'U "1 '- I . m NttfcU
"rl Father! A Indian Is down In the I Tlint electricity B soon J 81
..i a 1 1 it iii v i MPiinvnri l lifinii inn iiiiiiiiuii in i wit n trii
: - in. . .. nu linn
I
on" attentions to Gertrude had aomowhat
mortified nnd nnnoycu iiur.
i .nt hor hand and smiled
The gentleman topPed at once and took
ff"Surefy I can't be mistaken; it Is Mr,
1 Edgar Rnikes loked down t her oddly
for a moment; he drew himself a little
away from the brougnam uur.
SBta whether T. had been at Keppb
T waB tho day before Christmas.
Dame Yarrow stood In tho store-room
doorway, gowned in a warm frock of
Krny wool homespun, over which was
... amnin wlilto nnroii. Her
white-capped head nodded' as she counted
tho pics on the shelves,
ui.'ir.onn nnMinlflii fifteen mince llt-
ty custard cups and two plum pudillngs
eighty-two In an, noi emm . B -nlo's
throo little turnovers. I think that
... . . .. in. vnnr. tliniiirn
go together and you must follow us in J U cu'. w.tV"Sc ten
a hansom, Sir Roy. ... . ln i.i ii0w cold it is.
"Hut vou nro very kind, Mrs. Tnl- " - - " " ,..,,- nIlli I
hot; but I cannot go with you; my bus- anore -urL
band will bo coming back," stnmmcred "P . ',0 10,KS
K1c"' C&' ... . The good woman turned the k,y In
uunruui' niiuii:ii nunc un,i, v.. v., .
ing all her glc
up her blnck
nnsslvo lrostliro.
"Oh, my dear child, how delinclously
young and fresh you are! Dou't you sec
that that naughty husband of yours
had no more notion of going to Lady
Btororootn,
nn loir, father!
He did "go quick," and arrived Just la
tlmo to closo tho door of tho otorcroom,
and turn the key In Its lock.
There was a pause, then n pounding
on tho door. Hastily pushing n heavy
table against It, Mr. Ynrrow returned
to his room: dressed, and calling two
other male member of tho household,
thoy all marched to tho storeroom well
armed, and without much troublo, soon
ovcrpowored the thief, who proved to
bo an Indian, and who mtimlileii some
thing thnt sounded llko broken Kngllsh.
Thoy carried him out to tho smoke
house, which was built of stone, and
had n heavy Iron door. Tho three men
watched nearby tho rest of tho night.
At breakfast on thii Christmas morn
ing, Father Yarrow told the story of tho
previous night, and Nnnnlo had her full
sharu of caresses and prnlso from aunt
ies, uncles and cousins alike.
Then there was ft clnmor from the
youngsters to "see the prisoner;" so nfter
llm I...
,r ouscdii!
lllll JlfllkTllHIl O ftnti.ln ... - -vtun
flf VM till Iur 11
tho prediction of Col it
... . . - Micni in, , .
cnopping mcnt nnd oven L mi
.iiiimy wiisiuiiK, as well nm.
COll .1.
"n no so ti.
Mil lllfllA Mil 1. -' IfU
- llll 1 1 If 1 1 f I 1 . .
tiuji nt t iwro
At n rm-nt tncctlne of . ...
(llliror fni,r,i(,l n. ..rK'"',(l
" I-', i.n uiu res iti nt..
.......... ... .. . 1 1
Oil III ,nl.
growing ;fimiH. It was fond,hl,
rnys net iih n Htlmulu varji.
l,s0llly . , The cood womnn turned the key In
mllcd more thnn ever 11.1 a door blowing open Just
beaming tocth, and Hinging onlCiit. nt tho other end of the
gloved hand, with an ex- Jluprled off , c,. It
nnd forgot nbout tho Key.
By a o'clock madamo wns robed In
her pretty grny poplin with white ker
chief crossed on her breast, nnd n dnlnty
..l.t, nnr. A. t.nP lirOWtl OtirlS.
. ... .. . f..... WllUU llll. 111 v.n " -
Hunter's to-night than your iooui.u whch gtmy Mt frmn hcncnl ,he
tensity with their strength;
w iii iii.. r. "
1 ""kiivsh or in i .
, ... - ""iu r
" """"HI 01 I OMr.nl..
HOll. If ,10 Nllllttltii. I.
I l...n .11 f.rlli In I in linn. iiujiilHI II 1'ITIB In .
iinrnrv inn. liniiin , urnnv uiiiifiiu I u . , , kiiiiiiii npn ...
others. "uv unit limit lie mn,
The grout doors were pushed back, nil fn vornblo. The growth nf it.,
and lying on the lloor was the Indian, i rotnrilcd. nnd tnnv ho stmni V.
asleep. Hwl waa It an Indian Instend ( thorn In an ntmovilmre 1
of tlio straight nincu iinir, ins was nrowu
and curly.
Damn l arrow gave one look, then
turned to her husband, with extended
hands, nnd the cry. "Oh. John, It Is hoi"
fell fainting Into his arms.
The lad was it wakened mid taken to
lllllllVIMliri, nn.l.l.
, uiu iMiiniumon or mi nm ..,,.1...
1 drawn from a cylinder hti
I.lcber'H coating.
IriL'lmil(V WIIU nin.ll,,.,., ,
I IHHll' II
had?"
"What can you mean
him?" faltered Kitten.
"Ah, I understand men better than
you do, child; they are nil nlike, every
mm nf tliPin dear creatures, mm
c
-have you seen
wc
l.niicl. nnd which Pana Yarrow slyly
pulled as he passed through tho hall
where sat his wife nnd little daughter In
frnnt of tho blazing wood fire.
"All ready for company, Xancy
minor" He caught tho little one up In
awakened mid taken to ,lmo 0f tho solar eelliisn t u.
the house. He spoko Kngllsh brokenly, Tim slmn
but could irivo no noeonnt of It In fnnnor nnt nunt. - .V1
..... . - ii - - "hi mini w
mi-. 1.1.....V ..v.- i.-.....- ...... ... .. .....v . ..,,,.. nf .i.-u . .
Ililll-.IIIHU., .........1. ,. ..,,,, - ., .
Ho explained his being in the storer . " ",v mv
room by tiMiniK iuh hcnnTH unit nw " ' "U""UI o me
akii m m n invn mi i iw rivnr iiniiir. iinn niii't-'iiifiiv1. iiiiii'k rrmKB rtinfi avia i.
Icon HvIiik on whnt thvy could ntcal from
. . vtiiiii i lit? iraiiktib li
can't do without them, the more s uie rf j., jier 0I, either cheek,
pity, but unrehnblo nil ot tneim ott. , ....,...,... An(1 mother, too? Why
him, my denr, of course I have; i V , Iookg ns younB tle day I saw
her for the first time.'
CHAPTER XVII.
"I have brought n friend of mine to
pny his respects to you, Mrs. Desmond,"
said Mrs. Talbot that afternoon, as she
entered Kitten's pretty drawing-room in
Lowndes Square.
Kitten herself had just come in from
her solitary drive. She stood In the cen
ter . of the room pulling off her long
gloves; she looked just a little bit sad
and weary, but her whole face bright
ened when, glancing past Gertrude, her
eyes lighted upon the young mnn who
entered the room in her wnke.
"Roy!" she cried joyfully, running for
ward with outstretched hands to inept
him.
"Kitten!"
"Oh. how clad I am to see you! Do
you know, that' I thought you had for
gotten me, nnd thnt you were never
coming to see me!"
'So vou two are great friends al
ready!" said Mrs. Talbot, in a voice of
disappointment. "And I thought that I
was going to introduce you to a new
beauty. Sir Roy!"
"Mrs. Desmond and 1 have Known
each other since we were children," ex
plained Roy, and then he thought no
more about her, but sat down on the
sofa by Kitten's side. How glad she
seemed to see him again; she who used
to snub him and laugh at him, and turn
her back upon him in the old days; how
delightful it was to be welcomed like
this by her.
"You are very much changed, he
said, almost involuntarily.
"i'es! I suppose I nm. .v woman ooes
change, no doubt, nfter her marriage,
and I have been to so many places, and
have seen bo many new things and so
many people abroad. I thinK i was a
very ignorant little person, Roy, when
my dear old dauuy was nuve. xuu
I was always a child to him, and now 1
am a woman. I seem to have jumped
from one to the other, to nave nau no
girlhood!" nnd she half sighed.
He bent down anu looneu uu.-udusij i
her. "Kitten, are you nappy
"As happy as a woman can ne who
has married a man sue iuvl-s uh m:i
whole heart," she answered proudly and
a little defiantly. ...
When he came uacK an uour nm-r iu
i,n., to dine with her, as sho had
asked him to do, he found her Htuiiding
dressed in her ball dress under the light
of a swinging lamp upon the lauding out-
side the drawing xoom uuor. e -ui"
un tho Btnircase she seemed to him a
surpassingly fair vision of youth and
beauty in her soft, clouded raiment of
white lace, wltn tne gimur i '""
upon her neck and arms.
. - iio" aim fried irav-
"1 Uliciuai 10 i uiiuu.v, c--.
... .... ...... ..'1,1..
!y, as she precede.! in n '""'"
room. "All, now i uu wie
come punctually to diniler! How do you
UkA mv dress. Roy?" . .
"It is perfect," bo snld gravely, looit
ing not nt her dress, but nt her.
.1....,.,. ...itr.ll "
"I dare say i sunn ni
she went on in a sort of hurried manner
t at puzzled l.Jm, "only with you and
with Uriah." Then, nfter n little pause,
she added in rather a strained voice:
"By the way, after all, you will invi
to put up with only mo for dinner, Roy;
I have had a note from my husband, In
which he states he will bo unable to get
. " i. .iinn-r l.lnir detn ned by busi
ness I hope Vou will not And it dull
n.ei8' ...u i .L. Khali we go down?"
rr offered his arm In grave silence
i.,. ,v.nt downstairs to dinner.
"How odd it seems to be sitting down
to dinner alone with you like this!" she
,uh brave effort to seem gay
hanny. "Do you remember our
i...i.mdi by the river and the sana
,i ftiorrv nies I used to coax
old Kezlal) Into making, so that I might
r .i nt in vou In tho corner of
him n few minutes ngo, wniKing u
very good-looking woman It was his
sister, no doubt," she ndded, looking a
from her victim.
ilia. t.tt 1
"Yes, It was his sister," answereu ixu-,
Farmer Yarrow put the little gin
down, glanced at his wife, who, with
drooping face, did
ruerrr speech
this, Dent over
"Vr.il. IllV
. . . ... nir I MIIIll.'ri V. tWLil LHU l.u...... -"
of course. I remember now. nrinu J"'")wtf-. tifo hns ben one of great hap
me thnt he wns dining with Iter to-night. lnrrr.t nnlv hv one sorrow. If
"Then had wc not better go on to the heoup ei(k!)t child our Henry were
ball?" said Gertrude, considerably tnken to-day, he would bo n brave lad
aback; Brian Desmond had no sister, and
she knew it, but the young "
not respond to his
ten, very calmly, half turning to Ko . Hcr mlsi)!Ulti( noticing
"it. wns stupid of me to forget It. ' 1ep tender, with the w
-.-....l. Iia iltimlt.
ne-s nnu courngn jii. ..... ..........
"Yes; wc will go together to the ball,
as-sented Kitten, nnd she went.
"Do you want to break her hcarU
whispered Roy. angrily to Mrs. Talbo,
ns they went downstairs. ff
"Oh. dear, no! only to open her eyes.
she answered, with n careless shrug oi
her beautiful white shoulders.
(To h rnntliiiK-il.i
Soicntlllo Farminir.
A clerk in the Department of Agri
culture snid:
"So you think thnt scientific funning
Is n bluff? You demand some Illustra
tions of the good thnt Is accomplished
by the scientific method? Very well.
wlion clover was first introduced
Into Australia it grew there beautiful-
'j lie sou wua
".Tnhn." for the first time his wife
raised her head and looked Into his face,
her brown eyes filled with tears, "John,
sometimes, methlnks our boy may yet
be alive. In the fight with tho Indians,
we were told that ho was carried away
hv them, and even though the country
nbout was searched by scouts and others,
It might be that they saved his life, for
ho was but a baby B years old, and If
there was a woman In that tribe surely
she would havo mother-heart enough to
preserve the life of an inocent babe who
had never done harm to any.
"Wife, wife, this is very wrong for
you to hope for the return of one who
has been so many years from us. 1 nm
sure thnt our sou ennnot be nllvc, or wo
would hnve heard of him In some wny
Ah! I hear sleigh bells."
Catching' Nannie up again, ho turned
toward the window, and coming up the
driveway were seen three immense
tho whites. I
Ho had hen Heat out on this night,
anil kcoIiie a window open In tho back
of tho Yarrow homestead ho determined
to craw' in and view the promises
Mrs. Ynrrow knelt before him nnd
gazing searchingly Into his eyes, which
were blue, asked over nml over. "Don t
i ii n t
you know inc. linrry. mining i nm
your mother." But he could not bo
made to understand. i' begged leavo
to return to the tribe, scylng he would
come back again with Information.
This the men were inclined to believe
a trick to get away, but when Mrs. Yar
row pleaded for him they let him go,
All Idea of church-going wns ntinn-
doncd, for the first time on Christmas
Day In the life of any member In thnt
household, nnd dinner awaited nt the
bidding nf mndame until the return or
the youth. He was seen coming lip the
walk at .1 o'clock In the afternoon, nnd
with him was an old Indian.
Tho following tale they all lUtenod
to with great interest:
"In the great Indian fight of twelve
years before, the little captured hoy was
tnken to the Indian eticninpineiit, ami
given to the care of n young siiaw. the
favorite wife of the chief of the tribe.
"Ono day sho overheard the chiefs
tnlklnc about tho white mans child
IflllUBOa lint lit V.nulAl,oai.1 I...M.
')fl illfri.n.lil f.,r.,i. n...l .1...
lor viewing tno phenomenon br
iii't iiwu, Din uu iiiumc mailt
rontrlvnncoK of tlirir own, nurh
IioIch IhrouKh pnjicr, or throojh
II....- I.. ..-..... IX.
rrimifQ ui iur nirwis or on me
water to reduce the elnre, jtnl
I ltsvisal tfifiliil.siln I, ,,! .
nit iv ii iiiiuiiiu hi in ill iv 11,1 uu s.r-i
ll.l.. .. I. ..II.. IIH.. I . L .
on eclipses.
I "' . . . ; . .
.itt. i.imjIa Annn.ftr
SUllCH llllll llll-llll'ilB ui iuvi
hundreil Inst year The form
the new vtewn of the enrtli ptei
llt!riUI UIHl l" i" "'V
1 llin IB lllVM iir-ui .
iriui. nl tho snlendor of the
or n crriiL i,iij--i" -
itii nn I.. r
u. l.i.l- If nnvnr SOCdCU
. V. ii. rn.n iimnte was nil rlglit. sledccs drawn by strong horses and filled
Vvi.of fi.'on was the trouble? I with merry faces, the owners of which
hat, then, was t ie "u . nilll wcre g00I1 clambering out. The front
A BcienusL Hiuu.uu .v j o nn( Mailnmo
this Is wimt ue lowiiu.
"He found that the native Ausim
iin bees hnd tongues too short to
reach the clover's pollen forinliiK or-
Those ortriins in reu ciui-
gaiis.
Yarrow's tears vanished In the hearty
handshakings and embraces of sisters,
cousins and aunts.
Even Great-grandmother Hartwell
had come, for this year It was Mary
hidden deeply In the heart of the tube-1 Yarrow's Christmas feast, and all had
... - .....1 flinv rnil OI11V DC iur come u iimno ims mm
Iiiit- l.v 'tho lorn,' tongued bumblebee. ' joy and laughter until after New Year,
tillzcd bj tlio wnu wuh ..,,,,. I That night n merry crowd sat down nt
If reu ciovcr i .""- " " ' the simper table. There was Brother
the goiuen poi:n , .,......, ...lf ,, , ,,.
ren. There was Great-grandmother
Hartwell and her daughter-in-law,
t.ona whn bear
grains from one blossom to another, t ,
never seeds it cannot be grown. 1 lie r;
scientist, nwnre of the fact, soon put
his finger on the barren Australian clo
ver's trouble. He imported n lot of
long tongued bumblebees. These bees
flourished, and Immediately Australian
clover, which had promised to be a
failure, became one of the country
richest nnd finest erops'-Chlcago
Chronicle.
Wliorn It 18 Useflll.
Patient What do you think of thli I
faith cure business, doctor:
Doctor Oh, it's an ng.ii
Grandmother Hartwell. Mr. Yarrow's
father and mother wore present, ns were
also his two brothers and one sister with
their wives, husband and children. In
all there were thirty-three.
Ono might well wonder where all this
goodly company were to sleep, but If you
had gone into tlio great garret you would
havo ceased wondering, when you saw
the trundle beds for tho little ones. Of
course, the very smallest lmbics slept In
their mothers rooms.
Christmas Eve the children were nl-
wnys allowed nn extra half hour around
som tho fireside to listen to the stories of
their elders, while the corn popped ami
chestnuts burned black, or else hopped
.;.r, across tho floor.
I'1'3""! On IliU erenlnir N'liiinin !il In lur
mi. --i i t.A K l. ...Uf,...MinA 1!ntrnnM. T ie tlUinUPr 01
hi liiu multilist in uu j nun ir iiuim in
Iw. Iiftil Iipimi with I UMil. MO Kfttrht nn VPIlllH, Wnt
they had decided that the Innocent child ,,0 n(.,t1iie appear like pn rK
i ii ii. ... inIfftri
snoiiiii inc. Bliont nir stars are uu'"
l.ri.l.. I....I l. ... 1 1 , u ,i,n ... k..M in
. i,v n,i..'" - vn ni mia H00H1 IU 1"- '
iiriin ,irin i mil 111111 mil' I I nr. ,11. 1, .. . . . . .1,0 u-iirc
" --- ....... i.n p.mi v iriie. U"
ried him uway to another tribe of In
dinns. who were bitter enemies of her
1 I.. , (I... I,nv'l .V.Iulllll (,f
unit, UIIU, ".,... i - " n ,.
..r .... ...i.i .1. ..i.i..r .. r - . 1.. A...i.. 1,1 . 1 1 . trinii ipn 1 1 . 11,.
r.c mv v ... .. ....... .... im 1 ,'M" - - r, . 1.
.. . . ... 1. . . . .. . ..I. In lll IUI1.
sciieme tnni ner iruie iniu im.iiiiumi iur ncwill or me "
nttneking them. llelitfnl scnsntlon.
... . ... . .1... -1.11.1 -...1
nne bikou ineiu iu ihkc iur i-iiiiu nun
keep Mm, till perhaps, some day ho
would be restored to his "white tribe.'
The old Indian was well rewarded
with a lond of wheat and com to curry
home on a hnnd sled.
Then the long-lout Harry Yarrow was
made to understand that this was his
home, nnd that he was to remain Ih -re.
The Christum dinner did not suffer
thnt night for wnut of attention, but
before they partook of It, I-'anner Yar
row, with his nnu nbout his son. thnitk- ' , ... nmll way
. , .!., ..... ..II ill. l.l llin I'lllinv . .... .11
ell urm iur linn ;iniii-ii ui nn inn i,i,n- niitrlief IS 'wl 1
ii'1"'
. . . . . .rr,mT
,.,ip1iph such ennnij --
lOI'OlI Hill" ""-
1 I I VI
HMUU I J nr . '
Ilnntrr HtniU, III-
-,rlr In His
There Is a rat cntcher j
Unltlmore periodically to
i.r nlnres. of lBt
iiiiiiiih - . ... 1,4
. AmniiL' t IC ""1
i. ....inniers nnu
..1...0... nm suruni
III iu ' - .. M
lugs. Home Monthly.
NOTHING FOft FREDDIE QREEN.
. ... (ml
. .1... i.i, ivowi-
.....
eases, .
Patient For example:
i,.inrVell. say when
Imagines something alls him and then fftVorjt0 pnc0 on Cousin Hoderick's knee.
imaglncB he is cured of It. Cincinnati TJnclo Tom had just been saying thnt n
w... ...I-...- few days previous ho had heard that
1 . the hmllans hnd been causing trouble
a nihers See Ub, 'for tho farmers. They were stealing
r r)0 yon bellevo there Is real- tho hoarded corn and wheat, and In ono
. ' 1. n ni.rtfnii n's the fool-klller? instnncc, nftor taking the grain, they
U uui... . . . ,1(u, Hftl flro t0 tIl0 Brannry,
Hrown i'r "" j CoiiHln Hod saw the look of terror In
nre you? ),(. eyes of some of tho Httlo ones, and
Green Forty-live. Interrupted with tho words, "Well, now,
Urown Well, If tliere is, no Aunt Mnry, wouldn't It bo n great joke
have retired from business. f t,eil0 hungry Ueds should get Into
. 1 your storeroom and carry off all those
I'rofesnloiuil Advice. ,,es nn,j puddings I know you havo
The new doctor hud been called in ,MOro for to-morrow?"
to see a ludy with n swollen Jaw. ''Are they 'really so hungry, Cousin
"Does it hurt you to talk?" asked Hod?" asked a little volno from his lap.
i iiiKnonser. I "yeH ,,enr' In,,,n" ls n I wnys ready
thVoa. to eat one out of house and lioine.;
"Then uon t, sum mo
dollars, please
Pan. He
rats, hut
... in the
. . in. does n'
nm gniuv- mif
rivmi 111 11 im . ,im
.... .in. it 1
"". " ' ' end he n.mc
1111 iiim' . ilia hv
1 it 1 uwn .
11 iii. iiiiii " . . ii
f ..-- ... INI V-
makes Htntig"'
for ic
...I UVU
Kreddle (ireen he suld nt Hiititn ('Inns
was IhI a fuke nil' lie luld iiwuUo In lied
to llnd out fur sure, nn' Wen Hindu ('Inns
come In Willi 11 whole lots nf thllics he
hnlltred rluht out lond to "(Jet H hull cut"
to Hunt a (Mans, mi' Haiiln ('hum IhI l-ked
up everything nt lie v;is tiling in lenvo
air turned out the 'lectrle llglit nn rriu
dlo (iieen illiln'l tit iiiitliiiiul I'n H.iyH
Kiedrtlo (Jreen linln't ut no in,innui
no' 'ul's Hie reiifoii.
Lato that night no one heard tho
"pit-pat of tiny bare feet along the
Anrr onlil hull, n ft Httlo whito fltflirA
emerged from the attic, and Hew down
stairs in tho moonlight, which flooded
hnnthe houso with Its kindly rays,
now, ..... , Ji..i,, . 11,. .1
Mean DImiiomUIoii,
"ne's got n mean dlsposltton."
"What makes you think so?"
"I told b ill I WaillCU JO iuuiu ..uiv , , . Areptv to tho ilornrnnm
to run an auto nnd ho didn't offor to , A t,B Bam0 jnstant a toll, dark form,
loan roe his." Cleveland Plain Dealer. thftt unrt Lut a moment befor? climbed
An liiip. ovil Diary.
"This," exiiluhied the iook"olbir, "Is
our latent patent dlnry. Wo think It Is
the eloverot thing In that line over do
vised." Tho shopper turns (ho leaves Idly.
"Hut 1 can't see where It Is different
from any other," sho observes.
"No? Well, If you will look at all
tho dates after Jan. '.'1 you will see that
-..,.,,1 nnu vr
, v , nnywl ro.
COIIipiini' .. i m.
ects a l'n,,l"r nllW.fltMli1
1)111 WIHU " ,lie. llin
itt",,,.i,,,,:. , ieH
I lllin .I'll 1' . .In! n
hole and dniwHN'V. llMto
i ll.nil ho HtrlM
iu peciilliu- - klllM
. ii 1 1 in ii . -
Ami It's - ,lie,,
nt a"""-
II V
In each space has been printed, 'Got up, i Crawford" V''llt
ntn lirenklniit. liineh ii ml iliniior nod WCIlt .iialmllCHl ' k
to bed.' That insures n coinnlute diary . tor ...... -HC I"'.,,
.. ......... i 'riiiiniiii Jv
for tlio year." Judge,
Tlio Dnwn il'CliriHiiiiiis.
Christmas day begins In tho middle of
the l'nclllc ocean, and (hero Is who.ro
Bantn Claus starts and ends Ills great
nnd only Joaruey of the year.
CrnbHlt"
ceUlnB !.'
V ,.,1 .TOI" v -
lie Ciei-"' 71,11 1
- - a mint
Al.flywlUI"K ' .'
I.. B011I .
are others - ,t,j
Justus smart oiou
uring iuku " ' - -