Tirllltag Tales 1 - i It'ft ail Aihrei b'i! nii'inwnnwMiw 1flf v-.;t ww ! ' " "WisrwM ip' ''!. rrent of Life II By Annette Ansreri V'. jwi ? " f -tPf.mtmm,fitiV"Ki ts-wnwyir-'ir" s -rw, r ':') invwwwWWWWWW WWWiWMpl(Wn)i.j,?M-,-, The nw Vfp mrmSSjHDPHBBEI T HF Interurban car was crowded aa til ways on Saturday afternoon. Oeasy managed to cling to her many bundles as alio pushed her way on and down the- alalo till alio could steady horsclf :itr:ilnn! dm lit,.,), a scat. J hero was no chanco to alt and she barely managed to keep possession of her bundles. Jack could glvo hot no help. He himself was loaded dowu till ho could barely stagger on. Only about onco a month did they como Into thn big town from tho farm and thoro was always ho much to car ry. And as tho cars ran only every third hour In tho winter months thoro was nlways a vorltablo mob of farmers and their wives, shopping bent. Bessy was tired. Tho wind had been crld and alio bad waited around at different stores whtlo Jack made his purchases. She swayed with tho lurch of tho car and hor arms ached from tho strain of holding so many bundles. Presently tho heavy coat mid tho muffler, which had been nocesaary In tho cold outdoor, becamo unbeara ble In tho stuffy ntmoaphcro of tho crowded car. 13ut sho could not man- ago to frco horaclf or clthor. Thoro was no room. it was Impossible, either, to lay a package down nnd so get a hand up. Stoically alio sub mitted to necessity nnd stood In fa tiguing quiet. Iu nn hour they would reach the homo station. Then thcro would como a weary, stiff walk of nearly a mllo to their small farm. She algbcd. Onco. I ho aprlng beforo lnat. when tho road was aided with blue violets, alio had loved that fragrant abort mile. I hen they woro fresh from tho city, alio nnd Jack, nnd tho country had all tho beauty of novolty. nut two feet of anow that crept up to one a knees nnd oozed Into over shoes mado tho mlln anything but Pleasant. Today alio felt that slin hat ed it. At tho end of this long, tiring, cold day sho was In that weary mood when Hho lmtcd everything connected with tho country. Sho lmtcd tho cold anow fields, tho grim, ugly fenco posts, that pcorcd from them In hateful straight lines; alio hated tho bundles mm hmo carricu now ovcrahocB, heavy stockings, woolen petticoat, a sir p of ugly oilcloth for tho tnblo on whlrh sho washed dishes; nil noccs aarloa; not a uaclcas or beautiful thing among them. Two years back It had seemed a wonderful thing that sho and Jack could gel out Into tho country and have a amall homo of their own. They had boon glad to go even though they went because the doctor Impera tively ordered It. Jack was not well. They had gloated ovor thn vlolota. tho carkliug hens, the bit of unpaluted ahed, tho amall homely cottage, tho ciiancc to milk their own cow. And tho interurban had seemed nn added Joy. It connected them with town. They had never expected to find that l came so near. They regarded it as a distinct provision of I'rovidoncc. Uut all that was two years back. Two winters had come since then. And they had learned how very lonely a winter, with an interurban a mllo away can be. "And I hato It," reflected Bess. "And I hato the fried pork that we will have for supper. I want " Sho didn't finish tho thought. Hor eyes widened. Usually tho same kind of people filled tho car; big. comfortable- farmers or stockmen In heavy caps and coals and ovorshoesr' their faces red-hardened by wind nnd sleet; and their wives and daughters, also with heavy hoods, or hats tied tight with woolen acarf, heavy coats and over shoes. It was a surprise to see tho two who gat about the middle of the car. Tlie .woman wore a small black civet 1ml, modestly trimmed with a single quill: her cont was cloth, tai lored broadcloth. Heasy had lived in a city all her life. Her own salary as a clever stenographer enabled her to appraise correctly tho cost of that plain little hat. "ratine velvet," alio know. And the quill was worth far moro tlinn Its alight weight In silver. And tho man beside hor wore an ulbtcr oh, she knew how much those Eng lish ulstera wcro worth. And alio could guess how much that plain dark hat cost. They woro not Interurban folks they belonged to thosa who rldo In laxlcabs; they auggestod luxury, city luxury, restaurants, gay lights, waiters, big beautiful storos, tho tung of the city, the roar of the elevated, tho clatter of motor trucks, dally newspapers hung nt your door or grabbed from tho stand whllo tho type wns still wet, not delivered to you two days later by tho rural mailman; they suggested, in fact, this Incongruous pair, nil that Bessy longed for, nnd now knew that sho had longed for all these past months. Sho felt shabby, burdened, poor, nul lon. The woman was good-looking, in muasaged, powdered, scented, manl- 1 T mi ii nwiiwuiin iu m.ynH? WO 01 Kind In Style cured style. She had removed a glove, ami Ilcssy stared euvloUHly at tho slim while flngcra ralsod lo tho dainty black hair. Pink nnd polished wero thoso fingernails Just such tint and ahitio as Ilcssy's own had boasted yeara before when it wna worth whllo beautifying ono's self. Now sho shiv ered with dlsgunt at thought of the broken-unllcd red-knuckled digits In her clumsy woolen gloves. Sho turned till alio could Just glimpse tho rough Bhouldcra of Jack's overcoat. Hastily alio turned her eyes awny again. She loved Jack at least sho had loved him two years beforo; suroly sho had loved a year back. Hut sho waa tired of their way of living, She wanted to get back to lights and nolsn and frivolous clothes. Sho wanted electric lights. And sho thought with loathing of the kerosene lumps that sho had forgotten to fill that morning beforo sho loft. Nowj cho must do It when sho arrived home. And tho kitchen flro would bo out. Jack would build It, but sho muot wait In the chill room till It was burn ing. Then tho auppor on tho square ugly kitchen tnblo by the korosino lamp. And not 300 miles away women wcro dining undor glittering lights to orchestra accompaniment. And they wero dining not merely eating food. Her eyes clung fuscluutcd lo these u ii'incBuuiiuivca oi mat city life. one ubicu 10 mrow mo bundles down. Iniacinn i i . c"' te gc back to n r Load station, and go. wS J h ft b mi- d nun lor 1110 first time alio resented his lack of health. For the mm. uino- sue wisncu that, sho was imuu miming nor own living. She had been a competent worker In tho eity alio had mado enough and moro to go! pretty lints and shoos and coats. Not luxurious, bul pretty things. Noth lug like the horrible things in the uiuiuius which innuc per nrma ache. For (he first time alio called Jack aclflah to aak her to bury herself out here; ho wns antlsflcd, being a iiinu; tho cow, tho chickens, tho atrnlght fur rows contented him, The evening be foro he had spent thrco excited hours debating whethor he should set out blackberries or strawberries on the fertile strip west of tho barn. Sho felt a sudden hot resentment at his easy content. As sho stretched around to look ni him her glance wavered. 'I ho woman with tho panno velvet Imported hat had reached ngaln to pat tho bluck hair. Hess looked at tho white, mani cured hnnd for several aching mo ments before her eyes went on and found Jack. And then Her oyos grow big. For Jack was luokliic at n, . I""1"- An tel'l1" Itlluulnrul n... C",t0birf, wn there ybLloh ""'"S.melanch "' Jack's ovcj w, ""ft '"'Sobtindl fr'J " " There was n, Z a" fiirlnosa In the m U" wn carefully1 & mi cur. fpi.. - iumri " iiitii r-afw. . . monition to her thitLV might havo tokShY WOllUI bo m, A.5V?' V her here. V,5ICM"J And she knew tbenY.. "' "he loved him or ? S misted I,- ...'' r ' ft- in the ,ci . illTA HgCll to wrll ; "I"" Some few ludifh .;;' fling through thiulil;u!; ly Impossible. "" Jack reached to tilt ... bundles uh ..... J"1. I.ot.1 them elo7eQ-yoZ' own." SliemltfH.iL.'''T - una, It hurt her to seo how naI ..nlTedlnreur""5"0" "Tircdrhe,ktd1(J fte-A, -vw'sm" t r WtH'i" By Will Seaton LAIIKA Sl'OONEn, sitting at tho win dow with hor cro chet work looked up us a llttlo trip ping woman wont by. Tho little, trip ping woman bowed nnd nmllod nnd AI mlrn r on pond od rrnHntialv Aa l woman passed down tho street Almlrn snubbed her noao ngulnst tho pane to gasto aftor hor. A sound behind hor mado hor turn with u start and thorn alood hor next door neighbor, Airs. Seeloy, who had run in with hor cro diet work. "Whom arc you watching?" asked A ra. Sccley, selecting a chair with a vlow to comfort and beginning to cro chet so as to loso no time. "I.ou Chittenden. Hnvo vou neon her now gray coat?" Almlrn also bo gan to crochet. "Mercy, yes. Sho's been out nlflng it every day slnco sho got it a week ago. Sho got it at Gould's." "It's exactly like a coat r was look ing at aud wanted," mild Almlrn short- ly. "I shan't buy It now that she's got one." "That's tho troublo In a plnco of this alzo," consoled Mrs. Socloy. "I shall go to tho city and got mo a cont." replied Almlra, looking very elo cldcd. "I don'l blnmo you ono atom." Alra. Socly anld admiringly. "Course, you' ran buy whero you want ti. Mr. Spoonor Is a salaried man and pays his bills as ho goes. Hut with mo It's different," alio sighed. Wo'ro connec tions of Gould nnd I reel undor obli gations. I wouldn't dust hardly buy anywhero cIhc." "Well, I dust and I ahull," nfflrmed Almlra. Until aha had apokou alio had never ilrrnmod of going out of town for hot coat. Hut now that Hho had spoken alio felt alio could not very well draw back. Alra. Scoley would tell every body that sho woh going to the oily to get hor coat and everybody would be looking for her to do ao. IjckIiIos, Hho really wished to hnvo a coat differ ent from any sho had aeon, especially rrom Hint or I.ou Chittenden, lo whom alio horn a grudgo of long staudltig. Tho thought of Lou Chittenden stimu lated her. Sho know Lou thoroughly, know how cually turned and dissatis fied sho was. PIcaHtuitly alio pictured to herself Lou's dlBiuay whon she, Al mlra, inarched Into church Sunday morning arrayed In tho latest city alyle. , Almlrn'a next moro wns to approach her husband on tho money question. Al Spoonor waa aa closn as tho pro verbial bark on the trco, but a legacy of $3,000 recently acquired had done much toward loosening up his purso atrlnga. However, he growled consid erably beforo ho handed out thrco ?10 bills to his wife. "Now. don't ask mo for another cent this winter," ho admonished. "Al Spoonor," returned Almlra with spirit, "I shall ask you for money ev ery Hmo I want it, and I'll seo that you give It lo me. loo." "Oh. go long," aaltl Al, who win no match at all for lila aggressive llttlo helpmate. Willi her Ihreo $10 hills tucked safe ly artay. and arrayed in last Hummer's suit, her new hat nnd a fresh veil Al mlra took tho early morning train to the city. Not until alio was fairly on her way did hor high spirits begin to flag. Then alio realized with a mis erable little Inward qttako that alio was doing an advonttircsonio thing. Sho had scarcely ever been out of Uay vlllo In her llfo and hero sho waa starting alone for tho city! How had she ever como to do It? "I'm afraid." nho thought penitently, "that I'm n great hand to apenk hastily. Hut when I've said a thing I won't go back on it, no 8lrcc!" Thero was not n soul whom alio knew on tho train. Hnlf u dozon years beforo Almlra had been to thn city with Al: and womanlike, had trusted to hi ni to pilot her about. Her mem ory she found, wna confused and val ueless. Aa sho atood on tho station plntform sho was utterly turned around. Only one thing stood out boldly in her mind's oyo and thut was the namo of Mar.N'amara. "Kcb, ma'am?" Almlra started. She began lo aco a way out of her dlfflcul tlcfl. Sho allghied from tho cab at Mac Namnta's door and with renewed courngo entered. After Gould' this department store looked vast, over whelming. Alorcbver, it caught tho fancy nt every turn. She wna llko n allly little butterfly In a great field of llowora. She fluttered hero and thero enraptured. Never had sho seen so many things sho wanted. If alio ro Hlated ono thing sho gave way to an other. At laat alio awoke to the fact It waa L' o'clock, she had had no lunch, alio wna laden with small parccla nnd considerable of her money hud been spout. A consldorato floorwalker directed her to the restaurant, whoro she swal lowed somo tea and a sandwich. Then alio returned to tho atore. On tho way to tho coat dopartmont Hho ran across somo bargains In silks which delayed her so loug Hint she had barely an hour left In which to Belcct her coat and get to tho stution. Hy that Hmo her poor brad waa in n whirl and her monoy far gone. A clevor llttlo saleswoman helped her Into a cont luxuriously Bilk lined. Al mlra caught it gllmpao of the price lag and gasped. Twcnty-llvo dollars! "I can't pay so much," she aald. "something simpler, pleaso some thing about $12." b.'-. tm wmmmmmmmtmmioimamm A BflHHBMMMUHMiff39HdjbnMgMMMMMMaM Faith In Human Nature Tho saleswoman Immediately look ed bored, but sho went on putting coals upon Almlra, who became moro and moro confused. Sho had never aeon ao many coats In her llfo. After alio had tried on eight or nlno they all looked nllkn to hor. Tho oleclrlu lights made her head ache. Aloreover, tlmo was flying. Sho glanced at her watch and was horrified to And that It would bo close work getting to tho de pot. ' "Glvo mo tho coat jou think la tho host," sho said to tho snlcuglrl. "And hurry, ploase, or I shall miss my train." Almlrn, with a dozen parcels under hor arma, ran nearly the vyholo way to tho attitlon. Yet In splto or. hor hni-te. sho arrived Jttat In time. As with her laat breath alio hurried toward thn train n big, familiar arm gathered her and hor bundles In. "Plenty of time, hon," said her bus band'H volco in hor cnr. Ho hud grown uneasy about her, nnd hnd como In upon ono train Just in tlmo to take her homo on tho other. Almlra waa never so tired In her life. The noxt morning alto drcaaod up In her new coat and mt J to uoan errand. Before Gotlfl dow she paused superclllom'jj iuu uisinuj-. AS Ibe Itotf woman drew near, "Why. Almlra Snoontti'tf Chittenden, The corntriott vokhig motitb curled. -If job gone and got a coat Juit ll i uiuti t Know jou thoiijlt tia m nir. Almlrn swunc round and li her. Then she turned rilt horribly true. Her coat i llko Lou's. And she had pci way lo tho city to jet It' Mo that she had paid 12 more lor Lou had paid at GouU'i! for slant her cars sun;, Ilea tit herself. Sho had been a fool I body knew It save fcenelL J bodily should know It. She is hopo you don t mmd, warut Lull Chittenden lautbti I'm tickled Iu death. It'i tl tlmo In my life I eierreiiijl stile." She pulled Alain 1 "Como on down to Burahao'ial his ilUplny of oil slot es," iM And Almlra neat r-mi-jf, l , iSfck r H5 JE By Walt Gregg :0msm&whmsac UK alwnya had been Joalotta. Vet alio had prided horeolt that sho was amial blu about It. That Is, after alto had grown beyond a rather s t o r m y childhood. And slnco her marriage, . . wW HU lCll IIUJ twinges to heiaolf, knowing that thero was novor any real rVaaoti for doubt ing. Hut now- hero wjih proof. Could she doubt hor own eyes? The package her luinband had so carelesaly handed over with tho mull Hho found to bo it box of beautifully embroidered linen handkerchiefs, hom ditched, and with his own monogram In tho corner - such handkerchiefs na ho would never think of buying. Then tho card. "MIhb I.ouIhq Ualton. S13 Linden walk, Louisville, Ky mado It evident that they wero it gift. That nnd tho fait that her husband had beon to Louisville Hint week complet ed hor hastily guthcted evidence. Sho reniembeted trying to think Just what alio should Hay to Lludaay, Ihon a wave or self pltj would drown all thought of the logical statements alio prepared. She, Kdlth Stono, would bo " .". 'wntummi pitied na alio had pilled others; she who had ao boasted and glaticd iu tho fact that sho loved anil was beloved in n manner out of tho ordinary. "Do you go too Lotiisvlllo often?" Sho wits suddenly conscious that tho guest waa speaking. "Why, yes; and will probably go oft enor from now on," Hho heard her hus band reply. Ho waa trying to prcparo her for his nhHCiiceHl IMilli felt that alto must gel out whero thero waa cool air. Hut Hpecch seemed to havo left her. What was thn man aaylttg? That he iiiuat go? Oh, yea, alio leiiicmbeted, mid smiled grncloualy as she aliook lunula. She heard the front door alaiti, heard Llndfluy coming toward her ttud tried vainly to say something. Ah he bent ovor her In nn attempt to klwa hor forehead tho wife drew away front him, atill looking at tho flip and not saying a word. "Tho tired llttlo lady had better go to bed," he anld Kcntl, aa ho went out of tho room. Tho tingry tenia rushed to Iter ryes. It waa tho tlr.st thuo alto had ever hIii unk from his kisH, nnd he thought only that alto wna Hied! She would Htayttp, right whoro sho wna, till he came to seo what waa tho matter. Then alio would tell him what alio ktifw. Supposing, though, that ho could ex plain! What would he think of her for doubting him? Her heart al most stopped beutlng at tho thought that her doubt might mar thelt- hith erto perfect understanding, This laittlso Dnlton what manner of girl waa alio? l'erhapa some pretty foolish schoolgirl who didn't Know Lindsay wns married. She would neceasarily bo both pretty and attrac tive. Kelt th reflected, or Lindsay wouldn't bo Interoaled lit Iter. The moro Hho thought of the girl the Inure Hho pitied her and the mote real her jealous fancies becamo. until it seemed to her that hrr whole duty lay Iu warn ing tho gitl. After all alio had the ad dress, Why not hoc this pretty, fool ish l.ouiao tho next tlmo she went to Louisville? Then, if her fears had been unrounded, Lindsay would ntier bo tho wiser. Suddenly sho remembered homing Airs. Tluirmnn, her neighbor, aav sho wns going to Louisville on tho citily train. Why not go with her? She heard tho clock strike four; (hen It was nearly tlmo to get up and get ready. Mrs. Thurnun wits delighted to have company ami chatted atnlablv until Kdlth Stone, not daring to trust her olce. pleaded a headache. Thla nmdo the rest of the trip moro endurable, and onco In Lotiisvlllo she told Mrs. I liurninn sho had an appointment with the dressmaker, and, t possible, would meet her for lunch, otherwise Mrs. Thtiriiinn wus to know that she would hnvo to remain over another day for an extta fitting. As quickly as poasible alto found her way U 2111 Linden wnlk and asked for Mis Louise Dallon. She wits told that the young lady Iu question wns not at home and would not be until late that afternoon, "Hut my train will be gone then, i I nttiat aoo her aoon," stammered Kdlth, Incoherently. "Shall I call Mrs. Dallon?" asked the woman, eying her doubtfully. "Oh. no; don't do that! That Is." Hho added In a calmer tone, "If jou can jell nio where I can find her this murn- "At Uellevlew Seminary on Foiuih street." answered tho woman, looking even mote dubious when L'dlth hardly waited for the end of her sentence. When she reached the street again Ldilh felt that the nervous strain waa beginning to tell on her. she had been kejed up to calmness' for an itn- mediate Interview and now that alio must search further her courage began to waver. Weak and trembling, she called a cab. Almost staggering, nho nllghled at tho tloor of tho seminary, and asked lo seo Alisa Loulao Dalton. On being told tltat Alias Dalton would bo In in : few minutes, alio sank Into a chulr. Aftor what seemed a long tlmo tho door oponed. admitting a pretty child or about twelve or thirteen, Sho woro short dresses and a huge bow on her hobbed hair, "Good morning, do you wish to aeo mo?" naked tho child brightly. "Can you be-are you Miss Iuilao Dalton?' queatloncd Kdlth breathless ! "Yes. Vou wanted to seo mo?" The child was frankly puzzled. "No. honey, no!" hIio cried, giving tho astonished child a dazzling smile. ' I only wanted to look ut you. And now I've aeen you. you run along back to your class, and I'll go home where 1 belong!" That night, after she had gleefully showed Lindsay all tho bargains sho found that afternoon, she turned to him suddenly. "It was nice of you not lo fuss about my taking French leave this iW-wn. .1 -Vf',-rtM,,,1,-", s.OeJ5K?i morning, perhaps I'll tell you, oh, a long time off, why I went." "I Imagined It wna some great se cret, llko my birthday, for Instance," ho laughed Indulgently. "That re mlnda me," he continued, tossing hor a letter, "read thla and sec what you think of It." ".My Dear Air. Stono Your iiniue and address woro given to me by a mutual frlond. I urn n llttlo girl, v: years old, whose father Is dead, and I am trying to earn part of my educa tion at Uellevlew, i'l am sending you a package of handkerchiefs with your monogram In one corner. If you would care to buy them kindly scud -?. to mo; If not, pleaso return the handkerchiefs to this address. MIhh Louise Dalton, -ID Linden walk, Loulivlllo, Ky." "Tho blessed child!" exclaimed Kdlth. "Child? You don't really think a child wroto that? It is undoubtedly a grown person trying to work tho sym pathy racket In a novel way." "nut I know It la a child." sho be gan, then ended, a llttlo moro weakly, "tho handwriting ahowa It." "Well, dear," declared her husband, looking at her with amusement nnd (.,,ir.... "vm If Iihouiitu money would wwhwljj i ,no I'd tend It. l fclJUll IHIIl'v-' - '" .J ii,. iimt mim nn tOlMPyWl human nature. Don't or leiij concluded, oarnfjMyrlt l W,Q ni'Anlcat rh.irmi." ..nil r not 10." Ibe M'l flushing at nil pndM wl face on his aliouwr, llMrtillseHMiH mm spins to will J private rntwUtaMrt ittfl leniarkcdthcsouiruiiv"' '"kV my advice: JjH man bonnier t M gl ',e..,na..H,,,M,,:to,t c4H dlcnce-to.be i.roUblyV"VJ ? i'r " ","u ue auto tu mn'i- T-niiranCt til Ilk' wpidtjv'iS "let us take tne - examine; wv- b lK "But " iBlerrupted tv i . ivlth tho missing ni-oaiatf cruB. Thnv rieHW era neiscu .-.- ""OVUM It FALL Y do not like ii" lie aald hotne whiit cohll, looking iu loss Uio room to whete alio sat lit I ho i oil glow of I ho fire light Thero was it mow on hla fore head aud a general air of ttggrlevctnent . nooitt mm. hho glaiKcu up inquiringly, thou at ose and i-iusacd the loom. She Panned hor hand lovingly ovor his way hair, his arm stolo about her lst and ho drew her down boaldo him. Thero was htlenco for a moment. I hen nho drow hoiself half away and looked up ut him. "Arthur?" pleadingly. "Well," l.npullently. "I wish you wouldn't" ttouldnt what" "lie jcaiou- ou colhwog'" sho pouted but ihpif wa a subdued apar kle in her ces, n the Glow of the Morning " UK,-. V 4, Ai, 5 ,, - mMMnuwt ( By Elsie Endicott "Hut htiw can 1 help it?" ho asked, n tender nolo creeping into Ills oieo. "Hero wo were, nico nnd comfortable, and happy as can lie, when this thla mail comos along and 'falls Iu lovo with you." "I couldn't help it," she interrupted. "I'm, not so sure about that," ho said slowly aim oiitphatically, "Arthur!" She sat upright, her lu illgnaii blue eyes looklug straight in to his. "No. I'm not ho sure," ho went on doggedly. "A man eloosu't fall iu lovo ao desperately without somo oncour agoinont no, 1 don't mean that ,mhi encouraged him purposely, but jott took things hh a matter of coursa, woro passive1, unit he didn't kiiow about m'e, or. If ho did, ho thought 1 dldu't count" Hla voice was bitter now. and hla eyes averted. "Why should V" ho went on "I'm onlj si loiiutrjman, ou know and he is from the eity and has all the waa to at tract one llealdes, lie la rich, and I why, 1 havo nothing ami no prospects. 1 shouldn't blame you If you did like him best, it must bo tiresome w tilling for me so long. Perhaps jou'M better take him after all. and let me--" Ho got no farther. Two soft arms woto about his peck and a pleading, tearful face close to his own. "No. of course I didn't mean it." ho was saying tho minutes later. "I'm a jealous old fool, aud I know it." "And I never guve you any cause?" "No!" -a happly light in hla eyes. "You are as, true na atcel, dour, and I II promise noer to bo Jealous ugalp." "You will never have cause," alio re plied simply. "For 1 lovo you and no Ulto elso, Arthur dear." . . Sho had been scut for suddenly. Ilruce waa dylug from nit internal in Jury caused by being thrown from hla horc There was a hush In the sick-room na she entered His mother drew aside and alio knelt by the Injured man a bed 1 havo loved you so well," he said. weakly pleasing the warm hand that helil hla; "and it has made me so hap py. "I do not know how it s. but all mv life I've had an Ideal before me 'l knew l should nnd her somo day. so I e trlod to live lo be worthy of her And I havo lived worthily" looking up triumphantly into tho tear-stained face, "l have foumnier in jou.' Theie was a moment's silence. "I know that ou do not love me." he aald sadly, "but- I want you to marry me, before I go." Sho started to speak. "It will bo for so short a time, dear" Pleadingly. "I uo not ask for jour lire -that, perhaps, belongs to auoth. Sho bowed her head, while the tears ran unchecked down her cheek "Surely jou will grant me this." he began eagerly -just a day, an hour perhaps only a moment to feel that you aro mine, and then when I am gone 'twill be but a memory of low jou had made a djlng man happy. given him ono glimpse of the heavon to which ho hopes ho is going." Her llps'scarcely moved. "I cannot oh. I cannot!" she moaned. A shadow fell over hla face. "I wish that it might be." he said re signedly, and closed his eyes wearily. A sudden light sprang into her ees. I do lovo you," aho cried. "It baa just come to me. It has been creeping mo my heart, and I did not kuow It. I thought I loved him, but It Is you." She held him close. inTi'lJ ,MV.roml8Cd ,0 '"'.' stio ntlded break my word," "No." ho echoed feebly, looking dtep faith "'er CeS: "J'" mUSt kecp your She bent and kissed hint. She went back Into' the dull g'rav of A Uier '1' and ,,C1 e were filled with unshed tears She btood at fiZflll. .T, a T1n,pnt and tched tho first rosy streaks appear in the east. A ngurc atood beside her. "I've heard about It," he aald gruffly. "He wanted you to marry him, didn't he?" She nodded. "You did?" eagerly. "No turning her eyea full upon hiiu. "I had promised you, you know." "You oughtn't to have minded that." he said. "Of course I wouldn't mind, seeing he wasn't going to live. Aud, Beatrice " "Well?" dreamily, "You'd have had all his, money," Silence. "You'd have been nicely fixed, and we could have been married sooik" "I did not think of it," she answered mechanically, her eyes on a floating cloud In the east. He laughed bitterly. "It couldn't have done you any harm, and you might have thought about me. You might have been willing to sacrifice something for me." He turned aud left her Her eyeH were atill intent on the cloud - a soft, fleecy cloud that seemed v ,o bear In . fffiJ,',uS 11 101 " '"- I Into the blue- oll, r house, leaving fen'01 . - . nlnP. ...n,,.au8c'i3f'r'Bji wonr-srowledth'-,,, .!,, u woman "". :.. " efflclenryotthel iW,c kind, snapped .&rerf, trudlns chin. S' &I11I1 i.ioniiacV of B8 .i.iiintt(' when it cornea to J -mental operaUooi. t , i -Truth ""ffaVmoVr, sain. M "i.." i4' mora""'