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exrlaimeil JJol Curzou.
"What Las Ue dune now, dear''' in
quired Cicely, who was not unaectis
tomed to hear condemnatory remarks
respecting that gentleman.
. w hy, in the first place, darling, as
you are only too well aware," replied
Hob, -lie refused his consent to our be.
illl? Iimi'i-ieil. nil Hin sr-nt-n of ji.r yn'jtll."
"Well, dear Kol), i.e may have hem
right there," said Cicely, soothingly.
'Twenty is a little young to get mar
ried, isn't it ';"
"Nut u bit," answered Bob. impa
tiently. "If a man doesn't know his
own mind at JO he never will."
"Km you may see some girl whom
you will prefer to me." suggested
Jicely. "Somebody who is better look
ing, or moiv accomplished."
"What nonsense!" exclaimed the
young man, irritably. "Do you think
I'm a boy, to change my mind every
live 111 i null's'.'"
"it, no. dear," replied Cicely, caress
ingly, "but such tilings have happened,
you know, ami though It would break
my heart to lose you, I would rather
you found out you didn't love me be
fore we were married than after
wards." "Hut 1 do love you, my own little
sweetheart, and always shall, anu we'll
get married in spite o all the old can
tankerous uncles In Christendom."
And as Hob spoke he placed his arm
around her and drew the young girl's
liead down on his broad breast.
Itobert Clinton was a student in St.
George's Hospital, and Cicely was a
nurse probationer at the same estab
lishment, aged respectively liO and 1!).
They had fallen in love with one an
other some six mouths previously, and
Hob had at once written home to his
uncle. Major Mainwaring. who stood in
loco parentis (o him, as lie was an or
phan. There was very little opportunity for
making love in the hospital, but the
young people were ill the habit of meet
lug in the park whenever circuin
Hlaiiccs perniltteil, and it was on a se
cluded seat that the conversation we
liave recorded took place.
After a short interval, devoted to
what the novelists of a previous geti
enillnn were in the habit of calliiiir
"tender passages." Cicely drew herself j
gently away from her lover's embrace,
and putting her hat as straight as the '
absence of a looking-glass would per- j
mil. inquired:
"What is tills fresh news from your i
ogre of an uncle, dear?"
"Why, I heard the other day," re-:
niHuided Koli, "that he was dangerously '
III, had a tall while hunting, and so I
thought It would lie a splendid oppor- '
iiiniiy while he was weak and ill to !
get his consent to our being married; j
an liherc Is (lie comiiiunical lou wliicn !
I received tills morning in reply." '
.Mid pulling a loner out of his pocket. 1
Koli extracted I lie contents from the!
envelope, and read the following
epistle: j
"Honored Sli I has been dcrcctcd by i
youre uncle. .Vajor Mainwaring. to i
iirnswer your letter He tells me to I
way as how he can't write himself, but
lie will se you, something as 1 don
like to put on paper, lirst. afore he lets
you marry aiore youre twenty-live. He '
also ses as how you bein mixed up in j
It like, ort to no w ere to get him a good '
nerse. and your to send him down can '
manege hlui. I also sends eheq as de- j
Hired, ami remain, youre ohedent Ker
vant. JABKZ Bl'NGKlt." i
"He's the old man's valet mid facto- 1
turn," explained Hob, as he tlnlshed ,
reading the letter. "And now, don't
you think that it Is the most seltlsh let
tery you've ever heard?" j
"Well, dear, 1 think you ought to
make allowances "
"Look uere. Cicely," interrupted Ho.,, I
nm.n ui ik until, aim you don't. I'm
the son of his favorite sister, and the
only relation he has In the world; he's
an old man, who cau't exieet to live
much longer, who's had lots of fun in
Ids day; been iu the army in India, and
.. that soit of thing, you know,' mid
i . he er-er-behaves in this sort of
way. I oonsiirer th . It's disgraceful
l has had his turn; why cau't he let1
me have mine,'
"Hob, 1'vo got nn Idea," exclaimed
Cicely, sudd. nly turning round and
taking his hand in hers as she sske.
"let us have It, my dear," answered
I!ob, In thai patrotil.ing manner which
ery young meu are fond of assuming
lit tliclr dealings with the opposite sex.
"it may suggest something, don't you
know."
"My Idea, Hob, Is this: Your uncle
wants a uurse; let me go down and at
tend li 1 tit, and when I've restored liliu
td luvtlLu aud lie bj completely conval
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escent, I can tell him who I am."
"What would be the good of that?"
asked Hob.
"Why, of course, dear, he would be
bo grateful that he would at once give
his consent to our being married."
"Ha! ha! ha!" laughed Bob. "O, you
little goose! you don't know my Uncle
l Richard."
"Von are unkind, Bob," said Cicely,
i.rawinir bet-selr nwiy fvm him.
"Don't lie cross, little oue, I couldn't
.' Jp laughing, 'pou my word, I could
n't." "But I've read of such things. Bob."
"Oil. yes. I dare say, iu novels."
" vi oil, mey do take place iu real
life."
"Sometimes, p'r'aps, but "
"Don't you think I'm a good enough
nurse, then?"
"My dear Cicely, you are the best
nurse iu the hospital for a probation
er " Interrupted Hob, perceiving that
.lie conversation was taking a wrong
turn. "Every one acknowledges that."
"Then why won't you let me go down
an., see what 1 can do?"
"Well, my dear, 1 don't mind, of
course," replied Bob, slowly, "but do
you really think it will be of any use?"
"I shouldn't have si.jgested It unless
I did."
"I must say that I think It will be
labor In vain; but still, If you wish to
t your hand at diplomacy, I suppose
I must consent."
"There's a sensible darling!" cried
Cicely, putting her arms round his neck
aud kissing him, "And now I will
show you what a woman can do."
'
Major Mainwaring was what Is
known as a continued bachelor. Wheu
Jabez Introduced the young nurse, who
had come to him on the recommenda
tion of ills nephew, his first muttered
remark was:
"I hope to goodness she won't start
tidying tilings up."
Only one who has been left to the
tender mercies of a soldier servant for
nearly a week can Imagine the differ
ence which a couple of days mude, not
only iu the Major's room, but in tin
.Major, and nobody was more surprised
than that gentleman himself when hp
found how much "the woman's trick."
as he somewhat contemptuously ex
pressed it, added to his comfort.
Cicely had her surprise also, for In
stead of a worn-out, decrepit old man,
such ns slip had expected to llnd lit"
lover's uncle, she discovered that he
was a handsome man in the prime of
life, and though he was evidently suf
fering intense pain from his fractures
and contusions, yet he bore It nearly as
uncomplainingly as a woman would
have done.
The weeks slowly gilded awijy, and
the Major gradually grew stronger.
One morning he said iu an apologetic
voice:
"I am going to ask you to to do me a
favor. Cicely."
"Certainly, Major." responded Cicelr,
with the sunny smile that made her
invaluable as a nurse. "What is It."
"Why, I want you to write n letter
for me to a scapegrace nephew of mine.
The truth is. this fellow has been trad
ing on tile fact that he is my only liv
ing relative ever since he knew the
value of the relationship, and at last I
think the time has arrived when I
ought to put dow n my fool."
"What has he done, then?" inquired
Cicely, endeavoring to conceal the ngi
tat ion which she felt.
"The young vagabond Is a medical
student at St. George's; but, of course,
you are aware of that, ns he sent you
down here the only good turn he has
even done me In his life, hy-t he-bye
and I have always made him a gener
ous allowance. In addition to this. I
have paid his debts twice. Aud now
he writes to say that unless he has a
certain sum by to-morrow morning to
pay his 'debts of honor.' us he terms
them, he will lie ruined for life. Now.
I have made up my mind not to let him
have any more money beyond his In
come, and 1 want you to write aud tell
hlni that as he has broken his word of
honor, when he promised me on the last
oceasiou not to gamble again, I must
decline to have anything to do with
his debts of honor."
Cicely took down the address and
made notes of what she had to write;
but, strange to say, almost Immediate,
ly afterwards she met witli nu acci
dent and ran a pin luto her thumb in
such a way as to prevent her holding
a pen, and the eommunlcntiou had to
be writteu by Jiihcs after all.
A few days after this 'Cicely had
been reading to hint, wheu the Major,
after a short Interval of siletiee, ex
claimed: "The doctor says I may get up to
morrow. Cicely, aud that has made me
ttduk."
"What have you been thlnLlna
about?" demurely asked the pretij
nurse.
"I have been wondering what oi
earth I shall do wheu you leave m
and go back to town."
".lust what you did liefore I came, 1
suppose." replied the young lady, in
tently regarding the binding of the
book she was holding ill her lap.
"No. 1 can never do that." said the
Major. "When I was a young man,
Cicely, I was very fond of a girl; in
fact, we were going to be married, but
the week before she was to have lie
come my wife she ran away with a
friend of mine, a lieutenant iu the same
regiment as myself. Since then I have
had a somewhat bad opinion of wom
en, and you must acknowledge with
reason, but you have altered all that,
Cicely."
"How er In what way. Major Main
waring?" faltered Cicely, growing rap
idly "red as a rose."
'Why. I can see that tlioiurb there
are bad woineu iu the world, there are
also good ones, and the man who man
ages to get hold of a good one for his
Wife tannin iiiiliiin u irt'eiitur tretiKiire
and I'm going to ask you if you will be
my treasure?"
"Knt. Major Mainwaring, I nm only
a nurse a hospital nurse what wiil
your friends gay?"
"My dearest girl, you have saved my
life, and in my opinion you iiossess ail
the graces and virtues that a woman
ought to have. If I marry a girl. I do
It to consult my own happiness, not
that of my friends. I know I am twice
your age. but in spite of that. I am a
young man still: now sny, dear, will
you marry me?"
"Are you sure you love me?" asked
Cicely. In a low voice. "That you are
not asking me to be your wife out of
gratitude?"
"Cicely!" cried the Major. "I cannot
take you In my arms, as you well
know, or I shall upset this compound
fracture, but come here! come here at
once, and look In my eyes. Now do
you think I love you, and will you be
my wife?"
Cicely beheld such a fire of love In
those honest brown eyes that she felt
compelled to hide her own, but as she
endeavored to conceal her blushing
face, he heard her-whlsper something
which. In spite of conimlnuted, com
pound fractures, dislocation rind-such
other evils ns attend a hunting man
who "comes a cropper," eonijielled him
to place his arms around her, and raise
her head until her swept red it
available for kissing purposes.
"My Dear Robert: I was married to
your uncle Richard yesterday, and we
leave here for the south of France to
morrow. I did not find what vou rep
resented; in fact, quite the contrary.
When I tell you that I have persuaded
your uncle to increase your allowance
1 feel sure that you will not regret my
signing myself your affectionate aunt
"CICKI.Y MAINWAItl.Mi." '
"By Jove!" exclaimed Hob, as lie tore
the above letter Into little pieces, "it's
wonderful what a woman can do."
Chicago Tribune.
Only Six Survivors.
Of tlie crowd of members of Parlia
ment wno, ou Nov. lf7. thronged
the bar of the House of Lords to catch
a glimpse of the girl Queen opening her
first Parliament, only six are living at
tills day. This fact, standing alone,
marks the unparalleled length of Queen
ictoria's reign. The half dozen sur
vivors are Mr. Leader, who represented
Victoria In the first Parliament of Vic
toria; Mr. Hurst, who represented Hor.
Hl.ani; Wentworth l-itzwilliniii. of Mai
ton, now Karl l'Mtzwilliam; Sir Thomas
Aclniul, of West Suinerset. whose fam
ily Is still represented in the House of
Commons of to-day by the ex-vice pres
ident or the council; Mr. Villlers, now,
as then, representing Wolverhampton!
and Mr. Gladstone, the rarest relic of a
turbulent political past, and now In re
tirement from public life. Of her first
ministers not one is nlive.
Frogs aa Soldiers.
Don't imagine these frogs dressed up
In red coats, with swords and pistols,
but simply as au army going out to
tight.
"The frog plays the part of a soldier
In Iceland." says a traveler from that
country, "but, of course, It had to be
taken there, aa Iceland had neither rep
tiles nor toads. The frogs fight the
mosquitoes. In some pails of Iceland,
especially round the larger lakes, the
mosquitoes and flies have become so
much of a plague that people living
around myvath (mosquito water) are
obliged, while working in the fields, to
protect their hands ami faces by gloves,
veils, or masks."
An English physician devised the
clever plan of Importing the frogs. As
soon as these little croakers got Into the
country, the mosquitoes began to dl.
mlnloli.
Lamp Chlmitcya.
A German tlrtn makes a lamp n
which there is a bulb at the upper In
stead of the lower part, ami iu which
the npter rim is cut obliquely. This
It Is said, makes It much safer to blow
a lamp out. and the Hatne is laller and
steadier, so tht the light is Improved
The greater safety In blowing out will
of course depend upon the blower
blowing from the high part of ti,
aluutluu top. lJ"
AMERICA'S NAIIONAL GUARD.
The Several State Oreanlzationa Con
stitute an Army.
The National Guard organizations of
the several States of the I'ufon form
Lie nucleus of the lighting force that
tills nation would put on the Held
should a war arise. The aggregate
strength of these bodies Is about 1.",
iiiki men. of whom about 110,000 are
infantry. Of this whole number.
per cent, are prepared to do active ser
vice on one day's notice.
It would be ditticuit to find anywhere
an equally large body of men who are
of n better class, mentally and physic
ally, than those in the Guard. It is
considered nu honor to serve iu the
IIOMK OF SEVENTH, J.KW Y0I1K.
Guard and n favor to be admitted to it,
and, consequently, the rank and file
are selected men, the very flower of the
youth of America. No one is enlisted
who cannot pass a severe medical ex
amination, or who is not acceptable us
a companion and friend to his future
comrades; and while a captain has a
legal right to enlist any man, subject to
the approval of the colonel and sur
geon, he seldom exercises this right
without unofficially consulting his men.
So great Is the conservatism and ex
clusivenoss In some regiments that
members are actually selected, precise
ly ns they would be elected by a club,
and four or five black balls will ex
clude a recruit. The term iu this coun
try Is not "nn officer and a gentlemau"
us in Kurope, but "it soldier and a
gentleman" by the term "gentleman"
being meant not a person who is not in
trade, but a person with the manners
aud feelings of a gentleman, and no one
who is likely to disgrace the Guard Is
admitted. If a mistake Is made the
man is expelled, as from a club, and
expulsion Is a disgrace keenly felt.
The armories of the Guard are, in
many places, very magnificent and
costly structures, equipped with all the
conveniences of a gymnasium and a
club house. In the Greater New York
alone, $8,000,000 have been expended
on armories, and the famous Seventh
owns a mlllion-ilollnr structure, in
Boston, the new armory of the Kirst
corps. Cadets, on Columbus avenue, Is
one of the finest buildings In that city;
nnd In the West the armories are
among the most Important structures
in large cities.
There was a time not so long ago,
when Americans . were the poorest
shots in the world. A soldier of the
civil war period shot nwuy Itoo pounds
of lead before he shot his man. But
during the last ten years there has been
n most remarkable revival of I uteres,
iu rifle practice iu the United Statis.
In New York, Pennsylvania. Illinois,
Massachusetts, Wisconsin, nnd oilier
States nearly every infantry and cav
alry ottievr and man is a inarksnmu,
wlio lias won the State decoration at
the short ranges. And the sharp
shooters and experts who have quali
fied at the long ranges are numbered
by the thousand. When the new ritie,
already Issued to the iirmv, is also
Issued to the Guard, the Americans
will be almost as formidable antagon
ists as the Boers, or Hie Kentucky rilie
uieu who defeated the best troops of
Kurope at New Orleans.
The minor tactics of the Americans
are borrowed from the Indians whom
their forefathers fought. The Ameri
ca ns In battle never advance In masses,
allowing themselves to become a tar
get for the sake of sentiment: but line
MOBY OF FtHST COKPg, CADETS,
UOSTOX.
after line of skirmishers come creen
ng towards the enemy, hiding behind
rees rocks, or hillocks, and envelop
ing the enemy's flanks like a swarm of
angry hornets. Infuriating him because
he cannot reply to unseen sharpshoot
er, whose bullets are deelmat ng Vis
nwn. Only t the last does the reserve
and support come up. and a force In
close order reveal Itself. This sort o
nghtlng It will be seen, throws greaj
res,H.nslbil,y ,H,n Individual riflemen
and every effort Is being made to uiak.
tvery American soldier a sharpshooter.
When that result is attain, ICTTl
be brnvu im.ii In, l i .. . ' "It
.., mitii, nu can ei.
before mi cmul f. . ""S
LIVED ON MILkT
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Man dotli not live by b,Vl, .
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. .i.,n, nnicu it s til k'U. Jl
lives for the most nart Oil U'lln,
can get hold of, the Hesli of . '
fish and insects, the animal and vf
etalile kingdom are ransacked to Hit
in.-, iimme, anu ine cinyeiitem of ,i
Carolluas even tackle the tnlueral kin
uoiu iu sen n n oi sustenance. But J
man does not live on bread itlime (.(-
ou milk alone, and tills publi.-ntb,,
brought to the front Mr. v. I, Klt2ll
of Burlington, Iowa, whose pictured
companies this article, who offers lip
self as nu "awful example" of ,
nutritive properties of the juice of t''
cow. Mr. Kllzele has subsisted on m
for the last twenty-five years riP
along. Mr. Kitzele lias hot ntilv it,,.,, .
strated that man can live on milk tlXl?
inn ue nas solved the problem of clin
living. He pays 5 cents a quart fort,
milk, and as he lives ou three quarts,
uny ne can live on l.i cents a day, fl.
a week, or $."7.(io a year.
Mr. Kitzele has not alwnvs livwh
milk. Twenty-five years ago, wlim J
was nn Irresponsible infant, he drji,
concentrated lye not us a sternly tit
pie, but just once. In the words nf id
song, "Once was enough for lilm." i.
gave up lye aud took to milk as a mot.
soothing If less exciting beverage.
Ever since Mr. Kitzele filled up ml
lye he has been unable to cut ili
food. Occasiouallv he has tried in J
so, but with most uncomfortable tt
suits. Whenever lie has succeeded it
swallowing the smallest niece nf
or other solid food he has been mii
to take a drink of water until tb.
offending morsel was ejected. He in.
not experimented for a long time nut,
nnd lie takes his milk three tiinesailajl
In quart doses. Mr. Kitzele puts jusi
enough coffee in his milk to give it ii
flavor, nnd he sweetens the uiiitunl
with sugar.
He is 5 feet 7V& indies high an.1 1
weighs U0 pounds, lie is actively em I
ployed as a collector for the Burlington I
Water Company, and does some rift
Icn I work besides. He is stroug anil
vigorous.
Stonnifiir n I.nlr in A IlilHt.
In the narrative of his journey t(
Burni.ili, Captain GUI. K. K UicUli
:i 11 v "Lves uiine i-i'mi of liiforiiiiitim
that may lie found practically useful
In one of his stories, says Hnrnefi
Ttolllli Tallin In. ilnuecllwiu tliA lA'llV ID
which a leak wim stopiied iu a jimk
which met with a mishap while sailiM
up t'ie Ynng-te river. The sklpierol
the I oat was iiiu old lady, a wWo
whom tlin r'.nt.iii. it-itii uiwu.L'l.iir tiui
of gallantry, designated Jezebel. II"
force of lung and store of luid temiiet
were such that iiime of the coolies or
boat-uien could withstand her, and
was only whe.ii ascending the niil
She iVOlllll fin n Hum vlitt.l linr eiMU-
nuind to the pilot. On one occasion
the Junk ran aground ami knocked"
big hole In her side. JezelM, lookraj
at It with unconcern, remarked, be
tween the whiffs of her pipe, "cottoi
wool." by which she meant that tlx
ureni.'ii was to be repaired with tmi
material. The coolies first put on i
planter of whlty brown paper, mud ami
grains of rice. Over that they nailed
piece of wood, and stuffed the In
terstices with cotton wool and bauilwn
shaviniro. The patch wns, of conn
put on Inside. The oiieratlon waa
long one, and, extraordinary ns
method of boat repairing may OipiH''
It proved tolerably effectual., althoujli
from the amount of balling that a
always necessary nfterwnrd, one voy
ager suggested that the vessel should
lie cnlled the "Old Bailee."
Carious Dinner at Jerloho.
An American trnvilini in .tnrnsnleS
fliwcrUuta nn I . i -1 i.A .m
...v t.u luitrirmiug uiuuei uc "'-j I
receutly at a hotel In Jericho. "We M
on me porch of the hotel at Jerlouo,
he wrote, "after a dinner at which
were served with butter from XorwaJ.
cheese from Switzerland, niarniala I
from London, wine from Jerusalem dl-1
luted with water from the well of Ell
sha. raisins from Romnih rMi.m.l nrmn-
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ges from Jericho (In no respect lnferio
io uiose rrora Jaffa or the Indian river.
Florida), smoking Turkish tobacco,
Which, lltrn ll... 1' i.j ... i I In-
juiiLisu empire, i
ferlor to its reputation, and a cup
coffee from the corner grocery of
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