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I MRS. MANSFIELD, STRATEGIST. 66 T? HAVE made a discovery, II John," said Mrs. Manslield, i " looking up from lier knitting. John Mansfield, retired merchant, alderman and Mayor of Plmperne, looked up from his paper. "A discovery, my dear?" he said, as suming his best magisterial manner. "Pray what is the nature of this re markable occurrence V" "I find that Miss Ansom has a photo graph of yourself, which she treasures In secret." "What do you mean, my dear?" ex claimed Mr. Manslield. "This morning," explained Mrs. Manslield, "1 entered Miss Ansom's room and found her nbsm-hed In th contemplation of some object which she held. She had evidently not heard my knock, but the noise of my entrance Btartlod her, and, as she hastily hid something in a drawer, a photograph fell to tho floor. She snatched it up, flung It Into the drawer, and closed it, but not before I had recognized It as your photograph. I pretended not to have noticed the photo, preferring to have an explanation from you." Mr. Manslield was the picture of helpless amazement. Miss Ansom, it must be explained, was a bright and charming young lady, whom Mrs. Manslield had recently en gaged as a companion. "I am quite at a loss to explain the affair," said Mr. Manslield, In tones quite unlike those of the Mayor of l'lmperne. "Possibly It was given to her by a mutual friend." "Then why should sin? make a mys tery of It, and gloat over it In pri vate?" demanded Mrs. Manslield grimly. "My dear," said Mr. Manslield, with a return of dignify, "I do not under stand you! If I mistake not It was something she hid In the drawer she 'gloated' over, not the photograph." "I am not sure which it was," said Mrs. Manslield, with strained calm uess. Now that the first shock of amaze ment was over, Mr. Manslield's pom posity returned rapidly. "Ah, very possible, my dear, Miss Ansom, whom I have every reason to think Is a young lady of good discern ment and sound judgment, has found something in my public life which she has been good enough to admire. Miss Ansom has had every opportunity of studying my work for the past three mouths, and also the gen in 1 course of municipal life In what, I think, may be regarded as a noble borough. What more natural, then, that this young lady, seeing the portrait of a gentle man, clad In the robes and Insignia of the ollice of chief magistrate of tills borough, displayed In the photograph er's window, and. ivcogn'z ng In that gentleman myself, should purchase that photograph?" Mrs. Manslield listened with immov able features. "A very good explanation," she com mented, "if It hail been one of your otlielnl photographs. Itut the one in Miss Ansniu's possession Is one of those you had taken a bout two years ago, before you were elected mayor. Wo ordered only a few of them, I re member, and 1 thought we hud dis posed of them all. The quosilon Is liow did Miss Ansom obtain one? I did not give It to her." "Then 1 can only say that you must be mistaken, my dear," said Mr. Mans field, with asperity. "On your own confession you only saw It for an In stant, llow ciin you be certain that It was a photograph of myself?" "If you think my eyes deceive me, perhaps you will believe your own! The photo Is still In the drawer; Miss Ansom has had no opportunity of re moving it, for I sent her on an errand. It Is In the first drawer of her dresslug fable, If you wish to satisfy your curi osity." "Mrs. Manslield, do yon think that I am going to steal Into a lady's room and pry Into her private affairs?" cried the magistrate, rising. "You forget yourself, madam!" Mr. Manslield went upstairs In high dudgeon to make some alterations In his dress preparatory to going out. lie was forced to acknowledge him self quite at a loss to account for that photo being In Miss Ausom's posses sion, which admission was rather ex traordinary on his part. lie prided himself on his keen sight, his strict impartiality, and his firmness In discharging his magisterial duties, lint an exhibition of tnese qualities wa not couiluod to the bench. Of the latter he had made a lavish display In his home, as Mrs. Mansfield found to her cost. It was only twelve months ago that his unbending will had driven their only son, Jack, to South Africa. Mr. Manslield had determined that bis son should marry rank and beauty in the person of a daughter of a local magistrate. But handsome Jack Mansfield elect ed to manage his own matrimonial af fairs, and upset all his father's brill iant plans by falling In love with a pretty nobody, whom Mr. Mansfield had never set eyes on a governess In a house where he was visiting. Finding all arguments, persuasions fl Tl(l nnnKnnnrln . 1 II. n 1 ... r fleld finally told his son he must either fall In with his wishes or leave his home forever, and look for no further assistance from himself. Jack chose the latter course, and within a week set sail for South Africa. The loss of her only son was a source of great grief to Mrs. Mansfield. But all her tears, pleadings and reproaches could not prevail on her husband to re lent, and ns time rolled on her Importu nities ceased. II. Having dressed himself to his satis faction, Mr. Mansfield left the room. Suddenly bis progress was checked by the sight of a wide-open door. What tempting fiend could have left the door of Miss Ansom's room so Invitingly open, displaying, as it did, the very drawer In which the much-discussed photograph was supposed to lie? Mrs. Mansfield had, as she well knew, struck her husband's weak spot when she mentioned curiosity. "It would be the work of a moment," he reflected, "to take just one glance Into that drawer to satisfy myself of tho truth of Jane's story." With a cautious look round, he noise lessly enter the room, partially closing the door behind him. He opened the drawer boldly, and yes, there It was the very first thing that caught his eye his own photograph) It was as his wife had stated, one of the few he had had taken about two years ago. Horror! Somebody was coming! A light step on the stairs, and a sweet voice humming the refrain of a song, heralded the approach of Miss Ansom herself! What was to be done? Could he al low her to find him In her room, prying about like a curious housemaid? lie, Aldermau Mansfield, Mayor of l'lm perne! There w as only one thing to be done. Miss Ansom entered and closed the door behind her. Mr. Manslield could hear her moving about the room, still singing lightly to herself. "She is taking off her lint and Jack et," ho thought. "In a few minutes she will leave the room. Then I can slip out unobserved." Everything, no doubt, would have happened just ns he wished, had Tiny Mrs. Manslield's darling pug.Inot fol lowed Miss Ansom Into the room. The spirit of investigation was strong In Tiny. In the course of his present explorations he naturally looked under the bed. lie Immediately sent up an ear-splitting series of barks and yelps, at the same time dancing about with every canine token of delight. Mr. Manslield responded to Tiny's Joyful recognition with silent curses, and, hearing Miss Ansom's expressions of surprise, and that she was approach ing the bed to learn the cause of Tiny's excitement, he slowly emerged with a very red face and a very rutlled ap pearance generally. "Don't be alarmed, Miss Ansom. I beg," he cried, seeing .that that lady liHked dangerously like shrieking. "lCr my unexpected appearance tills you with amazement, no doubt." "Mr. Mansfield!" she ejaculated, In tones of lueredulous astoulshtuent. "lOr I must, of course, explain, and humbly apologize for my despicable conduct!" His worship theu proceeded, with abrupt and Jerky sentences, quite de void of their usual flowery trimmings, to explain his presence In her room. lirontly to his relief, she did not look very angry wheu he had flulshed. She said nothing at first, but, opeulug the fatal drawer, produced somewhere from Its depths two more photographs, which she put Into his hands, saying: "You see, 1 have photographs of oth er members of the family as well." Mr. Mansfield gazed at them in aston ishment. They were pictures of his wife and soul "Why, who gave you these, Miss Ansom?" "Jack," she replied simply, with low ered eyelids and a pretty flush on her ' face. "Jack!" he cried. "My son?" "Yes," she whispered. "But I I don't understand! I waa not aware that you had ever met him! He is In South Africa!" "It was for my sake he went there," she replied softly. There was silence for a few minutes. "Then you are the young er lady whom my son wished to marry In op position to my wishes?" said Mr. Mans field severely. "Yes," she murmured. Mr. Mansfield thought deeply for the ! next few minutes. After all, he liked Miss Ansom immensely; and If he still proved obstinate she would, of course, leave the house, and perhaps this morning's ridiculous adventure might. be mentioned, and yes, he would be merciful. "Well, Miss Ansom, I need hardly say that your story has astonished me be yond measure. But I will not disguise from you the fact that during the time you have been with us you have won my highest esteem, and, In fact, I re gard you with feelings of paternal af fection. We must write to that young scamp and have him home. Mean while " With a cry of Joy Miss Ansom flung her arms around his neck and Imprint ed a kiss on his nose. At that moment the door opened, and Mrs. Mansfield stood on the threshold, with hands uplifted In horror. She could not have timed her entrance with greater precision had she been wait ing, with eye at the keyhole. "John! Miss Ansom!" she gasped. Mr. Mansfield looked frightened. "My dear," he cried nervously, "I am going to write and tell Jack to come home. This young lady has promised to be his wife. She Is, In fact, the young lady about whom we had that foolish quarrel." It took Mr. Mansfield quite a quarter of nn hour to make his wife understand clearly the facts of the case. But wheu she did understand she burst Into tears and rapturously embraced Miss Ansom, assuring her of her undying affection. Mr. Manslield at length managed to slip away, congratulating himself on the success with which he had extri cated himself from nn unpleasant posi tion. After all, he was glad of an ex cuse to welcome his boy home again. But perhaps If he had heard what passed between his wife and future daughter-in-law whjen they heard the hall door close behind hi in he would have realized that they had scored on all points. "Hear, darling Mrs. Mansfield!" cried Miss Ansom, embracing Mrs. Mansfield afresh. "How good of you to have me here as your companion, and then to devise this clever plot! Why, It was quite a drama!" "In which you played your part very well, my dear!" replied the old lady, patting the girl's cheek affectionately. To Dispel the Foe. The latest Invention Is a fog-dlspeller. The apparatus consists of a horizontal outlook pipe eight feet In length and eight Inches In diameter. At the mouth of the tube Is a wide flnnge; the rear end Is covered with a thick disc of glass. About two feet from the rear end a pipe enters the tube from below, at nn obtuse angle with the forward section. This connection Is mnde through a sort of turn-table, which permits the outlook tube to be pointed In any direc tion desired, up or down, from one side to the other. The pipe below con nects with a blower down In the ves sel. When the dlspeller Is In use, the blower sends a powerful stream of air up through the pipe into the tube, and the current hurtles Into the fog, boring a hole through it, ns It were. The action of tho suspended moisture Is twofold. The fog Is rolled back In every dlrectlou, the high pressure of the blast produces a coollug Influence, the moisture hi suspension condenses and falls In rain. A great cone of clear atmosphere, with Its apex at the mouth of the tube, results. The eye of tho pilot Is at the glass at the rear of the tube, and he gazes Into the bowels of the fog. With Its aid a pilot can readily pick up his buoys in a fog, and keep an eye out for vessels ahead. With a powerful blower, the Inventor hopes to make the fog-dlspeller useful at 1,000 feet. No claim Is made that the dlspeller would be practicable except when the vessel Is going at a slow rate of speed, which Is customary when there Is foggy weather. Philadelphia Inquirer. Fomethlag Oust Good. Customer Have you any scouting sand? Grocer No; we're entirely out of it Customer Well, give me half a pound of your sugar; my tins have to be scoured to-day, no matter what It costs. There Is always room at the top, but the middle and lower rounds of the ladder are terribly crowded. A man of 50 regards a girl of 16 silly because she laughs at nothing, but It Is the same thing that he worries over, JOHN HOWARD PAR NELL. n Quarreled with His Sister About the Queen's Visit to Ireland. The visit of Queen Victoria to Ire laud provoked a controversy in the Parnell family. Anna Parnell, sister of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, was displeased and said the country should wear mourning for the event. Her brother, John Howard Parnell, on the other hand, was enthusiastic over the royal visit and scores his sister sharply. John Howard Parnell has none of the brilliant qualities of his brother, yet he has taken some part In Irish pol itics. In 1873 he and Charles Stewart Parnell came to this country, intending to locate here. In Georgia they bought peach-growing lands and settled down to fruit farming. Returning to Ireland to prepare for removal to this country, they found the home rule party In bad condition and its leader anxious that John should enter Parliament for the purpose of galvanizing It Into new life. He declined to permit his name to be used, but suggested that his brother, Charles Stewart, might make the fight. In this way it came about that the younger Parnell remained In Ireland and made history for his country while the elder returned to Georgia to be come the -first successful shipper of peaches from that State to the North ern markets. During the years that John Howard Parnell lived on hla peach farm he was noted for his eccen- JOHN HOWARD PARNELL. trlcltles. He hardly spoke to hla neighbors, and when he did It was in monosyllables. 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