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Story nf .1 Low Thrice Offered
ami Twice Rejected.
IVnmi the Arirasr.)
Ml, papa want
you. I n t bo
study."
I throw doa-n
my mallut on
tin smooth lawn
thiw wore tin
days of croquet
when ton it 1 s wa
nn unknu w n
(T n tit o a tt i)
loo lost iucslIon-
Ingly. with nn
anxious glauco.
at T o nt , m.v
brother, who brought this unexpected
niul unwclootnn summons.
"Wnat Ik iho matter, Tour." I a.tkod.
"Old ho say whho wanted me?"
"(Hi. a lecture of some sort, 1 sup
pose: returned Tom with Impatient dis
gust. "You stood on omi log In church
last ill irli t, ur turned In your too as you
came In to hroakfasl!"
'I'om was unsympathetic: ho thrust hl
hands deep Itit4 his pocket anil saunt
ered away. Hut the girls, their faces
full of commiseration, eaino from every
corner of the lawn toward mo. Thijlr
mrtontous fares ami jiortcnlous tones
wore comforting, but not Inspiriting.
"lias pap.t sent for you. Mat)'.'"
"Why does ho want you'.'"
"You broke a thit in the conservatory,
Mab, perhaps It's that."
"1'iKir Mali! I saw him looking at you
nl breakfast this morning in a peculiar
way. Anil your collar was frightfully
askow."
"Is It straight now?" I asked, look
Ingjinxiously from one to anothor of
'lTfo"syn.pathctlo group.
"Yon; but your droits Is torn. Hero's
n pin; plu it up bouoath tho sash: Oh,
anil what a green stain thoiu Is on your
tlouneo!"
I moved toward tho house, followed
by many warnings and eagor-volced In
junctions. "Your hair's untidy, Mab. Ctn't you
smooth It?"
"Your sash has come untied."
"Mab, your hands aro grubby. Ilo
monibor to keep your hands behind
you."
I entered tho houso and went through
tho hall, toward the"stuily,"thn pleasant,
sunny back room, where my hi", p-f.i flier
studied the Innumerable faults of-bis
step family, and the bust methods of
correction and prevention. I was just
suvontoou, and. In some respects, young
for my years; my heart was boating
very fast as I paused at the Ntudy door.
With two hot little bauds I smoothed
back my hair; I looked down ruefully
at my sulned print gdivni Then I gen
tly tnpptsl.
"t'ome In," answered my step-father's
smiHith, niellow voice; and I meekly en
tensl. . . ..My father was not alone. Mabel Cam
pion, our distant cousin, my father's
want, sat In a low chair near hint. She
was a tall, graceful, vciy gentle girl of
twenty; hor oIIkhv resting on her knee,
horulitn upon her hand, slio sat looking
up at her guardian with a reverential
glance. As I entered she blushed,
looked doubtfully at mo, then doubt
full but very meekly at my step-father,
us though atvnilini hit commands.
"Yei; I will ask you to leave us," ho
nalil, lulling at her -am! ling in a well
plumed way, as he never smiled at us.
Sho smiled, too -a faint, sweet, shy
llttie smile. She roo from her chair
ami moved iiiletly away, softly dosing
tho door behind her. I and tny atop
father wore left alone.
The benign smile with which he had
followed Mabel liugerisl for a minute
about his smooth, eleiiu-shnven lips, ami
lurlng that minute he Ignotisl my pros
nee. Then, in a slow way. he altered
Ills attitude, put his elbows, clad in
otlcs broadcloth, on the arms of bis
study chair, let his tlngcr-llp meet,
uud let hl brown eyes runt critically
on me.
No doubt I contrasted unfavorably
with MalHil. My pink print dress was
too short for me; here and there, In
patches, the pitlk bad faded into white;
mi un lightly green stain duttgurod the
tlouneo In front. My hands itero sun
browned, uud, a tho gills had warned
me, "grubby." .Mv face win trocUluit, my
fair hair dlsordi-nsl. I was keenly con
wine of tit v U electa, and In my humility
Ml
SUAT,
I stood lit tho llmpest of attitude, nsil
ogUIng for my ciU'iicn by un extremity
of embarrassment.
"l'orhap. you can And a seat, Malml,"
aid my -HWofallior In his mild level
volo". No one but ho evt rjtmllisl me
"Mabel"; ui the resit of the world I wut
.Mali." Hut uiy M'p-fiUhe.r novor do-un-mlid
W the frivolity of pel uaMic.
IAIM Vol) OA 1'INIi A
iaiii;i."
I found a seat a sat In a distant part
of Dip room, IhIiIihI the knothole writing-table.
Hut mv slep.father:ind!fated
a slruighl-lmcked chair which sUhhI
Jusl op;M,Ite owni an,i i rturni
rplucUtntly hut meekly and Kit facing
him.
"I wlh to Kak to yon. MaWl.'
"Yos. paiw."
i ou are breallile. inr dear I am
In, no hurry. I will wall for you to com
puwjyoursolf."
I oolotisl gHlltlly. My heart wns Cut
toting In a very breathless way Indeed,
lo strive la "oouipo'' myself, whilst
my step-father sat wrttehlng me, was t
hoptde tank; I knew It Hits hopoltxw
every etlort only deferred tho dwilnsl
etfwt. I crocd my fet, thn hastily
iinerixMi-il them I pi, shod back my hair,
then folded my bands nnd tried li look
iini-onscious that my hair was rough
And my step father all thu time sat
motionless. Now and then, at InUr
vals. his llnger-tlps tapnsl on another
softly; but that was the only sign of im
patience that he made. His brown eyes
regarded mo with a critical hut (orlmar
lug glance; his large, lo. clean
shaven fnco wore an expression of mm1
milium gentleness and piitlence.
"I have two very Important tilisjos of
nown to break to you, my dear. Hut I
have no wish to exciui you. Self-con
trol, Mabel, Is one of those elementary
virtues without which no character
worthy of admiration or esteem can Imi
built. Your poor, dear mamma I do
not wish to blame her" my step-father
broke oil ami sighed indulgently "I do
not wish to blame her for your bring-Ing-up;
the wisest of us sometimes err,
and her errors must bn pardoned, how
over much we must regret them, l'or
your sake 1 must regret them -doploro
them. Sho iindorvaluiHt thooi hublu of
self-control which. Inculcated early,
aro th" most helpful factors In prtsluo-
lug n womanly character such a char
acter as- as, for liHlanuo, our Cousin
Mabel's, strong yet submissive, self-ro-llant
yet dependent, dignified yut
meek."
My step-father's glance wandered
away from me; he smiled benignly, re-
tloctlng on virtues which 1 had not
"If 1 had had tho supervision of your
early educatloil," he sighed, after a min
ute, "you and your sisters, Mabel, would
havo learnt In the nursery, In early
babyhood, those habits which you now
11 ml It well-nigh lmiMisslblo to learn.
Your mind Is fussily .strong, my dear
excuse luo expression. ton have no
mental tranquillity. Kven at this mo
ment you aro excited and Impatient. I
have, as I say, two luis)rtant pieces of
news to break to you; hut I will Halt for
tlvo minutes or so, i.ntll you hate com
posed yourself u little ami cease to lldget
In that nervous manner."
l'erhaps the minutes that passed be
fore my stop-father again addresMnl mo
wore in actual number only live; I know
that they seemed like thirty.
"You are seventeen, Mabel, If I re
member correctly," ho wild, at hut,
breaking tho silence; "hoventeen, two
months and live days. Corrout mo If I
am not exact."
"Yes, papa. I was Seventeen on the
tlrstof May."
"Young: -young," he musisl, regard
ing me with gentle disfavor. "Hut your
tier was mlllger u hen she u.nrrlisl
'r-l. Mii'h-1, my Into, have you ever
h. ugh! much upon the subject of of
.ell. I may say of marriage, MnboP.'"
The (imstioii was oonfu-dng. "I I
'.on t know, papa," 1 st imiuered.
"You don't know?" be res-aled, to!
miiih , with faint, very l.iinl amuso
in nt. "Tlml is a very youthful answer.
. ..a are old enough, at all events, to
.ave rcalUnd that It would 1m- ilclra- j
de thai some of you should marry. !
Your poor dear mother brought me a
large and exixinslve family: and, al
though 1 have striven to stand in the
place of a father to you all, and although
1 Hatter myself that my devotion and
patience have Im en even more than par
ental, yet -yet my purse l hut slender,
Mabel, and It will certainly bo oxpodl
out that some of you, at least, shall
marry."
"V- yes," I answered, doubtfully und
VBl'uely.
"1 shall bo glad If you will tell me,
tny dear, If you havo any partiality -
respect, esteem- for any porou in par
ticular?" I gaspisl. 1 did not laugh, though my
thoughts Hashed forward to tho merry
time I should presently enjoy when thu
study door should havo closed behind
me, and, out of my step-father's cat-shot,
the girls grouMHl In easy but Inelegant
attitudes around me, I should repeat
this spcisdi dramatically to an appreci
ative, mirthful audlonuo. Hy ami
by iiiybrllllancy would bo applaudisl.
l'or tho present, 1 was dumb,
ami my iluiiibnoaai, no doubt, seemisl
foolish to my step-isiront, whom words
never faillsl,
"I heliovo I asked you it iUostlon,
Mabel," ho observed, with an air of al
most pious patience.
" yes, papa. 1
"I am waiting, my dear, for your
answer."
Ilo might wait forevor. I was meok
In my step-father's presence; I answered
him In a small voice; 1 never darts! to
contradict him but In a silent way I
could tie obstinate. Did ho expect me
to tell him tho secret which was mine,
my own, unsharisl, which ovon the girls
did not guess and never should guess !
Had ho guessisl It?- tho thought made
my heart stand still; I forgot my fear of
him and glitucts! sharply and suspi
ciously Into his round, white face,
"Our young neighbor at tho Cedars
has been often hero of late."
"You mean Nisi?" 1 Interrogated, In a
carol ess tone. I had thought 1 possood
wiine dramatic talent, but that carelists
tone cost me a gigantic eirort, and, after
all, the etlort was discernible, I know
1 blushed. I grow hut, then cold.
I moan 1 Id ward Harriot ytm. As I
elswrviid, hit huj bcun often buro of
lalo." f
"He always (tomes when he's at home,"
I exclaimed, hastily. "He always did.
He comes because he has nothing else to
do. He lie likes to oomo."
"tVrtalnlv. I have no wish to dispute
that tairmctit. My denr Mnhsil, you
are blushing -a graceful habit for Mine
complexions; your blushes, my dear, re
mind one a little too much of the iteoiir
May I conclude, my lote. that then Is
some attachment, sumo partiality, oi:
your side for Mr. Itarnel?"
"We all like him," I replied, diMr
''cdly. emphatically, with a sort of naffer
inilltlerence. "Of course wo like him -
we are neighbors and -and we lmv
altvavs know u each other."
I'rlendshlp Is the very let liosls foi
a yet warmer feeling," replied my stop
'ather In a satMled lom "MaU-l, ,Mr.
It.iruet calUsl on mo last night to ask
me to allow hi in to kprkk to you coll
cerlng vmcernlnff tbls subject "
"ThU snbjtsJt?" I rctcnted. In n bo-
lldered way.
"lie tells me he Is In love with you.
He wIsImjs to ask you to Ut his wife."
I think I 'mil forgotten that 1 was
ihy and frightened; I had risen from
my rba:r and gone to the window,
scsping from that calm, mild, steady
glance, that cm u m pin Usl my riwy
-het'ks ami smiling Hp, ami the happy
I .-lit that I know wan shining in my
e) es.
"To ask mn?" I repeated. "Mo? -mo?
Mo to !k his wife:"
"Mabel, If you will U good enough lo
return ui your scat, wu cut iwrhupM
dlwiiSM this tuestl':ll quietly."
'r.ip.i. it li not true' 'I hf ro Is some
mistake."
"I'lcase sit down, Mahal, Allow me
to finish what 1 wns saying."
1.1 e one In a dream 1 came Isiok to
my seal: the ground as I moved surely
did not touch my fool! 1 Hod on nlr.
Nul lowsl me! -Ned loved me! the
bees were bumming tlttwo throe little
words outslilc the window: the birds
were twittering tho rfhine delicious
truth from every t-o. Nod lovtsl 1110!
-und when had I not lorod Ned?
"Did be roitlly say that? really?
you're n)t Imagining Ivf I (iietloued,
awe of mv step-father ontircly lost In a
strun,fr feeling,
' ou are exciting yours -If, MaUd. II
Is much to he regretted that your iMMir
dear mother's fussy dtiMiIllon has Inmiii
Inherited by sj many of her children!
Yu in particular. Mabel, have a ten-dun-y
on the slightest provocation Ui
I xh '01110 hy iterloal."
"1 don't think so. papa."
The contradiction was unlooUcd for:
my stepfather's brown eyos grtiw
rounder nnd bigger; their glance 0
mild surprise and displeasure should
have crushed me completely, but I met
the glance and smiled back contentedly,
unabashed.
I will eonfOM. my dear, that Mr.
II. inlet's choice has astonished me. We
win nil ittttiuss his laite. '1011 are
young and possibly will lmprvi Tlio
llst'lpllue of married life will no doubt
ure many of those fault which I de
plore In you. As Mr. Mantel Is twenty-
five yean, of age, old enough to guide
's,
l.l"irill.V BMII.I.ll."
MV HTI.IM'.WIII.II -
his own actions, I did not feol It to In;
my duty to savu him from what. If I re
gard tho matter Impartially, I regret lo
any that 1 consider a uiistnke. He will
dnubtlesi repent of his marriage hut
that Is his own alfair. 1 havo won his
gratitude by giving my cordial consent
to his addressing you. 1 have promised
to wtnotlon tho engagement"
For oucu tho smooth, monotonous
voice was like sweet music In my ours.
I salami llsluuisl, smiling softly - not a
smile of amusement, but of happlnes4,
I remember those blissful minutes still:
1 remember them as clearly as though
they passisl bill yesterday; they belong
to tlio 1 tut of twenty years ago. llow
bluo the sky was! great white clouds
slowly crooMsl It, traveling from the
west; there was a quiet sort of murmur
of rustling loaves; among the tall white
Miles the bees were busy; thelastof the
hay was being cnrrhsl in the meadows
beyond our garden; all the air was
sweet with perfumo.
Thu miiiiuUiiious voice dioued 011:
"I told Mr. Darnel that I would tlrsl
address you on tho subject. He made
ionic objisjtlon to my doing so, but I
verrulisl It. I believe ho said that he
ihiiiild conic this morning fur his an
iwer; I am not sure, but I think he
mentioned that ho would wish lo call
on you this morning. My Interview
with him was somewhat abruptly ter
initiated! a visitor was unfortunately
annoiinctsl when I had had hut a few
minutes' conversation with him. How
ever, I think 1 uiiderstissl that he
meant to call this morning. Knowing
your Impulsive dlsjsislUon, Mabel, 1
thought It best to ireire you. I wished
you tube perfectly clear ulwut tny feel
lugs 011 the subject. You havo my per
mission to aocopt lilui; you havo my full
approval."
"Thank you, pajia." Ho seemed to
expect my Uiuuks; I ro tide rod thuiu me
chanically. ".Mr. Haruot, If not a very wealthy
man, U not a very poor unit, Ils as
I iWViSiynTrW ''Vr..i'riK1 1 !--hutting the door mils, losly behind
i -C - "ft, ! " tr 1 ''"' M" U I lied -lltHl blindly through
-I tsfiStt? r?'..-- 'Mf ( ' ll" l'"K--'Ke. through the orchard, and
1! tiA 4siiy I I out into the c
goisl a luarrlagn as you run expect to
1 iak. and ! delr that yoti will invcpt
li'ie. I nm not sure what the I'xnet
amount of his Inooiuo Is, hut "
"If Nid had Hfty pounds a year, if lm
w r.- a blacksmith ur a carpenter or -or
any tiling. I would marry him like a
diet If he asked me!"
"My dear, your Hngllsli, If graphic, Is
scarcely classical.
"Hut I don't want Ui know- whatXod'a
Income Is. I don't ear a hll!"
My step-father .sllghlly smiled, thou
sllgl.lly sighed.
I may tell Mr. Ilarnot, then, that you
enieriain nis proposal?
"Yes. I love him," I said .simply.
Nunc one rnpM-l nt the door; tiio doer
OjveileO.
"Mr. I.artiet, niinounrol tho whlte
apnme,!, soft-wlosl twrlor maid; and
.Nisi r.itme In.
in . . . ...
nis suii-orownist nioo lia.1 a ruddier
tlngi' tlisn usual, he was evtdi nil y em-
lmrraoNcd, hut oven In his embarrass
ment ihero was a sort of lsxyUh frank
neij and dignity; Iih was )iiimorous!.v
;oun.-lous of Mug !ll-nt-ens, and he
uu.oriitisly uppteciuled th isld evperl
nee. llomNlilod and smlleil at me n
'.! luik hands, then he turnoil with an
eager, scanning glnnue toward ntj'Wep
fatlu r.
"1 Int. In-uii having a serious HtUa
talk with Malnd," my step-falher suld.
in his slow, mild lone). Nothing evir
uindo him hasten in bis spoivh. "A
very serious little talk."
Xed looked toward me. I csmld not
uiiderKiand tho glancoi he bsiKcd as
thocgh he nlshedtli.il I would go.
' I haio laid your proposal In fore
!C!.''
Agnlu Nis! glanced quick I v In mv di
rection; he ws silent; my step l.nber
slowly (ouUnuod:
"And sho Is lncllnil to enlerulu
lt"
VSho accepts me?" '
"She admits that she Is very niu 1. In
love, with you."
I did W'H see Nod's face, my eyes were
fixed upon the brown roses 011 the car
pet; but I heard the jovoui little ex-la-
lualiou with which the news was re
ceived.
When' is she?" asked Nod, after a
moment s pause.
"MiiIm'I, my love, come here," -.aid in)
step-father In his smoothest ton,-, lie
Uxik my hand between bis own nod led
me t.iwnnl Ned, wIiosUhm! perfectly still
and made nu movement to 111 eel me. lie
UNik Xisl's hand, too; ho put our bands
together. I looked np I lookisl i rt.
Nisi s eyes, and he lookisl back Into
mine; with a little cry I drew my band
away and he quietly released It. I re
member still tho kind, regretful look he
gave me.
"Mr. Dale." lie mild, in his frank
clear voice, "we have made 11 uiint.ikc
Perhaiw the mistake was inln. but I
think H was yours. I love .Mabel. Mai
and 1 aro the bcsland tlrmesl of friends
out my love is .Muix'l s i thourbi y.m
undersioMl.
"You aro jponklng of Mabel dm
plonr
"Yes. She Is your ward; I thought it
right lo tell you, her guardian, that
hoped to try to win hor."
"Y.01 should hate made your menilng
clear, '.lr. T
"I thought I had done ao."
"You went under a misapprehension
I ci rudnly should not hate fin n my
cotiseiu to Jour nmlrcssliig tin- vouug
lady of whom you speak! Mie has tills
in ruing promised that she will In- my
U ifl' -"
I'lene were the last words 1 heard ns
ountry
or garden Hie girts would llud me. They
wen- dear girls! hut the) would be curi
ous and quenllon me. They were kind,
and they would pity me, and comfort
me: uiel I could not bear their comfort
or tboir pity!
I threw myself down on a grassy bank
Uuieath a high shady hedge, and hurled
my hot face in my hands, and trie 1 to get
used and hardened to the fei-Hui; of my
sll.llne Tin- -.liaiiii - 1 im Ilo bainoiit
nil other fi lings. f.i...t bm ; 1
mill n al 11 d 111) ln.iinln-e.il
Two ur three - 1I.I11.; t ar-. fill
Peculiar
Many peculiar poluti nuko Hood's Bar
liparllla imperii r to all other iiuvIIcIdcj.
IVculur In roiiiMiiatluii, proportion,
ami prvparatloii ef liicrcdlcuti,
Hissl'j furtapaillu wiioitcs
Iho full rurathu value of tho
wit know 11 rcmcillcs 7V S ot
tho xctaWo Line. S
I'ccullar In Hyr.C0'sr ttrcnjUi
and economy s$t Hood's Hir
3p.iillla li !nCtho only mcdl
clno 01 wlihh can truly
leaalil.vO S "OnulfunilrcdDoio
OiioCV jTMn." Ilcdlclncj In
So S larger and amallcr hottlcj
rrwuiro larger dojci, and do not
produce as i:oo1 rcnulti as Ibxxl'i.
IVculi.r hi It) nifslKliial menu.
Hood's Pariaist.:ia arcoinpllIii s curc hllh-
trto unknown, and hat wen for Itself
Iho title ef "Thu t'Katcit blood
purlfii-r ever discovered."
&.
I'rculiar In Its" cd namo
uuuic, mere 11 now rmorc
of Hood's aaraparllla ol.l In
Lowell, wlicru S OJit li nude,
than of a!l Vothcr LI00.J
purmori. Xs.rrirS I'cculur In Hi
nal ricofd of tain
no ow.rr preparation
JV-'cvcr attained tucli isjpu-
S , . .1 . .. ... . -i .... . . 1 .
r ia.il 1.1 iu piiui. a nine,
ami retained Its lsjpularltir
and r'Uiflilciiro among all clatio
of Kopla to tcailfotiy.
Do not Is- ludm cd to buy i tlirr preparations
but be rute l i (:ct tho IVcullar Mcillcliw,
Hood's Sarsaparllla
Bat4tjtlllruull. fli tli furfV l-rcloiil;
V C. J. IIOOli X Cli.,t.lliWkj,lAiHtll,Uu
100 Dosou Ono Dollar
through tny lingers; then the tears titled
up My head tlirol.lstl and burnt: 111
hot hand, pr'swsl against mv broiv, did
not co.il . There was a sound of ad
vaming slept, and I nwc burrhslly to
flee. At the same menu nt Ned ruim in
l ight round the curt- of the bigb-ed.-isl
lane. I guessed rutin r than saw that It
was In ; I wnlkisl on swlfllv. away from
him. down the grasa-gMwu imth.
Would lie o kind and let me go?
Would he pretend not to see lhat I wu
U-fore him as 1 was pretending not to
know thai he was Irehiitd me? Would
he spare me tho humiliation of stand
ing face to fait with hint again? The
questions whirled through mv brr.lu,
whilst I listened with straliusl attention
to tho firm, quick steps that followt-l.
Tho ste hastened; lin uiKAiit to over
lake me. When I reullnsl his Intontlon
1 sUk1 still. A green gale oMucd from
the lane Into a meadow; I stood still lie
side the gate nnd wultisl for htm, half
facing htm ns ho mHttitcod, tny ehuek
In a scarlet Hume, tny eyes dullnnt, dar
ing him to pity me.
If he allowed that ho was sorry for me,
I would never forgive him! If he was
cmlsirrasscd and ooiisotous of my cut
Imrrnssmeiit, 1 should bnto him aluays!
ill way si
Ho ciimo to the gate, and stood still
iMifore luo. ".Mab," ho said.
Ills lone was n little graver than
usual, but frank and simple uud direct.
Somehow, though ho bad spoken but
votriti: not tioi.Mi to i.i:t
himii. oni i'iiii:Niisitii'?"
THIS
ono word, tin'1 bitter islgo of my hiimlll
alien vantsiieii; my eyes lookisl across
at hlln with a less delimit glance.
"Mali, you'ro not going to lot this
spoil our friendship?"
"N'-no," said 1, doubtfully. "It
need 11' l unless"
' There Is no 'unless'," rfipllisl Nisi
in his old masterful touo thai si' l me at
ease al once. "A silly girl, with no
senso ami pluck, would think Unices
sary, perhaps, to lie dlgnltlcd ami ills
taut and nvold me. Hut you'ro nut that
kind of girl nl all! .Mali, I shall b.
aw fully ills ippoiutod In you if you let
this make any dllferenco lo us."
It was a familiar voice of authority
which, ever since I was a toddling baby
and Nod 11 knlokerlsKikervsl hero of my
irentns, 1 nan .11 nays ueuu nocustotni ,
o obey. Now my pyea met his; we
mi'ed -;l otic another.
"Walk home ncrvs the meadow with
ne, Mali, "said ho.
He 1 pete d tho gate and wo passed
tliroi.'fi tog ther. Thou lie siiddenl.t
.toisl 'il.
"No. no." ho f xclaluud. "vo-,'u i
ha I, ui.d the sun Is hot."
"I don't mind it."
'Don't you? I mind II for you."
Twenty-flvo has lordly airs; but seven
tci u loves Its heroes to bo masterful.
'eb turned back with mo through the
.badv lane; we were silent almost alt
lie way, but our thoughts were busy; al
is', 011 a sudden Impulse, 1 spoke.
"I a 11 so orrjr,M I Mid, "about .Mit
el." " Y s. he replied, brlelly. 'fhen again
e u, slient. lie wslkisl with nm as
ir 111 the garden gale, and there we
-it. I.
toJiii: cuntincri).
PEOPLE WHO WRITE.
Jt't.rs Vi.iim is the author of twenty
four novels.
Wit.UAM Miru-, the ICngllsh novel
ist, likes Americans very much anil has
hosts of friendi. among them.
(ii:sr.ltAl. lit' 1 1. 1. u's autobiography Is
rapidly approaching completion, and
may lie oxpts-tist in iiook form within
eight or ten months,
I'siii vi. -Kl-TttMi, the Chinese CenemI,
has published in French a book liiat la
said to bo 1. n Imitation of the modern
I'rench novel.
lIl-MAiu u's autoblogrutdiy will npiMmr
early next year, uud It will be prlnUd
in Paris to nvold any rctriciious by thu
German (ioveriitueiit.
Sin Hit iiAlin Hi tnoN hail one strange
peculiarity - he would never imrmil thu
blinds to lie drawn at night in UiU room
in w hich ho was scaled at study.
II I. IAN- II vwrimilM: stands tlx fool
high, is broad 1 lioiildere.I and I'Miks Itktl
hort-lmtred, m sb iiiIimI nhMWi of hit
fathor. who wrote "The ScmIM I4UIW"
I'iiakk II. Ciniii.no, Hie wrltor Upon
tiic '.mil Indians, is under inedlual
tri atinent al a private dl'.is-ir.ai y In
Hi.ir.il.i. Ills aili.ieiits were brtiu -hi un
by l.i life ill Arlsona.
Owi mi U hi uhyslclab's advice,
laiai .. KiiH..el liwt li bus cancelled uli
engag nieul to ilelnt r i.lx lecluns 011
the old Kiigll-.li drumatisU at tho L'ui-
VI rsity of I'enusylvaiila. I
Mn. II.vk Iiokt goes out for a walk al
most dully In Washington, hut ho hn n
muscular valet with hlui all tho liuio,
Mis iiuow-whiU) hair la partly hid be
neath a black silk cap, tho visor of
which shades hi eye from Ihoauu. Ills
overcoat is buttoned eloaely around lit
npar form ami hi Iteanl aholters bis
tliitwi from 1 bo wlu l.
UNUSUAL AND ENTEHTAININO.
A WirKlomi (It. I ) mini ncently
lilllctl eleven out of tblrtccii titinil lit ti j
ingle discharge of hi fow ling piece.
A I'l sn:ui:iiiif ling Islund split tis'ii 1
in idil family eliost, uud In n fulw Imt- 1
lm tliMiveivtl twenty illiitnoiiils vahtctl
at tli),WM. I
A x connected with the llfe-isitvlng '
station al Small I'olnt, Me., has col- '
lr. tetl ewttiRh Mcords of the swiinl-llsli
t build rt tr!iltct fence forty feet in
length. 1
A max wht) lilt on tho Men nf oppiug 1
corn In nn uttrittrtlve stall In the busl
esl imrt of I'ulUni street. New Yttih. In
full view of the shopping crow il, Uninlc '
lug Iota of money. '
A Nliw YtiliK liiecVuiilc lias solved tho !
irublein of limbing 11 penny gii 11 long
way. lie rolled a copsr cent into 11
i lblsm tlirtv-titinrterN of tin Inch wide 1
anil eighty-four Inches long.
AlTWt being chased n iniuplo of miles
by litllitora and 11 hw of solectetl
liotiiuls, a Ccorgla wolf hhowtsl up,
ItinchiHl ttr tho letitlcr of tho jkicU, ilia
nliltslaeveml tilhcrh and ivtlivtl In Hue
sluipo.
1-M St. Imls ptillce court the other
lay a blind man recognized u thief who
luel isiMm-iI him l,y his voice, lie pidiotl
hi..! out fisiiu 11 iiuiiiIkm- of ivrstins who
-vt r.- brought in niul Mild ",mcl inorn
1. 1.'" to him. The prisoner i-niifcHnetl.
Aft nmiisiiig typogruphli-ul eimr m-cii-n-tl
In a ivocut Isaue of the IK-iivcr
'. iphlt), by wide 1 1 that mper wio. made
t 1 iiy: "We I.iioh nf u gvsxl iievvspaK'i
I ilil In it Colorado town which enu U
' ullt fot St.0,(KW ensli. It Is w-tii id
i.:sk."
A 'I'tilMiSKi man, n few tiny ngti,
a bile cviimhilng nu old musket, which
1 did iiut know v.u., loaded, "torn he ' a
Killed mulch to the nipple." The ifi.u
vent ilt iul the hli.K'k lluew the man
' ' Ul,lk3rt&- U l1'1'1''1 "I1 '"' vvus
de. tl, HPimjiM iia Mild that hut tlcath v as
In - t. Mgrtlt.
A 1, oM.vN lately wrote to the Cot
n.u-uf Kentucky Hint idle was the
.-i -tht'i' of seven sliilwurt sons of varl
11 . i!.'e-. nil I urn 011 the Siilibutli tlay.
. i- nei- pan, 1. lie immglil nhe tuiiMit to
'!... 11 .'cpuratc iiiidilistlncl s te.loii f.
duo :.:itibulli 11111 Mm nf them, uud
he dci.itvd l.il.-uuwhow the itlcii strm I.'
the 1 :rnur.
1 HE I'UDLU SCHOOL.
Onto r.ilnoa by tnvutlim 8T,'!00,oiH) for
selioil purpiHuia,
Hit: tk'litMils of .MusailchiisettM tsist
ov. v 8r.otw.uoa n year.
S1.DH1 lilts Imo:i InlriNlucctl In all the
primary giiideu of Itost.m m-IhsiIs.
ILLINOIS Iippropl-iilt.-l. !..,lSlil,IHIO lis 11
.State, mul r.tiiM'N by ltK-iil taxation S,
afni.iKK).
Ioiva nih.es Its stdiool money by conn
lies. .Moro llimi .fln.UOO.Iiilil isVulseil nil
n.uilly.
Tiimti: lire 'J,.VK) pupils in the csildiig
ii.-pariiiiciii of tin, ,,.w y,,rt ( lty
si'bcKil. tills yeur.
Waco, Texa-i, employs u l.uly for mi
Mrititeiitleiil nf schools und puyn her mi
minimi snlnry of sij.isxj.
Aihiitt Hvo thousand children who arc
entitled to admission In the public
(K'btxils of New Yorlt City are forced to
remain ut home Ih-ouiiso holnxd uc 'oiu-
nvslutlmis arc Iiisulllelciil. '
f
TO DE HEAD UEFORE MEALS.
Don't Und fault uud pick ulsuit your
.s.
Don't tulle with your mouth llllc.l
vv Mil fissl,
Do.n'i- ciimmciice ciitlngas uku nsymi
lll'O M'.ltl'll.
Dori'T Mill the table-doth with Isincs,
piirlngs, etc.
I mn"t Inugh loutlly, or tnllc iKilsterotis-
Iv, ut the table.
Do.s'r detail all tlicsliiiiilcrs youc.nl
U1I11U of ut the table.
Do.N'r tube Imiiics up In your lingers
to cut the incut from them.
Do.V'r call attention to miy little mis
take which may hnve incurred.
Do.s'r iiiuUe ytnirself uud your own
ulfiiiis the chief ttqiic of conversation.
Do.N'r tithe miother mouthful, while
any of the previous one rciuuiiis in the
mouth.
Don't reach uero the table for any
thing; but wull until It Is passed to you,
or ask for it.
Don't put your cIImiws on the table,
nor lounge iilsmt; if not able to sit erect,
ask to lie excused.
loN'r frown or look crista nt the
table, it hurts your own digestion, us
well as that of tliiuo eating with you.
UNPLEASANT WOMEN TO MEET.
Woukn' who wcur illaiiitiiuls with onl-
loo llrcs.-'.
Sim i.iiim, women, who snap nt your
clothes, your family uud your friends.
nm. who talk baby tulle to each
other and Ills each other on nil occa
sions. WouKtf who ifoaalp, nnd who never
full to tell you disagreeable things wii.l
of yon.
ijlJll'i'iliMi, babyish women, who
haven't hrnliis enough to know when
they're hungry.
Woii: who wetir rululsiw ifowns on
the stieet mid it whole millinery hlon-
ini their heads.
WotiltN with voices na aweet as u tur-
tlti dove's cist In society mid like a bujt
saw In the family.
II vsiiJiK ai. wiimcn, who burst Inln
IIisnIs of teiiPM if vim erofct t lit-iii In the
slightest purtii'iilar.
Hi:Annri. women, wIki tlilulc their
Is'auty entitles thorn to nil nf the onrtli
niul it iotsl bliiiro of the plnnets.
Wiimiin who lug dogs imiunil In tliolr
iinns when there me uilllliiiut nf nuilli-
rhifoi, homuloMt children in tlio world.
MCorjriihi, isat
I". n' "f mullsn. anil of look. lh roUi
Asa lniuiln tinKtlr tt Il.ii tnJ 11. 4.
I h Sruov'irr of i,.rni tn.l r.iiur.
7!.".". lli;l.t'U III, UUUltiui tin
Of cuts too bar;t.H
.i"r.,.''.r '"u'hlo look of ffTSce snd mo.
tlon. this rtvsl Penutr j m.lol.twl to
IvrfM't health, rrilored ti tlio uto of that
juKHjiialctl, Inrlk-.irutlnir teule nnd nrrv
llV'l i favorite rrscrlption,
which nt-t In hcallliy ucllnn evcrr funo
tlun sud gave purity nnd rlchm-M to lb
MlMhl.
"I'storlto rtrcrlitlon " U a l-osltlrs
cum tor ltio nittst coniitlcatcd slid olxtl.
nnlo cases or leucorrliivi. cmwlvc lluir.
Ins-, Infill uu'tiitruatlou, minalurul (1111.
pnsjloin, irulnxua. or fallluir of ttvi
woiiih. weak. ln.k. "It-msls w.akiit-ss."
sntci i-riiin. trlroi t-rsl. m, ts-arlii -ilown
ri'iisstlniis, t lir .mo tS'liuivttleii. Illiliilnlna
llun nnd ultsratmn of thn wemli. It It
Bllllriuilrcil to uiVV HMUfsclltiu In ewro
row, or iiiiuiiy irfumti .1.
Msmirui-tiitvd liy Woni.ti's Ilisrtusiur
MLtucai. AMoi-uTin.-t, liurfalo, N. V.
Dr. PIEROI-i'S PELLETS
rnrulsle mut iIiuiim the liver, tlnmnrh
ti.J taiHi-u. They aro puirlr Vfcelstilu
nd pt-rfitlly lia.yulcfti. One a loo.
Void by ilruutfiaU. a ouuu u vlaj.
DR. ABORN
II) MOW AT HOnTLAMD, OUCnOfl.
miiiimsi: Mint mxnr fiKKini.vt'.ii.i.rrit
hox.ti.i.r, iiomi: nu iimivv fi.ttrii ni:ii
i. nit: m: it 11 a i.t. 1 11 at iv 1 i.i, tat i:
nSlA.ITiNUM't; lll.l.llt' AMI A
I'i:ii)1.i.m:M' tLitt.
Vlic moit HH-etly, M.llivc nnd pettna
licnt cure for Ciil.it ill id the I lead, Asthma,
and all Throat, Ilroiichi.il, I.tiug. Ilcuil,
Ktouiacli, l.lvcr ami Kitlury Allrrlioiis,
Ncfvous Debility, etc Coiisiiiuplioii, ju
Its various stages, permanently cuird.
I)it. AnouN'sOmiiiNAi, Mouk (M'Tukat
mi'.nt and his Mkuicatkd Imiai.aTionm
gives instantaneous iclicf, Imilils up ami
icvllallrefi the whole coiistitiitlou niul
tystctn, thcfcby prolon jLiti; life. Weak,
nervous, ik-billlutrd nm! liiokcn doui:
;oiutitutiotis, old uud yotiti. Iurlabl
ciiln from ten to thlity (hjiiiiiIs In fiow
lliitty to ninety days. f
Dh. AuoKN'Hphciiomriinl skill miittunr
vcloiis cutca have crcntetl the jjicstrtl
sstoiiishiticut on the racific Coast mid
tliioughout the American continent, tlur
luj; the pnt twenty-live years. Aitlllim,
Cststrli of the 1 lead, nnd ul I Thro.it, llrou
(hisl sud l.ung tioulilc instantly icllcvcil.
alio Hur !)ltcarsatiil)carucsifftct' ctitrti
iK-rmnuciitly ut lust rousiiltntld. 1)k.
Aiiohn'h essay on the "Curability of Con
vuiiiiition," niul 11 trridUo on "Cnturrh ol
the Head," itll cvldcnres nf come ex
traordinary cures, mailed free. Call 01
addicw Qn AnonN(
fourth nuJ Horrlioii Ht., VurlUnd, Onrn
Noir lima lifuliiicnl, ifm )y jttcWJ, h V;
tpiu lo H (4U irf ilit I'ttiltw Ccki,ftr hot Mi
14 IUW)t !- htf 411 Mt luil,
AILIHVIIED TO CALL FOR FREE GOHSULTATIOH
NEW RESTAURANT.
Canyon Cily, Or.
.!.. ('Iiaiiihci's, 'ror.
This Koatiwiniiil liua ittctmllv Inmu
openisl, niul will furnith .Mwli or IaxI
gin' ut liv ing intes,
A iUH'il fontuio ntimit thia homti
it tlmt im (Jliineati ishi;suto tuiiiloyijtl
in thu l.itclien. (,'ivo the Ituttr.niniit
1 1 Hll. .I.M'H.UN tJllA.VIIIIIIIil,
I'rojii iutnr.
FlRSQjJflT10NfiL")jflNiQ
Of Hoppnov,
A. IIIIKA, Klt.SMv UKI.MK.II,
I'resiilent. Vice rit:.iilen(.
(ii:oimi: V. Oow.n, (Jusliier.
'' H'lS T. A. IIIIKA, I. T. IKIIlNO.V,
lirt' tors.
riiinsai'ts a (Jeiicrnl IbinUng Hiislm-.s.
rj.rclutiHe
f-uw nil juiit, of the V t hi
BOUGHT una SOLD.
Uoiluutioiis inuilo nt nil nointa on
Ruiwuiiililo Titling,
M unity loiuiml nt fiom onti to ton
uc r cent.
! fa W i
- 4 wp ?
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ft.
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