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Benny soon retqgned with a giiutter NEW SHORT STORIES I USE OF PERSONAL FRONOUN
bling retupnnion Into tlie »belter or a
WOMAN AND FASHION
NEW ZEALAND GEYSERS.
l clump of wilio s, he stealthily tiptoed and bearers, but May insisus! u | k > ii
»» •> lb. ln<-nhh«i«.d Ipp.ai Al-
Anu»!« Ihrin I. Sul,| („ 11«. t|le
toward the Raping sentiuel. lb- livid walking and. as usual, hud her way.
,
Mot Dowa io That.
n«D to lie Talk in» ol Self.
•»outer In tbe World.
his shotgun before him, Ixith iiai.iiue., The dooryurd, when they reached it. The lata Phil May spent sev erul
This is one of the smartest of
AU lue lUicUltB Ited appear alMo^t ol earli full suits and will I m * found
raised, und had the negro roused it presented a scene of confusion. There years when a very young man in Aus-
Yellowstone p. ik Is repute«! to have
certainly would huve been only to elo.se w as a naldng to aud fro with lanterns, trails There be *•’ his first success j Ways to 'w talking about themselves, excell.nl model to follow In uiak
the mast magnificent geyser» In the
bls eyes again iu a dreamless sleep. a babel of voices and wide eyed groups as a comic artist, but nog until be had but it Is eas -y for a superficial observer up a traveling suit fn heavy linen
world, but it»r reputation 1» based
ite the extent Io which this >ungee. The little plaited Jacket
But be did not stir, fortunately for all. of blacks. Two prisoners, both slight experienced his •hare of ope and , to eviiggerut
upon the statements of travelers who
By Elmore Elliott Peeke
Is the ease. Fur instance, if you dio-
aud Middleton tiptoed slowly on. near ly •wounded, lay on the gruss, and to downs.
have never been to New Zealand aud
these was soon added the nogr" whom Six month® after he left England a cuss w ith u eultjvuted man • qMBtlon
er
and
nearer,
slower
and
slower,
who know nothing of its natural won
CopvnuM. MU. bu klmiirt HUytt 1’e.ik« < >
Middleton
had
knocked
over
und
who
of
rnoruls
or
the
wisdom
or
(ectltude
of
ders.
scarcely seeming tu move at all, until
London friend. Who has since achieved
had
either
been
abandoned
or
over
at last he stoqd directly behind bis uu
Lfaviug Ami.I id by a fast express
tame as a draMatlc critic, also went any particular line of conduct, he Will
looked by his flying comrades. May •Ut to Australia to seek his fortune.
tell too what he think* right or whal
Nile urea then tor tne nrst time, so It suspecting victim.
train, a Journey of eight hours brings
seemed, when she reached the orchard,
May's heart pounded until she wus the only one of the defenders who He, too, M>on onemmtered ups and be thinks wrong or what gtrlkn* him
one to Rotorua, where may be seen the
but she did not count herself out of thought it would burst at the dread had lost a drop of blood, aud she was downs, and during one of the latter as wise or foolish, with very little use
most splendid geyser which is proba
danger uatil she had crossed the stable poHsibility of a twig or a shell snap- restored to her anxious father's arms
of the personal pronoun. He can tut
bly to be found anywhere in tlie world.
yard and gained the buildings. All plug beneath Middleton's feet, Then before he hud learned of her wound.
the situation from the outside. But If
To give one some .• i of the magni
"Blood will tell, Danny, if I do say It
was still as death there save for the her heart suddenly stood still, The
you discuss it with an uneducated man
tude of the gei ser I need mention only
occasional stump of a horse, and It negro had raised his bead in a listening myself,” said the proud general in the
he Is incapable of this detached attl
the height of some of the surround
was evident that the marauders were attitude, For u momeut it seemed to sitting room when quiet bad been
tude of mind. The uneducated man can
ing objects. Over the "lnfe: no crater,”
for the present giving their undivided the girl us though the universe—the somewhat restored und old Penelope
only picture the circumstances to him
which contains a seething lake of wa
attention to the bouse. Mahomet did whirling earth, the circling stars—had wus dressing May’s shoulder In the
self by picturing himself In the midst
ter. is a small shelter shed 450 feet
n<>t whinny ut May’s approach, as she come to a standstill and with it her next room. “That girl risked her life I
of them. What he thinks right and
above tlie plain. The surface of the
had feaied he might, but only rubtied vital functions. Middleton, ever cool. to save those bosses. She knew I was]
wise is, no doubt, often a great deal
water In the geyser basin when at
safe
enough.
If
a
woman
never
loved
I
his soft nose ugalnst her face.
better ami wiser than what be would
stobd us motionless as the stump be
rest Is about forty feet below this
Saddling and bridling him was the fore him, the muzzle of his gun almost anything more than a boss, Dan, 11
actually have done. "Such and such a
plain. The height of the eruption
work of but u minute, and after spread against the head of the unconscious should say her heart wasn’t far from
thing was wrong; I should not have
must often be about 900 feet. This
Ing straw upon the floor to deaden his black. Then the latter's head drooped the right place. Yes, by Jupiter, if she
done It,” he says, or: “Such and such
Is by no means exceptional, Higher
footfalls she led him out She did not forward again, and May saw Middleton never loved anything but u mule!”
was foolish. Now, had it been me, I
"shots" have been recorded, I bave
The general seemed a little mystified
mount for a hundred yards or more, club bls gun and lift It In the air. Shud
should have done so and so.” To the
myself seen a shot computed at 1.200
nt
the
whimper
of
laughter
which
es
and for half a mile after mounting, or dering, she closed her eyes and stopped
sophisticated listener be gives an Im
feet. Some months ago the area of
caped Clara Gaylord at this last re
until she liad rounded the inlet and her ears with her Augers.
pression of appalling »elf righteous
the basin wits measure«! iu a small
mark. But Middleton seemed to un
left the house behind, she cantered the
ness ami even perhaps of hyprocrisy,
boat by a Mr. Bmkerldge and a guide.
When she looked again the negro derstand it well enough, for he gave
animal cautiously through the sand.
but the impression is a mistaken one.
They found that the area is about two
was stretched senseless upon the sand, tlie roguish young woman a warning
But ouce safely out of earshot May
He argues In the vocative case, because
and a half acres, from which It may
dexterously straddled the saddle, face downward. Middleton was bend glance, to which she paid not the least I
It is the one In which lie can most eas
be Interred that this geyser may well
him, binding his hands be attention.________________
lug
over
stretched herself upon Mahomet’s with
be called the largest iu tlie world.
Uy
express
himself.
back. May stepped swiftly
ers and wound her arms around his hind his lifted the auger from the
The geyser plays about twenty-two
Rome people. It must lie admitted, at
PROFESSIONAL EATERS.
forward,
neck. It was an old trick of hers, and sand and turned toward the boat. At
times each month. Is very erratic and
tract confidences from those who have
Mahomet knew well Its meaning. For
gives no warning when It Is about to
no weakness for making them. We are
volley of shots rang Imllnnn Kinploy Substitutes to Col.
a moment he snorted and trembled tn that moment a
mu me Food For Them.
erupt. The theory Is advanced that
not alluding to those persons who by
out
In
the
direction
of
the
house.
An
a kind of ecstatic anticipation. Then
basin is somewhat like a funnel
a method of deft cross questioning
One of tlie most striking customs of
instant
later
a
return
volley
was
fired.
suddenly lowering his bead with what
that when the water and stones
manage to abstract information with
Middleton dropped his prisoner, lifted the past that are preserved by the In
a timid person might have thought a
ejected the larger stones return
which they have no business. Such
his gun and, seizing May’s band, bur dians of today Is found among the
vicious motion he stretched his power
Jam In the neck, thereby choking
Information Is not confided by its orlg
rled her up the slope to the shelter of tribes on the Devil’s Lake reserva
ful black body close to the ground and
tlie outlet, so that an enormous pres
Inal owner, but stolen front him, or at
some syrlngas. They had barely time tion In North Dakota. An official of
stylish and universally becoming. sure of steam must shift them. When
was off like a bolt.
least worniisl out of him. The people
to drop down in these when five or six the Indian service gives the following
Riding was the girl's passion, and
we mean have that In their faco and It Is fitted by shoulder and underarm the pressure Is sufficiently great to
men
rushed
helter
skelter
down
the
account of this peculiar practice:
I
I don ' t eat here .
more than once In the past, along se
bearing which makes all the world seams, and two broad side plaits are blow out the obstructions it naturally
fifteen feet of the crouch
cluded stretches of road, she had put slope within
“From time Immemorial the Devil's happened upon a cheap restaurant In at home with them. Whoever meets arranged nt each side of the front and would eject water to a great height.
Ing
pair.
-
back. The skirt is a particularly at
Mahomet's mettle to Just such a test
A moment later the keel of the long Lake Sioux have adhered to an old an obscure street of Sydney to order a them may know that they are Incapa tractive model, laid In box plaits that The theory, however, Is at best rather
as this from pure love of danger and boat grated
fanciful.
After
studying
the
bill
custom
In
regard
to
the
treatment
of
|
frugal
meal.
ble
of
giving
a
snub
or
a
rebuff
to
any
on the beach as the des-
excitement. But tonight great Issues peradoes shoved off. May impetuously ■a guest. According* to their etiquette, of fare earnestly-lie looked up at the one who claims their sympathy, be he are stitched down to about flounce
This geyser Is not the only one to
hung upon her daring, and as she shot arose. . Middleton hastily pulled her It Is the bounden duty of the host to waiter and was startled to recognize never so silly. They go about the depth. It fits closely over the hipsand be seen in the vicinity. Others may
through the night, knowing not what down again, but not before the flying supply his guest with all the food he in this person his friend May.
be mentioned, such as the 1’ohutu,
world unarmed and unafraid and, to flares modlshly at the lower edge.
dangers lay ahead In the impenetrable smugglers had caught her outline may desire, and as a rule the appor
Walroa, Feather. Papakura and oth
“Phil,” he said solemnly, “Is It pos give human nature Its due, unhurt. Un
Jeweled Duttuus.
gloom, but blindly trusting In Mahom against the sky, and the.next moment tionment set before the visiting Indian sible that you work here?”
ers, besides mud volcanoes.—Scientific
consciously. it Is they who make the
Some of the new Jeweled buttons arc American.
et’s sagacity as they thundered over tliey poured a volley of shot Into the is much in excess of the capacity of a
“Sir,” answered May, drawing him first confidence, telling those who see
bridges, plunged down declivities or
self up with great dignity and throw them, even for the first time, that they elaborate and expensive enough to take
bushes. Most of it went harmlessly single man.
climbed the steeps beyond; as she
"But by the same custom the guest Ing his napkin over Ills arm, “it Is pos are sympathetic and detached, and as the place of Jewelry. There are imita
ASIATIC TIGER PROVERBS.
over the couple, and Middleton Instant
tion turquoises, atpethysts and emer
clasped the horse's thick neck and felt
ly rose and discharged the contents of is obliged to eat all that Is placed be sible that I work here. I do work shrewd as they are harmless.—London
the play of bls great muscles beneath
alds
set
with
rhinestones
which
look
here.
But,
sir,
I'd
have
you
understand
A tiger’s meal—a gluttonous repast.
Spectator.
both barrels Into the longboat, evident fore him, else he grossly Insults Ills
her arms, she pressed her cheek’ into bls
like brooches Instead of buttons. It is
entertainer. . It was found that this' that I don't eat here. I’m not down to
To face the tiger in his lair-great
flying mane, closed her eyes and a ban ly with effect, for nn angry, involun practice would work a hardship, but that yet!”—Saturday Evening Post.
quite
a
fad
to
use
one
of
these
large
CHEEK, FÜSH AND CASH.
bravery.
tary
yelp
went
up
from
one
of
the
Iu-
doned herself to an Intoxication of wild
buttons on each side of the collar In
inates. Then Middleton turne’d, Just In Instead of dispensing with the cus
. A winged tiger—cunning added to
Three Essential«, Says n Cynic, tn front to give the little smart touch so
delight And thia In spite of, yea, be
Asreed With Parker.
tom the Indian method of reasoning
time
to
catch
his
companion
In
his
power and ability.
Suece»« In Life.
muse of, th» danger threatening the
much
desired.
These
buttons
come
In
Parker stories are scarce. There Is
arms as she swayed dizzily toward was applied, and what Is known as the
After the Chinese the tigers—total
dear on«B behind. Occasionally a low
Fighting
for
cards
to
entertainments,
all
shapes
and
sizes,
some
of
which
are
professional eater was brought to the no public man about whom fewer an
devastation of a country.
banging ixiugh brushed her back. Once him.
as
large
as
a
silver
dollar.
pushing
up
by
hook
and
by
crook,
giv
ecdotes are told. This Is due largely
For a moment May’s head rolled front.
A tfger of wood—a harmless being
the heavy odor of a flowering magnolia
“While the guest Is supposed to eat to his reserved life and reticence, al ing dinners and dances (typewritten
with a dangerous exterior.
struck tier nostrils for an Instant, and limply, like a mortally wounded bird's, all that is placed before him. It serves
For Autumn Wear.
descriptions
of
which
-are
given
to
any
though
no
one
loves a good Joke or
To bring up a tiger and have him.
•lie was conscious of the altered tem and then fell heavily upon Middleton's the same purpose If bls neighbor as
In Paris the coat sleeved basque
Journalists who wish for them)—these
story better.
turn upon you—Ingratitude.
perature as she descended into the chil bosom. Her waterproof hud slipped sists in devouring the bountiful repast,
coat
things
are
essentially
opposed
to
“
that
and
plain
skirt
are
among
the
One Is related at the Judge's expense.
ly hollow of some creek or mountud the from her shoulders, and as Mld,dlcton, the main object being to have the
"Malngoho,” a man eater—a person
A very able New York attorney, who repose which stamps the caste of Vere smartest costumes for traveling wear.
momentarily at fault, looked fixedly
warmer height beyond.
de Vere.”
They are neither untrimmed nor adorn with an ungovernable temper.
plate
clean
when
tlie
meal
Is
finished.
was
quite
deaf
and
very.sensitlye,
was
These influences are very wide- ed with braid or the material used In
A tiger wltlr a broken back-rage
Fifteen uitnutes had acarcela passed, down upon the relaxed form he loved
"It is not always, practicable to de arguing a case before the court of ap
though May had no Idea of the flight so well a slowly widening spot of crim pend upon a neighbor at table to as peals. He dwelt at length upon a fun spread. To “get on” Is the great ob- tucks, but plain effects prevail. Rather and fury which are powerless.
son
appeared
over
her
right
breast.
ot time, when Mahomet turned as by
To let go the tall of a tiger—to avoid
sist In getting away with a large din damental law principle. Finally Judge ject of every one, und to get on one long fitted coats with matching skirts
must drop as many refinements as pos- are being made by fashionable tailors, one danger and encounter another.
Instinct down the lane to the Cotton For an instant a strange coldness ner, und In order to Insure the final Parker interrupted.
around
his
heart
rendered
Middleton
club stables. Two or three minutes
To turn from a deer and meet a
consumption of the allotted portion
"It would seem. Brother---- , that you Bible. They "do not pay." This may and walking costumes for winter aro
more sufficed to wake the hostler, put helpless; then, recovering himself, ho visiting Indians call upon these pro- Infer that this court Is not well versed seem cynical, but It is unfortunately to be fur trimmed, the fur being used tiger—the danger of too much caution.
swiftly
unbuttoned
the
lounging
robe
true,
on
tlie
cont
rather
thnn
on
the
skirt.
Cheek,
push
and
cash
are
the
him Into possession of the fucts and
fessional eaters, whose duty it Is to 4n this elementary law point.”
Devoured by a tiger—said of a man
three essentials to success, and If the
send him rowing desperately across and threw It open, exposing the sense «It beside.them through a tueal and
who wishes to be concealed from his
Now, the attorney didn't catch what
less
girl's
nightgown
beneath.
Across
Sensible Little Frock«.
the channel to the clubhouse. After
eat what the guest leaves, The pro- was said, but he qiade It a rule to last be lacking the two former are nec
creditors.
A mother who likes to see her two
that it seemed a dreary lapse of time that white expanse trickled a dark fessional eaters are never looked upon agree always with what the court said. essary for Its getting.
You must enter the tiger's den If you
stream
the
width
of
a
finger.
Pushing
little
daughters
dressed
In
white
This
is
all
false,
unworthy.
It
Is
and
to tlie impatient woman before any
In the light of guests, but more ns So, smiling and bowing, be said:
would secure a cub—what Is worth
pale
colors
has
made
some
simple
only
the
veneer
of
a
butterfly
class.
but
thing further happened. Then she dis the robe still farther back until her traveling companions with a particu
having Is not procured without risk,
“Precisely, your honor, precisely.
tinctly heard In the still of the night shoulder was bare, Middleton saw, lar duty to perform.
You have stated the proposition cor The aristocracy is one with tlie upper dainty frocks' of cotton crape In white, and trouble.—Washington Post.
middle
classes
in
its
rejection
of
these
the |s>un<llng of the negro upon a door. with the most profound gratitude, that
pale blue and pale pink. These must
"These enters receive from fl to 12 rectly.”
A light appeared at a window, then the wound wns safely above the lungs. and even J3 for each meal where they
The court laugbed, Judg« Parker influences. Refinement Is not dead not be Ironed, but shaken several times Stranffe Fate of nn FnirllNh Karl.
Slipping
his
handkerchief
under
her
another and another. Voices, quick
assist. It is stated by the agent of smiled and the lawyer continued his among us, but It Is overshadowed. during the drying process. If made
“I came across a bit of treasure the
and Imperative, next sounded across arm, he drew It over her shoulder, the Devil's Lake reservation that one argument.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Sime and serious people are sickened with shirred, round skirts, they keep other day,” writes a Washington au
across
the
wound,
and
tied
It
tightly.
by
the
frothy
life
that
goes
on
about
tlie water, and then came hurried atepa
their
shape
admirably
and
with
pretty
thor who is down on Cape Cod. . “It
As he finished May stirred slightly. of the professional eaters has been
them. If It really brought enjoyment berthas or 1830 collars make dainty fa tlie log book of the schooner Hera,
upon the graveled walk.
known to dispose of seventeen pounds
■v.
Owi
to its devotee It would be justified, but afternoon frocks.
When the boat reached the mainland Next she gave a little gasp, opened a of beef at a sitting. That they are
which sailed from Boston on a day
Will Carleton, ttw poet and lecturer, that it doos not Is amply evidenced by
again seven men Iiesldes the negro pair of dull, unseeing eyes and mur capable of eating an almost fabulous
in the seventies. She sailed with a
mured
faintly,
"What
Is
It?
”
wus
lecturing
In
a
western
city
several
An Effective Skirt.
the discontented, artificial faces un
stepped out, nnd In a brief space of
new first mnte on board.
“Lie still!" said Middleton soothing amount 1 myself can testify.”—Hy years ago, when on leaving the plat der the horribly pretty hats above the
The skirt that is snug over the hips,
time seven saddle horses were ready.
gienic Gazette.
“He seemed an ambitious man, and
ly.
“
It's
only
a
flesh
wound,
but
you
form he w»« «ccoeted by a pleasant, vulgarly elaborate dresses.
Better yet provides abundant fullness below, he understood navigation. The cap
Middleton'» demeanor was a sharp dis
shabby looking old woman.
things will come, better things exist remains a favorite and Is promised tain suspected 111m of a desire to be
appointment to May, for In lier excited are weak yet.”
“SLEEPY” WOODCHUCK.
“How foolish of me to faint!" she
"Mr. Carleton,” sbe »aid, “I want to now beneath this false surface, but continued vogue for an Indefinite pe master of a vessel himself some day,
fancy »be had fondly pictured him as
murmured.
nsk a great favor. Will you give m« the man who beats the drum can riod of time. This one Is novel and but there wns little aboof him to sug
•he waited at the ^tables as keenly
Tbe Little Aitli««!« Are Far Slere
Before he could answer they heard
the handkerchief you carried while you drown the strains of the violin. Just eminently effective, while It suits the gest that he was anything but a sailor.
remorseful over their estrangement of
Alert Thea They A»»ear,
now the drum is very loud. Let us woman of generous proportions as well The third day out lie was caught by
the day before and as tenderly sympa footsteps cautiously approaching. Mid
If there is any one of our native «n! lectured this evening?"
"Why, what on earth do. you want lower our voices and wait.—London
thetic with her In her present trouble. dleton laid his linger on Mayis lip, for tnals that looks slow, clumsy, lazy
the down haul of the mizzen and went
Outlook. .
Instead he was as cool as a man or In the darkness It was impossible to and generally 'unfit to survive In the that for?”
overboard. His body was never recov
"I am very poor, Mr. Carleton," she
ganizing a fox bunt, and he Inquired distinguish friend from foe. The next struggle for existence it is the wood
ered. When the Hern came back from
for particulars of the attack with a moment, though, he called out, "Ben chuck. After he has built, or rather said, “and If you five me that hixnd
QUEER ENGLISH BELIEFS.
her voyage she wns met by two Eng
ny!
”
in
a
low
tone,
and
when
the
fig
kerchief
I
think
I
can
live
on
It
a
brisk equanimity that seemed positive
lishmen. They had crossed the wa
excavated, his home—which, to tel) year.”
ure
had
coipp
still
nearer
he
added:
Saperstltlons That Still Abide With
ly heartless to May. Yet even while
ter
posthaste to find that first mnte.
the truth, he does in a rapid and bust
"Go
back
to
the
house
and
get
a
shut
the Country Folk.
Mr. Carleton stared.
smarting under her disappointment
Somebody had died In England, nnd—
nesslike way lie does nothing but eat
ter
and
two
of
the
boys.
Miss
Elphln-
"A year! You shall certainly have
There is a well known weed; with
•he could not but admire Middleton'»
well, the mnn who wns lost off that
and sleep. Yet any one who sizes him
dark blotches on It, not unlike blood
promptness and decision and the readi •tone is shot, but not bad; only a flesh up as an incompetent is likely to get It.”
Yankee schooner wns the Earl of
wound
in
tlie
shoulder.
I'll
explain
And
the
old
woman
retired
with
the
stains.
I
have
been
twice
assured
ness with which he assumed the cap
Aberdeen.”—Washington Post.
fooled, for lie is a source of continual
later.”
handkerchief, profusely thanking him. with the utmost seriousness by an old
talney of the expedition.
surprises.
A
b
Benny's
footsteps
died
away
the
Later Mr. Carleton learned that she woman that "where you find . them
Tlie rhle back was not oo rapid, a»
Bore on Too Heavily.
When your garden is not far from
May, sitting her horse in conventional wounded gtrl looked up into Middle the woods you may be awakened in had embroidered bls name on It and there a growing there's been a battle
“This won't go for only one stamp,”
fashion, could not set such a pace as ton's faca with a curious, steadfast tlie middle of. the night liy a series of "raffled” it so extensively that she did. long ago.”
said the village postmaster to old Un
The same dame once seemed rather
■he had in coming. Moreover, Mahomet gaze—a gaze baffling description, but most alarming yells and howls, de make several hundred dollars.-enough
cle Klah as the latter handed him a
»s
if
freighted
with
the
essence
of
the
In
a
hurry
when
buying
a
setting
of
to
keep
her
for
a
year.
was weary. Htlll they reached the
bulky and much sealed missive.
casloned by some hungry woixlchuck
being
back
of
it.
eggs
from
me
about
tea
time,
and
I
head of the inlet in about twenty min
“Whuf for? What’s de maddali wld
“Dan,” «lie said in a low, quivering that has come for a nocturnal visit to
found the reason was that she believ
A •levy •< Great.
utes. Here they dismounted, tied their
dat?”
the cabbage patch nnd met with a
voice,
“
can
you
hold
me
In
your
arms
animals and went on af<s>f.
General Fred I). Grant's favorite ed you had no luck with eggs if you
‘•Too heavy," replied the postmaster,
warm reception from your dogs. The
All was quiet at the stables, but two • nd see me bleed from a bullet wound woodchuck usually gets away appar story of his father 1» one that very did not set them before sundown. Thia
balancing It on his hand.
and
call
me
Miss
Elphfnstone?
”
Is
curious,
for,
though
the
modem
of the party were left behind a» senti
aptly illustrates that great soldier’s
“Umph! I tole dat boy so when ho
"I dare not call you anything else ently unharnnsl. while the dogs are faculty of sizing up a situation In a poultry keeper might make the nest
nel». All Was quiet at the house also,
was a-wrltln' of it. I tole him he was
left to nurse their scratched noses and
after
what
you
said
at
the
clubhouse,
”
and
place
the
eggs
In
it
during
the
■ nd no demonstration had evidently
wrltln' too heaby a han', but he kep'
fore paws. The woixlchuck. iu fact, has few words.
yet been made. The party halted at he answered.
"We had an old coachmnu," he says, daytime, he would probably defer put
on a-bearln’ down nn’ a bearin' down
plenty of courage and will always fight
“
Then
you
are
a
coward
as
well
as
a
the boathouse on the Inlet a hundred
“who was not the brightest man in the, ting the "broody" on them till dusk SEVEN GORED PLAITED SKIRT WITH STRAP on de pen, lahk n load o’ hay. I'll take
in preference to running away.
yard» from the mansion. Some of the flirt,” she said, with a madness »lie
world, but what he
' did not know aliout that she might have the best chance
It back, sah, an' mek him write wld a
Throughout
the
summer
this
little
■pracT.
conspirator» were doubtless concealed knew »lie would instantly repent.
a horse was not worth knowing, of settling down quietly.
pencil. I ain’t gwlne spen’ no mo’ 2
“
wood
pig"
spepds
most
of
bis
time
in
as
her
slender
sister,
a
feature
by
no
"Just
as
much
of
a
cowan!
as
a
flirt,
”
The
other
day
in
a
neighboring
cot
in the shrubbery, and what next to do
the vicinity of his burrow, coming out Mother used to call on him to do all tage 1 was admiring a fine baby and means always found in full skirts of centses Jes’ fer his plghendedness.”
lie
answered
calmly.
was the question.
sorts of things that were not in his
She looked at him in silence a mo early in tlie morning to lake his break line, and old John-, of course, was al ventured to suggest that if its nails any sort The model Is made of brown
’’•
positive
I saw their boat
An Oil/I Record,
fast, returning to his nest for a morn J
ment.
with
an
lrrealstibte,
unconquera
were left so long it might scratch It» henrletta In the new shade known as
at the mouth of the inlet,” whispered
The late Miss Julia Moore, Sir John
Ing nap. appearing again nt noon and I ways makfng mistakes to annoy her. face. Tlie mother said she would cut onion and Is exceptionally smart the
ble
admiration
lighting
her
eyes.
“
Dan,
May, "and I think we ought to scuttla
why don’t you get angry and tell me late in tlie afternoon for bls dinner and I Once she sent him to the bank to do them, but the grandmotbe«- burst 13 materia' being one of the latest whiir.s Moore’s niece, like mnny row o.'d neo-
It and cut off their escape.”
that
I lie?” she exclaimed !n a rush of siinpex. on),- t,; return sgala fo; an | some business, an«4 he did it ivrotig. with: "You'll tlo nothing of the sort, of fashion. It can, however, be repro ple, was extremely proud of her age
iu their ignorance of the eneiuy s
other snooze. Occasionally he rnnkesl She told father aboitt It and said:
duced in all seasonable suitings and In and lost no opportunity of showing It
strength Middleton was against assum tenderness.
“ 'I guess you'll have to let John go. my dear, asking your pardon, sir. You all materials In vogue for separate When sba was asked by a friend If she
a visit to some neightiorlng orchard or
■
"Because
I
love
you
too
much
even
don't
seem
to
know,
sir,
that
to
cut
a
ing the aggressive. Rut May was in
wns going to see the coronation of
garden. By Oct. 1. when he Is fat, he I He never does as he should anything child's nails before It's twelve months skirts.
•latent ami finally volunteered to do to feign a harshness that I cannot rettTes into his subterranean home fori I want him to do.’
King Edward VII. she- „-..swirr.l. "No.
feel.
”
he
answered,
with
a
The
quantity
of
material
required
for
magnani-
old makes It light fingered." Ami 1
the scuttling herself, thus leaving the
1.-.t.g
aiTili, ns we are led to be I ”'Well, mother, said my father, *lf am perfectly certain the nails will not the medium size Is eight and three I have been out of London for the last
..force of men unimpaired for w 1 ih U w . it . uious smile.
Johfi
could
do
everything
you
want
lieve,
the
proverbial
"ground
hog
”
day.
I
The pair gazed for some tirne into
quarter yards twenty-seven Inches three coronations, and I don't care to
other work might befall them. This
him to Mo and do It right he would not be cut. It will be of Interest to add wide, five yards forty-four Inches wide alter my record.” What an exaltation
—County Life In America.
that
the
cottagers
1
speak
of
live
near
ptWfwrf Middleton promptly veto«'d with each other’s eyes without speaking.
have to be our coachman.’-Phila
one must feel nt being able to say a
enough to I-ondon to see its lights In or four yards fifty-two Inches wide.
• 11 the arbitrariness of a duty commis Middleton's shrewd dark, face was
delphia Public Ledger.
thing like that!
Grunt and Ilin lloy Admirer.
lighted
with
nn
Indulgent
tenderness,
the
sky.
—
London
Chronicle.
sion«! military officer and decided to
An intimate friend of President
The Latest Ideas In Sashes.
but
May's
wns
profoundly
serious,
nnd
Ao the work himself, but at the last mo
Strength.
Grant said to him <5ne day, “General,
Mostly Fool«.
Sashes of soft ribbons, such as loul-
ment consented to accept May's serv her eyes shone with n significant bril my littl«» boy has heard’ that Jail groat
Urine** Renne of Humor.
“
Some
scientist
has declared that
liance.
An
angry
financial
colleague.
Irritate«;
•lne and liberty taffeta, are shown with
ices as a guide. Therefore after set
ilelne’s sense of humor did not leav« the ends knotted at Intervals and there Is as much strength In three eggs
“Dan." she said solemnly, “after nil men write poor hands, but he says lie by the Incapacity of a subordinate, re
tling with his companions upon a rath
believes you are a great mnn ill spite marked to Frederic F. Olcott, president him until the last. A few days before caught with a small artificial flower In as there Is In a pound of beefsteak.”
er vague plan of action Middleton se my littleness and meanness, all my of the tint th.it j.iii or to
■><_-na of the Central Trust company, "Car his death Hector Berllox called on him the same tint as the ribbon. Yellow said the observer.
Jealousy
and
selfishness
nnd
bitterness,
cured a large auger from the boat
"Well,” replied the actor, "I met nn
ttire
so
plainly
that
anvbodv
can
read lyle was right when be said that men Just as a tiresome German professor roses, rosebuds and cowslips are used
house and set off with May toward the nil my cruel, unwomnnly taunts, enn It.”
was leaving after worrying him with with canary color sashes, forgetmenots egg once that would have eliminated
were
mostly
fools.
”
you—enn you kiss me as honestly ns
mouth of the inlet*
The president took a card from bla
“If they were not,” said Mr. Olcott his uninteresting conversation. “I am with blue, almond blossoms and roses the other two eggs from that proposi
After creeping along the shore for you did that—that first night?”
pocket, wrote bls name on It and hand sententlously, "you and I could not afraid you will find me very stupid, with pink and poppy buds and gerani tion.’’—Exchange.
For
am*er
Middleton
lifted
her
a
lit
MM di-t.-ime tiny came In -lulit. sure
my dear fellow," be said. "The fact is ums with cardinal ribbon.
ed lt-to him.
make a living.”—New York Times.
eiiuugli.'or a long boat riugi-d with a tle and bent his head and laid his lips
Prayln* For the Slater.
I have Just been exchanging thoughts
"Give that to your boy.” he said,
•to
hers.
When
he
raised
his
head
nnd
sail. Her nose Just touched the beach,
Mrs. Bitter I Just hate that woman.
with
Dr.
----
.
”
“
and
tell
him
it
Is
the
signature
of
a
Then
Chaos.
Another
Fool
Qne.tlon
Mailed.
and she was evidently ready to lie ngnln looked down Into her face she man who Is not nt all great, but that
On one occasion when tlie doctor was
"Why, Mary.” said her mistress, ”1 I hope she'll lose all her money, get
’’That policeman at the second cross
pushed off on short notice. At the same liad dropped lier lashes to veil the the fact must be kept a secret between
examining Ills chest be asked him. told you to make up my room an hour some disfiguring illness, be run down
Ing
In
a
misplaced
humorist.
”
instant they also saw by the reflected sacred, liquid light which seemed to be him and me."- Boston CMOttaa Regis
"Can you whistle?" He replied. “Alaa, ago, and here It Is in ternlble disor by a train— Rev. Goodhart Sister, sis
•What makes you think so?”
light of the water another object by no welling up from her soul. A* moment ter.
ter! We are told to pray for our ene
no; not even the pieces of M. Scribe."
der.”
"I
asked
him
today
if
he
wore
gloves
later
something
more
material
welled
means so pleasing. About ten feet from
mies. Mrs Bitter—Well, I’m praying
"Yls,
mum.
and
I
did,'
said
Mary,
on
Sunday.
He
said
no;
he
wore
'em
up
and
sparkled
on
her
lashes.
A Snralml Dilemma.
tlie pater's edge, with his back against
for all those tlijngs for her. Philadel
"but
the
master
cnme>
In
to
Deal
put
on
a
on
his
hands.
”
—
Cleveland
Plain
Oftea
Reminded.
“Dan, If you could not have kissed
a stump and a gun across his knees,
"Did Jones have appendicitis?"
"How often," said the phlloaopb*. clean collar, mum, nnd be lost the phia Press
sat a gigantic negro. From his atti me, then I think" — she faltered in
"The doctors disagreed. Romo thought er.
•
"• man Is reminded of bls own little- •tud ”
some mental distress—"I think I should he had money and some thought he
tude he seemed to Is« sleeping.
Mot the l.nndlord'a Fault.
ness
In
this
great
world?"
not
have
lieen
sorry
If
that
shot
bad
0
Getting
Rtfl.
hadn’t."—Puck.
The pnlr paused, and May shivered.
la a Rad Way.
A traveling man found a hair In bls
"Yes,
”
answered
Mr.
Cumrox,
"es
struck
my
hearts
Barber—Does that razor pull. sir?
This was more than she had bargained
Doctor —So you think yqg have- ln- order of bgney nt a Musotih hotel and
Middleton drew her closer, but said | My spark tffliy grow greater by kln- Customer—Yes. but go ahead. 1’vetieeii pecially If he has three daughters who somnla? Spoiled Darling—Sure of It. complained
for. and she was for giving up the
the lnndlord about It
have
l>een
to
•oardlng
school.
”
—
Wash
project. But Middleton was now the nothing. Words would but bare Jarred lüng my brotber’s taper—Jeremy Tay pretty hard pushed lately, and th® 11
doctor. I can't sleep after 9 o’clock In •I can't help ft,” the landlord replied
ington Star.
even up things a little.—Nett Yorker
lor.
insistent one. and. motioning his trem- upon the eloquence of that silence.
«
the morning! -Detroit Free Press.
"I bought It for combed honey.”
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