OR A BITTER RECKONING i
By CHARLOTTE M. BRAEMB
CnAPTEU X. (Continued.)
She began methodically to remove ev
ery article singly, placing them neatly
In a heap on the table, after reading or
looking at them. Then she turned to the
other side, going through it in the same
ray, and reached the bottom without
discovering anything more than is usually
to be found in a lady's desk. With a dis
appointed air, she began to replace the
articles, when Miss Mailing's address
book fell from her shaking hand ou to
the floor.
She stooped to pick it up as it lay
open; and, in doing so, she saw the edge
of a photograph peeping from the pocket
In the cover. She took it out hurriedly,
scattering, as she did so, some dead
pressed violets on to the table. She
bhuddered when she raised the tissue
paper, for it was the photograph of a
grave.
She went to the dressing table, where
the candles were still burning, to read
the name of the photographer at the
back of the card. The printing was in a
language she did not understand; but she
guessed it must be Spanish. She turned
to the picture again, and in the strong
light she could almost make out past
of the inscription on the plain headstone
The first name, she was sure, began with
the letter "P." In order to assist her,
she procured Miss Mailing's magnifying
glass, and, with the aid of that, she
spelled out the name, or as much of it
as she could see.
"P-a-u-l-i-n-e" she could clearly trace;
then came a blot, followed by "1-1-in-g
d-i-e-d M-a-y IS .", The remainder of
the inscription was undistinguishable.
"I never expected this! The grave of
iaahne Mailing! Then who is my mis
tress? An adventuress a usurper! And
I shall have a hand in dethroning her!"
She wiped the perspiration from her
white, quivering face, placed the photo
graph iu her dress, and locked the desk
CHAPTER XL
Jack was by no means heartless, and
his conscience pricked him more often
than was pleasant with regard to Ethel
Mallett. He wondered a little if she had
really ceased to care for him, if she had
jet found a successor to him, or if pique
alone had led her to offer him his free
dom. She had sent him back the littlo
ring he put on her finger when they were
bo happy together, and, with a strange
inconsistency, he carried it about with
him continually.
Just about this time Jack began to
think that he ought to call in Bucking
ham street, if only to show his gratitude
for Mr. Mallett's many past kindnesses,
for the old gentleman had often been able
and always willing to do Jack a good
turn in past days. Once convinced that
he ought to do a thing, Jack did it.
The morrow would be the first of Sep-
fomhpr nml the hrtiwa ivn-a full of neo-
ple who had been invited to enjoy the
abundant sport Malliugford offered. A
number of amiable young men were
lounging about the corridors and billiard
room all day, who talked of nothing but
the probable weather on the morrow, the
chances for and against good sport, and
the respective merits of their own and
other men's guns. Jack obtained a few
words with Pauline before breakfast, and
carried his point.
"I must have several things for to
morrow," he said, 'i kuow you would
not wish me to be differe.it from others,
and I cannot get wh.it I want withooi
going to town myself."
Pauline would have dearly liked to go
with him, for she had a horrible fenr
that he would find out something if he
should call on the MalkUu. She was
not supposed to know of the existence
of such people for Jack had never
spoken of them to her so he could "Cl
well as him not to call on them; and
ehe could not leave her guests without
some very serious reason; tuusc iucuhj
she was "forced to feign a complacency
she was far from feeling as she an
swered: "Of course, if you must go, there is
nothing more to be said; but you will no;
stay one half-hour longer than is abso
lutely necessary? If I dou't know where
you are. I have scch a feeling of unrest
and anxiety that life becomes a sorrow
for the time being."
There was honest truth in these words,
and Jack was flattered and grateful for
her love. He kissed the beautiful lips,
and promised to be back at the very
earliest moment possible.
When Jack was in the train, with a
quiet half hour before him for thought,
be felt curiously cloyed with the sweets
of love, and was ungrateful enough to
wish that Pauline would leave the love
niaking a little more in his hands, and
that her affection was of a less assertive
character.
Two or three hours later, when he had
rushed through the business of the day
and stood in the Malletta" pitting room,
shaking hands with both father and
daughter and exchanging cordial greet
ings" he felt as if he had been living in
a "hot house of affections for the past
weeks, and had just regained the invig
orating open air, where the hardier.
Lealthier class of feelings flourish.
He wondered a little at Mr. Mallett's
cen'ality, knowing nothing of Kihei's
generosity in taking the entire responsi
b lity of their separation upon herself,
and still less of her father's hope that
fhe had got rid of a nameless nobody
just in time to leave the road clear for
o "suitor more worthy of her iu every
way; and Jack felt somewhat piuu-1 that
Mr. Mallett should wake so light of the
hole business.
But Le did not let Lis annoyance ap
pear upon the surfaee. lie told of the
success of the paintings for Lord Sum
mers of his hf-I f"r tbe f"t,ir of ,hp
ear life at Mallinsford. end impressed
his bearers with the fact that he was
brimming over with good fortune and
happiness.
Kthel did not My much: but nhe ap
peared to be quietly, kindly interested:
.nd. though he was paler than .he used
be she did not give one the Idea of
lovVlorn daml. She sat liitening
to the conversation, and wondering if
her father would touch on the subject
of their identity during Jacks visit; but
Mr. Mallett did not wish to be made the
topic of gossip among Miss Mailing's
guests, and therefore kept his own coun
sel. When Jack was about to leave, Mr.
Mallett decided to walk part of the way
with him, and accordingly went down
stairs first. Jack turned, with the door
handle in his hand, to thank Ethel for
what she had done yet hardly to thank
her, either.
"I can't go without thanking you for
being so candid with me, Ethel," he
said. "Of course I was very surprised
when I received your letter breaking off
the engagement; but equally of course
there was nothing for me to do but ac
quiesce in your wish."
Ethel felt how ungenerous this remark
was, seeing that his neglect had led to
what had happened; but she would not
be driven into reproaching him, and so
give him cause to justify himself. Her
feelings were too real to bear dissec
tion, and she avoided the discussion.
"That is all passed," she said, grave
ly; "better let it rest."
Though she did not say one word in
self-defense, there was a world of re
proach in the subdued tones of her ad
vice; though her speech was so indif
ferent1, her whole manner asserted her
right to be considered more than blame
less throughout the affair.
Jack felt miserably small under her
calm gaze, and his respect for her was
vastly increased by this little passage at
arms; and, as he was carried by the af
ternoon express back to Malliugford
Park, he could not shake from his mind
the fable of the dog and the shadow.
CHAPTER XII.
The rain was coming down in torrents,
and there was a general expression of
disappointment on the men's faces round
the breakfast table at Malliugford Park.
"But you know it is really too bad,"
Cecil Danesford observed to Miss Mail
ing. "Your head man had fixed to-day
for the north end covers, and he says
they are the best on the whole estate;
and now this rain comes and spoils the
whole thing. It is annoying, jou must
allow." ,
"Poor creatures men!" said the Hon.
Miss Collins, reflectively. "The comfort
of their lives depends upon the one
amusement of the hour. Deprive them
of that and they are stranded helplessly.
Glad I'm a woman!"
"Well, I hope you will have got over
the first rush of slaughter by the 17th,"
Pauline interposed, bringing the conver
sation back to the original object.
"Why by the 17th?" several asked.
"Because I shall then attain my long-
leferred majority, and dear old Lord
Summers insists that there will be a big
affair on the happy occasion."
"A ball? Delightful!" exclaimed the
ladies.
"And I shan't be here!" ruutfered Ce
cil. His attention was suddenly arrested
by an advertisement in the Times, which
he held in his hand.
"By all that's mysterious!" he exclaim
ed; and then he sat gazing at the news
paper in mute astonishment.
Bertha Collins leaned across, and look
ed at the place he was pointing at.
"How extraordinary!" she exclaimed.
"For pity's sake, let us into the mys
tery!" Pauline said; and Bertha read out
the following advertisement:
"'Malliugford Park If this should
meet the eye of Sir G. M., he will hear
of something to his decided advantage
by applying to Messrs. Daws & Raven,
10 Leman street, E. C "
There was general astonishment anil
various were the surmises as to what
it could mean. Jack, glancing at Pau
line, was surprised to see her agitated
and white to the lips. She motioned to
him not to notice it, and fought deter
minedly with her emotion. The others
were too much absorbed by their curiosity
to take much heed, and she bore herself
as usual until breakfast was finished.
"Will you help Mrs. Sefton and me
to finish filling in the carls for the sev
enteenth?" she asked Jack, as she left
the breakfast room.
Jack promised to join them in the
boudoir in a quarter of an hour. He did
not like to think of Pauline's look. He
was a poor struggling artist, who had
hitherto lived by the exercise of his un
aided talent, and Pauline was a rich,
high-born woman, his superior in most
things that count in this world; yet he
would not make her his wife if he did not
believe her life to be spotless and with
out flaw. This was the idea that haunt
ed him as he recalled her look at the
breakfast table. If ever a woman's face
expressed suddenly arouse I fear, nts
fiancee's had done so when Bertlui Col
lins read that advertisement in the Times.
He went back to the breakfast room be
fore he joined Pauline, read the adver
tisement again, ami copie,j ujo r.Tlress
into his note book.
"If I am in the neighborhood with a
few moments to spare, I miy look them
up and see what it means." he decided.
Then he followed the ladies to the
boudoir. Pauline, still looking unlike her
self, was siting with Mrs. Sefton. Jack
said nothing to them, but went straight
to his work of firing in the invitations
from the llt of names given him. Mrs.
Sefton left the room after a time; and
Pauline, turning to Jack, put her baud
entreati;ig'y ou his arm.
"I know what you are going to ask
me; but I can't talk about it just now
not to-day. I will tell you to-morrow,
or the day after; but don't speak of it
now. I ask it as a favor."
Jack felt perplexed. He had expected
the moment they were alone together
that she would teil him what had caused
her disquiet. He felt unhappy and wor
ried, yet he could hardly force her t
speak upon a subject that evidently dis
tressed her.
"Of course, I don't want to worry you,
darling," ba answered; "but I mutt con
fess I am curious, and I shall be glad
when you can tell me all without dis
tressing yourself."
"Thank you very much, dear. And
now I want to ask you if there is any
one you would like me to send a card to
for this ball."
Jack flushed as he replied:
"Yes; there are two people I should
like you to invite Mr. Mallett and his
daughter. They are everything desira
ble, or I should not suggest it; and the
old gentleman was very kind to me iu the
days that are gone."
"Was the daughter kind, too, Jack?"
playfully.
Again Jack flushed a little.
"I think you are a bit of a witch,"
he said, with a laugh. "I may as well
tell you, and then there will be no secret
in my past for you to find out by and
by. Yes, she was kind to me, and once
1 thought I liked her wen enough to
make her my wife; but that was before
I met you, you siren!"
"Y'ou don't think so now?"
"If I did, should I be here?"
The rain continued to pour down
steadily, aud the scratch, scratch of the
busy pens went on without interruption.
Pauline finished her list first, and sat
hack in her chair, with a thoughtful,
chastened look on her face which was
ftp i illi
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
SECRET SOCIETIES IN SCHOOLS.
ECRET societies in high schools and other
secondary schools are scathingly criticised In
a report to the National Educational Associa
tion by a committee appointed to investigate
their effects. "Pactional, and stir up strife
'and contention," "snobbish," "dissipate energy
and proper ambition," "foster a feeling of self-
Importance," "expensive and foster habits of extrava
gance," "weaken the etliclency of tbe school," "detract in
terest from study," are some of the grave charges made
against these organizations.
The indictment is severe, but not too severe. Children
from 1,1 to 14 to 17 or 18 years of age are not mature
enough to derive benefit from organizations of any kind
which are not supervised by older persons, but are mature
enough to receive from them much harm. They are then
Mrangeii un.iKe ner usual imperious air. nt the nse whpn thpv nre ne to lmltate aI1 tlult Ia i,a(1 or
Xfifni" If !l' , l h"t, ,m,r.e i foolish in the conduct of adults, and the only way they
beautiful, if that were possible, although 1 . . . , ,, , . ' , , . ., '
he wondered what had brought about so c;,u la kM't from following this tendency is by restricting
great a change. He felt a forewarning tllolr opportunity. School secret societies enlarge the op
that this was the little cloud in their sky ' portunity. This is the main reason why pupils fight so
I stoutly to prevent their suppression. The touchers, who
should know their effects best, are practically unanimous
in condemning secret societies, and there Is no reason to
doubt that in doing so they aim at the good of the schools.
The National Educational Association will not abolish
school "fraternities" by hearing reports or adopting reso
lutions. Children are persevering. They are especially
that would darken the whole heavens.
"At last!" he exclaimed, as he threw
down his pen.
"You have been a good boy," Pauline
said, with a smile. "We could not have
finished them to-day without your help."
"So I shall lose him, after all, if 1 can
not satisfactorily explain this morning's
fright!" she reflected, alone in her dress- ' persevering when wrong. They are most persevering when
they think they are spiting the teacher. Nothing gives the
average boy so much unqualified satisfaction as to think lie
Is making the schoolmaster sit up nights and rack Ills
brain over the subject of school government. As long as
boys' fathers have clubs ami college young men have
"frats," high school boys will want "frats," and probably
they will usually have them, no matter how often they
may be put down. If teachers could enlist the hearty sup
port of parents in the contest the result might be different.
The remedy for secret societies and other follies In second
ary schools is for parents to tell children to obey their
teachers, and, if tliey disobey, to punish them. Chicago
Tribune.
ing room. "He will not allow a secret be
tween us. What can I do? If I con
coct a he to account for it, there may
be an advertisement in to-morrow's pa
per that will expose it. Who can want
to find Geoffrey Mailing after allowing
me undisputed possession for the last six
years? If they find him, they will tell
all, and he will claim his inheritance;
they cannot want him for anything else.
I must discover how much they know, or
how can I fight them? I can't trust
another; 1 must do it myself;" and, with
these thoughts riming tli rough her mind,
she crossed to the bell, which B.ihetta
promptly answered. "Babette, 1 want
to run up to Loudon this afternoon, and
I don't want the whole house to know
about it."
Babette's eyes flashed with a quick
glance of intelligence; but her lids droop
ed instantly, and she answered, meekly:
"Certainly, mademoiselle."
"If the people see the brougham leav
ing the house, it will set them wonder
ing; so I want you to run down to the
village during luncheon and bring hack
one of the public flies from the inn tliere.
Tell the man to drive to the stable yard i the
in fact, you can come back iu it; and
let it be there by a quarter past three."
"Very goo 1, mademoiselle."
Babette's face gieanied with mruel de
light behind Pauline's back as she left
the room.
"So you think you have only to go to
Messieurs Daws & Rayeu and show your
that the oflicials should be prevented from engaging In
other business and from using the company's funds to fur
ther their private interests.
All of those propositions are manifestly Just and unde
niably expedient. Washington Post.
THE POST CARD NUISANCE.
UNITED STATES Judge at Trenton let us
give his name Judge William M. Lannlng, has
charged the United States grand jury to look
up the matter of sending "flashy" post cards
through the malls.
It is high time that some official took notice
of this growing evil. Any Chicagoan who
walks State street or other avenues of trade must notice
that week by week the mailing cards exposed for sale in
shop windows are progressing from mere vulgarity to abso
lute indecency. Some nre of a sort that should promptly
bring their seller or the man who sends them through the
mails before a criminal court. The matter is one of more
than ordinary importance. A society exists for the purpose
of stopping the sale of Indecent books and pictures. But
the purchaser of such articles is usually a degenerate seek
ing them for the gratification of his own vulgar and de
praved taste.
Against the evil of the Indecent or vulgar post card
tliere Is to-day no defense. The purest-minded maiden, the
most refined wife, may at any time have delivered to her
by the government of the United States n card carrying an
indecent suggestion, or a vulgar innuendo, open to all to
read, exposing her to the ridicule of all who see it In pass
ing. The Postoffiee Department Is now doing something
to stop this. Let the censorshp be rigid. Chicago Ex
a nil ner.
SUGGESTIONS ON LIFE INSURANCE.
H'E insurance in New England has for many
years been managed with exceptional efficiency
and honesty, in New York that kind of man
agement has too often been lacking. Many
persons now far advanced iu years can recall
the time, some thirty years ago. when a num
ber of New York life insurance companies went
to the wall. Some of these had many policies outstanding
in all parts of the country, and their failure was so com
plete that the policy holders did not receive a cent. And
well-founded report that the receivers of the defunct
woman so simply, my good friend! Mr.
Daws is quite prepared to receive you
with politeness, aud to tell you that he
really knows nothing more than that his
client, whom he is not at liberty to name,
is anxious to obtain the address of the
companies fattened on the spoils wrung from widows and
orphans did not mitigate the anger with which outsiders
looked on that carnival of diabolism in the Empire State.
It is because the record of New England Is in happy con
trast with all this that advice from that quarter on the
trouble In the Equitable Life of New York has a special
interest. A committee of New England policy holders In
pretty face, and maybe a ten-pound note the Equitable has spoken words of truth and soberness.
or so, and they will tell you all about This committee declares that no matter what may be the
the person who sent them that advertise- j result of the various investigations now In process, the
meut! But you do not outw it a French-t r,ollcv of the comnanv should be transformed In the fu
ture. It believes and who will deny? that the company
belongs to the policy holders, and should be managed by
them; that the surplus should not accumulate beyond the
just needs of the society, but should go to the policy hold
ers in the form of reduced premiums or otherwise; that
present Sir Geoffrey;" and the girl provision should lie made !y law, u necessary, to prevent a
chuckled grimly as she went along. "That ! needless surplus: that the funds of the Equitable should
old Daws will hardly risk losing his be regarded as those of savings banks, and their invest
share of the plunder, even to oblige a ' mtllt should be surrounded by the same legal safeguards:
sweet, so handsome, so soit-voicel a lady
as you, madame!" and she laughed again
as she pictured the meeting between her
mistress and the lawyer. "1 wish I could
be there to see!"
Pauline stopped to speak to Jack as
they cross the hall after luncheon.
"I shall lie down for the whole after
noon; my head is aching so dreadfully.
What will you do with yourself, Jack?
A wet day is such a terrible infliction
in a country house!"
"I shall work. It's a week to-day
since I touched a brush: it will be a
grand opportunity. I should advise your
taking a g 1 rest while you can get it,"
Jack responded, in a matter-of-fact tone.
Pauline set her teeth in her underlip
and left him, her mind racked with anx
iety and fear.
"At all cost I must be in a position to
tell him something that will not he con
tradicted. I must find out how much
those people know before to-night."
(To be continued.)
Common Siuht.
"Let us wait and ee the lady contor
tionist," said the bachelor In the side
show.
"Wouldn't Interest me," replied the
benedict. "I see one at home every
day."
"At home?"
"Yes; my wife has one of those
blouses that button at the back."
Knew What He Wanted.
Wedlerly If there is a woman In
this town who is a better cook than
my wife I'd like to meet her.
Singleton Your wife is an expert,
eh?
Weddcrly Expert nothing! Didn't
I just t 1! you 1 was anxious to meet a
better cook?
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THE DECADENCE OF THE DANCE.
AM ING, it serins, is not what It once was
and even the waltz lias deteriorated. People
romp and call It dancing, to the disgust of
those whose memories recall the grace and
stately dignity of the movements of former
times. "To-day," says "Professor" Bow-en at
the convention of the American Professors of
Dancing, "dancing consists mainly of jumps and Jerks.
Grace and dignity have vanished from it and the two-step
is responsible." It Is proposed to abolish the odious two
step and bring back the minuet; but this we fear, Is as Im
practicable as it Is to bring back the "grace and dignity"
haraeterized the manners of serious people Km) years
I'lie present age Is averse to many things that pleased
It takes life In a hurrv anil
The drama.
that
ago.
the fathers and grandfathers.
takes its amusements in a touch-and-go spirit
the poem, the novel nil are said to be decadent. Like
manners, they have been abbreviated. The two-step may
be sad enough, but it has the merit of being in accord with
present tendencies. Baltimore Sun.
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THE HELLO GIRL.
E have all felt nt times that the telephone still
lacks a great deal to be a perfect machine, that
there Is Inattention, poor connection, needless
delay and sometimes almost impudence In tho
telephone service, but how few ever feel that
it Is not an automatic machine that they are
using, that the voice they hear answering their
impatience is not a part of the machine, that tliere is a
personal equation to be considered, a woman away off
somewhere In the unldentilied "central," who lias feelings)
and self respect, just as other women have; a woman who
will recognize a cross tone just as quickly as if she were
visibly present, and a woman entitled to respectful treat
ment, Just as much as If she were In her own home. The
fact that you can stand miles away and talk into her ear
does not detract from the right to the kind word and civil
treatment. .Turkey City Journal.
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SKILLFUL HUNTING. $
Stnrtinu Ilitn Ifiuht.
They had been engaged all of ten
minutes.
"Horseless carriages and wireless
t?b'graphy may I il right hi their
way," she said, "but "
"But what?" be queried, anxiously.
"I don't think much of kissiesscourt
ships," she continued.
Where IeHfnet I Yntnsih'r
First Floorwalker Poor old Bjones
has completely lost his bearing. I'm
afraid lie will lose his job.
Second Floorwalker Nonsense,
lie's to lie transferred to the complaint
desk. Philadelphia Record.
A sign of politeness in Thiliet on
meeting a person is to hold up the
clasped Lands and stick out the
tongue.
Five minutes of thorough, systemat
ic search for a lost object is often more
effectual than half an hour of desul
tory hunting, which, in its excited
flurry, often passes in plain sight the
crtlc'le which it seeks. An example
of this principle is often seen in the
case of the small boy, who, when the
family have scrambled vainly about
for the dropped thimble, announces
that he will look for It "Indian fash
ion." He lies quietly down on the
floor, and bringing Ids eye on a level
with the carpet, soon spies the missing
object. In "A Girl in the Karpa
tl.iatis," Miss Dowie gives another in
stance of letting brains do the work
of the muscles.
The party was riding up a steep
mountainside when suddenly the au
thor discovered that she had lost her
gold watch. It was an heirloom and
much valued; there was nothing to do
but to turn back on the trail. About
two miles before she had made the
discovery her horse had slipped, and
she had rolled off. It must have been
then that her watch was dropped.
The little party returned "U the path,
wildly searching here ami there. When
they 'reached the place f the tumble
there was a grand hunt, which lasted
a long time.
Then, tired out and heated, the
pea relief s returned to where the horses
were tethered and acknowledged t hem
wives beaten. "I've turned up every
fern leaf and grass blade," said one.
-It's no use," exclaimed the author;
pud she declared she would not look
again for all the watches in the world.
A young artist in the party had
staved witji the horses while the rest
w,.re hunting. Now he announced
that it was his turn to try. The oth
ers laughed, but they willingly sat
down to rest while the young man
went off down the hillside. It was
l,ot long before they heard a "Hur
rah!" and the artist appeared, holding
up the watch In triumph.
"I almost always find things." he
said. "I search like a dog. I lay
down on my face and listened, and I
heard the ticking when the watch was
a meter away. Then I crawled on my
hands and knees until I found If
ELEVATED RAILWAY.
Any
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Several of the larger cities In the
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surface lines nre unable to handle.
Because of the unslghtllness of ele
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series fif Individual posts, firmly set
f -
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These posts are formed of a number
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supportiMl by these braces,
being further braced and
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supporting
tracks are
the whole
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All of the
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ried on the outer extremities of the
horizontal crossarins, and are arranged
iu parallel pairs one above the other,
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tral posts are cipilpped with lateral
arms for one or more lines of cars at
each side. It Is claimed that by this
construction It is possible to build an
elevated structure which will stand
perfectly rigid and which needs no
special provision for expansion or con
traction In Its frame work and track
nd has tight Joints In all tempera
tures. Furthermore. It occupies the
minimum ot surface room possible In
an elevated road, and being tubular
throughout, obscures light less and Is
less objectionable to the eye than any
other now In use. Any speed can be
iitained with perfect safety.
CALLS IT A GOOD LIKENESS.
Faithful Kmploje ot Korifotlen at
lOnd nf a Qnarter t'entnry.
Jacob Kiis, the sociologist. In an ad
dress to a worklngmen's club, praised
generosity.
"I see a handful of children here,"
he said. "May they grow up generous.
May none of them grow up Into such
a man as an old banker whom I know.
"He Is a millionaire, and he lives
iu a palace, but bis heart is as hard ns
steel and as cold as Ice.
"(hie of his men completed the other
day his twenty-fifth year of service.
For twenty-five years this honest man
had forked for tho banker faithfully.
He and his chief were both ioor at
the beginning, but where, In the quar
ter century, the banker had accumu
lated millions, the faithful, mlddle
aged Ixiokkeoper had only saved a few
hundreds. His salary, you see, was
only JfHo a week.
"He didn't think the banker would
remember the t weiity-lif I li anniversary
of his engagement, but the old man
did. That morning he handed the
bookkeeper a sealed envelope.
"'George,' he said, 'today ends the
twenty-fifth year of your work for me,
and you have worked steadily and
well. In this envelope is a memento
of the occasion.'
"The bookkeeper opened the envel
ope, trembling and eager. Within lay
bis employer's photograph. That was
all.
"In the face of a disappointment so
bitter tbe jKior fellow could say noth
ing. Well.' asked the banker, 'what do
you think of It?'
"'It's just like you,' said the book
keeper, simply." New York Tribune.
I'm, l liiirned It.
"What did you get for your mother
In law joke?"
"A dollar from the editor and a six
weeks' visit from my mother In law."
Meggendorfer P.laetter.
When a woman entertains with an
afternoon card party, It Is Inelegant to
call her function a "card party;" th
latest Is to say she entertained with a
"card fight"