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Title CHARITY GIRL f M By EFFIE A. ROWLANDS I CHAPTER VI The news of Mrs. Eraser's sudden in rroasi of weakness nnd ill health reached Mrs. Thorngate the filloviiis; afternoon, as the vicar's wife was returning from some of her parochial ministering. "What is wrong with hor?" she asked Dr. Sentance, anxiously, as she mot him ridinj. homeward. "I confess she puzzles mo." he: answer ed. "I sounded tht heart tl'i morning, nml. except for extremely weak notion, 1 can trace no definite signs of a malady." "I think I will go on to Dinglewood find see her," Mrs, Thorngate said to hersill. as she was alone again. Con s' nice Eraser and she were wi.rtn friends. "I want to see how that ciidd is getting on. tco." Sh was just passing rir owr. gate as she thought of this, and was suddenly ivstouishcd by being confronted by a ;'oun; man. who proceeded to fold his aim about her and kiss her cheek most heat lily. "Well. Aunt Agatha, here I (ira once rgpin. you sop," said a soft, singularly pleasant voice. "Reverley. my dear boy ! How you n! art led me ! Oh, dear!" md poor Mrs. Thorngate fairly gasped for Luath. "Poor Aunt Agatha! What a shame! 1 am awfully sorry, dear. I thought you saw me. Come in and sit down, you je:r old thing. Where's Uncle (Jus?" Mrs. Thorngate allowed herself to be led up to the rectory by the strong arm. Her surprise was vanishing and only pleasure remained. Reverley come home once again ! She could scarcely believe it. Reverley, that dear, handsome, scape grace son of her dead and gone, yet still beloved sister, Margaret! Mrs. Thorn date's child-bereft heart ;dmg to this .our.jc. man with the temu-ry of an ivy plant. He was, after her husband, her Nearest and most treasured possession on earth. Once inside the cozy dining room she embraced him warmly. "Let me look at you, t'arling," she said, holding him off at arm's length and feasting her eyes on his extremely hand come face, with its dark obs olive skin, clear-out features and short-cropped be.nu. "Oh, my dear! I am glad to ee you once more. You oad creature, never to have written me a line all these months! And now you want something to eat, and there is nothing decent in the Louse." "You will sit down and take your ease. I have already ransacked th larder, and wit'i very good results. Yo lr cold beef was beyond reproach, my tear aunt." Mrs. Thorngate laughed. "How good it is to sei? you in your old chair," she said, tenderly. "How I w.s.i. (;us was at home." lit: will be back in a few days, I sup pose':" Reverley Ilochfort observed cas ually, after having learned the reason of his uncle being away. To an onlooker u might easily have been perceived that the young man had no very great regret in the rector's absence; but Mrs. Thorn-.g.-tte did not observe it. "And now you will make up jour mind 1c stay with us, will you not, my dearest? i can assure you we are mt very dull down here, now; we have the Duchess of Ilurborough. with the Man lis of Iverne, an'. Lord John (Ilendurwiod at Craig lands The Erasers are at Dinglewood; I he Everests settled in Gl ison for the hunting; no end of smart people one a- and another." Beverlev smiled complacently and stroked his short, silky beard. Since :neretsity would force him o make the rector his headquarters for at least some few months, he was not at all averse to hearing his aunt's tews. "I am not surprised ihey should come l.ere ; it is a good country. I don't now a better, and I havs traveled siirocgh a good many in my ''me. I sup pose I can get a sort of mount in either Giaston or Montberry?" "No need to go so far," smiled Mrs. 1 hori-gaie. "Your uncle has two hunt en in the stables, and he will be infi nitely obliged to any one who will give them" a little exercise, mon especially as he cannot be here to use them himself. Would you like to go and nave a look at them, my dear boy? You. will find Tot ter still in the stables; in fact, very little is changed in the year and a half joi have been away." don't mind if I do. Rut where are you off to?" Mrs. Thorngate explained her reasons lor going to Dinglewood. -I think I will leave the horses, and accompany you." he said ; "it is just as weil to resume acquaintanceship with the lol!: around.' Ami so, chatting languidly in his soft, musical voice, Reverley lioehfort walked throi gh the muddy l ines to Lii-glowood. He remembered h had iiin.le a distinct impiession on Sheila Eraser when he met ier before, and. although lie had no defi nite plans in his mind, he felt he should l,e wise to renew the friendship with this extremely wealthy young woman. He let Mrs. Thorngate's i heery tongue run cu, and was not very .vjtnrr unicative ubou; himself. "Jnst back from the Cape," he ob Rprvcd. when his aunt pinned him on this point, "and an uncomfortable time I have had of it. Gold mines, indeed ! Moitf like treadmills. Never worked so Lard in my life, and nothing for it !" He laughed softly. "Aunt Agatha. I l.kve come home with empty pockets!" A slight shade passed over Mrs. Thorn- gates face. Vr must not let that last, Reverley, fcV replied ; then a little more hurri-d!y vou still bave jour small iLcome, of course?" "I am sorry to say, dear sunt, that my ii-come is a thing it : past. I teabyed the capital when I was in Eng- iand before. I had absolute reed of the money, and there was nothing ise to do. ; thought I told you of this." V-s. Thorngate uttered a quiet "No. dear, you did not." and M.mehow the lan." erew misty before her. She rivall ed Low hard her sister had sf ngitled t keep this small amount of n nney safe for her boy. Reverley's indifferent tone h nn her a little, but sue a too fond of him to let that last. "You must have a chat with Gits when ho comes back, and until then, dear, look upon me as your banker," she said, gently- "Pear Aunt Agatha!" Reverley mur mured, pressing her hand. His gratitude was entirely assumed, since he had set- tied this arrangement in his mind before j he left Fort Elizabeth; but Mrs. Thoru ga' never doubted it for' a moment. ''You will be a rich man some day, Reverley, you are so clever. Rrains like yorrs always succeed." "They certainly have served me very well so far," agreed Mr. Ko-hforf. There was a curious smile on his face as he tecalled how often his brains had carried Tiim through disagreeable and awkward crises. "I must tell you l11 about my plans to-morrow. Aunt Agatha. Are those th'j l.ghts of Dinglewood? I had an Idea it was much further away. What a fine property it is! Miss Fraser is a lucky young woman. Is sue i ppropriated jet 7" "There is no definite engagement ; but I don't think I am far wrong if I say Sheila's fancy leans toward Lord John G'endurwood. I think yy.i met him whe.j you were here before." A grim look settled on Reverley Roeh iort's handsome face ; his lips compressed theirselves into a tight, ugly line. "Yes, I kuow Glondurwood," wns all he sr. id; but a keen listener might have detected something hard and strange in his voice. "He is a very decided prig, Aunt Agatha." Mrs. Thorngate made no reply to this. Tor, truth to tell, she had a weak spot 'n her heart for Lord John, and was one o.? his warmest admirers. "I hate prigs ! I knew one out there" with a comprehensive nod backward at some unnamed bourne "to whom I took a fancy." Reverley laughed softly. "He wa3 the surliest chap I ever came across, out what a plucky one! We knocked against each other pretty often. I felt sorry for him, somehow; he seemed al ways so glum. He gave me a packet to bring homo to some lawyers here, and made me swear I would honestly deliver it. He called himself John Marsh, but 1 am quite sure that was net his name. He must have been a good-looking fellow when he was younger, with ryes as blue well, as your large sapphire ring. Aunt Agatha, and coal-black hair. A strange combination ! I never saw it before." "Whj-, that's just 'vhat that child is like "' cried the rector's wife. "What child?" "Miss Fraser's maid, and a protege of Gus! Such a lovely little creature. I Viisn you could see her, Reverley." ' I never waste my admiration on ser vants," he said as they reached the low, wide porch-like entrance o Dinglewood House. Miss Fraser was dispensing tea to her grace the Duchess of Ha. borough and one oi two other people. She received Mrs. Thorngate in the w: rtn, pretty fasti. on she always asuaied before Jack's mother. "How good of you to come ! Dear mamma will be so pleased to see you ! Thanks, she is really better this afternoon at least I hope so. Oh! "he frightened me terribly wiem she fell down in that fair-ting fit! I did not vva.it her to go, but she would do it. Mr. Ilochfort, will you come and sit aero? Dear god mamma, may I introduce Mr Reverley Kochiort to you? He has jiut come DacK from foreign parts, and will entertain you. I am sure ! The duchess moved her areple sums so that Reverley might sit down. Lord John was speaking very plamly and earn estly. "Sheila." he said, as he Irew the girl apart from the rest for a moment, "how comes that man here?" "What man? Oh. Mr. Rochfort? Wlij- he is dear Mrs. Thorngate's nephew. Stupid Jack, as if you did not know that !" "1 did not know it, or I should not have asked the question. J have never seen him down here before and I have never heard Mrs. Thorngite speak of him." "Oh, he is her joy and her beloved. I call him handsome, don't you? Rut, of course, no man ever aumlres auotber ; I forgot." "Whoever he may be, I know him as one of the greatest blackguard it has ever been my lot to meet." "Good gracious. Jack, hor awful; and Mr. Thorngate a clergyman, too!" "Mr. Thorngate has nothing to do wilh him. I doubt if he would ever let bin, inside his house if he knew as much about him as I do." Riverley was in the best of spirits. He had carefully noted chit whispered confuence at the fire, just as he had noted that Lord John Glendurwood did not vouchsafe him any greeting. He was much relieved as Sheila cam" np to them and treated him to a smile. He did not quite understand her expression, but he studied it well and determined to think it over. He was a most a-c-using man; he could tell an anecdote with just enough disregard for the truth as to i cint it well aim make it more palatable. His voice was so pleasant, his beari.ig so grace ful, and his face so hauls uie, that he won everybody's heart. "You must come to Craigimds," cried the (teohess, with decision. Meanwhile Jack Glenlu-wood was stricng through the chill February af u rnron ; a slight frost and iali of snow had prevented the meet that morning, and he felt ji trifle bored. Ry this time he was at he stables, and, going in, he examined Sheila's mare i)ia;e and gave a word of prmse to the head groom. As he was sauntering across the court jard he ran against a niaii hurrying in from a side avenue, which was the servant's entrance and exit from Dinglewood and tin village. "What. Downs, you nere! Is I.ord I vein., ill, or what is the matter?" he rir-ln med in urprise, as he recognized his own servant. Ikiwns stammered out sorrc sort of I eipls nation about having ief: something belonging to hln at the house the day befoi e. Jack looked at the man. He bad not had him long, and did not particularly care for him. Ho felt that Downs was Jyini at this moment. He whistled to th. dogs scattered about, mid turned down tiie avenue from which bis servant had hurried. He had not rone many steps before he came to a standstill. Theie, just In front of him, ur bauds pret'sed close to her breast, cl hed iu thu bl.cl cloak and veil in which he bad first boou her, stood Audrey. She was perfectly erect, arid held her head proud and high. The light was fast growing dim, but he coild see how white her face was, and how her eyes were glowing. "What are j'ou doing hero nloneV" ho exclhimed, almost porompti'-i'.y, coming close up to her. As he did so he noticed that her breath was coming in great paining sobs, as from soaia one who had beer, mortally frightened. "What is it? What is the matter?" he asKod, hurriedly. "Will you not speak to me, little friend?" "1 have no friends," she said iu a voice thai was hoarse with agitai'on and ex citement; "I I am all uIjuo the world. Evet. Jean cannot help me uow." Jack Glondurwood moved a stop near er, and his foot kicked agairst a bag that was on the ground; but he did not notice it. "Something has happened," ho said, earnestly and Kindly. "Will you tell nie what it is?" Audrey gazed before tier ii . set, fixed da-ed fashion for another moment or so; then she gave a little cry, and pressed her two hands before tier pyes. "Oh! if I could have oniy killed him!" she said, fiercely, yet kindly. "How dare he! How dare he!" Lord John started and nis pulses thrill ed. He was about to quesiiou her, and then, like a flash of lightning, the truth came to him Downs' st.i arnering awk vvaiUness, the girl's shame ond misery. The man had evidently insulted her perhaps had kissed her! A lot tide of color surged to Jack Glenda -wood's face. "It shall not occur again," he soothed her. and still clasping tier lords; "you must not come out here in the dusk alone if you can help it; you ar.i too young, too too pretty, my child. Now you are going to be brave, you will not. cry any mci'e?" Rut the tears were fast coursing one another down her fair, wnite cheeks. "I am going away," .she said, as well as she could speak. "Miss FT.ser won't keep me any longer. She said I was to go a i once. I I know I aai stupid, but if she would only give me a chance I should do better but she won't, and now I must go back to rhe home and they will scold me, and " "Sent you away like this at this time of nijiht? Oh, there must be some mis take !" Jack's voice was full of just ind:E'nation. Audrey assured him it was only too true, and eased her sorrowful little heart by pcuring out her disappointment and misery, until suddenly she remembered, with a start, that she was presuming dreadfully on his kindness, an.i came to a -premature stop. "i shall never,' never forgot all you have done for me!" she .-aid in low, brok en i:t tes, and then she iad lecseued her ho'd and was out of sight. lie stood gazing after bor, and then, a . tl ough urged by soaie wil l, unconquer able impulse, he lifted his a".n(l and kiss ed (lie spot her lips had ton bed. ''I love her!" he said to aimself, vague ly, yet with a rush of joy fill:ri his heart. 'I love her! My darling! My darling!" (To be ronrinued.) THE REAL LINCOLN. He Was Wither I" n graceful, Xor Aukwuril) .Vir I For many years it lias been the fashion to call Abraham Lincoln home ly, says a writer. He was very tall and very thin. His eyes were deep sunken, his skin of a sallow pallor, his hair coarse, black and unruly. Yet he wits neither in i grace fill, nor awk ward, nor ugly. Ills large features rit:ed his large frame, and his large hands ami feet were but right on a body that measured six feet four inches. His was a sail and thoughtful face, and from boyhood he had carried a load of care. It is small wonder that when alone or absorbed In thought the face should take on deep lines, the eyes appear as if seeing something be yond the vision of other men, and the shoulders stoop, as though they too were bearing a weight. Rut in a mo ment all would be changed. The deep eyes could Hash, or twinkle merrily with humor, or look out from under overhanging brows, as they did upon the Five Points children, in kindliest gentleness. So, too, in public speaking. When his tall Ixxly rose to its full height, with head thrown back and his face trans figured with the lire and earnestness of his thought, lie would answer I' g las in the high, clear tenor that came to him in the heat of debate, carrying his ideas so far out over listening crowds. It has been the fashion, too, to say that la; was slovenly and careless in his dress. This also is a mis'.ake. His clothes could not fit smoothly on his gaunt and liony frame. He wns no tailor's figure of a man, but from the first he clothed himself as well ns his means allowed and in the fashion of the time and place. In the same way he cared little for the pleasures of the table. He ate most sparingly. He was thankful that food was good and wholesome and enough for daily weds, but he could no more enter Into the mood of the epicure for whose palate it is a matter of importance whether he eats roast giMise or golden pheasant than he could have counted the grains of sand under the sea. lln-lr liraml. "Did you know that ioliticlans have a particular kind of sweets to which they are partial?" "I didn't know it about politicians esjKKially. What is the kind?" "Candied dates, of course." Balti more American The barber hushed the last vibrations of the Spanish fandango by laying his hand across the strings and shook his head. "Ncit nie," he said, "You go to a lawyer an' ask him what he thinks of It. I got myself hi a great mlx-up once by buttln' in with good advice. There was a feller name o' Rrank come to nie once an' while I was cut tin' his hair he told me about another guy name o' Sturgis 'at owed him $15.50 for some paperin' he'd done for him. I don't remember now jest egsackly how It was, whether there was any dispute abc.ut the work or not. I didn't pay so much attention to It, anyway. Rut he claimed Sturgis owed this $3.50 an' he couldn't git It out of him. '"Why don't you sue him?' I says. "'What good 'ud that do nie? he says. 'I'd have to pay a lawyer $10.' " 'Why don't you take It out of his hide?' I says jest like you might say it. I didn't care nothin' alnmt it one way or ano.ther. Sturgis uster keep a mug with me an' I had his fade steady. "That's what I'd do,' I sa- s jest talkln'. I'd go up to him an' I'd say, "Y'ou pay nie that $3.50 you owe me, doggone you, or I'll take It out o' your hide." ' " 'I've a notion to do it,' he says. " 'Do as j-ou like about it,' I says. 'It ain't no, business o' mine.' "Well, sir, right there an' then Stur gis comes into the shop. As soon as he seem who was In the chair he looked kind o' abbergasted, but he didn't go out, as I was hopin' he would. He set down an' picked up a paper an' begin readin'. Rrank seen him In the glass an' he looked kind of abbergasted, too, but he didn't say nothin'. I'd most go.t through with him, but when I seen MAUNA LOA BELCHES LAVA AND FIRE. ' -7 ..V REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH OF MAUNA LOA, IN ACTION. The eruption of lava and lire from Mauna Loa, In Hawaii, is Increasing, and more than one How has reached the sea. A new flow extends over thirty five miles of waste land. It is moving at the rate of thirty miles an hour, is fifteen feet high and half a mile in width. Volcanic eruptions and lava flows are not feared in Hawaii. They have been happening since the beginning of the islands. Outbreaks from Kilauea and Mauna Loa, the two active volcanos of the Islands, are looked on as safety valves against destructive seismic activity. The present outbreak began recently, when over the mountain there spread a vast curtain of smoke. A vast column of light reflected against the smoke and Illuminated the entire heavens. It was visible for many miles in every direction. During the day the appearance of the outbreak from a dis tance Is of a great pillar of smoke rising from the top of the mountain. Ex cursions from all parts of the islands have lieen organized to go and see the wonderful spectacle. HUDSON BAY ROUTE GAINS. Canadian Trnnncontlnental Linen IIiiiltliiiK Ureat Arm of Sea. The use of the Hudson Ray route to Europe can no longer be regarded as a mere visionary scheme. All of Cana da's great railway systems are push ing their lines in the direction of iorts on" the shore of the bay. It will be reached from the south, the southwest and the west. The more impotrant lines will run from the west and the south west, from the wheat Holds and the cattle ranges. The rapid development of Canada's mat northwest within the last few I years and the assurance of an even .'more rapid development In the years ' to come have brought about new condi tions The Hudson bay route is oien for four or five months eacli year. It is shorter by from 700 to 1,000 miles than are the present routes between the wheat fields and the markets of Eu it offers a saving in freight han- 1 tiling. Grain and cattle from Manitoba, 'Saskatchewan or Alberta will require Irmly one transfer on their way to Eu 'rope. The matter of distance and of 'general shipping convenience is liost re alized by reference to a map. wnere comparison may 1 made between the direct rail routes from Winnipeg or Calgary or Edmonton to Fort Churchill ,l Vnrk factory and the devious rail. lake and canal routes to Montreal or I New York. Churchill and Y'ork. like New York and Montreal, are practical ly P..000 miles from Liverpool. I There Is little doubt that within the 't next few years tho Canadian raclfic, his fists eloublln' up under the cloths I begun all over agin, wilppln' here uu' there an' steamin' up. I thought I'd get Sturgis tired out, but he sat there 'sif he had all the time there was. At last, when there honestly wasn't noth in' more I could do, I wiped off his faco an neck an' Jerked the cloth off him. At the same time I whispered to him not to make no fuss In the shop. "I guess he didn't understand what it was I said to him, for he didn't wult to put on his collar. He just walked up to Sturgis and ho suys: 'You pay me that $3.50 you owe me, doggone you, or I'll take It out o' your hide.' I "I tried to step In between 'em, but I wasn't quick enough. Sturgis didn't say nothin'; he Just hauled off an' knocked Rrank kerslap Into the mlrrr an' scattered the tonic an' hair brushes ; an' razors an' shampoo mixtures all , over the floor an' the next minit they was trompin' an' sinashin' 'em Into the ground. I picked up a cane chair an' threw It at Sturgis an' it missed him an' brought down the mug rack. Stur gis left off iKiundin' Rrank long enough to return the chair an' this time It didn't miss. I got it on top o' my head and I concluded to draw out an' call for help. When I got back with the marshal Sturgis had gene an' Rrauk was jest conilu' to his senses. "Well, I had 'em both arrested an' Rrank told the Justice I'd put up a job on him an' I got fined $10 an' costs for lncitiii' to a breach of the peace. Then I sued Sturgis for damages an' lost out, an' the result o' that fracas was I busted up in business an' had to get out o' town jest by talkln' a little." "That's the trouble with" J'ou bar bers,'' commented the listener. "Y'ou will talk." "It's cured nie," said the barber." Chicago Daily News. the Canadian Northern, the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Great Northern will all have terminals on Hudson Ray. So, In all probability, will some of the smaller roads of eastern Canada have their terminals on James Ray, which forms a pocket at the southern end of the Hudson Ray shore line. This Is a matter which Is somewhat more than likely to have an Inqiortniit bearing on the Interests of American producers and of American transiwrta tion lines, New Y'ork Sun. The .cor'n Heaven. At the Players In New Y'ork a num ber of actors were arguing aliout tho meaning of the word "happiness." In the midst of the argument Henry E. Dixey appeared, and one of the con testants said : "Dlxey, what Is your Idea of happi ness?" Mr. Dlxey smiled thoughtfully. Then he replied : "My idea of true happiness Is to lie on a couch before a bright fire, smok ing a large Havana cigar given me by an admirer, while I listen to a wojiinn who worships me reading aloud flatter ing press notices about my acting." New Y'ork Tribune. Cotton Fabric In Inea Tomb. Peruvian tombs dating back to the time of the Incns have been found to contain fine sieciniens of cotton Pa1 rics. A steady-going woman Is one who keeps on the go so steadily that It Is difficult to find her at home. BTENCIL PERFORATOR. Uarice (or Quickly Muklnv Perfor ated ruttcriia nml Meiiolln. Ail elaetrlc machine for quickly making perforated piqr patterns and steuclla has been Invented by n New York man, and is shown In the Illustra tion below. Formerly this work was done by hand, tho process being very slow. In using the apparatus several moa of comparatively thin paper aro otird on a plan surfaces the upper sheet having a light tracing" In pencil mark of the deIgn to be perforated. The machine can be freely moved around on the upper sheet, the design being followed with the tracing ixilnt, which rotates up aiuf down like the uewdle on a sewing machine. The nofMlle iHrfortes the several sheets at one time, duplicates being thus secured at one operation. One of the stencils is preserved for use in making more stencils from a motor, push buttons be ing used to regulate the speed. To prevent the paper sticking to the needle at each jierfonitlon, a guard is placed close to the end of the tracing point, the guard stripping the paiier from tho needle as It raises up. I "MOTTNTAIN-SCRATCHER." I Ther are lew things that rouse the Swiss Inhabitants of Alpine villages to contemptuous anger so much os the tIoctacle of Ignorant tourists anxious to attack the unknown heights of dangerous mountains. These villag ers have spent their lives among tho mountains, and realize their perils. When they see some stupid newcomer starting out alone on what may be noth ing less than a suicidal venture, says the London Express, they say to each other, "Another mountain-serateher !" The sensible tourist never by any means purchases na ice-ax. One day I noticed a man enter one of the shops. He looked at the Ice-axes, and finally bought one. "No one but a moiiiitain scratchcr would buy an Ice-ax at a toy shop," said my guide. The next day I started out for an easy excursion to the glacier, having the same guide with me who had point ed out the mountain scratclier at the shop. He at once told me that the "scratclier" had also started for the glacier, unattended. When we began to get on the glacier the guide fastened the rope round my waist. Not being a climber, I had only my alpenstock. The guide's Ice-ax was ample for the cutting of necessary steps. In a short time we saw the nioun-taln-scrntcher. He wns chipping away with Ids ax on a broad slojie of Ice that reached away into illimitable dis tance. Without wasting words the guide stopped nie and untied the rope. "Stay where you are," he said. "That fool is right in the track of the avalanches. I must get him out of that at once. Ho may be killed any moment." The guide soon came near his man. but he wns over him, and a deep cre vasse separates! them. I saw the guide thrust his ax forward, but the man's nerve fallen, nnd he did not grasp it. The guide saw that he must act prompt ly, and thrust the point of the ax into the man's coat and under his leather belt, and pulled him up by sher force1. The two came back to where I was waiting. There was a low rumbling noise, which grew louder and louder. White drifts of moving in came hurt ling down over the slope where but a fiw moments before the man had been standing. We had reached him just in time. A .tf Knork. Rev. Renlney Svvopo, rector of the Vanderbllt Church at Ashevllle. wild the other night In the ce.urse of nn ad dress : "These subtle attacks are the most unexpected nnd the most wounding. Y'ou have heard alMiut the clergyman and his aged parishioner? The parish loner said that ,he thought clergymen should be letter paid. " 'I nm pleased to hear you say that, Rrother Rrown,' exclaimed tho young man, beaming with pood will and hap piness. 'It rejoices my heart to hear you say that.' "'Yes,' resumed the parishioner thoughtfully ; 'we'd get a better class of men, then.'" A Hard Fishier. I always understood Cnpt Shirk had quite a fighting record?" "So he has. He always fights flcM-oe- ! ly against any attempt to have him as signed to duty In the field." Phlladel- pbla Press. WCIHKS 1.1KK A SKWINQ MACH1NK. !
