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Hit-Hit r-H-H--l-H--H--1- If 1 f The l3oetor'$ fjilemma j By Hcsba Strctton 4-h-h-v-w--h--h-h-i i t t CHAPTUH I. I think t was ns nearly mail ns I could be: nearer marine. I believe, than (iliall ever be again. Tbreo weeks of It had driven mo to the very verge o( des Deration. I cannot my here what hail bronchi mo to this pass, for I do not know Intit whoso band these paces may fall; but I had made up my mind to per- Hint in a certain line of conduct which firmly believed to be right, whilst thoe who hnil authority over me were reso lutely bent upon making me submit to their will. The conflict had been going on, more or less violently, for months; now I had come very near the end of It. I felt that I must either yield or go road, There was no chance of my dying; I was too strong for that It hail been raining all the day long. My eyes had followed the course of soli tary drops rolling down the window pane until my head ached. There was noth ing within my, room less dreary than without. I was In London, but in what part of London I did not know. The bouse was situated In a highly respecta ble, though not altogether fashionable quarter; as I judged by the gloomy, mo notonous rows of buildings which I could see from my windows. The people who passed up and down the streets on fine days were well-to-do persons, who could afford to wear good and handsome clothes. The rooms on the third floor my rooms, which I had not been allowed to leave since we entered the house, three weeks before were very badly furnished. The carpet was nearly threadbare, and the curtains of dark red moreen weru very dingy. My bedroom opened upon a dismal back yard, where a dog in a ken uel bowled dejectedly from time to time, and rattled his chain as If to remind me that I was a prisoner like himself. had no tiooks, no work, no music. It was a dreary place to pass a dreary time in; and my only resource was to pace to and fro to and fro from one end to an other of those wretched rooms. A very slight sound grated on my ear, it was the hateful click of the key turn ing In the lock. A servant entered, car rying in a tray, upon which were a lamp and my tea such a meal as might be prepared for a school girl in disgrace. She came up to me, as If to draw down the blinds. "Leave them," I said; "I will do It my- nelf by and by. "He's not coming -home to-night," said woman's voice behind me, in a scoffing tone. I I could see her in the mirror without tJralng round. A handsome woman, with bold black eyes, and a rouged face, which showed coarsely In the ugly look ing glass. She was extravagantly dress ed, and not many years older than my self. I took no notice whatever of her, but continued to gaze out steadily at the lamp-lit streets and stormy sky. ' Tt will be no better for you when he Is at home," she said fiercely. "He hates you; he swears so a hundred times a day, and he is determined to break your proud spirit. We shall force you to knock un der sooner or later. What friends have you got anywhere to take your side? If you'd made friends with me. my fine lady, you'd have found it good for yourself; but you've chosen to make me your en emy, and I'll make him your enemy." "I set my teeth together and gave no Indication that I had heard one word of her taunting speech. My silence serv ed to fan her fury. "Upon my soul, madam," she almost shrieked, "you are enough to drive me to murder! I could beat you. Ayl and I would, but for him. So then three weeks of this hasn't broken you down yet! We shall try other means to-morrow." She came up to where I stood, shook her clenched hand in my face and flung herself out of the room, pulling the door violently after ber. I turned my bead round. A thin, fine streak of light, no thicker than a thread, shone for on In stant. My heart stool still, and then beat like a hammer. I stole very softly to the door, and discovered that the bolt had slipped beyond the hoop of the lock. The door was open for me! I had been on the alert for such a chance ever since my Imprisonment be gan. My sealskin hat and jacket lay ready to my band In a drawer. I bad not time to put on thicker boots; and it was perhaps essential to the success of my flight to steal down the stairs In the soft velvet slippers I was wearing. I stepped as lightly as I could. I crept past the drawing room door. The heavy house door opened with a grating of the hinges; but I stood outside it In the shel ter of the portico free, but with the rain and wind of a stormy night In October beating against me. I darted straight across the muddy road and then turned sharply round a corner. On I fled breathlessly. As I drew nearer to shop windows an omnibus driver, see ing me run toward him, pulled up his horses In expectation of a passenger. I sprang In, caring very little where It might carry me, so that I could get quick ly enough and far enough out of the reach of my pursuers. There had been no time to lose, and none was lost. The omnibus drove on again quickly, and no trace of me was left. The omnibus drove Into a station yard, and ovcry passenger, Inside and out, pre pared to alight. I lingered till the last. The wind drove across the open space In a strong gust as I stepped down upon the pavement. A man had just descended from tho roof, and was paying the con ductor; a tall, burly roan, wearing a thick waterproof coat, and a seaman's hat of oilskin, with a long flap lying over the back of his neck. Ills face was brown 'and weather beaten, but be had kindly looking eyes. "Going down to Southampton?" said the conductor to him. "Ay, and beyond Southampton," ho an i swered, "You'll have a rough night of It;" said the conductor. "Sixpence, If you pleaso, miss." I offered an Australian sovereign, a pocket piece, which he turned oyer curi ously, asking me if I had no smaller change. lie grumbled when I answered 4 I t-H-4-tH ;H - HHHH., - m w i h no, and the stranger who had not passed on, turned pleasantly to me. "You have no change, mam'telle?" be asked slowly, as if Bngllsh was not hi ordinary speech. "Very well! are you going to Southampton? "Yes, by the next train," I suswered, deciding upon that course without heslta tiou. "So am I, mam'ielle," he said, raising hand to his oilskin cap; "I will pay this sixpence, and you can give it me again when you buy your ticket in the office. 1 smiled gladly but gravely. I passed on Into the station. At the ticket office they changed my Australian gold piece nnd I sought out my seaman friend to re turn the sixpence he had paid for me. I thanked him heartily. He put me into a compartment where there were only two Indies touched his hat and ran away to a second-class car riage. In abont two hours or more my fellow- passengers alighted at a large, half-de serted station. A porter came up to me as I leaned my head through the window. "Going on. miss?" he asked. "Oh, yes!" I answered, shrinking back Into my corner seat He remained on the step whilst the train moved on at a slackened pace, and then pulled up. Be fore me lay a dim, dark scene, with little specks of light twinkling here and there. but whether on sea or shore I could not tell. Immediately opposite the train stood the black hulls and masts and fun nels of two steamers, with a glimmer of lanterns on their decks. The porter opened the door for me. "You've only to go on board, miss," hi "SHOOK HER CLENCHED said; "your luggage will be seen to all right." And he hurried away to open the doors of other carriages. I stood still, utterly bewildered, with the wind tossing my hair about, and the rain beating in sharp stinging drops upon my face nnd hands. It must have been close upon midnight. Every one was hurrying past me. I began almost to re pent of the desperate step I had taken. At the gangways of the two vessels there were men shouting hoarsely, "This way for the Channel Islands!" "This way for Havre and Paris!" To which boat should I trust myself and my fate? A mere accident decided It. Near the fore part of the train I sow the broad, tall figure of my new friend, the seaman. making his way across to tho boat for the Channel Islands; and I made up my mind to go on bonrd the same steamer, for I had an instinctive feeling that he would prove a real friend. I went down Immediately Into the ladies' cabin, which was almost empty, and chose a berth for myself in the darkest corner. It was not far from the door, nnd presently two other ladios came down, with a gentle man and the captain, and held un anxious parley close to me. "Is there any danger?" asked one of the ladles. "Well, I cannot say positively there will be no danget," answered the cap tain; "there's not danger enough to keep me and the crew In port; but it will be a very dirty night In the Channel. Of course we shall use extra, caution, and all that sort of thing. No; I cannot say I expect any great dangerj' "But It will be awfully rough'" said the gentleman. It was very stormy and dismal as soon as we were out of Southampton water, and In the rush and swirl of the Chan nel. It did not alarm me so much as It distracted my thoughts. My hasty escape had been so unexpected, so unhoped for, that It bad bewildered me, and it was almost a pleasure to lie still and listen to the din and uproar of the sea. Was I myself or no? Was this uotning moro than a very vivid dream, from which I should awaken by and by to find myself a prisoner still, a creature as wretched and friendless as any that the streets of London contained? ' I watched the dawn break through a little porthole opening upon my berth, which had been washed and beaten by the water all the night long. The stew ardess had gone away early in tho night. Ho I was alon?, with the blending light of the early dawn and that of the lamp burning feebly from the celling. I sat up in my berth and cautiously unstitched the lining of my jacket. Here, months ago, when I first begun to foresee this emergency, and whilst I was still allow ed the use of my money, I had concealed one by one a few five-pound notes. I counted them over, eight of them; forty pounds In all, my sole fortune, my only means of living. True, I had a diamond ring and a watch and chain, but how diffi cult and dangerous It would be for me to sell either of them! Practically my means were limited to the eight notes of five pounds each. As the light grew I left my berth and ventured to climb the cabin steps. The fresh air smote upon me almost pain fully. The sea was (."owing brighter, and glittered hero and there In spots wbere'tht snnllght fell upon It. I stayed on deck In the bltlug wlud, leaning over the wet bulwarks aud gating across tho desolate sea till my spirits sank like lead I was cold, aud hungry, aud miserable, How lonely I was) how poor! with neith er a homo nor a friend In tho world! a mere castaway upon tho wares of this troublous life! "Mam telle Is a bravo sailor, ' said n volco behind me, which I recogtilted ns my Mimm of the night before; "but wo shall be in port soon. "What port?" I asked. "St. Peter-port." he answered. "Mam'- telle, then, does not know our Islands?" "No," 1 !'!. "Where Is St. Peter- port?" "In Guernsey, he replied. "If you were going to land at St. Peter-port I might bo of some service to you. I looked at him steadily. His voice was a very pleasant one, full of tones that went straight to my heart. His face was bronted and weather-beaten, but his deep-set eyes had a steadfast, quiet pow er In them, and his mouth had a pleas ant curve about it. He looked a middle aged man to me. He raised his cap as my eyes looked straight Into his, and a faint smllo flitted aeroM his grave face, I want," I said suddenly, "to find a place where I can live very cheaply. I have not much money, and I mutt make it last a long time. Can you tell me of such a place? iou woom want a place nt for a lady?" he said. "No," I answered. "I would do all my own work. What sort of a place do you and your wife live In? My poor little wife Is dead," he an swered. "We live In Sark, my mother and I. I am a fisherman, but I have also little farm. It la true wo have one room to spare, which might do for mam' telle; but the Island is far away, and In the winter Sark is too mournful. "It will be just th placo I want." I said qulcklq; "it would suit me exactly. Can you let me go there at once? Will you take me with you?" Mnai -xelle, he replied, smiling, "the room must be made ready for you, and I must speak to my mother. If God sends HAND IN .MY PACE. us fair weather I will come back to St, Peter-port for you In three days. My name is Tardlf. You can ask the people In Peter-port what sort of a man Tardlf of the Havre Gosselln Is." "I do not want any one to tell me what sort of a man you are," I said, holding out my hand. He took It with an air of friendly protection. "What Is your name, mam'ielle?" he Inquired. "Oh! my name Is Olivia." f said. I went below. Inexpressibly satisfied and comforted. What It was In this man that won my complete, unquestioning con fidence, I did not know; but his very presence, and the sight of his good, trust worthy race, gave me a sense of security such as I have never felt before or since. Surely God bad sent him to me In my great extremity. CHAPTER II. Looklog back upou that time, now h Is past, and has "rounded itself into that per.'ect star I saw not when I dwelt there in," It would be utitrue to represent my self as In any way unhappy. At times I wished earnestly that I bad been born among the people with whom I had now come to live. Tardlf led a somewhat solitary life himself, even in this solitary Island, with Its scanty population. There was an ugly church, but Tardlf and his mother did not frequent It. They belonged to a little knot of dissenters, who met for worship In a small room, when Tardlf generally took the lead. For this reason a sort of coldness existed between him and the larger portion of his fellow Isl anders. Hut there was a second and more Im portant cause of estrangement He had married an Englishwoman many years ago, much to the disappointment of his neighbors; and since her death he had held himself aloof from all the good wom en who would hare been glad enough to undertake the task of consoling him fr her loss. Tardlf, therefore, was left very much to himself In his Isolated cot tage; and his mother's deafness caused her also to be no very great favorite with any of the gossips of the Island, I learned afterwards that Tardlf had said my name was OHIrler, and they jumped to the conclusion that I belonged t a family of that name la Guernsey; this shielded me from curiosity, I was nobody but a poor woraau who was lodg ing In the spare room of Tardlf's cot tage, I set myself to grow used to their mode of life, and If possible to become so useful to them that when my monoy was all spent they might be willing to keep me with them. As the long, dismal nights Jf winter set In, with the wind sweeping across the Island for several days together with a dreary, monotonous moan which never ceased, I generally sat by their fire; for I bad nobody but Tar dlf to talk to, and now and then theru arose an urgent need within me to listen to some friendly voice, and to hear my own in reply. March came la with all the strength and sweetness of spring. I went out frequently to the field near the church. I was sitting there one morning, Tardlf was going to fl.i, and I hid helped Mm to pack his basket. I could see him get ting out of the harbor, aud h had caught gllnipue of me, and stood tip In his boat, bare headed, bidding me good by. I began to sing before he was quite out of hearing, for he paused niwu hla onr list ening, and had gl.eu me a Joyous shout aud wared hl lint round hit head, whvu he was sure it was I who was singing. lly ll! o clock I knew my dinner wonld lie ready, nnd I had been out In the fresh air long enough to be quite ready for It Old Mrs. Tardlf would be looking out for me Impatiently, that she might get the meal over, nnd the things cleared awny, aud order restored in her dwell ing. (To be continued.) Ills Mnnlii I Cor Clouk. Onr of the must Ingenious mechanics In the world Is n Frenchman mimed I.u Houllnt, living nt Lit Coutnncss, who has made himself fniuoiiH for tho curi ous clocks tit manufactures, lie i-nn make n clock out of nlmosl nny con ceivable nmterlnl. Straw and paper are mining the row materia'.' he uses. Kor twenty yonrs lie hits liecu manufac turing freak clocks and most French uien who want something out of tho common In Hint line apply to Lo Houl tat A while ngo he turned n lot of news- papers Into pulp, mixed It with harden ing substance and curved the clock out of the compound. Kvoti the wheels nnd nil lite machinery of the clock wern made of this material. Naturally thl.n curious clock does not keep very cor rect time, but the wonder Is Hint It goes at nil. The newspaper clock U one of Mr. I.e ltoullat's latest tri umphs. Another of his designs appears to tie merely n collection of large nnd small sticks held together by wires. It la only upon close Inspection Hint one sees that It Is a clock constructed on excel lent principled, It keeps very fair time, never varying more than two minutes In a week. Now aud then the clocktnaker receives commissions from wealthy Frenchmen for clocks of unique design In silver or gold, decorated with precious stones, Some of 1111116 clocks are entirely mndo of gold, with dlnmond-tlpped hands, and rubles, garnets, pearls, opals and emeralds to represent tho figures on the dlnl. Some of his clocks uro beau tiful works of art nnd a few of tho most Interesting specimens are among 'be smallest of timepieces. Her Fattier Was Not a Liar. There Is a llttlo girl In Detroit whoso passion for tho truth under all circum stances embarrassed her father very much tho other day. Not long ngo ho lost a hlgb-salarled place In a IiiihIiichh house because of Its absorption by a trust, and In tho evening denounced an persons connected with trusts as thieves nnd robbcni. Hut tho trust found tlmt It needed him, and bo was soon holding bis old place. In addition to a good block of stock. It was no ticed that the little girl was deeply Im pressed with the Incident, nnd looked at her father doubtlngly when tic wan home. One evening there was com pany at tho house, and the host bo- came Involved In a heated political de bate with n poppery guest. Tho form er made a statement which the latter flatly denied. "Why, my dear man," laughed tho host, "you don't mean to call me a llnr?" "No. he don't," declared the llttlo one, ns she sprung In front of tho visitor and glared nt him with flaming eyes, "and I won't Imvo It. My papa Is a robber and a thief, but ho Is no liar!" Tho explanation was soon secured from the child, and the hilarity follow ing- tho expose was tho Joy of thu even ing. New York Tribune, Air Torpedo. The Swedish government has given 5.000 kroner (Jl.-HO) to Major W. T. Unite for the purpose of making fur ther experiments with the air torpedo Invented by blm. Major lingo s lnvcn tlon Is patented under the name of "tho flying torpedo," Is Intended to convey through the nlr large explosive charges for considerable distances, and looks like an elongated cannon shell. It Is propelled through tho nlr In tho same manner as a rocket, in a ep arate compartment tho torpedo con tains some kind of slow-burning chem ical composition, tho propelling charge, wblcb generates gases In largo quan tities. In the baso of the shell Is a turbine through which these gases es cape, thus furnishing the motive pow er and causing the shell to rotate around Its axis. Ingenious. The most recent triumph of ths French postal administration Is an In genious llttlo machlno which not only automatically weight letters and sam ples, but records on an Indicator nt tho side tho amount required for stamps. When the article deposited on tho bal ance exceeds the regulation weight, tho Indicator promptly hoists the sign, Too hea.vy." America's First White Child. The first white child born on United States soil was the granddaughter of White, the governor of Itonnoke Island. She won christened Virginia Dare, nnd her blrtbduy was on Aug. 18, 1(587. Slow but Not riuro. "They are not engaged yet? I sup- pose he Is slow nnd sure." "Well, he's slow, but she Isn't nt all sure." Brooklyn Life. Water for Plants. Plants need a good deal more water as tho days grow longer and warmer than they do In midwinter. Woman may bo at the bottom of all man's troubles, yet without nor life would not bo worth living. YOU ARE LOP-SIDED. PACTS ABOUT DEFEOT3 OF THE 1 HUMAN BODY. Discrepancies llotweeu Like Members mi Itlfftretit Hide of the llodyOnly Ouo l'nlr ofJ.jre In 1'lfteeu Is Per fect. hitr'nclcrUtlc. Two sides of n face nro never nlllio. The eye nro out of Hub In two wise out of live, nnd ouo eye Ik stronger limn tho other In seven persona out of ton, Tho right nil- Is also, as it rule, higher limn the left. Only ouo person In fifteen lm perfect eyes, the lurgo porei'inngo of defective ness prevailing uniting falr-Iuilied poo pi. Short night is uioro common Hi town than among country foils, nnd of nil people the (lermmis Imvo u larger proportion of short-sighted persons. I'ho crystalline lens of thu eye Is ono portion of Hie liuuinu body which ton tlnties to Increase In hIj-o throughout life, mid does not cense with thu ntmln uient of maturity. The smallest Interval of found cnti lie better distinguished with ouo ear than with IhiUi. Tho nails of two llugurs never grow rllli the same rapidity, tlmt of the middle linger growing tho fust- est, while that of the thumb grows tho slowest. Ill ."VI eases out of 100 thu left leg Is stronger than the right. The bom of an average human male skeleton weigh twenty pound; tlme of it wom an are six pounds lighter. That unruly member, the tongue of a woinnii, Is also smaller than that of a man, given a man ami a woman of equal lxo mid weight. It inuy be iippiilflng to reflect, but It 1m nevertheless true, that the muscles of the human Jaw exert a force of over MM- pounds. The symmetry which Is the nolo In telllgllilo ground for our Idea of beauty, the proportion between the upper uud lower half or the human body, exists I I .1 I I at i 1. 1.. I.lll la tlltl'liM fllltllll In nearly all mules, but Is never found In the female. American limbs nro more symmetrical than thosu of any other people The rocking chnlr, according to nil English scientist. Is responsible for tho exercise' which Increases tho lienuty of tho lower limbs. The push which the toes give to keep tho chair In motion, repented aud repented, makes the In step high, the calf round and full, nnd It keeps misshapen llesh off the nukle. making the ankle delicate aud slender. Itrltlsh women are said to average two Inches more In height than Atuerl cans. Averages for tho height or wom en show that those born In summer and autumn aro. taller than those bom In curing or winter. The tallest girls are born In August. As far as boys are cou- cerned. those who Orst sco tho light during autumn nnd winter nro not so tall as those born In kprlngrnud-fiinn mer. Those born In November are the shortest: In July, the tallest. A head of fair hair consists or M.1,010 hairs, dark IU',000, while n red head has only '.DJOO. Fnlr-lmlred people nru becoming less numerous than formerly A person who has lived seventy years has bad pass through his heart about (nn.u-.'O tons of blood, tho whole or the blood In the body passing through tho heart In nliout 'M beats. The heart beats on nu average or 70 times a minute, or 3(),70'-000 times In the course or a year, so that tho heart or an ordinary man, 80 years or nge, tins beaten a.OOO.COO,- 000 times. The heart beats 10 strokes n minute less when one Is lying down than when ono Is In nu upright post tlon. Gray eyes, however, arc or ninny vn rlctles. There are tho sharp, tho shrew ish,- the spiteful, tho cold, tho pene trating, tho meditating nnd tho Intel lectual; but the fact remains that the gray represents the head. "There Is one vnrlety of tho gray eyes of which tho lover should beware," says an expert In eycology. "It Is tho sort eye with a largo pupil that contracts and dilates with a word, a thought or n flash or reeling. An eye that laughs, that sighs almost; that has Its sunshine, Its twilight. Its moonbeams nnd Its storms. A wonderful eye that wins you, whether you will or not, and holds you after It has cast you off, no matter whether the face be fair or not." A hazel-eyed woman, according to these samo experts you can generally rely on. She never descends to scnu dal, nover talks too much or too llttlo, prefers her huslmnd's comfort to her own, and Is, on tho whole, an Intellect ual, agreeable, lovable creature. Of green eyes It Is snld that they bo token courage, prldo aud energy. Hlack eyes nro symbolical of fire, firmness and heroism, Sometimes they have a traco or diabolism In their rays that liavo u potent attraction over men's hearts. Men have light eyes oftencr than women; but In the Intermediate grndo or color between light and dark tho per centage of tho two soxes is very nearly, though not quite, the same. In tills Intermediate category nro brown nnd hazel eyes, neither pure light nor gon ulno black. A prominent or full eye Indicates command, of language, ready and uni versal observation, ltound-eyed persons sco much. Thoy .. ... ..... ..... I live much In tho senses, but think lens, Deep-seated eyes receive Impressions more accurately, definitely and deeply, Narrow-eyed persons seo less, but think moro and feel more Intensely. HE LOST THE QIRL. All Throusb a Ridiculous Mistake on i tho Part or tho J.over. "A curious thing happened to a cer tain young man up In Mississippi some . I ... nwn ' ' Mmfl.U.fl fl .' I . , I n a i 1. I nuiu utu, u i.onuk iu uiu city yesterday, "and tho aforesaid luuij luuu uito uvrct vvuttvtt,'! sVCwUV 1 ercrt from tho Inlluencc of tho Joke, un was ii bright but llmlil young fellow, but had that modicum or vanity usually found In young men who nro Just rencii lux tln period In life when they drift In llio evening from the homo of mm Dulelueit to tho other and while awny tho time III cooing tho soft nothing or tho swiilu. Ilo was mi average young follow oxeept In looks, In this rosj i ho was mther nliovu tho average, ami rwogulxed I ho fact, of course. Theio was a certain young girl who happened lo ho tho particular favorite in tho community, anil alio deserved all tho wooing bIio received, for she was really a splendid young woman, mid, In fact, hail nil tho clwi.-mlng attributes of a rustic belle In Mississippi Hps like roses, cheeks after the tint of tho pearii blossom, pretty, while, evenly set teeih, curls, nnd sinuous curves, and all Him sort of thing. She wits simply a pink dream, and there wits great rivalry among the young follows who visited her. On a certain evening last winter tho young gentleman who llguro In this tale brushed Ills hair, polished his teeth. mid wont forth lo won tho rustic iltiewi. Tho oh! gentleman was at homo. I ought lo remark nt tit's point that thu old man was very fond f hunting, nnd ho had Just purchased new brcech-liMulIng shotgun, mid h i exuberance over the event was pn: lively boyish. The young lady happened lo drift back Into the sitting-room and found her father explaining to a friend the many advantages of tho nuw shot gun, mid telling what he would do to his hunting companions on the next day, when they would go out to tho lake. The young lady was very enthii slttsMe over the weapon, mid turning to her father, sho Mild: "Oh, papa dear, take the gun In and show It to Mr. Ithiuk. I'm sure he'd be delighted to co It for, you know, ho Is so fond of hunting.' Tho old gentleman noted on thu suggestion, mid, excusing himself from his guest, mndo n start for the parlor with the shotgun lit his hand. ,u ,,1(mH, , (loor f Uu, , ; I ami rushed In rather hurriedly. "veii, tuu young man rushed out nftcr the same fashion, and ho left n nicely polished rntio and n bntud iiew hat on the rock. One of his rivals lmd told blm that the old gentleiunu did not like hltu, mid that he seriously objected to tho attention he was paying to tlu young lady. When the old gentleman broke Into thu parlor with a shotgun the young fellow could hour tho leaden ,.0Ih rattling In his face, and ho tiroko tho sprinting record of the community. He recovered tho lint anil cane, but lost the glrI."-New Orleaus Tlmes-Dcmo- crnt. I'rooes Tim Kipnnslvc Wnrts nro curious things. .They como and go mysteriously, although their go- mjc in frequently marked by exnunornt lK delays, nnd theru nro almost as ""any Infallible cures un there nro wnrln, the only " trouble with theso 'l"R that they aro useless when appueij to tne particular wart you hop- pen to have. They aro only good ror other people's. 'In my opinion," said n club mnn. who was discussing the subject with u friend ono day, "n wart Is merely tho outward correspondence of some men tnl excrescence. Get rid or that, mid It goes nway. Let mo give you u bit or my own ex perience." ho continued. "Last year I went to Europe. Kor ubout three yearn I hail had a wnrt on my llttlo linger, on which I had tried everything I could hear or, but without effect. It only grew larger. "Well, In tho excitement of preparing for tho trip, nnd of the Journey Itsrir, I forgot all about my wnrt, and when I looked Tor It, about six weeks later. It had vanished, without leavlnc tho slightest mark. I simply rorgot It, nnd it linn no mental condition to feed on. I see you hnvo ono on tho back of your bund. Forget nil about It for a row weeks, nnd It will go nway of Itself." "l es," said the other club-mnn, shrug- glng his shoulders, "but I can't afford to take n trip to Europe for the sake or curing ono wnrt." A Health Ilnromcter. "My nitistucho tells mo when I nm not qulto well, or when I urn it llttlo run down, beroro I feel tho altered con- dltlou In the ordinary way," said an expert on tho hair, "und many other people can say tho same, either with tbOlr biilr or beard, or they could do so If they took tho trouble to wutch. "My mustache gets thick mid un- ruly. I know what that means, yet I nm not conscious or any deterioration In, health or mental strength. Hut I nlwnys heed the warning, for I Imvo learnt by experience tlmt It Is a warn Ing. A lady patient of initio has wavy hair. "When she hns been subjected to mcutnl or physical strain, her hair loses Its wnvlness and becomes straight. Overdoing It on her cycle, or worry will IrUig about this change, and! thoughNsho feels no particular weak! news sho comprehends Hint her vitality' bus been decreased, and nets accord ingly. "Angor and tho othor emotlom. nn.i seitsntlons hnvo their effect on tho hair moro so In sumo persons than In nil.! "f1.1 n'lin't m,t 1 bellovo that wo nilL'llt- nil mnlin 'l.nnlll. I. . . . in uuiuuiuieru or our bend-covering If wo chose." IlobliiNim Crusoe's Musknf A Phlludolphla linn of nuctloneers . cently offered nt ono of their sales Rob inson Crusoo'a musket. It wnsn flno old flintlock. It wns In tho of a grnndnleco of Aloxntuler Selkirk, nnd lis pedlgreo Is much more uncloml! ed than Is usually tho case with obJoctn of this kind. J .1.1 . 1 ' wncn a widower nnim uim i that Ib trying to steal a nest, that la it BUrO O Iff lit