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f The l3oetor'$ fjilemma j
By Hcsba Strctton
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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
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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