Jhz t)octor'$ fjilemma "By Hesba Strctton r ww I r CHAPTER V. "Mnrtln Dobreel" ejaculated loth In ono breath. "Yon, mademoiselle," 1 snld, uncolllns tho tress of hair as It It hail been a ser pent, and going forward to greet them; "are you surprised to see me?" "Surprised!" echoed the elder. "No; we are amnzed petrified! However did you set here? When did you come?" "Quite easily." I replied. "I came on S.uuday, and Tardlf fetched me in h'.a own lioat. If the weather had permitted I should hare paid you a call; but you know what It has been. ' "To be sure," answered Emma; "and how Is dear Julia? She will be very anx ious about you." "She was on the verge of a nervous nt' tack when I left her," I said; "that will tend to Increase her anxiety." "Poor, dear girll" she replied sympa thetically. "Hut, Martin, is this young woman here so very ill? t have heard from the Itenoufs she had had a dancer ous fall. To think of you being in Sark ever since Sunday, and we never heard a word of Itl" "Is that the young woman's hair?" "Yes," I replied; "it was necessary to cut It off. She Is dangerously ill with fever." Both of them shrank a little towards the door. A sudden temptation assailed me, and took, ma so much by surprise that I had yielded before I knew I was attacked. It was their shrinking move ment that did it. My answer was almost as automatic anj Involuntary as their retreat. "You see It would not be wise for any of us to go about," I said. "A fever breaking out In the Island, especially now you have no resident doctor, would be Very serious." Thus I secured Isolation for myself and my patient. But why had I been eager to do so? I cotJ not answer that oues tlon to myself, and I did not ponder ovor It many minutes. I was impatient, yet strangely reluctant, to look at the sick girl again, after the loss of her beautiful nair. ine change In her appearance struck me as singular. Her face before had a look of suffering and trouble, mak lng it almost old, charming as it was; now she had the aspect of quite a young girl, scarcely touching upon womanhood. We sat up again together that night, Tardlf and I. He would not smoke, lest the scent of the tobacco should get in through the crevices of the door, and ies e'en the girl's chance of sleep; but he held his pipe between his teeth, taking an Im aginary puff now and then, that he might keep himself wide awake. We talked to one another in whispers. "Tell me all yon know about mam' relle," I said. He had been chary of his knowledge before, but his heart seemed open at this moment. Most hearts are more open at midnight than at any other hour. "There's not much to tell, doctor," he answered. "Her name Is OHIvior. as I said to you; but she does not think she Is any kin to the Olliviers of Guernsey. She is poor, though she does not look-as If she had been born poor, does she?" "Not In the least degree," I said. "If she" Is not a lady by birth, she is one of tne nrst specimens of Natures gentle folks I have ever come across. Has she written to any one since she came here?' "Not to a soul," he answered eacerlv. "She told me she had no friends nearer than Australia. That Is a great way ira. "And she has had no letters?" I asked, "-Not one," he replied. "She has nelth er written nor received a s nzle letter." "But how did you come across her?" I inquired. "She did not fall from the ikies, I suppose. How was It she came to live In this out-of-the-world place with you r "I'll tell you all about It, Doctor Mar tin," he said, and he related how he had met the young lady In London. "Tardlf," I said, whon he had con eluded the recital, "I did not know what a good fellow you were, though I ought 10 nave learned it by this time." "No," be answered, "It Is not In me It s something in her. You feel some thing of It yourself, doctor, or how could vou star in a noor MttU hnn llkn M. thinking of nothing but her, and not car ing about the weather keeDlns ron awv from home? There was a curious thing sue naa not any luggage with her, not a box nor a bag of any kind. She nerer fancied that I knew, for that would hare troubled her. It is my belief thai she has run away." "But who can she hare run away from. Tardlf?" I asked. "Heaven knows," he answered, "but the girl has suffered; you can see that by her face. Whoever or whatever she has run away from, her cheeks are white irom it, and her heart sorrowful. I know nothing of her secret; but this I do know: she is as good, and trne. and weet a little soul as my poor little wife was. ir she should die. It will be a great grief of heart to me. If I could offer my life to God in place of hers, I'd do it willingly. "No, she will not die. Look there, Tar dlf!" I said, pointing to the door sill of the inner room, a white card had been slipped under the door noiseless r a ale. nal agreed upon between mother Itenouf and me, to Inform me that my patient had at last fallen Into a profound slum ber, which seemed likely to continue some hours. Tho morning was raoro than half gone before mother Itenouf opened the door and came out to us, her old face looking more haggard than ever, but her little eyes twinkling with satisfaction. "All goes well," she said. "Your lit tle mam'zello does not think of dying yet," I did not stay to watch how Tardlf re ceived this news, for I was impatient myself to see how she was going on. Thank heaven, the fever was gone, the delirium at an end. The dark gray eyes, opening languidly as my fingers touched her wrist, were calm and intelligent. She was as weak as. a kitten, but that did not trouble me much. I was sure her natural health was good, and she would soou recover her lost strength. I had t stoop down to hear what she was saying. "Have I kept unite still, doctor?" she asked faintly. 1 must own that my eyes smarted, au my voice was not to be trusted. I had never felt so overjoyed In my life as nt that moment. But what a singular wish to be obedient possessed this girlt What a wonderful power of submissive self-con troll "I should like to sec Tardlf," mur mured the girl to me that night, after she had awakened from a second long and peaceful sloop. I called him and ho came In barefoot, his broad, burly frame seeming to fill up all the little room. She could not raise her head, but her face was turned to wards us, and she held out her small wasted hand to him, smiling faintly. Ho fell on his knees before he took It Into his great, horny palm, and looked down up on It as he held It very carefully with tears standing in his eyes. "Why, it is like an ece shell." he said "God bless you, mam'zello, God bless you for getting well again! ' bhe laughed at his words a feeble though merry laugh, like a child's and she seemed delighted with the sight of his hearty face, glowing as it was with happiness. It was a strange chance that had thrown these two together. I could not allow Tardlf to remain long; but after that she kept devising little mes sages to send to him through me when ever I was about to leave her. Her in tercourse with mother Itenouf was ex tremely limited, as the old woman's knowledge of English was alight. It "He has been living on Tardlt's conns fare for a week," answered my motharj "so now lie has compassion enough for TfiC T his Bark natlent to nack tin some dainties for her. If you could only giro him out or two of your bad headaches ho would hare more sympathy for you," "Have you had ous of your headaches, Julia?" I Inquired. "Tho worst I over had," sho answered, "It was partly your going off lu that rash way, aud the storm that came on after, and the fright wo were In. You must not think of going again, Martin, 1 shall take caro you don't go after wo nro married." Julia had been used to speak out as calmly about our marriage as tt it was no more than going to a picnic. It grat ed upon mo Just theu; though It had been much tho same with myself. There was no delightful agitatlou about the future that lay beforo us. We wero going to sot up housekeeping by ourselves, and tit at was all. There was no mystery in it; no problem to be solved; no discovery to be made on either side. There would be no Blue Beard's chamber In our dwell ing. We hail grown up together; now we had agreed to grow old together. That was the sum total of marriage to Julia and me. I finished packing tho hamper, and sent Pellet with It to the Sark office, hav ing addressed It to Tardlf, who had en gaged to be down nt tho Creux Harbor to receive It when the cutter returned. I waa lu hasto to secure a parcel of books before the cutter should startNTumn again, with Its courageous little knot of market people. 1 ran down to Barbet's. I looked through the library shelves until hit upon two novels. Besides these, 1 chose a book for Suuday reading. Uarbet brought half a sheet of nn old Times to form the first cover of my par cel. Tho shop was crowded with market people, and as he was busy I uudertook to pack them myself. I was about to fold the newspaper round them, when my eye was caught by au advertisement at the top of one of the columns. "Strayed from her home In London, on the "Oth Inst., a young lady with bright brown hair, grey eyes, anJ delicate features; age twenty-one. She Is believed to have jcen alone. Y as dressed in a blue silk ress, and sealskin jacket and hat. fifty any one lovely enough to wear raiment of glistening white llko these, unless unless' a pasting glimpse of the puro white face, and glossy hair, and deep grey eyes of my Hark patient Hashed across me, "They nro patterns for Julla'a wed ding dress," said my mother, lu a low, tenner tone, (To bo continued,) ABOUT OIQAR BOXES, tpiiilan ledur Is tlio Heat Wood, hut Come from lulin. "There nro nomethlng llko H.OOO.OOO cigar noses iiKcu in tlio United Stntu.i niiuuiilly, mul iibotlt nluo-lciitha of tluit number nro tuuito lu thin city, where mo irniio rivuis tlio clothing Industry In point or cnpitni Invented, mul tho limn her of people employed," said n least lng elgiir-box niiiuiifiicturer In New lork to tho writer. "Tho material out of which the boat boxen nro until o comes principally from Culm, mul In known as .Spanish cedar. Tlio recent wur with Spain shortened tlio supply anil Increased the price of thu article to Hitch nu extent that many box uink era hnve been compelled to use n cheap er mul loss desirable grade of wood for the purpose. "Ono New York firm linn been experi menting with timber front tho unex plored Paraguayan foreatn, which nro mi Id to contain tho finest cedtir wood In tlio world. They hnve, ltowovor, ex perienced considerable illltlcutty In Hell ing thrlr boxes, nn cigar uinnufactiirvra and connoisseurs Insist that It npolla n lino cigar to put It In any box not mailo of genuine Spanish cedar. The latter wood alwayn retains tho flavor of a good cigar. Indeed, some people claim that It Improves the flavor. The reason given la that It grown In tho name lo calities an the best Havana tobacco. "Attempts made to uso cedar grown In tho United Stntea for cigar boxen have not been very successful. Tho Florida and South Amorlcan cedar con tains a peculiar gum that molts whon the wood In exposed to tho heat of a ntoro or house, and thus tho lnboln and sometimes the cigars In a box nro spoilt. Of course, tho smokers of cheap er brands of cigars are lean particular about the quality of tho wood tines) for their boxen, and n veneered cedar, made from a peculiar sort of cedar that grown In Mexico, in often substituted for the Spanish nrtlcle. But It cannot bo done without the cigar dealers find lng It out, mid tho consequence In that oven a good cigar when packed In such a box selln at n disadvantage. Wash Ingtou Star. SEA LIONS 01 OALIFOHNIA. Their I'lirllal Destruction llnsa I nil a MUtuHen I ln. Prof, Wooilwanrn wlmloNonio address on tlio nocoHMlly of verifying Un'orlon by tlio observation of facta lluiln an ex cellent Illustration in tho nun lion ipton tlon lu California. TIioho itnliimK which have long been prlxed by lover of nature an ouu of tho great nitrite Hons of tho coast, havu fallen Into ills ropulu atuoiig the fishermen liecutiso their presence win supposed to account for tho iloterlorallvn of certain Uniting grounds, So conil leiit wan (ho belief In their llshilevouilng habits that tholr destruction or ut leant u iirctil reduc tion of their niiiui)ein-wnn advocated anil In part nceoinhllsheil by the Hlato Commission of FUlii'tlen, according to n writer In Science. Hut It now np pours that thin belief wan without nub htnntliil foundation. Tho appeal to fact ban been mailo by OURED BY PERUNA Of Norvotis Prostration, the .critical oxiu nclitt of nlaiighti ban been found b Inatlou of tho Mom- rd sou lions, anil It l'rof. Dyi he that tho twenty-live niilnll examined hail eat en only aitilda nlid other cephalopoda, eschewing llsh nlogethur. The Invostlgatfjii of food habits by means of stoinuelJ examination In of far- reaching Importance. Dr. Merrlnin In eiiegnged, through tho biological sur vey, lu tho most clnhorato study of miliunl foods ever made. Tor many yearn the ntotunchs of wild birds mul inniniualn have biH'ii systematically col lected mul laboriously studied, to thu end that tho favorite nnd the occasion al foods of each xpeclen In each season of tho year atuf In each part of tho country may become known. An each J. A. HIMI'HOK. fVo'jf Hoard ol Kdiicatlon, Han Kranclsoo Hon, J. A. 81itimou, secretary of tlio boanl of eiliumtion of Ban Fran, oisno, On I., write t "I Imvo (omul Perutm mi Ideal ton lo. Homo mouths ago I sullVreil with uoiinistlioiilii (systemic oalarrli). caused by too olono application to iilllco work. My nystcin neoiucd worn nut mul I felt far from well. I found ToruiM lHiiiclUteil mo vory intieli. It built up tlio entire system ami Hindu mo feel llko a now num. I Mlovo It In well worthy tlio liigli prnlso kwlmveil upon It." J. A. Simpson, "Hummer Cntnrrli," n Umk written by Dr. Jlartinan, president of The llitrtmiiu .Sanitarium, on tlio aulilect of tlio nervous disturbances peculiar -- it,..... it group In worked up tho facln nro pub- " l,KT' "'" m y iiiiuriwn i.y llshed by tho Department of Agrleul- .l,,u mm Jicuicmo, Co., Col tore, and fnriuqra ami legislators aro thus informed what species may prop erly bo regarded nn friendly mul what nn hostile to the lnterentn of thu peo ple. In many Instances It ban been found th.it (Kipuiar Impressions, almost necessarily founded on a comparative ly small miniver of factn, aro alto gether erroneouM, no that war ban been wnged on our friends mul protection given our enemies. WOMAN RIDES ASTRIDE IN NEW YORK HUNT. bun, 0. Hun A DOUBTFUL STORY. "LOOK THERE, TARDIF." happened, In consequence, that I was tb only person who could talk or listen to her through the long and dreary hours CHAPTER VI. My mother was lying on the sofa in the reukfast room, with the enetian blind down to darken the morning sunshine, Her eyes were closed, though she held in her hands the prayer book, from which sho had been reading as usual the Psalms for the day. Whilst I was looking at her, though I made no sort of sound or movement, she seemed to feel that I was there; and after looking up she started from her sofa, and Uung her arms about me, pressing closer and closer. "Ob, Martin, my boy; my darling!" she sobbed, "thank heaven you arc coma back safe! Ob, I have been very rebel Hous, very unbelieving. I ought to havo known that jou would be safe. Oh, am thankful!" "So am I, mother," I said, kissing her, "You have come back like a barba riau," she said, "rougher than Tardlf himself. How hare you managed, my boy? You must tell me all about It. "As soon as I hare had my breakfast, mother, I must put up a few things in a hamper to go back by the Sark cutter," I answered. "What sort of th'.ngs?" she asked. "Tell me, and I will be getting them ready for you. "Well, there will be some medicines, of course," I said; "you cannot help me in that. But you can find things suitable 'for a delicate appetite; jelly, you know, and jams, and marmalade; anything nice that comes to hand. And a few amusing books. "Books!" echoed my mother. I recollected at once that the books sho might select, as being suited to a Sark peasant, would hardly prove interesting to my patient I could not do better than go down to Barbet's circulating 11' brary and look out some good works there. "Well, no," I said; "nerer mind tho books. If you will look out the other things, those can wait." "Who,are they for?" askod my mother "For my patient," I replied. "What sort of a patient, Martin?" she Inquired again. "Her name is OlllTler," I said. "A common name. Our postman's name Is Olllrler." "Oh, yes," she answered; "I know sev eral families of Olliviers. I dare say should know this person If you could tell me her Christian name. Is it Jane, or Martha, or Rachel?" "I don't know," I said; "I did not ask." The packing of that hamper interested me wonderfully; and my mother, rather amazed at my taking too superintendence of it in person, stood by me in her store closet, letting me help myself liberally. There was a good space left after I had taken sufficient to supply Miss OHIvler with good things for some weeks to come. If my mother had not been by I should have filled it up with books. "Ulve me a loaf or two of white bread," said; "the bread at Tardlt's Is coarse and hard, as I know after eating It for a week." "Whatever are you doing here. Mar tin?" exclaimed Julia's unwelcome rolce behind me. pounds reward Is offered to any person giving such Information as will lead to her restoration to her friends. Apply to Messrs. Scott nnd Brown, Gruy's Inn Road, E. C." I atood perfectly still for some seconds, staring blankly at the very simple adver tisement under my eyes. There was not the slightest doubt In my mind that It had a direct reference to my pretty pa tient In Sark. But I bad no time )or deliberation then, and I tore off a large corner of the Times containing that and other advertisements, and thrnst It un seen Into my pocket. In the afternoon I went down with Julia and my mother to the new bouse, to see after the unpacking of furniture. I can Imagine circumstances In which nothing could be more delightful than the caro with which a man prepares a home for his future wife. The very tint of the walls, and the way the light fall In through the windows, would become matters of grave Impurtan'-e, but there was not the slightest flavor of this senti mentjn our furnishing of the new house. It was really more Julia's business than mine. I went about the place as if in some dream. The bouse commanded a, splendid view of tho whole group of the Channel Islands, and the rocky Islets In numerable strewn about the sea. The afternoon sun was shining full upon onrn, ana wucnerer i looked through the window I could see tho cliffs of the Havre Gossclln, purple In the distance, with a sllrer thread of foam ut their foot. No wonder that my thoughts wan dered, and the words my mother and Ju lia were speaking went In at one ear and out at the other. Certainly I was dream ing; but which part was the dream? "I don't believe he cares a straw about tho carpets!" exclaimed Julia, In a dls" appointed tone. "I do Indeed, dear Julia," I aald. She had set her mind upon having flow ers in her drawing room carpet, and there they were, large garlands of bright colored blossoms, very gay and, as I ven tured to remark to myself, very gaudy. "You like It better than you did In the pattern?" she asked anxiously. I did not like It ono whit better, but I should have been a brute if I had said so. She was gazing at It and me with so troubled an expression, that I felt It nec essary to set hex mind at ease. 'It Is certainly handsomer than the pattern," I said, regarding It attentive ly; "very much handsomer," "Julia, my love," said ray mother, "re member that we wish to show Martin those patterns whilst It Is daylight. To morrow is Sunday, you know." A little tinge of color crept over Julia's tlntless face. We then drew near to the window, from which we, could see Sark so clearly, and Julia drew out of her pocket a very large enrelope, which was bursting with Its contents. They were small scraps of whito silk and white satin. I took tbem mechanic ally Into my hand, and could not help ad miring their pure, lustrous, glossy beau ty. I passed my fingers over them softlv. Thero was eomething In the sight of them that moved me, as if they were frag ments of the shining garments of some vision, which In times goho by, when. I was much younger, had now and then floaUd before my fancy. I did not know Too Good to lie Trne, Thooch a Sober Men le.U it. "Nerer had such n shock In my life I questioned for a few mlnutea whether 1 wan lu my right mind. 1 wan sick, and good mid nick at that I called up ceentrul, nnd was Informed In ouu of the most pleasant voices 1 over heard thnt they were busy on the lino of my regular physician. Just rx I wnn go lug to cut loose on a string of profanity she said: 'You're nick, air. I can tell from your voice. I'll call physicians till I get one. .Meantime you'd better Ho down.' "Say, nothing but n dpnd faint would hnvo removed me from thnt telephone, 1 listened as I beard her ring for one doctor after another, nlwayn quick and pointed In her Inquiries, but patient and not n lost noto lu that tlutc-llko voice. I forgot thnt 1 was nick, and I wan norry whccii she finally found u physician whom ahe told to hurry to me. "A little later she called up to know if I needed a nurse. Of course I did. Just becnuso I wanted the pleasure of hanging on to that receiver while ahe routed up one number after another until the desired article was procured, It was great. When It came to getting drugs she was only one removed from a magician. I ordered dainties thnt I never eat, just to bear her call for them, for I pretended a degrco of weakness that would not permit of my standing too long at the 'phone. The whole thing was a startling revelation to me. When I'm well the company In going to lone that girl or she'll refuse what a good many mammas regard as a catch." Then one of tho most desirable ell glbles In the town went to the telepbono and naked the time, though ho had three clocks and a chronometer, all on duty. Detroit Free Press. A Queer Inscription. A queer sentence closes tho Inscrlp tlon on a tombstone In a churchyard In Leigh, England. After announcing the name and other particulars of tho lady there burled, these words follow; "A virtuous woman Is 5s to her hunband." The explanation Is that space prevent ed "a crown" being cut In full, and the stonecutter argued that a crown equals Ss. Mrs. Thotun.n Hitchcock, Jr.. of tho Meadow Brook Hunt Club, linn Intro duced cross-wulcllo riding to tho women of Now York under circumstance where no other woman ban dared to ho a pioneer. Homo weekn ago Mrs. Hitch cock, who Is young, charming and tho finest horsewoman In her net, appeared at a meet of tho Meadow Brook Hunt Club riding astride and In a costume distinctly masculine. Cnltrprlie. Minn City (entering nmnll country notion ntoro, whoreln was collocto-1 a llltlo of everything) Hnvo you lllnck'n "In 811k Attlro?" Clork No. But lioro'n ono now pleco of Anderson gingham, mii'anu Solicitous. I.lttlo Ethel I guonn you don't llko coffee, do you, Mr. Bmltli. Mi-. Kinlth Why, yon, Kthol. I mn vory fond of coffee I.lttlo Kthol Well, you mnko nuch n nolno nwnllowlng It thnt t thought It hurt you. inn-'mir ut St. Jacobs Oil bents nil records and always will. Cures Rheumatism Sprains Weakness of tho limb anil all Aches an4 Pains. Acts like magic Conquers Pain MRS, THOMAS HITCHCOCK, JIC. Now, tho Meadow Hunt Club In inndo up of extremely fashionable New York ers. Its conventions aro as rigid as those that prevail In tho smartest draw ing rooms. And ono of them happens to bo tho uso of sldo saddlcn and riding skirts for women. These prejudices Mrs. Hitchcock dared to defy. Sho rodo astrido once. Peoplo gasped. She con tinued her practice. People began to compliment her appearance. Sho now announces that cross-saddlo riding will bo her custom henceforth and there Is even a hint that riding trousers mar occomo mo rasnion. Intlhjlblt. "So Spuddcr's going to Join your fishing club, ch7" "No. Ho honrd that a man had to ho a pretty good liar as woll as a fish erman to join." "Woll7" "Spuddor can't fish." Brooklyn Llfo. . The Climax. Tommy You must bo a regular lady-klllor, Mr. Sappy. Mr. Sappy Why do you think that, Tommy? Tommy Woll, Mabol mild that aftor you loft last night sho noarly died laughing. A Joko on tlio Oootnr. Going Into tho freo dispensary of the New York Medical Collego nnd Hospl tal for Women one afternoon a nhvsl. clan found three or four Ilttlo girls who, whllo awaiting treatment, had evident ly mado frlonds, and wero huddled in. gethcr on ono bench, eagerly discussing Bomeuung or great interest, which on On to Ills Curvci. Itockloss Youth Fnthor, door, would It bo asking too much for you to advnnco mo a small loan say about 150. Tho Govornor Not nt nil, my oon. You might nak mo for doublo tho nmount with oqual llkollhood of get ting it. You can't nfford to bo modost In tli08o Httlo roquosts a bit moro than I can afford to grant thorn. Ohio Stato Journal, A PollosT-Feollng. Perambulating Pete Boss, I nln't nn ordinary tramp. But every spring, 'bout Xprll, my wife Insists upon clean In' hou Mr. Boerum Place (Interrupting him sympathetIcaUy)-My poor man! Don't smallest girl, "01 vo him do candr oujr ...... .... iiiuiY iora inuune. lirooklyn Kagie. VOU KNOW WHAT YOU AHE TAirrvn nvcstigntlon proved to ho a much When vou tako Orove'a Taitoleis Chill Tonlo. handled "chunk" of candy. In aston. beformulals plainly printed oaerory inhment bo Inquired w.mt I I vt mno MK5te? ' I " " sritr- shji UW dolnsr. Some questioning Ilnallv elicit. cd an explanation that "do ono what tells do biggest llo wins It." "Oh." snld tho doctor, "I am ashamed of When I was Ilttlo llko you" I never told lies." A Hllght pause, then from tt,.' A Conservative Claim. "I suppose you think you have the greatest cllmato In the country," said the tourist. "No," said the man who was suffering from a cold. "We don't claim the greatest In'tbat line. But wo do claim tho largest variety." Washington Star. Cheap Enough. "Isn't H ridiculous to say 'Talk Is cheap?' " "Oh. I don't know. I could tako you to a place where you'd get dead loads of It and a shave thrown In for 10 cents." Philadelphia Press, WnNllnif Tlmo. "Therol" cried 0- throwing down a book. "I lust nln't - i. i ,. . - 4k io bciiuoi iiiiotnor uay." "Why," asked her mother, "what's tho matter?" "It's no uso wasting tlinq." replied tho Ilttlo miss; "I can't nover learn to spell. Tho teacher Just kcopn changing tho words every day."-PhlIadolphla Times. Old ago commands universal respect Even cnnnlbals draw tho lino nt mis slonarles over CO years of ago, As ono fool disappears, another bobs vp In his place. The Killing Bug. "What was that?" askod tho old gontlomnn, suddonly nppoarlng In tho doorway, "I I guoss It was a kissing bug," sho answored, IiOBltntlngly, whllo tho young man tried his host to look at onso. ThO old COntlomnn Innirn,! nt (l,m . , . , , " . . w n .fcta .uuili both sharply. . , "I?0.S? ,th0 kissing bug mako pooplo bluali?" ho domandod. Chicago Post. They Were Palie. Blithers Ho callod mo a liar to ray vory tooth, ' Blathers Borvos you right; loavo your tooth homo noxt tlmo. Ohio Stato Journal. The Hunt. Mr. Muggins Boon hunting yot? Mr, Moovor Yos. Mr. Muggins Shoot any ducks? Mr. Moovor Wasn't huntln.' ducks. Mr. Moovor No huntln' a 1ioubo, Columbus (0.) Stato Journal.