The Doetor'J f)ilemma
By Hcsba Strctton
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OIIAPTEH IX.
I took care not to reach home before
the hour when Julia usually went to bed.
It was quite tain to think of eleep that
nleht. I had aoon worked myself up Into
that atnte of nerrous, restless acltatlon
when one cannot remain quietly In a
room. About one o'clock I opened my
door aa aoftly as possible and stole si
lently downstairs.
Madam waa my favorite marc, first
rate at a gallop when she was In good
temper, but apt to turn rlclous now an I
then. She was In cood temper to-nlcht.
and pricked up her ears and whinnied
when I unlocked the stable door. In a
few mlnntes we were going up tae
Grange road at a, moderate pace till w
reached the open country.
It was a cool, anlet night In May
fow of the larger died stars twinkled
palely in the sky, but the smaller ones
were drowned in the full moonugnt. i
turned off the road to get nearer the sea
and rode along ssady lanes, with hanks
of tnrf Instead of hedge rows, wlilct
wero covered thickly with pale primroses,
shining with the same hue aa the moon
aboro them.
Now and then I came In full sight of
the sea. glittering in the silvery light.
crossed the head of a gorge, and stopped
for a while to gate down it, till my flesh
crept. It was not more than a few yards
In breadth, bnt It was of unknown depth,
and the rocks stood above It with a thick,
heavy blackness. The tide was rushln;
Into Its narrow channel with a thunder
which throbbed like a pulse; yet in the
Intervals of its pulsation I could catch
the thin, prattling tinkle of a brook run
ning merrily down the gorge to plunge
headlong Into the sea.
As the sun rose, Sark looked very near.
and the sea, a plain of silvery blue, seem
d solid and firm enough to afford me a
road across to It. A white mist lay like
a huge snowdrift In hazy, broad curves
over the Havre Gosselln, with sharp
peaks of cliffs piercing through. Olivia
was sleeping yonder behind that veil of
shining mist; and dear as Gnernsey was
to me, she was a hundred-fold dearer.
But my night's ride had not made my
day a task any easier for me. No new
light bad dawned upon my difficulty.
There was no loophole for me to escape
from the most painfnl and perplexing
trait I had ever been in. How was I to
break It to Julia? and when? It was
quite plain to me that the sooner it was
over the better it would be for myself,
and perhaps the better for her. How
was I to go through my morning's calls?
I resolved to have it over as soon as
breakfast was finished. Yet when break
fast came I was listening Intently for
some summons which wonld give me an
hour's grace from fulfilling my own de
termination. I prolonged my meal, keep
ing my mother in her place at the table;
fori she had never given up her office of,
pouring out my tea and coffee.
I finished at last, and still no nrgent
menage had come for me. My mother
left us together alone, as her custom
was, for what time I had to spare a va
riable quantity always with me.
Now was the dreaded moment. But
bow was I to begin? Julia was so calm
and unsuspecting. In what words could
I convey my fatal meaning most gently
to her? My head throbbed, and I could
not raise my eyes to her face. Yet it
must be done.
"Dear Julia," I said, in as firm a voice
as I could command.
"Yea, Martin."
Bat Just then Grace, the housemaid,
knocked emphatically at the door, and
after a due pause entered with a smiling.
significant face, yet with an apologetic
courtesy.
"If you please. Dr. Martin," she said,
"I'm very sorry, but Mrs. Llhon's baby
la taken with convulsion fits; and they
wont you to go as fast as ever yon can,
please, sir."
Waa I sorry or glad? I could not tell.
It was a reprieve; bnt then I knew posi
tively It was nothing more than a re
prieve. The sentence must be executed.
Julia came to me, bent her cheek toward
me, and I kissed It That was our usual
salutation when our morning's Interview
was ended.
"I am going down to the new honse,"
she said. "I lost a good deal of time
yesterday, and I must make up for it
to-day. Shall you be passing by at any
time, Martin r
"Yes no I cannot tell exactly," I
stammered.
"If you are passing, come In for a few
minutes," she answered; "I have a thou
sand things to speak to you about."
I was not overworked that morning.
The convulsions of Mrs. Llhon's baby
were not at all serious. So I had plenty
of time to call upon Julia at the new
bouse; but I could not summon sufficient
courage. The morning slipped away
whilst I was loitering about Fort George,
and chatting carelessly with the officers
quartered there.
I went down reluctantly at length to
the new house; but It was at almost the
last hour. Doggedly, but sick at heart
with myself and ail the world, I went
down to meet my doom.
Julia was sitting alone in the drawing
room, which overlooked the harbor and
the group of Islands across the channel.
There was no fear of Interruption. It
was an understood thing that at present
only Julia's most Intimate friends had
been admitted Into our new house, and
then by special Invitation alore.
There was a very happy, very placid
expression on her face. Every harsh line
eemed softened, and a pleased smite
played about her Hps. Her dress was
one of those simple, fresh, clean muslin
gowns, with knots of ribbon about It,
which make a plain woman almost pretty,
and a pretty woman bewitching.
"I am very glad you aro come, my dear
Martin," sho said softly,
I dared not dally another moment. I
must take my plunge at once Into the
lcy.-cold waters.
"I have something of Importance to say
to you, dear cousin," I began.
I sat down on the broad window sill,
Instead of on the chair close to hers. She
looked up at that, and fixed her eyes up
on me keenly, I had often quailed be
fore Julia's gate as a boy, but never as I
did now.
"Weill what Is it?" she aikcd curtly.
The Inclslvenrss of bcr tone brought life
Into me, as a probe sometimes brings a
patient out of stupor.
"Julia," I said, "arc you quite sure you
love ma enough to be happy with me as
my wife?"
"I know you well enough to be as hap
py as the day is long with you," she re
plied, the color rushing to her face.
"You do not'ofteu look as if you loved
me," I said at last.
"That Is only my way," sho answered.
"I can't be soft and purring like many
women. I don't care to be always kiss
ing and hanging about anybody. But If
you aro afraid I don't love you enough
well! I will ask you what you think in
ten years' time."
"What would you say it I told you 1
had once loved a girl better than I do
you?" I asked.
"That's not true." she aald sharply.
"I've known you all your life, and you
could not hide such a thing from your
mother and me. You are only laughing
at me, Martin."
"Heaven knows I'm not laughing," I
answered solemnly; "It's no laughing
matter. Julia, there is a girl I lore bet
ter than yon, even now."
The color and the smile faded out of
her face, leaving It ashy pale. Her lips
parted once or twice, but her voice failed
her. Then she broke out Into a short
hysterical laugh.
"You arc talking nonsense, dear Mar
tin," she gasped; "you ought notl I am
not very strong. Tell me It Is a Joke."
I cannot," I replied, painfully and
sorrowfully; "It Is the truth, though I
would almost rather face death than own
it. I lore you dearly, Julia; but I lore
another woman better."
There was dead silence In the room af
ter those words. I could not hear Julia
breathe or move, and I could not look at
her. My eyes were turned towards the
window and the Islands across the sea.
purple and hazy la the distance.
"Leave me!" she said, after a very
long stillness; "go away, Martin."
I cannot leave you alone," I exclaim
ed; "no, I will not, Julia. Let me tell
you more; lot me explain It all. You
ought to know everything now."
Go away! she repeated. In a mechan
ical way.
I hesitated still, seeing her white and
trembling, with her eyes glassy and fixed.
But she motioned me from her toward
the door, and her pale lips parted again
to reiterate her command.
How I crossed that room I do not
know; but the moment after I had closed
the door I heard the key turn la the lock.
dared not quit the house and leave her
alone In such a state: and I lonired ar
dently to hear the clocks chime five, and
the sound of Johanna's coach wheels on
the roughly pared street.
That was one of the longest half hours
In my life. I stood at the street door
watching and waiting, and nodding to
people who passed by, and who simper
ed at mo In the most Inane fashion.
The fools! I called them to myself. At
length Johanna turned the corner, and
her pony carriage came rattling cheer
fully over the large round stones. I ran
to meet her.
"For heaven's sake go to Julia I" I
cried. "I have told her."
"And what does she say?" asked Jo
hanna. "Not a word, not a syllable," I replied.
"except to bid me go away. Bhe has
locked herself into the drawing room."
"Then you had better go away olto
gether," she ssld, "and leave me to deal
with her. Dcn't come In, and then I can
say you .are not here."
A friend of mine lived In the opposite
house, and though I knew he was not at
home, I knocked at his door and asked
permission to rest for a while.
The windows looked Into the street,
and there I aat watching tbo door of our
new house, for Johanna and Julia to
come out. At length Julia appeared, her
face completely hidden behind a veil. Jo
hanna helped her Into the low carriage,
as if she bad been an Invalid. Then they
drove off, and were aoon out of my sight.
By this time our dinner hour was near,
and I knew my mother would be looking
out for us both. I was thankful to find
at the table a visitor, one of my father's
patients, a widow, with a high color, a
loud voice and boisterous spirits, who
kept np a rattle of conversation with
Dr. Dobrce. My mother glanced anx
iously at me, but she could say little.
"Where Is Julis?" she had inquired, as
we sat down to dinner without her.
"Julia?" I said absently; "oh! she Is
gone to the Vale, with Johanna Carey."
"Will she come back to-nlgbt?" asked
my mother.
"Not to-night," I said aloud; but to my
self I added, "nor for many nights to
come; never, most probably, whilst I am
under this roof. We have been building
our house upon the sand, and the floods
have come, and the winds have blown,
and the house has fallen; but my mother
knows nothing of the catastrophe yet"
She read trouble In my face, as clearly
as one sees a thunder cloud in the sky,
and she could not rest till she had fath
omed It. I went up Into my own room,
where I should be alone to think over
things. I heard her tapping lightly at
the door. She was not In the habit of
leaving her guests, and I was surprised
and perplexed at seeing her.
"Your father and Mrs. Murray are
having a game of chess." she said. "We
can bo alone together half an hour. And
now tell me what is the matter? There
Is something going wrong with you."
one sauic uown weanedly into a chair,
and I knelt down beside her. It was
almost harder to tell her than ta tail
Julia; but it was worse than useless to
put oil the evil moment.
"Mother, I am not going to marrr mr
cousin, for I love somebody else, and I
torn j una so tills afternoon. It la broken
off for good now."
She gaYe me no answer, and I looked
up into her dear foco In alarm. It had
grown rigid, and a peculiar blue tinge of
nauor was spreading over It. Her hoad
had fallen back against the chair. It
waa several minutes before she breathed
freely and naturally. Then she did nt
look at me, but lifted up her eyes to tbo
psle evening sky, and her Hps quivered
witn agitation.
"Martin, It will bo the death of me."
sho said; and a' few tears stole down her
cheeks, which I wiped away.
"It shall uot be the death of you," 1
exclaimed. "If Julia is willing to marry
me, knowing the whole truth, I am ready
to marry her for your sake, mother. I
would do anything for your sake. But
Johanna said she ought to be told, and I
think It was right myself."
"Who is It, who can It bo that yon
love?"
"Mother," I said, "I wish I had told
you before, but I did not know that I
loved the girl as I do till I saw her yes
terday In Hark."
"That girl!" she cried. "Ono of tbo
OlllvlersI Oh, Martin, you must marry
In your own class."
"That was a lulMakc," I answered.
"Her Christian name la Olivia; I do not
know wnat bcr surname la."
"Not know even her name!" ahe ex
claimed. "Listen, mother," I said; and then I
told her all I knew about Olivia.
"Oh. Martin, .Martin!" walled my poor
mothor, breaking down again suddenly.
"I did so long to see you In a home of
your ownl And Julia waa so generous,
never looking as If all the money was
hrrs, and yon without a penny! What Is
to become of you now, my boy? I wish
I bad been dead and in my grave before
this had happened!
"Hush, mothtrl" I said, kneeling down
again beside her and kissing her tender
ly; "It is still In Julia's hands. If ahe
will marry me, I shall marry her."
"But then you will not be happy?" she
said, with fresh sobs.
It was Impossible for me to contradict
that. I felt that no misery would be
equal to tnat or losing Ullvla. But I did
my brat to comfort my mother, by prom'
Ising to see Julia the next day and re
new my engagement. If possible.
"Pray, may I be Informed as to what is
the matter now?" broke In a satirical,
cutting voice the voice of my father. It
reused ns both my mother to her usual
mood of gentle submission, and me to the
chronic state of Irritation which bis pnes
ence always provoked in me.
"Not much, sir," I answered coldly;
"only my marriage with my cousin Julia
is broken off.
"Broken off!" he ejaculated, "broken
off!"
"Then I am to be your scapegoat," 1 ' UOY AS TELEQHAPH MANAGER.
slid.
"You arc my son." he nniwcredt "and
religion Itself teaches us that the sins of
the fathers arc visited on tbo children.
I leave the mutter In your hands. Hut .
Kojr ltn-c, I t Ycnr Old. TnUes Cliurue
ii f lntpor ii nt Olll.r,
Hoy Hone, 11 yenis old, Ih Hip young
oat Western Union telegraph otlleo
only answer one quiistloiii Could )qa 1 manager n the country.
show your face unionist your awn frli n.ls
If this were known?"
I knew very well I could not. My fath
er a fraudulent stoward of Julia's prop
erty! Then farewell for ever to all that
had made my life happy. I saw there
was no escape from It 1 must marry
Julia.
"Well," I said at last, "as you say. tho
matter Is In my hamla now; and I must
make the best of It. Good night, sir."
(To be continued,)
Only Itrmtlro Norvo.
Tho Forest mat Stream says Hint
nearly ovcry ono tins n fwir of wild mil
mnln, mid yet no wild milttml will light
unless wounded or cut off from nil np
parent nvcimcs of escape. All animals
will try mid escape If given n chance,
This fear la kept tip by nit sorts of
bear, wolf niul stiuko stories, moat of
which nro magnified to make hero oh of
hunter. There la more, danger fror
uatnral onuses lit n visit to wild nnluia
haunts than rroiu the animals. Tlier
la more danger of slipping off n preel
pIco or falling Into n river ttinu from
being hurt by a bear or n wolf. Many
moro peoplo have been killed by light
ning than have been run ovev by stam
peding buffalo herds, or killed by
wounded grlrxly beam. or by nil the oth
er animals of tho prntrlo put together.
One in I glit almost say that moro peo
plo havo been struck by falling meteor
ite tlmn hare lccn killed by panthem
or wolves. And yet from dny to any
the newspapers continue to print benr
stories, catamount stories, and wolf
storlos, and probably tboy will do so
until long after tbo laat bear, cata
mount and wolf shall have disappeared
from the land.
CHAPTER X.
My father stood motionless for a mo
ment, men siowiy ae sank Into a chair.
"I am a ruined and disgraced man," he
aald, without looking up; "If you have
broken on your marriage with Julia, I
snail never raise my bead again."
"But why?" I asked uneasllv.
"Come down Into my consulting room.
he said. I went on before him, carrying
the lamp, and turning round once or
twice aaw bis face look gTey, and the
expression of it vacant and troubled. Ilia
consulting room was a luxurious room,
elegantly fcrnlshed. He sank down Into
an easy chair, shivering aa If we were In
the depth of winter. '
"Martin, I am a ruined man!" h aald,
ror tne second time.
"But how?" I asked again. ImDatientiv.
"I dare not tell yon," he cried, leaning
nis nead upon bis desk and sobbing. How
white his hair was! and how aged be
looked! My heart softened and warmed to
blm as It bad not dono for years.
"Father!" I sstd, "If you can truer
any one, you can trust me. If you ore
ruined and disgraced I shall be the aame,
as your son."
"That's true," he anawered, "that's
true! It will bring disgrace on you and
your mother. We shall be forced to leave
Guernsey, where she has lived all her
life; and It will be tbe death of her.
Martin, you must save ua all by making
it up with Julia."
"But why?" I demanded, once more.
I must know what you mean."
"Mean?" he said, turning upon me an
grily, "yon blockhead! I mean that uu
less you marry Julia I shsll hare to give
an account or ber property; and I could
not make all square, not It I sold every
stick and stone I possess."
I sat silent for a time, trying to take
In this piece of Information, fie bad
been Julia's guardian ever since she waj
left an orphan, ten years old; but I had
never known that there had not been a
formal and legal settlement of ber affairs
when she was of age. Our family name
had no blot upon It: It was one of the
most honored names In the Island. But
If this came to light then the disgrace
would be dark Indeed.
"Can yon tell me all about It?" I asked.
"It would take a long time," he said.
and it would be a deuce of a nuisance.
You make It up with Julia, and marry
her, as you're bound to do. Of course
you will manage all her money when you
aro her husband, as you will be. Now
you know all."
"But I don't know all,"'I replied: "and
I Insist upon doing so before I make up
my mind wbat to do.
For two hours I was busy with his ac
counts. Once or twice be tried to slink
out of tho room; but that I would not
suffer. At length tbe ornamental clock
on his chimney piece struck eleven, and
he made another effort to beat a retreat.
"Do not go away till everything Is
clear," I said; "is this all?"
"All?" he repeated; "Isn't It enough?"
"Between three and four thousand
pounds deficient!" I answered; "it Is quite
enough."
"Enough to make me a felon," he aald,
"If Julia chooses to prosecute me,"
"I think It Is highly probable," I re
plied; "though I know nothing of the
law."
"Then you see clearly, Martin, there Is
no alternative but for you to marry her,
and keep our secret. I have reckoned
upon this for years, and your mother and
I have been of one mind In bringing It
about If you marry Julia, her affairs go
direct from my bands to yours, and we
are ail safe. If you break with her she
will leave us, and demand an account of
my guardianship; and your name and
mine will be branded in our own Island,"
"That la very clear," I said sullenly.
"Yeur mother would not survive It!"
he continued, with a solemn accent,
"Oh! I have been threatened with that
already," I exclaimed, very bitterly.
"Pray does my mother know of this dis
graceful business?"
"Heaven forbid!" he cried. "Your
mother Is a good woman, Martin; as sim
ple as a dove. You ought to think of her
before you consign us ail to shame. Poor
Mary! My poor, poor love) I believe
she cares enough for me still to break
her heart over it"
Why Ho Got Well.
Tho Man with a Clear Conscience
bought a pair of tan shoes with the ad
vent of spring, and, whllo coins homo
In tho street car, conjured up a mental
photograph of himself strolling along
tho sandy beach of a summer resort
with his pedal extremities encased In
bis new purchase. That night he wa(i
taken 111. For four days be contem
plated bis new shoes with his bend
on a downy pillow. When hu recov
ered the Man said;
"There was only one thing that wor
ried mo while I wan sick. I couldn't
got those tan shoes out of my head.
What If I should dlo without having
bad a cbnnco to woar 'em I Such a
contingency seemed to furnish nn ad
ditional and potent reason why I
should get well. I Just made up my
mind I was going to Ilvo long enough
to get my fcot Into those shoes and
well, I dld."-Now York Mall and Kx
press.
Melsfouler nntl the Illoh Man.
One of the good stories about tho fa
mous painter, Melssoulcr, Is In regard
to his experience with a "new rich'
gentleman who hnd erected a prlvato
theater at his chatenu. Mclssonlcr was
Just then at tho height of his fame,
and when spending months painting
pictures and selling them for about
two hundred dollars a square Inch. The
rich man conceived the brilliant Idea
that what his theater most needed wbh
a drop curtain painted by the famous
Mclssonlcr. So he went to tbe artist
studio and proposed the matter to him
'How largo Is tho curtain to lie?" askod
the great painter. "It will bo thirty
feet high and thirty-five feet wide,'
was the reply. "My friend," said Mcls
sonler, blandly, "It will take me twenty
years to paint such a curtain, and It
will cost you six million dollars." This
bargain was not completed.
A NARROW ESCAPE
An Indiana Woman's Terrible
Experience,
"It was unrightful oxporloncn nnii
I never oxpoutctl to ooino out nine
said Mm, HUoii Bowman, of n u4
MM. ..I 1.1. ...I. t. ll ... ' .. V' 0
A, II. Taylor, superintendent of tele
graph for thu West Hhnio Monti, bus
luid a deal of illllU'iilty In getting '
llltltl fill Mm M'ftul -I'M wlf.ml iifHf.ii In
? 'V'. K V ""' Windsor block, lndlmiupolls I,,,
t limit nlil nml iixihiI' mii'Mil iiiiiii-iiiniM I i.. .i . . "r"n, i mi
, , , . in mo course o nn nterv low rcccmiu
(Hod It, mid quit bocutiso of tho Inlrl- imMMm tm fl f lint
cite iiichhukph. .m ot t y , , " J;
Mr. 1 orrlaii, usHlstmit I,, Supt. n,y. m,)ll0mH(.. Miiu ooi.tlmi(Hl, ,V
- - - cmhi-.' j vuin iifsju i Muumi in worry runi
W. Uoso, tlclfut nicunt at .Mount .Minion, to , 0 ,Ymk tlmn I onulit Tl.l.
next nbuve Klnxloii: "If you llud any brought on n cmiurnl iihyslcn'l weak"
one who can do It toll hint to conic down now, my blood Ihwuiio tlilu ami i
row nervous, i wont to a iioolur nml
livMiiiil 1 lihd oonsiunption."
"Did liomlvlso any courbo of trout.
IIKUlt?"
"Yon, ho gavo mo somu iiiriliuim
which I took, hut tt illil mo no good
Other doctor fulled to holp mo nml i
liocaino iloKiioniloiit of over getting
vvoll. My IIiiiIih noliud, my head wa,
Amy nntl I was most nileurahlo. "
"You don't look now as if you hml
ever Ikicii sink," ventured tho report,
or.
"No, nml I don't fool as If I over
luid," said alio. "I owo my present
health to l)r. Williams' I'lnk
Tills for Palo Peoplo. About four
yturn ago it frionil from Ohio recom
mended the pills to mo, saying they
hnd iHinolltetl liis ilaughtur whono
symptoms wero similar to mine, no I
Ihikhii to into thorn. It was only a
very short time Ivforo I oxperleiuud
rolfof. I havo recommended tbo
iiillx to many, for lam conlldeut Unit
boiiellt will follow thoir use."
I hero is hardly a perron who does
and go to work at the West I 'id stritit
station."
Next morning when I'errliin called
up the West l-d street station some ono
answered whnno touch and precision
hi telegraphy startled him.
"He's a good iimn," said Piirrlnn.
Several days went by, mid Perrlau,
well pleased with the new man's work,
thought he'd run over mid svo what the
new man looked like.
Am lie stepped Into the olllco n rather
stout boy of U, roiy clieeked, with
brown eyes, looking out sharply from
behind eyeglasies, his straw lint pushed
back on his head, was sitting at the
desk reading a messnge.
lullo, sonny, whore's the new 1111111-
ageri" nsked l'errlnn.
"I'm the manager," the hoy replied,
l'errlnn laughed. "No fooling, where
Is he? I want to see him."
"Well, you can look at 1110. My name
Is I toy Itose. and I'm the nuw mana
ger. Who are you?"
"Why, I'm IVrrlnn. Mut I didn't
know you were a hoy. Are you the 0110 m)t worry at tlmoi and fret about
sent down by ItcweV- things that go wrong. Ami worry.,
ii lui' mi- rtifliitn f lini'i. It.w.it - .ii. 1.. .1 ,
- - iwjHiiimiiin iur 111 union sickiicms us
hero live days, mid 1 guens I can do It." any other cause. It Interferes with
Tho surprised assistant superintend- tho action of tho stomuoh mid ru..L-
out shook the lad's baud In muiir.eiiient tho nervos. Tho result Is that tho
mid plotiHiiio. Hose bad sent tbe bent blood becomes jioor ami tho nervous
operator he could find, mid so well did system liiimlrod. Tho power of l)r
he do the work that three other men Williams' Pink Pills for Palo Peoplo
hnd failed to do ho will be retained. in tho vast uumlier of tliono duo to
"I like everything here but the mos- derangement of thu nervous system
iltiltoes," the boy said. He Is saving or to impure hlood has lcoii demon
strated In thousands of instance 111
remarkable as tho 0110 related above.
They euro locomotor ataxia, partial
jifiralysls, St. Vitus dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head
ache, after effects of tho grip, palpita
tion of tho hoart, jmlo ami sallow
his money to go to college.
TOOK A HUNNINQ JUMP.
Mlko Koltowet tlo Advlco of Ills Wife
an I I unlet In I lie Hlvcr,
Maiiy have heard tho story of the two
N'ni-wiiHfin limf liir Om jif IImmii u-iw I
on the boat when she stari...! on. She complexions, and all forms of weak-
tt'tti fillet f rut fe.ttit ! .1i.t ifln.ii tit it doss either In male or femalo. At all
other brother came rushing down. Just "niKKijts, or direct from Dr. Will -
a few seconds too late. The one 1
Washington Irving' Love Story.
Washington Irving always remained
single becauso Mntlldn Hoffman, the
beautiful girl to whom he was engaged,
died of consumption In her seventeenth
year. He says: "I was by her when
sue aiea, ana was tne last she ever
looked upon." Ho took hor nible and
praycrbook awny with hlra, sleeping
with them under his pillow, and In all
his subsequent travels they were his
Inseparable companions. Not until
thirty years after her death did any
ono renturo to speak of her to him. Ho
was visiting her father, and one of her
nieces, taking some music from a draw
er, brought with It a piece of embroid
ery. "Washington," said Mr. Hoffman,
"this was from Matilda's work." Tho
effect was electric. Ho had been talk
ing gaily the moment before, but be
came silent and soon left the house.
Formont.
A little school girl told her tcachor
to wrlto tho word "ferment" on her
slate, together with tho definition and
a sentence In which tho word was used
Tho following Is tbe result; "F-e-r-
m-e-n-t; n verb signifying to work.
lovo to do all kinds of fancy ferment."
London King.
HIS liOVOS.
CarrieThe last tlmn Fred called ho
was very tender. He assured mo I was
his, first love.
Bess That's something, to bo euro;
but last evening he told mo I was his
latest love. Boston Transcript.
Tho Spirit's Calmer Hotrent.
"Jones, next door, Is getting old."
"What do you go by?"
Ho's quit talking baseball and gouo
to talking garden." Detroit Free
Press.
It Wou't Wasted,
Cook Tho Irish stow was burned.
Proprietor Well, put sonio spice in
It, and add "a la Frnncalse" to Its namo
on tho menu. London Tlt-Blts.
After a young man has gono half a
dozen places with a young woman he
has told ber everything he knows that
Is Interesting.
leaned over the railing and shout
"V u in p. Olle, ytiuip; you can make It iu
two yuuips."
This local Instance Is alike with n dif
ference, sayH tho Detroit Free Profs.
One .Michael McNoInn, a sewer contrac
tor In the pick department, was giving
abon d t'"0'"t Co., Schenectady, N.
liotitod- conla I' I5? "i boxes,
L- If l,t
Sisterly Sympathy,
Owondolon How lato you aro, dear!
What havo you been doing all tho of-tornoon?
Maud Helping tho Orisbys at their
his folks an outing during the gtmeral ,ai nonio anil making myself gonoral-
celebration and cho.e llHS Taslimoo ris' 'X fnclnatlnB anil ngrooablo.
the means of trnnsiiortntlon On tin. . Owondolon Poor thing! What a
n Mi. 1. ' , . Uar,i ,lny w"-k for you!-Punch.
way to tho boat Michael dropped In -. 1
overy little while to light his pipe. That A Wonderful Echo.
moro'he SwJmn. ?' nT T1' mi.mrkablo echo ! tho
uorohe red his II. uleeii the less dls- Worltl is that which conies from tho
position It showed to burn, except be- north gllIo of n ciiurch , g,,, ,
tween beer signs. It (IifttIctly repeat any sentence
The family were all comfortable on not exceeding ill syllables.
tho upper deck and watching for the
llego lord nnd paymaster when tho ma- Th A(l .
chlnery began to work and the boat to ., The Absence ! It.
move. It wjis live feet awny when the tnoro is any truth In tho saying
belated passenger appeared, his face t,".,t '"'Pl'inoes 'ho alwonco of all
nil and his pipe working like n smoke- ,,,U"' T"tnl nml l''y'on, tho enjoy,
stock. He stood on the edge of the fl,w,t of V, Pan m,A .'.
dock, steadying himself and swinging ho,lV0"' ''r tho physical is
bis anus to give Impetus to a Jump, foiicoriieil, it is within oasy reach ; at
when the good wife lsued an order Io,,at """Wy so as far as euro w II
"Git back. Molke, git back, and m ,ko f?.L .T '? "'V' 1,U.,mn .",i8t,r 1,1
a good ruu for the Jumn Yez can never V . " "uu. " ' Krclor t ices
mtril I J 1 " Cn" no " degree, of physical Huircring. Tho
mw ............ , . !. 1 f fI.
Mike obeyed. By tho tlmo ho made
minor aohc and pains which nfllict
his run Thi L r',0l"n. ""'"kind aro easy to reach and as
bathit1 1::,!"s r fi,orc cio,,i,7 for a rnnsft o,, "ti r
w. , 2 MX ?. 1 ZT ulVmUs out so, f0" ot tho nerves, tho
water and other things for which a bones, tho muscles nnd joints of tho
later explanation would bo required, human body. They aro all more or
Ho sconied life preservers showered less hurtful and wastoful to tho sys-
upon him, dove down and bronchi un torn, fit .Inont.. nn 1 1.. ...
... i..u, u. ,u ..il- emu or mo iioat mom, to scaroh outhiddon palnspots,
and when safely abourd demanded a and to cure promptly in a truo re-mo-
reduction In fnrn. I.i:.. 1 1
ui.u 1. .1.. iiiming way. very,
reduction In fore.
Courtship In Gerniunj. '
Ono seldom hears of elopements In
Gcrmmiy, It Is Impossible for yoiiinr
people to marry In that country with.
out tho consent of their parents or legal
guaruinns. certain prescribed forms
must bo gone through or tho ninrrlntro
is null nnd void. When a girl has nr.
vory
ninny havo not known hanninosa or
years till they used it, nnd very many
aro putting olV euro and happiness bo
causo thoy don't use it.
Won a Pan.
An oxcollont Btory la told of a cer
tain promlnont railway cHroctor who
In nnlmllv rnt.nti.nnrl 1. 1 i.hi... .
rived at what Is considered a marriage- make or tnko a Joko, saya tho London
nblo ago her parents mnko a point of Standard. An omnlovoo wiinB
invlting young men to tho houso, nnd ,B 'n tho country appllod to him for a
usually two or tnreo nro Invited at tho I,UB8 10 v,B,t 1,18 mmiiy.
namo tlfne, so that tho attention mnv .H nro m "10 employ of tho corn-
not seem too pointed. 1 . 7 ' ,l"iu,ruu ""o gontioman aiiud-
1111 rn
juiiiK ..inn, uowever, is invited to
tho houso until after bo has called nt
least onto and thus slgnliled his wish
to havo social Intercourso with tho
"Yes."
,'!Xou..rocolvo yur nay rogularly?'"
"Yes."
"Well, now, supposing you woro
family. In Cleniinny a mnn must be at wrklng for n fnrmor Instead of tho
least eighteen years old beforo ho can c?n"lny would you oxpoct your om
mnko a proposul, hut when It Is matlo STr!invni? 1",' hl" horBOa ovory
nnd accepted the proposal I sneedv ,Y "LK' f !l.Z0" h"?T
followed by the betrothal. This gener "No," said tho man! promptly "i
ally takes plnco privately, shortly after would not oxpoct that, but If tho farm-
which the father of the brldo as sho or Mau" n,B horsos out and wns going
Is then called rIvch a dinner or supper m?i wny 1 Bll0ul11 co'11 him n vory moan
to tho most Intimnto friends of both nv U '"3 wo",tl not ,ot m rldo."
fmnllles, when tho fact Is formnii ... ..."? "'niuoyco camo out throo mln-
nounced nnd shortly after becomes it mon
matter or public knowledge.
An Insinuation.
-Paw, la tho dovll
ovory
ll.illn- .....1 ..I .... .
,. vi.ounu uy i-urcois 1'ost. Wlllln-
-rencn syndicates In Normandy nud plnco?
wii u i y use 1 u.o parcels post for send- Father-Yea; ovory placo, my son;
ing inuio nutter and choose to custom, now. don't bothor
via. i iiitna weiglling IWCUty pounds
can bo mitlled for 30 cents.
hoio's a Good Deal In tho Nnmn.
mo run uapiisnial namo of Alfonso
Aiu., King of Bpaln, Is Alfonso Lonn
Ferdinand Mario Jacques Isodoro !.
cat Antoino Bourbou. Ladles' Homo
Wllllo I won't, naw: but nln'r mi
afraid to go out nftor night? Ohio
Htnto Journal.
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nt Uouiili Bj run. 'i'utes UooO.
111 num. noiq or aruBKUtl.
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journal.