NLY A FARMER'S
DAUGHTER.
Afts,
CHAPTER XV.-tCoiitlniifd.l
Within fi'w weeks of ihe cloae uf the
season n very beautiful l-'i-i-nrliwuiima
ramo to LdiiiIoii, mill win received it
unci' lulu I In' best society. Hit story win
a strange one, nuil oim that excited
great deal of liiteicat. Hhe liail I'"'"
married at lirtirii in n 1 1 11 n nl n ti prlum,
many ycara older than herself, and of
llasoliit,, charicier. Ai first li hail loved
' her tisliilinli.lv: llii'Il. im lit fllllllll It
liniioaalhl tii ovrreoinii her roldneaa slid
Indifference, Im hail come tu tIlHk and
treat her with harshlicas. Hp hail tnknt
her away tn Russia very yoiintc. vrry
friendless, ami Intensely iinhaiiy. There
lie hail neglected her. Khi' hail ti till-ilrcii-lmys;
anl all her lovo seemed
hound up In them. Tlirn they illi'ili tli"
!',.. I uf lluaata billed thrill, an J aha al
lllliat illnl of till' grief.
The physician at Kt, Petersburg Insist
ed that aim should return at once tn
1'nrl. "It la the only way lu save her
life," hi- aald til her huahaoil. Ho after
three yriira' weary absence, ah irliirn
nl to hrr birthplace, and Ihrrr, after a
time, ahu recovered. At tin French
I'linrt ah waa (really aitmlri'il ami Bought
for. A young, man of high rank con
ceived a wllil iosslon fur her. llii wu
an handsome, ao distinguished, no one he
lloed ahp rimlil resist tlii' devotion he
constantly ami ao openly offered hrr. It
t-imlil acarrrly lie stllruird that she waa
utterly unmoved by hi passion, lint oil
the world aalil that she never gave hlin
any undue encouragement. Silll, Prime
.cllLiiff liccsuin Ji'aloiia. One evening tho
princess dropped hrr liuiiirt ; .Monsieur
ill' l.lgny picked It up, bowed over 11, an. I
rrtuniiit It to Iiit Prince Zellkoff chose
to Imagine tin ari'lilrut naa prearranged,
ami that l l.lgny hail token the oppor
tunity uf concealing a note among the
tlowrra. lie enatched tha lioiiiiirt vio
lently from hla wife's haliila. In hrr aiir
prlso mil r iniidc- some resistance; he grasp
nl hrr arm ami pressed the shsrppolntcd
diamond bracelet unliitrntloiially into tl.ii
lli-i.li. A lltlli' Jet of blood spurted forth.
The enraged l.lgny beheld ll. an.) In
a liiomrnt I'rlucn Zellkoff lay atuiincd ami
bleeding on tilt ground. A crowd closed
round Ihi'in ot oiue; with aouie difficulty
the angry men were separated, hut, uf
courai'i only bloo'l coiilil ulpe out aurh a
atalll. A meeting waa arranged; the sec
inula tnaile thu riiatouiary formal at
teinpta at a reroiiclliatluii without aue
Ci'. ,
Vnlerle ile Zellkntf knew well rnoiiKh
wlmt the i ti. I of aurh a iuarrel mini nat
urally lie. She knew her hnalianil'i fierce.
InilomltAlili' temper, mul the Kiii'ael the
rnnu that hail HIM l)e I.Uny'a heart at
arrliiK her treatiil with tloleiii'v am! Ill
illtnlty. Her heitrt waa torn -In very
truth ahe t areil more for the hauitaniu
nreotnplNheil man uho loved her ao dea
perately, than for her dlnoliite, cruy
halrril, ludlffirrut hualian. Hut her tr
lljllnu had lauithl Imr faithfully the July
uf arrltlcliiE urrrythlnK to rlk-ht.
The tnoruliiK of the duel arrlrrd, no one
waa on thu i! run ml hut tha ariouda, a
doctor and hla militant. The doctor
atnoil near l)e Mnuy. I'rlnee .ellkoS
waa known aa 1 deadly ahot. One, two,
three, two Uaahea, two report , a wild
ahrlelt. and a fall. And yet neither of
tho ilurllata waa In mini or arathrd. At
the moment of llrliiK the diH'tor'a aaalat
int had tl unit hlmaelf In front of the
prince, had turned up the hand willed
held hla platol, and rm'lrt-d Do l.lguy'a
hot th run l-li hla ahouldrr. He l.lk'U)'.
the aeinuda, mid the doctor rutlied to
ward hlin: tho prince hud already rained
lila head, and reconnlied Valerie de X.ell
knir. hla wife. The doctor ciplnllnsl It.
lie wua an old friend of the family; ahe
lind Rone to him and Ih-hoiirIii hint to ',
low her to lie preicnt at the duel, ore
Ini: that alio helleriil heraelf ohle to pre
Tent It. and after much heallatioii lie had
jli'Mcd. Tim wound naa not n aerloua
one; many a woman would have cen
Klad to purchaae the reputation for hern
ial!! that raine uudcelrrd to Valerlv de
ZeHloIT at no ilinlll a price of pain.
The action waa thoroughly French, and
aa audi Intcmoly appreciated hy all
1'arla. It waa n crown of glory to her
huahond, and Haltered hla rnnlty to n de
gree that made hlin loro her iikiiIii aa lu
the olden day. (I rent aa thu triumph
waa tu '.clikntf, waa the defeat tn De
l.lKiiy. Ilia nmnur proprn could not
recover from audi a tenllile Mow; he
' jiad lieeu prepared to rlL hla life to a
well-known deadly ahot to nrenk'e an In
sult on the woman he loved, and ahe had
received hla bullet III her own tender
llcali to anvo tho liuahiind who had ao
lironly wroiiKfd her, Ile went awny Wi
lli the n If ii I r hud blown over, ami then re
turned to l'nrla with n very joiinit, fair
wife, who had I'i'cii tukeii from a convent
tn mnrry him. She adored hlin; he wan
cold and Indifferent to her; nay, he al
nioat hnted her, when, alx month later,
1'rlnce Zellknff died of n fever, and the
lieaullful Vulerlo waa left a widow at
twenty-two. Mhc paaaed a year lu archi
nloii, then nho nk'nln went Into aoclety,
and, as has heen said, enme to London
a fuw weeks heforo tho clo'o of the sea
son. Hbe waa atayliiK In thw house of
I.mly Dora Anuealy, .Mr. Mnatiiik's' coua
In, and her irrettleat friend,
.Mr. lliutlnca saw a Krcat dral of tho
(lenutlfnt frenchwoman, slid admired
her oxceodlnRly. Hhe wni not llko any
Krenchwomau he had met before ah
lld not talk mtich.'or Reallculale, or aeem
to desire admiration, She was pale, largo
eyed, raaenllully splrltuellv, llio chief
fascination she posaesned for hlin was the
low, inimical tono of her voice,
"I wish you would comu more often to
via, Errol," hla coualu ssld; "wo see. so
llttlo of you. I am ao anxious tlfltt Ma
damu .rllkolT'a Tlalt to na should lm a
lileuannt one, and she always seems hap
pier, hrlghUT, when yon nro there."
"You do mo ton much honor," Mr.
lIimtliiKH snld, mockingly.
"It la no empty compliment, ludeed,
Krrol," returned I.ady Dora. "I am auro
shv likes you much hetler thau any una
elao who comes hero. You ought to feel
fluttered; the Trlnc'ess do .ellkoft's cold
iieaa and Indifference to men's ntlentloa
liaa almost liecomo a provcrh In l'aris,
I am surprised! you do not prefer a high
lired, graceful woman of tho world, tn
an uninformed, simple country clrl like
that Mlas 15yre. You seo I have illscov
red your secrot."
"Hnino men nro foolish enough to prefer
lnnoccnco In women to n knowledge of
tho world, Iora," Mr. Hustings, an
swered coldly.
"Somo men nro foolish enough for any
thing," retorted I.ndy Dora, pettishly.
OHAl'TKU XVI.
Moro than onco Sir Howard Champion
bud met kU granddoughtor, Winifred
Uy
Fonnnsrnit.
Hyre, lu aoclety, Ile had spoken "ry
little; slid thu reault of Ida iulet scru
tiny waa that he felt unfeigned! pl'iaaod
with her. Hint waa graceful, natural and
ladylike, and poiaeaaeil a certain frauk
neaa of manner which could lint fall to
wlu for her liking and admiration.
line day ho called on I.ady (I race I"nr
OUliar. Hhe and Winifred were alttlng
alone together lu the drawing room.
"My dear." lie aald lo Winifred, "wo
mint not he atrongera any longer. My
other gramldniightera are ruining to atay
with me In lluratahlre after the aeaann la
over, and I want I.ady Uracil to spare
you. You will not refuse?"
"I think you would like to go, dear,
would you not?" I.ady tlrare aald, quick
ly. Winifred anawered a little hesitating
ly In the affirmative. Hhe would rather
not have, goiiu'. hut ahe could not bear lu
seem atubliorn. or aa If ahe bore malic
Thu London aeaaon waa over, thejiark
ilraerted, the handsome carriage" guns
from the atreeta. Winifred was ataylug
at Hunt Manor with all hrr niualns
Klora and Itrgluald Champion, and
Laura and Ada Tordyee, Lady Valan
ton'a dauglitera. Hhe had met the two
latter constantly In town, and barn on
apraklng terma with them: but nothing
more. The elder woa rolher plain, but
aristocratic looking, and very proud. Ada,
the younger, waa pretty, good-tempered
ami unaffei'ted. Kim took to Winifred at
onre, and anon became icry fond of her;
hut her alater Joined with Flora In be
ing disdainful slid cold to the farmer's
daughter. There ere two or three young
men. frlrnda of ltrglnald'a, aiming In tho
house, and Mr. Maxwell, to whom Mlaa
Champion waa now formally engaged.
"I have newa for you. Laura." aald
Iteglnald one day, entering the room In
which were hla alatera and roualna; "In
deed, newa for you all. Hastings la not
going to Norway In hla yaeht, but la com
ing down to the Court, and haa Invited
several people with hlin, ao wu shall all
be enlivened a little. I hope, In this dull
hole. Lady Dora Annealy la to play
hoatesa, ao there la auro to be plenty of
fun."
Home days after Lady Dors Annealy
arrived at the Court with her husband, a
young, good-tempered man, very fond of
hrr, and uol lu the least Inclined to be
Jealous.
There had been a very decided flirta
tion between Mr. Hastings and Lady
Dora some years ago. before ahe was
married or engaged; they sometimes re
vived It even now. He let her have her
own way wan) villi In the matter of com
ing to stay at thu Court and Inviting
guests and turning the old bouse upsldo
down for private theatricals, and In re
turn ahe waa very bright and kind to
hi in and consulted his pleasure In every
possible way.
Lady Dora made all her plana and Kr
rol carried them nut. He culled on Mra.
Champion, gave hrr softie hints about the
tableaua and a desire for her co-operation.
Hhe responded Immediately by
calling on Lady Dora, and two days af
terward Dora appeared at Hurat Manor.
The ladles, especially the young ones,
i were charmed with her, ahe waa ao
j bright, ao fascinating.
There were a great many calls, conver
' aatlons, hints, proposala and suggeatlons,
I aad finally everything waa arranged pre
1 rlsely aa the mistress uf the ceremonies
I hsd Intended It should be. Then, of
course, there were rehearsals at the
' Court; lunches, dinner parties, all man
ner of pretexts for getting tho young
people together to perfect their parts.
' Scenery and dresses came down from
Loudon. Mr. Hastings spared neither
trouble nor expense, and the Court ball
loom was transformed Into an elegant
theater. All the country round wan' In
vlti'd; there were to be two hundred
guests.
Winifred's heart beat f.l't for the lrst
time she visited Maxell Court. Sim re
membered how In the plden days that
slutrly gray mansion Into which she hail
lifter hoped tu enter hud been imested
In her childlike dreams with nil the ro
mance which aha had read of or faiiclctl.
Afterward It had been dearer still ua thu
home of the man nhn hud been to her
a luro, n demigod. The time came to her
when ahe hud been the simple fanner s
daughter, ao proud, so luippy tu be no
ticed by tho hauilsniuf limner or Huiell
Court. How her heart hud sunk within
her na ahe saw him a.ilng court tu the
beautiful, aristocratic women who aceiu
i'd then ao fur ubore her; unit how little
ahe hud dreamed of the ndvciit of n time
when she shnuld be n more- honored, moie
longed-for guest than they?
Mr. Hustings cuino out to me"', the par
ty of ladles who hud ridden over tn the
Court. Ho went up tu Winifred first,
nml took her In his strong arms nud lifted
Uer from the saddle.
"Welcomet" he whispered; "this is a
time I have often louged for."
One day ahu hud ridden over to the
Court to rehearse with Lady Dora. Mr.
Hustings came In from a drive and found
hla cousin alone in the morning room.
"I'ruy, don't come lu, Krrul," alio ex
claimed; "I must not be Interrupted, or
Winifred will be ready lirat."
"la Mlas Kyre here, then?" he aaked.
"Yea lu the picture gallery, I think.
She said ahe could study her part best
there."
Mr. Hastings left the room and turned
hla steps in tho direction of tho picture
gallery. It was an Intensely hot after
noon, and all the doors wero thrown wide
ppru. He looked into the long, uncarpet
ed room, and saw there a new picture
In a new frame, He stood and gated at
It longer and with deeper feelings than he
had ever gated at any other picture
there; It was tho only one that was not
his It was the ouljr one ho cared for or
desired ardently. Framed In the dark
oak of tho window setting was a lithe,
graceful figure, half reclined, and a fair,
upturned face. Hrrol'lialf feared to break
the spell that he stood watching. Pres
ently Impatience overcame the fasclna
tlou, He went toward her, and the uolse
of his footsteps aroused her,
"Were yon studying or thinking, Mlas
Kyre'" ho aaked,
"I hardly know, Mr. Hastings, Think
ing, perhaps,"
"It Ii too warm to study or think, eith
er. Have you over seen the Hutcll por
trait gallery V"
"Nover."
"Should you llko to ice It?"
"I should. Indeed,"
"Como with mo and I will show It to
yon. Walt n moment.'thotigh; I must get
tho key; I always keep that room locked,"
Sho waltod, looking out of the window
Into tho roso garden, In a mltiuto he re
turned. Sho followed him and heard the
echo B lid (ttrfieil the massive key In the
lock. He stood aside a moment for her j
to pass, and then alio heard the heavy
door close behind llicin. A feeling half
of fear crept Into Imr heart. Hhe dnred
tint turn! a illm consciousness ur worn
was passing In his iiiluil ecrmod to over
shadow hrr. One by one ahe gazed at the
portraits on the wall, at the beautiful,
gracious-looking women and thu stalwart
men, to some of whom the present Mr.
Haalluga bore such a striking likeness.
Presently ahe dropped her eyea from the
wall end turned to him. Hhe began a
sentence and then paused abruptly blood
rnl with confusion nt Ihe Intensity of his
gnie. lie put his hand on hers and ea
aayed lo draw her toward him, but ahe
turned sharply away, trembling sod
frightened.
"My love, my dsrllng!" he cried, In a
deep, strong voice, "do not let ua misun
derstand each other any longer. You lov
ed tne once; you do lorn mo still, a Utile,
I believe. Why should there be mistrust
ami constraint between us'"
Ills words were very sweet In her ears,
but the false pride that had tormented
her so long would not let her be happy
even now, at the crisis of her life, Hhe
drew herself away.
"You have seen the wlvea that all the
former Hastings have chosen aonie no
ble, all fair. 1 awear before heaven none
of them have been loved and revered aa
you ahull be If you will be the last of the
rare! O. my darling! do not let a false
pride make all our Uvea one long bitter
ness." Tears came Into her eyes-large tears
that gathered and brimmed over, running
down the fair face and tusking It aad.
"I loved you once," ahe half aobbed
"loved you with all my heart, as I could
never love again. I waa only a poor, lit
tle country girl then: you were n hero
and a god to me. something different from
any one I had seen before, and because
I was simple snd Ignorant, and loving,
you draplaed me, and you treated Miss
Champion with honor and courtesy be
csuse she was a line lady, and-ant! you
thought I was only a farmer's daughter."
And Winifred sobbed with paasionato
Indignation at Ihe remembrance of her
wrongs. Mr. Hastings waa fairly angry.
Her tears moved him lo Impatience.
"Will ou never cease upbraiding me?"
he exclaimed. "Have I not atoned to you
enough? Have I not humbled niyaelf be
fore you aa I believe In truth none of our
rare ever humbled himself before? Onco
for all. Winifred, will you take the love
I offer you or do you reject me now-and
forever?"
"I reject you!"
He was gone even before the better Im
pulse, surging quickly Into her heart,
moved her to call him back, crying:
"I did not mean It!"
Hhe felt then she bad thrown away her
own life, her own happiness, and she
crouched down by the window uttering
great, gasping sobs of rrmorao and an
guish. From that lime Mr. Hastings' manner
to her was changed. He waa courteoua
but In no wlae different In hla bebsvior
to her tbsn to the other ladies who visit
ed t the Court. And when ahe thought
he no longrr cared for ber, her love for
him revived ten-fold and ahe almost
broke her heart for him.
(To be continued.)
WHY NEW BREAD 18 HURTFUL.
ltukrv lro.luela Fresh from the Oven
Are Not Well Mustlcuttd. !
It Is a commonly nceeptod opinion
thnt new bread Is hurtful to jioople gen-1
ernlly Id-cnuse of the gases It contains.
A. well-known writer disputes this and
claims that brend fresh from the oven
Is no more Injurious than that which la
stale, provided It Is masticated as thor
oughly. He says alnlo bread when
broken between the teeth resolvea Itself
Into gritty particles, which. If they
were not softened with saliva, would be
next to Impossible to swallow, couho
fluently limn thoroughly masticates
stale bread, and In doing so impreg
nate!! It with saliva, which partially dl
giwtH and adapts It tu Uie alimentary
tract.
Hut new brend, Jielng soft and plas
tic, la more npt to lw swallowed with
out luastleutlon, or, In other words,
bolted. 11 la in this net, he thinks, thai
the Injury exists nud not In the char
acter of tho bread. Hot rolls would be
Just na dlgintlble ns atnlo ones If they
were properly mnallcnteil. Ho refers lu
this connection to tho dog ns n teacher
of tin Important phyalologlcnl lesson.
This nHlmal bolts meat, but enta bread
beeauso the mouth parts are nblc to do
llttlo toward the digestion of meat be
yond reducing It to n convenient form
for swallowing. He. however, seems to
overlook the fnct that tho dog's teeth
nre Illy constructed for chewing, uud
Hint la the most likely reason for hH
exiH'dlllotis bulling of meat.
Another curious fact which ho calls
attention to la that stale bread Is not
Luiore dry than new. This Is shown by
sttlimltling smie nrenu ir n suori, iiiuk
! a high temperature. I'mler uueu con
ditions ll became soft mul plastic, re
gaining ItH newness, and this despite
the fact that some moisture must be
driven oft In the operation. He thinks
this Is explainable un the supposition
that In new bread there Is free water!
present, but that In stale bread, while
It Is atlll there, It Is In a state ot true
chemical combination. In general, ho
concludes, It Is n sound physiological
plau lo thoroughly masticate overy
morsel of food before swallowing it
Any IOseuso lu a Storm.
"Only n few weeks ago," suld a man
who does collecting for n big business
house, lu the city, "I had to call on n
delinquent. He was a man of standing
I made bold to venturo that ho win
something like three mouths tardy. 1
noticed bis right hand was In n sling,
"'Why,' he begun, 'do you know I
am very sorry, but I'vo had an accident
to my huiiil,' and hero ho mado n great
show of his wounded member, 'and I
haven't been able to sign any checks
lately
"Now, ot course," the collector contin
ued, "I get all kinds of excuses from
all kinds of people. Somo say they ure
very IniHy, otno nny they aro tempor
arily pinched nud confidingly plead for
mercy, but If any ouo had advanced
ttuy Htich excuse us n wounded hand
Vd havo taken It as n bit of Irony had
I not heard tho man and seen from hla
faco that he expected that tho excuse
would bo good. Well, It was good.
Thero was not enough of mo left to
nsk him If that baud had held hlin up
for thrco months from making pay
ments. At any rnto, It detained hltu
thrco weeks more." Boston Herald.
tioes Hlinbby Himself.
"They aay ho makes llttlo moro than
a baro living for himself,"
"No wonder. Look nt the clothes hit
wife has." Pulludoltiula Bulletin,
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S4S'S)S)SS)))S)S)4'
BKTTY HAWMNfl had a batik
account, nml a huge one at
that Hut Hetty had a greater
fortune In tier face, for ahe waa aa
pretty na n spring beauty, and though
sho waa pcrveree and polity when she
wnnlHl to lie ah was ordinarily as
swt-et oa n violet,
Hetty llviil in the summer time at
Lowlnml (lien, not many miles remov
ed from Fort Sherman, a Mr (tarrl
ami with enough young officers on
duty tu fill the ranks of a company
hud they bein forced to drop the swonl
and shoulder the Krng-JorgMiaon.
Ilittty loved the miliary what girl
doesn't? and If the truth be told
llotty'a heart was set on marrying: Into
the nold I err, but ahe had made tip her
mind secretly that he couldn't think of
looking at anything leas then a colonel,
and when she thought of It ahe sigh
ed, for the oloniU In Uncle Ham's
ngulara were all ao dreadfully old, and
Hetty was only ID, mind you.
There waa young Itoy Lanyard sta
tioned at Kurt Hherman. He waa
mighty good looking, Hetty admlttid
this to herself, nud It wouldn't lie n
lilt hard to love blm, but Hoy was
only a captain, and nothing but n
colonel would do. Captain Lanyard, to
get Into the middle of things at once,
waa Just as draprrately In love with
Hetty as a young soldier Just old
enough to know hla own mind can be.
He didn't care a rap about Iletty'a
bank account; in fact, he never gave It
u thought. It was Just Hetty herself
that bo wanted, but he didn't daro say
ao.
Now Hetty had another falling, not
uncommon among American girls not
old enough thoroughly to understand
that Yankee husbands are the best In
the world, and that waa a firm belief
that the Ideal condition In married life
would be that which would come from
a husband who waa a combination of
dir. nor laxtaiid looked on aad
WAS MISERABLE.
Englishman and Engllah army officer.
"The colonels nre younger over there,"
aald Betty to herself, "and they are
all of aristocratic family, and, ob
well. Englishmen are Just too lovely
for anything."
The summer colony at Lowland Glen
was unusually large that season. There
were buncbea of swell doings, aa the
slangy Yale counsln of Betty would
iut it. The army officers from Fort
Sherman were much In evidence, and
one young captain In particular waa
very much In evidence In the vicinity
of Miss Betty Rawlins. Betty saw tho
evidence clearly, and how she did wish
that the president would retire some
few hundreds of superior officers so
that Hoy Lanyard could tack the ab
breviation "Col." to the front part
of his name.
One day there was excitement at
Lowland Glen. Mrs. Calumet had In
vited two Englishmen, one of them an
army officer, to spend the month with
them at their summer home. The
news reached Betty the morning after
the arrival of the Calumet's two
guests. Twenty young women had
told her about It Let the girls alone
for spreading news of this kind. "And
Betty," snld one of ber Informants,
"one of the Englishmen Is a colonel In
his majesty's service, and young and
good looking at that"
Betty's heart gave a thump. "At
last," she murmured to herself.
The next afternoon Betty met the
Englishmen at the Dexter Country
Club. Her heart fluttered a little as
tho younger of the two men the other
waa old and out of the running was
Introduced to her. Colonel Reginald
Southcote was his name. It fairly
rang of aristocracy and militarism.
Betty knsw that he was a simon-pure
Englishman all right enough because
of his name, bis accent and hla clothes
which didn't fit.
For tiro next week Colonel Reginald
Southcote waa Betty Rawlln's ahadow.
Captain Roy Lanyard looked on and
was miserable. Betty gave him two
dances and about three words during
the entire week.
"No show for one of Uncle Sam's
poor artillerymen when there'a one of
King Edward's men with a drawl and
a monocle about," sighed peor Captain
Itoy.
Colonel Reginald Southcote was not
long In finding out that Betty Raw
lins bad a pot ot money and that she
adored the military. Betty aaked him
ono day what bis regiment was, and
be replied promptly: "I am the colonel
of tho Royal Yorlcksblre Regiment,"
h said.
Hetty had heard tales about English
men pretending to be what they were
not, but the colonel looked honest
enough, nnd the girl was half ashamed
of herself when she went to a library
In the city nnd took down a British
military gazette from the shelf and
looked for Royal Yorlcksblre Regi
ment. She found It all right, and with
the uamo of Reginald Southcote set
down ns colonel thereof.
From that tlnio Betty was very cor
dial to the colonel. She turned the
conversation occasionally on the Boer
war, expecting to hear some deeds of
daring modestly told, but the colonel
rSSaHKT
ii t . i j ii-'Mrrsivvvui
mi
waa strangely silent on the subject of
field service, and Hetty put It down
to a brave man's reticence when It
came to speaking of hla own acta on
the field of battle. Hetty might not
have liked It had ahe known that when
she was looking up the colonel's regi
ment tin was making Inquiries In cer
tain financial circles about the extent
of ber bank account. The report seem
ed to please him, and he proceeded to
make hay while the aim abone. and It
was n particularly cloudier month at
Lowland (Jlen.
Hetty knew with a girl's Intuition
that an offer was not far away. Hbe
felt a pang, however, every time she
saw Captain Lanyard and saw how
miserable be looked, though he tried
to put a brave face on the matter. If
the truth be told, Hetty Cried a little
In the privacy of her room when she
looked at tho glorious old flag floating
In the sunshine at the flagstaff peak
In the fort beyond, and sighed and
sighed again.
One da Lawyer Coke, who looked
after Hetty Hawlln'a estate, .beard
from a close friend that a certain Eng.
Ilsbman had been Inquiring about Het
ty'a financial standing. "Fortune hunt
er If not a fraud," aald old Coke to
himself, and then, as luck would hart
It- be happened to pick up a copy of
the Hroad Arrow, the Journal of the
united services of Oreat Britain.
Lawyer Coke looked at It Hla eyes
fell on a paragraph and he chuckled.
He folded the paper up. put It In bis
pocket and took the first train foi
Lowland Glen. lie marked the para
graph In the paper and put It where bi
knew Betty would be sure to pick 11
up, and from the nature of the publica
tion be knew ahe would be sore to read
It from start to finish.
Hetty Hawllna felt that tie hour wai
coming when she would have to an-
awer a question put to her by Colonel
Reginald Southcote. She was think
ing ot this when she picked up tht
Broad Arrow. She knew what ths
paper was, for ahe had heard of It
yayu naa, iui bus uau UC3IU Dl IL'
Bhe read It eagerly. The date of thi
nsner was thri mnnrh. WW Th.
I marked paragraph caught her eye. Shi
read this:
"General Towell-Baden Inspected ths
Royal Yorlckahlre Regiment last
Thursday. It waa the first training
day of this militia organlxatlon for a
year. The new men were In poor trim,
j and Colonel Reginald Southcote, whs
nas seen no rorcign service ana verj
little at home, had hard work to glvt
commands and to alt bis horse prop-
eny. ine regiment wm need overhaul-
ing w Drag up to even muitia stand.
The paper dropped from Betty'a fing
ers. "Militiaman: never saw rlaTa
real service; couldn't sit on his horse;"
and then Betty gasped. Uer thoughts
turned to another paragraph that aha
h.rt reed in .n imi.ii'.n !.i vi
told how one Captain Roy Landyard
hari Nslr CAnM-.l.n.l 4.t
of honor for personal gallantry In the
aavlng of the life of a comrade under
fierce fire in the Philippine Islands.
Betty knew that night at the ball at
the hotel that Colonel Reginald South
cote waa seeking ber out but she
avoided him. Captain Roy Lanyard
met her and ahe smiled on him, and
there was a look In her eyes that made
the young soldier's heart leap. "Won't
you go for a walk with me?" be said.
"Yes," ahe answered softly.
As they passed down the hotel steps
the moonlight fell full upon them, and
Lawyer Coke, who was standing on
the veranda, smiled, nnd, being a bit
of a wag, he turned to a friend who
had been watching the course of
events for a month past and said:
"Alas! Poor Yorlckshlre." Chicago
Record-Herald.
Tale or a Grateful Moose.
The moose and elk liberated In the
Adlrondacka by the State of New
York and William C. Whitney during
the last two years have played rather
odd pranks tn the gardens of the na
tives and with loads of hay In tran
sit, but It cannot be said that they
are ungrateful animals, says a New
York Times writer. The home of the
moose this winter has been In the
vicinity of the Brown's Tract ponds,
and there on Saturday evening the
crew of a freight train on the Rac
quetto Lake railroad discovered a cow
moose In distress. The animal bad
been walking along the shore of a
pond and broke through the Ice and
plunged about In the bole for some
time, unable to help Itself.
According to the story told by a
trainman, be and his companions
looked on with varying emotions, but
finally summoning their courage, hey
went to the animal's assistance and
got It out of the water with the aid
ot boards. Instead ot taking to the
woods after Its rescue the moose fol
lowed the trainmen about as a pet
dog might ate all of their luncheon
that they could spare, warmed Itself
at the side of the locomotive, got In
the way of the train and refused to go
even when the train was compelled to
movo away. Its gratitude was evi
dent The elk and moose with which It la
hoped to restock the Adlrondacka have
taken good care ot themselves dur
ing the winter. The killing ot a young
bull moose near Newcomb has aroused
public feeling considerably.
Humanity and Policy.
"Sklmper was finding fault because
tho lire engine horses are driven so
recklessly fast."
"I'll bet If bis houso was on fire
he'd favor driving them a good deal
faster."
"No, he wouldn't. He's got that old
shell ot his Insured for twice Its
value." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A woman usually follows fashions In
dreslng her hair till the second baby
comes, when she hasn't time to experi
ment, and clings to the style prevalent
then till her death.
A man's strength develops when he
has something to do; not when he Is
Idle.
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIO PAPERS.
Pleasant Incidents Occurring the.
World Over- Baying that Are Ckeer
fnl to Did or Totmar Vnmur Retec
lions (bat Kvsrybody Will Itnjoy.
The topic had been carefully explain
ed, and aa an aid to understanding the
teacher had given each pupil a card
bearing the picture of a boy fishing.
"Even plensura," aald ahe, "require
the exercise of patience. Se the boy
fishing? lie must sit and wait and
wait. He must be patient"
Having treated the subject very
fully, she began with tho simplest,
most practical question:
"And now, can nny little boy tell me
what we moat need when we go flsh
Ing?" The answer waa abouted with one
voice'
"Halt!"
Not Ich to Bsa.
Maybelle Did yon notice Clara's
new bathing ault at the beach this
morning?
Sallye You forget, dear, that I am
near-sighted.
None loes Like It.
Mrs. O'Hagan Come. Terence, truf
, ,
Bn, ho,nor now; bTe Jt ever era an"
0""T ilKe my oaoyz
unc,e ieJence isrumpyr core, jjsiry
I Ann- n 1 can i remimDer, not naving
heea to a muSf'Hm or a tia' tDOW
jmrs.
Considerate Little Bon.
Stern Parent Your mother tells me
you havo been naughty again, and
therefore I ahall be obliged to punish
you.
. Tronhlesomo Ron Wh.whr can't ma
punish me herself, pa? I don't s-ee
wwhy you should have to d-do all the
0(jd Jobs.
Jaat Lovely.
Crawford She married a car-
Mrs.
, I"1"-
Mrs. Crabshaw Isn't that Just love
Now 8e can, aTe "'lT Put,np
whenever she wishes, without having
10 "k 'aDdJonl er
Bfcatu. & uwa.
Why Thejr Don't Bp.ek.
Mrs. Cutting Hlntz Mr. Takem
Wright the photographer, said my
baby was the prettiest baby he'd ever
seen.
Mra. Caller Down Thafs strange.
He Mid the same thing about mine.
Mrs. Cutting Hintz Well, I guess
he saw your baby before he saw mine.
Detroit Free Press.
The Kush to the Conntry.
Farmer Well, what's the matter
now?
Agriculturist from the City It's like
this: The cow refuses to sit on the
stool.
Couldn't Peare Him.
"Colonel." said the fair hostess to the
hero of many battles, "are you fond of
classical music?"
"Madam," replied the gallant colonel,
"I'm not afraid of it"
Inqntatttv.
Bertie Papa, a little stream
Is a
streamlet Isn't It?
Papa Yes, Bertie.
Bertie Well, papa, la a
Tapa Oh, go away, Bertie. I want
a little quiet
Bertie Well, why didn't you say you
wanted a quletlet?
Used To Trouble.
"What makes you think you are
qualified to become a football referee?
Are you brave? Have you ever put
down a riot?
"No; but I have acted aa Judge at a
baby show,"
An Acquired Habit.
Mrs. Gramercy Do you think It was
an Intentional alight on the part of
Mrs. Newrlch?
Mrs. Park Why, no, my dear. She
hasn't been a lady long enough to
know how to be rude. Puck,
loalus; Interest.
Mrs. Oldwed And does your hus
band lovo you as much now as he did
when you were first married?
Mrs. Nowed (a brldo of six months)
I don't know. I haven't asked him
for threo days.
Comparing Notes.
"So Mr. Slmlax told you his heart
was broken when you refused him?"
said Maud.
"Yes," answered Mamie, '
"The Impudence of him to offer me
damaged goods the next day I"
Washington Star.
Tnn I'reelena.
A village clergyman haa this choice
bit among his annals. One day he waa
summoned In haute by Mrs. Johnston,
who had been tnknt suddenly 111. VI u
went, In some wonder, because she
wan not of his parish, and was known
to bo devoted to her own minister, the
Rev. Mr. Hopkins.
mile be waa waiting In the parlor,
before aeelng the sick wtoman. he be
guiled tb time by talking with her
daughter.
"I am very mnch pleased to know
your mother thought of me In her Ill
ness," be aald. "Is Mr, Hopkins
away?"
The lady looked unfelgnedly allock
ed. "No," ahe said. "Oh. nol But we're
afraid It'a something contagious, and
we didn't like to run any risks."
Housewife.
One Woman' Thrift.
A traveler haa a story of a canny
old dame whom he met In one of bis
motor tour. He had the bad luck to
run over one ot her chickens. It was
not greatly hurt but he stopped and
offered the woman a trifle In compen
sation. "Tot, sir," she aald, "when I wants
a pullet killed I allua puts nn out In
the road. Ten to one but It's runned
over, and then I gets the payment and
my pullet too.
A Calar Scheme.
"Phoebe, see how ths color has run
In this waist It's simply ruined!"
"'Deed, missy, I has de'wutt luek
color teems to run In our fambly."
Life.
New They Don't Book.
Ethel Yes, I won Charley at a
euchre party.
Enrle Indeed 1 I heard yon were
awarded the booby prize. Chicago
Newa.
It Advantage.
"I should think golf wonld be rather
violent exercise for your grandfather."
"I tuppose It would If ha didn't have
to much time to rest while the ball la
being found."
Phoe on the Other 7ot.
Osmond Well, you've never seen me
run after people who hare money.
Desmond No; bnt I've ren people
run after you because you didn't bare
money.
'Unprofitable Qaeatlnnlnsr.
Husband A penny for your
thoughts. Flora.
Wife I was thinking of a fifteen
dollar hat
X Problem In Hhetorlc
Little Bobby Say, pop I
Father Well, what Is It now?
Little Bobby If a Chinaman speaks
broken Engllah would a white man
speak broken Chlna (Exit Bobby
to bed.)
Advantage of Hlchee.
Physician The truth can no longer
be hidden, madam. I am obliged to
tell yon that your little son Is or
weak minded; that is well. It must be
said he Is an Idiot
Mrs. Illgbup How fortunate It Is
that we are rich. No oae will ever no
tice It New York Weekly.
Uer Pet Name.
"Darling," be said, after the pro
posal, "HUdegarde It such a long and
formal name. Ia there no pet name by
which I "
"Oh, yes," she Interrupted, "the glrla
at school always call me 'Pickles.' "
Philadelphia Press.
Misdirected Kffort.
"Chicago Is all right In most re
spects," said the retired burglar, "but
It's a poor place to make money."
"Why, I thought It was tho best
ever," rejoined the pickpocket
"Well, It ain't" replied the r. b.
"Why, only last week a friend of tnlno
was pinched for making a few nick
els." Up Aicatnat It.
Brokelelgh Miss Gotrox, I Indulge
the hope that I may yet win your love.
Miss Gotrox Then the rumor Is
true.
Brokelelgh What rumor?
Miss Gotrox The one pertaining to
your penchant for overindulgence.
As Kxptalned.
Bess I wasn't aware that Miss
Bhopley had such a loud voice until I
encountered her In a downtown store
this morning.
Nell How did you happen to notice
It?
Bess She was asking for a pair of
No. 2 shoes.
Bootblack and the Critic
Here Is a story that Is being told
about William Winter, dean of dramat
ic critics. Mr. Winter's locks aro long
and gray. Wile crossing Oliy Hall
Park one day last summer be was ap
proached by a bootblack.
"Shine, mister? Bhlner
"No, my eon," replied Mr. Winter,
and then, noting the grime on the
face of the urchin, he added: "I don't
want a thine, but I'll tell you what
I'll do. If you will go over to the foun.
tain there and wash your face I will
give you 5 cents."
The bootblack looked up at the old
man, sneered at the proffered nickel
and said, disdainfully:
"Say, boss, yer better keep that nicks
el ter pay fer a haircut" New Yorlc
Pre.
Owned by a Few.
More than 2,001,000 persons live in
Manhattan and the Bronx. About 11),.
000 persons own all the land In these
two boroughs. The number of prop
erty holders Is 8,000 less than It was
eight years ago, New York. World,
Naomi' was B80 years old when she
finally secured a husband. Truly ev
erything cornea to those who wait
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