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About The Eugene weekly guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1899-1904 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1900)
ha ruai A NE N® “Mr through ifest to ti growing some tim political it clear tl ing towar cess of th “The might ha< are learnt mean. It polled his 1896, and ire taking ¡can man They reac go, and trout to e THE F “Mr Hi lared tha rgument i orking m lection c olds that til ie full itereet I letbods b; id other ¡> millioni ery year. “To this much ol< r llockefc plied in ith liornel hie. Thi ptemlier “ ‘I hold, ur made a all of th< 0 work, *m with nd«; and other cla iuId do al the eating mi witlioi nd«. But >«en to tin Kthing is id« and a irative thr be interfe to go fort dition ii m to mar ker.’ ” ♦ Eugene Guard WELL PIT MATCRDAY. OCTOBER 27 U S HONEST BELIEF. The Oregonian Said Hard Things About Mckinley. nent that >ung girl youth, d > that it i tran that ie person refuses h ier and happ the mar ills to re« or lack of ncommon ke vengea i basely w le inaauit; lowed to t ional id io or whom assion. )0M FOI io «ays th 1 in tins c> First Na has just d corn panic reatigitioi ie bank f »700.0(X It BCAID lion» exit rs could h until the through etna that aeana of k f their tri a matter ’ aa a mat NST |EV CJ till of J I mrin b» r of that n i. he leaves e of XU curious i i to be p « ie age of marrying tiled Stet «sou fur t “Mr Hanna seems to have dem* onstraied conclusively that he can do much for the laboring man when If be an election is pending. would do as much alter, there would be less the matter with Hanna.” Li Hung Chang and Prince Although now a hearty supporter Ching are out in a joint note a»k- of McKinley, the Oregonian was ing the poweta if it is not about not always thus. On June 22, to for j^ace. The French 1899, it gave its views of his »d-' minister of foreign affairs, M ministration and sounded the alarm pjchon, responds that it will fro as to what dangers might befall time wheu exemplary puniabmant the nation should he be continued ia inflicted on the principals of the in the president’s chair, as follows: Chinese government who are di- •< I he McKinley ad ministration rectly responsible for the violation haa made moat disgraceful appoint of inlernalional jaw. The oiwilized mente to othce at the behest of un- . , scrupulous politicians. It has be- world «*eeuQ8 d««“>ined that China trayed the civil service to the Ï must be made to realize her reapon- spoil men, paralyzed the organiza- sibility as a nation through blood lion of the army, violated its jetting of dignitaries who stand pledgee as to currency reform, hu very near the throne. miliated its muet efficient servants, and discredited American intelli The Oregonian indorses the as gence and valor in the eyes of the sertion of the Washington Post civilized world. “In a time of courage it haa that Bryan should have made no quailed. In a time of ducieK.n it further personal campaign than his has hesitated. In a time <>f action i Indianapolis speech. This is very it has delaved. In a time ot honest | moderate for the Oregonian. Na dealing it has (altered and eejuivo— | turally the Oregonian could have cated. Its policy baa been to drift ; ! been expected to declare that it lta aim has been tn plaça e every body, however unworthy, and cater would have been more agreeable if to everything, however mischievous; Mr Bryan had retired before he its course has t>een to sacrifice any made the Indiana speech. The and every vital interest of the na tion on the altar of partisan and Portland paper is getting very liberal in its views. personal politics. “What is to irocome of American valor and diplomacy if they are to After the first shock people be- be ahuilled and beat about for four gan to lose interest in the Galveston years nr ore of such administration*? horror. Still the telegraph brings What ia to come of the army if it details that show what a terrible ia to be taken more and more from calamity it was that overlook the military men and turned ovei to ward politicians? Wnatis to be- once prosperous Gulf city in a come of the new dejieudenciea, if night-time. One month and ten they are to tie delivered over to the days after the storm, October 19, t-poilamen, aa Alaska has been de- livered over? What ia ti become lorty-two bodies were recovered, of the gold standard in the next and the daily finds of victims do panic if we have a president who not decrease. The total number of can refuse nothing to Wolcott, bodies recovered to that date were Steaart and Jonea of Nevada? What ia to become of the treasury 2.907. nselt, now that Reed haa gone from the safety-valve in congress, if we are to have in the White Hous«' the personification of complaisance? What ia to become of our younn men if the doors of public service are to be closed to the capable and ambitious, and oiron only to the benchmen and Crosses?” WILL WIN. HE JEFF BCSBANDi Salem Journal. The Cities Are Largely in Favor of Bryan. Albany Democrat: “AH the papers It 11 about the demand for Oregon apples but the producer who ships them himself has noth ing to show for it when he has paid the robber prices charged for commission and freight. A Cor vallis man tried it on 100 bushels and had just $2 left for himsel .” A Portland policeman has cause to be haughty and proud. Single- handed, and though confronted with a revolver, he arrested three footpads early Friday morniDg, within half an hour after they bad stood up their victim, and marched them to the city jail together. If Bryan holds his vote in the country he will surely be elected, because he shows signa of immenr gain iu the cities. Nearly all the large cities have Bryan mayors and will roll uji immense majori- Thomas Jeflerton: “Conquest is ties. For instance in Chicago. not in our principles. It is incon- There were added to the registry si-tent wi'h >>ur government.” list« by th" aettond and last day of registration 110,913. These, taken Where is William Brown? with the 204,490 names placed on the books on M inday, give a total H an F kancisoo , Oct 1» —A firm of of 401,403 names as the registratio solicitors tn Aberdeen, Scotland, lias in the 35 wards of Chioago for thi ■ renewed a former request to the police year. Although a revision of the of this city for Information regarding figures may reduce thia total some, the whereabouts of William Brown, thia is the largest registration in the son of a Scotch clergyman, who disappeared from Bakerstleld In the history of the city. A9 com March, 189*. A aubatantial reward ia pared with the registration of 380,- ottered to any one who oau flud the 245 of 1896, the total this year is missing man. 21,158 greater an I exceeds that of Jaekaonville Time«: Wallis Na»h, 1898, which was 825,745, by 75,5 6. a “ blaweted Hlngllsbman," from Al Chicago will very nearly over- bany, ie making epnechM lu Josephine balance the Republican majorities county. He has nothing to say about in the interior of Illinois, The de- lite connection with the wrecking of faction of the Prohibition and re- Job’s bank at Corvallis, and the Ore ligious elemeuts from McKinley gon 1’aeitle railroad, although he finds are large and unless they are rallied much fault with people, the lachete of where shorn be ie uufit to looser. back into line, as they were in 1896, Cottage Grove Nugget Ootot». r 19: McKinley in a defeated man, sure A LIVELY CORPSE. Eugene Register: “There are plenty of good, substantial, old line Democrats who could not vole their sentiment« it they would, simply because there ia no longer a Democratic party in existence iu this country.’’ And yet, to be accurate, Bryan received, 6,502,925 vote« in 1896. nearly 47 per cent of the total vot> cast. If there is no “Democratic party in existence in this country” there ia a mighty big aubatitute. The biscuit trust must 1 pay Hour trust’s price for ita raw i Urial, but the man who cats biscuit pays tribute to both I llour and biscuit trust*. the ma th« the Little Charley Earl, eleven years of age, last week while out hunting about three miles from town, killed a spike buck deer with a muxxle loading shot gun Joe Perkloe Is going mto the culture of strawtierries on eu extensive scale. He h ia already 3 scree I11 plants anu will put In elx more. Hie farm le ju»t east of town, an I the setting out of plant» will oontiuue until the en tire 9 acres are In, “ l'li- Japanese accuse the Chinese of i et'tog more s m order todiecoeer > air aod j„,w ^,1 J 1 - »re 1’be morale of either are on psi «Ith the growers who peck fine a(q • - wt> lb- outside tier of the box anil then All In chiefly- with culls and worn s »lifi rnla Fruit World. In Oregon the growers do none of the above sb mmlng. Fruit in the middle of the larxee is as goal as that on the outside —which fact may account to 1 com ■ x'e it for Hie great demand there alwayr 1» fur Oregon red app?« 1 '—«-e» Gold apd Love By Grace Mere«,1,, "80 I must give up luy tpyewriting and liv« out of doors.’ she said. “Y’»s, if you want to liv® at all,” was the doctor a answer. "Weil, really, soni®tiines 1 don't care the »nap of xny finger for bring, its •e monotonous and »0 hope!®»».” _ , “No wonder. You have made a machine of yourself. M hen you go back to Mother Earth-you're a country girl, are you not—you will be in love with lire again, as you were a dozen years ago, when you couldn't st»j out of doors enough to satisfy your craving.” . . . . ,__ "I remember!" Her eyes brightened. “I loved to work In the garden—not the flow« garden, but amoug the vegetables, homely, useful things—like luyeeil. No rm® can give me points on planting. I'm a farmer’s daughter. The doctor took up th® morning paper and read, To let,, a small cottage house; modern improvements, with kitchen garden; terms easy. “Would that suit me?” she said. “I think so.” “I'll apply.” “Let ine know the result,” said the doctor as he ushered her to the door. It was a pretty cottage, and the owner lived next door. His name wag Adam Everett. She smiled when the agent told her this, for she was Eve Sher burne. “A new Adam and Eve,” she said softly, »centiug a romance in this un- tried country. ... ... "Your husband, madam.” said the agent suavely, “will b® sure to like this place, and if h® has a ta»te for farming he will find every facility to gratify It. The former tenant was an enthusiast and improved the place wonderfully.' “Indeed! Lost his money, ran away or died?” "Married! It spoils a mau’s pro-»p®eta. I b®g your pardon a thousand times. I mean unless the woman is practical a®d a home body. Now, you and your Lus* band will be contented and propsuroua.” “A happy prophecy. Does the owner object to lotting the cottage to a stogie woman Y’ Tfee agent raised his eyebrows. "Aren't you leobiug for yourself? I thought you seemed ss ptseoM wttk ev erything that yeti were coenlng.” ”1 am. The haoband you credited axe with doee not exiet.” Mis® Sh®rb»rn® learuad a few dags later that she would he a welcome tenant, so, taking the dooVor out to piw judgment, »he engaged Hawthorne votta*e. •be had lived there a week and had not caught a glimpse of th® owner, •he almost lived out of doors, aihe unpacked her violin and praettoed music al most forgottvu fn th® atrma of daily me«heal<’al work, rihe sang, Seo, and the song floated in through the <<>eu window® of the next cottage. "I wonder if it would be wise to caHY’ thought Adam Everett. “I hardly know the etlqweria.” He wa® a florist. Me loved flowers, and their cultivation was to him a pleas ure as well as p«4Jt. When be sew every available inch of his ten ant’s ground being planted and sowed, he succumbed to cariosity and iutervmwed Mias Shoe- burn»’» gardener. “Whet does Miss Sherburne Intend to do?” he asked carvlemly. “I see you are plensing.” "She wants to raise aad sell vegetables,” said the country man, “and, by gum, she taquws more about it than a regular farmer. She can give me points. She's a wo A er too. She can handle the tools as well as a man. If eh® were oaly a little bit heavier—but she’s gaining. Hur cheeks are as red as poppies.” Eve Sherburne sat on the piazza at dusk, resting. She heard the gate click and a step on th® graveled walk. A voice »aid: “I’m Mr. Everett, your landlord. I came over to get acquainted. I have brought some flower».’ * “They are lovely. Oh, thank you! The country ie beautiful.” Sitting in tb® rocking chair in the dusk, ahe talked and he listened; then ha talked and ah® listened. They found much in common. One day, returning to his 0 o'clock dinner, bo found on his table some aspara gus In a delicate dish, temptingly served. A card bsside announced "Miss Sher burne's compliments. It will be her pleasure to supply cooked vegetables in their season. ” To her door he carried every morning flowers enough to make her rooms fra grant and beautiful. The raiu, the winds, the charm of the woods and fields, the SJ®t and the freedom, won Eve back to health again. She was in love with e once more. Was it because of the friendship that had grown between a ionels man and woman, she wondered, or because she was in better health? Adam Everett, man fashion, wasted no time in wondering. At the gale way Eve stood oae lonely eight, resting her arms on the bars, Ringing softly. Up th« path to the other side caniu Adam. ¡She made a motion -to unclose the gats- Hs stopped bar, saying: "Kesp it «hat. Eve. until ruy _r fate is settled. Am I to enter paradisw? I found oc my table tonight a plate of a|_ apples, _ a woman’s gift. I have eaten. You pave tempt*! me »way from my solitary existence, The first Eve tempted man out of paMdhe. You are ttnpttag mu ta.” A blush KUtfUHe.1 her face. She stepped baok and swung the gate wide la SMWev. Aflte» unteewd.—Boston Post. A Dangerous Game “Carl, I don’t believe you truly love mq,” aajd Mildred Rqynolds (»41* 4ow. Carl Langlois reddened under her gate. “Wliat nonsense, MUdrod. of tnswa I love you.” Carl had said, the last time he had visited her. .that they would azraaga their plans for the future when he next came, but when Mildred had taude the remade that aha did not believe he really loved her he was on the verge of departwq afid still had not asked her to name the day which would make them huabMg! «1? wife. Ils must have known what the question was she wished to ask. ygt he JId not help hef ont, and so the qu«»tiou died, unaakod. upon her lips. lustaad b® QiTn ad suddenly to th® clock. "IT1 have Jvst time to make my traiu,"-te eald hx£Mod- ly, “®o goodby. sweetheart.” Carl e mother had oft«n eeut Mildred klad-messages. and bad alao sent by Carl rime very beautiful table ltaen for Mildred to eml>»o<der for im » h after her mar riage. Bhe knew that Mre. Langlois washer friend, although they had oarer mat, and determined to go to see her and discover whether Carl had ecMided ba any change in hie desire to marry. She shrank from the trial, yet felt it luost be atgde for the sake of her future happiness. Accordingly a few days after Cast's pelt she took a trip to his home, arriving there, as eh® bad planned, when Corl wsteab- eent at his business. Wheu she introduced herself to Mrs. Langlois, she wag warmly greeted, but when she told the object of her visit her host was visibly sur prised and diecoticerted "My dear child,” she exclaimed, “there must be u mistake somewhere. Carl assured me only yesterday that you kept putting him off whenever he muutfoaed your marriage. I cannot understand it.” “I can, Mrs. Langh le,” said Mildred proudly. “Your eon has grown tlrpd nt me and is seeking In some wey to free himself. But. thank heaven, Uia (Mtare are not yet riveted and are easily broken. I «rill release him from a* <uage- meat which ie no long«’ a pleasure to him." “My deer, dear Mildred,” begged his mother, “do not speak so bitterlja X am euro there ie some tniooodersttai ling.” Mildred had turned very rale, and an overwhelming conviction that Cart was false to her came upon her with crushing force, but she summoned up nougage to face the truth. “We must find out.” she said very gently, for the mother’s distress was also ▼ary great, whether he Is attentive to some one else. Have you ever noticed his taking pleasure in the society of any girl her® ?” >t“vb. no,” Mre. Langlois replied hastily. But suddenly her fsoe changed. Sure ly. she said, aa if to herself, “ho cannot care for Marion Reed? And yet, now that my mind is draivn to it. I hav® notioed him often with her. But Marion ia such a gay little flirt, and then Nhe knew i»f Carl's encasement"— Ah, Mildiwd said quickly, that la not enough to keep some girls from try- Ing away man's “ !■?•■-. love. It may bethat she has drawn him away from mo. - to " win " ““-T - a — But we must mats aure. my dear frlsud—for I feel that you are my Mead—and If It Is true I will willingly give him up to her if it is for his happiness.” They arranged ft that Mildred's presence in the house should be kept a secret from Carl and that hla mother at mealtime should question him ia a way not to artwiee hrs suspicions. so, as the two sat alone at dinner, Mrs. Langlois "What a charming girl Marion Reed is, Carl!" •ata^mar** h* «**> enthualastically. “Do you know, she quitetasei- “Cari.” hie mother said gravely, “that is not the way for a maa Boon'to be inarr’ed to aaotber woman”-• ?***•*- Mother!" Carl exclaimed impatii ntly, “you know I told you Mildred Would never set the day. and we may never be married at all.” "Tou are right. Mr. Langlois,” said Mildred, who had been unable to mist the temptation of listening unseen. "You are quite welcome to ask tha fascinating Miss Reed to be your wife, for I am heueeforth a stranger to you.” Before Carl could recover from his astonishment she was gone, and aa her train *<£!/** r**Jy to she wee out of his reach. anl the pssslonste protests of affection which ho was prepared to make, the promises of future fidelity, were »ev er uttered. Now that he had loot her. Mildred appes-ed to Carl as a rredoue treasure Which be would give anything to possess. The attractions of Marlon Ro^ peled Uto iuelgnlfiean.-e, and he took the next tesla in pursuit of Mildred, hoping«^» m, could win her back. -w But once assured of the flaws in her idol Mildred had cast him out of ter heart and. though it „ sore, it » *• not breksu, be-auw she realised hie un- worthlnesa. Sb. rvrii-. 1 to see Carl an 1 returned hie letters unread. Within a week, mortified st hi- rejectiou. he had offered himself to Msrion Reed. blue j« wide" ’ ilri *h» «UM, epsedag h. r tne rN<x 1 ,ni »l*tly. "I am going to marry you If you will hero ••'”■•1'. I woh’t.” replied the pretty flirt decidedly. “I was oaly ammdag myself with you. my dear boy I hope your heart Is not broken." she sdded mocking v fur rumors of the true state of affairs boAreaobed her ears._ i ..in-,» ia^ -**•«?» Pretty Ethel I.ee had a will of her own, and no one was more astonished at the The trees stood wirlm .r<,u#d manner of Its expression than her friend, chnrch, scarce a |,.af movtu, ,aj Madam Morrow, when Ethel plainly in only sound coming from th» vloeel, 1» formed her that she declined to marry a woven branches, foretelling a tian “old enough to be her father.” Unrest and turmoil. Across the In her girlish fancy she had woven Intervals were arches built of lifcZ eertain sweet pictures of her ideal love, roses an 1 tied with streamer ot ' whom she had never seen, but to whom satin ribbon, while in the < hancel she had been betrothed in Infancy. vases of roses sent out their fra-?, The nearest approach to this ideal was distinguishing the close annua of Dr. Macy, who had attended her in a severe sickness. Had he proposed she and making the air heavy withn would have accepted him; but he didn t. sweetness. Out through the opea Iler fancy, however, received a severe the world looked threatening; th® fl* shock when she received a letter which ing sunshine slowly di-appeared bef Informed her that her guardian would be the fast glittering shadows and the there the next day to claim his little n-ari st the door shivered »lightly ¡», bride, while Madam Morrow, quite at a wind which found entrance through J n loss to account for this sudden change of ices. As the last of the sunshine fled b»f sentiment, having been kept in blissful ignorance of the mischief wrought within the gloom there was a stir in the chun the past few months, strove in vain to ex and all over the vistas above the cha* and uroun.I the orgun luft light Jaj, postulate with her. “I think I might at least have been al out from the gloom. Clusters of lam lowed a choice,” sobbed Ethel passion veiled with tender vines cast a ately. "But no; instead of being treated radiance on the central aisle, wLU, m. like a free, rational creature 1 am im es of glimmering tapers in the chain prisoned at school until my l*ird and mas and about the altar, whose only ter chooses to come and take me. No tiou was the cloth denoting the festal 4 doubt he is some fussy, snuff taking old of the ecclesiastical year, flickered tin bachelor, without an idea in his head ex pure flame in the increasiug wind. Outside also a transf.irniatioo had ( cept his meals and his rh^Hnatism.” "My dear,” expostulated the lady curred. The erstwhile deserted str» anew, “I am really shocked at such lan was blocked with thronging earriigt guage. I am sure his letters to you would whose lights glimmered and twinli, refute any such charge, and the stead like a convention of stars, far up u iness of maturer years is decidedly in his down the i.viii .e end • lustering at t! neighboring corners until scarcely a » favor in my opinion.” "It isn't in mine, then.” Ethel retorted. of Space was left. The soft baited, in “Age and youth were never meant to go toci utii' faced ushers, em-li with a drw together, and old husbands are proverb! inc spray of lily buds iri Lie buttouhuj ally jealous and tyrannical. As to his went swiftly buck and forward in tl letters, I’ve no fancy for loving, senti ni le. and 11 glittering, perfumed tbna mental nonsense copied out of some filled the vacant pews, mingling tints 1 'Complete Letter Writer’ palmed off on pea-h bloom and turquoise with them, me. I’d give more for one spoken word of the lilies aud sending waves of fn that I knew was original than for 50 ionnbie perfumes up to meet th» fu written ones. It's too cruel to think of breath of the surroundi. z blossoms. Heads n Lied, roici w hispered it, and I wish I was dead!” And Ethel went off in another paroxysm, while her ly. fans fluttered, an I the silence trur preceptress retired in silent and hopeless placed by a quiveriug expectation whit perplexity, leaving her to recover from strengthened as tin organ found its n* ami began to bren e out soft snaulu it at her leisure. But tears and protestations were alike of love songs, iu v ! i li were inte;miagu unavailing to ward off the revolution of an echo of the “Lo engrin" swun song A movement out-i '«• the great Jw time. The hours went inexorably on, and despite the somewhat flighty visions amt tile organ siidd-nly merged its wii of flight, elopement, suicide or some other pels of “Then Y oil'll Remember M»" in desperate resort by which to evade the tlie stately strains to which the ku.ght < impending calamity, the appointed day the Grail led his royal bride to her uq and hour found her sitting in her room, tials. The whispering ceased and th pale, moody, but in perfectly unimpaired Hutter subsided as up the aisle adrua health and physical condition, without th«« bride. Gowned in sweeping satii any indications of decline or any nat with the diamond star at I,< r throat !id ural or supernatural escape from her ing fire on every aide, ami her great b» fate. The massive doorbell clanged pres quet of rosebuds seeming to whispa ently, and then a knock came to her door, greetings to the very floor ns they paue< and the automaticlike servant of the she never once lilted In r face The la house in a woodeny voice delivered her veil, which swept the hem of her gon self of the announcement, “A gentleman covered her ns with 11 mist, aa I not M to see Miss Ethel in the parlor,” ami then cvlien she left her satis: . J an I smi!« retired, while Ethel, after a moment’s father to lay her l and in that of th rebellious declaration that she "wouldn't groom wailing at the altar did she lil go down—he might wnit there until her ey es. Throughout the ceremony the, doomsday for all she cared!” changed were covered by the long lashed lids.au her mind with characteristic feminine only for a single instant, as the roup! consistency and left her room with a turned from the lienediction which pro noitnced them n an and wife and "blew slow step and a sinking heart. The parlor door was ajar, and, entering ed" the union, did she Io k at bet brid» with downcast eyes, she almost ran groom. I’.eut and shriveled and ugly as he vui against the tall figure standing before one of the windows. Then she looked up, w ith nil ugliness which not all the glamoa with a start, and gave utterance to a cry of bis millions could remedy, and lit* of surprise as she found herself face to that single glance the bride'» blue era face with Dr. Macy, whom she had not were droppi 1 again. The joyous Men delssohti march pi«a!e<l -nt from the « seen for the week past. For a moment she stood trembling, si ran loft, and a tliousan 1 eyes were its lent; then, forgetting everything in the in envy on the bri'•■. whose futur» »* wild, passionate tide of mingled love and paved with gold: h : still her eyes wen I «groom looked 1 grief tkwrt swept over her, she extended never lifted. The the fhiwerlike face a- if he would fuh both her hands. “Oh, Dr. Macy, have you come «t levour its beauty v ith his hungry eye He tried to suit bis steps to hers, but th last?” The young physician's hands closed limp which year- ami infirmity bad be over hers with a fervent, thrilling pres stowed <>n him could not I • le«-«-oei. Th sure; his dark eyes rested on her face, in steps were slow—too slow by far forth stinct with the sentiment she had longed joyous music wliiib seemed to set tb pace for beating hearts nnd «Inncing feet to see there. .lust as the couple reache*! the entrant “Yes, my darling. I linve come for you —for you only—to take you home,” he the storm broke. nu«l th«« double door wii Hung open by the wiml despite tb» ran answered. “Home! Where?” she repeated, be endeavor of the ushers to hold it «I-*)■/ gu-:t of rain flung throu the «wojogb! wildered by his words. A mysterious smile irradiated Dr. the violence of tin« wind drenched t» Macy’s handsome face. Then he drew bride’s white gow n, and she shrank bad frightened into the church again. her closer with a fond, confident clasp Outside, just against the pole whirl “To the home that has been awaiting my little wife for eight long years. Will supported the ov.niug. leaneii a hP" unobserved by any of th'’ throng w she come to it?” But Ethel struggled from his hold and clustered iile' it the ■■ r.i; r. inte»' stood staring nt him with widely distend seeing the splendor nnd loveliness of bride. It was n tall njc! slender nru* ed eyes. “What do you mean? It cannot be whiidi bent slightly before the win ■ on the white, uptiirm d fa«v there «• possible that—that”— “That Dr. Macy Thornton is Ethel's no consciousness of the drenching long expected guardian?” was the smil which beat down ot tim thin ewuM ing answer. “Why not, my darling? If coat and rtmbby Li_!i silk fat I chose to see my prospective wife a lit I whi< b the clustering ■ ■' k hmr lay . tle before the time and after finishing my against a white forehead. Some one handed the giwni a medical studies abroad, came here to see ' and love her far better than I had imag nnd with shaking fing. - 1 p ined possible, am I less welcome in her just it about l.is bl id - wt ' His uetrous fingers f n I "•> <«» . ayes?” “But my guardian is an older man than clasp, aud ns she rai-« p her hea' fou—old enough to be my father!” stam low him greater facility her eye» I those burning dark « yes which mered Ethel. “Who told you so?" asked Dr. Macy, ’ her from under th«« <!rem bed a T!i<« depth of agony which - Sis dark eyes dancing with merriment. “Why, nobody. 1 always imagined it. |...:„C«1 to pass like a t'a-h to her 1 , mid. shmldering. »tie caught 'ne » It was my only idea of a guardian.” “Most happily dispelled. I trust,” said lu r newly made htisbmul an “ " ” 1 b. < ,:4 Dr. Macy, approaching her again. "Ah, m ried to her ear’ my faithless little sweetheart, I have her. warm ami frag: nut wl’h read your secret all along, and. although i of favor blossoms placed for t sot old enough for such a guardian as tire. , .g The doors were <! ■• ’ t.e you fancied, I am Just old enough to be your husband, darling. Will you try me moved a little, an 1 It - ' ' tnd see?” I there was a groat »tir. Th- But she couldn't say anything for a 1 jubilant Mendelssohn man b fl« moment, and when she did speak her an- . faintly a« tlie waiting figure I-a * , « iwer was too low to reach any ears «are ward suddenly, an I a- >' those for whom It was intended. How ed awav for the last tim- the _ lver, when Mndam Morrow entered the gold looke.1 longingly and imlngu parlor, an hour later, she was as much I the eyes of love. - Pittsburg I re-*. nirprisol as her pupil. And in the wed Why II® V. «• Great. ding that followed there was not a A physician connected •hadow to mar the radiant brightness of •Jie young bride’s face as she gave her ty extension movement self into the keeping of the handsome one very poor quarter be thysidan. no happily reconciled and iden authority on children's » tified with her long expected and lately man whose claim to sk’1 came from the fad that * ireaded guardian.—New Y'ork News children, of whom but < in«. With so much si< Blockheads. if When reproved on « ne "ccaston for not bora coucxled that »he Thi thoHty on 'he »ubj> !■ ittendlng a committee called to consider the paving of St. Paul's churchyard with of freqnc'hi «tthoi gb 1: wood. Charles Macklin, the noted Irish cation. priori “YVhy is he «nch » « ,e.» sctor. said. “Oh. you lay your hea ls to- ent of the frr d.-nsrsno't (vther, and It will soon be done.” ger in a ani-dl <itr. ,ere »** ** “Why. be wa« in <ha> rwreasonahle Dears. There Is nothing that convinces a wom had the big fire.” “Bnt d.»« that mak' an jo readily that marriage Is a failuie j r< •• for Iler bn-txnd to say to her in a Intendin' ?" it \ “Certainly. I' t for 1 kind voice. “But you wouldn't under j,-, Coa^* Y stand it. my dear, if I were to explain It have been a big fire. iioa. :e y<" Ufa.