R H Y M E OF TH E PU M PK IN PIE. T U a dlah that the gods Mara, Apollo aad Jove, In their palmiest days might be envious of; Where the rnllk and the honey of plenty combine To fashion a dish most'deliciously fine. When the spell of November Is gray upon earth, And the howling storm spirit comes out of the north. Then the heart Is made glad, tho' forbid- w ding the sky, 'B y the taste and the sight of the rich pumpkin pie. Dear time-honored dish that our grandmoth er's made, Ere the red man was gone or the forests were laid ; W'hen the sound of the warwhoop was heard In the land, And the rurltan tolled with his musket at hand, When towering Wantasquet saw to ascend The silent smoke signals that spoke of the end; And the bear and the panther, the lynx and the fox Held revels of blood In Its storm-smitten rocks. You are dainty as then, In those autumn's of old. With crust like a snowflake and center of gold, With the spices of India lying deep In your heart. You are Jewel and crown of the housekeep er*s art. Let the anglomanlac wall. If he will. The homage, yours Justly, we’ll offer you still ; And ever this toast we'll repeat till we die— •‘All hall and long life to the brave pump- y. kin pie I” Though your hills, O November, are bar ren and bleak. And walling the winds in your forests which speak. One charm we will cherish— yes, keep till we die— The pride of New England— the good pump kin pie. >ver ore [on S V« f A Nappy Thanksgiving* 5 £ The good people of the church had decided that something must be done, and at once. The treasurer, a young man, who had recently come to the village, had made a financial statement that October Sunday morning, upon which certain per sons felt very much scandalized. Such a thing had never been done before— not even thought o f ; then it revealed the fact t that the Rev. Wesley Norwood had re- r —'Ceived but $,“»1.75 for six months of faith ful service. " I don’t believe in bringing up such matters in the religious services of the church,” growled Brother Cook, who al ways protested that it was a waste of money to pay the minister so much sal ary. ‘ ‘ I quite agree with you,” responded |jk Mr. Barnes. He was not a member of the church, but attended because it was a respectable thing to d o—gave you stand ing. " I f these things must come up ev ery Sunday, I shall attend church else where.” Notwithstanding this, it was generally agreed that It was a shame, and some thing must be done. But when things had gone in a haphazard way so long it was no easy matter to face right about. A f ter several weeks of deliberation, the nec essary something seemed as far from ac complishment as ever. “ It ’s too bad that they do not collect the pastor’s salary,” remarked Mrs. Hun ter at the Ladies’ Aid meeting. Who she meant by “ they” was not entirely clear, inasmuch as she was one of the officers. “ I f no one else will do anything, we must,” rejoined Mrs. A lle n ; the various members nodded approval. It was soon planned. The pastor had received $51.75; they would pay him $08.25— make it even $150— and have enough left in the treasury for incidental matters. On Thursday evening of next week, which was Thanksgiving, they would invite themselves to the parsonage and have a good time while making the pastor happy. It would be easy to pre pare something extra while getting ready for Thanksgiving. It was to be a grand secret; not a soul but members of the society should know a word of it. A t the close of the business meeting of the Young People’s League, the presi dent made a close scrutiny to assure him self that all present were members; he then proposed that, as “ they would not do anything,” the League take up the matter. “ I understand that we have nearly sixty dollars in the treasury; we could pay the pastor $48.50— bring the salary op to $100— and have enough left to pay- all bills and begin the new year out of debt. I f we do this I suggest that we observe the utmost secrecy and make it a complete surprise.** All readily agreed to the plan and pledged the proper reti cence in the matter. Four of the most faithful met after prayer meeting to discuss the situation. and decided that they must at once col lect $248.25, the balance necessary to pay the six months’ salary due. This they proceeded to do so quietly that no one surmised a general canvass was being made. Before Sunday the entire amount pi was secured. I ■ I ■ I P J I ' I Friday, after achool, the Junior Lea* nera met and decided that Inasmuch as the atawn up folks would not help in the matter, they would do what they could: ao they voted to pay over every bit there th* ' r" asur»- Upon counting was found to b« the correct amount. .V ° h' ,r1rl* :” V '* 5 as E Y "? .? ' T in the Ifoasurer’s £00k' 11 wUI mak* i« « t even $75 and I ** *D °U gh to m ak" « ¡t bun- After the choir had run over the Sun- day hymns, someone propoeed that thev ^ ^ ■ p a v the pnx-eed, of the 'lM t'concert on ^ ^ ^ ■ t h e sa.vry 1 he sura of $341 ■ fe to r * to th. mar* a of h.a anthem book ■ ■ |K .nn",dr r*<r?h.X!'¡r»m ik,; th" w° uld « ' 1 » ' th, parsonagi anT",'“ * pn* the pastor with a check for this Amount. nt Perhaps .t would somewhat • 1“ °f to «*, d*j; , u • tryln* time for lieh , " a* •><* the Bight before and kept them awake and Wha°t wbh M £ * *° ^ th“ T < " * " l«P t snd m.k h ru' h,n* t0 breakfast over and make ready for the service at church, prayers were shortened and the chanter omitted altogether. V&r 1 * ” *° tired! Eeery- T “ * Wr° n* “ Id Mrs- a e v Z T l * ' * ft' TOOO°- "T h * children Bever » -re ,0 nau*hty before. What will * • * * • “ T V o » t Robbie fighun«? T h . 01li. flour barrel Is empty, the potatoes are all gone, and we have not a thing in the house for breakfast, only bread and but ter ; and the grocer sent us word yester day that we could not have another thing until we paid him. What shall we do?” After which lengthy and somewhat inco herent speech, she laid her head on his shoulder and found refuge in tears. “ Never mind, dear; the Ix>rd will pro vide;” then he slowly added, as if In an afterthought, "some way.** A few minutes later Ihistor Norwood was bowing to the organist, who slipped a check in his hand and said properly, "W ith the compliments of the choir.” Just as they were seated, the door bell rang again, and this time the Junior league marched en masse and the aston ished minister stood speechless with a check in either hand. Then the older League came, and presently the Ladies’ Aid, and last of all the trustees, all add ing their offerings and crowding the small rooms. Each party looked stiffly askance at the others, woudering by what trick ery their secret had become known. After an hour of discourse aud song, the treasurer arose and said-: “ A few days since our pastor had re ceived but a mere pittance for many months of faithful labor. While he had wrought earnestly for the church and its societies, so that, for the first time in years, all were in a prosperous condition, he unselfishly forgot his own needs. No, no ! Brother Norwood, you must permit me to finish. Then one society and an other. by some strange coincidence, con ceived the thought of giving the pastor a pleasant Thanksgiving surprise. It is needless to say that we have surprised each other quite as well. But best of all, I find that In the few days of unconscious co-operation, we have increased the amount paid on salary to just five hun dred dollars. This shows what we can do if we all work together. I move you as a congregation, that we increase our pas tor’s salary from six hundred to eight hundred dollars a year.** It was carried with a rush, even Broth- ’ garbed Oifneso host, to whom on# o f th# party at some time has rendered a ser vice or extended a cou»*esy. HOW TO CARVE A T U R K E Y . Sharp K n ife o f (¿reatent im p o rtan ce I u Cutting; I p F o w l. Some are born carvers, some after pain ful effort achieve carviug and some— un fortunate few— have carviug thrust upon C H A P T E R II. orror of it, the facts which, with its ut them. In order to become skillful in An hour had elapsed since Mme. Bou cranee, instantaneously arose iu th* the art it is of the first iwjHirtauce to | Poll’s departure. Harriet Weldon arose dnd of Van Lith and arrayed themselve have a sharp kuife. | softly, uiid, openiug the window will «‘tnorselessly against him, deprived him .'««... a , Webster, e» v l / o 111, so ay the me oivi j goes, a, V .I^V Daniel story once or the moment of the power of reply undertook to carve the turkey at an old- £ } ‘ T , ° n lesl, s,!ould ul’° ’ n the dead silence that ensued M. Cha fashioned dinner. The knife wa. dull as lron h,ugeM- lo' ,k'" 1 ol" a* aln “ P01 the front of the house. Everything wa* 'ot turned and disjuilched the coachman the traditional hoe and the bird proved i enveloped in a flood of moonlight. Tin •n his errand, adding in an imperative refractory, giving the great man more fine grasses upon the lawn glittered lik< one: trouble than one of his celebrated cam spears of ice with the heavily falling “ A fter you have called up the doctor paign speeches. Finally, after an espe dew drops. The call of a night bird to ^top at Monsieur RevelI's, the mayor, ex cially desperate effort to cut through the its mate was the only sound that broko plain briefly what has happened, then hide of the troublesome fowl, the knife the stillness. The beauty of the night to to Monsieur Delorme’s, the justice of slipped and the bird turned a complete touched her deeply, and the song of tin* the peace. Tell him, too. Remember somersault and landed in the lap of a nightingale more profoundly yet. Sh nadame’s life may depend on the quick lady who sat next to the famous man. leaned her head against the window frame ness of your movements.’* But even after this effort Mr. Webster and her slight form shook with suppress M. Chabot, whom one would never never turned a hair. ed sobs. The thought came that every have suspected of being cast iu an heroic "Madam, I ’ll trouble you for that tur minute's delay would make it more diffi mold, was undoubtedly the coolest person key.” said he, aud went at the struggle cult for her lover to escape from the in the room. again with might aud main. house. In a few hours the village would Nan Lith, fully conscious of the awful But we are not all born with the be stirring. He would be seen by some peril in which he stood, again essayed aplomb of the great orator, so it is as well peasant going early afield, as he left the to speak. M. Chabot interrupted him. to .take the precaution to have the knif« grounds. She must at once summon him lie did it politely; but there was no sharp. from his hiding place. In a few min mistaking his firmness. The servants The turkey should always be served on utes he could be gone, and she would thought it admirable— and his knowledge a platter large enough to hold the differ breathe freely again. of law, ah ! was it not prodigious? ent joints as they are carved. It should Advancing on tiptoe to the door of the “ Monsieur Van Lith, you may be a per be placed on the table with the breast to chamber, she turned the handle softly and If so, it will be the left of the carver, who commences stepped out into the passage. The house fectly innocent man. easy enough for you to explain everything operations by first getting a firm grip on was perfectly quiet. Iu the semi-dark the fowl by sticking the carving fork deep ness she crept timidly up the corridor, presently to the mayor, whom I have down through the upper part of the breast feeling her way with the tips of her lin sent for. In the meantime, the fact of bone. Now. holding the fork securely in gers against the old oaken waiuscoting. your appearance here at such an hour as the left hand, take the knife in the right A t last her foot struck against a door this, under circumstances which lay you and remove the legs and the second joint mat. She tried to recollect what door opcu to grave suspicion, make it my duty, as a citizen, to forbid your departure. tooth er by passing the kuife around the niat it wa, She 8t0oped aud passed her “ Monsieur Chabot!** ejaculated liar joint next the body. Then take off the hand over it. It was an old-fashioned wings in the same manner aud disjoint rag mat of American make, such as one riet. “ What do you mean? You surely don’ t believe that Charles— that Mon them, cutting through the ligaments. sees in the houses of middle class farm sieur Van Lith has done this horrible Before curving more from the turkey ers in New England. It had been her thing?” lover’s request to have such a thing at The Frenchman shrugged his high the door of his room. It reminded him shoulders— just a little, aud showed his P R ID E G O E T II B E F O R E A F A L L . of his old home across the seas. It was white teeth as he smiled— just a little, all right. This was the apartment she iu a deprecating manner. wanted. She placed her fingers upon the “ Mam’selle must not blame me. I am handle of the door, opened it a little way, simply doing my duty.** \r and called softly : “ O. this must not be.” exclaimed the "Charles !** girl, now almost unnerved with appre T o her surprise there was no answer. hension. “ I can explain all— I can clear She opened the door wider yet. and went him----- " in. The moonlight, shining in through But her wrist was seized in Van the window streamed over the carpet and Lith*8 grasp. made every portion of the chamber plain “ Main’selle can explain?” — began Cha ly visible. She glanced quickly around. bot, pricking up his little ears like a fox T o her intense astonishment the room terrier. m m i was empty. Trembling with fear and ex "M am ’selle will explain nothing.” re citement she again issued forth, and stood turned Van Lith, meaningly regarding once more in the corridor. At the very the Parisian. moment that she did so, a pistol shot “ Then perhaps monsieur can?” reverberated loudly through the chateau. "\\ lien the proper time comes, yes. To And then from all parts of the house Its you, you sneaking cur, not one syllable.” m . inmates rushed hurrjedly. The Frenchman’s face took on a ghast It was a terror-stricken assemblage of ly color. He stammered out a few unin / s men and women, aroused in the dead of telligible words, as one who in the heat the night by that sharp, ominous appall of a terrible passion pauses to find the ing sound. In the supreme quiet of the most stinging epithet. But an exclama chateau the pistol shot had rung out with tion from Emily Weldon checked both terrible distinctness. Though terrified men instantly. She hail been bending over beyond measure In the almost certain tlie prostrate form of the injured woman. knowledge that some dreadful tragedy Now she looked up, the calm of a great had taken place, Harriet Weldon did not despair in her face, the first tears she hesitate a moment. Dashing along the hail shed glistening in her fine eyes. | corridor she Hung aside the heavy drap “ O, Harriet,” she cried, "she is dead. eries which separated Mme. Roupell’s I shall never hear her voice again.” /Cs sleeping apartment from her sitting room, The girl’s grief was something terrible and bravely entered. to witness. Harriet stole softly to her O r Face to face, M. Chabot and her lover sister’s side, and, putting her urius about were standing. On the floor between her. strove to comfort her. them, lying at full length, her face turn "L e t us leave them,” said Van Lith ed upward, ghastly in the dim light of the to M. Chabot, who stood awed ami hum j solitary candle, lay Mme. Roupell. From bled in the presence of such affliction. a bullet wound in her forehead, a little And side by side the two men, the blood was slowly oozing on to the floor Frenchman and the American, the ac and matting with its crimson flood the cuser and the accused, went out from gray, waving and carefully combed hair. the chamber, leaving the living and de The room seemed suddenly to fill with spairing alone with their sacred dead. uthnall • • people, all looking through a kind of mist. T3 «*■ A ghastly, unwholesome pallor was on C H A P T E R III. ' each face. The ordinary proprieties of Victor Lahlariche, the Parisian prefecj life were set at naught. The conven of police, was a man who united within tionalities of dress were forgotten. Emily himself qualities not often found con — Cincinnati 1 *ost. ------ 1 - a was bending over the prostrate woman, joined in the same individual, for while er Cook assenting. Pastor Norwood arose, it is well to separate the leg and cut It h« r flne futures pale as death, but set he was a sagacious and even brilliant and with tears of joy trickling down his into two pieces. After this the breast of aa in marble, and showing no trace of theorist, he possessed at the same time a ffieeks, thanked them simply. Some said the turkey can be carved in thin, delicate >-ar* or womanly weakness. She seemed thorough practical knowledge of his busi- they sang the doxology as never before; slices with the knife held flat against the the only collected one in the room ; all ness. In the course of his long career on at least there were two voices that rang breast bone and faced away from the the rest stood gasping and staring, a help the police he had risen, by ability alone, out with a new Inspiration of faith. carver. Then the point of the knife can less, bewildered, frighten«*d group. Emily from a com paratively obscure to his When they were once more at home, be inserted under the wishbone and it cat evinced no surprise at seeing Van Lith present prominent (sisitlon. When called and the children in bed. Wesley Norwood be lifted, pressed backward and removed there so unexpectedly, as everyone else upon to unravel a mysterious crime, he Good carvers now turn the turkey did. With much presence of mind, she at generally adopted a certain theory, and again took his wife in his arms and open ing his Bible at a place much marked and slightly and without removing the carving once turned her attention to the sufferer, pursued it with the persistency of a worn, they read together with the guile fork cut the shoulder blades from the un to see what could be done for her. She bloodhound. It was the arrival of this less faith of children, "And it shall come der Side of the carcass. Each "helping” gave orders clearly and rapidly, and with officer that a little group of people in side, and a promiscuous crowd of about to pass that before they call, I will an should contain a piece of both white and a marvelous self-command. " L ift her up and place her on the bed. two hundred of the inhabitants of Ville- swer; and while they are yet speaking, I dark meat and a generous spoonful of Keep her head raised. This pillow so. neuve who were assembled outside the dressing. will hear.** Bring me water, quickly.” chateau impatiently awaited. T h e T u rk e y Supply. She bathed the cold, inanimate fa ce. Thn nU iK ivliiK o f the Chinese. A sudden hush fell upon the gathering she folded her handkerchief up into a on the lawn as. about an hour after day Ten fat turkeys standing In line. As we learn more of this curious peo Along comes Thanksgiving—- wad and placed it over the fatal spot. ple, we are inclined to think that down break, a dark colored, unpretentious road Then there were but nine. She bound over it as tightly as possible cart turned into the avenue. M. Victor in the narrow streets of Chinatown there a long bandage torn from the white cov Nine fat turkevs weeping o’er their fate, Labian« he had at once responded in per is more real poetry than one would sus A.ong comee Christinas - erlet. Then she turned to Jean, the son to the call made upon him. The pect from the matter-of-fact appearance Then there were but eight. coachman, who, hearing the disturbance reeking flanks and foam covered sides of and actions of the inhabitants. The aver from the adjoining stables, had rushed the aninml in the shafts sufficiently at One fat turkey-hen laying egges galore. age American, in the rush of metropolitan into the house accompanied by the gar Along comes an Incubator— tested the speed at which the distance life, forgets all about the moon unless Then there’s plenty more. dener. between the village and the metropolis there is an eclipse, and even then there — W. J. iArupton In the Bohemian. "Take the fastest horse you have and had been traversed. are ten chances to one that he knows ride to the village. Send Dr. Croiset T h e Snmlay A fte r. nothing about It until he r^ads the paper M. Chabot, cool and collected as ever, up here; and then keep right straight on was the first to receive the prefect. He next day. into Paris. Here, take this with you.” With the Chinese it is different, savs She turned to the writing table and conducted him into the reception room. The mayor ami M. Delorme, the justice I/eslie’s Weekly. As their fathers did hastily penned the following note: before them, so do they, and so will their "Please come to us immediately, and of the peace, were sipping tliejr coffee in children—fo r it takes more than a cen bring with you the best surgeon you can the dining room. F*arful that he might in some way compromise her. Van Lith tury to eradicate a deeply rooted belief— find. Aunt Ruth has been shot— I fear had signed to Harriet not to come near pay tribute to the sun and the moon an J fatally. Come at once, I beg of you, or him, and she now sat. in silent, tearless the stars. you may be too late. grief, with her arm about Emily’s waist, On the fifteenth day of the eighth “ E M IL Y WELDON.** month in the Chinese calendar, which, She folded the note and addressed it to in the window se.it of the library. Five minutes after the arrival of the according to the American method of com- “ Dr. Paul Mason. coarhrnan at his lodgings in the line de pQtlQg time, was this year ab<»ut the first *‘ Rue de Iteverdy, No. 24.“ week in September, the Ch.nese celebrat- I First Boarder (dream ily)— Although' “ How long will it take you to deliver Reverdy, Dr. Paul Mason was on the ed their annual moon festival and thanks Thanksgiving is over, yet its memory will that?" ahe asked, as she handed it to road to the chateau. II»* had gazed for a moment on the face of his old friend. giving. In the country, where the good, linger with us for days to come, the coachman. "She must hive died instantly,” he re old-fashioned Yankee farmers still con- j Second Boarder (practically)— I dare " I t is fourteen miles.” replied the man. tinue to plant :he.r peas and beans In the J U j you refer to the hash, marked, as he turned sadly away. “ I can do it in an hour and a half.” different times of the moon, so that they M. le prefect was now at liberty to ask “ I can cover the distance in half the I n ! h * B i r d f ’o o r t . shall grow right, that body at this time time,” exclaimed Van Lith, eagerly step any question he chose. He did not care He of year is called the harvest moon; so ping forward. He had been standing to ask any questions at present. it is the harvest moon that determines the quietly by Harriet, endeavoring to com would go into the room where the mayor date of the festival, which is mueh like fort her. “ Give me the note, I will go was. and hear what he had to say. the Thanksgiving of America and Eng “ Have you examined the prisoner?” at once.** land and the Metselsuppe of the Germans Emily was about to hand it to him. was the first question he propounded to The day preceding and the day follow when the voice of M. Chabot was heard that functionary. ing the night of the full moon the Chi rnised in marked remonstrance. He spoke " ! have attempted to; hut he refuses nese set aside for the feasting and mer slowly, deliberately, and ns Charles Van to make any statement, saying lie prefers " ít rymaking. Tliere is no susp^ns on of busi L ith listened, he felt that each word I to wait until he is brought before the ness, for the cel»*bratinf is all done after mat. lie has the right to waive the nightfall. The thanksgiv ng days are con noon to bind him hand and foot, and hold preliminary examination before the jus sidered s good time to pay off monetary tice. of course, but he is hardly wise in him up to the world as a murderer. What is your The Judge— Nc w. sir. debts as well ss social, for such a prac A pis in explanation of “ Monsieur Van Lith nmet not leave ^ t*iis instance. tica prompt*» domestic felicity snd bast excuse for not w ishing to servs on the this hou* intil the shooting of Madame : lo w he came to >e in the chateau at that »na prosperity. It ■ not unusual during jo r j? I : n ■ - . ited by the j time •>' n ght might go far to w iffl «*• The Turkey- Flösse, your h »nor, 1 am I proper authorities.” mooo-festival week to nee a large party q lifting him that is. h»* added, " i f it opposed to cap.tal pun.slunent. at Americans entertained by a gayiy 1 T h « s u d d e n o f this accusation, th« j *t capable o. exp»uu u.ou. m / u i M. Victor Lablanche allowed the wor» by magistrate to ramble on. When that eutleuian had quite finished, he said: "You had better tell the prisoner and lie principal witnesses to get ready to ake the early traiu for Paris. The preo- nce of your local physician will be nec- ssary als*), so that he can testify to tho tat lire of the w ound by w hich Madamo loupell met her death. In the meantime 7 will make an examination of the sceuo >f the murder.** "That will be unnecessary. I have al- •eady made one.” "W ith what result, monsieur le nialre?- “ The finding of this pistol, with which, loubtless, the murder was committed.” “ I^et me look at it.” The prefect took the weapon, and ex amined it carefully. “ It is of American manufacture,’’ ha said. “ Did you find anything else?” “ Nothing except some private paper* >f Madame Roupell’a scattered on the floor of her chamber.” “ Where is the young man who hai been accused of this crime?” “ He is uuder a strong guard at pres ent, in the butler’s pantry. Do you wish to see him?” "No, I think not,” he said. “ The judge sits at ten o’clock, and he will hear what he has to say. Meantime, though, as I said, 1 wish to make an inspection of the premises.” The mayor at once bestirred himself, and conducted M. Lablanche upstairs to the room where the body of Madame Roupell was still lying. Nothing had been moved. Even the blood which had soaked into the hearth rug had not been wiped up; an overturned chair lay where it had fallen ; some papers were scattered about the room. "D o not disturb them.” said M. La blanche, pointing to the papers. “ While they simply indicate how Madame Rou pell was engaged at the time of the shoot ing, and perhaps have no bearing on the question of who committed this crime, still it is our rule to move nothing.” “ And as to who did commit it, I think there cau be no doubt,” remarked the mayor. “ 'There Is always room for doubt in any case,” replied the prefect. “ Of course this young man denies his guilt, though silent on other points?” “ Most decidedly he does.” "Then you have got to prove it in or der to bring the crime home to him. You must recollect that under the revised penal code of France, the prisoner haa no longer to prove his innocence of a charge. It is the duty of the law to bring it home to him.” “ But Monsieur ( ’hubot assures me,” said the mayor, “ that he found this young man in Madame Roupell’s chamber imme diately after the report of the pistol.** “ Oh perhaps the young man found him. What do you think of that?” remarked the prefect. “ You see, my dear sir, we must not be too hasty.’* " I must confess that you put the mat ter in a new lig h t; but Monsieur Van Lith’s np|K»arance in the chateau?” “ Ilow does he neeount for that?” “ He refuses to account for that at all, as 1 said,” replied tho mayor. “ Was he in the habit of calling at this house ?** “ At one time, hut lately had been not only uninvited, but requested to discon tinue his visits. 11 is presence in the chateau was, in fact, totally unexpected by anyone until he was discovered in Madame Roupell's chamber.” M. Lablanche now threw a searching glance around the chamber. It would seem, imh'ed, as if nothing could escape his acute observation. On the large, handsome bedstead, lay tin* body of the late proprietress of the Chateau Ville- neuve. 'I bis piece of furniture was near ly in the center of tlie room, with the head placed against the wall. To the east two windows looked out upon the grounds in the rear of the building. An aviary, containing several canaries, which had Is'cn great favorites «if the dead woman, stood between the windows. Its occupants were singing merrily, appar ently unmindful that the hand which had fed and tended them was powerless to do so more. In the window’s, stnnds of geraniums and other plants were tasteful ly arranged, ami tin* luaivy curtains had been carefully draped back to permit the free ingress «if the sunlight. On the toi lette table lay the gloves wfliich Mme. Roupell bad worn at the opera the preced ing evening. There, also, was the fan whicli she had carried. On one of the «hairs was the shawl which Emily Wel- 'don had wrapi**d about her. (T o be continued.) i i 1 i 6 E B 1 1 & es m m m es an js c lc n<l d( be i ¡nvij( Rive! ms ol Jack- lead- dis- »ec.i- >< ok iinK Tnn volria hie. In the early y ea r» o f hls m inistry Bishop BiiHcomb, o f th«» Southern Meth- «sllst ( *hur<>l>, wan severely handicap- | mm 1, says tin* author o f “ Women o f the Confederacy,” by the fn«*t that he was hatnlsotne and graceful. He was con- sldere«! *'too much o f n dandy,** and fo r a long time w m sent on mountain circuits to tiring him down to the level o f old-fnnhloned Methodism. As a Inst r«»sort, when he continued to appear "dandified,” one o f hls mountain memtiem pcrsuaihil the min- lMt»»r to wear a suit o f homespun, that tie might tx> more In harmony with tits listeners. T h e next morning lie w«*nt early to service to see the succeat of hls scheme. When Mr. Bascomh appeared, as trig In homespun as he had I ms » ii In broad cloth. the m ountaineer’a chagrin was In tense. "W e ll, I d ecla re !” he exclaimed* “ Go It your own way, Brother Ban- comh. I give It up. It ain’t your clothes that’s so pretty ; It’s Jist you.” i * rt s ili 1. ). le Th«« « Mil. “ You know,” said Mrs. Subbtiba, “ that Mrs. Newrome moved In across th«* way last Monday, ao I «*nlled to* day.” “ W ell, w e ll!” remarked her hus band. “ how like jwker this ’social game* Is.” “ You do you mean?*’ "W h y. In p«»ker you sis«» call when you want to ws* what the other per* soil’s got.” — Philadelphia Pr«*ss. Tlie building |ocat«*d at th«* great«*st height In Europe la the climber's but on tlie Matterhorn, nearly I2JU0 f«®* above the acu. JL