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I THE CHARITY GmL? J By EFf IE A. ROWLANDS I CHAPTER XXIV. Th Olendurwood nrri .-i. Ing where Jck bad ordered it to remain When it arrived. Jack had thrown hlm- eir oarg la bis corner and had folded bis anna arrow hi breast ; Audrey eat owi upright, ber two cold little hand, clinched tight toother, her teeth aet ao pat the aula that roa to her throat Should not escape her lip. no ahull attempt to descrlb the tata of those two hearts, both wounded to the ry quick, both heavy with that aeep Borrow that come when one ha been deceived a her one love bent? "Why did they take me to him? Why was 1 married to him! I would sooner hav died than have liatened to what too Miniin ma 1.1 . .. I I. I . that he h.. - , . . ,j " ry eye wer full of tear. i "j . - r ' , , i i ao not .t to know tb r Jsck". trh? V"T' LV!fr. I" hut 1 " too well, that J act a troubled thnnrhta. "W II. It ha I v.i- ' rot laated long. Fool fool that I have been, to believe that any woman could me enrrl I have pictured her to be. and that she should love him him. above all other men ! I feed aa though hla ;;rj Ufa', blood. will not ,iv. m. satis- be, ,o your armVr "Miss Thwalt," ha aaid aa well aa h could .peak, "the bu.inr. I am going on ouches that which U dearer to me than ire my honor! I ,m iur, that yon a ,r"" would not wlah me to nef lect any """ wn hi h that la concerned. i win answer fi.r Audrey a for my en. Jean said, hurriedly. "If your honor concerned. Lord John, no niher rea ia needed ; but is there nothing I can dor ive this letter to Audrey. M Thwait." hia vole quivered aa be spoke ma wire a name. "It is a aacred trutt, on that I would not civ to everv on but I know you ar her friend, you will comprehend and aympathla with what I am going to do. Stay, Lord John ; you must hear m !" "1 on reason. some- vou. I as you now, and it ia my love for her that urge the question, will you not see yoiireelf before you atart on thla her Journey? win ,ou not amooth away the quarrel? HI, n trouble will yon not They reached the gate of Cratglanda at laat ; a few minute' drive through the wen kept avenue, and then tb door. Jack got out, and then forcinc himself bv an almost superhuman effort to appear nat ural before the servants, turned to aa alst her. Audrey put her cold hand In hi aa aha atrpped out of the brougham. How little did either of them think that they would not elap, or even touch, band again for many a weary day, The fragrance and warmth of her bed room aeemed to choke Audrey. Ilaatily flinging off her domino, alia paased to the window and pushed It open, and then stood by It, tha sound of her own heart beating in ber ears Ilk a sledge hammer, Would Jack comer She waited several momenta. If he had come to her then ah would have don that which would have put mattera atralght at once, for the agony In her breaat waa nrging her to apeak out to aak him why he had deceived her, why he had married her? The hot blood ruahed to her cheeka again and again, aa she recalled tn remarks those two women had made, and realised how cruelly the world Judged her already, Five, ten, fifteen, twenty mlnutea went by, and Audrey atill stood waiting for the sound of her busband'a footsteps on the atalr and tb paaaag outaide. Her happlneaa waa ended; Jack no i. , . . ,. . , nger lorea ner inueea, nao never lovea her. She wit hia wife, that waa true, and It must be ber lot to bear with tha dilB cultlea aa with the Joys that fell to ber aa hla wife. "Still," the child thought sorrowfully to herself, "ha haa acted wrongly ; he baa been cruel to Sheila, to himself, to me. I am glad he did not coma In Just now. yea, glad, for it showa that he la tired of deceit snd hpyocrlsy, and and I cannot bear to think that the nature I thought ao honeat should only prov false. What waa It that those women aaid? 'The worst day'a work Jack Glendurwood did when he married me.' People should be careful bow they apeak out the truth." Her Hp quivered, but her face flamed with 'proud color. "The wort day' work for Jack," ah repeated slowly, "and I am the one who ha brought that to him. I I who would lay duwrr my life for him. Why did I ever meet hlin? Why did I ever leave borne? Why did not heaven let me die before all this anrrow came upon him through me? Jack! My darling! My darling! - Her hot, tearlesa eyea stares Into the Are, aa If to aeek aome solution of thi liainful problem there. In her loving gen eroslly Audrey made all eicusea for her tmshsnd now. She no longer blamed ; be was at 111 to her the deareat creature on earth; and yet ao great waa tha agony at thought of hia deceit that, had he held out hla arm to her and called her tenderly by name, ahe would hare turned from him nd atood aloof. CHAPTER XXV. " Jean Thwalt wa lying In delicious dose, half waking, half aleeplng, on the morning following the Dlnglewood maaked ball, when a aharp tap at the door, fol lowed by Audrey' rapid entrance, aroua- ed her completely. "What ia It, darling? Something haa happened? ahe cried, hurriedly. "Jean, can you pack up few thing and come with me at once?" Audre apoke faintly, her fare, waa deathly white, ahe shook in every limb; then before Jean could anwer, h went on awiftly, "My mothere verj 111. She haa telegraphed for me. Perhapa even now I may be too late ; aha may be dead. I have ordered the carriage to be her In an hour, can you be ready? "Yea," replied Jean, briefly. It needed no word to tell her that mora waa the matter than thla telegram from Oer many. Audrey had never apoken Ilka thla to her before, had never looked aa abe looked now. - Audrey made no Inqulrlea about Jack, although he knew aha mtiat acquaint him with her Journey before ahe atarted. Jean found plenty to do In the time allotted to - her, but ah waa wonderfully quick, and waa in her hat and coat when ah went to the door to open It In a newer to a aharp summon. It wa Jack, also fully attired In outdoor coatume, with rail way rug over bia arm. "Hood morning, Miaa Thwalt,' he aaid, hurriedly. "Pleas forgive me for thia unceremonious Intrusion, but I wanted to apeak to yon befor I leave.' "Ar you not going with oa?" ah aak d In surprise. It waa Jack 'a turn to show astonish ment. "Where ar yon going V h naked buak Jly. Jean In three word, explained what had happened, and then ahe knew some thing waa very wrong. Indeed, by tha ex preasion on Jack' far. "Poor Constance !" ah heard him mut ter under hla breath ; then be gav a quick sigh. "I hop thing may not be ao bad, Miaa Thwait. It la quit Impoe- aibl for m to get to Cronatadt yet" "Ioe Audrey know you ar not going with us?" "I bar not aeen her thla morning.' waa th a newer, given with much evident pain. Jean claaped ber hand auddenly. Then her worst fear wer realised, and aom thlng mora had. Indeed, happened; some thing, too, very terrible, to work euch a change a this. "Lord John," ah aaid. Involuntarily, "yon must pleas forgiv me, hut I yonr bualneaa ao Important that you ar com pelled to attend to It rather than accom pany your wif on each a Journey a thlar It I impossible." be said oul.klv. but witn auch determination In hi vole a made Jean shudder, and aent a thrill of exquiaite torture through Audrey' aching heart, as ahe, at that moment, opened the door In time to catch Jean's laat word and her husbsud' reply. By and by, when they were speeding to Hover. Jean and Willi Fullerton who, when he found Jack did not Join then, Instated on going in a corner talking earnestly, Audrey drew out ber husband'a letter. "Audrey In future, after the event of laat night, it will be imposaibla for. ns to live together. This, I take It. will be a much your wlh mine. To continue to live aa w have been doing would be a mockery of marriage, a disgrace to our race, a dishonor to our nam. Thla. then, la what I propo to do. Ther hall be no divorce; the pride and honor of the 1 la Thorough family protest against such a course. After all, yon are very young, a mere child ; you may have erred through Ignorance,. but be that so or not, from henceforth you can never be my wife In aught but name. My wife must be above suspicion pure, sweet, true not a gir who, before scarcely six months of her msrriage bar gone, encourage a man for whom ah openly expresses horror and contempt. Aa for Beverley Rochfort, before many hour are over unless ha be a cur. which I tnk him to be he will have answered to me for hi own part In thi affair. Audrey, I am trying to write kindly; I am trying to remember your youth and the many disadvantage that hav been your ince th first, and you If you hav Justice and boneaty In your heart- you will recognise that I am not treating you harshly, lour future Is my rare. This morning I have mad my will. I leave you all the money I possess, to gether with Minster, In Blankahire, the property my father haa Juat aettled upon me. Whether I live or die. I wi-h you to make your home at Minuter. I should like to think Mia Thwait wa with you. lour money will b transmitted through my lawyer. I Intend to atart at one on a tour of th world, giving th condi tion of my health a a reason for thus relinquishing my parliamentary career. I ahall be absent, perhapa, two year, and I leave it In your handa to Judge whether at the end of that time your conduct ha been auch a to permit ma to occupy tha, same house a youraelf. and appear be fore the world in my proper position aa your husband. "JOHN GLENDL'RWOOD." When Dover waa reached a tlop,m waa brought to Jean. For Iuly John Glendurwood," the waiter aaid. Inquiringly. "la that right, madame?" "Quite right." Jean hesitated only moment, and tore it open. She gave a little sound of sor row aa ahe read. It waa from Marshall poor, faithful Marshall and ran thus : "Mr, rraser died this morning. Her laat wish waa that you should not travel here, but that she should be carried home and buried In England. I, therefore, beg your ladyship to obey thla wlah. I have telegraphed for my poor mistress' lawyer. "SISAN MARSHALL." Poor little Audrey ! Robbed already of the mother ahe had longed for ao much, loved ao dearly, and possessed ao abort a while! nur4, and la aeteep. faw second aha waa I Conatanc Traaer bad been brought over to England and Uld beside ber moth er Is aa old faaaloued country church yard. Ii bad been aimpl funeral enough, though flowers bad come from far and near. High and low, rich- and poor, one and all, had a sorrowful thought Tor tb iweet, gentle woman, who had Tiled a better sojourn on earth. Shell waa left to herself and ber not very agreeebl reflection. Th masked hall bad cost her aa enormous sum. Lady Daleswater had never offered to take ber away with her; abe had absolutely no no tion of what had happened to Jack and Audrey.- Beverley Rochfort never made the leaat aign, and to crown all. Murray, the whilom maid at Craiglanda. and her much too clever accomplice, took ma'tere into ber own handa and bolted one nght with all the available Jewelry and lace ahe could lay her bands upon. Enraged beyond all expression at the loa of her property, Sheila at once put th matter into the band of th police, and, in fact, waa far more Interested in this affair than ahe waa at tb death of ber atepmotber. Rut a more disagreeable condition of things than thia awaited Sheila when tha report of Audrey's disappearance spread to Mmintberry. Sba waa fairly frightened; ignorant of what might really happen, ahe conjured up all sorts of evil that would be .visited upon her when the whole truth waa given to the world, aa It moat probably would be. She eagerly searched for Rochfort. to fore him to exonerate her from blame in the mischief they bad brought about, but like a coward he waa biding from Its consequence. Then oue day sh had a frantic visit from Alice Fairfax, who was In great and terrible fear lest something would hap pen to her. Sbe bad aeen Willie Fuller ton, who had boldly stated that it wa Lord John's Intention to aift out the whole gossip that had been apread about hia wife, and clear away much that he could not understand. "And if so, we ahall be ruined, Sheila," sobbed Alice Fairfax; "but, anyhow, I ahall tell the truth, and say you asked me to do " "You dare to turn on me !" Sheila flashed, furloualy. whit with angervtnd then she would have proceeded to fur ther ebullition of wrath had not the door of ber room been opened at this moment and Mr. Fullerton announced by the waiter. A glance at the two fluabed facea would have satisfied Millie aa to their guilt. If he bad not, at that mo ment, reposing In hla pocket, a complete confession signed by Murray, whom Daw son, the detective, had eaaily found this had been done at Jean a suggeation and who, diacovering that her chance of a brilliant career on Sheila 'a Jewela was briefly rut short, eased ber conscience and her spite by disclosing the whole plot. Willie's interview with Sheila was short and to the point; and when he left the room he carried with blm her aigna ture and a few worda at the bottom of Murray'a confeexion testifying that all the maid bad written waa true. (Ta be continued.) 4'frM'l"l "tt-jj .,j.VeJae.,...e..ss,saJ.i....aA 5rris- ' r ""ns of Great mlnt". t; th.ro"', b'neU near Wll oould not s lhr day becaus ah associate ttM l'''ul taunu of her Sbe bad hfe, ,rlrl"' lrnal uiatur. .Isted. ehT,U1 t0 ,toP. but they pr If tb !flu. ,e,lwl t0 uJ her (A (iractic on the market as a whole, w flud th exchange sound register of the at at of th country. Th aani things that all bumau being fear, crop failure, war, atrlkea, depreoa the market. That It why meu wer afraid, when tlm market "brok; not so much becaus they car for tha stocka, aa that they fearvd th slgua of the end of prosperity. Fortunately th market recov ered, and ther waa no panic. But for a few day all Intelligent persona watched th market with reict and attention. Youth's (Vuiipanlon. HE REBUFFED THE COLLECTOR, eared Ulna So that II Forget lei Present Ilia Bill. Quick ! See that fellow?" exclaimed the bill collector to a Kansas City Star man. "That burly-looking guy coming out of the barber shop. He's cross betweeu a coyote and a grizzly bear; gcod at getting away, you know, and bad man wbeu he's cornered. .itlvenea. of others i auotuluabl than me reference, to . ...n ,ha, I. ,lUfu. to .uo.k tet ludulied ... con- j -w, teti tuel;orc,Drlndtre, about thing, that uiij great .uftVrliiif vt , , ' fun" .t the 'bou. they .r. .u'po, cherish aud guard fro,, TUe heard: "Oh. It la fwhr ber. Sh. I. too sensitive She w... bar. tc I to Muf crltu., whlie she I. J-o". I : U.I. very treatment I. cal culated to woder 414 mor. keenly susceptible to mental torture than Wuft u that many " ta warped by Injudicious jocularity ou the part t1H) .ldera.-Wa.hlng ton Star. THI STOCK IXCHAHQE. -AXY iw-wutiunb of th New York Stock Eicuiw- t of commercial Iniquity, and bar la, ueuurage(1 lu ,nl, vew b u.agazln ink. pu-tureiu, ,nJ t , nbrasli Mm so accurate a. they ought to be. ll'I.Aea Oiis,. " '""""ing unusual, like the recent decline of stock., cal.a ittentlun to "the market." we renllze how little thoujhi a, of , gl. b day. It seem, remote fn, ttj, i,ttreat s of the man of .mall tneaus But the entrnl stock-market It a .olid and Importiinl luntl tut lo, lnJ tn, ponjiti,,,,. wh,.h lt Indicate, at Hi end vt b trading are almost sure aign. of the state of the country's production and commerce. It Is true that a gre m.nf ot the tranaactlona on the stock exchange are mere gambling, and represent "nothing more than the turnlog of money from one mnn't pocket Into another'.; It Ii t, true thnt even In legiti mate trading there Is a ttrn and hysteria which per vert not only commercial rallies, but life value. Nevertheless, most of th chicanery and madness of stock transaction, floiirtsbe not In the central market, nor In the office. 'of tbosj who guide lt, but In the suburb of the tnmlnesa, 0 ornces not related to the exchange or to any n-pntable hanking houae. Real atock transaction, bear definite relation to the business of the country, and after due allowance Is made for the artificial manlpulatioua, ao difficult tn M X BOYS AND THE STREET. HE Illinois Senate haa passed bill which will have the effect. If It becomes law, of repairing boys between 14 and 16 to b law fully employed during school hour or to b In school. Some latitude will probably b allowed to the Interpretation of th word "employed," so thst It may cover useful work at home or uuder the direction of the boy's parent as well aa work for hire. The Intent la to keep off the atreets the boy. who are uot lu school. The street Is not the place for a boy uuder 18. Habits of Idleuesa unfit the boy for serious work and glv blm a distaste for It. No phase of the criminal history of tb city Is more disquieting than the Increase In the number of adolescent criminals during recent yenra. This In crease la due, more than anything else, to the failure of. parent to see to It that their boys are kept Uuder dis cipline after they have reached th age ot 14. The gang that meets near the comer saloon Is not good compauy for the boy who expect to make a success of life. Hoys who will be men csn be made or ruined by tb habits luto which they fall befor the age of 16. Idle ue during two of the most Important of the formatlvo years Is likely to lead to lnrouiietene and failure. If uotbliig more aerlous. It Is better for a boy to enter" upon life aa fully ejulped for the struggle as possible. To some boys two years more of school would be an lu valuable help. To others sn earlier atart In business or a trade, would be more Important. But to no on in average health ran two years of the lessons of tb street be anything but hurtful. Chicago Tribune. X PLAY A NECESSITY OF LIFE. HE gosie of play will, we are confident, win for ItHelf a hearing as the gospel of whole someuess and fuller life. It wDl go fur to create a better race of manly beluga, a better social state and throw a new light on the piety of gi'lmness and "other worldll nesa." What we huve said haa been a mil led mainly to city life, to the overpneked and unnatural crowd ; but It ia applicable tn a modified form to country life. The people who live among th trees and brook do get, In spite of themselves, a certain relaxation, yet they need what they do not K"t the useless sport, tha utter relief for a portion of each day from "trying to make enda meet." New Y'ork Independent. CHAPTER XXVI. There wa nothing to do. Audrey fell into a aicknes that threatened serious consequences. Jean sent at once for Lord Glendurwood and Fullerton, and he came in hot haste from a vain search for Bev erley Koch fort. Ther wss nothing to be don but wait. Audrey had fallen into a at u per. Her dear mother waa buried without th presence of ber beloved child. For three daya and nlghta Jean sat beside Audrey's bed, watching and dread ing for the moment when that fair, frail face should grow even whiter, the faint, low breathing ere fainter. Three long, weary day these were; but If ahe found them terrible, bow much more so did the one who hsd nothing to do put to pace to and fro in the wet, leafless garden, hia hungry eye fixed alwaya on the low. quar window which bid hia darling from hia view? The doctors forbad Jack Glen durwood from entering bia wife', sick room. He had crept In for a few mo ment, the night be arrived no argument or threat could keep him out ; and a be had bent over th girl', .ilent form, call ing to her in hi agony to apeak to him. sh bad opened her eyes, and at aigbt of him ah bad given on littl ecream, and then bad relapsed Into onconsclousneaa. In which condition ah bad remained for three day and nlghta. When reason re turned Audrey was better, and Jean sought out Jsck and told th good news. And may I see her when?" be asked. eagerly. "When may I see her? My darl ing! My darling!" "Tb doctor will tell you. Perhaps to night r A. Jean sat by Audrey', bedside 'bat evening, resting back wearily In the chair, now that all extreme anxiety was gone. a small, sweet voice came irom ioe pil low, and ahe wss alert at once. Jean." ah said, after a Httl pause. "Is Ja la my husband here?" "Yea, darling; be baa been ber nearly all th time. Io yon want to e nlrn7 No. no, no! I will not e blm. Jean. If yon lor me, send him away ! I shall go mad If be is here ! Promise I Prom ise ! Yon must : yon shsll ! It shsll be ss you wish, my deareat. Jean said, softly. " oo can truat mer -Ye trust you alwaya. It Is not aJnava the Feat things ""(men do that k"ep tb.i iuiory alive. runs a sort of uiiHcellaneoua business Frequently It is ome smll act of In east bottoms. I know blm well I kindliness, tome plcasnnt speech or very well. Ills name's Sprcitg. Inianly courtesy, which remains In the He got ua In for a small amount I minds of those who knew them. So In and the boss told :ue to try my luck. Illinois there la a young man who So I mooched out there for several I thinks of General Sherman not a "Old days and had long heart-to-heart talkTecumeh," the aoldler, victor lu ttren- with a diminutive office boy, but theluous campaigns, but a. a kindly, boas of the dump never came near. The rough-bearded old gentleman, who car Id said he waa out collecting hi badmed blm over miles of road on bis lap bills. In order Unit at the end he mlglt real- Well, for the first few days," eon if see bit boyish hero, the soldier. tluued the collector, "I didn't mind my It was tn the early eighties. Tha slum work In the east bottoiua, but county in which the boy lived waa to hen you keep a thing up forever, and I dedicate a soldier' monument on Me- stlll nothing In sight. It It auTte vexing, niorlal day. Getieral Bliermaa and you know. The office boy informed m Governor Oglesby were to be the two that Mr. Spregg wasn't having much "linker of tue occasion. luck with hi collections. Eucourag- 'rom where the boy lived It waa six lug. wasn't It? miles to the county seat II, had t "But perseverance alwavs counts, vou I W't'k the dlstanc. But worst of all know, and I finally caught my man. 1 1 misfortunes. It rained all the day be- was pretty sore by thta time, and Aa-ltore, when be should na been work elded to unload on blm. The office kid I lug In th garden, and so on. Memorial oieiied the boas' door and gave aie a day the boy had to get dowifon band gt title punh. My victim waa squatted nd knees and pun weea. under on a cracker box, mumbling up a col-1 broiling ami, across row after row of umu of figure his bad bills, I gueaa. young vegetables, so that be did not ills back looked me In the face one ft "way rrom uoiue umu i o'clock, of tlwiKe square, mean looking backs. I Only an hour, and .lx mile, to go! "Ob, I wns going to say a lot of He knew It waa useless. t wouu things, but I didn't get the chance, for take him two hours, and when be got Juat then Mr. Spregg readied In hit there be would flud everything over desk and pulled out a horse pistol, and n the general gone and there was then he hitched around on his box and no ln njtblng, uwy. Tears glared at tne. He didn't point the pis- rolled down hit cheeks now j tnet tol at tne he Just monkeyed with the utl felt "ke ' niUtn al,u",l boy. trliwr. Every little while a boggy or ctr. "'Are you the fool collector from r'HK pa"" "lul "'" ln bis dlrec- Brown A Cor he Inquired, casually. tlon, but all of them wer f Un. ,nd Kr-cotild u please direct me to ther was no one w on,i a lift Helm park?' was all I said.' But at laat, when be waa crtan tnat he could never get i"we, t fcugKjr i i ...... .in from ljeLinri So vo..r- .t k.. i..k but stopiieu o""" 'm. the milkman who had advertised for a I "l,ell' bul,: ,'olce' belr. "Ouing UrV The boy looked up inrongi, "Yea. sir," replied the young man. "en, what experience hav had?" you "Why, J ve p,lmli the organ down to our church fur year." Philadelphia Press. sh Bur- Absent Mind.:. Stranger (with suitcase) Can you advise me. sir. aa to the nearest rout to th leading hotel? The Native Straight ahead thr blocks. Two dollars, pleas. Stranger-Kh! Native Beg pardon. Fore of habit My card. I'm Dr. Pellet Cleveland Plain Dealer. N f.raft la It. "See here," aaid the lieutenant of po lice, "that countryman claims be told you of bis experience with a bunko man. but you paid no attention to him." "Pat'i ail right" replied the cop. "II didn't Interest me none. II admitted de bunko man bad took de last cent b had." Philadelphia Press. "So yon hav thre pair of glass, professor V "Y- one pair to read with, another foe nearsightedness, and a third Plr to look for th other two wlthT F1I gend Blatter. I , 1 1 1 y c I , . eye, iwo gray oiu races peered at blm out of muddy buggy. Two pleasant old geiitletiieu werv on the seat "Y-y yes, sir I'm trying , .. M)J the boy. "Climb In. then." mU th man near est him, and as th boy, hot believing hit ears, put t foot tb step, the man reached out ml "M hlin In, and seated blm on his 1P "Wber you golngr b a,k(sL "I waa a going to th monument" .aid the boy. -but I H"n't think I would gft there. I 7 .u,,p,Hie I will! - In time to t"ner. gj,er- mThe old man who was driving cluck ed to the borse. and the otUer Itroklng bia beard, said: -Why-y. f,,p'" yoa Yes, I reckon b'U ft tbvr Dlckr "Wbr-why. y". rc ," said th "other, ror tome reas.,, tb)r chuckled. "Want to tc tb gnrI. ,hr M,d th. old mn who beU csr. .boutth. f"'- No, tlr. not to n,'b th boy, truthfully. "Iw M!,hrd"TW nbt ,n thla ttate , march through Georgl. or b t. aoou, blm. or anything. -Jvhy. do. b. dlJt! D4 Dlckr asked the boy's old gentleman again. Thla aeemed to amuse them very much. They chuckled about It a while, and then the old gentleman who held tlte hoy began to tell, him stories about the campaigns General Sherman had fought in, and about sol dler life, stories some of which were In the history book ; but most of them were new to the boy. Then the other man told tome stories about Mr. Lin coin. . . ."Did you know hlin?" demanded the boy ; and to his delight they both did, and told more stories about him. Six miles waa a long way to walk, but It wa a ahort way to ride, and il seemed at If they had hardly started when the boy heard a . tremendous shouting and cheering, and there was the crowd, all lined up along the rood. cheering. Cheering whom? He felt a motion back of blm, and turned, and saw his old gentleman tuke off bis bat and smile and bow ; and the other old geu tleinan did the same. Tbey drove up to the srjuare and set him down, and every one stared nt him. and then he saw them mount the platform with the committee. H had. Indeed, arrived In time to "ace tb general." for It was General Sherman and Governor Oglesby who bad brought blm. SHAKSPEABE QUOTED BIBLE. MOST EXPENSIVE OF HATS. . PreseXed to Orsat .od Oa Oweed la Plttsbarar. The tnoat einslve hat In the world I a Mexican sombrero on exhibition In the national museum. Washington. It cost $1,500 In gold and wat present ed to Gen. Grant while In Mexico In 1882. Samuel Sherard of Pittsburg, Pa., probably hat the costliest bat owned by any private Individual. It cost $1,100 and Is made of spun glass. It ws mad by an old Alsatian at Pittsburg. He Invented a process for spinning and weaving glasa, aud the hat tins consid erable elasticity, being at bard to break as an ordinary Panama. Mr. Sberard baa owned this unique headpiece for tea years and occasion ally weart It because In a good natu red moment be promised the Inventor to do Preseat Generalloa K boots Mas Mora Talaa ikas Mea af Old. "Yes," suld Hev. John Snyder, author of "As "e Sow," "we know many things better than our ancestors knew them. We know more about microbes and scl entitle benevolence and expert sanita tion. But they knew more about the Bible. It was a part of their very In tellectual and spiritual fiber. "Do you reallre," continued Mr. Sny der, "how much of the Bible there Is In Shnksieare's playi? A great En glish bishop declares that these play, contain nearly (KiO hlhlual quotation, and reference.. Which do you think of all the Shakieare character, quotet the Bible most frequently? You would probably never guess. "NolKidy but that delightful old rep robate. Sir John Falstaff. When th old sinner la on hit deathbed Dame Quickly, you will remember, aayt be babbled of green fields.' Mr. Richard son, the celebrated Shakspeare reader, aayt he wa. probably attempting to re peat the twenty-third psalm. "But how many people) even people of education and Intellectual cultui understand the biblical allusions of Shakspeare to-day? A few years a"go a college president presented to one of his classe. (young men from all the different conditions of American life) a collection of nineteen biblical allu slons taken from the works or Tenny. son Tlr young men were asked to ex plain the allusions. The mistakes they made were .Imply ridiculously aatouna Inn They reminded you of the man ... . i .I.a ,.io.lijif fit taya Who tuatiaeu mo a the congregation the fact concerning Sodom and Gomorrah. lie said ne nan niuova seen the names associated, but he sui'IMed they were man ana wire. That scarcely seems an exaggeration. It. Melville Baker says ue was read- . . ,1, ... ....... ... Ing a play to au nneuiiirui wr u day. One line comaiiieu a reierein-e iw Ananla. 'VYDot ne ski iue acror. ... i.i. t. Mr. Baker stniieu sun aom; num you know Ananias? 'Never heard of him.' aaid the actor, 'and I gues If I never heard of blm the auaienc never did. I'd cut that line out " Hoaton Globe. cats ass roiro ot risHurt?. sjaiaraliat tar Maar Ar Olaalala f Isaak TSYaltaa. "Cat," sal J naturalist kr rery fond of flshJng. I hav personally known thre felln fisher. On was a mer acquaintance and used to dsn ln trout strvsni. Th other two wer . tdornineuts of t country house In which i lived and during th summer month used to flab lo near-by lake every eveuing. Tbey would crouch oa the shore and suddenly Jump luto au advancing wave. let wry frequently bringing out small fish. When tbey bad kittens I hav so mutinies seen them bring up to the nous three dsn ln th tpac of an hour. "I know of rat whose home wat close to a stream, that waa regular and accomplished Usher. Sh waa half Persian. Her daughter belong to friends of mine, nd I hav myself aex-n thi. latter watching the goldfish lu th hlldren't aquarium, which at that tun waa opea at th top and on a broad window teat "Puss put In on paw and stirred th water violently, then sat down to watch with apparent aatlefactlon th terror of tb Dsn, which sh could not on that occasion reach. One the family found sh bad caught on and killed a sec. oud. so th aquarium wat afterward always covered by wlr or net Oue of thla cat't klttent belonged to me, and during her short llf of uuder a year waa very dependent on human companionship. She came up to my bedroom frequently the first thlug lu th morning and alwaya took great In terest In my wh basin, from which she would fish out th sponge or ooap, aud liked to have her paw ln th water." MervM" Nalloaal Allaaeal. Neurasthenia ta a long word aud a haughty one; it eovert a multitude of tins aud follies. No other disease known to man It to characteristically national at nerves, It hat become a Joke, a bore, reproach, but It remain fact The symptoms of the malady ar widespread aud wonderfully marled. Mr. Harrtuiau'a famous "Wow, wow, wow" It at clear a pathological mark as the President's Incessant activity or Mr. Hockefeller'a baldneas and golf bablt or Tom Lawsou'a advertising ma nia. Very few of our great meu, lu fact, fa.ll to betray tome signs of th national disease. But the collective phase of nerves. the neurasthenic condition of the com munity, It more Interesting than any ' Individual case. Large musitet of ap parently healthy citizens manifest an evident hysteria over some trivial or disgusting topic of news. Another form ot the community at tack of the nerves la the craze such at the bridge mania through which w ar now passing. The same lensou could bo fou'id ln the current drama, ln the thirst for elemental play or lu popular fiction. The book advertisements of t Satur day newspaper are e.iough to couvlct the publisher and writers of neuras thenia It not the readers of their wares, Th shrieks end the scream ar all symptoms. Th on cure la freab air and less of the cause, whatever It may be lew drink or money making or ambition or lor of filth. The neurasthenic Is rare ly Incurable; bo la often a brilliant person tcnijiorarlly unbalanced. If be gets bold of himself ln time he may avoid the rest cure. And the public, If It takes a brace, may avoid a kind of national rest cure, which Is depress ing and costly. Saturday Evening Pout While William H. Seward was Secre tary of State tn Lincoln', cabinet some of bit South American admirers sent htm a Panama bat which cost $l.om It waa exhibited In a New York show window for a year or more. Panama bats mied to be frequently told aa high aa t0 apiece, one New York merchant selling three hat. at ..... i i inirie dav In the sum- - 7 M the, are no longer Kchristms. eve on the market Panama hata are not made In Pan ama, but thla name wa given them because that city was formerly the greatest market for these goods. The finest bsta come from Payta and Guayaquil, Peru, and are made of the fiber of the pita or pineapple plan. Tblt fiber la toft n1 Plll,l ,llk' and some of th bst ar mad so line that thy can be folded up and put Id the rest pofket A Tjrr. "A shoemaker la th mot paradoxi cal Of human beings. "Why so ; m "fWcsase hi first word 1 bit latt" Baltimore American. (kai.la. 1 " Jacob A. KHs tells of a little boy who nrned his living by blacking boots. Kvery Sunday he sttend.-d a mission school. This school, tnrougn ils weii- nieanlng teachers, decided to nav a Christina tree. Tlie gin ror tu pu pils were provided for them by trie teachers and some patron or tb school. Jimmy, the bootblack, ws tber but was mucn disap pointed when bl present proved te be 1 ... ... - . . tf. e.t.i a Copy Or HrOWnill r-rmn. no IUI- ed It carefully In the paer In which be revived It. and took It bom. The next Sunday the superintendent of the mission school announced that any child who wa disappointed with b's or her gift could exchange It Jimmy marched boldly to th front with him. "What have you there, JImayr "Browning, sir." "And what do you - want la x changeT "Blacking, tlr." Tb littl aid dishes at a restaurant afford conalderabl amusement to farmers. Black near aad Her Cab. The black bear bn ber cubs, from one to three, In ber den during the months of March and April, and It It ah Interesting thing to know thai; she hat the power to give birth to ber young at least two weeks before the proper time If driven from her den. She will return to her cubs If let alone. In the den ahe cares for her young until the snows of the north country hav e..flic.iently melted to jicrnilt of her ge.'lng about, when ahe "hits the trail" again. She eats nothing during the five month 'that she hibernates, except that from time to time ahe will lap the Icicle which la mude by the freexlng of her breath on her paw. She ventures forth aa soon aa the snow has tuthVlently melted to permit of her getting about and for several days will eat nothing but hemlock bark and cer tain roots, which act as t physic. When ln her normal state ot health again she la ravenously hungry and will diligently fish the brooks and streams In search of a dinner of trout will bunt up the eoreaMiea of deer or moose which have been overcome by tb severity of the winter or will prey uin porcupine by quickly putting ber paw under the stomach and rilling th porcupine on It back, then with a si up tear out the entrails and escape th qulllt. Field and Stream. Oalalas aa Qeealloaer. A kindly faced woman showed great interest In going through th New. York Horn fcr Blind Men. Seeing one sight less man busily catling a chair, ahe said sympathetically: "I don't see bow you men do that work at all." "That's th way with us, madame," said th worker, cheerfully. "W duu't see bow w do lt ourselves." To another blind man she tald: "Do you clos your eye when you sleep?" "Ob, no, madam; we hav a watch man that goes- around and closes 'em for all of ut at 10 o'clock." Mara II Waa Saber. In the Recorder' Court In Atlanta majority of th persona tried ar ne groes, and th bulk of their errhig I In drinking too much. Not long since thirties Imklng negro wat ar raigned for habitual drunkenness. The principal w Uncus s-ist him wat bis wife. 8h wat on th witness stand. with Recorder Broylc applying hi In cisive sjcalpeL "Does your bnaband atay drunk all tb tlm? asked the Recorder. "No, tub, not all de time. Bometime I lau't rt any Job,"