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IKENSIDE MRS. MARY afTT A IWfn saw . . ... yirir.tt A 1 1 1. ( Continued. ) . ourui( me vacations, wher taust h (o theu'f" Guy sked. "Go where ahe please, of courw. A Jeeaie la so fund of her, and they ar nuch lik ti.ters. It will not bo liuproix-r or ner to come here, at I aee, provided Agnea U here." Mri. Noah replied, while uuy con timed : 1 inow you ar right: that l, I do not wish to do Maddy a harm by placing temptation in hrr way, neither will I hav everybody meddling with my busi ness. I tell yon I won't. I don't mean yoo, for you hat a right to aay what no on baa, and ha f lanced half angrily at Mrs. Noah. "Pity if I ran't tak an Interest la a flrl, because I once injured bar, without every old woman In Chris tendom thinking ah muat need fall In lor with me, and ao be ruinad for lifa. Maddy Clyde baa too good tens for that, or will bare vhm I tell her about Lucy." "And you will do 10?" Mrs. N.h said. "Of course I will, and write to Lucy, too, telling her how you talked, and how I ear no mora for Maddy than 1 do for Jessie." "And will that be truar Mra. Noah aaked. (in y could not look her fully In ttva face then, ao be kicked the grass onril the concumlon aent the red-hot roala out upon the carpet aa ha replied: "True? Yes, every word of it." Mra. Noah noted all thla, and think ing : "I ought to bav took him In hand long go," ah cam up to him and aald kind ly, aoothlngly : "We ahall all Biixa Maddy ; I aa much aa anyone, but I do think it beet for ber to go to school ; and ao, after tea. I'll managa to keep Jeaaie with Die, and aend Maddy to you, while you tell her bout Lucy and the plan." Guy nodded a little perking kind of nod, and then Mra. Noah, aa ahe turned to lesv tha room, gave Tent to tba fol lowing : "You know, Ouy, aa well aa I, that pretty and amart as ahe la, Maddy ia real ly beneath you, and no kind of a match, van If you wasu't good aa married, which you be." Mra. Noah'a laat remark awakened in Ouy aingular train of thought. Yea, Maddy hia Inferior as the world aw matlera. and aettling hlmeelf In the chair ha tried to fancy what that same world would aay if he should make Maddy hia wife. Of conraa he had no ain h intention, ha wa Just imagining nomething which never could possibly happen. beaue in tha flrat place he wouldn't marry Maddy Clyde If be could, and he couldn't if he would ! CHAPTER XIV. Supper waa over, and Guy waa back again in hia library. Ha had not stopi-d aa ha usually did. to romp with Jennie or talk to Maddy Clyde until It waa ao dark that he could not aee her aparkllng tace, but had com directly back, dropping the heavy curtalna and piling fresh coal upon the fire. Mra. Noah had lighted the lampa and then gone .after Maddy, explaining n Je..ie how ahe muat stay with her while Maddy went to Mr. Guy, who want 1 to talk with ber. "Ia be angry with me, Mra. Noah?" and remembering bia moody looks when ah went In quest of the book, Maddy felt ber heart missive her as to what might be the result of an interview with Guy. Mra. Noah, however, reassured her, and Maddy atole for a moment to her own room to ace how ahe waa looking. The crimson dress, with its toft edge of luce about the slender throat, became her well and smoothing the folds of her black ailk apron, who jaunty ahntildcr pieces gave tier a verr girlish appearance, "ha went down to where Guy was wailing for her, He heard her coining, and involuntarily drew nearer to him the chair where h Intended ah should ait. Hut Maddy took Instead a atool. and leaning her el bow on the chair, turned her face fully toward him, waiting for him to spenk. "Maddy." h began, "axe you happy here?" "Oh. yes, very, very happy." It was at least a minute before he apoke gain, and when he did, it cam out how tie bad concluded it beat to aend her and Jessie to school, for a year or two at least; not that he waa tired of teaching V.e hut It would be better for her, he thought, to mingle with other girls and learn the ways of the world. Aikenside would still be her home, atill the place where her vacationa would be apent with Jessie If she chose, and then he apoke of ytw York aa the place he had in view and asked ber what she thought of it. Maddy waa too much stunned to think of anything at first. That the good she bad coveted most should be placed with in her grasp, and by Guy Kemington, too, waa almost too much to credit. "Oh, Mr. Kemington, you are an good tn ana: what make you?' aald Maddy, II liked ber, and all over Maddy'a there sm-ead beautiful flush aa k worda rang In her ears. And then ha told Ouy how much ahe wlahed to be . teacher, and ao tan car of nee granu parent and ber poor I'ncl Joseph. It amed almost cruel for that young crea ture to b burdened with the care of those three ha f helpless people, ana nuy snuo A.r,A lust at he usually did when he aa- ..ted Msddv with them, but when he ti.tened while she told him of all the eas el., .he had built, and In every one of which there waa a place for "our folks, a ahe termed them, It waa more In the form of a blessing than a eareaa that bia band reated on her ahinlng hair. "You ar a good girl. Maddy," he aald, "and I am glad now that I have con eluded to tend you where yon can b bet ter fitted for the office you mean to fill than you could b here, but I ahull mlsa von aadly. I lis little girls, and though 70U can hardly be classed tber now. you aeern to m much lik Jessie, and I tske pleasure In doing for you as I would for br. Maddy " Ony stopped, uncertain what to say next, wbll Maddy'a eyes again looked up Inquiringly. He waa going now to tell "th little girl much Jewsie" f I.ury Atherstone. and tt worda would not com at first. "Maddy," he said, agvin blushing guilt fly, "I hav aald I liked you. and so I hop will someone els. I hav written f you to her." Up to thia point Maddy had a vague jdea that he meant the doctor, but the her" dispell"! that thought, and a most Inexplicable feeling of numbneaa crept rr her aa she asked faintly : "Written to whom?" "To Miss Atherstone-Miss Lucy Ath orstone. Hav you never heard of her?" No. Maddy never had. and with that tame numbness ahe could not understand, ah listened whil Uuy toU ber wh Lucy V J. HOLMES M Ik. Hllla ." "Lm. - I A.tr-r-, mat moment the mUtreaa of Aikenside. "Would you like to see hr picture ked t;Ujr. lea. came faintly from the parted up, aoout which there waa alight quiv ar aw ahe put up ,er hand to tak the case t,uy drew from bia bonoin. 1 liming it to the light, ahe enied alleut ly upon the tenet young face. wnVh Hcem ed to return her gat.; with a look a life- ilk a her own. ..it 1. .. . .... . 1 nai 00 you itnnt or her of my i.ury r la ahe not prettv?" G iv aeked bending down so that hi dark ha'r swept against Maddy's, while his warm breath touched her burning cheeks. "Yea. ahe'a beautiful, oh ! ao beautiful, and happy, too. I wihh had b n like her. I wish " And Maddy bur-tt Into a moat uncontrollable (it of weeping, ber feara dropping like rain upon the inani mate features of Lucy Atherntone. ii j iixi.eii at her amajed, hi a own heart throbbing with a keen pang of aoine- ining unoennatiie aa he litenei to iter stormy weeping. What did ail her? he wondered. Could it be that the evil agvnst which he was providing had really come upon her? Guy asked her why she cried, Child as the was, the real cause of her tears never entered her brain, and she an awerei! : "I ran't tell why, unless I waa think ing bow different Mia Atherntone l from me. She's rich and handxuiue. I a in oor and homely, and "No, Maddy. you are not;" ao I Guy interrupted her. Gently llftiug up her head, he smoo'h ed back her hair, and keeping a hand on each aide of ber faiv, aaid. pleaNan'ly : "You are not homely. I think J oil quite aa pretty as Lucy; I do, real'v," he continued, as her res kindled at the complimeut. "I am going to write to her tonight, and shall tell her more about you. I want you to like each other very much when sue comes, so that you mav live with ua. Aikenside would not be Aikenside without you, Maddy." In all bis wiHiings of I. m y Atherntone, Guy s o!ce hud never been tenderer in its tone than when lie said this to Mad dy, whose lip quivered again, and who involuntarily laid her head now upon his knee, as she cried a aecond time, not noisily, but quietly, softly, aa if this cry ing did ber good. For several minutes they sat there thus until Maddy, half ashamed of her emotions, lifted up her bead anl Miid : I do not know what made me cry only 1 a neen so happy Here that I guess I'd come to think that you only liked Jexsie and me. Of course I knew that some time you would see and think all the world of some body else, but I did not expect it so soon. I am afraid Miss Atherstone will not fancy me, and I know most 1 ahall not feel aa free here. after she comes, a a I do now. Then your being ao good, sending me to school helped me to cry more, and so I was very foolish. Ihin't tell Miss Atherstone that 1 cried. Tell her, though, how beautiful ahe ia, and how glad I a n that ahe lore you. and Is going to be your wife." Maddy'a voice waa very steady in its tone. She evidently meant what she said, mil iiy, ine nan man, cl.il not teel aa graciously ns he ought to have felt in knowing that Maddy Clyde was glad "Lucy loved him, and was to be hit wife." iiiiy was ramer uncnmioriatiie, and as Maddy waa in some way associated with hia d si'omfot't. he did not oppose her when she arose to l ave. Had Maddy been more a woman, or less a child, ahe would have seen that it waa well for her to know of Lucy Atherstone before her feelings for tiny Remington had assumed a definite form, and ahe mnr veled at Hint little round unot of pain of which was burning at her heart, or why she should wish that Guy would not apeak of her in his letter to Lucy Atherstone. Hut Guy did speak of her, frankly con fessing the interest he felt in her, telling Just how people were beginning to talk, and asking Lucy if the cared, declaring that If she did, he mould not see Maddy Clyde any more than was necessary. In a little less than four weeks there came an answer from Lucy, who, with health somewhat Improved, had returned to Kng land, and wrote to Guy from Itrighton. where ahe expected to spend the summer. half hoping that Cny nii.'ht join her there. though she could not urge it, as mamma still insisted that she was not able to take upon herself iho duties of a wif. Then she spoke of Madly Clyde, saying: "She was not one bit jealoua of her Guy. Of course, ignorant, meddling nev pie, of whom she feared there were a great number in America, would ro..in but he was not I,, mind them." Th.n she said that if Maddy were willing, she would like ao mmh her picture, as the had a curiosity to know just how she looked, and if Maddy pleased, "would ahe write a few lines, ao aa not to seem much a stranger?" Lucy Atherstone had been educat..l i think a great deal of birth, and family, and Guy never did a wiser ih:.,. than when he to, her that, according to l-nglish views. Maddy was s ladv. I .nr. asked fr a line from Maddy, partly to mortify that pride, and partly to prov to Guy how free she was from ieelnus. Parling little I.ury. I do love her r.r. dearly." was Guy's comment, as he fin ished reading her letter, feeling somewhat aa H her mother were a kind of cruel ogress, bent on preventing him from be ing happy. Then, as he remembered Lucy's hope that he might join her. and thought how much esaier of accesa New iork waa than Hrightun, he aaid. half petulantly : I'v been to Knglan.l for nothing time enough. When that mother of here aava I may have Lucy, I'll go again, but not before. It don't tav," And crushing the letter Into) hia pocket he went out upon the piazza, where were assembled Maddy, .Jessie and Mra. Agnes, the latter of whom had come to Aiken side the dav before. At first she had objected to the board ing achiKil arrangement, eajing J esse was too young, hut Guy as usual had over ruled her objections, as he bad th.se of rand Markham, and it was now a set tled thing that Maddy and Jessie both should go to New York. Mra. Ague to accompany them if she chose, and having genera! superi ision of her child. Thia waa uy a plan, the one which had pre vailed with the faahlonalje woman, who, t:red of Itoston. was well pleased with the proapect of a life in New York. Guy' intorest in Maddy wsa wholly inexplica ble to her, unless the explained It on th principle that in the Remington nature there waa a fondneaa for governesses, as had been exemplified in her own hiatory. Guy juiced ticai, b betn at one mmm mm. MS- to apeak rf Lucy, telling f th letter, ber requent for Maddy' picture. "MT Min? You cannot mean Maddy exclaimed, ber ye opening wid with wonder, but Guy did mean It, an began to plan driv on th morrow i Devonshire, where ther ma at that tin) a tolerably fair artist. Accordingly th nit day th four went down to Devonshire, calling firat upon th doctor, whoa fac brightened when b heard why they had com. Th doc .... ...i,i. helneJ raiae tboM of l.,l,lv and aa that llttl burning apot In k.. 1...., f.. wearlne away, ah "w.'s If, !'i.r'tie inn.Mi 10 "d' iiit ble likeness. Indeed. tb artist' delight h . .chi.oment in unbounded, aa declared it th very best picture b bad ver taken. It waa beautiful, ven Agne acknowledged to heraelf, while Jesale went ac.uowieagea to nersen, wn.. - -- I.to rapture., and Maddy blu.bed to hear her own praiaea. Guy aaid nothing, ex- cept to a.k that Maddy ahould alt again! ... j k A .l.ln he bet- mis waa goou, urn - - ter. So Maddy .at again, aucceeding oulte a. well . at first, but th. artist', preference waa for th. former. It wa. to be finished up. with th. understanding that Guy would call for it. ia the lad.e. I down th .taira. Guy lingerea 7 . ,, .. , k neswMl 1 own th .taira. tuy rain hlnd, and when ur they wer oui hearing, aald in low voir "You may at well Anion both; they r too good to be loat. The artist bowed. nl Ouy. with a half enillv Klush. hurried dow Into the treet. . k... i r.... ... waiting for blm. Two hour, later. Guv. in Mra. Conner', parlor, ... .ihihltine the finished picture, which in its handsome casing waa more beauti ful than ever, and more natural, if poa- alhle. "I think I might have on of Maddy'a. v 1 1 in.l han ah A remembered the aecond aittlng. ah. begged of Guy to get it for her, "that waa a dear ? Hut the "dear brother" did not aeem Inclined to comply with her request put ting her off, until, despairing of auccesa, Jessie, when alon with tb doctor, tried her imwera of persuasloo on him, ooax- ine ni.tU In aelf defense, be croaaed th street, and entering the daguerrean gallery, asked for the remaining picture of Mia Clyde, aaying that be wished it for Mia , .... "Mr Remington took them both." th artist replied, commencing a dissertation ou the atyle and beauty of tb young girl, all f which wa loat upon th doc tor, wh. In a kind of amaxe, quitted th rn.,m n,l returning to Jesaie, aaid to her careleaslv: "He haan't it. You know ihev ruh out those they do not use. 80 you'll have to do without ; and, Jessie, I wouldn't tell Guy I tried to gt It for you, Jeasie wondered why ah must not finy, but the fact that th doctor request- ed her not waa aufficient. "I am going to aend Lucy your pictur todav. and as she has asked that you should write her a few lines, suppose you Ho It now." Guv aald to Maddy next morning, as they left th breakfast table. (To be continued.) TOOTH OF WASHINGTON. OT.ter Bar Man ArtlBclal ., " , . .v. i Theodore Rooewvelt Is not the only proshlent from whoso mouth ft tooth haa been preserved. Here In Oyster Bay la an artiflclnl niolar from the mouth of Georne Wtishlnston, aays the Oyster liny correspondent of the New Voeu Wnrl.l. lt la mounted on a six . . iHilnted velvet atnr, and contained ' . . .. .u. 11 j .kik 1.. h. tt IC'Mtl U(A, Oil lilt" I 111 VtiilsU ii vmj ...,,e u-..hi-rt.. irin-i in n ...wi.i.; ' e."". Of the Bonuliieness of the relic there 1 no ilouiit. it la one or many me mentoes of the revolutionary penofll with which tiie old Towucnd houic - tend, w here Malor Andre lived nn to wlthln n week f hia capture, la filled. ti, i,i..k 1. ..,i,i,..t ,,n, r. m inn,,..,,, Into the poHHoslon of Peter S. Town- send, and the certiflcnte attesting It to he one of Washington' false teeth I In the hn ml writ Inf of Townaend biro self. The Ink I faded, but with th aid of a alas, may be rend: A tooth that had leen worn by General Washington. It waa, fixed by Mr. John Greenwood, den flat, In New York before the year 1700. Presented to peter S. Townsend, M. P., by Mr. Isaac J. Greenwood, a aon of John Greenwood, at New York, Jan. 2, 1821, together with a letter from General Washington In hia own handwriting." As further eorrohor.it Ion of Peter Townsond's statement there la pre served with It a cllpplne from a New York newspaper of twenty jeara ag) which reads: "The American Journal of Dental Science for 1M1I states that Georc Washington lost most of his natural tooth at an early age, relying; upon the art and skill of one John Greenwood, a distinguished dentist of New Torlc, to make good the deficiency. Washing ton's artificial teeth were manufactured from the Ivory of the tusk -f the ele phant, the only material at that tlm employed for the purpose." A le-end has come down through the Townsend family, however, that the tooth tliy have was whittled from the tooth of a wolf. Morris Townsend, present representative of the family In Oyster Ray, heard the legend from hia father and an uncle, hut he believe the tooth waa carved out of elephant Ivory. The autograph letter of General Washington to Greenwood disappeared year ago, but the previous generatfon of Townsends recalled that It waa couched In the atately courtesy of the day, and thanked the dentist for hi aklll In no closely counterfeiting a nat ural tooth. Greenwood was one of three dentist who pra.ficcd In New York city be tween 175 and 17:i.-.. m, UM1,, ,, office were In Maiden l.i,ie. He had the cream of the practice nd it Is aald hl Income wna fjim a year, which waa regarded aa lar-e. Greenwood alsi was a cupper and lee,-.r and frequent ly waa called on to demoite.tt hit ability In those arts by the f.n-ulty of King's college, the predecessor of Imnbla. The lloaefmnon, Llttl. Willie rili whn a this paper mean by the calm before the storm? Pa -It probably has reference to th honeymoon, my son. Oa Papa. "Mamma, whati the a 1 7. of lar?" dol. -The a!gh of a dollar. Johnny, la the noise your father iiiakea w heu heglvei me one." Houatou Poet. HKENSIBE MRS. MARY u1 ""Ian,, ..'tHs Or,.,. itmtm aa : ntlTEIl Xir I, xmmrn a W'V ilial f... ,.. 1 1 . l , -nanny 10 wr te ,0 Lucy AtHers ua,. bu, remoiittran. anj ,, tdctura ''"It am. ha ' of Vi. "ny wun i.uy. ud which . . (- ry grtiif;i. . . ? uu.u. P'. 'jt fu , , . , . , "J,; to gO Ill,w .T ""SWia Were 1u.1u.nH. - , ,,,miu im ,l .. . -- axl. ,t'Vht wu turned taw " faking eat.bli.h- left mem. - - i generosity, Guy aaa P' "J tm TUmu'n ,0 J -"" "'-'.- ,f w 7'"" n""1". oe - ; - - -. wun me ueti- I e ther tor en"-n ur i ""I . ,.,., 11,,. .t . .. '" o 1 " . 1 - uuy anoum lav an fq' tt dresa and atten lion. ... , , , , k. ... "it will o - ""wry," he wid, "for you to eallgturu i w,fc.u, of Xew york wun rej.iu - a poitiin. She goe. ther a. nuali tuJ ber No on "ih, with Maddy nyu wiuiw- - m interested In her . , tn -nit. .f heri.f . .. . ... ajiu iu mv" - -H'ue uislike wa wearing away, iMrOj,ry of la((, thf had aeen no sisa special attention on lb doctor' Prt. Hi had gotten over bia weaknew. h l.t. and .0 wat ry gm. .v... Ull,ulyt wh0i nat- urally f.-givinf, ben,,- ... . tlian the had tver dramj lt VMuMt for - b"f to KM 10 pruu UJ haughty a worn an. Down i wtig iu Hunedale there were many rutaalmion held and muny feara ei'ra-d 4, tnt) cou(,t as ro what wtwld be tk. n-ault of all Guy wat doing 1 or i ait. A few day befur, Middy' departure, graudl weut up to h "the madam auxioii to know tuaniing more thau beartay alwut a pert,whoke care hi child wa. to be partiill, intrusted. Agne. wa In her room whntoij wh0 wantei to see her. Utartuig micklv. aba turned so deadly white that Ki, who brought the messaje, flew to to tide, asking in much alarm wht waitln matter. "Only a Utile rami It wnj ,,, pag! off," Agnea .aid, tod then, disiuiasfug Maddy, ke triru to coup,,, herself audi. clently to pas th on,l the ao much tell dreaded, and from wkjj ther. wa. no poasime eaiai-r. Thirteen yetrt! Iladih,, changed her past reoguition? Me atord. the believed o, and yet. never in bar life bad Agnes Reminon t heart oe,:, Wlta ,0 mlirb terror and apprehension u when she en tered th reception rtoa wber Guy tat talking with the infirm old man she re membered ao well. ll,i nowy hair wa. parted just the .amt u tver, but the mild blue eye wa. diuimer, and It rested on her with no tuspioiuu jlance, as, par tially reassured, the g!,ded across the threshold, and bowed civilly when Guy ' u u uuy A Jiuf anlicul aitb . . father wod a0tuit bimtelf. Maddy sat Dy wondering why Amu appeared ao ill at ease, and why hit ptndnire started I wmetune. .it the unatf of her voice, and - M earnestly at tiv. I all'.,. ., u. ' n t in 1 " , H" mJ tnowi Ige. young woma h aaid one to At 1 1 . ,., - but U r"nl1,,' omebody. l.n.l vo c rnton von t. V U.. I - ro,kin' m Jump au 1 1 I'd heard it a'um'er. After that Aji't' apok la elevated 1 tones, aa If the thought him deaf, and th myatlfled look of wonder did not ra- ni '' Numerom were the rnargea ne g.mve i "in concerning kl.l.ll... V.. h. ..l...i . child ; then, aa b arose to go, he laid hia trembling band on her bead and aaid eolemnly : "You are young yet, lady, and ther may be H long life before you. God blesa you, then, trnl prosper you In pro- portion at you an kind to Sladdy. I've nothing to give yoo nor Mr. Guy for your gooduesa only my prayers, and them you have every day. all pray for you, lady, Joseph and ill. though I doubt me be know, much tb meaning of what be aays Who, air? Ut did you aay?" and Agne.' face wat utrlet, as grandpa re plied: "Joseph, oof unfortunate boy Maddy must have tola you, tb one who'a taken auch shine to Jessie. From the corner wher he tin ao much I can hear him whispering by the hour, aometlmes of folk, he u.ed to knew, md then of you, who w call m.iiUta- lie .ay. for ten minutes on the atretch: '(Jod bless the madam the madam th madam !' Y'ou're tick, lady; talkin' tl'Ont him makea you faint," gTandva added, hastily, a Agnca turned white aa ths drc, ,ne wor "No oh, no, I'm hetter now," Agnes gasped, bowing hini to the door with a feeling that the could breatba no longer In- hi pretence. He did not hear hr ftlnt cry of bitter, bitter remorse, as he wtlH through tti ball, nor know the witch,,! him a. be went alowly down the waik, Hopping often to admire th fair blossom which Maddy did not feel at liberty to pick. "He loved flower,' Arne whlapered, aa her better natur prevtpj 0V)r eTry other feeling, and. farting eagerly for ward, ahe ran after the 0, ,nan, who, aurpriaed at her evident haste, waited little anxiously for ber to tieak. It waa rather difficult to do o with Maddy'a In quiring eyes npon h", but Agnea man aged at last to my : "iKws that man like Bowr the on who prays for the madam'' "Yea, ha used to J'1 ,t" frandpa replied; and, bending down, Agnea began to pick and arranne Into 1 mot taateful bompiet the blossom 1 hud of May, growing ao profusely within the border. "Tak them to Mi", M you?" and her hand abook aa lie r'""""l t0 (jrandpa Markham the gift nl'b would thrill pis.r Joacph with a traiie delight, mak ing him hold converse a wth the unseen presence which Is) called "ahe," and then whisper bl'-sslnj, tn IBt(1. am' head. Three days after tins. t ,iarT of (mlT left Aikensiile, whi'h I'-ntej a most forlorn ami cheerless si;aran,. ((J ,n, psssers-by, who were t'tnost aa the servants when, at th" "'luration of a week. t;uy came ba k '"' '-x.k up bia old tn li'e of aolittide and I'm.'linNis, with nothing In nartiiulnr to :ntrt him, ei tept his hooks and l!" l'tt.r, wrot to Lucy: unless. indef'L it ,r lnov , as going to write te Muddy, who. with Jessie, had promised to fini hi. cor resKindent. Nothing 11,11 thew and the picturethe doctor's p'ctiu,h ODf lgnei expressly fur h -in. md aw 1, ic-tm trou bled him greatly. Helping ,h,t h, had fully intended It fur th )ner. (;(Jy felt if it were, in a ni-'ir. Un pr(IH rty. anil thia made b pv.a, (, b1j tn more. . Now that Maddy wna tax, Ciuy mlgB. d her terribly, wun.lerun h r lived aiihuut hrr, ij .maat 1 U 1 " V j. HOLMI8 IN." U. ,, 'seta," ac working himseif Into a violent Das.inn against the meddleiwiu neighbor, who would not let her remain with him iu pea.-e, and who. now that ahe waa it''!ie did not atop their talking ou whit. Of thl lat, however, be waa iguorant, aa tber waa no ou to tell him bow peu pl marveled nior than ever, feeling con hdent that k wa. educating hi. own wif, and making aundry hateful remark a. to what h Intended doing with ber re lation.. Ouy only knew that be wa very louely, that Lucy 'a letter aeemed iuaipid, that tveu the doctor failed to interest him aa of old. and that bia greateat com fort waa in looking at th bright young face which aeemed to amil ao truthfully upon him from th tiny casing Juat aa Maddy had amiled uum him mh.n I.. bade her good by. CHAPTER XV. ITie aummer vttcation hsJ brrn sut by the Itemingtona and Maddy at th seaside, tb latter coming to the cottage tor a wee two re returning to her whool In New York, and a. the doctor wa. then ahtieiit from home, ahe did not meet him at all. Consequently, be bad not .eon her sine ahe left Aikeu.M. fr New York. Hut ah wa at home now for th. Christma. holidays waa down at the cot tage, too; and unusually ncrvoua fur hiin, the doctor stood before the littl Kiuar. gluna la hi. back ollice, tryiug to mak himself look aa well a. possible, for be waa going that very afternoon to call uu- 011 Mia Clyde. ihe doctor wat teriously In love. He acknowledged that now to himself, con fessing, too, that with hi. love wa. mingled a .pice of jealousy, lent Guy Hcmiugton ahould be expending mora thought on Maddy Clyde than waa consis tent with the promised husband of Lucy Atberstoue. He wished o much to talk with Guy about her, aud yet dreaded it ; for if the talk ahould confirm hia suspi cions ther would be no hope for blm. No girl In her right mind would prefer him to Guy lU'iuington, and with a little igb the doctor wa. turning away from the gluas, when Guy himself drove up in a most dashing equipage. Guy wa. in the beat of tplpita. For an entire half-day he had tried to devise some meant for getting Maddy up to Aikenside. There wa. to be a party at Aikenaidt the very firat aince Guy wa. it. master. The neighbor, bad Mid be wa. too proud to Invite them, but they should say to no more. The house waa to be throwu open In honor of Guy'a twenty-aixth birthday, aud all who were at all desirable at guests were to be bid den to the festival. First on the list wa. the doctor. Guy wa. all engaged in th matter, and after telling who were to be invited, added rather Indifferently; "I'm going now down to Honedale after Mad dy : It'a better for ber to be with ua a day or two before. You've aeen her, of course. No, th doctor had not ; he wa. ju.t going there, he aald. In a ton. ao full of aad disappointment that Ouy detected lt at once. I have not Men Maddy .inc. la.t spring, you know. I. .he very much im proved? asked the tue doctor. Yea, very much. J here I. no more stylish-looking girl to be aeen on Broad way than Maddy Clyde. I took ber to the opera once, last month, and the many admiring glance, cast at our box proved pretty positively that Maddy a beauty waa not of the ordinary kind. "Th opera !" the doctor exclaimed ; Maddy Clyde at the opera ! What would her grandfather say 1 He ia very puritan ical, you know. "Yes, I know ! and to It Maddy, too. She wrote and obtained hi. content be fore the'd go with me." Here an interval of tilenc. ensued, and then the doctor began again. "Guy, you told me once you were edu cating Maddy Clyde for me, and I tried to make you think I didn t care; but I did, oh, to much! Guy, laugh at me, if you please. I cannot blame you If you do; but the fact Is, I believe I've loved Maddy Clyde ever tine that time the wa. so lick. At all events, I love her now; and I wa. going down there this very afternoon to tell her so. She's old enough. Hhe wa. .ixteen last October, the "Tenth day," Guy responded, thu showing that he, too, waa keeping Maddy' age. "Yea, the tenth day," resumed the doc tor. "There", 'most eleven years' dif ference between us, but if she feels it all .a I do, ahe will not care, Guy," and the doctor began to talk earnestly: "I'll be candid with you, and say that you have tometimea made my heart ache a little." "Me !" and Guy', face w aa crimson, while the doctor continued: "Yea, and I beg your pardon for it ; but let m ask you one question, and upon its answer will depend my future course with regard to Maddy: You ar true to Lucy?" Guy felt the blood trickling at the roots of his hafr, but he answered truthfully a. he believed : "Yes, true aa .teel," while the generous thought came over him that he would ferther the doctor', plan, all b po.sibly could. "Then I am aatisfled," the d.)ctor re joined "and a you hav r.ther .s.imi-d th poaitlon of her guardian or brother. I aak your permiaalon to offer her the love which, whether ah accept. It or not, la here." Guy had never felt a aharpcr pang than that which now thrilled through every nerve, but h would not prov false to the friend confiding In him, and be an wered calmly : "Yoo have my consent ; but, doe, patter put It off till you e h-r at Alkentfcle. There no chance at tue cottage, nflb Ihos. three old people. I wonder -he don't go wild. I'm eur. I should. "And you'll manage it for me, G u J T You know how. I don't You'll contrive for me to see her alone, and maybe aay word beforehand In my fsvor." "Ye yes. I'll msnags it. I BX It right. ton't forget, da ysfter to-morrow night. The Cutlers will be there, and. by the way. Marcia baa got to b a splendid girl. Hhe fancied you once, you know. Old Cutler 1 worth half a mill ion." And Guy tor. himself away from th doctor, who, now that the ice wa. broken. would lik to bav la.teu Maddy forever. Hut Guy wa not thu inclined, and in a mood not extremely amiable, be went dashing down toward Honedale. tor some unaccountable reason b was not now on hit Interested in th party, and. were It not that a few of the invitation, wer issued, h would hav been tempted to give It up. Guy did not know what ail4 luu. li wulj felt aa It aouielod; be 4 been meddling with bia plan. H ceateuied himself with driving like a aeo one Jehu until he tea. bed Honrdaie. where pair of .of:, brown eye amiled uj late bis face, aud a little, warm band wa clasped in bit, tt Maddy came tin to the gate to meet him. She wa ry glad to e him. Th cottage with its hu'iihle adornings did avetn lonely, almost dreary, after the life and bustle of New York, and Maddy bad cried more lhau ouc to tuiuk bow bard ud wicked sue must be growiug when her bom bad ceased to be the dear oil r.i X -Li on. .sue been ther five days now, aud noiwith atanding the effort a of her grandimrenta to entertain her. each day had seemed "k In its duration. Neither tb doctor nor Ouy had been near her. and capri cious little Maddy had made heraelf be lieve that th former was aadly remit in hi. duty. Inasmuch as be bad not seen ber for ao long. Maddy wa. getting to be a woman, with womanly freaka, aa the reader will read ily aee. At Guy ab. wa vt particularly piqued. She did not take hi. attention, a. a matter of court ; .till ah thought more of hire, if possible, than of th doc tor, during thoae five days, saying to herself each morning: "He'll urely com to-day," and to heraelf each night: "11 will be here to-morrow." 8h bad om thing to bow him at laat a letter from Lucy Atheraton. who had gradually com to be her regular correspondent, and k If. Ji L . 1 . .. all the Intensity of her girlhood. T her ardent imagination Lucy Atherstone waa but a little lower than the angel, and th pure, eweet thought contained in ev ery letter were doing almost a much towards molding ber character as Grand pa Markham' prayer, and constant teach ings. Maddy did not know it, but it wai theae letter from Lucy which kepi bet from loving Ouy Kemington. She could not for a moment associate him with her aelf when ahe ao constantly thought of him aa the buahand of another, and that other Lucy Atherstone. Not for world, would Maddy have wronged the gentle creature who wrote to her so confidingly of Guy, envying her In that ahe could ao often aee hia face aud bear hi. vobe, while bi. betrothed wna acparated from him by many thousand mile. Little by little it bad coxne out that Lucy' mother wa averse to th match, that ah bail in ber mind the caae of an English lore', who would make her daughter "M; Lady"; and thi was the secret of bei deferring so long ber daughter's marriage. In ber last letter to Maddy, however, Lucy bad written with more than het usual apirit that ahe would come in poo aession of ber property on ber twenty-tilt) birthday. She should then feel at liberty to act for herself, and .he launched or Into Joyful anticipation of the time wbi she ahould come to Aikenside and met ber dear Maddy Clyde. Guy began to talk with Maddy, askini bow she bad spent her time, and so forth This reminded Maddy of th doctor, who, the said, bad not been to aee ber at all. "He wat coming tblt morning," Ouy rejoined, "but I penuaded blm to deiei hi. call until you were at Aikenside. have come to take you back with me, t we are to have a party day after to-mot row evening, and I wish you to be pre ent." (To be continued.) HINDOOS "sAVEDTHEIbT FOOT Haad of Ualled ilatea Caalonaa OB- cers Nearly Profaned It. Five Hindoos, attired In native coe timie, were ateernge puaaengera on board the steamship Pauaina, w hich ar rived from Colon. Ther were taken to Kills Island for examination, aaya the New York Poet, The men were ereatlr excited when. In handling their baggage, whloh wat wrapped Iu heavy clothe, the custom officers nearly touched and polluted one bundle w hich contained food. The cua toma men quickly appreciated the situa tion and drew back their hands, and thus the food was not profaned. Two of the men called themselves nishen Slnglu two Nands Singh, and the fifth Wlr Singh. The latter appear ed to I of lower caste than the rest, and he was treuted accordingly. Vari ous were the tnlea about the Hindoos. Some persons aald they were niemliert of a theatrical troupe, others believed them to be In search of work. One Hlshen Singh, whose Engllah was by no means perfect, appeared to be the leader of the party. Hia turban waa red. While the others wore white head cloths. He aald that he had been working In Peru as a watchman. He and his companions were sikhs, having held arloua ensrauoments In the IJrlt Ish. army. H himself had served five yours, said Illslien Singh. He snowed a letter of re--ommenda Hon, and vouched for his fellows, say ing they had worked at watchmen on the Panama canal. They would return to India, remarked I'.lsben Singh grave ly. If they could find no work here. C J. Anderson, third officer of the Panama, and Ch.irles Mitchell, the freight agent, were detailed to take the lllnibsis to Kills Island from the pier at the foot of West 27th street. The pnrty started to walk to the ele vate,! station at 21d street and !rh avenue. The Hindoos had their bag gage under their arm. It was a long walk. They had gone about half way when they began to grumble. Sudden, ly all laid down their baggage. "We IX) go." ai'd "laokeajnian, IHshen Slnu-h. "Where you take usl See, there Is a carriage. You make us walk. Kverybcsly on street look at us. Think we have no money when we walk. Why you no give us a car rlnge?" Auderson was sure that the? line would not pay cab fare for five steer ago pawngers. The Hindoos, how ever, were obdurate. Finally an ld.-a struck Anderson. He pointed ahead to the elevated and mild: "See up In the air. There U the car riage on the tracks. Come on." Ills wsrds followed. The Hindoos conked their own fnd on ulilpts'iinl. snd said their daily prayers with much ceremony. Reallr tha Trath. "She says she get so tired of ahop- in- it makes her o weary." "Such alr: aa If she had any time for It. Of rurwe, I don t know, but I'll bet she w.rks all day." "That's Just It; she's a aalearwofn. an." Philadelphia Presa. a. ma mm Ik Others. !! mer I thought I had at least on unselflah friend la Grlggsl.y. Mrs Homer Well, haven't you? Homer No. Only this morning he wautad to burro $10. WILL ADD TO MISERY (FA HARD WINTER. European Labor LeaJers AlarmeJ Over Increase in Homecoming Contingent. STEAMSHIPS ARE LOADED DOT!? Hundreds of Destitute Aliens Waa daring Streets of Paris on Verge of Destitution, The lucreaslng contingents of home coming Italians, I.iiluiiitil.nia and other Mediterranean etivrage passengers are dlassjiuvrtlug lint only to the steamship couipuiilcs, who have lu:idistiate fucill tlea for dealing w ith such a sudden aud uuexKvted trallic. but to the labor leaders of Ktiro.. who deny Unit themi newcomers have sutticlcnt money to ;U. tliu W Intel wlliinut Working, Mild deelure that they w ill thus add to the misery of what Is sure to be a hard wlu ter among the Kuropean working OlUS-M'S. The. figures given by the French la bor bureau aa to the returning emi grants are corrolairuted by Nicholas Martin, agent of the American Hue, who says that all the steerage capacity of every vessel has ls-en takeu until Feb. 1, while thousands more will lm unable to return to Kurope before spring. If this keep up, a Purls corre ssjtdciit says, hoiiio sjns-i.iI measures must be taken to repatriate the hordes of dlsupiioliitcd adventurers, for the ordinary means me Insufficient. "To my knowledge several hundred of more or lesa destitute 11IU ns are wan dering In the streets of Paris on the verge of starvation, and the prefecture Millce hooks will probably multiply this figure by three," sold one of the olllcluls at the ministry of works to the corre KHndent. "The Unt we can do Is to enedlte their return to their native countries. Something like half of them have no more money than Is barely sufficient to pay their fare." Never since the first ship sailed out of New York harbor has there been any thing like the present exodus of emi grants from that port. 1 ay by day the crowds clamoring for transportation abroad grow greater, with no prospect of their reduction In numbers. woreTof irrigation. Sew Flans Adopted Contemplate Many Improvements. In the Irrigation division of the Ag ricultural Iiepartment the three main lines of work will lie, as heretofore, dis semination of practical Information, scientific and technical Investigations, and reMrtlng on irrigation conditions In certain districts. Iu view of the fact that probably about 5,iski,(HKI acres of land provided with water for Irriga tion will he available for settlement at the close of HSM, It Is believed that In no other way can mure good be done than In supplying practical Information through publications aud excrt ad vice to the new settlers on this land, and It Is therefore deemed advisable to broaden the scope of this work so as to make It valuable to every class) of farmers deN-ndent upon Irrigation and to every project, whether public or private. The scientific and technical Investiga tions will be a continuation and exten sion of what has n trendy been done. Prominent features of the work will he to determine what becomes of the large quantity of water which Is annually spread over cropped soils. Involving a study of evaporation, seepage and dis tribution of losses, with a view to se curing higher economy In the use of water; the relntlon of Irrigation water to quantity and quality of crop and the adaptation of methods to different soils and crops, and a study of the more technlcnl features of the measurement, conveyance, storage ami distribution of water on farms, and the various de vices used for pumping. In the study of Irrigation conditions In different lix-alltlos emphasis Is to be laid esisH'lally on possible Improve ments of present met hods which w ill lead to a more economical Jte of water. f an f'nfiper lla Madef That the recent exiM-rimcnta of Sir (Villiam lUuisay, the Knzl.sii chemist, are not l.kely to result in the artificial man ufacture of copsT is the conclusion of President Ira Itctnsen. who recently mail an address on the subj'-ct before the Sci entific Association of the Johns Hopkins university at lialtimore. r. itemwn aald that the experiments in question Indicated that the substance we call cop per, and which we have hitherto regard.si a. a .table elementary form of matter ia capable of undergoing a very elk-lit de composition, but while it is (sis-ilile th.it minute qunntity of the element Milium can be obtained from cop-r by the ac tion of radium emanation, the change is very .light, and it do. s not seem proba ble that any method can be devised by which it can be markedly Increase d. One In ' Insane. AeenrHin to the report of til NeW i'ork State Commission on Lunacy, the total number of rsiiis confined in in- Motions for the insane in mat .-suite is i: :t.'i7 This i a proportion of about on to every .'!"" of the population. The 1,1.-1,,!,. are that insan.ty nne been steadily on the increase since l"V'7. While the percentage of foreign born to the nnrmlate-m ia -'I. the iierccn'nge of for- eign-harn Ina.iue ia 4. Iii-uine patients of Irish an I German nativity are on the decrease, while those of llilsia, Austria Hungary and Italy are increasing. The Evangelical general conference, at Its recent esion at M.lwaukee, took a decisive step toward the union of the Evangelical church and the l'nited Evan gelical rhuri-b, adopting the report of the committee on revia.un, which recommend ed the appointment of a commission from each church to arrange detaua of the union. It was also !-' ided to open ne gotiation wi'h other Protestant churches. Including the Method. ts, Pr sbyteriana, Baptists and Congregational. t, with a view to a federation on all lines of church, work into which denominational d.flar. eucts do not tutor.
