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.