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mm* ■ ’X V i % . * A , W W .W » U m m 4 W W W M * m ”m 4 * m * e e » 4 4 * m i ^ 0D* The \^/lfe’s Secret, ij OR A BITTER RECKONING :: B y CH ARLO TTE M . BRAEM B » * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I > » * > ►♦♦♦♦ H H H H I H * » C H A P T E R X V .—{Continued.) Every nerve In Pauline’s body was vl beating, and a sense o f suffocation came ever her. Had this man at last eeen the advertisement or been told o f it? Perhaps, too, he had been to those dread ful people, Daws A Raven, and obtain ed from them the Information that would ruin her. She turned to Jack eagerly. "D on ’t see them. Jack!” she said, pleadingly. "Th ey will keep you all the afternoon, and we are so comfortable ” Jack f«dt that hia position was hardly pleasant I f they had asksd for him he ought to go to them. But still he admitted thkt Pauline's objection was quite natural. H e could understand her wish that he should not meet Ethel more than was necessary. , “ Very well.” he acquiesced. “ Not at home. Babette.'’ The Frenchwoman retraced her steps down the long gallery, with a look of dsep disappointment on her face. She had expected so much from the appear ance o f these people. She had built on the abrupt termination o f this hateful engagement through them, and now the chance was lost, utterly lost. Just be cause she could not bring about the de sired Interview. This disappointment, coming after her morning's failure at Daws’ office, broke down her spirit altogether, and fo r the ffrst time she began to believe' that she must resign herself to the inevitable— that the marriage .pould not be prevent ed. and she must be satisfied with the poor revenge o f depriving Pauline of her unlawful possessions. 8he clinched her teeth With defeated rage as she en tered the boudoir. “ No. madame has not yet returned,” she said, and.heiu the door for them to pass out into the gallery. But in that moment o f her utter de spair the tide turned and carried her on to speedy victory. She preceded Mr. and Miss Mallett until they reached the central hall, and then handed them over to the footman. She stood watching them as they re-entered the hired car riage. A s they drove off some one plucked at her from behind. She turned round in surprise to meet Mrs. Perkins, whom she had passed la the corridor, outside the boudoir, superintending the arranging of fresh flowers in the window stand. Th e housekeeper’s usually florid face was quite pale, and she jerked out her words in a curious, breathless way: “ Who are those people you have just shown out?” “ Mr. and Mim Mallett.” “They are nothing o f the kind! Th e gentleman is Sir Geoffrey Mailing, Baro net, brother of Sir Paul and uncle to our present mistress, and the young lady; is like enough to the family to be his daughter.” The Frenchwoman stood looking at her with a gigantic triumph in her face aa she muttered: “ A t last— at last!" - i - C H A P T E R X V I. “ W ill Mr. Mallett call on Messrs. D ew s A Raven, at their offices, 16 L e man street. E. C., between 2 and 8 o’clock to-day? They have private in formation of the greatest value to im part to him.” Ethel leaned over her father’s shoul der and read the telegram. “ W hat can It mean, papa? I t ’s very mysterious. Shall you go? I wish you would take me with you. I shall be in such a stats o f excitement until you come back.” “ I could not think of taking you to a place I know nothing of. my dear. It might be Inconvenient to have you with me. “ Why, papa, I believe you are excited and curious! It is the first time I ever saw you so interested.” “ Yes, I am curious. It strikes me as odd that, after living an uneventful life fo r the last twenty years, I should one day break my vow as to never revisiting Mallingford Park unless as its owner, and the next day receive this curious message. I dare say it is only a coinci dence; but still it ia strange and I can’ t help connecting the one event with the other.” Surely there was some strangely ex hilarating quaijty in the atmosphere this morning, for Ethel went about her busi ness in a brisker manner than she had lately. H er nerves were a little bit un strung, too, for, when’ about 3 o’clock there came a very decided rat-a-tat-tft at the door, she was worked up to such a state o f extreme expectation that she almost shrieked aloud. She ran to her usual post o f observation, the stair bead, and was surprised, pleased, sorry, dis turbed. all in a moment, at the sight of Captain Pelting. She was almost tempted to serfd him a message to the effect that she could not see him just then; but she had a horror o f deception, and indeed she was really glad to see him again. A few seconds later she was shaking hands with him, and her shyness had completely van ished. A fter the question as to sport there was an awkward little pause, and Ethel felt her heart quicken with dread. Shak ing herself free from this feeling, she turned to her visitor. “ You have not asked why papa is not at home,” she. remarked, with a deter mination to avoid personal topics. “ T e be sure! It is Saturday! I had forgotten! And why is he not at home?” “ I will show you why;” and she t fetched the telegram and gave it to him. “ How mysterious! Quite like an avent In a novel! Has Mr. Mallett any Idea as to wbat It means7” “ Not a bit! I ’m expecting him home soon, and then we shall hear all aboat It.” “ In which case I had better be off. It may be privets family business, y o i know.” “ I don’ t think paps would mind your knowing. H e looks upon you as a sin cere friend. You are ths only one he has cultivated within my memory.” Poor Ethel! She had unwittingly brought down an avalanche upon her self. “ You see, he has a treasure beyond price In his keeping, and he guards it jealously.” For a moment the drift of his remark did not strike her; she concluded he was alluding to the secret o f her father’s birth, which she had thought was known only to Lord Summers. She was surprised that he should know thB ve ers t; but she said nothing, and quietly awaited an explanation. Palling was slightly disconcerted by her unexpected silence and her Inquiring gase. H e felt that he had committed himself In some way, and honestly re gretted that he had been so indiscreet, but he felt that he had gone too far to recede, and therefore went on reckless-' ly. “ Mr. Mallett is well aware that if a man meets you often he must learn tb love you.” H e stopped abruptly after this, and noticed ths quick flush that overspread her face; then, impelled by an irresisti ble impulse, he continued: “ I know I ougnt not to say this to you without first speaking to Mr. Mal lett; but he has been so kind to me that I have allowed myself to hope he would not object to. me as a son-in-law, be yond the one great- objection that ap plies to every one— I should rob him of you. Y et I would-not even do that en tirely. H o should have his own rooms in our home, and he could be with us as often and as long as he liked. I would make both so happy, if you would let ms! I would cherish you so tenderly and take such care o f you that r.n anx ious thought should never come near you, and ths trouble in your face which I cannot help seeing sometimes should die from sheer Inanition.”,. H e paused, while Ethel sat quite still, her hands pressed closely together in her lap, the flush still burning in her cheek. H e yearned to take her into his arms and hold her there; but, reading distress in her burning cheeks and avert ed eyas, he determined not to press for an answer to-day. “ I ’m afraid I ’ ve worried and dis tressed you. I ’ m very sorry. I won’t trouble you about it any more just now. Tyy to think the best you eaa o f what I have said, and let us go on for a time as we have been, good friends." He rose from his seat, and held out his hand to her. Ethel was touched more than she thought was possible by the unselfish ness o f his words. H e had made no allusion to his own feelings or suffer ings, yet she knew ths suspense he would undergo if matters were left as they stood then. She resolved to tell him everything, and let him decide. Don’t go for a few minutes, please.” she besought him, nervously. “ I have something I ought to tell you. I have loved some ope else very dearly.” H e looked gravely and pityingly at the pretty flushed face; but there were no signs o f surprise as he answered: I guessed as much. Yon must for give me for having played the spy; but I loved you so dearly from the first mo ment I saw you that I could not help watching you, and I foufid it out. I know that whoever is to blame for the breaking off of this previous engage ment, it is not you; and, in spite of the fact of your having promised in the past to be the w ife of another, I am longing to hear you repeat that promise to me. I f you can bring yourself to do it, I will try my best to deserve my great happiness by my devotion to you." Again the thought rose in Ethel’s heart, “ I f I had only known this man before I knew Jack!” A ll that she could find words to say was: “ How good you are!” “ Nay, I am afraid there is no great goodness, in me; but I would try to be all goodness to you. W ill you let me try r Should she confess that she still suf fered from the paugs oi slighted love? There was a short struggle iu her mind between pride and honesty. The latter prevailed, and she rose from her seat, and crossed to the fireplace. She held the mantelboard firmly by one hand, and then, regarding him steadily, she said, without a pause or tremor: “ You do not understand what It is I want you to know. It is only very late ly that m? engagement V ith some one else was broken off— so lately, indeed, that I hare not recovered from it. I wish you tb bear this in mind— that I am still sorry about it. A t the same time I know yon have done me a great honor, for I think you are true and hon orable. and I believe that if I had time to leave this sad memory behind me I could honestly accept you, and bring not only my gratitude, but my love to our home; as things are just now I eel It would not be right to say simply I would be your w ife without letting you know how It Is with me. Poor Ethel! H er heart was laid bare now, and she trembled violently. Pelting came over to her and warmly took both her hands In his. “ My pearl among women!” he ex- .eUtmed "M y pure, truthful, little love," H er hands trembTeiTTir titw firm clasp, aa he led her to her father's armchair and went down upon his knees, still hold ing he? bands tightly. “ Now, listen to me, my darling, and when I say anything of which you dis approve, stop me. I shall see^jrour fath er and explain everything to him; 1 shall claim the privilege of dAing what I can to make your life a little brighter and pleasanter in the present. 1 shall not talk of love to you in any way; but I shall let you see a good deal of me In one shape or another. I will give you plenty of time to get over your pres ent sorrow, -and I shall not look upon you as my affianced in the meantime; but one day, a few months hence, I shall come again and ask the same qaeetion that I have asked to-day, and you shall answer ass aa truthfully as yon have »»<> then ths matter «hall BOBBIE'S be settled one wsy or the other.” 1 Ethel, blushing, mads no reply; and the captain, leaniug-forward, his face all aglow with feeling, kissed her with a gentle, lingering kiss, j ' "H eaven bless and keep you, my dar ling!” W ith these words ringing in her ears, Ethel watched the captain as he hasten- i ed from the room. C H R ISTM AS PRAYER. ........... »*1 th# f toslly dear; Dod b'ess mamma, papa, too; Dod b’ ess 'Ittle sister Fan— An' bring me a sled, nice an’ new “ Dod b’ess all the chll'ren poor. An’ make all the sick folks well; An' dear Dod, p'ease don't forget T o send a pony, big an* swell. “ Dod be gracious to your lambs. An’ keep sin out o f my life; C H A P T E R X V II. J M r. Mallett, in evident Impatisffco. walked up and down the confined spgco "between Daws’ office table and ths door. Daws had refused to say anything^n the absence o f the lady for whom he- was acting, snd whom he expected Mo mentarily. Th e door opened behind him; apd, turning round, he saw Babette breath less and flushed, unceremoniously enter the room. H e recognised her at oncosts the maid he had seen at Mallingferd Park on the previous day, and he turned a dusky red as the thought that ho bad been entrapped Into some backstalr In trigue against his niece passed through his mind. “ But l a m fortunate to find you hbre still! I feared you would depart befbrs my arrival.” - Mr. Mallett bowed slightly, and wait ed for her to go on. “ Ah, I see!” cried the woman— “ you are o f the Mailing family” — he winged — “ and you have amazement in your heart that I, a mean domestic, should dare to make an appointment with you! But you will have more amassment when I tell you why I do this. Do you know your niece. Miss Mating, very well?” Mr. Mallett drew himself up proudly. “ I came here to receive information, not tb answer questions. I f you h ive brought me here thinking that i should Dod b’ess all my 'Ittle frlen's— An' p’ease don't forget a fife. * ■ help in gny scheme agaiust my niece, yon are mistaken. I f you have any “ An' Dod b’ess ole Santa Claus, He is such a spreudld man! news to impart which concerns me» I tell him to not forget will listen; if not, I will wish yon good An' T q bring a gun, too. If he can. afternoon.” k H e took hia hat from the table and “ An* a box of merbles, too. An’ a lot of picture books— turned to the door. An' a toolchest full of tools, “ But one moment! I have news to tell W lf tacks, nails, screws, tnf hooka. you— news that concerna yourself very “ An’ dear Dod, some other lings dearly. 'W h a t would you do If I were To fill In corners wlf, you know. to tell you that this woman who calls Ginger cakse an’ nuts as’ figs An’ a lot o f candy, too. herself your niece is no niece at all. that the whole estate ia 'of right yours, that “ An* I wouldn’ t mind some skstea, your niece ia dead and buried?" (I'll give my ole ones to some frieu’) She watched him keenly; but beyond An’ I reckon dis Is all— So dood-nlght, dear Dod. amen.” putting hia hand suddenly on the back — Detroit Free Press. o f a chair near him, he gave no sign of surprise. “ I should say that you labored under a mistake.” “ I am going to show you something that will put you right on to the straight track leading to thia woman’s downfall and your restoration to what has been yours ever since yonr brother’s death— Mallingford Park.” Mr. Mallett drew a deep breath, and then asked, laconically: “ And your price?” A M E S ,” Bald Gerry Talbot sudden Babette felt that there was a gleam ly, looking up from the letter he in the eyes watching her from behind had just received, “ you needn't the table, and, she looked at Daws in mind about the rest. Th e dinner stinctively. H e mistook the look to will not come off, after all.” mean, “ You name the price,” and he The decorated end of the big, sumptu ■aid, immediately: _ ous studio looked oddly distasteful to Gerry Talbot since the reading of Miss “ One year’s rent roll.” “ In other words, between eleven and Wakefield’s telegram, which had shat twelve thousand pounds?*’ interrogated tered his enthusiastic plans. H e had in vited her— and her brother and bis wife Mr. Mallett. Daws nodded hia head affirmatively. — to a Christmas studio dinner which he “ Th e affair, so fa r aa I am concerned, meant to make aa featlve aa possible. O f course, her rejection at the laat hour ia ended.” Babette glared for an instant at tbs had been a gentle invention prepared to lawyer and muttered, “ You vainplre!” avert a greater disappointment, for he Then turning to Mr. Mallett, she said, bad let her know unmistakably how It in her best manner, “ He ia mistaken, waa with him, and he had been so hope monsieur; the price arranged between us ful of success that he had selected a waa five thousand pounds on ths day ring for her Christmas gift— a little gold en circlet set with a clear white soli you take possesaion.” “ T o be conferred by deed of gift con taire. ditionally beforehand,” put in the law Th e streets were thronged with bust yer. • * “ Very good. I accept those terms on ling Christmas shoppers, glad of heart, the understanding that the lady in ques with merry, expectant faces, and here tion is proved to be an utter strauger and there a wistful one, too, looking on, tu t not buying. Talbot noticed two lit by blood.” “ You will sign the undertaking before tle girls gazing wistfully Into a confec you see our proof.” Daws said, raising tioner’» window. “ Yea, Min, I would. I ’d do it fnat the lid of his desk as he spoke, and producing s ready-prepared document. thing,” said the taller of the two. “ Oh, “ W e must have a disinterested witness my, wouldn’ t It be nice to be rich an’ to the signature, if you please. Joe invite all your friends to a big turkey an’ Ice cream dinner!” Blake, come here!” , , They were very poorly clad, thln- A wretched lad sneaked from the featured and ill-nourished, but not un outer office into the room, watched Mr. Mallett sign, put his own name to the pleasant to look at. Talbot was con- scions, all at once, of an inexplicable paper, and then shuffled out again. “ Now we can proceed to business,” Impulse to gratify the child's wish. “ So you would really like to give chuckled Daws. “ The next move is your friends a Christmas dinner!” said yours, Ma’ mselle Lestrange. It is plain he, smiling down at her astonished eyes. to be seen that the whole thing is dis “ I have a great mind to let yon have tasteful to Mr. Mallett. He is a man of your wish.” refinement, and this companionship on “ Oh, dear me, M in!” gasped Lou. “ I an equality with people so immeasurably his inferiors grates most disagreeably can’t hardly believe it, can you? It sounds Just like a make-believe thing. on his sense of the fitness of tilings.” W on’t Mis’ Posey be s'prised! An’ (To be continued.) Jonas an’ Meg an’ Tom. Ob, won’ t they be jest too pleased!” W as G o eth e's H w eetn ea rt. “ H ow many shall you invite?" Talbot It Is a little difficult to realize that asked gravely, taking out his notebook. a sweetheart o f the poet Goethe waa “ W ell, there’s Auqt K atie an’ Uncle still livin g only six years ago; yet Tim an’ the baby. Mis’ Posey. Jonas that such was the fact la recalled by Boggs, Meg an’ Pat Fooley— Min, can a German w riter In T„ P .’s W eekly. you think of anyone else?” “ Lame Betsy an’ Moll.” H er name waa Ulrica von Levetzoff, “ H ow many’s that?” asked Lou. and at her death In 181)9 she was In “ Tw elve, counting us three.” her 90th year, Goethe met her at “ Don’ t you think it would be nice Martenbad, being then 73. , H e fe ll to have a little present beside each seriously In love with the young gtrl plate?” asked Talbot. and proposed fo r her hand, the grand Both girls gasped, bat looked immense duke o f Sage-W eim ar acting as bla In ly pleased. term ediary. “ Suppose you two go round with me N atu rally enough Ulrica declined the and pick out what you consider suitable offer, and Goethe did not press hia for each o f your guests, because I should unit a fte r the first rebuff, N everthe not know what to select.” When Lon appeared at the studio on less, he could not dismiss the matter the following morning she was a very from hia mind, aa ia shown by a let different looking girl, and any one would ter to a friend w ritten some consider have known by the pure Joy o f her able tim e later. Ulrica herself never voice that aome great and festive event married. She Is described as b a rin g was at hand. Talbot had finished the been a woman of much personal decorations which had been so harshly interrupted by Mias W akefields mes charm and o f strong charset#?. sage. and the result was extremely grat ifying. especially after Lou’a rapturous H er F irs t Im pression. “ Just to think,” remarked Mr. Stnbb, acclamations. A t precisely 12 o’clock the bell rang stirring bis coffee thoughtfully, “ o f the for the first time to announce the ar Russian battleship K n la z Potem kin rival of Aunt K atie and Tim and the cruising aronnd with a red flag at the baby, all polished and prinked to the m ast!” verge o f painfulness. Next came Mis “ It was rather unnsnal.” replied Posey, a little, faded.’ bowed, ancient Mrs. Stnbb. “ Who cares to buy a bat woman In m aty Hack, with hmg gold loops In bar wrinkled ears. la m e Betty tleship at auction?” thumped In on her crutches, closely fol Th s vita lity o f seeds Is a constant lowed by Moll, In borrowed finery, of va source o f astonishment to naturalists. rious sizes. Meg brought blind Jonas, A pine forest when cleared aw ay la and a merry little wraith o f a man called often follow ed by a dense growth o f Tom Doom. Talbot shook bands all around with oaks or birches, but where the seed a “ Merry Christmas!” sfter which they comee from la conjectural. all took their pieces et the beautiful • ■ ' ■” table, tbs like o f which none o f (hat humble party had ever looked upon. But It wee a kindly madness that possessed the host o f that bountiful dinner, for his stories were of the pleasantest and hia watchful care was unflagging. H ie guests rewarded his efforts by s sponta neous enjoyment o f all that waa set bo- fore them. It waa good to see them wait upon blind Jonaa, who could not help himself, and upon lame Betty, whose crippled hands mads difflcult ths use o f knife snd fork. Talbot rose to replenish a half-emptied plats aa ths hall bell thrilled merrily. There waa s pause; then Jamee’ quiet, well-trained voice said: “ Yea, madam; he la at dinner in the studio.” The door awnng Inward. Talbot knew that he wae not dreaming when she’ came toward him with outstretched handa and j ripple o f explanation of which he heard not one word. Indeed, to him one Isolated fact Oiled the world — that ahe waa amlllng up at him with a great promise in her eyes. “ A little friend of mine wanted to give her friends a Christmas dinner, and I persuaded her to let me share it,” he explained jauntily. - “ It baa been a great 1213— Fir*>t regular English Parliament treat to me.” assembled at Oxford. Miss Wskefield read the whole truth for herself aa she looked into the good, 1490— Perkiu Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England, executed at homely faces that reflected their host’s Tyburn. praises In every glance, s’be said noth ing, but her eyea told what Talbot would 1538— Proclamation Issued by Henry V I I I . , declaring Thomas Becket have given all he possessed to hear from her lips. Then Mr. Wakefield and hts not a saint. j w ife ventured in, and Talbot bethought 1572— First Presbyterian meeting house himself to ask if they had dined, which in England opened. they had not.’ 1B21— The little ship Fortune from Lon and Talbot made room for three ' " England arrived at Plymouth. plates here and there, and aa there was Mass. a plenty o f crullers and turkey and icet 1044— Henry McMabone executed at cream, all went well to the very end of Tyburn for conspiring Irish mas the function, when the eleven originally sacre. invited gznests rose and made their adieus with glad hearts and beaming 1050— Treaty of Llebau signed by faces. Charles X . and the Great Elector. . Miss Wakefield stood before the grate 1099— Treaty of alliance signed betwesfa while her brother and his w ife examined Peter of Uussia and Augustus II. a row o f pictures half hidden behind tb* — ■ 7 of Poland. holly wreaths. 1712— Duel between Duke of Hamilton “ I was so sorry to disappoint you yes and Lord Mohun. Both killed. terday," the said, “ but poor Ted’a tele gram was so urgent that we were afraid 1737— Queen Caroline s f England died. he was worse, and hadn’t the heart to 1772— Three hundred cheat* of tea refuse him. When I discovered that we thrown overboard at Boston be could take an early train home I made cause o f tba duty Imposed by up my mind to run in and wish you a England. Merry Christmas, anyway,, and to ws 1777— Articles of Confederation o f the came, you see.” United Statea agreed t o . .. .Am er Talbot thought of the ring. H e had ican Congress recalled Silas Deane taken It from its hiding place. “ For a from Paria and appointed John long while I have wanted to aak you to Adams....... passage of the Amer accept this— and what goes with It,” hs ica u forU On Delaware river by said simply, holding the glittering baubls the British. Fort Lee. N. J., on toward her. the Hudson, opposite upper New A red glow crept Into her face. She York City, captured by the Brit made no audible answer, but when the ish. young couple at the other end o f the THE WEEKLY room sauntered toward them they were 1785— Sir David Wilkie. English paint amiling. er, born; died 1841. 1789— North Carolina ratified the Con C H R I8 T M A 8 T R E E FIRES. stitution of the United Statea. 1796— Catherine 11. (the Great), em H o w th e D a n g e r o f P a r lo r C o n fla g ra press o f Russia, died at 8t. P e tio n s M a y Be M in im iz e d . tersburg; born 1729. Several accidents on Christmas eve 1767— Thurlow Weed born. and day each year recall the fact, appar ent only on that day,' that the Christ 1805— British and Russian foresa land In Naples. mas tree is quite as dangerous as it ia pretty, and that the proud father per 1806— Napoleon issued g decree declar sonating Santa Claus should take the ing the British Isles iu a state o f precaution to equip himself with asbes blockade. tos whiskers. About the usual number 1811— Great riots at Nottingham, Eng o f fires are recorded iu the country each I la n d .... John Bright, great Eng year as a result of the infinmraable na lish statesman, born. ture of the Christmas tree and its dec-! 1818— Battle o f Leipaic. orations and their careless handling. This warning always follows Christ 1815— Second Peace o f Paris. mas just as the outcry against toy pis- ' 1816— Bell* o f Notre Dame, Parts, bap tola is raised after the Fourth of July. I tised. O f course no rose is free from thorns, ' 1834— Melbeurne ministry dissolved. and apparently no holiday can be ob-1 served in the conventional fashion with 1846— Cracow annexed to Austria. out risk o f accident to the merry makers. 1848— Assassination of Count Rossi, first minister to Piux IX . at Rome. Sputtering caudles ou a Christmas tree are a very real danger, and the same may 1849— Steamer Louisiana exploded at be said o f the frees themselves, the I New Orleans. Nearly 100 killed. wreaths of evergreen and the mistletoe. j 1852— Laboe islands difficulty between A fter a day or two they become dry and j United States and Peru settled. inflammable to a high degree, and in the ' 1867— R elief of Lucknow. joy o f the celebration risks are run aud precautions neglected, A tree thus load 1862— Gen. Sumner demanded surren der of Fredericksburg, Va. ed down with presents and decorations | may become in an instant a torch capa 1864— Treaty of peace between Den ble of starting a disastrous fire, as many mark, Prussia and Austria rati cities discovered the other day, to their fie d .... Gen. Sherman began hia great cost and to the serious discomfort march to the sea. o f their fire departments. 1866— First G. A. R. post Instituted at By taking preventive measures thou Decatur, 111. sands of dollars will be saved every year. 1870— Duke of Aosta elected King o f Trees should be bought late ami kept | Spain. out doors until used. Iu the case o fj fresh, green trees the risk will be min 1873— Encyclical letter laaued by Pin t imized. Candles should not be too close I IX . against Old Catholics. together and should be constantly watch 1883— Standard time adopted in Statea ed. Above all, a wet blanket abould east of the Rocky mountains. be at hand, also a sponge ou a pole loug Four standards adjusted to be an enough to reach any point of the trees hour apart and to differ by exact or ceiling. So, at least, say the firs hours from Greenwich were fighters, who every year have their own adopted. The divisions are east Christmas spoiled by the neglect of these ern time, central time, Rock) very obvious precautions. mountain time and Pacific time, being respectively 75 degrees, 00 O ld Id e a s A b ou t C hristm as. degrees, 105 degrees and 120 de Even as late as 1753 there was some grees west of Greenwich. doubt as to the exact date of Christmas, 1880— Chester Alnn Arthur, twenty-first the old count bringing it to the 6th of President of the United States, January, the new count giving us ths died in New York City; born 1880. 25th of December, which is “ the day ws 1888— Bear Admiral Charles II. Bald celebrate.” In Devonshire, England, It win, Union naval veteran, died in is believed that if the sun shines at noon Netir York City; born there 18R2. on Christmas day a plentiful crop may 1891— E x-K ing Milan o f Servla re be looked for in the following year. nounced all rights to the throne. 1893— Town of Kuchan, province o f T h e T h o a g h t flil G iraffe. Khorasaan, Persia, destroyed by The absurd and long-legged giraffe an earthquake; over 12,000 peo Bald: “ Here Is a thought makes me laugh. It we giraffes should ple killed. • Wear stockings, how could 1804— Jose Salvador, anarchist who Old Santa Clans even fill half?” threw bomb In Barcelona thea ter and killed many persons, gar- ORDERED roied. err. 1897— President M cKinley signed the treaty adopted by the Universal Postal Congress... .Rev. George Hendricks Houghton, rector o f ths Church e f the Transfiguration (ths Little Church Around the Corner), died In New York, aged 77. 1898— Michigan State Supreme Court | declared boycotting Illegal. 1899— Admiral Dewey, transferred to hts w ife the Washington house given film by the American people . . . .Garrett A. Hobart, Vice Pres ident of ths United States, died. 1901— Jams* J r Jeffries defeated Gus Rnhlin in a battle for the world’s pugilistic championship at San Francisco. 1903— A canal treaty with the new re public of Panama signed at Washington. 1904— Oving Edward V II. o f England ar Ths New Ysar -You'll h ar« to mora rived In Portugal on a visit to on, old man. K in g Carlos.
