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If' IV ? i' r' v ty t & i. SB What Gold Cannot Buy Auth.r of "A Cro.k.d Path." "Msld, Wife prWld,""lf Wmn'Wi," "Bhimi'i Bargain," "A Llfa Inlaveet,' "Mens Ctieloa," "A Wsman' Heart." OIIAITKH XV, (Continued.) ' "Wlu and what U h?" cried Lum y, fiercely, starting forward from whir h had boon leaning against thu wlndonvfrnms, "I wilt tail you so much. IU U poor Ilk myself, Mill w have a lone strug gle befor us, but Ther. will My o mor. Now that you understand (hen I no hop, you will b abl to put ma out of your thouichU. Do Ull your father ho ha nothing to fear, at least from in. It I cruel to dlsap point a father. a parent. Be what suffering Hugh Davllla Iim caused hU mother." "lie wan right, lis not what h wanted, I wit disappointed. I thought when you knw what I really meant, you "It U uieleit to argue about what 1i Inevitable," Interrupted Hoi. "I deep ly regret having eauaed you annoy ance or dUapjwlnlment, but neither 70U nor I would har been happy If w had become man and wife, Why, oh, why did you not understand mT Now I can hear no more. Make hast to rllv your father's mind, and good-by, Captain Lumley." Bh half put out her hand, draw It back, and left the room awlftly. The enraged and dlppolntd lover took a turn to m( fro, uttering aome half-articulate denunciation! of hit Infernal III luok, then, snntchtng up till hat, nuhed away to pour hi. trouble) Into the sympathizing ear of Iird Kverton, la whom all Imprudent youngsters found -a congontal confidant. Aa toon an tho aound or hi steps was heard, tho uucloaed door of a intall Inner room from which ther m no other exit waa puahed more widely open, and Mr. Bardie walked In. Bh wnro her outdoor droaa, and hold a not In her hand. "I lltlt thought what ! ahould tiear," ah aald, almoal aloud, "when I .determined to keep quiet till that booby had gone. J.Utenera never hear cood of themielve. Bo I am a can tankeroua, dictatorial, tyrannical old woman T Hop Deamond doea not think o; I know ah doe not." OIIA1TKH XVI. To Hop Mr. Bavllla made no algn, and alio remained In complete Ignor ance that her acuta patroncM had been a hearer of I.umley' avowal. There waa something Increaalngty kind and confidential, however, In her tone and manner. Hope waa greatly relieved by having thua dtapoted of hr admlrr, That worry waa at an end; another, however, atlll remained. Mlaa Dacre'a feellnga and Imagina tion were greatly exerclied by th udden dlaappearance of Oeorge Lum ley from th scene, and "he grew quite ntvenoua for Hope'a aoclety, that aho might wonder nml conjecture and maun' ' -tout hla myatorloua con duct Jroas examine llopo aa to -what alio thought might, could, would, or ahould havo cauaed him thua sud denly to throw up the game which .Mlaa Dacro choao to think ho waa playing o eagerly viz., tho purault of herself till ahe madn her henrer'a Itfo a burden to her. "I don't know what you do to Mlaa TKMtnond when you havo her out by Oiereolf." ald Mra. Bavllla to the young helrosa one afternoon, when ha had nailed to know If dear Mr. 3ftvlllo would apnro llopo Doamond to Uk a drive with her and day to af ternoon tea, "but ah alwaya come back looking whlto and tired, quite exhausted; and I will not aparo her, Mlaa Dacre. I want her myaelf. It rou are alwaya taking her away, you had better keep her." "I am auro I ahall be delighted. I rant a nice huly-llko companion a lit (lo older than myaelf, to go nbout with too and" "A little older than youraeltl" laughed Mra. Bavllle. "I auapect ah U two yeana your Junior. Well, tak tier, If ah will go." "Indeed, Mr. Bavllle, I think you would do better with an older person, om one nearer your own age," "I am much obliged for your kind tonalderatlon, Yea, of course Mlaa Deamond has rather a dull time with 41)0. Suppose, you make her an offer Jn writing." "Yea, or courie I could; that la, If 70U would not bo offended." i "No, by no menna. I would not if stand In hor light." l( 1 "Really, Mra. Bavllle, you are tho iteost aenalbl woman I know. Pray, how much do you give herT what aal ary I mean." "What Mr. Ilaweon asked for hi protege fifty pounda." "1 that allf Oh, I will give her a hundred." 'Then of rour you will get her," aid Mra. Bavllle. grimly. 'That be ing o, pray loav her to m for thla afternoon." "Oh, yea, certainly, I can write to her thla evening." Her further ut terance waa arrested by th announce ment, In loud tones, of Lady Olivia I.umley, whereupon that personal en torod, wearing a lmpl travellng-dres and a moat troubled expression of countenance. "Dear Mln Dacre, I had no Idea I should find you here," said Lady Oli via, when ah had greted Mrs. Ba vllle. "I am on my way to Controv ville, to try and get lid of my gouty rheumatlnm; so" "How very unfortunate that Captain I.umley should Just hav lertt" Inter rupted Mia Dacr. "II started on Wednesday something regimental, I bellev." "Mot unfortunate," returned Lady Olivia, emphatically. "Where are you staying" asked MM Dacr. "At th Hotel d'Alb." "Well, I ahall call lata this after noon. Now I am obliged to call on th Oomtesa d Buresnr. Bo good by for the present, Mrs. Bavllle. Oood by, dear Lady Olivia." Aa soon a she waa gone, Mrs. Ba vllle, looking very straight at her sis ter Inlaw, asked, "What Is the matter with you?" "Matterl Matter enough! If I had not been en routo for Contrexevllle I should have coma hero on purpose to to tell you what I think." "And Tray what may that b, Lady OllvlaT" That you hav allowed my unfor tunate boy (Icorga to fall Into the same scrap aa your own son, Just to make us suffer aa you hav done. It I too bad, that while we wer think ing everything was on th point of be ing settled between him and Mary Dacro (such an excellent marriage), there Is ha falling Into the trap of that low-born, designing adventuress, your companion! You are not a wom an to b blinded by anything, and you never took th troubl to warn us or save him, and I who alwaya sympa thised with you In your troubl about Hugh! I expected better thing from you, Eltzabth. You are Infatuated nbout that woman, or whom you really know nothing." For a moment Mra. Bavllle waa el lent, too amazed to find words. "I don't understand you. Pray ax plain your meaning, It you have any," she said, at last, a bitter llttl smile curling up tho corners of her mouth. "Why, our unfortunate mad boy wrote to his father a tow days ago that he was going to make an offer to that dreadful girl, as she was the sort of woman to whom ha dared not pro pose a private marriage; that we fear ed wo might be vexed at first, but If we attemptod to prevent It he would go etratght to tho dogs. Oh, It la too too badt little thought, whon I was so horrified at Hugh's conduct last summer, that before a year waa over I should bo amicted In the aame way." "When you gloated over my disap pointment, you mean," cried Mrs. Ba vllle, her keen black ayea flashing, "I have no doubt you thought to yourself that your son would never bo falsa to the Instincts of hla race, which Is aris tocratic on both sides, but that mlno waa Impelled by the plebeian vigor In herited from hla mother's people, I know the amount or gratitude you all reel towards ma for conferring wealth for which he never tolled, on your brother and his sons. Hut the blood In my veins has been strong enough to keep you all In your places. Yesl as the world wo live In chooses to attach Importance to rank and to worship n title, I bought what waa necessary f the valuable article; but I know your estimate of ma and th veiled con tempt of your commtsoratlon when tho blow fell upon me. Now I am go ing to return good for evil, and ro llevo your mind. Your precious son la perfectly snfo. That low-born, design ing adventuress, my companion, has defiantly and utterly rojected hlra." "Imposalblel Are you auro! May this not bo some deep-laid scheme! How do you know!" "It Is qulto possible, I am psrfectly siir It Is no dcep-tald scheme, Z know, because I was lu that room thoro, unsuspocted, and heard every word of the proposal and of tho dis tinct, decided rejection. Miss Des mond reproached your son with his perseverance In spite of her discour agement, and Informed htm she waa engaged to another evidently soma liumbla, struggling man, from whom your charming, distinguished son was powerless to attract her. Miss Des mond actod Ilk a young woman of sens and honor, and In my opinion she Is a great deal too good even for so high and mighty a gentleman aa Captain (leorg Lumley." "Thank Oodl" cried Lady Olivia, too. much relieved to resent the undlsguls-l ed scorn nnd anger of her slster-ln- In-w, "Hut are you quite sura thero Is no dangsr of this young person changing har mlndT" "He under no apprehension. Your son Is safe enough so far as my young friend Mis Desmond Is concerned." "I am sure I am vary glad but real ly, Kltxabeth, I am amsted at the very extraordinary attack you Iiavs mad upon lac." "Or, rather, you are amad that I know you so wall. I saw th sneer that lurked under your assumed com passion for my disappointment, and I am amaied you ventured to speak In th ton you did to ro. Now you may go, and write to your husband and as sure him his son Is safe for th pres ent. Deforo we meet again, you must apologise to me for th liberty you have taken." "I think an (.pology la also due to mn," cried Lady Olivia. While she spoke, Mr. Bavllla had rung th Nil, and, on th waiter's ap pearanc, said, In a commanding toot, "Lady Olivia's can-lag. whereupon that lady confessed defeat by retiring rapidly. CHAPTER XVII. Mrs. Bavllls walked to har special arm -chair, and, taking Prtne Into her lap, stroked him mechanically, aa was her wont when shs was thinking. "80 that was th fool's attraotlonr ah mused. "I ought to hav suspect ed It, but I did not, or I should hare snt him about his business. It Is nat ural enough that uie father and moth er ahould bo annoyed; but ahe la too good for him a great deal too good, nut she Is silly, too, with her high flown notions. We cannot defy tho Judgment and prejudices of the world w live In; obscurity and Instgntfl canco are abhorrent to most sane peo ple. Yet It Is Impossible to doubt her sincerity; and ana Is common-senslcal enough. Can It be that she Is wis and I am unwlsef Hera Mrs, Ba vllla put her little favorite on tho car pet and again rang the bell. This time he desired that Miss Deamond should be sent to bsr. "1 think I shall go out and do soma shopping." shs said, when Hope ap peared. "I do not walk enough. 1 have had a tlresom morning. First Miss Dacro cam begging that you might bo lent to her for th day. "Rhls I refused. Then cams Lady Olivia, In ) d temper, and we quarreled, oho xfolng away to-morrow or next day. t all events, she shall not trouble ma any more. I think we hav had enough of rarls. Richard la coming over next wek. As soon as he leaves, I ahall go away to a quaint little pise on the coast of Normandy, and recruit It will be very dull; but you aro used to that." "I rarely feel dull," returned Hop, who secretly wondered why Mr. Ba vllla had quarreled with her slster-ln-larr. She was too decided, too peremp tory a woman to be quarrelsome. Could It bo for any reason connected with herself? Lumley said he had communicated his Intention to propose for her (llopo) to hla father. This, no doubt, would have enraged his fam ily; but aho couli not ask any ques tions. Indeed, she was thankful to "let sleeping dojrs Ho." Bhe had many anxieties pressing on her young heart. A very cloudy and uncertain future lay before her. "It Is hard," she thought, "that, however good and true and loving a woman may bo, If not rich she Is thought unworthy to be the helpmate ot a wealthy, well-placed man; any poor, struggling nobody Is good enough for her. Yet It Is among the atruggltng nobodies that the finest fellows are often found; so thlngt equalise themselves." (To be continued.) till OueaOna;. "Bay, paw," queried little Henry Teck, "did you know ma long before you married herT" "No, my son," replied the old man with n sigh long drawn out, "and as 11 matter ot tact I'm not thorough ly acquainted with her yet." Qnlte Appropriate, "What's becomo or that pretty young actress I saw laat year!" "Bho's atnrrlng." "And the young fellow who seemed to bo so devoted to herT "Ho'a atlll mooning." Baltimore Amorloanj DIRersut. She Doea he command a good sal ary? Ha Ha earns a good aalary; a wlte command & JJotfM)tB Vlaltor What havo you in luetic lit eraturat Librarian Cook books and i'earyodlcals, Ilrooklyn Life. "Don't you hate to find a worm when you'ro eating fruit?" "Well, not so much as finding half a worml" I'uck. "I want one of tha new spotted face veils, please.1 "Yes, madam. Specked, spattared, or splotchod?" Cleveland Plain Dealer, Wife (reminiscing) Well, I very nearly didn't marry you, John. John (absent-mindedly) I know but who told you? Tho Bkotch. "H m'wlfe's awake, I'll shay: 'M'dear, brought y' soma o'ssth'muras chrysthmus cbrasytbum' hang It! Wish I'd got roses." Life. Uorrowell I have no use for that follow lljones. Wigwag Yes, DJonej Is one of those fellows who object to being used. Philadelphia Record. "What do they mean by an 'endur- nu !'?" "Tarn rhana hrnrelnf about their respective makes of auto mobiles." Bprlngneld uepumiean. "I've Just figured out how the Venus d Mllo cams to lose her arms." "How?" "Bhe broke them off trying to button her shirtwaist up tho back." The Jewish Ledger. 'The audience Is calling you," tha playwright was Informed. "I hear them," he answered. "Show roe the quickest way to get out of here." Birmingham Age-Herald. "Now-mown hay Is a delightful per rume; wo sell lots or It." "Haven't you something with a gasoline odor? I wsnt people to think I own a motor car, not a horse." Life. Mrs. Newbrlde IJoohoo! Henry threw a biscuit at me. One that I mado myself, tool Mother Tha mon ster! Ho might havo killed you! Tho United I'rsbterlan. Hoax Out In Arizona he Is knowu as a bad man. Joax Is that so? Did ho ever kill any one? Hoax Oh. yes. Joax What make of car does he drive? Philadelphia Itecord. Visitor Can ou read the past? Fortune Teller Certainly. That'a my business. Visitor Then I wish you'd tell me what It was my wife told me to get for hert Boston Globe. "Do you want employment?" asked the sympathetic woman. "I dunno wot dat Is. ma'wi." replied tho husky hobo, "but of It's ennythlng ter eat, youse may glmmo a rew." Chicago Dally News. Judge I'll have to fine ye fifty dol lars for exceeding tho speed limit. Jack Bcorcbcr Look here, Judge, this young lady and I want to get married. Remit the fine and you get the Job. Brooklyn Life. Whale What nro you gotng to tell your wife when you get homo? Jonah I don't know; I don't aupposo she would believe ma If I ahould tell her that I had bei-n to a fish dinner. Tho Bohemian. "You don't know what that'a a pic turo of, Johnny?" said Mrs. Lapsllng, In a tone of reproof. -You ought to read your ancient history more. That Is tho temple of Dinah at Emphasis." Chicago Tribune. Cynlcus It la Impossible for a wom an to keep a secret, Henpcckke I dont know about that; my wife and I were engaged for several weeks beforo she said nnythtng to mo nbout It," Philadelphia Record. "Aro you In favor of votos for worn on?" "Yes. Perhaps It we can get them to think more about votes thoy will think less about clothes. I bar four daughters who are growing up," Chicago Record-Herald. "Speaking of Joy rides, did you ever have a real oner' "No." "Never go out In a buggy along a shady lane, with a plug of a horse and tho only girl In tho world? 8ay, you don't know what life it" Public Ldgor. Reporter Mr, Cummin, havo you tho manuscript or the after-dinner speech you delivered at that banquet last night? Ketchum A. Cummin (with a gasp) Did I deliver a speech there, young man? Whose? Chicago Tribune. "Tho starvation experiences or those English suffragettes were trying." "Yos," answered Mlsi Cayenne; -in pretty hard to be obliged to stop crit icizing; the publlo policies of a great government In order to find fault with Its cooking." Washington Star. "Over hero," aald tho Arnb guide, "wo havo nnother mummy, From tho cooking utensils found near her, aho Is supposed to have been a cook. For 8,000 years sho has romalned Just whoro Bho was found." "Boahl" scoff ed tho American tourist, "that'a no cook." "Why not?" "Who ovor heard ef a cook remaining In 0110 place that loagT" Chicago Dally News. MONEY FROM WEEDS. Common Wild Plants That Qrow All Over the Country Are Im ported from Abroad, WIDELY USED AS MEDICINE. Value In Buch Boots aa Burdock! Dandelion and Pokaweed and In Dog Grass and Catnip, This country Is actually Importing for medicinal purpose plants that ore growing wild nil around ua, but -which no one ns to think It worth whtlo to gather. This fact Is pointed out by tha department of agriculture In a bulletin called "Weed Uaod aa Medi cine," which St would be worth while for the boy wtoo read thl to write for if h wants to make little monay out ot tha vacant ground all around him, a New York Herald Washington letter says. The bulletin will explain how to prepare the -weeds for the mar ket and will give soma Idea of efce price that the Industrious boy can ex pect to obtain for the weeds that are marketa&'e. Belgium and other European coun tries shj-p to thla part of the world ictj year atout 60,000 pounds of bur dock root. The root sells for from 2 to 8 cents a pound apd the seeds for from B to 10 cent. This will prdb&bly bo new to most of those dili gent workers who have been weeding out the burdock from thousands of farms, and carefully consigning It to the name. Vhllo the more thrifty Eu rope&ne bare been selling It to us In consignments that come more than 3,000 miles to a country that abounds In it Who has Dot wondered at the eight of Italians digging for dandelions. The country boy knows that dandelion greens are not bad for the table, but what few but the astute alien ore wise to It that druggists derive part of their Income from the sale of dande lion as a tonic and that from 4 to 8 cents a pound can be obtained from the root that flourishes everywhere ready for the picking? Instead of gathering the dock root that got to waste alt around us, the American nation pays for the Impor tation of 125,000 pounds of this plant every year. Tho dried root sells at from 2 to 8 cents a pound, and Is con sidered an excellent blood medicine. The waste lands are alive with It and any boy could make money by gather ing and preparing It for tho market A quarter of a million pounds of dog grass, a remedy for kidney troubles, comes to this country annually from abroad. Is It because we cannot grow dog grass In America? No, but be cause for some reason this unthrifty nation Imports It Instead ot pulling It up and preparing It from the place where It grows all around us. It brings from 2 to 7 cents a pound. Here's a chance for tho boy who finds the long vacation begin to pall upon htm to show he la aa Industrious as his competitor In the old world. Then there is pokeweed, a skin and blood remedy, the dried roots ot which sell for from 2 to 6 centa a pound; mullein, which is a nerve tonle and a cough roodlclne, and which sells for good prices, but la not thought to be salable by the boys of this country (German boys know better they sell It for Importation to America) ; lobelia seeds, which sell for 15 cents a pound, and catnip, which can be exchanged for pocket money at the rate or from 2 to 8 cents a pound. These are only a few of tho many weeds that are aalable, but which we allow to go to waste In this country, while we buy the Identical thing from abroad. It will open the eyes as well aa line the pockets ot our boys to get the bul'etin referred to and make money out ot that obnoxious Job ot weedtng. CURIOUS 8P0RTXNQ CONTESTS. Man Asrntnst Hora In a Ilnrdls Knee Many OIL.r Odd Kiutta, A match which took place at Prince's & lew weeks ago between A, R, Hamil ton and Capt It K. Price was no mean test ot skill and endurance, Lon don Tlt-Blts says. The conditions were that a set ot tsnnls, a gums ot rackets and a gams ot squash rackets should U played consecutively, going from one court to the other, Capt Price, who gave his opponent points. Just winning by three points. This, however, Is but one of tho many curious sporting contesU which have taken place ot late years. Two years ago a London athlete starting from Just above Hammersmith bridge roda a mil, then swam a mile and, landing at Putney, ran a mite on the promenada. Following tble he did a mile walk and concluded with a mile cycle rlda all within a hour. I This fat reminds on ot that ao- compllshod by another London atnieto a few years ago. While staying at Hampton Wick, near Kingston on Thames, ha walked a quarter of a mile, rode a horse for a quarter of a mile, swam a quarter of a mile, ran a quar ter of a mile, roda a blcycl for quarter of a mile and finished up by rowing a boat for a quarter of a. mile nil In the space of 189 minutes 32 2-5 seconds. Our grandfathers were rather fond of Indulging in those novel tests ot endurance and whsn many years ago a roan ran a mile, walked a mile, wheeled a barrow, trundled ft hoop and hopped on one leg all the asm dis tance, In two minutes nnder the hour on epidemic of curious athletic feats sprang up among them, in the same way wo have been bitten lately with th craze for marathons and London toPrlghton walks. Perhaps one of the most amazing feats waa that of a famous pedestrian of the iVt, named Coates, who backed himself to leap a hundred hurdles In s. six-mile race against a Jockey on a hunter, Tho horse waa beaten and coates jumped hla hundredth bardie in the forty-second minute, the time limit being set at fifty. Mention of the Brighton walk recall an extraordinary pedestrian perform ance of some Oxford undergraduate four years ago who walked from Ox ford to Reading, a distance of twenty nine miles, at midnight, la evening drew and court slippers, after a day of heavy driving rain. Various "mod est fivers" were laid that they would not do the journey within eight hour. But the undergraduate won, wka twenty minutes to spare, although they were thoroughly done up and terribly footsore when they reached Reading. The performance, however, is by no means so remarkable a that ot Lord Kennedy, who years ago walked ou foot from Inverness to Black Hall, In Kincardlnshlre, and by striking straight across the Grampians arrived four hours before Sir Andrew Llth Hay, who took tho coach road and who had laid a wager of $12,600 that he would be first The Journey occupied thirty-three hours. No one Is more fond ot novel sport ing matches than the London coster monger. Borne years ago one backed himself to walk from Covent Oarden to Hempstead Heath station and back on atllta, against an opponent carrying a sack ot potatoes. And he won. Borne time before this a Chelsea fish hawker, carrying half a hundred weight ot fish on his head, ran aevea mllea along the Brentford road from Hyde Park corner In forty-five min ute, and aa orange porter won a bet of 10 guinea by carrying a hundred weight of orangea twenty time be tween Botolph lane and Spltalfleld market In one hour and twenty-five minute lesa than the tea hour spe cified la the wager. Slrlcllr NntnL Among the humorous and human etorie In Dr. T. L. Pennell's recent book, "Among the Wild Tribes ot the Afghan Frontier." la one ot a British officer In the Kurrom valley who In terrogated an Afrldt with regard to what was then considered a probable conflict "Now tell me." said the offlc-, "If there were to be war which Ood for bidbetween Russia and England, what part would you and your people take? Whom would you side with?" "Do you wish me to tell you what would please you or to tell you the real truth?" waa the naive reply. "I adjure you to tell me what Is the white word.'" Then." said tho old greybeard, "we would just alt up here on our moun tain tops watching you both fight until we saw one or the other defeated. Then we would come down and loot the vanquished till the last mule I Ood Is great! What a time that would be for usl" Ilome-Mada Art. An American painter, says a writer In Everybody's Magaxlne, once met aa art editor who Insisted on dragging him up to an exhibition ot some "vary Impressionistic" pictures, Tha editor evidently admired them greatly. Not so the painter. "You don't seem enthusiastic," said tha editor. "Don't you like themt" "Like "em?" replied tho other. "Why, man, I've got two maiden aunts whe can knit better pictures than those 1" Nansht bat Abuc "They all said I would make a splen did candidate," "Well?" "So I became a candidate." "Again welir "And now look what they say about mel" Louisville Courier-Journal. Tha Ko-atUtlcat Actor. Theatrical Manager I'm sorry, but there's no place for you la this drama; every part has been taken. Egotistical Actor Never mind that, I'll create my part Puck. As a man grows older, snow lose most ot the beauty It formerly possessed, and Is merely cold, aa slippery, and good for th wto. h
