ANNIE LAURIE. s,
Acros the sea a fragment.
Blown with Iht orav an mitt
Shoreward irm rony lUetancea,
Where hod and shine hold tryst;
An old sonx set In coloring
Of sold and amothyaL
A ablp on the hortion
Whore misty curialna cllna,
Llrhtly to clearer- levele
Her aalla of violet awing;
A schoorur neanng the harbor
Listen! The aatlura alng:
"Maxwelton bran are bonnle,
Where early fa's the dew.
Twaa there aweet Annie Laurie
Oave me her promts true."
Oh. the rainbow llghta of boyhood
Kindle my aklea anew.
"Maxwelton braea are bonnle."
How aweet that old refralnl I
The promises of morning
Break Into bloom again.
And on the lowly roof I hear
The miisle of the rain.
"Maxwelton braea are bonnle."
There's mother at the door.
The oattle down the dusky lane
Are coming aa of yore;
And, mounted on the pasture ban,
I awing and alng onco more
"Maxwelton braea are bonnle."
Oh, bonnle maid of mine.
Thro' all the mists of distance .1
Again the dark eyea shine; I
The world Is full of music,
tAnd. living aeema divine!
Across the aea a fragment,
Blown with the spray and mist
Shoreward from rony distances.
Where shade and shine bold tryst;
A vision and a memory,
-' In gold and amethyst
Jennie Uvtlge Johnson, In Lewleton
Journal.
f The Dancing Teacher
TUG peculiar thing about Marie
'VanUerpool was that she bad an
Intemperate appetite for linpplnes.
titatook todnncliigslilerusnnturu!
ly. a .other folk take to goloshes or
walking boot. Bhe cang as read
ily aa other people eigh. Khe
discovered chance for a frolic
with the aanie enthusiasm that
others fouud an opportunity for work.
No one ever claimed that she wat of
any use, and she certainly never miide
any such claim herself. It never oc
curred to her thut she could be useful,
and she often reflected that to a world
ao twarniing with useful persons at
thi appeared to be If one judged by
the self-placed estimate of these per.
ont there waa plenty of room for one
blissful creature of the nonutilitariun
sort.
" All of the other members of her fam
ily were Industrious, and several of
them were wise. They won distinction
, along commercial and intellectual
lints, were noted for their philanthro-
' pies, and were solicit) to lend their
names to "causes." They were associ
ated, with nearly allot the leading
benevolent enterprise of the city.
Now, it it Impossible for any seeing
and hearing person to go about Chi
cago without becoming aware of the
net that a large number of the cltlzeni
of thlt busy town are not having a good
time. Even Marie observed it, 6h
taw children with old faces, and men
with despair looking out of their eyea,
and women nervous and crushed uudcr
a bur-en of toll. She taw hornet that
would not keep out the cold, and coata
that hung In ragt from the thouldcrt
that aupported them. And, what ai
equally pathetic, the noticed Uiat
many persons worked to hard to
ailence "the wolf'a long howl" that
they had no heart for pleasure.
"It it at likely at not," said Marie to
herself, "that they have never discov
ered how to be happy." And she felt
a vnst commlsseralloni for them. Not
to be hnppyl It wat f earful or it wat
Itupldl
It chanced that on one occasion
there waa a certain festivity at a set
tlement house In one of the most
crowded and poverty-stricken parts ol
the city, and thut Marie waa luvited to
go. It wat not, perhaps, just the tort
of thing the would have selected, but as
- there was nothing else doing that even
ing, for a wonder, ntid aa the had no
mind to tit down w ith a book, tier con
cluded to go, Khe wat a good deal put-
1 tied to know what to wear, for she wat
particular about the proprieties, but
the hit upon a costume at length that
termed to be neither too plain nor too
fine, Khe surveyed herself with pleas
ure. It waa pleasant to have large and
brilliant brown eyea, a mnsa of way
wnrd golden hair, a snow white neck
Bud shoulders, nioddlcd with tender
and abundant grace, and a mouth that
smiled with mure merriment than the
Common ruu of mouths.
Hut what Marie taw at the aet (la
ment wua calculated to make her for
get, for once, the apiwnrnnce of which
ahe waa so proud. Klie even forgot to
be resentful because tome of the peo
ple she met were serious. For Ike II 1st
time ahe found herself face to face w ith
the serious problem of life-for Die
first time a dim notion that life was
given to be used, atrnggled up
through her consciousness. Khe found
Women at well born at herself, and
niiich better educated and trained, dc
toting'their llvet to others and there
fore (o themselves, since in the ex
penditure of life in service comes the
best development. This type of wom
anhood waa new to her. She had been
acquainted with many who patronized
ehnritiea and benevolences, but here
were women who found it a privilege to
express life in terms of love. Moreover,
he found the "neighbors" whoenme to
the settlement! interesting In the ex
treme. Here was a whole library of
humnn documents, so to sprnk. await
ing her perusal. Khe I i Led in the
facet of the girls, scrim: In-fore they
ahould be so, showing the sign of close
confinement In stores and sweating
hops, and the binderies ami tobacco
factories, and It seemed to her aa if
the must pour sunlight into their lives
from the nbundaut source of it within
her own heart.
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"But 1 could do nothing," ah said,
dejectedly, to one of the resident. "I
ahould only lie in the way."
"I don't think you could be In the
way anywhere. Mii-s Vanderpool," the
lady had replied. gently. "I f yon would
Jutt come here unci laugh for us occa
sionally, as you know how, it seems to
me it might bean invaluable service."
Marie laughed then Involuntarily,
and at the bird-like. Joyful note a dozen
persona turned around with a sympa
thetic smile upon their face.
The next night there wat a dancing
party at the house of a friend of Marie,
Khe went to it at eugerly as If It had
been her first ball, and the was a lovely
tight In her white gown with ilt til
rcr lilies of the valley woven in the
mesh and her necklace of turquoises.
She carried lilies of the valley and for
get-me-nots. A daintier maid or
more Joyful one it would have been
hard to have imagined.
Her programme waa filled ten mln
ntct after she had entered, the ball
room, and as the danced it seemed to
her that life was never ao nearly per
fect ts when the music throbbed, and
everyone was gay-hearted, and the
lighta burned and the flowers perfumed
the erlr, and she, Marie, could lend her
telf to the rhythm and the joy and
dance,
"Miss Vanderpool," (.aid one gentle
man, at he led her to her teal, "i hare
danced with a grent many good ilnnc
en In my life, but I hove never enjoyed
a waltr. ao much lis the lust one. It is
the perfection of motion which you
have, and it It a churning gift. Uenlly.
1 can call it nothing lest than a gift."
lie had expected a careless acknowledg
ment of thit compliment, and wat
amazed w lien-she said, gravely;
"And a gift Is something which ought
to lie used, I suppose. That it what my
littert would say."
"Then they would approve of you,
anrt-ly, for have you not been putting
it to the best use possible?"
"I mean that it ought to be used for
othera."
"It ha been for a many others at
could avail themselves of It. regrcl
that it hat not been used more for me.
One dance It a short allow once, It seems
to me."
The beautiful head wnt shaken with
yet greater gravity.
"Some time soon I am going to show
you what 1 menu, Mr, lludley," and
then, smiling and dimpling, the went
away with her next partner.
It wat a month later when Kenneth
ITailley received n letter from Miss Vun
derpooL asking him to be at the Drown
afreet settlement on a certain night.
Mr. Hadley was not Interested In set
tlement, but he was In Miss Vunder
pool, and he accepted the invitation.
His cab took him along a thronged
street, past tenement houses and sa
loons and shops and stores till became
to the brightly lighted tenement house
standing tidy ami serene-looking, in
the midst of a block. lie asked for Mist
Vanderpool, and wnt shown past the
crowded classrooms and lecture halls
nnd music rooms to a room on the up
per floor. 'I he sound of a piano, violin
nnd hnrp came out to salute his ears
with a familiar tune, nnd he opened
the door and ttood within a large room
tilled with young men and women.
Hut It wat not a party which he be
held, lie saw that at once. It was a
dancing class. The pupils ttood In line,
awaiting the directions of their
tcucher.
He looked about him for Mist Van
derpool, but the chain by the wall
were vacant. 1'roliably he had arrived
too aoon. "However, he decided to In
quireof tlietcnchcr. At that moment he
beheld her Marie Vanderpool In her
pretty pink frock with its short dune
lug skirt, standing before the class. Jt
Was she who was the teacher. Hereyet
had never seemed brighter. The smiles
which were never willing to leave
her Hps played about (hem be-,
wltehlngly. Her golden bend looked
more adorable and unkempt than ever.
Khe seemed the Incarnated spirit of the
Joy of life. Khe came running toward
him.
"Come, cotno!" ahe cried. "I In
veigled you over here with a purpose. 1
wanted you to show ut the mazurka.
Voti dance it to bcuutifullyl" Khe
called to the musicians to piny a ma
lurka, gave the class permission to be
seated, and poised herself delicately,
"Come, come!" she cried ngnin, "I in
sist on your dancing tho best you know
how."
Kenneth Hadley, the dignified and
reserved, the man who had thought
himself a little better than others nnd
had held himself somewhat haughtily
aloof, bowed to hisdesliny and entered
hrnrt nnd soul upon hit task,
Nearly the whole evening wot spent
upon this dance.
"We must get ItJust right," Miss Van
derpool insisted. "Von see, we are tic it
b urning In quite the usiiiil wny on no
count of a lack of the know ledpe of the
rudiments on the part of the teacher."
And ahe laughed, "Hut we propose to
dance aa well us those w ho liae learned
In tho regular, old-fnshioned way."
Hadley looked about him and saw in
every face, whether It was that of a
young man or young woman, of Jew
or Christian, of tieriniin, Hohemiuti,
.Scandinavian, or ltulinu, of factory
hnud or worker In the stock yards, n
look of admiration nnd respect for Miss
Vanderpool, Moreover, her infectious
happiness had brought vivacity and
something akin to delight even into
the heaviest face,
"I never liked your dancing so much
at I do nt thlt hour," he said to her,
earnestly." "1 wish I might help y ou
now and then."
"(1 you could, you could! Hut for
you pvrhnps I should not have realired
that 1 had one talent. It never oc
curred to me that being happy and
having light feet could lie a talent."
There was a Virginia reel Just by
way oi oiversiou ami Marie Vaiuler
pnol flitted thrinik-ti It like a spirit of
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IIAVE heard of m-rsoim whose
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In (he west. I was now on a v'il to
lil u for the first time since hit innr-
rinirc
Mrs. Mnynnrd, nn doubt rending my
suppni it ion by my look i.f incredulity,
smiled ns rlie shoo'x her s-iowy tressca
over In" shoulders, nnd. sint:ep her
self by her lniyb;i ihI'k sid ', telitlcd tho
following Interest inj? episode:
it was u.-arly two yenrs ago since
my btisliund was culled on one 1 vetting
to vir.it n patient several iu'Ick nway.
Our dotnestics had nil gone to a unite
In the vicinity, the dead man being
a relative of one of our serving wom
en. Thus I wnt left nlune. lint I felt
no fear, for we never had heard of
burglars or any sort of desp' i mloes
In our ttiict village, then cnuKisting of
n few scnttered houses. The window
lending out on the plnzzn were op"n
as now, but 1 secured the blinds be
fore my hustiuud's departure, nnd
locked the inside doors, nil except the
front one, which I left for the doc
tor to lock after go'ng nut, so that
If I tbould full asleep before bis re
turn, he would enter without arousing
mo. I henrd the dncfor't rapid foot
ttept on the gravel, qnickened by the
urgent tonet of a niesienirer who
awaited him; and, nfte- the sharp
rnttle of the carriage wheela had be
come but an echo, I seated myself
by the pnrlor astral, nnd very toon
became absorbed in the book I had
been reading before being disturbed
by the summons.
Hut nfter a time my Interest suc
cumbed to drowsiness, and I thought
of retiring. Then the deck In the
doctor's ttudy struck 13, mi I deter
mined to wait a few moment's more,
feeling that he would be hi.tne very
toon. I closed my lniok, dotincd a
robe de cbambrc. let rlinvn my hair,
and tlu'n returned to my sent to pn
tlently wait and listen, eiot the fnlr.l
est sound disturbed the stillness of
the night. Not a brrnth of nlr stirred
the leaves. The silence was so pro
found thnt It heenme oppressive. I
longed for the sharp click of the gnte
hitch nnd the well-known ftep on the
grntel walk. I did not dure to break
the hush myself by mnviuir nr slnginir.
1 was so oppressed with the deep still
ness. 'i be human liiind is n rtrungc
torturer of Itself. 1 begnn to ronjiire
up vivid fancies uhivut ghostly visit
ants, in tho midst of which occurred
to me the stnrles I bad heard from
superstitious people nbout t'-.e troubled
spirits of those who bnd da"l sudden
ly, like the man whom my servants
bud gone to "wake." who bad been
killed by nn accident at the sawmill.
In tho midst of these terrifying re
flections, 1 wns startled by i stealthy
fnntfnll on the plan. I Ktcncil W
twecn fear nnd hope. It nrgbt be
the thietnr. Ilut no. he would not
tread like that; the step wns too soft
nnd cnuliniit for nnything less wily
than n cat. At I listened nirain. inv
eyet fixed on the window-blind. I saw
the slats move slowly and cautinus
ly, nnd then the ravs of the moon dis
closed n thin, cadaverous face, nnd
bright, glittering eyet, peer'ng at me.
Horror! Who was it? or what was
It? I felt tho cold perspiration start
at ciery pure. I seemed to bo froien
III my chair. I could not move; I
could not cry out; my toncue seemed
(rlued to the riHif of my mouth while
the deathly white face pressed closer,
and the great sunken eyes wandered
In their giwe about the room. In a '
few mnmetits the blind rinsed ns
nniselessly as It bnd lic.'n onened. nnd
the cautious fnotsteps came tnward
the tlnor. "Merciful heevelis!" I cried
lu a horror stricken " hisper. ns I
heard the key turn Ir the look, "the
doctor, In his haste, must' have for
gotten to withdraw tSe key."
I heard the front door open, the '
Itep in the hall, and. helpless as a
statue. 1 sat riveted to my chuir. The
parlor door wns open, and in It ntnnd
a tall, thin man, whom 1 nejer before
beheld. Ho' wss dressed in a lnng.
loose robe, a sort of gnlierdine, and
a black vcbet skull-cap partially con
cealed a hrond forehead, under which
gleamed black eyes, briht at living
cnals, .and placed so near together
that their gate waa preternatural in
their distinctness; heavy, grluled
eyebrows hung over them like the
tangled mane of s lion; the nose was
shnrp and prominent; the chin was
overgrown with white hair, which
hung down In lock aa weird as the
Ancient Mariner's. He politely doffed
his cap, bowed, replaced It. aud then
said, in a slis-htly foreign accent:
M.Madam, it 1b not necessary for me
to aland on any further ceremony, aa
your huslusnd, lr. Maynard," here he
again bowed profoundly, "Kve r.l
HI dinner Ume. snyTf?' JV I
Hi. llra.si.sood iff II
i timauiiau flt HIUlil
H
wm m
ready acquainted you with the na
ture of my business here to-night, I
perceive," he added, glancing at my
negligee robe, "that you were expect
ing inc.
"No," I found voice to stammer;
"the doctor ha s&id nothing to me
about a visitor at this hour of the
night."
adi n wunea to (pax you, no
doubt, disagreeable apprehension,"
be returned, advancing and taking
seat on the sofa opposite me, where for
a few moments he sut and eyed me from
head to foot with a atrange. glittering
light In hi eyea that mysteriously im
pressed me. "Yon have a remarkably
fine physique, madam," he observed,
quietly; "one that might deceive the
eyet of the meet tkilled and practiced
physician. Do yon suffer much pain?"
Unable to speak, I shook my head. A
terrible suspicion was creeping over
me, I waa alote, mile awwy from aid
or rescuet with a madman.
"Ah," he continued, reflectively,
"your husband may have mistaken a
tumor for a cancer. Allow me to feel
your pulse," he said, rising and bend
ing over me.
I th our; 1st it beat to humor him, re
membering it was uuwise for a help
leas woman to oppose the as yet harm
less freak of a lunatic. He took oiit his
watch, shook hit head gravely, laid my
hand down gently, and then went to
ward the ttudy, where on the table was
an open case of surgical Instrument.
Involuntarily I raised my head and
cried: "Spare mtl Oh, spare me, I be
sech you!"
"Madam," he said, sternly, clasping
my wrist with bis long, ainewy fingers
with a grip of steel, "you be have like a
child. I have no time to parley, for I
have received a letter from the emper
or of the French, stutlng that he is de
sirous of my attendance. ! rr.ust start
for Europe Immediately after perform
ing the operation on your lireasl." and,
before 1 could make the s!i';!i4cat re
sistance, he had me In I is tit ins, nnd
w:ui carrying me Into the study, where
was a long surgical table, covered with
l.l.. II- .!.! 1. !!. I
ffiei-ii iiiii.i-. uii mis ue lain me. mill
linidin m. down with one hand, with
the rtreiifrtli of a maniac, be brought
fo. Ihscvi rullong leather straps, which
bi re i i ldeiice of having recently been
cut. with which he secured me to the
tnhle with the skill of an expert. It
w;ta I. ut ihe work of a moment to un
lo se my roho and bare my bosom.
Then, nfter carefully examining my
left breast, he said:
"M ilium, your husband has made a
mistake. 1 find no necessity for my
intended, operstiou."
At this I gave a long-drawn sigh of
relief, and prepared to rise.
"Ilut," he continued,'.! have made the
discovery that your heart is as large as
that of an ox! I will remove it, so that
yon can see for yourself, reduce it to its
natural size by s curious process of my
own unknown to medical science, and
of which I am sole discoverer, then re
place it again."
I!e begnn to examine the edge of the
cruel knife, on which I closed my eyes,
while every nerve was in perceptible
tremor.
He now bent over me, his long, white
beard brushing my face. I opened my
eyes beseechingly, trying to think of
some wny to save myself. "Oh, sir, give
me an anaesthetic, that I may not feel
the pnili." I pleaded
'Indeed, Indeed, madam, I would
comply with your wish were you not
the wifo of a physician of a skillful
surgeon. I wish you to note with nhal
case I perforin this diflicult operation.
ao that you may tell your hiiMinud of
the great savant whose services he se
cured, fortunately In season."
As he said this he made the flmil test
of the knife on his thumb. How pre
cious were the moments now! They
were fltoting all too fast, and yet an
eternity seemed compressed In every
one. 1 never fainted In mv life, nnd I
never felt less like swooning than now.
as I summoned all my presence of mind
to delay the fearful moment, fervently
praying in the meantime for my hus
band's return.
Doctor." said T, with assumed com
posure, "I bar the utmost confidence
in your skill; I would not trust my life
to nnother; but, doctor, you have for
gotten to bring a napkin to stanch the
blood. If you will have the goodness
to nscend to my sleeping chamber, at
the right of the hnll. vou will find
everything you need for that purpose
In the bureau.
Alt. ininlnm," he aaid, shaklnr his
head sagaciously, "I never draw blood
during a surgical operation; thnt i
another one of my secrets unknown to
the faculty."
Then, plnclnghis hsnd on mv bosom.
he added, with horrible espiegh-rie:
I 11 scarcely mark that skin whiter
than snow, nnd smooth as monumental
alabaster."
0 iod!" I cried, as I felt the eold
steel touch my breast; but with the
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(Juick aa thought a henvv woolen
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and person of the madman, snd hound
tightly around him. At quickly wat
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me sunn held the mnnlnc. My husband
held me In his arms. He hud noiseless
ly approached, and. taking in the hor
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keeper soon after the departure of the
messenger, who had now returned
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"Madam, this it a plot to rob me of my
reputation. Your husband is . nvious
of my gren' -kill as a surgeon. Adieu!"
I afterwitid learned that the man wtt
once an eminent surgeon in Europe,
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