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tor. though they are no countrymen of I comfort li e had asked her (the old paused aud looked through at ftie out« ours, still are they not our brothers? woman who cored tor him) to tell me stretched form of the Jungle e a t »he Perhape you’d ll|ie to take a needle h# bad to sleep knowing thaf y y accustomed to Mason s presence and help. Seems as if every stitch car I would have come.' ‘T h a t’s the way there aud did not even stir. W ith ries me hack to that aw ful war when my girl loves.’ he told her." steady hands be soaked the big sponge J was a girl. . Tears were mixed w ith Briskly the old lady pushed back the with chloroform—the bottle waa large, the stitches then, honey. But"—her trunk. ’i i S ' aud the sponge was dripping. > ? 'V"' 'A* ' *"'■ <• merry eyas twinkled mischievously— • “Dear, dear!” she admonished. “Too Carefully he poked the stick between “probably you’d rather he aewlng on mustn’t cry. honey. Remember, this By DONALD CHAMBER!JN the bamboo uprights and pressed it the dainty things for your wedding all happened over fifty y e a n ago. And close to the nose and mouth of the cheat.” ' now yon come right downstairs. The sleeping tigress. She stirred and. a» H a ving business lu a amah town lu Held a Charm That Helped a < Nell caught her breath painfully. If enjoying the unaccustomed sensa ladles w ill ba bare to saw and have a “Auut MlllicenL" she cried, T shall th» west I found w it hto Its ttmlts a tion. grasped the sponge In her huge 3 cup of tea.” .. Girl to Find Her Heart. By bike McLake never sew upon them any morel" And But even as.Groat-aunt Mlllleent went very pretty park bounded by substan paws and muszled It sleepily. She did . then she told her story. forward to greet bar gueats Nall was at tial Improvements. In Its canter was a not even stir when Mason squeezed Quietly the old lady listened, pausing c o p y r K « . L»1i* - . ^ * C l,‘all' ° * u a heavy duck bag through the palings bronze statue of a man in civilian’« the telephone. By AONES 0. BROGAN to fasten a -thread. "Main 1600!" s h e e r e d . “Mrs. Dare, and tossed It over her bead. dress, to one band a roll of parchment. B y C L A R IS S A M A C K IE « » ’Reckon I know Just J»ow you feeL to th a t you. and—and has Billie gone?" I fancied that tha original was either H e hastened to the gate at the end chHd,"khe said at la s t “for long ago I. “He has," Billie’s mother responded of the garden and performed the same ■i n n i u i i i m m i l l i h * w T h . Wlee Fe.1. . The young on* ii stood regarding the too. dreamed my dream and had It coldly. *T have Just toft him a t the a distinguished public man or a phllan- operation with the fiercer male beast. “Blessings often come fllnguieed. ob Maaon tilted back In hla chair and shattered.” She laughed blithely. “One throptst—quite likely the totter. Meet Hla hgnds were trembling now, for girl, whoM gyes Hashed tyck defiance. station.” •> t - . served the sage- . stared across the China sea. whore a doesn’t eopnect romance with a little who appeared to occupy an “O h r came back a pitiful walk ing a be roust make haste. He could not “And so you will not go with me?” he “Maybe ’’ commented the fool, bat seventy-two-year ’old maid.’ But I had passing steamer slid through the oily average position In the town I accosted And I did aojwnnt to see him!” trouble« never bother putting on any waters. The little whitewashed hut hope that the anaesthetic would do asked uubo^aylugiy “Go w ith >ou” —the words were flung The voice of Billie’s mother changed him and asked him whom the statue more than stupefy the beasts for m akeu p.’’ - r with It« tl^y veranda facing the sea awhile. There was not enough of It, a t him lu contempt—“into that god perceptibly. represented. and Its bit o f garden looked like a nnd the conditions were not favorable. forsaken country? I, Eleanor Stevens, “Then I ’ll tell you what to do, Elea “T b eefs a etory connected with IL ” An Epitaph. dozen others of Its kind which formed to rough K In an engineer’s cabin! nor." she hastily added. “You may “Just ten^minute«—give me ten min Baneatta thia sod sleep« pretty Grace he replied, “and If you w ill alt bealdo W hy, B lllfc lo a n the muddy little Chinese village. call him up at the Junction. H e hgs Bho's In the heavenly fold. utes' start and I ’ll take my chance» me on one of these benches I w ill tell Albert Mason had lived there over F or «he forget to paint her face “But.” he gently reminded, “you a tiresome w ait there o f an hour ’’ with sharks rather than stay hero an Xnd caught an aw ful cold. •bice the late uprising. He had b e it to you.” ^. Gracelessly the glri‘ banged back thé must have known It had to come some other m in u te r he muttered savagely. come separated from bbi tourist party We seated ourselves, and he told me receiver. W ildly she dashed out to the The garden gate opened, and he step-' time, NelL T h at Is part of our en Described. . and. to his own groat amaaemenL dis the following story: garage- < •*. -,x ped over the Inert form of the striped gineer»» Ufflt^Am l. knowing, why did "What kind of a man Is BUI ?” aah-ed covered himself a prisoner on a pirat all these college years, “ I Kant,” she btoathlessly directed you w ait f< “This to Rogers’ park, and that to a guardian.. ical looking craft which fled before the with the promise of the old fogy. „_ tha chauffeur, “to ba token to the Junc spurring He slipped .and alkl.down the muddy o f Ben Rogers, who Imillsfl IL “He 1« one of those lad« who talk «o wind at night and lay hidden In ob tion!” bonk until be reached the water’s edge. yourself?” More than fifty y e a n ago Ben and Bam much about what be la going to do that scure harbor« during the day. girl instated stubbom- Past the rooms of chattering woman “I didn’t The fu ll moon guided him to the group be never gets time to do anything.” One day the Junk had nosed Into the of fishing boats drawn up on the beach. ly she crept as stealthily as Aunt MÜ1I- Rogers were hoys, somewhat ragged, lneers do not always “C ivil playing marblCe end ban and such oth •o ft mud o f the Chekiang shore, and piled the grooch. wild lands. It waa cent of old- Nall’s awn suit case was In a moment be had pushed off from choose to er boys’ games right here where this Mason had been conducted to the lit the city which I had lu her hand, hut over her light spring an office •here and waa poling hto frail craft You Know HJm. nuit was wrapped the old gray cloak. park to now located. I t was then a RttUe. and a bom» in tle h u t _ . Into the track of moonlight that led to pictured fi An egottat la M r. Pina. “Here," «aid hla captor, a bland look- , Its crimson lined hood had slipped vacant tract and considered worthless.« we might still have the suburbe. freedom. W ith self pride he la blinded. hack from her wind blown hair as she Now the property bordering on it to tag. cold eyed Celebtlal, “here you our friends, with the theaters near to The h at ha wear« 1« Ko. L Off to the southeast there showed a faced an astonished and Very despond worth millions. •tay. thief of the world, until you give T o t bo la narrow minded. faint light—some northbound steamer. enjoy and rides in and out In father's "8am Rogers, the younger brother, ent young man at the Junction. cay. 1 want to live a rtvtltaed life!" up the dragon.” “D ra g o n r echoed Maaon, hearing for So fearful waa he that he might miss she finished pannlonately. “ Nell!” he cried unbelievingly, then was picked out for a failure to life b» ' Wolooma! the precloua opportunity and so ab rapturously, “Nell!” For. regardleaaof cause he couldn’t hold on to hla money. The man’s good natnrad mouth Dear Luke— Dr. Dye. a physician; D r. the first time the charge against him. sorbed was be in the management of “Do you believe that I ’ve kidnaped the wide eyed station agent the glrl’e H e was what was called chicken heart closed In Arm. unwonted lines. Root, a dentist, and A It» U t» b®8 the strange boat that Mason failed to arms went about her Joker’s neck, her ed. and whenever be saw any one to “I t waa the life you chose, then. Nell, part of yonr menagerie7" I tike to Join the would a flab atoro. notice the ominous silence that brood The official shrugged hl« «boulder«, rumpled head pressed close against hto trouble for wont of money down went and uot-m ysetf. Well, this to my Springfield (O.) delegation In the hla build toto hto pockeL Beu, on the and hla companion pulled his sleeve, ed over the waters; the shuddering, great opportunity. For thia commis breast Names la Names d u b —N. E. D. ■peaking in Chinese, which of course licking sound of the oily wave«. •Oh, Billie.” «he cried confusingly; contrary, . kos , marked for a rich man. sion l have studied and planned. Now Suddenly the moon was blotted out I intend to accep t-It" H e paused in “I ’m so' glad you’re not dead, and, He kicked out for hliuself nnd rolled Mason did not uflderstand: __ Hefcl by a sw ift onrush of Inky clouds and an effort to control hla voice. “And I “ Let the foreign devil stay here Billie dear. I ll go with you-aay place op m-inev In a email way from tha time Oh, place no trust in Oswald Blee he w:i« tcu ycaro old. thought yon would be ao glad, N e ll- awhile enjoying hla own company» the hot breath of the wind. - t o a desert or a jungle. Or you w ill sure regret Iti Surely death stared him In the face. H e alw ays says. “ Leave th a t to m . “ “ Ben Roger« stayed right here In why. I hurried over te tell you.” Soon he will disgorge.” “Nell." eagerly answered that amaz It was riding now ou the wings of the And then be w ill forget it. this town and accumulated money z , “He may escape.” said the other eau His passing bitterness was over ed young man: “do you really s approaching typhoon. slowly till tho man who owned the land whelmed by tender longing. “Dear.” u r - - • - *•' - / ddusly. And all the while that red light bob cried the man. “won’t you come? The W hy the Editor L eft Town. on Wldeh we ure sitting died, and It “H e will n ot" said the villainous Softly shining, tier eyes met hto. T K. A. Lewis figured In ■ runaway looking captain. “Us cannot go be bed and disappeared, and now the ‘hope cheat’ moat be ready, you’re u iv u iiu j,w a s bold out fur s song. Ben bought think.” Neil aaeured uiiu him ■ solemnly, bwe Tuesday p. m. What the animal yond the confines of hla own garden. steamer «bowed a blessed green light. been i>acklng it ao long. We could take “that 1 meant It all the time, but I | It nnd conceived the Me« of making a became frightened at 1« not known.— The place la guarded night and day." He could see them altern ately-po rt It on with us tomorrow." hadn't quite fwuqd my heart. I_found park of It- He secured option» an all Georgetown (I1L) News. So Maaon stood on the veranda of and starboard. She had changed her The girl turned away w ith an Impa It yesterday—oh. Billie, you dear—in a the Ixjrderlug proi»erty. then gave hl» orlfltual imn-hase to the town on con the hut and watched the Junk go tee course and was coming before the tient gesture. "‘My hope cheat” «he trunk lu Aont Mlllleent*« attic." Thanxl dition they would mnke a park of IL tering away to the dim north whence wind, straight toward the tiny sampan mocked, “yes. I’ve been preparing It Aud u little old lady sitting beneath Wfcen you feel bad. why Luke M eLuke’* tipping up and down on the swell. “Snm R op’ra when about twenty-five long. 'French lingerie.’ and sntln heel her evening lamp reread n telegraphic they had come. w “m itm ," BiOBBLT ju r a w B u ro twb to p » o * - The greatest doctor. I w ill aay. One minute after Maaon had been ed shoes—w hut shall I do with them In year« old loft the town, regretted by ‘DO TOO KKÀLL.Y MBÀM r r r ' He never forgot that first e v « |U f message; H e maMas you roar when, after he had eaten flah and rice rescued by the great ocean liner tbs your swamp?'' * * TUI you are sore “1 have married my ‘soldier of for every lmpecunlou*i person lu It. Tho more successful citizen« »aid. “ A good And keeps you happy every day. and drunk tea. he had stepped on the typho<A etruck with shrieking force Billie Dare’s face grew white. There my love story, dear, nnd my ’hope tu n e .” It said "W ill write later Impulsively she arose I f laughing’ s good fo r health, you sea. Perhaps the tidal wave that follow rMdance." A t the end of a doaen was au odd glint In hto clear, boyish chest* too." veranda. . T h a t Luka s the really great M. D. “ Maybe you’d like to m * ItT ’ she sug Lovingly. Nell." 1 year* Kain came back and «urpriaed ed toeeed the sampan back on Its ns He walked down the path to the eyes “You nnderataud. Nell." he said —B. R. O., BvalnSaa M a n s Club. “I t ’« a ( hanging world." smiled end of the garden and looked at tfifi tlve shore; perhaps the hungry wave slowly, “that refusal to accept condi gented. “I t ’s a fine day to go up In the Great-aunt MlllicenL “but I reckon every oue by bringing a fortune with attic.” him. When asked bow be got It ho leaped the embankment and tore away moon. W hy not eecape tonight—or tions now is refusal for ull future. 1 T hanxl » there's always Just ou»-klnd of love.” Through the dormer windows as she Mason’s hut and the snarling guard said It was by pure luck. This was must be w ait until hla guard» relaxed ihlgbt deceive you by occupying for the Dear Luke— Any time th« heat w<*- all they could get out of him, but I Ians. H e never knew. He never present the city -office, but the other flung them wide came the mingled riea you Just think of M b« Icle Luke, their vlllgance and then make the ef Piling It On. learned the truth long after hto death. cared. who Uvea at Caldwell, O.—Cambridge | fort? thtngs. the big things, would only come fragrance of spring flowers. Then He had be cm op n* hunting expedition He had loanel a man a hundred dol They pot him In a cabin and gave later. Railroads mast run through the down upon her knees she drew forth* “ Now or never,” he muttered and Reader. for several dcys lb the backwoods, lar« to save « piece of property he pretoed against the gate that opened him What be asked fo r-b o t water and wilderness, tunnels beneath the lnnd. the little old trunk. ‘More like a leather valtoe." Aont roughing It rather severely, and on owned, the pro;* rty afterward be soap clean garments—and be cared gpon the muddy Lank above th e rest I t Is in me to construct and build. N ell Huhl ‘ Mlllleent explained. “But you see this hiking a seat tR fi rallvyay carriage re came very—valual|le. and when the not for fifty typhoons. He waa back lorn waves. and I must do IL" H e e ou ldu t twat a rug—not koi turning hoiuewsrd he looked as be owuor died, having no one else to The gate resisted hie effort»—It was among civilized people. Hs was free W o rk was hoyond his powers; The girl’s flaming cheeks paled to the was my second ‘hope chest.’ " grimed and weatherbeaten a trapper ‘W hy.” questioned Nell, “did you leave It to, he toft It to Sam Rogers, H is back was vary weak, you w as If some great weight held It closed. from that mysterious ImprtoonmenL whiteness of his own. ‘T hen I will as ever brought bis skins Into a settle i “Sam on hto return resumed hto giv But he’d play golf fo r hours. • ^e • • • • • Then caipe a bloodcurdling growl, never go with you,” she said and have two?” The old lady smiled as she caressed ment. ing to ueedy persona, only be now gave and there stepped Into the moonlit A year later he had almost forgotten placed her ring In his hand. He happened to find a seat next to < ’ |10 where formerly he had given 10 the worn top. "That, dearie.” she The Cheerful Pedeetrlaiu •pace before the stockade a huge IL He waa hack In New Hampshire, -For a moment he stood looking down said, “to my story. I was a Stevens, yonng lady—evidently belonging to cents. Hla brother. Ben. had been sav Ante accident« multiply, especially on •trlped form with eyeball« like flame upon the sparkling thing, then fdleutly going dally to hla business In Concord you know—daughter of the county Boston—who. after taking stock o f him Sunday. When the machines were first and a breath like pestilence. ing hla c:oney aud had got enough to His family welcomed him home a« oue Introduced they seemed likely to kill _ _ _ _ fled to w the __ _____ Judge. This In those days meant a for a few minutes, remarked: gether to begin te think about making Mason other _____ gate, and from the grave, and bla children play “ Don’t you find an utterly passionful an tovootment on a larger scale. It waa good deal. I t meant rich brocades for a ll the pedestrian«, but now the I tn the flaming eyes and the ed with the straw toys be had bought the ‘bobe chest’ of a Judge's daughter, sympathy w ith nature's most Incarnate soon after Sam*« return that the orig era are killing themselves much faster I «m»n from the street vender. than they are killing ua. I f the s ta ll» I i^ r d e d him by day; a man eat plumed hats and needlework of the aspirations among the sky topping inal owner of thia property died. Ben Albert Mason had other troubles finest. So the great chest was Joyous mountains and the dim stoles of the not ha\ lng enough mouey to carry ouf Oca continue we ehaU b - a ^ d l n 5^e log tlg e ra n d hto mate kept watch by now. Business waa bad, a ad bank ly packed to await Ita .time. My lover horizon touching forests, my good ultimately.—Fredonia (N. Y.) Oso- 1 hla enterprise called on hla brother nlgbL ruptcy stared him In the face. Unfor was a man to be proud of, though he mnnT’ to go In with him. Karn »aid that be T^ka g madman he flew Into the tunate Investments had depleted hto did come from u northern family. “Oh. yes." replied the apparent back didn’t want to make any more money bouse and locked the doors. •suets. The years he had wasted in When we cantered out upon our woodsman, “and 1 am also frequently An Immortal. than lie had already, but h i would X year and a day passed, and the ponies ln the morning to view our own drawn Into an exaltation of rapt soul- n — r Lake—Every Urne I read of captain of the Junk came and naked the hqt on the China sea had under loan Ben all he wanted. . ~ w « one 7 7 —r mined his prosperity. your Nam e. Is Nemos I think ■ o fjto e r | up the dragon. house which was building life Itself fulness and liestlflc Incandescent In “ I wns then studying law with Beil Ha went home and talked It over seemed very happy and complete. Near finity of abstract contiguity when my <44 Quintas Qulutlllkm Quigley of this And Maaon. raving with anger, bitterly Roger»’ attorney aud know whereof to my old home the new house was to horse stumbles.” city, who waa for many years a state refused, although he kp«w not what with hto wife, a helpmate Indeed. r I ’m going to tell you. 8am paid no They smiled at the children playtng be aud near to those of my friends.” senator from this district— Paducah, the man m eant And the captain smil “Indeed T said the yonng tody, much attention to the securities hla broth«- on the floor. The youngest brought a Great-aunt Mlllleent gazed unseeing surprtned “I had no Idea that the low- gave him nnd one day woke up to ed and went away. broken toy to his father. It waa one over the top of the tallest pine. Her er classes felt like th a t”_Cleveland learn that lie had been swindled out And now two years and two days of the straw animals Mason bad voice fell sadly. ‘T h e n .’’ she said, Leader. Names la Ni of all he possessed. - H e never told had paattrt and the Junk bad not made came the war. He had to go bock to brought home from China. Pkik Green Uvea at Greenville. Ky any one how he lost hla fortune and her second visit to the prisoner. T h e frog and the cat and the bird the north to fight w ith * ls countrymen, enjoined secrecy on hla brother’s at Quite Unaxpactad. Hla position waa a singular one. He are quite well.” said the baby earnest while I was left to g rie v e -le ft with Things to Worry About. When he bought <toar little Bobby torney«. By thia time he waa too old was innocent of having broken any the unused treasures of my ‘hope the electric flashlight he had been beg to make another fortune and lived a Thebe , are 111 distinct species of law of the country—o f having commit ly, “but my dwagon feels very sick!” ••The dragon. ehT’ repeated Maaon. chest’ and ‘hope’ so for away." Eager ging for ao long” says a south side precarious life till he finally died from snakes In the United States. ted any crime.. In hto baggage there examining the hollow Interior of the ly she leaned forward. “Oh." cried mother, “we never anticipated that the want of proper sustenance and medi waa not a «Ingle thing that he had not curly tailed, red fanged toy. ”1 don’t Aunt’ Mlllleent. " If 1 could but have first time we had company be would cal attendance. A number of persona Our Daily Special. brought from home, except a few toys, wonder. Molly, look nt that!” gone with him. there to suffer at his whom he hud befriended bought a lot bold It up to the «Best’s ear and say; A soft m ark la a bard loner. grotesque strew anltaala, gayly color side! And after the terrible time of He'withdrew his Angers and dangled Oh. I Just want to see If yonr ear to ln'tho cemetery nnd buried him there. ed. which he had purchased from an before hla wife’s amazed eyes a golden suspense came a letter. He was woqnd- “Ben Roger« l>ecnme the moat Influ clean!” ’—Kansas City Star. “ P ro I .n g ¡ng” the R abb it. insistent street vender. The very next chain, from which bung a magnificent ed. lying clone lu a miserable hut ential man In the town, and when any A t chafing dlah suppers It Is almost day he had been trapped w ith some where they had carried him. his only girdle dabp of Jade set with diamonds Important town matter was to be de Impossible to serve a second portion of hand luggage and spirited away from H i Bwsineaa. help an old woman who had given h m and rubles, the Insignia of some Chi elded he wiw called upon for, bis opin the •Who’s that pTirtly. m a n -w ith Welsh rarebit because It gets tough as ShanghaL shelter. But there was no complaint nese m ilitary official And carved on ion. He hutlt a church on a worthless “I t ’s a case of mistaken identity," he the face of the Jade waa the deep cot in his letter. He was grateful for the prominent stomach?” aoon gs It cools. I f « beaten egg Is tract of lnnd lie owned and sold off th«, told himself over and over again as he P a t am Colonel Ro-and-ao. ash,” an roof above his head, ‘though It was n stirred Into what remains and It la figure of a drngou Inclosed in a seal rest of the tract for another fortune. leaking roof,’ be wrote Jokingly, ‘though swered the courtly colored gentleman, He established other Institutions, con covered closely and reheated a moment restlessly tramped the garden paths, “The dragon!” be muttered dazedly. the wind whistled through the rifled addressed- over a small Are, using the hot water envying the freedom of the bird« “You were carrying It nil the time," triving to make money out of all of rafters.’ When he might be removed “And What to hto bualnesar pan. it will be found quite sa good aa swinging In space and the fishermen his wife added. “I t must have been them. to a plsoe where the roads were pass “Jest being a colonel, aah.” —Lonl» • when first made.—f i t Louis Post-Dis off shore. within the toy when you purchased I t “ When he died be toft money for s able, where travel was not so hopeless Back home there. In New Hamp vllle Courier-Journal. Wbflt a mystery It all toT patch. » suitable monument, desiring that he shire, his w ife and children were ly dangerous, be would send that 1 “Some oue has palmed off Incriminat should be buried In the park that-bore L u k a M c L u k a flays« Steps te the Pre«4d«ney. mourning him as dead. I t waa an ago- ing evidence upon roe.” laughed Ms- “ I W B A T P K D M W L F n t T B » , " S U » BATO. might go to him.” i w * " * » who has three or four hto name and which It had given him “ O & K BPIKG o p r W HZM A W i B LK TT “Pa," said llttto George, *Tve chop A bright tint of color showed In the ntslng thought sou. “I ’ll write to Wayne In Shanghai _______skirts tells her husband that so much pleasure to have provided for ped down your favorite cherry tree.” He went to his worn traveling bags and see If there Is any chance of find wrinkled ¿heeks. Aunt Mlllleent'« left the room. Through the curtains the ah« hasn't one that la fit to wear on the the enjoyment of the people of hto na listlessly turned over the con- Ing the owner. I f there Isn't—well. girl watched him go. then a q ukk con laugh after fifty years rang tenderly ‘T h a t’s a good start toward the pre» •Meet she to often telling the truth tive to w n .' Hto executors had been in ta. There waa little clothing le ft triumphant. “As though d lfltu ltles tdency, aon,” responded wise M r Mason A Co. will continue to do busl fident smile sprang to her drooping lips. structed by him before hto death to without knowing i t That which he wore waa In tatters. He will come back,” said Nell. BlUle could have held me bach!" she cried Washington. "Now split It Into rail«." provide that statue, for which and Its The nearest some men ever come to There were pictures of his family, his ness. Hurra h£’ Why. I was almost glad at the —Pittsburgh PosL Two months afterward cams hud always "come back.” Hto had been getting their pictures In the papers to pedestal 160000 had been provided In case of medicines fo r an emergency, Wayne’« letter, from which 1 quote: the < oncesslou after each lovers’ quar thought of giving him service! That when a cross (X ) to shown on the half the straw toys—that was all. the w ill.” " if H is has very ulght I decided to be on my way “Impossible to trace. Chlau rel. W ith penitent grace, be would as THE HATiOrS CAPITOL tone to Indicate where the innocent by When the narrator had finished hto If unclaimed, were «till In turned over, you know. Mandarins sume her chosen routine of office and Thè money saved from my unfinished tranka» stander stood when It happened. story I expreaaed a desire to visit the have suicided, been sssssslnated and "home. B ut for the first time in his trousseau Would pay the Journey, and Ohoenetona «* Our BeauMfel I t a man’s thermometer registers 106 Shanghai. grave » f Samuel Rogers. B e told me The medicines were getting low. He others cashiered. Yon better my fam ily should not know la time to R generous, unselfish M s Billie disap Ruildtof Ih Waahlogten. on a hot day and all the rest o f the had been obliged to take most of the that the cemetery was not half a mile pointed. A . weeks passed with no forbid. A uote left behind could tell as a reward for y«ur time of imprison Our natkmal capltol at Washington thermometers In town regtoter 96 he away, - «te?* I determined to take a quinine pills during hto frequent ah them where I bad gone, so to tho attic word or visit froflg him. the disappoint to a beautiful and Impressive butMing knows that ha has the only accurate tacks of chills and fever. There waa a ujent." stroll to that direction. H e also told I ran. tumbling excitedly the heavy “But 1 wouldn’t go through the expe ment turned to alarm, and when one It fronts east and «tends on » plateau therm nmslar In town. me where to find the grave ln among little brandy left—he was saving that allks from their chest • This smaller rience again for double the price.” said evening Nell reud4n the paper a notice can't bear to see her poor elghty-elght feet shove the level of the the lees desirable lots, t thnnked him for some groat emergency—and two box must suffice for my scant needs- Maaon grimly of his departure upon the following day Potomac. The entire length of the alg mother stoving over a washtnb on tor hto story and passed on. \ unopened bottles of chloroform. These for an extended time abroad, she went the stout boots for rough roads, this building from north to south Is 761 feet M onday ho daughter gets up early on When I reached the cemetery I ask were tightly seeled with wax. and the Liever rtenpock«t old poplin dress, the bandages of linen 4 tnehea, -and Its greatest dimension white lipped to her mother. Monday and «ray« downtown the rest ed a well to do looking person-1 »nw contents appeared to be Inviolate He “Just to 11 lustreie how clever ptek- “I am tired." «aid Nell- “1 aw »otog -th e y must not be forgotten—many from east to west to 350 fe e t The area ei the day. there If be could direct me to the had brought It to use when adding to pockota are." said a police offlclnl. "let to visit Aunt Mlllleent In the country.* them and carefully rolled. covered by the building 'ifii 163,112 I f you are denying your w ire a lot o f RamueLRogers. He looked at his collection of lepldoptera. but hla Here they are, honey-«yellow with square feeL So that evening Eleanor 8tevens ar ai ptoe— T * so you can toy up some eases and hto butterfly nets and hto me tell yon o f an incident which oc me doubtfully, then said: I curred one night while I was behind rived at the home e f her aged rela age.” From the bottom of the chest The' dome of the original central t»iiny for a rainy day, always try to re- “I reckon you’re looking for the mon- < pins and other paraphernalia were la the desk. A young fellow came In Aunt Mlllleent lifted with almost rev* of wood, cov tive. n saddened- and contrite young ---------------------- - member that It to not going to rain ev- M riidlnr w a s --------------------- --- -- the trunks. __ ' sad complained that his pocket had woman. She nlinoet hated herself for erent touch a gray woolen cloak witn | copper. This waa replaced in ament of Benjamin Rogers, tbe’ phllon-: Cbloroforoi a willing « e rran t hs (wen picked while riding on s sayfsce her selfishness and was humiliated by a scarlet lined hood. • * A woman w ill get mad If yon 1» i iggoSby the present structure of cast Ihroplst and founder of Rogers |»ark. It’s In the- center of the town." | mused, bis dark thoughts running on. car. H e hud a wallet In hto IQ m M» the sense that «he had proved herself “I wrapped myself In this," she said. u W1J competed In 1806. The ■tot that she to contrary. But she wore eliminating himself from his horrid ex pocket In which waa some money Io Incapable of meeting « <^sta ln I passed on nnd presently at a little » “creeping out when all slept Into k ( entire weight of Iron zuaed la 8.90fi,200 ’ low cut waists all winter, and this sum The dome la crowned by a distance «nw n gonve covered w ltb j Mils. The car waa crowded, he couldn't life that perbnpe would mean future night of storm. There were no te l» mer she to going to wear waists that istence. ~ And then, like a lightning flash to> get a oeot nnd occasionally toe reached happiness or the reverse. Besides, she phones In those days to Inquire wli«n statue of Freedom, which to 10 ftoweis. Approaching It. I read ou a * button op all the way and fasten at the reeling unsuspected avenue« of escape, fl inehe, high and weighs 14.08» cheap licrdrt’»j:e the name “Samuel up and held ou to s strap. On one <»f loved B illie Dare, and the thought that a train mlgh't leave er to caH for a i Rqgers, the friend of the poor." these occasion« a plck|*wkrt extracted B|,p mt^ht never see hlm «gain filled taxi, «o I must needs walk to the pounds.': A Her to a man who arrives home came the Idea. The remainder of the day he waa the wallet from hto Inside |»ocket. took her w ith unutterable despair. Ths crossroads, there to board the train The height of the dome abeye the about 2:80 a. m. and begins to explain ■ ---------- nervously excited He took the pto the money out. altpiwd n folded news thought c id ip that she should go to when it should com».- Down th» g a r base line of the east frofit to 287 feet to hto wife how It happened. ______ The ______ A M B IT IO N . height from the top of A married woman likes to feed tramps tures of hto fam ily, the brandy bottle paper Into the wallet nnd put the wal. him, but she remembered that be bad den walk I moved stealthily, the fih.to * Inches. halnstrade of the building to 217 I t to a relief to have a ««an and the quinine, ttouatraw toys and let Imck. In the victim's |>ocket. Can let ■ week go by without «ending chest clasped In my arms. Near th» I It has been w dl «a?d. “It is bet The greatest diameter word to her. nnd indeed If he had si great gates I fell back, a shuddering. ‘ f<H>t „ ■ meal and not complain about the bis one clean shirt aud made a pack you bent I hat T - N e w York gun. ter to have a high standard and age. which be belted around hla cheat rred v left fionse *be knew not where to A lantern was flashed In m i face. Bat at the base to 136 feet 6 Inches. The Rather Offended. find him. Thus she reproached her R was only old Jim. the negro mea- rotunda la 97 feet 6 Inches In diameter Always try to remember that when under hto clothing. He cooked and drive to reach it than to have a and Its height from the floor to the top “I like acting with spirit to IL" an Id self and wept in fu ille despair. you aay nice things shoot people you ate an enormous quantity of rice and standard co low -that our ambitions . w ill never he forced to eat your words. fish; then he threw himself Into hto the great star, “but that girl has too From the days of her childhood Great- “ ‘For you. mtosle.’ be «aid. and of the canopy Is 180 feet 8 toebf». iMfirer look up ” Ambition in itself The senate chamber to 113 feet 3 Meat of ua are run dawn because we bammeck aud slept heavily until 10 annt Milllccot had t*« n to lbe • thrust a slip of paper toto my hand. ----- . much spirit to suit m a" a n always rilmMng hills that are not panacea Tor nil Ute- N<* trouble, how And there beneath hla awaylng Ian- laches to length by 83 feet 8 Inches in is no sin. Il is only when we sub “IIo w no?” ever darkly bxmdng. could live long In tern mv cloak flapping In the breeze. I width and 36 feet In height The gal- H e shook himself into wskefulnrea. ordinale everything else to an am w ill ,« o m m o d .t« WK» p e r » » “ lu the third act eh» to supposed to the snnahlue of the old tody « presence. r ^ d the m « « t . M y lover « « • dM d! Father win go to sleep resolving to ■long a Jug of cold tea from hto shoul bito» which does not Took tm” resist uiy kissing her. niul the vim she Poor child!” murmured A unt Mi 11 1 - , The representative«’ baU to 139 feet to “Dearie." greeted Annt MllHceut. her • M f « a t the aaa e f ama words. And der and went Into the garden. white < urto bobbing above her dark, cent softly T o o r youtfg broken thing! length by 98 feet In width find SO feet ha wakea up la the morning be In one hand tie carried a large bath puts Into it to fa r from flattering to my that it may sponge tied to a strong stick. In the personal prideT—Louisville Courier- undlmmed eyes. “I am so glad you T U t w m I. ever that mother ha Back to the bouae I “ T be carried • buttle of bflg a f fnea powder an j M t o j .W e u r e e e w t o f if o r t b e t o W J s ^ l^ «otaébow, But fctfT «I Jouruat. The Dragon H Bits of Byplay Seal I Its Mystery and Solution. DIVERGENT PATHS :: The Old Hope ■ ' Chest Its « > j W ___ tb b «
