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CHAPTKU VI.
Mary had been at the poorhouse about
three weeks when MU Grundy on day
ordered hor to tie on her sun-bonnet aol
run serosa the meadow ami through tliw
wo(hU until she rum to a ry stubble,
thru follow th footpath along the fence
until she came to another strip of wood,
with a brook running tbrutigu it. "Anil
Just on th fur edge of thciu woods." said
she, "you'll see the mcu folks to work;"
and do tell Viu to come to tbt'lr dinner
quick."
It wa a mild Heptembcr day, and
Mary determined not to hurry. Hhe had
not gone far when aha came suddenly
upon a hoy and two little girl, who sceni
fd to be playing near the brook. In the
feature of the boy alio recotfuixed Ili'tiry
1-lnioln, and remembering: what Hilly
had aaid of him, ahe was about turning
way when the smallest of the glrta
espied her, and celled out: "Iook here,
Hose, I reckiw that'a Mary Howard.
I'm going to apeak to her."
"Jenny Lincoln, you mustn't do any
auch thing. Mother won't lik It," an
swered tha girl called Hone.
Hut whether "mother would like It" or
not, Jenny did not atop to think, and
going towsrd Mary aha aaid: "Hare you
coma to play In tba woods?"
"No," waa Mary'a reply. "I came to
call the folka to dinner."
"Oh, It waa you that screamed ao loud.
I couldn't think who It waa, hut It can't
be dinner-timer'
"Yea, 'lis; H'a noon."
"Well, wa don't bare dinner until 2,
and w can atay here till that time.
Won't you play with us?"
"No, I can't: I uiuat go back and
work," aaid Mary. ,
"Work!" repeated Jenny. "I think
It'a bad enough to have to lire In that
old house without working; hut come and
ae our fish pond;" and taking Mary'a
hand, aho led her to wide part of the
at ream where the water bad been dam
tned up until It waa nearly two feet deep
and clear a crystal. IxMiklug in, Mary
could aee the pebblea on the bottom,
while a fiih occasionally darted out and
then disappeared.
"I made thla almost all myaelf," aaid
Jenny. "Henry wouldn't help tne be
cause he'a ao ugly, and Hone waa afraid
of blacking her fingers. Hut I don't care.
Mother saya I'm a great great I're for
gotten the word, but It meana dirty and
careless, and 1 guess I do look like a
fright, don't If
Mary now for the first time noticed tha
appearance of her companion, and readi
ly gucHard that the word which ahe could
not remember waa "alattern." She waa
a fat. chubby little girl, with a round,
aunny face and laughing blue eyea, while
her brown hair hung around her fore
head In abort, tangled curia. Altogether
ahe waa Just the kind of little girt which
one often flnda In the country awlnging
on gatea and making mud plea.
Alary waa naturally very ueat; and in
reply to Jenny's question aa to whether
ahe looked like a fright, ahe answered,
"I like your face better than I do your
dreaa," because It la clean."
"Why, ao waa my dress thla morning,"
aaid Jenny, "but there can't anybody play
in the mud and not get dirty."
Jeuny drew nearer to Mary and aaid:
"If you'll nerer tell anybody aa long aa
you live and braeathe, I'll tell you some
thing." Mary gare the required promise, and
Jenny continued: "I shouldn't like to
have my mother know it, for ahe acolda
all the time now about my 'vulgar
tastes,' though I'm aure Rose likes the
an me thlnga that I do, except Wily Ren
der, and It'a about him I waa going to
tell you. He waa so pleasant I couldn't
help loving him, if mother did any I
mustn't. He used to talk to me about
keeping clean, and once I tried a whole
week, and I only dirtied four dresses in
all that time. Oh! how handsomo and
funny hU eyea looked when I told him
about It. He took me In his lap, and
mid that was more than he thought a
little girl ought to dirty. Did you ever
aee any boy you lored aa well aa you do
Billy Render?"
Mary hesitated a moment, for, much
aa ahe liked Billy, there waa another
whom sho lored better, though he had
never been one-half aa kind to her aa
Billy had. After a time she answered:
"Yea, I like, or I did liko, George More
land, but I shall never ace bim again;"
and then aho told Jenny of her home lu
England, of the long, dreary voyage to
America, and of her father'a death; but
when ahe eatno to the aad night when her
mother and Franky died, ahe could not
go on, and laying her face in Jcnny'a lap
ahe cried for a long time. Jenny'a teara
flowed, too, and ahe, aoftiy caressing
Mary, aaid: "Don't cry ao, for 111 love
you, and we'll have good times together,
too. We live In Boston every winter,
but It will be 'moat alz weeka before we
go, and I mean to aee you every day."
"In Boston?" said Mary, inquiringly.
"George Uvea In Boaton."
Jenny waa silent a moment, and then
suddenly clapping her hands together,
ahe exclaimed: "I know George More
land, lie Uvea just opposite our house,
and la Ida Seldon'a cousin. Why, he'a
'moat oa handsome aa Billy Bonder, only
he tenses you more. I'll toll him about
you, for mother aaya he's got lota of
money, and perhapa hd'll give you gome."
Mary felt that ahe wouldn't for the
world hare George know she was In the J
poorbouse, and she quickly answered,
"No, no, you mustn't tell blm a word
about me. I don't want you to. Prom
l that you won't." '
CHAPTER VII.
One afternoon about the middle of Oc
tober Mary aat under an apple tree In
the orchard, weeping bitterly. It was
In rain that Alice, who waa with ber,
and who by thla time was able to stand
alone, climbed up to her aide, patting
her cheek and trying In rarlous wsys
to win her attention. Hhe still wept on,
unmindful of the sound of rapid foot
step upon the grass, nor until twice re
peated did she hear the. words, "Why,
Mary, what I the matter? Wbat'a hap
pened?" Then looking up ahe aaw Billy
Bender, who raised her in his arms.
Laying her head on his shoulder, ahe
sobWd out: "Kite's gone she's gone, and
there'a nobody left but Kally. "Oh dear,
oh dear!"
"(lone! Whose gone?" asked Billy.
"Jenny," waa Mary's reply. "Kbe's
gone to Boston, and won't come back till
next May; and I loved her ao much."
"Oh, yes, I knotf," returned Billy. "I
met them all on their way to the depot;
but I wouldn't feel so badly. Jenny will
come again, and besides that, I've got
some real good news to tell you."
"About KIlaT aaid Mary.
"No, not about Ells, but about myself;
I'm coming here to lire with you."
"Coming here to lire."' repeated Mary
with astonishment. "What for? Are
your folka all dead?" ,
Billy smiled and answered, "Not qnlte
so bad as that. I went to school here
two years ago, and I know I learned
more than I ever did at home In two
season. The boy, when Henry Lin
coln la away, don't act half as badly aa
they do In the village; and then they usu
ally have a lady teacher, because it'a
cheaper, I suppose, for they don't pay
them half aa much aa they do gentle
men, and I think they are great deal
the best. Anyway, I can learn the moat
when I go to a woman."
"Rut what makes you come here, and
what will your mother do?" asked Mary.
"She's got a sister come from the West
to stay with her, and aa I ahall co home
every Saturday night, she'll get along
well enough. I heard Mr. Parker in the
store one day Inquiring for a boy to do
chorea. Ho after consulting mother I
offured my service and war accepted.
Won't we have real nice times going to
school together?"
Three weeks from that time the winter
school commenced, and Billy took up
his abode at the poorbouse, greatly to the
eutlsfactlon of Sally and Mary and great
ly to the annoyance of Miss Grundy.
" "Smart idea!" said she, "to have that
great lummox around to be waited on!"
and when ahe aaw bow happy hia pres
ence seemed to make Mary, ahe vented
her dlspleaaure upon her in various ways,
conjuring up all sorts of reasons why she
should stay out of school as often aa pos
sible, and wondering "what the world
waa coming to, when young onea hardly
out of the cradle begun to court! It
wasn't so in hor younger days, goodness
knows!"
Much aa Mary had learned to price
Aally'a friendship, befviro winter waa
over abe had cause to value It still more
highly. Wretched and destitute aa the
poor erased creature now waa, ahe show
ed plainly that at some period or other
of her life she had had rare advantages
for education, which ahe now brought
Into use for Mary'a benefit
Koch night Mary brought home her
books, and the rapid Improvement which
ahe made In her studies was as much
owing to Sally's useful hints and assist
ance aa to her own untiring persever
ance. One day when aho returned from
school Sally aaw there was something
tho matter,. for her eyes were red, and
her chocks were flushed aa If with weep
ing. On Inquiring of Billy, she learned
that some of the girls had been teasing
Mary about her teeth, calling them
"tushea."
Aa it happened, one of the paupers was
sick, and Dr. Gilbert waa at that time in
the house; to him Sal immediately went,
and after laying the cane before him
asked him to extract tho offending teeth.
Sally was quite a favorite with the doc
tor, who readily consented, on condition
that Mary waa willing, which he much
doubted, as such teeth came hard.
"Willing or not, she shall have them
out. It's all that makes her so homely,"
said Sal, and, going in quest of Mary,
ahe led her to the doctor, who asked to
look in her mouth. 5
There waa a fierce struggle, a scream,
and then one of the teeth waa lying upon
the floor.
"Stand still," said Sal, more sternly
than she had ever before spoken to Mary,
who, half frightenod out of her wits,
stood still while the other one was ex
tracted. "There," said Sal, when the operation
waa finished, "you look a hundred per
cent better." .
For a time Mary cried, hardly know
ing whether ahe reliahed the joke or not;
but when Billy praised her improved
looks, telling her that "her mouth was
real pretty," and whon she herself dried
her eyes enough to aee that it waa a
great improvement, she felt better, and
wondered why ahe had never thought to
have them out before.
Rapidly and pleasantly to Mary that
winter passed away, for tha presence si
Billy was In Itself a sufficient reason why
aba should be happy. Ht was so affec
tionate and brother-like In his deport
ment towsrd ber that she began question
ing whether she did not love blm a well,
if not better, than she did ber sister Ella,
whom she seldom ssw, though she beard
that she had a governess from Worcester,
and was taking music lessons on a grand
piano, which had been bought a year be
fore. Occasionally Billy called at Mrs.
Campbell's, but Klla seemed shy and un
willing to apeak of her sister.
"Why Is there this difference?' be
thought more tbsn once, aa be contrast
ed the situation of the two girls the one
petted, caressed end surrounded by every
luxury, and the other forlorn, desolate,
and the inmate of a poorbouse ; and then
be built csstles of a future when, by the
Isbor of his own hesd or hands, Msry,
too, should be rich and happy.
CHAPTER VIII.
Aa spring advanced Alice began to
droop. Sally's quick eye detected la her
infallible signs of decay. But she would
not tell It to Mary, whose life now seem
ed a comparatively happy one. Mr. and
Mrs. Parker were kind to her. Uncle
Peter petted her, and eren ills Grundy
had more than once admitted that "she
was about as good as young ones would
average." Billy, too, had promised to
remain and work for Mr. Parker during
the summer, Intending with the money
thus earned to go the next fall and win
ter Jo the academy In Willbrabam. Jen
ny was coming back ere long, and Mary's
step waa light and buoyant aa she trip
ped, singing, about the house, unmind
ful of Mrs. Grundy's oft-expressed wish
that "she would atop that clack," or of
the anxious, pitying eyea Sal Furbosb
bent upon her, aa day after day the
faithful old creature rocked and tended
little Alice.
At last Mary could no longer be de
ceived, and one day when Alice lay gasp
ing In Sally's lap she said, "Aunt Sally,
Isn't Alice growing worse? She doesn't
play now, nor try to walk."
Sally laid her band on Mary'a face and
replied: "Poor child, you'll soon be all
lone."
There waa no outcry no sodden gush
of tears, but nervously clasping her
hana npon her heart, as If the shock had
entered there, Mary aat down upon her
bed, and burying her face In the pillow,
aat there for a long time. But ahe said
nothing, and a careless obwyjver might
have thought that ahe cared nothing, as
it became each day more and more evi
dent that Alice waa dying. But these
knew not of the long nighta when with
untiring love she sat by her sister's cra
dle, listening to her irregular breathing,
pressing her clammy handa and praying
to be forgiven If ever, in thought or deed,
she had wronged the little one now leav
ing her.
And all this time there came uo kind
word or message of love from Ella, who
knew that Alice waa dying, for Billy
had told her ao.'
The end came peacefully. There was
some talk of burying the child in the
poorbouse iuclosure, but Mary pleaded ao
earnestly to have her laid by her mother
that her request waa granted, and that
night wheu the young spring moon came
out it looked quietly down upon the grave
of little Alice, who by her mother's side
wss sweetly sleeping.
Three weeks had passed away sine
Alice's death, and affairs at the poor
house were beginning to glide on as usual
Mary, who had resumed her post as dish
washer in the kitchen, was almost daily
expecting Jenny; and one day when Billy
came In to dinner he gavo ber the joy
ful intelligence that Jeuny bad returned
and had been In the field to -see him,
bidding him tell Mary to meet her that
afternoon In the woods by the brook.
Mary bounded joyfully awoy to tha
woods, where she found Jenny, who em
braced her in manner which showed
that ahe had not been forgotten.
"Oh," saM ahe, "I've got so much to
tell you, and so much to hear, though I
know all about dear little Alice's death
-didn't you feel dreadfully T"
Mary's teara were a sufficient answer,
and Jenny, as if suddenly discovering
something new, exclaimed, "Why, what
have you been doing? Who pulled your
teeth?"
Mary explained the circumstances of
the tooth-pulling and Jenny continued:
"You look a great deal better, and If
your cheeks were only a little fatter and
your skin not quite so yellow, you'd be
real handsome; but no matter about that
I aaw George Moreland in Boston, and I
wanted to tell him about you, but I'd
promised not to; and then at first I felt
afraid of him, for you can't think what
great big fellow he'a got to be. Why,
he'a awful tall and hnndsome, too. Rose
likes hlin, and so do lots of the girls, but
I don't believe he cares a bit for any of
them except his cousin Ida, and I guess
he does like her."
Here the chatterer was Interrupted by
Henry Lincoln, who directly in front of
her leaped across. the brook. He waa
evidently not much improved in his man
ners, for the moment he was safely land
ed on terra firma he approached Mary,
and, . seizing her round the waist, ex
claimed, "Halloo, little pauper! You're
glad to aee me back, I dare say."
Then drawing her head over ao that
he could look into her face, he contin
ued, "Had your tusks out, haven't yon?
Well, It's quite an Improvement so much
so that I'll venture to kiss you."
Mary struggled, and Jenny scolded,
while Henry said, "Don't kick and flounce
so, my little beauty. If there'a anything
I' hate It'a seeing girls make believe
they're modest. That clodhopper Bil
kisses you every day, I'll warrant"
' (To be continued.)
An Effect Spoiled.
"After the ceremony the bride wept"
"Grief at leaving her home?"
"No; Bhe forgot herself, and held up
her beautiful long satin train going
down the aisle."
TWELVE WERE LOST
STEAMER FOUNDERED ON LAKE
HURON IN A 8T0RM.
"Every Man for Himself" was the Captain's
Lut Order Second Engineer snd Ose
Deckhand Saved Latter was Crazy from
Kit Terrible Experince Engineer's Story
f the WreckT""
East Tawa, Mich., May 27. Tba
woexkn steamer Baltimore foundered
this morning in Lake Huron near
Au Fable, and 12 of her crew of 14
were drowned. Two men were
washed about in the lake for several
hours, lashed to pieces of wreckage,
and were finally picked up by the
tug Columbia and brought in here.
George McQinnis, a deck hand, one
of the rescued, went crazy from his
experience. The other survivor,
Thomas Murphy, of Milwaukee, sec
ond engineer, was able to tell the
story of the disaster.
It was sometime after the Colum
bia had brought the shipwrecked men
into port before Murphy waa re
vived sufficiently to tell his story.
The Baltimore foundered about 6
o'clock in the morning and he was
in the water until late in the after
noon. "We were bound from Lorain to
Sault Btc. Marie," he said, "and had
in tow a large steam drill and scow.
When off Thunder Bay Captain Place
decided to turn about and run for
Tawaa for shelter. When we arrived
off Au Fable the steamer struck heav
ily on her bottom. The seas broke
over her at the same time and carried
away the deckhouse and the after
cabin, and finally the smokestack fell.
Both rails forward broke in two just
aft of the forward deckhouse, and we
knew it was only a few minutes before
the steamer would go to pieces.
" 'It's every man for himself now,"
shouted Captain Place. We took
Captain Place's advice and every man
ttarted to save himself as best he
rould. Some of the boys took to the
rigging, but McGinnis and myself
lashed ourselves to a ring bolt in a
piece of the after cabin, and we were
washed overboard shortly afewarrd.
The strain was too much for McGin
nis and he went crazy before we had
been in the water very long. He
tried to throw me off the wreckage,
but I talked to him and encouraged
him to hold on. Twice he got loose
and tried to drown us both, but each
time I succeeded in quieting him. I
told him a boat was coming to take
us off, and then I. would get him tied
fast again. '
The tug Columbia lost a drill scow
with six men on board just before
she picked up the men from the Bal
timore. The Columbia went out
again this afternoon and found the
drill. The men were taken off it j
badly frightened, as they had neither
bout not life preservers. j
The lost steamer was rated at $40,-1
000 by the underwriters, and was in-
sured for nearly that amount.
NATIVE JUDGES INCOMPETENT.
Discontent Caused by Appointment of AmerU
uo Judges.
Manila, May 27. The discontent
among the natives at the appontment
of American judges and alleged dis
crimination in the civil service in
favor of Americana is finding expres
sion, encouraged by some of the na
tive judges, who are aware that the
reorganization of the judiciary will
result in the loss of their positions.
Judgo Neer, of the court of the first
instance of Tondo, one of the leaders
of what is beginning to be called the
radical wing of the Federalists, de
clared today that if such things con
tinue there will be a second revolu
tion. Some of the prominent Federal
ists ridicule the prediction. The
Philippine commission's selections
of Judges were thoroughly considered.
It is undeniable that most of the
native judges lack the competence
required. One of them has been re
moved for mal'easance, and others are
suspected of irregularities. The
classifications of the civil service
avoid discrimination, but the native
and Spanish qualifications are not
equal to those of capable Americans.
Some departments are employing na
tives at the risk of temporary incon
venience; After a conference with General
MaoArthur, General Trias has under
taken negotiations at Luchan for the
surrender of General Caillea wheh is
daily expected.
Yukon Is Not Open.
White Horse, Y. T., May 14. Not
withstanding reports to the contrary,
the Yukon river is not open below
Lebnrgc, but the daily clearance of
the ice is expected. Many scows and
a great quantiy of freigh have been
passed as far as Lebargo, the latter
awaiting the arrival of the first Daw
son bound steamer. Lake Bennet is
not yet open, but that is of but little
concern to the 1901 Klondiker, since
the White Pass & Yukon route has
solved tbe problem of lake and rapid
navigation, as far as White florae. .
HIS 8TAY AT AN END.
Presidential Party Complete Their Programma
and Start for Home
San Francisco, May 25. President
McKinley has completed his program
in this city, having met every organ
ization included in the original
schedule, and Mrs. McKinley 's health
has so far improved that the president
and his party began their return jour
ney to the national capital at 10 A.
M. today.
The president's pulbic functions
yesterday included a reception at the
Scott mansion to the members of the
foreign consular corps of this city, a
reception at the Palace Hotel by the
Sons and Daughters of the American
Revolution and the Loyal Legion in
honor of the president, and a review
of the school children of Oakland by
the presdent. .
Last night President McKinley at
tended an impromptu reception at
the California street M. E. church,
given by the Epworth League and
Christian Endeavor societies. Special
precautions were taken to prevent any
annoyance while the president and
hia wife were being driven to the ferry.
A route was chosen that secured per
fect comfort for Mrs. McKinley. The
party was taken , to Oakland on a
special boat. The two trained nurse
who have attended the patient in this
city will also go to Washington with
her. Uo fast time will be made and
the train will run slowly to Stockton.
ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Satisfactory Results Obtained by the Lick Party
in Sumatra.
San Jose, Cal., May 27. The fol
lowng has been received from the di
rector of the Lick observatory :
"Lick Observatory, May 27. As
tronomer Perrine, in charge of the
Crocker eclipse expedition from the
Lick observatory to Sumatra, has
cabled the gratifying information
that some results were secured with
all the instruments taken with him.
This, taken in connection with his
cable of last week, is taken to mean
that his successful photographs were
secured between clouds drifting across
the vicinity of the sun. As this was
an unusually long eclipse, it is quite
probable that his remits will compare
favorably in quality and quantity
with those secured at the short
eclipses of the past three years. The
hoods of the coronal streamers, first
observed at the Indian eclipse of 1898,
are recorded on the plates of the pres
ent eclipse. Further details of the
, results secured are not expected until
! the arrival of Mr. Perrine's letters."
TO DEFINE BOUDARY.
Internal Survey Party Will Locate Unites
States-Canada Line.
Vancouver, B. C, May 27. An in
ternational survey party, consisting
of United States and Canadian en
gineers, is about to begin the task of
defining the international boundary
between the United States and Can
ada from the Pacific coast to the
Rocky mountains. It is contended
that this work was inaccurately per
formed in the surveys of 1859 and
1961. One of the most important
matters to be determined is the ques
tion of the national locaton of Mount
Baker mining district. Valuable
mines are embraced in this section,
and the territory is claimed by both
the American and Canadian govern
ments. Lieutenant Sinclair, of the coast
and geodetic survey, will be at the
head of the United States party, and
J. H. Mc Arthur will lead the Cana
dian surveyors. The work will begin
this week.
MULTIPLEX TELEGRAPHY. .
The Rowland System is Being Introduced Into
Germany.
Baltimore, May 27. The multiplex
system of telegraphy, invented by the
late Henry A. Rowland, of Balti
more, which is being introduced into
Germany, permits of the transmission
of eight messages simultaneously over,
a single wire, four in each direction
at the rate of 40 words a minute.
The messages are sent by means of
a keyboard similar to that of a type
writer, which can be operated by an
ordinary typewriter.opreator, and are
recorded at the other end of the wire
by a small machine. It is possible to
either print the message upon a sheet,
of paper or upon a long tape like
that which is used in the ordinary
ticker service.
Slide More Serious Than Reported
Baker City, Or., May 27. Thu
landslide at the Climax mine, which
occurred about two weeks ago, in con
sequence of a water ditch overflowing,
has proven far more serious than at
first reported. The mouth of the
main tunnel was closed with timbers,
boulders, gravel and debris of all
kinds, so that it required heavy blast
ing and 10 days to open it up. It
will require several weeks more to
put up the buldings destroyed and
restore the other property lost in tha
flood.