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WAITING.
Serine I fotA my hnndw and wait,
,or cttru Iftr wind, nor tide, nor mi
1 rave tin more Valtwi time or tale,
f or In! my wu ahull rom to tue.
i stay my baste, I make delay ft.
For what avail thin natror pace?
I stand amid the etprnul ways.
And what l mi do shall know my faot
Aalnen. awake, by night or day,
Th friends 1 seek art) seeking mn;
No wind can drive my bark astray.
Nor obauee the tide of deatlny.
What matter If I stand alonef
1 wait with Joy the coming year;
My httart almll reap wuer It lian sown,
Aud garner op Its fruit of loan.
The water know tbtr own, and draw
The brook that apriuga lu youder
height:
8a flow the irond with equal law
UdUi the soul of (iure delijfhla.
Yon floweret nodding In the wind
Is ready plighted to the boo;
And, maiiiun, why that look unkind?
For lu! thy lover seekeiti thee.
The stars come nightly to the sky.
The lidal wave unto the wa;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high.
Can koep my own away from tne.
-John burroughs in boston Globe,
ROBINSON'S GHOST.
i
"Boahl I donl take an; stock in yarus
like that, and it'i positive'y absnrd for
each men m we are" a party of three
lawyers, a doctor and a journalist "who
pride ourselves on our common smiae, to
discuss such stuff soriouBly. Modern
science has thrown so strong a light on
those illusions that they ought to be rec
ognised everywhere for just what they
are nothing more than the" result of
mental disorder, what do you say
.Robinson; do yon believe in ghosts, as
our friend, the doctor, seems toT The
speaker contemptuously threw away the
tump of his cigar as if it were the of
fender he was berating instead of the
doctor, who had just been spinning an
after dinner yarn of a supernatural kind.
"Do 1 believe in ghosts? Well, really,
Brown, 1 don't know. But your speak
ing of the sciences reminds me i once
had a remarkable experience with a
ghost," Robinson reached for the bot
tle, tilled his glass slowly and held it np
to the light with an air of reminiscent
meditation. After a short pause be went
on, in answer to our inquiring looks:
"It was five years ago, just after 1 had
opened my office here and taken young
Johnson into partnership. One hot July
morning 1 received a telegram asking
me to go at once to B , a little town
out on Long Island, to draw np a will
for a man who had been one of our best
clients, Johnson was out of town, so
had to attend to the matter myself.
"A glance at the time table showed
me that 1 should have to stay in B
several hours, and just as 1 was leaving
it occurred to me that it might be worth
while to take my camera along Johu
eon and I were both 'Kodak bends' in
those days as my business might not
detain me long, and 1 should probably
have an hour or two to spare. 1 had
barely time to catch my train, so 1 has
tily picked up the camera from my desk
and rushed off. Just as 1 expected, 1
soon finished the will and started out to
get some views of the sleepy old town.
But B is a rather commonplace vil
lage, and I saw nothing 1 thought worth
snapping my camera at till 1 had
reached the outskirts of the town, where
1 found a picturesque old mansion that
caught my fancy.
"It was a quaint, rumbling old house,
gabled roofed and overgrown with vines
It seemed to be deserted in fact, almost
a ruin. It stood at some distance back
from the road, and as there appeared to
be no one living there 1 went into its
garden, which was au unrestrained tan
gle of weeds aud tall grass, to get a
nearer view of the building. 1 was just
about to take a picture of the porch
when an old man appeared in the door
way. He was very feeble, but a rather
fine looking old boy. 1 at once began to
apologize for trespassing on his grounds,
but he stopped me and told me to take
as many pictures as 1 wished. He turned
out to be the man in charge of the place.
and well murked. llow on earth Uui
she get there!1 I had certainly never
seen her before, and 1 was absolutely
certain that there had been no girl on
the stairway when 1 took the picture.
"But there the stranger was standing.,
as if she had paused a moment on her
way down stairs, with one arm slightly
raised and leaning forward a trifle, as if
looking at some one in the hall below.
It was utterly inexplicable to me. I hail
never seen that face, and the gardener
had told me that the house was not in
habited. I do not believe that then
could have been such a girl in B .
yet there she was. As far as one could
judge from so small a photograph, it
was a face of rare beauty. 1 was com
pletely mystiSed.
"As luck would have it 1 was obliged
to go to B again the next day, and 1
took tny negative with me, promising
myself to look for the mysterious beauty
of the stairway, for the face had a
strange fascination for me, and 1 deter
mined to find the girl whose pictnre 1
had so unaccountably taken, if I could
possibly do so.
"1 hurried through my business and
rushed off to Beck my friend the gar
ilener. I found him and at once showed
Mm my puzzling negative. The moment
he saw it he dropped into a seat on the
bench beside him as if he bad been shot,
trembling like a frightened animal and
with a look of terror in hiB eyes. In a
moment or so he found his breath and
gasped:
" 'Good (Jod, it's Miss Annief
"You may imagine my surprise. The
old man looked at me and at the picture
with a scared look, as if be suspected me
of some unholy relation with the devil.
"But after awhile he calmed down a
little, and a good stiff drink from a flask
1 happened to have in my pocket seemed
to brace him up and persuade him that
1 was not an imp in disguise, and after
awhile 1 succeeded in getting the follow
ing explanation from him. which 1 will
condense for you, not trying to repro
duce his words and his bcotch accent:
"During the war of the rebellion Mr.
S lived in this house with his wife
and an only daughter. Miss Annie.
beautiful girl, who was about twenty
years old at the time of which I am
speaking. She was the idol of the fam
ily and loved by all who kuew ber. She
was to have been married to John R ,
a line young fellow who lived near by,
bnt when the call for volunteers was
made ber lover went off to the war. She
was almost overcome with anxiety for
him, for her heart had gone with him.
One day Boon after one of the early bat
tles 1 forget which one my friend the
gardener came up from the town with a
telegram. He met Miss Annie coming
down the stairway and gave her the
message. She stopped on the landing,
opened the envelope and read the tele
gram. "She stood perfectly still for an in
stant as if she could not realize it and
then the gardener was just in time to
Bave her from falling, as she fainted.
The telegram announced the death of
Lieutenant John R , killed on the
battlefield. Miss Annie never recovered
from the shock, and she died insane in a
few mouths. Her mother soon followed
her, aud Mr. S left the town, a
louely, brokenhearted man, and never
has returned. The place has never been
rented because it is said that the un
fortunate girl's spirit haunts the house.
and especially the Btairway, where she
heard the news of her lover s death. I
had photographed the ghost.
"Now that I knew the story of the girl
that picture to! a stronger hold on me
than before ani the mystery tf'as only
intensified. 1 could' not get riT. of that
face, it haunted me more surely than
the poor girl's ghost ever haunted the
stairway, and 1 could not shake off the
fascination. In short, 1 had fallen in
love with a ghost, and 1 envied that
Lieutenant John R .
"It was a horribly uncanny feeling,
but calling myself an ass did not help
me to forget the face. And then the
puzzle of It all, the problems it suggest
ed. Could it be that the camera was
able to open a new world to us? Was
its unernug vision clear enough to
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Clin the ImI thirty year, or more front the
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term oi me tinooiinueu pojmwrny oi jiokmh
tcr'a Slornsoh Bittern. Tho opening of the year
lswwiilbe Mannlined hy tho avia'arntice f
Imih AlQinnav ot the Hitlers In wnieli the uwa,
derivslion itud union o( thin world-famous
medicine will be luridly set forth. Everybody
ehnuld rood It. The calendar and SMroiiomli-sl
OHlciiliUTon lo be found tn thin brochure lire al
ways MNlonlnhlnRly accurate, and the statistics,
illustrations, humor and other reading matter
rich In Interest and lul I ol tiront. 1 lie Homel
ier Coinnany of l'itlslmrK, l'a., iiubllsh il them
selves, 'i hey employ more than sixty liimdi in
the mechanical work, and more than eleven
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dntKRlsts and country dealers, aud Is primed in
Ktiftltsh, Herman, French, Welsh, Norwegian,
Swedish, Holland, hohomtan and Spanish.
For the bnyer a hnndred ayes are too few; tor
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A GOOD l-HYMICIAN.
He is the best physician who takes ad
vantage of any remedy that offers the right
kind of relief. Some medicines relieve,
but for the moment only. Their ultimate
effect is to Increase the suffering.
ALU-OCX's Porous Plasters are a uni
versal favorite with good physicians, and
are always recommended hv them for local
pains of every kind. In all cases of lame
or weak back, stiffness of the joints, rheu
matism, indigestion, kidney trouble, they
are by far the best external remedy. Not
only do A llcock's Porous Plasters relieve
ram, but they have no after ill effects.
They are uood, only ooon, thoeocqiilt
good.
Brandretii's Pills rectify the secretions.
Hood's Cures
Sophie McKeldin
When 7 years old begun to bo troubled with eo
tema on the bead, causing Intense Itching and
burning, and affecting her eyes. Her mother
ttstlfles: -"We gave her six bottles of
Hood's SarsaDarilla
in& i be 1b entirely veil. I have taken it myself
for that tired feeling and It does roe great
stood." Mat). Willuk McKtLDiN, 404 Stock
holm St., Baltimore. Md. Get Hood's.
A contemporary sys that
ought to blush." She can't
11 LiUuokalanl
HOITT'S SCHOOL FOR BOYS,
Mlllbrae, Ban Mateo countr, Oal., prepares boys
for univeinlty or bHHlnetm. Graduates admitted
to the State andStamord I'nlversltien without
examination. Next term b-'glns Januury i 14.
bend for catalogue. Ira (i. Huitl, Ph. U , Master.
Pay sloe (during a heated dispute over his lit
tle bill)-Do you think I'd tell a lie forlOeents?
Cigarsen ies, or tnree ior a quarter.
ASTHMA HIIFFKKEKS
Who hare in vain tried every other means of
reliet unonin try "Nrninmrtnn s Amnma tuns.
No WHitiiiK for reultn. lu action is Immediate,
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trial package, nut usk your urugKtst nrst.
auui :aii a. uui ,uug i-8 : 6ure of the reality of
guuu KTuuen. av iaiiu uie iue uuuse uau
sot been nsed for many years; it be
longed to Mr. 8, who lived in Eu
rope and who had left this place in his
charge, he having been the gardener.
Be was very willing to Bhow ine around
and invited me to look at the inside ot
the house, whicb 1 was glad to do. The
first glimpse of the interior pleased me
to much that I decided to make a view
of it for my first picture.
"The door opened on a broad hall run
ning clear through the house; there was
a large winding stairway at the back
with a landing place half way np, upon
whicb there opened a beautiful oval
window, overgrown with ivy. The light
was good and 1 snapped my camera at
this fine old stairway and window. 1
took a number of views of the house and
grounds and had barely time left to
catcb my train back to the city.
"For some time after my return 1 was
very busy, as Johnson was away and all
the work fell on me, so it was at least a
month before 1 got the negatives of my
pictures of the old house. But I remem
bered all the Incidents well, and was
much pleased to find my views as good
as they were, bnt you may imagine my
astonishment when 1 looked at the nega
tive of my first picture and saw in it the
figure of a beautiful yotiug girl standing
on the landing place of the stairway.
"The whole negative waa excellent;
tha girl's picture was especially clear
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GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICE.
Id rUlnfftin11v nf Alna nhllriran. tnv onlv ram-
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UJustMeffectivoto-diy aa it was Torty ynn o.
How my grandchildren take Dr. Oudd's Onion Syrup
Whioh already prepared and more plflkunt to ths
vjdwirru or viw m cwm. juia la Dromiaea a,j k...i.. .n ..
bj the proprietor ol Dr. Sage's Catarrh ' Taa.Do.ub.utut.ffwiu Toere'. aotliuaa m gti.
nemear.
reality of a ghQ8tf And
if so, bow was it to be explained? I laid
the matter before the Society for Psychi
cal Research, but they only talked a
long time about it without suggesting
much, and for all 1 know they re at
yet. But 1 never shook off the spell '
that phantom face.
Robinson paused a moment, lost in a
far away dream. Brown, tbe skeptic, at
length aroused uira with a short " Wellr
Robinson lit a fresh cigar and continued:
"For a week after my return that
picture, the mystery and the beautiful
face had such an effect on me that it al
most unfitted me for work, and 1 was
heartily glad when Johnson came back.
1 told the whole thing to him and then
showed him my strange picture. He
was much interested in the story, but
when he saw the picture 1 caught a
wicked twinkle in his eye. After a mo
ment be drawled out prorokingly. .
' 'Yes. strange; very strange. The
old man seemed to see a resemblance.
But, Robinson, yon might as well return
me my camera you evidently took mine
ittBtead of your own that day. Your
rnynuf i iuu phantom beauty is my sister
Kate. You took your picture on the
plate I li.ul already used. Kate's photo
seems to lit in remarkably well. The
joke la ou you, old man.'
"Joausoj introduced me to bis sister
tbe next day. She's Mrs. Robinson
now." -a L. Pangborn in Journalist
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This remedy has been nsed In the hospitals
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Bend for pamphlet of testimonials from those
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T0HS on lN8TALl.HKNTa. Muat make..
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