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REVENGE
The Planters Daughter
25 FATE'S
By MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON
Author of "A Waif from th Sea," "Har Brightest Hope,"
"Wayward Wlnnefred," etc.
i CHAPTER XI.-Continoed.)
The door had opened while be was
peaking, and Mts. Burgees had entered
with a radiant face, bearing several
sheets of manuscript In her bands. So
great wae her excitement that ahe did
not heed the presence of the doctor, and
hastening to her husband, ahe held the
manuecrlpt before hit eyea with trem
bling hand.
"Look!" ahe cried; "at laat I know the
ecret which la killing our poor Clah-e
I bare discovered the name of the man
he lores! Read these pagee; they were
written bT her last nlaht."
Philip Bargee eelied the proffered
eheete and ran bis eye oyer their tear-
Wnrred aiirface. Suddenly a name ar
rested his attention; he uttered an inar
ttculate cry, flung the manuscript upon
the tnble and grasped the doctor by both
bands.
"Gresham!" he cried, joyfully, I ac
cent! It is no longer a question of ac
quiring a fortune a the price of my hon
or, at the coat of my name, out or eav
In my dauchtex'a life!"
Claire herself was a silent auditor of
the triumphant exclamations. She had
reached the open door and paused upon
the threshold, hearing her father a woras,
In the next moment she descried her pre
cious manuscript, the secret of her lite,
lying exposed upon the table, and with a
walling cry of dismay she staggered for
ward and flung herself upon her mother's
breast.
"Oh, mother, mother!" ahe sobbed, a
burning flush mounting her pallid brow,
'what hare you done!"
"Pardon me, my child," replied Mrs.
Burgess soothingly, as she caressed the
drooping golden head; "but I could not
ee you suffer and remain in ignorance
of the cause another day."
"Well done, wife!" exclaimed Philip
Burgess; "had you not acted thus
promptly, I should have rejected the hap
piness of Claire'a life for now ahe will
live!"
"My life my happiness!" gasped the
young girl, raising her head and glancing
In dismay at her father; "oh, father, you
bare not read the secret of my foolish
pawion!" And when he nodded to her
with an assuring smile, she added, in de
palr: "It is a relic of our past happy
life which I have not had the strength
to combat acainst Instead of forgetting
this man whom I met by chance In that
brilliant world now closed to us forever,
I have been so foolish as to cherish his
lmaee in mv heart.
"And justly, Claire," replied the old
grttfltmaa; "arm yon not worthy to bear
the proudest name in toe land
"Ah, but If you knew bis name!" sob
ted the girl.
"I know it, and he will be here ehort-
lT"
"He here!" gasped Claire, recoiling a
few steps and standing alone.
"Yes Lucian Courtlandt! He comes
to demand your hand In marriage."
Completely overcome, Claire tottered
to the nearest chair and sank Into It, and
It Is doubtful if she heard Martha open
the door and announce:
"A lady and gentleman to ate you!"
A moment later Lucian Courtlandt ap
aml nnon the threshold with hia
haughty mother leaning upon his arm.
The young man was pallid but com
nosed, while Mrs. Courtlandt's stern fea
tures were wreathed In smiles. A few
words of welcome were exchanged be
tween rhillo Burgess and his wife and
Mrs. Courtlandt, Claire meanwhile ait-
ting there with drooping bead, apparent
lr unconscious of ber surroundings.
Presently, however, the words of Mrs.
Courtlandt penetrated her dulled hearing.
"Old friends." remarked that lady,
wkh affable condescension, "I have the
honor of demanding the hand of your
daughter Claire for my aon Lucian!
At these words, Claire struggled to
her feet and threw hertelf Into ber moth
r's arms.
"Poor child!" thought Lucian Court'
landt. "bow beautiful she Is!"
"Miss Burgess," said Mrs. Courtlaadt,
gently, "are you willing to be my daugh
terr Poor Claire murmured aome Inarticu
late words, and her head sank lower upon
her mother's breast.
Then Lucian advanced and took one
of the pendent, snowy hands.
"Clnlre." be murmured, "will you be
my wlfcT
But there wss no reply; joy had de
prived the happy victim of all seme, and
ahe lay unconscious In her mother a arms,
CHAPTER XII.
Two short weeks had made a startling
change In the circumstances of the Bur
?eaa family. "The lovely residence In
the neighborhood of Yotikers," which Lu
clan Courtlandt bad telegraphed 8ylphiI
he bad gone to ace during thse brief
banny hours that succeeded their return
to America bad now been rented for the
accommodation of Claire and ber parents
until the wedding should take place, and
later was to become the home of the
married pair.
It seemed Incredible that the bright
faced, happy woman, who sang Joyously
to herself as she brushed off the spacloua
lUssa, could be Martha Dunn; yet It
was ahe with every line of care and anx
ty smoothed from ber boneet face, and
a ami! set In ha place.
It was balmy morning In mid June,
on of those rare daya when gentle
ephyrs rustle the dense foliage that
the verdant earth. Even Claire
earned to Inhsle the abundant vigor of
the eerie he stepped forth upon the
rlssta, clad In white, with fluttering
rlbboo of a delicate violet tint, to greet
mUm Hinrfl.
...i-k. ltht steo crunched the gravel
f tb path, coming from the direction of
i,. .i.i.Im. and a moment later the lean,
athletic figure of Ir. Oreslmm iwuhg
t,. ,rn.r of the mansion and
1 the etepa. Aa be reached the
r-Kittn nurses cam out, radiant
men shook hands; Burgesa heartily,
Greabaiu with alight constraint
"Well, aren't we as fine as fine can
be?" exclaimed the former, with a glance
thrilling with pride upon bis charming
domain.
"Fine, very fine Indeed!" was the crisp,
business-like reply; "but I have some
thing of the utmost Importance to say
to you, and as we are alone for the mo
ment, no time could be more opportune
Oh. then, you need not hesitate!
his old friend by the arm and led him
to the farthest corner of the wide piasaa,
out of earshot of the windows; "now
then," he continued, "aa to-morrow la the
wedding day. I should like to know now
Claire has accepted the conditional
"Conditions what conditions?" Inquir
ed Philip Burgess in a punled way."
"Why. the child, of course."
The old man started and paled guiltily
"I haven't said a word to her about the
child!"
"Is it possible?" exclaimed the doctor,
In wild dismay; "she's got to know about
It."
"Of course she has! Now that you are
here, why dont you tell her yourself?"
While they stood conversing they had
failed to notice that Claire had been grad
ually approaching the house, with her
hands filled with dewy, fragrant rosea;
in fact, they were not aware of her pres
ence until she was close upon them, and
her cheery greeting disturbed the wt
ward silence that had fallen.
"Were you apeaking of me?" ahe ask
ed, earnestly.
Yes," answered Gresham; "we were
speaking of you and your approaching
marriage.
With a desperate effort that waa reaHy
pitiful to behold, the father began:
"Claire, I have something to nay to
you before your marriage. Listen, my
child; it Is a matter of aerioua import
to you."
Is it something about Lucian?" ahe
asked.
Yes."
than the present" As he spoke be took
she exclaimed, brightening; "anything
you have to say of him I shall be only
too happy to hear. I can never tell you
how content I am at the prospect of be
coming hia wife!"
With one despairing glance at Greah-
am, Philip Burgeea turned away, men
tally ejaculating:
"I can't, I can't tell her, for tt may kill
her!"
Fortunately, at this moment Martha.
came out upon the piazza, and anno on c-
that her mistress wae ready to see
the doctor. If he would kindly corns in.
"I will go whh you," whispered the
old man In Gresham's ear; "her mother
can tell her better; women can weep together."
And they entered the house, leaving
Claire standing there, with an expres
sion of dazed bewilderment upon ber fatr
face. One by one the fragrant rosea fil
tered through her fingers, and fell un
heeded and wilting to the ground; and
though ahe waa scarcely conscious of the
Impression, It seemed aa though a tiny
cloud, no bigger than a man a nana, nad
risen upon the horizon of that perfect
day.
At laat the roll of carriage wheels upoa
the avenue beyond the lawn arrested her
attention, and, raialng her eyea, she de
scried the Courtlandt livery rapidly 'ap
proaching the house through the trees.
Her heart stood still witn a aixzy
throb, but when the equipage drew op
and the widow Courtlandt alighted alone
it was with a heart heavy with disap
pointment that aha crossed the piazza to
greet the lady.
Mra. Courtlandt took the girl In her
arms, and disposed a light kiss upon her
brow; then linking ber arm In Claire'a,
she led her to a retired nook, whera stood
a rustic seat acreened by dense vine,
that lent an agreeable twilight against
the brilliant glare that reigned around.
Being seated, the lady took Claire's hand
In hers and said:
"This is just the opportunity I have
been aeeking; I have wanted to talk with
you, my dear. Lucian will be here In
an bour, and this is tne last time tnat
we shall be together before your mar
riage. First of all, I wish to thank you
for the racrifice you have made, and
the noble sentiments which have prompt
ed It."
"Sacrifice! Noble aentlments!" mur
mured Claire, In astonishment; "Indeed,
madam, I deserve no praise. My action
In the matter has been prompted by pure
ly selfish motives."
"Oh, I know that devotion haa become
second nature with you," replied the
lady, patting Claire's cheek; "but your
self denial cannot escape our gratitude.
But you shall be rewarded, my child; we
will woo you back to health, and, ere
long, you will be reconcllod to Lucian.
Yes, yes, I hope that some day my eon
will love you."
mother of hia child! But T do not under.
stand why ahe doea not oppose my mar
riage ?"
I will tell you, Claire, lucian wor
ships uie and ia passionately attached to
his child; 1 promise you that he ia en
tirely reconciled to bla marriage with
you, and regards It seriously, aa o does
11 other obligations in lire.
"Yes." came the bUter response, so
low as scarcely to be audible, "be baa a
noble heart!"
"He will be here In a few minutes, and
I will tell him where to find you," said
the ladv. rising with the relieved air
of one who haa executed a painful duty.
So kiss me, my dear, and I will go in
and say good morning to your mother."
Claire submitted to the caress, and
when left alone sat for some minute
among the swaying vine. At last the
burning words roe to her Hp:
Heaven help me, how I loved him!
Fool that I was to dream that I should
be loved In return! Why, they have been
speculating upon my approaching death;
and If he leada me to the altar to-mor
row, he counts upon my lying dead be
fore It er long. This luxury this gold
are but th price of my diahonorl I
want no more of them, and only aak to
return to the misery of poverty!"
Her last words escaped her lip in a
igh of unutterable anguish, while to her
unheeding ears came the beat of th
horses' hoofs that bor her expectant
bridegroom!
Upon the spur of the moment she de
termined to go at once to her father,
Inform him thai ahe retracted her prom
ise, and break off the unhallowed match
then and there, despite the consequences.
She sprang to her feet full of her resolve,
but ere she could take a step the sound
of voices arrested her. Her woman
curiosity asserted Itself; she parted the
veil of vine with trembling hands and
eased out across the sunlit lawn.
There phe saw Lucian, the man she
loved with the one absorbing passion of
her life, standing In all his manly beau
ty, in conversation with Dr. Gresham,
who waa about to take hia leave. The
two men were shaking hands and ex
changing smiling words of congratula
tlon.
The girl's heart rose in her breast as
she listened, and the clung faintly to th
vine for aupport until their thorns en
tered her delicate flesh. The physical
pain and the mental anguish roused her
once again to the exigency of the mo
ment, and with precipitate steps she
turned and fled In at the open door.
(To b continued.!
"You've done a good Job," said th
householder, surveying hi dooratop,
which was well cleared of snow, and
the sidewalk, which was bare aa It
had never been before through the
winter. "But I'm not going to pay
you any more than the 13 cent that
I said I would pay. You ought to
have done that job in half an hour,
and you've taken nearly all morning."
"That 1 all right." anld the big,
blonde niou. "I tek my time, meator;
I don't hurry. I keaa I gom glean
dose step again for you next dime,
no?"
Yes, you can come and clean them
again if you like," aald the household
er, "but I ahould think you would
want to make more than SO cents a
day. I am satisfied, If you are."
"That Is all right" repeated the
man. "I lose two Job by liurry ai-
roaty. Dey dell me In de old gountry
dat eferyt'lng Is hurry, hurry here,
uud I say I will hurry, too. I get me
a Job on de railroad section und
shovel ilnt rock Into de car In a hur
ry, you hot, und.de boss be any, 'That
blamed towhead Is wort de resd of de
gang. Why don'd you work like
Pootehy? he say to de odder ones.
Und I hear dnt und I hurry faster as
before und I kill nilneself pretty soon
alreaty. Und ven dey quit und go to
de boarding house doae men any to
me, 'You got to take your time,
Dootcby. Go alow und de vork Insd
longer und you llf longer. You vork
like dat to-morrow und you got de
MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA.
head beat off you.' Und I laff. for
vork doea not hurdt mine head. So I
go to vork de nexd day und I ahovel
harder aa before und de boss he sveur
at dose odder men und he any, 'Get a
moving on you. Ixxk at de Dootch
man und ace how he vork. He alnd
go to aohlcop. Und dey vork, too,
like me. But ven dey kvit one man he
gom to me und be hit me ofer de
hcadt mtt a ahovel und anoder man
gou und he keek me In do rib und
dey all keek me und dell me I vould
hotter to go slow und not dry to tuck
dem kell dcniselves. I ya too sore
o I gnu go to vork de nexd morning
und I loan mine Job.
Und den dey gtf me Job In de
boarding house und de woman she dell
me to beel de potatoes. I tek de
knife und I any to mlnesclf 'I vlll
hurry.' I haf not heel potatoes bo-
fore dnt und I slice off de bfel kveek.
le voman gom to loogk at me, but I
raise not mine head. Und pretty soon
he aay: 'Choost loogk at dat Dootch
fool! He bare half of dem potato Into
de ban. fled right oud or here! Dero
Is half a bushel of Root potatoes spoil.'
So I lose dnt job. Now I tek my time
und meblm I keep mine Job, no?"
"Next time you come you see how
fast you can do your work," said the
householder, who had listened sympa
thetically. "I won't fire you If you
do it In ten minutes. There's a time
to liurry over your work and a time
to go slow. You'll find out which they
are If you don't get discouraged."
Chicago Dally News.
Ayers
You know the medicine that
makes pure, rich blood
Ayer't Saraaparllla. Your
mother, grandmother, all your
folks, used It. They trusted
Sarsaparilla
It. Their doctors trusted It.
Your doctor trusts It. Then
trust It yourself. There Is
health and strength In It.
-1 nrwt tarrtbly from lnHaUoti eaj
thin blood. I tumid l rails! unill 1 UmU
Arar'i Mar.airllla. four bottle pernis-
Mas. r. It. lUar, JJt. KU. W. T.
1M boot. j.e. Ayssro.
for
Rich Blood
Avers Pill aro gently laxative.
They greatly aid the Saraaparllla.
Th Spinster Has aa Unpleasant Pros-
pact in that Line.
As a daughter the Russian woman
is under the absolute sway of her pa
rents. The coming of age makes no
alteration In her position, says the
Westminster Review. Until the day of
ber death, If sha remains unmarried,
the place she occupies In the family
life Is a place of dependence upon the
will of her parents. When a woman
marries she changes the authority of
parents for the no less unqualified au
thority of husband. As the Russian
statue says, no woman can rea
sonably be expected to fully sat
isfy two such unlimited powers
as that of husband and parent."
The "unlimited" power of the parent
therefore, Is withdrawn and that of
her husband substituted. She cannot
leave him even to visit a neighboring
town with a "pass" from him. He
names the time she Is to stay, and at
the expiration of the term she is bound
to return or get it renewed. A hus
band may appear In a court of law as
a witness against his wife, but a wife
Is not permitted to appear against her
husband. A woman's evidence is re
garded also as of less weight than that
of a man. "When two witnesses do not
agree," the code runs, "the testimony
of an adult outweighs that of a child,
and the testimony of a man that of a
woman."
army averages
Canada's standing
25,000 effective men.
Austrian law permits boys and girls
to marry at the age of 14.
The bonds of the Philippine Islands
are quoted higher than British consols.
The maximum tralnload on the
Trans-Siberian Railway Is 600 tons; in
America, 2,500 net tons.
The Mecca Railway has now reached
a point directly east of the Dead Sea
on the high tableland of Moab
In time of war France Is prepared
to put 870 out of every 1.000 of her
population In the field: Germany, 810
Russia, 210.
A meeting hns been held at New
Britain. Conn., to urge the building at
that place of a suitable memorial to
Elihu Burrltt
Electric tramway cars In Rome are
now fitted with postal boxes, the con
tents of which are collected every
quarter of an hour.
A Virginia kitchen. In which the food
values of the sweet potato will be dem
onstrated, will be a restaurant feature
at the world's fair.
Original medical research of great
value has been recently done by Japan
ese army surgeons upon the Influence
of Insects in spreading germ diseases.
In the South of Ireland, near Inchl-
geelath. Is the "Cats Well," Uie waters
RwabUn Humor.
Mai Nordau waa talking recently to
an American woman about humor.
"Next to the Americana," said Nor
dau, with a polta ',,' "l tUlllk th
the Swablans are th most humoroua
people In the world. A Swablan, If he
has nothtug funny to say. keep allent
Stupidity Is unknown among this race.
"One night lu Bwabta, In my early
youth, I called on a Swablan maiden.
She was very pretty. I'erhaps I stayed
longer than I should. Suddenly, at
any rate, the young glrrs mother call
ed In a loud v Ice from uptalr:
"'Qretcheut OretcbenI'
"'Yes, mother,' (Jretcben answered.
" 'Qretchen, It Is very cold here.
Will you ask that young man to shut
the front door from th ontidf "
religious denominations. The State
has more than 250.000 children of
school age, and 8,000 young men and
women In the Institutions of higher
learning.
A Inguna known as the "Paso de Co
lombia" and situated on the northerly
end of the lsluud of Cosuuicl, off the
east coast of Yucatan, has recently
been rented from the Mexican govern
ment by one Senor Valerlo Rlvero with
the Intention of utilizing the waters as
a breeding place for the common turtle,
as well as for the tortoise variety.
According to amendments made to
the Japanese pension law of 1002, the
annual allowances made to the families
of military men who were killed or
who died from wounds received In bat'
tie, according to rank, are as follows:
Colonel. 1375; lieutenant colonel, $.100
major, 225; captain, $150; drat lieu
tenant, $112; second lieutenant, $'.)
non-commissioned officer, $75 to $30
private soldier, $28.50 to $18.
Colorsdo Springs, Colo., has the
purest water of any city In the United
States. The supply Is derived from
the reservoirs and lakes on the sides
of Itke's Peak, which are fed by
springs and melting snow. Chemical
analyses of the water hare repeatedly
shown It to be purer than that of any
other city In the country, due to the
fact that the supply Is derived at such
an altitude as to make contamination
Impossible.
An Easy Way to Do It
Mineral, Idaho, April 11. Mr. D.
8. Colson of this place lias something
to say which will le ot Interest to
many men Mr. uoison claims to na
found a simple way to get rid of pains
in the back, Sciatica or Rheumatism.
He bus cured himself and so claims per
sonal experience in proof of his method.
Mr. Colson says:
"I had awful pains In my hip. They
got so bad at last that I could hadly
walk. I tried several things but got
no relief till I began to use Dodd'a
Kidney Pills and I had taken but a
few of these pills till the pain left me
entirely.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly am
me lots of good and I consider them a
great medicine."
The remedy that cured Mr. poison is
the aame that haa been making such
sensational cures of Bright' Disease,
Diabetes, Dropsy and Rheumatism all
over the country. The name of the
medicine is Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Too Hasty,
i a new addition to
hia
"Jones hi
family."
"Indeed? I must congratulat hlraP
"Hold on It's a sou-ln law!" Atlan
ta Constitution.
FITP Prmnnujr uaivo.
rno
Wn flu or I
Sr flmdr''flf Kllh'.lrN
kiauirrr. Hnd fur rp.aSI inll.UI.lu1 Iraftl
Vt. h. IL Kllna, UA..W An hi. l'blllliil, -
Knglsnd's Worst Colony
England's worst colony Is undoubt
edly British Honduras, situated at
America's very doors. It Is a slice of
According to the tenets of the Rus- of which are supposed to exert mar- Central America, fringing a large and
alan Church, marriage Is a sacrament velou remedial effects upon ailing tab- wealthy country. It Is not utilised by
and is theoretically Indissoluble. There bles. Orest Britain and has no regular com
is no such thing as a civil marriage Th Red Cross Society of Russia Is munlcntlon with the mother country
and divorce, except In one case, Is the richest In the world, having $8.0N,
practically unobtainable by a woman, ooo in Its treasury; it Is well organized
The exception la the deprivation of anj can do efficient work from the be
civil rights and banishment of the inning.
husband. If the wife chooses she can . M, fim. nt tendon, waarered roaches. The colonists are a comma
follow her husband Into exile, and Rus- tbat he could ,moke eghty-slx cigars nlty ot hermits, so far as the great
slan literature Is full of pathetic sto- A . . inM. m 1p. than twelve world is concerneu. j ney
Its only connection with the outside
world Is by an occasional banana
steamer from New Orlesns or a leaky
logwood schooner Infested with cxk-
ries of women, tenderly nurtured,
braving the terrors of the long Siberian
march. All children, however, born in
exile, are regarded as belonging to the
lowest class of society. If, on the
other hand, the wife seeks, on the plea
of her husband's banishment, divorce,
the church in this cose relaxes her
discipline and grants the plea. Al
though the statute recognizes adultery
and desertion as grounds for divorce,
the law Is beset with such difficulties
that it is never resorted to except by
the wealthy, who can always make the
tardy wheels revolve more swiftly.
While divorce Is difficult to obtain
there are other means resorted to
which reach the same destination, only
by a different route. Laws in Russia
are made not to be broken, but to be
hours. He did It wltn rorty-two min
utes to spare.
Experiments have shown that a per
son speaking in the open air can be
heard equally well at a distance of 100
feet in front, seventy-Ov at either aide,
and thirty behind.
In over 2,000 major surgical opera-
concerned. They nave no
cable communication with any part of
the glotte, and they generally hear of
a great event about six mouths after
It has hastened.
They celebrated King Edward's cor
onatlon on the day originally appointed
for tt and did not hear of his Illness
until weeks Ister. When at last the
king was crowned his loyal subjerts in
A Other Me l'.
Chspperton Ms fwiend Ssplelgh Is
w sewlously ill, doncher know.
Miss Csustique Wbst's the trouble.
Chspperton The aw dwtah aay
be haa concussion of the bwaln.
Miss Caustlqus Indeed! Did he ae-
riilentally bump hia head against a cob
web?
Perrin's Pile Specific
Th INTERNAL REMEDY
No C Exists It Will Not Cor
AOI'.NTS WANTED
For our Naw Ouulnne I'rac Htw. We est sn-
K I n only om-i fur such 1d(. Ons man ran
move saw. V haolle the only Mallrahl
(iriibliln Mwhlne. Mrlte us your wsuUIn
lbs machinery line
KK1 r.KwIn MAtlllr.KT
Toot Murrlaon Ml. I'lirllsnd, Onion
BUY
tlons In Egypt upon natives, only three ,,. Honduras were holding the In
cases of appendicitis were met wun. tprr(!)M,on services to pray for his re-
Thls Is attributed to vegetarian diet eovery. Probably they sro now re.iolc
light clothing and moderate living. , g ovtlf t)lfi ,.(, f the Boer war,
There aro 85,000 professed conwts nn n a month or two they will l.e ex
to Chiistlsnlty In Korea. Schools r I rltlnK themselves over the Venezuelan
maintained by the native churches and blockade. Boston Advertiser,
the hospitals established by the mis-
u visH) ft o
sionarlcs cure for 00,000 persons each
year.
Portugal Is the most Illiterate coun
try In Europe; nearly 08 per cent of her
and hoth the civil and ecclesl-
"Dove me. lov me. do you say?" fal- .i .n,.Htie imvn lcnrncd the art ooDulatlon cannot write. In Italy the
tered poor Claire, Ilk on in a dream; fn n-rfwion. MnrrlBffea orooortlon of llllteratea I 53 per cent;
he Is going to marry me - .ii,i r ,n tnfnrmnitt In Russia. 81 per cent; In Spain, 9 per
"What credit Is there In bla giving " -""'""" """-""2' .n tn rirtt.ln not oulta 4 Dcr
has occurrea in inem, ami u pnnwi -
are willing, the rest Is only a question cent
of money. In some parts of tha em- It Is stated In a message from Rome
nlrn the marrlace service la enacted that the Academy of Science at Turin
with this contingency In view. Tha has divided the Ballaurl prize of $0,000
certificate may be left undated, or the between fjlgnor Marconi and Professor
ae of the contracting parties omitted. Grass!, of Rome, and baa awarded the
In somo part of Little Russia Mia- Brasso prise of $1,750 to tho Duk of
tlve. daring th ceremony, gives tho I th AbruziL
bride ft slap, to prove In case of need I Th Austrian marriage lawa are very
that aha haa married under compul-1 sever. They prohibit marriage be
Ion. Women who succeed In obtaining I tweeti Christians and Jewa and be-
. . aa ration from their husbands on I tHii Christians and Infldels. A mar-
his hand?" were th next paarlyting
word; "are you not a thousand times
more aenerous In siring hia child a
name?"
"Ilia child!" muttered th glrL In a
stupefied way; then suddenly selling th
How's band, sh exclaimed violently,
"his child :M
"Listen, Claire; If It Is your will, w
will unit our force, set op our batterle
against our common enemy, against this
woman whom I bat, as you ought to
hsta!"
At this revetatloo Clair fell back
The Courage of Childhood.
The late (Jeorge Francis Train loved
children. The children of New iork
111 miss him from Union Square,
where, In line weather, he would play
with them all day long.
"Cltlxen" Train used to tell of a little
Union Square girl to whom he once
. a a ! - a - aa, A
gave a ricn cane, mi aie it, inn
asked for another.
"I'd like to give you another," said
the old man, "but It would make you
sick."
"Glva It to me, anywsy," said the lit
tle girl. "At the dispensary I can get
medicine for nothln'."
Her Korprise.
It waa the first pair of bed socks
that Beth had ever wen.
"Goodness!" she exclaimed, sur-
I'UOM
youm di:al,i:r
. .. thrnnrh har dasMl "imrnuvu nviu w,.:,. """""" twnu viinn" -- "UOOanesst miu i-Aummru, ur
in "d.Hsd with IhAtnlna Ilk rapidity the ground of Informality aro received rtag between a TrotesUnt woman and prllHHlt .. wouldn't want to wear soft
th thought! Into society, are allowed to marry a man who anld he had no particular ,tlciied shoes." Judge.
,....n T.nr ma tha trnth airaln and may even bo separated creed has Just been annulled by tha
to bear ber to tb end!" again without loss of position. Thor Supreme Court. Some peoplo become so Industrious,
Then ss Mrs. Oourtlsndt, amased at i. however, a mora healthy publlo nwiahnma hss seven educational In- from being driven by work, that they
ber sudden sllenc. turned and lookd at m trislnfr, which tenda itrongly In atttutlona of higher learning under con- cannot enjoy a rest A hard working
her, sj sorted up, axclalmlng ny.terl- faTof of M gajutm,nt ot tho prsnt trol of tha Territory, and many schools man la III at ease on Sunday, because
""' . ..- . law. nd eollee-es undor tha supervision of M M not at worn.
W. L. DOUGLAS
84.00, 83.50, 83.00, 82.50
VsM;s; shoes thv&uto.
W.L. Douglas shot's
aro worn by moro
m(n than Rtiy other
make. Jlio reason
is, thpy hold their
BhftiH,lltlK!tter,wear
longer, and Iiavo
creator intrinslo
valuo than any
other bIiocb.
ioH tfrumhtr.
t ffMi tMF a.n. mn
DoiikIiu UH4 t'nrona ill.li In, whlrh I
every w her txinf'ml.Mt toHth flntxt I'alonS
leather yt itr.nl iired. faff Vfl'r i y.'ffU a4
VV. lm LMJLULAM, llrucbUtn, Hui,
sWe
,4 smut Him u tat iaiii.
J Bast (xiuali Simp, Tum 0k1. Ui
Tj In Um. a.,lit Hr 1rt(ffftw
M:I;W7Js1M;1
In? cheery u the mo luetL Th. two
"ia vat I i aa worn in na MJT L 1 1 I