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CHAPTER XXIIL 1
Thus it was that poor Annie returned
to her home and was received onoe again
a member of the little circle at St.
tinrlitft's. But things were sadly
changed for her, poor child; and some
timea as I watched her patient endurance
my heart rose in revolt, and I blamed
tnyetf for having been the means of
bringing her home again.
But when people have poverty before
them they cannot afford to exaggerate
sentimental troubles, and I soon came
to the conclusion that the best way to
help Annie was to help myself to obtaiu
situation, in fact. As all hope of ob
taining employment in St. Gurlott'a was
out of the question, I turned my atten
tion to other quarters. After mauy heart
rending disappointments and endless cor
respondence, I obtained a situation as
overseer of a dipper mine in Devon.
1 was in the midst of my preparations,
half happy in the thought of being able
tx inhabit a part of the globe w here my
misfortunes could not find nie out, when
I one day heard a piece of news which
killed at one blow all my hopes of the
future, and made my life mere Dead Sea
fruit.
A report spread over the village that
Ceorge Hedruth was about to be married
forthwith to Madeline Graham.
When Annie heard the news, she cried
bitterly; and I, blind as usual, believed
she cried out of sympathy for me.
"It is a shame, II ugh!" she said, "after
having made you love her, that she
should wile away another man."
"Don't say a word against Miss Gra
ham," I returned, "for she is an angel.'
"las, hold your piece!" cried my aunt.
Tia nawt to us, and why should you
interfere? And, after all, 'tis better as it
is. She could never have wed wi
Hugh."
There was sound sense in my aunt's
'words, though at the time, with the
fiercest jealousy and hatred raging in
any hear? against the man who had sup
planted me, I could not listen to them.
A few days' reflection, however, brought
ne to a better atate of mind showed
me that I was a fool, and that the news
iwliich had wrought such an astounding
effect upon me was only what I might
have expected.
It was a fine bright night, clear and
till, though the shifting clouds in the
eky predicted storm. I had strolled out,
and found the sea as calm as a mill
pond, fringed with white where the edge
lapped the etonea upon the shore. The
noon was shining radiantly upon it; also
upon the boat .house, which I looked at
tenderly, remembering how I had carried
Madeline there. With a heavily drawn
sigh I was about to move away, when
. hand waa laid upon my shoulder, and
turning, I found myself face to face with
Madeline herself!
Yes; there she stood, looking more like
spirit than a thiug of flesh and blood
her face was so white, her eyes so sad.
She was wrapped from head to foot in
costly furs, while a black hood was
. thrown lightly over her head and tied
.under her chin.
"Madeline!" I said; "Miss Graham,
yon here at this hour?"
"Yes," she answered calmly, smiling
a. little; "it is a strange place .to find
tne, la It not? But then you know, Mr.
"Trelawney, I am a strange creature.
I may as well confess the
truth. I followed you here to-night."
After our dinner this evening, I came
out with Anita, intending to pay you
visit at the cottage. When we came
within sight of the gate, 1 saw you
standing there. I paused a moment be
fore stepping forward to speak to you,
end you moved away, striking across the
marshes toward the sea. I sent Anita
iback, and followed you here."
I was not altogether glad that she had
done so. It was torture to be near her,
to look at her, and to know that she had
come straight from the caressing arms of
another man. However, I commanded
myself sufficiently to say:
"It is not right for you to be here,
Miss Graham. Will you let me take yon
home?"
"You shall do so presently," she an
swered, not looking at me, but keeping
her eyes fixed apon the sea. "Now I
want to talk to you. Is it true you are
going away?"
"Yes; It Is quite true."
"And you will be glad to go," she con
tinued "to leave your home?"
"Yes," I replied; "I shall be glad to
co. Aa to my home why, I have no
home now, all is so sorely changed.
There will never be happiness for me
here again!"
"You talk very bitterly," continued
Madeline. "What do you mean, Mr. Tre
lawney?" "I mean," I answered, utterly losing
my self-control, "that, through all these
fuonths of dnrkness and trouble, I have
ieen sustained by one thought, one hope.
Miss Graham, we are alone together to
night; there Is no one but you to hear
me. I may never see you again in this
world, therefore I will say it. I love
you. I have loved you all my life!"
She put up her hand and said, hurried
ly, "Mr. Trelawney, please say no more!"
But It was too late; I took her hand
and kissed it.
"I loved you," I continued, "in those
far-off days when we were boy and girl
together. Then years afterward the sea
save you back to my arms. Once again
I had looked Into your face, my darling
I had but one hope, one thought. I know
I was a madman. 1 knew there was a
gulf between us broader than the sea
from wblch I snatched you. and yet,
fool that I was. I lived In my paradise,
and refused to see the pitfalls which
were looming ahead. It was enough to
know that I loved you, and that some
times I was gladdened by a sight of
four face."
I paused, and dropped her hand; she
was crying.
"Miss Graham," I cried, "don't cry,
for heaven's rake! You have a right to
bate me for what I have said.
She quickly brushed away her tears,
nd turned to me, smiling sadly.
"Don't say so, please. I honor and
respect you mors than I can say more
tlran I can confess, even to myself,
hall pray always for your welfare and
bappiness, and I shall never forget you
as long as I liver
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Suddenly I said, "Miss Graham, when
are you to be married?" She started,
hesitated for a moment, and thou re
plied: "1 don t quite know. I am going up
to London shortly. We are to be married
there."
Every word she uttered seemed to stab
me to the heart. Vp to this 1 had clung
to a wild hope that the reports I had
heard might have had no fouudatiou
now that hope waa gone.
"Why," I asked desperately, "are you
going to marry your cousin?"
She started again, and trembled slight
ly. "Why do people generally marry
one another?" she answered. "Still, there
is a very grave reason why this should
be. My cousin is comparatively poor,
while 1 am rich: he has grave dilllculties
before him which I can relieve if I am
his wife."
"Did he put all this before you?"
"Xo; he does not even know that I
am aware of it. Ah! Mr. Trelawney, we
have all our troubles, and my poor aunt
is breaking her heart over hers. Things
have been going -wrong ever siuce my
uncle died."
"And you are to be sacrificed to set
them right again!"
"Where does the sacrifice come in?"
"Did she ask you if you loved her
son?"
"No! She asked me if there was any
one else whom I wished to marry, and I
answered her truthfully: I said there
was not."
We walked back over the marshes,
Madeline leaning lightly on my arm; but
we never spoke a word. Having reached
the road, we walked on toward Redruth
House, and paused at the gate.
"Good-by, MUa Graham;" I said, hold
ing forth my hand.
Before I knew what she was doing,
she had seized it and raised it to her lips.
"Good-by, dear friend," she murmured,
"and may God bless you!" then, with a
sob, she turned and was gone.
I stood petrified, watching in a dazed
kind of wonder the figure as it moved up
the moonlit avenue and disappeared
among the trees; then, with a sigh, I
turned away. Bitterly as I had suffered
through my love for Madeline, I did not
for one moment wish that the episode in
my life had never been.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Soon after daybreak the next morning
I took the road. All I carried was my
staff and a small knapsack on my back;
my other worldly possessions had gone
on, days before. My aunt and Annie
watched me from the door; my uncle
walked with me through the village, and
a short distance cp the highway.
At daybreak next morning I reached
my destination a mining settlement on
the very borders of Cornwall and De
von. I found it to be a lonesome place,
situated on the banks of a small river,
and surrounded on every side by the wild
blocks snd tors of the moor. I reported
myself in due course, and was forthwith
installed In my position. The miners
were a wild lot, and the last overseer, an
elderly man, had more than once gone
in danger of his life. As a person still
suspected of violent proclivities, I had
been chosen to take his place. The truth
was, the place bore the worst of names,
and few men would have accepted the
situation, at any price.
The agent, during our first interview,
hinted that the miners needed an iron
hand to rule them. That very afternoon
I Inspected the place, and found myself
inspected in turn by as villainous a set
of faces as I had ever encountered. There
was much muttering and murmuring, for
the fellows wanted to be under the di
rection of one of their own number, one
Michael Looe, a red-haired giant.
The next day, the first after my in
stallation, I found out the sort of oppo
sition with which I had to reckon. As
I stood by the open mine, giving some
directions, Looe ran upngainst me, with
pick-ax on bis shoulder, and almost
capsized me. , A hoarse laugh greted this
performance.
Oan t ee look where you'm gaun.
Measter?" cried the fellow, grinning sav
agely. I loked him steadily In the face, as one
looks in the eye of a furious bull. What
I saw there did not daunt me. The fol
low was a bully, and I had dealt with
bullies before. If I was to retain my
authority in the place, I must bring him
to his senses.
What's your name?" I said, quietly.
My name?" be repeated, leering round
at the others. "Mike Looe, if you maun
knaw. As good a name as yourn, I'll
wager."
"My name is Hugh Trelawney; and,
I am master here, I'll trouble you to
remember it. If you don't, my man, I'll
find a way to impress it on your mem
ory." "You will, will 'ee?" said the giant
And so you be measter? Mates," he
added, looking round, "d'ye hear 'un?
Take off your hats to 'un!"
And suiting the action to the word,
he bowed mockingly before nie. My
blood was now up, and I faced him reso
lutely. "Go back to your work," I said.
No more words. Do as I bid you."
"Who'l make me?" he said, brandish
ing his pick-ax.
Before he knew what I was about,
I wrenched the weapon from his hand,
and flung It on the ground. He clenched
his fist and made a rush at me. I waited
for him, and landed him a blow which
made him stagger back, dazed. The
men flocked round us, murmuring and
threatening.
But Michael Looe had confidence In
his own prowess. He weighed fifteen
stone, end had the firta of Anak; so that
I, though a tall, strong man, loked no
match for such a giant. He uttered
fierce oath, and bade the men stand back.
"Fair play, lads!" he cried, grinning
again. "Iea the new chap to me. Don't
"ee see, he means flghtln'?"
With that the men made a ring, while
their champion stripped off his waistcoat
and began quietly turning up his sleeves,
showing an arm with muscles like Iron
bands. At this juncture, an old man,
one of their number, but superior in
manner to the rest, whispered In my ear:
"You'd best bolt, Measter. He'll
smash 'ee like aa egg, as he did chap
aiore es.
My answer was decisive. 0 . .ut my
rest, down went my hat on the ground,
and, clenching my tiata, I faced the giant.
This rather turned the tide of feeling in
my favor; at any rate, It elicited a feeble
cheer. The men prepared themselves
for enjoyment; a real "stand-up" fight
waa Imminent.
Mike Iiooe came at me like Goliath,
but at the first encounter I discovered
that he had no science, I myself had a
little, and though far his Inferior In
weight, possessed muscles and sinews of
steel, due to my healthy life and con
stant exercise, from boyhood upward. lit
the open air. The result is easily pre
dicted. In matters of fistiana, science,
combined with pluck. Is everything. Be
fore many minutes had pa?ed, Michael
Ixme had received as sound a thrashing
as man could desire. He lay on the
ground, his head supported on the knee
of one of his comrades, and looking stu
pidly up into my face. I turned to the
men. with as much good humor as I could
assume under the ornaments of a black
eye and a bleeding forehead.
'Well, my lads," 1 cried, "you see I've
paid my footing. If any of you think
I haven't paid enough, let him stand up.
and I'll give him a little more."
This speech, quite In the humorous
manner of my late opponent, completed
my victory. It was greeted with an up
roarious laugh and a cheer. To my as
tonishment, the men crowded round nie,
and began shaking hands. Then Miko
Loop, rising slowly, held out his enor
mous fist.
"Shake hands, Measter." he said. "If
you can lick me. you can lick any two o'
un. You may sack me to-neet anil will
ing, but I'll go bail you'm the right sort
to be meater here!"
So we shook hands, and from that mo
ment my physical supremacy w.n undis
puted. Instead of dismissing my late
opponent, I kept him in his place, and
he afterwards became my right-hand
man. After that day, I had very little
trouble In retaining my due authority as
overseer of the Gwendovey mine.
(To be continued.
TRAFFIC OF THE PACIFIC
Some Ad-vantages of Paget Sound at
the Oatewsy to the Orient.
Puget Sound, according to a writer
in the Review of Reviews, Is the logic
al gateway of the United States to the
Pacific orient, by reason of the fact of
Its geographical position. The short
cut from the United States to the
orient, as one will see when he con
sults his globe, is northerly by way
of the Aleutian Islands. The average
map presents the coasts of North
America and of Asia as If they faced
each other and were almost parallel,
whereas the spherical contour of the.
globe In fact makes the Asiatic shore
line almost a continuation or projec
tion of the American shore line to the
other side of the globe. Thus, the most
direct route from either San Francisco
or San Diego, Cal., to Japan or China,
Instead of being westerly by way of
the Sandwich islands, Is northerly past
Puget sound and the Bering sea. It
Is 1,230 miles farther from San Fran
cisco westerly via Hawaii to Yoko
hama, Shanghai or Hongkong than
from Tugct sound northerly to the
same destinations. In other words,
the San Francisco round trip to the
orient via Hawaii Is 2,500 mlla-J Linger
than the Puget sound round trip via
Bering sea, which Is equivalent to a
week's voyage for a fifteen-knot ves
sel and nearly nine days for a twelve
knot vessel. This advantage of a
week to ten days In the length of the
voyage Is the logical basis for the
faith In Puget sound as the gateway
of oriental commerce.
In the second place, the Puget sound
route for American commerce with the
orient is about one-half the length of
the New York route via the ,Suez ca
nal; the haul is 11,575 miles, as com
pared with 5,830 miles from Si attic to
Hongkong. From New York via the
Suez cannl to Yokohama the distance
Is over 13,000 miles, as compared with
4,240 miles from Puget sound to Yo
kohama. Why should the United
States circumnavigate the globe to
reach the orient by way of Europe
when It has a short cut of Its own
with one-half the length of haul?
Another definite and convincing ad
vantage which American commerce
will enjoy In taking the direct trade
channel from Puget sound lo the
orient Is the avoidance of $2 a ton
charge levied upon It by the Suez ca
naL In view of the facts that -within
the past year steel rails have been car
ried from the Mississippi valley to Yo
kohama and that within the past six
ty days flour has been transported
from Minneapolis to Manila and Hong
kong, In each case at the low rate of
$8 a ton, It Is patent even to the lay
man that the f2 a ton handicap via
the Suez canal Is sufficient In Itself to
transfer future American commerce to
Puget sound.
Joslah Allen's Wifo on Farmers.
"And no oue," sez she In a tragic
manner "no one that boasts of de-
scendln' from en old genteel family
wuz ever a farmer."
Almost Insensibly to myself I men
tioned the names of George Washing
ton and my own Joslah, and sez I,
"Adam, for Instance, Is from an old
family."
"Adam who?" sez shn.
"Why, Jest plain Adam, Eve's hus
band," sez I.
"Oh, shaw!" sez she. And I didn't
contend with her, but knowed faruiln'
wuz a honorable occupation or the
Lord wouldn't sot the first man be
made at it Llpplncott'g.
The Old Lady from Dover.
There was an old lady of Dover
Who baked a fine apple turnover.
But the cat came that way,
And she watched with dismay
The overturn of her turnover.
St. Nicholas.
Of the Bams Family.
,The man who talks about his yacht
when he owns a sailboat Is In the
same family where hi wire calls the
chore boy the ooaciman, T1U Bit.
AFTER THE
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Every man who took part In the third attack on Nanshan Mill tell before the Russian lire
and In the lull which preceded the advance of the next Japanese line, the Russians could be seen
peering over their earthworks at the scene of awful stillness. London Illustrated News.
THE SORROWING MOTHER.
Last night I dreamed he came to me;
I held him close and wept and aaid:
"My little child, where have you been?
I was afraid that you were dead."
Then I awoke; It almost seemed
Aa though my arms could feel him yet,
I had been sobbing in my sleep;
My tears had made the pillows wet.
I cannot think of him at all
As the bright angel he must be.
But only as my little child
Who may be needing me.
Do not make him grow too wise.
Angels ye who know;
I am dull and slow to learn.
Toiling here below.
Do not fill his heart too full
With your heavenly joy,
Lest the mother's place be lost
With her little boy.
Those may dare to doubt who have
Their loved ones here below;
For me, I do not now believe,
I do not hope I know.
Katharine Tyle In Harper's Bazar.
HAT Is your particular line of
robbery?" he asked aa he ap
proached her small, canopied
table at the charity bazaar.
"Palmistry," she returned smilingly.
"Shall I read your hand? It costs half
a crown."
"I'm afraid you might discover my
true Inwardness. Let me read yours.
I'll pay you Just the same."
"Very well," she said readily. He
sat down opposite her at the little ta
ble and she placed her band on the
small velvet cushion.
"A dark gentleman loves you," he
began promptly.
"Which one?" she Inquired demure
ly.
Several. They are all villains.
Avoid them."
Thanks. That Is very Important.
What else?"
A blonde gentleman also loves you.
He Is about my height and color."
"I shouldn't call you a blonde, ex
actly."
"Well, then, I shouldn't call him a
blonde, exactly."
"Is he a villain, too?"
"Not at ail. You will be very happy
If you marry blm."
"He hasn't asked me," she said.
"No; but he's going to."
Rhe studied her 4wn hand.
"I see him." she cried. "How wise
you are! He Is now far from here."
"He isn't " Indignantly, "lie la
very near."
"Oh, then it can't be the same one
"The one I mean is the one you
should marry," he said.
"Oh, yes, now I see the one you
mean." she said. "There, on that cross
line. But he Is very attentive to a
short, blue-eyed lady."
"Not at all. She's only a "
"Sister to him?"
"No; not even that Just a calling
acquaintance."
"But he calls her by her first name."
"That's what I meant by a calling
acquaintance. But bow do you know
he does?"
"I've heard him," she said with posl
tiveness.
"I thought this was palmistry?"
"Oh, so it Is. Well, I find it In the
line under this finger."
"Well, they're old friends, you see.'
"But you said she was only a call
lng acquaintance,"
"I was looking at the wrong line,"
he said hastily. "Let's go on. This
not exactly blonde gentleman Is going
to be very wealthy. He will give you
every luxury."
"How about all the dark gentle
men?" she Inquired. "Home of them
are wealthy already."
"They will lose It all last winter
you were quite 111."
"You know that, anyway," she re
marked.
"I am Judging by a small break In
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A Little Palmistry
THIRD ATTACK ON NANSIIAN HILL
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the life line. The not -exactly-blonde.
gentleman sent you flowers."
"Yes. It waa very kind of him. So
did the dark gentlemen."
"Theirs meant nothing."
"What did his mean?" she qulerled.
"Undying devotion."
"How nicel That must be the blonde
gentleman who Is so far away."
"It Isn't either! It Is the one who
la very near."
"You seem to read a good deal about
other people In my hand," she ob
served. "Maybe I wasn't looking at It aa al
together your band," she said au
daciously. "Whose would It be, pray?"
"Suppose we call It mine. One
ought to be able to rend one's own
hand pretty well, you know."
She withdrew her hand.
"It's possible that you rend more In
It than I do," she said.
"In my hand?"
"In mine."
"Is It the same thing?" he begged.
"How about the blue-eyed lady's
hand?"
"She ran give It to one of the dark
gentlemen."
"Well, that might be good arrange
ment. But as to giving mine to the
blonde gentleman "
"Yes?" eagerly.
"That" she said mischievously, as
she arose, "Isn't a question of palmls
try. Besides, you ve had your money's
worth already. Here conies one of the
dark gentlemen." Home Monthly.
RIVER MONSTER IN AFRICA,
Amphibious Animal Is Iletween an
Klepliant und Hippopotamus In Hixe.
If Sir Harry Johnston had not re
cently returned from Uganda with the
first skins of the okapl there would be
more reason for receiving with Incred
ulity the story of a L'rcncu traveler,
says M. Trllles, writing from NJole,
that while exploring the northern Con
go three years ago he heard from the
natives of "an enormous amphibious
animal something between the ele
phant and the blppopotuuiu in size,
and In nature very ferocious toward
man.' 'Unbelieving, he paid little at
tention to what bad been told him.
"However, later, when In the neigh
borhood of DJall, near the Great falls,
the accounts were given with more de
tail. The animal In (mention, or at
least one of Its species, lived near the
source of the Mourk; it lay in wait for
the canoes, upset them, and In prefer
ence attacked the women and children.
Twice the natives fetched me to see
It as it slept on the sandbank. But
on each occasion it bad disappeared
when I got there.
"On returning from my travels I
asked many questions about this ani
mal, but It was unknown. On the
coast I never heard It spoken of. But
since my arrival here I have had re
peated descriptions of It. The people
of the upper Ogue give It the name of
the nzemedzln (the water tiger). Her
geant Sans of the NJole tirailleurs shot
one recently at less than twenty me
ters, but, unfortunately, the wounded
animal escaped him.
"The people here make out that the
nzemedzin Is smaller than the descrip
tion given by those of the Interior. Its
color Is a light tawny gray, dotted
with black spots; the hair rough, In
stead of smooth, as In the otter; the
tall long and powerful, the paws short
nd webbed and fitted with very sharp
nails six or eight centimeters in
length. The nail Is horny, as In the
tiger. The animal only lives near wa
terfall and I carnlverous. It srintrh
es women and children as they bathe
and defies even the crocodile."
ATHLETIC QAME8 IN 8YRIA.
Custom of the Orientals Undergoing;
Gradual Transformation.
Oriental peoples are very averse to
physical exercise of any kind, says the
World To-Day. Their Idea of enjoy
ment Is to alt under an awning and
play backgammon. That a man should
go out and run around a track In
shameless nakedness and this with a
hope of gain, only confirms them In the
belief that all American are mad. But
they are imitative people, and year
ago the Influence and example of the
'-Jiff;,
younger teachers got a few of the pre
paratory boys out for footraces, That
day, for Beirut at least, the death blow
was struck to the picturesque dress of
the Orient. You can't run a 100-yard
clash with long, baggy drawers and a
silk gumbei that Hops around your
ankles. K.ven If you "gird up the
loins," by tucking your skirts Into the
sash, the effect Is more startling than
speedy. Ho, one by one, the students
ordered trousers from the city tailors.
At first they were poorly cut and
viewed with suspicion; but to-day
there are not three men In the col
legiate department who wear the old
costume, and many of the students
dress with taste and au elegance that
their professors cannot afford to emu
late. Tennis and basketball soon won their
place In the students' favor; and now
we have gymnastic apparatus and a
regular graduated athletic director,
who has learned physical culture and
boy nature through a long experience
In the gymnasiums of America. But
It was football that did the most to
ward unification. The value of team
work Is a new Idea to eastern college
men. The old Ideal was that of "every
man for himself." It has been so
since the time of Alclhlndes and Absa
lom. If It had not been so the history
of the world might have been different.
It was comimratlvely easy to see the
Joy of winning a footrace or a tennis
match; but to play an untbeatrlcal part
in a football game, obeying a captain
and working for the good of the side.
that was a very different thing. We
always play the "association" game,
and It used to be the Ideal of every
player to get the ball and carry It
down the field all by himself, while the
audience cheered "Bravo, Jurjy!" Ho
we arranged matches with the crewa
of visiting British frigates, and from
snd experience our boys learned the
value of bHck plnys and frequent pass
es, and began to see dimly the truth
that good football Is played, not with
the legs or the mouth, but with the
bend, and that bard teamwork Is far
better than grandstand plays. That
lesson may change the map of Asia
some dny.
The Advantage or lining 111.
One of the greatest dilllculties In life
Is Illness when the bands are full of
work, and of business requiring atten
tion. In many cases the strain and
anxiety, which causes resistance to the
illness. Is even 'more severe, and makes
more trouble than the Illness Itself.
Suppose, for Instance, that a man la
taken down with the measles, when he
feels that he ought to be at his office,
and that his absence may result In se
rious loss to himself and ouiers. If he
begins by letting go, In his body and
In his mind, and realizing that the ill
ness Is beyond bis own power. It will
soon occur to blm that he might aa
well turn his Illness to account by get
ting a good rest out of It. In this
frame of mind his chances of early re
covery will be Increased, and ho may
even get up from his Illness with so
much new life and with his mind ao
much refreshed as to make up, In part,
for his temporary absence from busi
ness. But, on the other hand, If be
resists, worries, complains and get Ir
ritable, he Irritate his nervous system
and, by so doing, Is likely to bring on
any one of the disagreeable trouble
known to follow measles; and thu he
may keep himself housed for weeks,
perhaps months, Instead of day. Lea
lie' Monthly.
Confidential,
Little Willie Hay, pa, what I a re
mote period?
Pa A remote period, my son, I the
period due at the end of your mother
remark. Remember, however, I am
giving you thi explanation In strict
confidence.
In aa Assured Position.
Mr. Oohwlgger Bo your husband
think his position In society 1 now
secure?
Mr. Newrlcb Yea, He I so aura
about It that be baa (topped hiring a
dress suit and 1 having one mad ta
order. Judge,
He who serve his friend la a buax
ma a.