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. Special Correspooeni HttHMtMMtfH CIlArTKn IV. th lower pK of th binnacle, I There are a hundred passengers on uothlng. I listen again. Th nois ha fcard tbe Astara a larg number of ceased. I look about. Ther U no on them Caucasian trading with Turkestan, on thi$ part of th deck, for th seoonj- nd who will be with n all to way tolcla passengers are all forward. th eastern province of th Celestial Then I must hat twn dreaming, and lnipir. 1 1 resume my poitkn, and try again to At I am emnt ti pass the night on I steep. This time there is no mistake. deck, I return up the cwhio. atairs. ThelThe snoring has begun again. anJ I am American i there just finishing the re-1 une it ia coming from the rate against parking of his case. I which I am leaning niy head. "May 1 ask how many teeth you are lroodaesr I aay. "There must be Importing into China in those cases?" "Eighteen hundred thousand, without counting the wisdom teethT an animal in hereT Now I am off on the traiL It mut he a wild animal on it way front aonte And Ephrinell began to langh at the I menagerie to ora Sultan of Central little joke, whiYh he fired off on several Asia. other occasions during the voyage. I 1 light a wax testa, and as I am shel- left him and went on to the bridge be- tered from the wind, the Oam keep tween the padJle boxes, upright. By its light what do I read? A rather large deal rase, covered with The cas containing the wild beast U tarpaulin, attracts my attention. It j the Tery one with the address: measures about a yard an! a h;lf in I Mademoiselle 7.:nca Klork, height and a yard in width and depth. It has been placed here with the care required with these words in Ku-wian. writtea on the aide, ti lass Fragile Keep from Damp.' and then directions. Top Bortom," which have been re spected. Ami then there is the address. "Mademoiselle Zinca Klork. Avenue Cha Coua. lVkin. IVtchili. China." This Zinca Klork her name showed It ought ti) be a Koum.mi in. and she was taking advantage of this through train on the (.'rand Transasiatic to get glass forwarded Was tins an article in request at the shops of the Middle King dom? How otherwise could the fair Celestials admire their almoud eyes and their elaborate hair? The belt rang and announced the 6 o'clock dinner. The dining room is for ward. Ephrinell uad installed himself nearly in the middle. There was a va cant teat near him; he beckoned to m to occupy it Wa. it by chance? I know not: but the Englishwoman was seated on Ephn tiell'a left and talking to Liu. II in troduced me. "Miss Iloratia Bluett." he said. Opposite I saw the French couple coo- Avenue Chs-tVmt. IVkin. China. Fragile, my wild beast! Keep from damp, my lion. Quite so! But for what dives Miss Zinca Klork. this pretty Rou manian, want a wild beast eut in this wsv? My thoughts bewildr m. I have a two-pound weight on each eyelid. I lie down along by the t.troanliu; my rug wrap me more closely, and 1 fall into a deep sleep. It ia uot yet d.t light wheu I awake. 1 rub my eyes, I rise. 1 go and lean against the rail. The Astara Is not lire Ir, for tbe wind has shifted to the northeast. The night is cold. I warm myself by walking about briskly for half an hour. I think no more of my wild beast. Sud denly remembrance return to me. I look at my watch. It ia only 3 o'clock in the morning. I will go back to my filace. And 1 do so with mi head acainst the aide of the cse. I shut my eyes. Suddenly there is a new sound. This time I am not mistaken. A half-stifled sneeze shakes the side of the case. Never did an animal sneeze lik Uat! Is it possible? A human being is hid den in this case and is being fraudulent- rientiously studying the bill of fare. At y carried by the Grand Transasiatic to the other end of the table, close to where the pretty itoumanian? But Is it a man the food came from, was the German or a woman? It seema as though th with a ruddy face, fair hair, reddish beard, clumsy hands and a Tery long nose which reminded one of the probosci dean feature of the plantigrades. He is not late this Ume. said I tt EphrinelL "Do yon know his name?" "Baron Weisssohn'itzerdorfer." sneeze has a masculine sound a Wit it. The eastern horizon grows brighter. Tbe clouds in the tenith are the first to color. The sun Appears at last all wat ery with the mists of th sea. I look; it is indeed the case addressed to Fekin. I notice that certain holes are "And with that nam ia be going to pierced here and here, by which th air Fekin T" I inside can be renewed. Tertian two -lo l-etm. lite tnat Kussian majoi eyes are looking through these holes. who is sitting near the captain of th watching what U going on outside. Astara." At breakfast rallT all the Dasseneers I looked at the man Indicated. II whom the sea has not affected: the young was about fifty years of age, of true Chinaman. Major Noltitx. Ephrinell. Muscovite type, beard and hair turning Miss Bluett, Monsieur Caterna, the Bar- gray, face prepossessing. Ion Feissschnitierdorfer, and seven or "Too said he was a major, Mr. Ephri- eight other passengers. I am careful Bell?" "Yes; a doctor In the Russian army and they call him Major Noltitx." not to let th American into the secret of the case. About noon the land is reported to th Evidently the American was some dis- eastward, a low, yellowish land, with no tance ahead of me. and yet he was not 7 margin, but a few sand hills in a reporter by profession. Ephrinell chat ted with Miss Iloratia Bluett, and I un derstood that there was an understand ing between these two perfectly Anglo- Faxon nstnres. In fact, one was a traveler in teeth, and the other was a traveler in hair. the neighlorhood of Krasnovodsk. In an hour we are in sight of Tzun Ada. and twenty-seven minutes after ward set foot in Asia. CHAPTER VI. Aa may be imagined, it hardly takes Miss Iloratia Bluett represented an im- an hour to see Usun Ada, the nam of (portant firm in London, Messrs. Holme- which means Long Island. It is almost Holme, to whom the Celestial Empire t town, but a modern town, traced with annually exports two millions of female a square, drawn with a line on a larg beads of hair. carpet of yellow sand. The nithinr now heoome. er As the train starts at four o'clock lent The majority of the company can- afternoon. I must telegraph to the not stand it. About thirty of the pas- Twentieth Century, by the Caspian ca- sengers have left the table for the deck. b1- " 1 m m at the Liun I hone the fresh air will do them eood. Ada Station. That done, I can see if I We are now onlv a dozen in the dinine an pick up anything worth reporting. room, including the captain, with whom Nothing is more simple. It conHists Maior Noltitz ia nuietlv conversing F.nh- in opening an account with those Of my rinell and Miss Bluett seem to be thor- companions with whom I may have to miirh'v accustomed to these inevitable in- do during the journey. That is my CHS cidents of navigation. The German bar- tom 1 always find it answer, am while on drinks and eata as if he had taken waiting tor the unknown. I write down tin his milliters in noma hier-halU at the known in my pocket book, with a Thr It la all right r salt rw f th porter, taking to se that th ras wat aa H should be, top her top should ba, and so on, "There is no fsr of Its pvftvl"?. sM another porter; th gl nill reach IV kia all right, unless th train runs off th metals." Th American cam op to me and took a last ktxk at hi stock of iucisura, mo lar and canines. You know. Monsieur lUmbartiac." h said to me, "that, th pencers ar going to din at th' Hotel da Cr be fore th departure of the train. It is time now. Will you com with iuT "I follow you." Th dinner ends ten minutes befor th tiro fixed for our departure, Th bell rings ud we at) make a mov for th train, the engine of which is blowing off steam. Th Brn WeIschnittrdorfer Is not behind hand this time. On the contrary. It is th train this tlm which is fiv minutes lat in starting; and th Germaa has begun to complain, to chafe ad t threaten to sue th company for dam ages. Ten thousand rouble not a penny les! if it cause him to fail. Fail in whit, considering that h la go ing to Pekin? At length the lt shriek of th whis tle cleaves the air; th car heein t move, and a Ion I cheer salutes th d partur of the Grind Transasiatic express. For fifteen year our cuard had been In the Tra;isnpl:tti ervi.-e. lie know the country up t the Chaiete froiiti WICKLYS WOODS v By tt. W. TAYLOR starting upon tkrlr enforce.! vUU to tit sick, riotn on familiar with tb hoa was there. And who so familiar the man h had been waiting aud watching for. all this writing? Instinctively sli drew bark a little, and tx-rmltted her mother to trced her. so that sh would lav lliu to ht.t her real feeling, so far as not to arpear ridic ulously sentimental In th presence of oibera, Vhn they should bo al.m she could pour out th wealth of her heart Ito him. Sh was rich. now! And no selfish inotlv o.iild be Imp Med to hrr lit h.e Blind that. In CHAPTER XIX. Contlnud. I right, she was aa pretty rlctur aa ver .. , ' . ." . , Mm ,. th.. -What is It. Mr. Dikea? Not a million a little mirror xlilblled In any llttl ' . ... u. .VI" -.e k. ..!.. f dollar bid upon any of this land?" h-lalu mlddle-hwm In all Christendom ' lUartn.t .i ,1,, MoW iurw Uaay crie great anis.ement. ami th. while puu4 Illy of Reirot I ram. h rf Imaginary man. n with a Jumping of eomelhlng Ui her a could b prov. by vry admiring i..,, ,, ..ri.ahU Ms..n thnuit. llooaier fMm the mouth of lllg Rattlo- ... .iiiih su.l "Hush! Shet p! Lemrny lissuu!" Uuak Creek on th north, to th very , ' " '.l" .V,. I'.nf-.,,!,",. But Mr. Bilrr turn, away and hmk at rush tangle.1 limit of Ueelfoot 1'ouJ IVJT '?.. i!.r.lTinL li th crstf.llvn gentlemen who r,.pr,ent tbe aouth. confession w ithout w hlch sh Din.l k, W' - .,rT 8U WM ,n hpr 8jrw,t A v1 ,e"',?f remain an enigma to him. It waa one their feet, and walking out of the lU.r. UH,,i -uUln't help It. Kbe .... ,.,,., ....l. ,K.t ...u. and Huntley, I suppose you d a run that would think of her fnther. and hi ml- .r- r.irl. .U.h. coal ground up to two million rather frtu- flr . monwt. and feel that It ;.L.i... than lose It! Joy ..f your Urgalu! Hope U is perfc-tly ahm-klng lu hr to be ao Krn ln thit trlef space of time In V.tM Sl'ill I Lisa M1..U kM a. SSI I I 1 L. kit slt I I ... . I S S I . . . I """V " ", ""' " mouairsuveiy, milsierusiy merry h4 seen th light In th mid " l'ir u-. men- srr mirr w i iK. wt. Hilt Sn COUlilU t nrlO II. PU aud five or ix times alre.idv he !m been over the whole line kuown as the Graud Trail its in tic. I asked him If he knew anvthlng of our fellow traveler. I meant those ho were going throiuh to China, aud iti tb first place of Maj r Noltita. The major." said l'tp.f, "ha lived a lo-:g time in the Turkestan province, and he is going to IVkin to orgauite th staff of a hoxpital for our com pat riot. with the pertuU-iiou of the Czar, of course. "1 like thi Major Noltitz." I said, and 1 hop to make hi acquaintance very ku. And thes two Ihinese. di you kuow them?" Not in the least. Monsieur BomSar- nac; all 1 know is tb name on th lug-gag" "What Is that?" Th younger man's nam Is Tan- Chao. the elder's is Tu-King. Prjbahly they have been traveling in Kurop for som year. As to saying where they come from, I cannot. I imagine that Pan-Chao belongs to some rich family, for he is accompanied by his doctor." "And th two French people, that cou ple so affectionate," I asked. "Wbii ar they?" "Stage people who are going to a the ater in Shanghai, where they have an en gagement at the French thester." That is capital. I will talk about th theater, and behind the Scenes, and sura mutters, and I shall soon mak th 'ac qs uintance of the cheery comedian and his charming wife. As to a certain scornful gentleman aboard, our guide knew nothing beyond that his Ingjsce bore the address in full: Sir Francis Trevellyan, Trevellyan Hall, Trevellyanshire. "A gentleman who doe not answer when he is spoken to." added Iopf. "Now we get to the German." s.ial I. "Baron Veisschniterlorfer?" "He is on a trip round the world." "A trip round the world?" "In thirty-nine days." And so after Mrs. IV.xlnnd, who did the famous tour in seventy-three day, aud C'itisen George Francis Train, who did it In seventy, thi German was at tempting to do It in thirty-nine? "He will never do it!" I exclaimed. "Why not?" aked Popof. "Because be is always late." ff be atland.i could imt repre hrr buoyant animal spirit. Sh flw about th hous from rom to room, with her stiff starched uu- dersklrts rustling Ilk th fluttering wings of th wild pigeons now feeding their young up lu the dark thickets of Nlckly's Wood. She sang llttl bit of song In the sweetest vole tlmt ever U d a class of young llonsl.-r hoodlums In a public school Sli picked up her guitar sluig ribbon over her left shoulder, went sIhuu I lie rooms playing pretty and mel low old rondeau In a way that sh bad coal Ian Is besides th Wlckly plat." Then ther I such a roar f shouts and cries In whlch"I.Usy Wlckly. I. Itxy Wlck ly." and "Huntley, Huntley, Huntley:" are the uaudible worJs, '(!lt up un show yourself at th win der, I. Ill Git up! Git up!" and the greatly excited young 1W seize her by the arm, and raise her to her feet, whereupon, h'lid as was iho clamor of Voiiv before, it Is nothing to the mighty sputter f yeils that rl tike the whir ring win ff a vast covey of birds pierc ing and rending the very air above ttieni. ....... . lien this Im none down there ar cries nercr played Ihem before. of -Huntley: Hunt ley! Huntley: Hint Sh made short Utile flights out to the grow in volume sud Importunity, till they fem f xim hrrw little hollyhock- are no longer to he rosinled. I hen t iM.ii- ,s an,! niornliia ulorved yard, and back rod It.slden steps to the carriage, throws again. She stopped at lesst twenty times back the top, and taking Mr. Masou by ,t her delightful little fluttering her the hand, raise Mm up. aud there about the hous to klsa her "Idler farmher!" shout the mighty- mother on th cheek, or to pat her on th voiced Ctmnrod Redden, "h yur's the man ithonlilcr reassuringly and lovingly, out at"s save.1 your Isu' fur your famblies'. f the very enthusiasm of her mood. In This is Mr. W. Mason Huntley. You've fMl.t. sh did hundred and hundreds of .! him before, un knowed im, uu talk- fo,.llh littl thing, that sh was perfect d to im. un h yurn him talk, un y aware a mature young woman achool Itut the wry climax of prolonged ami teacher shouldn't permit herself to do. oitnd exhausting cheering drown very But sh couldn't help It Aud. what'a attempt to say an smlihi word. .nr. Mason Huntley stand with hi bat off. and smiling. Tim ronr of cheering and yelling rl-s ami swell, and sinks sud rUes hut does not cease. Suddenly it gets a great Impetus, ss th carriage with CiMiuriMl Redden and Mr. W. Man Huntley standing on th back seat. Is dl room, and had slackened hrr quick, springy, school dsy walk, timing her step to reach tb front hor when her mother should get so far th middle door, she had thought over what recompctw! uf maidenly caress wns due hliu. Sh rememU-red how h bad held her to hi heart In the center of that dread ful cyclone, end the danger and destruc tion that rucomtmsted tin m. She thought of that too brief and vivid tingling part- off th haircloth sofa, and slipping It. lng nrtr p,Ml ,lf rtl-,t,pwr, ,mg. arching black raspberry vines, Sh could lepay him, clasp for clasp, kl for hlI Sh would not remain his dltr In any token of love. And her red Up parted and her brown eye sparkled In the gleam of III lamp a she put her dainty slip pered foot lightly ucms. the threshold, thinking only .f Mm ami for him. Sh was certain that she saw him sit ting there, beyond the Jittl stand table on which the lamp was blazing. So oc cupied was sh with the certainty of meeting hlin that not 'until Congressman Billy Biler arose to meet her and ah heard a cry of aurprUe and delight from her mother'a lips could she see that Billy Bltr waa landing liter smiling very pleasantly, whll beyond htm were hrr mother and her father locked In each other's arms. ' There' nuthun like g'od luck. Mi Wlckly, to bring people out of sickness, and fetch urn rouud glneratly. II yur'e yur father, now a soon a h gut to more, she didn't try. In any one of th llttl, rustling, white- dove flight to the front gate sbe could hiar th souuds of shouting, clspplng hands and multitudinous laughter of a delighted audicne. And sh could al most c aud bar Mr. Huntley la the n,8r that you wrr a millionaire h fouml ely cured, aud started He knew It before yon tnrrv liiiiiitta ttt Klei nutsw a ra tl at lltakt I t i i i . .. A s I raise,! slrsk-ht on Into th lr. snd with - . 1 ."'" nimseil rompieie.y rureu. sh.i ...n-M "i- - nit nnii ftitftten nr laiia naiiia,iiii' n tiiiiatr i a. IK- i.!. I...... I l - . inome si oner. vn uvnr ,Hi S,'a siiair,-a w iiia ttitarl lrh la tam ftttillatitt Ha im ttiitav I ai .. t e . t .... .( I. . Li xcit.ble. enthus.sstic. hero-worshiping , , , . "V. : h' " " " " . " ."J""-.."' """"T, T " ' . '.i... " - -- - - i cuori pisj si inr inviMiai, juu "-. II...-:.... .....i i. ... I i.. .1.11... i, I. ..I. I above brlr h...la 1. .1 Into a ri ,h MhX l ,l" "U,,irUC" . they'r lalkun to thurselves. Mis. above heir head, i. change,! into ri- h i,Ks.r orntor. lVrhi. after aup- i.lti. i w,nl to try to tn-muade you to umphal csr, that, saving the trembling w.. , ,,.., )fc ;,K '" w"nl u ,'", ," , ,, h, , !... an..,r .t. ,11 I., it, J Tf..i,ce ir,ierr.s 1 f' " ' ' " ' mA r "erced fog me w lih Ol Coon RiNlden. .1 an, um I II 1 us e nsd mnd down ,""thw' 1WU t0 CwmTiM!i " Th. ol. man", terribly out with me, 'boot all around t . ,uare nsd up and down M h. hpBPll)y we,.mr. She neede.1 ,,,,, MUcn,! , islues I'm n4 to VrUrilT; - A .h I. the broad and " , 'Z f ! from th Satown i I. n , i i a ll simple hospitality of the native Hooaler I . Northwestern folks, uv i-ourse, I rd Rcldeii . followcl, flauked and pre- 'i- ia,, , - ,.,.-' .r. "nwr",,rn UT er.l..l I. Lmt i,r....i ii.l .f men ll, v. P',l'l, i-!' '""t to be acquainted I dltld't do It m Congressman, nur aa a croci ly a itrest hroad tide of men. iMiys -,..,.,,.... . ...f.,. ....i .... tii.it.l l. ..... . u... i ...... ... i and women, bones, wagons anil dogs and all conspiring and combining to make the most deafening vocal clamor that vilatioii to come when you please and be sure of a hearty welcome. But after the supper was over Lizzy ever shook the wild hemp sud jliuson wmJ ut fu mtU h.r , .-avi-s along th. ui.fen.-ej aide, of the ,l( , nvmh ,n Moat Folk Munich or Frankfort A little way off are the two Celes tials, whom I watch with curiosity. One Is a yonng man of distinguished bearing, about twenty-five years old, of pleasant physiognomy. In spite of his yellow skin end narrow eyes. A few years spent in Europe hare evidently Earopeanized his manners and even his dress. His mus- number to distinguish each 1. Fulk Ephrinell. American. 2. Miss Iloratia Bluett, English. 3. Major Noltitz, Russian. 4. Monsieur Caterna, French. 5. Madame Caterna, French. 6. Baron Weissachnitzerdorfer, Ger man. Aa to the Chinese, tbey will have a tacbe is eilky, his eye is Intelligent, his number later on when I have made np hair is mach more French than Chinese. mT min'1 bont tnwn- At t0 th ,n" Hia companion, on the contrary, whom diua n ue Dox, l intend to enter be always appears to be making fun of, int0 communication with Dim, or her, is of the type of the true porcelain doll nd t0 of assistance In that quarter with the moving head; he is from fifty ,f 1 cn do witnoQt betraying the to fifty-five years old. like a monkey in crrL- the face, the top of hie head half shav- The train I. already marshaled In the en. -the pigtail down bis back, the tradi- station. It is composed of first and sec tional costnme, frock, vest, belt, baggy ond-class cars, a restaurant car and two trousers, many-colored slippers; a China baggage vans. Tase of the Green family. He, however. Russians will take ns ud to the fron could hold out no longer, and after a tier of Turkestan, and Chinese will take tremendous pitcn, accompanied by a us through China. But there it one rep long rattle of tbe crockery, he gave np resentative of the company who will not and nurnea on uec. Ana as He did so, leave his post, and that Is z'opof, our the younger Chinaman shouted after bead zuard. a true Russian of soldierly him, "Cornaro! Cornaro!" at the same bearing, hairy and bearded, with a fold- time holding out a little volume be bad ed overcoat and Muscovite cap. I intend left on tbe table. to talk a good deal with this gallant fol- What was the meaning of this Italian low. For ten years he has been on the word In an oriental mouth? Transcasplan between Uzun Ada and Madame Caterna arose, very pale, and tbe Pamirs, and durinz the last month he Monsieur caterna, a model husband, fol- has been all along tbe line to Pekin lowed her on deck. i can him No. 7 in my note-book. It occurs to me to have a look at th CHAPTER V. mysterious box. Has It not a right to It Is half-past ten when I ait down on be so called? Yes, certainly. I mut one of tbe seats in the stern of tbe really find out where it has been put Astara. But with this Increasing wind and how to get at it easily. it is impossible for me to remain there. Tbe famous box was still on the plat I rise, therefore, and make my way for- form. In looking at it closely I observe ward. Under the bridge between the that air holes have been bored on each caddie boxes, the wind is ao strong that of its sides, and that on one side it has I eeek shelter among the packages cov-1 two panels, one of which can be made to ered bv the tarpaulin, htretcbed on one slide on the other from tbe inside. And of the boxes, wrapped In my rug. with I am led to think that the nrisoner has my head resting against the tarpaulin, had it made so in order that be can, If I shall aoon be asleep. I necessary, leave his prison probably After some time i am awakened Dy a during the night cnrloue noise. Whence come this noise? jU8t now the porters are beginning to I listen more attentively. It seems as lift the box. I have the satisfaction of though some one is enorlng close to my geeing that they attend to the direc- ear. tions inscribed on it. It Is placed with "That is eome steerage passenger," I great eare near the entrance to the van think. "He has got under the tarpaulin the side with the panels outward, as If between the cases, and he will not do it were the door of a cupboard. And is o hadlv in his imnrovised cabin." not the box a cupboard cupboard I By the h'gbt whidi Altera down irom propose to open PET" AVERSIONS. Pis- Oven-oat nad. "Well, by gum! ef that halnt on way nh hossun up a feller," said tb young Ic,- drawing a long breath. "Come awn. Mzzy! I'll teck yuh home, I risk- on. Then I'll light out fur Coourod . They'll be soma big speak un un Imu sliakun dowu thar, thurreckly! They'll wawut you thar, too! One million th'ee biinuerd un eighty-four thouan' dollars fur the Wlckly Wood! By gum! you're the richest young womeru iu Indysnny At' a shore theng! Hooaierdoin to thoroughly understand that Informal freedom of manner which sanctioned the unpremeditated gathering of neighbor at each other's bouses at any and alt sea son Me time. True, sh remembered that h hsd very readily conformed himself to the prevsll Ing customs in Saudtown society. But ill yrr. Uv course, Ihey's lots a things that, as a lawyer, you ran do that you wouldn't wswnt to do as a Congressman, nur as a cltlzeu, nur as the friend uv th adverse party. Now, h-yur, fur instance, Coon rod Redden, he telegraphs fur m. to come home un tnat all the h yur San'town supporters uv mln ha tliur right In, thi mortgage business. Well. I had already taken a fr from th 8. At N. W. folks, a I said. But I don that a a lawyer, yiiuuersiaud. Un I tola Redden I'd se that th railroad didn't II a v Unreasonable like. "We are all born with an aversion to something, ami this aversion Is thing we can no more direct than we can fly by merely batlti on the at- tnosphore with our bands," George Mc Pbenwn Informs me. History Is rich in the account of such Instances. There Is Mncent, the painter, who would faint If the odor of a rose was wafted to his nostrils, and the great German snortaninn, Vaugheim, would bwwne ponltively 111 If he even aaw a bit of roast pig. These aversion., often so entirely un accountable, are curious things to atudy. I became somewhat Interested In the aubject a year or no ago, and have alnce that time been quietly adding to my store of information on this somewhat unusual topic by per sonal Inquiries among my friends and acquaintances. "Not one of them did I find without his pet aversion, for the existence of which he could give no good reason. Generally the avernlon was toward some kind of food, but not always. One hated the color of blue, and noth ing depressed him more than being In the company of people who were, for the most part garbed In clothes of this hue. Another couldn't llKten to the music of a harp without becoming Irritate while a third detested lilies to such a degree that he couldn t re main In the room where there was one. "None of the men who had these aversions understood why he had them. One man told me he couldn't touch a drop of milk or cream without becoming sick, yet be thought nothing looked quite so appetizing as a glass of good rich cream. Often he had tried to partake of it, but without success. Parental Influence will, of course, be urged as the reason for these aver sions, but In the case of the man who couldn't touch milk or cream his CHAPTER XX. Another night. In which Mzzy Wlckly I in a tumult, a brain-whirl of exciti meut that shuts out of her mind suy uf all th thought and filings of her or dinary everyday lif. That wealth 1 not even th lesst of the element of happiness she demon strated effectually in her own self-corn hex had always exhibited much more of steal nut htm from any uv yuh, Un they reserve, even to th point of diffidence, didn't. I Mil they? Imt he' on hi high than was quite agreeable. hos. Un he says 1 shsnt bav th drlr- "A Icetle mite barkurd. A leetl mlt gatlon fmtu thi county. Un Pre gut to backurd," Coourod Redden had said of bav ut." him at first. "But I don't theuk th IT b eooftnnestl feller means any harm by ut. H halnt yusen to ar way ylt He's been raised whar people halut gut nuthun to do but git acquainted. Uu they kin teck a much time to ut a they wawut to. Un they giuurlly teck a plenty, I low. We li Ittt a 111 titilaa, flit fin S.ijh ffMiltat It mm i.. i..... ... i.i i.'..i.. Anecdotes call forth anecdote. A i win t WW, M "J Ul .11 MM J H ",l I 1 1 conn h-yur w wswnt to know right mup wr vm WTVm mn vm HE RtCOQMZCD UUU. i sV temptation. The first flash of cl en.e t.t B whuTfr fcf.t 6nm fr g , li ni,m,t a country postotlW official's In had been that feeling, perhaps, which In nf nnt Rf fc h- Wf WRwnt ho terest ill his clients' eorretqKimh.ncr, i.. ....... LI..I. I.. I... I. .... .,,l.. " r llll-ll. wni-.l lie- nan " 'u. ... r . , i., i.. i,t. .... .!, i. .ir.n It l.e its Hi knew that Mr. W. Mason Huntley power to reproduce that same slate of Imd ost.Misibly subsi-rlhed to this dm-trlne expectation. Thi she recognized as that UMt """",, 1K7'1,;" M n,,t '"'I"1 10 inherent love of peril, that disposition to iuin-iale on all fitting iHcaaloiis. But brnve dangers, that In aoum degree and '' subscribing been more than a In some form exists in every human or- l""''' " " I""' " nan ganizntlon. The feeling of gratification thought that In the case of a man having had been as transient as the flitting inn- '' ,',,", "D' "!rdlnnt place of . I -.KIM. tl. ...nl l.n.l hwn In "assistant. It WAS Hot St II II to b X- alyance. She had at once settled hack l,wtw,, would not readily fall Into Into the groove of her ordinary thought. ways of the Handtown people as eas- For now she f-illy recognized tli fact lly lin' fllou lut0 U "D(,r wl"J- that it never had been Huntley, the In- ig" tb Overcmt road. visible professor of geology; Huntley, tb nes .ooui si.ri.ug in me tt,i.iii ti.a t,rt.,etnni sn.t secret Imp that be would make that un- employer, that she had loved, fih did necessary by coming to her "soon." as he Instead of hastening his pnee lie Muck ai stsiitl.t- ii tar tlmr tislil si tnit ITittttlnV had snld. But If he did not com within ened It a little, obviously to affonl appeared such a real Huntley as Mr. nn ll0Ur' "ne w"uIJ - h felt that nh h,nsiolf time to complete Iho rending Mason Huntley had Imposed upon her 'i.i . , " ' ' ," ot a daughter nt college to relate her exiHTleiice with a village postmnn. It wiis the daughter's freshman year, and she wrote 'home dally nnl graphically of her new experience. But she was extremely busy, :iul could spare time for a home letter only on Sunday. This she supple mented by a regular mid week postnl curd. One day the mother, seeing the post man coming, ran down to meet hlin, and stood leaning on the gnte as tut approached. He saw her there, but nr I hi niiHulve lie tiiul In liniwl ili....l. ... -' ........... ... ... .....a.., she would have derMml ltween them at ,' l """"' "T jlnK , ie came, once upon their slmiilta neons presents- jt .tjj g '" . h. sight stirred Mrs. Brown'. ZA?u, lttXXXTnm, n,,g,,. That he should pros,, , .t.. i .i,im, .1.. I...I ir,w.ttn ii,a over presently, to get Mrs. Wlckly to read whnt Polly wrote! That li genuine Huntley, have been against any come and ' hour with his aunt should do It before her very eyes, nud .... I .. .1 t.naa uljile 1 1 f I A lt.. all i t7l I. 11. . . . . . Mhoe mm in nil the world. "ml her sick time wiy, sue reit tunc it v.... . . , . . ... ... I.... H..I. I., ihn or..i, n s ir tip, I i1ph..1 wouni lie n hu "i iiccuiij iuK me liner- herself in one of those prettiest of all f tlme "V"! "J'e Wt'"It ul""' r.P.Hr atitnmer dresses white Swiss car i "" ' ever .1 tniontd wfi1ai t sigtA If f i m rtt n.riitttry miiHlin with an iinilmltwi number of '""" " " . v" riilllcs and tucks in the skirt, and with little knots of blue ribbon here and there, and a bunch of the purplish, sweet-smell ing wild flowers pinned upon her shnii ly left shoulder. Hhe had gone backward end forward before the little mirror, In the middle of the room, with her face turned first over this shoulder and then over that, to see if the skirts hung ex actly right, and to see how well she real ly looked In the glass, as even the best Then there were presently so many of the Handtown women dropping In at Airs. Dikes' to see how little Jimmy was, and to ask Lizzy Wlckly about her great fortune and take note of how she looked and talked, end whether she had begun to be stuck up, aud proud and exclusive, before she could, nnd make her wult his leisure! It wns outrageous, nnd she had a sharp rebuke nil ready for lilm. But It wns never delivered. He broke into a beaming smllo nn he reached the gate, handed over tlu postal card, nnd declared In hearty tones before she had a chance to speak: "Thnt's the funniest postal I ever rend! I never thought there wasj as rich neonle very foolishly do. And perhaps with the thought of making It niticn sense in gins going to college very prominent that sh hnd not begun kind o' wasting four years of llfo, I to lie a bit stuck up, and perhaps be- ,oon UfM.d to enlllng It but I don't and most sensible girls lu the world will cne ho tm ft'lt '' Terv """hubI ex- krmwj i do.t mw Mnyn,, It ain't do, in spite of all the Jeering and sarens- n. arauon in ner nau rany nuoyani B(.n.lbjc foP 0r(rnnry girls, but 8 clrl ig upon ner, i.izzy u.a ner uti ... .n ..... , ..... He remarks about them for their vanltv pirits strong nd self-love. She had taken out of Its to convince her neighbors, the former that can double a mnn up lntighlnif velvet receptacle a strand of little pearl Arguses of Handtown, that she was sum- Wltn oru t onl'li- and gold beads, that looked very becom- clently sensible and well-groomed in the ary. No, ma am. I guess you was Ing against the linen collar here, and almple democratic doctrines-and prac- right to give her extry opportunities, over the looped knot of narrow blue rib- tices of Sondtown not to be made giddy, y0n.'ve got a gifted dnughtor, Mis" iinn vfiAfsgi nt si t in oat i .l,l. nf i... I even when suddenlv elevated to the great I n4fwi ni,i. . ...i motner ana lamer were uoin Tiry j throat, whose wlnter-whltene had height of an inconceivable fortuna like I .i,,i.. taken on a little of that rich, warm tint th. one which ( Wlckly'. Wood, had " IIe depRrtPd, still broadly ben mlnff; that our intermontane valley climate so brought her. . t,nA . ' plentifully bestow, upon .11 sojourners, . , rt f and which In unhealthy people we call CHAPTER XXI. tul" m"" "I'l"1"'0 ineimiinesa. "sallow," while in the mor. robust It goes It was Quito dark when Llzxy finally She merely warned the "(jlfted daugh by the unobjectionable title of "ruddy." reached home, after getting up to start tor" that her humor was likely to 1 fond of milk, and another friend of mine who couldn't eat a strawberry had parents who simply loved them." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Trying to fledjje. Wife John, I'd like to have a short talk with you after breakfast. Then, with ber new, bright "patent half a dozen times, and being stopped as enjoyed by moro than the family elr leatner" suppers, snowing a very nine otten oy a rresn incursion or congratu- do. Youth's Oomnnnlon. I band of wbtte stocking aoout ner snape- luting Arguses. Iluaband It's no use, Mry. I'm ' i, nkles. when she sat down and crossed There was a light In the middle room In Saxony there Is an Industrial short myself. ' th Try neat llttl. left foot over the that they certainly hnd not lit befor. achool for every 14,041 Inhabitants.
