'N
i (Then he remembered that she had not been
Tbe Newest Wearing Apparel.
in the best humor, and decided that she
I would probably enjoy the sport as much as
The princess gown occupies the
I any of the others.
I -- Hello!” called a voice, “Where are yer, centre of fashion’s stage for spring
I Mr. Casey?” It was the voice of Two-bits, aud summer, and will doubtless "go
I and it was sweet music in his ear.
I “Right this way. Two-bits,’’ he answered. to mill and to meeting” during the
coming months. It appears in all
I “Have you brought help?"
I She came to the other side of the gulf, sorts of gowns from the exquisite
I and thrusting a stout plank out toward him creations for evening to the walking
I she drawled:
I “Y-a-s. Thet’s er help. Did yer think 1 skirt and its accompanying bolero,
I was a-goin* ter give yer away ter the gang? but there are those who cannot and
“Oh, this is grand!” exclaimed George we come ter tbe Burnin’ nils. Peers as I Yer would never a-heard the last of it. 1 will not wear this style of garment,
Casey, as he paused for a few moments to though
guess we ken make it all right with this
I could feel the heat right now. I I here.
enjoy the embracing air and aceuery. All Ipere! Look
” Then, making sure the plank was and for these there are very pretty
yonder!”
I resting securely on either side, she ordered, skirts, cut circular, and daring widely
•bout him the mountains lay in tumbled
I
bey
were
now
on
an
eminence
command
heaps, farther away the foothills sloped ing a good view of the lower hills, and as I ‘‘Now, git spry, and don’t waste no time. about the lower edge. These skirts
gracefully downward, and still farther they loosed down into the darkness they I Hop across, 1 tell yer!”
down In the valley and out over the mining
As they came to the last crevice where are constructed from all sorts of ma
see distinctly long lines of glowing I I the
camp he could see the old trail tbut could
board was necessary, George paused.
terials, even to the thinnest of sum
led,
streaking
the
earth
like
the
trails
of
stretched away to the westward. He was fiery serpents. The redness pulsated like I “W-a-11,” drawled Two-bits, as she mer fabrics, and If properly made they
new to these scenes, having recently come a thing of life, and as it did so the very I waited, with arms akimbo, ‘‘this is the last
to Wyoming from his home in Boston, and
Yer goin’ to give up now? If yer do, will not necessarily give much trouble
about seemed to heave up and down. I lone.
I’ll leave yer fer good, dead sure.”
he was drinking in the atmosphere of the ground
by saggin«. However, for tbe skirt
ifiej
1
suddenly
all
was
darkness
again.
new life to the fullest.
“Yer see,” she continued, “I may be a I “Two-bits,” said George, and there was of washing stuff, the gored models are
“Y-a-s,” drawled the girl as sheovertook coward, an’ all thet. Mebbe so. It may a I considerable pathos in bis voice; “Two- much more satisfactory and patterns
her companion: “but I’m a thinkin' as how bln all a ghost story, too. But there it is,, I bits,” he repeated, “will you forgive me for
calling you a coward? You are the bravest for these can be obtained with the
we better start fer home. It’s a-gettin’
got ter cross thet place.
purty late, an’ we’re some twelve miles
rhe brave young man was getting really girl I ever knew, and you’ve been real kind modish flare about the bottom.
from town. We can’t much more than git scared. He had never before been out in to me to-night. Will you forgive me?’*
The vogue of the circular skirt has
“Aw, come along with yer,” said the gfrl,
there by dark.”
the mountains in the night time, and the
“Two-bits,” said George, tauntingly, “I awful stillness, broken now and then by greatly embarrassed. “It’s iny pinion led to the fashion for flat skirt trim
yer
fellers
in
the
east
jlst
talk
ter
hear
believe you’re a coward. Here you were unpleasant sounds peculiar to the mountain
mings. These sometimes take the
born and raised in this country, and you’re country, awed and frightened him. Ills yer heads roar half the time, and don’t form of stitched bands of the material
mean what yer say.”
■cared about being out in the hills* after teeth were fairly chattering.
They neared the town, walking side by or silk, while braids of one or several
dark. Now, I’m a tenderfoot, and yet I
“I—I—wish we “ had
would’nt be afraid to wander all over‘these
aj- started
i-I- back
had sooner."
n° ld-l side. The board had been thrown away, kinds are often interlaced in design
and from their appearance no one would about the bottom. Another mode of
bills from now until morning.’’
I have known that anything out of the
George Casey was indeed a “tenderfoot,”
“Yer might a had a purtygood idea,” she ordinary had occurred. As he left her at skirt trimming much used is con
but this was not the worst of his failings.
** ain’t a-goln' to do no I her own door he pressed her hand tightly, secutive rows of shaped flounces, one
Raised in a wealthy family, he hail been ?astder e7'd: g i 1 ut 8eared
now- Come along | and said:
£lven everything he wished, and had ruled
‘‘You are a brave girl—a regular little over-lapping the other and often ending
is father’s house to suit himself. That
at each side of the front panel. One
By
IM»
tine
they
nearing the heroine.”
he was the most Important portion of the ?<‘>rwnrd hP aSC’ .s.udd<’nly. were
as she reached
Next day she found a pony tied to the might almost say that the front panel
family, he did not for a moment doubt, forward her foot to take a step,
she
realized
post
in
front
of
her
mother
’
s
nouse,
and
on
and it was his greatest desire that others instinctively that it was not finding a solid
in unbroken length from waistband to
should share that opinion with regard to footing as soon as it should. A sudden and the beautiful saddle which It bore, was hem prevails in the majority of gowns.
pinned a note which read:
him. When he found that he was to spend uncommon
warmth
came
upward,
and
in
‘‘This Is Nickel, a present to Two-bite,
When bands of tbe same fabric as
the summer in Wyoming looking after some
the faint glow was seen, the brave little girl who was good to a the skirt are put on as trimming they
mining Interests, he determined that of all another instant
her.ua chasm, with the further coward.”
other things he would show the people brink some
are
usually piped with a contrasting
three feet away. Leap! ng across
there that here was one tenderfoot that was
color; the tunic and flounce being often
her companion, “Mind yer
not so tender after all. The few friends eye! They t0 had
changed places—she was
whom he had made on first arriving at n<«X?k master and
TO ENTERTAIN LONGWORTHS. suggested by the manner in which
he the slave.
Cold Springs, had soon tired of his lordly
these are applied,
i
'what is it?” he asked, as he neared the
ways and the only one who eared to accom place.
then he took the fatal step,
As
for
coats,
the
bolero
is
in
high
pany him on his various journeys over the and felt Just
himself
falling.
But
the
girl
was
hills was Two-blts, who followed him quick. Suddenly reaching out her arm, she Ambassador Reid and Wife will Pre feather this year, and figures In all
sent Young Couple to England's
around like a faithful dog.
grasped him by the hand and fairly drag
varieties of wear from the ornamental
Nobody could tell where Two-bits got her ged
Court.
him across the chasm. ,
,
,
to the useful. As an ornament it ap
name She was a rough, uncouth girl of
“Well, I never!” he exclaimed in fright.
The Longworths will be guests, pears in the negligee of the morning
fourteen years, born In the wilds and true “That's
something awful, don’t you know. while in London, of the American - -n-
to her birthplace. The high cheek bones
as well as upon the evening toilette.
are there many more like that?”
and swarthy features told of Indian I say
‘
t
ome
on, an’ quit yer talkin’,” was the bassador and Ills charming wife.
The little lace and embroidered boleros
blood—a fact of which she was proud.
pre-emptory
order.
Refreshed
by
her
long
vacation,
Mrs.
No two characters could possibly have
I say. Iwo-blts, it isn’t safe. Is It?” Reid has returned to the Court of St. are to be much worn with soft silk
been more oppposlte than those of George he “But
and summer gowns and will prove
called after her.
'Casey aud Two-bits. She had always been
“I ain’t afeard,” she answered; “If yon James with her hands full of prepara very fetching adjuncts to the toilette.
accustomed to associating with roughly- are,
why stay where you are, or go back I tions for King Edward’s first drawing
Every woman and girl will do well
dressed, brown-featured, bow-legged cow an’ find the highest peak.”
to provide in-self with several lin
boys, who treated her like one of their own
“Blast the little imp,” he muttered. “I I
kind, and sometimes enjoyed teasing her wonder if she’s going to go away and I
gerie waists for nice wear. These
for the amusement of the gang. An adinir leave me out here all alone. Perhaps It I
little blouses are very important in
atlon had been awakened in her for this would serve me right, for I suppose it’s all I
the wardrobe, no matter bow meagre
smooth-shaven, well dressed, polite young my own fault. But really, I had no Idea I
gentleman who had come from the land
or sumptuous it be. They can be had
J?nv fruth ,n what
said.”
■
of which she had heard such wonderful 1 .Vi"?
Hello, Two-bits! Don’t run away and I
in a great variety of styles and in all
stories. She had dreamed of such Individ leave me all alone!
And there came into!
of the sheer summer fabrics. Those
uals but had never seen ohe before. He his throat something very like a sob.
I
appreciated the fact that she admired him, , **i*u0KiOat there!” he heard her call; and I
embroidered, or inset with lace, are
and since no one else in that immediate in the darkness be saw her some five feet I
very dainty and considered quite suit- .
vicinity seemed to share the feeling, he a h ?
‘‘.Don't try to walk thar, or
able for any occasion where one needs
gladly allowed her the monopoly of it.
8U
F?*
It
’
»
wldCa
I
tell
yer,
to look well. On cool days they can j
So the two had formed a sort of social and it’s hot, too.”
' I
aystem all their own, with just two classes
be worn over a slip of pink, blue or
“Well what will I do?” he asked.
—master and vassal.
£_can stay here all night.”
I
lavendar aud be very pretty i-nd be
“N-a-w,” she drawled, “I ain’t no coward,
“Mebbe yer could jump across. I did—
coming. Many of these waists are I
neither. But I tell you, we can’t go back but I m only a coward.” She was becoming I
the way we come, fer it’s too long round. sarcastic, but not without purpose. The I
made with elbow sleeves but they can I
We got to go straight back toward the child was beginning to see that the young
be had with the long sleeve—and some |
Springs, an’ it’s a good four hours’ walk. man would need every incentive she could I
of the newest Imported blouses are I
Mebbe yer don’t know thet them there hills offer to get him to put forth his best ef
made with sleeves which end in a I
jest above the camp has got fire all under forts. She had no doubt of her own ability |
'em. They is great big cracks thar, thet Is to clear all the chasms, but she was quite I
long point over the hand.
i
so warm yer can hardly bear yer hand In sure that her companion was not accus- I
In materials, no one will go astray
’em. Mebbe yer wouldn’t like ter fall down tomed to such tricks. Now, he stood like!
one of ’em inter the fire.”
a scared child on the opposite side of the I
in purchasing voile and linen for her
“Ho, ho, ho!” laughed the tenderfoot: ditch. If the situation had not been so I
spring and summer gowns. There are
■uch a ghost story. Now Miss,” he added, serious, it would have been comical.
|
linens of all kinds from the sheer •
“do you see that big pile of rocks yonder?
“Well, yer cornin’?” she asked, Im-1
Well; that’s the highest place there is patiently.
handkerchief qualities to the fine un
I
around here, and I’m going to go there.”
He stepped back for a run, but when he I
bleached linens. Then there are soft
“Huh!” muttered Two-blts. “Yer kent came to the edge again he stopped short I
cashmeres, raw silks, mohairs and
neither. “ A while back yer thought this and looked ruefully at the red glow beneath 1
MRS. WHITLAW REID.
eoliennes as well as the immortal
was the highest—her yer are, an’thet’s the him. He held out his hand and drew it
highest. It’ll be the same way when yer back suddenly, as he felt the intense heat.
serge. White is promised much vogue
{It thar; the highest will be just beyond. I Then what little courage he possessed for room of the season, to be held May 25, for summer, and mixed with black it
ell yer, It’s time to go home.’’
sook him, and he began to whimper.
at
which
she
will
present
many
Amer
“Go home, then, if you want to, and are
“I just can't make It, Two-blts. Whatever ican women, some of whom will be her is very smart for the new suits.
afraid. I’m going on. It Isn’t more than a shall I do?”
These suitings are mostly in small fl
“W-a-11,” drawled the matter-of-fact girl, guests.
mile farther.
checks, or stripes.
[
“It’s all otf five miles!” she declared; but “I s’pose I could go ahead an’ git some of
Naturally, the presentation most im
the master started along, and the faithful the fellers from town ter come out an’ help portant to the American colony in Lon
•lave followed obediently. If he were yer across. They’ll make no end of fun of
IFas a ‘SVonymoas” Letter.
don this season will be that of Mrs.
going, there was nothing for it but that yer, though.”
“Blast the fun!” he cried, “Hurry up Nicholas Longworth, President Roose
she mint accompany him. They trudged
A certain Congressman from VIr
•long in silence for half an hour, and still and get me out of this, most anyway.’
“All right. Stay where you are, and I’ll velt's daughter. During their stay in ginia has long retained in his employ
the peak seemed as far away as ever.
“Confound it!” said George, at last, “if be back after a while;” and she bounded London, Mr. and Mrs Longworth will a colored man by the name of Ezekiel.
we had not stopped so long to talk about it, away like a deer, leaving George Casey be the guests of the Reids at Dor One morning the master started for
we could have been there before this. I sitting there In the night alone.
Minutes dragged like hours, and the dark chester House, where the suite oc the Capitol, leaving behind him a letter
■uppose It’s too late to go any farther.”
Had Two-bits been more cultured and ness seemed to grow thicker every moment, cupied by the ambassador and ills he hud forgotten. Sometime in the
except
when it was penetrated by that un wife will be at the disposal of the afternoon he remembered the torn
learned, it is likely she would have said,
“I told you bo .” But she only turned as canny glow from down below. Then, as he Longworths. To add to the attract munication, and, as It was of some im
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boudoir furniture lias recently ar
rived from France to lend a fresher
bridal beauty to thet..
Exiled Queen Ranavalo.
Among the members of the ruling
families of the orld, most of whom
have known many sorrows, there are
few figures so pathetic as that of
Ranavalo, the ex-Queen of Madagas
car, who is now on a visit to Paris,
and who since 1897 has been a queen
without a turone, living in Algiers on
the charity somewhat grudgingly
vouchsafed her by the French Govern
ment.
Ranavalo le now forty-four, and, al*
though her complexion inclines to a
dusky shade, she is by no means un
attractive. She possesses a distinctly
good figure, dresses with much taste,
and wears her clothes with distinction.
She ruled over Madagascar for four
teen years, and, like the two queens
who preceded her, became the wife of
the Prime Minister. When she began
her reign the country was at war with
France.
portance, he hastened back home only
to find that the letter whs nowhen* to
be seen in his library. He had a dis
tinct recollection that it had l>een left
on the table. He summoned Ezekiel
and asked if he had seen It.
“Yassah, yo’ lef’ it on yo’ table.’’
“Then where is It now?”
“I mailed It, sali.”
“You mailed it! Why, Zeke, I had
not put the name and address on the
envelope!”
“Jes’ so, sah! I thought It was on-
of dem nonymous com municash uns. ”
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Obinebillas Becoming Scarce.
The chinchilla, the little rat-llke ani
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The chinchillas were formerly found
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the Andes, in Bolivia and Chili, but
owing to the demand for their skins
they have been ruthlessly hunted, in
season and out of season, and the
Chilean Government finds it almost im
possible to enforce a law which has
been passed for their protection.
The exports from Coquimbo, the
principal port for this trade, amounted
last year to twelve thousand dozen
skins, and the prices paid were almost
double those of the previous year.
Joke on Time.
A Pennsylvanian named Weeks,
with a chronic habit of purloining
watches, baa been given the Time of
his life by the Judge, who sent him
up for ten years.—New York Evening
Mail. What Is the difference? He is
no friend of Hours.—Washington
Post Walt a Minute. We Second
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