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1 DISILLUSIONMENT I OF THE DOCTOR I OU know I lovo you, Ilnrry, nnd eruol of you to Biiy you beliovo inol No, I won't don't forgive you, tind I won't Jot you kiss me not for n vory long time. You aro not nonrly as nlco as as you used to be." ''Will you listen to reason, Dorn?" f'No, I won'tl That Ib, I nm always reasonable. It Ih you who nro unrea sonable, and altogether horrid!" f'And all thin bccauBO I pressed you to, marry mo nt onco, and " '.'And you said L could not lovo you, or that If 1 really loved you, I would agree to It." "Ho you would." "That Ih Just tho same aH Haying that I don't lovo you." 'ft doesn't look an If you did, docH WCi . "Harry," said the girl earnestly, "I nn, going to be reasonable, aH you say yon rw. 1 have wild I loved you, and nut" Mary ;,:vox lci.u " ' ( vis us loavo, Indeed!" "Pur tho vory ood reason that we oati't alfnrd to get inari'led without ln li from liw." "I (lou t mo that nt. all," cried the .v tl 11 (i H 1. I i tj: n..ui. "My p'ritclleo In not large i ' in i evy day my father' old pa- i' uro oomlng back to mo, and loav- ' t'mt ndlou cad, Malonoy " ' t '1 Illu to know who you call an ni: end. young man?" broku In a i thin voice, and a lull lady, wear . .. "front," a set of fateo teeth and .nc-re, onme suddenly round tho ei nor (' i'io hi uro I hedge. iounr Harry Lawrence Htood spoot..i!c for ho knew that Miss Ma tlldii Trondorgaat professed a great oh teem (and possibly cherished a y t warmer feeling) for the plausible, r. t haired IrlBhman, wh had stolon away bis. father's patients while professing to keep the practice together for him whllo bo llnlshod his oourso at (tuy's. That ovenlng, Mr. Denver, the solic itor, sat In his dining room, eolriirnf lug his recovery from a lit of M'Ut. which ho owed the recovery, not the gout to the skillful prescriptions of Mlohael Malonoy, M. It. 0. S., nnd oth er Initials, who now sat opposite to him. "A doctor should be a married man, 1 fool Unit," said Dr. Malonoy, with a sentimental air. "The ladies don't altogether like an unmarried man. And there's only one objection to Miss Prcn dergast, and that Is that I can't find out anything definite about her posi tion." "The aunt, do you mean, or the nleco?" "Oh, the aunt, to be sure. I'm aware the money belongs to her. She's as much as said so In my hearing many a time." "Humph!" "Hut I'd think It safer, as a prudent man, to have a few particulars. I'd like to know, for one thing, whether tho money belongs to her, to do as she likes with, or whether she lias only a life interest In It." Lawyer Donyer was occasionally as deaf as a post. Ho chose to bo deaf now. "You and I have done one another maiiy a good turn," said the doctor, edging Jils elinir a little uoaror, "and I hope wo Hhall live to do each other many more. Now, I should bo otor nally obliged If you would tell rao In strict con lldonco mind, In tho vory strictest confidence how much Miss PrcmlcrguHt possesses in her own right with absolute control." "Are you aware. Dr. Malonoy," said the;lawyer, speaking very slowly, "that you are insulting mo In a vory gross mannor The late Rtophon Prender gaBt was my cllont, air, and you calm ly propose that I should make his af fairs known to you, a porfect strangerl And you have the audacity to do this -" "Hang you, sir!" roared the hot headed Irishman, Hinging out of tho house. At his next attack, which happened not long after, Mr. Denyor, of courso, called In another modlcal man, but whether It was that Dr. Maloney know the patient's constitution and habits better, or that ho was in possession of a drug of singular ctllcacy, tho fact remained that tho lawyer did not ro colve anything like tho samo relief from tho new doctor's remedies as he had been accustomed to obtain from thoso supplied by tho Irishman. The lawyer bad fully mado up his mind that under no circumstances ,would ho over speak to Dr. Maloney again; but pain Is a wonderful stimu lant, and In ono of his worst parox ysms ho sent n wessngo to him, beg glng him to como and do what ho could to relievo him. Dr. Maloney promptly attended the summons, but on entering tho sick 'room bo advanced to tho bedsldo and said with n frown: "When I was hero last, Mr. Donyer, you all but kicked mo out of tho house." "Man, how can you remember such things at a time like this? I withdraw nil I said. Hut I am in torment, I toll you! Will you givo mo somo of that tncdlcluo I had from you last tlmo?" "I iiAvo no doubt I shall bo able to give you relief, nt n.11 events," said tho doctor smoothly, "and I supposo I may take It that you will obllgo mo In that little matter I spoko of?" The lawyer glared at him for a mo mont or two In sllonco, then pointing to a long bluo envelopo that lay on a tnblo nearby, ho said: "Open that. Per haps you may gather from what you find Insldo anything you wish to know." Tho envelope was addressed to Mr. Donyer, and without hesitation the doc tor opened It. It contained a noto from Miss l'randergast, Inclosing her will. It was not signed she wished somo minor altoratlons to be made In It. Hut it was tho will Itself that In- Ila hastily run his eye over it, and found that to his surprlso Miss Pron ilorgast was leaving nearly all hor money to medical charities, and Doro thy was to receive an annuity of a hun dred and twenty pounds a year. "The will's not signed," tho doctor muttered to himself, "and If it was n new will can bo mado any day. For that matter, tho day she is married It Ih sS much waste paper." He quietly replaced tho will and let ter In the envelope, and turned to his patient. Tho medicines ho sent In wore as effectual as they had always proved, and In less than a week Law yer Donyer, as tho country people call ed him, was as woll as ever. Some months passed and not a week went by without Harry Lawrence pressing his sweetheart to throw pru dence t'i tho winds and marry him out of hand. During that period, also, tho atten tions paid to tho aunt by his profes sional rival became rather marked, but everybody thought tho Idea of a rantch between thorn too ridiculous to bo wor thy of serious consideration. Harry at last becamo so Importunate that Dolly yielded; only she stipulated that, as she could not hopo to obtain her aunt's consent, tho marriage must bo as prlvato as circumstances would permit. To this, of course, the young man readily assented. It was a quarter to eight on a cold winter's morning when Dolly slipped out of her room and paused at the door of her aunt's bedroom, with tho inten tion of slipping in and bidding her a silent adieu. To hor surprise tho room was empty. Yet the bed bad been slept In, and thero was nothing that suggested that anything unusual or disastrous had oc curred. Dolly would have stayed to In vestigate, but Bho heard tho Impatient footsteps of her lover on tho gravel outside, and sho hastened to join him. "Oh, sho will be nil right," said Harry. "We'll see about hor after ward. I hope to goodness, though, she hasn't gone to the church to try to stop our wedding." On tho way they mot no ono, but tho low stone building wns lighted up, and In tho church porch they mot Miss Matilda Prondcrgast, with Dr. Maloney by her side. The four Btared at ono another for somo seconds In Bllonco. Then tho eld er lady, with a protty shyness, advanc ed her withered chook to hor nleco, saying: "KIbs mo, my dear, and wish mo joy. Wo havo Just been married." Just then on urgent mossago arrived from tho vicar, who was both cold and hungry, and tho Junior pair proceeded Into tho church and walked up to the altar. In loss than a month both couples had roturnod from their respectlvo honoymoons, and thon Lawyor Donyer had tho satisfaction of firing a bomb shell which had tho effect of destroy ing Dr. Mnloney's matrimonial happi ness forovcr. Miss Prondcrgast, ho said, dorlved her property from a will of hor father mado many years boforo, when she, thon a giddy young thing of romantic tendencies, wns in danger of making an extremely undesirable match. It provided that hlB daughter should in herit his property, subject to tho pro vision that If Bho should at any time marry without tho consent of certain trustees tho property should go to the children of his brother Stephen, of whom only Dorothy now survived. As tho trustees were all long since dead It had not occurred to tho elderly brldo that sho ran any risk of losing her money by marrying without legal advice. But fresh trustees had been appointed, and their consent, it scorned, was absolutely necessary, if tho condl tions on which tho property wns held by Miss Prondcrgast wero to bo ful filled. As matters stood, sho had noth ing beyond any allowance her nleco might bo disposed to mnko to hor.' Homo Monthly. If a girl Is protty enough, sho hard ly ovm has to pay street cur fiue. OP - TO - DATE- Buffer tafo Jbebwen (rrpat Britain and ttyjjia ha3 & F&far who dbey not dijdain fJbi? LirxopiQj gffflpjt em 'GvMzotiQn"-" Few parts of tho British Empire havo caused Great Britain Wie nnxloty sho continues to fool about hor Indian possessions, says tho Philadelphia Lcdgor. Every movement Russia has made In Central Asia looking toward tho concentration of the Innumerable States added by force to tho Russian Empire has been watched from the Indian frontier by argus-eyed Britons. Both Russln and England havo mado a roful surveys of the frontiers, and enoh government has built and contin ues to build strategic railroads along tho enormous and dlfllcult boundaries. Russia Is known to havo long been In possession of several plans for a do seont upon India, and tho British have for years boon evolving qulto as many plans Intended to chockmato any move ment of tho kind. Missions Scut from Indln. At tho present time tho British aro engaged In tho pleasant task of assur ing tho northern neighbors of India of BUFFER STATE BETWEEN their friendship, with tho object of forestalling any similar dovlco upon tho part of Russia. Old treaties, long since In abeyanco or qulto Inactive, havo been renewed, and now ones signed. Last yenr two missions wero sent out from India to carry this ob ject Into effect. That commanded by Colonel Younghusbnnd, which Invaded Tibet, was ungraciously received, and T1I13 AM in OV AFGHANISTAN. although a treaty was signed In tho Forbidden City, Lassa, It Is admitted that tho success of tho entorpriso wns not unaccompanied by serious Incon veniences. Lato In Novembor a British mission wns dispatched to Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, whoro better luck Is bolloved to havo attended it. Tho mission is bonded by Louis Dane, For eign Sccrotnry for Simla, who is ac companied by II. R. Dobbs, his secre tary; Major W. Malllson, R. A.; Cap tain Victor Brooko, Ninth Lancers, nnd a British doctor. Tho necessity for this visit arises from tho fact that tho agreement mado with tho late Amir, Abdurrahmnn, terminated at his death in 1001. Since that tlmo tho son nnd successor of tho Into Amir, Hablbullah, has been proving himself loyal to Brit ish Interests In tho absence of any binding documents. DTo hns repeated ly dispatched assurances to tho Viceroy of India of his devotion to tho British. Nevertheless, It wns considered thnt bis affection would bo more convincing If ho set his royal hand and seal to It Several matters need discussion, and ono of them Is tho question of tho British subsidy, to which tho Amir Is entitled. Tho present Amir hns not drawn tho nnminl subsidy of 180,000 rupees (about $S0,00O) since bo ascend ed to his kingly dignity. He had no agreement with tho British, and did not need tho money, for bo Is rich, nnd llfo In Afghanistan Is not expensive. Afghanistan, whWi Is about twice J . rurrtttn 'faun r Nf RUSSIA rw,'.-' I TUlR.K I STAN , 3$M0NGOLA I AND ITS tho size of tho United Kingdom, nnd has a population of about 4,000,000, has been nn Independent State since tho middle of the eighteenth century, prior to which time It was part of Per sia, while Us province of Kabul was In tho Mogul Empire. It Is walled In by some of the highest mountains In the world, which almost completely sur round It, leaving less than half a dozon so-cnllcd passes by which tho coun try may be entered. Only half of these aro of ubo for strategic purposes, and even they aro. so treacherously situ ated that a largo army might be anni hilated by a comparatively small forco. The Afghnns, nil of whom nro Mo hammedans, are a warlike people, which fact, added to their strong po sition, renders their independence com paratively safe. England has burned hor fingers more than onco In dealing with tho Afghans, and Russia has not succeeded in winning them over, al though sho has spent a quarter of a century coaxing. Thero nro fow countries on tho globe, not excepting Tibet, which nro moro lnhospitnblo to foreigners thnn Afghanistan. Placed by nature as a buffer between two powerful rivals, Afghanistan is a country whoro every one Is suspected ns a spy of cither Russia or tho British. In Kabul thero are no foreigners. Tho last ono was n Mr. Frelschor, a German gunmnker, who was murdered In a mysterious manner n fow months ago. A woman RUSSIA AND BRITAIN. physician, nn Englishwoman, has been In Kabul for three years, and declares that living In the capital Is like being on n different planet. "The universal atmosphere of suspicion, tho ever-pres ent knowlcdgo that keen Afghan eyes are watching every movement, com bined with tho knowlcdgo of isolation from tho civilized world, havo not n beneficial effect upon one's nerves, and after a prolonged stay ono comes peril ously near a break-down." A British agent, a Mohammedan of ficer of tho Indian army, resides In Kabul, but ho might as woll reside at tho North Polo for all ho Is allowed to do. Ho seldom gous out, no one dares visit bliu, nnd the only oppor tunity ho hns for displaying himself Is to bo present onco in a while at a durbnr or levee of tho Amir. It is admitted that ho Is entirely without lnlluenco. Tho Russlnns, however, havo not even a figurehead for -an agent, nnd two Russian spies wero only recently caught and sent to prison and disappeared. iruhllmllnh-Khun, tho Amir. Hablbullah Khan, xho present Amir, hns seen something of tho world. Ho nnd his brother visited London in 1800, nnd both wore mnde G. C. M. G. As far ns may be, in a country without a single mile of railway, the Amir mny bo sold to be progressive and up-to-date. Ho has surrounded himself with the latest Inventions In lamps, stoves, phonographs and bicycles. Ho Is nlso to bo seen driving out at times in an English automobile, whllo a sewing machine has been Introduced into his harem. THE AMIR ON HIS MOTOU-OAK M o0V Hablbullah Khan Is a very buw monarch, and, while he loves sport, m weakness which endears him to thl British, he never permits his prlvatW AN AFGHAN TYrB. pleasures to lnterfero with public busi ness, a virtue which he might Impress upon his moro civilized friends. H takes a commendablo pride In his guf factory at Kabul, which dally oral duces 20,000 cartridges, fifteen rlfli nnd two guns. For nearly two yeaif Uttlo work has been dono in tho faot tory for lack of material, but apart from this enforced stoppngo tho fao& tory has beon In constant oporatioi since 1880. It Is tho Amir's custom on Naw Rofl tho Mussulman's new year1 to estf amino all tho guns, rifles nnd appmf tenances turned out of the workshop! during tho year. The guns, otc, ax4 jj Oik lulpWWfclcss laid out for inspection nt Shnhara, A summer palace, which lies abont ft) mile from tho city. Likes Ilnwkiui; and Cricket. Among the sports held In high fa vor by tho Amir aro hawking and cricket. He usually has his falcons with him when out shooting, to fly nt wounded birds; but on somo dayi he will mount horse nnd go away tafP the neighboring hills. Ho seemB in-7 senslblo to fatigue on those occasions,! but his sulto usually returns with him' in tho evening, hanging limply in the saddle. The Amir two years ago divorced all1 his wives but four, nnd ordered thnfcj his subjects content themselves with' a Ilko number. One of these four wives is of royal birth and lives In a1 separate house. She Is said to bo an1 ambitious woman, who wears English dresses, although a woman who saw them declares they are of styles fash ionable thirty years ago. Tho Postal Union. Tho first stop toword tho formation, of tho postal union, which haa had such wide resulta, enmo from Gel, many In the shape of a proposal for an: international postal congress. Thls met at Berne In 1873, when twenty two countries Joined tho union, Includ ing the whole of Europe. A second congress met in Paris in 1878, whea ton other countries came in, and thai official title, "International Postal Union," wns definitely fixed. Its sphere wns further enlarged at con gresses at Lisbon In 1885 nnd nt Vien na in 1801. Wo hoar n great deal about womon being fond of their church; yet In nino cases out of ten, when n woman geta married, sho will glvo up her churcfc If her man demands it LEAVING THE AUAK PAL-AOB.