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Sonnlor Jr.lm Cnlhnun In Inrltoil to ln- j
ronii" fli'iTiinrv of Hl:iif In TvI'T'h rub- i
Inrl 1o i!m liilM'i Hint If h" urn-lint Texan .
nnd OrfK'iii innt In. tuiili-il to tin' Union. ,
llo i( iiiIh IiIm i'i I'l'lniy. Nli-lioln 'Print, to
iHk tln i) irnitf .. vim lilt, fpv of tho
Ilrltlsli ninli iHsn,i,,r, I 'iikciiM.i in. to call nl
bin npnrtiiii'iitM. U'hlli' fp.ip iilnvr for tii'
Imi'di.i bd' homo, a ciirrliiKi' tlilv'ifi "P "nil
NIcholiiH Ih In vl ! to Ciller. Tint ucriipiitit
Is Hit) hrroiirnst, nnil ulic nn!N NlrholiiH to
unnlHl In vikI) ti imrMiniH. NIi-IioIum ikiIi'M
that Ihn ImrouoKH han Inst n hIIi'T. Him
k'Hr.s lit ll) tliu rt'liiiilhliiK Hllppi i iih a
pleilKi' ilutt nlii will It'll ('iilliiiuii what liu
wants to know rt uiiiiIIiik KiiKland'H ln
tcntloilN tiiwnnl .Mi'Nli'i). Ah ftrrlirlty
Nicholas kIvih Iht u trinket hi' tnti'inlril
for Ills HWt.'i'tliiMtrl, Kllziiht'lh Ohillclilll.
Tyler lellH l'altt'iiiiain that Joint occupa
tion of Oregon Willi Kimliiixl, iniiHt ci'iisi-,
tliat tlit wtHt Iiuh ralst'tl tlm try of "Fifty-four
Forty, or KikIiI." Calhoun lu
conics Mi'crctiiry of ninli'. llo orders
Nicholas to Montreal on Mali' IiiimIiii'hm,
nnil llic latter platiH to Im iniirilcil that
night. Thn iMiriwii'XM nay nIh will try to
prevent tlm inimliiKt!- A drunken con
KrcHHiiiiiti whom Is'lrholaM iiKh to assist
In tho wcttillni; uiraiiKi'ineiit. mi'ihIm the
baroness' nllpper lo l.llxiiin th, by inln
talie, unit the wetldliitf Ih tleclnreil olT.
Nicholas flmlM the liaioniHH In Montreal,
nhc having taiceeetli'il, where he failed, In
iIIhc.ovci'Iiik Unglaml'M Inii'tillon reKird
IliK Ott'Kon. Shit tell 1 1 lilt Hint tile flip
per ho hail in li Ih pu.tMi'MMlon eontaineil n
nolo from the attache of Tcmih to the
llrltlHh nnihaHMiulor, niiylnw that If the
Culled Slates tlltl not annex Tt xas with
in 80 iluyH, Hhe wonlil lo liotli Tcmis mitl
Onsmi. Nit ln'1 in nni'lH a n iturulM, Von
ltllleiiliofeii, who v,i him Information
nliout Oii'von. The li.ii'iiit'H' ami n Itrltlth
vwirnhli tllHiippetir from Miuiiii ill hIiiiiiI
taiiuiiiiHly. Calhoun wuhijch Voii ltlttcn
hoft'ii to inulto miipH ot the western coun
try. CHAPTER XX. Continued.
"I will toll you, NIclitilttH," Haiti ho nt
hiHt, whculltiK Hwlftly upon inc. "Start
next week! An army of sottlors waits
now for a leader along tlm Missouri.
Orgiuilzo tliom; lead thi'tn out! 01 vo
them ontliualaHin! Tell tliom what
Orc'con Ih! You may bitvu alike our
party and our nation. You cannot
measure tho coiiKOiiuenrcB of prompt
action HomctimeH, done hy a man who
Ih resolved upon the right. A thou
sand tilings may hinge on this. A
great future may hinge upon it."
"Willie you have lieon busy, 1 havo
not been idle," ho continued. "I havo
hero another little paper which 1 havo
roughly drafted." llo handed mo tho
document as ho spoke.
"A treaty with Texas!" 1 ex
claimed. "Tho llrst draft, yes. We havo
eigned tho memorandum. Wo await
only ono other signature."
"Of Van 'audi!"
"Yes. Now comes Mr. N'inholas
Trist, with word of a certain woman
to tho effect, that Mr. Van Zandt Is
playing also with Kngland."
"Ami that woman also is playing
with Unglnnd."
Calhoun smiled enigmatically.
"Hut slio lias gone," said I, "who
mows where? She, too, may havo
Balled for Oregon, for all wo know."
llo looked at me as though with a
flash of inspiration. "That may be,"
nnld he; "it may very well bo! That
would cost us our hold over I'aken
hnm. Neither would wo havo any
chance left with her."
"How do you mean. Mr. Calhoun?"
said I. "I do not understand you."
"Nicholas," said Mr. Calhoun, "that
lady was much impressed with ou."
Ho regarded me calmly, contempla
tively, nppraisingly.
"I do not understand you," 1 reiter
ated. "I am glad that you do not and
did not. In that ease, all would havo
been over at once. You would never
havo 8ccn her n second time. Your
constancy was our salvation, nnd por
Imps your own! In duo time you will
boo many things more plainly. Meantime-,
bo suro Kngland will bo careful.
Sho will make no overt movement, I
Hhonld say, until she has heard from
Oregon; which will not bo before my
lady baroness shall have returned and
reported to I'akenham bore. All of
which means more time for us."
1 begun to see something or the
structure of bold enterprise which thin
mnn deliberately was planning; but no
comment offered itself; ho that pres
ently ho went on, as though In solilo
quy. "Tho Hudson Hay Company havo
deceived Kngland splendidly enough.
Dr. McLaughlin, good man that he Is,
has not suited the Hudson Hay Com
pany, ilia removal means less cour
tesy to our settlers In Oregon, (ranted
a leas tactful leader than himself,
thero will bo friction with our high
strung frontiersmen in that country.
No man can toll when the thing will
como to an Issue. For my own part,
I would agree with l'olk that we ought
to own that country to llltyfour forty
but what wo ought to do ami what
wo can do nro two separate matters.
Should wo forco tho issue now and
lose, wo would lose for 100 years.
Should wo advance ilrmly and hold
Urmly what we gain, In perhaps less
than 100 years we may win all or that
country, as I Just said to Mr. Polk,
to tho Hlver Saskatchewan--1 know
not whoro! In my own soul, l bolievo
no man rimy set a limit to the growth
of tho idea of an honest government
by tho people. And tlilH continent Is
meant for that honest government!"
Ho sighed as ho paused In his walk
and turned to mo. "Hut now, as I
Bald, we havo at least time for Texas.
And In rtgard to Texas wo need an
olhor woman "
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I stared at him.
"You i nine ittiw lo me vlih proof
that my lady harmless tralllcs witli
Mexico as well as4 Kngland," he re
Hiiined. "That Is lo say, Yturrlo
meets my lady baroness. What Is the
Inference? At least, Jealousy on the
part of Yturrlo't) wife, whether or not
sho cares for him! Now, jtalousy be
tween tho sexes Is a deadly weapon if
well handled. Repugnant as It is, we
must handle it."
1 experienced no great enthusiasm
at tho trend of events, and Mr. Cal
houn smiled at me cynically as ho
went on. "I soe you don't caro for
this sort of commission. At least,
this Is no midnight Interview. You
shall call In broad daylight on the
Senora Yturrlo. If you and my daugh
ter will take my coach and four to
morrow, I think sfie will gladly re
ceive your cards. Perhaps also sho
will consent to take tho air of Wash
ington with you. In that. cane, sho
might diop in hero for an ice. In
such case, to conclude, 1 may perhaps
ho favored with an Interview with
Hint lady. I must havo Van ZnntU's
signature to tills treaty which you
Ht'O 1'fMI'!"
"Hut these are Mvxlcans, and Van
X.undt Is loader of ic Texans, their
most bitter enemies!"
"Precisely. All tho less reason why
Senora Yturrlo should bo suspected."
"1 am not suro that I grasp all this,
Mr. Calhoun."
"Porbapa not. You presently will
know more. Whnt seems to mo plain
Is that, since wo seem to lose a val
uable ally in tho Harmless von Kltz,
we must mako some offset to that
loss. If Kngland has ono woman on
tho Columbia, wo must have another
on tho lllo Orandc!"
CHAPTER XXI.
Politics Under Cover.
To a woman, tho romances hIio makes
are more auuiHlin; tlinn thoso alio roatls,
Thcophllo Guiltier.
It seemed quite correct for the
daughter of our secretary of state to
call to Inquire for the health of tho
fair Senora Yturrlo, and to present
tho compliments of Mine. Calhoun, at
that time not in the city of Wash
ington. Matters went so smoothly
that 1 felt Justified In suggesting a lit
tle drive, and Sonora Yturrlo had no
hesitation in accepting. Quite natural
ly, our stately progress finally brought
us close to tho residence of Miss Cal
houn. That lady suggested that, slnco
tho day was warm, It might bo woll
to descend and see If we might not
llnd a sherbet; all of which also
seemed quite to tho wish of tho lady
from Moxico. The ease and warmth
of Mr. Calhoun's greeting to her wero
such that she soon was well at homo
and chatting very amiably. She Hpoko
Knglish with but little hesitancy.
l.ucrezla Yturrlo, at that tlmo not 111
known in Washington's foreign colony,
was beautiful, in a sensuous, ripe way.
Her hair was dark, heavily colled, and
packed in masses above an oval fore
head. Her brows wero straight, dark
and delicate; her teeth white and
strong; her lips red and full; her chin
well curved and deep. A round nrm
and taper hand controlled a most art
ful fan.
Mr. Calhoun expressed great sur
prise and gratification that mere
chance had enabled him to meet tho
"And What Is That. Senor?" Sho Asked at Lenpth,
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wife of a gentleman so distinguished
In tho diplomatic service as Senor
Yturrlo.
"We are especially glad alwaya to
hear of our friends from the south
west," said he, at last, with a alight
addition of formality In tono and at
titude. At these words I saw my indy'soyes
flicker. "It Is fate, Honor," mild nhe,
again easting down her eyes, nnd
sin ending out her hands as in resigna
tion, "fate which loft Texas and Mex
ico not always ono."
"That may be," said Mr. Calhoun.
"Perhaps fate, also, that thoso. of kin
should cling together."
"How can a mere woman know?" My
lady shrugged her very graceful and
beautiful Hhoulders somewhat ma
ture shoulders now, but still beauti
ful. "Dear senora," said Mr. Calhoun,
"there are so many things a woman
may not know. For instance, how
could she know If her husband should
perchance leave the legation to which
lie was attached and pay a visit to
another nation?"
Again the slight flickering of her
eyes, but again her hands wero out
spread In protest.
"How indeed, senor?"
"What If my young aide here, Mr.
Trist, should tell you that ho has seen
your husband some hundreds of miles
away and In conference with a lady
supposed to be somewhat friendly to
ward" "Ah, you mean that baroness !"
So soon had tho shaft gone home!
Her woman's Jealousy had offered a
point unexpectedly weak. Calhoun
bowed, without a smile upon his face.
"Mr. Pnkcnhnm, the Hritish minis
ter, la disposed to bo friendly to this
snmo lady. Your husband and a certnln
ofllcer of the Hritish navy called upon
this camo lady last week In Montreal
informally. It is sometimes unfortu
nate that plans are divulged. To mo It
seemed only wise nnd fit that you
should not let any of thoso littlo per
sonal matters make for us. greater
complications In these perilous times.
1 think you understand me, perhaps.
Senora Yturrlo?" ,
Sho gurgled low In her throat at
this, any sort of sound, meaning to
remain ambiguous. Hut Calhoun was
merciless.
"It is not within dignity, sonora, for
mo to mako trouble between a lndy
and her husband. Hut wo must havo
friends with us under our flag, or
know thnt thoy are not our friends.
You art welcome In my house. Your
husband is welcome in the house of
our republic. Thero are certain du
ties, even thus."
Only now and ngaln she turned
uiion him the light of her splendid
eyes, searching him.
"If I should recall again, gently, my
dear senora, the fact that your hus
band was with that particular woman
If l should say that Mexico has
been found under tho Hag of Kngland,
whllo supposed to be under our flag
if 1 should ndd that one of tho repre
sentatives of tho .Mexican legation
had been discovered in handing over
to Kngland certain secrets of this
country and or tho Republic of Texas
why, then, what answer, think you,
sonora, Mexico, would mako to mo?"
"Hut Senor Calhoun does not mean
does not dare to say "
"I do dare It; I do mean it! I can
, tell you all that Mexico plans, and nil
that Texas plans. All the secrets are
out; and since we know I hem, we pur
pose Immediate annexation of tho Re
public of Texas! Though it means
war, Texas shall be ours! This has
been forced upon us hy the perfidy of
other nations."
"You seek war, Senor Secretary!
My people say that your armies aro
In Texas now, or will he."
"They aro but very slightly In ad
vance of tho truth, senora," said Cal
houn grimly. "Kor me, 1 do not be
lieve In war when war can be averted.
Hut suppose It could bo averted? Sup
pose the Senora Yturrlo herself could
avert It? Suppose the senora could
remain here still, in tills city which
she so much admires? A lady of so
distinguished beauty and charm la
valuable In our society here."
lie bowed to her with stately grace.
If there was mockery in his tone, she
could not catch It; nor did her search
ing eyes read his meaning.
"See," he resumed, "alone, I nm
helpless In tills situation. If my gov
ernment is offended, I cannot stop the
com so of events. I am not tho sen
ate; I ant-Blmply an ofllcer In our ad
ministration a very humble ofllcer of
his excellency our president, Mr.
Tyler."
My lady broke out In a peal of low
rippling laughter, her white teetn
gleaming. It was, after all, somewhat
difllcult to trifle with ono who had
been trained In intrigue all her life.
Calhoun laughed now In his own
quiet way. "Wo shall do better if we
deal entirely frankly, senora," said he.
"Let us then wnsto no time. Frankly,
then, It would seem that, now tho
Haroness von Rltz is off the scene, the
Senora Yturrlo would have all tho bet
ter tltlo nnd opportunity In tho affec
tions of well, lot us say, her own
husband!"
She bent toward him now, her lips
open in a slow smile, all her subtle
and (lnngerous beauty unmasking Its
batteries. Tho impression sho con
voyed was that of warmth and of
spotted shadows such as play upou
tho leopiud'B back, such as mark tho
wing oMhe butterfly, tho petal of
some llower born In a land of heat
and passion. Rut Calhoun regarded
her calmly, his finger tips together,
and spoke as deliberately as though
communing with himself. "It is but
ono thing, ono very littlo thing."
"And what is that, senor?" she
asked at length.
"The signature of Senor Van Znndt.
attache for Texas, on this memoran
dum of treaty between tho United
States and Texas."
Rowing, ho presented to her the
document to which he hnd earlier di
rected my own attention. "Wo nro
all well advised that Senor Van Zandt
i8.trafllcklng this very hour with Kng
land as against us," ho explained. "Wo
ask the gracious assistance of Senora
Yturrlo. In return we promise her
silence!"
"I can not it is impossible!" sho ex
elnlmed, iib sho glanced at tho pages.
"It is our ruin !"
"No, senora," said Calhoun sternly;
"It means annexation of Texas to the
United States. Hut that is not your
ruin. It is your salvation. Your coun
try well niny doubt Kngland, even
Kngland bearing gifts!"
"I have no control over Senor Van
Zandt ho Is tho enemy of my coun
try!" she began.
Calhoun now fixed upon her tho full
cold blue blaze of his singularly pene
trating eyes. "No, senora," ho said
sternly; "but you havo access to my
friend Mr. Polk, and Mr. Polk is the
friend of Mr. Jackson, and thoy two
aro friends of Mr. Van Zandt; nnd
Texas supposes that theso two, al
though they do not represent precise
ly my own beliefs In politics, aro for
the annexation of Texas, not to Kng
land, but to America. Thero Is good
chance Mr. Polk may bo president. If
you do not use your personal influ
ence witli him, ho may consult politics
and not you, and so declare war
against Mexico. Thnt war would cost
you Texas, and much more as well.
Now, to avert that war, do you not
think that perhaps you can ask Mr.
Polk to say to Mr. Van Zandt that
his signature on this little treaty
would end all such questions simply,
Immediately, and to the best benefit
of Mexico. tTexas and tho United
States? Treason? Why. sonora,
twould be preventing treason!"
(TO HU CONTINUUM.)
Johnny on the Spot.
Peddler (selling preparation for re
moving' stains from clothing) I havo
got hero .
Servant (who responds to tho
ring)- Kxctiso mo, pleni-o, hut wo aro
In great troublo here today. Tho gen
tlomnn of tho house has been blown
up in an explosion.
Peddler 11a! Hurt much?
Servnnt Rlown to atoms. Only a
grease spot left of him.
Peddler Ah! Only a grease spot,
j you say? Woll, hero's a bottlo of my
champion ernuieator, which win re
move that grease spot In two mlu
utea. Tlt-RltH.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,
THE GREATEST WHEAT
MARKET ON THE CON
TINENT REMARKABLE YIELDS OF WHEAT,
OATS, DARLEY AND FLAX IN
WESTERN CANADA LAST
YEAR.
Figures recently issued show that
tho wheat receipts at Winnipeg Inst
year wero 88,209,330 bushels, as .com
pared with the Minneapolis receipts
of 81,111, HO bushels, this placing Win
nipeg at tho head of tho wheat re
ceiving markets of tho continent. Fol
lowing up this Information it is found
that tho yields throughout tho prov
inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, as given tho writer by agents
of the Canadian Government sta
tioned in different parts of the States,
havo been splendid. A few of tho
instances aro given:
Near Red vers, Sask., Jens Ilortncss
threshed nbottt CO acres of wheat, av
eraging 2!) bushels to tho acre. Near
Elphmstono, Sask., many, of tho crops
of oats would run to nearly 100 bush
els to tho acre. A Mr. Mulr had about
200 acres of this grain and he esti
mates tho yield at about GO bushels
por acre. Wheat went 35 bushels to
tho aero on tho farm of Mr. A. Loucks,
near Wymynrd, Sask., In tho fall of
1910. K. Erlckson had 27 and P.
Solvason 17. In tho Dempster (Man.)
district last year, wheat went from
23 to 30 bushels per aero. Fifteen
ncros on tho Mackenzie &. Mann farm
today went forty-three husliels to tho
acre. In the Wnlnwright and Rattle
river districts yields of wheat aver
aged for the district 2(1 bushelB to the
aero. M. R. Ness, of tho Tolield, Al
berta, district, got 98 husliels and
28 lbs. of oats to tho acre, whllo near
Montrose, over !)l bushels of oats to
tho aero was threshed hy J. Isolde,
notwithstanding tho thy weather of
June. Further reports from the Ed
mouton district give Frank McLay of
tho Horso Falls 100 bushels of oats
to the acre. They weighed 45 lbs. to
tho bushel. A 22-acro Held of spring
wheat on Johnson Rros.' farm near
Agricola yielded -10V bushels to tho
ncre. Manitoba's record crop for 1910
was grown on McMillan Rros.' farm
near Vestbourllo. who have u total
crop of 70,000 bushels, netting $40,000
off 2,200 acres. G. W. Huchanan of
Plnchcr Creek, Alberta, had 25 '&
bushels of No. 1 spring wheat to tho
aero. Mr. A. Hattou of Mncleod dis
trict had wheat which averaged 21
bushels to tho acre. B. F. llolden,
near Indian Head, Sask., threshed 950
bushels of wheat from 20 acres.
On tho Experimental Farm at In
dian Head, wheat has gono bolow 40
bushels, whllo several, such as tho
Marquis and tho Preston, have gono
ns high ns 54 bushels to tho acre. At
Elstow, Sask., tho quantity of wheat
to tho aero ran, on tho average, from
20 right up to 40 bushels per aero,
whllo oats in somo cases yielded a
return of 70 to 80 bushels per acre,
with flax giving 13 to 14 bushels per
ncrc.
W. C. Carnoll had n yield of 42
bushels por aero from six acres of
breaking. Nell Callahan, two miles
northwest of Strome, had u yield of
42 bushels of wheat por acre. Win.
Lindsay, two miles cast of Stromo,
had 1,104 bushels of Regenerated
Abundance oats from ten acres Jo
seph Scheelar, 11 miles south of
Stromo, had 12,000 bushels of wheat
and uats from 180 acres. Part of tho
oats yielded 85 bushels to tho aero,
and tho wheat averaged about 40
bushels. Spohn Bros., four miles
southwest of Strome, hntl a splendid
grain yield of excellent quality wheat,
grading No. 2. A. S. McCulloch, ono
milo northwest of Stromo, hnd somo
wheat that went 40 bushelB to tho
aero. J. Rlasor, a fow miles south
west of Stromo, threshed 353 bushels
of wheat from 7 acres. Among tho
good grain yields at Macklln, Alberta,
reported are: D. N. Twcedle, 22 bush
els to tho acre; John Currln, 24 bush
els wheat to tho acre; Sam Fletcher,
20 bushels to tho aero.
At Craven, Sask, Albert Clark
threshed from 00 acres of Btubblo
1,890 bushels; from 20 acres of fal
low 900 bushels of red flfo wheat that
weighed G5 pounds to the bushel.
Charles Keith threshed 40 bushels to
tho aero from 40 acres. Albort. Young,
of Stony Reach, Bouthwost of Lums
den, threshed 52 bushels per acre
from summer fallow, and Georgo
Young 5.000 bushels frqm 130 ncres of
Btubblo and fallov, or an average of
3S 1-2 bushels to tho aero. Arch Mor
ton got 5.G00 bushels of red flfo from
1(10 acres. James Russell got 8,700
bushels from stubblo and lato break
ing, an avorago of 23 Mi husliels.
At Rosthorn Jacob Frlcscn had 27
bushels per ucro from 80 ncres on
new land and an nverago over his
whole farm of 21V6 bushels of wheat.
John Scliultz threshed 4,400 bushels
from 100 ncres, or 44 bushels to the
acre. John Lopp had 37 bushels per
aero from 200 acres. A. B. Dirk had
42 bushels per aero from 25 ncres
Robert Roo of Grand Couloo threshed
45 bushels to tho ncro from 420 acros.
Sedloy, Sask., Is still another dis
trict that has catiso to bo proud of
tho yields of both wheat and flax.
J. Cleveland got 30 bushels of wheat
por aero on 100 acros and 18 bushels
of flax on 140 acros. T. Dundas,
southeast of Sedloy, 40 bushols per
ncro on 30 acres; M. E. Miller, 34
bushols per acre on 170 ncres of stub
ble, and 35 bushels por aero on 250
acres fallow; W. A. Day had 32 hUBh
ols per aero on 200 acres of Btubblo,
and 35 busholB ou 250 acres of fallow;
J. O. Scott had 30 bushols of wheat
por aero on 200 acres, and 18 bush
els of flax per aero on 300 acres;
James Bullick averaged 29 bushels of
wheat; A. Allen 30 bushels; Jos, Run
Ions, 40; Alex Ferguson, 38; W. R.
Thompson, 35, nil on largo acreages.
Tho flax crop of J. Cleveland Is rather
a wonder, ns his land has yielded him
$G0 per aero In two yenrs with ono
ploughing. Russoll, Man., farmers
threshed 30 bushels of wheat nnd GO
to 80 bushels or oats. A. D. Sten
house, near Melford, Sask., had nn
averago yield on 13V6 acres of now
land, G3l(s bushels of Preston wheat
to tho acre. Hector W. Swanston, a
farmer near Welwyn, Sask., had 5,150
bushels of wheat from ono quarter
section of land. John McLean, who
owns two sections, threshed 12.8G0
bushols of wheat.
Probably Got Off.
Apropos of certain unfounded
charges of drunkenness among tin
naval cadets nt Annapolis, Admiral
Dewoy, at a dinner In Washington
told a story about a young sailor.
"Tho sailor, after a long voyage,"
ho said, "went nshoro in the tropics,
and. It being a hot day, ho drank, in
certain tropical bars, too much beor.
"As tho sailor lurched under his
heavy load along a palm-bordorcd ave
nue, his captain hailed him Indig
nantly. " i.ook hero,' the captain said, 'sup
pose you were my commander, and
you met mo In such a condition as
you're In now, what would you do to
mo?'
" 'Why, sir,' said tho sailor. ' would
n't condescend to take no nottco of
you at all, sir.' "
And It Was All Imagination.
"I wonder how much Imagination
governs somo persons' senses?" re
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terday "For a Christmas present I
sent to n .young woman of my ac
quaintance one of tho most elaborate
sachet cases I could find. It wns such
a beautiful thing that I didn't put per
fume in it, for some women prefer to
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thought I would leave It to the re
cipient to put her own particular sach
et powder In the case. You may Im
agine I wns somewhat amazed to read
this In her enthusiastic letter of
thanks: it's pcrfumo has pervaded
the wiiolo room.' " New York Press.
Real Courage.
He was the small son of a minister
and his mother was teaching lilin tho
meaning of courngo.
"Supposing," sho said, "thero wero
12 hoys In ono boMroom, nnd 11
got into bed at onco. while the othor
knelt down to say his prayers, that
boy would show truo courage."
"Oh," said tho young hopeful, "I
know something that would bo more
courageous than that. Supposing thero
wero 12 ministers in one bedroom,
and one got Into bed without saying
his prayers!"
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