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ILLIAN SNELL
teacher of the
first grade in
building No o
public schools of
Windsor turned
quickly from the
bl a ckboard
MIArvn V n lin l
1111 uuii ouu juiu
been drawing a
pert wren swing
ing on a spray of
clover
Who is cry
Mig she asked
in a
sweet firm
voice
It is little Ag
Ties Gregory volunteered a diinple
Faced boy who sat near
Miss Snell crossed the room and bent
-over the child
Agnes little sunshine lassie what
s Iti Can you not tell me about it
Sobs were Agnes only reply Miss
Snell kissed iier gently then went back
to nor work When it was finished and
the children all provided with work
she lifted the sobbing child and ten
derly carried her to the teachers desk
Here somewhat removed from the
little ones Lillian set about
soothing her pupil
Agnes was a pretty fair faced child
of G She had sunny blue eyes and
hair a golden chestnut curled about
her face and neck Her clothing was
clean but well worn and Lillian notic
ed the gaping hole in the tiny shoe as
well as the thinness of the faded dress
Noticed it with a sympathetic thrill of
the heart that throbbed with some
thing of the divine spirit of mother
nood toward the children in her care
Agnes story was soon told Her
widowed mother had had no breakfast
Tor her little ones
I dont care so much about myself
Miss Snell the child went on artless
ly cause Im mammas brave girl
but when little brother Royce wakes works scarce an I dont know what
up he will be so hungry and he is
only 3 years old He does not know he
mustnt cry
A little more questioning and Lillian
Uearued that some one owed Mrs Greg
xrry for sewing also that she hoped to
have dinner ready when Agues came
home
Lillian looked out into the driving
storzn oi a January afternoon She
knew Mrs Gregory and her heart
ached for the pale young mother
Miss Snell was quick of thought and
action Ten minutes later Agnes was
in a warm cloak room feasting on the
dainty lunch Mrs Snell had prepared
for her daughters midday meal The
young teacher had written a note and
a list of articles of food and was at
the door of the room across the hall
The teacher Florence Fox listened i
sympathetically to Lillians story and
to the suggestion that her own 12-year-old
brother be called from the sixth
grade to deliver the note
Of course Fred can go she cried
-and Lillian you say you have written
to Mr Davis the circumstances and
asked him for good weight Ill send
an order to Cousin Hugh for a half
cord of wood tell him the story and
ask him likewise for good weight
A faint crimson flush stained Lill
ians cheek but she warmly thanked
her friend and hurried back to her
work
Mark Davis was a stout genial faced
man of 3S He sat in his office his
mornings at his books just finish
ed Througn the open door he could
see the brisk clerks stepping about in
the grocery store from which the office
opened There was odor of spices cof
fee fruit and fish in the air
Eight hundred dollars more profit
his year than last the grocer said to
himself Somehow it doesnt do a
man any good to pile up money when
he has no one to spend it on
Here his reverie was cut short by the
eutrance of a clerk who handed him an
envelope saying A boy just brought
this
Two papers dropped from the en
velope as he tore it open The first
Vr a list including a loaf of bread
potatoes crackers dried beef and a
few other articles He glanced over it
and opened the other It was Lillians
note
Dear Mr Davis A little girl ia ray
room is crying because she has had no
breakfast Her name is Agnes Greg
ory and hc r mother is a poor widow
who lives on the third floor of No 4
Hampton street Please send the
things ordered at once I wili come in
after school and pay for them And
Mr Davis please give good vrsfeht
Truly yours LILLIAN SNE
Mr Davis had been a frieird of the
SnU Tu UiHX -or yeais and il tvis
the first time that Lillian had appeal
ed to him for help in her charitable
work So that was not the reason that
so strange a look came into bis honest
brown eyes
Agnes Gregory and lives on Hamp
ton street he murmured It surely
must be Margarets child Good God
Margaret and her child wanting
bread
A half hour later Mark Davis was
making his way up the stairs to the
floor upon which Mrs Gregorys rooms
were situated His knock at the first
door was answered by a red faced
woman
Mis Gregory is it you air wantin
she asked sharply An its no bad
news you air after bringin her I
hope
I wanted to deliver some groceries
a friend has sent her
The clouded face cleared as if by
magic Heavens blJssin be on yer
head then Mis Gregory shes gone
out but Ive her key here and will un
lock the door Thats her by an a
swate child he is
Mark eagerly looked at the pink and
white face of the boy He held out a
great golden orange and little Royce
sprang for it his childish laugh echo
ing through the room Then the grocer
followed Mrs Donovan to the home of
Margaret Gregory
It was a bare place but clean and
neat Mark sighed as he noted the
signs of abject poverty While the de
livery man was bringing up the par
cels Mrs Donovan volubly explained
that Mrs Gregory had gone to try to
get some money due her The warm
hearted Irish woman had surmised
that fortune was at a low ebb with her
neighbor partly because of little
Royces unusual fretf illness which
liad been quieted by a huge slice of
bread and butter
Shes worked her precious fingers
most to the bone she concluded but
evers goin to become of her and her
babies
The wood soon came Florences half
cord had been re enforced by a whole
cord perhaps because she had written
her cousin that the needy widow was
a protege of Miss Suells
As to Lillians orders for groceries
Mr Davis had added to it a sack of
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AGXES
STOKV WAS SOON TOLD
fiour a ham coffee tea sugar apples
cookies cheese canned fruits and
meats and a big bag of candy
Mrs Donovan went back to her own
room and the wagons rolled away
Mark hastily built a fire then sat down
to think how best to explain the liberty
he had taken
The bare room faded from his vision
as he sat there In its place came an
old country garden overgrown with
roses and clematis It was June and
the air was heavy with the scent of
many blossoms By his side was a
beautiful girl in whose curls the sun
shine seemed entangled He bent low
er and the rose red lips of his compan
ion murmured I love you Mark
Still lower bis head sank until his lips
touched the ones that had uttered the
sweet words
A start and he sat upright glancing
around him That was ten years ago
He was poor then and Margaret beau
tiful Margaret Henson had been the
only daughter of a wealthy home So
their engagement had been forbidden
They parted vowing eternal constancy
A year later Margaret became the wife
of Yance Gregory but it was not until
months after that Mark learned of the
rxeachery and deceit that had been em
ployed to urge her to that step
It was too late then There was
nothing to do but endure
He had known for some time that
Margaret was a widow and lived in the
city He knew nothing of her poverty
supposing that her means were ample
To go to her now with a story of love
had never occurred to him She knew
nothing of what had parted them He
could n ct blacken the memory of the
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man who had been her husband the
father of her children
He sprang to his feet There was no
need of an explanation He passed out
pausing for a final word with Mrs
Doncvan
Tell Mrs Gregory the tilings came
from the teachers at No 3
To be sure Mr Davis responded
the woman who had recognized Mark
Ill tell her all bout it And may the
blissins of all the saints rest on your
dear head
Mark hurried away leaving a shin
ing silver dollar in Royces hand
It was only a few minutes after his
departure that a thinly clad woman
came toiling wearily up the stairs It
was Margaret Gregory The woman
who owed her was out of town The
needy mother had applied at several
places for work only to meet with re
fusal Then she had gone to a store
and begged for credit but in vain
She had reached the end There was
but one way open She would ask Mrs
Donovan to give her children their din
ner When she had rested and con
quered the bitter rebellion in h heart
she would go out again and aiply to
the city for charity
Margaret Gregory was proud She
was already faint for the want of food
yet she turned in loathing from the
thought of a meal obtained in that
way It would be worse than death
but death doesnt come at onea call
and there were her babies
A dry sob burst from her lips She
passed Mrs Donovans door in silence
She must have a moment to herself be
fore she could ask charity of one so
poor as her kind neighbor Hurrying
on she pushed open her own door
A bright fire was blazing in the
cracked stove Mrs Donovan had pre
pared potatoes for the oven and cut
slices ready for frying from the ham
The open door of the wood closet show
ed a huge pile while the table was
heaped high with food
For a moment she stood gazing wild
ly around her Then she dropped on
her knees and a shower of tears re
lieved her overwrought nerves
The next days mail brought a Iettei
from Margaret to Mr Davis The
writer had gone to Miss Snell to thank
her From the young teacher she had
learned of Marks connection with the
affair
It was an earnest grateful letter
blotted here and there with tear stains
She accepted his generosity for hei
childrens sake she could not refuse
charity She referred to the friendship
that had existed between their parents
but Mark was glad she Avas too wom
anly a woman to even hint at the rela
tion they had once borne to each other
When he finished reading the letter his
heart was light for he understood that
Margaret knew of the treachery that
had blotted the sunshine of his life
Mark went straight home and told
his aunt who was also his housekeep
er all about it Mrs Everts was knit
ting before the open coal fire She was
a bright faced old lady with soft white
hair and a serene face When he had
finished she laid down her work and
sat for a long time gazing into the
dancing flames
The only daughter of my old friend
Rebecca Honon in want of food she
said a note of pain in her voice Mark
you and I both have plenty of money
there is room in this house and in our
hearts for Margaret and her babies
But she is proud Go and ask her to
come and sew for me Tell her I am
lonely and ask her to bring her little
ones to brighten me up
Mark bent to kiss the placid face
Thank you Aunt ELsie I see you un
derstand A few hours later he knock
ed at Maragrets door He saw that
the years had changed her The wild
rose bloom had faded from her cheeks
rears had washed the joyous light from
her blue eyes yet it was surely that
Margaret that he had loved that stood
before him
She met him frankly and with un
disguised pleasure Her voice trembled
when she undertook to express her
gratitude Mark made light of the
whole affair and insisted on talking of
their childhood days The fruit and
nuts he brought proved an open sesame
to the hearts of Agnes and Royce and
they were soon on the best of terms
with the caller
Margaret was very grateful for the
offer of work She hesitated a little
over accepting Mrs Everts kind invi
tation fearing lest the children prove
an annoyance But when Mark drew a
touching peture of the loneliness of his
aunt she gladly consented to come It
was arranged that the carriage come
after the Gregories the following after
noon
One morning two months later Flor
ence Fox tripped across the hall at No
o and entered Miss Snells room
Of course you are going to the wed
ding reception Thursday evening she
began I think it is such a lovely
marriage dont you
Indeed I do replied Lillian warm
ly Yes I am to go in the afternoon
and help with the decorations The
whole house is to be in green and
white smilax ferns roses and carna
tions Mrs Everts says Mr Davis can
not do too much for his bride our dear
Margaret the sweet old lady calls
her
And I believe it all came about
from your begging him to give her
good weight Florence cried merrily
He is obeying your request in an ex
travagant manner And Lillian is not
that pretty pearl ring and the beatific
expression on Cousin Hughs face the
result of my efforts along the same line
of charitable work
The bell rang then and the blushing
Lillian was spared the necessity of a
reply Utlca Globe
An English firm is manufacturing a
lock which has the keyhole set in the
edge of the outer doorknob todraw the
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HOW SHIP CAPTANS SEND SE
CRETS ACROSS THE WATER
Tliis ZVIanner of Giving Orders Ib Now
a Matter of Science Measajres Can
Be Sent at Night Klcetric Iriglita
that Talk
Signals of Ships
Of all the things that went down in
the Maine nothing was more vital to
the navy than the safe recovery of the
signal books from the captains cabin
Should they have fallen into the hands
of the Spaniards our secret codes
would be common property and a whole
corps of Spanish spies right in our ser
vice could scarcely embarrass us more
SPKKD CONT AND
FLAG SIGNALS
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New books would have to be issued
and before every ship could be notified
and supplied anew with other keys
mouths of priceless time would be lost
and our service severely crippled Sig
naling between ships is as old as the
hills almost but only within recent
3cars has it become the scientific ne
cessity it is to day A Ship without
some means of distant signaling is even
worse off than a dumb man without
arms for she is not only pitiably mute
but dangerously so as well It is sel
dom possible even in times of peace at
mon exceptions these crdc are not
memorized Each ship carries a num
ber of signal books or keys for va
rious uses all arrange5 in the same
manner and perhaps many having du
plications of the numbers and it is nec
essary first to tell in which key the
answer is to be read before the signal
can be properly translated In one book
may mean Attack andstill
something else in the cipher book On
going into action covers weighted with
lead are slipped about them and it be
comes the signal officers duty to cast
them overboard and beyond the reach
of a victorious foe
Good for the Cow
The other day a bicycle rider found
a rare chance for sport He was near
the suburbs of Worcester A farm
wagon appeared with a cow trailing
behind patiently submitting herself Id
be led by a rope from the front seat
The bicycle idiot rode up to the cow
and began a series of tactics to annoy
her He punched her in the ribs yell
ed in her ears and dodged around her
legs Occasionally he fell back and
taking hold of her tail attempted to
make her tow his bicycle The cow ob
jected and kicked viciously This only
amused the rider and he directed his
attention to an annoyance that would
induce her to continue kicking mean
while keeping out of reach of her heels
Finally the animal stopped kicking and
appeared to become indifferent Some
spectators on a passing street car ob
served however that she had turned
her head so as to keep an- eye on her
persecutor It took he a few minutes
to get the range and meanwhile the
bicycle idiot grew bold and reckless
encouraged by her quiet behavior Sud
denly the animal darted forward so
as to get a slack in the rope stopped
short and let both heels fly Her aim
was sure this time and the bicycle went
out from under the idiots feet The
street car spectators raised a shout
the motorman rang a chime with his
gong and the farmer and his boy whip-
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WIG WAG
sea to hail a passing vessel by speech
and in times of war to do so would be
practically denied by the conditions of
service Some sure and accurate means
of visual communication must serve
instead and with us we have recourse
to colors form and sound At present
Ave have no less than eight means of
signaling and paradoxical as it may
tions varying from one to two three
or four flags not counting the pen
nants These hoists indicate the num
bers of certain established orders or in
structions carried in the key bo otes at
the service and with very few com j
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light for then we must depend for
the greater part upon the doubtful flut
tering of our flags and the questiona
ble interpretation of color and form
which distance and refraction teul
easily to confuse At night backed by
the deep netting of gloom it is an easy
matter to flash for miles our messages
with accuracy and quickness and be
sure of their proper reading For day
use setting aside that polyglot inter
national flag code common to all mari
time nations we have the service flag
code the wig wag or single flag code
familiar to nearly every modern school
boy the semaphore code an elabora
tion of the railway signals and the
whistle code to be used either day or
night in foggy weather The use of the
speed code hoisted on the yard arm to
give the gradation of concerted speed
can hardly be called a code Aside
from the flag code consisting essen
tially of thirteen elements or flags rep
resenting the numerals from 9 to 0 and
three repeaters substituted in place of
duplications and the semaphore cover
ing the same numerals and all the let
ters of the alphabet the two remaining
the wig wag and the whistle are
based upon the familiar telegrade codes
of dots and dashes The semaphore in
our service can hardly be counted upon
in time of war for the New York is the
only vessel so fitted and the rest of the
ships are practically unpracticed in
reading it In the British service the
semaphore is one of the most tried day
time methods of signaling and the ra
pidity and accuracy with which they
can dispatch messages is wonder
ful With our blue jackets they look
upon it as something akin to marine
railroading and are not complimentary
in their remarks With the thirteen
principal flags of our day code cuppte
mented by a half dozen designating
pennants it is possible to make about
12000 different hoists or combina
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SUMAIIIOKE
jpod up the horse The impassive cow
jonly wiggled her ears and gave an im
aginary fly on her side a triumphan
slap with her tail The wheel was so
twisted that the rider had to walk
home as helplessly as the cow was be
ing led He will not sue the owner of
the cow Worcester Mass Gazette
THE AMERICAN GIRL
One Artist Declares that There Is No
Distinct American Face
Recently the Now York Herald invit
ed several distinguished artists to draw
sketches showing the conception of
each of the distinctive type of Ameri
can young woman The accompanying
picture is Mr W T Smedleys idea
But it is not offered as a distinctive
type because Mr Smedley declares
that there is no distinct American face
The American girl he said is Amer
ican mainly in general get up in man
ner bearing and dres Were you to
dress a number of men or women of
different nationalities exactly aliKe you
could not I believe easily pick out the
representative of one from the other
Ive seen Russians who looked like Un
cle Sam and Americans who looked like
Russians and Ive known any number
of similar instances Similarly in a
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tion its beauty often comes from the
outside yet the nation gets the credit
for it Nor is the highest beauty to be
found among the aristocracy but
among the peopIe
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The Minister TVho Was an Elk
An Episcopal clergyman of Grand
Rapids Mich -who belongs to the order
of the Elks says a member of that
order attended a meeting the other
evening The chairman noticing his
presence said I see our Rev Brother
among us this evening- As this
Is such an unusual occurrence I think
he ivill have to be assessed 3 The
rector put his hand into his v alstcoat
pocket and marching up to- the desk
put down his little V and made a nice
little sppech in -which he told how glad
he was to be with his brother Elks and
ended by inviting them to- come and
hear him preach the next Sunday even
ing Some one moved that the Elks ac- -
cept the invitation and go in a body to
their brothers church which was
unanimously carried- The next Sun
day evening the front pews of the
church were filled with Elks and when
Rev Mr ascended his pulpit he
said I am delighted to see so many
of my brother Elks here this evening
but as it is such an unusual occurrence
with the most of them I think they
should each be assessed 1 Let your f
light so shine etc The way the silver
dollars rattled on that plate was a cau
tion The contribution was much
heavier than usual and the Elks voted
their reverend brother all right New
York Tribune
Energy will co anything that can be
dene in this world and no talents no
circumstances no opportunities will
make a two legged animal a man with
out it Goethe
Deafness Cannot Be Cored
by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear There is only one
way to cure Deafness and that Is by constitu
tional remedies Deafness Is caused by an In
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube gets inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hear
ing ami when it is entirely closed Deafness Is
the result and unless the inflammation can bo
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness caused by catarrh that ean
cot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Snd for
circulars free
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Acting as a Sub
Miies Why hello Giles old boyhow
are you Gracious how you havo
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first
Giles In what vray have I changed
Miles In your general appearance
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one time
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have grown careless
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