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"wear well.
The surface to be painted should he
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'and aiuootb. Pure white lend should
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out, not flowed on thick. When paint
ing Is done In this manner with Na
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trade marked with "The Dutch Boy
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the Job will be satisfactory. White lead
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.'Nn t ional Lead Company, Woodbrld:i
Building, New York, will send a testing
outfit free to any one Interested.
A Hungarian student who was plucked
at a recent examination nt Klnnienburg
hot bioiHelf, but first winged an exam
iner. flaw I Cared Svreenr snd FUtnls.
"I wart to tell you how I aiived
one of our horses that hud a fistula.
We had the horse doctor out nnd he
aid It waa ao bud that ho did not
think he could euro It, and did not
come agnln. Then we tried Slonn'a
Liniment and it cured It up nicely.
"One day last spring I waa plowing
for a neighbor who had a horse with
Weeny, and I told hilll about Sloan S
Liniment and he Una nie gei a uome
for him. and it cured, bis horse all
iriuht and he coca off now like a colt,
"We had a horse that had sweeny in tns twiugnt tney sat logetner m me nrst Agnes, rrom her city home, torsade himself; then walking back, and taking a
awfully bad anU we Ihought It waa parlor at Aikenside; and Jessie was not Jessie's going so often to see a lunatic; seat before the fire, he said: "I under
going to be any good, but we on'y listener, for with her face rest- but when Jessie described the poor, crazy stand you now. You would aave Maddy
n i el , r i i , nmi t rured It Ing on her hand, and her head bent eager- man's delight at sight of her, telling how Clyde from sorrow, and you are right.
Uod Sloan a Liniment a m u ' " y forwardt Agnes eat, ao as not to lose a quiet and happy he seemed If he could You know more of girls than I do. She
tip nicely. I told nnotner neiguuor word 0, whRt Ma(Jdy wag .Bying 0f Uncle but lay his hand on her head, or touch might In time get to to think of me aa
about It and he Bald It was the best joj.pj,. The Intelligence that he was ber hair, she withdrew her restrictions, she ought not. I never looked upon It in
Liniment he ever used. coml&g to the red eottags had been fol- and, as If moved to an unwonted burst of this light before. I've been ao happy with
'We are using Slonn'a Sure Colic
-Cure and wa think It la all right"
A. D. Baccc Aurella, la.
Tha Way the ('sap Propnaed.
It la a pretty Btory which Burrounds
the betrothal of the present Czar
Nicholas and the Czarina, for. although
the rrost nucstlon had hrtn nl mined
and thousrht out for them bv their re-
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lt.l.lTU lHIUHl, lllty UtllU WCIC uc
lerminea 10 ne a any in xne mamr
That they were In lov with each
other every one knew, and between
tuemseives a mutual understanding
bad been arrived at In the summer
bouse of York cottage ; but as Czare- I
svltch the future Czar had to make I
the formal and old-fnahloned offer of
tils hand.
"The Emperor, my father," ho aaid,
ddresalng the blushing brldo-to-be,
"has commanded nie to make you the
offer of my hand and henrt"
"My grandmother, the Queen," re
filled the present Czarina, "has com
manded me to accept the offer of your
band" she broke Into a rippling laugh
"and your heart I take of my own
free will"
Part of th Hon..
A rich' rancher told a story about a
'little alum urchin whom he bad sent
-on a month's- vacation Into the country.
"Tha lad," he said, "thought we (got
t anuah from the mushroom and milk
from tha milkweed. One morning a
lady pointed to a horse In a field and
ald, 'Look at the horse, Johnny.'
That's a cow,' tha boy contradicted.
No,' said the lady, Ufa a horse.'
"Taln't It'a a cow,' said the boy.
'Horses has wagons to 'em.' "Kansas
City Times.
Needed a Cloudburst.
i Staying at an inn in Scotland, a
shooting party fouud their sport much
Interfered with by rain. Still, wet or
'line, the old-fashioned barometer that
hung la the hall persistently pointed
to "set fain" At kagth one of the
party drew the landlord's attention to
tha glass, saying, "Don't you think,
now, Dugtfd, there's something the
eaatter with your glass?" "No, sir,"
replied Dugald, with dignity, "she's a
Cude glass and a powerful glass, but
-he'a bo' moved wl' trifles."
Remarkable. i-
"She'a the most rninurkable elderly
iwonia I -ever saw."
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"Not that Doesn't seem to regret
t" 'Louisville Courier-Journal.
THEY QliOW
in.... n j ., .
n amor and Cheerfulness Irons
Rla-at rood.
I Cbeerfulneiis Is like sunlight. It dls-
toels the clouds from the mind as sun
light chases away the ahadows of
ailaht ,
f n-,. ml m . .
I The good twmored man can pick up
knd carry qff a-kmd thut the man wit.
r grouch wouldn't attempt to lift
Anything thut luterferea with good
health Is apt to keep cheerfulness and
ajood humor In the background. A
Washington lady found that letting cof-
ee alone made things bright for ber.
She writes:
j "Four yvurs ago I was practically
given up by my doctor and was not ex
pected to live long. My nervous sys
tem was in a bud condition.
I "But I was young and did not want
to die, so 1 began to look about for the
cause of my chronic trouble. I used to
have nervous sinlia which would ex-
bsust m and after end. spell It wou d
take me days before I could sit up la
chair,
"I became convinced my trouble was
caused by cone. I decided to stop It
nd bought some l'ostum
"The first cup, which I made accord'
lug to directions, had a soothing effect
on my nerves and I liked the taste.
J'or a time I nearly lived on l'ostum
atnd ate little food besides. I a in to-
iuy a healthy woman.
"My family and relatlvee wonder If
;i am the same person I was four
yeurs ago, when I could do no work
on account of ni'tvousiutis. Now I am
lolug my own bouHcwork, take care of
two babies one twenty, the other two
auoiithx old. I urn ao busy that I hard'
ly get time to write a letter, yet I do
ll all with the cbeerfulneet and good
uuiuor iuui comes iroiu rujoyiug goou
Jjealtli.
"I tell my frleiuls It Is to Postuia I
m my life todny "
Name given by I'ontuin Co., Buttle
Creek. Mich. Keud "The Uoad to Weu
llle,n In pkga. "There's a Bea
iIKENSIBE
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
Asrksr at "Dm Hmm." "Tfc Raflhk Orni." "Hmnn'Ml tb mtV,
" Ke.wV.tl." " Itmtm tw4 SiHhiM." "Canls Miaat," 1
CIlAPTBIl XIII. I
In tha coarse of time Uncle Joseph
earns aa was arranged, and on the day I
following Maddy and Guy rod down to I
him, finding him a tall, powerfully
built man, retaining many vestige of I
manly beauty, and fully warranting all
Mrs. Markham had aaid In his praise. II
seamed perfectly gentle and harmless,
thongh whan Guy waa announced aa Mr.
Remington, Maddy noticed that In his
keen black eye there was for an Instant
a fiery gleam, but It quickly passed away,
aa he muttered: ,
'Much too young ; ha waa older than I
and I am over forty. Ira all right.
And tha fiery eye grew aoft and almost
sleepy In Ita expression, aa the poor lima-
tic turned next to Maddy, telling her
bow pretty aha was, asking her if she
were engaged, and bidding ber to be care-
fnl that her fiance waa not mora than a I
doxea years older than herself.
Uncle Joseph seemed to take to her
from the very first, following her from
room to room, touching her fair soft
cheek a, smoothing her silken hair, telling
bar Sarah'a used to curl, asking if she
knM ,i.Br. Sarah was. and finallv cry-
jnf jor ner M a cnu,j cries for ita moth-
r, when at last she went away. Much
f thia Maddy had repeated to Jessie, aa
Iowa with a series of headaches, so se-
Item and protracted that Dr. Holbrook
Hi pronounced her really sick, ana nao
feten unusually attentive. Anxloualy aha
lad waited for tha result of Maddy a visit
to the poor lunatic, and ber face waa
colorless aa marble as aha heard htm dc-
scribed, while a faint sign escaped ner
watn Maddy told ner what ne naa saia or
oarsn. .
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akihi was viiaugru buiiiw i in i wi ibid i
. . . , K0htflll Snd
. Ml h mBnn.P taw.rd Msddv 1 1
. t h.M.t.tv aa formerly. Guy
thought hor Improved, and thna was not
ao delbrfited as ha would otherwise nave
Ibsen, when, one day about two weeks I
after Uncle Joseph's arrival at Honedale,
ahe atartled him by aaying she thought It
nearly thna for ber to return to Uoaton
If aha meant to spend the winter there, I
and asked what una should do with Jessie,
Gny waa not quite willing for Agnes
to leave him there alone, but when ha Noah managed to keep her out of hia way
saw that she waa determined, be consent- aa soon aa the lessons were ended. What
ed to ber going, with the nnderatandlng did they mean? why did they presume to
that Jesele waa to remain a plan which interfere with him? He'd know, at all
Agnes did not oppose, aa a child ao large eventa ; and summoning Mra. Noah to hia
aa Jessie might stand In the way of her presence, he read that part of Agnes' let
being aa gay aa ahe meant to be In Dos- ter pertaining to Maddy, and then asked
ton. Jessie, too, when consulted, said what It meant.
she would far rather atay at Aikenside ; "it means thla, that folka are la a con-
and ao one November morning, Agnea, atant worry for fear you'll fall In love
wrapped In velvet and fura, kissed ber I
little daughter, and bidding good-by to
Maddy and the servants, left a neighbor-
aood which, since uncle Joseph waa ao I
near, bad become ao Intolerable that not I
even the hope of winning the doctor could I
avail to keep her In it
Ooy accompanied her to ths city, won-1
dsrinc why. when he nsed to like It so
much, It now seemed dull and tiresome, I
r why tha aoclety be had formerly enjoy-1
ed failed to bring back the olden pleat-
are be bad experienced when a resident I
of Boston. After seeing Agnea settled in I
one of the moat fashionable boarding
houses, ha started for Aikenside. I
It was dark when he reached borne. I
and aa the evening had closed In with a I
heavy rain, the house presented rather I
a cheerless appearance, particularly as, I
In conseauenca of Mrs. Noah's not ex-
pecting him that day, no fires had been
kindled in the parlors, or In any room ex- I
cent tha library. There a bright coal fire
waa biasing In the grate, and thither Guy
repaired, finding, as be had expected, Jes- I
ale and her teacher. Not liking to In-
trude on Mr. Guy. of whom ahe etlll
stood somewhat In awe, Maddy soon arose
to leave, but Guy bade bar stay) he
abould be lonely without her, he aaid ; and
so bringing her work she f down to
aew, while Jeosie looked over a book of
prints, and Guy upon the lounxe studied
the face which, it aeemtd to him, grew
each day more and more beautiful. Then
he talked with her of books, and the lee-
sona which were to be resumed on the
morrow, watching Maddy aa her bright
face aparkled and glowed with excitement.
he que8tloned her of h,r fath.r..
famllv. feellna a strsnsa sens of utta.
faction In knowing that the Clydea ware
ttot a race of whose blood anyone need be
ashamed : and Maddy waa more like them.
M.w" u' l"?u
anu uuy saivarea a ihu. m as recauea
m peculiar umioi-i vi air. ana aura.
vr.-iv, ,a mK,-
Maddy'a grandparents. Not that It waa
anything to him, Oh, no I Only aa an
Inmate of his family he fait Interested
In her, more ao perhaps than young men
were apt to be Interested In their slater's
governeea.
Had Guy then been asked the Question.
Um wuu, III il i'uaiiiii;, umri mDUWC
mAoA (!. In hi- htiFt . U
u9vU - - v..u.v " - twa-
In of euoer brity to Maddv Clvde: that
she was not aulte the eaual of Aiken-
alde'a beir, nor yet of Lucy Atherstone.
It was nstural; he had been educated to
feel the difference, but any haughty arro-
gance of which ho might have been guilty
was aepi uowu oy uis extreme good sense
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crimson morlno wbl,h ; m
and JeMl. nomnBny ia,i glv.n heri uhe
Maddv : he liked to look at h.r In tha
sat before him, with the firelight falling
on her aalr and making shadows on her
sunny lace.
It did not take long for the people of
CoibinervlIIe to hear that Guy Iteming-
ton bad actually turned schoolmaster,
hivlnr In his llhrsrv for two Imnr. nr
more each day Jesale's little girl governess
people wondering, as people will, where
It would eud, snj it it could be possible
that the haughty Guy had forgotten bis
. . . . . . ... . .
Juugliah Lucy and gone to educating a
wire.
The doctor, to whom these remarks
were sometimes made, silently gnsshed
his teeth, then aaid savagely that "if Guy
chose to teach Maddy Clyde, he did not
sa whose business It waa," and then
rods over to Aikeuside to see the teacher
and pupil, half hoping that Guy would
n ttr, ot bi, projwt ,d fW ,t Uo.
i put Guy grew more and more pleased
I sjrlth his employment, uutll, at last, from
I giving Maddy two hours of hia time, he
earns to give ber four, esteeming them ths
Bleesantest of the whole twenty-four. Guy
eras proud oi si.uay s uprovemni, prais -
ing her ofua to the doctor, who also mar-
tied at the rsyld development at kef
"Ues IIt
mind and the progress she made, grasp-
ing a knotty point almost before it was
explained, and retaining with, wonderful
tenacity what she learned.
It mattered nothing to Guy that neigh-
born gossiped; there were none familiar
enough to tell him what waa aaid, except
tha doctor or Mrs. Noah ; and so he heard
few of the remarks made so frequently,
Aa in Hone lale, so in Sommerville, Maddy
was a favorite, and those who interested
themselves most In the matter said Mr.
Guy might perhaps be educating his own
wife, and insinuating that it would be a
great "come up" for, Grandfather Mark-
ham a child. Hut Maddy never dreamed
of such a thing, and kept on her pleasant
way, reciting every day to Guy and go-
ing every Wednesday to the red cottage,
whither, after the first visit to Uncle
Joseph, Guy never accompanied her. Jes- I
sic, on the contrary, went often to Hone-
dale, where one at least alwaya greeted
her coming, stealing up closely to her,
whispering softly : Palsy Is come again."
From the first Uncle Joseph had taken
to Josie, calling ber Sarah for a while,
and then changing the name to "Daisy"
"Duirnr Mortimer, hi little lrl." he ner-
slsted In calling her. watching from his
window for her coming, and erring when-
ever Maddy appeared without her. At
tenderness, wrote to her daughter : "Com- I
fort that crazy man all you can; he I
needs It so much." I
a few weeks after there came another I
letter from Agnes, but this time It waa to
Guy, and Ita contents-darkened hia hand- I
gome face with anger and vexation. In- I
cidentally Agnes bad beard the gossip,
and written it to Guy, adding in conclu- I
sion : ui course 1 anow u is noi true,
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lor Vvvu li luero wcr. ng ijuct Auiff i
.11 m .M nf .Innn
f.n I A nnt nro.um. tn h.
hut I wlll'nav this, thst now sha Is
growing a young lady, folka will keep on
t.lklnr so lonir tou keeo her thera In
the house; and it'a hardly fair toward I
Luey."
,Th!a waa what knotted op Guy'a fore-
head and made him, as Jessie aaid, "real I
crosa for once." Somehow, he fancied, I
latterly, that the doctor did not like
Maddy's being there, while even Mra.
with Maddy."
" fail leva with that child t" Gny
repeated, laughing at the Idea, and forget-
ting that he bad long aince accused the
doctor of that very thing,
"Yea, you," returned Mrs. Noah, "and
'taln't atrange they do. Maddy la not a
child ; aha'a nearer alxteen than fifteen,
la almost a young lady ; and If you'll ex-
cuse nry boldness, I must say I ain't any I
too well pleased with the goln a-on my- I
aelf ; not that l aon t like tns girl, for I
da, and I don't blame her an atom. She's
aa Innocent aa a new-born babe, and I
hope ahe 11 always stay so; but you, Mr,
Gay, you now tell me honest do you
think as much of Lucy Atherstone as you
naed to, before yon took up school keep-
la'?"
Guy did not like to be Interfered with,
and naturally high-spirited, he at first
flew Into a passion, declaring that he
would not have loika meddling with him,
that he thought of Lucy Atberatone all
the time, and he did not know what more
he could do; that 'twas a pity If a man
could not enjoy bimseit In his own way.
providing that way were harmless, that
he'd never spent ao happy a winter aa the
last; that "
Here Mrs. Noah Interrupted him with :
-That', it, the very It; you want nothing
better than to have that girl sit close to
yon when ahe recites, as sha does; and
I once when ahe waa work in out aoma of
thna pluses and mlnuRea, and things, her I
"lato rested on your knee ; It did, I saw
it with my own eyes ; and then, let me
JmI drumraln' on the
Piano, why don't you bend over her, and
tarn tha leaves, and count the tune, aa
you do when Maddy plays; and how doea I
I happen tnat lately Jessie is one too
I many, when yon hear Maddy'a lessons?
I 8h has no suspicions, but I know ahs
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I v.suv, ,u w lk Nl
On h.mn to wince. Thr. ... ,,..
truth in what Mra. Noah had aaid. He
I "Id devlae varloua methods of getting rid
of Jessie, when Maddy waa In hia library,
at It had never looked to him in Just the
Unt It did when presented by Mrs.
noan, ana n uoxsnmj assea wnsi aire.
Noah would have him do,
I " " v . u unvv uu
I M.dil vnuraplr tnst vnu ara nmwA I
" - -'-
to Lucy Atherstone; aecond, I'd have yeu
write to Lucy all about it. and If you
honestly can, tell her that you only care
'or Maddy as a friend; third, I'd have
you send the girl "
"Not away from Aikenside 1 I no,er
wl1' a UUJ io ma ieoi.
I Tk. t,.A m,rAnAnA -n.l n.
instant the voumt man reeled, aa ha eaueht
, f1lmpi 'of wher. h, ,tood. ,tm
would not believe it, or confess to him-
I self how strong a place in his affections
I was held by tha beautiful girl now no
I longer a child, it was almost a year
since that April afternoon when he first
met Maddy Clyde, and from a timid, bash'
I ful child, of fourteen and a half, she bad
I rravn til the rather tall and rather aelf.
possessed maiden of fifteen and a half, al-
most sixteen, as Mrs. Noah said, "almost
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a woman ; ' and as it to veriry the latter-
fnet, she herself appeared at that very
moment, asking permission to coins in and
nnd a book, wiiicn naa neon mislaid, and
which she needed in bearing Jessie's lea-
sons,
"Certainly, come In," Guy aaid, and
folding hia anas he leaned against the
I mautal, watching br aa she hunted for
I the missing book.
I There was no pretense about Maddy
Clyde, nothing put on tor effect, and yet
lu every movement she showed msrks of
areat Improvement, both In manner and
style. Ot one huudred peoplo who might
I glance at her, ninety-nine would rook a
I second time, asking who she was. Not the
1 remotest suspicion bad aiaody west
waa occupjlna the thouihu ot her com-
paalena, thoimh. aa ahe left the ream a4
glaaeed brightly np at Ony, H struck aer,'
tbat hia face waa dark and moody, and a.
painful sensation flitted through her mind
tbat in some way aba had Intruded.
Well," was Mrs. NiMh s first comment,
as tha door closed on Maddy, bnt as Qoy
mada no response to tbat, aha continued
"Sbs la pretty. That you won't dony."
Tns, mora than pretty. Sha ll make
a most beautiful woman."
Guy seemed to talk mora to himself
than to Mrs. Noah, while his foot kicked
tha fender, and b mentally compared
Lucy and Maddy with each other, and
tried to think that it waa not tha result
of that comparison, bnt rather Mrs.
Noah's next remark, which affected him
unpleasantly. Tha remark or remark
were aa follows:
"Of coarse shell make a splendid worn-
an. Everybody noticea her now for her
beauty, and that'a why you re no business
to keep her here where you see her every
day. It's a wrong to her, lettin' yourself
alone."
Guy looked up, and Mrs. Noah contin
ued :
"!' been a girl myself, and I know
that Maddy can't be treated as you treat
her without ita having an effect. I've
no Idea that it'a entered her head yet.
but it will bimeby, and then good-by te
bcr happiness,
"For pity'a sake, what do you mean?
What have I done to Maddy, or what
am I going to do?"
Coming nearer to him. and lowering
her voice, Mra. Noah replied
"You are going to teach ber to love
you, Guy Remington.'
"And Is that anything ao very bad,
I'd like to know? Most girls do not find
love distasteful," and Guy walked hastily
ta ll.o vlnilnir trWa ha mood for n mo-
mont carina out upon the aoft April snow
which was falling, and feeling anything
but satisfied either with the weather or
her" here Guy's voice faltered a little.
but he recovered himself and went on:
"I will tell ber about Liucy to-night.
but tha sending her away, I can't do that.
Neither will she be happy to go back
where I took ber from, for though tha
best of people, they are not like Maddy.
and you know It."
Yea, Mra. Noah did know It, and pleas-
led tnat ner ooy, aa ens cauea uuy, naa
Known Bonis sikuv ol ucuiicut:. nuu auieuu-
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.... .-nA r.AA hm. lia aa nn
t otther. Khs liked ths plrl. snd
what ahe adviaed was this, that Guy
.hnnl n1 Msddv and Jessie both to
boarding school. Agnes, she knew, would
be willing, and It was the best thing he
could do. Maddy would thus learn what
waa expected of a teacher, and aa soon aa
she graduated, she could procure soma
eligible altuatlon."
(To be continued.)
"THERE IS YET TIME."
A Daughter Wakened In Time to tha
Paaalngr of Opportunities.
It was with a distressing, sense of
dread that Ilortense rang the door
bell of her friend's house. Sh had not
been to see Miriam since the death of
tier father, and she felt that the, visit
could not be otherwise than sod. To her
relief, Miriam met ber with a calm
sweetnesa of manner that at once mad
her feel more comfortable.
'I am so glad you have come, Hor-
tense," she said, after a few minutes
of commonplace conversation. "I've
been wishing to talk to yon about papa.
it's such a comfort to tell those of my
frlends who I'm sure will understand
how good and dear he was. I want
every one that cares for me to know
how happy I am In the memory of such
a father as mine."
Ilortense took Miriams hand 1b
hera In silent sympathy, for gathering
tears prevented her speaking.
"Somehow, as I look back," contin
ued Miriam, "I feel that I've been mora
blessed than most daughters, for 1
have so many bours of happy compan
ionship with my father to remember.
The seven years that I drove Into town
with him to hlch school, and then later
to mv omen vnrV verv mnmini nrul
h . . eve cvenini, en wa
JT l,aZH
llved y. hwe furnished
l" wiuJ n'' win
mak- my whole life better and sweet-
er. I shall never forget all our little
Jokes, end even the small worries we
had now seem precious. Some g trig
not haTe Chance for Intimate
association with their fathers that I
? TV VVr 1
"
usually fortunate.
I uorcense, iiaieiuns, rememoerea wim
I ahame how she and other friends of
I Miriam had Dltled her for that ion.
drive, winter and summer.
through mud or dust, with no on to
.n, i .nf , ,.fh..
taBt DUt ier lather.
ni 8clflsu ,n Bpcatlng so mucfcaC
I nyl". aaid Miriam, after a momenf
I alienee. "How la your father? Wall,
I I hope.'
I "Yea, pretty well, thank yoo."
"Does he get Out much, now that
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I .a,
x. . .....v V.. T t , .
4Wl TCI' u,u,-u "ul "
walking with him every day,
A faint color rose In Ilortense'!
cheeks aa she spoke, for she recalled
several of her father'a Invitations for
a walk hnd citner declined or
I VtR,llA"1CU-
"i' " "v"'-"w
ting pleasant, you will want to go out
with him a great deal, I'nn sure. How
nice J t Is thut he Is at leisure, ao you
can be together I"
"Tea ; nnd, O Miriam, you have made
mo see my neglected opportunities
how much I have lost lu not passing
more time with him. I came here to
tr7 to 'P yu ,n yur "otow, n4
you nave ueipea me. xou nave awak-
enea roe suddenly to tne greet value
of father'a days that are still left to
. . . . . . ,
uio. Oh, I've leen careless and blind
to my blessings I"
"But there Is yet time." said M be
ta m, softly. Youth's Companion,
Kaailr SatUBad.
"I want," said the woman of fashion
to the baughty department clerk, "te
with more 'pomp' than
"J wouiau i mjr avMuuiuiance.
an you neip roe ao u:
"RataP he auswered and Immedl
I ately directed her to the counter wher,
I thev were sold. Daltlmora Amerlcno.
I
Beyond tlwlr jHwer the bravest
1 at fight- Ugajet,
DISSATISFIED.
I uter know a .'cKcr 'nt was never satisfied
Mth nuy eiinic lie ever fntnl. nu' UhmihIi lie tried nnd tried
T' till ii pluee ':it HUitisI li'.iu ills lookin' wns In vain,
They wiiMi't flny sim-Ij ii simt. f rem Oregon to Maine.
He diiln't like- the K-,l V.w.v.w die. people wns so prim
An' very proper lil:e: lie sni.l I'iC.v knowed too much fer hlraj
He li(l!i't Ille the Wivt lieciii:- (lie peojile was so cride,
Ho never ei:il!I ('!'..'. lire t' ."l.i.v . In re i::i. oi:e win rude.
He didn't like the Xcrt'i limuse the winters wns so long.
An' couldn't sfniid the rMi -tl, ',ef!iu.i' the summer bent, wns strong;
An' wi lie !;;' ri-culn' .::'.' ,i '.olo1 t ',11 lie (lit (1.
An' now 1 s'pos" 111 s'vil'y i'-Wiivdel'in' roiiinl (lls.SMtlsfied.
1-7
"Bill, why docs this cloud overlnuis
your bright yminj; brow?" I usked kind
ly.
Bill Kif-'hod. He is tnll nmi fnir ti ml
liroiKl-sliuuIdei'eil mid tweiily-l wo, nnd
footlMll-lii'lde. Ho thinks he knows the
world nnd Imniiin tiutiire.
"I'm worried to dentil. .Molly.''
"Oil, Bill! What about?"
"The CI uh," s.iid lie, s:idly. "Von re
member how well we did hied year?"
I didn't, but what matter? "Of
oiil-se, I said.
"We're rotten this season. We
haven't n man lu the leain who enn
play full-hack. Last year wc had .Mor
gan, but he"s gone hack to CardiiT
Just like n beastly Welshman."
"But if his home's there?" I object
ed mildly.
I'gh! It's aii'keninj;. We've got a
mui'h heavier lot of fixtures now, and
we shall Just bo swamped. Think of
the r.ollingioti Hovers, for Instance;
they'll simply wipe the ground witu
lis "
"I hope not," said 1. feelingly. "If
this deluge goes on "
He droin-til info nn easy chair nnd
plunged his hands Into his pockets.
"Look here, ' Molly." lie hurst out,
you're always a good friend to a
hap."
My spirits fell.
"You're going to ask nie to do some
thing unpleasant." said I, warmly. "I
won't do It, Bill; It's no good. It's
because I'm not pretty that every one
thinks I'm good-natured. I've been
driven Into being good friends to too
many young men, and "
He stared nt me in surprise.
"I've always thought of you as being
the most unselfish girl I know," said he,
"and so, when I was in trouble, l nat
urally turiijod to you for help."
"Every one does," said I, In quiet
exasiwration. "Oh! go on.
He turned his ryes on the firr.
"It's tills wny," he said, slowly.
There's a chap cnlled Alexander I
I don't suppose you know him, but he
used to be at the Grammar School here.
and he's Just down from Oxford, and
a ripping good full-back. He's on the
trial for the county already, and he a
played twice for Medlingham. I don't
know how they got hold of Ii tin. I m
sure; but he'll Join them as sure as
blazes if "
"Bill !"
"I bog your pardon," said he, hastily,
but you sve iny point. I've been to
him about it, and Wuthers tackled
him in the Club the other day. and lie
said he knew most of the Medlliighain
chaps, and liked 'em, nnd he liked their
ground uiul clubhouse better than ours,
and thought on the whole he'd prefer
to throw in his lot with them, lie's a
pig-headed, domineering sort of beggar.
The kind of man well, the more you
want him to, the more ho won't, don't
you know?"
"I know," said I. sympathetically.
What could lie want me to do here?
Bill sat upright and regarded me un
easily.
"We came to the conclusion, Wuthers
nnd I, that the only possible chance ot
getting Alexander was to leave him
quite alone ourselves and persuade
some woman to get at him. '
Bill!" So this was what lie want
ed. '
You're a sensible girl. Molly. Don't
you think It's a good plan?"
"If you think," said I, Indignantly,
"thnt 1 am going to try to Influence a
perfectly strange young liuiii "
Bill stared.
"You don't think I meant you?" he
cried, In unflattering amazement.
I collapsed and returned his stari
blankly.
"Oh, no," said he, hastily, "what we
thought, Wuthers ami I. was that we
must get some pretty, fetching kind of
girl, with winning ways "
"I see," said I, slowly; "thankyoii,
Bill."
"Like that 111 tie Miss Meadows," he
pursued blindly. "Mns'tte. they call
her. She could wheedle a horse's hind
leg off, I believe. At least, Wuthers
nays so. He's been refusal by ber sev
en times. He knows her pretty well.
"He seems to," said I. coldly. "Would
you have llk-nl It, I as!; you?"
"You know her, too, don't you, Mol
ly?"
"Yen," said I, slowly, "I was at
achiMil with her. Certainly I know
her."
"Then what do you think of the
Idea?"
"I think," said I. slowly, "that Mu
sette Meadows can do unt things. Oh,
yes."
There!" cried he, triumphantly
"You must talk her round, Molly, and
get her to tackle Alexander. Those
strong-willed, pig-heiuled chaps are
often like wax with n pretty girl, aren't
i they
they?"
Very often." said I. "But why not
ask ber yourself, Bill!"
"1 hardly know her," lip. said, "and
besides It's dangerous. Girls have a
way of misconstruing a friendly Inter
est, you see. You've pot to be Jolly
careful Hint they don't fall In love .with
you. don't you know. A man doesn't
want to make a girl unhappy unless
le's an awful brute."
Tlie overwhelming conceit of tills
trok my breath nway. I mulled a little
then, remiyiilierlng as I did with a rush
Miwette's smile, Musette's eyes and
lips and half.
"You're a nice, modest boy, Bill," I
said kindly. "I'd do n good deal to
oblige "yon. but hero I think you had
better use your own Influence. A wom
an is but a woman after all, and what
will the persuasion of a poor brown
little thing like me be beside your hand
some youth and gallant bearing? You
see. If Alexander is to be Influenced
Ih a pretly girl, the pretty girl must be
influenced in turn by a pretty boy. It'a
plain loiric."
Bill moved Ills feet unenfilfy.
"For the honor of the club, Bill," 1
reminded him.
He said nothing.
"The honor of the town," said I.
"What is danger or difficulty when so
much I at stake?"
Still he was silent.
"Ah, you've cot no esprit-do-corps."
This roused him.
"You don't understand." said he.
fiercely. "I've got Into scrapes before
by being too nice to a girl. I've hnd
the greatest difficulty In preventing
myself from getting engaged several
times, I ran toll you "
"It should be easier now, after so
much practice."
The sarcasm was wasted on him.
"Do you refuse to help me, Molly?"
"I am helping you, by my valuable
ndviiv."
"You wou't talk to Musette?" -
"Only because I know you'll do It so
much better yourself, Bill."
"Then, good-by." He flung away in
a huff, nnd I looked at my brown re
flection lu the glass and sighed. It
isn't always ns nice as you might think
to be a useful friend. On Monday he
came again, boiling over with Indig
nation. "Molly, you are selfish."
"Of course I am. I'm glad you're
beginning to see It"
"I tried that brute Alexander again
yesterday. Met him at the Glovers In
the nfternoon nnd asked him point
blank to pluy for us. I was as diplo
matic as I Jolly well could be, and he
simply smiled, and said he wanted to
play for the best club, and he dWn't
think much of our form. Said he had
watched the match on Saturday, and
had come to the conclusion that he'd
hotter Joiu Medlingham. Hound!"
"Oil. well," said I, "he naturally
wants the best game he can get, when
he Isn t playing for the county."
"lie was born in the town, no
ught to stand by the town club. You
wouldn't cntch me deserting It for any
ither. W hat do you think he had the
'hook to ask nie na he was leaving?
Why dou't you throw in your lot with
us,' ho said, 'instead of pottering about
with a lot of Incapnbles. We want a
enter throe-quarter badly.' By Jove,
Molly, I could have punched his con
founded head!"
I'm sure you could," said I, sooth
ingly.
Wou't you ask Miss Meadows to go
for him, and make a fool of him, and
bring him bore?"
No," said I, firmly, "I won't You'll
do It better yourself, Bill. Try your
own Irresistible attractions."
"Very well," said he, grimly, "I will
And If that girl la unhappy afterwards,
when she finds that I only made myself
pleasant for a purpose, she'll have you
to thank for It."
Oh, I'm suro she'll thank me for It,"
said I, agreeably.
I didn't see him again for a week.
Then he drooled in with radiant eyes
mid a triumphant mouth, and told nie
that Wuthers' Idea had been a master
lv one. Miss Meadows waa certainly
the girl to do the thing.
"She'll do it If anyone can," said I.
"Oh. yes. When did you soolier?"
I went to the 1'ulauder's dance on
purpose to meet her. I ve chucked
dances lately, because I'm training
hard; but this was a matter of bual
ness, and ,1 went."
"And bow did you like Musette?"
"Uurhcr a nice little girl," he said,
condescendingly, "with ripping eyes.
danced three times with her, and sho
asked me to call. So I went yesterday,
She's awfully fond of football, and
came to watch the match on Saturday
She saw what an !uiortant thing It
would be to get Alexander at once. Sho
said that she saw plainly that that
was our weak sot. She's a good sport,
hilt girl. Used to play hockey at
school." v
"You disapprove of hockey, dou'
you?"
"It'a not a game for meu," he aaid
with disgust, "a gKKl game for rough
golfers I call it. But it's all right for
girls."
"I see," said I, "and what did Mu
sctte wear?"
"On Sunday oh, something fluffy
nnd yellowish. She was all pink at
the dance, and hor chooka, too. But
I liked ber beat on Sunday. Her moth
er waV asleep In a.1 inner drawing
room, and we had n niont Interesting
talk."
Did you tell her how you've always
iwen misunderstood by everyone before!
oil met hor?" I asked.
He flushed.
"She's boon telling yon'l I didn't
think she was that kind of n "
"Sho Isn't," said I. "I only spoke
from nn extensive knowledge of youm)
men. A lieu are you to see hor again?
"To-morrow. She's to bo. at tin
White IKlge Bridge Drive."
"I thought you thought a Bridgi
Drive nn Insult to the gnme?"
"It is necessary." said Bill, with dig
nity, "that I should speak to Miss
Meadows at onco about Alexander."
I see." said I, gently; nnd "Well?"
I nskod when he cnaio again two days
later.
"It's nil right. She tumbled to It at
once, she's an Intelligent girl If you
like. She said sho should be delighted
to do anything to help the club. She's
dying to meet Alexander, nnd wants to
begin on him without losing any more
time. When I told her how obstinate
bo was nifd how It jvas almost Impossi
ble to make him change his mind, she
Just smiled and said, 'It will be worth'
a little trouble, won't It?'"
"What did she moan by that?" I
iskod, suspiciously.
The town club, of course. Getting
him for our full-buck. How slow yo
are."
"I sec," said I meekly. And then he
weut nway, and I suw little of him for
a long time. I met , him once In the
town, and he told mo hastily thnt Mu
sette wns getting at Alexander like
anything, and that ho (Bill) wnsjust
going to see her about it now, and In
an awful hurry, and that Alexander
was hopelessly smitten as everyone
could see from the morrfc'nt he first sot
eyes on her, and ho for one didn't won
der at that It was only a 'question of
time now. He couldn't hold out much
longer. Wasn't she a little witch?
'Oh, Bill, don't trifle with her young
affections "
"Don't be silly:
"You'll find yourself on the brink of
one of those engagements which you
find so difficult to elude "
'I shouldn't much mind If I did,"
said ho, fatuously, as he lifted his hat
and left me.
I went home feeling cold nnd neglect
ed and sadly out of the game. And I
went away to stay a fortnight at the
Chesters", and all thctlme I was nway
I heard nothing of any of them. When
I got home mother told me thnt Miss
Meadows was playing fast and loose
with all the eligible young men avail
able. Mother thought it a thing no
nice girl should do.
"She must be having an uncommon
ly good time," said I regretfully, and I
sat down and wrote a friendly little
note to Bill, asking him to come and
discuss developments with me.
There was no answer. Then I mot
him In the town, looking very confused
and rather happy ; but he kept the oth
er side of the street and did not come
over to speak to me.
At last I could bear the suspense no
longer, and I went to pay my long de
layed visit to my old school fellow, Mu
sette. I met her coming down her garden
path, looking like a Christmas almanac:
In her rose-colored cloth and brown
fur. She Is the kind of girl who looks
sweetest In a fur toque. She has bright
thick hair and violet eyes, and has
always been celebrated for the Irresist
ibility of her smile.. She kissed me and
said I was a dear to conic, and turned
back with me.
"What have you boon doing to my
Bill?" I asked with a laugh.
She laughed too. "Oh, Musette, h&'s
a dear boy," she said, "and so easily in
fluenced for his good. He's the first
center three-quarter lu the county, you
know, and he was wasting all his pow
ers on this wretched town team, but
I've changed all that"
"What!" cried I.
"Oh, yes," said she, demurely. "He's
promised to play regularly for Medling
ham now. He'd do anything to please
me, the dear."
I stopped faced her, thunder
struck.
"Musette," I said slowly, "are you
going to marry that boy?"
"Oh, dear, no," she said, lightly.
"I've Just got engaged to Mr. Alexan
der." Black and White.
Baaeball tn Kanaaa.
The person who looks upon athletics
with contempt and inquires what use
there Is In football or. baseball will be
likely to have his views modified by a
letter written by a member of a base
ball team to the Omnhn World-Herald.
It goes to prove that the arm which
wields the bat and the hand which
catches the ball can make play of work.
We left here at 7:50 Tuesday morn
ing to go to Hutchinson, a distance of
forty miles. The only train we could
catch was a freight Well, we got out
of Wichita about ten miles, when ono
of the cars had a hot box, and that
delayed us about three hours. Between
Wichita and Hutchinson there are
about ten stops, nnd we had heavy
freight for each one.
It got along until about 12:30, nnd we
had still twenty miles to go. We began
to get very nervous, when McNeely
thought of a plan. It waa for all of
us to put on our suits and help unload
freight.
Everybody agreed, nnd by the next
stop we were all ready for action.
It would have done your heart good
to see some of tho fellows work. Mc
Neely and Davlddou, at the first stop,
unloaded a whole car 6f bricks, while
Gonding, Austin and myself unloaded
two farm wngous and goodness knows
what else.
We kept thla up until we finally land
ed at Hutchinson. We walked right
over to the grounds aud beat them by
a score of 7 to 2.
We propose to write a book, entitled
"A l-'ast Trip Through Kansas on a
Freight Train." We all ate dinner oa
top of the caboose, McNeely was chief
cook and toastmaster.'
The real dramatic critics are alwaya
talking about "atmosphere" In a play.
What on earth doea that raeauT
When a man tries himself tha vef-.
diet is usually in hia faros ,
