TUB MUSSULMANS.
tejr Ar Ifot F.aally niatarbeo
Walla Maria TtHr rrayera.
When saying his prayers the true
Mussulman Is not easily disturbed.
Bans Docrlng, In Ills account of his
travels in Chinese Turkestan, writes!
It Is an Interesting sight to see a
Mussulman perform his devotions.
Through the piece of glass In my pa
per window, I aw the Interpreter
spread his carpet In front of his house
Just opposite the om, In which I wns
living. His wife and child sst quite
close to him talking loudly with some
Isttora, hut this did not In the lenst
ilsturb the old man at his devotions.
"In spite of the noise the melodious
chanting of the Koran wns qute au
dible. The worshiper kotowed several
times and cried 'Allah. Allah, Allah!'
then for awhile stood reverentially
clamping his hands crosswise upon his
breast, after which he Joined In the
conversation.
"Ill wife then went through the
same performance, doing exactly the
ame as her husband. This they do
every morning and evening whether
there are friends with them or not."
i f--r- .
Some l h Intra to Kemeinlier.
The fact that a twirrot is creen Is no
sure sign that he is not a bird of rips
experience.
Tho great drawback about yellow
Journalism is not that it is yellow, but
that it is read.
There la nothing so wonderful but
that it might be more so. Niagara, for
Instance, would be far more marvelous
u tne water flowed the other way.
Many a man is modesty Itself until
his children are born. It is then he be
gins to pnt on heirs.
It may be true that money talks, but
ir la so frequently tight that its con
venation la hardly worth reneatlmr.
There (a nothing that so destroys
one pride of ownership as the early
morning call from the tax collector.
John Kendrlck Bangs, in "Success Mag
azine." On ilia Ulnnitr.
The chief of the gang of burglars was
dividing the swag.
"You played sick while the rest of us
were doing the work on that last job,
Bill," be said. "All you did was to locale
the plant. Here's what you get for that."
Bill counted the small wad and handed
it back. .
"Keen It, cap," he said. "I'll be satis
Bed with honorable mention."
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attest at "ZO-Mala-Taana" Boras, and
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Jai the Haaii. Farm aaa Dairy." also thl
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Aa"aaaa Facta Coaal Borea Co.. Chicago.
" . .
lJek Rcllri Aetloa.
Shocked and Grieved Parent Tommy,
where did yon get those beautiful HttN
spotted eggs) Yon have been robblnf
.some bird's nest, ysu wicked boy I
IrtrHTriw I m vnin to apt tha nlil h.i
'On 'm, mamma, and raise some pretty lit.
tie birds, so yon can put some more ol
em on jour hat. Chicago Tribune. 1
Mrs. Wlastaw's Soothing Byrup for Child
rran taataJsc, aoftena the gams, redacea In
flaaMaattoo aliaa pain, cures wind cella
9aeaere.
i We all know people whose particu
lar occupation seems to bo to squeeze
h aonr out of everything. They never
e anything sweet Everything is bit-
: - -. .1
uv w iiMnn. .,
i They cannot enjoy a friend because
of bis fault His mistakes and weak
seseea loom up so large that they can
not appreciate the good In him. They
.cannot see the man God Intended, per
fect and Immortal; they see only the
umuiamu, fuseasea, crippiea, uanui
capped man who, in their opinion, will
never come to any good.
Nor do they see the world that God
mad. Tho beauty that looks out of
the landscape, from the trees that rus
tle In the wind, thut la wrapped in the
flower, la lost to them. They only see
the floods, the fire, the earthquakes, the
lightnings, the wrecks which destroy.
They are blind to beauty. It is all cov
ered op In the ugly, the forbidding.
They do not hear the Infinite harmon
ies that entrance the ear that Is In
tune with the Infinite. This Is all lost
to them In tho discord of their
thoughts. Success Magazine.
The Oolarr War.
There was a boix-ful gleam In the
yes of the vounir man with a allehri
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father of his lady-love.
"Will yon give your daughter to me
In marriage, sir?" he asked In as firm
as tone as he could master.
"I'm afraid you are not well enough
-acquainted with her, young man," re
marked the father.
, "Why, I've seen her twice a week for
nearly a year," said the astonished
ul tor.
"That may all be," said the parent,
"but It you know much about her char
acter you'd have said, Will you giv
ms to your daughter In marriage fw
trong and Steady
By IWRATK)
CHAPTER IV. (Continued.)
Walter raised his eyes and saw Joshua,
Whose small, mean features, closely resem
bling his father's, expressed considerable
turioslty. Wslter secretly doubted wheth'
sr he should like him ; but this doubt be
kept to himself. Mr. Drummond opened
the outer door, and led the way in.
"This Is my wife, Mrs. Drummond," he
said, as she approached, and kindly wel
corned the young strangei.
"I think I shall like her," thought Wal
ter, suffering his glance to rest for a mo
ment on her mild, placid features ; "she
is evidently quite superior to her hus
band."
"Joshua, come here and welcome Mr,
Conrad," said his father.
Joshua came forward awkwardly and
held out his band with the stiffness of s
pomp handle.
"Howdy do?" he said. "Just come?
"Yes," said Walter, accepting the hand,
and shaking It slightly.
"Are ysu tired with your Journey, Mr,
Conrad 7" asked Mrs. Drummond. "Per
hsps yon would like to be shown to your
room,"
Walter went upstairs, preceded by Mr,
Drummond, who insisted on carrying his
carpetbag, for his trunk would not ap
rlvs till the next day, having been for
warded by express. At five o'clock they
sst down to supper.
"I hope, Mr. Conrad," said Jacob, "you
will be able to relish our humble repent."
"Humble again!" thought Walter. He
was about to say that everything looked
very nice, when Joshua said :
"If yon call this humble, I don't know
what you'd say to the suppers we com'
monly have."
Mr. Drummonu, who desired, for this
csy, at least, to keep up appearances,
frowned v.!iii venation.
"Joshua," he said, "I desire that you
will act in a more gentlemanly way or
else leave the table. Have you ever been
In Btapleton before, Mr. Conrad?"
"No, air; never."
'It If not a large place, but It Is grow
Ing; the people are plain, but they have
kind hearts. I hope you may like the
town after a while. It you feel inclined
to walk, Joshua will go out with you af
ter supper, and show you the mill dam,
the church, and the school bouse. He will
also point out the store it Is only across
the way where, In my humble way, I try
to earn a living I shall be very giad
If you will come in and take a look inside.
I may be busy, for work has accumulated
during my absence, but Joshua will show
you around."
"Thank you, sir."
"Msy I ask, Mr. Courad excuse my
Intruding tho question who la left execu
tor of your father's estnte7"
"Mr. Shaw, the lawyer In our village,
lie Is an excellent man, very honost and
upright. He was an Intimate friend of
my father."
"I am glad to hear you say so. So
tnsny lawyers, you know, are tricky. We
have no lawyer here," pursued Mr. Drum
mond. "You will perhaps be surprised to
hear it, but my humble services are fre
quently called into requisition, in admin
istering and settling estates."
"Indeed, sir."
"Yes; but I am glad you have got a
man you can trust. Mrs. Drummond, I
think Mr. Conrad will have another piece
of pie."
Supper was over at length, and Walter.
by invitation, went out to walk with
Joshua.
CHAPTIilt V.
Walter did not anticipate a very pleas
ant walk with Joshua. The little he had
seen of that young man did not prepos
sess him In his favor. However, having
no other way of spending his time, be
bad no objection to the walk.
"That's tb old moa'i store Just across
the street," said Joshua, as tbey emerged
from the house.
"Tourfather'e7"
"Of course. Don't yoa see the name on
tho sign?" Walter did see it, but never
having been accustomed to apeak of his
wn father as "the old man," he was net
nits sure he apprehended Joshua's mean
ing, i '
"You were an only child, weren't ronT"
aid Joshua.
"Tea," said Walter, soberly.
"So am I," said Joshuas adding, cona-
Blaceatly, "Between you and I, tho old
maa has laid up quits a saug sum. Of
aonrae, If 11 all corns to ma some day."
"I am glad to hear it," aald Walter.
wondering that Joshua should hare mads
such a communication to a comparative
stranger.
"To hear the old man talk." nnrsnad
Joshua, "you'd think be was awful poor.
He's stingy enough about everything In
the bonse. There Isn't a family In town
that don't live better than we do."
"I thought we had a very rood snnner."
aald Walter, who experienced not a little
disgust at Joshua's charges against his
Ulnar.
"That was because you were with na.
The old man laid himself out for the oc
casion. It's the first decent supper I've
eaten at home since the Sewing Circle met
at oar nouse three years sgo." .
Though these communications did not
raise Joshua In the estimation of Walter,
the latter could not help thinking that
there was probably some foundation for
what was said, snd the prejudice against
Mr. Drummond, for which hs had blamed
himself as without cause, began to find
soma extenustlon.
"When I talk to the old man about his
tinting me so," continued Joshua, "he
tolls me to go to work and earn some
anoney.
"Why don't you do itr
"He wants ma to go Into his store, but
he wouldn't psy me anything, lis offered
me a dollar and a half a week; but I
wasn't going to work ten or twelve hours
a dsy for no such sum. If I could get a
Hcht, easy plsce In the city say at ten
dollars a week, I'd go. There ain't any
chance in 6tapleton for a young mat of
enterprise.
"I'vs thoci'ht sometimes," said Walter,
"that I should like to get a place in the
dry ; but I suppose I couldn't get enough
at first to psy my board."
"Yon cet a placet" exclaimed Joshua,
In astonishment. "I thought yon was
going to college."
"Father Intended I should; but his
death will probnbly change my plana It
Is expensive passing through college; I
cannot afford It."
"Oh, that's all humbug. You're talking
like tbs old msn. Why, you're rich. The
old msn told me that your father left a
hundred thousand dollars. You're the only
son t yoa told me so yourself."
"Year fstber is niistakan."
"What, wasn't your father rich?" asked
Joshua, opening bia small eyes hi amase-
ALGER, JR.
"My father wes unfortunsts enough to
rt Involved In a speculation, by which he
lost heavily. I can't tell how his affairs
stand until they are settled. I may be
lift penniless."
"Do you mean that?" asked Joshua,
stopping sbruptly and faclcg his com pan
Ion.
"I generally mean what I say," said
u alter, rather stiffly.
Joshus's answer was a low whistle of
amazement.
"Whew I" he said. "That's the blgpest
Joke I've hesrd of lately ;" and hs follow'
ed op this remark by a burst of merri
ment.
Walter looked at him with surprise. He
certainly did not know what to maks of
Joshua's conduct.
"I don't see eny Joke about it." ha said,
"I don't complain of being poor, for I
think I can earn my own Hying; but It
doesn t strike me as a thing to laugh at"
"I was laughing to think how the old
man is taken In. It's rich! He thinks
you're worth a hundred thousand dollars.'
said Joshua.
"Well, be is mistaken, that's all. 1
don't see how he Is taken In."
"He's been doing the polite, and treat
ing you as If you wss a prince of the
blood. That's the reason he told the
old woman to get up such a nice supper,
He expected to get you to tske bim for a
aiiardian, and then he'd have the hand
ling of your money. Won't he be mad
when he finds out how he's been taken In?
Giving you the best room, too! Are you
sure that none of the property will be
left 1"
rrooaniy not much. I am sorrv to
think that your father made such a mis
take. I will take care to undeceive him."
"What ! You're not going to tell him,
are you I
Certaiuiy. I meant to do so: but t
uiu not suppose ne invited me Just because
nc tnougnt I was rich."
"What for, then?"
"Being my father's cousin and nrt
relation, It didn't seem very strange that
he should have Invited me on that c
count.
I he old man's pretty shrewd." a lit
Jcsnua, rather admiringly. "He knows
which way his bread Is buttered. II.
aon t lay himself out for any poor rela
tions, not If he knows it. Don't you tell
mm bdoui it tin to-morrow."
"Why not?"
"Because, if you do, we'll have a mean
breakfast as usual. I Just want him to
think you're rich a little while longer, so
wo can nave something decent for once."
I Uon t feel willing to deealv vm.r
father any longer. I have not wlllinirlr
deceived him at all. I would rather he
knt-w at once."
"To-morrow will bo soon enough."
"At any rate, I shall tell him to-mor
row then. But I've got tired walking.
Suppose we go hack."
They went back together. Mr. Drum.
mond was In the store, but Mrs. Drum
mond was at home. 4
"You didn't go far." she said. "But I
suppose you were tired, Mr. Conrad."
"A little," answeerd Walter.
"I wondor." thought our horo. "vrhetw
she will change as Soon as she finds out
that I am poor?" Somehow he felt thnt-
she would not. She seemed very different
iroro ner nusDana and her son, and Wal
ter was Inclined to like her better.
Joshua went out again soon, not hv.
ing much taste for staying at home ! n,i
as Walter retired early, he did not see
either him or his father again till tha
next morning at breakfast.
"I must go back to the store." said 'sr.
Drummond the next morning, when break-
laat was over. "joHhua will look nffer
you, Mr. Conrad. I hope you will be able
to pass the time pleasantly."
-It you can spare me live mlnntea. r
Drummond, I should like to speak to you
in private," said Walter.
Certainly. I can spare five or tnn
minutes, or more, Mr. Conrad. Won't
yon walk into tha parlor?
Mr. Drummond was far from antlrlnar-
Ing the nature of Walter's communica
tion. Indeed, he cherished a hope that
our hero was about to ask his assistance
In settling up the estate a request with
which, it is needless to say. he would
gladly have complied.
I don't suppose you know how I am
situated I meen in relation to my foth
r'e estate. It is not certain thst mv fath
er left anything," said Walter, thinking
k nan to reveal everything at once.
"What 1' exclaimed Mr. Drummond.
his lower Jaw falling, and looking very
blank.
My father made some Investments re
cently that turned out badly."
But be was worth a Very larre nrou.
erty it can't all be loat."
"I am afraid there will be verv little
left, if anything. He lost heavily by some
mining stock, which he bought at a high
figure, and which ran down to almost
nothing."
There's the house left, at any rats."
"My father borrowed its value, I under-
stsnd ; I am afraid that must go, too."
livm, at length, it flashed upon Mr.
Drummond bow hs had been taken in. He
thought of the attentions he had lavished
upon Walter, of the extra .expense be bad
incurred, and all. aa it appeared, for a.
boy likely to prove penniless. Ha might
even expect to live upon him. These
thoughts, which rapidly succeeded each j
other, mortified and made him angry.
Why didn't you tell me this before.
young man?" he demanded with asperity.
ins change or tons and manner showed
Walter thst Joshua was entirely right In
his estimate of hia father's motives, and
he In turn became Indignant.
When did you expect me to tell vou.
Mr. Drummond?" he said, quickly. "I
only arrived yeatertfay afternoon, and I
tell you this morning. I would have told
you last night. If you had been in the
house."
"Why didn't you tell me when I was at
WHIoughby?"
I hsd other thinks to think of" said
Walter, shortly. "The thought of my
fr.ther's. death and of my loss shut out
everything else."
Well, what are you going to do?" at.k-
ed Mr. Drummond In a hard tone.
"I shall have to earn my own living,"
snld Walter. "I am well and strong, and
am not afraid."
"That Is a good plan," said Mr. Drum
mond. who knew Walter so little as to
fear thst bs wanted to become dependent
upon him. "When 1 was of your sge I
hsd my own living to earn. What do you
propoae to do?"
I lava you a vacancy for ms In your
store? Joabua told me yea wished him to
go in."
"Yoa couldnt earn much, for yoa
don't know snytblng of the business."
"I should not expect to. I em perfect
find evt hew sty father's affaire are going
to turn mt
This proposal stsnd; Mr. Drummond
favorably. He judged that Walter would
prove a valuable assistant when he wss
broken In, for It wss essy to see that he
bad energy. Besides, it wss desirable to
keep him near until it was decided wheth
er Mr. Conrsa s sffairs were really In as
bad a state as his son represented. Even
If a few thousand dollars were left, Mr.
Drummond would like the handling of
that sum. Then, again, ne one knew bet
ter than Mr. Drummond that Walter's
board would cost blm very little ; for, of
course, he would at once return to bis
usual frugal fare.
"Very well," he said ; "yon can go Into
the store on those terms. As you ssy,
yon've got year own living to earn, snd
the sooner yon begin the better."
Walter had not said this, bnt he agreed
with Mr. Drummond. It may be thought
strange that our hero should have been
willing to enter the employment of such
a mean man ; but he thought It wisest to
remain In the neighborhood until he could
learn something definite about his father's
affairs. He prepared to go to work at
once, partly because hi didn't wish to be
dependent, partly because he foresaw that
be should be happier if employed.
When Mr. Drummond and Walter came
cut of the parlor, Joshua was sitting in
the next room, and looked up eagerly to
see how his father bore the communica
tion. He was disappointed when he saw
that Mr. Drummond looked much aa
ushsl.
"Conrad has been telling me," said Mr.
Drummond, "that hia father lost a good
deal of money by speculation, and it it
doubtful whether he has left any prop
erty."
"I am very sorry," said Mrs. Drum
mond ; and Walter saw and appreciated
her look of sympathy.
"Aa he will probably have to work fot
a living, he has asked for. a place in my
store," pursued Mr. Drummond, "and I
have agreed to take him on trial. Con
rad, you may get your hat and come ovei
at once."
Joshua whistled in sheer amazement.
The affair had by no means terminated at
he anticipated,
(To be continued.)
WOMEN WHO LIVED AS MEN.
Insianees In Which the Deception
Was Kept Up for Years.
Dr. James Barry, who lies burled in
Ken-sal Green cemetery, was a wonder,
ful Instance of successful concealment
of sex, eays Tit-Bits. At an early nga
she fell in love with an army surgeon,
to follow whose fortunes she assumed
the dress of the opposite sex and en.
tcred the army as hospital assistant,
She displayed such ability that sha
rose nntil she was given the poet o
inspector general of the army medical
depertment
Slight of form and of dark complex.
ion, her general bearing and conversa.
tlon displayed an almost feminine re
flnement A favorite with the men on
account of her humanity, her qunrrel
soiue temper by no means endeared her
to tho officers, and served her In such
bad stead that once she was obliged to
fight a duel, from which adventure she
fortunately emerged sccatchless. She
died in 1805. at the age of 70.
A female soldier who in 1730 was
burled at Chelsen hospital with mili
tary honors wns Christian Dnvles, bet
ter known rs Mother Boss. She serv
ed for twelve years In tho Earl of
Orkney's regiment, being present at the
battle of Donawert, where she receiv
ed a muskot ball In her hip, and at the
engagement of Itnmlllles, where she
wns so bndly wounded ns to require
the nttendnnce of a surgeon, by whom
her sex whs discovered. Some while
after this she returned home and re.
celved from the queen n bounty of 50
and a pension for life. .
To uvold a distasteful marriage So
phie Soblne Apitzsch, who wns born in
unzenau, In Snxony, In 1092, took to
wearing man's clothes. After severnl
exciting adventures she camV across an
nnnorer, one Karl Marlltz, whose name,
having by some means got possession
of his papers, she for a while assum
ed. One day, however, on being de
tected blowing the horn a privilege
reserved in those days for sucb only
ns were of noble birth she was
brought before a magistrate, a certain
Herr Volkman, who for some reason
only known to himself, thought he rec
ognized In the handsome stranger the
crown prince of Snxony. Shrewd
enough to take advantage of this mis
take, Sophie Apitzsch accepted not only
an Invitation to the magistrate's bouse,
but all the costly presents that were
showered upon her by that misguided
man.
For some considerable time ail went
well both with Sophie and her deluded
host, In whose brain the most ambitious
designs for his daughter Joanna were
fast taking shape. Bnt such a gross
fraud was bound sooner or later to be
found out And found ont It was.
when Sophie Apitzsch, brought before
the authorities to answer for her fraud.
could make but a lame excuse, and was
sentenced to be whipped publicly out
of the country in other words, to be
conveyed from town to town until the
frontier was reached, and flogged pub
licly la the market place of each. This
severe punishment, however, was com
muted to a year's Imprisonment,
whence Sophie emerged to disappear
into obscurity, for of her subsequent ca
reer history Is silent '
Wtao Girl.
Now, there wae a certain girl, and
she had three wooers. The first wooer
said she wss the whole world to him,
but she frowned upon his suit The
second wooer said she wns the sun,
moon and stars to htm, but stie bade
htm be on his way.
"To me," said the third, "you are a
young woman of agreeable manners,
with eyes that might be a little bluer,
with a nose that Is a wee bit puggy
and with a few freckles and an annoy
ing habit of blurting out your
thoughta"
She married the third wooer. Being
pressed for an explanation of her con
duct "he said:
"My goodness! I think I was sensi
ble. I married the only one that had
courage enough to tell me of my faults
before marriage, instead of waiting to
throw them up to me afterward."
Life.
"Do you tip the waiter where you
dine?" I
A PRETTY GOOD
Men gather in groups to compare and complain;
The masters decide that the outlook is drenr;
The tollers fret over the little they gnln,
For the services which they keep rendering here
The weather Is seldom the kind we desire.
We long for the fragrance of springtime in fall; '
And we seldom achieve things to which we aspire.
But
It's a pretty good world, after all.
In earliest childhood our troubles begin,
. And we never elude thetu, however we try;
And virtue so often Is beaten by sin.
And truth Is so seldom as cheap as a. lie;
Bo few of us ever have unalloyed gladness.
The honey so often Is tinctured with gnll ;
Bo much of the duy must be darkened by sadness
But
It's a pretty good world, ufter nil.
The thorn has its blossoms, the wind nnd the rnln
Leave freshness nnd cleanliness; after the slgln'
And the tasks of the day comes the gentle refrain
Of the song that She sings and the light In her eyes
And the night with Its stars which have gained a new glory,
The scent of the rose on the vine-eovrrod wall,
The moment of moments, the whispered old story
And '
It's a pretty good world, after all.
s-S. E. Klser, in Chicago Record-IJemiii
r THE CAUSE
"Pity's akin to love." Southerne.
X have been sitting over the Are won
derlng what it Is that makes man love
woman and woman love man. and I am
wondering about a particular case.
Helen Brandscombe is good-looking,
tnd Sir Henrv Momtnrtrn la a ki
claan, good-natored deal1, full bf chiv
alry and tenderness: but ho tinea lint
lore Helen. They are eminently suit
ad In many ways, and yet there is Just
something, a sort of I'm-as-good-as-you-and-better
air about Helen that Jars
on Harry; but there Is no shadow of
doubt that she loves him. Alas! why
do so many women show their love
openly. There are many that do not
but Helen Is not one of them. More
Over, she has theories of how to make
men fall In love, nnd theories on love,
like systems at Monte Carlo, begin In
Joy and end in disaster.
Helen has been airing her theories to
tne this very afternoon. We were hav
ing tea at my club when she propound
ed her views on man nnd on love. She
made no secret, , either, of her desire
to attract Sir Harry. The old-fashioned
girl who protested that the "Dick"
she adored wns the very last man she
cared about or would ever seek to
marry, has given way to the girl who
tells you openly what she wants and
how she means to get It.
a
"There is only one way to treat the
man who "
"Yes, I know, dearest."
"Yes," snld nelen, "you know what
I mean if you like any one, and you
see they like you, but they aren't actu
ally In love, but they "
"I know," I said, again, and Helen
laughed as she took her teacup,
"There's one comfort about a woman
friend she understands the things you
can't say."
"You don't say, you mean," I cor
rected. "Of course, he is not like other men."
"No," I agreeoVJ'they never are."
"And he can't bear tho old-faahlonod
sort of girl who is afraid of a mouse,
and can't ride anything worthy of the
name of horse, who gets hysterical
over nothing "
"I never saw a hysterical horse," I
said.
"Don't be silly, Norma and be likes
women with views, In fact, he says
Women don't assert themselves enough."
"Are you a Suffragette, my dear
Helenr
"Well, I am and I'm not," she an
swered, glibly, "you see, I believe In
women getting all they can."
"Votes, etc., husbands, or anything
else that is going in fact"
"Yes," she luughed, "anything they
want; and I don't see why women
shouldn't have votes If they like ;
though I personally should think It a
frightful bore, for one would be sure
to have to go and rote the very day
there was something else on, some spe
cial matinee, or a sale, or something
really important"
"I see," I said, "you are not prepared
to Inconvenience yourself you
wouldn't for Instance, go to prison for
the Cause."
"Go to prison?" echoed Helen, In a
horrified voice, "my dear Norina, what
a mad Idea ! Why, if I went to prison,
I shouldn't get a hot bath or a fire In
my room or my face powder, or my
curling tongs, or or anything," she
finished , up, the catalogue being too
long to continue.
"No," I said, "and yet supposing I
told you Sir Henry was an ardent Suf
fragette.' Helen's Jaw dropped. "Is he?"
"I have heard so."
"I don't believe If" snld Helen, de
cidedly, "nnd if he Is, it's his business
to get us the vote, so that we don't
have to go to prison.'
"I doubt if his position in Parlia
ment Is strong enough," I snld.
"Then it's quite time ho got mar
ried," said Helen, with much Irrelevance.
a a a a a
"My denr Harry, you're looking very
gloomy, come, unburden your soul
what Is it that Is troubling you?"
"Well, my dear Norma,' the fact Is
may I smoke? Thanks well, you
know, you're my fuvorlte cousin, and
my best pal"
"Yes," I agreed, "aud you're worried
about Helen Brandscombe."
"By Jove, how did. you guess?"
"I've scon people, hunted before," I
said, gently, "and if you aren't care
ful you'll' very soon be run to earth."
"Has she said anything?" he usked,
anxiously.
"Not a word," I replied, out of loyal
ty to my sex.
"I'm a fatuous ass to have asked the
question."
"Not at all ; you're here to ho cross-
WORLD, AFTER ALL.
examined nnd defended. Harry, and
I'm very fond of you. ,aud Helen
wouidnt suit you nt all."
"It sounds beastly conceited to say
anything, Norma, but really she she
ingnrenea me. It Isn't the mothers
who make the marriages nowadays, by
jove, us usually the girls themselves."
"She says you told her that you
thought women did not assert them
selves enough."
"Did I? Well, I didn't mean her,
anyway."
"Are you a Suffragette, my dear
Harry?"
"Good Lord! no, of course not
why, I saw them making one of their
rows the other day, and I felt sick.
positively sick, at the way they were
going on. I was with Jack, you know;
it was Thursday last, I think."
I remembered the occasion, for mv
husband had come home and told me
about it r
"Do you want to be savwl, Harry?'
He looked gratefully and yet diffi
dently across at me.
"It sounds so caddish to say yes."
"I've got a plan," I said, lenorlne
this natural nice feeling on hl3 part.
"nat is itr'
"Never you mind," I replied, "but
Just go and order the brougham, there's
a dear, for I'm going out to have ten
with Helen."
a a a
"If you think it would really please
him," sold Helen.
"At loast It would show him the kind
of girl you are,
I said, with evasive
truthfulness.
"And, of course, I could slip into a
taxi, and come home directly the po
lice began to lose their heads."
"Don't lose yours," I suggested, gen
tly. "Nonsense, when have I ever lost my
head? know be loves me, and he only
wants me to do something heroic for
him to say so."
"I thought it wns the man who had
to do something heroic."
"My dear," she replied, "men heroes
are obsolete. It is we women who do
everything brave nowadays."
a a a
GREAT SUFFRAGETTE RAID.
BREST Or TEN WOUEX.
I took up my daily paper, and rend
this heading: "Miss Brown, Miss
Nora Harrington, Miss Helen Brands
combe" I looked aghast at a picture of
Helen, disfigured by the cruelty of dal
ly newspaper photography. Helen!
obviously struggling between two burly
policemen. This had gone beyond a
Joke, and nelen, who had only gone to
the meeting to pose ns a heroine, and
then "slip away in a taxi-cab," had
evidently been taken seriously, by the
police, nt least and her angry explana
tions had only been drowned in the
noise, and added to the reasons for her
arrest. Poor Helen! Minus her face
powder, and a fire In her room, with
no Imth, or only the tepid bath of co
ercion, Helen being searched, her hair
cut, with an arrow on her clothes; no,
mixed ns I am about prison regula
tions, I did not think the police wov.1,1
really go that length.
What was to be done? Helen must
lie Imllod out now at once, this very
morning. Helen who, brnver thun Hel
en of Troy, herself had posed as a ho
rome and become a martyr.
We drove home by a back way, and
we lowered her Bide of the blind in tho
brougham, for a night in gaol had not
lidded, alus! to Helen's good looks.
I had paid her fine, and I saw her
home where she went to ted and stay
ed for a week.
Aud then I gave a little party, and
Helen came. She still looked pale and
hunted, I thougut, but that perhaps,
may huve been only my fancy but It
was no fancy on my part when, as my
cousin. Sir Harry, went forward to
greet ber, she turned, not obviously but
dexterously round, and became abaorb-
HILEW BETWEEN TWO POLICEMEN. I
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down. Holen had openiy cut 61
Harry.
It is a strange world, and men are
the strangest creatures in It. Not two
months later, Harry and Helen were
engaged to be married. Perhaps it was
the shame he knew she felt or the
new diffidence in Helen's manner, or
perhaps the knowledge that It had been
a sacrifice she had made to try to wla
his love, and men forgive, even glori
fy, anything that is done for them
selves; but, whatever the reason, nar
ry the hunted and uneasy, Harry the
cousin who,, chivalrous as he always
was, had risen in rebellion at "being
married," was now the most adoring
of lovers; w)ille Helen, chastened by
the cruel horrors of a fireless and pow
dcrlcss prison, has acquired the sort
of gentle diffidence that ever raises In
man the protective nngel, while her
suffering had aroused the pity that not
only is akin to love but really turns to,
love; while I, the intriguer, whose
plans were so successful only, on ac
count of their utter failure, am left
still wondering about that greatest of
nil sex questions, "What Is it that at
tracts man to woman, and woman fat
man?" Bluck and White.
FLYING LIKE BIRDS.
Farman and Delaaraaga Dolnar Re
markable' Ttalaaja In the Ale.
Parisians now have the onoortunltr
of enjortne dnllv a snpctncle anr-h as
can be witnessed by the Inhabitants of
no other city in the world, says the
New York Times. Henry Farman and,'
Leon Delagrange, on their twin flying?
machines, are out every mornlnr and
afternoon when the weather . peamlts,
sometimes for hours at a time, flying
around and about the treat maneuver
grounds at Issy with ns much ease and
skill as pigeons In a farmyard. It is
a matter of almost dally occurrence
for them to fly two or three miles with
out coining to earth.
The sight of these two creat ma
chines in the air nt the same time.
hurtling along at the speed of an ex
press train, has not yet ceased to thrill.
Along one side of 5 the maneuver
grounds runs a line Of the "fortifica
tions," making an ideal grandstand.
On a sunny afternoon the visitor will
find assembled here tourists from all
parts of the world Ena-Hsh. Ameri.
cans, Germans, Japanese, Chinese and
even swarthy nabobs from mid-Africa
all showing the same Intense Inter
est and ready to cheer any unusual
feature.
It is interesting to notice that both
aeronauts are making dally progress
in the art of flying. Farman. especi
ally, seems to be perfectly at home In
his machine, turnlne sham corners
with It and changing its elevation with
the utmost dexterity.
All attention is now belns concen
trated on the auction of the motor.
especially the coolinc process. The mo
tors on both machines are of the water-
cooled type, and this has been a con
stant source of Inconvenience. In fact
the only thing that has limited the
flights thus far, apparently, has been
the necessity to stop for more water.
Had this not been necessary there is
no doubt nt all that fllirhts of ten or
fifteen or. even twenty miles already
would have been accomplished.
The Uoelor'i Apolosrjr.
One of the most distinguished sur
geons in New Jersey made the amende
honorable recently. He is very gruff
nnd quick of speech, but at heart en
tirely kind nnd considerate.
Dr. X. was trylug to get somebody
on the 'phone; the telephone girl's an
swers did not please him. He spoke
to her-'sharply ; she answered curtly.
"Oh, keep your . shirt on," cried the
exasperated doctor, and he hung uj
tne receiver.
Naturally the girl complained very
bitterly to the manager of that "cen
tral," who went to the doctor, his
friend, and told him he really should
apologize to the young lady.
"So I will," said Dr. X., and he got
the girl on the 'phone.
"I am told I hurt your feelings,
Miss."
"So you did; you were brutal."
"What did I say to you?"
"You told me to keep my shirt on."
"Well, well ; did I say that? Never
mind. Take it off, 'if you choose," and
the doctor hung up the receiver.
Feeding- the Stock.
The victim of the following story,
told In Mrs. Henry W. Cole's "A Lady's
Tour Around Monte Rosa," was pos
sessed of a keen sense of humor. Oth
erwise his dignity might have been
ruffled by the unconscious revelation
which came to his ears.
In the course of Mrs. Cole's travels
she met the Rev. Robert Montgomery,
the poet, who told her an Incident of
his early career in the pulpit When
he was first admitted to holy orders he
was appointed curate In a rural Scotch
district and lodged in the house of a
small tenant farmer.
Notwithstanding his office of elem-r.
man, the family did pot appear to hold
their boarder in high veneration, for
one day he heard the woman servant
call out to her mistress:
"Missis, shnll I feed the pigs first
or gle the mon his dinner?"
Saw Her Chance.
"No man shall ever kiss me except
my future husband," said the girl as
she was about to leave the gate.
"Suppose I agree to be your future"
"Why, then, I'll kiss you," she said
eagerly. And she did.
Her mother was luforiuod that he
had proposed, and the old lady called
on him the next day to arrange mat
ters, and before he knew It he was
eternally booked. It was a very mean
advantage, but a bird In the hand la
worth two on the garden gate.
Beelnsr Ilia Faee.
Patience As I came bv Mrs. T.r,r
door I overheard her say to her hus
band, "Oh, darling, I'm so glad to sea
your face again !" Has he been away
long?
Patrice No; they both have bean
out in their automobile, and I suppose
ne naa lust taken off bis auto maski
Yonkers Statesman.
Ererr man who takes a narr hu
proceeaton expects that some day yoej
ly willing to work for my bowd until 2 ,
"a, doll look
Jt4 In a (at old lady who was sitting
J
wui wow a norm ia a is procesaioa,
starved)"