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JOHN H. SEAM, - -
A raise
Battery.
of salary la tlie slneerest
Between China's disastrous floods
f,nd Canada's forct fires tbere Is not
tnuch to choose.
While the Duma cheered the Cear
the other day. It did not attempt to
break any records.
, If Peary doesn't find the north no1.
the neit thing anybody knows Rooso-
TcU will be going In search of It
A Russian grand duke baa lost his
Job, It Is probable, however, that his
Income will Buffer no diminution.
A man may return from bis vacation
pretty "short," tut as a rule yon can't
get him to cut Ills yarns that way.
"Changeless Change" is the title of
a recently published sonnet. It sounds
Suspiciously like a counterfe't 10-eent
piece.
i A man In Trenton, N. J, It Is said,
Sheds his skin yearly, after the manner
of a snake. No canse Is assigned for
the rash act
1 A New York woman claims that she
la haunted by the ghost of her mother
la-law. Another usurpation of the
rights of man.
A Connecticut fanner tried to fly
with paper wings. The result was Just
pa tame as If be had taken a flyer in
pVall street he's broke.
i who never thought much of King
asp may change their mlnda and
ard him an a brother, since he has
i4 a quarrel with his mother-in-law,
t Merely because Santo Domingo has
Isold Its navy for $1,760 It Is not to be
Inferred that the country la hard up.
That may have been a big price for the
nary.
, One of Oeerge Gould's bo ye is going
to don overalls and hob-call shoes and
o to work in a Colorado mine. We
nope he has the approval of Uncle
feelle.
, A Pennsylvania man wants a divorce
Because his wife pulled him out of bed
by his whiskers. Some husbands are
entirely too sensitive for their own hap
piness.
A Pittsburg man recently married the
young woman with whom he become
acquainted when he returned her lost
tjog. Moral for bachelors : , Bo kind to
lost dogs.
Cuba has
a surplus of 15,000,000.
ow provoking this must be to a lot of
Bn..i.k
Spanish grandees who are compelled to
It around home and live on restricted
Incomes.
, Congress la expected to follow tho
precedent established when a pension
Va granted to the widow of President
Garfield by granting a pension to Mrs.
t&rreUad. it is fitting that those la-
fi who hart presided over the White
ww when It was occupied by their
nnsbands should be wards of the na
tion.
I The- Pope Is credited with the re
mark that " If the Roman Oatbolio
Chorea could be as highly respected ln
'other countries as ln the United States
h would be ln favor of the separation
of church and state everywhere. The
.church is respected here because com
munities of the United States all began
With a policy of religious freedom, and
iave never tolerated a atata rhmvk
Stn the other countries, where the su
premacy of one church was established
by law. It la not easy to hold respect
wnen the preference Is withdrawn.
One of the whimsical characters ln a
jstory by Miss Alice Brown conceived
the Idea of a "patent dog barker,"
which could be put In the front yard
by unprotected women to frighten
tramps away by mechanical imitation
f a dog. Paris has outdone this comic
Idea ln sober earnest Some people
itry to escape the dog tax by conceal
ing their animals. The polloe have
scored the service of professional
barkers, who "make a noise like a dog"
Outside suspected bouses. The dog ln
alde replies, and the barker reports to
U tax-collector,
i Those who are sure that the soil of
New England is hopelessly barren may
be surprised to leurn some facts that
are brought out In two recent bulletins
Of the Department of Agriculture.
Tnere were oniy eigut States of tho
Union ln 10O; that had a larger acre
age planted to potatoes than Maine,
Only four produced a larger crop. Not
one even approached Maine lu tho
number of bushels to the acre. The
average yield was two hundred and
ten bushels to tho acre, and no other
tate raised more than ono hundred
find seventy-five bushels. Tho average
for the whole country was only one
hundred and two. Nor was It an ex
cepuonai year, ror me average crop
of Maine has leen the largest In every
year since 1003. Buckwheat Is not a
very Important 'crop, but It is raised lu
twenty-four of the States. In this,
tea, Maine stands at tho bead In aver
age crop per acre; New Hampshire Is
second, Vermont third, and Massachu
setts fourth. Since 1000 the lowest
average yield of buckwheat lu Maine
was twenty-eight bushels to the aero,
ln 1000. The highest yield In those
even years lu any State outside, it
Jew England was twenty-two and a
half bushels.
' Tret not thy gizzard." There was
once a good old grandmother who gave
this advice to everybody. Sfeo declared,
nd firmly believed, that it came from
the Bible, though she did uut know Just
where it could bo found. But she in
sisted that it was somewhere !etwcen
the covers of the Good Book. The old
woman was right. It Is In the (Jood
JSouk, not only la one place, Imt ln
Mtct UritaMWB ln wdWi the ndviet u
given, she had Its serine, which la of
vastly greater Importance. The world
Is full of men and women who are con
stantly fretting their gizzards, and with
what result? None, except to increase
the Income of the doctor and the under
taker and to Bit the hospitals for the
Insane, and the cemeteries. Ask any
doctor what causes the majority of the
mental breakdowns and the mot.t of
the case of nervous troubles, and he
will tell you It Is fretting. Koine peo
ple blame work, Imt work never hurt
anybody. On the contrary, It keeps
men and women olive. Overwork,
though, elnlnis thousands, but overwork
Is altogether another thing; and the
overworkcrs are generally fretters.
Each leads to the other. The human
gizzard was not designed by nature to
bear tho strain of fretting, ami the man
who frets It much Is sure to break It.
Tho old woman's advice does not mean
that man should refuse to take his
work or anything else seriously. It does
not menn that he should view with un
concern or treat lightly any of his prol
lems. Hut It does mean that he should
not fret over them when he has ap
plied his best efforts to them. It means
that If you have something to do, do It;
and with your whole energy. When yon
have done all you con do, don't fret
your gizzard over the result All the
fretting In the world will have no effect
upon the outcome. Await It without
stewing and worrying, and if it Is
against you, tackle It again. Fret your
gizzard and you will lack the strength
to renew the fight with the vigor that
Is necessary to win. It means you are
not to fret over things beyond your con
trol. It does not mean that you should
not view them lu seriousness and with
proper regard of importance and con
sequences. But don't worry over them
until yon fret your gizzard. We are
traveling at a fast race In this country.
The spirit of the day la one that calls
for speed. The man who can keep It up
must look after his gizzard. Fret It
not
FACTS ABOUT OUB TREES.
We t!e ant Wait More Timber Pee
Capita than A a? Otkee Nation
All our standing timber Is estimated
to be somewhere between fourteen hun
dred and two thousand billion feet. If
we use forty billion per annum we com
run 85 to 60 years at tho present rate,
provided we do not have any waste. If
wa use ono hundred bllllens per an
nam, ln nine to thirteen years our tim
ber will all be gone. We have now
about one hundred and sixty-five mil
Hon acres ln our national reserves. If
we bad three times that much we
should not have enough,
If It costs 20 acres a Sunday or 40
acres a weok, or 2,080 acres a year to
print ono dally newspaper, whnt does
It cost in acreage to print all the
aewpapers In all the cities and towns
of America? Add to this the enormous
editions of our magazines. Add to this
the paper used In books. The total
."Jl . ,ua
staggers the imagination, and yet the
amount of timber cut for pulp ln tho
United States annually Is less than B
per cent of what la cut for lumber.'
Last year we made more than 815,000,
000 lead pencils. A lead pencil Is not
very large, but tho total number of
lead pencils required 7,800,000 feet
of cedar. We have cedar enough
3 twelve years,
More than 100,000 acres of timber.
in the whole United States, are cut
over every working day. Wo use many
times more timber per capita than any
other nation. We have left not over
450,000,000 aerea bearing commercial
timber. Cast up ln your mind some of
the small demands of Industry upon
this supply,
Our railroads are said to
use one-third of the industrial timber
cut for ties. Suppose we could cut 100
ties to the acre; wo should require a
million acres a year for ties. We an
nually reap for telegraph and tele
phone poles somewhere between three
and four million acres of land. Our
tanneries two years ago required 1,870,-
000 cords of bark. Emerson High, In
Everybody's.
Preserving the Balance.
A well known professor of archV
tecture, commonly referred to as "Ilam-
my" by his pupils, told a story illus
trative of the remarkable degree to
which certain persons possess the sense
of symmetry.
It seems that there was once a
Scotch gardener who bad charge of a
good sized English estate and under
whose direction the formal garden at
the rear had been laid out with abso
lute symmetry, even the two summer
houses, one on each side of the garden,
being Identical ln even tho most niluuto
detail. On one occasion tho English
man became angry at bis sou and
locked him up In one of the summer
houses. As soon as the Scotch garden
er heard of this bis sense of symmetry
was so outraged that he Immediately
sent for bla own son and locked him
up in tho other summer boise to pre
serve the balance. "Ilainniy" neglect
ed to mention whether both boys were
dressed exactly alike, but it is to be
presumed that even this detail was at-'
tended to by the aesthetic Scotchman.
New York Times.
Knew th Value.
"Do you know the value of an oath?"
asked the Judge of nn old darky who
was to be tho next witness. "Yes, sail,
I does. One ob des yeah lawyers
done gib me foah dollars for to swear
to suilln. Dut's do value of nn oath
Foah dollars, sah." And then there
was consternation in the courtroom. -St.
Joseph News.
nrlprnclt jr.
"Every father thinks he has the fin
est lwiby lu tho world."
"Yes," answered the cynic, "and
once In a while, but not nearly so
often, a baby grows up to think It has
one of the finest fathers lu the world."
Washington Btar.
How a Mai Started.
"Landlord, ten miles we've ridden
through the storm. Bring forth your
best old port to warm us uji."
"Milord, 1 have none left but some
of poorer grudo."
"Well, any port lu a storm. Bring
v. bat you have." Kansas City Times.
WHEN A WOMAN WRITES A CHECK
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Why Is It that the average woman
cannot bo taught to write or Indorse o
bank check? It is regarded by bank
officials and employes as the eighth
wonder of the world and a never to be
solved mystery why It cannot be done,
but it Is generally admitted that It Is
one of the impossible things comparable
only to the riddle of the sphinx or
squaring the circle.
i The numerical amount on the date
line, no date at all, the written amount
where tho nnme of the pages should be
written (and the written and printed
amount to disagree at least 50 cents),
any signature ln any place the back
of the check is just as good as any
where else and a sniff or a fuss If the
prematurely gray paying teller dares
to make a correction I That's the wny
the average woman banks, except that
she can ring in a dozen changes in os
muny minutes. "And the ladles, God
bless 'em," said the president of one
of the big trust companies, "all love to
bank and they are all at it The gener
ality of them would rather havo a bnnk
account and have it overdrawn 7 cents
than sport a solid silver purse full of
shining gold coin. 'My bank' are words
that they linger over lovingly and their
elation knows no bounds when a type
written letter from the cashier requests
Mrs. X. to call at the bank In regard
to her account which Is overdrawn
$3.33.
"Only recently a prominent Chicago
woman, upon receiving one of these no
tices from our bnnk, rushed in breath
lessly and confided to the cashier that
she did not know any money was com
ing to her, for she thought she hud
drawn it all out and she asked sweetly
bow she could get It Should she make
a check for it or would the teller give
It to her if she presented the slip the
bank had sent her.
"But It Is not always the women who
show ignorance of the forms of hand
ling checking accounts, and at tho end
of a week will go over them and make
I them balance to a cent But a business
man with a savings account very fre
quently gets himself sadly tangled up.
The savings bank book always seems to
him to be a Chinese puzzle, and many
are the breaks he will make. lie will
sometimes write out an order for his
account on the bank book itself, and
send some one to collect it"
The women have a very satisfactory
way to themselves, if not to the bank
offlclals, of adding sufllclcnt funds to
their account to meet an overdraft
Only a few days ago a lady who had
been notified that her account was bad
ly overdrawn presented herself to the
cashier and asked just what she must
do to rectify tho mistake. lie courte
ously explained that she must deposit
enongh money ln the bank or a check
largo enough to cover the amount duo,
Her face brightened and sho sighed as
if a great load were taken off her mind,
sat calmly down and wrote a chock for
tho amount due and she drew It upon
the same account and the same bank
She does not -understand to this day
why the bank would not accept it Just
give a womon n check book and there
Is no telling to what lengths she can
and will go,
Many amusing tales of women's bank
Ing methods are told. An official of
Chicago banking company said a lady
walked Into bis bnnk recently and re
quested a loan of $5)0. She was asked
for her security whether she owned
property or land In the city. She re
plied ln the negative, whereupon the
official said that he was sorry, but they
did not do business on such terms. The
lady was more than Indignant and In
slsted that he go out and look at tho
sign on his building and then he would
very plainly see the word "trust." Slw
guessed what that meant because he
grocer trusted her and she never had to
give him any security.
"New money," not the sound article,
Is tho cry of tho female financier, and
woe to the bank that Is not prepared to
hand out fresh, crisp bills and newly
minted eolu lu return for a mixed up,
badly written. Ink bedaubed check
Women object strenuously to makiu
out their own deposit slips and cannot
or will not understand that the bunk
requests them to do It for their ow
protection. A great many women re
quire the teller to make out thel
chocks. Not long ago a bank had a
amusing exierienee wun a new depos
itor. She confessed to the teller that
she did not know how to make a check
... . ...
ana ue uiaue it ouc ior ner, explaining
as he went along. Then he handed It
to her, saylug: "Sign, madam, lower
line, please." Sho took the check and
delivered the goods all right, for who
she returned It for payment the choc
was signed "Ixjwer lino" lu a dainty
hand,
At one of the big national banks some
months ago a perfumed, crested note of
a depositor of the bank read : "Please
stop payment ou check No. 197, as I
havo accidentally burned the same." A
depositor st the same bank whs not I fled
that her account was overdrawn, but
still her cheeks continued to pour lu.
When they did not cease for four or nv
days sn oltldal called her up on the tel
ephone and told her that payment
would be stopped on' her checks unless
4 0
3il W Fill
ill!
she made her account good. She puffeo.
right np and said she would show Mm
that he was wrong and that she had
money in the bank. Half nn hour Inter
she come down to the bank with her
chock book and the explanation that
sho knew she wns right, fur there were
at least half a dozen Muni; checks left
In tho book I"
Another peculiarity Is ths wny they
make out cheeks to themselves. Where
man makes it out to "cash" awmn.in
mokes It to the order of Miry Brown.
signs it Mnry Brown, and turns It over
nd Indorses It "Mary Brown." Tlm
far have women progressed In the liirj
ten years, since It became common fo
them to do gcncrnl bonking business.
It remains to bo seen how much the)
will develop in the next ten years.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
AUTOS CnURM DUTIES.
Farmer t'tlllse lloot-Wnsnnn Wbltc
Thejr Are rolnit Rrlile.
The rond that runs from Denver nut
past Petersburg-and on down to Little
ton. Castle Rock, Larkspur, Palmer
Lnko, Colorado Springs and nil polnt.l
south" passes the home of John C.
Muler and Is thickly traversed by auSo
mobiles. In fact, one of those Joy bug.
gles comes sky-hootin' along about evt
ery second, r perhaps oftener, keeping
peaceable residents of that community
either sidling along as close to the odgn
of the road as the bnrb wire will per.
mlt, or climbing trees.
It occurred to Muler that with nl
those autos streaming by he nilht util
ize them to bis own advantage, nnj
auto-churned butter is the result.
There's a small bridge, about 20 fec
long, over a little ditch ln front of 1 1 i s
powcb rnoM PASsino autos.
house. He Just took up tho floor of
that bridge and relald it, ln corduroy
fashion, with round pieces of timber set
very closely together, but which revolve
when an auto or any other vehicle
strikes theui. Then, under that bridge
and attached to the logs, he framed up
a system of cogs which work whenever
the bridge floor does. He carried a
piece of belting to the house and at
tached It to the handle of a revolving
churn.
Now, every time anything passes over
that bridge the floor turns, and ,the
turning of the floor turns his churn,
over and over, with marvelous rapidity.
The autos and other vehicles come so
closely together that Muler soon has a
mess of very fine butter churned up.
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It Is very unfortunate that the re-
taller, spenklng generally, does not ap
preciate the value of local advertising.
It would seem as though ambition
should dictate the enlargement of one's
business, aud to many merchants such
a result is easily attalued. The way
to do It is quite simple.
It Is well known that women are the
best buyers and, as a rule, the goods
they buy are the most profitable. To
attract them your store must be mag
netic 1. e., clean, neat stocks well ar
ranged aud the goods appealing to them
prominently displayed.
Doing this Is properly classed as ad
vertising, but it must be backed by
Intelligent, well-informed and courteous
clerks to make the sales. After having
accomplished this reform then, by all
means, contract for a regular space ln
your local papers and place your ad
vertisement ln advance. Arrange the
copy for frequent changes, make the
matter and makeup attractive, aud be
sure to refer to the seasonable goods at
the proper time.
If such a simple course Is followed
tho result will be a pleasant surprise
to any merchant who has not lieen a
believer In publicity. The good mer
chant realizes that be does not have to
cut prices to maUe sales. There is an
easier way to moke business and keep
profits in these times. The rule Is as
simple as can be advertise and sup
port your announcements with nn at
tractive store and courteous treatment
of customers. Hardware.
Hrohlbltlunlat I'araphraae.
"What we want now," said one pro
hibition campaigner, "Is some pic
turesque title for our candidate, such
as It is now customary to give the head
of the ticket."
"Very true," replied the other.
"Why uot refer to him as 'the beerless
leader?" "Washington Star.
A Wall Street Hecrult.
The manager I don't exactly like
the way you have drawn your tramp.
You make hi in talk like a stock broker.
The playrlght Well, that's all right
this year, ain't it? Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
V
Ever notice bow many things there
are In the shop windows that you have
no earthly use for?
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A GREAT
wmlm
The battle of Quebec, fought on the Plains of Abraham
ln September, 1759, Is memorable if only for the courage
and chivalry of the oppcslng generals, Montcalm and
Wolfe. As Montcalm rode back to the French lines
wounded to death, a Toman cried out, "O, mon Dleul
Mon Dleut Le Marquire est tuel" "Ce n'est rlenl ne
MARRIAGE RECESSIONAL.
AU-wlse, all-great, whose ancient plan
Ordained the woman for the man.
Look down, O Lord ! on these who now
Before Thy sacred altar bow.
Almighty Ruler, In whose hand
The morrow and its issues stand,
Whate'er the lot Thy will assign.
We can bat kneel; our all is Thine.
Summer and winter, seed and grain,
The joy unhoped that comes of pain.
The unknown ill that good we call
Thon In Thy balance metest all.
Througheut their lifelong Journey still.
Guide Thou these two in goad and ill.
And wheresoe'er the way extead,
Be with them, Father, to the end.
Austin Dobson.
The Tutor's Wooing
For reasons best known to himself,
but which you shall learn later, Her
bert Ford took a situation as holiday
tutor to the son of Mr. Brackley, a
substantial merchant whose business
was in the city and whose house was
in Lancaster Gate.
The two boys were aged 8 and 0, and
they were the only offspring of Mr.
Brackley'a second marriage. Refine
ment went out of his homo when pros
perity came ln, at the date of that
second marriage.
Miss Mabel Brhckley was now near
ly 20, and far superior to, the other
Inmates of the house, with whom, how
ever, she lived on tho most amiable
terms.
She felt, nevertheless, that she was
not quite one of the family. Her step
mother had many relations, who were
inclined to consider her an outsider, ef
little account, and who devoted their
attention to her little half brothers.
She would not have been sorry to have
a home which was really her own, and
ber father realized that It would be a
good thing for her. Therefore, while
discouraging any attempts of poor
young men to pny attention to the
daughter of the substantial bouse, he
was at the present moment enceuraglag
the advances of a very rich young mer
chant who had looked on Mabel with
a favorable eye.
It was te this household that Her
bert Ford entered as tutor to the two
beys. Frankly he had admitted that
up to the present his experience ln
teaching had not been great He ln-
teaaed for himself a literary career, be
stated, and tutored only as a tem
porary expedient, but his public school
& university education fully qualified
Lira to undertake his task.
Mr. Brackley had been much pleased
with the young man at his first Inter
view with him, and his impression cor
responded with that of Mrs. Brackley
when she saw him.
Mabel Brackley had an Impression of
having seen him somewhere before, but
not remembering where, and feeling
she night have been mistaken, she said
nothing about It He, at any rate, did
not seem to remember her, for his
greeting, though extremely courteous,
was that of a complete stranger. A
few days later be asked for an inter
view with the father.
"I come to ask you for your daugh
ter's band," ho said simply.
"What, sir what do you mean?"
"I want your daughter's hand of
course, I meon the rest of her with it
I want her. I want to marry ber. In
deed, she hns consented to marry me.
But, as ln duty bound, I ask you for
your permission."
"You are an outrugeous scoundrel,
sir," was all Mr. Brackley could get
out He was pink with rage. The
tutor's manner was not calculated to
make him less angry.
"Come, sir, come," snld Ford testily,
have I jour permission to marry your
daughte-?"
Bracklty looked at him in impotent
rage. He wlcd bis forehead with a
large red handkerchief. At last he col
lected himself sufficiently to speak.
"You stedl Into this house the best
bouse on Lancaster Gate under the
pretense of tutoring my boys, aud de
liberately set yourself to take ury
daughter away."
"Precisely. You have stated the case
as shortly as I could, though you have
guessed rather quickly. I stole Into
this bouse with that deliberate Inten
tlou. The tutoring was only blind."
Mr. Brackley gasped again. The
man acknowledged tt. seemed to ac
kowledge more than even he had
charged him with.
MOMENT IN THE BATTLE OF
vous afillgez pas pour mol, mes bonnes amies," be re
plied. Wolfe was wounded three times before he fell. A
shot shattered his wrist and yet another struck him.
Finally he was hit ln the breast ne died murmuring,
"Now God be praised,' I will die ln peace." The result of
the battle was not the conquest of Canada, but the union
of the French and British colonies.
"I've n good ndnd to send for the
police," he cried.
"Unfortunately, what I have done Is
not a criminal offense not one recog
nized by the law, at least."
"So you came here for that purpose?
What do you mean by that?"
"I came for your daughter, yes ; most
decidedly I came for her. And," ho
added exultantly, "I have got her."
"You would take her away from a
luxurious home; you have already
caused her to give up a mest excellent
chance. And for what? That she may
be a typewriting drudge, and typewrite
your wretched and, I have ne doubt
wicked stories."
, "Well, If she likes, she may."
"You think that I shall give her
meney. You are mistaken. She will
never have a penny from me."
"That doesn't matter."
"You say so. But you know I am
her father. You trust that I shall re
pent." "I hope so for your sake."
"Now, sir, I tell you that the girl Is
penniless, and that she will never
never you understand have a peany ef
my money. If you have a spark of
honor left, a spark of true regard for
her happiness, you will give her up."
.. "I have her promise, and I shall keep
her to it," said Ford.
"You talk bravely. I suppose you
will tell me that you never cared about
her money, that you love her for her
self?" "It Is sufficient for me that she loves
me for myself." said Fora, calmly.
"At any rate, she doesn't love me for
my money."
"No, Indeed," sneered Brackley. "A
man like you would never have got Into
a heuse like this save by a subterfuge.
You and I isn't meet In the ordinary
way."
"That is true," admitted Fori, "and
that is why I determined 'to become
tutor here." .
"And why, sir, did you single my
daughter out for your designs?"
"Well, you see, I had seen her in the
distance, and fallen in love with her. I
wanted to know her better. She is
all I thought ber, and if I am not all
she thinks me, at any rate I shall make
her a good husband."
"Loo here, sir," said Brackley, at
the last gasp of exasperation, "If my
girl marries you I swear I will never
give her a penny, and I swear I will
never speak to you again."
Ford looked at blm steadily.
"I hear what you say," he said, "and
I shall keep you to your word If you
are Inclined to break it?"
"What do you mean?" bawled Brack
ley.
"I don't like you. Mr. Brackley. I
don't like your house, and I don't like
your friends. I think your daughter
will be well away from you, and in
time I have hopes that I shall be able
to make her forget-you."
"Well! Am I mad, am I dreaming?
Is this a Joke?"
"If it is, I don't see the point of it
I don't like you, Mr. Brackley, and I
don't want to see you. J don't mind
your sons. They can come and see me
aud their sister."
"You think I would allow my sons to
see their sister's degradation, her
shame! Perhaps you think It is amus
ing to live In a workhouse?"
"I don't know. There niHy be worse
places. If you hadn't been able to tide
over some crises in the city, for In
stance, you might have beeu living ln
goal !"
It was a hard hit and a true one.
"Whatever I've done I did for my
children. At any rate, I haven't stolen
Into a bouse and iersiiadcd a girl to
go out of it and starve with me. If
you think you can bluckmall me, you
are mistaken. If you take the girl,
she starves mind that she starves!"
"I'M sdbb he will forgive tjs."
QUEBEC
"But why should she starve?"
"Then what what do you propose,
ray daughter Is to live on? Though,
mind you, If she marries you she is no
longer daughter of mine?"
"I do mind you. Well, she can live
on me. I am a very rich man, Mr
Brackley?"
"Rich you?" said Brackley, thinking!
that the tutor was bluffing.
"Very, very rich. One of the rich
est men ln England. You sec, I came
here as a tutor like King Arthur,
don't you know Just to see how tho
poor live."
"How the poor live ! You needn't in
sult me, sir t To steal my daughter and4
reb her of her Inheritance is enough."
"You are right, Brackley, you are;
right," said Ford, dropping into famll-j
iarlty very unbecoming ln a tutor, "and'
I wasn't speaking the truth. I came'
here to see your daughter. Yours are
not, as you mentioned yourself, the sort
of people whom I am likely to meet,
You must forgive my being , vulgar,
enough to say so. But I had fallen In
love at sight of her, and I thought it I
made her acquaintance ln the ordinary
way, that If she didn't fall in love wltb
me, you would, and try to persuade
her. I so wanted to be loved for my
self, and I was as little sure of that In1
my own world as In yours. I'm a
nobleman."
"A nobleman !"
"Haven't you heard of Lord Ascott?.
I see you have. Well, he is the richest
nobleman ln Rutland, If not the oldest
in descent and he was, reported to
have gone on a yachflng expedition. '
Well, it wasn't true. Ills yacht went
but he did not. He went on an expedi
tion to Lancaster Gate."
"Lord Ascott! You!"
"Yes, and I am so glad that ln
marrying Mabel I shall not be marry
ing her family. I was a little afraid I
should have to, and I was quite pre
pared to make the sacrifice. But you
have made the way easy."
Brackley sank Into a chair. The
revelation had been toe much for him.
It was some minutes before he could
speak.
Then I have the honor to tell you,
Lord Ascott," he said, gathering
strength as he went on, "I have the
honor to tell you that you have be
haved like a cad. You steal into a
man's house and get his daughter's af
fections under the pretense that you
are a penniless tutor. You take ad
vantage of a father's natural and prop
er anger at such rulu.for his daugh
ter to break with him 'and to cut him
off from that daughter's love. You
may be a aebleman, by name, if not
by nature, and you may be a rich man,
but I don't take back a word which I
said to Ford the tutor except, per
haps, what I said about our not being
likely to meet"
"By Jove! you've get more spirit In
you than I bargained for," said Lord
Ascott "I am beginning to bo sorry
for the first time that you swore you
would never speak te your daughter
again if she married me."
But at that moment Mabel burst Into
the room.
; "I can't bear the suspense any long
er," she cried. "lias be told you, fa
ther? I see he has. You must forgive
him and me."
She went and stood by the young
man, taking his hand.
"Your f ither has sworn that if you
marry me he will never speak to you
agajn."
"Father !" She left her lover's hand,
and went to her father. "You can't
mean that. I love Mr. Ford. I don't
mind trying to work for my living.
But I do want to be happy. And I
couldn't be happy If you cast me off
like that, and cast him off too."
"So you would leave your father
for this man?" said Brackley.
"I would leave you for him because
he is to be my husband. But I love
you, father, and If you do this dreadful
thing you will know that you are spoil
ing my Vlfe and spoiling it Just when
I ought to be happy."
The two men looked at ench other.
"We mustn't spoil her happiness,
even to pUase ourselves," said the
young man. "I expect you will have to
break your oath, Brackley ; and I shall
have to grin when you do It. Shall wo
fall on our knees and ask jour bless
ing?" But at that Mr. Brackley turned and
left the room hurriedly.
"Ho will forgive us, I'm sure he
will." said Mabel.
"I think so. darling; and we shall
yet learn to like each other he and I."
Saturday Journal.
A man may consider the marriage tie
sacred, but it's different with the bar
gain counter ties his wife buys for him..
