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STOPPED HER SONG OF JOY. Slight Forgctfulness That Marred the Full Appreciation of the Welcome Rain. "Isn't that n lovely Bhov'cr7" ox claimed Mrs. Itandall to her frlond In the parlor as they gazed out on- the sudden downpour. "Yea, wo need It so badly." "Need It? I should say wo did. It's a God-send 1 Why, bur goldenglowa, hyacinths and roses out In the back yard arc shrinking for tho want of rnln. Tho sprinkler can't tnko tho plnco of rain, you know." "Indeed not." "Oh, I tell you this Is Just lovely' Seo how It pours 1 And to think that Just when ovorythlng threatens to dry up and every one Is praying for rnln naturo answers theso appeals and sends us beautiful Good heavens!" "What's tho matter?" "I've loft tho baby out In tho yard!' The Circle. PLAIN TALK. r 1 -lHHIBi S7a "I think she's double-faced !" "Oh, don't say thatl Ono faco llko hers is bad enough!" Sex In Cromwclls. Of courso with the Hexes on a foot ing of equality as regarded oppor tunity, It would not bo long until a fe- male Cromwell mndo her appearance, nnd, having mado her appearance, was getting hor portrait painted. Tho painter, onco moro a fawn ing, courtly fellow, would havo tho nlcturo n flattery: but she rebuked him In wordB that becamo historic! "Paint In the hips!" Bho command ed, sternly, showing that she could bo moro rigidly dovoted to tho truth than Oliver himself. Fuck. Sheer whlto goods, In fact, any flno wash goods' when nov, owo much of their attractiveness to tho way they aro laundered, thlB bolng done In a manner to enhanco their textllo beau ty. Homo laundering would be equal ly satisfactory If proper attention was given to starching, tho first essential elng good Starch, which has sufficient Btrongth to stiffen, without thickening tho goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will bo pleasantly surprised at tho Improved nppearanco of your work. Another Step Needed. "I like my house all right," said uschmnn. "excent for one thing. I 6..ess you'll have to llx that." "What is It?" asked tho architect. "Several times Intely I've nearly broken my neck reaching for another step nt tho head of tho stairs when 1 cot homo late, so I guess you'd better nut nnother stoii there." Catholic Standard and Times. Crime. She I can't bind myself until I'm suro. Give mo timo to decide, and if, six months henco I feel as I do now, I will be yours. Ardent Wooer I could never wait that long, darling. Ilesldes tho courts have decided that dealing In futures, without tho actual delivery of tho goods, is gambling pure and simple.-4 Puck. With a smooth Iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt waist Just as well at homo as tho steam laundry enn; It will havo tho proper stiffness and finish, thore will bo less wear and tear of tho goods, nnd It will bo a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to tho iron. A Domestic Combustible. Doctor Did you give your husband tho powder I left, Mrs. Mulligan? Mrs. Mulligan Indade, 01, did, sor, An' he's been blowln' me up Ivlr since." Nebraska Directory KODAK FINISHING '..K! attention. All supplied or tint Amateur Htrli'tly fresh. Send for catiilosruivnnd tlnlshlnt; prleen THE ROBERT DEMPSTER CO., BUA lit, VJIIItlllU. IVUU. TUC RflYYflM H otel inLrfmlUni European Plan Rooms f rom Jl.00 up KliiBlr. "ft eeiiU up double. CAFE PRICES REASONABLE Drain your lands a ii d in a k u t li e m valuable, I!no Iliilldlnir llloeks, Urlclc, Tile KooHiik and nil kinds of FnlntH and Colors. Omaha Brick, Palnl Mllo Co., Worki 2nd and Hickory St.. Omaha, Neb. TYPEWRITERS ALL MAKES a o rt 'r a price, cam or tuna ay menu. ItenUxl.reoltpnllea. WHuliff anywhere fur free eiaiuluatlun. Nod PA.II W'rll for blfbartala Hal ind alf.r ll.i.H...(...(l ttelai HMcOaita. M. Splesberger & Son Co, Wholesale Millinery TheBeillniheWoit OMAHA, NEB Dain Hay Tools are the Best InhUtonhnvlngtueui. Askrourlocalilealer,oi JOHN DEERE OMAHA Fine Candles Sold by tba Deal Dealer. We wilt tend to nuplla and tcber on receipt of tScta, In ataiua, a lVlnch, tun mapl. bran mitrea rule. vltJHN U, WOODWARD &co."Tna candy Mn"Councll8lu((s, la. MOBiSdir lLLVsmmw 5Y PAY WAtmJ OYNOPOIS. Tho stonr onns with Uip alilnwrcclc of llio Htcuincr m which Miss Oenevlcvo I5sllf, nti American helrt-as, Inrd Win- Uiropo, nn Englishman, nmt Tom numc, h brusnuu American, were passengero. Tho three wcro tossed upon nn ttnlnhnii Iteil Islntid nnd wero tlw only ones not drowned, Ulnl recovered from u drunk en stupor. Xlakc, shunneil on the boat, bpcuuso of hln roUKlinr.is, becntne n hero na preserver of the helplesw pair The KnKimnman was sutnff ror tne nana oi Miss Leslie. Ulnke atarted to swim hack to tho ship to recover whnt was left lllako returned safely. WInthropo wnntcrt his last match on a cigarette, for which he wbb scored by Jllnke. Their llrst ninnl was u cieatt nsn. Tne trio stnruui a ion mllo hike for higher land. Thirst ut eni'kpd them, lllakn wiim multiplied to carry Miss ' Leslie on account of weari ness. CHAPTER IV. Continued. At first his throat was so dry that ho could no moro than rinse his mouth. With tho flrEt swallow his swollen tonguo mocked him with tho salt, bitter taste of sea-wator. Tho tide was flowing! Ho roso, sputtering and choking and gasping Ho stared around. There was no question that ho was on tho bank of a rlvor and would bo certain of frosh wator with tho ebb tide. Hut could ho endure tho ngony of his thirst all thoso hours? Hp thought of his companions. "Good God!" he groaned, "they'ro goners, anyway!" Ho stared dully up tho rlvor nt tho thousands of waterfowl which lined Its banks. Within close view wcro herons and black Ibises, gceso, pelicans, 11a mlngocs, and a dozen other species of birds of which ho did not know the names. Hut ho sat as tnougli in a stupor, and did not movo oven when ono of tho driftwood logs on a mud- shoal a fow yards up-stream opened an enormous mouth and displayed two rows of hooked fangs. It was other wise when tho noontime stlllnoss was broken by a violent splashing nnd loud snortlngs down-stream. Ho glanced about and saw six or eight monstrous heads drifting towards him with tho tide. "What in Wheel a whole herd of hippos!" ho muttered. "That's what tho holes mean." Tho foremost hippopotamus was headed directly for him. Ho glared at tho hugo head with sullen resent ment. For all his stupor ho perceived at onco that the beast Intended to land; nnd ho sat In tho middle of its accustomed path. 'His ilrst Impulse was to spring, up and yell at the crea ture. Then ho remombcred hearing that a whlto hunter had recently been killed by these beasts on one of tho South Africnn lakes. Instead of leap ing up ho sank down almost flat and crawled back around tho turn In tho path. Onco certain that ho was hid den from the beasts ho roso to his feet and hastened back through tho jungle. Ho was nlmost In view of tho spot whoro ho had left WInthropo nnd Miss Leslie, when ho stoppod nnd stood hesitating. "I can't do It," ho muttered; "I can't tell hor poor girl!" He turned and pushed Into tho thicket. .Forcing a way through tho tangle of thorny shrubs and creepers until several ynrds from tho path ho began to edgo towards tho faco of tho jungle, that he might peor out at his companions unseen by them. Thero was moro of the thicket be fore him than ho had thought, nnd ho was still fighting his way through It when ho was brought to a stand by a peculiar cry that might have been tho bleat of a young lamb: "Bn ba! "What's that?" ho croaked. Ho stood listening, nnd In a momont ho again heard tho cry, this tlmo moro distinctly: "nink! Dial;!" Thero could bo no mlstnke. It was WInthropo calling for him, nnd call lug with a clearness of volco that would havo been physically Impossible hnlf an hour since. Hlako's sunken eyes lighted with hope. Ho burst through tho last screen of Junglo nnd stared towards tho palm under which ho had left his companions. They wero not there. Another cnll from WInthropo di rected his gaze moro seaward. Tho two wero seated hesldo a fallen palm, and Miss Leslie hnd a largo round ob ject raised to her lips. WInthrop was waving to him. "Cocoanuts!" ho yollod. "Como on!" Three of tho palms had been over thrown by tho hurrlcnno, arid when Blake camo up ho found tho ground strewn with nuts. Ho seized the first ho camo to; but WInthropo held out ono already opened. Ho snatched It from him and placed the hole to his swollen Hps. Never had chnmpngno tasted half so delicious as that cocoa nut milk. Before ho could drain tho last of It through the little opening WInthropo hnd the husks torn from tho ends of two other nuts, and tho convenient germinal spots gougen open with his penknife. Ulake emptied the third before ho spoke. Even then his voice was hoarse and strained. "How'd you strike 'em?" "I couldn't help It," oxplnlnrd Win thropo. "Hardly had you disappeared when I noticed tho tops of tho fallen palms and thought of tho nuts. Tnore wnB ono In the grass not 20 feet from where we lay." "Lucky for you and for me, too, I guess." said Hlake. "Wo were all - . ii x jm mm m I m m m m m tJtx v s i . i QoO MJQri m IWIIIW1 III ! I ! I lasix. -hM I ' Blake Pushed Out from three down for tho count. But this settles tho first round In our favor. How do you llko tho picnic, Miss Jenny?" "Miss Lesllo, If you please," replied tho girl, with hauteur. "Oh, say, Miss Jenny!" protested Hlnko, genially. "Wo llvo In tho samo boarding houso now. Why not bo folksy? You'ro free to call mo Tom. Pass mo another nut, WInthropo. Thanks! By tho way, what's your front nnmo? Saw It aboard ship Cyril" "Cecil," corrected WInthropo, In n low tone. "Cecil Lord Cecil, eh? or Is It only tho Honornblo Cecil?" "My dear sir, I havo Intlmnted be fore that, for reasons of or state " "Oh, yes; you'ro traveling Incog., In tho secret service. Sort of detect ive" "Detective!" echoed WInthropo, In a peculiar tono. Blako grinned. "Well, It Is rawther a nawsty business for your honorable lutlshlp. But there's nothing llko call ing things by their t ight names." "Bight names or I don't quite take you 1 havo told you distinctly my namo Is Cecil Wlnlhrope!" "O-h-h! how lovely! See-sill! See- seal! Bet they called you Sissy at school. English chum of mine told mo your schools nro corkers for nick' names. What'll wo mako it Sis or Sissy?" "I profer my patronymic, Mr. Blako," replied WInthropo. "All right, then; we'll mnko It Pat, If that's your choice. I sny, Pat, this juico Is tho stuff for wetness, but It mnkoa a follow romember his grub. Whoro'd you lenvo that fish?" "Iteally, I can't just sny, but It mtiBt havo beon where 1 wrenched my ankle." "You cawn't Just say! And what aro wo going to ent?" "Hero aro tho cocoanuts." "Bright boy! go to tho head of tho class! Just tako sumo moro husk off thoso empty ones." WInthropo caught up ono of tho nuts, nnd with the aid of hSs kulfo stripped it of Its husk. At a gesture from Blako he laid It on tho hare ground and tho American burst It open with a blow of his heel. It was an Immature nut, and the moat proved . i . ,. . i . i i . i v ..... ... i IU II U 1IIIIU UllUKUI lllllll 1'IUUIMI ClUtllll Blako divided It Into three parts, hand lug Miss Lesllo the clenncst. Though his companions began with moro restraint, they finished their shares with equal gusto. WInthropo needed no further orders to roturn to his husking. Ono after nnother tho nuts wero cracked and divided among the three, until even Blako could not swallow another mouthful of the luscious cream. Toward tho end Miss I.osllo hud be como drowsy. At Wlnthrope's tug lug, she now lay down for a nap, Make's coat serving as a pillow. She fell nBleup while WInthropo wiu yet arranging it for her. Blako had turned hln back on her and was staring moodily nt the hippopotamus trail when Winthropn hobbled around and Among the Close Thickets. sat down on the palnl trunk bcsldo him. "i say, Blako," ho suggested, "I feel douced fagged myself. Why not nil tako a nap?" "'And when they awoke, they wero all dead men,' " remarked Blake. "By Jovo, that soundB like a Joko," protosted tho Englishman. "Don't rag mo now." 'Joko!" repeated Blako. "Why, that's Scripture, Pat, Scrlpturo! Any way, you'd think It no Joko to wnko up and find yourself going down tho throat of a hippo." "Hippo?" "Dozens of them over In tho rlvor Shouldn't wondor If thcy'vo all landed nnd'ro trncklug mo down by this time." "But hippopotami nro not carnlvor ous they're not nt all dangorous, un less ono wounds them, out in tho wa tor." "That may bo; but I'm not tnklng chances. They'vo got mouths llko sporm whnlos I saw ono tako a yawn Another thing, that bayou Is chuck full of alligators, and a fellow down on tho Band told mo they're llko tho Ccn tral Amorlcnu gavialB for keenness to nip a swimmer." "They will not como out on this dry land." "Supposo they won't thero're no other animals in Africa but sheep, eh?" "What can wo do? Tho cnptaln told me thnt thero aro both lions and leopards on this const." "NIco placo for thorn, too, nround theso trees," added Blako. "Lucky for us, they'ro night-birds mostly If that Hand follow didn't lie. Ho was a Boor, so I guess ho ought to know." "To bo sure. It's a nnsty llx wo'ro In for tonight. Could wo not build some kind of n barricade?" "With a penknife! Guess wo'll roost In a tree." "But cannot leopnrds climb? It scorns to mo that 1 havo heard " "How about Hons?" "They cannot; I'm suro of that." "Then we'll chnnco tho leopards. Just stretch out hero nnd nurso thnt unklo of yours. I don't want to bo lugging you nil ymir. I'm going to hunt ti likely treo." CHAPTER V. The Re-Ascent of Man. FTEHNOON wnB vunced and WInthropo wns bcirlnnlng to feel nn.lout when nt last Blnko pushed out from nmong tho closo thlckots, As ho up proached ho swung an unshapely club of green wood, pausing ovory fow paces to test Its weight and hnlnnco on a bush or knob of dirt. "By Jove!" called WInthropo; "that's not half bud! Yon look as If you could howl over an ox." Blako showed that ho wns flattoica. "Oh, I don't know," ho responded; "tho thing's blamed unhandy. Just tho sntne. I guess wo'll bo ready for callers to-night." "How's thnt?" "Show you lator, Pat, mo b'y. Now trot out como nuts. Wo'll feed bofore we movo ramp." "Miss Leslie Is still Bleeping." "Time, then, to roust hor out. Hey, MIbh Jenny, turn out! Tlmo to chow," Miss Lesllo sat up nnd gnzod nround In bewilderment. "It's all right, Miss aenovlovo," re assured WInthropo. "Blnko has found a safe placo for tho night, nnd ho wishes us to eat before wo leavo hero." i "Savo lugging tho grub," added . Blake. "Get busy, Pnt." Ab WInthropo caught up a nut the girl begnn to nrrango hor disordered hair and (Irons with tho deft nnd grnqo ful movements of n woman thoroughly trained In the nrt of self-adornment. There was ndmirntlon In Blnko's deep eycB ns ho watched hor dainty preen ing. She wns not h beautiful girl nt present Bho could hardly bo termod pretty; yet oven In hor drngglod, nuul df dross oho retained all tho subtlo charms of culturo which appenl bo strongly to n mnn. Blako was sub dued. His feelings evon carried him bo far ns nn attempt at formal polite ness when thoy had finished tholr meal. "Now, Miss Lesllo," ho began, "It's little moro than half nn hour to Bun down; bo, If you plenso, If you'ro ready, we'd best bo Btnrtlng." "Ih it far?" "Not so vory. But wo'vo got to chase through tho Junglo. Aro you suro you'ro qulto roady?" "Quite, thank you. But how about Mr. Wlnthropo'B anklo?" "HoMl rldo ns far as tho trcos. I enn't squoezo through with him, though." "I shall walk all tho way," put In WInthropo. "No, you won't. Climb aboard," re plied Blake, and catching up his club ! ho stooped for WInthropo to mount his bnck. As ho roso with his burdon Miss Lesllo caught sight of his coat, which still lay in a roll bcsldo the palm trunk. "How nhout your coat, Mr. Blako?" sho nsked. "Should you not put It on?" "No; I'm loaded now. Havo to ask you to look after it. You may nood It beforo morning, nnyway. If tho dews hero nro llko thoso in Central America thoy nro d-darnod llablo to bring on malarial fovor." Nothing moro wns Bald until thoy had crossed tho opon spneo between tho palms and tho bolt of junglo along tho rlvor. At othor tlmos WIn thropo nnd Miss Lesllo might havo beon Interested in tho toworlng scrow palms, festooned to tho top with climbers, and In tho hugo fonts which thoy could seo beneath tho mnngrovos In tho owumpy ground on their loft. Now, however, thoy woro far too con corned with tho question of how thoy should penotrato tho donso tnnglo ot thorny brush nnd creepors which roso boforo them llko a groon wall. Even Blnko hosltatcd as ho roleasod WInthropo nnd looked nt MIbs LosIIo'b costume. Her whlto skirt was of stout duck; but tho flimsy material of her waist was ill-suited for rough usage. "Bottor put tho coat on unlosB you want to como out on tho othor sldo In full ovonlng dross," ho said. "Thoro's no uso kicking, but I wish you'd hap pened to havo on some sort of-u jacket when wo got Bpllled." "Ib thoro no pnth through tho thick et?" Inquired WInthropo. "Only tho hippo trail, and It don't go our wny. Wo'vo got to run our j own line. 1 lores n slide for your gamo anklo." WInthropo took tho hnlf-groen branch which Blnko broko from tho nearest treo and lurnod to assist Miss Leslie with tho coat. Tho garment wns of Bitch conrso cloth that as WIn thropo drow tho collar closo about hor throat Miss Lesllo could not forego a little grimace of repugnance. Tho creaso botweon Blako's eyes dcoponod, , nnd tho girl hastened to utter an ex planatory exclamation: "Not bo tight, Mr. WInthropo, plenso! It scratches my neck." (TO nB CONTINUED.) Crocodiles Along the Nile. At tho sound of tho shot tho wholo of this bank of tho rlvor, ovor tho ex- I ...... nt , Inn nt n illnlna et n tnlln ' 11.11V Ul 111. lUUOb l lMUI IV! VJ u UillU, sprang Into hideous life, and my com panions and I saw hundrods ot croco diles, of all sorts and slr.CH, rushing madly Into tlio Nllo, whoso waters along tho lino of tho , shoro wero lashed into whlto foam, oxactly as a heavy wave had broken, It could bo no exaggeration to say that at least a thousand of thoso sau liana had hcon disturbed at a ulnglo Bitot. Strnnd Magazine, Wretched Pay for Labor, At n hearing Inst Biunmor in' London on tho "sweating" question, evidence was brought forward Knowing that fie women who sowod hooks and oyos on cards enrnod at nn averago a little ovor 75 cents a week. Anothor womnn was lnstnncod who worked from nlno ono morning until tho u:t morning und earned 10 cents In that imn. U would scum better to die, MORE P1NKHAM CURES Added to the Long List due to This Famous Remedy. Camdon, N.J. "It la with pleasure that I add my testimonial to your already long list hoplntr that it may lnduco others to avail themselves of tula vnluaulo mcul. YoKOtablc Compound. I suf fered from torrlblo headaches, pain in my back and right slue, wna tired and nervous, nnd bo wcaklcould hardly ntand. Lydia L. Plnkham's Vegeta ble Compound re. stored mo to health und mndo mo feel llko a now person, and It shall nlwaya havo my praise." Mrs. W. P. VAiiKNTiNE, 002 Lincoln Avonuo, Camden, N. J. Gardiner, JIo. "I was a great ouf foror from n fomalo dlsoase. Tho doc tor said I would havo to go to tho hospital for nn oporatlon, but LydlaE. Plnkham'a Vcgotablo Compound com pletely cured mo in thrco months." Mns. S. A. WirxtAsie, R. F. D. 2fo. 14, Uox 80, Gardiner Me. Ilecauso your caso is a difficult ono, doctors having dono you no good. io not continue to Buffer without giving Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vogotablo Compound a trial. It surely haa cured manycaBCB of fomalo ilia, bucu as in flammation, ulceration, displacements, abrold tumors, irregularities, periodic imins, backache, that boarlng-down tooling, indigestion, dizziness, and nor foua prostration. It coBta but a trifle to try It, nnd tho rosult la worth mil lions to many aufforlng women. NO TIME LIKE THE PRESTNT. "Why, Mra. Jones, what nro you do ing out in nil this rain?" "Oh, I Just ran out to buy an um brella!" . Decollete. Wtt Ting Fang, at n dnnco In Wash ington, criticised tho modern ballroom hollo. "Llko tho nnclont llrlton, who drossod in bluo wond," ho said, "the hollo's Idoa of n magnificent toilet seoms -to bo plenty of paint nnd very little clothing." Anneke Jans-Dorjarduo Holm, Imvlng poxlllvo proof nn hucIi, nildresw with ntnmp, 1103 Lennox Bldg., Clcvelnnd, 0. It Ib right to look our II fo accounts bravely In tho faco now nnd then, and scttlo them honestly. Bronto. hucokhs rem hkvkntv ykaus . 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