THE OLD HOME.
'An old In no, nn old gate, nn old house by a trco,
A wild wood, n wild brook they will not lot mo bo
In boyhood I knew them and still they call to me.'
Down deep In my heart's core I hear them, and my eyes
Through tear mlstn behold them, beneath the old time skies,
'Mid bee boom and ro.se blossoms and orchard lands, arlso.
I henr them; and heartsick with longing Is my soul
To walk there, to dream (here, beneath the nlcy'H blue bowlj
Around me, within mo, the weary world mndo whole.
To talk with tho wild brook of all the long ago;
To whisper the wood wind of things we tiael to know
When wo were old companions before my heart knew woo.
To wnlk with the morning nnd watch Its rose unfold;
To drowse with the noontide lulled on Ita heart of gold;
To lie with the nighttime and dream the dreams of old.
To toll to tho old trees, and to each listening lenf,
'Hie longing, the yearning, ns In my boyhood brief,
Tho old hope, the old love, would easo my heart of grief.
The old inne, the old gate, the old house by the tree,
The wild wood, tho wild brook they will not let me boj
In boyhood I knew them, and still they call to me.
-Criterion.
THE SACRIFICE OF AMY.
V course, If wo accept,"
aald
UJJ Amy slowly, "It simply moans
now dresses for us both."
"But wo must accept!" cried hor sis
ter Hilda Impatiently, "It would bo
folly not tol Komcmber that Mr.
Caraluke has had an Invitation, and
particularly asked mo If wo were go
lug. You know he has paid me a good
deal of attention already, and though
I daro say you think him a bit of a
rough diamond 11 ko most self-madu
men, still I don't mind that. I can
polish him up once wo arc married."
"Oh! don't talk like that!" said Amy
In a Bhockcd voice, "you know I don't
think anything of the kind. I admire
Mra. Carslako very much, and am
tiro any girl might love him."
"Oh! that's not the point!" cried Hll
dn, "but think of being the wife of a
millionaire! I believe he means to
link me at tills ball; at least, I Intend
to give him a pretty good opportunity.
Amy, I am sick of this life, nothing
but pinching and screwing, and 1
mean to go to this ball oven if our
'HILDA
WAS THIS
IUU.l.K.
ACKNOWMCDOi:!)
rcsses cripple the finances for weeks!"
Tho two Bisters, who were orphans,
lived In n tiny cottage In Percy valo, a
mall village Just outsldo Percytown,
together with an old servant who had
nursed them In Infancy, and who now
looked after them as a labor of love.
Amy was purse-bearer, and on her fell
tho constant struggle of making both
enda meet. Hilda was the beauty, and
was always talking wildly of the
grund marriage she meant to make.
Amy, who was old beyond her years,
used sometimes sadly to wonder how
It was to be accomplished In the nar
row social circle In which they lived,
tut now, at last, the stars seemed to
bo fighting for Hilda, for at a recep
tion In Percytown a few weeks ago,
Mr. ltlchard Carslako, the Australian
millionaire, had been presented to the
two girls, nnd had seemed to fall at
once under the spell of Hilda's beau
ty. Since then, he had asked permis
sion to call upon them, and It seemed
ns if Hilda's ambitions were in a fair
way of being realized.
"It does seem hard to have to give
up Lady Percy's ball for the sako of a
few pounds," said Amy, sighing, "but
do you think It really makes all that
difference If we go or not? I mean as
far as Mr. Carslako is concerned; be
cause If he Is really In love with you,
ho can come here and ask you."
Hilda tossed her head!
"Oh, Amy, you don't understand
anything about men! Nowadays they
want ovcrythlng to fall like a ripe
plum Into their mouths. And I don't
feel at all sure about Mr. Carslako,
but If I were at tho ball, looking love
ly in my new frock, I think ho might
ask me. Dut to come here for tho ex
press purpose urn I don't know! It
would take n bold man, or ouo very
aauch In love, And I don't bellovo Mr.
Carslako 1b capable of bejn'g very
Much In love, not at tho present mo
ment, anyway. His thought are too
much taken up with searching for that
sister of his."
Amy's eyes brightened suddenly.
"Do you know, I think that Is noble
of him! Fancy, she was seven, and
ho only twelve when ho ran away to
sea, and now he has made this fortune
and has traced her only so far an to
know that for years she must have
been thrown upon tho world on her
own resources. He told mo he would
never give up. He would spend the
best years of his life In finding her."
"And all tho while sho may bo
dead," said Hilda, with n shrug of her
shoulders, "or some common girl who
can't even speak properly. I don't
suppose you will need to envy me my
sister-in-law. Hut never mind that
now, Amy. Let us settle about the
dresses. Miss Stltchmore will make
them up very cheaply, I know, and If
I overlook her, well, sho can't go far
wrong. Besides, If tho silk and trim
mings come to more than we expect,
we needn't bo In such a violent hurry
to pay her."
"Oh, no," cried Amy, horrified, "I
wouldn't make her wait for the world!
She's 111; she's got a dreadful cough,
and I'm sure sho works a lot too hard
as It Is. Hilda, I'll give way and run
In to Percytown at once, to buy the
materials, if you'll promise to choose
a very cheap silk, and one that wo can
afford."
"Oh, yes, yes, anything!" cried 1111-
da, glad to get her own way. and
springing up and rushing to get ready.
Arrived in Percytown. sho was
quite satisfied to drag tho reluctant
Amy from shop to shop In quest of her
peculiar rancy. When at last sho
made her choice, the bill was so for
midable that Amy. as usual, tried to
equalize matters by taking for herself
a much Inferior silk, pretending she
preferred the pattern. She was so
used to similar sacrifices that It did
not even enter her head to feel sorrv
or envious.
They were back again at the cot
tage by lunch time, ami Immediately
after, Hilda was anxious to start off
and consult with Miss Stltchmore.
"I do hope," said Amy, as they
stood on tho doorstep of tho dress
maker's little house, "that she will be
able to undertake them. There Isn't
much time, you know, and sho em
ploys no one to help her."
"All the better," said Hilda, "they
won't run the risk of being spoiled by
an apprentice."
Miss Stltchmore 'answered the door
herself, and Invited them Into the lit
tle sitting-room, putting forward the
best chair for Amy and addressing
herself to her too. But Hilda prompt
ly took all explanation upon herself.
"I don't know how I am going to
promise them for the 17th, miss," said
the poor dressmaker, looking nervous
ly from ono young lady to the other.
"I have some work still to finish off,
and my cough Is so bad, It hinders me
dreadfully. And the stooping makes
It worse."
"1 am so sorry," began Amy, in a
sympathetic voice, but Hilda inter
rupted. "But you must promise them, Miss
Stltclunoro; don't you understand the
ball Is on the 17th V"
"I could do one, I know," said Miss
Stltchmore, with a sigh, "and per
Imps If tho other ono weren't quite
finished off inside "
"Oh, that's good enough," said Hil
da eagerly, "as long us Ave can put
them on, and they don't fall to pieces
oti us, that will do! But It Is very
Important, you understand. We must
have them."
"Very well, Miss. I'll do my best,"
couaeuted Miss Stltchmore.
As tho two girls walked down tho
garden path Hilda remarked, "I ex
poet I shall have to keep a sharp look
out on her, or she will never let us
have them."
Amy paused. "Wait one minute, Hil
da, I have forgotten something,"
Sho ran back and tapped softly at
the door. There was no answer. She
tapped again, and Miss Stltchmore ap
injured. Amy thought her eyes looked
wet, as If she had hastily wiped away
tears, niid Indeed, there was a hand
kerchief In the hand which she put up
tremblingly to her throat, while her
thin, work-worn fingers played ner
vously with a mourning locket set
with pearls, which was tied by a black
ribbon round her neck.
"Oh, I just ealno to say," began
Amy hurriedly, "that If you would
get MIbs Hilda's dress done first, It
doesn't matter so much about mine.
But it's quite true that hers is very
Important. If your cough Is bad," she
added, "don't worry uhout mine."
The girl gave a wan smile.
"Thank you, miss, you'ro very
kind. You're Just an angel, always
thinking of others. But I'll get them
both done, never fear. 1 cun't afford
not to."
The tears gathered In her poor red
eyes and Amy, moved by a sudden Im
pulse, put her arm around hor waist
and kissed her. "Now, remember, 1
shan't mind, I'm not a bit sec on my
dress," she whispered.
And fearful lest Hilda's Impatience
might lead her to return, she ran off
hurriedly to rejoin her.
A few days later Hilda entered the
cottage In high glee. "My dress Is
nearly finished," she announced to
Amy, "and It looks sweet But I'm
afraid," she added, "she's not going
on as fast as she ought to with yours.
You're to go to-morrow to be fitted,
and do for goodness' sake pitch Into
her about It, and keep her up to the
mark."
Upon Amy's return the next day,
Hilda eagerly questioned her as to
Miss Stltehmore's progress. Amy as
sured her sister that her dress (Hil
da's) was perfectly finished, and look
ed a dream, but returned evasive an
swers about her own. As soon as she
could escape from Hilda sho went up
stairs, and locking the door of her
bedroom, took out the despised frock
of two seasons ago, and with lace and
ribbon, which she drew out of a little
parcel hidden under tho cover of her
Jacket, tried to freshen It up. "I am
sorry on Hilda's account," Hhe thought,
"because this old dress will certainly
look rather odd against her new one,
but It can't be helped. Miss Stltch
more has nearly killed herself over
Hilda's frock as it is. I must let Hil
da enter the ballroom first, and hide
behind Mrs. Heuth as much as possi
ble." The next day, us can bo Imagined,
poor Amy had a very bad quarter of
an hour indeed when tho box from
Miss Stltchmore arrived, and was
found to contain only Hilda's dress.
There wus something to bo said for
Hilda's disappointment, for If her sis
ter looked shabby, half her triumph In
her own smartness was spoilt. Amy
attempted to excite her pity on Miss
Stltchmoro's account, but It was quite
useless. Hilda overwhelmed her with
reproaches, and declared she thought
more of everyone than her own sis
ter. She was presently somewhat
soothed upon seeing tho wonders Amy
bad wrought upon tho old, despised
frock, which oven beside Hilda's new
one would now pass muster, and then
an. hour later, what a delightful sur
prise came for both girls. Two lovely
bouquets, a magnificent pink one, tied
with white satin ribbon, and a less
pretentious whlto ono tied up with
pink, and a note from Mr. Carslako
to anticipate the pleasure of seeing
them that night, and to express the
hope that each would choose the bou
quet which best corresponded with her
dress.
"Isn't that Just like a man?" said
llll'da, taking up first one Inniquot and
then another, "pink and white, white
and pink, Uie colors aro Just the
same."
"But tho tlowors themselves are dif
ferent," said Amy; "which do you
like best, Hilda?"
"Well, I think the large ono would
bo more In keeping with my dress,
don't you?"
"Yes, indeed," said Amy cordially,
"and I would Just as soon have the
littlo whlto one."
Presently a cab rattled up to tho
door; Mrs. Heath had called for her
charges. They got in, and much mu
tual admiration was exchanged.
Does an eagerly anticipated ball
over surpass one's wildest expecta
tions? Yes, occasionally! In any
case, In this Instance It bid fair to, for
both girls. Hilda was the acknowl
edged bell of the evening; so much was
she In request that her head seemed
to bo a littlo In danger of getting
turned. At any rate, for the time be
ing sho Boomed to have forgotten her
designs on Mr. Oarslake, else how
came It that danco after dance found
him ut Amy's side? Amy, glancing
timidly at him from time to time, fan
cied Unit ho waa watching her sister
moodily.
( Barb In tho ovenlug.he hud claimed
dances from both tho glrU. Later, ho
confided to Amy that ho was not a
dancing man. Would sho sit out with
him and talk to him of tilings that In
terested her?
Here, indeed, was tho chance for
which she had longed! In a few min
utes she found herself pouring the
tale of Miss Stltchmore, her work, and
1 her Ill-health Into Mr. Carslake's sym
pathetic, if somewhat astonished ears.
"If only someone would send her to
the South of France," she said, "I am
sure she would recover."
"If you wish that she should go,"
ho said, smiling, "I'll certainly send
her to please you. And so this ex
plains," he went on, glancing at her
dress, "why you are not as smart to
night as your sister."
Amy blushed scarlet, alarmed as to
what she might not have revealed In
her enthusiasm.
"Don't you like my dress?" sho auld
timidly, "I thought men never noticed
such things."
"It 1 quite possible," said ltlchard
Carslako, "that they notice moro than
some women give them credit for."
Amy felt somehow as If a rebuke
were Intended, and was disconsolately
wondering what she could have said
to offend him, when he bent town I'd
her and said In quite another tone,
"And now tell mo, how did you like
my bouquets? Who choso?"
"Wo didn't choose," said Amy, has
tily, "we Just settled It between our
selves." "And so this is the one you really
preferred?" asked Carslake, In a sur
prised voice. .
Amy did not answer. All at once as
she sat silent, her eyes downcast, sho
noticed for the first time a quaint
mourning locket hanging on his watch
chain. Bits of his story camo back
to her, and she leaned forward excit
edly. "Oh, don't ask me!" sho cried, "but
let mo tell you something else. Let
me look at Unit locket. Miss Stltch
more, the girl I was telling you about,
has a locket like that, and she told
me once It hud tho portrait of her
mother." She looked up at him hope
fully. "Do you think do you think
she might prove to be your sister?"
"Ah!" cried Uiehard Carslako, in ex
citement equal to her own, "I urn
sure of it, there Is not a shudow of
doubt. Ix)ok!" he pressed open the
locket, and showed a tiny miniature
of a sweet woman's face "when my
mother died, my father had a locket
made for each of us lu remembrance
When he died himself a year luter,
wo were left to the care of struugers,
who robbed and Ill-treated us. I ran
away to make my fortune and suc
ceeded. And now, and now, through
you l nave rouuu my sister! How
can I ever repuy you for your sweet
ness and kindness to her, my one tie
In the world! Not the only tie! don't
say It, Amy! I have had a hard life,
say you will link me to love and hap
pier times. Amy!" he cried, clasping
her hands, "you have taught me to
lovo you with your sweet ways! Could
you leurn to love me?"
"Oh, wait, wait, give mo time!"
cried Amy, In the midst of her happi
ness, suddenly overcome with a feel
ing that all this was the direst treach
ery to Hilda, "Let us think of your
sister first! And then there Is Hilda!
Sho Is younger than I am, I must
think of her."
And so ltlchard Carslako was forced
to possess his soul with what patience
he might, but In a very few weeks
everything had settled Itself. He hud
curried off Ids sister, now for the first
time made acquainted with her right
ful name, to the South of France,
where love and care were already re
storing her to health and strength, and
it Is certuln that the conversations
between the brother and sister only
confirmed the millionaire In his own
previously formed conclusions und
choice.
Hilda, at first furious, afterward ac
cepted the situation with much phi
losophy, and declared It was Just as
well, as she could never have toler
ated Miss Stltchmore as a slster-ln-law!
With tho worldly wisdom which
was so essentially a part of her na
ture, she turned her arts and her at
tentions upon a rising young barrister,
whom she had met at tho ball, and on
whom her brilliance and beauty seem
ed to have made a great Impression.
When Carslako returned to Amy's side
to plead his cause, It was to find her,
satisfied now tiiat hor sister's future
was assured, ready to acknowledge
she had loved him from the first
Homo Monthly.
Help tho SwnlUnvn AIouk.
During a recent cold period lu Swit
zerland thousands of swallows fell ex
hausted and half frozen. At Lucerne
and Zurich tho birds were collected
and taken care of by the people. When
they had sufilclently recovered they
were shipped by train to Italy and
there set ut liberty to continue the mi
gration southward.
After a man reaches 45, he Is too
old to buy anything on the Instalment
plan that It takes moro than six weeks
to pay for.
Vanity In a womun Is bud enough,
bat conceit in a man Is worso.
KNIFE INSTEAD OF N008E.
Educnfor Ilccoiiimeniln VlTUeotloa
for CiMnlcnincil Crlmlnnls.
Vivisection is tho alternative which.
Chancellor H. Benjamin Andrews, of
the Nebraska State University, would)
offer to condemned criminals. Ho ad
vocates such n course In the Interests
of medical and surgical sclenco bo-
llevlug that the result would bo tot
tho good of humanity. Should con-,
vlets thus submitted to the knlfo of;
tho experimental surgeon surVlvo tho'
ordeul, they would be given their frco'
dom. Tho chanco of survival, Andrew'
believes, would Induce many condemn-1
ed men to take their chances rather,
than go to tho gallows.
Many of the problems of medical
science require the use of Uvo sub
jects, ho points out, and In no way!
can they be secured under tho presonti
system. 1-Jven when animals of tfior
lower order are used much protest lsj
heard. No human being could bo por
mltted to volunteer under ordinary cir
cumstauccs, but a person whoso llfo la;
claimed by tho law, bo believes, could
bo permitted to accept an alternative
which might offer him n chanco to
live.
"A body used In that way," says tfie
chancellor, "might easily produce bene
fit to the race compared with which
CIIANCKI.I.Olt E. BENJAMIN ANDHKWO.
that of a soldier's death In battle would
seem trilling. It is a fact that no
further progress in surgical or medical
science can be made through the stud;
of the human cadaver. All advance
In anatomy and physiology for tho ad
vancement of medicine and surgery foq
the prevention of disease, pain and
death, must como from vivisection. On
of tho most useful services to human
ity which a live human body could per
form would be to allow its use for pur-'
poses of experimentation, under aiW
esthesla or otherwise.
"Ono would not go so far as to wlshj
hardoned murderers under condemnor
tlon forced against their wills to servo)
sclenco In that way: but, they might
submit In many Instances rather thanj
face tho certain fate of the nooso osj
tho electric chulr. The law demand
tho life of the condemned man and tha
solo purpose of tho executioner is to
toko it as expeditiously as possible,
The object of tho surgical experiment
allsts would be to attain tho great
benefits for science, and would not
necessarily mean the extinction of llfo,
It Is probable that the experiment
could best be made of advantage to
society in general through observation
during the process of experimentation,
followed by the application of tha
methods of surgery and medicine for
tho preservation of life in tho wounded
body.
"Tho law could make provision that
the convict surrendering himself fo
tho benefit of sclenco should have tha
advantage of every safeguard for his
protection against death consonant with
the success of the experiment Undoa
such conditions It would seem fair to
commute the death sentence of an In
corrigible murderer. Society would re
ceive tho benefit of tho additional
knowledge thus secured and all tho do
terrent effect of the death penalty
would bo secured."
DOGGIE TIP TO DATE.
Ladies who motor have taken to
dressing their dogs la motoring cos
tume. Our picture shows ono of theso
animals with motor goggles, coat with,
pocket handkerchief, collar and tl
shoes, and all complete. Tho outfit la
said to bo very expensive, and is muda
by expert tailors, tho dogs being mea
ured for tho costume Just an human b
lugs would bo.
The averugo woman does lore t
boast of having sat up with tho alck