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clergyman nodded his head
Possibly he was amused by
[city of the Anoient Mariner.
d the inhabitants of the Island
d on the beach to receive the
•eked strangers, and made a
fagots to warm the poor crea
llow nice and kind of them!”
s. Griffith in her mellow, sym
c voice.
1 abode here for three months,
nan centurion having refused to
e prisoners under his charge to
t their escape,” added the cler
, restoring the Testament to
ket “Truly, God works in a
ious way His wonders to per
this land must have belonged
Publius whose father was
of fever by the Apostle,”
Miss Symthe, pointing to the
vith her red silk parasol,
iv awfully clever you are to
nil about it!” whispered Lieut.
, while his glance plainly sup
ited: “How well you are look
day!”
young lady smiled with a cer
•aim complacency. Her sailor
as bound with a blue ribbon,
imparted a youthful charm to
licate features, while her slender
was clad in a white dress with an
belt, and wide, mariner’s collar,
idered with anchors. She was
aware that the masculine gaze
on her with satisfaction, and
he elderly clergyman found her
in to Publius the more apt that
s fair.
for the model of the ships of an
i', we find it on the coins of Com
, Adrian, and Lucius Verus,”
Capt Fillingham, still contem
g the bay.
turned suddenly to Arthur Cur
nth a twinkle of sly humor in
e.
les your friend, Jacob Dealtry,
n to possess any good Roman
in't know, I am sure; but I should
lot,” retorted Lieut Curzon,
it. lllake, who was attired in a
rm of vivid scarlet, and a short
t which imparted an additional
f glow to his sandy complexion,
y red mustache, and bulbous
tilted his cap over his keen blue
have no more doubt of Jacob
try s dealing in Roman coins than
he has a pretty daughter,” he
in a bantering tone,
e company laughed. Arthur Cur
iguin started, and colored with
ou mistaken,” he retorted
;-v ‘ Jacob Dealtry has no daugh
ss far as I am aware. ”
1 was vexed, even startled, by the
tness of the emotion which swept
him at the mention of the young
in the garden. Surely the senti
t was merely a tingling irritation
nek blood, the innate hostility in
rJ of the sailor to the soldier,
dt an unwarrantable resentment
apt. Make, mingled with wrath at
1 lor so readily betraying his
annoyance. What a fool he had
man*™ mention the name ot the
0 there are no pretty daughters in
onse of Dealtry,” said Capt.
mockingly. "More's the pity!
a great admirer of the fair sex,
jet my enemies declare that I am
d marrying mam”
taStn!?'51- sighed and glanced
Itimenta?1 "‘th exPreSK>°ti of
which w#s
iCc"rr ™“
'l.T retort a nf h’S ,lip to c^eck a
i shot tW ”? °* fresl1 doubt
Ju?hi Of this woff1 hU- ueart at the
Used. prowling v.' w‘th curiosity
th«ol4 \VatchSTb°Ut th* sheePt®ld
•s !^?hed andJn?"-,,wl^e Dol.
tls« maiden bf's aU lnn°oenoe.
^ hisXteHes^ aDd ,be*
P- "lake was a ‘ In reality
wh^had w VC, °fficer' «»ol
the Crimea °nJnU,s medal*
‘on inaction he «. J“ peno<1» of
ing a clear head at mesa when feebler
brains had become hopelessly obscure
over the wine Arthur Curzon beheld
him in as odious a guise as did Charles
Iiamb’s crier of the thief; his plain ex
terior exaggerated to monstrosity, as
his soul was capable of any evil in
tent. Youth is prone to extremes of
feeling, and the sailor was very young
in all matters of the heart
“How very odd that I can not get
the name of Dealtry out of my head!”
said the Ancient Mariner, removing
his hat and suffering the warm breeze
to sweep over bis bald cranium,
fringed with white locks “When I
was in the Baltic a man-”
“John, dear, put on your hat, or you
will catch your death of cold,” inter
posed Mrs. Filllngham with her usual
decision of manner.
The lady was in the best of spirits.
She wore a hat of juvenile aspect and
a metal belt with a whole arsenal of
miniature daggers and pistols of silver
attached.
The Ancient Mariner slowly replaced
his hat, with an expression of offended
dignity- “I was about to remark, if
you will allow me to finish, Mary-”
“Yes, yes,” rejoined his helpmate,
with her hurried lisp, while her pale
blue eyes wandered abstractedly to
ward the luncheon cloth spread on the
ground at some paces distant. “Mrs.
Griffith is waiting for us. Let me find
a nice sheltered corner for you, dear,
and some sherry. You must keep up
your strength, you know. ”
“Promise to preach us a sermon on
St Paul at Malta,” said Mrs. Griffith
to the clergyman.
The hostess felt that transition from
sacred to mundane matters might be
too abrupt without such a suggestion.
“Very good,” he replied, smiling.
“I invite you all to my parish in Sur
rey next summer to hear me preach
about St Paul at Malta. . 1 fancy the
ordeal will prove a sufficient punish
ment for all small peccadilloes
Promise to lunch with me at the Vicar
age afterward.”
In the general assent Captain Blake
evinced marked fervor. Much desul
tory talk and laughter ensued, amid
the popping of corks and the .discus
sion of cold fowl and ham, sandwiches
and salad.
The Ancient Mariner, with a Scotch
plaid spread over his rheumatic knees,
a plate of jellied beef before him, and
a wine bottle at his elbow, had recov
ered his amiability.
“Get married in the heyday of
youth,” he admonished. "Every man
needs a wife to take care of him. ”
The clergyman, who was a widower,
sighed, and helped himself freely to
mustard. Miss Ethel Symthe sat on a
camp-stool, with Arthur Curzon on
her right hand, and Captain Blake on
the left.
r. The latter, investigating the depths
of a jar of potted tongue, remarked,
“The worst of it is, Malta .is such a
beastly hole to be stationed in. There’s
nothing whatever to do.”
“I find it very jolly,” said Arthur
Curzon. Thereupon he sang, in a fine
baritone voice, the ballad of Destiny.
The Ancient Mariner listened with a
sudden shadow of gravity on his face.
• “Strange! Ilis father. Admiral Jack,
had just such a voice.” he soliloquized.
“Do you like that song?" demanded
Capt lilake, sotto voee, of Mias
Symthe, as he traced lines on the
ground with the pointed end of the
young lady’s parasol. "Bellowing is
no name for it ”
Then he added the soldier’s defiance
of the discipline of the troop-ship, in
a mocking falsetto—
“And all about the * hip,
Pm sure ’(would vex a ea'nt!
Everywhere you wale or eit,
They ling out, ‘Mind the paint.’ ”
Miss Symthe declined to laugh at
this sally, and proffered claret-cup to
Arthur Curzon instead.
Mrs. Griffith had 6aid to her friend
when the man-of-war was coming into
port. “I hope you two will like each
other, Ethel. Arthur belongs to really
very good people."
Miss Symthe was prepared to like
Lieut. Curzon. She had decked her
self in a nautical toilet before her mir
ror that morning, as an international
tribute of flattery to the yonng man.
She was a daughter of her century in
all respects, and four-and-twenty years
of age. She was. on. the whole, heart
free, but she had passed through
several London seasons, and ex
perienced some cruel disillusiomneats
The troop of rosy sisters emerging
from the schoolroom beneath the
paternal roof, in budding maidenhood,
the pressure of public opinion, and the
warnings of maternal ambition, rang
the perpetual refrain in her ear,
“Marry! Make a good match if
possible, hut establish yourself in life
at all hazards.”
What more eligible field of conquest
could he accorded an enterprising girl
than Malta during the winter season,
with the ranks of army and naval men
to he met, and the occasional yachts
men flitting about the Mediterranean
on a cruise of pleasure? Miss Symthe
had decided to make themostof her op
portunities. Aware that the fair re
cruit, sent out to India by aspiring
relatives in quest of a husband, no
longer invariably finds such a mate,
while the social badge of spinsterhood,
glorified or otherwise, possessed no
attraction to the wearer of the straw
hat, she set about achieving her end
with that unflagging zeal, that un
wavering determination, brooking no
denial oa the part of subjugated man
kind, for which the modern fashion
able girl, whether at home or abroad,
is often so remarkable. Woe betide
the innocent rival who should cross
the path of Ethel Symthe's purpose
and thwart her aims! The heroine of
many London seasons, deeply versed
in feminine wiles, had one of Mrs.
Barrett Browning's housewives in her
bosom, well stocked with sharp nee
dles and pins of jealousy and spite,
ready to sting and prick a victim to
pain.
Capt Blake betrayed no pique at
her defection, but entered upon a
lively political skirmish with Mrs.
Fillingham, who prided herself on her
conservative acumen of judgment If
the captain was a social wasp, moved
at times to envy and malice, he
sheathed his little weapon on the
present occasion and gave no sign of
irritation.
r nenas m council aid me,” said
Mrs. Griffith, eating a last pate with a
fine appetite. The Russian grand
duke has kindly promised to eome to
me after dining with the governor.
Of course, there must be a ball. I
sent out the invitations this morning.
How shall we amuse his highness? I
have thought of some introductory
dramatio entertainment before the
dancing commencea Onr time is very
short for preparations. What if we
had a series of tableaux representing
the early inhabitants of Malta receiv
ing the royal guest?”
••Charming!” exclaimed Mrs. Fil
lingham.
“Give him a Cossack supper and
show him our Crimean medals,” sug
gested Capt Blake, facetiously.
Mrs. Griffith threatened him with
her finger. “I should require a beau
tiful girl for the early Phoenician
type,” she continued.
•‘I know of one,” said Arthur Cur
zon. impulsively.
“Do you, really? That makes all
the difference. Can you induce her to
pose for us, Arthur?”
“1 will try,” was the eager rejoinder.
Mrs Griffith contemplated her cousin
with interest Miss Symthe darted a
swift glance at him of surprise and in
quiry.
“Is she beautiful?” the latter asked,
with assumed carelessness ,
Lieut Curzon bit his lip. He wished
that he had not again spoken of the in
habitants of the Watch Tower, and yet
the motive was a generous one, Doloi es
longed to go to a ball. How strange
it would be if the caprice might be ful
filled in a swift and unexpected fash
ion! “That is a matter of taste,” he
said, warily. "At least 6he would
serve as a foil for Anglo-Saxon beauty,”
and his glance rested on Miss Symthe's
golden hair and delicate complexion.
"We need dark and rich coloring,"
said Mrs. Griffith, "Can 1 rely upon
you, Arthur?”
“You may rely upon me.” he replied
gravely, suppressing a smile.
"1 need the assistance of all of you,”
concluded the hostess, rising.
Then the remnants of the feast were
packed in baskets and hampers by the
attendant servants, and a last glance
taken of St Paul’s bay by the pleasure
seekers
FOUND HIM MIS9 8YMTHB8 COMPANION.
Returning homeward. Lieut Curzon
found himself the companion of Miss
Symthe. Mrs. Griffith smiled on the
young people with her most benevo
lent expression.
The young officer, with a sudden ac
cess of high spirits, and full of im
patience to fulfill the mission intrusted
to him. replied mechanically to the re
marks of liis companion. She was of
a conventional type of correct young
ladyhood. He assured himself, with
wearine-s, that he had met scores of
girls just like her. He could define to
a nicety, if so minded, her opinions on
religion, society, politics, dress, town
and country life. He did not attempt
to analyze this change of mood, only
the softly modulated accents of Miss
Symthe in his ear bored him.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
j Thk Lawyer Answered.—One of
| Chicago's most prominent lawyers tells
| a good story on himself. He says: “It
was when I used to practice law in a
little town near the center of the state.
A farmer bad one of his neighbors
arrested for stealing ducks, and I was
employed by the accused to endeavor
to convince the court that such was
not the case. The plaintiff was posi
tive his neighbor was guilty of the
offense charged against him, because
| he had seen the ducks in the defend
ant's yard. ‘How do you know they
are your ducks?’ I asked. ‘Oh, I should
know my own ducks anywhere,’ re
plied the farmer; and we went into a
description of their different peculiari
ties whereby he could readily distin
guish them from others. ‘Why,’ said
I, ‘those ducks can’t be of such a rare
breed. I have seen some just like
them in my own yard.’ 'That's not at
all unlikely,’ replied the farmer, ‘for
they are not the only ducks I have had
stolen lately.’”
Mrs. Watts—I saw in the paper the
other day that it is impossible for a
man to kick with full force when there
is nothing to kick at
Mrs. Potts—I’ll bet no married
woman wrote that—Indianapolis
Journal. .
(Catting nag*' Kara.
It was probably first introduced when
bulldog fighting became a fashionable
amusement, and the earfiaps were al
most totally removed to prevent them
from being torn and mangled by con
tending dogs—for the same reason, in
fact, as was the combs of fighting
! cocks and the hair cropped close from
the heads of pugilists, jtut this dis
j creditable pastime is now abolished; so
j there is no occasion for ear cropping,
even in the case of bulldogs, anti cer
tainly no valid excuse can be offered
for this exhibition of depraved taste
with regard to other breeds of dogs,
and especially terriers—animals which,
| as their name implies, have need for,
j the pendulous ear to guard the en
i trance to the auditory canal while bor
rowing.
It atleketh Closer Than a Brother,
Does the rheumatism. Cut off all relation
ship with It by the aid of Hostetter's Stom
ach Hitters, which severs the bond without
loss of time, If you use It promptly and per
sistently. No testimony Is more positive
and concurrent'than that which establishes
lta efficacy In this obstinate disease. Use It
with assurance of good results for malarial,
dyspeptic and nervous tfouhlgfe. constlpa
lion lirwl hllllnntnnBu
A Privileged Fsrsos.
Princess Mathilde is one of the few
Catholics who are entitled to eat meat
during Lent by a special decree of the
pope. This dispensation was accorded
to her under peculiar circumstancea
When • the queen of Westphalia, the
mother of Princess Mathide, paid a
visit to Pope Pius IX, at the Vatican,
the pope had a special “bull" drawn
out for benefit, in memory of her visit,
dispensing her from fasting during the
whole of her lifetime. “Your holiness
will pardon me," said the queen, "but
I am entitled to eat meat at all timee,
even without your holiness’ permission,
for I am a Protestant" “Well, then, I
will transfer the dispensation to your
daughter Mathilde.’’ This was done,
and the order remains in force to the
present day—.Paris Debate.
A. M. PRIEST, Druggist, Shelbyville, lad..
Buys: “HsII'b Catarrh Cure glveB the heat of
satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials, as
it oures every one who takes it." Druggists sell
t, 75c.
A Peculiar Glass.
The announcement made recently of
a German method of producing glass
which will transmit light freely, but
no heat, is founded upon the following
statement of details, presumably from
the source of operatious: A plate of
this material, one-fourteenth of an inch
thick, containing 2.8 per cent of iron
in the form described aB ferrous chlo
ride. allowed only 4.0 per cent of radi
ant heat to pass through it, while an
other plate of equal thickness, and
containing quite as much iron as ferric
chloride, permitted 11.2 to pass. The
chemical distinction is exceedingly
small, but the effect is very marked.
Using oxide instead of chloride,-and
again having it in a ferrous condition,
1 per cent produced a glass huv'ing a
faint blue tinge, but even more imper
vious to heat than the other sample.
A layer.332 inch in thlcknesB allowed
only 0.4 per cent of a bat's wing gas
flame to pass through, 0.72 of that from
an argand burner, and 0.73 of the heat
from a lime light, but it would trans
mit 12 per cent of heat from sunlight,
ordinary window glass, on the other
hand, letting some 80 per cent through.
Coe’s Cough Balsam
h the oldest and best. It will break up a Cold quick
er than anything else. It Is always reliable. Try lb
A Care for Laziness.
The Dutch are not fond of lazy peo
ple, and they have a very good way of
curing persons who can, but won’t
work. If a pauper who is able to work
refuses to do so, they put him in a cis
tern to which a pump is attached, and
turn on a stream of water. This
stream flows into the cistern just slow
enough to enable the lazy person by
lively pumping to keep the water from
getting over his head.—Harper's Young
People.
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Warranted to cure or money refunded* iak your
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Take hold of the truth and the truth will
take hold of you.
The Nickel Plate’s Mew Trains.
The new train service of the Nickel
Plate road, which went Into effect Sun
day, May 19th, has met the approval of
the traveling public.' On all sides are
heard expressions of universal satisfac
tion regarding the efforts which this
popular road Is making In the Inter
ests of Its patrons. Three fast trains
are now run In each direction daily.
Superb dining car service; no change
of cars for any class of passengers be
tween Chicago, New York and Boston.
City ticket office, 111 Adams street. Tel.
Main 389. Depot, Twelfth and Clark
streets. TeL Harrison 200.
No man is brave who is afraid of the
truth.
There are people who never accomplish
anything because they try to do too much.
The czar of Russia Inherits his father's
weakness for brass bands.
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Mister Much the Iledder.
A young man who considers himself
a man of resources wna once in the act
of pressing a young lady to hia manly
boaom, aaya the Chicago Dost, when
the young lady’s alater entered the
room. Of courae be deaiated at once,
but he waa not embarraaaed. The
young lady’a aiater anid, “Excuse me."
and atarted to leave the room, when he
felt that he ought to say something,
and say it right away. “Don’t go,” he
said, “we have juat been measuring to
see which is the taller.” (She paused
in the door way and looked at them
both intently. “You’re both about the
same height,” ahe said, quietly, “but
aiater la much the redder.” Then she
went out _
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The Romm It of Ambition.
“Thomas," said his mother proudly,
“1 am very much pleased with you for
winning that prize in the oratorical
contest. It was a fine triumph. I hope,
Thomas, with this added spur to your
ambition you will come home to tell me
of a still greater victory, a still nobler
triumph.
“Yes, Thomas.” she continued, as he
stood blushing before her, “I hope that
you will yet score a touch-down in a
football match.”—Chicago liecord.
The revlvlea powers • ' Parker'. Ginger Tonic
render It In tin en»»t>)e In ever? home. Htom'icb
trouble!, colds and every form of <;tai rest yield toil.
To escape criticism show that you don't
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Ills Ground.
“It seems to me that yon want an
unreasonably high price for this joke,"
said the editor.
“But,” said the humorist, “it is an
Irish bull. And when you consider the
present high price of beef you must see
that I am demanding nothing more
than ruling rates. ”—Cincinnati Tri
bune.
1 use Piso's Cure for Consumption both
in my family and practice.—1)h. O. W. Pat
tbhso.n, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 5, IBM.
Whoever sitB down to wait for fortune to
come his way, will need a thick cushion on
his seat.
If the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and uw that old and well-triad remedy, Via
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It is an idle hour that a man spends in
explaining himself.
Billiard table, second-hand, for sale
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Queen Victoria has a magnificent cellar
of wine at Windsor castle.
An Accomplished Fact,
May 19th the Nickel Plate road In
augurated a new train service. The new
summer schedule affords the same num
ber of trains as before, including
through service between Chicago,
Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Bos
ton. The Improvements also embrace
the shortening of time of trains be
tween all of the above cities. City Ticket
office. 111 Adame etreet. Tel. Main 889.
Depot, Twelfth and Clark streets. Tel.
Harrison 200.
Bismarck ■■ t Reporter,
Illsmarck waa for a time an official
reporter for one of the court* of justtoe.
Once, when questioning a witness, the
latter made an Impudent retort, where*
upon the embryo chancellor exclaimed
angrily, "If you are not more respect
ful, 1 shall kick you out of the room!”
"Young man," said the judge, Inter
rupting him, "1 would have you under
stand that this Is a dignified court of
justice, and it there Is any kicking to'
be done, the court will do IU" "Ah,
you see," said Bismarck to the witness,
"If you are not more respectful to me, t
the court will hick you out of the room.
So be careful, very careful, sir!" ;
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It Was Too Oood Fishing.
Apropos of the propensity of fishing
parties to play poker Amos J. Cum
mings was recently invited to join n
party bound for n small lake swarming
with large fish. "You will make six,
and that is the exact party we want"
"That's all very fine," retorted Cum
mings, “but you will And that some of
the six will really want to go fishing
and break up the game”—Vanity.
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