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WOMflJI AGAINST WQMAJf. BY MRS. M. t riAPlKK I -Coutiliuu.t. Valerie bit her lip. A train this girl foiled her. She, thought to have tri umphed over her ignorance in thin cast. ( an you ride?" she asked insolently. 'ej,'' answered Alice, ,uietly. "Vu,i are a paraxon of perfection in deed. ' sneered the other woman an taiie withdrew. Alice gaed after her gadlv. She pit.ed V alerie now from her iu-art. and thought she knew what made her so g bitter. The interview in the grounds had shown Alice that Valerie had a trouble that was indeed very heavy, especially to a nature so pro. id as hers. She en led Ilavis and "put on her hat) t. Ever since sh could rcniem- . It Alice had ridd-!i. the only differ ence being that she hat sat her steed without a saddle, and unencumbered by a long skirt, and now she was checked by society garments and ways. She took her gauntlets and whip, and (fathering her habit in hana, ojened her door. To her astonishment, in the corridor, she came upon Count Jura walking slowly up it. lie turned with an exclamation as he perceived her, and Alice thought she saw him put a paper hustily into his pocket. "1 crave pardon, mila ii: 1 mistake my way. Is this not the corridor to the guests' wing?" '.No. you are quite wrong: this lead only to my apartment."' Alice spoke coldly; indeed, she felt annoyed. i am indeed distressed, countess." he oliserved. courteously, "but 1 will take my departure i-t once." He bowed again and turned towards a door which led into another chamber. "Still you are wrong." said Alice, smiling and pointing with h r whin. "Co straight a.oii-r, and you will reach the big staircase, then you will soon lind your way. The door leads to the uapty part of the Castle - the 'treas-ure-nx)iiis.' as the servants call them. , Yes. now you are right." i "Au revoii', miladil'' Count Jura strode down theco-ridor. "Treasure rooms!" he n peated to bim-elf. I'aul was riirht. and yet anions all tin- t n-as ire of the castle she is to tne the rarest."' Alice ma le her way .dowly down the htaiacisc to the. central-hall, she felt excited and almost happy. She always hud that strange llutUT at her heart when n'-ur her husband, j ai ric, loosing like a goddess in j lierjxsrtVc lv-e.it habit, wan standing) in the doorway, beyond which the horses were waiting. A man's form was beside her. and Alice noticed wit ri a cold Hicki mng sensalion how low he was whisocring and how eager was his look. She came slowly up to them, , and caught a few words: j "When 1 thinK of it, Valerie, I am ; nearly mad to know what 1 have lost, i My life is a misery to me tied as- I am to a " Valerie heard Alice's footsteps, and she drew her hand away from his. "It is getting late, we had better start. " she said, quietly, giving him a look full of sympathy, and glancing an other oi triumph at Alice as she hur riedly went down the steps. Lord ltadine now joined them. "May 1 put you up, Countess" he asked, eagerly. He was a oung man. and Alice's fair loveliness had won his warmest ad tnirat'on. "If you please," sir- answered slowly. She was still hearing tier husband s voice, pas-ion-laden, br. a'.hing his love and misery into Valerie's ear. The Karl ; s-is'ed Valc-i ; to mount, and then the our rode slowly away. "We don't want any grooms, Hoy," said Valerie, authoritatively. So the Karl waved his attendants back. Lord Hadine glanced every now and then at his companion's face. '"Who was it said Oarrell had mar lied a farm-girl'" hemused. "Whata cruel scandal! This woman is peer less! Countess," he said aloud, "are. you in any way connected with the Ar-nolds-you know who I mean: they are a very old family the head is always called the Master of Arnold"' Alice had blushed, but now she was pale. "I have no aristocratic connections, Lord Hadine." she answered quietly; 4,I am only a farmer's niece." "Hut you have their face. The Ar nolds are a strangely lovely family forgive me for paying you so gauche a compliment: but you are tairer than was the Ladv Knid Arnold, whose por trait hangs in my mother's room, and who cicd years ago, and she was sup jMised to have been the greatest beauty of her time.'' "I have no family," repeated Alice. "I was only a farm girl. Vou will have heard how I came - to to-marry the Karl: liefore then I was neglected, ill used, and miserable. I even taught myself - at least, the 'village- school master helped me for some time, but he died two years ago, and then I had no one to assist me." "I do not care what you were," cried I)rd Hadine, fervently, reaching for her small hand and carrying it to his lips: "but to me vou are the embodi ment of everything that is perfection," Valerie turned at this instant, and the earl looking back, also saw the young man's act of courtesy and ad miration. "My Lady Alice progresses," re marked Valerie, with a sneer. "Hoy, you must look after your wife." Lord Darrell did not answer: ho un consciously tightened his hold on his reins, and his brows met in a frown. Something in the sight he had iust seen vexed him strangely, and for the first time since his return he beheld Alice's beauty in all its power. , Valerie saw the frown and her heart leaped. I . TT - I.l- v- 11 V. I .1 . l nu is iifrjr wiiu iier, biiu mui lo ( herself She checked her hone and the Earl 4ii ao also. "yVhatliit?" asked Lord Radlno, ulckly, "I forget the exact path," said Va lerU, "aad Koy knows absolutely noth 1m ftbeut U." I lU(9MMllaqnlra,"MUtha Earl, JMrriat'f ' "I UrrtiUUl LardE E. hOLMES. dine rode rapidly down the path to the : right. Alice, whose cheeks were Hushed with modesty at l ord Hadine o.it spoken admiration reined in her horse a few paces away. Yaier e chatted on. taking no notice ; of tne young countess; but. strange to sav. the Earl was watching his wife w ith a leeling akin to ania. ement ami . admiration. How well she sat her horse! How l :en an 1 U.ai.tiful her hair. What darn long la-hes framed her eyes! Last night he could sc.; not hint.' but Val'-r.e. the worn. n he lo'-ed: now his whole attention was turned on the wo man he had married. Valerie notice i Hoy's changed ex pression, an i jealousy burned in her breast. ' : onie, Hoy. Jyird Hadine is waving to us." she exclaimed, and. he moving to her side, they put tin-ir hor-cs to the trot dow n the lane. Alice felt a choking w n sat ion in her . throat and without another thought, she wheeled her horse round ari'l can- ' tered wildly in tlie opj os.le direction. She had lost all control o! her feel- ; irigs: sulis bur-t fro.n her lips. j i he or young wife was ult rly, j terribly uhhai'py. i i.e knew not what to do or where to ; go. out she f i t that .-omet din,' ii.ast end the torture she was endur.iig. or : she must die. .-sic: cantered on. unheeding and plunged in her thoughts, till the tremlilinr of her horse caused her to think o. him. and as she came to a sort of thicket, she loosened rein and ha him stand. Srie must have ridden some distance, for even to her. who knew the country well for miles around, having walked it in bygone days, this place was strange. She looked round at fir-t in surprise: then, a little- alar i.ed. she be;.' an to feel weary from her agitation and ex ercise, when the sound of a che.-ry whistle was horn to her ears, and the next minute a foo'st'-p rust Jed over the dying leaves, and a tail well-built young man came towards her. He stop) e l. ama 'd. as he saw the lovely girl on horse baek. her golden curls 'bating from their rough contact with the wind in picturesque confusion round her lace and neek. '1 beg your pardon, can I h" p you?" he said suddenly, lifting bis hat. Alice hesitated, then meeting his frank boyish face. she answered: "If you will, please. 1 hae lost my wav. " "Von are in the Abley VVooiis we are cio-e to the old Abby - the ruins are just bevound those trees. "The Alibey!" exclaimed Alice in surprise. "I thought 1 was quite in the opposite direction thev have taken the wrong path." "Vou have Itecome ttparated from your friends'' asked the young man, glancing again and again at her. "Yes." "Well, perhapp I can assist you. Do you want to find the Abbey'' "I think 1 had beeter go tuere. as they will in all probability make their i wav to it. replied AUci "Let me lead your horse. May I in troduce myself I am Frank Meredith at your service." "And 1 call me Alice," said the young countess, quietly. "Miss Alice, what a pretty quaint name -so old-fasnioned. Do you like i this part of the country I am staying down here with friends. I have been shooting, as you see. though the sport is not good. Nothing seems to live round the old Abliey-even the birds and insects desert it. It is dead, in deed." Alice listened to Frank Meredith's easy chatter quietly. She agreed with him in his estimate of the sjiot. Never had she seen so weird and strange a place, anil as they came in full sight of the ruins she could not repress a shud der which the young man noticed. "Yes: is it not dismal It looks like a great grey ghost. " I really doa'l think I should care to venture into its gloomy vaults, even in broad day light' "Who owns it!-'' asked Alice sud denly. "My friends did tell me, but I have forgotten. I will ask them again when I go home. .Vow, Miss Alice, shall I leave you here alone, or w ill my pres ence annoy you if 1 remain ' "oh. stay, please." cried Alice, her nerves unstrung still by the terrible strain put on them at the time of Kus tace Hivers' murder; "perhaps they will not be long." "I wonder if 1 shall see you again." said Frank Meredith after a pause. I while he stroked the horse's nsck: "I j am staying here another fortnight." I "You may, perhaps."' answered I Alice: she was drawn toward the young j man by his frank ways. j He seemed little more than a boy to her. though he numbered over twenty ; years. j "It seems a strange thing to say. ' j went on the young man quickly, "but i if ever you want me to do anything for j you. if I can. I will." j Alice blushed a little, then paled. j "Why do you say this'" she asked i hurriedly. ! "I cannot say. I only know I would give all I possess to lie your friend. You don't look happy. I should like to ; help you." Alice hesitated, then held out her hand. "You shall," she said, simply. "I have not one friend in the whole world. You shall be the first." "Oh, thank you!" he cried. "If you want me, write to me there or there; bo sure if I can 1 will always come," handing her two cards. Alice took them quietly, i-omo curious intuition seemed to come over her that she should need his aid, but he aid nothing, and the next instant the sound of voices amo to their cars, and the Karl, Valerie and Lord Hadine . 1 . I . , k. aimn! eu iieniro iiieiu "W hat a fright yoir have given us, Lady DarreU!" exclaimed the latter as he rode quickly up. Lady barrel!! This young lovely girl who had just accepted his friend ship! Could it be true'' he thought. "We thought you were lot,my Lady Alice," obaafred Valerie with a drawl, glancing at her young rival with an expreataon that mid: "Wa wlahed It, toa." j H...w did you mis us?" a-kd Uoy, 1 Coldly o' hi wife. "You have cu-ii much the longest way muni." "1 enjoyed my riius, " Alice replied quiet ;y and i-ol i!y t"U. "1 am mj sorry um did tint nee n:e bee kon. con t i 11 ued I or! Haiiue. 'Tiat "liv all n- ans. i-ru-d Va'erie. Then in a lower tone: Who is this gentle man' This is Mr. Meredith, w ho w as kinu enough to show me the way. Lord Hur rei!.' explained Alice. i,metiv. The I -.arl spoke a few cold words of thanks to the young man: then, with au expres-ive glance at A lief, Frank Mereuilh bowed and took his leave, still piungea in amaenjent, yet strangely pleased to think he was her friend . "A very pretty Iniv.'" ex claimed Va lerie. " lion t vou think so. ii y Ladv Alice.-" "He looks good and hone-t," Alice replied, sjs-ak.ng her thoughts. Iinl Itadiiie looked sulky, and Va Icrie ob-erved once more in alarm, that Hoy wa- gazing at his wife w.t i an epi cssi.,n of str ucje interest, o i.d it le ! he Wo begin- ning to ail i ire her. af'er all' Mm must work this away, at nil haz an s. "Now for the ruin Hoy, give me jour h .n i." The I' arl w as l--;dtj alidhe ..lIlllH d to the her instantly, groutiu. Ivor 1 Ha I tic put up ':i 'inn I to h "I don t t hi;ik I w id couii. drawing hacK. "Wnat. I jt !v Alice afraid p Alice, she said, 'observed Va.erie with a sin-er. If o i ar-nervous rem iin out in th air. ly all humus." said Hoy, ai- Illo-t i Ollt 111 t lo.l-H'. When he was not looking at Alice, be forgot h'-r charms, nnd only reliiem bi r- d her as a b.o' on li s lib.. "I wii! stay with '.on," whispered Lord Ka I. no. ". I will go." Alice said, firmly, her !ac growing white licnrath Valerie's sneers. "I am only tired not frightened. ' ."she siiped from her horse, ami gathering h-rhali' in her band, hur ried aft r t he ot Ic rs. I .o:d Hadine ted the reins of the four horses to a stout branch arid fol lowed her. At lirst Alice could see nothing, as she crept through the damp, moldy ruins of hat had once tieon noble bails, b it the forms of those two on ahead o lost in one anot her's presence, but as they s'tietrated into theg:oomy vaults, her -trange sense of fear re turned, and she shuddered again and again. Hut for her pride she would have turned buck and lied intotiie open air. hut Valerie's taunting voice came to her ears. They climbed up the broken frag ment of stone steps to what had l rn a tower, lloy tend-r'y helping Valerie over the '-o igh stones. Lord Hadine went first up the steps, then lien: to give h;s hand to Alice, when gl lin ing round nervously, she thought she saw something glittering from a dark corner beneath an ancient archway. She checked the cry that rose to her lip, and glanced again: this time she saw plainly the soiiietning that glit tered w ere two dark eyes set in a pale, grim face. She drew her band swiftly from ixird Hadine's bold. "I can go no further: I am tired." she said, hurricdlv. und turning, she fled white and trembling back to the entrance. "My Lady Alice is frightened after all," sneered Valerie, with a short laugh. Hoy glanced at hi wife's pale face contemptuously, then turned a look of love and admiration on the proud. lioautiful woman beside him. Lord Hadine hurried up to Alice. "Vou are looking quite startled and ill. Lady JJarrell." he said, in con sternation. "What was it did you see a ghost" "Yes. 1 saw a ghost," Alice an swered, faintly. She did not "add that the ghost was a man of liesh an i blood with an ugly scar across his face: she was silent be neath Valerie s scoffs and cruel sneers, forbearing to answer them as she might have done, for in that ghost in the dark corner she had recognized Valerie's disgraced and hated brother, I'aul Hoss. TO HE (Xj.NTINfED. The Klme a a 'lip. Few feel more the prevailing tend dency not to shell out cash in a ( oal Oil Johnny style than the waiters in the fash enable hotels and restaur ants, but they do not get much pity. Why the average waiter in such establishments should look with scorn and disdain unon a dime Is hard to determine. lh is more than $100 can earn in a day in tho best possible investment, and no good reason exists why the waiter shoull get anything, as full 10 percent, ad ditional is charged in such establish ments for the service. The trouble mostly grows out of the passing reign of wild extravagance in which fools who squandered theli money have wren in the habit of l osing as gr -at personages by tossing the waiter a dollar bill. Tin re is not much of that done now It must be apparent to any one that a quarter given at every meal to a waiter in a little while runs V an amount that is more than m st people get In Interest from a very large sum of money, and few can afford it along with all other expenses. For instance, there are few $111,000 houses In 1'hiladciphia at present which bring their owners $1 a day after taxes and other expen ses are paid, and there are plenty of people who are not getting over ,'t er cent for their money. Philadelphia Times. What the Ml tie Boy Thought. Tho lady had given the small boy an app'e ana he bad said nothing In recognition. "What docs a little boy say when he gets anything?" asked the lady in sinuatingly. He hesitated a moment "Some little boys," he said, "ay 'thank you;' same ays much obliged,' and some Just keeps thlnkin' how much better an orange tit than an apple" Detroit Free I 'res Nkaklv every mature woman knows the nature of man, but she will not admit that be baa a right to be that way. DREAMLAND. IB 'h dim ra.Hu I ft.Wsl tbreat;U. i tin -LUe of Chin uiittif i'uik 'f !". lru, A lrvl utikuewQ to kMj.t Tt-rf rui tt lied iif lo.ui torul4 in i i.ivui.'iii kui; iu-.ii cr Anl rtistt bit ntc! wi.tij'-rf .U, Ar'lti 1 "nnd.-r.-J. Iiitii-iif t 1 Ii irit frtsu Bunting, Vl.t'inll ll-4 Viliof l"it- lift Plst The loufvl fl"erfc h ftuug Ttifn I cnut'lit hUpanueul u floft'iiij; beia i ifiH-.riue (.ri'-ri) . "Ki.'ii: li t li 'ln iitui iftffirth'm ALd thuu uuiLkilil fur Uie ' An Ir.KtHTit a I ftai t him thrra Hl'i'kisl upet, uiy fw. lirferw Um (,'u ue ut t i 1 '4 air ttifcl'.isi truiu u. y i-uit'rft . li en, swifter than ftslia.iow flir. Hi' i'!. a'l l no j,'i nr fi'l -liiit i.l- ey- nere a. nil" Utht kvr ey luk.lij a Pml tartrwfi Tin: tki.eimiom: ;ii:l 'Wc!L"sai.l Mr. Ilol.ind Wayne, when lie came into bis ortice. after sevi nil diiys' illness with a wretched neur.ilgi.i. which iilTccted him when ever the cast winds blew, "oii got smile one for the telephone did you, burns'' "Yes sir," the 'The voting lady Tiicsilay " 'Young hiily Wayne, testily, wouiiiii A brok lor a woman.'' "Whv, you sec with an obvious head clerk replied, bus Ix iii here since '' cxchiuicl Mr. Whv did y .u get a r's otlice is no plac e sir," said Hums, embarrassment and apprehensive glances toward o.iket. jiuilition, behind w a light ich the new ojierator sat in concealment, "vou did not say anyt hing aout that only that Mr. kichards had his hands full with the wires, and that t heie'd have to be some one to take charge of the le'epholie; so I " 'That is Just like you Lurns." said Mr. Wayne, stamping back into his prhate otlice. -'Anyone cUe would hae known bet ter." "Why, you see, sir," said Hums, defensively, as be followed him back, "I didn't think it would make much diilctei.cc. The vou tig lady is very capable, and she sectm tl to want the place so badlv. she is vet.y jHHir, sir, and supports her mother. 1 know something about her, you see." "oh! Nunc; flame of jours, sup pose, liuriis Very nice arrangement lor you, no doubt." "I bcgoiir par I'm, sir," said Hums, in an oi enb d hiuinirr. "1 am a mar n d in. in " I;y .love', so you are!" said Hoiand ; Way i.e. with a laugh. "I had for gotten that Though," be aided i uiuoroii!v, '-that doesn't alwavs make a liilVienee. Weil, try her, anvhow. Where's the mail, pease" "I tell you what, burns," one ot the other clerks observed, when that iti ' dividual dually emerged from Mr. i Wayne's l!l e, "the Ujss is in a fly humor, isn't he"' 1 -He's ail r ght," Kurns answered 1 warmly. "He has given me a ticket ! to Atlantic City and two days off." The cierk whistled. "Why, I thought ho was going to I take your head off." I "You don't know him. 1 am sure it j is no shame to a man whose nerves are 'always twinging with neuralgia if he ! loses his tcmicr now and then." Hoiand, .neaii while, had taken up his pen anil was writing a lengthy ac count of Iirisket's neyv deal in 1'. Y. and M. If the cat jumps this way," he said in conclusion, "the bears have got him sure. Hanbury is on our side, lie has given Ilrisket the cold shoulder, and, if I'm not mistake!), soinelKxly will get woefully left 1 don't intend that it shall Is me. If everything goes as 1 think it will 1 sha'l pocket 2oo,0ou and then I am going out of the brokerage business. It doesn't suit me and my health is go poor, that I must getaway .some where or I shall go to pieces." "I beg your pardon, sir," said a soft, tremulous voice at his elbow, "1 am Miss Archer, Mr. Wayne." Hoiand dropped his pen and rose politely as he saw a slight graceful figure in black standing before him. "lie seated. Miss Archer," he said with a smile, which no man could have withheld when be saw the fairness of her young face and that shy, sweet flush on her cheeks. "What can I do for you" "1 am the telephone operator," she began rapidly and w ith a nervousness she could not conceal. "I 1 could not help but hearing what you said to Mr. Hums a little while ago. and and 1 came to say that if you need only say so." "Not satisded!" Hoiand echoed In rnmifest confusion. "Weil, really, you know I have not given you a trial, and as to what 1 said a while ago I am sorry, Miss Archer. 1 am afraid you will have toset itdown to neuralgia. 1 am quite willing to have you stay if you will." "You are very kind," she said, lac ing and unlacing her fingers in some confusion. "I should like, to slay indeed it is very Important that 1 should have this jiosit.lon or some thing else. Hut if what you say is true if a broker's ollle Is no place for a woman I -1 think I would rather not slay." How Hoiand Wayne abused him self when he thought of his careless woids, arid then marked how her lips quivered, how her eyelids drooped to keep back the tears: "I think I Bixike too hastily, Miss Archer," he said. "A lady's place I where she makes It. We are not a lot of savages," he added with a warm smile. "If you remain here 1 think I can assure you courteous and consid erate treatment on the part of every one In this office. If such is not ao corded you, you have only to Inform me. and I will know the reason why." "You are very kiwi, saia inc gin. with a bright fleeting smile. "I should like to stay. I reallv cannot afford to resign my position." "Then stay by all Hi-aus," said Hoiand. And to the e )i i c U on of hl clerks be got up and oiened the door for tier when she went out After that h caught turns' df listen ing to the soft vet di-tincl voice in the other room, holding conversation over the 'phone. Win n he was at home with an at tack of neuralgia, and had to com Hmuicate with the oriicc by wire, he o teii remarked bow well be could bear Miss Archer's voice when all the otheis had cblied away into a baliei of sound Hums did a flue thing when be got that girl into the otlice," he mii-ed one day w hen he was kept a prisoner rry mop'iortuucly. "1 don't know what we should do without her now csiieciaiiv. ll' lad etinii'li as ' it is. I cou do t have ha I this at I lack at a w rsi time. I'.ut 1 gu I everything is all right I (anbury's ' good f..r any a nc utit this side of a million. Iiy .love, though, it would lie rough on me If anything went wmtig now! It would clean me out coinp eiely." lie was waUing up and down the room trying t i rcfiress the nervous agitation which attacked him. i "Seien o'clock!" be sa.d, glancing at I he time. "The oilice is closed i long ago In another hour linskct will sign over those bonds, and then hello! as the shrill alarm of the telephone summoned him across the ' room. "Theie is no one at the oilice," .h" thought, taking up the receiver. "I wonder what's up now Hello! ; W ho are you" i "Helen Archer. Mr. Wayne," said I a voice he knew A'. i "Why, w hat are you doing at the otlice this time of night?" he asked involuntarily. "I am not at the not at your otlice. otlice that is. I am at the 'en oil hear me" tral Mat ion. (.an y Yes." 'T have s uni-thing imortant to tell you. Our w ire got crossed Willi .dr. Iirisket's to-day and I could hear every word said over it. I couid not uudeistaiid what thev w.-re talking aUmt, only Mr. Ilrisket was talking to a man named Iduibiiiv." "I (anbury!" exclaimed Wayne in great excitement "They yvere talking about bonds, and said a lot of things 1 couldn't comprehend. 1 ul uj. last your name was iin ut ioneil "This will put, Wayne in a hole,' Mr. Ilrisket said. "'Yes,' s.ij, Mr. I (anbury, bury hini alive. It's a goo I he's site! p. 1 to-night. There it'll thing is III danger, I supKi-e, of his gett ing w ind of this before o'clock?" " 'No danger at ail,' said Mr. Hi lsket. if you don't go back on me. Tln re will b" a new deal ail around and we'll lioost the market over Wa nc's head.' "Id you hear distinctly what I say?" she in tern pled. "Yes, ves:" Wavne said excitedly. 'W hat else?" "Nothibg more that 1 could un- 1 dcrst and, except that they were to meet at the Continental Hotel to-iii'.'ht. I came lu re because 1 was afraid V) talk from the office I thought some one might get on our wire, and I have you here direct That's a!L Hood-by!" l or Hoiand Wayne to dress and leave the house was the matter of a very short, while after he had received this-message from Helen Archer. His i illness and the danger of cxosure were quile forgotten. He was ireent. very unexpectedly 1 to .Mr. Ilrisket and Mr. Danhury, at I the evening conference at the hotel. ! It was a stormy scene that ensued between Hoiand Wayne and these ' two men who. had combined against i him a scene from which the young j broker issued, pale with exhaustion, but st ill triumphant j What had passed no one knew, but ! the next day the street was fairly ; electrified ny the news that Wayne j was closing uphis affairs to go abroad. I "That will throw us all out," said ! Burns, gloomily. Helen Archer heard the news with ' a sinking heart. She was late that , night in going home, having some small errands to attend to on her way. and, moreover, her steps lagged w ith the consciousness that she bad j bad news to carry to her ailing mother. i "You are late, Nelly," Mrs. Archer ! said, as she came in. "This gentle I man has been waiting to see you lor , some time." I It was Hoiand Wayne who rose and , held out bis band warmly. "Miss Archer." he said, "I have come to thank you for the service you i did me last night Thanks to you. I have saved my fortune from absolute ruin. If it had not Uren for your prompt action I should have been a beggar to-day." j "I I had no idea it was so se j rious as that." Helen said hastily. ; "I am very glad I could do you such i a service." Poland I shall never forget it," said, with a steadfast look Into her soft, gray eyes, "and I haye learned a wholesome lesson. W hen I went Into the brokerage business I did not dream that so much of my intercourse woult be wit h men wholly devoid of conscience or principle. I am sick and disgusted. Last nlgnt 1 hud ex pected to make iloo.OOO by one trans action. To-day I fltKUnyself thank ing Heaven and you tttt I got out without losing anything. I am tired of Mich chances. I do not feel that 1 can enter Into contracts with men like lirisket and Hanbury without compromising myself, and so I have decided to get out altogether." j "1 understood that you were going 'out of business," said Helen, quietly, I "Ves, I am. I shall close up the office as soon as possible." 'I expected that and 1 don't wish to trouble you, Mr. Wayne, but if vou see an opening for me any - where, would ?' U ' g k'b.J aJ to fee liliinetid me-" I have just teen talking to jourj mother." Klid KolamL Ujwing toMrs, Archer. - I am going abroad. My health re iuires it but 1 do not like the ilea of going alone. I want you and your mother to aeconip in? uie. It will do VOU both good indeed, VOU need it as much as 1 and I won't take a refusal." This is how Helen Archer took her first trip to Kurope. When she ratue home lloimd Wayne had got her a situation as his wife! - Chicago Host I inli-r llltli. nllti-a. The ineth ds employed by fbt: I'arisian authorities for commuuicat i 1 1 jr wild the provinces during the si. gc of I'aris were s-rseverlng and ingenious The principal means of s. mliug .etters was by balloons and carrier pulgeoiis, but many other plans were tried, it was almost iu possible tor a messenger to get through the Herman lines. Even wli' ii other difficulties cou'd le over come, the danger of a search and the discovery f t he dispat' h was great. Many of the messengers made in cissioiis in the skin and hid a dis patch under the epidermis Others proyided themselves with hollow ten centime phces, ir hollow keys, which could ! opened like a toX, and In which dispatches could be hidden. One was accustomed to hide his dis- : patch i rider an artificial hollow tooth. The e dispatches, of coure, were writt-n in cipher, and covered only a i fragment of paper. 1 Attempts wane made to cross the enemy's iines by following the caves and natural tunnels under the left branch of the Seine, and by diving and crossing the lied or the river in diving suits, but all these plans - failed. 1 A curious scheme was the putting of letters into little hollow spheres of zinc, and throwing these spcros into the Seine oi its tributaries, hoping that the y would tloat to I'aris They did 11 nit to I'aris, but, did not till after the armistice. It Is supxised that they wen- stopH d by dams, or that I hey were discovered and held back by Hie ( ermatis until the siege was at an end. Aiiothei clever arid economical device was the use of hollow glass spheres with an orifice to admit lh dispatch. These were .mull and light: they looked so like bubbles on I he water that it was Impossible to distinguish them. They floated easily over the dams and through the nets set by the Hermans. They would probably have proved very useful bad not. the river fro'.ea soon after they ware invented. Iliilifsty ApiirerlnCeil. In, Persia truthfulness is at a pre mium, as the English residents soon discovers. For some time after his arrival he is the victim of his ser vants, of the tradesmen, and, indeed,, of the natiyes iu general. He buys experience more or less dearly, but having Imughl it lie is able to correct bis mistakes one by one. Hradually betakes root In the coun try, lb' "hits off" with the Per sians. The solitary one makes friends real friends, not mere acquaintances and, strange to say, those friends an often from the priesthood, the most fanatical among the Moslems. And these Oriental friends always confess that what originally attracted them to their new ally is the strange fad that an Englishman doesn't lie. In 1'crsia, the great hot-bed of lies and ititrigtie, a man who does not lie is indeed a phenomenon. Very soou the Englishman is Invited to dinners, to marriage feasts, even to picnics; for he is a lion, and the lion-hunter exists even in Persia. Little by little the Influence of "the man who tells the truth" begins to spread, disputes are referred to him, for is he not the only judge In the place who docs not hunger for a bribe? An unpaid arbitrator, he "emtiodies the law" in many a knotty dispute. There are no fees in his court, and the reference being by mutual consent and purely unoillclal, there can be no apisral. KnelUh Tent lit I'olrir lllllltllie. The rejiort of the committee ap pointed by the Hoyai Society to In quire into the subject of color vision has now been made, and the Marine Iicpartmerit are In communication with the Hoval Society and with the Jiepartment of Science and Art at south Kensington as totheltest mode of giving effect to its Important re commendations. These involve the abandonment of the present system of exauiinai ion and the substitution of entirely new methods, the employ ment of which, it is believed, cannot fail to detect color blindness when It exits. In connection with this subject It is of Interest to note that out of tho 4, 002 ixtsoiis in the mercantile mar ine who were candidates for masters' and mates' certificates last year i twenty-seven were, retected through their Inability to distinguish colors. London News. Il.ii mi Olil llMiihrlor (inaoa a Chlmiisj-. Every old bachelor knows how to clean a lamn chimney. He never bother with chamois leather or any thing of the kind, but Just, holds the glass chimney in the steam from a kettle until sufficient moisture has Collected, when he wipes It out with an old handkerchief or, better still, an old kid glove. This Is the easiest wav imaginable for making an old chimney shine like a crystal, and Is far more effective than tho ordinary methods sworn to by experts who have graduated In the kitchen, and think a bachelor who lives by himself does not know anything. Ulobe-Demo-ract. Ho many people spend most of their time In suspending swords orer their ; own heads.