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CHAPTER XI.
Everything, the whole order of life at
Moor Royal, seemed overstrained. When
Mr. BoMero went in on that, to him,
eventful day, he found old Mrs. Ray nl
most unable to comprehend the real ob
ject of his visit, so full waa she of lamen
tation for Jack, and of wrath against
those who had led Jack to thi sudden de
struction. "I can never forgive him. Mr. Boldero.
I am a bitterly tried mother; I have lost
both my sons in life. Hubert is tired of
me, and Jack is separated from me by a
dreadful gulf. If it were not for my
daughter, I should be a desolate Vroman."
"Having your daughter, I look upon
you as the most richly-gifted and fortu
nate woman of my acquaintance. Be pa
tient, Mrs. Ray; there are bright days in
store for your daughter and you."
"Yon niean, through you, my generous
friend, as you were my husband's trusted
friend," she said, more softly. "Mr.
Boldero, glad as I am to give my girl to
yon. I "
"I must ask you to say no more of
this," he interrupted. "It's the brightest
hope I have had in my life, this one I've
indulged of winning Jenifer for my wife.
But I must relinquish it now, at least for
a time."
"Relinquish it!" This was confirmation
strong of all her dreariest fears. Jenifer
was "relinquished" by a man who had
only sought her the day before, on ac
count of her brother's marriage.
i"I will not even ask you for your rea
son, Mr. Boldero. I accept your decision,
and, on the part of my daughter and my
self, thank you for coming to it so speed
ily." She spoke with unruffled courtesy, At
least, she told herself, he should not see
'that his insult had the power to move her.
"Mrs. Ray, for some months I must be
contented to appear to you as one of the
most despicable creatures who ever de
faced this earth. When those months are
over I shall be justified in Jenifer's eyes
at least."
"Miss Ray will not set herself up as
either your accuser or judge, rest satisfied
of that. I am sorry your letter of yester
day should have compelled me to trouble
you to come here to-day, but I won't de
tain you any longer."
She meant to dismiss him with solemn
dignity, but her plan was upset. Jenifer
-arne in, fearing the interview had taken
a wrong turn between her mother and Mr.
Boldero, and really thinking of him as the
family lawyer, and not at all as her own
lover. She had come forward confidently,
and was holding out her hand to him,
when old Mrs. Ray interposed.
"Jenny, dear, Mr. Boldero is as shocked
and disgusted at Jack's conduct as any
other right-minded person might be. It
does Dot surprise me that he is no longer
desirous of allying himself with so pain
fully disgraced a family."
"Which means that he doesn't want to
marry me any longer," Jenifer remarked,
with perfect composure. "But, however
shocked and disgusted you are," she add
ed, turning to him confidently, "you will
persuade ray mother to be kind to the poor
boy. won't you T'
"That or anything else in the world that
I can do that you ask me, Jenifer. Trust
me for a short time longer, and then
Jenny, I dare not even hint to you what
I shall do then. If I stir an Inch out of
the rugged path my feet must travel
along for a time I commit a breach of
confidence and trust."
The girl shook ber head sadly, sorrow
fully. "I'm beginning to understand that
you're not a free agent."
"I shall be in time, thank heaven," he
I interrupted.
"Before that time comes we may all be
in our graves, Mr. Boldero," old Mrs.
Kay remarked, with a natural severity.
"For a time I must submit to be mis
construed." be said, quietly; bnt his heart
was hot within him as he felt how im
potent ue was at present to tnrow off tne
fetter which a dead man's mistaken good
intentions nau bound about his feet.
Old Mrs. Ray's farewell this day to the
-man whom she had for a few hours hoped
to hare for a son-in-law was Icy. It seem--ed
to tier, for the first time in Jenifer" a
life, that Jenifer waa acting In an undig
nified way in being frank and cordial to
ward tMa man who had solicited ber one
finlant only to reject ber the neit Bnt
-Jenifer had very dear vlelon. She knew
4tMt it man coahf reject her or renotaee
Iwr, rather nnleaa It waa at the bidding
M torn power within him stronger than
life or love. And tarn a power she felt
bear to be with Mr. Boldero.
CHAPTKR XII.
4iaary Ulfh-ureasare oar.
rt waa a atornlag la May. and tbe ana
was shining and the water g!enniing. and
the young green leaves and fuir spring
flowers were all looking their freshest and
best, as Mrs. Jervoise rode across tbe
park. She had only taken a turn or two
iu the Row, when the spirit, or a sudden
resolve, had moved her to leave It and
make her way along long lines of ter
races and through some tortuous streets
to St. John's Wood, where in one of the
prettiest villas that abound there Madame
Voglio reposed on her well-earned laurels.
A letter from her sister, Mrs. Ray, had
informed her of the facts of the break-lip
of the Moor Royal establishment, and of
Jenifer's intention of studying for twelve
months under Madame Voglio.
"It will be a great relief to me." Kf!ie
had candidly written, "when old Mrs. Ray
and Jenifer part company with ns. My
mother-in-law is a skeleton at the feast.
I know her position is a hard one, and I
don't feel inclined to lietter it at my own
expense. But if Jenifer can only suc
ceed as a concert singer, and make a lot
of money, and so be able to make the poor
oiu lauy more comfortable, I shall really
be very glad. Do all you can with Voglio;
get the rapacious old cormorant a few
good-paying pupils, who'll only want to
howl in private, on condition that she
really does exert herself to push Jenifer'
interests with public concert givers."
it was on this reqnest of her sister's
that Mrs. Jervoise was acting now. A
season or two ago Flora had herelf taken
lessons of Madame Voglio; thut is to say,
she had paid lavishly for singing for a
quarter of an hour three times a week
nnder Madame Voglio's auspices, and had
spent the rest of the lesson hour in enter
taining Madame Voglio at luncheon, and
being entertained by that lady's pungent
accounts of the way in which the major
ity of young ladies whom she taught ag
onized her exquisitely acute ear, and
wrung her artistic soul.
Madame Voglio was at home she gen
erally was at home nntil two o'clock; the
rare exceptions to this rule being when
she had pupils who were wealthy and
munificent enough to pay her for the sac
rifice she made in getting herself into a
costume in which she would I presenta
ble to the eyes of men at this early hour
of the day.
She rose up, adroitly sending the flow
lug folds of her blue silk robe de chauibre
over her carplsly attired feet, aud greet
ed Mrs. Jervoise with effusion. Mixture
of German and French woman as she
was, she spoke English with perfect pur:
ity 'and grace, never betraying by the
faintest touch of accent that she was
other than one born to tbe right of speak
ing It with native perfection.
"My always charming Mrs. Jervoise,
you are welcome to me as the breath of
spring which you bring into my room,"
Madame Voglio begsn; and Flora, laugh
ing, managed to evade the impending em
brace. "I've come to see what you can de for
Miss Ray, If she is worth doing anything
for," saiil Mrs. Jervoise.
"Ah, these young, sanguine local ama
teurs!" madame said, sighing heavily, and
shrugging ber shoulders, as if the subject
were too painful for her to venture to ap
proach it "They come to me. these en
terprising and brave young Indies, and I
tell them the truth, that they know noth
ingnot one single little thing that would
fit them to be professional singers they
look upon me as a jealous old woman
jealous of tbem and their puny pipings."
"You won't find Miss Ray a fool of this
order; if you tell her plainly she can do
nothing, she'U believe you, and ask you If
ahe can ever hope by hard work to do
anything. I think she can, and I want
yon to do all you cun for her, for for
family reasons."
"Then it ia that you want to get ber
comfortably out of the way of somebody.
Tell me; the somebody is "
"My sister!" Mrs. Jervoise Interrupted,
impatiently. "How tiresome you are
with your anggestlona and innnendoes!
Juet listen to a prosaic statement; my sis
ter ia married to a man who hasn't half
enough money to satisfy her very reason
able requirements, and she doesn't want
to have ber mother-in-law a fixture In ber
bouae for the remainder of ber life. If
Miss Ray makes an Income, ahe and ber
mother will clear out of EfBe's way with
out giving any one the chance of reflect
ing upon Eme. Yon see. I am quite dis
interested. My appeal for your valuable
Id In establishing this girl Is quite an
unselfish one."
"Tou are always that, my charming
Mm. Jervoise; and we shall see we shall
CHAPTER XIII,
' The Journey np to 'ndn waa a doleful
and weary one to old Mrs. Ray.
It was not only that ahe waa tearing
the home of her whole married lift for
ever, probably, but she was leaving it un
der circumstance that were peculiarly
painful to ber. If she had been going
forth from it in poverty and disappoint
ment, and still had the right to mourn fur
it. "as its mistress," it would have been
less galling and hard for ber.
The widow walked swiftly through the
hall, looking neither to the right nor the
left, giving her hand to each of tbe ser
vants as she passed. Without a word she
got into the wsgonette, and as it turned to
take ber to the station, she threw back
her deep crape veil and took one long,
wistful, hungry look back at the old home.
Jenifer could hardly tell whether she
was glad or sorry when they reached the
atation to find Nfr. Boldero there waiting
to see them off. It gave ber a sense of
support and sympathy to see him settling
her mother in the carriage and arrang
ing around ber all the comforts and lux
uries that were necessary to her on the
long journey. It gave her something
more, and that was a sense of boundless
gratitude, when he said:
"I happened to tie In town a day or two
ago; and haviiig heard from Mrs. Jervoise
that you wanted lodgings within easy
distsnce of the potent Madame Voglio, I
ventured to secure some that you can
have, if you like, in I'pper Hamiltou
place; at any rate, it will be better for
you to go to them to-night than to go to
a hotel; and if you don't ilke them on trial
you can still look for others. This is the
address."
"They must 1 cheap, Mr. Boldero,"
Jenifer said, earnestly. "I am going to
be so expensive iu the matter of lessons
that we must economize In lodgings."
"They are cheap," be assured her; and
then he went on to say that their lodging
with the mistress of the house would 1 a
boon to ber.
"I happen to know that you will ! do
ing a gTod woman a great service by tak
ing these lodgings. She is a gentlewoman,
and she has had more than her share of
suffering and sorrow. She has been a
mother, and Is now childless."
"1 know what it is to lose children,"
Mrs. Ray said, wepplngly.
"No. no, madam, you do not; you h:re
vour children left you. Jenny, may I
write to you, and will you write to me?'
"As often as you like."
"I knew you would answer in that
spirit. Here come the others. Heaven
bless yon, Jenny! Trust Mrs. H.itton
your landlady. She's a good woman, and
she knows how much it is to me that you
should be happy nnder her roof, or wher
ever you are. Halloo! here's Edgecumb.
His tones were not exactly those of
pleased surprise. Captain Edgecumb
came up by the side of Mrs. Hubert Ray
with hii air about him of lielonging to
the party that gave Mr. Boldero novel
sensations. Was it for this to see a esre-
Icss. debonnaire young fellow slip into
the nearest place by Jenifer that he, Mr,
BoMero, was holding buck till he could
come forward with honor?
A light, ringing voice roused him from
an unpleasant reverie.
"Mr. Boldero, you're the one person I
was pining to see before I left, but 1 find
I have to pine in vain for most things;
therefore I'm both surprised aud glad to
see you here. Hugh tells me we can't
get rid of Moor Royal altogether yet.
Now, can't you manage to accommodate
some one with it some one that will pay
a good rent, without telling every one
that we're letting the place? I've no sen
timent about it, yon know. Moor Royal
is by way of being a white elephant to tne.
Do, like a good man, get rid of Moor
Royal and put money in our purse."
"Eflie. you're talking nonsense!" her
husband whispered, angrily.
"Jenifer and you always say I am talk
ing nonsense when I tell the truth." she
laughed out, dauntlessly ; -and then she
took a graceful leave of those on the plat
form ana got into tne carriage niiruined.
The railway officials tell to this day the
story of how gracefully she went away,
and how pluckily she bore the ruin that
was partly of her own making.
In the confusion at the last moment
Eme had mannged easily, and apparently
unintentionally, to slip into another car
riage than the one in which old Mrs. Ray
and Jenifer were already settled. She
had invited Captain Edgecumb to follow
her invited him with one of her most ar
tistically rendered, winning smiles; and
he had disregarded the invitation, and got
himself into the carriage with Jenifer
and her mother.
Eflie did not want to detach Captain
Edgecumb from Jenifer, if he were al
ready attached In ever so slight a way;
but it seemed to her that they ought to
subordinate their own feelings and at
tachments to her will and pleasure. Then,
if she liked as Bhe would like to smile
npon them, she would still occupy the
graceful and powerful position.
Meanwhile, while she wss arranging
and rearranging and disarranging fanci
ful situations. Captain Edgecumb was
dealing manfully with realities and facts.
"Miss Ray," be began, when old Mrs.
Ray bad sunk Into a deep slumber from
sheer nerve fatigue, "you can't suppose
for a moment that I am here by accident
to-day."
"I thought your going up with us a very
happy accident."
"Not at all; it's a deep-laid plan between
my mother, my sisters and myself that I
should go up now, and introduce them to
yon in a few days if your mother and
yon will permit me to do so."
"You mustn't make them a social snare
to me," poor Jenifer said, feeling, as she
spoke, that she already belonged to tbe
great army of working martyrs.
"I hope they may help you," he said,
rather nervously. "My eldest sister is a
pupil of Madame Voglio's "
Jenifer listened with Intense Interest.
"She may be of use to you: she's a
good-hearted, strongly prejudiced kind of
girl, but abe'a fond of me; and if she can
help you abe will."
"Hubert couldn't make up his mind to
neglect hi mother altogether," Mrs. Ray
said later. "No doubt that's hj Eme
asked Csptaiu Edgecumb to go borne
wiib theiu; it was to leave Hubert free to
look after us."
And with this plessant conviction in her
mind, Mrs. Ray remained silent until they
stopped at the entrance to a good looking
house in a wide rosd. in which there were
a number of trees and a general expres
sion of fresh air and pleasantness.
"Here's the other cab and here's Cap
tain Edgecumb!" Jenifer cried, as she
sprang out, and though she had previous
ly avowed her satisfaction at his having
refrained from offering to escort them,
she felt glad and grateful now that be
was here taking thought for her mother.
They were soon sitting down in their
own room, resting and trying to recover
from their wonderment at finding "lodg
ings" so utterly different to what tbt-y
had expected. A quiet, middle-aged wom
an, with the manners of a parlor maid
and tbe strength of a porter, aided in
transporting the luggage np to their bed
rooms, and presently, while they were
murmuring to one another that all this
would be far beyond the power of their
purse, Mrs. Hatton, the landlady, came
in to bid them welcome, ami Cnptain
Edgecumb took a lingering leave.
"May I call to-morrow?" he nuked, try
ing to bold Jenifer's hrnd in his while
she answered hmi: but she wrigitled it
away and crossed her arms behind her
wsist as she leaned back against the:
table. !
"Ak mother if she can see you to-morrow."
l
"I want to know if I ran spc yon." ,
'Then I can tell you I'm afraid not;
I shall he out. and I shall be busy."
"Then the day nfier?"
"The day after I shall lie busier, and
the day after that busier still. Don't you
see how it is with me? I will do what
I came tip to Indoii to do, or at least I
will try unswervingly. Little things,
triScs in themselves, even a call from
you, would hinder me, ami I won't be hin
dered." "Hut I may come here nod see Mrs.
Ray? Won't you say g.Mid-night V" he
asked, holding out his hand ngiin.
"We shook hands just now don't you
remember it?" Jenifer laughed. "It's
mother you have to shake hands with
now."
The landlady, Mrs. Hatton, had come
in to bid them welcome, and she had done
so in the fet words, and in the briefest
period of time compatible with civility.
"I hope you will find your rooms com
fortable, and that Ann will please you
and wait upon you as you like." she had
said, coming softly in, and standing, a
perfectly peaceful, restful figure, in a
long, dark-gray, noiseless-textured dress
before them. And then almost, as it
seemed, as they were answering her, and
assuring her of their perfect satisfaction
nay, more, their delight -at finding their
lodgings so sujicrior to anything they
had anticipated, she had quietly mur
mured another little "laqie thnt they
would be happy there," anil had quietly
vanished.
(To be continued.)
DIMPLES AND WRINKLE?.
The deepest of dimples t-j wrinkles hsve
run
8ince Mary was twenty and I twenty-one;
But, dimpled or wrinkled, my sweet
heart's the same.
From the ijnhurst of life to its last
tittle tis oe.
The cheeks that were roses are shrunken
aud sle.
But their velvety purity never will fail;
And lips that were flushed with the red
blood of youth
Are warm with a love as undying as
truth.
The blue of her eyes is fading to gray.
And tbe gold of her hair is silver to-duy;
But the soul is the same that was orbed
in the blue.
And silvern is golden whin love lights
the view.
And, dimpled or wrinkled, a blush will
ciiii fess
The happiness lim of a lover's caress.
For the heart of a woman is tender as
true
And the passion it cherishes ever is new.
With Mary at twenty and ine twenty-one,
Thau dimples naught sweeter was under
the sun;
With Mary at sixty and me sixty one.
Why, dimples were made to (bat wrin
kles might run.
Texas SIf lings.
A Til A MP OPERATOR.
but Ilo
d to p;
i for the
The Goo l Old Times.
It in quite natural for elderly people
to lliin'.i that the times which lire gone
by, and which they alone remember,
were more interesting aud notable than
the tiiiies which arc passing now. The
passant of years tends to efface- from
tne miod the merely commonplace oe-
currorcei of every d...v, and leave only
the salient ones: so that past years Hre
really the more remarkable in our mem
ories.
This Is one reason why people Hjsiik
of nc't re weather an "ohl-fashioiniL"
On tin? whole, the weather does not
vary niucu from one decade to another;
but svpl remember the severe weath
er and forget the ordinary, so that to
the mind weather of the nast Is ex-
treme weather.
But the valuation placed on old things
may ) excessive as, for Instance, la
the ran' o.' a remark made by nu old
gentleman to bis nephew.
Twenty degrees lielow zero!" he aald.
"What docs that amount to? Why, I
can ivmemlx'r a Iny. when I was 20
years old, when the mercury waa forty
dcgro-R lelov zero; und you must re
member that one degree then was as
good as two nowadays!"
This reminds of the philosophy
of the Irishman regarding the differ
ence between the daya In Ireland and
America.
'Ah," said be, "the day la twice ns
long !n the ould cotinthry as here ajid
tliere'g twice as many of them!"
CHAPTER XIV.
There arose a alight confusion when
tbey reached the Paddington terminus.
Mrs. Jervoise bad aent a carriage and a
private omnibua to convey her sister and
her aister'a luggage In comfort to ber
(Mrs. Jerroiae'a) bouae. Jenifer was
quite eqnal to the task of looking after
her mother herself, and all tbeir ba long
ings; but Mrs. Hubert Ray wonld not let
thla be done quietly, out of the great fear
ahe had that aome mistake should be
made, and that old Mrs. Ray should get
herself put into the carriage that was In
tended for Eme herself.
"Hugh, I wish you'd put your mother
Into a cab at once, and send ber to tbelr
lodgings. Jenifer, tell Hugh your ad
dress; be wanta to send your mother on
without delay; it's so tiring for ber to wall
about while you're seeing after your lug
gage," EfHe cried, moving about with be
wildering rapidity from one to the other
of tbe family croup.
One of ttotissaye's Maxims.
One of the favorite maxims of the
lalp Arsene Houssave. the f Minus
French critic, waa a quotation from
Pythagoras: "Hold thy pence, or aay
something which ia better than silence."
Thla i hnd lnscrllwd over the door of
his house. Without drawing any com
parlsona or making any Insinuations, It
may V said that Houssa.ve wrote more
than eighty volumes of prose and poet
ry. At Mount Beatijon his entertain
ments were almost unrivaled In their
magnificence. At one of his kit-menses
tbe program Included "the simultaneous
popping of a thousand champagne
corks.
The Discoverer oT X Hays.
Prof. Roentgen la fond of Italy aud
goes to Florence every year to enjoy
rest. He tried hard on bis present trln
to avoid notoriety, but the students
made a great demonstration In his
honor. One of them delivered a Gor
man address to the distinguished visit
or and the Profeaaor responded in
choice Italian. Prof. Roentgen Is a tall,
handsome man with fair beard and
hair.
A lilg lluildlng Hoheme.
James E. Dingee, of Pennsylvania,
a millionaire who owns and conducts
an extensive brickyard In that city, It
going Into the budding business to an
extent never before attempted by one
man. He will build 7.S00 three atory
bouses near bla brick-making plant,
putting the entire number tinder way
at one time. The houses will be of the
tame general atyle. And yet they call
Philadelphia alow.
Tbe Indication! are that men will be
ao eearce la hearen that women will
bare to act ae Janltora.
There were jirobably 7M pa -wc liters
on No. 1. Thnt was her fair average, and
Conductor Hubbard afterward Kibl he
thought that on the n!dt of Sept. 4 she
had carried her full iuotu. If lie bad
realized what was luu-U of the innocent
query of the tniiupUli-bxiking su!tl
tule operator at llogan'i he would
have bci u a luvlly bi.d.y filirhle:id
man, even though the ociii was tlnv
days In the past. Only Kenneth nil
111!- so mid trick train dismtcl.. r Iwi.m
how close HI perxotm mid aine to
death on the n'gl.i of Sep!. . True, a
ccrtaiu boy may have bail a rcojoie bba
of It, but that is only a hazard, for he
waa a very si lipid boy.
Kcnni'ih was on the hog train, ll was
habitual with" him. IIin shoes were
bunchin of frayed leather; his t routers
were greasy and torn; bis eo.it wn
seedy, and although he had waxln-d his
shirt regularly ibrlco a week in the
waters of whatever pond or creek he
chanced to discover in his line of tran
sit, still, It was an evil-looking shirt
which did not ln-get confidence. He
was unsbaved aud iu general appear
ance vviim similar to the accepted Idea
of a hobo. The time had passed many
yenrs laiik when he felt that It was
worth while to appeal to station agents
or operators along the line of bis travel
for assistance. His garb and guise
were not nuchas to prompt self-respecting
telegraphers to talk In h! behalf
lo the conductor of freight lralu. and
so what progress westward bo made
was a tribute to his own vigilance and
agility vigilance In . detecting just
when the lirakcman's liack was turned
and ability In swinging under llie cars
and upon the trucks. And hi- was per
fectly and trampily satisfied.
Kcimo h sauntered up the platform at
Hogarth and took a beat on a 1kx Just
out-slde station window. lie would
have rwen ordered away had the agent
been In the ofltiv, but the agent was
not there. The agent, having bevii over
come by heat at 3 o'clock 8ertemlK'r
heat ia tiie most kAi-u hi-at In that div
ert laud Imi! been ctirriitl up to bis
houxc- to rage In tleliiium. and die, per-
luii, foi all the medical attendance a
Wyoming settlement could afford. It
was IiIh student wIk. sat In flushed Im
portance at the Vlogrnpli table when
Kenneth roved up to the window and
anchored on the Ikpx. Kenneth bad tour
ed the r-vfld until bt had a tirst-rate
knowledge of the time card, und he
knew that If wa on time she
would drew her si fiwiitlnc length of
freight cars ti; lo the Hogarth station
alsiirt nu hour aftci No. 1 had gone
whizzing eastward with her fat mall
and her sleepers. It was his purpe
to annex himself to Wi and proceed
eastward.
Idly, through the o'ii window, be
studied Lie boy. Hi was a very Htupld-
looklug Ixi.v, and at thin time of his hii-
lerlr's d.Nibllily n very luiortant boy
Kenneth estlmMled bis age at 14 or 15,
and tried to think how Htupendotm an
opinion lie himself had had of himself
when he was a boy ot 7 aud was left
for the flcKt time In charge of an office.
He Hxler-cd In a positively Interested
sort of way as the boy fought on the
second wire for fifteen minutes In bla
vigorous purpose to ask tbe time of a
far-away telegrapher, even though the
heavena might fall. It waa like old
unit, .ii piug operator, he remem
bered, do that sort ot thing fighting,
fighting, fighting In their determination
to take the wire fro-m any one idee who
may deaiie to use It- the train dutpatcb
er alone txcepted fioin the Hat to be
held In contempt.
The tramp operator wenrtod at laat of
tin? boy's "atnartjwuH" on the line, and
leaned Uick against the aide of the ata
tion lle-le-ilng to the clamor of the dla-pati-ber
c'rcult listening to orders, re
porta ann other mlnutaj of running
tralna by telegraph. In the r-ourse of
time he Vanicd a thing which caused
him to curae his link and look upon
hlmtu-lf aa one outraged, for by attending-
the racket of the dlepatcbet'e line
he found Uia No. J, the paanengcr train,
waa late, and Iwrteau of meeting her at
Roast lie, the station etwt of Hogarth,
where fh tramp operator waa waking,
602. the last freight, had been given
pemilwdci to go us far aa Wllllnmeon,
the atation next weat of Hogarth, for
the meeting. No. 1 had Wn warned In
due time of the change.
The faat freight had been out of Roaa
lie ten minute and waa feat approach
ing Hogarth when Kenneth heard tbe
man at Humboldt telling the dlajiatclier
that .No. ), having made np After min
ute of ucr time, aad wing m
forty -live minute late, dinired
ceed on eastward to Ilig.irtu
I iiMftlug, rather than rik having to
1 wait at Williaiiwtoii. The order waa
pro iptly jjlven, for express trains are
things which must U- humoral by train
dispatcn. re. This. d" course, made it
I tremp'.w-y to iiop w2 at Hogarth aud
give her d revlwil order In conformity
with that nu held by the conductor
of No. 1. It was easy enough. All that
was needed was to il! up the operator
at Hofpnih and. tell him to display hi
red signal and atop the approaching
fivlght i rain. Ktnneih understood
what wa.t to follow. You cannot tramp
over a ti juwontlui'uial line for a mouth
without !.cijuir;ng a thorough knowl
edge of its tclcgrupti'c seiTcts, If you lie
t.n open. or. Kenm th was acquainted
with the sliiitii-Hiice of the various nu
meral sii'tials which the dwpatidiera
us'-d o as to ecuuomly.e on time "ZH"
waa the warning to make ri-ody to re
ceive a tin In order, "11" meant for tbe
operator to repeat what he had receiv
ed, and ! on. And so when the anx
ious clii jiiiteliiT calicd nj n u the tsiy at
Hogiurii and said, "M No. VC" the
shabby i.i . n of the Morse was uware
that i' it vus wanted was the tllnplay
Ot Ho- ,-,,1 signal al.l the eanaeoucut
Lolding "f No. for iv. i 'd order,
But, to ins surprise tl.i boy did Uot
rn.ii ko iliv '.'"St'VJiJitf rcspou.-Cj "JT Nj
fii 1'." wlii.-ii would be the short way tW
haying-, "J have huiiij out my red sign;
Kin! will hold No. lau for orders." In
ste.iil, lo- scratched Ins head In a puz
zled way, and aft'T a nioint-iit tele
graphed back to the man who was dl
rcitins i in), "How that? What do
you mom' :
It Is vuy likely that the disaptcbr
had annrlaek of ver.igont that moment
when be rcallzi-d that a fast freight
train and a heavy p.i.vo-uger train wern
nppiV'ue.ihig one number on a curving,
twUtlti' track, each going at highest
sptN-d rind each seeking lo make a dif
ferent st.it i :i for passing, and wheu ho
realized at the same lime that a lout of
a student diI ii. I uuib rstand bat waa
was w.iri'ed of him. l'alii.slakingly and
slowly toe ilispatchel ticked back. "1
in-e-a-ii t o p u t im i y o u r r-e-d
l a n t-c-r-n f-o-r N-o. i;o-L." Slowly It
came. Indeed, but if the ticking was
fl"v the beating of the In-art of I bo dis
patcher must have Im cii rapid enough.
The ly's face llgl ted up. In a tangle,
of i'iiiIiu-iIiikiii be rattled olf this an
swer. Jumbling his words together In a
way unlHelligiblc to any but a waiting;
cur: "Allviglit, Iwlllptiiit out."
With a smile at tin- change of events
which had arnuigiil It so that No. (V)2
wou.a s'op after all aud give hi in a
cham-p to mount an end sill or climb un
der a oa. Kcnm-th rose and walked
up the platform. If was not a lung plat
form, foi the town was small, but by
the time In- had rein bed the end he siw
the light of No. is-ii' swinging Into tltt4
only flvo miles of straight track on the
road, mid ho realized that iu a few min
utes, obevinj; the ciimuirind of the nil
hiiitcru on the target, she would slop
and give him a chance to get on Isiurd.
He turned to lobk back at the signal
light and his face took on a stony mask
of dismay. He was to Is- disappointed
again. The light was not whining.
Houbtlii-s the order had again been
changed. The language he used waa
Inelegant and outspoken. The truin
drew iiimiit. He could lctir the rapid
Lsountl of the locomotive's exhaust and
there wn i no hope of ber stopping.
Suddm!)' a finrful thought came to
him. Ht remember 6 that he had not
si-en the boy put o;,t the lamp at all,
What If
He rushed back to tbe window like a
fury. "Wbere'a your red signal for thla
train?" lie Hhricked. "Ktop thta train!
Stop ber! The dispatcher has order for
her."
Very Imcly the lxij would have told
the ragged mid dirty tramp to mind his
own biismcwi but for that allusion to
the dispatcher. Heaven permitted the
fool to have a thought at the right time,
and In an expostulating, mumbling wuy
he wild: ' No, he alu't. He told me to -put
the light out and I've been five
inlniitm try I"' to pin It out. Had to take
L apart before I could blow It out, aud
now It smokes like all the "
There wna no time for him to com
plete hit. simile, foi Kenneth wa
through the window now and had tlW
ml oHIct- flag In his hund. He seized tha
ball lamp from the telegraph table, and
with the flag folded alsmt the chimney
to give the crlmsoi. hue of danger he
rutihed to the platform, the Improvised
re elgnal sending its dim message of
wanting weakly down the track toward
the thundering engic of No. 002, now
mrcely fifty yard away.
Weakly but It answered Its purpoae,
for, although the iralu'a momentum
carried It far pnat the office, ahe came
back In response to that well known
Ignal. The kld'a red light blew out
and I had to help hlm fake one up,"
aid Kenneth to tbe conductor, and
then he aat down to take the order,
punning the boy aside aa though be
were nor to be conaldered. Chicago
Record.
The Bchoolboy and the Emperor.
Tbe organ of the scboolmaatere, the
Allgemelne, Deuteche Lehrerzeltung,
relatea an episode of Kalaer WllbelnTe
visit to Wleabaden. When be waa rid
ing along the Taunus strnssc at the
head of hla eulte on Monday a small
boy ran after hlm aud cried out, aa he
frantically wared hla can. "Ilerr Kal.
aer! Ilerr Kalaer! get ua a holiday to
morrow!" The emperor laughed, and.
wnn a rnenaiy wink to the lad. called
out, "We ehall manage (." Accord
ingly on the neit day all the Inda and
laaaea of tbe town were Informed that
the day waa "achulfrel," and wherever
the kalaer appeared he waa naturally
greeted aa a liberator with the full
power of youthful lunga.
r
When tbe wolf la at rour door. .
will he aurprliHKl how eaallr von Mn
chaao hlm away, If you make an effort.