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The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME IX. UARKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 18X. X UMBER J 7. WATERLOO. The Final Caariei in the Momentous Battle. Before the combined armies of WeD lngton ami Blucher the French could not stand, Imii, In spite of Inferior nuin niers, aud the manifest signs of defeat, General Bonaparte might have conduct ed an orderly retreat. The case was different with Naisdeon, the Emperor, even though he were now a Liberator; to rHreat would have lieen merely a postponement of the day of reckoning. Against thin army Xapoli-ou despatched what wat left of that force which was the peculiar product of his life and genius, the old and middle guard. Mont of lU iiieuilHTH wen- the children of peasants, ami hud been horn in ante revolntlou days. Neither intelligent in appearance nor graceful In U-aring. they nevertheless had the look of per fect fighting machines. Their huge liearskln caps and long mustaches did Hot diminish the fierceness of their as pect. They had lioeii selected fur size, docility, and strength: they had lieen well paid, -well fed. and well drilled; they had. therefore, no ties but those. to their emperor, no home hut their barracks, and no enthusiasm hut their passion for imperial France. They w uld have followed no lender unless he were distinguished In their nysteni of life; accordingly. Ney was selected for that honor, and. a they came in proud eonlldeiice up the Charlcroi road, their cmiMTor passeI them In review. I.Ike every other division, they had ts-cn told thai the distant rosr was from Hrouchy's guns; when Informed that all vnis ready for the finishing stroke, that there was to he a general advance along the whole line, aud that no man was to Is- denied his share in certain victory, even the sick. It is said. rose up. and hurried Into the ranks The air seemed rent with their hoars cheers as their columns swung In meas ured tread diagonally across the north ern spur of the cross-line elevation which cut the surface of the valley. Wellington, Informed of the French movement, as It Is thought, ty a de serter. Issued hurried orders to the cen ter, ordered Maltland's . brigade to where the charge must be met, and jiosled himself, with Napier's Imttery, somewhat to lis right. While yit his words of warning were scarcely tit tered, the head of the Freucli column appeared. The English twitterics iwlch--d forth a welcome, but, although Key's horse, the fifth that day. was shot, the men he led suffered little, ami, with him on foot at their Hide, they came steadily onward. The British guards were lying behind tin) hill-crest, ami the French could discern no fis only a few mounted officers, of whom Wel lington was one. Astonished and In credulous, the assailants pressed stead ily on until within twenty yards of the Knglish line. "I'p, guards! make ready!" rang out the Puke's well known call. The British Jumped, and fired; about .'IliO of Ney's gallant sol diers fell. Hut there wan no confusion; on Isith nidi's volley sw"eeded volley, and thin lasted until the British charg Then, and then only, the French withdrew. Simultaneously Donmiot had fallen upon Alien's division; but he was leading a forlorn hope, and making no Impression. As N'ey fell bark, a liody of French cuirassiers ad vanced upon the Knglish bntterles. Their success was jmrtial, and behind them a second column of the guard was formed. Again the assault was re newed; but the second attempt fared worse than the first. To the right of Maltland, Adam's brigade, w-lth the Fifty-second Regiment, had taken eta nil; wheeling now, these poured a deadly flank Are Into the advancing French, while the other mured In a devastating hall of bullets from the from. The front ranks of the French replied with spirit, but when the British had completed their manoenver. CJol borne gave the order, his men cheered In response, and the countercharge le gan. "Vive 1'Empereurr came the re sponsive cheer from the thinning ranks of the assailants, and still they came on. But in the awful crash they reeled, confnsion followed, and almost In the twinkling of an eye the rout Itegan. Two battalion of the old guard, under 'amlronne, retreated In fair order to the center of the Talley, where they made tbelr laat gallant stand against the overwhelming numbers of Hnlketl's German brigade. They fought until but lflO survived. From all aide the deMilrti)g cry of "Hauve qui peutr rang on their ears. To the final wi pi nion of surrender the leader assented, and they filed In dejection to the rear. This wcurrelice has passed Into tradi tion h an epic event; what Cnnibronne might well have said, 'The guard die, but never surrenders," was not uttered, but It epllotnlr.es their character and in the phrase (hey and their lender hsv found linmortallly.--('cntnry. , Cansea a Great Deal of Trouble. There are not many nations In Ktiroe rich enough to treat themselves to a traitor like Captain Dreyfus, who Is assuredly the dearest object in (hat line that has ever existed. We might, jierhapa. hare four heroes for the same price. The government machine, with Its usual genius, haa so skillfully ar ranged matters that It coats ua $12,000 a year to maintain m a distant Ulet a man who has been jdegraded public. 1y for trenat-n. If he ivea only twenty year, which wenM not be eitraordl- nary, he will have cost his country men, reckoning in the interest,-a llnla more than ftOO.000. Never did any man who saved hi country cost tis much as that. It is also the first time on record that any human being inspires a great enough interest for jicople to spend MM) francs a year merely to leurn the condition of his health. If a min ister hapH-ns to dream some night that Dreyfus has es-spcd that costs J.fjfiO francs in telegrams the next morning. If Dreyfus catches cold It takes l.i Kit) francs to announce the event to the proper authorities, while If a German or Knglish vessel Is sight ed sailing past the He an Diahk' we have to pay .(XiO fin lies. Besides tills the keepers and watch men on the island are subjected to the most cruel discipline, tine lias gone mad in account of the weight of ro sMiisibility, two men have been de voured by sharks in going from the hl aud where the governor lives to the lie an Dlable to find out how Captain Dreyfus had slept at night, and pale, nervous, restless beings are seen walk ing about anxiously, with a frightened leok. siartled and driven out of their wits at the slightest sound, having hardly time to eat and sleep; they never take their eyes off a very trnn (piil person, who walks his hundred paces after breakfast, smoking his pipe, with his hands behind his hack. They are people with a clear con science, who watch a man who has committed a crime. Paris Figaro. Mental Kpideiriics fast and Present. In hsiking back to the medieval ages, we find tin-ill to be times In which ab normal social phenomena were dis played on a grand scale times teeming with mobs, riots, revolts; with blind movement of vast human masses: with terrible epidemics that ravpd Kuropc from end to end. They were apu peculiar for the strange, striking fact that whole cities, extensive prov inces, groat counirii's, were stricken by one disease. Men went mad In packs, by the thousands. An obscure indi vidual In some remote country place had fits of hysterics, and soon all Ku ropc was wriggling and struggling in convulsions of hysterical Insanity. The dark ages were strange, peculiar ho. at least, do they appear to us, who con sider otisorselves vastly superior to the poor, ignorant medieval peasants, burgher, knight, with their supersti tious, religions fervor, and recurrent epidemic insanities. I am afraid, how ever, that a similar fate may overtake us. May not a future historian lsk back to our own times with dismay, and perhaps with horror? He will rep resent our age as dark and cruel an age of the blind, senseless Napoleonic wars, of great, commercial panics. In dustrial crises, Black Fridays, Coxey armies, and mot and crazes of all sorts and descriptions. Century. Dismal Swamp Canal, Ah engineering work which may have considerable effect on coastwise freights is the reconstruction of the Dismal Swamp canal, which Is design ed to afford a waterway between the north and south sea coasts, avoiding the dangers of lint terns. This canal Is a historic one, having been begun In 17H" and constructed in ten years, largely by slave lalsir, to the depth of four feet and a width of thirty-two feet. It extends from Elizabeth City, near Norfolk, Vs.. to the headwaters of the Pasquotank river, a dlslance of twenty-two miles, there connecting with navigable streams which reach the ocean south of Hatters. In Its early years It paid dividends of (50 per cent, per annum, and a share, of Its stock was reckoned tw be worth one hearty male slave. The present fn tract calls for a uniform depth of ten feet and a width of sixty feet, and the venture Is backed by $!HK,000 of Balti more capHal. The work Is to be com menced by Dec. 31, 1S!7. Not Good st Arithmetic. Mr. Frederick Ixs-ker-Ijimpson, an Knglish poet, in a volume of reminis cences entitled "My Confidence," tells a curious siory of Dean Stanley, an II-1 lustration of the (lean's dlfflfiltlc with '' numbers. Mr. 1-ocker-I.amiKson,. who i was a connection of Dean Stanley's by marriage, once told him how the coin-1 poser Halle's cook had bought a lottery ticket with the number twenty-three. "1 had a droit m, sir," mid the cook. ' "that made nie buy that niiinlsr. I dreamed the number seven, I dreamed It three times, and as three times seven makes twenty-three, I bought that ntunlKT." When Mr. Kocker-Kampson mid con cluded this story, the dean did not laugh, as he was expected to; instead of a In ugh a wistful look was observed on his face, as If he would like lo know where the Joke lay. ' "Then, suddenly, for he w". very quick," says the nnrraor, 'bin face brightened and he said, but not with out a shadow of dejection: 'A!:, yes, I see; yes, I suppose tnree time seven are not twenty-three!'" Bingo How Is the new cook doing? Mrs. Bingo Splendidly. Why, she ha only lieen here three days, and she can already ride my wheel quite nicely. New York Herald. After a man has consented to take the ta6uSir3 k -v.ir.is thinks h needs, she feels ths.t be Is good as landed. SELFISHNESS OF ONE MAN. After All Her Planning Phe Failed to Get a New Wrap. "Where is that lovely wrap you were selecting when I sa w you the other day? asked the young woman hi Marie Antoinette hat. "Oh, dou't sH-ak of It," groaned the young woman In the brown turban. 'It makes me ill to think of it." "What on earth In the matter with it? "Didn't It til. after all? Or " "It fitted so well that I might have known something would hapis-n so I couldn't get it. Oh, dear, I know I shall be perfectly healthy this year, too. I always am when I have to wear an old wrap; nothing will give me even a old in my betid. Just let uie get a lovely new one, though, aud " "The mere leaving of the front gate open is enough to give you pneumonia. Yes, I know just how It Is myself. But you said that you had a plan by which you could get that darling jacket, a ml " "Teach my husband a lesson at the same time! I know, bill somehow It failed to work, and It wasn't my fault In the least, either. It was tills way: Henry makes such a fuss over my bills that " "Already? What will he be after you have ls-eu married twenty years?" "I shan't mind it. then, dear. -It. is only while you are becoming accustom ed to a thing that it hurts. Well, to get even with him, I make a great outcry over his carelessness where his own garments are concerned. Now, last w in ter I got a new wrap anil he a new over coat. When the warm weather came I got a lot of imrtu balls and put my wrap carefully away, not that I meant to wear It this year, but only to call atten tion to my carefulness. lie Just left his coat hanging In the closet, and I wus so angry with him Just then that I wouldn't remind him of It. I saw that I could point a moral this fall, so he'd be ashamed to refuse me a new wrap for taking such good care of the old one." "Oh! I begin to see." "Do you? In the first place, I asked him for a new jacket, and he said he really couldn't afford one. Of course, I knew that was only talk." "Of course It was. 'Can't afford it' to a husband Is the 'Pretty Polly' to a par rot, earliest learned, and " , "Offcnost repeated, I know. Well, 1 cried a good ileal, but he Was firm, so I knew I'd have to play my trump card. Next day I went and selected the Jacket I wanted. That evening I said: 'Don't you want your overcoat, dear?' lie said h9 believed he would go up and get It, and oh, Kama, the moths had made a perfect wrts-k of it!" "Nerves him right. He " "Yes, b but It didn't s serve nm right, nt nil! He he had felt badly lie cause I cried, aud had succeeded In getting the money I had asked for, and now now It will all have to go for a new overcoat forfilmself! Oh, did you hear of anything so selfish?" Chicago Times-Herald. Getting Kven with Him. It is always gratifying to one's sense of Justice to see the tables turned upon a would-be swindler. Mrs. J. (. Jebb tells the story of a young Knglislimau who was travelling in Mexico. One Ion Manuel represented to him the Im mense value of certain silver mine, with which circumstances compelled him to part. But his friend should see and Judge for himself! The two men were accordingly low ered a short distance Into the shaft and the Englishman was so pleased with the appearance of the ore that, he gave his check for half the purchase price, tester he felt moved to explore his in vestment farther, and going alone to the mine, hired an Indian In the vicinity to lower the cage. He speedily discov ered that the mine was full of water! Putting Into luihiediate action a ,.lan of reprisal, he sought Don Manuel and exnressed his desire to visit the shaft again, lo which the Mexican reluctant ly yielded. The Indian was again hired lo lower the cage, Don Manuel, at the Knglislinian's Instance, giving the re quisite Instructions. The Knglisliinan then polilcly motioned the older man to Is- seated. Hardly had he done so, when the In dian, In obedience to a gesture from his secret patron, iH'gan turning the wind lass. In vain Don Manuel entreated nnd threatened, till his voice arose faintly from far below. Then tlie cage was drawn up lo with in a few feet of the surface and the Englishman demanded of Its drenched occupant the surrender of his check. Evidently I he young man meant busi ness, and without a word, Don Manuel yielded. "Now you can ronw out. I hope you have not taken a chill V" inquired tint Englishman, courtcimnly. furiously Composed. "Your honor." said a lawyer lu a re cent trial In England, "the argument of my learned friend Is lighter thsn vanity. It Is air; it Is smoke. From top to I sit torn It is absolutely nothing. And therefore, your honor, It falls to the ground by Its own weight." Kx change. If we had to wait until a woman lifted her veil In order to kiss her, w would lose all appetite, nnd wouldn't kiss her at ail. THE COMING MAN, A pair of very chubby legs, Incased in scarlei hoBe; A pair of little stuhhy boots, With rather doubtful toes; A little kilt, a little coat Cut as a mother can And lo! bcfure us Ktaud in state The future's "coming man." Hii eyes, pereliam e, will read the stara. And scan-ii their unknow n ways; Pi reliance the human heart and soul Will open to their gaze; Percliatiee tlieir ki eu aud flashing glance Will be a nation' light Those eyes that now are wistful bent On some "bis fellow's "kite. Thorn; band-those little, busy bands So sticky, small and brown: Tlume hand whose only mission seems To pull all order down; Who known what hidden strength may he Hidden in their clup, Though now 'tis but a taffy stick lu Kturily hold they grasp? Ah, hlcKMiiK on those little hands, ( Whose work is yet undone, And blessing on those little feet, Whose race is yet imriin! And blessings on the little brain That has nut yet learned to plan! Whate'vr the future holds in store, (iod bless the "coming man." Sotnerville Journal. TRYING FOR HIMSELF "That's the rock, sir," said the weath er bea ten old tar. Ted Itivers hsiked up and laughed a little bitterly. "A nice place to propose to a. lady," said he. "It seems to me that it would not be so easy as you think to get her there." The old fisherman hsiked shrewdly at Ted and winked to hlnmelf. "Well, sir, if you'd like to iry for yourself " "I'm not thinking aliout myself at nil," burst out Ted, with so much indig nation that his companion immediately drew lus conclusion. v "I never thought as you were, sir; 'twas only my little bit of a joke. But yon's the risk, and the gal as Is asked there i.s had for the. asking. It's gospel truth, what's more, and It's there as 1 got my old woman, which wouldn't so much as look st me until I caught her a-Mittlu' on the rim of that there rock. "Says I, "Betsy, I've come lo n.k you to marry me,' and she looked round sorter scared like, anil I says. 'You'iu a-slttin' on the love rock. Betsy, and It's here as I've fullered you. for you're the only gal what I wants: I've set my heart on marryin' you.' says 1, 'and you're on Hie love rock.' "Then she looks up as meek as a lainb and she says, 'Yes,' and falls a-cryln' ns If her heart would break, for Betsy, she always did admire that young scamp Pete, but site knew as well as me that she'd got to marry me, because I'd asked on the rock. "We was so took up with what had happened that we was all but caught by the tide, but we got off In time. The rock's niver quite covered, but 'twould lie fltt ugly place to pass a night, and next to impossible to be got off; there's nasty breakers in the lst weather, and some sharp bits of rock around, so as no boat can get near." Ted had fixed his eyes on the love rock. He was not listening to the gar rulous old man and he certainly did not believe the superstition nlout It, but, all the same, he felt inclined to com pass the difficulties lu the way, snd get Millie Lloyd there It would be ns good a place us any he knew for telling the Secret which had been his torment for months, and which he now felt was Im possible to keep to himself, even If the telling of It meant the ruin of his hopes. He could not endure to see her chat ting by the hour with okl Fielding, who evidently admired her and was quite equal to asking her to marry him, old villain that he was! And Millie who could guess what she would do? "It's time to be going back," said Ted. pulling his wntch out. "Oood morning. I've an Idea that this would lie rather a nice sMt for a picnic not half bad." Old .luck firlce Is-nl nearly double with laughter the moment Ted's figure d!sapH'ared around the cliffs, and then be went home to tell Betsy the Joke. She was n shrewd old woman snd gave It as her opinion that Ted was In love. Meantime Ted hurried back to the ho lel In a sort of inlc; be felt uneasy suddenly because lie had Imm-u alwent for several hours, and Fielding might be taking the opportunity! A set of tennis was lsing ployed on the asphalt court; Millie was not there. He went and leaned on the fence that guarded the cliff and gave sweeping glance from right lo left, tsiklng In the long walk from the top of the cliff and (he shore Isdow, both visible from this Hilnit. Neither Millie nor Fielding was In view. So he went lu and looked for them all lu the public silting rooms. There was not a sign of either. I'ntil (he gong summoned all the visitors down lo table d'hote he was nimble to find her, ami thin he heard casually thai she had Wn out for a drive with her mother. It was Ted who projKwed a picnic and Ted who suggested tine beat spot for one. "That's close to the love ruck, asu't It?" asked someone. "The love rock?" said Ted with the utmost innocence. "What's that?" With the impatience of young folk, the picnic was fixed for the next day, weather permitting or not. A storm had been predicted, but the objections of the elders were talked down with many arguments as unanswerable as they were illogical. it's not at all the weather for pic nics," growbil Mr. Fielding, following the group of enthusiasts, and looking souriyaou 'IVd aud Millie, who happen ed to be talking together. "We don't mind the weather." said Millie. Iier face wa.s radiant, and she entered into the plans with all her heart. Tod saw her smile anil stepped back aghast. "I should much prefer a quiet day on the shore," said Mr. Fielding in a lower tone. Millie glam-eil at Ted, and then she slipped away. Somehow she now felt out of heart with the picnic. As for Ted. there was nothing he would have liked Is'iti-r than to take Mr. Fielding by the throat ami throttle him. The next morning broke bright and sunny. A brirtk wind that afterward became boisterous was blowing from the sea. Willi baskets of provisions and long sticks, which they called their alpenstocks--the party sunned for the love ris k. They tsk tlieir lunch in the shelter of the cliffs. The tide was out. and the love rock stood up gaunt and jagged In full view. They Intended to explore it than afternoon. The tide had turned before the party reached the rock, and now the wind was so strong that a few hfw daring spirits turned back. Ted kept close to Millie, who refused to give up the ob ject of the picnic, though Mr. Fielding advised and almost commanded her to desist. The rest were Phi Intent upon the difficulties of their way to notice that Ted and Millie had struggled round to the other side, and the return lirty were already well on their way home. Clouds were gathering in the horizon, and every moment the wind was rising. Ted was right iu thinking tliut the fur ther wide was more sheltered; in fact, so well sheltered was it. that he and Millie were easily able to ascend, though it. was much steeper here Half way up they stopped, and as they sat In a nook to rest they heard how fierce the wind was now. "How the wind is blowing!" saJd Millie. "And what is that boom? Don't you hear it?" "I expect it's the breakers some where further along the shore." "It makes me nervous. Are you cer tain that we shall gel off all right lic fore the ilde surround us?" "If we don't," answered Ted, "we shall all have a rather interesting ad venture. At least ten of us are on this rock. The sea never covers it." "It would lie rather good fun," said the girl, a little doubtfully. When she was rested they started once more on the ascent Ted did not want to get to the fop. He had not yet told her his secret, and he was deter mined to speak ls'fore they left. But a fellow does not like to shout that sort of thing at the top of his voice. Moment by moment he put off the sentence and, as so often happens, he lost bis opiHirtunity, and they reach ed the top before be had said the words. Millie had to cower down, because she could not staud against the wind, and It was all he could do to keep his footing. His hat blew off and was car ried he knew not where in a moment. Millie's distress amused him until she lost her hat, ts, when hJs distress amused her. "How splendidly stupid we are!" "ried .Millie, laughing gnyly. "Can't you see the others, Mr. Bivers?" "No, they're in : up yet." Ted shad ed his eyes with Ms hand. It seemed to lie raining iu gusts, for he was quite wet. "There's s shower coming on," he shout imI, "we niuwt find shelter." He found a nook for her and they crouched down Just as a furious shower of rain drove down uisin them. Ted got wet. for there was rsm to shelter only one. When the shower was over be went to look for the rest again, entreating Millie not to follow, as Che rook was so slippery It was hardly safe for her. But she Insisted on following, and the result was that she slipped and fell, with a cry of anguish. "No, no, it's nothing." panted Millie, "and II serves tne right." But when she fried to staud she found It Inqsisslble, atid then she look ed up at Ted lu terror. "How am I to get down this wretch ed nick?" she asked, on the verge of tears. "When the others come we'll mnn age somehow," lie answered, reassur ingly, and In his distress aliout her he actually forgot the object that had drawn hiin here. "I wonder why they aren't here now?" lie lidded. He stood upon a Iki wider and looked shoreward, aiul then he gasjsxl. Putting hla hand to hla mouth be uttered a loud a nil piercing call, and then he whistled tbrUlj, but the noise of the wind waa lonnder than his Totce, and the sea gulls', shrieking drowned his whistle. i "What is it?" asked Millie, taking fright. "Why are you calling?" "It's no good, I'm afraid," he an swered: "they've given it up, aixl It isn't likely they'll trouble about us. Most likely they think we went horn wilh the others." "That means " exclaimed Millie. "That we must manage to get down as best we can alone. Miss Lloyd." Millie grew pale, but she set her lips resolutely and said she was ready. With Ted's help she managed to stand, but a slusit of pain brought an involun tary cry from her lips and when she attempted to take a step forward, though he supported her, she could not bear it, and she sank down with a short sob. "I must go for help," said Ted. "What! And leave me! Oh, I dare not stay here alone." "Now you must let me lie your doc tor." In- said, taking her foot in his hand and cutting the shoe laces. He made a bandage with his handkerchief, soaked it in a jsiol and bandaged the injured ankle capitally. "Thank you very much," she said; "that is wo nice." The tide advanced steadily and now it had completely surrounded them. A curious thrill of joy ran through him. lie glanced buck to where Millie sat bearing her pain patiently. She mo tioned him to come to her. "What ilo you see?" she asked. "We ai-e surrounded and will have to stay here until the next ebb. Old t J rice told me that no iHint could ap proach iu the finest weather, and now there's a high sea running." "An" we safe?" she asked, looking at him iu terror. "Perfectly. But it will be cold and wet and you are suffering." "Not milch," she replied, bravely, "and it is all my stupidity. Do you think you can ever forgive me?" 'IVd was not able to answer, except with a look that brought a rush of color to her pale cheeks. They sat in silence for a long time, listening to the roar of the breakers. A solitary figured apjieaned on the shore, but neither of them saw it. It was an old man who stood looking toward the rock through a pocket telescope. Then he shut it up and chuckled. "Blamed if I don't believe they're there. I'll go and tell missus to make some soup for 'em, the young lcddy'U maybe feci a bit chilly, and doubtless he'll come off that air rock fcelin' In clined to reward everybody all round, and me in piu-tic'lor." In order to be before anyone elsa Jack returned to the shore and got ready his Ismt, and several ropes. Then he sat down and smoked, keeping a lookout for any of the hotel folk who might te coming. When he saw men running panic-stricken toward him he pts-keted his pipe and pretended to be desjierately busy with his lKMit. "They're as safe as if they was in their own beds," cried the old man, "but. I'm a-goin' to get 'ein off at the risk of my life. I'm an old man and ain't of much account. If I get drown ed all I ask is as someone'll look after my missus." Millie's fs)t was better It had not Ix-eu much strained after all, and the perfect rest she had given it made it a very slight matter. With help she was able to descend the rock, old Jack eagerly guiding by the easiest way. When they got down he received a tip so large that he had not the slight est, doubt that the virtue of the rock had been proved once more; and, In deed, not one of the party who had come to welcome the adventurers was deceived by Ted and Millie's Innocent mnnner, and Mr. Fielding took his de parture the next day, which no one re gretted. Household Words. A Merciless Test. "What a dreadful cold you have!" exclaimed one Capitol Hill girl. "It is rather severe," replied the other. "But I don't mind it. I caught it In a good cause." "Did you have to go out in the rain after a doctor?" "No. it was a selfish experiment; but It is assisting me in a manlier so important that I don't mind It." "What is it helping yon to do?" "Decide a question on which my fu ture happiness depends." "Ooodness me!" "Yes. Father said that ns soon as I lie weather got cool enough to have the furnace going Herbert would be gin coming to the house three or four times a week Instead of only once. He said that he didn't think there was any heat in Herbert's hall bedroom and that he came here because It la a nice warm place to sit. So last night when he called I had the heat turned off from the parlor. I got very chilly, but I stood it better than Herbert did,' for 1 knew what to expect, and dreaaed accordingly. I told him that wc didn't expect to have that room heated all winter, because we used It so little. It was a dreadful ordeal, but I shall not regret it, for it will silence my doubts forever. If Hcrliert comes back now I will know that be. really and truly loves me." Washington Star. Asian Brick. The best bricks in the world ire made by the tribes of Central Asia. Alcohol fills even a modest man wltto a boastful spirit.