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fr ' i - . LHARLOTTNSMi. DRAEME. CHAPTER VIl.-U,..iit.rn..I.i The dinner passed off pleasantly. So id the whole evening and the following day. The colonel became chirrmcd with Bis surroundings. The days went by. Once or twice he began a hesitating allusion to his depart ure. The second time, the iiiir who Was lighting his pipe, turned sicidonly up D him with a red face. snd boiweeu his angry puff said: "No more ' that, led, or you and I'll Quarrel. What'. Tired of us already?" Colonel Drew stammered. Of course his uncle uvtist know how he liked the place the place wbib was more like kwc than any other. After his poor father's death, the home soon after pre Bided orer by a stepfather had imbittered his life: India he had never liked, lie paused suddenly, fearing teat he should have offended hi uncle; but the squire Waa regarding his nephew with haif clon ed, twinkling eyes. He was silent for a Uaomeut, then he stopped. knocked the ashes from hie pipe, and gave a curious chuckle. "Ah, I b you'll like the old place even totter by and by!" he said, taking up his hat, "Now I'm going to ride round to the rectory on business. You dance attend ance oa the women folk for one morning, k won't do you harm, and it pleases them. me, Geoff if you w ant peace in the , too most be in the women's good hooks, especially when there' two of nsa. Tou can get round one: but two Well, a wise man doesn't attempt it!" They will not like my staying on," began the colonel uneasily. Hot like it? Well, all I can say ia you've put my nose ont of joint; I'm no tody now. Good-by." "I MB ungrateful," said Colonel Ware to himself. Then he went to (ind Mrs. Drew.. Lillian waa giving out the mores, as was . the old-fashioned custom maintained t Boathaide Hall. The cook was t iling than op on a big tray. When Colonel tYaiw entered, he beard the clank of the kcyo aa Lillian shut the door of the big 4akoar4. Ofc, it's yon," she said with slignt sur 1hw. Then, womanlike, seeing that he Waa annoyed, or the prey of some erur 'ffcm, ah at once assumed her armor of ariable commonplace, and asked if he rc Bneasbered the room. "Surely yon used to abont the clipboards when mother meddling with the sweets? I did, ao did Lilith after me." "yea, answered the colonel absently, rawing a deep breath. He fell oppress ed, weighed down. "1 shall never forget ay day apent here any room in the to Bat, any tree In the garden; but I doubt "that I shall see Heatbside again. I hare " decided to go at once." Mrs. Drew looked at him seriously. '"'Why this sudden determination?" she "aid. "Are you not rasbV Tell me, what m hr J Ptntlftt nnderstmid vmir father bo i& " pecnliar. He asked me to stay; but It was in such a strange way. lie said" "Ob, don't think of w hat be said!" said Mrs. Drew kindly. "I assure you both be ; aad dear mother could not like jou better If you were their own son." She said the last words kIoa-iv her Voice fell. It waa one of lhos moments when Lillian Drew felt that she had been ' a disappointment. Bat the colonel heard the words in a ' ilterent way. It was as if he had been hi tad, and suddenly saw what the squire "and perhaps others had wen before him. 'Both he and Lillian w ere free. They were "wouahMi certainly; but He turned and looked firmly and pas sionately at his cousin. Her delicate pro-j lie was visible; Lillian was looking -;; fully away into the park, ile laid I -kand lightly on hers; she turned. Vi .;l aweet face it was! There were lines drawn by mental pain; but there w.-ia such serenity it was like gazing at au un stained lily. ' I will do what you think host go. or atay" said Geoffrey Ware, iu his ordinary Voice and assuming; his ordinary manner "whichever will be bent for oh all." - "I will not dictate anything but what is tight." "Naturally," aaid the colonel. "I will bey yon, cousin, in nil but one poiut 1st that be understood; but that I re- "Sometliing about the estates V" "Yes." Lillian frowned, and considered for a SBoment. She thought ber cousin odd, quixotic, hasty, aud often mcompreheusi kie; ehe would temporize for to-day, at tout. This afternon she would consult the rector, if she could get hj.n alone; she tottered that she waa empowered to re ts any transfer of property to herself. ! My esse, there would be some w ay out f aach transaction. ' "Do you accept my proposal for me to , flay Bomber two in affairs to be decided xeastinr in one particular?" said the aolosid einpbstically. Agatia Lilfian hesiUted Then she said aawiy: Tea." ; The eolonej said no more, but abruptly taker. "What is the matter with. Lira?" said t ZZMn Drew to herself. "Oh, men, men, 1 .7 are dHBcnltl It is bnd enough with ' Who speaks out; but It Is worse w 1th f 3, hen you d And them out? "t :,W0OH worth WCtoK. or noth 1 y want to know. How fortu lata hare that dear boy Willie Um. Drew's thoughts fled to Lon " . Jtor kand Instinctively sought hw Ttfton Lilltb's letters were LU- ara with Willie Macdonald s post- CSAPTER VIII. ":-r A that he would be Inter-t.-yCSaf. M Lillian's eyes woaid ' a bvicht aa they did new. v tagive thai wraaged woav ' : tto cahjt piriaaaat "i t Mi !jt rtaaxNi jarl i A1 i and U'triitibled seened to sprins up w ithin him. He had gn'Wii mere to him cow that shy knew. Sn he agreed to visit ! all that ns to be seen, in the order the j laities njii-'Lt propose. My dear, sa.d .Mr. Ka wson one even j inc. "perhaps you will t;ikc the colore ! to the dairies, and we will walk up to the j church sfier tea." I While the yir's and their mother got i their-garden hatsMrs. Kawsen tnlkic br:skir to Cvlonel Ware, as her hutbaud by a pe. ulirr gluace had is.tiit ated to her to do the rec tor bent over Lillian. "While they are gone there is some j thing I wish to speak to yon about. Ob i not Lilith!" for Mrs. I'rew looked am J ions. "1 go to yon for news of her; she neglects her poor old grandlatber dread fully. No; it is about one of your many : s?usionera. Suppose we take a stroll in the orchard?" Mrs. Drew took his arm and went out ; with him. The rector unwillir.gly told Mrs. Irew news that was not pleasant to her to hear. I The actress mother of the children C'ap- ! tain Irew's orphans had bad a relapse. Her former nervous disease bad returned. and her voice was utterly gone. "My own belief is that she is dying,' said the rector. "1 cannot, of course, Kympsthize with her as I can with the the children. But the one I think of most in the affair is yourself." Then be told Lillian the actual situation. Home rela tives possibly the psrenta of the nnfor tunate woman had appeared after she had resumed the stage asd bad made a success. Then all had seemed to go smoothly the children were well cared for; but now it was the reverse. "Of course, the world would say, "Let them alone; let their natural guardians do their worst," " he continued. "But you and I cannot think that." "How did you know it?" asked Lillian. Then the rector broke to Lillian how he had found a travel-stuined, forsaken, dir ty little lad, lying half faint, half saleep, under a hedge; the child had sprained his ankle, blistered bis feet; his cap had been stolen by tramps. "Gerald!" said Mrs. Drew, turning pale. This second family seemed to haunt her very life. The rector bowed his head. "Of conrse they do not know here' he said. "He is being nursed at the bailiffs. But the question now arises what to do with him?' "Let me go to him at once!" exclaimed Mrs. Drew. "Stay, stay!" said the rector. "for what good? It waa wrong of the boy to run away; be knew my address, but be knows neither your name nor who you are. Wby should be ever learn? Far best to let me arrange matters, as 1 have hitherto done. We can talk over how and when, when the lad is well. Bnt I thought you ought to know." "I must see him," said Lillian resolute ly, turning to leave the orchard. The house of the rectory farm bailiff waa a stone's throw from tie rectory it self. Leaving the orchard by a door in the wall, they crossed a narrow lane and went along a field path which led to the low thatched cottage with its shady gar den. "You wait here for a minute," said Mr. Raw son to Mrs. Drew. After a while the rector's footstep was audible in the passage. Mrs. Drew stood up. ber heart beating as it always would beat when her life story was brought back to her. "I have told him you are here, and to a certain ntnit who you are," said Mr. Ha wson to Mrs. Drew in ao undertone. "It has excited him very much. Of course he knows nothing about the the curious relationship, or rather, circumstances." be added hastily. "He knows you only as a merciful benefactress; indeed, I be lieve your hefp has warded off a terrible state of things," he went on sadly. "It seems to me the old story of the sins ', the parents visited upon the cbildrc:,. Shall I go in with you?" Mrs. Drew shook her head and wnv.-J, her old friend and coui.se' ,r away n.i she uiilalched the door and found herself in the best bedroom of the bailiff's cottage. On a bed lay the hoy with the fair face and the lopg golden curls, who, despite his fuimess. hud the expression of that handsome, dark Captain Drew the man who bad once done his best to break the heart of this gentle lady. , "You?" said the boy io a stranjje voice he had risen in bed, and bis large eyes were fixed on Mrs. Drew with wild in tensity "you?" Then he sank back upon his pillow. , "Yes, it is I," said Mrs. Drew gently. Phe sat down on a chair by the bed ami placed her hand, chilled with emotion, on his fevered forehead. "I will not scold you for running here, Gerald, for you are ill," she WPiit on with gentle motherli ness. "But why did yon come? Did you come to me or to to Mr. Its wson, the clergyman?" The boy smiled slightly and glauccd at ber w ith a meaning look. "I knew be came from you." he whis pered; "who else has ever troubled about us? Grandmother and grandfather? They took all poor mother's money when she waa acting yes, and sold her things besides; then, when she got ill, there was no money at all, ao everything she bad went Mother tried to keep some back, but they were like foxes after chickens yoo couldn't bide a thing from them. Tbey haven't got her a proper doctor. Then they beat ns and locked us ap; I fought my wsy out look here I" be show ed long, jagged wounds oa bis haude and arms. "That kind parson gentleman who found me in the field thought I had been fighting somewhere." "Stop!" ssid Mra. Drew, feeling tick at heart. "Doa't thiak of it any mora, Oer old. my boy. Ton are with friends bow." "But what abaat ssotber? Oh, yoa will send soma ta ay atother V "At once, daw toy," Mra. Draw hagaa, hat Q era id stoppsd her. "Tea wast he airy tf I aak yaa ain taaagr to antf. -m mm U aaaw aaw very tear to c t.i tase su u tr.jut ie. Are yea my poor father's sister?" Te Uood rusjsed to Mr. Drew's fiice. It was aa awful iooiuent. "IWt tb.i.k li:d y of him if you are," he said, the eic itcim i.t of iMssiot-sie fi-el-iag stimulating him. v'" k though he ac tually was. "Oil. d"t:'t! I know papa hud quarreled with his 'biuity when he mar ried ui;intDia, and c one eer wr.'te or ltk any notice of him. IV.it, if Joj only knw. ail of you. tow g.d. how -v r Le was. and how be tuff. rid. jou 'o.ii l um remember bim uukiti-l.'y now that be is dead." "Stop, Gerald 7' cri. d .V rs. Drew, as the spec, a wtinl jo pien e h r to the v.-ry quick. "I am t ymir dead father's sta ter only a friend." Then she eic'ennel rim. kissed bis brow, luiu him getitly I s. k on hih pillow, and v .en; out. iufl;en-il ly tt new ar dor Mi h as like tae pn.-sim) of ihe sou1 w lib h Neize u!"Oii those that do great deeiist heroic aeti r those v. !- r.re. :,s it li-ight be, Keings beyond and aU.vc men. and who scc;u to he d the world up Uj . their patient shoulders up fearer ti heaven. rriAi 'l i ;: ix. !r. Iiawso.i, watehii.g the doorway some hat anxiously as he ta'Led tie good dace about In r gat den itnd I hived with the children, saw Lillian come down the little passage with a godlike mercy on ber gentle face, ar.d dreaded. "T here is a point ou which I must bog yonr help," she said. "The dear Uy be must not, be cannot, slay there; be must come to the Hull," "What!" said the rector, stopping short. He had expected much, but scarcely such a proposition as this. "Are you mad. Lib ban? Lot it is impossible, utterly impos sible." "Why?" asked Mrs. Drew, seeking a tirimy as Mr. liawsnn himself, "rray is not the Hall my home?" "Scarcely yet! Would you-I was go ing to say desecrate the house when your father ami mother have lived in sini (de purity all these long ypars by bringing tae child of a man uke ( aptain Drew aud of that actress Into it?" "Yon are unjust, Mr. Kawson. "I did not mean anything against ac tresses ia particular. An actiess can be good- ty, even better thau her fellow women who have not her temptations. I meant this before that boy crosses the squire's threshold the squire must be told who he is. "Have I at tie right to invite my own gnesta? Do you deny me the right? I shall ask my Cousin Geoffrey's advice," said Mrs. Drew slowly aud quietly. rray, pray consider wnat you are about, entreated tbe rector in a low. earnest voice. "He is your cousin and your father's heir, I know; but until the other day be was comparatively a Strang er to you. It was a soft, sweet evening, tbe sky a pale greenish blue; the air was cool; there wss s transparency that made far-off ob jects seem nearer. The church which they were to have explored looked dark gray from among Its belt of yew trees. Tbe com fields with the standing shocks of wheut were luminous yellow. It wsa sue of those nigbta when Lilith would have revelled in the new phases of color pro duced by a happy moment of Nature. As Mrs. Drew snd ber cousin, the col onel sfter bidding tbe rector's fsmily good nisbt walked up the slope home ward, Mra. Drew paused and looked back. 'If only Lilltb could see that!" she ex claimed. Then she sttoke of her child. "Yon speak of being middle-aged," said the colonel; "yet, when I came upon you in that break in the wood, you looked a young girl In your white dress. Lillian," he went on, almost awkw ardly, for be was unaccustomed to purely personal talk. you seem years aud years younger than I am." Because yon have seen so much, trav eled so far, snd I" she stopped a moment to gather courage to embark upon the sub ject she intended to speak to him about- well, my life has been like one long calm lay which is now sinking into evening n calm day broken upon by a short, terri ble storm. I mean my marriage, Geoffrey. It well I oh, to-wsht I must speak tv yon on the subject, please!" The colonel's dark face flushed, and, old ns he was, his pulses beat faster. What lid this mean? "I have givpn you confidences I never gave to living soul before, Ullian," he said warmly, as he held open the gate of the copse for Mrs. Drew to pass in. "It i but a fair return. Surely you must know I wiil do my duty by you stand by you till death if needs be? You are my kins voman as well as he stopped what was he going to say? "as well as a claim- aut to the estate," he stammered. Thai was certainly not what he had had on the tip of his tongue, be confusedly felt. Then she told her story, and the colonel. iiiip.'itieiilly swinging his stick, listened. "You are an angel, Lillian," be said, as they emerged into the park. "No. it is not n compliment; 1 never beard of a woman with such generous intentions." He said but littie more; be was on guard. By the time they reached home he bad pledged himself to help Lillian as far as his honor would permit. She bar! tried to excite his enthusiasm without avail; be had, without seeming to do so, thrown cold water on ber romantic sug gest ions. "Everything that can be doe in reason shall le done," he assured Mrs. Drew, as he bade ber good night; aud with that she had to be satisfied. She had espectedaa easy victory; but tbe colonel bad frozen or hardened fresh ly at each assault, "That is a man who would never for give," she told berself, with a new awe of him. "Yet this morning he was so different; I might have turned him round my little finger. How changeable men are!" she sighed, forgetting that a soldier orf furlough is scarcely the same as a sol dier on duly. Col. Ware stayed some days; but he re mained tbe Col. Ware she bad consulted that night, scarcely the Cousin Geoffrey of the first part of his stay at Heatbside. He visited tbe sick child w ith Mrs. Drew, and was kindly, if a trifle austere, In bis manner to bim. Then be called upon the rector one morning, when his cousin thought he wss about the place some where with her father. He briefly stated the cause of his visit to the rector. "I consider myself to a certain extent my Cousin Lillian's guardian," be said; "and, although I wish her to be aad ta do what ber good heart prompts tor ta to and ta do, I have not tto slightest tiea to allow ber to be Imposed so aaaaa a root of he sslf." 1 aa attremely pleased to hear M, Cat. Ware," said tto rector eaergetieaBy; than Osey awraasH uiuaa'a position, "it Is aair a ttaipsrary trace,' ed tW.I. l.;.ie. l) ihcy purled at tbe gar- j d u gate. "Lillian will see mntters m a , different i:!.t some of these days." j "Oh," si.id the rectcr to l.iiusWf, ss be j went ind. or. "I think I fancy 1 see i which way tbe wiud blows!" CUAITL'It X. On the evening befcre Cot. Ware left he abk.-d Vlr. Drew, to walk in the gsrdi-a with bin., lie had beeu so praetb si, post-tr-:if-fi..t-nih a different Geoffrey in fact !..-.:. g !bee List day that Mra. Drew !i ,!.' -i unsuspiciously, and fell into the tri p without warning or prepar ation. It wis a warm, moonlit night. Col. Ware (t. d LHIian paced the gravel walks, she tiiil.fii nothli'cs. )te u!ent so silent iliat nt li'? sl.e .-i.ed liiiu laughingly if be had io-f bis u i.jsoe. "I I-n e Miufiniiig to ay to you," be said biiirty: "and ti.e truth is 1 don't know bov. to tu it. I unlit t.i I'.trrr you -that's i.ll." Xirs. l'-rev.- rasped. Ifi b.vcr like looks i : tl ') oiiiirc'y s'i .pped tiii- e tli. eveuii.g u which le. b.ci ine e.fji.'i.lei.Uwl that her eousit:' i;e iaiatii.u ciiii.e wiih the for. t ft Lh.w. " h. d.-cr!" she said feebly, leaning bit' t ng.f Lt a ha udy garden sent. "What hen, rdi, wintrier ttn have put that idea into jour head 7" "That i just w bi t I cen't tell," he aa-swen-d. "I 1 live feit of late tluit you snd I ougt't to le more to each other, that I uvht to be able to dictate." "And I ought to obey." said Mrs. Drew, with a slightly hysterical laugh. "Ob, Geoffrey, I wish you had not talked like this! It bus made me feel myself dishonored, as it were. I cannot b!p it -I do not feel like a widow ! I still feel a wife- don't you understand? My acs band aud I never lad an) farewells. 1 realize nothing but thut: all the horrible tale of bis new wife and children seasd like a nightmare I almost fancy soave times thai she is bis widow, but I siu still his wife that some day we shall be to gether and ail will be forgiven and ex plained." (To be continued.) SpanO, Komi St. n srd. The Sjianish royal standard Is moot complicated. The ted &ud yellow ef tbe i-ipatilisli Bug la said to be d-r1red from this occurrence: In 1378 Cbarlea tbe Bold dipped hJs fingers In tbe blood of Geoffrey, Gemot of Barcelona, and drew them down tbe Count's gold en shield, in token of his opiTecla Uon of the batter's bravery. Tbe shield, m marked, became tln arms of Itarre- loua, which becimie part tf Aragsw and Us anus were taken by tbul king dom. Now to the royal standard: In tb first quarter, or upper left-hand part of the fiflg, are the anna of Leon and Castile, the liou and the castle; tbe second quarter Is tnken up, one- Isaif by the arms of Aragou. oue-lxalf by die arms of Slrily. Tbe upper third of the third quarter (directly under the first) shows tbe Austrian colors, tbe lower two-thirds Is divided between the flag of Eurptindy and tbe Mack lion of Flanders; the upper third of the fourth querter shows the chequers, snotaer Burgundy device, while tbe lower two thirds is shared by tbe, red eagle of Antwerp end the gold lion vt IVabant. and on the fop of all this are two shields, one showing the Portuguese arms, the other the French Ceur de lis. Considerable of a flag thavt. Phil adelphia Times. home Naval Defiuitiotsa. A correspondent of tbe New York Sun (fives the following naval defini tion, which may be both uaeul and Instructive: , A fleet Is composed of twelve baotie- Khfps. mo.-ju!to fleet Is oompoa-d of twelve or more small bonus. A squadron is composed of lea than twelve battleship), and Is often part of a fleet, such as the van, c-etrter, or r-ar juarfron. A flotilla 1 com poeJ of trwejve or more im-n-of-war, sonu? of wbjoh may De iKittWhlpsj. Heme the Culled StiiU'S hna no flct; Mlt.hT has i-'jialii. Admiral Dtwey eomtivatiils a aviuad- ron. Admiral Montcjo alo commands a vpiadron. Acting Admiral Sampson commands a flotilla. Almlratite Cervera and Almlratito Cauiam ecb comninnd a squadron. Spiln's Mairnlttcciit Hoysl I'stace, The royal palace at Madrkl is one of the most beautiful structun In the world, being built by au Italian archi tect in the early part of the last century nt a cost of $r,ixH),O(0 aud Intended to be a rival of the French palace at Ver sailles. Tbe material Is white marble. It 1 470 feet each way, with a court 24') feet square;, roofed with gins. Few places are more tiresome to vlalt than palace, wllh their Ion? rows of gor geously decorated chaiulHTs, gilt furni ture, and everlajiilng mirrors, but tbe Casa Real at Madrid Is Interesting, and contains a remarkable library of 100,- 000 volumes, also priceless paper, pic tures, bronzes and marble. Drama of the Dynamite Gon. Commander of Ihe fort at Patitlago, IlfThliaig a cigarette: "We will fool tbe American pigs yet. Is It not so, my Juan?" Juan: "That we w-IU, my Klgailler," Enter C. 8. R. Vesuvius. Bjiniiago barlsor, L U. E. The orchestra plays "There'll Pse a Hot lime In the OW Town To-night." The Vesuvius does a short skirt dance along shore and then lets go three dyrmmlto shell. Commander of the fort, dropping his cigarette and bis Jaw at Hie same time: Car-r-r-flba! Duck, mj Juan I BomMbJng' busted T' Detrol t Press. Free Cellalotd Mirrors. A process baa recant! boon perfected by which thin sheets of absolutely truapnrMt celluloid arc aUrarsd armil- arty to tat prooes fmuiasty Tfc Bora wart bms ia wtQlng to d tiM wfi athatv nn vrUUss b thomias WARMTH AND BEAUTY THE CORRECT COMBINATION IN NEW FALL WRAPS Vhia Reason's Csiet lrina Found I n knificicnt I'rntrction Azainst Cold, Are fcjilaced by 'oats and t bulks Three-Piece Suit Arc Still l'opulor. New York eorreaponnr ncs: IGIIT good provis ion is iude'agiiii4t sen re weather this se.teon by the ac co'.t. d styles in out side u.ajs. t'dj.ea lire itiiiHjt always cold lfTairs. and this ye.i.'s eutuvujs are ev. u I-ss pf..tet t on th.-.n iifnal. l'::t this fa t w .'is discovered very shortly after the first genernl I'l'l to tbee il'.essy giirmeiiiH, ami sue then siglitly and more comfortable garments have not only been put forward, but have met with miuiy adopters. It has devchK"d. too. that capes are not to be the only fssliiomible omsides this winter, a seemed more than likely to 1m- the cae when a look ahead waa taken lust fall. True, coats aud clotks have won indorse ment rather slowly, but they are now soundly nnderwritteu by fashion's insur ers. Ilesides their stylishne, their com ing is free from thut frequent nn 1 always uncomfortable feature the prescmv of a "popular" sort that nearly everybody will wear and quickly corrupt with common ness. Thee pictures, showing the more sbnndont ty pes, are significant of the va riety that exists, and as each one of the pictured garments is found in modified fsrrss, the variety Is really much greater tbas appears here. With regard to, the 6 tut picture it may be slated that a well-made tsilor finish outer cost looks the right thing, and if It is made of waterproofed material it ia the THREE TYPES right thing rain or shine. Very handsome eoats are beim; offered with skirts set on. Puch designs alhrw a perfect fit, and yet give plenty of freedom below tbe waist line. Tbey also add to the long waisted look so essential in sn outer cost. The fancy, for tailor finish that holds in them Is marked by a little deviation from abso lute severity. This sketch shows a bappy sismple. It is of a garment that fastened straight up and down the front, but the edges turned back iu handsomely sbsped revers, which will enhsuce the lines of a wearers figure and add to the dressiness of the coat. Such coata are very band some in say of the smooth-fsced cloak liigs, and this one was of black water proofed silk. The waterproofing bad made no change in the surface of the silk. which showed a heavy cord and a soft glows. With big buttons of thick cut jet heavy silk braid edge and rich satin lin Ing, there Is a garment handsome enough for any occasion, and at the same time plain enough for uses where simplicity is desirable. Some coata wbese skirts are set on are mads to match a dress skirt, and thus the suggestion of coat bodice, rather than coat. Is conveyed, 'An inner bodice, usu ally of silk, la worm, however, and as ih materials for sucb coats are osuslly heavy uiey are ruiiy warm enough for any hut the most severe weather. A coat of this type Is presented in the f rst model of the aeit picture, and was sketched in heavy Mack silk and wool crepoa. Beneath the Mt waa plsla bodlea of right Mm silk, A name silk lining collar and rest aklrta aad faring the double lapeia. The elsbo- i Wirt was of Us saise a aeries of loanaaa naswt al m U. wtsa. 4 A MUCH rAVOBKD SLKKTKLKSS SOUT. outlined with three rows of hesvy black silk cord. Diiuie Fashion this year has stamped with her approval the half length, Us 'simple afftir in fur that was in vogu. some twelve years ago. The srtist shows i its later-diiy form. It fastens doable ' breasted, with one row of buttons, which r;e cither wood or pcerl. or fur with wsod ri.ii. Tbe very hinolMJinest furs are rut in tins f;:s! ion. w Lb b is a sensible one. e cir.ise i i a veiir in s it can be cut close, while the tit-lit fitting fur on hardly lust V- -f A TIlliKB-flhCK SlIT. one-half as long. Marten, seal, astrakhan, and even trimmer are thus used, though long. Huffy furs make a woman look rath er bulky. Long coats like that remaining in this illustration are welcomed and connequeat ly w i'l find nun; wearers. These are made with skirtu in one with the upper part of the coat and comfortably wide. Such a 'garment fur-lined is the rcme of comfort aud quiet elegance, but whether lined with fur or not it is usual to finish it w ith far at the collar, perhapa extending to the j waist jn collar or tippet fashion, aud to set fur at the wrists. The coat of this OF STI LISH COATS. kind showm wss made of dark green smooth-faced cloaking, was lined with black sslin and finished with tippet, cufs and muff of monkey fur. Nearly all cel lars on winter coata are high and snug about the ears. The sleeveless coat is one of these gar ments that are to last through late fall. It U for the days when brisk walking should keep the blood warm and when a heavy cost Is only s burden. The all-over braided sort Is the best liked, aud it is one of these that the artist put in to-day's third pb-tnre. The costume was of dark red cloth, the jacket cut away prettily and msde of black broadcloth braided uli over with red. Jacket and epaulette were lined with red. Such a coot may be chamois lined and should lit as perfectly as a riding liable Home epaulette finish is usually at the shoulders. The all over orsiuing gives a snug and becoming look, and the tailor dress is thus worn till snow Dies. Another style for the woman who wishes to keep out of furs a, long as pos sible is the ever popular three-piece cos tume; that ia, skirt, plaiu or shirt waist bodice and outside Jacket, A very pretty costume of this kind made of rust col ored twilled serge-cheviot in heavy weight showed jacked and skirt oddly trimmed to match, the front of the skim InppI,,, ov,,r with three points at tbe foot to harmonize with points set at the edge of the Jacket, as its picture here iudi.atcn. This cos tume was notable for the severity of ths tsilor sleeve, requiring, of course, a still severer sleeve to the bodice beneath Jauntiness is the chief characteristic of most of tbe three-piece rigs, consequently some degree of simplicity marks them, and It Is In them that the most trying sleeves maiie their appearance, though uncomfort ably tight ones are by no mean sn essen tial feature. Copyright, isoa. Getting Klfl of His Knowledge. Gimj of those ifo'xi-natured persons who are always bent on Imparting In formation was humiliated not long since. A man, apparently a yokel, waa wated on a fence, intently looking at the telegraph wire. A kindly gvn tie in an panning aald: "Watching rhe wlrea, etr "Yes, air." "Waiting to see a message f by. ear' The man smiled, and said, "Tea, air," Then gentleman kindly told bio. that mnasagca were lartadlde, and explained the work of the electric current to him at length. Concluding, he said: "Now yon knw something about It 7" Tae, ah?." "What do yoo wort atl" "M aad my mat over rondar ar. old taUfraph workara; we're Jnat now putaif op noma new wire la parta." aVtturday Evening Poat Oraac Brttato haw SM torpodo baata ar4 torpaaa boat daatrayan.
