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CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.!
"Cb I speak to you, ir7 was Willie'
tt shot as the squire rose from bis
and was fumbling iu his pocket for
marked catalogue of "the sale, his
it full of a certain bay colt he
ceighboring farmer was "sweet
DM
"Sesk to me, lad?" Hie squire could
art find rl:e paper, and was rucking his
brain at to where he could have put it.
Why, I'm off to the stables; but, if yos
JU to walk down with ine Blew me,
store's the thingH he said, siving into
fete breeches pocket and drawing ut the
tstalofi e. "Here, come along, lad!" he
rvat on. coins out in a tremendous aur
J. "Wl ut ia it? Going home?"
Not lo the home you mean, squire,
atrtaioly!" said Willie. "It depends upon
foa, to a certain extent."
The squire, who was going steadily
town the path that led through the or
chard, to the stables, his empty pipe be
ne looked from the yonng man. who fieera
ed stalwart and stroug. despite his late
weakness, by the very force and strength
of the position he assumed, to Lillian,
ashamed, drooping. "Well: The "Well!"
was a concentrated cry of wonder, dis
gust, disappointment. After one glance
of mingled pity and snger at Mrs. Drew
be could not bring himself to look at the
young man who had oaietly wsiked in
between his hopes of Lillian's marnige
with the colonel and their fulfillment
the squire turned to lladam, who
looking through her glasses, wondering
and gucssiag, and said: "I leave this pre
cious pair of fools to you. P'raps, being
a woman, you'll uid'ataiid them 1 can t.
Here, you twoT lie west on. warms his
hand twrd the culprits he could not
bring himself to look at them. "Years
ago, Lillian, when you easne back here
to the old home, I swore to myself 1
wouldn't be the one to cresour womas's
whims. I knew yoa'd have your whioji.
tween hi teeth and bis hands in lus pock- or you wotildn t be a woman. Well, 1
Hs. looked round somewhat startled. never thought you'd get it into yonr head
"What are you talking about ?" be ask-1 to marry a boy. or I'd never ha' wore
ad sharply, thinking that when he said j that oalh; hut, having swore, I've got to
to himself the lad was daft he might uot stick to it; so 1 can't prevent ye, though
have been so far from the mark. in uiy opinion you're going into the b)iu'
"I want your consent to my raarriagnj (ire after being well uib. friszled to death
With your daughter Mrs. Drew," said in the frying-pan. There I've no ps-
tience to talk abont it! I wash my hand
of ye. Madam there can take the matter
up if she like. I'm off" and he made
for the window and strode off, muttering
to himself, to the stable.
Willi, slowly and distinctly.
"Bless tny soulT' exclaimed the squire,
00 taken aback that his pipe dropped from
kit mouth and shivered into pieces on the
travel without his noticing it. "Xou don't
kcan to say aa you want to niairy a mar
ried woman a widow, I mean a boy
like you? There, hold your tongue like a
sensible lad, d ye bear ; I in not angry,
tnry, for havisg cajoled bias into a silly to discourage his natural views of color
stove wi'B Fraaee and Italy and Hwh- ' lie had displeased masters, critics and
et-Klents in the legitimate or accepted
M-bovla. That he had failed ia getting
bis picture into any of the exhibition
went without ssyiua-
"Hm front the uiurneat I set foot oo
foreign soil everything a changed."
said, in a voice which ttu slightJr af
fected by foreign prouounciation. He had
imm for cot bavin rajl.l oiui out of
It ia fact. with the whoe world. ,
Tteo came the inevitable reactionary
ssood. His feeling of the taut few wifi
were reversed; be begi,a to think tbst
bachelor life ia Iyoodon w rather a good
sort of thing ia its ay. He ordered hi
luncheon with epicurean care, then he
went to bis neglected club, the East In- found a painter iu Antwerp to give him
CHAPTER XV.
The colonel was Haying at one of the
old-fashioned West End hotel. H. hA
on
nee
.JJ.J i ii - .1.1 i , ,
mm win pm;uji.-aii.v, iookios asuauce ai , rusued across rrauce, had spent a few
uue as Oe took off his hat and mopped days in Italy, and feeling the hot sun and
Ja forehead. "I know you've got your the new customs and foreign chatter irri-
xruxr mn ngm fuougu, excepi jusi wuere uiung ratner tuau soothing, had goue
the horse mischievous brute! kicked j into Switzerland. Here the cold sile
wvu. oti ie a oee in your otinnei, ne ; or me snow-t:pped mountain, as well a
went on, with confuted compassion. "It'll the fir wood and the grassy niendaws, re
be all right when you're home with your' called the Keilgherry Hills, the scene of
wim iwmi vuij, y uit-ivj n ittr, uuu t ' iubi auwrt iove season, lie wanlered
n laming use tnat to tne women; uye anottt tre quiet raileys. and watched the
' 1 B""1 lrowsitig on the height far above
a , - I L. ' . ff I .... . ..
iw squire was iornung rague plans or mu. i nere, listening to the silvery tinkle
ending for the rector to couvey this1 of the Mis in the stillness, be thought of
foong madman away at once away any-j his old love and of the new; he thought
where, out of the women's way. of his past barren bachelor life and of
tie 11 be asking me for madam next, i trie happy future be might spend with
ar the ehiid!" he thought. j bis cousin Lillian a his wife. He would
f "I have spoken to Sirs. Drew," said the I te 8 father to Lilitli, and a son to the
fouug man, quietly, "and she was aware Quire and Madam. Then, should he and
that I was about to ask you this. It is a I Lillian have a son, the estate would really
Mere matter of form, of course; she is of i ""d truly pass on to the squire's own
e." 1 bir. Surely Lillian would consent it
"Upon tny word?' cried the squire, his ' u'h' a desirable marriage for all par-
semper rutins; as he began to rex-ognize1 ("'s concerned.
this was sooM'thing more than a
ef an injured brain. "I wish to
r"esi the colonel was here to take ye to
tor a piece of impudence! Marnr
Yet, even while Colonel Ware neraniiiW
himself that he would shortly be an en
gaged man, be had his misgivings, lie
went in and out of the Swiss inns, and
fOC iadeed! Why, my darter, if ever she ' 'ftudered so aimlessly about that be was
Barries again, '11 marry her cousin, Colo-
eJ are my beir! But what am I think
jtog ot, parleying with a young fellow who
called the restless Englishman." At hist
he started for home all iu a hurry, and,
directly he arrived iu London, telegraphed
coices to me and dares sar mv Lillian's nis tow" address to Mr. Drew, adding:
jiit! There's nmiiy a man ud knock j ait to lpar from you."
OU down, sir, for less than that.. But 1 j Tllis was early; London was asleep nn
on't forget you're my guest; oury, if you ; dpf a fja!e l'a'' scan-fly a smoking
jon't the ttie jcur word that this fool's i fni"iney broke the morning charness ut
gllk dou't go any further There what ! the uraT'T air. Colonel Ware telegraph
ic
aa I talking of '!" he went on, looking be
Wlldered. "You say my only gal my own
spU has told a boy like you to come and
k me to let you be ber husband my gal,
Wlie's never done anything that wasn't
'Sensible, whose opinion I'd ha taken on
ny luijttt before that of any man 1
know, girl though she is 'f You want me
to believe sac's been ploying fast and
loose with ber cousin? Why. her mar
'ciafle with my nephew the colonel's been
lUK talk of the country round!" The
'quire paused, breathless.
Willie felt a jealous pang. His love for
Lillian trevr ?.as too .passionate not to bt
keenly ay, and even unreasonably jenl
Otks. It was this first attack of jealous.)
which led him into an unchivalrous ac
tio. He took Lillian Drew's rings from
is pocket, and, holding them oat, said
atfoiCcantlyi
"I see, sir, you require proofs that 1
oat not a liar!"
There lay poor Lillian' pearl and dia
asocid circlet glittering in the sun. The
(aire recognized the ring at ouce; his ex
pression changed.
"Now, sir, perhaps you believe me,"
aid Willie, repocketing the rings.
"No, sir, I don't," blurted out the squire
"1 remember seeing a play once w here a
Boor inuoi ent girl come nigh to ber death
through a villain hiding himself iu her
foon and stealing off her arm while she
lay asleep a bracelet her husband had
given her. I'm not otic certainly to say
stage piny and real life's the same.
Hat what tan happen in one can come to
happen in the other. I don't say as you've
stoles my gal's rings far from it; but I
lo say and I mean as I won't take any
san's word against any of my women
0B&EBO, not if It wa a king on his
tkroae! And, if you've got a spark of
man left in you after betraying my gal
to ate by showing ine ring which, if she
44 V given them to you. ought to 've
fceet kept sacred between your two selves,
- foe'S eocse back to the house wi me now
f4 let me hear what sbe's got to say ia
l matter!"
'' "Winiugly," said Willie, turning and
'-wing pace with the agitated old man.
Vhf, if It isn't yoni father back again.
( one of bis, tantrum.'" said Madam
j .an; while Mrs. Drew ruse and opened
' ; sif window.
. salre gave her look of angry in
"fs the he turned to his wife.
s$h Tf em hack," be said. "This young
' " Msi II bare has scared me finely, com--'.
' I tcAtVM with a rare Ule. Egad, my
4C, I doa't half like to tell ye! Here!"
fy ) r Wt on, tcrning to Willie, "I've no
" M to spend on folliea. Out wl' the gal's
1 I "j sad beg ber pardonT Then be stop-
Dww brat ber bead; she was red
t Mote Of ber golden-brown ha ir. 8o
rl was oat! Me could imagine
. t fXbst kd diabelWred WUIle till
tosMM a aeeessary piece of
4
4 Cm't mmm to say as It's
. '., V , J e;asVs kM yw MMd as
ed from a central otfi-e. where ho r,.d
eyed night clerk was jt going off duty,
aid was Miriy at tH-ing detained; then he
drove to the hotel, where be waited for a
telegram from Lillian, and revived an old
and conquered habit of unlimited bran-dies-and-sodas
and cigar. He had Ktill
the remnants of imagination banging
about his somewhat ordinary brain, had
the colonel; for he fancied how he would
open the yellow envelope and rwid, in
that peeuliurly careless and jaunty hand
writing affected by telegraph clerks:
"Come to us as soon us you can"' or
mewbat to that effect
"I have a conviction that she will tele
graph," he thought; so he lounged about
the hotel in a vague manner, every now
and then gating out of the window and
turning red when he caught aight of a
telegraph boy, as be did once or twice on
that long summer day, during which be
began to think the odor of soup and cut
lets more disgusting than the odors ..f
Eastern town, and the street cries and
rattle and traffic of London the most
wearying clamor he had as yet beard.
But no telegram came. That night he
scarcely slept. Toward morning he bad
argued himself into a resigned mood;
therefore, when be was awakened by the
man with hot water and one letter, he
opened the one letter with composure.
"I thought so," he said to himself bit
terly. "My luck!"
Lillian wrote:
"You would not accept my answer, dear
cousin. How I wish you would never
have spoken to me alxiul my wcond msr
riage. How am 1 to tell you what has
happened? Let me begin by reminding
you of our conversation the evening be
fore you left us. We were speaking of
love; and it wss while we were speaking,
I think, that I felt that I dearly loved
some one, and that this some one was
not you. At that moment, if I could have
Vould happen, I would bare gone away
anywhere I know tbst! But he came
shortly after, and Is ha asked me to
marry him, snd I am pledged to do so.
When I think back npon it ail, it seems
sudden, rash, but irrevocable. I disiike
writing this to you, dear Geoffrey, be
ctiiiae I think you will despise me for my
weakness; but, remember, yon sre my
nearest and representative relative after
my parents, therefore I rely upon your
countenance of this engagement. If you
really Intend to marry, you will find so
many better, prettier and younger wive
than myself that I almost congratulate
you on yoar escape. I am always
"Your affectionate cousin,
"LILLIAN DTIEW.
"V. S.-Hi name is William Uacdon
Id."
At first the colenel had a Rood, honest
fit of diagnst; be was disgusted all round
with himself a be saw hie brewed
face and abort fray hair reflected In the
glass, be omM bavs throttled himself for
what bt called hi "idiotic folly"-wltb
Lillian, lor botef swh a fool ss to be in
love "at bar aaw, wtth a growa-op daugb-
j ter wkj msbt i dun aaa ue ne
diaa, and met one or two old cronies. Ue
diaed there, ar.d afterward played wbist,
winning Isrgeiy.
No man, however rich, objects to vic
tory at cards. The colonel pocketed his
wicniug with a picg&aiit serxuttion that,
while cards remained, all the joy in life
was not yet over. And aa he strolled
lck to his hotel through the quiet
streets he said to himseif; "Lucky in
ard, nnlucky ia love," and that erliap
it a better to cling to cards. You could
alwaj !mre off playing cards, but if you
had v. ife and children you could uot
rid yourself of tbem. however much both
er they might be. "I don't suppose they
could make up a whiM-taMe within n half
dozes miles of the Hnli," was bis con
cluding and consolatory reflection as he
re-entered the hotel, and the night porter
lo.'d hita that a gent'eman b.id called whs
eenwd very :ixiou to see him.
"The ard is on your tsble. sir,' he
added.
When the colonel reached his room, he
found it, and read "William Macdonald,
Prince' Square. Bloouihbury."
On the hack of the card w a peaeiled
message
"My Oenr fir I am serry sst to fiss
ysu. Will you make an appointment to
rae! Yours, W. M "
The colonel retired to rest, declaring ts
hin.kelf thet be would have nothing fur
ther to do with his Cousin Lillian or her
future busl and, or her affair. But dur
ing the night he dreamed of the old place.
He dreamed of Madam Ware, then the
sweet young mother with the baby Lillian
in tier srmx, mum? on the tabouret in
the qnaint old drawing room t the hall:
he dreamed of the eet-smeliing hay
loft, and of tumbling in the bar of his
childish- escapades, rheaing frightened
rbbits, defying the turkey-cocks, charg-i
tng srnoi.g the sheep all the jolly-boy
dsys at Ueathside: and. when he awoke
he told himself that there houid be no
more folly, and that he would be on nnd
Irotber rather than nephew and cousin,
but that all evanescent "uonsense." its he
chose to call it, should be smothered there.
then, ome for till. He wrote a kind little
note to Lillian:
"My Pear Cous;n Of course you can
rely upon uiy V otiMcnance.' such n it is.
Iet me know when the wedding in to lie.
I am too old to be your groom' 'Ixwt
man;' but I shall hope to lie present. Who
are your trustees? I will be one with
pleasure. Yours always,
"GKOI'EHEY WAKE
"N. B.-Love to all,"
The Brut time the colonel bad surren
dered was when he was a subaltern, and
laid to follow the lead of his superior
officers. J hen, as he gave up his sword,
he bad felt a choking in his throat. On
the occasion of this second and more
graceful surrender he fell similar sen
sation.
"All that ir over," he said. he sealed
his letter with his signet. "Now aiwut
this fe.iow" taking up Willie Macdon-
aid's card. "The aflair is sudden. H'm
I think I ought to look him up and see
that Liilias is v.ell done by. It is my
duty."
So be took a handxom, and in a quarter
of an hour vas in I'rince' Square. The
family were at luncheon, the butler in
formed him, as he showed him Into the
library. He had scarcely glanced round
at the grim old room with the rows of
ancient volumes and the one king window
commanding a view of the Barrow black
back gardens, when Willie Macdonald
came in. He looked radiant, glowing. He
came forward with a half-deferential.
half apologetic air, and warmly shook
hands with the man whom Lillian had
confessed to be a rejected suitor. There
was a slight awkwardness between them
at first; but before ten minutes were over
the colonel had rallied from his sMui-vex-ation,
and they beguu to talk of tinr ap
proaching marnnge. This was to b in a
short time, before the autumnal weather
set in.
"Lillian does not believe in showers of
wet dead leaves upon a bride," uitl Wil
lie; "and I am bourn) to acquiesce iu so
innocent a superstition."
Then he nnked Colonel Ware if be
would be his "best Uiau" and trustee- to
the marriage settlement.
"The last, with all the pleasure in life,"
said ttie -colonel; "but for 'best man'
v.ell, the bridesmaids wouldn't thank ywu
to introduce an old fogy like myself. Sv,
ask one of your younger friends."
"Somehow I have an objection to auy
but old friends at a family gathering."
said Macdonuld. "However, there is plen
ty of lime to think of minor details." Then
he asked the eoiouel to come upstairs ami
be iulrodui-ed to Mr. and Mrs. Law and
to his mother, and the colonel, full of furs
boding a to the future, followed him.
I m..iiiaSriirnu uavmg means or ais
I ov. n- bis father had made s comfortable
fortune iu India, and had been an old
friend nt Mr. Law's be went to Munich,
to Dusscldorf, and other art ceutera.
"And this year his great Nile picture
s conspicuous place is the I'ari 8a Ion,"
said Willie.
Then an appointment was made for the
colouel to visit Hrnce's house and to see
some painting he bad with bin, and they
parted.
"Of course, I must go." he said to Wil
lie the next morning, 'although 1 bad an
appointment with tSen. Blacken at the
dub at one."
"Well, we need not stay long at
I'rnce'e." returned Macdonald; "and h'.s
studio is hardly a stone's throw oat of ur
road."
Then they talked over the settlements
snd other business, till the coachman
turned sharply out of the main road into
s lane where there was no stone pave
ment, where tre flanked the wall of
square gardens, and the bouses, few and
far between, were of all sixes and sliaiie.
They stopped before a square, red-brick
house half bidden by trees. TLis belong
ed ts Drupe's mother.
She met them at the door. A pretty,
little old lady in black satin, with a high
ias and a huge muslin collar, and with
a deep courtesy, informing them tlmt they
were welcome, led them into a drawing
room still qua inter in its byguue fashion
than either Heathside Hall or the bouse
in I'rince's Square.
Ihen Druee,
T
!
i
stand serene and happy, a very queen,
whether In her kitchen or In ber parlor.
The wife and mother who thus con
quers does not reach ber secure posi
tion without much discipline, many
drawbacks and frequent d ! scour ge-
I tiient; but if she keeps always the great
and blessed end In view that of creat-
! tflff All.l Itnl.flt,, t,UM..lnua
fort and love she must win in the end.
HEBE Is nothing so aUoluteiy And this running will not mean necee-
false in this whole domrsile sarlly the sacrifice of any worthy sro
menage as the fieUua w hich the bitlon or of her most delicate tastes.
THE HUSBAND'S FRIENDS.
young wife generally voices soti after
her marriage, and which at the time
she absolutely In lieves In, namely, tbnt
ber husband's friends will lw welcome
at any and all times. Every Utisbtnd
tK'lieve It, and. poor, rnsli man, acts
upon It, thinking tb.it lie Is w id. led to
the most perfect woman ou earth mid
that his home Is unlike any other;
fottuded on this ujundau; sphere. Alack .
and alnn! he, like thousands of otiiers. j
discovers sooner or later-generally
Itrestnir for At-ltonie P'rtles.
I'or nt home dancing parties young
ladles nre expected to lie suitably
gowned, which menus In thin gowns
of organdy, net, chiffon, etc., over silk
linings, or llglrt silk gown w ith belts
mid m1i ends of velvet edged with tiny
frills of black or white HioiiHseline. Silk
at 75 cents n yntd Is pretty, and would
be economical, aa It would answer an
other siasou for lining. White, pink.
.,.... ,...( .. II. .1.. .. ..!... ... 1 1 . .1
sooner-tl.at they were words. Idle "'"" ami i.iveuuer
word, and that there are times an.l . are "", f'l,''"-"p evening colors In the
sesmons when his friends are not only ' or,1,'r nflmf,'- W11"' f11'" -or.vcni
distinctly uot welcome, but ab-oluUdy i "! Ar- MTit pccessorles may
and horribly de troji. I '"' ns,'(I wlth " flnd tl,,? kln or" ,vi!h
Now when this fact Is borne home to I 0(iJ ""!' ,f ,,"'r".v 8 l'"ker-on. a
Mm with rlne enn.hn... Ibere Ik no ! ,h', liH or w',ist. I,""'l "It'll III the
' reason why be should put' all the bltime ! k anA H.ng-sleevetl. in stlk or . lilfTon.
the Anglo-Frenehnuin. on the poor little woman, who nndoubt-' "r "tt-w.-iKiii veiling trimmed witn
came in. He wore his white painting I edir feels ten times more i.ui out by 1 l"r,'e "ve" ru"l,' lf'''I the low
mt. He looked bored, or sad. Still he ! lhe eontretcmr thnn be hiniwlf Of i n,'' k fln(1 8 """val'I" J''ke of white
U'elf Atltcsl h, tru.jtt, H-i.t. A .0 '. '
h'so grace.
"I hnve leen putting my picture iu the
best light," he an id, "mid n.y mother has
been prejariiig breskfust; so I bop you
will lay.
"I want to see your picturs very
nun h," nid the colonel.
The artii-t turned the canvas ua the
larpe asel in the center of the room. The
picture made -two distiuct imprefsions,
one ujiou Haedotiald, the other ujb the
Volouel.
(To be continncd.)
course, reiiienibering only her cord a!;"" " r p,i,h. or oi jm. ui. se.. ,:,...
sentiment l.nw wolt ,. keen in mind i wll!l ''1!:lr- 1"'" BtI1' ''U('w " "'P
thut Uondnv thev ..Iwnvs nte b f lovers. 1 H'Ik- v''Id ,,(' Hl'I'.opi'Iate.
or that she told blm In the morning
Anoilii'r
suitable toilette h a bbuk stlk or nice
the cook had decided lo'ieave that dJT. ! w,", w""1 hK,rt- w,,u a ni" xaui Tca
There Is no use when this annoying w",,s, t,r l!KH-l're.I chiffon. h.vi,B
CHAPTER XVI.
"Do you happen to retnemlier meeting
young man on the I'. and O. steaiisiiip
Olympia, of the name of Pruee, s few
year back?" asked Willie Macdonald of
Colonel Ware, as they went up the stair
ease of the house in I'rince' Squire, past
the old window-seat with the blue cush
ions. "If you do not" for the colonel,
after searching bis memory, shook hi
hesd "he remember i you; for he said,
'By Jove, if it in't Ware I' when you got
out of the hansom, while' we were at
luucheon."
"Hruce, Druce'l" repeated the coloueL
He fancied tbst he remembered the name.
"A young painter lives in Paris. Seems
to have a name for tropical landscape.
They are certainly very fine, if a little
wild in color," said Willie. "I showed
blm a sketch of Lllith's, and he thought
great things of it. Ah, there he is!"
The drawing room door otx-ned, and
Mrs. Law came out, followed by a tall
Grant's Cabin Is Jlecaylng.
Grant's fumout "Ixig-Cabin Head
quartern" is faHJug to decay In Falr
mount I'nrk, Philadelphia, where it
was placed nt the time of the Centen
nial The old building In which the
great soldier Hpeut the last mouths of
the war In actually rotting down. Ou
one? aide a full Unlf doaien logs are In a
tate of total colhijwe.
The building- is not owned by the
dty of Philadelphia, but by (Jeorge 11.
Stewart Jr., whose father received It
u a g:rt tnuii i;r:int himself, it -ns
unt set up In St. Louis, but was re
moved from there to Its present loca
tion iu the svrliig of PtTU. It hu two
rooms ant! several rough windows, now
covered with a wire netting. The In
side has been sheathed with p'ne
boards iu order to strengthen It for
moving. Otherwise, except for the
work of time, It is unchanged.
The little building has a remark.tblrt
history. When It became too cold to
sleep in tents at City Point cabins
were built for Ciraiit and his staff. ThU
on was In no way better than the oth
ers save that it had two rooms, one of
which the general used for a sh-ephrg
room and the otlv-r for an office. Iu
this cabin Grant wrote the orders for
Sherman's march north through tbc
Ciiroliims; there h Huuituoned Sheri
dan to join the Army of the Potomac
tor the last great struggle; there be re
moved Butkr after the failure at Fort
Fisher; there he wrote the dispatches
to Thomas which have caused ho much
controversy, and there he received the
coutuilwsloners from Richmond, In
March, lwa. Lincoln visited blu there.
j thing occurs for the wife to be so o er
whelmed with embarrassment that she
sits silent snd almost tearful Itnougli
the entire uienl, giving the vis tor ti;e
Impression that he Is pnitlcipa; ing In a
funeral fenst and Imbedding in his
heart a rare pity for the poor fellow
tied frr life to such a stern anil stony
faced disciplinarian.
Every man, be he bachelor or bene-
. collar and s:mh of silk or vdvel. One
more advanced In year might wear a
light waist and black skirt or an entire
black silk costume with luce yoke or
vest. Ladles' Home Journ.il.
Tlc'it l.nr'nt
Peynnd the fact that a small w.tist
Is as out of diite as hoops, and If very
ugly, tight lacing dmtroet the on our
of the bUKt and hit, ami Ik rulnotts.
diet, knows that "conij.fliiy" m. tils nre ( to thp complexion, if ,,. digestive
not on tap In any save the household , (.ff.jIJS ,.. have room to i ct-form
Tfie J bird Commandment.
The famous CongresKtnan, Thaddens
Steven .had a colored servant In
Washington named Mutlhla. who one
morning sumshed a larce dish.
"What have you broken now, you
black Id lot?" exclaimed Tbatf.
" 'Taint (le third commandment, bress
de Lawd," replied Matilda.
In regard, to the atove, If any of our
readers do not remember what the
third commandment 1 they had bet
ter look It up, and while they are about
It they may as well read the whole- ten
and try to remember them.
We are reminded by the above of
what whs once related to us about a
Republican Governor of Ohio. He but
In his Thanksgiving proclamation a
beautiful quotation from the Bible. A
Democratic editor declared that the
Governor had stolen It from some
book, for be distinctly remembered see
ing it somewhere before. To which a
Republican editor replied that the
statement was a Democratic lie, for
the quotation referred to was purely
original with the Governor. Our Dumb
Animals.
King of the Gypsies.
An old gypsy named Rofnel has
akcd the Luiperor of Austria to In
vest Li I in with the dignity of King of
of a millionaire, and If the wife Is only
wise enough to realize this be can
with her own bright welcome and a
little tact make the plainest meal ap
pear a veritable epicurean delight to
ihe outsider. .She ought to cons'der
hat what she deemed good enough for
er htiPbimd should be good enough for
ny one else on earth. If she has so
'orgotten her wifely obligutloua as to
palm off a really meager or unpaya
ble tneal on the one who provides for
ber support, so that by stinting the
table fcl e can swell the pockets of her
dressmaker, then she ought to be made
to feel iifliatiicd of herclf and no lys
son can be too severe for her to learn.
Hospitality ts a keynote to domestic
happiness, and It need not be lavleb to
act Its proper part at making the borne
the first place a man thinks of taking
his friends, sure that no sour lo. k
will greet him If he happens lo Issue
the invitation on wusb day or the
maid's day out. Philadelphia Times.
Mrs. L. M. N. Htevrus.
the GypHles. Iwcause he can p.ove his
7.V W" He Vm TithTr lut Z d" ' KJU n"-
dark. His skin was tanned, hi eyes were
a dark base), and, when be tossed aside a
thick crop of straight hair of a brownish
neutral tint, they glenmed or shone In the
light, As he ssw Willie and the colonel,
be drew back; but Geoffrey Ware recog
nised him aa a young fellow traveler who
had greatly Interested him on hi journey
outward to India some years bsck.
"You were but a lad then," said he to
Druce, after he bad spoken to Mrs, Law,
"but an enthusiastic lad. Yon were a
painter even in those days. Ah, we mast
meet again, and talk oter old tlaseaT'
There was a half shyness, half seoU
mentslity about this fonng artist which
sometimes ellngs to the disappointed. He
told Colonel War, as tsy stood talking
oa the staircase, how it was he did not
lire In Knglajid. Bvery as had sstaed
promises to make the gypsies cease
their vagrant liabKs and become order
ly people, At to enter the army. .
A K nsncUl Difference.
"The citizen who votes right Is Juit
as valuable aa the one who fight."
"Is that so? Well, where doe he go
to collect his little $18 a month r
What Is woman to do? If she fol
lows her husband (be "nags" him, and
If she doesn't ho to liable to "disap
pear." Family ree originated from geneaj.
ogy aeed.
Keuiicklan to a ar la (am 1
war a ts water.
The successor to Frances E. Wlllard
m president of the Woman's Christian
Temperance I'nlou.
Laugh nn t Grow I,otIt.
One's general physical condition is so
closely allied to the mental that laugh
ing Is a good. Invigorating tonic for the
ectire system.
A long, hearty laugh expands the
lungs, making the blood course through
the veins quickly, and this simple pro
cess gives a iwach-llke complexion to
the woman who laughs. And w hen she
laughs her eye twinkle and the bright
ness llugorx there after the laughter has
died away.
Laughing, too, strengthens the mus
cles of the face and banishes that
drawn look so fumillar to the sad-faced
woman.
The women who have adopted the
laughing cure claim that they have nev
er felt so cheerful and thoroughly good-
natured before In their lives, and their
friends tell them they are positively
growing beautiful.
Head of Homo Affair.
A woman'a bom must be an expres
sion of ber own taste, and must prove
the fact of ber economy of time and
strength and money. 'She must not feel
herself suix-rlor to the most careful
planning, nor reject the most trifling
means toward accomplishing success In
borne management; Indeed, shs should
be proud of an ability to make a nickel
to aa far as possible, and so oil the ma
chinery of service that It seems to ran
Itself.
When the bead of borne affairs can
arrive at this point of experience she
has reason to lie proud of bar manage
mont, says an exchange. It a possible
for one who at the start did not possess
th faculty of running things without
fata to become through tralnlag so tore
af cwlft and cortaia effort Uat afco eaa
their ftincllo'is. riynpepstflfific of the
worst things flesh I heir to ensues.
Then follow the red noe, watery eye
and blotchy complexion. If n woman
is Inclined to lie fttout. lacing her waist
makes the hlpH roll away In shelf like
and uneven lumps, for the flesh driven
from one part of the body must seek
another. The waist of the Venus d
Medici. Unit accepted model of femin
ine loveliness. Is twenty-two inches,
though she Is just a trifle above 5 feet
In height. Our grandmammas boasted
of .their eighteen Inch wnlsis. but the
girl of the period, even if she Ix dainty
enough "to step upon a lily IcaT and
not bwid it." never -allows her waist
measurement to fall below twenty two
Inches
Amiability Attr .cU
Many a mnn has licen scared off from
asking a woman to becnnii. his wife by
the assertion from her lips that she has
a bad temper and Is proud of it. ilea
are selfish creatures, and. above ail
things, like physical and mental com
fort. Perhaps the average man does
not hope to attain happiness In this
world, though In truth he never cease
to seek It, but he does believe thnt there
Is such a thing as harmony, and be
knows that a bad tempered woman and
harmony d.m't go hand In hand. Amia
bility in power, if women only knew
II. By being alwsy cheerful and amia
ble she can get a hold on men that the
bad-tempered woman, no matter how
beautiful, rich and alluring she Is, never
dreamed of In ber philosophy. Amlabll
Ily Is uot only power It Is health. It
Is mental progression. It Is long life to
one's self and to others.
Wear Tro users by Grant
They allow women to wear male at
tire In France, but they are faxed for
the privilege. The French government
charges women 110 to fl2..10 per year
for wearing the trousers.- This, bow
ever, does not give every woman who
Is willing to pay the tax a right to wear
such garments. The government con
fers the right as a trllfute to great mer
it, and makes it. In fact, B sort of deco
ration given to women, ns the ribbon
or ine legion of 11-,-rior la given to men.
Feminine I'er.nnul.
It is not generally known that Ma
dame Paul made ber professional debut
In Cuba.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, though In the
seventies, Is a well-preserved woman
and a fine type of the old school South
ern woman. The routine of her life
has for year remained unchanged, but
her famous wit Is ns brilliant as ever.
In Vienna telephone girls are regulr
ed to change their dresses and wear a
uniform when on duty, as the dirt they
btought Iu from the streets affected the
instruments. Their costume Is a dtrk
skirt and waist, with sleeve striped
black snd yellow, (he Austrian national
colors.
Mrs. Llllle Devereux Blake anuourc
ed at the convention of the Federation
or women Clubs In New York last
Thursday that the American eaglt I a
hen, mid she wauls It to 1(. known
henceforth as "the ben bird of Amr.
can liberty." This I. Indeed carrying
the woman's rights question Into en
tirely new fields.
Mrs. Adella A. F, Johnston, dean of
the women's department of Olierilu
College, first woman professor In ibis
flrst college to practice co-ed nca lion,
bss Insured ber friends lo raise a sum
of $,10100 to found a permanent Adella
k. Field Johnston professorship, whoso
Incumbent aball always be a womai
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