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A FATAL WEBiNG.t ft1 -7-T - ku. ' CHAPTER X. "Good morning. Mr. Evans, now is my patient thU morning? What kind of light bag he had?" "A quiet niht, r, for aught 1 ran tell to the contrary," answered riie pretty dark-eyed Welshwoman who had come to the door of her little semi-detached viila to answer Dr. Koote's knock. "But he ig the patieotewt creature I eTer saw," she went on, as rtie young surgeon entered; "he never complains." "And yet he must oe In great pain," the doctor said thoughtfully. "He is lone, I suppose, and in bed? "In bed! B'ess you. no, war T" ihe re plied, vehemently, "lie got np as usual this morning, and Evans helped him to dress. He wanted to go to the theater, Jf you'll believe me, sir; and I doubt we abotild not hare prevented him, but that lie was that faint that he could not really walk across the room." "They must do withont him at the the ater," the doctor (.aid, decisively, "lie will not be fit to act for some days. I eliaij hve to frighten him into obedience, I foresee," and he went quietly up the staircase and knocked at a door on the first floor. As he did so, the sound of voices within reused suddenly, gome one said, "Come In!" and, when the surgeon entered, he found two men in the little sitting room, one standing by the tabie in the center of the room, the other leaniag back wear Cy in a great armchair, carrying bin right rm in a sling. He rose on the doctor's entrance, and greeted him with a smile i nd bis outstretched lift h.".l:d, fur wh.ch ! he a'ioiogized with a s.gniticaiit giauce! t his right. "1 this the way you obey me?" the young burgeon begun, his keen percept .on teliius him plainly that the two men had been, discussing mime exciting and dis agreeable topic before his entrance. "1 ordered you to remain in bed and keep perfectly quiet." "If I had remained in bed. I cou'd not hare kept qnVt." Mark llobs'tn repliid, miliug. "I am much more comfortable np. doctor, li-t me introduce l!r, W'tl-' ier Bryant to you, I r. Foote: his mime je perhaps famiiiiir to yon." '1 he doctor bowed eiviiiy but cold.y. He ted been playing at Stour.on; but he wn not pri'p; i-S.-ed in hi favor, Mr. Bryant acknowledged the introduc tion in a somewhat sullen and hi'l.f!' r rt manner, and took t;p his hat from the ta bie near Lii.4i he stood. ' ".11! look in Kg:;in presently," he said, wTTh a nod. "We musi settle that matter, Ilobson -and the sooner tiic beuer." "I don't ijtiite sec what there i to settle: It concerns neither yon nor me," Mr. Itoli son relumed quier.'y : but I)r. Foote no ticed how the pu.'sc under his fingers quickened and saw the iiltie frown of pain which crossed tire actor's fait. j 'I must exercise my professional au thority," he said liruiiy. tuniing to .Mr. vi,..,,.r r..i a. ""M " DtiR'nesu, pleasant or the reverse, until my patient is more fitted for it. My pro fessional rcputntiou is at stake," he add ed, w ith a smile, "and an obscure medico like myself dares not rb-k it, you know." iir. Bryant looked annoyed, but bowed carelessly and left the room. As the door closed upon him, Mark Knbson gave a! sigh of relief; and the surgeon smiled us j he relinquished his patient's hand. "I j wish I had insisted on taking you homej with me," he said kindly. "I am sure my lister and I would have kept you quieter than you can be here. You are m :v ; feverish this morning than I exisv-te-l ! find you." And then very gently and skillfully. In tended the actor's wounded arm and ahoulder, dressing it tenderly with deft fingers; and hig eyes brightened ns he saw ttte expression of relief which ap peared m the dark, grave eyes of the in jured man, whom he had never seen be fore the previous day, but in whom he had taken a strange interest an interest quite apart from the gallant deed that had made them acquainted with each otb r. "Ig that better eaBier?" he asked, as Robson sank hack on the cushion! of his chair with a long-drawn sigh of relief. "Much better, much ensier, doctor," t he ctor answered cordially. "Thank you. doctor. Wtien shall I be able to go out?' "That will depend in a great measure on yourself," Ir. Foote replied. "If yon keep very quiet, you may be able to get about in a week. "In a week?" "Y'es, in a week. You look and speak as if yon were rather disappointed: but I assure yon yon may consider yourself fortunate if I allow you out then." "But it is impossible." Itobson exclaim ed in some sgitstion. "I cannot possibly . "It will be impossible If yon ggitate yourself so much, !'errnpted the sur geon. "The week will grow into a fort- ighf "Are yon speaking seriously, doctor TJ "Most serioooly," was the prompt an swer. "Your hurt is, although not dan gerous, a serious one, and you must be careful, or I will not answer for the coo sequences." The doctor lingered a little longer, stay- tort -fiYKv- i tag against bis better judgment, for hig patient seemed languid and weary. But it was a great temptation to Erne Foote to have a quiet chat with a man so cnl tnred and intellectual as Mark Robson. Be had a singular charm of manner also, . being graceful and dignified, yev cordial. This was very fascinating to the young wrgeon, who, well-born and colt tired him self . bad eufiVwd not a little front tne want of congenial society In the busy sanufaclaring town. Their conversation omenow drifts to Lord" Blndakrt niece and heiross. Mini Hnttoo, and doctor tnted that tarn was n nrr tkl she (ran tngngwl tn yonnf Ivntv " X Om nto way nut Dr. T Man. Lcftie JBnzham. Evans, anil impressed upon h.-r that every rare should be taken to k--. p his imtient undisturbed. Chat no visitor iikeiy to dis turb or amuy him should lie admitted; and the little Welshwoman, bavin? prom ises oneuieiii-e. reiurueti to ncr wur oi cooking her husband's dinner, leaving the duties of concierge to ber small miud-of-a 11-work. In the sitting room Mark Itobson bad dropied his head upon his htind and sat mot.onlcss where the surgeon had left him; but, quiet as be sccmisl, hi thoughts were busy busy with the past, the pr-- ent and the future. After a while he rained his head. and. rising languid!?, began to walk with un even steps tip and down the room. Weak though he was, the fever and distress of his mind would not lot him rest; the old wound so roughly torn open was bleed ing afresh, as if it had been iiiflnted on the previous day, instead of years before. lie knew that, when he gave the child whom he hl loved and succored to the nm le ho had claimed her, he bad given ber up forrver; that, great as was his love for her, he could be nothing to ber iu the new life to which she went; that between an actor, even were he great in his profession, and Li rd Khvlaie's niece. yawued a wide gulf which nothing could bridge over. He knew that, however sincere ber affection might lie for hun, new ties would win her from her a'le- giauce to him. and that, although he bad been much to her iu the past, he could be nothing in the future. It seemed to him, an he pared with fill tering and uneven steps up and don the little room, that iu those minut-e he be came an old man a man in whom hope of happiness was dead, all love of life wan extinct. Well, it is letter sol" he murmured after a while, as he went lack again to the armchair and sank down upon it, with a great sadness in his face, a great w!irities m his guy eyes. "He is wor thy, and they will U- happy; aud-aiid I am content." A soft k::.. k at his door made him raise hid head with a start, and hi mut tered "C hup inl" had a tow h o.' impa tience in it. At fint it seemed unheeded; then the door opened softly, and tile giri of vrhoiu he had been thinking entered the room. ( losing the door lifter her. she came forward to where be sat still and motion less, wondering dimly whether this was a wak'ng dream, on apparition conjured up by the fever caused by the pain of his w oi-nds a;.d the eicitement of his resth-sn night. When half-way across the room, she ; u,...;, 1 . i i: u . i ", wl;it"''. iieijiutuiK somew na (, umi Terv pnie. iir looked at tier in saienee. witii-o-,it a word of recognition or grecsii g. There reighni a stillness so profound ihst the girl's hurried bren thing was d.siineily ami.l.U a siicm-e which he uu.J u-t, and could not, break. CHAPTER XI, "Do yon not know me?" The woriis, spoken half incrednloUsly in r.arbara's sweet, tremulous voii-e, broke sudiieiiiy upon the siieju-e: and Ma rk Kobi.un started to his f.-ei. rerai;d by their souuil to the reality of the !:: mcnt. I'.ut even then be made tio niove lueisi toward her. but stood with his o itijnred hatid upon the table, looking at ber with a strange expression of minted gladness and pain. "lift v.ol roil Lnoii rio.V- .rid ,.,ui. . S"" n ed. "h, Mark, have yoii f. you forgotten Bar bara?" " Forgo; ;iir There v.a something in his voice as he uttered the one word which brought the color to her face, and her eyes sunk be neath his gaze. "How could I telh" he asked, quietly, "how I was to grix-t you? The time we met it wes you sir. did nor know n;e. I waiKd now to know whether. s was natural, yon had tint forgotten inc." "How could 1 forget yoaV" she asked Uifc-tcii.bly. "Hut I have been forbidden; "lid you bade me be obedient." "And you have remcmtered my bid ding," he said. "That is well; but how is it that, remembering it, you bit here?" "Because I could not rest without knowing," she returned hurriedly. ' i heard of your heroism, and I " "My heroism!" he echoed, with a low. gentle, mirthless iaugh. "Have the pers been exaggerating, as tib ial? Tin-re was no herom-uo need for your solici tude, although h voice soficfced "I am grateful to you for it." Barbara drew back a little, keenly hurt. It had been so difficult for her to come; she risked m-r uncle's anger. )rd Keith's displeasure; she had foo!d to deception to explain her visit to Htourton; she had seen something like suspicion in Blanche Herrick's glance at ber when she had laughingly declined her company for a drive; she had suffered so much anxiety during a Wing sleeplis nighl that she felt a sense of injury and was almost angry wwh him for his cold reception of ber. "But you were hurt," she soid, hurried ly; "you are suffering much. You look IU you are so changed!" "Am I? The passage of years changes every one. lime baa changed even yon he returned. Am I changed" she queried, a faint blush tingling her cheeks. "So changed that, if 1 bad paed you unrecognized, it would have been but list ural. ."But you snffer," she murmured, trem ulousJy; "you were hurt. The pers said nothing about that, and "My hnrv is alight: it Is not worth men t'oning. Does Lord Elsdaie know that yon are here?" A glenm of terror Hashed Into ber eyes. "Nooh, no! lie would not have al lowed me to rome. snd I knew It wss use less to ask bis permission." "Then yon have come secretly?" "YesI wss obliged to do so; and " "I did not think yon would st.wip to de ception," Hhe flushed deeply, then grew very pale. Deceit was not unknown to her In her new Hfe; bat remembering the high sense of truth and honor which had always gnided him, she felt shamed that be should know of her nut ruth fulness. "I mast not detain yon," he went on quietly. "Tour flak here, without the tnrl'a knowledge and sanction, la an ian nrodeace of which I had not supposed yon eoald be gailty. I un not oaaindfal of , the kind tt.V i 1 taiiL:it a. I-" ire of oTr; ::n a pa- onate g. ; she moved from loin; tl.ei daU y ber old reverem e ! ba. k to her. Mie tur;.. d her eyes bright with tears. "Oh. .Mark oh, lijik. f.rgie me!" she crie! iiissiutia i-,y. 'Ti!ort. tji H. rui fcueb word hctw'n tis. Kirl srs." be said, with quivering bps, calm as his voice sounded. "You passed out of my life entirely when you left me, and 1 was content to have so. since it was best f ir you. I would Dot w iljing y have cro-visl your path again, and but for this accident I should not have seen you now. I am sorry, though I think I am g'.ad tJiat you n un-m lu red me krndiy and retnli.cd su'lieient interest in your oid friend to ( onie to me -just once." A. he held her hand in his. hig eyes r-Mi-d on ber with the look of love and tenderness which bad never left them, llerv sank before it; she felt herself so faNf to tarn, so unworthy of bin esteem and regard. ieu me or yourself, she -went on softly. "Have you been Weil? Are you suffering much now, ilarfiV Were you much hurt? It was so terrible ta think of your danger. "Wa it? No, I am rt much hurt; and there is nothing to tell you, Barbara. I have been well, and " "And Mrs. Claveriug-she is living still? And she is well? Hear GoodyT "Very well." "I am glad of that. Where doe ibe live now?" "At Koge Cottage." he replied, musing ly. as he looked down on the tear-stained face which was eagerly turned toward him in her fast awakening iutcrt-tt in her old life. "At I!oe Cottage still?' 'i e, still. She is keeping a home for me there, if at any time I should be un able to work." Barbara's eyes met bis for a moment; she knew- well enough what his words meant, how he concealed h;. own gener osity under a fancied obligation to au other, "Tell me of yourself, Karbarn," he cen time d. "You are happy in your new life?" "Yes, I think so very happy." "Lord n;.-ih:ie kind to you?" "Very kind, Mark. He love me very much. I am sure; he tell me often that I a in his sunshine." "That j well." .Mark observed. "Hut 1 have heard it vrhiserod. Karhiira. that h Will MJiill to-.' his sunshine," The girl's agitated face Unshed like the heart of a rose. Mark's lips trembled a little with a slight spasm of pain. "Is it m, dear?' he asked, wetching her with keen, earnest, tender strut.s.v. Iturhfira's head droosil until it rested on the arm of his chair. "Yes." tie replied softly: and there was a hog silence between them. "You love him, H wiifira ?" the young man asked presently, in a low voice, which he vainiy culeavor-d to steady. "Ye." the g rl whispered again: and Mn'k l!o) s ;s left hand closed tightly over ti e , : ii of h.s enii r. Again lie re wf le;:-e. Mnrk made an eflort To spoax. 's.s iu fi-.j-d him--tie -.lords he would have title--,'. 1 d.i.i awaj mi hi ;. Barbara waited then she rain-d her bead. tie s so gooil lo roe. she .:!.'. Ir-mu- lously. her face beautiful in iis te-id less, "ne knows ali. and be still hoes tne." it.-i.soii startw. looking at her with i-.igci, ipo-s; ioiiiiig eye:-. "Ail"; Wiiti t do j.iii meau, Itarlstra?1 he asked. "What is there to know ?" "A Unit my mother Ix-ing oniy an ae tri-ss. j-oi know, she atiswi-red. "1 tiioitght at first he would mind, because hi is mi prom! and his name is so stain less: but I iicle Norman tokl him every thing, and if has made no difference to him. II- says that nothing could come between us." "Nothing'" Mark repeated, smilin fmiit.y. "Hint is as it should be. Bar bara, lam giad he (ovin you so well." "If I had dared. I would have ask'-il h'ro to enme with me to-day." she con tinued, eageriy; run 1 was afraid Pe would have tried to prevent. my coming, and She broke off suddenly aa the clock In the neignhoring church lower struck twelve, and hastily drew her furs about her. "I must go." she exclaimed, nervously; It is so late; yet lie looked so worn, so haggard, ng hi tirrd eyes ro-t.-d upon her, that the girl felt that it was impossible to leave farm thus. "Can I indeed do nothing for yrm?" be inquired, going to his side. "You are suffixing greatly, I can see. Mark, I can not leave yott lke this. He roused himself with an effort, smil ing at her with pale, quivering lip. "There is nothing you can do for me. Barbara, he replied, as cheerfully aa he could, though he was faint and exhausted with pain. "And you must not come again, dear!" "Ah. do not say so!" she cried, hastily. "I will le!l I'm le Norman, be is not ud generous, snd " A flucli rose in his pale fsce. "Barbara. I can accept nothing from Iird Kinds le," he interrupted, in a tone, the intense quietness of which allowed bow di-eply in earnest be was. "And, if you have retained any if your old regard for me. yiwi will show it by not mention ing my name to him. Our lives are part ed completely, utterly; let it be so. I am willing, and you are so also. The only service you can render me is to keei si lence. She strove to speak; hut no word came When they had last parted, she had clung to htm with tears, and his quivering lips had touched her brow. The remembrance of that parting wa with them both now when ber hand lay passive in his. "Be very happy, my Barbaral" he said softly, gently loosing her hand: and, mov ing toward tlie door, he opened It for ber. Khe lingered a moment looking up at hun with great wistful eves shining through her tears; then, without a word, She passed out of the room and went hur riedly ibrwn stairs. Mldwsy on the nsr row staircase a man met her, and stood aside to allow her to pass. Barbara in clined her head slightly In recognition of die courtecjr, but did not look at hia as she went by, while he, with an eager light in his eyes, looked keenly at ber.hewtatsd for second, then followed her down stair, bsotening after ber to the ball door. . "Will yon allow me to call yonr car riagsT' he said In a pleasant, reftned toon; and Barbara, with little start giancsd ..jio t. i i . f i ; jr averted ner fai e. "i uok J..U--.liere J. no need." mbr r. -I. w.'b so rapid an assiimjition of -e. pir u-u:tl l.inL'u.d miiii'ii-r li.wt it alii.ost In n. e- I n! evn li e ji, to whom she sis.ke; and. f. r tiita lao.e ( iss. ig h.ni wi.h a bareiy pene'.tlble in to h.ui aa.n, j clitut ion of the head, she walked swiftly a ji . 1'. s'nrohng in tlie doorway where she hd -ft Ji m. kioked afer ber with an evil I ght in h eye. gud smiled complacently as to- turned ea'-k into tlie hmise. 'A i . t ier v;ii:ning car.ir' be mattered I to h n s -if ceoliy. "Very soon I think the game wiij be iu my own baud!" (To be continued.) The hi -pliant in a Bog. Tie sagacity of elephuiit when boR ged n swamps is truly admirable. The cylindrical form of an elephant' leg w'hi-h la nearly of eiiual tliSckne.tg caus- the animal to sink very deep In heavy ground, especially Iu the muddy banks of amall rivers. When thus it- uated the animal will endeavor to lie on one side, go as to avoid sinking deeper; and, for this riurpoee, will avail himself of every tneang to eUtaJn re lief. In order that he uuiy extricate himself, he Is liberally guppbed with straw, twiighs, pmjs, etc.; these ma terials he forces down with hig trunk, till they are lodged under his forefeet In sutticient qtuuitity to resist his pres sure. . Having thus formed a good ba ! for exertion, the sagacloua animal next pro'eelg to thrust other bundle! under tils lielly. and a far back under hi flanks us he can reacJi: when uch a basis is formed, as may be, In his mitsl. proper to proceed upon, lie throws his whole weight forward, and gets hl hind feet gradually upon the etrtiw, etc. Being once confirmed on a solid footing, he will next plait- the succeeding bundles before 1dm, pris ing them well with bis trittk. so as to form a causeway by which to reach firm ground. The instinct of the ani mal, and probably the experience of past danger, net nates li'm tiot to bear any weight definitely, until, by trial both with his trunk and whh the next foot that Is to be planted, he has com pletely satUlieil himself of the liiui iies.- of the ground he is to tread upon. The en it t lou with which this, tind every part of bis conduct of these iuihIoii is marked, shows how forcibly Xatnro has impressed him with a sense of hig own weight. An'sttiat Hsve Slaves of lh"ir()wn. Many speciiiiesis of atits are IncaiMibie of ma tinging their own t:.-s- or of rear ing their y-ning. and these. In conne- jUetice. impress into their s"rv!-e the workers of other species of ants, and leave all !be rough work to their cap tives, s-iys the St. Ijiiii! Clolie-Oelll'i-erst Period!' ally the master ant Met off on a l.-ive-h;in:!tig expi -dltlou. Tie y ti;:d out the t. at of a special nut, whose ah! tiny need: tiny mid it. and. over ' tiling its defender, euu-r. and bear off :riiinipliftntly the pupae. Th---e are carried to the ni ssters" ' !!.. where tli'-y are sp -e-Iiiy h -i'-hel, I and toil Industriously f-ir their mas-! ieri. So la;-y otid depend -ill njion their I willing slave- do the master ants lie- j .-otiie. Uiat. at letigU), tln-y are unable to te.-U themselves, food ha been ; phicc-J Ik fore these lords of the ant ' creaUoii, and they would not even take j the troiilde to eat. Then slave ants , were introduced; they tidied up the place and fiii their mast-rs. The ant have some method of know ing uie;ii!w-rs of their 'own trilie; If an ant Is put into a strange colony, it is Instantly killed an an intruder; while if one is taken from it home and restored to It after a long lapse of time, It Is Im mediately welcomed and recognized. S;r.Iohn I.ubtKick took twelve ants, six from each of two different colonics, and made them drunk; then they were all put back Into one of the colonies. The ans carried away their companion, and took care of them until they re covered, while the foreigners were dropped Into the water. A Costiy Autograph. At the charitable sale held in Paris, Huron Rothschild s toped at a stall con ducted by "Gyp," and the fair littera teur addressed him with thn usual re quest to buy something. "What am I to buy?" laid the Baron. Yon have Dothlng at all suitable for tne. But I have an Idea. I should like j to have your autograph; sell me that." Talcing a sheet of paper, the lady wrote upon it, "Received from Baron Rothschild the sum of l.OOOf, for the benefit of the charity. Gyp." Baron Rothschild read It, thanked her, and handing her a note for tho amount named, went away delighted with the lady's Ingenuity. Spare Mo ments. I $ D. of the National Gallery. The value of the national gallery pic tures and building is about a million and a quarter sterling. The national gallery was founded in 1824, with a collection of thirty-eight pictures; It now contains about 1.200 pictures, which hare cost roundly 1,000,000. The gallery was Oulshed In 1838, at a cost of 100,000. It wa altered and enlarged In lrXXJ, and additions were made in 1870. the new portion costing 83,000. A further enlargement cost fM.0ft0.-lJurhatii Obnerver. Why They Wanted n Drink. Five men on an Atlantic liner were thirsty. They ambled up to the bar. One w muted a drink because be was sick; another wanted a drink because be was sleepy; another wanted one be cause be couldn't sleep; another could not eat utile he had an appetiser. Finally, an old soak demanded a drink because be liked It. Kaally Ki plained. "Tea, she' a trained nurse." "What'e tbatr "Btupld. Hhe ii time on trala."-C1eveJand Plain Dealer. the Ito people kick harder because nf to neb rain than they kick because nt too much dry weathnrf WHY O'JR WOMEN WED ABROAD. ANT persona find It difficult understand tlie preference woman for exalted stations. but they forget altogether the horlsm which a title opens to her. There are, In most ease, the great estate to pre side over, the bouse to rule houses which are often centuries old, and therefore rich In those traditions and old customs which no new country can know. Then there is the political life to which title entitle a man, and with that life there is the coining in contact with many minds, with tin? possibility of being herself a power among thi-ni. Scoffers are apt to say that 1 entity or a rat bank account is accounutnte ior all the brilliant marriages which our women make, and the fact Is altogether Ignored that a certain (jtifiliUcntioti, if not exactly necessary, is at least a fre quent factor In tbem. Take, for In stance, the case of Miss Inciter, now the wife of the Viceroy of India, with a position to hold in the Kngiish-speak-Ins world which only Queen Vlctorlt herself can rival. Few of our Ameri can glrla have studied so hard, or re ceived so careful an education. She ha liei-n cultivated In all the graces of uiitid and body, equipped, in other words, for any role she might be railed Uiou to 111. Harper's Bazar. Miss I.ln ll'lom's AoiMtlon. A woman, a young and pretty wo man, with a cluster of light curls on ea-h temple, presented im application for niemliershlp in the Chicago Hoard of Trade. While the innovation Is startling and, so far as known, with out precedent, no technical obstacle -si . I.. .1 f()11I),j to kM.p m,r ou, f ,,. ralk, (t tU(, huiu ,, ),;.. Jjt.M)T ijudi.iotti is the eldest dau-i,!. r of ijhert Lli.df.loui. and for three y,,nrs Khe has been an active partt.er In ,hp coiniiiiislon firm of UoU-i-t IJud- Mom & Cf: The latter fact make membership In the board necessary to ber. Too irtuch Kiirnltiirr. There are ninny girls whose married life Is one long study of the science of economy, with Its various bratiches oft "ways and means." There Is not the study of economy In money matter alone, but there are also the economy of labor, the economy of time and the i economy of health to le considered. When we start housekeeping and begin to buy the necessary furniture we women, one and all, have the same in tense desire to make our homes as beautiful and pleasant to look upon as It lies In our power to do. says the1"0 uuibrilla In Iw case or rolled when Philadelphia Press. L'nlees one can afford to keep plenty of domestics it is well to avoid furni ture that has much carving upon It. Simple decorative designs have a better "bred" air about them, and, what Is I wore Important are much easier to I "'"lie clean and keep so. It does not follow by any means that furniture must be costly to be beautiful, but It Is well when purchasing to remember that It la not only the amount of money paid that constitute "saving." There fore one must exercise the greatest di cretlon. Crowding rooms with furni ture Is not oniy a sign of bad laste, but It I positively unhealthy. Why We Throw hhoes After Ilrlde. The custom of throwing old show and rice came from the Eastern na tion fc, and wa originally Intended as a clgn of reMnquIshment by Uie rela tive of tbelr authority over the bride. A a old Jewish custom provided that a brother of a chlldlea man had tbe first privilege of marrying the widow, and until ber brother-in-law refused her nbe could not marry again. Another authority maintain that the throwing of tbe shoe was a nham aasauH on tbe groom, who waa supposed to be carry ing off lb bride. Woman'a Home Companion. The Lack Offering. Prospective bride and groom will welcome the announcement that the traditional aoower of rice la no longer considered good form by fashionable folk. Rom learea ar need Instead, if any color adtonio to carried oat to ton decoration of too wedding, the Mine color la need In tba ahower of laav. Juat aa tbe bride and groom lea? the house a tiny basket Iliad wMfc freeh leaves i handed to ac member of the Immediate bridal patty, wba tfcrow tbem over tbe happy oonpbj. Wtata na Collector. About thirty years ago Ifhan ttt tried an eipertment which nnarad that oould collect rMs nittsMl lay M4 mtm tawst to those with whom they were thrown. To-day women rent collectors are not curiosities, they are acknowledged workers In a legitimate Held. If a col lector Is fair-minded anil she must b to secure success she should endearor to secure prompt neas in payment and an equal ppompttw-s,! In repairs. In caRes of friction between landlord and tenants a lack of care In kii-plng prom ises is largely to blame. The law of courtesy has been violated and hostil ity Is the result. To keep faith with a kind landlord the average tenant will go to great lengths. The unusual ten ant cannot be relied upon for anything. Wnlk In tlie sunshine. When the work of the busy woman will permit her lo travel her two mile In tlie Kunshiiie she should surely makn the most of such a priceless advantage, for beneficial as the breathing of pl.-aty of oxygen and the regular t-.vercl.-e of muscle are nt any time, sunshine Is a tonic for mind, heart and body, which no woman, sick or well, can afford to despise. The busy woman of household carea enn plan to lake ber niorninft tiarnp when she Is out marketing for the day. She should never delude herself, more over, with the bii-a that shopping, drag; g'ng alsittt from store to store, carry ing parcels and breathing the Impure air of tlie average shop Is "getting ex ercise." It Is only the full, free swing out of doors. In the pure air, that will take her home with red cheeks and bright eye. School ghl should give an hour each day to brisk walking, which will prove far more valuable in after life iltan the usual asortt:)ent of half lea; ned accomplishment). I'mtlmt Krt. AH women who can spare an hour In the aften.oon to theiniehi should cast off" ail cares and et joy a complete relaxation, n-s'itig an entire hour pre- vloti to ilte--;i!g. Working women i should ii'.-ike .some sacrifice to obtain a I reeiit.-ii r, -it nt tot. tit-it' if ooti fos few minutes, a ten minutes' na; di rectly after dinner will In- of more .value than an hour's sleep at tilht. After the hal.lt of the daytime nap is once esf.iMi i'jod. the moment she lies down she will i fislly fall as! -i p, ami s'lcli 1 the i-i iilidl of the tttittd over the body thai if h- looks at watch or ' 4: r-ti.l lirmle rb erni?i to H'vnke a T a cert n!n Imp- -she is quite sure to fin-d herself wide nnrtke at that lime. f'anse n-d lire of Jii-r)-ti'rt t'tib ss our sleep In- very profound, we still carry on a sort of self con sciousness. We lie dow n, ami we mus ctilarly hold ourselves in ntiy position assumed. We do not abandon our head fo the pillow, our limbs to the bed. We hold them there. We must un hinge, as It were, so that In a.l or any mi-mlsT would drop limp If the rest of the Ixidy were lifted. Imagine them heavy, and dropping down, down, and you will soon acquire the trick, finding, as a reward, that In the grateful re lease from muscular tension the mind relaxes as well. Woman's Home Com panion. Umbrellas, rmbrellas should always he set to dry, open, with handle on floor. If al lowed to dry shut up the moisture stands so long nt the top It rot tbn silk and rusts the wires. Do not keen in tne inmse, as t-ue wiik. thus tightly creased, soon cuts Into boles. In roll ing up an umbrella for Its rase grasp tlie ends of the frame roth tightly with orw naml w,nr the handle and roll from n,e opposite end with tbe other band; "nl-K the frame la thus held In plaet. 11 twisted and loosened In the rolling proeesa, Married Men's Watches. The Newhurgh (N. T.) New any that a local Jeweler baa Invented in a stock of "married men' watches." The peculiarity of these watcbe Has la the fact that they are furnished with an alarm attachment which a inaa'g wife can set at the exact hour When she wishes hlin to start fur boron. Tbe alarm going off at that time wlU re mind hlin that hi wife eipeota bin. Feminine Person tla. ktls Virginia Evans, daughter of "Fighting Bob" Evans, will make bar bow to society during tbe preeeat Washington official season. Among saleswomen of New York Mrs. Rlcha.d Croker enjoy tho repu tation of being tbe kind eat and most considerate shopper In tbe city, , Mr McKlnley's health baa greatly Improved since she went to Waahlnff ton. In tbe last two year aha ha gained twenty pound In weight Tbe first woman baa Juat received ber degree of doctor from tho Uniror slty of Berlin. Hhe la Mlaa BUn Na msnn, and gained It "cum laud," It may safely be said that the yo. est law student In tbe University of New York is Mr. Frsnceska Haldoa, who la 17 years old, bat has gradnatod from a college at Berlin, bona married a ya. snd taken a trip around tho world Mian Rain Faulkner, danghtar of senator ranuaer, of Want Ttrglaia. roconUy paid a Tlalt to her brotaor, a lieutenant la taw army, now -iliasl la Wyoming. Walk there ah roa a nwacna true only oao man at fen