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Across In my aelghbor'e window,
With Its folds of satin and laca,
I see. with IU crown of ringlets,
A babys Innooont face.
The throne In tha atract looka upward.
And everyone, grave or gay.
Has a nod and a smile for the baby,
In the mansion over the way.
Just here In my cottage window.
His chin In his dimpled hands,
a patch on hla faded apron,
The child that I live for stands.
He has kept my heart from breaking
For many a weary day;
And his face la as pure and handsome
As the baby's over the way.
Sometimes, when we sit together.
My grave little man of three
- - - - - t.w . v I I ,
"IJnM finA lin in Uav. liu -
And 1 say: "Tea, yes, my darling,"
Though I almost answer "Nay."
As I sea the nursery candles
In the mansion over tha way.
And oft when I draw the stocking
From bis little tired feet.
And loosen the clumsy garments .
From hla limbs ao round and sweet,
I grow loo bitter for singing.
Mr heart too heavy to pray,
As 1 think of the dainty raiment
Of tha baby over tha way.
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Oh, Ood In Heaven forgive me
For all I have thought and said!
My envious heart Is humbled:
My neighbor's baby Is dead!
I saw the little white coffln
As they carried It out today.
And the heart of a mother is breaking
In the mansion over the way.
The light is fair In my window.
The flowers bloom at my door;
My boy Is chasing the sunbeams
That dance on the cottage floor,
The roues of health are crowning
My darling's forehead today;
But the baby Is gone from the window
Of the mansion over tha way!
IstMr a ar-
Ths Events of a Bay.
BT THOMAS P. MONTFORT.
(Copyright? U01, by Dally Btory Pub. Co.)
"By Oaorsef but I wish I had a
chance to know he! She's about the
prettiest Ctrl I ever saw."
Joe Martin eniaU with a alfh, for.
although be was not aware of It, be
had already taken the first step to
ward filing desperately In lore with
Husan Meade.
He had seen her for the first time
la hla life while walking slowly along
trail that led acrou the cattle range
of western Texaa. Hearing a woman's
creams, be had turned off to the east
a few yards where he had found Miss
Meade in great distress.
In reaching out over a little slough,
trying to get a choice water Illy, she
bad loat her balance and tumbled Into
the water. Bbe bad quickly regained
her footing, but the bank was so high
and atcep that she could not ascend It.
60, drenched from head to foot, and
standing in water waist deep, she was
compelled to wait for some one to
come to her rescue.
When two long hours had passed,
and she had called, time and again,
without attracting notice, She lost
hope and began to wonder If she
would have to spend the nlgbt there,
or whether It was not possible that
she might remain there until she died
of starvation, just as she had suc
ceeded In conjuring up the very gloom-
'
Joe Appeared on the Bank,
lest of prospects, and waa baring a
feaxd struggle to keep back her tsars,
Joe Martin appeared on the bank
a, bore bar.
lb looked np at hkn with mingled
feaUnga of joy. shame and anger. It
was Joyful to know that a rescuer was
at hand, but she was too womanly to
forgot for an instant the sad spectacle
shs p res sated In her drenched condi
tion, and the faint trace of a smile
she aaw on his lips angered her.
Reaching down toward her he cotn
auaaded her to give him her bands,
and shs hesitatingly obeyed, and the
est Bjomeat bo drew bar np to bis
owa lersL
"I bop yon are not bnrt,'' be said,
loafang at bar anxiously.
Hof la the least" aba ropllod.
atrfskjag before hla gaaa, "I am ?ery
CJ ttl, tS4 CTl M tlwabfo yoo
further. I am very grateful to you for
your kindness. '
, "Which means," he said, "that I may
go as soon aa I like."
"Don't feel that I am ungrateful and
unappreciaUve," she answered. "But
you "
I know," he said. "It Is your ap
pearance. I am not cruel enough to
take any notice of that Isn't there
some other service I could render you?
can t I see you to your home?"
"I thank you, but I prefer to go
aione.
"Then 111 bid you good day."
"Good day."
As Joe continued on his way he re
called her features, and the more he
thought of ber the nore eagerly he
wished that he might know her. She,
too, thought of him and wished she
might know him.
"But it can never be," he said to
himself, "for tomorrow I leave for my
nome, back East."
"Perhaps I shall meet him again."
she said to herself, "for one can never
tell what may happen."
She was right. One can never tell
what may happen. Joe discovered the
truth of those words sooner than
might have been expected. And he
discovered It in a way not to be read
ily forgotten.
He had gone but a short distance
when he met a man on horseback.
The man bad been riding hard, for
his horse was wet with sweat and was
well blown.
"Are you going to town, stranger?"
he called eagerly, bringing his horse
to a stop.
"I am," Jos replied. "Why?"
"I thought yon might be willing to
do ma a favor," the other answered
quickly.
"Certainly. What la Itf
"My brother baa Just been severely
hurt and must have the attentions of
a doctor at once. There la no one with
him and I hate to leave him alone, so
I thought If yon would Just take my
horse and ride to town you could send
the doctor out"
It all seemed reasonable enough to
Joe, so ha consented to the arrange
ment "Just leave the horse at a stable
there," the man added, "and tell the
doctor that it's at HI Blenklns he's
wanted."
"AH right." Joa replied, swinging
himself Into the saddle, aa soon aa ths
other had vacated It
"And remember that there'a no time
to waste," the man said, "for It la a
matter of Ufa and death."
Jt waa a matter of life and death,
but In a different way to that which
Jo suspected. Ha understood some
thing of this, however, when ten min
utes later he rode full tilt Into a gang
of cowboys and found himself stopped
with a dosen pistols pointed at his
besd.
Whils h sat staring amescdly at tha
cowboys, wondsrtng what their con
duct meant, one of their number re
marked dryly:
"Pow'ful 'commodatin' of you to
corns right to us, young feller, 'stead
o' havln' us chase yon all over the
prairie. Saves ua a heap 0' trouble.
Don't 'pear lack It shows much good
Judgment on yo' part, though."
"What do you mean?" Martin man
aged to gasp. "What are you talking
about r
"Ob, Mtkla' paiWlar. Ton Jott go
laag np to the ranch with as as
wall explain mattars there."
"Bat I can't go to the ranch. I'i
In a great hurry. I am going to get a
doctor for a man who's badly hart
Tha cowboy grinned dryly.
"Oh. the man ain't hurt Tit," be
said, but ha will be pretty soon, and
when be Is, he won't need no doctor.
Doctors ain't no use to hoss thievea
when once we git our hands on 'em,
"Horse thieves! What are you
why yon are mad!"
"Talkln' 'bout you.' That bappena
to be our horse you sre riding, and aa
you didn't buy him it stands to rea
son you stole him."
"But I did nothing of the kind. It's
a lie,"
And then Martin told how he came
to have the horse In he possession,
but the cowboys only shook their
heads and smiled incredulously. "You
can tell that to the boas when we get
to the ranch." one of them said.
"Mebby he'll believe It. Mebby so."
Joe perforce accompanied the cow-
boya to the ranch. There they were
met by the owner, a young man of
good appearance, and to him Joe told
his story, hoping it would be believed.
However, when be had finished, the
other slowly shook his bead and re
plied:
"You tell a very plausible story, but
I am a little afraid to believe It I
am fearful I can't do anything for
you, but I will think it over. In the
meantime we will hold you. Go into
that room there."
Martin went Into the room indicat
ed and sat down In a dejected attitude.
It waa bad enough for a young "man
of irreproachable character to be sus
pected of such a crime as horse-stealing,
but that was nothing compared to
the prospect of being hung to the near
est tree. He had not been in Texas
long, being only there for an outing,
but be knew that a horse thief, and
sometimes those who were merely
suspected of the crime, were summar
ily dealt with there.
He bad been sitting so for a long
time when suddenly a woman's voice
broke a deathlike stillness, and he
raised his head to listen.
'Ob, Rob," she cried, "I have Just
had the greatest experience! It would
have been perfectly lovely under other
circumstances."
it must nave been lovely anyway
judging by your appearance. You look
as though you'd been wallowing In
pond."
"I have. Not wallowing, exactly,
but I fell In, and the handsomest.
sweetest young man came along and
pulled me out. Oh, dear! I wish I
could know him."
Rob was silent and thoughtful for a
little while, then be said:
"Would you know the man, sister;
If you were to see him again?"
"Of course. But 1 snail never see
him. More's the pity."
"Did he have a horse?"
"Not then. But I saw a man give
him one, or sell It to him, or some
thing, directly after he left me. But
why do you ask that?"
Robert Meade, the owner of the
ranch, took bis sister to Martin, and,
of course, she recogBlsed him at a
glance. Then Meade understood the
whole situation. The horse thief, find
ing himself too hard pressed by the
cowboys, put Martin in possession of
the horse to throw the suspicion on
him.
Martin not only established his in
nocense and regained his liberty, but
One bird tied is better than a hun
dred flying.
Look before, or you'll And yourself
behind.
A Comprehensive Trip.
If yr are going to California thm
Summer and the Round-Trip Rates in
effect for the Fifth International Con
vention of the Epworth League,
ahould decide you to do so, why not
go aad return the most Interesting
ways? The Southern Pacific Com
pany offer Three Routes via St Paul
and Minenapolis along the northern
border and Portland. Oregon; via the
famous Shasta Route, via Denver, Salt
Lake and Ogden, the great Ogden or
Overland Route or via New Orleans,
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good for return until August 31st, can
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of these routes and returning via
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address W. G. Neimyer, General West
era Agent, S. P. Co., 238 Clark street,
Chicago, 111.
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10 eenU. All other 10-cent starch con
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Variety may be the spice of life, but
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Rail's Catarrh Core
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Weighty questions ask for deliberate
answers.
"What Do Yea Mean?"
he became a guest at the ranch, and
finally bought an interest in the busi
ness and stopped permanently.
Ha never forgot hla experience of
that day, and he never regretted It,
either, for otherwise be would likely
never have won Susan for bis wlfs.
We Base wltk Toraado.
The engineer on a Burlington freight
train from Junlatta to Hastings, Neb.,
had an exciting race with a small tor
nado the other day and won. The
wind picked up a large barn and car
ried It straight toward the train fir
a distance of a hundred yards. Te
engineer saw his peril, put on fufl
steam and an exciting race followed,
but the wind changed Its course before
reaching the track.
ITarse laaerlta soo.eoo.
Mrs. Ethel Castello, a nurse In the
family of J. H. Bostwlck of Kalama
zoo, Mich., has received a letter bear
ing the news that by the death of ber
lata husband's uncle she will receive a
legacy of $100,000. The uncle waa
Martlnes del Pino Castello, a wealthy
diamond merchant of Honduras. He
had also given .1300,000 to charitable
Institutions.
A Hag White Affair.
Aa odd bat Just turned out by an
artistic milliner was a huge white af
fair, with a very alight Indication of
a crown, bordered wltb a wreath of
bine ribbon loops, and having bydraa
geaa, a pet lower of fashion, under
What Do tlia Children Drink
Don't give tbera tea or coffee. Have von
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It la delicious aad nourishing, and takes tba
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Established limit to number going.
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Many of the beautiful scenes in Yel
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