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A SISTER'S VENGEANCE By CEORCE MAN VILLE FENN CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.) It was the scoundrel's companion come t the call for help, thought Humphrey; and he chins still in silence, wondering whether it was too late as his strained eyeballs glared upward. '- Wherfr are yott?"' - ---r.iky voice. . It was to save hi life; hut though Humphrey recognized the voice, he could not speak, for his tongue and throat were iry. "Are you here? Hold on!" cried the mice again; and then there was the sound of someone feeling about, but dis lodging stones, which kept rattling down and splashing below. "Where are you?" cried the voice above Humphrey; but itill he could not reply. His hands were giving way, and he felt that his whole energy must be devoted to the one effort of clinging to the last ere he was plunged down into that awful gulf. But the man who clung to him heard the hoarsely whispered question, and broke out Into wild aeries of appeals for help for mercy for pity. "For heaven's sake, captain!" he yelled, "save me save me! It was Black Maz aard! He made me come! Do you hear? Help! I can't hold no longer! I'm fall ing! Help! Curse you help!" Aa these cries thrilled him through and through, Humphrey was conscions in the darkness that the hands he heard rust ling above him and dislodging stones, ev ery fall of which brought forth a shriek from the wretch below, suddenly touch ed his, and then, as if spasmodically, leap ed to his wrists, round which they fast ened with a grip like steel. To Humphrey Armstrong it was all now like one hideout nightmare, during which he suffered, but could do nothing to free himself. The wretch's shrieks were growing fainter, and be clung in an I Inert way now, while someone seemed to be muttering above: "I can do nothing more! I can do notu- ing more!" but the grip about Hum phrey's wrists tightened, and two arms rested upon his hands and seemed to press them closer to the stones te which they clung. "Captain captain! Are you there?" "Yes," came from close to Humphrey's face. "Forgive me, skipper, and help me up! I'll be faithful to you! 111 kill Black Mazzard!" "I caa do nothing," raid the buccaneer, hoarsely. "You are beyond my reach." "Then go and fetch the lads and a rope. Don't let me fall into this cursed, watery grave." "If I quit my bold here, nun, you will both 0 down; unless help comes, noth ing can be done." "Then call help! Call help now, cap tain, and I'll be your slave! Curse him for leaving me here! Where's Joe Thorpe V "He was killed by Mazzard with a blow meant for me," said the buccaneer, slowly. "Curse him! Curse him!" shrieked the man. "Oh, captain, save me, and I'll kill him for you. He wants to be skip per, and I'll kill him for you if you'll only- Ahr He uttered a despairing shriek, for as he spoke a sharp, tearing sound was heard; the cloth he dung te gave way, and before he could get a fresh bold he was hanging suspended by the half-torn-off garb. He swung to and fro as he uttered one cry, and then there was an awful silence, followed by a plunge far below. Again silence and the whispering and . . "ir u"ea u't"uA vtsttuu, iu(r nauri weal uuce i'w-!'06:. .V," r !W,'- "d th,en i what aounded like a sigh of relief, and a Hence that was Indeed the silence of death. Suddenly the silence in that darkness was broken, for a hoarse voice said: "Climb up!" "Climb!" exclaimed Humphrey, who seemed to have recovered his voice, while his frozen energies appeared to expand. . "Yes, climb. I can hold you thus, but o more. Try and obtain a foothold." Humphrey obeyed aa one obeys who (eels a stronger will acting upon him. "Can you keep my hands fast?" he Mid. "They are numbed." "Yes. You shall not slip now. Climb." Humphrey obeyed, and placed his feet upon projection, strove and strained, ad how he knew not, found foothold, drew himself up. and half crawling, half dragged by the buccaneer as he backed ap the slope, reached the level part of the passage between the entrance and the doorway of the inner temple, where he subsided on the atones, panting, exhaust ed, aaa wita as icy reeuag running throoga his nerves. "Commodore Junk," he whispered. hoarsely, as be lay ia the semi-darkness, "you hare saved my life.' "As you saved miae." Those two lay there ia the gloomy pas sage listening to the solemn whisperings and lappings of the water. By degrees. though, as the heavy labored panting of their breasts ceased, aad their hearts ceased besting so tumoltuously, a more atter-of fact way af leeking at their position came over them. "Try If yon ran walk asw," said the barcaoeer in a low voice. "You will be batter ia your owa place." "raa-awom," wpUed Usmpkaey, ab ruptly; aad once mart there was silence, a attcaea broken at last by the bucca- Caatala Armstraag." he said, softly, t test, "sorely we eaa aw be friends r "friends? Not Why eaa wtf triad nampbrey, aagrily. "Beeaoat I claim yaw Ufa, tk life t&at I savad, as mla haeaaaa I ewe aMS jaaajaaaaa -Mo, not I tell yea It la impassible! rsHsa. air, enemies ta the bitter cod. 1 tenet why I came eat here!" "re," said taa beeeaaeer. sadly. "Tee I : a aaaaka aty IttVeVeUey say aee r "l rata aald etbarwme, aad yea . Kf ariasaat jiat Ms fscf sited ' yea dare aat taker cried Haav ralr. "I am eee ef tke UaCa -vm Matf Bsea." i' "A Tea aat a aeat aC "Xo!" cried the buccaneer. "When that monarch ceased to give his people the protection they asked, and cruelly and unjustly banished them across the seas for no greater crime than defending a sister, that king deserved no more obedi ence from those he" wfotigedT" "The king did this?" said Humphrey, wondering!;-, as he gazed full iu the speaker's face, struggling the while to grasp the clew of something misty in ins mind. "The king! Well, no; but the people whom he intrusts with the care of bis laws." "Stop!" cried Humphrey, raising him self upon one arm and gazing eagerly in the buccaneer's face; "a sister defended punished sent away for that! No; it is impossible! Yes ah! 1 know you now! Abel Dell!" The buccaneer shrank back him wildly. gzing at "That is what always seemed strug gling in my brain," cried Humphrey, ex citedly. "Uf course, I know you now And you were sent over here a convict and estaiM'd." 1 he buccaneer hesitated for a few mo ments, with the deep color going an coming in his face. "Yes, he said, at last. "Abel Dell escaped from the dreary plantation where he labored. "And his sister?" "You remember her story?" 'Itemember! Yes," cried Humphrey "She disappeared from near Dartmouth years ago." "Yes." What became of herpoor girl?" said Humphrey, earnestly; and the bueca ueer's cheeks colored as the words of pity fell. . "She joined her brother out here." "But he was a convict." "She helped him to escape." "I see it all," cried Humphrey, eagerly "and he became the pirate and you be came the pirate the buccaneer, Commo dore Junk. "Yes." "Good heavens!" ejaculated Humphrey, ' And the sister your sister, man the handsome, dark-eyed girl whom my cous in oh, hang Cousin James! What t scoundrel he could be!" It was the sturdy, outspoken exclama tion of an honest English gentleman, and as the buccaneer heard it, Humphrey felt his hand seized in a firm grip, to be held for a few moments and then dropped. "But he's dead," continued Humphrey. "Let him rest. But tell me the sister Oh A long look of apology and pity follow ed this ejaculation, as Humphrey recall ed the scene in the temple, the anguish of the figure on its knees, and the pas sionate words of adjuration and prayer. it was as if a veil which hid his compan ion's character from him had been sud denly torn aside, and a look of sympathy beamed from his eyes as he stretched out his hand in a frank, manly fashion. I beg your pardon," he cried, softly I did not know all this. I am sorry I have been so abrupt in what I laid. I have nothing to forgive," said the buccaneer, warmly, and his swarthy cheeks glowed as Humphrey gazed earn estly in his eyes. And for the sake of brave Old Devon and home you spared my life and treated me as you have?" Not for the sake of brave Old Devon. said the buccaneer, gravely, "but for your own. Now, Captain Humphrey Arm strong, can we be friends?" Yes!" exclaimed Humphrey, eagerly, as be stretched out his hand. Nor he cried, letting it fall. It la impossible, d those I've left at home. I am your prisoner; do with me as you please, for, as a gentleman, I tell you that what you ask is imposible. e are enemies, snd I must escape. When I do escape my task begins again to root out your nest of hornets. So for heaven's aske, for the sake of what is past the day I escape provide for your own safety; for my duty I must do!" "Then you refuse me your friendship?" "Yes. I am your enemy, sworn to do a certain duty; but I shall escape when the time has come. I can say no more." CHAPTEB XV. Humphrey Armstrong sat gazing through the opening of his prison at the dark forest vistas and dreamed of Eng land and its verdant fields and gold-cupped meadows. The whole business connected with the Dells came back to him, and with it the figure of the handsome ruatic fisher girl standing as it were vividly before him, and with her bis cousin, the cause ef all the suffering. "How strange It is," he thought again, "that I should be brought into contact with her brother like this! Poor fellow! more sinned against than sinning; snd as for her " t "Poor girl!" There was a slight sound as of some one breathing bard, and the buccaneer stood before blm. He smiled gravely, and held out his hsnd: but Humphrey did not take it, and they remained gazing at each other for some few minutes in silence. "Have you thought better of my pro posals. Captain Armstrong?" said the buccaneer at last. "Are we te be friends r "It is Impossible, sir," replied Hum phrey, quietly. "After wbst bss passed I grieve to have to reject your advances." "1 can wait," said the buccaneer, pa tiently. "The time will come." Humphrey shook his bead. Is there anything you want?" "Yea," said Humphrey, sharply. ' Lib- erty." 'Take it. It is ia my hand." "Liberty chained te you. sir! Ne. There place me under no further obligations. I will not flgbt against you; bat pray aa- derstaad that what yea ask caa never I eaa wait," aald tke kaeeaaeer sgaia. aaietly. as ha let kla eyes rest tor a (aw nemesis apoa kla Briseaers (aee. aad thea left the reeam. Haasakrey aaraag aa lataahWaMy, aad waa aeeett ta aaee tke esmsafcer Nfca a wd beaatlaaatci vkeakefceard retaea fa Ct aatrUV. ami Cxc?j tr I'ry entered. The man looked troubled, aid stood listening, tan ho iul l the car tain and went down the corridor, ta stay away for quite a quarter of an hour be fore he returned. "lie's gone, sor, safe enough. Faix, captain, dear, I fale as if I ought to be niiug. "Hung, Dinny?" "Yes, sir, for treachery to as good a friend as I iver had." "What do you mean, Dinny?" cried Humphrey, eagerly. "Mane, sor! Why, that all the grate min in the world, from Caesar down to Pater Donovan, have bad their wake side. I've got mine, and I'm a fallen man." "Speak out plainly." cried Humphrey, flushing; "That's just what I'm doing, sor," said Dinny, with a soft smile. "It's nature, sor. She was bad enough, and thia you helped her. Oh, there's no foighting ageu it! It used to be so iu Oirelaud. She says to the little birds in the spring choose your partners, darlin's, she says, and they chose Yin; and she said the same to human man. and he chooses li's." "Oh, Dinny. if you hadn't quite such a long tongue!" cried Humphrey. "Fail, it's a regular sarpiut, sor, for lengta, and just as desaving; but is I was saying, what Nature says io nwld Oireland in the spring she says out here in this baste of a couuthry, where there's uujmur spring, summer, autumn, nor winther nothing but a sort of uioshnosh or sunstnne and howling thunder storms." And will you really help me to es cape r W hisht, sor! What are ye thinking about? Spaking aloud In a couuthry where the parrots can talk like Chris tians and the threes is full of ugly chaps. wno sit and watch ye and say uothimr. but howld toight wid their tails, and thin go and whishper their saycrets to one another. "You'll help me?" "Yis, sir, if ye'll go down on your bend ed unees and take an oath. " "Oath! What oath?" Niver to bethray or take part in tuny- thing agen Commodore Junk, the tbruest, bravest boy that iver stepped. You are right, Dinny. lie is a brave man, and I swear that I will not betray or attack him, come what may. Get me my liberty and the liberty of my men, and i u oe content. topI 1 cannot go so far as that; there are uiy men. I swear I will not attack your captain without giving him due notice, that he may es cape; but this nest of hornets must be burned out and my men freed." "Ah, well, we won't haggle about thri- nes, sor. Swear this, sor: Ye'll behave to the captain like a giutleuiau "I swear I will," "Bedad, then, I'm wid ye; and there's one more favor I'll be asking ye, sor." "What is it?" "Whin we get safe home ye'll come and give Misthrcs Greenieys sway." les, yes. Dinny. And now, tell me what will you dor "Sure, I'll have an oi on a boat, and . tW ttlUM1. I Ul-U Itlta nit A Vtin in rAi mnA n!i. I'll I set light to the magazine, for it'll be a rale plisure to blow up that owld ginlle- man as is always leering and grinning at me as much as to say, 'Och, Dinny, I auu su ' . vj luiU, BMI, III know all about the widdy, and first t me ye go to see her I'll tell Black Mazzard, and then, 'ware, hawk! " "But when shall you do this?" "First toime it seems asy, sor.1 "In the night?" "At coorse, sor." "And how shall I know?" "Hark at that, now! Faix, ar'n't I telling ye. sor, that I'll blow up the mag azine? Sure, an' ye don't pay so much attention to it when ye go to shieep that ye won t hear that? "Of course I shall hear it," said Hum phrey, excitedly. "Thin, that's the signal, aor; and when it goes fizz, be riddy and wait till I kim to ye, and thin good-by to the rover's loife. Whisht!" A fortnight passed, during which the buccaneer visited his prisoner twice, as if to give him an opportunity to speak. but each time ia company with Bart. Both were very quiet and stern, and but few words were said. Everything was done to make the prisoners condi tion more endurable, but the attentions now were irksome; and though Hum phrey Armstrong lay listening for foot steps with the greatest anxiety, those which csme down the corridor were not those he wished to hear. One of them might have managed to come and give me a word." be said, fret fully, as at last, weary of watching the scintillations of the fire-flies in s distant opening, he threw himself upon bis oouch to try and sleep, feeling that he wduld be wakeful all night, when all at once, ust as he felt most troubled, his eves closed, and he was deep in a dreamless sleep, lost to "erything but tbe terrific ZWSl.I.t:?:: confused and half atunned, Humphrey started up, all idea of tbe proposed ee- cape seemed to have passed away, and he sat watching for tbe next flash, listening for tbe next peal, thinking that this was most terrific ictorm. No flash no peal but a confused buss ef voices and tbe distant pattering ef feet, while a dense, dank odor of explod ed gunpowder penetrated tbe forest, and entered tbe window close to which tbe prisoner sat "Dinny the escape!" he cried, excit edly, as be sprang from bis bed, fur now flash did come with almost' blinding force; but it wss a mental flash, whi.-b left bim quivering with excitement, as be sprang to the curtained corridor and listened there. A step! Dinny's. Yes, he kaew it well! It was coming along tbe great stone passage! Quick! we shall easily get away, fer they'll all crowd about the captain, ask ing bim what to do." Dinny led on rapidly till they reached the turning In the direction ef the eld temple. Here they strnrk off te the left, aad found, as they clesred the aarrew forest path, that the odor ef tke einled ed gunpowder was almost everpewuriag. Net a hundred yards sway volcm were heard speaking rapidly, snd directly after th van allafil mnA th. ...!'. A. I raas vvi uiaiui aa lie gave vroers te HIS people, though their Import waa net dear frem tbe distance where tbe fugitive crept along by the edge ef tbe rules. "Are you sure you are right F wkbsew- es tsamparey. "Height, aor; I elver waa Whisht! Are ye tat re T" a I "Tea, yea," oaaat frem dewa by the i f a great wall. "Oh. Dinar. I waa araM yea wart kitted r "Kilt! Nay, my darUng, tbrre's a fete o' tire la me yet. Tak' borvtt o' at toed, one on each rid and walk quick and ahteady, and I'.; have ye down by the sayshotv, where the boat Is waiting, be fore ye know where ye are." '1 hey started off at a sharp walk, paus ing at times to listen to the jargon of excited voices behind, but rapidly ad- : vancing, on the whole, toward their goal. (To be continued.; KLUVVINu WITH LLtHHAN I 3. Darn u in' Reply to Farmer Who Asked if it Would 1'ay. It may be said of 1. T. larnum that he was Vie Majoidomo or Lord of Laughter and Pun. the protean Dia- pctsef of Amusement "- How" well he became Uaewu through this function one curious Incident certifies. Soma years belore he died, an obscure per son in some remote part of Asia wrote a letter, which he dropped In the post office near him, directed to "Mr. Bur nuui, America.' The letter reached Its destination without an hour's tie lay. The grat snowman unaffectedly enjoyed being known from the very beginning of his celebrity; and when he found his celebrity was a tremend ous factor In his success, lie did every- thing that he could think of to extend the exploitation of bis name. This was not to nourish vain Imaginings or because he felt exalted; It was to pro mote bu.slni'Hs. Around bis successive homes at Bridgeport, Conn., he was fund of put ting something that suggested a show. Queerly marked cattle, the sacred cow, or an elephant, were frequently among the stock to be noticed In his fields. On one occasion be bud an elephant engaged In plowing on the sloping hill where It could plainly be seen by the passengers on the New Haven and Hartford Iiallroad, an agricultural In- novation that he knew would get no tice of some sort in every newspaper In the country. It was even said that be received letters from farmers far and wide asking how much bay one elephant ate, ami If It was more prof itable to plow with an elephant than with horses or oxen. His replies were Invariably frank, and were of this pur port: If you have a large museum In New York, and a great railway sends trains full of passengers within eye shot of the performance, it will pay, and pay well; but if you have no such Institution, then horses or oxen will prove more economical. Century M air- I azlue. Had lu charged His Duty. As an Instance of President Hartley' aptness In meeting every situation or replying to every pertinent or Imper- tinent mien! inn tha fiinu-i,,- atr. i. - a. . ,. . "ou KTen r ul" y old friend mme miles from New Uaven, one Individual with a better memory than tact asked blm what he thought of the recent baseball game, As Yale had met with a disastrous de feat, the subject might be called un- ! pleasant. Without hesitation Presi dent Hartley said: There was a boy living in a village whose undo died. The next day a man driving along the road was sur prised to find the boy working In a field, thinking this did pot show proper respect to the dead uncle, he called the lad to bim and said: 'John ny, didn't you know your uncle was dead? "Johnny slowly approached and drawled out: 'Yes, I know lt-I have cried.'" New York Times. Pawnbroker's Three Balls. The three balls used as a sign by pawnbrokers were introduced into En gland by the merchants and money brokers from Lombardy, Italy, who settled In London In the middle agea, and they were used by them In re membrance of the feature In a coat of arms than which none was more fa miliar In tbelr native province, that of ; the Medici family. These balls or disks authority and all the recognition. Nat lu the Medici arms were variously ex-j urally, she grows to prefer the latter, plained, the more popular suggestion The busy woman Is the picked woman, being that they were Intended for pills usually, and superior women have been In playing allusion to the name "Me dici" (doctors). William Uoscoe. bow ever, in bis "Life of Lorenzo de Me dici" refers their orlirln ta a mnr plausible source, an exploit of Arerar- d de Medici, a commander under Char- -T.. bold warrior slew the ,BUt "ue. wuose ciuo lie oore aa f0P"7- This mace or club bad Ibree lron balls, which the family adopted as their device." A Useless Device. At a suburban auction of household goods an active and successful bidder was a Montgomery County farmer. His purchases were pile 1 high In one corner of tbe room, and be was still eager when a thermometer was offer- ed. There was do bidding from anr Quarter, and the auctioneer, reaching It out to the farmer, said: "Here, give me a quarter for It and take It along!" "No! Not for me!" said tbe farmer. backing away. 'Why, that's dirt cheap!" exclaimed the auctioneer. "Don't you want a thermometer?' "NudI" wss tha lacllli.il rmlv "1 had one a year or two ago, and fooled around It aa' loat time without S . able to regulate It at alL Why, I oeal la't evaa oven the darned thing!" Hie flaiat. Krowu WLnt Was Jnnaa kicking .hnnt? Y,nM think h. . Rmlth-lfa worse that He aaya be never gets even what b I doean't waat Tba older eyery eue grown, tha mere Inclined be la to attribute a child's IU IMS per to a ntate or U health. , ' t , ' i a preraBta'a ami eftea a ear for Bsalsilai fever. XfcfcUX ItMMJl Utl 1H M. MA MM A H,lhN-nin Our Hones. ... , , ... , ' , . ,' ,. ,, , ',. plants In the sitting room windows add can nU(i uiore gold In California tlian uiuch got cheer to our homes. A nice in Europe; but even In California you arrangement Is shown in the cut. It certainly find more dross than gold. So 19 w'" I'ave variety of plants, It la with women. In some places, or srrrrrtr for flowers, others for"foliage.in some Countries, the uiiinber of prel- lliese may be readily procured or any florist, or even ordered by mail or ex - press. Much satisfaction follows the plant ing of a few bulbs, such as hyacinths, tulips, lllllos, crocus, etc. These come Into bloom in a few weeks and are ex ceedingly pretty. There is a great array of foliage plants that may le readily secured, some also having bright and choice flowers. The latter Include geraniums, fuchsias, prlinrotte, etc. A palm, or two, fern, rubber plant, etc., add greatly to the ornamentation of a window filled wltb plants, or to the living room. There are many styh-s of shelves that nmy be used. A plain, smooth board 1 'TuTT(y A COSY WINDOW. Is often bandy. Above it, on either Bide, brackets may be screwed to the window casing, each containing arms with a flat, round top, for p'.ants. A stand or table In a bay window, may often be used to advantage. Things of this kind are very common in city homes as well as In numberless cheer ful farm homes. But there are, us a ruie, none too many plants in our homes. As flowers bring refinement and elevating thoughts, let us have more of them. Farm and Home. Church Work and the I!nv Woman. What will become of church work when women become too busy to do It? This question has not yet come largely to the front, but It certainly will In time If things go on at tbelr present pace. Men have long ago ceased to be able to attend to church work, except when they are regularly salaried to do it, or when zeal and leisure euexlst The church has looked to women for the unsalaried work that needs doing; and the women, glad of an outlet for their energies, have willingly given tbelr best thought and the'lr spare time to Sunday school teaching, missionary meetings, the making of altar-cloths and vestments, and the conduct of fairs, festivals, church suppers and so on. In the last generation the busiest women In each town were always to be found foremost In the churches. The women of 40 and over are still to-day la church work. But how about the young and busy women? The Sunday schools begin to notice that she does not offer to teach. She Is as tired, after her week's work, as a man, and needs rest on Sunday, She has no free weekday afternoons in which to attend missionary meetings. Hike is making her living, or else she has clubs and coui-s'-s of reading to at tend, or Is heart and soul at work In a college settlement. In the church, moreover, she must work under the authority and supervision of the cler gy; whereas on hospital boards or In charitable organizations she has all the the strength of church guilds and meetings hitherto. The church cannot afford to depend only upon the Inferior woman, surclv. Cnn this ha tlw. lng of the salaries offered to Sunday ' hool teachers In some of our cities? The who.e quest.on is an .nteresUnJ " some oenring up in the aliened present decline of church fe ,n America. Harper's Bazar. Chnnicins: Views, "I've pictured the mai. that I'll marry " she said, ' When reaching her seventeenth year; "There's only one kind that I ever will' wed. And lie must a hero appear. f, . i -. .. ... . t . i . i insu uiimi oe buio ana nnnosoine and brsve Apollo and llnrs all iu one And . lf 1 cnn t "Pote ''" as I crave, Why, then, I assert, I'll have none." "All men have their faults," she was bsnrd to exclaim, MThen reauhiug her twenty-fifth year; "Of course, I a in looking for merit and fame. Bet much may be lacking, I fear. I'd like to have dignity, courage i,ud grace wbo !f "V,""! ,rue; Wb"tTM t,u swift for tbe race- Rat half of these virtu rill do.' Hhe eat It down In ber thirtieth year; liar ainllaa wr fnr all tha .k. . .ha had decided, it seemed to be I 8be wsnted tb man she could ret. Brooklyn Kagle. The American Olrl. What makes the American girl a attractive being ta ber self-coufl- Tri fw; , " "" ammM pf amlablllty and good temper. aat a Batterer, aad J must pretty women art aa mocb lo tk taarlty ta tba United Htatea aa la Mf attor aewKry, wrltea Vlacoaat da wi ' m i am 1 i aaa r 1c I I a i Santo Tbvrso. In the Smart Set. l'.cau- ty women 18 greater tlmn in others, and 'In this branch of natural production tlie United States Is not behind hand. This, however. Is only a foreigner's view of the subject. To tell the truth, I have never met an American gbi of 20 who did not consider herself fas clnatlng; this Is self-confidence, and for a woman to Ix-lleve she is beautiful Is half way to real !eauty. Iu the first place, a plain woman, who is aware of her plainness, is unhappy, Man U a selfish uniiual. mid d)ite what nov els say about ad women and the pow er of tears, unliapp!ues !s as rcpellaat to a healthy mind as disease to a healthy body. Then, the coiisflona plain woman gives up every thought ef pleasing-, and therefore Kbe does noth ing to make herself attractive. She does not dro.s In a becoming way, libe does not smile, she doi not try tu be attractive. She becomes sour or dull, or both. Detroit Free Press. For the Young Mother. It is a pathetic truth that more aitU dren are spoiled by too much love than by too little, or, rather, by love, showu In the wrong way. So anxious is a young mother to her little one happy, smiling and a inns eJ that In quite early days she often excites it with playing with It, talking and tossing, when she had far bettor let It rest and sleep. The happiest uud healthiest babies are those accustomed from the very first to lie ou a thick, warm rug on the floor, cooing and crowing to themselves, and not expect ing to be picked up, nursed, rocked, toescd and excited. And later on the happiest children are those taught to wait on and "help mother," not those perpetually expect ing mother to put aside her work in amuse therm It is neither wise nor klnl to so wait on a child's pleasure, and to spend your time amusing a little child, picking up Its ball, bnil'dimt houses with its bricks, fetching and carrying for It, Is to destroy Its pow ers of self-reliance, to make It grow up masterful and selfish, and an fit U for a world In which the most helpful are the most happy. Children managed in the right way are quite proud and happy to de ktth things and wait on others, and this should be encourage,!. Carries Rural Mill Mrs. Charles Smith, of Bdgurtea, Ohio, carries the mall on a rural free delivery route. Her route Is knew a as No. 2, out ef Edgerton. Her heme Is a mile and a hakf from tbe postofflee, where she must g. to receive the (Ball before starting oat on tbe route, which Is twenty- seven niilis long. One hun dred and eighteea families live aleaag the route and s tatty dally papers are em- ias. c. omitd. Ilvered by her, to say nothing of the lot of letters and postal cards, ktra. Smith began to work on tbe route on July 1 and has not mlssec5 a single trip. She attends to her household da tles before starting from borne. She carries her dinner and feed for ber horse. Mrs. Smith Is a woman of re bust health and has enjoyed educational advantages. Shampooing- at Home. An egg Is one of tbe best cleansers of the head and hair that can be aned. Break the egg and beat It up well rt a little warm water In a basin, lean tha bead over it and damp the bead and hair all over. Next dip the fingers la the beaten egg and rub thoroughly with It. It will make quite a lather and bring out the dirt. Proceed till al the egg Is used and every portion af the bead lias been nibbed "vlth It fte hair must now be thoroughly and care fully rinsed, using plenty of water. The water should be poured over the bead by a second person. When all the egg Is quite rinsed off and the lialr eWa , rub the bend vigorously to dry It, and '.oen mo long nuir. Let It bang looae for an hour or so, allowing the sir ta play through It. Hair will be Improved by drying It in the open where the sua can shine on It. It Is not advisable te dress the hair too soon after wash In? It lleaetjr end Wlednm Won't Mis. An American scientist baa come ha the conclusion that the tendency of tee much education or Intellectual develop ment in women la to make them loew their beauty. He Instance the Kara women of India. They are supreme They woo tho men. control the affaire of the home aad tbe nation, tranemat property, and leave tbe men nothing to do. Tho result la, says tha orient, that they are tbe ugliest women ' im earth. World's Mnat Onraenae Hid. Anna Countess be Castellan ateena In the great bed of Madam DakT vlgne. than which there Is no a iter all the world. 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