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MARY J.
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CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.)
Troa that time Herbert made no fur
ther attempt at reform, but -JgH. after
night, came rsling home, until at last
poor Anna learned to tremble at the
sound ef liia footstsps; for he daily grew
more and more violent and unmanage
able, defying every one save Mr. Wat
koa, who poesaaaed over him a singular
power. Xhui the spring and summer
passed away, and when the autumn caiue
few would hare recognised the w
handsome Herbert Leitgloy in the crea
ture who, weak and feeble, lay all day
long in bed. begging for "brandy more
brandy," to fan the flame which wan
feeding upon hia vital. Sometimes iu
hia fits of frenxy a would apring upon
die floor, and shriek for us to save hun
from the crawling aerpenta, which, with
forked tongue and little green yea,
hissed at hia from all parts of the room.
Again he would ay that the spirit of the
raardered maiden was before him, whis-
Ipering to him unutterable things concern- j
ing the drunkard's home beyond '.he
prave, while goblins of every concern ,
:;bJe form beckoned him to come and Join
their hideaoj! dance. They said he could
nut live; and though it was a painful
tusk, Anna wrote to his mother appris
ing her of bia dinger, and bidding her
haiten, If she would tee him again.
During the few remaining weeks of his
life he was subject to strange fancies,
for a time a prayer book beneatli bis
pillow bad the effect of keeping blni com
paratively Quiet; but, anon, It lost it
power, aiid one day he awoke with a fear
ful shriek. The imps, as he called them,
bad again returned, and were mockingly
taunting him with the victory he ram)..
Imagined be had obtained.
About noon one day he awoke and in
quired for me. With some trepidation I
approached him, for bia eyes were those
of a madman; but he meditated no ba-.n,
and only aisked if I supposed that the
prayer book laid upon the outside of his
pillow, where the imps could see it,
would have the elect of keeping them
away. ''.
"Perhaps an," I said, at the same tunc
placing it so that his heavy brown hair
fell partially oa it.
" 'Twon't do -'twon't do," he sobbed.
"All the hymns Dr. Watts ever wro.e
can't help n:e, for they come nearer sad
ii'iff aft wolves hover round their prey.
la Jure do help, no escape?' he cried.
, -r .v nf desnair. adding, as a
stuldeu look of joy lighted up his ghast
ly f eatures, "Yea, the Bible! tftrange 1
fen- n,,t thouaht of that before. Tht
Bible will keep tbein at bay. fcring it,
.inni n-iib- for thev are almost here.
She obeyed, and grasping the word of
God eagerly in hia hands, he lauiiiied
aloud, saying, "Now do your worst, ye
Sends incarnate. The Bible will ve
me."
There was a moment of perfect si
lence, and then,- with a groan so full of
...ni.h that I involuntarily stopped my
eara to shut out the fearful sound, the
Bible was loosed from the clammy hands.
which for a brief tnatant fougnt fiercely
in the empty air, and then aroppea nie
lass at hi side, ueroen
rai dead!
t the foot of the garden, near the
long avenue where the ahadow of the
maple trees would fail upon his grave,
and the moan of the lake be always
heard, we burled him; and then, the
broken-hearted Anna, widowed thus
early, went back to her accustomed du
ties, llerforaiing each one quietly and
gently, but without a smile upon Iter
white, atony face, or a tear in her large,
mournful eyes. Aunt Charlotte, uit"iy
-crushed and wretched, went back to her
citv home. And then we were left alone
with our great sorrow, wnouy uepeW,ei,
m it were upon Mr. Watson for support
nrt cnnnsel
There had always been about i.im a
mratery I could not fathom, and greatly
aa 1 surprised when one evening, a
!.' k Z Herbert'a death, he aaked
. ; -uh kim to his room, a there
. ..,,.fhin. h wished to tell me.
Wwicg a seat to my side, he said, tka
ing my hand in hia, "Kosa, what do you
tiims; i am "
I tried to wrest
my hand from his
for the unwonted liberty ang-red
.. . . lu an.tHnir ir mv
me. But ne new iv -
fruitless endeavors, and after a moment,
!i- "Wkv do vou try to remove
... h.nA from mine? I have held it
rn.ni a time, and I have a right to do so
. l - . ..U t tn .11, , -i
a cousin'a right. Look at me, Kosa;
.don't you know me?"
Involuntarily I started to my feet, gai-
lug earnestly upon him, then with a cry
of joy 1 threw my arms around his neck,
exclaiming, "Cousin Will! Cousin Will."
It was indeed he, coma back to us
when we had thought of him as dead. A
few words will suffice to tell his story.
Perfectly disguated with aea life," be had
deserted at Calcutta, where he kept him
eelf secreted an til the veeael sailed. But
it waa not hia wiah to remain there long,
, and the first time an Enfliah ship was In
rrt he offered to work hia passage to
Liverpool.' The offer waa accepted, end
while we were mourning over hia up
posed death, he was threading the amoky
s riftte. of London, doing aometimes tne
thing and sometimes another, but always
earning an honest livelihood.
Mvr for a moment," aaid be, did I
l..ri vonr family. When at last I re-
tunttd again to New York, I went one
day to i reading room, where I accldent
llv rime aero Mr. Langley'i adver-
H.IMI for a "hired man, and sometliing
prompted me to anawer It In person. If
I bad ever heard of htm before, I bad
forgotten It; conaeqnentlf 1 neltner lie
mmtcMt bin nor bla wife; but when 1 ac
rtdentaUy Beard thorn apeak of Kosa and
Anna Bank, my eurtoesty waa roused,
isa 1 becaase a war of tne relationship
etketmg betweea tta. War I kato kept
ll a mmrrmt sn laSi I emit Baldly tail,
evat tkaf there waa akowt It a ktod of
ajaaafcrng esriument, aSi tkaa, too, I faa
0i tkat Mr. Lonaler wold aot aa wall
; Hir rostra kM aa4 dlroetloa froai aaa If
. k.- aacaoaoa bm att mtoreawa party
Kear tke aiiidie of Sopteoskor, wa ooe
; alar rewlro a Wtter from Charlie.
m xwlia a aatOM doiar, had keoa on
' 1, aJ tw wtMaV waoka, la U he
" l,'ur l4t mt ferthaf ka4 failed rapidly
s 2 ee su
Brook
HOLMES
quickly if we would again see him alive,
adding that he talked almest constantly
of Rosa, akiug Jfthey. thought the
would come. It was Impossible for Anna
to accompany me, and aa William would
not leave her, I started alone, my heart
filled with many dark forebodings.
Lonely and desolate was the home at
which I arrived one day too late, for
they had buried him, and there was
naught left to me of my father save the
lock of hair which they severed from bis
head as he lay In the coffin. Yes, be was
gone; but no long as life and being en
dure, so long shall fond remembrance
of him linger in my memory.
CHAPTEK XV.
After the first shock of our sorrow
was over, the question arose as to what
we were to do iu future for our support.
Jrandma was already old, while mother
a-a a not so young as she had been once,
and neither couid do much toward their
own maintenance. Jt had ever been a
yet project of mine to go South as a
eacher, and when one day in looking
jver a Boston paper l accidentally raiue
icroba the advertisement df a Georgia
ady, Mr. A. 1). Laasing. who wmhed
'or a private governess, I resolved at
nce to apply for the situation, graally
fearing lest I might be too late.
1 was net. however; for after waiting
Impatiently for a few weeks, I receive
i letter from the lady herseif, who, alter
snaaiersttag tha duties I was expected
to perforin and the branches 1 wai to
.each, added in a P. S.: "Before making
iny definite arrangements wita Mis lee,
Mrs. Lansing wishes to be informed if,
ilher by her friend or herself. xhe is
onsidered pretty, as a person of decid
edly ordinary looks will be preferred. 1
.inaa-ered her letter forthwith, assuring
.-icr that neither my friends nor myself
nad erer been guilty of calling me pretty
in short. I w-aa decidedly homely, ana
minted that on that point at least 1
should please her.
I had nearly given up all hopes of ever
hearing from the lady again, when one
day I r.-ceived a letter containing a check
on a Boston bank for money aufflcient
to defray my expense. There were also
a few hastily written lines, saying that
"Mrs. Lancing considered our engage
ment A settled, but she should not c li
ned in until the latter part of April,
if she couid not immediately get rid of
her present governess a painted, insipid
creature from New York, and the veriest
humbug in tbe world."
It was a cold, dark, snowy morning in
the farter part of A.pril when I atart.ed
on my journey. The surface of the
ground was frozen hard, the trees were
leafless and bare. It is not strange, then,
that I almost fancied myself in another
world when, after a prosperous sea voy
age, I one morning went on shore at
Charleston, and first breathed the soft,
balmy air of the Soutfi. Dense am! green
was the foliage of the treea, while thon:
ands of roses and flowering shrubs tilled
the air with a perfume almost sickening
to the senses. From Charleston to Au
gusta was a wearisome ride, for the cars
were crowded, and there a to me noth
ing r-markably pleasing in the long
tretchei of cypress swamps and pine
barrens through which we passed.
It was late in the evening when we
started for the town of Chester by stage.
It was a most beautiful night; and for
hours 1 watched the soft moonlight as it
glimmered among the trees which lined
either aide of the narrow road, and wbnse
branches often swept against the win
dows of our lumbering vehicle. It was
long after sunrise when we arrived, but
so thickly wooded is the country around,
that I obtained not a single glimpse or
ur u. . - -- - - --
"thar," a, the dr.v. r said, demounting
! Hnd Piug the dtor of our prison Iiousa
The hotel into which I wh jiahrred
would perhaps compare favorably with
our country taverrm at the .North: but at
each step I took, I felt a more and more
pailful couciousnra that home, my
t home, waa far away.
After shaking the dust from my trav
eling drs, and alaking my thirst from
the big gourd shell which hung by the
, Ride 0f
bucket of cool water which
. gtood on
a little stand in the parlor, I
i l mma one who would lake
i ni s" - - . :
t0 jjrs. Lansing my card, and thus p-
ur;He her of my arrival.
The landlord
, i,u mediately summoned a bright,
hand
some mulatto boy, who, after receiving
mv orders, started off barehende.1 for
Cedar Grove, which the landlord pointed i
out to me in the distance, and which, j
ILh its dense surroundings of trues, look
ed to me delightfully cool and pleasant.
After waiting rather Impatiently for r.n
hourr more, a large, old-fashioned car
riage, drawB by two rather poor looking
horses, stopped before the amir, it Do
longed to Mrs. Lansing; and the foot
man, jumping down from the rack be
hind, handed me a note, In which the
lady begged me to come directly to ner
house, saying she was herself indispos
ed, or ahe would have come down tc
meet me.
At the extremity of Main street, we
turned in at a ponderous gate, and after
passing through two or three fields or
Inwna, stopped at last In front of Cedir
Grove, which stood upon a slight emi-.
nenee overlooking the town. Jn perlect
delight I gazed around nie, for It seemed
the embodiment of my childish dreams,
and involuntarily I exclaimed. "This la
Indeed the sunny, sunny South." It waa
very beautiful, that spacious yard tnd
garden, with their winding walks, on
which no ray of sunlight fell, o secure
ly were they shaded by the cedar and the
fir, the catalpa, the magnolia and the fig
tree, most of them seen now by nie lor
the first time In all their natural beauty,
reminded one so forcibly of Bden. The
house Itself waa a .large, aqtiare build
ing, surrounded on three aidea by a piaa
ca. The floors within were bare, but
scrupulously clean; while the rooms lack
ed the costly furniture I had confidently
el pact ed to .
carrely waa I sested ,in the parlor
wfcaa I beard a oweet, childish voice e
rialm, "She'a In thar she Is," while at
tbe same time a pair of soft blue eyes
looked through the crevice of tbe door,
and then were aa (piicklr wltfcdrewn,
their owaer laagliiag al 1 ka If aka.kM
a!7tt&!f accomplished some daring feat, and tall
"W,Wfi5!Rt ! hit out. "I seen her. Hal I did. And
she don't look cross neither. You Jasau't
peek in thar, dust you?"
They were tny future pup'.!. I wm
sure; ami already my heart wanned to
ward them, particularly her with the sil
very voice, and 1 wan just thinking of
going oat to find them, when I beard ft
light footstep on the stairs, and the next ;
moment a tall, dark eyed girl, appareu
ly fourteen or fifteen years of age, enter
ed the room, introducing hernelf aa Mia
Una Lansing, and welcoming rue so cor
dially that I felt myself at once at houie.
""Mother." said she, "is indisposed,
and has sent me to receive you, and ask
what you wocld like."
"I had scarcely slept a moment the Bight
previous, so I replied that if conven
ient I would go immediately to my room.
Kinging the bell, she summoned to the
room a short, dumpy mulatto, whom she
called Cressy, and who, she aaid, wa to
be my attendant. Following her up the
stairs. I waa uahered into a large, airy
chamber, which, though not furnished
with elegance, still contained everything
for my comfort.
"Shall I wash missus' feet first, or
comb her bairV" asked the Degress, pour
ing a pitcher of water into a small bath
ing tub.
This WB8 entirely new to me, w ho had
alwsys been accustomed to wait uw.u
myself, so I declined her offers of as
sistance, telling her "I preferred ' being
alone, and could do everything for my
self which was necessary."
My toilet was nti.ly completed when
I beard in the hall tbfl patter of childish
feet, while, a round, bright eye was ap
plied to the keyhole. It was the same
which had looked at me in the parlor; and
anxious to iee its owner, 1 sieppe-l o
or tne door jnat aa a lairy creatine u
golden curls started to run away. 1 waa
too .quick for ber, however, and catching
her in my arum, 1 pushed bock the clus
tering ringlets frym her brow. Wid gasin
into her sunny face, at.kpd Iter name.
Raising her white, waxen hand, he
did for rae the office I had done for her,
viz., pushed back my curia, aud looking
in my tace, anawerea; .m a;s i
Jessica, but Lina, Hal and t'ncie Iu:k
call me Jessie, and 1 like that a heap
the best. You are our new goveruess,
ain't you?"
She was singularly beautiful. A light
shone in her lustrous bine eyea, which
gave her the expression of an angel, for
such she wa-an angel in her Southern
home, which, without her, would havts
been dirk and cheerless. Her brother,
whom she called Hal, waa three years
older, and not nearly o handxome. He
was very dark, and it seemed to me that
I had aeen a face like hia before; but ere
I could remember where, a faint voice
from a piaiza called out, "Halbert, Hal
ben, come here."
"That's ma," aaid Jessie, getting down
from tny arms. "That's ma come and
ee her;" and following her, I on stood
In the presence of Mrs. Lansing, w ho was
reclining rather indolently in a lare
willow chair. She was a chubby, rosy
cbeeked woman, apparently thirty-five
years of age. Her eyes were very black,
and aha had a habit of frequently n.iut-
ting them, so as to show oH the long,
fringed eyelashes. On the whole, I
thought, she was quite prepossessing in
her appearance, aa opinion, however,
which I changed ere long; for by the
time 1 reached her, there was a dark
cloud on her brow, evidently of displeas
ure or of disappointment. Still. nie was
very polite, offering me her jeweled hand,
saying, "M iss"Ite, I suppose. You are
welcome to Georgia;" then, after an in
stant, she added, "You don't look at nil
like i thought you would."
I was uglier than she expected, 1 pre
sumed, and the tears started to my eyes
as 1 replied, "I wrote to you that I was
very plain, but after a little 1 shall look
better; I am tired now with traveling."
A sirauge. peculiar smile Hated over
her face, while she intently regarded me
as if to assure herself of my sanity. I
was puzzled, and in my perplexity I said
something about returning home if my
looks were so disagreable. "They were
UMd to me there, and didn't mind l!," 1
aaid, at the same time lenniug my head
pgainst the vine-wreathed pillar, I sob
bed aloud. Lithe as a kitten, little Jes
sica sprung up behind me. and winding
her arms round my deik. nuked why 1
cried.
"Jessica. Jessica, get down this mo
ment." aaid the lady. "I did not intend
to hurt Miss Lee's feelings, and do lot
imrlnritaiid how I could have done so.
She is either ting a part, or else he
. 1 . ! - ii ,1., vuf q n J j nm lldfc I'ftt
strangely misunderstands nie. Do you
really think yourself ugly?"
Of course I did. I had never thought
otherwise, for hadn't I been told so ever
since I wss a child? Thus 1 answered
her, and she believed tne. for she re
plied, "You are mistaken, Miss Iee, for,
however plain you might have be in
childhood, you are not so now. Neither
do I understand how with those eyes,
that hair and brow, you can think your
self ugly. I do not believe you meant to
deceive me, but, to tell the truth, I fern
disappointed; hut (hat cannot now be
hcloed. and we'll make the best of it."
Perfectly astonished, 1 listened to her
remarks, giving her the credit of nie til
ing what she said, and for the first time
in my life I felt as I suppose folks roust
feel who think they are handsome. After
this little storm was over, she evidently
exerted herself to be agreeable for a
few moments, and then rather abruptly
a i-ked nie how old 1 was.
"Not quite eighteen!" ahe repealed in
some surprise. "Why. I supposed you
were twenty five at least! Don't jotl
think ahe looks older than AdaT turning
to Una, who answered quickly, "Oh, t o,
mother, nothing like as old.
I wondered who the Ada could be of
whom she had spoken. Pon-ihly it wss
Ada Montrose, though I ardently hoped
to the contrary, for well I knew there
waa no happiness for me where she was.
Thinking It would be on a par with the
questions put to nte, I was w the p;,hii
of asking who Ada was, whe . " r
iimmoned to aiuioer. which v .cd
mostly of broiled chickens, strode . T"C,
Lr.H milk, eeir bread and boecakes, if I
except the row of sables who grtwped
themselves round the table, and the
feather girl, whose efforts to keep awake
amuaed me ao much that I almost forgot
to eat We were nearly through when a
handsome mulatto boy entered and hand
ed a letter to hia mlatreae, which ahe Im
mediately opened, holding It so that tbe
addreae could be read by Hallwrt, who,
after spelling It oat, exclaimed, "Tbat'a
from Uncle IHck, I know!"
"la be coming home?" esked Jessie,
dropping ber knife and fork, while even I
Llna, who seldom evinced much Inter j
la anything, roaned op. i
'Yea. Ha la la New York now," aaid
Mrs. Lansing, aad wUl be here Jn
week." '
"Oh, I'm right glad," aaid Jessie, while
Una akil if Ada w;ia with him,
'No," returned Mrs. Lansing. "She
U still in Taris with her cousin, and will
not return until autumn. "
"I'm glad of that," said Una, to which
Hal rejoined. "And so am 1. She' no
proud and stuck tip 1 can't bear her
(To be continued.'
IN A FIFTH AVENUE STAGE.
The Courteous Man Who Bonttht to Aid
a Vair rMcns:r.
"Allow- me, matlatu:" "Thank yon."
And the tjuarter U pass.d up to ibe
driver-no, not to the bole, where Tt
remains tapping on the glais timing
the lutcrvala when the hand Is not
engaged In rinsing Hie Ltd!. After a
Uoaeu blwks of ringlug, tappiiu tnJ
CBllittg. tb fair passenger, with an
amused face, quietly alight from the
vehicle just before licr woubl-lif ns sl
ant turns triumphantly from tl'f wib
Jow to pnttctit her with the tnrd.ly
procureil -un.'. A blaak look grad
ually steals over hb cimiiteuaiicc a
he gar.es In vain froni oiic prt-seuger 1 1
another; then he laughs lieiirslly as an
old gentleman dryly tvtiimks:
""Tub bird has liuwn."
Tha truth iluwim upon him. "Vie'.l.
what whall I do with tt?" tie ijuesiioiis.
Hlmkiui; the envelope until itie itio i.-y
jii)gl"B.
There are many sugjfi'Httaim. fur r;l
liU togetiicr iu oue of those nmulliti
Is cqutvait'iit to an IntrcHiuctlou. oik
tays. "You deserve it for your rou
blc;" yet lumther, "Advert! for ibi
owner;" yef anoUier, "Prop it In tlie
box." ' Uut still the l:' 'tit p(i-tr
In not qnite natislit'd.
"Weil. 0 cents Wlongn iu I lie trx."
h rtnsoni4, ami all agree; be !rop
It In. "Five ceutu m!f!it pay uiy f.tre
bark, as I have ovf-rrulileu my strwl."
Again ail esaeiit. "J$ut what becomes
of the rest?" nrut a worried cxprea
Kioti crosHo his face. "Oh, I know:
I'oor begsar. I'll give It to t,;e driver;
he needs It ruowt."
Again a ring and a tap, the baud
reaches In more promptly, mid soon
two envelopes are thrust back.
"1 say, I dou't want that:"
"Why not? What do you want?"
"Nothing; it's for you."
"For what?"
"Foryour
"Eh? What d'yer say?"
"For you! for driving! for your
health! for flnytblns?!"
The stajre door is torn wildly open.
says the New lork Times, nan me
courteous man disappears arniil the
convulsive laughter of h'a late cmpan
ioDH.
A Country of One Town.
When the Crown Prince of Slum
was la America most of us realized
bow little we know of the ouly pro
gremive Oriental state which remains
Independent of all European govem
rncu'8. One of the oddest things about,
the country Is that for all Ita size and
wealth and large population, it Is a
country of oue town. Bangkok la
everything to Slaw. The author of
"Slam in the Twentieth Century" aaya
that Bangkok Is so Europeanlzed that
It does not fairly iei)re-Ct fililS as a
whole, but Siara without Bangkok
would be worae off relatively than
France without Paris.
Bangkok Is the seat of a very cen
tralized system of government and
administration. It contains the only
permanent renldence of the king, and
all officers and nobles, except a few
provincial officers, have their work and
tbelr dwellings lu the capital It Is
here, too, that they take ail their
pleasures, for the Siamese know noth
ing like the country life that the Anclo
Saxoim love. If the Bangkok gentle
man owm estates ia the Interior he
does not live oh them.
To the European, Bangkok Is all
Biam. Here he meet all tne toreigu
ti, ti... ni.iioirv. all oraclais oi ror-
- eo'mnienta aud the mercantile
I "
community.
Apart from this unique Importance
which Bangkok holds In Slam, It Is
one of the most interesting of the great
cities of the East. Tokyo aud Kyoto
have finer works of art Pekin striken
the jKilltleal Imagination more forci
bly. Shanghai shows evidences of Its
enormous commercial Importance, and
Ilongkoisg aud Singapore appeal to
Britons as outposts of their empire.
But none of these towns claims ttucb
variety of Interests as Bangkok.
None presents lu.sucb close Juxtapo
sition a thriving Kuropean community
aide by aide with an Oriental court
which still keeps up the formalities of
bygone centuriem none auch a quaint
mixture of the ancient and modern,
of the grotesque and the commonplace,
of material comfort and squalid bar
barian) ; nowhere else are to be seen
auch diversltiea of life and nationality.
Ho iueed ft.
In one of tho public whoola of Brook
lyn the other day the teacher of a
class waa suggesting to the young pu
pil words to be Incorporated luto sen
tence. "Who can tell me something with
man In It?" ahe aaked with an encour
aging smile.
There waa deep alienee for a mo
ment, and then the chubby hand of
a fAt, dull looking boy lo a !ack seat
shot np Into the air.
"I know, teacher," be declared In
aplredly. ,
"Welir
Vlt'a panta."-New lork Tlinea.
Ksplalaed.
Krnle They aay that collcga man
"carried etorytblng baora bin."
Malwd Yes, I ukdorataiid be waa a
walte- in a um.ji. bole it ar.
Tber ara a great many promlalnc
yoitafT men who uever reach too pay-
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DOINGS OrWOflCN
' MotHr"WiJ'-wr
Perhaps a bit of personal experience
. . . ,.,,. .Ha i sin
never
imiAWM-!if!rs whose work la
done, and finding awhile ago that the j
monotony of my life was causins Die
f grow morbid, T tried to think of
some way in which I could vary my
work, and thus get the change which (
was m evidently needed.
Befor the chiWren came I had taken ;
great enjoyment iu mu.lc and Lng'.lsU
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l,.tmf r recent vears. owing to Other
demands uimui my time and strength.
I therefore docldeil that every Burn
ing after the chambei were put air
lug, the dlahea washed, aud the chil
dren started for school. I would tit
down at the piano nd practice for
fifteen minutes on eouie of the pieces
which I had playod yearn before, as
new pieeca would be (li.w: juraUig.
Then, after dinner, I cloared the ta
ble, and before attacking tht- aro-y i-f
dishes which alwaya awiita tin- hv-usc-keeper'a
unwilling haii'ls'at that hour,
I lay down on the couch, and iu,,tt.-ad
of reading the dally paper, wbo.se rec
ords of murd ts, i,uh.l(L 8 and ileTaU a
tlons la so deiirtssing, 1 i!'Je-t"d one of
the poets wh se works luid ivnu tne
much pleasure In my school days, aud
apent half au hour lu his iwclety. The
result after a few days was notices ole.
While at work on the dishes before
tuentloned, trtrains of intulc from the
practice of lha morning, or a thought
from the poem read at noon, would
r S ora-andlfatnillarlty or the Ui naturai
float through my miuJ, aaeeuug me to, l0 fJt jjmmj,j
plesunUy that I have decided to 'ou- Lvl.ry 0!K,:
tinue the cuaiom liidvun.teJy.
If we wloh to train our children
aright, we must have beautiful
thoughts, but as tho springs in the
mountains would fall to supply the
brooks were it not for the rains, bo
our springs of thought will bicome ex-batiK'e-l
U'lless they am oecialunally
riiiletifsi'.i-J.
Blbbj r-iidijig with the chlMren for
'e &unute every morning
-.iilcgt for tke day wouleifully, and
tht-y grow.no accustomed, to It tti to
ask for It themselves if it should by
chance be forgotten.
Better iiy far omit ni of the end
I cm dusting and putting to righbs thai
to starve our mluiW by Ji.-giectuig t.
tihe some of the beautiful things God
has glveJi ns to nourish tbein. All may
b it care for poetry and diubIc, but we
all can appreciate a half hour's rtsi,
and moat of ua like reading of some
kind. A complete change of though;
Is what I necessary If we are to rest.
I hope some, tir.d mother will try the
plan mentioned, aud reap the benefit
which will aurely come from It if she
1 persistent. Mrs. Marian L. Ward In
Home Science Magazine.
Homework Oood Kssrcie.
There are plenty of women who
scorn housework but are devoted to
gymnasiums. Now the best of all
round. Indoor exercise Is to be found
in the manifold duties of housekeep
ing. Bedniaklng, sweeping, dusting,
even cooking, bring more than one set
of muscles into play, and none of them
la more destructive to the beauty of
the baud than gymnasium work and
outdoor games. We are not advocat
ing the performing of all the home du
ties, without assistance of any kind,
hut of Darts of them. Of -ourse If
you have a liking for the work, and
the strength, do It all If you want to,
but this. 1" not advisable unless lack
of money Is the Inducement. There
are no many ways In which time can
be profitably spent
Woman Gets Giod Appointment.
The L'nited States War Department
has announced that Mlsn Floy Gllniofe
has been appointed Assistant Attorney
General for the gov
ernment In the Phil
, Ipptue Islands. Miss
Gllmore is a daugb
(er of Mr. and Mrs
A. M. Gllpore of
El wood, Ind., and la
2-1 years of age, Khe
was graduated from
tho law school of
the University of
lehigan and ad
Itted to the bar of
Indiana two years
go. She went to
wis. OH.MOUE.' the Philippines as
atenographer, and by good woik has
won a distinction never before attained
by a woman. '
For Those Tiresome Moment.
While you are arranging the parlor
Just have a thought for the visitors
who might aometlmi-a wait to see you
and carefully refrain from putting
every object of Interest beyond their
reach. Of course, as a careful lioal
esa, you never mean to keep callers
walling; but if they come when the
baby la ou tbe eve of dropping to
sleep or you are In the midst of plan
ning dinner with the cook, you must
delay a little, while (hey are reduced
to atartng out of (he window or to an
Involuntary effort to penetrate some
magnificent household secret.
The family photograph album Is ui-
oally regarded a a snUb-lent resource
In moments like these; but la there '
not aometbltig akin to Imbdicacy lu,
allowing a' ranger and ordinary ac-.
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qaafotancea to lra oer the llkengeaea
of our nearest aud dearest perhaps to
criticise tbetn with the freedom of un-
to a lack of personal appreciation?
The late magazines, a book or gooa
enifravtnuB, a household volume of
poetry, photographs of foreign seenea,
and & dozen otUer things are all gixd
aids to the occupation of fctray n.h
utes. Moreover, they often tujJKest to
it ....Jl U.t nrtlAL nf n r-
uie ur sua
venation more profltable and lterva
Ing than the state of the weather or
iL . v. 1. 1. ..1. ...... T'i.lla.lol-
tr.u uisutiry ot ine kiirura. "u" "'
phla inquirer.
The fiavlon Womrn.
If we are to believe the old proverb
which says that "mil lug's good enni
lug," thin the eiirniiig capacity of wo
men always h.'is be. u greaior than that
of tn on,
Uh, the saving women of this world!
The women who lt up late making
over last (.eawin's clothes to save buy
ing new ones; the women who stealth
ily tiptoe a T,'B.i the flor to turn down
the gas when pnpa dozes over hia newa
psper; the women who d;irn huge
hoL-a In baskctfuls of utocklngs; the
woitHii who have a cracked teapot or
oil pocket biKik into which they drop
fclray dimes ami (jUiirters, taking tho
accumulation to tb.2 m lugs bank with
guilty secrecy; tho womea who wash
out piece of carpet to make them ap
pear freh and new, who turn the
trimmings on their huta and clean,
their gloves with gasoline, and cut
j down the clothes .f Willie, aged H,
aged JO. Bless tham,
Thtr? Is another sort of anving which
might properly bt termed hoarding. It
consists in laying down rugs to .prevent
thsf nap of the criet from wearing. In
ptittlJig taper covers on prettily bound
book, In Lxkitig up the little girl'
Freu h UolL We read the .4h -r day of
a woman who maie a plush cover for
the rosewood piano, and a linen cover for
the plush, and a newspaper mat for the
linen. We hope thi-re are not many
women like. her. In thin sort of saving
(here Is oOon'au admixture of folly.
There Is yet another kind. Saving car
fare at the cost of an exhausted body,
.jiving lunch money and "skimping"
the table, just as If you could cheat
nature without incurring retribution;
saving the price of eyeglass at the
cost of Impaired or perhaps destroyed,
eyesight; saving money earned by thi
severe overt sralnlng of mental and
physical powers. Woman Is not al
ways wise In her economies, we fear,
but the verb "to save" ia certainly
feminine. Philadelphia Ledger.
Mast Mary German,
Mary Schmidt, of Peoria, III., whoa
father left her a fortune on condition
that ahe marry a German, has already
recelv. d a c;ira of
offers from eligible
young tr.cn of the
K:i r'a domain,
but she has not
made a choice. On
of h'T most ardent
h im rers Is a young
Fre.ichuton, and It
Is whispered that
Mary may yt con
clude ttm wealth
la not really nccee
ary to bupplnesa
after alt.
Vilt SCHMIDT.
When to Accept.
Discussing the all-Important subject
of proposals, the author of "How to
Choose a Husband" remarks: "The
first thins in choosing the husband la
to realize what sort of man you ought
not to choose. My advice to all girla
Is, first, to refuse at nil hazards the
man who proposes at a dance, because
there Is a glamour about a ballroom,
and men often say at a dunce what
they wish unsaid tho following morn
ing. At picnics, what with washing
up, carrying bankeis and oenlng bot
tles, girls cannot only judge of a man'
character, but It will be quite aafe to
accept a proposal made at one, espe
cially if It la made before luncheon."
K.isilx Done.
When an aggravating little hole sud
denly appears In an agate or porce
lain lined atew pan, do not throw It
away as'pirst redemption. Take one
of the round-headed paper fasteners,
such aa lawyers or teachers are In tha
habit of using lo keep the sheet of a
manuscript together, push the two
level flap-clip through the hole from
the nlde, bend back-' on the ouialde,
then laying the basin on a hard sur
face, hammer the round head down flat
on the lualde. It requires but a mo
ment' work and your dish I a good
as new.
A Wedding- Hreak'ast.
A wedding repast served any time
before 1 o'clock would be called a
wedding break faet. The usual menu
for a simple wedding breakfaat la aoy
cold sliced fowl, with creamed oyr.era
or a salad on the aame plate; a rartcty
of thin eandwlchea, and then toe or
frozen pudding with amall cake and
eofTee.
No rbanra to Talk.
Mr, (iuintns - Doe your buabipi'
ever lalk of hi mother' rooking?
Mr, Uubaiig-Not a word Ills fath
er died of dyspepal - Oewklyo Life,
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