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I Meadow VARY J. CHAPTER XXII 1. (Continued.) Bat BUT eatrssties were all in rain, and hot distress waa at its beif bt when fortunately 1 thoughts war diverted to another channel. At a suddeu turn f tke road a gust of wind lifted the Id palm-lea from bta woolly bead, and carried It far away. "Now, dear aiars'r." aid Bill. laying hie hand on that of Mr. DelaBsld. "you'll aartia let 'em breaths while 1 pick up my bat, 'case you tee how'll you look (wine into town wid me bareheaded.'' Glancing over hi shoulder, Mr. Deia fieid aaw the bat away over the Held, and quietly taking a bill from his poekcrt and placing it in tbe negro's haud. be to plied, "That will buy you fire such bsts." 'Yea, but de bosses, de hosses:" tx claiuied Bill, almoat frantically. '"Don't you see Ferd is gwiue to gin out?" Mr. Deiafieid feared so. too. and more to himaelf than to hi servant, be kaid, "perhaps the cars will be behind 'hue they usually are." Without considering the consequence. Bill answered, "No, they won't; 'case I hear how they hired an engineer who drives all afore him gits ahead of de time an' all dat." The next minute he repented a speech whose disastrous effects he foresaw, and he was about to deny it as a fabrica tion of his own brain, when his master, who really saw signs of lagging in the nervous, fiery Ferd, said. "Bill, you have a peculiar whistle with which you spur up the horses. Make it now; Ferd t'as run himself almost down." As they approached the town, they heard a heavy, rumbling sound. It nas the roll of the cars in tbe distance. A few more mad plunges and the hor-tes reached the depot, covered with foam and frothing at the mouth, just as the train was moving slowly away. With one pitying farewell glance at bis dying grays, Mr. Delsfield exclaimed, "Cat the harness instantly," and then with a bound bound sprang upon the platform, which he reached just as Bill called af ter him in mournful accents, "FerJ's dead, mars'r. Ferd is." But little cared he for that. Rosa I,ee was to be overtaken, and to accomplish this, he would willingly have sacrificed every horse of which he was owner, even were they twice as valuable as the dap pled grays. Mr. Deiafieid, with cioseiy knit !irov and compressed lips, sat musing in tbe car of the time when Kosa Lee would be bis wife. They were about half way between Augusta and Charleston ami jro ing at great speed, when suddenly at n short curve there was a violent commo tion the passengers were pitched for ward and backward, while the engine plunged down a steep embankment, throwing the tram from the track, and dragging after it tbe baggage car, which in some way became detached from the rest. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt except Mr. Deiafieid, whose injuries were siuupiy mcuui, aa nc wen iuh ac cident would probably detain tbem for many hours. The sun bad long been set and the tar were shining brightly ere ihey were able to proceed, and it was after midnight when they at last reached Charleston. Driving immediately to the landing, Mr. Deiafieid, to hit great joy, found that the steamer bound for New Tork still lay at tbe wharf and would not start until moraine- But waa Rosa Lee on board? That waa a question which puaaled him, and an there waa no way of eatiafying himaelf until morn ing, he aat dewn hi one of tbe state rooms and rather impatiently awaited the dawn of day. The hurry, the confusion and the ex citement of starting waa ever. We were out upon tbe deep blue eea, and from tbe window of my atate room I watched tbe distant snore aa it slowly receded from view, and felt that I waa leaving tbe land of sunlight and flower. Notwithstand ing tbe fatiguing journey of the previous day, I was better tbia morning than I bad been for many months before, for I had slept quietly through the night. An iiour or two after breakfast Char lie came to me with a very peculiar ex pression in bis face, and naked me to go upon deck, saying the fresh breexe would do me good. I consented willingly, and throwing on my shawl and a simple Leg horn hat which bad been of much service to me at Cedar Grove, and which Mr. Deiafieid had often said was very becom ing, I went out with Charlie, who led me to the rear of the boat, where he aid we were not so liable to be disturb ed. Seating me upon a small settee, lie asked to be excused for a few moments, saying I should not be long alone. The motion of tbe boat produced a slight dir tiness in my bend, and leaning my elbow upou the arm of the settee, I shadod my eyes with my hand and sat lost in thought until 1 beard the sound of a footstep. "It was Charlie," I aaid, so I did not look up, even when be aat down by my aide and wound his arm round me, wrap ping my shawl closer together, oh, so gently! "Charlie is very tender of me ince my sickness," I thought, and much I loved that be should thus caress me. It thrilled me strangely, bringing back to my mind the night when I aat In the vine-wreathed arbor, where I should nev er mt again. For a moment there was perfect si lence, nnd- I could hear the bta ting of Csarlle'l heart. Then leaning forward -ajsi reaaovmg my hand from my eyes, a pressed a Una upon my llpa and wbie fsred aa he did ao, "My own Ross:" One, when I waa apparently dying, C eowad of that rait had called me T-Jt ta Ufa. and now with a cry ef Jo I rtr ta aay fast, mi tuning round, r 4 ta te fe tU Ekkard Deiafteld, V rjuoXin arms toward me, f L "Com t a7 an. Bona. Heuce X U ftm itatJts tim" . a tt3 ir a f ant la my ljt i m. " A fcttC arar aat, . a t rm -ritii rt 1 mt kO II fTfcaa I r J4t'23kmmtm, VlAmB ana it I tm, al r? kawl waa aaat- ! t ' ' I m wtiifaia , ) t JJa I ksm m Car iantf ' I r- fr U te la 1 1 va L A I M Brook HOLMES should be angry in bis way, and I bar learned to be a very little afraid of him line that uioruing when oa board tba sieemer "DelpklBe" w aat and tailed together or , tba paat. Waederiagly I listened while he told me bow long be had loved me; bow it had tiled hia heart with bitter grief when he saw me about to marry another; how his sister had deceived him or he should have spoken to me then; and how, in a moment of temptation, when be stood over my pillow, he had asked that I might die, for he would far rather "bat deatb should be bis rival than a fellow man. Then as he thought how near I bad been to the dark valley be shndder iugly drew ine closer to bis side and told me bow he bad wondered at Dr. Clay ton's leaving uie so abruptly, and how sometimes, when a ray of hope was be ginning to dawn upon him, it had been chilled by my manner, which he now un derstood. "You cannot conceive," said he in con clusion, "what my feelings were jester morn when I bade you adieu, nor yet can you comprehend the overwhelming delight I experienced when 1 read that letter and felt tbat you would at last be mine." When he had ceased to speak, I took up the story and told him of all my own feelings, and that nothing would ever have induced uie to think for a moment of becoming Dr. Clayton's wife but tbe belief that he was engaged to Ada, a story which I told him his sister affirm ed when I went to her for counsel. "And so Augeline played a double part," said he, sighing deeply. "1 never thought she could be guilty of so much deceptiou, though I have always known she was averse to my marrying any one." Of Ada he said that never for a moment had he been engaged to her. "She is to me like a sister," said he, "and though I know she has many faults, I am greatly attached to her, for we have lived together many years. She was com mitted to my care by her father, and I shall always be faithful to my trust. And if. dear Kosa. in the future, circum stances should render it necessary' for her to live with us. shall yon object? .She cannot harm you now." He had talked to me much of his love, but not a word before had he said of my sharing his home at Magnolia Grove, to I rather coqnetrishiy answered, "You talk of m.v living with you rs a settled matter, and still you have not asked me if I would." A shadow for a moment darkened his face, and then with a very quizzical ex pression he made me a formal oft.jr of himself and fortune, asking me pointedly if 1 would accept it, and and well, of course I did what my readers knew I would do when I first told them of th,e lark man at the theater I said "yes," ind promised to return with him to Mag nolia Grove as soon as my health would permit, which h was positive would be in a very few weeks, for he should be my daily physician, and "love," he said, "would work miracles." Thus, you see, we were engaged Richard and I. CHAPTER XXIV. Over the New England hills the hazy light of a most glorious Indian summer waa shining, while the foreat trees, in their gorgeous array of crimaon and gold, lifted their tall beads aa proudly aa if they heard not in the distance the voice of coming sorrows and tbe sighing f winter winds. The birds had flown to their Southern home, where I fondly hoped to meet them, for I waa to be a bride Richard's bride and tbe day for my bridal had come. We bad been ev erywhere Richard and I all over the old Sunny Bank farm, sacred to me for the many hallowed associations which clustered round It, and very, very dear to bim because it waa my childhood's home. Bo he told me when we stood for tbe laat time beneath the spreading grape vine, and I pointed out to him the place where, years before, I had lain in the long green grasa and wept over the fickleness of one who was naught to me now save a near friend. Together we had sat in the old brown school house he in the big arm chair, and I but no matter where I sat when I told bim of the little romping girl with yellow hair, who bad there first learned to con the alphabet and to trace on the gsyly colored maps tbe boundary of Georgia, little dreaming that her home would one day be there. Then when I showed him tbe bench where I had lain when the faintness came over me, he wound bis arm closer around me though wherefore I do not know. Together, too, we had gone over the old farm house, he lingering longest in the room where I was bom, and when he thought I didn't see bim, gathering a withered leaf from the rose bush which grew beneath the window, and which I told bim I bad planted when a little girl. For a few days we lingered at my mother's fireside, and then, with the fall of the first anowflake, we left for our Southern home; Richard promising my mother, who was loath to give me up, that when the summer birds came back and the rosea were blooming sgniu by the door, be would bring hia Rosa to breathe once more the air of her native hills. We stopped at New York, Phila delphia, Baltimore and Washington, and it waa not until tha holidays were pass ed that we landed at last at Charleaton and took the cart for Cheater, which we reached about dark. With a loud cry of joy. Bill, who waa waiting for us, welcomed back hia mas ter, and then almoat crashing my fingers la hi big Mack hand, aald. with a aly wink, which ha meant should a very ex preaatv, "I know now what mart'r killed Urn fciiata ferr at the tame time mak ing aoaaa a oology for the really sorry -hiking aatasala ho waa compelled to drive at the ataaa of tk daaaaatd Frrdi aaaal and Vrsdorte. Aa w drove through tk town, I aM not kelp contrasting mf araasmt fuiWaga wfth thoa of the Mar Maaa, a ton I tk ought I waa Wae oug M foaujiat. Then, weary, atek and a lani fa ore, wMck C Me wtlta at gsf akk, with his arm round me, was its owner my husband. "Ton tremble. Rosa," said be, aa w drew near tk bouse, and be bade mo be calmer, aayiag tha moating between my self and hia sister would soon be over. But It was not that which 1 dreaded. It waa tbe presentation to hia servants, to whom I bore the formidable relation of mistress, and for who good opinion I cared far more than 1 did for that of tb haughty Mrs. Lansing. Something like this I aaid to Richard, who assured me that hi household would love me be cause I waa hia wife, if for no other res eon, and thus I found It to be. Aa w drove into the yard, we were surprised at seeing the house brilliantly lighted, while through tb open windows 'one of many persons were seen moving to and fro. In a displeased ton of voice RWnard aid, "It U Angelina's work, and I do not Ilk it, for you need rest, and are toe much fatigued to so any one to-night, but I suppose It cannot b avoided. Ho, Bill." be called to th driver, "who it here?" "Some ob de quality," answered Bill, adding that "Miss Angelina done 'vite 'em to see de bride." "She might at least have consulted my wishes." said Richard, while my heart sunk within me at being obliged to meet strangers in my jsded condition. Mrs. Lansing, it seems, bad in her mind a new piano for Lina, tbeir pres ent one being rather old-fashioned, and as the surest means of procuring out. she thought to please her brother by noticing his bride. 8o in her xeal she rather over did the matter, inviting many of the vil lagers, some of whom were friendly to me and some were not, though all. 1 be lieve, felt curious to see how the "ple beian" thus Ada termed me would de mean herself as the wife of a Southern planter. Dusky faces, with white, shining eyes, P-rrd round the corurr of the Wilding ss the carriage stopped before the door, and more than one whisper reached nie. "Dat's she de new miss, dat niars'r's liftin so keerfnlly." I'pon the piazza stood Mrs. Lansing, her face wreathed In smiles, while at her side, In flowing white muslin, were Ada and Lina, the former of whom sprung gsyly down the steps, and with well feigned joy threw herself into the arms of her guardian, who, after kissing her affectionately, presented her to me, pay ing, "Will Ads be a sister to my wife?" "Anything for your sake," answered Ada, with rather more emphasis on your than was quite pleasing to me. Mrs. Lansing came next, and there was something of hauteur in her manner as she advanced, for much as she desird to please her brother, she was not yet fully prepared to meet me as an equal. But Richard knew the avenue to her heart, and as he placed my hand in hers he said, "For the sake of Jessie you will iove my bride, 1 am sure." This party was followed by many more, and ere I was aware of it, Mr. Richard Deiafieid was quite a Indie what she said, what she did, and what she wore being pronounced au fait by the fashionables of Chester. Upon nil this Ada looked jealously, never allow ing an opportunity to pass without speak ing slightingly of me, though alw ays care ful that Richard should not know of it. In his presence she wss vastly kind, sit ting at my feet, calling me "aunty," and treating me aa if 1 had been twenty years her senior. Toward the middle of August, invita tions came for us to sttend s large wed ding in Charleston. I waa exceedingly anxious to go, having beard much of the bride, who waa a distant relative of my husband, and though both be and Mrs. Lansing raised every conceivable objec tion to my leaving borne, I adroitly put aside all tbeir arguments, and ere Rich ard fully realised that he had been coax ed into doing something he had fully de termined not to do, we were rattling thng in a duty Char teat on omnibu to ward on of th largest hotel, where room had been engaged for us. The morning after our arrival, I went into the public parlor, and aa I sested my self at the piano I saw just aero the room, near an open window, a quiet. Intelligent looking lady, apparently tweo-ty-ix or twenty-seven year of age, and near her, sporting upon the carpet, was a beautiful little girl, with flowing curia and soft, dark eyes, which instantly riv eted my attention, they were so like something I bad seen before. At the sound of the music she came to my aide, listened attentively, and when I had finished, she laid one white, chub by band on my lap and tbe other on tbe keys, saying, "Please play again; Rosa like to hear you." "And so your name is Rosa?" I an swered; "Rosa what?" "Rosa Lee Clayton, and that's my new ma," she replied, pointing toward the lady, whose usually pale cheek was for an instant suffused with a blush s.icn as brides only wear. I knew now why I bad felt interested in tbe child. It was the father whom 1 saw looking at me through tbe eyes of brown, and taking the little cresturo in my arms, I was about to question ber of her sire, when an Increasing glow on the lady's cheek and a footstep in tbe h n 11 told me be was coming. Tbe next moment be stood before me Dr. Clayton his face perfectly unruf fled and wearing an expression of con tent, at least, if not perfect happiness. I wss conscious of a faiutnesa stealing over me, but by a strong effort I sluok it off, and rising to my feet, I offereJ him my hand, which he pressed, saying, "This it Indeed a surprise, Rosa I beg your pardon, Mrs. Deiafieid, I suppose?" I nodded in the affirmative, bnd was about to tay something more, when an other footstep approached, and my bus hand's tall figure dsrkened tbe doorway. For an Instant they both turned pale, and Dr. Clayton grasped the piano nerv ously: but the shock soon passed sway, and then aa friend meets friend after a brief separation, so met these two men, who but the year before bad watch! together over my pillow, praying the one that I might live, and th other that I might die. e e e e e e Tk fervid boat of summer baa passed, aad tba baay light which betoken tk fall of tke leaf kaa eoaae. Oa th north era kilos, they aay, th November eaowt bare already faltoa, but w are still baafc aag la the aoft ana light of a aaaat gfartea sateaaa; aad aa I write, tk aeutk wind eoaae la tkswngk th open window, whis pering k aw of the fading nVwere, wkoe tssrfuas It sfbarod a M touted along. Just sip sella aee, ia a wUWw rkair. with bar head btjalad a trartag taraef royal aojryea, aahj Jaa, a sntd 'leaded woman, nodding to tke b reeve, which oc casionally brushes paat her so fast that ah lastly opens her eyes, and with her long-heeled foot gives a jog to the rose wood crib wherein lies a Utile tiny thing which waa left here five week ago to day. Oh, how odd and funny it teemed when Richard first laid on my arm a lit tle bundle of cambric aad lace, and whis pered in my. ear, "Would you like to see our baby?" Jessie waa she baptised, Mrs. Lan sing's tears falling like rain on the face of the unconscious child, which she fold ed to ber bosom as tenderly as If it had indeed been ber own lost Jessie come back to her again. Upon Ada tbe arrival of the stranger produced a novel enVet, overwhelming ir with aacb a id of modesty that she kept out of Ricasrd'e way nearly two weeks, and never one came to so me until I waa sitting up In my merino morning gown, which tb bad embroidered for m herself. Ada has a very nice sense of propriety. There is a rustling in the crib the bsby is waking, and tt my request Juuo brings her to me, saying as abe lays her on my lap, "She's the berry pictur' of t'other Jessie." snd ss ber soft blue eye unclose and my hand rests on ber curly hsir. which begins to look golden in the sunlight, I. too, think the same, and with a throbbing heart I pray the Father to save her from the early death which came to our lost darling, "Jessie, the Angel of Tbe Pines." (The end.) 'FOREIGN" CHEESE MADE HERE. Almost All tbe Best Products Are Suc cessfully Imitated. Simple folk who pride themselves upon their gastronomic taste are some times heard to speak scornfully of American cheeses, but perhaps In Dine case out of ten they eat and praise as an exceiletit example f the foreign product a cheese that never crossed tlit Atlantic. Ca weni bert and Brie are tbe only soft cheeses that are Imported In considerable quantity, and even tlie.v are manufactured in tbe United Stat'-s. It It confessed that the native Catn etubert and Brie are not so good as the foreign article, but the cheese makers of New York and New Jersey have come at length to produce admir able Roquefort and good imitations, If they may be so called, of many other famotiH foreign cheeses. The French cheesemakers, with the conservatism characteristic of rural Kiiropeans. have neglected to adapt their products to Cue American market. The P.rie cheese from abroad, for example, comes In a large disk, that puts It beyond any but those who con sume It In large quantities, whereas the native Brie is made in small i-flkc, that may te purchased for family use. The sale of Gnrgonzola cheese, which is still imported. In much less than It would otherwise be If made in smaller parcel. Only two or three English cheeses are now imported in large quantities, and the so-called English dairy cheese Is a native product Meanwhile, enormous quantities of American cheese are ex ported to Great Britain. Some English cheesemakers have taken to putting up their products In jars Instead of blad ders. In this way making tbem more easily preserved. German and Swiss cheeses are Imi tated here, though less successfully than some others. As to tbe Italian cheeses, tbey are made without any pretense of concealment wherever there It a considerable Italian quarter, though th Imitations are not liked by tbe Italians themselves, and cheap Italian cbeeoee are Imported In great quantities. Parmesan la a great favor ite with Italians, tine It la cheap and In various waya uaeful. Llmburger la Imitated here, ss is Neufchatel. According to local tradition, tbe ear lieat maker of "foreign" cream cheese in this region, waa a Frenchman, whoa first customers were a few fashionable restaurateurs. He produced In small quantities almost perfect imitations of French cheeses, and delivered them to his customers himself. Tbe manufac turer of these diceses has now so ex tended that many grocers make no ef fort to keep a stork of foreign cheeses. Aa yet, however, tbe conservatism of tbe commercial world seems to make It necessary to stick to old names and foreign labels. "No Kick Coming;-" A railroad engineer who Las been In tbe service to many years that tils hair bat grown iron gray and bis visage as tern as a wai riot's while he lia driven bis Iron monster over the parallels of Iron, recently exiwrlenced his first col lision. He came out of It with a badly demolished engine and a sufficiently sinasbed-up leg for any occasion. Tbe surgeons took him In charge and by dint of splints, bandage, skill and patience saved his Injured limb and got It on the road to recovery. The other day be walked out for tbe first time, and as be hobbled along on crutches, the Injured member looking very unwieldy indeed, a friend hailed him with: "Hello, Jim! how's tbat leg of youra getting along?" Tbe veteran has gray eyes, at clear and penetrating at a yoctb'a, and they twinkled with a louic effect aa be said, laconically: "Oh, I can't kick." New York Tina, table Yard Ooi Tb Cow nave you beard of this new food tbey are making out of chop ped cornatalkt? Tb Hon No; but tb oda't try It on me. I won't touch It The Cow Oh, It Isn't foe aa. Ifa far humaa beings. Uad H TyBwrtor, Aayhsnr. "Hat you- aay tyataaa to oMg wvrkr akd tb tasjsMttfw fttaCJL "Tea," repUetf tb mn$&i MO at I9y. "1 bam always wmt tb eartu gytmM Oa J tktfervbi OUR BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO INGS HERE AND THERE. Joke and Jokalcte that Are "apposed to Have Be Beceatly Bora-Sarleg aad lotaBa that Are Old, Curious and Leeshable-The Week' usaor. "I can't see what you find in me to admire." aaid tbe lovelorn youtb who had recently blown himself for a 37 W eagaesoient ring. "Why." gurgled tb fluffy haired an gel of hia domeatlc dream, "that Just what everybody else eaya." And Immediately th aiUoe became oppressive. A Corrected. Mrs. O'HoolIban Pfwhat kolnd av a job la yes ould man aftber bovln' now? Mrs. McGarlgle-Job, it it? Sbure an' It be an litigant alttuaihun at tllle grtph operatber he'a aftber hovln'. It's trav'lln' about dlggin' phost hole fer th' cooinpany be It, d'y molnd." Bare of His Ground. Wife of New Minister Now, Davie, you'll have to look after tbe church better than this or we will have to think about getting a new beadle. Davie (beadle of long standing, se verely) MlslreaviNlcholUon, we whiles change oor milliliter, but ive never change oor beadle. He Never Worried. A lady waited for hours at a wuytddi; station of the Midland Great VetTii Hallway. The train came along and she got in. The hours dragged by, and at each stoppage fche asked if it wax Sligo. Finally the gti:ird became Irri tated. "Don't worry, madam; I'll let you know when we reach Sligo." "liui I've been nearly all day on my jour ney." "Wcli, madam. I've been ou this railway three years, and I'm not wor rying." "Poor man!" she retorted, "you must have started tbe next sta tion beyond mine." Mis Plea. "My plea," said the young lawyer, who bad Just won hia first caae, "acn ed to strongly affect tbe jury." "lea," replied the Judge, "I was afraid at one time that you would suc ceed rn getting your client convicted In apite of bis innocence." Mat Bo Beckl. "Do you Uke tkia Internally ?" asked tbe cuatomer aa be put tb botti in bis pocket aad took hia cbang. "Mo?" said tke druggiaf a new assist ant. "Oreat Scott, no! I soil 1L" Stray Mart. Aa Aceesassealattas! Merh. Tbe following order was received a few day a age by a Chicago grocery firm: "Pleas ship at once by freight, one bag salt, fourteen lb abuger. The stork brought us a baby last night and box crackers, also one barrel soap. It weighed nine lb. Mrs. Commonhin iJon't mind ber, my dear. Long aklrta are doomed. It will soon be our torn. Circumstantial Itvldeaee. Tommy Was that your mother I ttw with you yesterday? Willie 1 guest no; 't any rat she's tbe on who curie tb key to tb Jam closet at our bona. Bootoo Tran script. Vala. "Iid you And tb Cblnass) vain People?" "Vary. To bear a Cblaea ara ye omid aiaaoet beJteve aa talking." at Approval, aaid ta dtctr, "WeJl.H O WblCB W gratalat ourselves la takj "Why, you haven't am Important dew." "Taarg Jaat .lt Wa caa met vred tbat a Inaaaaat aajaas k Luc ta aaffer."- Waa4taa Ctor. The Vagaries of Fashion. Mot eaasurlaav "Do you know what precaution tba proprietor of thia hotel baa tab against Are?" asked tb nor al lady at tbe bellboy escorted bar a a room on the fifth floor. "8ure I do." replied tb kaourbig youth. "Ie bos has got d Jo. b sboor'd fer two time d worth ur it See?" is rVsfsraaca. Magistrate-It will be either M r thirty day, Uncle Raatut. Ta eua have your choice. Uncle Kastue-Ab'a much erbtige. y bonnah, an' Ah reckon yo' all bad bt tib gib si ds money, aah. ta aveelalty. Stranger You have a floe farea here. Farmer-Right yw air. stranger. I 'low as It be one o' tbe flneet ia tbaat parts. Stranger-What i your beet parka crop? Farmer-Summer boarders Chlcage New. Professioaal Ad vie. Doctor," said the timid patlea "I'm fond of the water, but I doa'l want to risk taking cold. What shaJ I do?" "Take It hot," replied the wise pill compiler. "Two dollars, please." In the Puppy Class. He-Hut 1 am willing to wait If you will give me some hope. She-Well, suppose you wait nlnf days; perhaps your eyes w ill be open then. 'Twu ver Thus. -The world is backward about C0m Ing forward with its appreciation, " tniiKcd the Irish philosopher. "W never think of strewing flowers oa man's grave until after he Is dead." Hacked to Win. She (after the cngageumit) Why were you so nervous when you pro posed? He Oh, I was merely acting par I didn't want you to know how tura I was of your answer, Affluence. ' Hu h? Why, she never has to think of the matter of cosl at all." "No?" "Not for a moment. She can afford to wear what fhe likes, even though it Ih something cheap." Automoliillty. "Steam, eh? Isn't It rather noisy?" "Oh, no. Except for a slight puffing w hen it Is climbing a very steep Mil or running over an elra'irdlmirily litrge person, gulte noise-lews." Reduced Kate. "Mamma, give me a penny, plea a for a glass of lemonade." "Bat, dear, if It only a paaay, IC can't be good." "Yea, It ia, but they're selling H cheap 'cause a dog fell In It." fa eclpracilr. retry In tbe pink thin walat-Eeg-gie boasts that you're kla beat girl! Sweet young thing In blue-Maya I am. but be ain't my beat feller by a long shot coualaed at Last He But what reaaon have yea fet refusing to marry me? She Papa object. He tayt you are an actor. . He-Give my regards to tha old boy and tell bim I'm sorry be Isn't a news paper critic. Force of Habit. The boas plumber had become a multi-millionaire and was going abroad for his health. Ou the voyage over a school of whales were sighted and tb bone plumber -was seiw v rub hia hands In ecstasies. "Why Is he so happy-' asked a curl ous tourist. "He can't help It," whispered th captain. "He Iniagim-a each spout la a bursted water pipe, to be repaired by him at his old rates." From Ksperleac. "Rudolph, deer, the people next door wish to borrow our lanterns for a lawn fete." "Don't lend them." "But they can't hurt the lanterns." "Oh, you don't know. If you loan them the lanterns they'll w ant to bor row tabli, clotha, knives and dlshe. Then aa our lawn 1 larger than their they'll want to borrow that. Afterward they'll atk our children to help put at waiters." Wesaaallke. Mrs. Popley-Wbat do you tblakl Baby spoke ber first word to-day! Mr. Popley-Well. well! And It . b many years before she'll h k.. lag tb last word.-Phlladslpbla Preaa awash Bald. NU-S Jack aakod pnnlaeloa ti klaa yo. af NU-To refused It, of caara? Ba Oartaialy. Netl-Wbat did b aay tbaaT "T-1? otak to. r taaa ward tad Jaak tt 13 if aa aa aciar.